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In our latest episode, we shine a light on the exceptional lives of military children who have been recognized as the Operation Homefront 2025 Military Child of the Year recipients from the Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Air Force families. Join us as Isabella, Ian, and Sophia share their heartfelt stories of resilience, adventure, and gratitude that come with growing up in military families.   This podcast is made possible by generous funding from the Fort Bliss Spouses' Association. To learn more, visit https://www.thefbsa.org/.   Audio mixing by Concentus Media, Inc., Temple, Texas. Show Notes: Resources:   Operation Homefront https://operationhomefront.org/   Military Child of the Year Award Recipients https://operationhomefront.org/military-child-of-the-year/   Bio: Isabella, the 2025 Operation Homefront Military Child of the Year® for the Marine Corps, values the unique culture of the military community.    A junior at Swansboro High School in North Carolina, she makes it her mission to welcome new students. Isabella, 17, lives in Hubert, North Carolina, with her mother and stepfather, Amanda and Chris Price. She has four siblings.     “Being a military child who is now permanently in Swansboro, I get to not only relate to these new military kids, but help ease their transition into their new environment,” she said.    Her parents served a combined 42 years in the Marine Corps. Her mother, a staff sergeant, deployed three times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and humanitarian missions. She retired after 20 years.     Her father, Gunnery Sgt. Brian J. Smith, retired from service after 22 years and eight deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. He was awarded a Purple Heart after suffering injuries in Afghanistan. He died in 2023 at the beginning of Isabella's sophomore year of high school after being diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic cancer.    “My father who was the epitome of hard work and dedication to his career,” she said. “I strive daily to be as committed as he was in everything I aspire to accomplish.”     Isabella is on track to earn an associate degree before graduating high school. She's considering several universities in North Carolina for completing a bachelor's degree before going to law school. She aspires to a career in the political field.     Ian, Operation Homefront's 2025 Military Child of the Year® for the Coast Guard, has achieved academic success that will help propel him to his goal of becoming a civil engineer, all while mentoring other students.    Ian, 17, is a senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, Virginia, where he is currently his class valedictorian, the first Black male student to hold the position in a decade. He will graduate with an associate degree from Tidewater Community College a month before his high school graduation.    Ian is the son of retired Lt. Michael Lindo and Michelle Effatt. Michael served for 27 years active duty in the Coast Guard, deploying for a total of 10 years conducting counter drug and migrant interdictions in the Caribbean, before retiring in 2019. His father lives in Georgia while Ian and his mom live in Virginia.    “My father's dedication and commitment to serving our country for so many years is something I deeply admire,” Ian said. “His loyalty and sacrifice for our nation have shaped who I am. It's not just about the uniform; it's about the values he instilled in me—discipline, resilience, and a strong sense of duty.”   “I'm really passionate about designing systems that can improve lives, especially in underserved areas,” Ian said. “I've always believed that infrastructure like roads and bridges plays such a crucial role in connecting people, improving safety, and supporting everyday life.”    Ian is currently deciding among several universities, including Virginia Tech and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, to major in civil engineering.     Sophia, Operation Homefront's 2025 Military Child of the Year® for the Air Force, has learned to embrace life following the death of her father in 2023 after he served his country for 17 years.    Sophia, now 17, was 15 years old when her father, Master Sgt. Anthony Pinero, passed away tragically… She lives at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany with her mom, Sheena Pinero, an executive services specialist and her younger sister.    As a military child, Sophia experienced 37 months of her father's deployment and five changes of station. Moving most recently to Germany meant leaving friends and family even farther away than usual, but Sophia responded with resiliency, helping plan trips around Europe with her mom and sister.    “Of all of the bases that I have been stationed at, Ramstein Air Base has been the best,” Sophia said. “I have never felt as connected to the people around me as I do here. Whether it is pitching mail at the post office with active-duty personnel or recognizing volunteer excellence in the community, Ramstein Air Base has always felt like one big, connected family.”    Sophia is considering pursuing a career in engineering or medicine. She wants to attend the United States Air Force Academy or a university with a strong Air Force ROTC program, and she hopes to become an officer in the Air Force.     Full biographies can be found at https://operationhomefront.org/2025-military-child-of-the-year-award-recipients/?internal_medium=internal&internal_source=banner&internal_campaign=thd-oh-25-03-internal-mcoy-traff&internal_content=D2503W61SB&sourceid=1153486.              

