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The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three young children, has spawned a courtroom subplot with real legal stakes: prosecutor Shanan Buckingham has spent weeks in Plymouth Superior Court in a rotating collection of hair bows, widely read as a tribute to five-year-old Cora, who loved them. But even a well-meant gesture is a gamble, handing the defense a ready-made argument that the state is leaning on sympathy over substance and potentially seeding an appeal. Over in the business of law, private equity finally got the yes it's been chasing: Wood Smith Henning & Berman, a 500-plus-lawyer insurance-defense shop, reportedly signed a letter of intent to sell a stake to Charlesbank Capital Partners at a roughly $700 million valuation. Structured through a management services organization to sidestep Rule 5.4's ban on non-lawyer ownership, it would be the largest PE investment in an American law firm to date -- a toehold, not yet a takeover. And in the category of career moves we can't recommend, a prominent Pittsburgh attorney landed himself in a fraternity drug scandal. Paul Robinson, a practice-group chair at Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, was charged with tampering and hindering apprehension for allegedly making evidence disappear from a multistate cocaine ring that prosecutors say his son helped run out of Penn State's Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi houses -- where, per the AG, packaging kilos doubled as a pledge task.  

In Episode 218 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher picks up where Episode 206 left off — but this time leaves the theory behind and goes completely practical. Teachers who listened to the comprehensible input theory episode came back with one question: what does this actually look like on a Tuesday afternoon with 25 students at four different language levels? This episode answers that question with ten specific, concrete, immediately usable strategies.Beth opens with the anchor thought that runs through the whole episode: comprehensible input is not about making things easier. It is about removing the language barrier so students can get to the thinking. ELL students are intellectually capable of engaging with grade-level content. The challenge is the language used to deliver it — and every strategy in this episode is designed to take that barrier down enough that students can access the idea.Strategy one addresses rate of speech — something most teachers dramatically underestimate. Native English speakers speak at approximately 150 words per minute, which is overwhelming for a student actively decoding a new language. Beth recommends recording yourself teaching for three minutes and playing it back. Most teachers are genuinely surprised by what they hear. The pause, she notes, is not a break from learning — it is where comprehension happens.Strategy two connects pre-teaching vocabulary to comprehensible input. When a student encounters an unknown word mid-lesson, their brain stops and the next three sentences are lost. Pre-teaching five to eight essential words before the lesson — with visuals, student-friendly definitions, and a personal connection where possible — means those words are already in the brain when the lesson begins.Strategy three draws a sharp distinction between visuals that decorate and visuals that carry meaning. A labeled diagram of an ecosystem is comprehensible input. A stock photo of the ocean on an ecosystems slide is decoration. For newcomers and Stage 1 and 2 students, visuals are the primary access point — not a supplement.Strategy four addresses the long instructional block problem. By minute eight of a twenty-minute explanation, most ELL students have stopped comprehending. Chunking instruction into two to three minute segments with thirty seconds of processing time in between — whisper to a partner, jot a phrase — gives the brain time to connect new input to what it already knows.Strategy five covers gestures and physical demonstrations including Total Physical Response, noting that students can demonstrate comprehension through gesture long before they can demonstrate it through language. Consistent gestures paired with specific vocabulary build a physical vocabulary bank.Strategy six returns to modeling — the most underused strategy Beth has encountered in ELL classrooms. When teachers model by thinking out loud, making mistakes on purpose, and narrating self-correction, they provide comprehensible input for the task itself. Students hear academic language used purposefully in context rather than abstractly.Strategy seven addresses strategic partner pairing. Free conversation between a Level 2 and Level 4 student results in the Level 4 student doing most of the talking. Structured partner talk with a prompt and a sentence frame creates the conditions where the less proficient student receives comprehensible input from a peer at just one level above — i plus one in the most natural possible context.Strategy eight offers a fresh reframe: sentence frames as comprehensible input, not just scaffolded output. When a student sees a frame on the board they are receiving a model of how academic English organizes an idea — cause and effect, comparison, justification. The frame makes the language structure visible and comprehensible before students ever have to produce it.Strategy nine connects comprehensible input to background knowledge and translanguaging — asking a student what they know about ecosystems in Spanish, having them draw what they understand about the water cycle before it is taught in English. Schema is schema. Knowledge is knowledge. When students connect new content to what they already know in any language, the comprehensibility of the new input increases dramatically.Strategy ten addresses video and audio clips — genuinely powerful multi-channel input when used purposefully. The structure Beth recommends: preview two to three key words, give students one specific thing to listen or watch for, then respond with a sentence frame after the clip. Without that structure, a video clip is entertainment. With it, it is comprehensible input.FREE TRIAL: equippingells.com/trial — speaking and writing cards, close reading passages, tiered sentence frames, and scaffolds organized around comprehensible input, all ready to pull on Monday morning.

The way travelers discover short-term rentals is changing—and the biggest shift may be happening before they ever visit Airbnb, Vrbo, or a property manager's website. In this episode of The STR Data Lab, AirDNA Chief Economist Jamie Lane sits down with Jason Cincotta, co-founder of Kismet, to unpack how AI-powered search is reshaping travel discovery, how much revenue it may already be influencing, and why traditional attribution models could be missing a huge part of the picture.The conversation goes beyond the headline numbers. Jamie and Jason explore why AI-driven guests may convert at higher rates, why so much AI research happens “in the dark” without appearing in traditional analytics, and how the rise of AI could change the long-standing balance between OTAs and direct bookings. They also discuss what property managers and hosts can do today—from improving imagery and website experiences to making their property data easier for AI systems to understand.You don't want to miss this episode if you want to understand where STR distribution is headed next.Key TakeawaysAI search is already influencing STR bookings. Traditional referral and UTM data may dramatically undercount the impact of AI-driven travel research.The travel “front door” is changing. Guests are increasingly using AI to research destinations, build itineraries, compare properties, and determine where they want to stay before visiting a booking platform.Direct bookings could gain an advantage. AI can potentially compare OTAs with direct channels and surface properties based on the individual traveler's needs, preferences, and previous experiences.Your website still matters. More AI visibility only helps if your direct booking experience can convert the traffic. Strong imagery, compelling copy, mobile functionality, branding, and a seamless booking engine are becoming increasingly important.Make your property easy for AI to understand. Structured, accurate information about your homes—including amenities, imagery, availability, pricing, and other commercial data—can help ensure your inventory is discoverable in emerging AI-powered search environments.Sign up for AirDNA for FREE

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In this episode, Sathya sits down with Noah Filipiak to explore pornography addiction, childhood emotional needs, marriage, entitlement, and the path to genuine freedom. Noah shares how his struggle with pornography began in middle school but was rooted in deeper emotional needs formed during childhood. Despite being deeply involved in Christian ministry, the addiction continued through his youth and college years until he recognized that freedom required vulnerability, accountability, and community. Noah also discusses how purity expectations within Christian culture contributed to entitlement and resentment in his early marriage, eventually leading to relapse and damaging both his marriage and relationship with God. He explains how faulty theology shaped his belief that righteousness should result in a “sexual payoff,” and how God challenged that mindset by showing him that he didn't need what he believed he deserved, but instead needed to receive His mercy and grace. That shift from entitlement to gratitude transformed Noah's marriage and relationship with God and ultimately shaped his mission to help other men find freedom from pornography.    SATHIYA'S RESOURCES: Free Recovery Book (The Last Relapse) Join the brotherhood (DeepClean Inner Circle) Live Training To Quit Porn For Good   NOAH'S RESOURCES: Visit the website Check out the community group   Timestamps: 01:15 Porn addiction from childhood, struggles, key role of community and grace in recovery. 06:15 Entitlement from purity theology, sexual needs reframed as emotional connection/ intimacy. 26:10 Structured groups & alumni for vulnerability, accountability, healing beyond addiction. 36:34 Overwork due to insecurity, need for boundaries and margin in life and recovery. 41:36 40-day Psalm devotional for finding God's shelter and presence amid unresolved hardships. 49:37 God's design requires care and patience, rewards are deep and lasting versus fleeting fixes. 55:33 Beyond the Battle community and Noah's website as critical tools for ongoing recovery support.

