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Since July of 2020, gun violence in Portland has spiked. There are now, roughly, three shootings per day. Robert King, Safety Advisor for Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, is here to discuss the disturbing trend, why the Gun Violence Reduction Team was disbanded and how the community must come together to stem the tide.

Rev. Lea Chapin MS.Ed holds a Master of Science Degree in Counselor Education and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with over 40 years of experience as a psychotherapist, spiritual counselor and teacher, author, podcast/radio host and associate pastor. In 1993, Rev. Lea began receiving Divinely inspired messages from the Ascended Masters and Angelic realm. She began teaching the Universal teachings of the Ascended Masters in workshops and classes. As a Divine Channel for spirit, Rev. Lea helps her clients understand their life’s issues and soul challenges as part of their soul ascension process. Most recently, her ministry has taken her traveling to sacred sites around the globe to promote Peace upon the planet!https://leachapin.comhttps://www.celestialconnections.bizSpecial Guest: Sherry Lord“I see Angels, guides, and Auras: and I draw from my unique and versatile spiritual abilities to help people. Through Guidance, I also channel loved ones who have crossed over to the other side. I have been on a deep spiritual Journey for many years. My personal experiences have resulted in a passion for helping people discover their own abilities and to love self and other unconditionally with compassion.I am also a writer for the Coastal Life Magazine, The art of great living, Ordained through the Universal Brotherhood movement. Spiritual Teacher, and the Founder of the Flowing Liquid Light healing Modalities, Psychic Intuitive channel and Deep Trance Channel. Travels worldwide.Since July of 2005, I have been channeling Namara (a non-physical being of pure love and light, who holds the tone of creation) in deep trance. Namara brings a wealth of enlightened information in their teaching Also helping us to evolve and understand the conscious shifts and changes that are taking place at this time and much more. Spiritual awakening and to evolve. In 2019 Namara introduced me to S Aeroth who Sherry is now currently channeling in Deep Trance helping as of 2019, Who holds the tone of Evolution, evolving our consciousnesses, they are helping us to understand the changes that are taking place.”http://www.sherrylord.com

India has kicked off a flurry of tests of a supersonic cruise missile against a background of border tensions with China. The military is hard at work to add speed, range and accuracy to the country’s most advanced projectile, developed jointly with trusted ally Russia. The latest test in December involved a naval variant of the BrahMos cruise missile, another sign of India’s growing reach in one of the world’s busiest maritime corridors in the Indian Ocean. “We need a weapon of this capability to send a message – ‘Do not mess with us in the Indian Ocean’,” Anil Jai Singh, vice president of the Indian Maritime Foundation, told state TV. Military engineers hope to tune up BrahMos to be more potent than ever before, said Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, a former director of India’s missile-producing enterprise, Bharat Dynamics Ltd. “We have the capability of the submarine version also. It has not been fully tested but technology demonstration has been done,” Srivastastava told national RSTV. The missile test was the second such naval exercise since October. Army and air force both testing missiles Last month, the army and air force carried out separate trials with theBrahMos, which can fly at nearly three times the speed of sound.  “It is a show of strength to the Chinese, we will hit where it hurts,” said defense analyst S.K. Chatterji, a retired army brigadier. Since July, India has tested other projectiles as well, including a hypersonic weapon on 7 September. Once developed, it will fly at twice the speed of BrahMos, which is swifter and heavier than the American Tomahawk cruise missile. India, China border stand-off India has deployed BrahMos missile batteries on its flashpoint borders with China after the standoff led to a savage brawl last June, leaving 20 Indian troops bludgeoned to death. China is believed to have suffered casualtiesalso, but has not given details. India accuses China of cranking up tensions along their contested borders known as the Line of Actual Control or LAC. “The Chinese have literally brought tens of thousands of soldiers in full military preparation mode right up to the LAC,” Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said a week after the latest BrahMos test. The two Asian giants fought a brief but a bloody war in 1962 over a border dispute which remains unresolved, despite several rounds of talks. Birth of a missile In 1999, India and Russia launched BrahMos Aerospace, a 206-million-euro collaboration to develop and mass produce the world’s only supersonic cruise missile. India tested BrahMos for the first time in 2001. The name is a portmanteau of India’s Brahmaputra River and the Moskva (or Moscow River) which flows through western Russia. Russia until recently accounted for nearly 70 percent of India’s arms imports and remains its most trusted frontline ally. William Selvamurthy, a former military scientist, said India should try and marry BrahMos with missile technologies of other “friendly countries” to upgrade the arsenal of India, the world’s largest arms buyer after Saudi Arabia.  “Then we could do things faster, better and with greater capability… the synergy becomes a force-multiplier.” India has developed a range of tactical and ballistic missiles as part of a 1983 program that can transport nuclear warheads deep inside China. “They are deterrents but the BrahMos is serious business,” commented an official who declined to be named. “China knows that only too well.”

Creative self-expression, social interaction, and optimism are the mighty triad in this episode. Our first guest Elevator, Chelsea, is back to take you on this elevator ride which is "upward and onward from here." Since July, she has become a co- business owner/operator of Pink and Scribble with someone who knows her better than anyone else - her sister! She sets up her journey on how it began; who helped her make it happen; when the plan started; and where she is going. You can meet Chelsea in episode 4 and 5 and be wowed at how much she has done since then. She shares the beginning of good tips including prepping and planning with more details to follow on a surprise second episode.

Polytechs are trying to make more space available as record numbers sign up for apprenticeships. Since July when the government made them fees free for the next two and a half years, twice as many have taken one on compared to the same time last year, with 17,000 now earning while they are learning. And as reporter Conan Young and cameraman Nathan McKinnon discovered, many new recruits are older and pivoting away from industries decimated by Covid-19.

BUILD YOUR DREAM BUSINESS IN 8 WEEKS: https://londonreal.tv/biz/ 2021 SUMMIT TICKETS: https://londonreal.tv/summit/ NEW MASTERCLASS EACH WEEK: http://londonreal.tv/masterclass-yt LATEST EPISODE: https://londonreal.link/latest David Stafford is the Executive Vice President of one of London’s top tourist attractions, having worked for Big Bus Tours for the last seven years. For the last two years, David has been helping run the company but unfortunately has faced his most difficult year yet, due to the devastation caused by this pandemic and the ensuing restrictions by the UK government. London is the heartbeat of Britain’s tourism industry, and Big Bus Tours usually operate around 50 buses during a summer weekend. During the peak of the season in 2020, however, they had one bus operating and only a handful of passengers. David has constantly raised concerns about the lack of people on the streets of London during this time, as the city usually welcomes 20 million tourists each year. The reason behind this issue is that visitors have been put off coming to the UK because it has been hit harder by the pandemic than any other European country. This concern has led to David and 44 other bosses in the tourism industry to create an SOS London campaign. Launched at the London Eye, this is a plea for the government to Save Tourism, Organise Campaigns and Support the industry. Since July, David has been urging the government to take immediate action and to halt the collapse of the tourism industry in the capital.

The mayor of Tunisia's capital, Tunis, has said a night-time curfew will be reinstated for two weeks in a series of restrictions intended to control the spread of coronavirus, which has significantly risen in recent weeks. The curfew will also be imposed in the neighbouring provinces of Manouba, Ariana, and Ben Arous. On his part, the governor of Tunis said the 15-day night curfew will start on Thursday. It will run from 21:00 to 05:00 local time on weekdays, and 19:00 to 05:00 local time on weekends. Weekly markets and Friday prayers have also been banned, and cafes and restaurants can no longer have seated areas. The mayors of four other Tunisian cities, which have also seen a significant rise in Covid-19 cases, have also recently imposed a night curfew. Since July there were only a few soft measures in place to control the rate of infection in Tunisia. But in the past month alone, more than 20,000 people have tested positive for Covid-19. The Tunisian government has so far ruled out a return to a nationwide lockdown that was imposed earlier this year, when it shut down its economy and borders, and imposed severe restrictions on movement. --- This episode is sponsored by · Afrolit Podcast: Hosted by Ekua PM, Afrolit shares the stories of multi-faceted Africans one episode at a time. https://open.spotify.com/show/2nJxiiYRyfMQlDEXXpzlZS?si=mmgODX3NQ-yfQvR0JRH-WA Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support

Since July, Grace Community Church has been locked in a legal fight with LA County over whether or not they have a constitutional right to meet, in person and without masks or social distancing, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The conflict has made the church a case of government overreach on conservative and Christian media.

A fascinating social and sporting experiment's been going on in Florida for the past 2 months. The National Basketball Association's spent an estimated US$180 million on creating an isolation zone- aka the 2020 NBA Bubble- in Walt Disney World near Orlando. Since July, players and support staff have been staying in the resort as they complete the regular season and the playoffs. There's daily testing, temperature checks, wrist bands that alarm when you get too close to someone for more than a few seconds - all so the remaining teams can play for the title in deserted gymnasiums with no spectators. Ben Golliver is the Washington Post's NBA correspondent who's been staying in the Bubble since Day 1 and is now writing a book called Bubbleball about the experience. We speak to him from his hotel room at Disney World.

Good morning, RVA! It’s 75 °F, and today you can expect a bunch of rain. That bums me out as I wanted to ride my bicycle around, but I’m sure my garden does not feel the same way. Enjoy, garden!Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 882↘️ new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealthand 11↘️ new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 139↘️ new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 40, Henrico: 77, and Richmond: 22). Since this pandemic began, 329 people have died in the Richmond region. I haven’t linked to it a ton, but the University of Richmond has their own data dashboard with a few graphs in addition to the daily case number updates. Since July, UR has seen 13 total cases, with four of those reported in the last week or so. UR and VCU’s campuses are so very different—demographics aside, even their size, geometry, and biome (or whatever you want to call the surrounding natural environment) are different. I wonder if the spread of the virus will be impacted more by the two campuses' similarities or their differences.This is awful: A driver hit and killed a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair who was crossing Broad Street out near Glenside. I’ve talked about it a thousand times before, but the parts of Broad Street west of 195 grow increasingly hostile to humans. As we build more homes and run more transit to reconnect the western parts of our region, we (and by we I mean Henrico) will have to do some serious work to reevaluate the safety and focus of our infrastructure. Right now it’s dangerous, we know it’s dangerous, we know how to fix it, and we just need to start (and fund) the work to do so.Remember when these Virginia is For Lovers trucker hats dropped and everyone lost their minds? I feel like we’re headed that way with masks. Who’s going to design the most fashionable, most city-reppin' mask that folks will (virtually) queue up for? Maybe it’s these RVA masks that Richmond Region Tourism have put together and are giving out for free at their visitor centers?Did you know that James River Week begins this Saturday, September 12th? To celebrate, the James River Association has put together these Atlantic Sturgeon Paddle Trips. I will admit, most of what I’ve learned about the (endangered) Atlantic Sturgeon I have learned in the last 24 hours. Talk about fascinating, check this out: “Capable of growing up to 14 feet in length, weighing 800 pounds, and living 60 years, Atlantic sturgeon spend their adult years in the Atlantic Ocean. Every spring and fall, they return to spawn in the rivers where they were born.” Just some cool water monsters living in the river that runs through our city. No big deal.The Big List of 2020 Candidate Events has finally lived up to its name, becoming almost too unwieldy for a Google doc. That’s great! Nearly every day this week you’ve got a chance to learn about one of the candidates for School Board, City Council, or mayor, and you should take advantage of those opportunities before its suddenly November. If you can’t make any of these events, you should check out this Trello board I put together with all of the ways—social media accounts, email addresses, websites—to connect with those candidates. If you’ve got questions, you should ask them. How these folks respond as a candidates will often give you good insight into how they’ll respond as elected officials.OK, Jack Jacobs at Richmond BizSense, you had me at…well, every single word in this headline: “Phish’s chef rolls out frozen burrito delivery venture in Richmond.” You also gotta love sentences like this “Jim Hamilton has had a burrito business on his mind for a while, but was too busy touring with Phish as the band’s chef to give it his full attention. He can thank the pandemic for giving him the nudge to dive in.” 2020! Sure! You can place your burrito order over on Sous Casa’s website, which I just did.If you need a COVID-19 test you can stop by Hotchkiss Field Community Center (701 E. Brookland Park Boulevard) today from 4:00–6:00 PM. That’s rain or shine, too, so weather be damned! And remember, if you’ve got coronaquesitons, you can always call the coronvirus hotline at 804.205.3501.This morning’s longreadHow I Mastered the Art of Ventilating My HomeHow much do I want to become obsessed with ventilation??Become as obsessed with ventilation as I am, and you’ll develop what can be described only as “ventilation radar.” You sense the torpor of a hotel room in which the windows don’t open. You feel suffocated in a café without a breeze. You can walk into a restaurant and instinctively estimate risk, eyeballing potential dead-air hot spots and considering whether aerosols might be a problem. How many windows are open? Is the restaurant using both AC and fans? You start to bail on weakly ventilated joints. Ventilation becomes a proxy for everything. If the ventilation is bad, what about the food? If management can’t get something as obvious as the airflow in check, who knows what horrors might be going on in that kitchen.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Donald Trump’s one-time errand boy, Michael Cohen, has a book out. He warns once again that Trump will do anything to stay in the White House. Meanwhile, it’s back to school for millions of American kids this week. But for many, what that means is a glitched-out website and a ton of frustration. And lastly, Brazil’s former leader, Lula de Silva, may be planning a comeback. In a new video, Lula blasts the country’s fascist president, Jair Bolsonaro, for turning the coronavirus into a weapon against the poor and vulnerable. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: Cohen decries Trump 'cult' A new Trumpworld tell-all book was released yesterday. This one is by Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen. It’s titled “Disloyal: The Memoir,” and it’s full of juicy anecdotes and observations. Cohen describes Trump as a racist cult leader and says he hopes his message will resonate to people still inside the cult. He also writes that QUOTE Trump was a mobster, plain and simple ENDQUOTE in addition to being a cheat, a liar, a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator, [and] a con man. One example of gangsterism: Cohen apparently helped facilitate the evangelical leader Jerry Falwell, Junior’s endorsement of Trump in 2016, in exhange for suppressing sexually explicit photos of Falwell. In an interview with NBC News to promote the book, Cohen expanded on of the dire warnings he delivered to Congress in testimony before he was led to jail. Cohen said QUOTE Donald Trump will do anything and everything within which to win. And I believe that includes manipulating the ballots. I believe that he would even go so far as to start a war in order to prevent himself from being removed from office. My biggest fear is that there will not be a peaceful transition of power in 2020 ENDQUOTE. Cohen is partway through a three-year prison sentence for financial crimes and lying to Congress for Trump’s benefit. Since July, on account of the coronavirus, he has been allowed to serve that sentence from home. Trump’s intense anti-Black racism, as described by Cohen, has already sparked an international incident of sorts. Cohen quotes Trump saying that all countries run by Black people are shitholes, including South Africa under the late liberation leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela’s party, the African National Congress, released a statement saying Trump is not fit to comment on Mandela’s accomplishments, and that QUOTE All freedom-loving people of the world are appalled by these insults, which come from a person who himself is not a model of competent leadership ENDQUOTE. Nevertheless, per the Associated Press, the ANC statement said that if Mandela was alive today, he would reach out to discuss international issues with Trump. For all the good it would do. Back to school bugs Millions of American children went back to school this week after Labor Day. Many if not most are holding classes online. Some southern and midwestern states have been back to school for a month already, and in places that are holding in-person classes, coronavirus outbreaks have been reported. It’s not going great. In addition to growing class-based disparities associated with online learning, schools have been plagued by internet outages, software glitches, and hackers. A ransomware attack forced schools in Hartford, Connecticut, to postpone the start of classes yesterday. In Virginia Beach, Virginia, students and parents were unable to access online classes on the first day of school on account of an internet outage. Seattle’s system crashed last week, and the Miami-Dade school district’s went down the week before. In some cases, students are suspected of orchestrating cyberattacks to shut down classes. But other snafus are more mundane. Parents with kids in elementary school say their children are struggling with logins, passwords, connection problems, and other software functions like chatting or raising their virtual hands. Bad tech design also plays a role in all this. According to the Associated Press, the online learning platform Blackboard, which provides technology for seventy of the nation’s hundred biggest school districts and serves more than twenty million US students from kindergarten through twelfth grade, reported that websites were failing to load or were loading slowly, and users were unable to register on the first day of school. In Texas, the Dallas Morning News reported, more than nineteen thousand students have dropped out of contact with teachers entirely since the transition to remote learning. And more than one hundred thousand children never participated in their online assignments last spring. Here’s hoping for a smoother fall term. Lula takes on Bolsonaro Brazil’s former president, the leftist icon Lula de Silva, may be planning a comeback. Lula released a slickly produced twenty-four minute video this week attacking the country’s current fascist leader, Jair Bolsonaro. Among other things, Lula said Bolsonaro had turned the coronavirus pandemic into a weapon targeting the people, especially those who are poor, Black, vulnerable, and abandoned by the state. At least one hundred and twenty seven thousand Brazilians have perished from COVID-19. According to a partial translation in the Guardian, Lula said QUOTE We are in the hands of a government that attaches no value to life and trivialises death. An insensitive, irresponsible and incompetent government that flouted World Health Organization guidelines and turned the coronavirus into a weapon of mass destruction... I put myself at the disposal of the Brazilian people, especially the workers and the excluded. From the bottom of my heart, I tell you: I’m here. Let’s rebuild Brazil together ENDQUOTE. Lula, who is seventy-four years old, is technically barred from running for office on account of his 2018 corruption conviction. However, the legitimacy of that conviction has been attacked as a part of a scheme by Bolsonaro, his cronies, and foreign powers with a financial interest in the outcome. And, per the Guardian, there is a chance it will be overturned, paving the way for Lula to challenge Bolsonaro at the polls in 2022. Failing that, Lula’s former deputies in the Worker’s Party suggested he might run as vice-president, or throw his support to another candidate who shares his values. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: A new report by the Costs of War project at Brown University says at least thirty-seven million people have been displaced in the wars America has launched since September 11, 2001. That means the US has created more refugees in the global war on terrorism than have been made by any other conflict with the exception of World War Two. The authors of the report say their estimate is conservative, and the real number of refugees created by America’s wars over the past twenty years could be as high as fifty-nine million. There’s a chance that voters in Maine will be able to use ranked-choice voting on their ballots this November, thanks to a court ruling yesterday. The state’s Supreme Judicial Court overruled a lower court’s hold on the voting system, long advocated by smaller political parties. Maine Republicans, who oppose the ranked-choice voting system approved in 2016, are seeking a referendum on the matter. All that said, I’m struggling to imagine someone who would rank Donald Trump as their second choice after voting for Joe Biden. US Senate Republicans yesterday introduced a three hundred billion dollar coronavirus aid bill, which Democrats said is way too small. In a joint statement with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said QUOTE Senate Republicans appear dead-set on another bill which doesn’t come close to addressing the problems and is headed nowhere. This proposal is laden with poison pills Republicans know Democrats would never support ENDQUOTE. The bill would provide expanded unemployment insurance benefits of three hundred dollars per week, down from six hundred in an earlier relief bill. For the third year in a row, Forbes magazine named Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest man. The rich continued to get richer as the collected wealth of the Forbes Four Hundred list rose to three point two trillion dollars – a new record. One exception was Donald Trump, who fell seventy-seven spots in the rankings and saw his estimated net worth decline from three point one billion down to two point five billion dollars. The coronavirus has not been kind to those in the hotel business. That’s all for the AM Quickie. Join us this afternoon on the Majority Report. Sept 9, 2020 - AM Quickie HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Corey Pein PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