Today's On Location episode comes to you from Swansboro, North Carolina, and Raleigh, North Carolina. Get ready to join Tammy Pearson (the Director of Operations for YoungWilliams' North Carolina offices) as she welcomes and hosts Judge Ashleigh Parker (District Court Judge for Wake County, North Carolina).  Listen and get to know Judge Parker, as they talk about her biggest inspiration, and making an impact by focusing on children.  Judge Parker shares about parental involvement with children, both financially and physically, to create a better world for them.  She talks about what she might like to see better or different in the child support program, and how the program could be more equitable.  She also reminds child support professionals that these families are individuals, and that every situation is different. You can check out Judge Parker's website to learn more about her:  https://judgeashleigh.com/

Floof that Tennessee Flattop and put on your best mirrored sunglasses...it's time for the Mullet Fest in Swansboro! 

(Segment 3, From 02.11.2023 Show) "Captain John Mauser is a fly fishing and light tackle guide out of Swansboro, North Carolina. He has been fishing the waters of North Carolina for thirty-five years. John spent his youth on the Chowan River in the North East part of the state hunting for bluegill and bass." The above quote comes from John's website, Tailing Tide Guide Service, where he offers an array of guide services throughout the year. But on today's episode of the Carolina Outdoors, the Outdoor Guys host Captain John to discuss the amazing fishing opportunities which he brings to his clients, as well as to chat about some of his other entrepreneurial ventures including custom building technical fishing rods (Mauser Fishing) and even being behind the camera (John Mauser Photography). Enjoy the conversation and if you want to head to the coast, book a trip with our new friend. If you are headed to the mountains, make sure to book a fly-fishing trip with us here at Jesse Brown's Outdoors!

Listen in as we dive into one of Swansboro's most renowned fly fishing guides, rod builder, philosapher and conservationist; Captain John Mauser of Tailing Tide Guide Service.  John is based out of the Swansboro area in North Carolina where he specializes in Fly Fishing and Light Tackle Charters. John specifically loves to target fish by sight casting in clear shallow water. Whether its tailing Redfish, blitzing Albacore or Stripers rolling on the surface, its exciting, its challenging and its what John and his clients live for!!!  John strives to provide his clients an experince with memeories that will last long after your trip. He takes great pride in his work as a rod builder and a guide and you can expect him to give his 100% on and off the water. He truly enjoys that process and understands what it takes to create a memorable and succsessfull day on the water!!!  To book a trip with John visit his website: TAILING TIDE GUIDE SERVICE - Tailing Tide Guide Service Home Page   If you are interested in purchasing a (Made in the USA) Fly Rod built by John and his team, check him out here: Mauser Fly Fishing   To learn more about the issues facing our coastal fishereis please check out our Save Our Fisheries Website: Save Our Fisheries | Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina | CCA NC  

After following the trout from near the inlets to the marshes and then to the creeks, this episode covers float rigs, bait (shrimp and other live bait options), and positioning and techniques.  