In this episode, Tom Fox welcomes back Vince Walden, CEO of konaAI, which is the sponsor of this podcast series. Vince is well known for his leadership in data analytics, machine learning, and AI, and we take a deep dive into all of these topics through the lens of the Scoular FCPA Enforcement action. The Scoular case is a unique learning tool for using data analytics, machine learning, and AI for compliance. In this matter, roughly 2,000 near-$2,000 payments were tied to customs brokerage activity. This case illustrates broader uses of data analytics beyond numbers, including mining unstructured text in invoice and payment-description fields (e.g., repeated terms like “re-inspection fee” and Spanish phrases) and linking it to structured AP data. Walden explains how combining structured and unstructured data reduces investigator bias, how round-dollar and repetitive payments to high-risk vendors can be continuously risk scored using hundreds of tests, and how machine learning can “find more like this” across large transaction populations. We discuss integrating communications data when available, using monitoring within typical 30–60-day payment cycles to prevent payments, supporting self-disclosure decisions amid DOJ guidance, and launching a minimum viable analytics program by starting with AP spend, invoices, POs, and payments pulled from ERP systems. Key highlights: Structured vs. Unstructured Data Red Flags Round Dollars Text Mining and Three Lines Transactional Fingerprints Machine Learning for Compliance Linking Comms and Payments Prevention Through Monitoring Continuous Improvement and ROI Self-Disclosure and Culture Data 90-Day Analytics Roadmap Resources: konaAI Vince Walden on LinkedIn Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom's latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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What if the biggest lending mistake in commercial real estate isn't a mistake in the loan itself, but a 60- or 90-day decision about your debt structure that you're stuck living with for the next five to ten years? Eric Stewart, founder of Lender Language and CEO of Atlantic Investment Capital, has spent over 20 years structuring commercial real estate financing — funding his first multifamily deals back in 2004 and 2005, before syndication was even mainstream. In this episode, Eric breaks down why "the how of everybody's why leads back to making money," and how understanding that alignment of interest with brokers, lenders, and property managers can transform the way you pitch, negotiate, and close. He explains why chasing the longest interest-only period can quietly limit your options for a decade, why renovation budgets "age out" every five years no matter how the market cooperates, and the two biggest mistakes he sees GPs make when approaching lenders. Eric also shares his own first capital raise — a 96-unit tenant-in-common deal fully funded before closing with a targeted 18 to 20% annualized return — and why he believes building a business on singles and doubles beats chasing the one distressed home-run deal. If you've ever wondered what your deal looks like from the lender's side of the table, this conversation delivers a perspective most capital raisers never get. Five key takeaways:Understand the "how" behind everyone's "why." Eric's core philosophy is that brokers get paid when a deal closes, investors get paid on fulfillment and returns, and property managers succeed when investors succeed — aligning your pitch to each party's real incentive beats just building rapport.Your 60-to-90-day debt decision locks you in for five to ten years. Chasing the longest interest-only period to boost early cash-on-cash returns can trap you into a longer loan term with prepayment penalties, limiting your flexibility down the road.Renovation budgets don't last. With typical unit turnover ratios of 35 to 55%, a property's initial reno budget gets spent within the first couple of years, and the asset is "tired" again by the five-year mark, forcing a refinance or sale.Compensate your capital raisers for the long haul. Eric warns that if co-GPs raising money aren't well compensated relative to their work, they'll gravitate to bigger splits on other deals, leaving you without support three years into your own.Build your business on singles and doubles, not one big distressed score. Rather than chasing the "mega home run" distressed deal, Eric recommends building a steady foundation of smaller wins — which naturally puts you in position when the bigger opportunities do come along.About Tim MaiTim Mai is a real estate investor, fund manager, mentor, and founder of HERO Mastermind for REI coaches.He has helped many real estate investors and coaches become millionaires. Tim continues to help busy professionals earn income and build wealth through passive investing.He is also a creative marketer and promoter with incredible knowledge and experience, which he freely shares. He has lifted himself from the aftermath of war, achieving technical expertise in computers, followed by investment success in real estate, management skills, and a lofty position among real estate educators and internet marketers.Tim is an industry leader who has acquired and exited well over $50 million worth of real estate and is currently an investor in over 2700 units of multifamily apartments.Connect with TimWebsite: Capital Raising PartyFacebook: Tim Mai | Capital Raising Nation Instagram: @timmaicomTwitter: @timmaiLinkedIn: Tim MaiYouTube: Tim Mai

This is a conversation about the gap between checking the box and being genuinely competent and confident when it counts. Bryan Williams, Chancey Pogue, Matt Pranka, and Dustin Mowery walk through the real roadmap: why the stigma against competition shooting is rooted in ego and not evidence, why the qualification score is one of the most useless metrics in law enforcement, and what training in isolation actually means when you strip away the buzzwords and get honest about the work.Dry fire is the thread running through the whole episode, and not in the vague, post-it-on-Instagram way. You'll hear what to focus on, how long to go, when to stop, how to marry it to live fire when you only have 50 rounds to your name, and why grip and vision are the only two things that matter until you have truly mastered them. The principles are simple. The work isn't. But if you understand why you are doing it, the framework and roadmap becomes clear.If you've ever said, "I can't do that at my agency" or "I'm not trying to be a GM," this episode is specifically for you. The guys lay out exactly what it looks like to start wherever you are, eliminate the excuses, and build the kind of skill that holds up when everything is moving fast and the stakes are real.In this episode:• Law enforcement qualifications are a box to check, not a measure of skill: shooting at seven yards on a line with no time pressure is not a test of your ability to run a gun under stress, and anchoring your identity to that score is actively holding you back• The stigma against competition shooting comes from ego, not evidence: the best shooters in the world are practical shooting competitors, and the 'targets don't shoot back' argument falls apart the moment you realize no targets on any LE range shoot back either• Peer pressure inside a ranked department is a more powerful culture driver than any mandate: when officers can see exactly where they rank in ability, the bottom of the stack starts climbing, and culturally the whole group shifts upward over time• Grip and vision are the foundation that everything else is built on: if those two things are not dialed in, every rep of dry fire and every round of live fire is reinforcing a flawed pattern, not building a better one• Dry fire sessions should be short, focused, and honest: when your grip pressure, visual discipline, or mechanical consistency starts to degrade, that session is over for that task, point of diminishing returns is real and ignoring it means taking steps backward• A 10 to 1 dry fire to live fire ratio maximizes limited ammo: settle grip and vision in dry fire first, then test it live, do not use your 50 rounds to figure out things that cost you nothing to figure out in your living room• Chancey's recruit class averaged 98.6 out of 100 on their qualification after eight weeks of structured dry fire with zero live rounds fired beforehand, two 30 minute sessions per week, no fancy facility required• Visual discipline and visual control are the two principles that govern the vision side: use the right aiming scheme for the distance and difficulty at hand, connect to the exact spot on the target you need to hit, and do not over confirm or under confirm, no more and no lessChapters:0:56 Welcome to TTPOA 2026 in Round Rock2:17 Guest introductions around the table3:57 Setting the stage: what is wrong with LE firearms training11:05 Breaking the stigma against practical/competition shooting14:22 Why the qualification score is a broken measuring stick20:55 How practical shooting culture spreads inside departments28:36 The ego reset: your first match is supposed to hurt40:19 Training in isolation: what it actually means47:57 Building the dry fire habit: capturing time wherever you can1:05:40 Chancey's recruit dry fire protocol and the 98.6 average1:28:46 Making the most of limited ammo: the 10 to 1 rule1:37:34 Wrapping up: grip, vision, and the two principles that never changeMentioned:Bryan Williams — Nearly 39-year law enforcement veteran, former police chief in Central Texas, one of the first five USPSA Grand Masters in the nation and the first in Texas, joins the roundtable at TTPOA 2026.Chancey Pogue — Lieutenant over the weapons range and all reality-based training at a large North Texas agency with approximately 2,000 officers, credited with implementing practical shooting and a structured recruit dry fire program.Matt Pranka — Owner of X-Ray Alpha, retired Army Special Operations background, USPSA competitor for about 13 years and GM, has spent six years working to bring practical shooting and competition-style training to law enforcement and military.Dustin Mowery — Retired Ohio police officer with 27 years of service, helped introduce practical shooting to his department's firearms unit around 2019 after connecting with Matt Pranka, now teaches classes independently and with Matt.Kim Pastore — Described as a runaway train working tirelessly through the Jorge Pastore Foundation to get the right coaches in front of law enforcement and raise money to send officers to training for free.Ben Stoeger — Referenced as having done more for the practical shooting training world than anyone, praised for his ability to reverse-engineer classifiers, self-teach to a GM level, and present foundational concepts in the simplest and most effective way.Jerry Barnhart — Legendary practical shooter Bryan Williams saw run stages at the nationals in Reno in the nineties, described as a beast whose performance was a formative, eye-opening demonstration of what is possible with a handgun.Sean Griffith — Described as a world-class shooter who teaches more cops on a day-to-day basis than almost anyone through the entity he works with, called out as a heavy lifter at the TTPOA match.Gabe Rivera — High-level shooter whose dramatic skill improvement since 2019 is highlighted as an example of the hockey-stick trajectory possible with focused training; was about to appear in the booth after the roundtable.Adrian Yun — High-level shooter praised alongside Gabe Rivera and Clay for the rapid skill development they achieved, also noted during the match for his grip awareness and in-stage self-correction.Clay B — High-level shooter nicknamed 'speed demon,' noted for shooting with the wrong hand and called out as one of the heavy lifters whose improvement since 2019 is remarkable.Jay — Person Chancey met who was highly skilled at shooting without ever having competed, described as someone whose natural drive and desire to improve explained everything about how he got that good.