Carolyn began cello at age 8, held a principal chair at age 11 and won her first concertocompetition at age 15. Recently, she has soloed with the New England Repertory Orchestra, Nashua Chamber Orchestra and collaborated with the Muir Quartet, Ying Quartet, and Time for Three. Her mentors have also included William Rounds,Stephen Geber, Michael Reynolds, Mihail Jojatu,Peter Howard, and Dave Eggar. Carolyn has attended the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Hidden Valley Music Masterclasses, Kent/Blossom Music Festival, Berkshire High Peaks, and Mostly Modern Festival.She earned both a Dual Bachelor’s in Cello Performance and Music Theory & Composition, as well as a Master’s in Cello Performance from Boston University. Currently Carolyn is pursuing a post-grad program in New York City.In addition to her studies, Carolyn has a virtual career where she is known as “The Cello Doll,” and strives to revamp popular opinions on classical music. Since July 2018, The Cello Doll has been making a name for herself on social media as a classical trained cellist with a gothic flare, fiery passion and persevering attitude.Through original arrangements that mash-up popular and classical music, she chooses pieces that complement each other and presents them in original music videos. Her Instagram reached 12K followers before her 1 year anniversary in 2019, and has led to collaborations with companies such as NS Design, Coruss Synthetic Bow Hair, and the interactive sheet music app, Tomplay. Additionally, she has a YouTube channel that just reached 1k subscribers and a Facebook page with nearly 650 likes. As a performer and mentor, she aims to also have her social media platforms serve as educational resources for other musicians: including videos about her career experiences, cello-related tips, and practicing demos.Instagram: @thecellodoll, https://www.instagram.com/thecellodoll/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCelloDoll?sub_confirmation=1Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecellodoll/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheCelloDollWebsite: https://www.carolynregula.com/

My summer life is about seeing Ruckle Provincial Park, Gorge Park, Port Renfrew, Jordan River and more. I returned to the podcast after COVID months causing sports and entertainment to be cancelled including America and in the Philippines. On May 5, ABS-CBN's free network was shutdown prior to the creation of Kapamilya Channel. Ang Probinsyano returned to television after March. Since July, employees and non-employees protests at ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center which is why there's no wifi at Ruckle and I only used radio to listen music in Seattle, Vancouver and Victoria. Some ABS-CBN artists move to GMA and TV5 while TV5 Kids content was revived but was abandoned again to give away new shows as people wanted to support the free network back. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/arz-cena/message

This week on Episode 472 of Priority One --- We ‘Trek Out’ what ViacomCBS has in-store for streaming, “Lower Deck’s” Future - or past, and T-Shirt subscriptions. In Star Trek gaming, the game’s afoot with Sansar’s Roddenberry Museum scavenger hunt, get your tabletop action on with an awesome humble bundle, and Timelines has an update. Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! This Weeks Community Question Is: CQ:  For those of you who will have the opportunity --- how will YOU watch the Thursday Premiere of Lower Decks? With Friends via Zoom? By yourself with a bowl of popcorn and your favorite beverage? And CQ:  Who do you think would be a good fit to return in animated form in Star Trek: Lower Decks. TREK IT OUT by Jake Morgan ViacomCBS’ Plans to Rebrand, Expand Move Forward 'What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet'. Or - - that which we call a recently-re-merged-corporation’s over-the-top subscription service by any other name would deliver as enjoyable an entertainment experience at a comparable price point?  Okay, so the idiom may not entirely work here… and the iambic pentameter was thrown to wind - but it does Segway very - VERY - poorly into our first story! On Wednesday July 29th ViacomCBS revealed more about their upcoming CBS All Access revamp, and in the process added 70 shows to All Access’ expanding catalogue. President/CEO of ViacomCBS Digital and ViacomCBS’s chief digital officer Marc DeBevoise said of the move ”It’s the first big step to transform All Access into the super-service we’ve been talking about”.  Included in the addition are titles from BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, The Smithsonian Channel, VH1, and TV Land - and Paramount Pictures threw in a few movies for good measure. Along with the title roll-out,  the CBS All Access’ user interface got an upgrade, and we learned a little more about ViacomCBS’ strategy for the service. On exclusivity and distribution, DeBevoise told ViacomCBS Newsroom  “A lot of our competitors are being carried on one platform and not on another. We’re effectively across all the major platforms already. We are everywhere. We have millions of subscribers. We have a service with high engagement”. Translation, they’re more than happy to let you watch Star Trek elsewhere - as long as they’re getting paid. So now the important stuff - what’s this going to cost us? As of right now DeBevoise doesn’t expect an increase with the rebranding roll out, due to hit sometime in 2021! Vague, but good news nonetheless. Lower Decks “Legacy Actors” and Hope for International Viewers Part of the problem with pre-recording a podcast is that - inevitably - important talking points today may turn out to be old news tomorrow. That COULD be the case with our next story - you’ll see what we mean in a minute. On Monday August 3rd, entertainment website Inverse published a sit down with “Star Trek: Lower Decks”  show-runner Mike McMahon and star Tawny Newsome to discuss the upcoming series - set to debut on August 6th. The series, which takes place one year after the events of “Star Trek: Nemesis”, would presumably have reference to the Star Trek of that era. When McMahon and Newsome were asked about a possible Newsome/Mariner crossover to “Star Trek: Picard”, McMahon dropped a fully trekked nugget straight into the sauce. ”That’s interesting because we do have legacy actors who show up in the first season of Lower Decks and we have gotten to have a little bit of where are they now sort of vibe through a Lower Decks lens. But I gotta say, if anyone wants Mariner to show up on their live-action Star Treks, you’ve got to have Tawny” So now the time paradox - this news on Friday August 7th may NOT be as great as it was on Tuesday August 4th because on Thursday August 6th one of those Legacy Actors may have already shown up. Or maybe not - Especially if you don’t live in North America. At the time of this writing, there still hasn’t been word on how international viewers will get to watch Trek’s first comedy series. On Friday July 31st, Twitter Tweeter @Nottinghillnerd Tweeted https://twitter.com/NottingHillNerd/status/1289258556319916033 to which showrunner McMahon replied https://twitter.com/MikeMcMahanTM/status/1289279515709997056 So since LAST Friday, there hasn’t been any further news. But there may be after August 4th but before August 7th. I hate temporal mechanics. Lower Decks T-Shirt Club Do you like Trek T-shirts? Subscriptions? Exclusivity? Then “Star Trek: Lower Decks” and Animation Production House and T-shirt Company Titmouse have a deal for you! Behold “the Lower Deckers Shirt Collective Subscription” Announced on Friday July 31st, the subscription service will feature 10 t-shirts - one for every episode of “Lower Decks” - designed by the team at Titmouse. For 180 US Dollars, residents of the United States and Canada will receive all 10 offerings, plus a free members-only eleventh. If you aren’t sure you want that many pieces of wearable Titmouse art, you can order one at a time for 20 US Dollars - but remember, you’ll forfeit the member exclusive. Don’t have the money now but you want the shirts? Well, unfortunately, that may prove to be a problem. To quote the Titmouse website ”When the new episode airs, the previous week's shirt style is GONE. No more. Nuh uh. Byeee. Don't look back. The only way to go now is forward.” In an interview with Star Trek.com to announce the subscription, Titmouse Director Barry Kelly said of the design process ”We try to find that little nugget of an idea that sparks a design. Could be a logo in the episode, could be an iconic shot, or just a random prop in the background could make a funny and iconic shirt.” Star Trek Gaming News by Shane Hoover and Thomas Reynolds Star Trek Timelines: “Legend Unwritten” and the Enterprise Vacation Campaign “As preparations to toast the legendary James T. Kirk get underway, the personal effects gathered to help pay tribute begin to change or disappear! Can you determine what kind of temporal disturbance is causing this before Kirk himself vanishes?” Get ready to party like it’s 2019, 2268 and 2404 at the same time, captains. From August 6th to 10th, Star Trek Timelines is reprising its “Legend Unwritten” Galaxy Event from March of last year for the Federation and Augment factions. This time around, the ranked reward will be the new 5-star EV Suit T’Pol;  last week’s ranked reward crew Technician Fisher joins 5-star Captain Harry Kim, 4-star 1701 Jadzia, and 4-star Evil Kirk as the event crew. At least, we’re pretty sure it’s Evil Kirk. None of them are wearing name tags. The official Star Trek Timelines Twitter account also announced the upcoming Enterprise Vacation Campaign, starting August 6th. Although details on the event remain scant, we do know it will feature Enterprise’s Lieutenant Reed and Commander Tucker as we saw in the episode “Two Days and Two Nights”. Probably not all of how much we saw them, though. Consider Yourself Humbled (Bundled) Star Trek may take place in an idealized future, but its gaming franchises continue to recognize the needs of the many today. Until August 19th, Humble Bundle and Modiphius Entertainment are offering a Star Trek Adventures RPG Book Bundle in support of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Purchasing the bundle at the top $15 tier unlocks the Federation core rulebook, expansions, pregenerated adventures, canon character sheets, and even a 50% discount off the core rulebook print edition. As of writing the Bundle has raised $144,510.12 from 9,042 purchases. The Hunt Is On With Roddenberry And Sansar Back in episode 467, we let you know about an upcoming virtual scavenger hunt sponsored by Roddenberry Entertainment, in partnership with Sansar. Well, Captains, the hunt has begun! Since July 28th, Sansar has been dropping regular clues to the mystery on its social media channels. The first clue was “We’re FLOATING with excitement to start off the Roddenberry Recovery Mission” The next clue was “We’ve got brews for you, on this Skyway Avenue.” Then came the clue, “You’ll need to grab yourself a cup of Mokah to get energized!” And, after the weekend break, yesterday’s clue was “After finding this clue, you may need a shower; it sure is a SANDY Sansar day.” To Trek out every day’s clue, just follow Sansar and Roddenberry Entertainment on Twitter.  And to track down the missing items, and maybe win an Oculus Rift S VR Headset (among other prizes), head into the worlds of Sansar and follow the trail. You don’t even need VR to play, thanks to a desktop-only PC client option. Good hunting, Captains!

August 6, 2020: 3News Now with Stephanie Haney – Early edition Update: Gov. Mike DeWIne has tested positive for COVIDI-19, as part of the test requirements to meet President Donald Trump in Ohio today. New York’s attorney general sues to dissolve the National Rifle Association over allegations of personal use of funds, where and when President Donald Trump will be in Ohio today, Ohio’s 10 PM last call order survives lawsuit for now, and how to make your own disinfectant wipes. Get filled in on what you need to know in Northeast Ohio on 3News Now with Stephanie Haney. Read more here: GOV. MIKE DEWINE HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/ohio-governor-dewine-tests-positive-coronavirus/95-36c15aaf-12d0-4cab-8c66-f0ad455a3d45 NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL SUES TO DISSOLVE THE NRA https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-world/new-york-attorney-general-to-make-major-national-announcement/507-9fa41fe7-2b7e-4417-97e9-c7607ca8493b WHERE AND WHEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE IN OHIO TODAY https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/politics/president-trump-visits-northeast-ohio/95-b3d2120c-bf69-4c34-8f0d-287e9f3559e9 https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/joe-biden-presidential-campaign-virtual-events-ohio/95-3c1a28cb-0926-4e9a-8922-1c32f7cc17b1 JUDGE ALLOWS NEW ORDER LIMITING OHIO ALCOHOL SALES TO REMAIN IN EFFECT AMID LAWSUIT https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/judge-allows-new-order-limiting-ohio-alcohol-sales-to-remain-in-effect-amid-lawsuit/530-a8f5aaed-cf70-4e24-a58c-07c58ae70648 AT LEAST 50 OHIO BARS AND RESTAURANTS HAVE HAD OUTBREAKS OF COVID-19 SINCE JULY 1 https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/at-least-50-bars-restaurants-in-ohio-have-had-covid19-outbreak-since-july-first/95-1a4abce4-ce80-48ff-9847-bc5311febbe5 HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN DISINFECTANT WIPES https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/diy-homemade-disinfectant-wipes/95-9be4c96f-ad03-4075-8ac9-f853ef413ceb CLEVELAND CLINIC STUDYING BLOOD TEST THAT DETECTS MORE THAN 50 CANCERS https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/cleveland-clinic-studying-blood-test-that-detects-more-than-50-cancers/95-f43063e7-f5ca-4c28-8a6b-77fe249ff009 OHIO’S SALES TAX HOLIDAY STARTS AT MIDNIGHT https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/outreach/back-to-school/ohio-sales-tax-holiday-weekend-2020-begins-friday/512-b31ebf87-7fed-4502-b4b6-6b715855b8a7

Alex discusses organ, tissue, and eye donation, including the different types, options, and how the process works. Since July is Cord Blood Awareness Month, she also goes over how umbilical cords can be used to save lives without even impacting the labor and delivery experience.As always, if you enjoyed the show, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on any app that carries podcasts as well as on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe and give us a nice review. That way you’ll always be among the first to get the latest GSMC Health & Wellness Podcasts.We would like to thank our Sponsor: GSMC Podcast NetworkAdvertise with US: http://www.gsmcpodcast.com/advertise-with-us.html Website: http://www.gsmcpodcast.com/health-and-wellness-podcast.html ITunes Feed : https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gsmc-health-wellness-podcast/id1120883564 GSMC YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnvoV83f1_ATwitter: https://twitter.com/GSMC_Health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GSMCHealthandWellness/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gsmc_health/ Disclaimer: The views expressed on the GSMC Health & Wellness Podcast are for entertainment purposes only. Reproduction, copying or redistribution of The GSMC Health & Wellness Podcast without the express written consent of Golden State Media Concepts LLC. prohibited.