What does it take to be uncommon? Why can't I be like somebody?  The truth is, we are born uncommonly unique.  In some aspects, we are so distinct from each other that not even a fingerprint looks the same. We are extraordinary by design and we need only to open our eyes and see our worth. We have to realize our full potential and believe that God can see something in us. However, we can be an excellent catalyst for another's success story. On occasion, we are privy to moments when we get an opportunity to prepare a path that somebody else is destined to walk.  One such encounter is when we help others to achieve their victory in life. The epiphany of success is not that you have accomplished your dreams but rather that you are instrumental in helping someone else achieve their victory. Therefore, put your best effort into all you do, strive to be an expert in yourself, set a goal for success, and bring someone up as you climb.    Ben Troupe is a football star, a media brand, a motivational speaker, a man of faith, a father, and a son. Troupe grew up in Swainsboro, Georgia, where his wonderful parents and grandparents nurtured him. He became a passionate advocate and volunteer, standing tall for needy people. Ben believes in expanding perspectives through exposure. He lives his life with a "least among us" mentality, focusing on improvement for all.    In this special episode with Ben Troupe, we'll learn about a man who grew up in a beautiful place and got to live a dream. He will be opening our minds about being a blessing to other people's lives. Letting us know that life isn't about reaching your goals but helping another dreamer get theirs.  That is a humbling revelation.    "Sometimes you're just a means of transportation to get people where they are trying to go. It's the best feeling in the world to know that somebody's thinking of wanting to do something, and they think you can help them do it. That's humbling to me." – Ben Troupe Topics Covered: (00:00:00) Introduction + Episode Snippet (00:00:15) Introducing our special guest, Ben Troupe (00:00:35) Advertisement: Obtain financial freedom with passive income! TimeOut with the SportsDr. teams up with Dr. Ronnie Shalev of Shalwin Properties to discuss things finance! Join Dr. Shalev's webinar or set up a 1-on-1 call, go to https://www.drderrickthesportsdr.com/sponsors. (00:01:37) The nurtured country boy: Who is Dr. Ben Troupe? (00:04:10) The American dream: Ordinary people living extraordinary lives (00:05:19) The job to be my whole self: Being a representation of more than just a true family. (00:08:10) Flexibility in transitions: From knowing everybody to knowing nobody (00:10:09) A late bloomer: At what point did you separate yourself as a football star? (00:13:36) Georgia's best-kept secret: Handle what you can handle (00:15:52) Swansboro mentality: Trying not to stand out (00:17:36) Let exposure be your teacher (00:18:10) Do not let fame be your motivation: "I don't care about no praise." (00:19:36) Money is just a microscope: What do you give more value? (00:20:29) True blessing: Helping people without wanting anything in return (00:21:45) Be somebody worth meeting because of your type of person. (00:23:28) Bumblebee Mentality: The misery of not knowing what you are supposed to be. (00:25:38) Be a bridge for other people's success: A means of transportation to get people where they want to go. (00:29:42) Advertisement: Sabre Bats, the training bat that will take you to your next swing. Go to https://www.sabrebats.net to know more.   (00:30:45) Uncommon and unfinished: The worst thing I could do is try to make myself normal. (00:32:10) Growth is an uncomfortable process, but it's the process worth going through. (00:33:24) The ghostwriter: What BJ Bennet had ever wanted to do? (00:36:41) The father-son love story: The man that gave me life gave me my life back. (00:40:20) Final TimeOut with Ben Troupe: What is the importance of being more than just an athlete? (00:41:21) Sports are temporary: Separate your identity from the entity (00:43:31) Don't hold onto things that fade.  (00:48:41) Connect with Ben Troupe.  (00:49:32) Be yourself: Be an expert at being you.   Key Takeaways: "The American dream was ordinary people living extraordinary lives. That is the American dream because it has to be attainable for all of us." – Ben Troupe   "What is extraordinary? Extraordinary to me is what I chase. It was something different. And it's not predicated on what the world says." – Ben Troupe   "It is my job to be my full self, as much as I possibly can, no matter where I am, no matter who I'm talking to." – Ben Troupe "The mistake that I've had and the bumps and the roles that I've had, I wouldn't change it. It makes me who I am. The whole notion, if I can go back, I wouldn't change nothing cause I don't become the person I am now because it's all relative and it's all worth it." – Ben Troupe   "Then I realize that's even though I didn't know; I can't get my perception of something through somebody else's view." – Ben Troupe   "I didn't know what exposure was doing to me. Like I'm going to athletes, I'm seeing all these athletes shaking hands, which blew my mind. Cause I still got a swan mentality like I'm in the city now, but I'm trying not to stand out." – Ben Troupe   "It's to this day I let exposure be my teacher. I don't try to limit anything. I don't try to hold myself back because I wasn't hesitant to get on that plane." – Ben Troupe   "I appreciate it, but I don't care about no praise, no accolades. I just had fun. I did the best I could with the time I had given. I'm not creating any enemies. I didn't have no hatred." – Ben Troupe   "Some people let Money and fame change them, but as you mentioned, it truly just augments who you already are. Your weaknesses still are your weaknesses unless you address them. Your strengths are going to be your strengths. It's up to us to look at ourselves and change ourselves." – Dr. Derrick Burgess   "Money is just a microscope. Whatever you are without it, It will highlight you with it. And money lets you know what you value." – Ben Troupe   "You became somebody worth talking to not because of the sport you play cause that is temporary but because of the type of person you are." – Ben Troupe   "People want somebody who is approachable. People want respectful people. People want people who talk to people, not talk down to them. People want somebody who's understanding. Understanding means to suffer with thee." – Ben Troupe   "I feel like my responsibility now that I'm through the door is to go back down and bring somebody else up because you can knock all day long, but unless somebody invites you into that room many times, you're not gonna ever get into it." – Dr. Derrick Burgess   "Sometimes we go in rooms to tell the person who wants to be in that room. It isn't what you think it is. I'm not telling you not to go in there, but if you need this room to validate, you don't go there. That's supposed to benefit me. I don't suppose to be benefiting from in that room." – Ben Troupe   "Sometimes you're just a means of transportation to get people where they are trying to go. It's the best feeling in the world to know that somebody's thinking of wanting to do something, and they think you can help them do it. That that's humbling to me." – Ben Troupe   "I heard somebody say once that you see two dates when you look at a tombstone. You got a date when you came, and you got a date when you died and that dash in the middle of your life. So unfinished is just fighting for that dash, fighting for your life." – Ben Troupe   "And so my dad showed me at that moment that vulnerability might be my best ability. I don't know if it will be the best ability for somebody else, but for me, it gave me authenticity. It gave me an honesty that I don't have to lie about because my dad is the best man. I wouldn't trade him for nothing." – Ben Troupe   "My dad said it takes being something to understand. It takes being a man to understand the man. It takes being a father to understand the father." – Ben Troupe   "I'm the first in a lot of things, and I don't wanna be the last." – Ben Troupe   "Winning and losing in sports has to do with the scoreboard, winning and losing life has to do with your effort." – Ben Troupe   "The greatest thing about being a player is being a former player because that means you got a chance to do it." – Ben Troupe   Connect with Ben Troupe: Website: https://bentroupe84.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bentroupe84?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTaKIYH0E1QuvB-df3V-WwQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bentroupe84/   Connect with Dr. Derrick Burgess: Website: https://www.drderrickthesportsdr.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drderrickthesportsdr/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeOut.SportsDr  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrick-burgess-72047b246/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHGDu1zT4K_X6PnYELu8weg  Email: thesportsdoctr@gmail.com    This episode of TimeOut with the SportsDr. is produced by Podcast VAs Philippines - the team that helps podcasters effectively launch and manage their podcasts, so we don't have to. 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Todd Dini is a serial entrepreneur on the Crystal Coast! He is the owner and co-owner of 4 businesses serving in totally different categories. His entrepreneurial career started with East Carolina Fun a bounce house rental business in which he operates mostly by himself. He caught the photography bug and has developed a reputation for capturing the amazing landscape the Crystal Coast has to offer. Next, Todd purchased Swansboro Health and Fitness with his 2 partners and most recently he purchased Dini's Martinis and Desserts in Swansboro alongside his brother and wife. Todd shares on this episode how he started or purchased each business and his motivation for expanding his business portfolio to four! Todd is talented, smart and has a great vision for how to build and operate a successful businesses. His best attribute may be his ability to surround himself with people that elevate him. http://www.diniphoto.com/ @dini_photo on instagram https://eastcarolinafun.com/home-page https://swansborohealthandfitness.com/ https://www.facebook.com/swansborohealthandfitness https://www.facebook.com/dinismartinisnc