What if food is doing far more than providing calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat? What if every bite is actually delivering information to your genes, cells, microbiome, and biological systems? In this fascinating solo episode, Darin challenges the century-old idea of viewing food simply as fuel and explores what happens when we begin seeing food as biological information. From carrots resembling eyes and walnuts resembling brains to nutrigenomics, plant compounds, biophotons, structured water, living enzymes, and the microbiome, Darin dives into the hidden layers of food that never appear on a nutrition label. He explores established research alongside emerging and controversial areas of science, explaining why the freshness, color, diversity, and wholeness of what we eat may matter far beyond its calorie count. Darin also reveals why "eating the rainbow" is really about consuming a wider library of chemical information and why feeding your gut microbes may be just as important as feeding yourself. This episode will completely change the way you look at what's sitting on your plate. What You'll Learn Why Darin believes the calorie model leaves out some of food's most important biological effects How nutrients and plant compounds can influence gene expression through nutrigenomics and epigenetics Why Darin describes every meal as sending a "memo" to your DNA What biophotons are and the emerging research around light emitted by living cells and foods Why fresh, living foods may carry information that heavily processed foods have lost The theory of structured or "exclusion zone" water in living foods What happens to naturally occurring enzymes when foods are heated and processed Why the colors of fruits and vegetables correspond to different families of protective plant compounds How your food communicates with the trillions of microbes living inside your gut Why dietary diversity and fermented foods may help create a healthier, more resilient microbiome Chapters 00:00:00 – Welcome to SuperLife 00:00:32 – Sponsor: Bite 00:02:47 – The hidden clues sitting inside your food 00:03:22 – Carrots, tomatoes, and walnuts: coincidence or clues? 00:04:13 – Why we've been too busy counting calories 00:04:39 – Food is information 00:04:47 – Why the calorie model leaves out the bigger picture 00:05:14 – Your body isn't a furnace 00:05:48 – How food communicates with your cells 00:06:25 – Nutrigenomics: how food talks to your genes 00:06:53 – Every meal can influence gene expression 00:07:22 – What memo are you sending your DNA? 00:07:52 – The strange science of biophotons 00:09:03 – Why fresh food emits different light than processed food 00:09:37 – Where biophoton research stands scientifically 00:10:26 – Structured water and the fourth phase of water 00:12:00 – What processing may do to water inside food 00:12:37 – Sponsor: Manna Vitality 00:14:35 – The controversial theory of food enzymes 00:15:18 – What we know about enzymes in raw and sprouted foods 00:15:37 – The hidden information missing from nutrition labels 00:15:58 – Can the color of your food unlock your potential? 00:16:16 – Why "eat the rainbow" is chemistry, not mysticism 00:16:38 – Anthocyanins and the power of purple, red, and blue foods 00:17:27 – Color is the plant's natural label 00:18:20 – Every color sends your body a different message 00:18:50 – The problem with the modern "beige diet" 00:19:14 – You're feeding 38 trillion microbes, not just yourself 00:19:46 – How gut bacteria transform fiber into powerful compounds 00:20:25 – The extraordinary conversation between plants and your microbiome 00:21:05 – Why plant diversity matters for immunity, mood, and hormones 00:21:31 – The Stanford fermented food study 00:22:02 – What fermented foods did to microbiome diversity and inflammation 00:22:30 – Ultra-processed food, inflammation, and what's coming next 00:22:45 – Continue the full deep dive on Patreon 00:23:24 – Closing thoughts Thank You to Our Sponsors Bite Toothpaste: Go to trybite.com/DARIN20 or use code DARIN20 for 20% off your first order Manna Vitality: Go to mannavitality.com/ and use code DARIN12 for 12% off your order. 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How to know if a woman is structured, playing hard to get or wasting your time.In this video coaching newsletter I discuss an email from a viewer who went out on several dates with a woman who seemed to have high interest. However, after several dates it seems as if she waits almost 24 hours to reply to his date invitations on purpose. He did the takeaway after she said she couldn't stay up late before their next date and she didn't push back or offer a reschedule. Now he wonders what's going on.If you have not read my book, “How To Be A 3% Man” yet, that would be a good starting place for you. It is available in Kindle, iBook, Paperback, Hardcover or Audio Book format. If you don't have a Kindle device, you can download a free eReader app from Amazon so you can read my book on any laptop, desktop, smartphone or tablet device. Kindle $9.99, iBook $9.99, Paperback $29.99 or Hardcover 49.99. Audio Book is Free $0.00 with an Audible membership trial or buy it for $19.95. Here is the link to Audible to get the audiobook version:https://www.audible.com/pd/B01EIA86VC/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-057626&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_057626_rh_usHere is the link to Amazon to purchase Kindle, Paperback or Hardcover version:http://amzn.to/1XKRtxdHere is the link to the iBookstore to purchase iBook version:https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/how-to-be-3-man-winning-heart/id948035350?mt=11&uo=6&at=1l3vuUoHere is the link to the iTunes store to purchase the iTunes audio book version:https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/how-to-be-a-3-man-unabridged/id1106013146?at=1l3vuUo&mt=3You can get my second book, “Mastering Yourself, How To Align Your Life With Your True Calling & Reach Your Full Potential” which is also available in Kindle $9,99, iBook $9.99, Paperback $49.99, Hardcover $99.99 and Audio Book format $24.95. Audio Book is Free $0.00 with an Audible membership trial. Here is the link to Audible to get the audiobook version:https://www.audible.com/pd/B07B3LCDKK/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-109399&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_109399_rh_usHere is the link to Amazon to purchase Kindle, Paperback or Hardcover version:https://amzn.to/2TQV2XoHere is the link to the iBookstore to purchase iBook version:https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/mastering-yourself-how-to-align-your-life-your-true/id1353139487?mt=11&at=1l3vuUoHere is the link to the iTunes store to purchase the iTunes audio book version:https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/mastering-yourself-how-to-align-your-life-your-true/id1353594955?mt=3&at=1l3vuUoYou can get my third book, “Quotes, Ruminations & Contemplations” which is also available in Kindle $9,99, iBook $9.99, Paperback $49.99, Hardcover $99.99 and Audio Book format $24.95. Audio Book is Free $0.00 with an Audible membership trial. Here is the link to Audible to get the audiobook version:https://www.audible.com/pd/B0941XDDCJ/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-256995&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_256995_rh_usHere is the link to Amazon to purchase Kindle, Paperback or Hardcover version:https://amzn.to/33K8VwFHere is the link to the iBookstore to purchase iBook version:https://books.apple.com/us/book/quotes-ruminations-contemplations/id1563102111?itsct=books_box_link&itscg=30200&ct=books_quotes%2C_ruminations_%26_contemplatio&ls=1Here is the link to the iTunes store to purchase the iTunes audio book version:https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/quotes-ruminations-contemplations-volume-i-unabridged/id1567242372?itsct=books_box_link&itscg=30200&ct=audio-books_quotes%2C_ruminations_%26_contem&ls=1Click the link below to book phone/Zoom (audio only) coaching with me personally:https://understandingrelationships.com/products/phone-coachingClick the link below to make a donation via PayPal to support my work:https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=KNH8SDFGVT8UC