Episode #5: Hawley Woods Gray has been inspiring change in the financial services industry for over a decade. An industry that historically has been dominated by males, Hawley has been at the forefront of women being equally represented. She continues to do the work and loves every minute of it!Since July, 2011, Hawley Woods Gray has been helping a lot of people, creating life changing wealth and getting better every day. Each day her teams of over 110 agents are on school campuses or virtual calls, teaching educators how their pension and retirement works. With several successful agents grown from her team, Hawley is most proud and rewarded knowing that her people are able to provide a great income and life for their families. Hawley, along with her husband and son going into 2nd grade, live in Orange County. They raised their nephew, who just completed his first year in the Navy. Hobbies include, sports, especially volleyball, hanging out with family and friends and traveling. Contact Hawley:Website: www.appreciationfinancial.comEmail: hwoods@appreciationfinancial.com

What does the doctrine of God’s creating all things ex nihilo have to do with Christian discourse? The church has always confessed that God made everything and that there was nothing that was always alongside God. There is nothing beyond him, and so there is nothing he is every truly forced to do. Because He made all things and therefore needs nothing outside himself in order to be (or become) himself, we can trust that this God is therefore not exploitative. The Christian, then, is uniquely positioned to highlight Who alone is true. It is because of the aseity of God—that he is wholly himself of and within himself, having need of nothing outside of himself to be himself—that he is at the same time for that very reason uniquely trustworthy. As readers and confessors of the Apostles' Creed, we live in a fallen and sinful world of suspicion and of distrust that far too often finds expression in our inability to hear one another in a context of communal or Christian discourse. But the credal expression of God’s being has significant importance for how the Church can continue discourse in a trustworthy and uniquely Christian way.To discuss this and more, Dr. Mark Garcia, President and Fellow in Scripture and Theology at Greystone Theological Institute, sits down once again with Greystone's Associate Fellow in Ethics and Culture, Michael Sacasas. Mr. Sacasas earned his MA in Theological Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary in 2002. Over the years he has taken a special interest in the work of Hannah Arendt and the resources it offers to those seeking to understand the personal and social implications of emerging technologies. He has written about technology and society for a variety of outlets including The New Inquiry, Rhizomes, The American, Mere Orthodoxy, and Second Nature Journal. Since July 2019, Mr. Sacasas is Associate Director at the Christian Studies Center in Gainesville, FL. Mr. Sacasas' Greystone lecture series on Technology, Faith, and Human Flourishing is available to all Greystone Members and on Greystone Connect. Become a member today for unlimited access to the growing Greystone Connect library.

The digital age has brought us face to face with the reminder that communication is invariably personal. There is no such thing as a purely abstracted, objective, informal communication. There is, however, another aspect of communication. According to Scripture, the communicative life we have as God's image-bearers is strategically and providentially ordered to the concerns of God's law. Communication, therefore, is not merely personal, but moral and ethical. The digital age continues to encourage the erosion of the very possibility of what the Bible takes so seriously: not just discourse, but the Christian kind of discourse which requires charity and patience. In light of this erosion, how might the church recovery discernment and prudence in communal environments in a way that upholds the Christian gospel and the church's identity?To discuss this and more, Dr. Mark Garcia, the President and a Fellow in Scripture and Theology at Greystone Theological Institute, sits down with Greystone's Associate Fellow in Ethics and Culture, Michael Sacasas. Mr. Sacasas earned his MA in Theological Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary in 2002. Over the years he has taken a special interest in the work of Hannah Arendt and the resources it offers to those seeking to understand the personal and social implications of emerging technologies. He has written about technology and society for a variety of outlets including The New Inquiry, Rhizomes, The American, Mere Orthodoxy, and Second Nature Journal. Since July 2019, Mr. Sacasas is Associate Director at the Christian Studies Center in Gainesville, FL. Mr. Sacasas' Greystone lecture series on Technology, Faith, and Human Flourishing is available to all Greystone Members and on Greystone Connect.

Work. Shouldn't. Suck. LIVE: The Morning(ish) Show with special guests Diane Ragsdale & Andrew Taylor. [Live show recorded: May 1, 2020.] E. ANDREW TAYLOR, Associate Professor and Department Chair of the Performing Arts Department at American University thinks (a bit too much) about organizational structure, strategy, and management practice in the nonprofit arts. An Associate Professor of Arts Management at American University, he also consults for cultural, educational, and support organizations throughout North America. He recently completed a five-year sponsored research project for the William Penn Foundation on “Capitalizing Change in the Performing Arts.” Andrew is past president of the Association of Arts Administration Educators, board member for Fractured Atlas, and consulting editor for The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, and for Artivate, a journal on arts entrepreneurship. Since July 2003, he has written a popular weblog on the business of arts and culture, "The Artful Manager," hosted by ArtsJournal.com (www.artfulmanager.com ). DIANE RAGSDALE is faculty co-lead of the Cultural Leadership Program at Banff Center for Arts & Creativity; and an assistant professor and program director for the Masters in Arts Management & Entrepreneurship MA at the New School in NYC, where she also designed and launched a graduate minor in Creative Community Development. She additionally teaches a workshop on aesthetic values in a changed cultural context for Yale University's Theater Management MA. Ragsdale is a frequent speaker, blogger, writer, and advisor on a range of arts and culture topics. She previously worked as a program officer for theater and dance at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, ran a contemporary performing arts center and a music festival, held a variety of administrative posts, and began her arts career as a theater practitioner (she has an MFA in acting & directing). She is presently a doctoral candidate at Erasmus University in the Netherlands, where she lectured in the cultural economics program from 2011-2015. Her dissertation examines the evolving relationship between the nonprofit and commercial theater in the US over an 80-year period. She is on the board of Anne Bogart's SITI Company; on the editorial board for Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts; and on the Advisory Council for the online theater platform and journal, HowlRound. Among others, she wrote an essay ("To What End Permanence?") for the 2019 book, A Moment on the Clock of the World, published by Haymarket Press. She has dual-citizenship and divides her time between the US and the Netherlands.

Writer, Creator and on-air Guest, Sherry has written Articles for the Coastal Life Magazine, The art of great living, Ordained through the Universal Brotherhood movement. Spiritual Teacher, and the Founder of the Flowing Liquid Light Healing Modalities, Psychic Intuitive channel and Deep Trance Channel. Sherry Travels worldwide through the United States, & International, including Canada, Cozumel Mx & Cayman Island, Also, Live radio including Chicago Live-Linda P. Show, Englewood Florida, North Port Fl and Internet radio as a guest.Since July of 2005, Sherry has been channeling Namara (a non-physical being of pure love and light, who holds the tone of creation) in deep trance. This light brings a wealth of enlightened information in their teachings. Also helping us to evolve and understand the conscious shifts and changes that are taking place currently ~ Spiritual awakening and to evolve. In 2019 Namara introduced me to Aeroth ( Nonphysical Guide) who is now the spoke person for the group collective that I channel in deep trance. Aeroth, brings great joy and love and the presence with wealth of teaching and new levels of evolving humanity consciousness at this time including remembering and access gift from of the Lemuria being and lifetime. Soul Awakening and remembering. Access your own spiritual gift and awaken your true authentic self. and power of love that you are. It is important to create Intentionally and deliberately.

Writer, Creator and on-air Guest, Sherry has written Articles for the Coastal Life Magazine, The art of great living, Ordained through the Universal Brotherhood movement. Spiritual Teacher, and the Founder of the Flowing Liquid Light Healing Modalities, Psychic Intuitive channel and Deep Trance Channel. Sherry Travels worldwide through the United States, & International, including Canada, Cozumel Mx & Cayman Island, Also, Live radio including Chicago Live-Linda P. Show, Englewood Florida, North Port Fl and Internet radio as a guest. Since July of 2005, Sherry has been channeling Namara (a non-physical being of pure love and light, who holds the tone of creation) in deep trance. This light brings a wealth of enlightened information in their teachings. Also helping us to evolve and understand the conscious shifts and changes that are taking place currently ~ Spiritual awakening and to evolve. In 2019 Namara introduced me to Aeroth ( Nonphysical Guide) who is now the spoke person for the group collective that I channel in deep trance. Aeroth, brings great joy and love and the presence with wealth of teaching and new levels of evolving humanity consciousness at this time including remembering and access gift from of the Lemuria being and lifetime. Soul Awakening and remembering. Access your own spiritual gift and awaken your true authentic self. and power of love that you are. It is important to create Intentionally and deliberately.

Kelly Holstine has developed a system of compassion to reach some of Minnesota's most at risk students by creating a safe space for them to grow.  For this work, Kelly has received Minnesota's Teacher of the Year Award for 2018-19.  Since July 2019, Kelly has served as Director of Educational Equity at OutFront Minnesota to support and create school environments that help humans to feel safe, respected, and valued.  For more information: https://www.outfront.org/holstine

Today we witness yet another round of atrocities and massacres being carried out against our brothers and sisters in Palestine. Since July 8, the Israelis have rained down death and terror on the people of Gaza. Their plight is the plight of the entire Ummah. Jumuah Khutbah delivered at Abu Huraira Center in Toronto. Date: ... Read more

Hello! And welcome to another episode of Inside The Newsroom. Second newsletter of the week, after the elections in Cameroon, Ireland and Azerbaijan, which saw violence, confusion and division. Great. Today’s guest is… Brian Klaas, author, political scientist at University College London, columnist for The Washington Post and host of the Power Corrupts podcast. Brian is an expert on democracy and world politics, and he delved deep into the history of dark propaganda in his latest podcast episode. So below is a post-game analysis of everything we talked about and more. But first, my most interesting articles of the week… Enjoy! 🤓Malcolm X — Manhattan district attorney considers reopening case after Netflix documentaryCoronavirus — Shameful plug for my visual guide on how the virus has spread to 29 countries and killed 1,300 people and countingClearview — Friend of the pod Kashmir Hill examined the end of privacy as we know it in a truly disturbing pieceBrian 👇What Is Propaganda?Not to be confused with marketing or public relations, our friends at Merriam Webster define propaganda as “the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person.” It’s impossible to pinpoint exactly when propaganda was first used because, well, propaganda is as old as time. But the earliest records point to The Behistun Inscription in 515BC when Darius The Great engraved his military prowess into a large cliff in the ancient Persian Empire, aka Iran, followed by how he was the chosen one by God. Sound familiar? Around 200 years later, Alexander The Great, king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon put his face on coins, monuments and statues as a form of propaganda. Yep, definitely sounds familiar. The Behistun Inscription 👇That all seems pretty harmless right? But as millennia, centuries and decades passed, propagandist techniques became far more nefarious. It’s generally agreed that the Catholic Church formalized propaganda and actually coined the term itself. In 1622, Pope Gregory XV set up the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in Rome, and then in 1627, Pope Urban VIII followed that up and created the College of Propaganda, both of which provided a library for research and a school to train priests and missionaries to spread the church’s message overseas. We can tell just by the names of those two institutions that the concept of propaganda was still relatively benign and unknown to the general public. But as even more centuries and decades have passed, propaganda has become a term associated with some of the greatest atrocities and darkest evils the world has ever seen.When Did Propaganda Turn Evil?One can’t talk about the dark side of propaganda without mentioning the Nazis, so let’s do just that. Perhaps the most common question people have is why the German public couldn’t see through the Nazi propaganda machine, similar to how most sane people see right through Donald Trump’s b******t (more on that later). Many Germans did, and many voiced their opposition to Adolph Hitler’s rhetoric well before the country went to war with the world in 1939. Many Germans were punished in unthinkable ways. But as Brian pointed out on the podcast, propagandists like Hitler and his sidekick Joseph Goebbels didn’t just spread their lies and falsehoods right away. A smart propagandist first builds trust and credibility. For Hitler, that meant using events in the aftermath of World War One to his advantage. When the Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919 to formally end WW1, Germany was brought to its knees economically by the Allied Powers, who forced Germany into surrendering land and ordered them to pay reparations in the realm of $269 billion in today’s money. Naturally, Germany endured a devastating depression, which paved the way for Hitler’s rise. In hindsight, it was only a matter of time before the Nazis gained power, but the seeds were sewn well before they finally did gain power in 1933. Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and detailed Hitler’s personal struggle in post-war Germany, as well as his nationalist and anti-Semitic views. As a sign of how people felt at the time, Mein Kampf had sold six million copies by 1940. This isn’t a newsletter rehashing World War Two, so let’s move onto propaganda in 2020 and visit our favourite Mango Mussolini…Please Just Like MeBefore you read on, please like this edition of Inside The Newsroom by clicking the ♥️ below the title. That way I’ll appear in clever algorithms and more people will be able to read. Cheers.Propaganda 2020 🇺🇸The Propagandist-in-chief is by far the most overtly lying president we’ve ever seen. Barry Goldwater came close, but he lost convincingly to Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 presidential race. Trump has lied to us ever since he entered our lives decades ago, and has lied so much since he became president, CNN journalist Daniel Dale has carved out a niche role for himself literally fact checking every single statement the president makes. I couldn’t find how many lies he’s uttered since he became president, but I know that the number is well into the thousands. Since July 8, 2019, he’s made 1,729 false claims, an average of eight per day. I actually had Daniel on the podcast last year while he was still at the Toronto Star, which you can listen to below…Trump didn’t create right-wing angst, he’s merely a symptom of years and years of lies and misleading framing by Fox News, aka the propagandist machine of today. It’s actually quite surprising how Fox continues to have such a large influence in corrupting public discourse in a media environment that’s so fragmented. But when you scan the right wing media landscape and see how many conservative outlets also living in alternate reality that were started by former Fox employees — Glenn Beck’s BlazeTV and Matt Drudge’s Drudge Report to name just a couple — you start to really see Fox’s impact.Looking ahead to the rest of 2020 is depressing enough (sigh), and we can expect much more of the same from 2016. That’s because Facebook, which is the largest propaganda machine of them all, will allow political candidates to place false ads, a policy they claim supports free speech. Its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has become completely deluded and is living in an alternate reality himself, becoming the most powerful propagandist in the world.North Korea: An Unimaginable Alternate RealityIt’s hard to imagine what life in North Korea is like. No elections, no freedom, no truth. North Korea is in its own league when it comes to propaganda. Shortly after Korea was divided into two zones at the end of WW2 — the north occupied by the Soviet Union and the south by the U.S. — the Kim dynasty took over the north. Heavily influenced by the Soviet communist dictatorship, North Korea has smothered its citizens with lies and barbaric living conditions, so much so that there isn’t a place like it in the world. Like with any dictatorship, cracks have begun to show in the country’s 70-year propagandist history, and the Kim dynasty’s days could be numbered. The country is so dependent on its agriculture industry that a poor harvest season has and will send the country into deep economic depression. The UN estimated that more than 10 million people — around 40 percent of the population — face severe food shortages. Because the country can’t provide for itself, North Korea relies so heavily on aid from other countries, mostly from China, but also recently from South Korea whose citizens have many relatives living in the atrocious conditions up north. Other countries include Russia, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada, Norway, France, Germany, Denmark, Finland and Ireland. I’ll leave you with Vice founder Shane Smith’s documentary of life inside the country, which is simultaneously gripping and heartbreaking.Last Week…#62 — Krystal Ball (The Hill) on the rise of left- and right-wing populism… Next WeekI finally had Paula Jean Swearengin on the podcast, who was one of the stars of the Netflix documentary Knock Down The House alongside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is currently for the U.S. Senate from West Virginia.Job CornerEach week I’ll feature a selection of new journalism jobs. Staying on brand this week, below are a selection of investigative openings… Boston Globe Spotlight Team — Investigative Journalism FellowshipDolcefino Consulting — Investigative Media ReporterEnvironmental Investigation Agency — China Media and Policy AnalystOklahoma Watch — Executive Director, Executive EditorProject On Government Oversight — Director of ResearchThe New Humanitarian — Editorial InternVoice of America — Internship program Get on the email list at insidethenewsroom.substack.com