Downtown Greensboro, North Carolina. KERI BROWN/WFDD In this edition of Carolina Curious WFDD listener and High Point University Spanish Professor Adam Winkel wants to know the origins of his home city's name: Greensboro. “Why is the ‘boro' suffix in North Carolina usually spelled 'b-o-r-o' rather than 'b-u-r-g' or 'b-o-r-o-u-g-h'?'” As WFDD's David Ford soon found out, it all goes back to history and other languages, because “burg,” “borough” — however you want to spell it — and “bury” for that matter (as in Salisbury) are all Anglo-Saxon in origin dating back centuries to the land of lederhosen and bratwurst. In Germany, “burg” means a town surrounded by a wall. And there are lots of them there: Nuremberg, Brandenburg, Hamburg. So, in England, the closer you are to Germany the more you'll find “burg”s. Director of Local History and Genealogy at the Randolph County Public Library “Mac” Whatley says the suffix “borough” — which also means town — has gone through an evolution over the centuries. For example, Edinburgh, Scotland may be spelled b-u-r-g-h, but it is pronounced as if it ended in b-o-r-o-u-g-h but just runs out of gas on the last syllable. “So, there are all kinds of linguistic rules about dropping the vowels and things like that because of lazy pronunciation, but in England, all of these kinds of things come from history and language,” he says. “You know the Celts, the Saxons, the Vikings, everything in England goes back to some kind of historical event.” Fewer than 100 people? That's a Hamlet. Roughly 1,000 or less? Village. Less than 50,000? Town. More than 100,000? City. More than a million? Metropolis. Meanwhile, here in the New World, America, terms that may have been treated historically back in the day become political. “That's why there's such a variety of names — or suffixes really instead of just names — because in this state in this country, cities and towns are created by the state legislature, and people petition the legislature for incorporating a city or town,” says Whatley. “And whoever is doing the petition can choose the name.” He says, take Charlotte for example: 800,000 people and it's a city. But Kannapolis is also known as a city, and it only has 45,000 people. “And of course, it's a real outlier because “polis” is Greek,” says Whatley. “It means city, so, it was named city of the cannons, you know the cannon mills founded it. But then you've got Pinehurst which is officially a village, and they have 16,000-some-odd people, but Franklinville, where I live, is a town and it only has 1,600 people.” Whatley says some historical suffix influences do endure here in the South. “Ville” from the French began catching on shortly after the French Revolution starting with Louisville, Kentucky, in 1780, and three years later, Campbellton, North Carolina, switched to Fayetteville. And Asheville? Well, that's where things get political. “You would use ‘ville' if there was already a ‘borough.' So, Asheboro is 1796, and Asheville is 1797. And both of them are named after Governor Samuel Ashe. You also had Greenville, which is 1786 in eastern North Carolina, but you had Greensboro which is 1808, and they're both after General Nathaniel Greene. Then you had Princeton in Johnson County 1861, but Princeville in Edgecombe County in 1885." So, when you have lots of little towns like North Carolina has, you've got to be inventive with names. Interchanging suffixes is one way to do that. Whatley says the sounds of words count too. There are lots of Franklinvilles (after Ben Franklin), but no Franklinboroughs. As for all the b-o-r-o cities in the Tar Heel state —Greensboro, Asheboro, Tarboro, Carrboro, Pittsboro, Wilkesboro, Swansboro — he says, they just all sound better than “burg.” But, getting back to our listener Adam Winkel and his question about the mysterious b-o-r-o ending to “Greensboro.” Will we ever know the answer as to why? “Well, I think it's linguistic laziness,” says Whatley. “Because Asheboro, when it was incorporated in 1796 was a ‘borough,' and then it went through a whole period for 100 years where it was just Ashboro. And so, they weren't even spelling Ashe right since it's named after a governor, Samuel Ashe. But they didn't know it had an ‘e' on it, so they just did the quick and easy thing. So, b-o-r-o, it's just easier — quicker when you're writing a letter or [an] envelope or something like that.”   So, after all that history, politics, and linguistic evolution, the answer to our listener's question is, “Because people are inherently lazy?” “Yeah,” says Whatley. “I think that, and bad spellers,” he laughs. Well, ask a simple question, and get a simple answer, but always know this: no question is too big or too small for the Carolina Curious. Support for Carolina Curious comes from Buie's Market Winston-Salem.    Story does not include AP content #suffix #greensboro #boro #borough #bury #burg #carolina curious Culture Normal Tweet