If you still think that high cholesterol is bad, that arterial blockages cause heart attacks and that the heart pumps your blood, then have a listen to this interview to have your heart health paradigm challenged from every angle.In this episode, I sit down with none other than Dr. Tom Cowan to challenge literally everything we've been told about cardiovascular health and disease. We dig into what really causes heart attacks (the autopsy data may surprise you), why the heart may not function as a "pump" at all, and what's actually driving heart disease.Tom is a retired alternative doctor, a speaker, educator and author of several books including Human Heart, Cosmic Heart . His fame grew over the last 6 years with a more recent book, The Contagion Myth (co-authored with Sally Fallon Morell), and his many outspoken interviews that run counter to the contagion and viral narratives.Tom walks through rarely-seen angiogram footage showing the heart's true blood supply, so if you can, you are going to want to watch this one on You Tube or Bitchute. He also explains why statins may do far more harm than good, and offers a radically different — and more empowering — way to think about heart health, autoimmunity and disease in general.This is a deep one, and it might change how you think about your next blood test, or whether you care to get one at all.Remember, this is not health advice, this is for entertainment purposes only:)Lastly, if you are looking for TRUE healthcare at a reasonable price, then please find the link below for the New Biology Clinic. This is what healthcare actually looks like!In today's show:2:51 Tom Cowan joins to talk about heart health and circulation3:54 Tom shares his background and how he became a doctor7:45 Why the heart is not really a pump9:52 Breaking down the claim that the heart pushes blood through the body14:02 How blood actually moves through capillaries17:31 Structured water and the gel phase of blood21:13 Congestive heart failure and flow problems24:41 Why high blood pressure is a compensation, not a disease26:23 The true spiral structure of the heart28:47 Tom questions why blocked arteries are blamed for heart attacks31:37 Autopsy data that challenges the blockage theory35:00 The heart as an energy generating organ38:00 Tom shares a screen to show the real blood supply to the heart40:11 Tom shows a catheter film proving blockages do not cause heart attacks47:37 Study discussed showing stents do not reduce chest pain50:15 How cholesterol was ever discovered in the blood57:32 Tom explains why he stopped testing cholesterol in his patients60:41 The dangers of statin drugs63:11 Strophanthus as a heart supporting remedy67:55 Why there is no such thing as autoimmunity75:57 Blood tests and personal agency78:45 Questioning the science behind genes and heredity81:16 Tom describes a typical day in his own life84:36 Final thoughts on taking ownership of your healthFind Tom and the New Biology Clinic:FInd TRUE Healthcare here: https://newbiologyclinic.com/*Use code 'sascha' to save $100 on your member activation fee! This code is case sensitive, so type it as it is.Dr. Tom Cowan: https://drtomcowan.com/*Use code 'SASCHA' to save 10%!--------------------------------------------Find me:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saschakalivoda/IG: https://www.instagram.com/saschaksays/Website: www.sovereigncollective.orgSovereign Collective Shop: https://sovereigncollective.org/shop/You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@saschasays/videosBitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Tfl1Zo021FcXEmail: sascha @ sovereigncollective.org#TomCowan #HeartHealth #CardiovascularHealth #HumanHeartCosmicHeart #ContagionMyth #HeartAttackMyths #Cholesterol #StatinDrugs #Strophanthus #Autoimmunity #HolisticHealth #AlternativeMedicine #NewBiologyClinic #BloodCirculation #HeartNotAPump #StructuredWater #HealthFreedom #QuestionEverything #NaturalHealing #SovereignCollectivePodcast #cholesterolmyth #whatreallycausesheartattacks

Blaine Billingsley is a Member of Technical Design Staff at OpenAI whose path into the field ran through music composition, spare-change website work at college, and a decade across Gmail, Airbnb, YouTube and Slack. At OpenAI he was hired to work on Presence, then redirected to solve a more immediate problem: making ChatGPT genuinely useful as a daily tool for designers. Working with a single engineer, he built the ChatGPT product design plugin — a bridge between the raw power of Codex and the day-to-day workflow of product teams. In this conversation with Randy Silver, he talks about what design actually means when your interface is a text box, why volume beats perfection in an age of infinite iteration, and why the fundamentals of good product thinking are more durable than the tools used to apply them.Key takeaways— The designer's job at an AI company has shifted from pixels to outputs. Deciding what "good" looks like, building the criteria to evaluate it, and heuristically assessing results is now a core part of the role — one that didn't exist in the same form at Gmail or Slack.— LLMs don't replace structured creativity techniques; they scale them. The crazy eights exercise squeezes eight ideas from a room of people in eight minutes. A well-directed ChatGPT session can return 80 in the same window, alone, while you're at lunch.— Volume beats perfection. The best way to make a pot isn't to try to make the best pot — it's to make a thousand pots. That logic now applies directly to prototyping: generate at scale, stay unattached, and find the nugget in the noise.— Evals are closer to synthetic user research than quality assurance. The hardest part isn't building the rubric — it's correctly anticipating what people will actually try to do. Show it to one more person and your assumptions will immediately break.— The second 80% problem hasn't gone away. Getting to a working prototype is dramatically faster; getting that prototype to production is still gruelling — and becomes harder still when platform direction shifts mid-sprint.— Small teams with AI assistance need to protect the rituals that keep them aligned. When two people can each produce a week's worth of work in an afternoon, parallel drift becomes the real collaboration risk.— Role boundaries are dissolving, but specialisations still matter. The question is less "what is your title" and more "what does the band need right now, and can you play that part?"— Experience brings judgment; freshness brings juice. The best work often comes from junior designers unconstrained by years of accumulated assumptions — and both things need to be in the room.Chapters (00:00) Introduction(01:14) Blaine's background: from music composition to product design (02:32) What design means at OpenAI (04:21) The ChatGPT product design plugin (06:12) Deciding what to build: the early exploration (10:05) Structured creativity and LLM-powered ideation (13:37) Volume over perfection: the thousand pots approach (16:13) Designing as a two-person team (20:29) What is the job now? (23:33) Evals as synthetic user research (27:08) Testing at scale when you can't know your users (30:15) How they actually did the research (33:01) The second 80%: from prototype to production (35:06) Staying aligned without roadmaps (38:19) Demo: the product design plugin (44:52) When a prototype isn't ready to ship (48:26) Design sprints, reimagined (49:27) Advice for joining an AI-first product team (52:17) The jazz analogy: experience, freshness and your role in the band Featured LinksChatGPT for Work: https://openai.com/chatgpt Codex: https://openai.com/codex Figma: https://figma.com FigJam: https://www.figma.com/figjam Linear: https://linear.appOur HostsLily Smith enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. She's currently Chief Product Officer at BBC Maestro, and has spent 13 years in the tech industry working with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. She's worked on a diverse range of products – leading the product teams through discovery, prototyping, testing and delivery. Lily also founded ProductTank Bristol and runs ProductCamp in Bristol and Bath.Randy Silver is a Leadership & Product Coach and Consultant. He gets teams unstuck, helping you to supercharge your results. Randy's held interim CPO and Leadership roles at scale-ups and SMEs, advised start-ups, and been Head of Product at HSBC and Sainsbury's. He participated in Silicon Valley Product Group's Coaching the Coaches forum, and speaks frequently at conferences and events. You can join one of communities he runs for CPOs (CPO Circles), Product Managers (Product In the {A}ether) and Product Coaches. He's the author of What Do We Do Now? A Product Manager's Guide to Strategy in the Time of COVID-19. A recovering music journalist and editor, Randy also launched Amazon's music stores in the US & UK.

Your client review meetings could become your firm's biggest competitive advantage. Today's guest shares how her advisory firm has refined a structured client review process over more than 25 years, creating a consistent meeting cadence that improves efficiency while strengthening long-term client relationships. Wendy Ciehanski is a Senior Wealth Advisor at Composition Wealth, and she joins the show today to talk about how standardized agendas, thoughtful preparation, and repeatable systems can help advisors deliver a high level of service without sacrificing personalization. Listen in to hear why leading with life conversations creates better client outcomes, how Wendy's team segments meeting frequency based on client needs, and why merging with a larger firm allowed them to spend less time on administration and more time serving clients. For show notes and more visit: https://www.kitces.com/502    

Have you ever presented the perfect solution to a prospect, only to have them reject it simply because you told them exactly what to do? When someone dictates our actions, our natural human tendency is to reject the demand because we feel forced against our will. People have an innate need for freedom and the ability to make their own choices. If you don't offer options to your audience, they will experience psychological resistance and attempt to restore their freedom. So, what exactly is the strategy of using choices and options? Offering choices, sometimes called "binds" or the alternative close, means presenting your prospect with a structured selection of two or three options where they get to make the final decision. Instead of giving them a strict "yes or no" ultimatum, you provide a few controlled alternatives that all lead to a successful outcome for you. This approach satisfies their deep psychological need for autonomy while keeping you firmly in control of the persuasion process. When it comes to selling and influencing others, providing options is how you bypass the cold brick wall of resistance. Structured choices give your audience the impression of control, which naturally increases their cooperation and commitment to the final deal. Instead of acting like a pushy salesperson dictating terms, you become a trusted consultant who empowers them to make an informed decision. Because they feel like they made the choice of their own free will, they essentially persuade themselves, significantly reducing buyer's remorse. Persuade With Power Kurt Mortensen 111 Sales Hacks Special Advanced Influence Maximize Your Influence  