Henri Cartier Bresson es uno de los referentes de la fotografía histórica, fotógrafo francés considerado como padre del fotoperiodismo.   Su obsesión fue la captura del instante decisivo, su trabajo desprende originalidad y esas instantáneas tan aparentemente improvisadas testimonio de situaciones cotidianas captadas en su máximo esplendor.   Henri Cartier Bresson retrató a grandes de la historia como Pablo Picasso, Fidel Castro, el Che Guevara y eventos tan trascendentales de la historia como la muerte de Gandhi o la guerra Civil Española.   Bresson fue el cofundador de la Agencia Magnum, punto de partida de muchísimos fotógrafos influyentes en la historia de la fotografía.   Heinz Butler dirigió un documental biográfico interpretado por el proo Henri Cartier Bresson llamado Biographie eines Blicks, como véis era un hombre bastante activo y prolífico.   Henri Cartier-Bresson - Biografia de una mirada from Claudio Paredes on Vimeo.   Murió el Agosto del 2004 no sin antes ver como la Biblioteca nacional de Francia la dedicaba una exposición retrospectiva la cual serviría más adelante para la apertura en el barrio parisino de Montparnasse e la fundación HCB que asegura una buena conservación de su obra.   FRANCE. Paris. Place de l'Europe. Gare Saint Lazare. 1932. FRANCE. The Var department. Hyères. 1932. BELGIUM. Brussels. 1932. FRANCE. Marseille. The Alle du Prado. 1932. I was walking behind this man when all of a sudden he turned around. SPAIN. Valencia. 1933. Inside the sliding doors of the bullfight arena. SPAIN. Andalucia. Seville. 1933. CHINA. Beijing. Final days of the Kuomintang. A peasant, whose market has closed down and came to Beijing to sell his vegetables, sits to eat his provisions. A shopkeeper resigns to have nothing more to sell in his store. December 1948. Since July 1946, China has been torn apart by civil war between the Communist forces of MAO TSE-TUNG and the Nationalist forces (Kuomintang) of General TCHANG KAI CHEK. Slowly the Communist gained terrain and in December of 1948 they took siege of Peking. CHINA. 1948-1949. Picture 004 SPAIN. Madrid. 1933. USA. New York City. Manhattan. Downtown. 1947. GREAT BRITAIN. London. Coronation of King George VI. 12 May 1937. "People had waited all night in Trafalgar Square in order not to miss any part of the coronation ceremony of George VI. Some slept on benches and others on newspapers. The next morning, one who was wearier than the others, had not yet wakened to see the ceremony for which he had kept such a late vigil."   Suscríbete al canal de Youtube y sigue todos nuestros vídeos.   Dale a like y coméntanos de qué autor quieres que hablemos en próximos programas.   ¿Te has suscrito ya a Carrete Digital? , Recuerda que puedes hacerlo de forma gratuita descargándote la Guía de los 75 consejos para mejorar tu fotografía o puedes hacerlo en la versión premium por 10€/mes y te invitamos a participar de las grabaciones de los programas con nuestros colaboradores, para que puedas interactuar con nosotros y ser parte de la creación de los podcasts audiovisuales que realizamos.   Además tendrás acceso a un grupo privado y exclusivo de Slack y acceso a nuestra plataforma de cursos online, no te lo pierdas!!.   Puedes hacerlo en nuestra web www.carretedigital.comSíguenos en nuestras redes sociales y no te pierdas nada de nuestro contenido.

Utah wildlife officials report that Moab’s rare melanistic deer – nicknamed ‘Coal’ by some locals – died of Chronic Wasting Disease. Since July 2019, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has confirmed 16 positive cases of CWD, six of them occurring near Moab. The disease is highly contagious among the species and state officials worry that locals feeding urbanized deer may make the situation worse. And later in the news, where does the resignation of Moab City’s Sustainability Director leave the pending Sustainability Action Plan? Plus, Utah’s 2020 Legislative Session kicks off with some warning remarks about “governing by referendum.” Tune in. Show Notes: Chronic Wasting Disease in Utah (Map) - https://wildlife.utah.gov/diseases/cwd/2018-positive-distribution-map.pdf 2019 Sustainability Action Plan (Draft) – https://www.kzmu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2019-Sustainability-Action-Plan-Executive-Summary-Final-2.pdf https://www.kzmu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Sustainability-Report-FINAL-6.21.19.pdf Signature Totals for Utah Referendum – https://voteinfo.utah.gov/initiatives-and-referenda/

This week on Democracy That Delivers, we are joined once again by Jaime Arteaga, CIPE's Country Representative in Colombia. Since July 2018, CIPE has been working with Jaime and local partners in Colombia, Asocentro and Consejo Gremial Nacional, on a project to increase private investment in zones transitioning from conflict. Jaime speaks about how CIPE adapted the project strategy to changing local conditions and share success stories and lessons learned as the project is ending.

On this episode of Victory Over Sin, Mark Renick welcomes guest, Kaelyn Rogers. Since July of 2018, Boise yoga therapist Kaelyn Rogers has been providing weekly yoga instruction to approximately twenty inmates at ISCI.Read More →

Show #655   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Thursday 28th November 2019. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story to save you time.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.   Good luck for Thursday's Thanksgiving Carmageddon!   TESLA CYBERTRUCK 'SPOTTED' From Teslarati: "Just days following its high-profile unveiling, the Tesla Cybertruck has been spotted accelerating on a public street, followed closely by a blue Model X. Particularly interesting was the fact that the vehicle was captured on film in broad daylight, providing a brief yet notable glimpse at just how futuristic Tesla’s heavyweight pickup really is compared to other vehicles on the road." Based on the video, the vehicle seemed to be passing through Crenshaw Blvd. right in front of the construction of The Millenium apartment near SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA. The sighting appeared to have happened in the afternoon as well, based on the shadows of the vehicles in the area."   https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-first-public-sighting-video/   FISKER OPENS RESERVATIONS FOR OCEAN SUV; COST STARTS AS LOW AS $379/MONTH "Fisker Inc. opened reservations for the Ocean electric luxury SUV, arriving in 2022, through its website and native mobile app—available globally on the App Store and Google Play store. Reservations are set at US$250 per vehicle and are fully refundable." reports Green Car Congress today: "The all-electric SUV will come standard with a range target of approximately 250 to 300 miles, depending on driving conditions, enabled by an approx. 80 kWh lithium-ion battery pack.The Fisker Ocean is targeted to begin production at the end of 2021, with the first high-volume deliveries projected for 2022. The Fisker app offers a flexible lease program, maintenance and repair on demand, insurance purchase to easy finance options. Overall, customers will be introduced to a different brand experience via Fisker’s unique mobile app platform, which may also include mobility options such as green ride-hailing, carpooling and vehicle sharing in the future. Drivers can get behind the wheel of the Fisker Ocean starting at US$379 per month (with $2,999 down before delivery in 2022, which includes both initiation and activation fees). Fisker will also offer a “$0 drive off” option through a fully financed $2,999 down payment for credit approved customers."   From Henrik Fisker: "Our mission is to become the No. 1 e-mobility service provider on Earth, featuring the world’s most desirable and sustainable vehicles while shaking up the old automotive industry model—from the way a customer attains a vehicle, chooses affordable insurance, services a vehicle to the overall mobility experience."   https://www.greencarcongress.com/2019/11/20191127-fiskerocean.html   TESLA ASKS SUPPLIERS TO ACCELERATE MODEL Y PART DELIVERIES "Elon Musk recently announced that Tesla is accelerating the timeline to bring Model Y to production in the summer of 2020, but now suppliers hint that it could happen even sooner." reports Electrek: "We recently learned that Tesla is working on a fifth assembly line at the Fremont factory as the automaker is preparing the production of its fifth electric vehicle.But now a report from Taiwan about several Tesla suppliers claim that the automaker has requested that they expedite shipments of parts for Model Y to the current quarter. United Daily News in Taiwan reported (translated from Chinese):“Recently, Tesla has been successively notified that it requires advance preparation for Model Y mass production, which is about six months earlier than the original schedule.”  it seems clear that Tesla is planning to start low volume production relatively soon. Likely in Q1 2020."   https://ww.electrek.co/2019/11/27/tesla-model-y-suppliers-accelerate-part-deliveries-report/   USED EV VALUES INCREASING WITH DEMAND "Demand for electric cars is seeing used values increasing, according to new analysis by CarGurus. While petrol and diesel models have depreciated between January 2017 and November 2019, EVs have seen appreciating values." says Chris Lilly at Next Green Car: "Looking at the four most searched for electric models on the company's site - BMW's i3, the Nissan Leaf, Renault's Zoe, and the Tesla Model S - prices either rose or remained level for months at a time. In most cases, they significantly out-performed the most searched for petrol and diesel equivalents over the same period. The average asking price for a used 2015 Renault Zoe increased by 18% between January 2017 to November 2019, from £6,425 to £7,612. To compare, the Ford Fiesta of the same age decreased by 22% from £9,165 to £7,160 over the same period. BMW i3 values increased by 1% based on 2014 examples, while petrol or diesel Mini hatchbacks by comparison fell by 14%, both since the start of the year. A 2015 Nissan Leaf sees an average drop in value of just 9% from January 2017 at £10,438. Same age petrol or diesel VW Golf models dropped by 17% over the same period."   https://www.nextgreencar.com/news/8799/used-ev-values-increasing-with-demand/   GLOBAL VOLKSWAGEN E-GOLF SALES REACH 100,000 BEFORE LAUNCH OF ID.3 "Before the ID.3 was even unveiled in September, Volkswagen announced that it had received more than 30,000 pre-orders for the sub-brand-launching electric hatchback. Its predecessor, the e-Golf, didn't have nearly as splashy of a launch, but it recently hit a milestone of its own. Volkswagen has officially delivered 100,000 e-Golfs." according to Autoblog: "e-Golf production at the Dresden plant is on pace to set a new record in 2019, as Volkswagen believes it will see an output of more than 16,000 vehicles built. In total, roughly 27,900 e-Golfs were delivered to customers from January through October, 2019, up from 24,800 deliveries in all of 2018."   https://www.autoblog.com/2019/11/27/volkswagen-electric-golf-sales-reach-100k/   RENAULT ZOE REACHED NEW MILESTONE: 200.000 UNITS PRODUCED On 25 November 2019, at 3.10 pm, a pearl black New Renault ZOE Intens rolled off the production line at the Renault plant in Flins sur Seine (Yvelines) to loud applause. It was the 200,000th electric vehicle to be built on the site since production of the 1st generation Renault ZOE began in 2012.   For this special occasion, the lucky Dutch buyer and the director of the Renault concession that sold the vehicle were invited to Flins. Jean-Luc Mabire, Plant Director, symbolically handed over the keys to this New ZOE to its delighted owner. Since July 2019, Flins has produced over 15,000 New ZOE vehicles, which have been delivered to customers in more than 25 countries in Europe.   QUESTION OF THE WEEK The MYEV.com Question Of The Week…   "The controversial, and botched, Cybertruck launch is now the most-Googled search term in the companies history. But did it help or hinder the wider movement to EVs?”   I want to say a heartfelt thank you to the 249 patrons of this podcast whose generosity means I get to keep making this show, which aims to entertain and inform thousands of listeners every day about a brighter future. 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Since July of 2018, Iraq has been rocked by mass protests against the corruption and malfeasance of the country’s political elites, and the ability of the state to provide basic services such as electricity and sewage. These protests have taken a violent turn in recent weeks as security forces have killed over 250 people, in … Continue reading "Return to Sender: Lebanon, Iraq and the Political Economy of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Abroad"

Since July of 2018, the U.S. consumer tech sector has paid more than $14 billion in tariffs, drastically hindering industry-wide innovation and for some companies, even survival. Our episode begins with a firsthand account of a company’s struggles in the face of extreme costs followed by the perspective of an expert who has spent her entire career analyzing trade patterns. Guests: Deena Ghazarian, Founder and CEO, Austere Sage Chandler, Vice President—International Trade, Consumer Technology Association

Since July, 15 percent of the Louisville Police Department officers have left... here's part of the reason why: Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad is "Mr. Controversy" including: a sex abuse scandal, a rise in homicides, AND TWO NO CONFIDENCE VOTES. His latest screw up shows his absolute lack of leadership! During a city council meeting, here's what happened: "Do you consider any level of morale of the officers your responsibility?" Council President David James asked. "I think the morale of our officers is up to the individual," Conrad said. "It is how you come to work and what you expect to do and how you're going to do it. My morale every day is my responsibility. It is the same for each and every one of us." "As the leader of the department, you're saying you have no responsibility for the morale of the officers that work for you?" James pressed. "I'm saying that morale is set by each person individually. Our sergeants have more impact on the morale of our patrol officers because they're the ones that say yes or no when people want to take a vacation day," Conrad said. "They're the ones that are assigning people to details. They're the ones assigning different cars to the officers that don't have cars assigned yet." Congrats Chief, you are in the running for the worst leader in police in America. https://thinblueliner.com/major-lack-of-leadership-in-louisville-police-department/ ------ Americas Keepers - Don't Tread On Liberty -Patriot apparel and more... http://americaskeepers.com http://ThinBlueLiner.com for police videos and pro-police support communities. Thin Blue Line: https://americaskeepers.com/collections/thin-blue-line Wounded Blue Foundation: https://americaskeepers.com/pages/wounded-blue-foundation Thin Red Line: https://americaskeepers.com/collections/thin-red-line Patriots Only: https://americaskeepers.com/collections/patriots-only America's Keepers News/Blog: https://americaskeepers.com/blogs/news Become an America's Keepers affiliate: https://americas-keepers-apparel.goaffpro.com/

Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 09/26/2019, including: A key borrowing cost for Wall Street remained elevated on Tuesday near the end of the quarter even after the Federal Reserve injected $30 billion in longer-term cash into the U.S. banking system a week after turmoil in money markets. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York pumped $105 billion into the financial system Tuesday, in an effort to keep short-term funding costs near its fed funds target. This cash through 14-day loans to primary dealers was seen as a much needed boost for banks and Wall Street to avoid facing another cash crunch. At a Fed repo operations, primary dealers, or the top 24 Wall Street firms that do business directly with the Fed, borrow from the central bank by using their Treasuries and other bonds as collateral. Analysts said demand for funding will likely remain elevated going into quarter-end when repo lending tends to decline as banks want to conserve cash on their balance sheets to meet reporting requirements. Since July, polls have showed that at least half of American voters have opposed beginning impeachment or an impeachment inquiry. However, Democrats have decided that a whistleblower complaint alleging that Trump pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden’s son for corruption related to his work in Ukraine was a tipping point. Turnout among young Texas voters exploded in 2018. Groups want to make it even bigger in 2020.Texas has one of the worst voter participation rates — and youth voter turnout is particularly dire. But some see "a lot of potential" as one in three Texas voters are expected to be younger than 30 by 2022.

Do you love your craft enough that you'd continue on even when doors don't open, or would that cause you to throw in the towel and go after your Plan B? On this episode of the VIP Ignite podcast, your host Deneen White is excited to introduce you to P. David Miller. David started acting when he was 15 years old in San Francisco at The Everyman Theatre, a Shakespearean repertory company. He joined the USMC in 1981 which allowed him to see the world. His last duty in the Marine Corps was as an Explosive Ordinance Disposal Technician. P. David moved to Los Angeles in 1998 to pursue a career in Live-Action/Physical Special Effects with very few connections in the entertainment industry. He worked for Special Effects Unlimited, Inc then as a freelancer. During this time, he remembered how much he loved acting as a teenager and fell into being an actor again. Since July of 2005, he has been in over 150 productions as an actor that encompassed theatre, feature films, independent films, television, commercials, web series, print, and voice over. Whether you are an actor, model or musician, tune into this episode of the VIP Ignite podcast so that you can get a new perspective on the entertainment industry.  If you are an aspiring actor, model or musician, visit our website at https://ammsociety.com/webinar-registration to get registered for our next live webinar!