Scotty and John Talk Redfish, False Albacore, Project Healing Waters, and More! Captain John Mauser is a fly fishing and light tackle guide out of Swansboro, North Carolina. He has been fishing the waters of North Carolina for thirty-five years. John spent his youth on the Chowan River in northeast NC hunting for bluegill and bass. The Chowan River was also the location where John first cast a fly rod, throwing little popping bugs at lily pads in search of bass. As a teenager, John became more familiar with the great saltwater fishing available along the coast.  John graduated from UNC Wilmington with a Marine Biology Degree and soon started working for the North Carolina Aquariums. For the past 15 years, Mauser has called Swansboro his home and has spent a great deal of his time learning the local waters. John and his wife have two sons, a ten-year-old and a four-year-old, who always keep life interesting. John helped establish the local Crystal Coast Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Program, which rehabilitates disabled military veterans through fly tying and fly fishing activities. Six years later, John is still an active volunteer with the program, assisting with casting instruction, fly tying, and fishing trips for the veterans. In 2014, John helped re-form the Cape Lookout Albacore Festival, and served as a board member for the first five years. The Cape Lookout Albacore Festival is a 3-day event, held each October around the height of the fall False Albacore run.  The Festival consists of a private fishing event for disabled veterans, a public fishing tournament, auctions, dinners, and captain's parties. All of the funds from each C.L.A.F. is donated to Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing at the State and National Levels. In 2017, John launched Mauser Fly Fishing, a local manufacturer of USA made fly rods. John's love for guiding anglers and giving casting instruction led to the formation of this brand. John will tell you that this company is the most challenging thing he's ever attempted, and he loves every second of it. In 2019, John worked with a few other local fly fishing guides and formed the Carolina Fly Fishing Academy. The academy offers 1 and 2 day courses based around saltwater fly fishing in the Southeast.