What happens when an enterprise AI agent can retrieve thousands of data points but cannot understand the customer, decision, or business moment in front of it? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I welcome back Boris Bialek, Vice President of Industries and Global Field CTO at MongoDB. We examine why the enterprise AI conversation has become more professional as organizations move beyond demonstrations and begin putting agentic systems into production. Boris argues that many companies do not have a shortage of data. Their problem is turning scattered data into information and then into usable knowledge. A bank balance is data. A complete view of a customer's relationship with the bank is information. Recognizing that the customer is currently researching a mortgage and may need assistance within the next 20 seconds is knowledge. This distinction leads to Boris's concept of a knowledge garden. Structured records, unstructured content, live signals, conversations, and business context are organized around a customer or outcome. Different departments can access the parts relevant to their work while AI agents receive the context needed to respond quickly. We also discuss integration debt. Boris recalls one system that required 18 seconds to assemble a customer view and says many enterprises are working with approximately 40 primary data sources. An agent can spend so much time coordinating access across APIs, caches, and applications that the business problem becomes secondary. Trust becomes equally important once an AI agent can act. Boris introduces two measures: the agent confidence score and the business risk score. The first evaluates whether an agent's output appears reliable based on its data, behavior, and context. The second considers the consequences of allowing that decision to proceed automatically. Together, these scores can help organizations decide which actions should pass automatically, which need further machine validation, and which should reach a human reviewer. Boris also explains why data lineage and complete audit trails must be designed into production systems from the beginning. For teams beginning this work, his advice is practical. Choose one business outcome, connect two or three relevant data sources, create a working prototype, and involve business and technical leaders in the same conversation. The goal is to demonstrate how data, context, confidence, risk, and human review work together before expanding the system. Does your organization have an AI data problem, or does it have a knowledge and context problem? Listen to the conversation and share your thoughts with me.

Originally recorded May 2024. This episode is from the Be Battle Ready archive and is well worth a second listen. Dan John is one of the most respected strength coaches in the world. A former All-American discus thrower, a prolific author with close to 20 books to his name, and someone who has been coaching athletes across multiple sports for over four decades. He has a rare gift. The ability to take genuinely complex ideas and distil them into something so simple you wonder why you ever made it complicated in the first place. This conversation covers the difference between health, longevity, fitness and performance, and why most athletes confuse them. We get into why the basics consistently applied over years are the only secret that actually exists, what strength and mobility work should look like for endurance athletes over 50, what equipment you actually need, and a phrase that came up in the conversation that I think every person over 40 should sit with. The physical pension. 5 KEY POINTS Health, longevity, fitness and performance are four different things. Most athletes chase fitness and performance while neglecting health and longevity. Get the order wrong and the whole house eventually falls down. Fitness is simply the ability to do a task. Nothing more. Stop comparing yourself to people doing different tasks. The best couch carrier in the world isn't automatically fitter than the best Ironman athlete. They're just fit for different things. The only secret is consistency over time. Five days a week, 52 weeks a year. One to five workouts will be brilliant, one in five will be embarrassing, and three out of five will be ordinary. Multiply that by 10 years and the ordinary ones quietly do all the work. Strength work becomes non-negotiable after 50. The 35 to 55 window is when you build the strength reserves that stay with you for the rest of your life. Future you will be very glad you did. The physical pension is real. Regular deposits into your physical health now, while you can, build the pot you'll draw on in your 60s, 70s and beyond. Every consistent week compounds. 3 TAKEAWAYS Mobility before strength. If you're limited in range of movement, getting stronger within that limited range won't give you much return. Fix the mobility first, then build strength through the full range. Focus on movements, not muscles. Squats, hinges, pushes, pulls and loaded carries work the biggest number of muscles in one hit and build the kind of functional strength that transfers to sport and life. Ask yourself: will future me be happy with this decision? If you're 45 and making training, nutrition and lifestyle choices, run them through that filter first. KILLER QUOTE "It's hard to sell a secret when there's no secret. You do the basics right, you recover well, and you repeat the next day. That's it."   CONNECT with Dan Dan John is a strength coach, author and educator based in the United States. He has coached athletes from high school level through to Olympic standard across multiple sports. To find out more about Dan John, please visit these channels: Website - Dan John University Sign up for Dan's weekly newsletter “Wandering Weights”  Easy Strength with Dan John & Pavel Tsatsouline Check out Dan John's other books HERE Dan is a prolific writer. Check out his articles and blogs    Dan John talks about the physical pension — putting regular deposits into your physical health now so future you has something to draw on. That's exactly the philosophy behind SWAT Inner Circle. Structured training plans from Sprint to Ironman, strength and mobility built in, recovery centred, and designed for the age you are now, not the age you were. New members join at £65 a month. No minimum term, cancel any time. Details at simonward.co.uk/swat-inner-circle   FREE Download

Ever feel like you're doing everything right in the gym – showing up, lifting, putting in the work – but the progress just isn't there?You're not broken, and you're not alone. This episode is the next in new series on the four main strength gaps keeping athletic women over 40 from seeing the results you expect from your training. We're unpacking why these gaps show up more often as you age, what's really going on underneath the frustration, and how to get you moving in the right direction with strength training. In episode, you'll explore the all-or-nothing trap so many high achieving athletic women fall into with rigid programs that demand perfection, the cycle that keeps wearing you down, and what flexible, real-life-proof programming actually looks like. If you haven't already, take the strength gap quiz (linked below) before diving in so you know exactly which of the four gaps is speaking to you. Curious which of the four strength gaps is holding your training back? Take the free Strength Gap Quiz at https://stephgaudreau.com/quiz  In this episode, you'll learn: Why the "sweet spot" of training gets smaller after 40  The real reason so many women fall into the all-or-nothing trap, and why it has way less to do with willpower than you think The surprising math behind how much effort you need to actually get better results What flexible programming actually looks like on paper  The difference between adjusting your training and losing your progress  What to aim for in a rough week instead of a perfect one Enjoyed this episode and want more?  If this episode resonates and you're ready to stop guessing in the gym, take the Strength Gap Quiz: https://stephgaudreau.com/quiz  Please share it with a friend and subscribe to Fuel Your Strength so you don't miss future episodes like this one.

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Richard Epstein examines New York City's proposed "pied-à-terre tax," which targets non-primary residences but threatens middle-class and working homeowners. Epstein argues the tax is unfairly structured, hitting condominiums at five times the rate of houses. The complex valuation process creates a "vicious circle" that could plummet property values. Consequently, wealthy residents are already fleeing, resulting in a $12 billion annual revenue loss for the city. (3)1863 DRAFT RIOT MANHATTAN

Parallel Journeys: Eurasian History through Travelers' Eyes (Cambria Press, 2026) is a comparative history of Eurasia told through travel writing and cross-cultural encounters. In this anthology, Anthony Barbieri pairs accounts from twenty-eight travelers across different historical periods, placing side-by-side travelers looking or going East with those looking or going West. Spanning from 400 BCE through to 1936, the anthology brings together ambassadors, monks, missionaries, merchants, and journalists in order to explore how people understood the cultures, societies, and worlds that they encountered through travel. Structured around these “parallel journeys,” the book highlights both similarities and differences in the ways travelers described foreign places and peoples. Some travelers used these encounters to criticize the societies they entered, while others turned outward observation into reflection on their own cultures. Across the anthology, travel writing emerges not simply as a way of describing a journey, but as a way of forging ideas about cultural difference, identity, religion, commerce, and political power. This anthology will appeal to readers interested in Eurasian history, travel writing, world literature, and cross-cultural exchange. It is also a flexible and engaging anthology perfect for classroom teaching, complete with both long and short versions of each account, helpful visuals, and contextual information — an excellent way to get students thinking about what it means to do comparison effectively. For another overview of the anthology, readers should check out Barbieri's lecture “Beyond the Mountains and Seas,” available on YouTube here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Parallel Journeys: Eurasian History through Travelers' Eyes (Cambria Press, 2026) is a comparative history of Eurasia told through travel writing and cross-cultural encounters. In this anthology, Anthony Barbieri pairs accounts from twenty-eight travelers across different historical periods, placing side-by-side travelers looking or going East with those looking or going West. Spanning from 400 BCE through to 1936, the anthology brings together ambassadors, monks, missionaries, merchants, and journalists in order to explore how people understood the cultures, societies, and worlds that they encountered through travel. Structured around these “parallel journeys,” the book highlights both similarities and differences in the ways travelers described foreign places and peoples. Some travelers used these encounters to criticize the societies they entered, while others turned outward observation into reflection on their own cultures. Across the anthology, travel writing emerges not simply as a way of describing a journey, but as a way of forging ideas about cultural difference, identity, religion, commerce, and political power. This anthology will appeal to readers interested in Eurasian history, travel writing, world literature, and cross-cultural exchange. It is also a flexible and engaging anthology perfect for classroom teaching, complete with both long and short versions of each account, helpful visuals, and contextual information — an excellent way to get students thinking about what it means to do comparison effectively. For another overview of the anthology, readers should check out Barbieri's lecture “Beyond the Mountains and Seas,” available on YouTube here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Parallel Journeys: Eurasian History through Travelers' Eyes (Cambria Press, 2026) is a comparative history of Eurasia told through travel writing and cross-cultural encounters. In this anthology, Anthony Barbieri pairs accounts from twenty-eight travelers across different historical periods, placing side-by-side travelers looking or going East with those looking or going West. Spanning from 400 BCE through to 1936, the anthology brings together ambassadors, monks, missionaries, merchants, and journalists in order to explore how people understood the cultures, societies, and worlds that they encountered through travel. Structured around these “parallel journeys,” the book highlights both similarities and differences in the ways travelers described foreign places and peoples. Some travelers used these encounters to criticize the societies they entered, while others turned outward observation into reflection on their own cultures. Across the anthology, travel writing emerges not simply as a way of describing a journey, but as a way of forging ideas about cultural difference, identity, religion, commerce, and political power. This anthology will appeal to readers interested in Eurasian history, travel writing, world literature, and cross-cultural exchange. It is also a flexible and engaging anthology perfect for classroom teaching, complete with both long and short versions of each account, helpful visuals, and contextual information — an excellent way to get students thinking about what it means to do comparison effectively. For another overview of the anthology, readers should check out Barbieri's lecture “Beyond the Mountains and Seas,” available on YouTube here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