Our guest today is Brandan Robertson, a noted LGBTQ author, activist, and pastor, who works at the intersections of spirituality and social renewal. He currently serves as the Lead Pastor of Missiongathering Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in San Diego, CA.  Since July, the Missiongathering Church has been under attack from the conservative city leaders of San Diego, who seem hell-bent to mortally cripple the mission of the church as well as the organization itself. Per the church, "Missiongathering believes that The City of San Diego may be violating our religious liberty as a church and we are committed to fighting these actions for the sake of the survival of the church and our right to be who God has called us to be- and who we’ve always been. It is a fundamental call of Christ to reach out to those who are in need, to clothe the naked, and to be a good steward of our resources. " Listen today as we hear their story and the fight they have undertaken.  Named by the Human Rights Campaign as one of the top faith-leaders leading the fight for human rights, Brandan has has worked with political and social leaders around the world to end conversion therapy and promoted LGBT+ rights. Robertson currently serves as the co-chair of San Diego Pride’s DevOUT Interfaith Coalition, has served as thenational spokesperson of Evangelicals For Marriage Equality and developed the Evangelical Outreach Program for Faith In Public Life and the Bridging the Divides Program for Interfaith Alliance of Colorado. Co-host Brody Levesque

Today on Sojourner Truth, we continue our two-part series featuring constitutional and public interest lawyer, public speaker, political activist and educator Daniel Sheehan. Sheehan serves as Chief Counsel of the Romero Institute, where he has advocated on behalf of the Lakota People's Law Project. He also teaches at UCSC (the University of California Santa Cruz), delivering lectures on climate change, the potential impeachment of Donald J. Trump and the Standing Rock Movement against the Dakota Access pipeline, among others. Today, you will hear Part 2 of Sheehan's Trajectory of Justice course offered in 2019, focusing on the Robert Mueller report and the Special Counsel investigation. The Special Counsel investigation was an investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and incriminating links between Donald Trumps inner circle and Russian officials. It was conducted by special prosecutor Robert Mueller from May 2017 to March 2019. Since July 2016, the FBI covertly investigated activities by Russian operatives and by members of Trumps presidential campaign, using the code name Crossfire Hurricane. In May 2017, Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. Within eight days, following a call to action by Democratic lawmakers and revelations by Comey, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller, a former FBI director, to take over the FBI's investigation. The investigation officially concluded on March 22, 2019, when the Mueller Report was submitted to Attorney General Bob Barr, who many say misrepresented the reports findings. By July 2019, Mueller testified to Congress that Trump could be charged with obstruction of justice (or other crimes) after he left office. Since then, efforts to impeach Trump based on the Mueller investigation have floundered. Today, Sheehan discusses what the Mueller investigation missed and what he thinks is next for the future of Trump and the United States.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we continue our two-part series featuring constitutional and public interest lawyer, public speaker, political activist and educator Daniel Sheehan. Sheehan serves as Chief Counsel of the Romero Institute, where he has advocated on behalf of the Lakota People's Law Project. He also teaches at UCSC (the University of California Santa Cruz), delivering lectures on climate change, the potential impeachment of Donald J. Trump and the Standing Rock Movement against the Dakota Access pipeline, among others. Today, you will hear Part 2 of Sheehan's Trajectory of Justice course offered in 2019, focusing on the Robert Mueller report and the Special Counsel investigation. The Special Counsel investigation was an investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and incriminating links between Donald Trumps inner circle and Russian officials. It was conducted by special prosecutor Robert Mueller from May 2017 to March 2019. Since July 2016, the FBI covertly investigated activities by Russian operatives and by members of Trumps presidential campaign, using the code name Crossfire Hurricane. In May 2017, Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. Within eight days, following a call to action by Democratic lawmakers and revelations by Comey, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller, a former FBI director, to take over the FBI's investigation. The investigation officially concluded on March 22, 2019, when the Mueller Report was submitted to Attorney General Bob Barr, who many say misrepresented the reports findings. By July 2019, Mueller testified to Congress that Trump could be charged with obstruction of justice (or other crimes) after he left office. Since then, efforts to impeach Trump based on the Mueller investigation have floundered. Today, Sheehan discusses what the Mueller investigation missed and what he thinks is next for the future of Trump and the United States.

Since July, Puerto Rico has been undergoing a people’s movement that forced out former disgraced governor Ricardo Rossello after leaked text messages revealed not only sexist derogatory language, but also transcripts of high level officials mocking the victims of Hurricane Maria. Thousands of Puerto Ricans have been continuously in the streets demanding change. Puerto Rico’s Justice Secretary Wanda Vazquez was sworn in last Wednesday afternoon. Rosello’s handpicked appointment Pedro Pierluisi, a private sector lawyer surrounded by scandal, was declared unconstitutional by The Puerto Rican Supreme Court. Joining the show is Norma Perez, an organizer with A Call to Action On Puerto Rico. Accused sex trafficker, pedophile, and friend of president Trump Jeffrey Epstein apparently committed suicide in prison last week while under suicide watch. Investigators say that only one of the three people who was supposed to be guarding Jeffrey Epstein was an actual prison guard, and none of the three checked on him every thirty minutes, as called for by Bureau of Prisons policy. Law enforcement officials say that Epstein was apparently dead for hours before he was found. Joining the show is Jodi Dean, professor of political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva NY. Just last week The Trump administration imposed a total economic embargo against the government of Venezuela after the failed coup attempts of right-wing opposition lead Juan Guido. Despite tehcincal issues, discussing the embargo is a Venezuela solidarity activist Emile Rose.

Show Notes The 3-3 road trip was acceptable, but there is a lot to clean up. Update on Mets Math with 19 of 25 at home. The big story isn't Alonso - we all knew he would come around - it's the emergence of Amed Rosario. Since July 1st he's a top-10 offensive SS in baseball. Top three in runs created.  Rosario's defense has improved and if his performance is sustainable you have five core offensive players for next season. The bullpen situation requires Callaway to just go with who he has and hopes for the best. It makes 7-innings from the starters imperative. 

This week our guest is author JL Bell. Since July 4th, 1776 the Declaration of Independence has been surrounded by larger-than-life characters, with even larger-than-life stories. JL Bell separates fact from fiction in his latest article. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

Learn about the urgent stand for Mauna Kea with Native Hawaiian water protector Pua Case. In this episode of #moonwisepodcast, we speak with Native Hawaiian and Wimea resident Pua Case who is currently on Mauna Kea with her family and community working to protect their sacred mountain from desecration. Since July 17th 2019, thousands of protectors have gathered at the base of the mountain to peacefully block the road leading to the proposed construction site. In this episode, Pua shares her urgent update about the threat to Mauna Kea. We talk about standing for the sacred, the spirit of place, the importance of traditional ceremonies and building a nation. Pua also shares some specific ways that you can help support the movement.  Pua Case is a former elementary school teacher and lifelong water protector who was raised on the slopes of Mauna Kea. Along with her community, she has been working to protect the mountain from a 10-year, $1.3 billion 30 meter telescope project has been proposed on the Northern Plateau of Mauna Kea, where there are already 13 telescopes. Pua says, “the Mauna has brought us together…make no mistake that we are building a nation here.” She explains, “this mountain is not just the most sacred for Hawai'i but all of the Pacific…and the mountain says to us that from me is a connection to mountains around the world and we hold this vibration of the earth together.” We also talk about: Why the TMT telescope project does not meet legal criteria for construction The discipline and commitment of Kapu Aloha The top three ways to support the #protectmaunakea movement Music in this episode is from Hawane Rios’s new album “Kū Kia‘i Mauna – Together We Rise” which was released on the four year anniversary of the powerful frontline stand to protect Mauna Kea. Her music is available to purchase on iTunes or via her website hawanerios.com.

Since July 2012, Dr. Karen I. Hall has served as the superintendent of the Maplewood Richmond Heights School District, where she oversees more than 1,500 students, 275 employees, and a $25 million budget. She joined the MRH district as assistant superintendent in 2008, coordinating a wide array of programs: human resources, professional development, curriculum and instruction, federal grants, home visits, gifted instruction, and social justice training, among many others. Dr. Hall has held principal positions in the Pattonville and Ritenour school districts and was a third-grade teacher in Kirkwood. Under her leadership, MRHSD was named a “District of Distinction" from District Administration Magazine and has consistently earned national attention for its system-wide sustainability practices.

Children often find themselves at the centre of a variety of legal disputes and, as a result, they may enter the court system through a number of possible doors. Some of these disputes involve disagreements between parents, while others involve the possibility of state intervention due to child protection and safety concerns. What must be remembered is that children's futures are significantly impacted by the door through which their family enters the legal system. In Ireland, there are many instances where parents recognise that they are unable to care for their children and these children are received into care through a voluntary care agreement. However, the details of the parenting plan are often left vague, with the potential for future disagreement. In many instances, such voluntary care agreements result in applications to court leading to high tensions and a breakdown of trust between the parents and the child welfare agencies (section 4 of the Child Care Act, 1991). This process of reaching “agreements” may, in some circumstances, more appropriately be managed through alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation. Unfortunately, the use of mediation within child protection cases is not current practice in Ireland. Building on this existing research regarding alternative dispute resolution processes, this paper will examine child protection mediation programs operating in the USA and explore the largely uncharted potential of child protection mediation in an Irish context. This will inform policy and state actors as to the potential benefits/disadvantages of developing child-inclusive mediation at a national level. Rebecca Murphy graduated from Maynooth University with a double first-class honours degree in law and music (BCL). Since July 2015, Rebecca Murphy has been employed by the Courts Service as a judicial assistant/researcher for Her Honour, Judge Rosemary Horgan, and President of the District Court, who has extensive knowledge in all areas of family and child care law. Rebecca’s role as a judicial assistant/researcher has allowed her the opportunity to witness the realities and in some cases the distresses of family and child protection proceedings brought before the Dublin Metropolitan District (DMD) on a daily basis.

Since July, a team of workers clad in purple shirts have been on the streets of Baltimore in pursuit of 180 young men at-risk because of their involvement in the drug trade and gangs. These outreach workers are with Roca, a new program which aims to help these men, some of whom are among the most violent criminals in the city, turn their lives around.For three decades, Roca has worked in 21 communities in Massachusetts. It’s now a nationally recognized model of how behavioral health, education, job training and engagement can successfully transform the lives of those who are caught in a perpetual cycle of poverty and crime. Mayor Catherine Pugh secured four years of funding for the program with nearly $17 million dollars, mostly in private donations.Molly Baldwin, Baltimore native and the founder and CEO of Roca, joins Tom in the studio to discuss the organization’s plans in Baltimore. Later, Tom talks with Tyrone Roper of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, which works closely with the program.

Michel M. Deschamps is a former MUFON member and former Provincial Section Director for Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Since July 1974, he has had 27 separate UFO sightings, including two captured on video. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, featured in the press and He has contributed valuable information to researcher Jan Aldrich's Project 1947, which earned him an acknowledgment of his work in Jan's book, PROJECT 1947: A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE 1947 UFO SIGHTING WAVE. Michel's website can be found here: http://www.noufors.com/bio.html You can buy Michel's amazing books here: The Science of Spirit Possession The Tao of Natural Cycles Music intro/outro: "It's a Conspiracy" by Kerrin Connolly Support Kerrin on Patron https://www.patreon.com/kerrinconnolly/posts https://youtu.be/DPDPBSXQvpo A special thank you to APS Mastering for their support. Visit www.apsmastering.com for all of your Audio Mastering needs.

Since July 2015 each year, Avaya has dedicated resources to charitable organizations such as Save the Children and others to 'give back' to the community. Employees also donate time at area food banks, supported by our Corporate Responsibility program. Sara Broadbent talks to Fletch about this years efforts and the difference we are making around the world.

Nuevo Amanacer 2018, Opening Eucharist, Kanuga Retreat Center, NC I was introduced to new ideas at the Nuevo Amanacer (New Dawn) 2018 Conference last week at Kanuga Retreat Center in North Carolina. Over 400 people attended from the United States and Latin American countries at this bi-annual gathering of the Latino/Hispanic Ministries of the Episcopal Church.After living in San Antonio for 10 years, I appreciate how a worship service in Spanish with Latin music can be awe-inspiring. I’d often go to the Cathedral for the Sunday morning service in Spanish not understanding all the words, but understanding their love of God as the source of all life.But that was over 15 years ago. I learned last week that 2nd Generation Latinos enjoy a worship service in English since they speak English in school and with their friends. But it is still important to retain their heritage through Latino music. Other key elements of the mass can be in both English and Spanish such as the Gospel reading as well as the consecration of the sacraments. The peace is easily translated (Peace = La Paz).I’m a 2nd Generation American, too. My mother’s parents were born in Poland and emigrated to the U.S. in the late 1890’s. My dad’s father came from Ireland to America through Ellis Island in the early 1900’s. My dad’s mother was adopted and we were never sure of her background.I have early memories of my mother’s mother going to church every morning at a small Polish church in Perry, NY. Although I’d moved from Perry in high school and hadn’t worshiped in upstate NY since college, the parish continued until it was consolidated with other local parishes. Since July 2012, the parish campus was sold to Pastor Fabian Hernandez and serves as Iglesia Christiana Jesucristo es el Poder.We have had immigrants in the U.S. since the country was founded by European settlers (~15 generations) and will continue to open our shores and homes to those who leave their countries for many reasons.As a 2nd Generation American, I am grateful that I was accepted and made to feel at home. In today’s world, we must continue to make all people feel welcome in God’s kingdom.Blessings, my friendAgatha   