✨Music credit✨: "Miri's Magic Dance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  Today, I am so excited to share a truly bizarre and fun place- the Bizarre museum in Wilmington, North Carolina. Do you like the strange and unusual, the bizarre and interesting? Then I have a fun share for you. I LOVE this kind of thing, seriously! It's my jam! Join me for the phenomenal finds here, including a mummified baby dragon and you can see The Annabelle doll from the actual movies!  Check out Tessa's podcast as well- Paranormal Prowlers: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Paranormal-Podcasts/Paranormal-Prowlers-Podcast-p1218140/  Mythological creature-  Note- in the picture, that was in Swansboro, a different town in North Carolina). ✨

Tim Malamphy is a pinball lover and statistics enthusiast who enjoys the thrill of casinos, horse races, and odds games. Tim is also a volunteer mentor at Richmond's Swansboro elementary school. This episode, we hear about Tim's life, some of his stories, including how he grew up with eccentric golfer John Daly, and more. Pictured: The Malamphy Family (L-R: Daniel, Tim, Wendy, Annie, and Brian)

Callers: Victoria Reyes From The Onslow Health Dept Kathy - We will talk with a lady only using her first name. She's married to an ICU doctor...they met when he was a Navy doctor. She's an online member of a 14-thousand strong group of wives of doctors across the US. They've been chatting about their fears...hubbies treating COVID patients. They have several kids, and she fears for them. They even thought about sending him to sleep in a hotel. Apparently, this is fear across the network of doctors' spouses. Robin Knapp Commissioner of Jacksonville, NC Doug From Wilmington, NC Randy - Talking about how the restaurants are faring in Swansboro, NC Vick From Jacksonville, NC Dennis From Jacksonville, NC

CALLERS: Victoria Reyes From Onslow Health Department Shelly Kieweg From United Way of Jacksonville, NC Larry From Swansboro, NC Timbo From Jacksonville, NC Robin Knapp Commissioner of Jacksonville, NC Dan from Swansboro, NC Doug From Wilmington, NC Dennis From Jacksonville, NC

CALLERS: Dr. Rosemary Stein From Jacksonville, NC Sentor (NC) Thom Tillis Sharon Russell Onslow County Manager (Jacksonville, NC) Meredith Croom From Grants Creek Nursery in Jacksonville, NC Martin Aragona (Biagio's Restaurant) in Jacksonville, NC Randy Swanson (Owner) of Borro Restaurant & Bar in Swansboro, NC Dennis From Jacksonville, NC

A product of Richmond City Public Schools, Cynthia (Cyndi) Carney-Robinson serves as an Instructional Technology Resource Teacher for RPS, and formerly served as a high school teacher in the division. Her work includes providing professional development and supporting teachers at Miles Jones, Swansboro, and Greene Elementary School. We talked about the expectations placed on teachers and the gaps that exist in access to technology.