Parallel Journeys: Eurasian History through Travelers' Eyes (Cambria Press, 2026) is a comparative history of Eurasia told through travel writing and cross-cultural encounters. In this anthology, Anthony Barbieri pairs accounts from twenty-eight travelers across different historical periods, placing side-by-side travelers looking or going East with those looking or going West. Spanning from 400 BCE through to 1936, the anthology brings together ambassadors, monks, missionaries, merchants, and journalists in order to explore how people understood the cultures, societies, and worlds that they encountered through travel. Structured around these “parallel journeys,” the book highlights both similarities and differences in the ways travelers described foreign places and peoples. Some travelers used these encounters to criticize the societies they entered, while others turned outward observation into reflection on their own cultures. Across the anthology, travel writing emerges not simply as a way of describing a journey, but as a way of forging ideas about cultural difference, identity, religion, commerce, and political power. This anthology will appeal to readers interested in Eurasian history, travel writing, world literature, and cross-cultural exchange. It is also a flexible and engaging anthology perfect for classroom teaching, complete with both long and short versions of each account, helpful visuals, and contextual information — an excellent way to get students thinking about what it means to do comparison effectively. For another overview of the anthology, readers should check out Barbieri's lecture “Beyond the Mountains and Seas,” available on YouTube here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies

As public understanding of neurodiversity continues to grow, evaluators face a shifting landscape when assessing clients whose traits don't match traditional, less nuanced pictures of autism. Many individuals—especially women and girls—learn to navigate daily social interactions through pattern recognition and learned strategies rather than intuitive processing, masking their traits enough to miss early identification. Dr. Jeremy Sharp, a licensed psychologist, founder of the Colorado Center for Assessment, and host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, joins Emily to unpack the realities of camouflaging and what it takes to catch these less obvious presentations during a diagnostic evaluation. TAKEAWAYS The increasing prevalence of self-identification and online research requires evaluators to look beyond traditional, high-support presentation models when assessing for autism. Camouflaging and masking rely on active cognitive problem-solving and pattern recognition rather than intuitive social processing, creating high internal fatigue that standard testing environments can miss. Structured, one-on-one assessment settings can artificially boost a person's immediate social performance, making ambiguous or unstructured interactions essential during clinical observations. Traditional assessment tools like the ADOS can be less sensitive when evaluating females, who often demonstrate higher surface social fluency and culturally common special interests. Arriving at an accurate diagnostic picture requires gathering broad collateral information from parents, partners, and teachers rather than relying on a single test score. You can register now for our upcoming continuing education course for mental health professionals, Clinical Implications of Late-Identified Neurodivergence: Strategies for Identity Integration and Therapeutic Support. The course will be presented by Dr. Amy Marschall, author of the book Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy, and will be available both as a live event on Friday, August 7 from 2:00 - 3:30 PM Eastern, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific, and afterwards in video form. Both versions are worth 1.5 hours of APA and NBCC-approved CE credits. Register here. Dr. Jeremy Sharp is a licensed psychologist and Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment, a multimillion-dollar private practice that he founded in 2009. He specializes in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents. As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast and consultant for clinicians, Dr. Sharp provides private practice coaching for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow assessment services in their practices. In 2020, Dr. Sharp partnered with a seasoned software developer to co-found Reverb, the premier AI report-writing platform for testing psychologists that helps clinicians write faster, better reports and get their time back for what matters most. Dr. Sharp earned his undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting a Master's and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado with his wife (also a therapist) and two teenagers. BACKGROUND READING Jeremy's website, Testing Psychologist podcast, Facebook, LinkedIn The Neurodiversity Podcast is on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky, and you're invited to join our Facebook Group. For more information go to www.NeurodiversityPodcast.com If you'd like members of your organization, school district, or company to know more about the subjects discussed on our podcast, Emily Kircher-Morris provides keynote addresses, workshops, and training sessions worldwide, in-person or virtually. You can choose from a list of established presentations, or work with Emily to develop a custom talk to fit your unique situation. To learn more, visit our website.