All this month we’ve been exploring how startup fundraising is changing and why it’s going to continue to change in 2018.   We started off by talking about why you don’t want to reach out to an investor when you just have an idea, how to evaluate if seeking investment make sense for your business, and in the last episode why no matter how great your idea or business is you’re still going to receive a lot of NOs.   After what might seem like endless reality checks, I’ve saved the best episode for last, we’re going to be talking about what it’s going to take to get a yes from an investor. Ooshma Garg and Danielle Morrill are back. Ooshma is the CEO and Founder of Gobble, and Danielle is the CEO and Founder of Mattermark. They've both recently become investment partners at XFactor Ventures, an investment firm that's focused on investing in female founders and mixed-gender teams.   You’ll learn:   Some of the uncomfortable activities you’re going to have to do find that first investor How to approach the topic of check size How to leverage that first check and attract additional investors who may have been on the fence What the investment partners at XFactor Ventures are looking for and the types of startups they have already invested in   Finally, if you are a female founder or are on a mixed-gender founding team and want to pitch your startup to the partners are XFactor you can check out their website here and follow up with them via email: hello@xfactor.ventures.   Build is produced as a partnership between Femgineer and Pivotal Tracker. San Francisco video production by StartMotionMEDIA.   ## What It’s Going To Take To Get That First Check From An Investor Transcript   Poornima:         In the last *Build* episode, we explored all the reasons an investor may say “no” to your big idea. If you missed the episode, I've included a link to it below this video. In today's episode, we're gonna dive into what it's gonna take to get that yes from an investor. So stay tuned.   Welcome to *Build*, brought to you by Pivotal Tracker. I'm your host, Poornima Vijayashanker. In each episode, innovators and I debunk a number of myths and misconceptions related to building products, companies, and your career in tech. Now, it can be very disheartening to hear no after no from investors, and make you wonder whether you're eventually gonna hear a yes. But it is possible, and in today's episode we'll talk about what it's gonna take to get that yes. Today we're back with Ooshma Garg, who is the CEO and Founder of Gobble, and Danielle Morrill, who is the CEO and Founder of Mattermark. And they are both investment partners at XFactor, a new investment firm focused on funding female founders and mixed-gender teams.               So thanks for coming back, ladies. I know last time we talked about all the many reasons that we've received a no. This time let's turn it around and talk about what it's gonna take to get a yes and let's start by reveling in that moment where we each got our first yes. Danielle, when was the first time you got a yes? Danielle:            I got my first yes from Dave McClure. We were sitting on the curb in front of their new office they had just opened in Mountain View. It was my birthday and it was the “you can quit your job now” check.   Poornima:         Awesome.   Danielle:            So it was extremely exciting to kind of put that milestone.   Poornima:         Yeah. What about for you, Ooshma?   Ooshma:            I got my first yes from Ben Ling and Keith Rabois. I remember going to get a physical check from Ben. He was at Google at the time. Now he's a partner at Khosla Ventures. And so we had been meeting and going back and forth and then I showed up there and he just wrote this check that was more money than I had ever seen in my entire life. He's like, "Here you go." I felt like I was this bodyguard...like I needed an armored truck. I felt like anybody who looked at me could see that I was carrying tens of thousands of dollars in my hand. It was really funny. I remember just being so excited, but also funny enough, just so careful and so nervous carrying that check literally all the way to the bank.   Poornima:         Nice. You weren't like Serena Williams, who just hopped into the ATM and tried to put it in the machine or something like that? She did a drive-by with one of her first—   Ooshma:            Oh yeah?   Poornima:         Yeah. With one of her first grand slam winnings. It was like—   Danielle:            I didn't even have a bank account.   Poornima:         There you go.   Danielle:            That sounds awesome.   Poornima:         That's awesome. All right. And then what did you do right after you got that first yes...after you deposited the money in the bank?   Danielle:            I don't think I deposited it for a while. There's all this stuff that has to happen actually, so we also incorporated on that day, just luck of timing. But yeah, I think it's really weird. You get this check and it's like this life-changing thing and then you have to go back to your crappy one bedroom apartment with no windows in San Francisco and it's like, "Get back to work."   Poornima:         Yeah.   Ooshma:            Yes.   Danielle:            Keep coding, so it's bizarre and this thing happens and you wanna shout from the rooftops, like, "Ah!"   Ooshma:            Yes.   Danielle:            But on some level you feel like, "Oh shit, this is real."   Ooshma:            Yes.   Danielle:            Does that resonate for you?   Ooshma:            Absolutely. I think with every great success there's just great responsibility. And so now you have this amazing check and certainly it's time to crack a bottle of champagne and celebrate for a moment.   Danielle:            Yes.   Ooshma:            But with that comes everything that you were planning to do when you told the person you would do with it. And not only that. It's just the first check. Typically you're raising some kind of round and it takes 10 to 15 angel investors to get it all together. So it's a huge milestone that I think people can take a sigh of relief, but still have to carry it to the finish line.   Poornima:         Now, one of my first investors was somebody who understood my niche market. I know we talked about this in the last episode, but once I found him, actually fundraising became super easy because he went out and kind of rallied the other folks who were kind of on the fence, right? It was, "I believe in this market, I believe in this founder, I believe in this idea, I'm gonna write this check and you all would be stupid to not follow." Have you had that experience as well?   Danielle:            Yeah, I think different investors take different approaches. Sometimes they go and create the syndicate and sometimes you do and then they come back you up by adding a voice. But I think they're pretty networked so most investors here talk to each other or they're only one degree of separation away.   Ooshma:            Yes.   Danielle:            So you almost feel like when you're beginning to fundraise, you can kind of feel the Valley talking about your company. There's no trace of it on the internet, but they definitely are asking each other questions and saying, "Have you looked at the deal? What do you think of the price? What do you think of this person? Do you know anything about them? Have you heard anything negative?" Just all those questions. Because there is no diligence tool, and I'm laughing because Mattermark is part of that story—   Poornima:         Right.   Danielle:            —but when we were really early stage, it's really a reputational thing.   Ooshma:            Yes.   Danielle:            And so I think part of it is going out and beating the drum for you and part of it is also they're fielding questions. So as soon as you say, as soon as I said, "Hey, Dave invested in us." Then I should expect Dave is gonna get hit up with people saying, "What do you think of Danielle? Why did you invest?" etc., etc.   Ooshma:            Yeah.   Poornima:         Right.   Ooshma:            But I do think it's important to make sure that when you get some of those first checks that you ask the person who else they would recommend join the round. That would be leaving a lot of value in introductions and referrals on the table if you didn't do that. Because this person has just expressed huge conviction in your vision. And so they'll typically or should be able to bring along at least a handful of introductions.   Danielle:            And also, I've gotta add, I did not know to do that when I first started out. And I think it's because you think you're inconveniencing this person who's just written you a check.   Ooshma:            Yeah.   Danielle:            But actually they just wrote you a check because they wanna make you successful. And so you should ask and ask and ask. They will tell you if you've crossed the line, but you probably never will cross the line. And it's really easy, as an investor now, to just move on to the next thing and get busy. And it's not that I don't want to help, but I kind of assume if you're not asking, you're all right.   Poornima:         Right.   Danielle:            So ask. Because I think it's totally true. And I think I did leave a lot of that on the table and probably made it harder on myself than it had to be at first.   Ooshma:            Yup.   Poornima:         Yeah. They're also protecting their investment by getting their fellow investors to invest, right?   Ooshma:            Yes.   Poornima:         Yeah. So last time we talked a little bit about the stage that investors are at and oftentimes that makes a difference. And Ooshma, you sort of alluded to this. Now there's a lot of different types of investors out there in the market today. There's VC's, angels, super angels, micro funds, and so on. So let's talk through what makes sense at each stage, and let's start with accelerators because both of you have been involved with YC. So when does it make sense to approach an accelerator before or maybe after funding, and what did it take to get in?   Ooshma:            Wow. You know, one secret that a lot of people don't discuss is that many folks that got into something like a YC got in on their third or fourth try. So I did not know that until I started talking to a lot of founders. And YC might've given them feedback, maybe they kept working on their idea and they got to a certain stage. So I think that you might apply but you shouldn't just quit based on getting a no that we talked about. Even getting in to accelerators at an early stage sometimes takes a few tries.   Poornima:         And why would you even recommend people apply? Why does it make sense to do that?   Danielle:            So I think it really comes down to helping you set up the company for success down the road. So what an accelerator or incubator program is gonna do is help you with your go to market, and that doesn't just mean your product go to market. It's also the marketplace they create for financing your company.   So they're gonna help you validate that you've got a venture-backable business and they're gonna help set you up with the relationships and the communication pattern that you need to have in order to be a viable option for those investors. And that's really valuable, especially if you're coming to the Bay Area from somewhere else and you can't really build that network in a few weeks.   Poornima:         Sure.   Danielle:            You really need to be here. And so you're gonna be able to get a lot of time back. Of course, they take equity for this. But I think it's probably one of the best trades you're gonna make because in the beginning it's just so binary. You're either gonna raise that round or your company's probably not going to exist and so early on that's probably one of the best ways to de-risk financing and then you can focus on the product.   Poornima:         So you mentioned that marketplace pulling in intros for you. For the two of you, how did YC facilitate those intros to angels or super angels?   Ooshma:            Well, in my case we were very unconventional. I started the company without YC and I just wanted to build this idea and I felt that there was a problem that needed a solution. So I started prototyping it, I asked my friends for introductions. I was luckily already here for three years after college building a network. So I could just start my own process and seed round and ask for introductions, start raising money, and we didn't need Y Combinator for the first couple years of the company.   Then, it takes a while. First your company has to get funded so you can explore it, all right? And then you have to find product-market fit and you get to a stage of scale. So it took us a while to find product-market fit and I did YC in the middle of our company's story, at a time when we were changing models. Solving the same problem, but with different solutions, and when the fundraising environment was really tough.   So I had to make the decision of, “If it's worth working on, I'm gonna take what I can get.” And at the time that was joining an accelerator. So I think that that's a good example because it shows that you might've been working on something for five years and if YC can help you, or an accelerator can help you, you should still apply and use that as a catalyst for whatever next funding round or whatever growth metric you're—or awareness you're really looking for. But I would also say that you can't let anything like that stop you from building your company.   Poornima:         Right.   Ooshma:            So any investor saying “no” or any accelerator saying “no,” you should be building something because you see a way for the world to be better with something. And you have to decide to just do that and do it anyway, regardless of how you get there.   Poornima:         So let's talk about the mechanics behind this now. So there's obviously angels, there's super angels, there's micro funds, there's VCs. Walk us through what the check size is or who makes sense at what stage.   Danielle:            Right, so, there's a lot of flavors. Generally, if you're talking pre-VC, then there's very few private individuals who are gonna write more than a $50,000 to $100,000 check. Generally, if you think about someone's net worth, they've got some chunk of their net worth set aside for investing, and it's probably like 5% or 10%, so you can kind of begin to understand what's going on there.   But the easiest thing for anyone who's not a VC is just to ask them. What's your check size and how much risk do you wanna take? Will you invest pre-product or no, is question one. And then post-product, it's like what do you need to see from me to invest? There's so many investors now in that pre-Series A stage that I think it would be hard to give a blanket answer. But the most important thing is to just ask them, "Tell me about the last two or three deals you did. How big were they and what stage?" And I would try to not worry about getting them to do something exceptional. People kind of have their comfort zone with their personal money. And what they're doing is probably gonna continue to be the same because they're anchored on their last check.   Poornima:         Yeah. Danielle:            So if they've been writing a lot of $10K checks, that's probably the check size that they're writing unless they come into a huge amount of money and it changes their world.   Ooshma:            Right.   Danielle:            And then the other thing is you're gonna have these weird institutional investors who will invest before Series A. I guess this is super common now. When I started fundraising this was a lot less the case. So these are kind of these super angels, micro VCs, I don't really know what they're called today. Pre...what is it, pre-seed?   Poornima:         Pre-Series A.   Danielle:            They call it all these different things.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Danielle:            But fundamentally no, those check sizes could be anywhere up to, let's say, $500,000. They're generally not leading or pricing a round. No one has to lead a round if you don't have a equity round, so that's—a big part of it is just, again, what size check are you normally writing, do you need control in some way, do you add a board seat, all those things. The good news is once you get to Series A, it's a lot more standardized in terms of ownership. So there's some rules of thumb and I'm gonna say these and then you tell me if you think they're different because I feel like maybe they're not all the same. One big piece of advice is don't sell more than 25% of your company before your Series A. So fully diluted, when you run your own cap table out. You don't wanna be in a position where you've already sold half your company, because what happens is a Series A investor probably needs to have 20% ownership just for them when they come in. So if you've already sold half your company, on top of that, it starts to be pretty demotivating. That can be a little higher or lower, just depending on what's going on with your business. And then you of course have your other investors that might come in. So maybe you sell 25% to 30% of your company total in that round.   And then the B and C and so on. The way to think about it is the better you're doing, the more leverage you have.   Poornima:         Sure.   Danielle:            People generally sell 15% to 20% of their company in the B. And then at the C, D, and onward, it's kind of a sliding scale downwards from there in terms of ownership percentage. And you might be thinking, "Well, doesn't this add up to more than 100%?" And the thing is that you're diluting everybody else as you go. So you're selling a chunk of the whole company at that moment in time. So these investors, it's generally gonna come down to...fund size will line up with check size. And they're gonna say something like, "We raised $150 million fund, we're planning to write $5 million to $10 million checks, and then we're holding on to $5 million to $10 million per company for follow-on." Something like that, and you can just do the math.   Poornima:         Right.   Ooshma:            Or like, in our case with Xfactor, we have a $3 million fund and we're putting $100K in 30 companies. And that's the rubric. So I think to Danielle's point, it's your job to understand everyone's rubrics and appetites so that you are not wasting your time and not wasting their time. And at each stage—and let's take the seed stage for example, because it's one of the only stages where there's so many investors involved—fitting all those puzzle pieces together to get to how much money you need for the next 18 months and a specific material milestone. So I think you start out with calculating that money and you get your friends or blogs or whatever advisors to help you. And then look for people in that stage and then fit those pieces together and ask them to make introductions until you fill the amount.   Poornima:         Yeah, so let's talk about that. How do you actually get these intros? If I'm outside of Silicon Valley, I'm coming in, or even if I'm here and I've been an engineer all my life or a designer or something and then I recently made the switch to a founder, I might not have that network. How do I get those intros?   Danielle:            So, the truth is you're just gonna have to get out there and talk to people.   Ooshma:            Yeah.   Danielle:            And I think the thing is you probably know people who can help you that you might not realize. It's pretty rare, if you live here, even if you just moved here, not to know somebody who works at a startup. So you just have to start asking. And the truth is you're gonna have to give away information to get information.   Poornima:         Sure.   Danielle:            "Hey, I have a startup." OK, everybody has a startup.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Danielle:            "Hey, we're raising." OK, "It's really hard."   Poornima:         Right.   Danielle:            A lot of people immediately are like, "Oh, OK, interesting." "Do you know anybody who invests in startups?" And the thing is you're gonna have to do this at scale. So you're gonna need to go to events.   Poornima:         Right.   Danielle:            You're gonna need to ask the people that you worked with in the past and you're gonna need to do things that you might not enjoy doing, like going on LinkedIn and just doing a ton of research. Nothing is better than a warm intro. So even though this feels really weird and painful to ask, these are gonna generate the introductions that are gonna be the best possible. The next thing is cold after that.   Poornima:         Right.   Danielle:            So anything you can do to get something warm, even if it's many degrees of separation, is gonna help you more. And so that might also mean cold outbounding someone that you wanna then get an intro through.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Danielle:            So portfolio founders are probably the best people to cold outbound rather than the VC themself or the investor themself. So if someone cold contacts me and says, "Hey, I'd love to get to know you and Mattermark, yadda yadda," and maybe their plan is that they'd like to get introduced to Brad Feld, the reality is if they can tell that we didn't click, they're not gonna ask for that intro. And that sounds really, I dunno.   Poornima:         Transactional?   Danielle:            Mercenary? Transactional?   Poornima:         Yeah, yeah.   Danielle:            But it's business, so that's what business networking is.   Poornima:         Of course.   Danielle:            And I think the truth is I wanna send Brad great companies.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Ooshma:            Yeah.   Danielle:            So if you're an interesting company and you pitch me and I get excited, one, I might angel invest in you, which is the absolute best way for me to introduce you to one of my investors.   Ooshma:            Yeah. Danielle:            But the other thing is we all got helped in the same way.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Danielle:            So it sounds transactional, but it's also just kind of how it works.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Ooshma:            It's the culture of paying it forward.   Poornima:         Right.   Ooshma:            Everyone does that. And if they can't...they'll be honest. If they can't give you that introduction and you do click, maybe they'll give you some advice. And then we go back to that whole idea of listening and staying in touch and sending people updates. But I would say leave no stone unturned. If you just landed here, there's Techstars or 500 or Founder Institute or Y Combinator or TechCrunch Disrupt or Golden Seeds or who knows. There's all these things you can apply to. And of course, if you are an island and you don't know anyone, you have to start out cold. But cold will soon become warm.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Ooshma:            And you have to play the numbers game in the beginning.   Poornima:         Sure.   Ooshma:            And so just go to all the meetups, email everybody, send links and product demos. Just be creative. Oh! One hack that I had which actually led to me meeting you is that I would go to talks and sit in the front and come up with really good questions. And I'd strategically go to talks where I really wanted to meet the person and I knew they'd be a great investor or advisor. I would wait until the very end. They would give a talk and then all these people would be crowding around someone like Reid Hoffman. In this case it was Aaron Patzer from Mint. And so people were talking to him for 30 minutes. And I waited until the very end and he was like, "Oh my gosh. Who's this person waiting?" I said, "Hey, I'll just walk you to your car. I have a quick question." And then he became a very early on startup advisor and advocate for me. So there's all these unconventional things I think that you can do to get out there. And they might be uncomfortable but that's how we all did it.   Poornima:         Yeah. It's funny. I actually mentioned this hack to a bunch of people whenever they want my time. I tell them I'm gonna be at this event speaking. Some people take me up, some people don't. Some people have gone so far as to say, "I'll pick you up from the airport." I love those people. Because I'm like, "Great! I don't have to worry about how I'm gonna get from Point A to Point B," right? Or "I'll buy you dinner" or whatever, but yeah, I think it's definitely going out of your way to get that interest and build that network. So let's talk about what you guys are working on now. You are working on XFactor. So let's dive into that. Why did you even think this was important? Ooshma, you just rattled off 10 seed opportunities. So why XFactor?   Ooshma:            Yeah.   Poornima:         Why do you want to put another one in there?   Ooshma:            You know, there was not one female investor in our seed round. And I think...I firmly believe that diversity creates innovation, diversity of thought. And America in and of itself is this diverse nation and considered to be the best in the world. And it's because of all the different perspectives and kinds of people that we have here.   I like to emulate that in the company and I would like that in our investors. I don't think that one perspective is gonna make us this breakout, worldwide innovative company.   So, I think that XFactor is unique and necessary because it's brought together a partnership of nine people and it's all women and we are all operators, founders, CEOs, and active companies. We're not retired. We're extremely current. All these things...fundraising, hiring, strategy, growth, it's all on top of mind. We can add so much value to early stage companies. And we're just approaching it in this very kind of operators helping operators, allowing for bad-ass women to help other women in a space where there just aren't as many.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Ooshma:            And really just adding some more diversity to both the founder pool and the investor pool to build more breakout companies.   Poornima:         So you mentioned you were able to raise capital without having a woman founder. So why is that...why do you think that's important? Right? You did it, you proved it. You did it, you proved it. And I know I've...in my last company I raised from all men, so why is that important?   Danielle:            I think that it's important because it's hard and the reality is we want these products to exist in the world. It's not really that these companies can't get funded. It is harder, but the best ones get funded. And it's just what are we missing?   Poornima:         Yeah.   Danielle:            What are we missing out on in the world that could exist tomorrow?   Ooshma:            Yup. Danielle:            There's so many creative, amazing people who are not getting funded for reasons that have nothing to do with what the company is about. And the bad thing is that this kind of poisons the well too, so there's people who aren't even trying.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Danielle:            And so I think we wanna send this message that, "Look, we shouldn't have to exist." XFactor shouldn't need to exist and if we do a really good job and we make a bunch of money, people are gonna realize that investing in women, investing in men, we wanna invest in the best no matter what. So down the road, hopefully we can't exist.   Poornima:         Nice. Yeah.   Danielle:            But until that happens I think we need to...the only way to change it is to actually create competition.   Ooshma:            Yup.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Danielle:            So we are in competitive deals and we are sending this deal flow, we're creating market for each of these founders because we're gonna need to see a lot more female role models at the top. Ooshma's company is progressing, Mattermark is progressing, but we're still very early stage and there's not a ton of examples of huge exits run by women.   Poornima:         Right.   Danielle:            So I think we're really great examples here, but it's very early days and the best chance we have of seeing those results at the end is to put as much as possible at the top of the funnel. And I wanna say I also think it's just an incredible investment opportunity because it's under-invested so dramatically. Frankly, we should be able to see incredible returns partly because there's just so many opportunities that haven't been taken.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Danielle:            So I feel like not only is it awesome for founders, and I'm so stoked about them, it's awesome for our LPs and it’s gonna prove to LPs that female fund managers can return awesome results as well. And you know what? There's more asymmetrical opportunities like this to take. There's room to create tons more funds focused on women. You can create the exact approach with any minority group.   Poornima:         Yeah. Danielle:            So it's...it shouldn't have to exist, but while it does, we should try to create wealth for all the people involved and then long term, I think create competition in the market.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Ooshma:            And it's so...this is not a not-for-profit.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Ooshma:            It is not a charity. We are looking at people who are the grittiest of entrepreneurs and are in it for the long haul and ready to build multibillion dollar companies, and can answer all the hard questions. And we've got—   Poornima:         So what are some of those?   Ooshma:            Yeah. Well, first of all, we've gotten hundreds of pitches.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Ooshma:            And we've only made about nine or so investments.   Poornima:         OK.   Ooshma:            Since July. So in just the last three months we've looked at so many companies, and I think people assume, "Oh my gosh, there's a female investor, she's gonna invest in a woman." But I think it's out of respect to founders that you...that investors ensure that they are looking for and helping you build huge companies and use your time in the best way possible.   Poornima:         OK. So what are you guys looking for in your...and what's kind of...you said that your check size is $100K, so we're looking at early deals. And what else are you looking for? What's it gonna take to get a yes?   Danielle:            Well, the first thing is that we are definitely looking for a return that's pretty impressive. So even at the early stage if we invest, let's say $100,000 in a $1-million round, I would say the average post-money valuation is $8 million to $10 million.   Ooshma:            Yup.   Danielle:            So right away, to get to a 10x outcome, we need to see a company with really meaningful revenue. The good news is we don't technically need to find the billion-dollar companies to have a really successful fund, but I think the reality is we wanna find those outliers. Poornima:         Sure.   Danielle:            So we're just like any other venture firm at the early stage looking for the most impressive opportunities to deploy their capital. We've got 30 bullets in the gun. So we're also thinking, "OK, we're gonna invest this money over the next two or three years. Is this the best deal that I can do this year for each partner?" Each partner is thinking about this constantly. So you're looking at the entire field and you're saying, "Of all the possible ways to deploy this money, what do we think can get the best return?"   Ooshma:            Right.   Danielle:            And that's what we're focused on.   Ooshma:            And the partners hold each other to a very high bar. We're all CEOs of our own companies and we hotly debate every deal.   Poornima:         OK.   Ooshma:            And it's incredibly smart, active people around the table. So it helps us make great investments. And it helps us keep the bar high because we have a lot to prove to each other and I think we have a lot to prove as a fund. And that we want to. Because this is...it's about the great returns, but it's also, like Danielle said, about setting an example and about proving a point and hopefully making ourselves obsolete.   Danielle:            So I think we should give some specific things for the viewers in terms of what we wanna see because, people listening, we want you to pitch us. So, you gotta have a product. You pretty much have to have revenue I would say for our group, although we would still talk to you, help you get there, stay in touch. We wanna some amount of revenue or customers. I would like to see high margin businesses. I'm looking for software scale. I don't think that that's true for all of my partners, but I struggle because I think we're looking for companies that take advantage of innovations to get the advantage in the market.   Ooshma:            Yes.   Danielle:            I'm looking for people who have some special passion. Ooshma talked about being mission driven. It's really hard. I think we really wanna find founders who are in it for the long haul, so if they're just an arbitrage deal, I don't know that we're quite as excited about that.   Poornima:         Right.   Danielle:            Again, I don't wanna speak for all my partners, but I personally would prefer to talk to somebody who's like, "This is the only thing I wanna do."   Poornima:         Yeah.   Danielle:            I'm looking for patents and technology innovation. I'm looking for stuff that solves problems in the enterprise space and software space for developers, just because I actually think there are a lot of women in those fields and I think there's more bias for women pitching those ideas than any other idea, and I think they—I wanna give them that check so they have the confidence to go do all the rest of the pitches.   Poornima:         OK.   Danielle:            I wanna write the quit-your-job check. That's the number one thing. So if you're watching this video and you're like, "I would have to quit my job and work on this full-time and I need $100,000," we wanna talk to you.   Poornima:         Yeah.   Danielle:            Because the quit-your-job check for me was life-changing. I think we would like to write that, so, sorry I'll let you tell them what you want.   Ooshma:            I mean, man. Yeah, Danielle really covered a lot of it. And I think just the founder DNA and passion and willingness, of course plays a huge role. But the interesting thing is that our partnership is so diverse that we have folks coming at it from retail, from consumer, from enterprise, from hardware. We've assembled this...and from the finance companies and healthcare, finance, SAS, etc., so it's really neat because no matter what your company is doing, there's probably an expert in our partnership that can talk with you, consider the deal, and at least give you feedback, if not invest.   So I think that we are looking for breakout companies in all of those industries. But your...yeah, we—   Danielle:            Our portfolio already has quite a range.   Ooshma:            It has quite a range. I mean, we've invested in fashion, in hardware, in AI—   Danielle:            Developer tools and machine learning and ag tech—   Ooshma:            Yes.   Danielle:            Huge range already.   Poornima:         Well I can't wait to hear when they come out. Ooshma:            Yes.   Poornima:         So, for our audience out there who's eager to get their idea out in front of you, how can they get in touch with you?   Danielle:            An email to hello@xfactorventures is perfect. Xfactor.ventures is the domain.   Ooshma:            Yes.   Poornima:         OK, what should they send you?   Danielle:            You can send us a pitch or you can send us a hello and we can set up a phone call. Either one is great.   Poornima:         Cool.   Ooshma:            Yup.   Poornima:         All right, well, be sure to take them up on their opportunity.   Ooshma:            Looking forward to it.   Poornima:         That's it for this episode of*Build*. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to receive many more episodes like today's and great *Build* tips. Ciao for now.   Announcer:      This episode of *Build* is brought to you by our sponsor, Pivotal Tracker.