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This week's show takes on a visit to Swansboro, we explore the world of tobacco collectibles, enjoy music on the porch in Bynum, sample the fare at Mary's Gourmet Diner in Winston-Salem, and Deborah Holt Noel profiles the 21C Museum Hotel in Durham.

This Thursday at 8pm, PointClickFish Saltwater Radio Show features Tailing Tide Guide Service out of Swansboro, North Carolina. Captain John Mauser joins the PCF team to discuss late winter and spring inshore fishing.  This time of year site casting to shallow water red drum in coastal bays and creeks provides great light tackle and fly fishing opportunities, and the Roanoke River striped bass and shad run is just around the corner.  Captain Mauser has been fishing the waters of North Carolina for over 25 years and enjoys sharing his love for the local waters with others. Call in LIVE during the show and give updates, reports and ask questions - (347) 884-9117.  You can listen to the show live every Thursday night at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pointclickfish  or as a podcast anytime at http://saltwaterfishingradio.com/podcast-2/

First names like "Patience," "Hope," and "Charity" are inspired by worthy qualities. But how about "Be-courteous" or "Hate-evil"? The Puritans sometimes gave children such names hoping that their kids would live up to them. Also, even some feminists are discarding the name "feminist." Plus, reticent vs. reluctant, sherbet vs. sherbert, mosquitoes vs. lawyers, and a word for that feeling in your toes after a great kiss.FULL DETAILSPatience, Hope, and Charity are pretty ambitious things to name your children. But what about Hate-evil, Be-courteous, or Search-the-scriptures? Or Fight-the-good-fight-of-faith? Puritan parents sometimes gave their kids so as to encourage those qualities. They're called hortatory names, from the Latin for "encourage" or "urge." What's the difference between a mosquito and a lawyer? One's a bloodsucking parasite, and the other's an insect. This bait-and-switch joke, like many good paraprosdokians, get their humor by going contrary to our expectations.A debate has been raging within the Conductors Guild. Should that organization's name have an apostrophe? Most board members contend that for simplicity and clarity, the name should go without an apostrophe. The hosts concur.That thing when someone kisses you so well that your toes curl up? It's called a foot pop.Is it incorrect to say I could use a drink rather than I want a drink? A California man says his Italian partner claims this use of use is incorrect. It may be a verbal crutch, but it's still correct English. Our Quiz Guy Greg Pliska feeds us a game of spoonerisms, or rhyming phrase pairs where the first sounds are swapped. For example, what do a stream of information in 140 characters and a better tailored suit have in common? Or how about a Michael Lewis book about baseball and a shopping destination for rabbits? A caller from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, says that cops in Canada will often say to contact them on their shoe phones. The shoe phone comes from Maxwell Smart, the hapless hero of the 1960s sitcom Get Smart, who kept a phone on the sole of his shoe. The phrase has now come to refer to any surreptitiously placed phone.Before the days of the Square, vendors had to run a credit card through rough, bulky machine called a knucklebuster that had the capacity to do just that.Order in the court, the monkey wants to speak, the first one to speak is a monkey for a week! This children's rhyme appears in print in the 1950s, and Israel Kaplan mentions it in When I Was a Boy in Brooklyn, his take on growing up in New York in the 20s and 30s. Many of his rhymes were less tame.The poet Marianne Moore was once asked to come up with car names for the Ford Motor Company, and if it wasn't for the genius of their own term, the Edsel, we could've been driving around in Resilient Bullets, Varsity Strokes, or Utopian Turtletops.The term vegan was coined in 1944 by Donald Watson, the founder of the U.K. Vegan Society, who insisted that the original pronunciation was VEE-gin. However, some dictionaries now allow for other pronunciations, such as VAY-gin or even VEDJ-in.If a phone in your shoe or your glasses isn't futuristic enough for you, check out morphees. They're smartphones and handheld gaming devices that can bend and change shapes.Is it time for feminists to ditch the label feminist? Women's studies professor Abigail Rine is among those struggling with that question. She argues that conversations about feminist issues are often held up by discussions about the label itself, and its negative connotations in particular. Meanwhile, some are trying to replace the word patriarchy with kyriarchy, from the Greek for "lord" or "master" (as in Kyrie Eleison, or "Lord, have mercy) since matters of discrimination don't just fall along gender lines.Sherbet is pronounced SHUR-bit. There's no r before the t, and there's no need to add one. If it still seems too complicated, you might just order ice cream or sorbet instead.Noah Webster originally tried changing the spelling of hard ch words to begin with k, as in karacter, but the shift never caught on, as is usually the case with spelling reforms.Is there a difference between reticent and reluctant? Reticent more specifically involves reluctance to speak--it comes from the Latin root meaning "silent," and is a relative of the word tacit--whereas you can be reluctant to do anything. Say you're a novelist working on your magnum opus. While you're shuffling through the produce aisle, an idea strikes you and you can't stop thinking about it. That's what they call a plot bunny.Lori from Swansboro, North Carolina, wonders about pure-T mommicked, which in many parts of the South and South Midlands means "confused." Its sense of "harrass, tease, impose upon" is particularly common in North Carolina. It apparently derives from the verb mammock, meaning to tear into pieces, actually shows up in Shakespeare's Coriolanus. The pure-T is a variant of pure-D, a euphemism for pure damned.This past spring was a cold one, wasn't it? Some have taken to calling it February 90th.This episode was hosted by Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette.....Support for A Way with Words comes from The Ken Blanchard Companies, celebrating 35 years of making a leadership difference with Situational Leadership II, the leadership model designed to boost effectiveness, impact, and employee engagement. More about how Blanchard can help your executives and organizational leaders at kenblanchard.com/leadership.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2014, Wayword LLC.