Nursing leadership has never carried more weight, or more complexity. In this episode of Elevate Care, host Steven Endsley sits down with Alan Vierling, Chief Nurse Executive at San Juan Regional Medical Center, to talk about what it actually takes to build a sustainable pipeline of nurse leaders in an environment defined by workforce shortages, generational shifts, and rising expectations for both quality and financial performance. Alan brings a career's worth of perspective to the conversation, from his start as an operating room technician to leadership roles across Ohio, Texas, Michigan, and Alaska before landing at San Juan Regional. He shares candid insights on identifying leadership potential, the role of emotional intelligence in a text-driven generation, and why San Juan Regional has built structured programs like book clubs, skip-level meetings, and simulation-based coaching to develop leaders earlier in their careers. The discussion also covers practical retention strategies, including sabbaticals for veteran managers, dedicated overnight support to reduce burnout, and New Mexico's unique childcare and tuition benefits designed to remove barriers for nursing staff. Alan closes with a grounded take on artificial intelligence in healthcare: a tool for sharper decision-making, not a replacement for the human connection that defines nursing. Key Takeaways Nurse leadership development requires both structured programs (book clubs, coaching) and informal access (skip-level meetings) to build trust and leadership readiness at every level. Emotional intelligence, not technical skill alone, is often the clearest early indicator of leadership potential among nursing staff. Retention strategies like sabbaticals, overnight management support, and reduced administrative burden directly address burnout among frontline nurse managers. State-level benefits, such as free childcare and tuition support in New Mexico, are reshaping how health systems compete for nursing talent. Artificial intelligence can strengthen data fluency and speed up clinical decision-making, but it cannot substitute for authentic, face-to-face patient and staff connection. Reframing setbacks as learning opportunities, rather than crises, builds long-term resilience across nursing leadership teams. Chapters 00:00 – Introduction to Nursing Leadership Challenges 01:07 – Inside San Juan Regional Medical Center's Rural Trauma Network 05:26 – Alan Vierling's Path from OR Technician to Chief Nurse Executive 10:50 – Structured and Informal Leadership Development Tactics 13:55 – Identifying Leadership Potential and Emotional Intelligence 16:20 – Coaching the Next Generation Through Technology and Communication 20:18 – Barriers Facing Nurse Managers Today 25:07 – New Mexico's Childcare and Tuition Benefits for Nursing Staff 28:09 – Retention Strategies: Sabbaticals and Overnight Support 33:09 – Leading Through Crisis: Lessons from Covid-19 37:13 – Artificial Intelligence, Data, and the Future of Nursing 42:12 – Final Advice for Emerging Healthcare Leaders Meet Alan Vierling Alan Vierling is the Chief Nurse Executive at San Juan Regional Medical Center, a 200-bed, level three trauma facility serving the Four Corners region of New Mexico. With over 45 years in healthcare, Alan's career spans operational leadership roles in Ohio, Texas, Michigan, and Alaska, including serving as a hospital president and chief operating officer. His experience includes leading a hospital through a high-stakes Joint Commission survey, running a system-wide operational transformation initiative, and overseeing the Alaska Native Medical Center's trauma, clinic, and travel operations across the state. Alan holds a doctorate and is known for building leadership development programs centered on coaching, emotional intelligence, and workforce retention. Sponsors: We're proudly sponsored by AMN Healthcare, the leader in healthcare staffing and workforce solutions. Explore their services at AMN Healthcare. Learn how AMN Healthcare's workforce flexibility technology helps health systems cut costs and improve efficiency. Click here to explore the case study and discover smarter ways to manage your resources!Discover how WorkWise is redefining workforce management for healthcare. Visit workwise.amnhealthcare.com to learn more.About The Show: Elevate Care delves into the latest trends, thinking, and best practices shaping the landscape of healthcare. From total talent management to solutions and strategies to expand the reach of care, we discuss methods to enable high quality, flexible workforce and care delivery. We will discuss the latest advancements in technology, the impact of emerging models and settings, physical and virtual, and address strategies to identify and obtain an optimal workforce mix. Tune in to gain valuable insights from thought leaders focused on improving healthcare quality, workforce well-being, and patient outcomes. Learn more about the show here. Find Us On:WebsiteYouTubeSpotifyAppleInstagramLinkedInXFacebook Powered by AMN Healthcare Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. 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What if the key to reducing chronic pain, improving mobility, sleeping better, and even slowing the effects of aging has been hiding in plain sight? In this fascinating episode of The Girlfriend Doctor Podcast, Dr. Anna Cabeca welcomes back naturopathic physician and quantum biology expert Dr. Catherine Clinton, author of Optimize, for a deep dive into one of the body's most overlooked healing systems: fascia. Together, they explore why fascia has been called the body's "Cinderella organ"—overworked, underappreciated, and essential for healthy movement, energy production, nervous system regulation, and longevity. Dr. Clinton explains how chronic stress, trauma, inflammation, hydration, mitochondrial function, and even our thoughts influence this remarkable connective tissue network. Dr. Anna also shares her personal journey through PTSD, insomnia, heart coherence, equine therapy, and a profound experience with dry fasting that transformed her understanding of the body's electrical nature and healing potential. You'll discover practical ways to support your fascia and nervous system through movement, light exposure, hydration, gratitude, circadian rhythms, and simple daily habits that help your body shift from survival mode into true healing. Whether you're dealing with frozen shoulder, stiff joints, chronic inflammation, autoimmune challenges, burnout, or simply want to optimize your health as you age, this conversation offers a refreshing perspective on the future of medicine—one that begins by helping the body feel safe enough to heal.   Key Timestamps 00:00 – Why frozen shoulder, joint pain and stiffness may be connected to fascia 04:45 – Trauma, chronic stress, inflammation and the nervous system 11:50 – Heart coherence, gratitude and retraining the brain for healing 18:10 – Can the body truly heal if it doesn't feel safe? 23:20 – Dr. Anna's equine therapy experience and what horses reveal about our nervous system 31:10 – What fascia really is—and why it's far more than connective tissue 39:30 – Piezoelectricity: how fascia generates the body's electrical energy 49:15 – Why hydration, mitochondria and movement keep fascia healthy 58:30 – Structured water, minerals and optimizing cellular hydration 1:09:20 – Daily habits for optimizing energy, longevity and healing through quantum biology 1:17:30 – Final takeaways: reconnecting with nature, joy and the body's innate healing intelligence   Memorable Quotes Dr. Catherine Clinton: "Trauma really is defined by anything the system can't handle. It's not the event—it's what overwhelms the system." Dr. Catherine Clinton: "The body needs to feel safe before it can shift into rest, repair, and healing." Dr. Catherine Clinton: "Pain, inflammation, and disease can be viewed as a loss of electrical charge within the body." Dr. Catherine Clinton: "Movement hydrates fascia. When fascia is hydrated, it glides, communicates, and generates electrical energy more effectively." Dr. Catherine Clinton: "Each relationship we build with nature is an invitation back to safety, resilience, and healing." Dr. Anna Cabeca: "Healing is so much bigger than chasing symptoms." Dr. Anna Cabeca: "Your energy doesn't lie. You may think you're holding it together, but your body tells the truth." Dr. Anna Cabeca: "If it brings you joy, you're on the right track." Dr. Anna Cabeca: "Investing in your physical health is investing in your physical wealth." Dr. Anna Cabeca: "Don't be overwhelmed. Just choose one next right step toward healing." Resources Mentioned:

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Ep 123: In this week's AMA episode, I'm answering some of your most recent fitness questions—from whether you actually need to train your "lower core" differently, to exercises to do if you feel like you're quad-dominant and how and why alignment is so important pre workout + little clues that you might not be as aligned as you think.We also dive into one of my more recent favorite topics - how you can actually  build strength and lose fat when life is busy. (Spoiler: it's less than you think.)Plus... I finally announce my brand new Busy Body program, designed specifically for women who want noticeable results without spending hours in the gym.Busy Body launches July 28th and includes: 5 workouts per week  30–45 minute sessions  Structured body-part split  Alignment drills and warm-up exercises included  Progressive strength-focused programming  Designed for busy women who want maximum results in minimal time If you've been waiting for a realistic program you can actually stick with, this is it.__________________________________________________________________________________________________Apply for Advanced Training and Nutrition with Chelsey & Dr Emily Dow HEREStart your 7 day FREE trial of my new app HERE!Programs:8 Week Summer Prep Planhttps://www.trainerize.me/profile/chelseyrosehealth/?planGUID=d48c6fbf116c4e8fb4d31f94b5376fa3Want to work in person with Chelsey?Join a semi-private class in LA here.Email info@chelseyrosehealth.com to inquire about one on one in person training.Shop the things i'm loving HEREFollow Chelsey on Instagram:@Chelseyrosehealth@StrengthtobuildFollow Chelsey on TikTok Here."Submit a question to the show"

Structured Word Inquiry sounds fascinating in theory, but how do you actually use it at home? In this episode, we move from definition to implementation and walk through what Structured Word Inquiry can look like in a real homeschool week. We talk about where it fits, how to start small, and how to layer it onto what you are already doing without overhauling your entire language arts plan. If you are curious but unsure how to begin, this episode is for you. Find Secular Curriculum with our Resource Selector https://www.homeschool-together.com/secular-resources Support The Podcast If you like what you hear, consider supporting the podcast: https://homeschooltogether.gumroad.com/l/support Consider Leaving Us A Review If you have a quick moment, please consider leaving a review on iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/homeschool-together-podcast/id1526685583 Show Notes Structured Word Inquiry Part 1: https://homeschooltogether.fireside.fm/479 Structured Word Inquiry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured_word_inquiry Structured Word Inquiry - https://structuredwordinquiry.com/ All About Spelling - https://www.allaboutlearningpress.com/all-about-spelling/ Explode the Code - https://www.epslearning.com/products/explode-the-code-2nd-edition Scarborough Reading Rope Part 1 - https://homeschooltogether.fireside.fm/468 Scarborough Reading Rope Part 2 - https://homeschooltogether.fireside.fm/469 Structured Word Inquiry - https://www.wordworkskingston.com/WordWorks/Structured_Word_Inquiry.html Connect with us Website: http://www.homeschool-together.com/ Store: https://gumroad.com/homeschooltogether Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/homeschooltogether Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/homeschooltogetherpodcast/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/homeschooltogetherpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/hs_together The Gameschool Co-Op: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gameschoolcoop/ Email: homeschooltogetherpodcast@gmail.com

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A business can look profitable. The broker can call it “SBA pre-qualified.” The numbers can seem solid. And the deal can still be a disaster waiting to happen. Because financing doesn’t just help you buy a business. Structured badly, it can trap you in a deal that should never have closed in the first place. Ami Kassar has seen what happens when buyers get this wrong. One e-commerce acquisition he discusses was built around a single product. Just weeks after the transaction closed, a better product hit the market. The business was dead. And that’s only one version of the risk. Buyers jump into industries they’ve never operated in. They rely too heavily on one product, one supplier, or one sales channel. They treat lender pre-qualifications like guarantees. They rush because a seller wants to close fast. Or they take expensive “easy money” because speed feels more important than structure. That’s where deals get dangerous. In this episode, Jaryd sits down with Ami Kassar to unpack what buyers need to understand before taking on acquisition debt — from why SBA pre-qualifications may mean far less than you think, to what lenders actually look for in you and the business you’re buying. They break down how to improve your fundability before the right deal appears, why post-close liquidity matters, when seller involvement can help get a transaction financed, and why working capital should be part of the conversation before you ever sign on the dotted line. But the bigger lesson goes beyond getting approved. Ami believes the smartest financing strategy is the one that gives you maximum flexibility — because the goal isn’t to build the biggest portfolio, take on the most leverage, or grow at a pace that destroys your sleep. It’s to structure a deal you can actually live with.