“How can I break into Hollywood or advance in my creative career if I don’t know anybody?” is a common question I receive via e-mail, when I speak at events, or when I teach at USC or online. Whenever someone sends me an email or Facebook message and asks, “Can I buy you coffee and pick your brain?” this is inevitably their reason for reaching out. Unlike doctors or lawyers, the path to being a successful film editor, writer, visual effects artist, animator, actor, or any other creative career is not a linear path, but here’s the secret nobody tells you: There are very specific steps you can follow to be successful, but you have to be willing to put in the time and take action consistently. The key is not discovering the path and following it, the key is learning the proper steps to forge your own unique path. In this episode I dive deep into the topic of networking and what it looks like to do it right. My guest today is my assistant editor Chris Visser whom I met at a networking event a little over two years ago, and since then he has said all the right things and taken all the right steps to slowly build a relationship with me over time. And when the time was right he got “lucky” and ended up becoming a part of my team. But if you know me at all, you know I don’t believe in luck and think it’s simply when hard work intersects with opportunity. If you’ve ever thought to yourself “It’s all about who you know, and I don’t know anybody, so I just give up!” then this episode is great place to start because Chris and I break down the key steps to networking the right way so you don’t waste your time and end up walking in circles wishing you just magically knew people. It’s time to get out there and build your network. When you’re done listening to this episode, if you haven’t already I highly recommend checking out episode eleven, my two hour marathon interview with Norman Hollyn, former head of the editing track at USC. Want to Hear More Episodes Like This One? » Click here to subscribe and never miss another episode Here's What You'll Learn: How Chris made it to Hollywood Eliminating excuses and finding your own path to success How to make an impression at your industry internship Processing and evaluating big career risks How a brat and cheese gift basket got Chris a job in Hollywood Building a post-studio from the ground up When Chris met Zack at EditFest LA Asking the right questions to the people that matter How to network without embracing the "sycophant rush" Knowing the mindset of the people you approach Breaking your career goals down into bite-sized action steps Chris' involvement with Blue Collar Post Collective (BCPC) Useful Resources Mentioned: EditFest Los Angeles Support the Podcast & Win! Blue Collar Post Collective Our Generous Sponsors: This episode is made possible by Ergodriven, the makers of the Topo Mat, my #1 recommendation for anyone interested in moving more at their height-adjustable workstation. Listen, standing desks are only great if you’re standing well, otherwise you’re constantly fighting fatigue and chronic pain. Not like any other anti-fatigue mat, the Topo is scientifically proven to help you move more throughout the day which helps reduce discomfort and also increase your focus and productivity. And they’re really fun and a great conversation starter. This episode is made possible by the HumanCharger,  a revolutionary new light therapy device made specifically for people who spend long days in the dark and don’t get enough sunlight…i.e. You and me. Simply put in the earbuds for 12 minutes a day to receive your daily recommended dosage of UV-free white light. Doing so can drastically increase your energy, improve your mood, and increase mental alertness and focus.This device has literally changed my life and I use it every morning without fail. Use the code ‘OPTIMIZE’ to get 20% off your order. Guest Bio: Facebook|Twitter Born and raised in the land of Beer and Brats (aka Wisconsin), Chris has loved the craft of filmmaking since taking a movie-making class his freshman year of high school. While attending Marquette University, Chris was lucky enough to earn the 2011 Post-Production Internship with the Emmys Foundation. He graduated in May 2012, and moved to Los Angeles just weeks after to pursue a career in the film industry. His first few years were spent as an assistant editor at several post houses before becoming an online editor/colorist in January of 2015. After a year and a half of online-ing shows like Nellyville (BET) and Greatest Party Story Ever (MTV), he got the opportunity to really try for a spot in the scripted narrative world. Since July of 2016 he’s been the assistant editor on several digital series and features, and has recently transitioned into network scripted series. Chris is also heavily involved with the Blue Collar Post Collective, which just celebrated it’s 1 year anniversary in LA in June. He’s been an LA executive committee member since BCPCWest’s launch and in July of 2017 became the Vice President of BCPCWest. When not working, Chris loves to spend time with his fiancee and his two dogs, consume local ice cream, talk about movies and tv, and practice film photography (preferably all at once). Show Credits: This episode was edited by Curtis Fritsch, and the show notes were prepared and published by Jakin Rintelman. Special thanks to Krystle Penhall and Sarah Furie for helping to spread the love! The original music in the opening and closing of the show is courtesy of Joe Trapanese (who is quite possibly one of the most talented composers on the face of the planet). Note: I believe in 100% transparency, so please note that I receive a small commission if you purchase products from some of the links on this page (at no additional cost to you). Your support is what helps keep this program alive. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Welcome to the podcast, today I’m joined by MeiMei Fox. MeiMei is a published author, co-author, ghostwriter, and freelance editor of hundreds of non-fiction health, wellness, spirituality, and psychology books, articles, and blogs, including the New York Times bestsellers "Bend, Not Break" with Ping Fu and "Fortytude" with Sarah Brokaw. Since July 2016, MeiMei has contributed five articles per month to Forbes as part of the Women@Forbes initiative. She writes about aligning your career with your life purpose, and profiles entrepreneurs and changemakers who can serve as role models to us all. Her latest project is publishing her own blog, Adventures with Twins, whose daily posts include tips on raising twins, healthy recipes, product reviews, guests posts and interviews with other parents, and her own deep reflections on parenting. MeiMei has had two poems selected from among thousands of submissions for the books Multiples Illuminated, and the coming "Multiples Illuminated: Toddler to Tween." Throughout her 15+ year writing career, MeiMei has edited books by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Columbia professor Robert Thurman; and was the Expedition Writer for Jacques Cousteau's granddaughter Alexandra's Expedition: Blue Planet. Her articles have been published in the Huffington Post, Self, Stanford magazine, MindBodyGreen, and numerous other publications. Full show notes available at: lourdesviado.com/womenindepth

Hundreds of NHS patients and staff have been referred to the government's controversial counter-terrorism scheme Prevent. Since July last year public sector employees like social workers, teachers and NHS staff - have been required to identify those individuals deemed at risk of being drawn into terrorism. 5 live Investigates can reveal for the first time that 420 NHS staff and patients have been referred to Prevent since the new rules came in. That's up from just 64 referrals the year before. Critics say the Prevent strategy has made public sector workers over-zealous and innocent people are being caught up in a climate of suspicion. Not only that, but there may be people with genuine mental health problems who are being deterred from seeking help because they're worried they'll be reported.

As this is our very last show of 2016, I thought it’d be cool to do a recap of White Market Podcast’s best moments of 2016. In case you haven’t listened to all the episodes, this can be sort of your guide to go back and catch up with something you might have missed and be of your interest. With 8 interviews, a couple of special features and even a mini-documentary, I’m sure there will be something up your street. This has probably been probably the best season of White Market Podcast so far. Since July, I have celebrated the 25th anniversary of Linux and the 2nd edition of Netlabel Day, I have talked to netlabel managers and representatives of different institutions linked to free music and free culture, and, of course, I talked a lot about copyright. However, the big learning curve happened mainly due to our guests, so I decided to highlight them all, as sort of an appreciation gesture. You can find them all on our website, along with detailed credits on background music. Here’s a a list of all the guests on the show this season in order of appearance on this week’s show. Cheyenne Hohman, director of Free Music Archive – Session 3.10 Manuel Silva, founder of Netlabel Day and M.I.S.T. Records – Session 3.01 Maarten Zeinstra, from think tank Kennisland; project manager at CopyrightExceptions.Eu – Session 3.13 Alex Lungu, founder of the Copy-Me webseries and website- Session 3.03 Jonas Öberg, executive director of Free Software Foundation Europe – Session 3.07 Joris Pekel, community manager for cultural heritage at Europeana – Session 3.18 Markus Koller, founder and manager of Starfrosch – Session 3.15 Graeme Gill, founder and manager of Pilot Eleven – Session 3.11 Oh, and since it’s Christmas time, I also played the holiday tune of the season. Merry Xmas, everyone! Donnie Ozone – Christmas Shopping at the Dollar Store [blocSonic] // CC BY-NC-SA

Since July, much of New Jersey has been under a drought watch. In the months since, rainfall has continued to be scarce in much of the state. As a result, 14 counties are now under a drought warning. With reservoir levels dropping and precipitation continuing to be below normal levels, water conservation becomes ever more important. Dan Kennedy, assistant commissioner of Water Resources Management, joined Bob Bostock to provide an update on the drought situation in New Jersey as well as some tips on water conservation, because Every Drop Counts. For more information on the drought warning and DEP’s involvement, please visit http://njdrought.org/.

Banking has changed dramatically in response to the evolving expectations of consumer and business customers. From mobile to social media, banks have had to respond with easy-to-use technology solutions that work the way consumers want. In this episode, we talk with Rüdiger Schmidt, CIO at Banco Sabadell, one the largest banks in Spain, to learn about the impact of digital transformation on banking.Rüdiger Schmidt has more than 25 years experience in managing IT for the Financial Services Industry. Since July 2015 Rüdiger Schmidt is CIO at Banco Sabadell.

Banking has changed dramatically in response to the evolving expectations of consumer and business customers. From mobile to social media, banks have had to respond with easy-to-use technology solutions that work the way consumers want. In this episode, we talk with Rüdiger Schmidt, CIO at Banco Sabadell, one the largest banks in Spain, to learn about the impact of digital transformation on banking.Rüdiger Schmidt has more than 25 years experience in managing IT for the Financial Services Industry. Since July 2015 Rüdiger Schmidt is CIO at Banco Sabadell.