Battlefield medicine is as much an enabler and force multiplier as good logistics. Whilst this is acknowledged by many, including those in the US Army, there is a peculiar absence of consideration for Battlefield Health in selection and development of its new command and control system. Major General (retired) Edward Dorman, a proven combat leader and master logistician, digs into what is needed for medical C2 as an operational consideration in the future, about which lessons are relevant from both US experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan and from partners experiences in Ukraine and wider contemporary conflict. Structured data alone is not the answer, neither is agentic AI, Large Language Models, or boutique systems. The conversation has a realism about Battlefield Medicine and Healthcare that has been absent for too long.

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In Episode 212 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher opens the practical application series with the domain she believes has the single biggest impact on language acquisition — and the one most ELL classrooms are still not doing enough of. Not speaking in general. Not asking a question and hoping someone answers. Structured, intentional, daily speaking practice designed to work for every student at every language level in the room.Beth opens with something every ELL teacher will recognize — the moment you build speaking time into a lesson, give students a prompt, say "talk to your partner," and watch higher-level students carry the conversation while lower-level students nod along or wait for it to be over. She names the actual problem clearly: it was not the speaking practice that failed. It was the structure. And she lays down the foundational principle that runs through the entire episode: structure is not a limitation on speaking. It is the condition for speaking.For ELL students at Stages 1 through 3, the reason they do not speak is almost never that they have nothing to say. It is that they do not yet have the language to say it. Sentence frames, conversation cards, and talk moves give students the bridge from their idea to the English words to express it. That bridge — not the idea itself — is what structured speaking activities provide.Beth walks through five activities in depth. Sentence frame partner talk is the most versatile entry point — a four-step protocol that takes three to four minutes, can be used at any point in a lesson, and reaches every level through tiered frames. Beth adds two specific techniques that dramatically increase quality: whisper time before partner time, and deliberately varying partners rather than defaulting to whoever is sitting nearby.Think-pair-share with the ELL upgrade goes beyond the standard protocol by adding a sentence starter for the share-out — "My partner said blank and I agreed because" or "My partner said blank and I had a different idea because." This elevates the linguistic demand from repetition to paraphrasing and synthesizing, which is some of the most important academic language development possible.Numbered Heads Together — a Kagan cooperative learning structure — solves the accountability problem in partner and group talk. Every student gets a number, every student must be ready to share, and the discussion within the group prepares ELL students to share out with confidence rather than being cold-called. Paired with a share-out sentence frame it gives lower-level students the exact structure they need to participate in front of the class.Academic conversation cards shift speaking from answering questions to genuinely engaging with another person's ideas — building on, respectfully disagreeing, asking for clarification. Beth identifies this as one of the most overlooked and most important language functions for academic language development, noting that even adult learners need explicit structures to do this well.The five-minute daily speaking routine is Beth's highest-impact recommendation — not a specific activity but a consistent daily structure that starts every session the same way. A picture prompt on the board, a sentence frame, thirty seconds of whisper time, partner talk, and a brief share-out. Members of Equipping ELLs consistently report this routine as one of the biggest drivers of language growth because consistency compounds over time. Routine beats variety for language acquisition.FREE CHALLENGE: equippingells.com/challenge or DM CHALLENGE to @EquippingELLs. Includes speaking activity templates and over $100 in free resources.

In this powerful episode, Amanda Rose of The Rose Channel returns to share the extraordinary near death experience that transformed her from a woman trapped in an abusive relationship into a fearless public speaker and voice for voluntaryism. Amanda recounts leaving her body in 2014 during a moment of deep trauma, merging with source consciousness, and experiencing herself as a massive dragon flying above the earth, feeling infinite parental love for all of humanity. She explains how that spiritual catalyst stripped away her fear, insecurities, and old programming, ultimately leading her to Larken Rose and to the stage, where audiences could not believe her first talk was her first. The conversation goes deep into the nature of love versus hate, the origins of evil, the danger of simmering in vengeance, and why she believes the desire for dominion over others is the true dividing line between heaven and hell. Amanda also shares practical wisdom from her new ebook, Awaken Your Dragon: A Guide to Becoming a Confident, Commanding Public Speaker, a workbook that teaches you to rewire negative thought patterns, silence imposter syndrome, and unlock your authentic voice. The book is available on Amazon for $19.95, or you can purchase it directly from Amanda by emailing roseresources@protonmail.com. Plus, get the details on Approaching Humanity, the first ever live event hosted by Amanda and Larken Rose, happening Saturday, July 18th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sedona Performing Arts Center in Sedona, Arizona. Structured like a play in acts, the event weaves together speakers, skits, music, and art following the themes of Larken's forthcoming book, with guests including Patrick Smith, Jason Bassler, Mark Maresca, and a special recorded piece from Carey Wedler. Learn more about Amanda at www.therosechannel.com. Provocative Speakers to Sedona for One Time Only Production First Self Curated Freedom Philosophy Event Launches with Book Release July 18th Sedona, Arizona — A groundbreaking all day event titled "Approaching Humanity" will take place Saturday, July 18th at the Sedona Performing Arts Center in Sedona, Arizona, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Presented by Larken and Amanda Rose, the production marks the first time the organizers have controlled the complete message architecture of a major freedom philosophy gathering, positioning it as what the creators describe as a "symphony of anarchy." The event follows an intentional narrative arc built to map intellectual territory: historical context, present conditions, systemic problems, proposed solutions, and post solution scenarios. Unlike a traditional conference format, the seven hour experience combines speaker presentations, musical performances, theatrical elements, and designed intervals for engagement and reflection. The speaker lineup includes Jason Bassler, cofounder of The Free Thought Project; Mark Maresca, host of The White Pillbox; James Corbett of The Corbett Report, appearing remotely from Japan; Craig Harguess, host of The Bad Roman; Patrick Smith, host of Anarchast; Brittanie Slowik; and David Hathaway. The production will also feature special recorded messages from additional voices unable to attend in person. Ticket pricing is set at $200 per attendee. Rose Channel subscribers who have maintained membership for one year or more receive complimentary admission. Early purchases are rewarded with lower pricing before announced increases. Tickets are available at www.TheRoseChannel.com/Humanity. The event coincides with a book release authored by the primary organizers. The manuscript exceeds 80,000 words and will be completed and printed before the July 18th date. Those unable to attend can preorder the book at www.TheRoseChannel.com/HumanityBook. All proceedings will be professionally recorded, edited, and distributed exclusively to Rose Channel subscribers through live streaming, pending internet connection viability, and post production release. Supporters who cannot attend in person but wish to back the production are encouraged to donate through the official event channels. For additional information and tickets, visit www.TheRoseChannel.com/Humanity. Amanda Rose, voluntaryism, spiritual awakening after trauma, Larken Rose, public speaking confidence, Approaching Humanity event Sedona, out of body experience, overcoming fear of public speaking, anarchist philosophy

A gladiator named Diodorus defeated his opponent Demetrius in the arena, accepted his submission, discarded his own helmet and shield, and reached for the palm branch that marked his victory. Then the referee refused to honor the submission and ordered the fight to continue. Diodorus was killed. His tombstone, which survives, reads: "Murderous Fate and the cunning treachery of the referee killed me, and leaving the light, I have gone to Hades." Another gladiator named Urbicus, who had once spared a defeated opponent and was later killed by that same man in a rematch, left behind the most chilling last words in Roman history: "I advise that he who defeats a man should kill him." Today's guest is Harry Sidebottom, author of *Those Who Are About to Die: A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator*. Structured as a single twenty-four-hour cycle from the gladiators' last supper through the morning beast hunts, midday executions, and afternoon combat, Sidebottom's book dismantles almost everything Hollywood has taught us about the arena. We discuss why gladiators were deliberately fattened on barley stew so their subcutaneous fat would produce spectacular bleeding from non-fatal wounds, how Roman senators kept illegally sneaking into gladiatorial schools despite repeated bans stretching across two centuries, why the Colosseum was built on top of Nero's artificial lake using plunder from the sack of Jerusalem, and how Galen pioneered human surgery by first vivisecting a live monkey and then treating wounded gladiators at Pergamum. We also look at why epileptics drank gladiator blood as medicine (and why Roman doctors reluctantly admitted it might work), how twenty-nine Saxon prisoners strangled each other without a rope rather than fight, and why Constantine did not actually abolish gladiatorial combat despite what every Christian source claims.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.