Jeff Brown has been practicing excellence and consistency for the past 29 years behind a microphone; first as an award-winning broadcaster and now as a successful podcaster, business and podcast coach, and speaker. Since July 2013, Jeff has served as host of the Read to Lead Podcast, a three-time Best Business Podcast nominee, featuring interviews with today’s best business book authors including, Seth Godin, John Maxwell, Gary Vaynerchuk, Simon Sinek, Chris Brogan, Brian Tracy, Dan Miller, and over 100 more. Jeff and his work have been featured in Inc. and Entrepreneur, the blogs of Seth Godin, Chris Brogan, Jeff Goins and Social Media Explorer, as well as publications like The Nashville Business Journal, The Tennessean, and over 100 other blogs and podcasts. On this show we discuss the power of reading, lifelong learning, and planning your next career before you need to. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Learning to read a book a week Jeff’s story of becoming a podcaster Getting laid off of his job Finding peace with a scary place of unemployment Podcast shows that Jeff was listening to in the beginning Practice excellence with consistency – over time that will pay off Learning tricks to calm myself when interviewing influencers Sharing with young people how different they world has been afforded them Passing on experiences with the next generation Being a lifelong learner Advancing your career through reading – accelerating yourself over 90% of the competition “Be so good that people can’t ignore you” Steve Martin Planning your next move of career NOW, before you have to Make it a practice to share other people’s work more than your own and more! Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: @TheJeffBrown Jeff@readtoleadpodcast.com Jeff@podcasteracademy.com Pat Flynn – Podcasting resources Cliff Ravenscraft’s podcasting resources Success Magazine Article – You Economy Book: The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do Book: The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5 Ever work at a standup desk and could use a little support? With the Focal Upright...

In episode 50, Jeff Brown talks about how he built an audience for his award-winning Read to Lead podcast and has made connections with huge influencers like John C. Maxwell and Seth Godin. For 29 years, Jeff has been earning his living behind a microphone; first as an award-winning broadcaster and now as a successful podcaster, business and podcast coach, and speaker. Since July 2013, Jeff has served as host of the Read to Lead Podcast, a two-time Best Business Podcast nominee, and featuring interviews with today's best business book authors including, Seth Godin, John Maxwell, Gary Vaynerchuk, Simon Sinek, Chris Brogan, Brian Tracy, Dan Miller, and over 100 more. Jeff draws on his experience as a former on-air personality to coach and mentor new and up-and-coming podcasters. He specializes in helping clients understand how to leverage the "intimacy" of the medium, utilizing techniques that have enabled him and his clients to successfully stand out from the crowd. Jeff and his work have been featured in Inc. and Entrepreneur, the blogs of Seth Godin, Chris Brogan, Jeff Goins and Social Media Explorer, as well as publications like The Nashville Business Journal, The Tennessean, and over 100 other blogs and podcasts.

Off White Records podcast #05 Artist : Suflet *no tracklist Davide Bertucci , Suflet in art, was born in Verona on May 3, 1994. As a child shows a great interest in music, with a special love, almost unbridled towards vinyls. Love that brought him, to date, to have a beautiful and complete personal collection. Music has always been his alter ego, his Suflet (soul); At 13 he began to discover the world of Techno, his only gender and the world of production: it was love at first sight. He is ranked first as a producer and later as a Dj, exclusively on vinyl. He has had the pleasure of playing in clubs such as Alter Ego and Art Club, and to go out in the Planet Rhythm (Bas Mooy, Yan Cook, Giorgi Gigli, Ness). Since July 18, 2014, the founder and owner of Absolute Records label: label "channeled" toward flavors and sounds purely Techno / Dub Techno.

Since July 2014, an interim USDA regulation on foods sold outside the reimbursable meals program requires healthier offerings nationwide. But questions remain. Many of the new “Smart Snacks” are reformulated copycats of highly processed stuff sold outside school. In some states, liberal waivers of restrictions on bake sales and junk-food fundraisers keep sugar levels high. Should we be worried? Not necessarily, say today’s guests. Districts can choose to adopt (or retain) stricter standards, setting a successful example that others can emulate. This program was brought to you by Whole Foods Market

In conjunction with Tear-Sheet: The Daily Grind of Illustration, the Philip Feldman Gallery + Project Space presents a public conversation with Nicholas Blechman and Christoph Niemann. Nicholas Blechman, illustrator and Art Director of The New York Times Book Review will be in conversation with Berlin-based author and illustrator Christoph Niemann about the ups, the downs, current trends and gossip in illustration today. Feldman Gallery Lecture: Nicholas Blechman and Christoph Niemann In conjunction with Tear-Sheet: The daily grind of illustration., the Philip Feldman Gallery + Project Space presents a public conversation with Nicholas Blechman and Christoph Niemann. About Nicholas Blechman: Nicholas Blechman is an internationally recognized illustrator, designer and art director, based in New York. His award winning illustrations have appeared in GQ, Travel + Leisure, Wired, and The New Yorker. He is currently the Art Director of The New York Times Book Review. Since 1990, Blechman has published, edited, and designed the award winning political underground magazine NOZONE, featured in the Smithsonian Institution’s Design Triennial. He has taught design at School of Visual Arts and illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Blechman co-authors a series of limited edition illustration books, One Hundred Percent, with Christoph Niemann. His latest project is the children’s book Night Light. About Christoph Niemann: Christoph Niemann is an illustrator, graphic designer, and author. His work has appeared on the covers The New Yorker, Time, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, and American Illustration, and has won awards from AIGA, the Art Directors Club, and The Lead Awards. Since July 2008, Niemann has been writing and illustrating the whimsical Abstract City, a New York Times blog, renamed Abstract Sunday in 2011, when the blog’s home became The New York Times Magazine. For his column he draws and writes essays about politics, the economy, art and modern life. He has drawn live from the Venice Art Biennale, the Olympic Games in London, The 2012 Republican Convention and he has drawn the New York City Marathon — while actually running it. Niemann is the author of many books, most recently Abstract City. Download

Matthias Böttger studied architecture and urban planning. His academic career started at the Bauhaus Foundation Dessau, continued at University of Stuttgart and from 2007 - 2011 he tought "Art + Architecture" at the ETH Zürich. 2007/2008 he was Visiting Professor for Art and Public Space at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremburg. In 2008 he was commissioner and curator for the German contribution “Updating Germany—Projects for a Better Future” to the 11th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. 2007-2009 he was a fellow at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart. 2010 he ran the exhibition space aut - Architektur und Tirol - in Innsbruck and curated the series aut.raumproduktion. Since July 2011 he is curator and artistic director of DAZ - Deutsches Architektur Zentrum - in Berlin. His Berlin-based think-tank “raumtaktik — office from a better future — deals with spatial intelligence and intervention in the present and the future

The final old format episode of Video Game News Radio.  As we move toward a new future of more sporadic updates, we got the whole crew (Including Don Anderson) together one more time for a bit of VGN wholesomeness.  We even discuss Larry the Zombie in this episode so you won't want to miss it. Plus we review... Dungeon Siege III Infamous 2 Cars 2 for Wii Call of Duty Call of the Dead And something else new from Brian that I forget right now.  Has to go down in history as the most current game review list we've ever done.  What a way to end the old format...  Whew...  Since July of 2004.  VGNR has been here, and will continue to be as we march through the rest of 2011 and into 2012.

The final old format episode of Video Game News Radio.  As we move toward a new future of more sporadic updates, we got the whole crew (Including Don Anderson) together one more time for a bit of VGN wholesomeness.  We even discuss Larry the Zombie in this episode so you won't want to miss it. Plus we review... Dungeon Siege III Infamous 2 Cars 2 for Wii Call of Duty Call of the Dead And something else new from Brian that I forget right now.  Has to go down in history as the most current game review list we've ever done.  What a way to end the old format...  Whew...  Since July of 2004.  VGNR has been here, and will continue to be as we march through the rest of 2011 and into 2012.

During Mike's Course - Mike & Billy pay tribute to their friend Mike Fraiser.  Since July of 2008, the Little Linksters Golf program has brought the game of golf to a typically non-tradional sect of the golfing population; the "Pee-Wee" Golfer (Ages 3-8). The Little Linksters Golf Program is a great introduction to the game of golf for for all children in this age group. The program is taught in a fun and interactive way using a combination of both traditional golf instruction methods and very non-traditional ways. The bottom line with the Little Linksters program is FUN!...   The goal of Little Linksters, LLC, and ultimately Brendon Elliott Golf, LLC, is to provide children from ages three years to eight years of age with quality introductory golf instruction and to expose them to all of the wonderful life lessons that the wonderful game of golf teaches us all. Although our target group is children ages three through eight, we will not limit ourselves solely to those age groups. Additionally, Little Linksters, LLC will strive to be a leader in the “Pee-Wee” golf arena and provide tools and information to all PGA Professionals, educators and parents that share in our vision. To accomplish our goal, we will provide services and products at reasonable rates, be responsive to the needs of our customers, and make ourselves available as much as possible to our patrons.   The mission statement of the Little Linksters program:   “Through a fun and friendly learning environment, students will accomplish three major goals; which in turn will produce a passion and respect for the game of golf. Through vigorous efforts each player will learn; how the game teaches real life lessons (patience, integrity, respect, honesty and friendship), how to master the basic fundamentals of the golf, and finally how to enjoy the experience that the game of golf offers”   www.littlelinksters.comVisit the Golf Talk Radio sponsors and tell them GTRadio sent you they help make the show possible! Slickstix.com, Avila Beach Golf Resort, Blacklake Golf Resort, Shore Cliff Lodge and Aramco Mortgage.  Visit Golftalkradio.com for the latest show information, contests, videos iPhone and Android Apps and more!

Learn Why L-Carnitine May Be A Valuable Therapy In Helping Manage Heart Failure Dr. Mohammad Reza Movahed received his MD from Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany. He completed his medical residency at the University of Rochester, New York and his cardiology training at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. His interventional cardiology training was completed at Yale University Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut in 2000. He has been an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, Irvine and in 2007 joined the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, University of Arizona College of Medicine for his clinical work and as the medical director of heart transplantation. Since July 2010, Dr Movahed has been a tenured Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He has contributed to over150 publications in major peer reviewed medical journals. He recently was a co-author on a paper with lead investigator Dr. Ali Reza Serati MD and colleagues from Modarres Hospital, Tehran, Iran entitled: "L-Carnitine Treatment in Patients with Mild Diastolic Heart Failure is Associated with Improvement in Diastolic Function and Symptoms" in the jounral Cardiology 2010. Download or Open:

This episode marks part III of our ongoing coverage on the future of Canada's rehabilitative prison farm program. Since July 2009, Deconstructing Dinner has been paying close attention to the 6 prison farms that have been operating across Canada. In February 2009 it was discovered that the farm program was scheduled to be phased out, however, the farm program is not going down without a fight as farmers, prison workers, inmates, academics, and advocates of local food systems have all been rallying to save them. On this part III, we travel to Ottawa where on March 25 and 30, this issue was brought to Parliament and more specifically, Canada's Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. Members of Parliament challenged the government's decision and heard testimony from both supporters and opponents of the closures. Guests/Voices Ross Toller regional deputy commissioner of ontario, Correctional Service of Canada (Kingston, ON) - Ross Toller was appointed Regional Deputy Commissioner (Ontario) in August 2008. Ross's career began in 1978 when he joined the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) as a Correctional Officer. He has held a number of positions in the Service since then. John Sargent chief executive officer, CORCAN (Ottawa, ON) - CORCAN is a rehabilitation program of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). It is mandated to provide employment training and employability skills to offenders in federal correctional institutions in support of the social policy of the Government of Canada. John Leeman ex-convict, inreach worker LifeLine (Kingston, ON) - As part of his 19-years in prison, Leeman spent his later years working on prison farms. He believes the program was invaluable and opposes the decision to close the program. Bill Flanagan professor and dean of law, Queen's University (Kingston, ON) - Flanagan was appointed Dean of Law in 2005. He opposes the closure of the prison farms. Dave Perry agribusiness instructor for the abattoir, corcan agribusiness, Pittsburgh Institution (Joyceville, ON) - Perry is a sixth-generation farmer. He is the President of the Frontenac Cattleman's Association and is a director of the National Farmers Union's Local 316. Perry has worked on both of the two prison farm sites in the Kingston area. Ron Amey acting production supervisor, corcan agribusiness, Frontenac Institution (Kingston, ON) - Amey is responsible for the day-to-day operations at Frontenac Institution's agricultural production and food processing operations. Larry McDermott councillor, Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation (north of Kingston, ON) - McDermott is the former rural chair of the Canadian Federation of Municipalities. Mark Holland member of parliament, Ajax-Pickering, Liberal Party of Canada (Pickering, ON) - As one of the youngest members of the Liberal Caucas, Mark Holland was first elected in 2004 and has represented the riding of Ajax-Pickering ever since. As a Member of Parliament, Holland serves as the Liberal party's critic for Public Safety and National Security and is Vice Chair of the Public Safety and National Security Committee. Wayne Easter member of parliament, Malpeque, Liberal Party of Canada (North Wiltshire, PEI) - Wayne was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and was raised on the family farm in North Wiltshire. Wayne entered politics in 1993 when he was officially elected as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Malpeque, P.E.I. He was re-elected in 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006 and 2008. In Parliament, Wayne has served as Solicitor General of Canada, Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Oceans, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture and Agri-Food with special responsibilities for the Rural Secretariat, and is currently the Liberal Party's Opposition Critic on Agriculture and Agri-Food. Andrew Kania member of parliament, Brampton West, Liberal Party of Canada (Brampton, ON) - Elected in 2008, Kania is currently a member of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. He is a senior partner at the family law firm Kania Lawyers and as an active member of the Ontario Bar Association. Shelly Glover member of parliament, Saint Boniface, Conservative Party of Canada (Winnipeg, MB) - Elected in 2008, Glover is currently a member of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. Until her election, Glover served as a member of the Winnipeg Police Service for almost 19 years.  

Ex Air Force Myron Hardeman Grew up in Fort Stewart Georgia has been having Paranormal activity Since July 2007,and share same Kidney Disease as the same as Terrell Copeland.Has had multiple UFO sightings,and many other paranormal happening like shawdow people.He is the son of a church Pastor.Has synchronization with numbers always in three,Deja Vu ,strange dreams,missing time,and believes 100% he has been abducted.We will get to know him better and talk about his life,encounters,and opinion.

"We know we have a Warrior in our Heart when we start to seek for the truth and desire to open our hearts to ourselves and others." These are the words of our guests, Howard and Elsa Malpas, from Gastonbury, England. Today we open a window on shamanic work in England and explore the Malpas' work as healers and teachers. Their Warrior in The Heart Workshops, offered since 1994, are self-awareness and self-empowerment trainings. Drawing from many ancient cultures, the Malpas assist students in finding their true nature and purpose in life. They also work as therapists and healers. Since July 2008, they have been taking drums into the hospital where they work and offering an evening of shamanic journeying to patients in a psychiatric ward. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and in some cases profound. Another healing passion is their work with Soul Regeneration, which they evolved as a different way of working in particular with patients with mental health problems.

Since July 2008 the GOCE Earth Explorer satellite has been at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. ESA’s Gravity field and steady state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) is a unique satellite that will map the Earth's gravity field for a better understanding of our planet. Although GOCE was due to lift-off in September 2008, launch has been postponed pending a technical issue on the Rockot launcher.ESApod video programme

Looking for more One Last Thought content? You can now join the OLT Insider program at: glow.fm/oltinsider and unlock your very own private feed packed with exclusive episodes!Guests: Angela Shaw, Joe Ferraro.In this week’s episode of The One Last Thought Podcast, we are joined by Angela Shaw, and Joe Ferraro. Unbeknownst to them, they were both sharing thoughts about how much control we really have over our own lives, our own predicaments, and our own opportunities.Guest bios:Angela Shaw is a head of HR and a volunteer leader currently serving as the President of the Austin Human Resources Management Association.Joe Ferraro is aPodcast Host, Presenter, and entering his 21st year as a teacher. Since July 1, 2017 he has interviewed some of the most successful people in the world in the hopes of helping you fall in love with learning and get 1% better every day. Joe has created and produced over 100 podcast episodesto date.Connect with our guests:Angela Shaw:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/angelalshawEmail: mailto:angelashaw@yahoo.comJoe Ferraro:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-ferraro-030a2a155Twitter: https://twitter.com/FerraroOnAirInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ferraroonair/Website: www.Onepercentbetterproject.comYouTube: https://youtu.be/7aNHEWCtSto (FerraroOnAir)Email:mailto:Getonepercentbetter@gmail.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-last-thought/exclusive-content