First names like "Patience," "Hope," and "Charity" are inspired by worthy qualities. But how about "Be-courteous" or "Hate-evil"? The Puritans sometimes gave children such names hoping that their kids would live up to them. Also, even some feminists are discarding the name "feminist." Plus, reticent vs. reluctant, sherbet vs. sherbert, mosquitoes vs. lawyers, and a word for that feeling in your toes after a great kiss.FULL DETAILSPatience, Hope, and Charity are pretty ambitious things to name your children. But what about Hate-evil, Be-courteous, or Search-the-scriptures? Or Fight-the-good-fight-of-faith? Puritan parents sometimes gave their kids so as to encourage those qualities. They're called hortatory names, from the Latin for "encourage" or "urge." What's the difference between a mosquito and a lawyer? One's a bloodsucking parasite, and the other's an insect. This bait-and-switch joke, like many good paraprosdokians, get their humor by going contrary to our expectations.A debate has been raging within the Conductors Guild. Should that organization's name have an apostrophe? Most board members contend that for simplicity and clarity, the name should go without an apostrophe. The hosts concur.That thing when someone kisses you so well that your toes curl up? It's called a foot pop.Is it incorrect to say I could use a drink rather than I want a drink? A California man says his Italian partner claims this use of use is incorrect. It may be a verbal crutch, but it's still correct English. Our Quiz Guy Greg Pliska feeds us a game of spoonerisms, or rhyming phrase pairs where the first sounds are swapped. For example, what do a stream of information in 140 characters and a better tailored suit have in common? Or how about a Michael Lewis book about baseball and a shopping destination for rabbits? A caller from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, says that cops in Canada will often say to contact them on their shoe phones. The shoe phone comes from Maxwell Smart, the hapless hero of the 1960s sitcom Get Smart, who kept a phone on the sole of his shoe. The phrase has now come to refer to any surreptitiously placed phone.Before the days of the Square, vendors had to run a credit card through rough, bulky machine called a knucklebuster that had the capacity to do just that.Order in the court, the monkey wants to speak, the first one to speak is a monkey for a week! This children's rhyme appears in print in the 1950s, and Israel Kaplan mentions it in When I Was a Boy in Brooklyn, his take on growing up in New York in the 20s and 30s. Many of his rhymes were less tame.The poet Marianne Moore was once asked to come up with car names for the Ford Motor Company, and if it wasn't for the genius of their own term, the Edsel, we could've been driving around in Resilient Bullets, Varsity Strokes, or Utopian Turtletops.The term vegan was coined in 1944 by Donald Watson, the founder of the U.K. Vegan Society, who insisted that the original pronunciation was VEE-gin. However, some dictionaries now allow for other pronunciations, such as VAY-gin or even VEDJ-in.If a phone in your shoe or your glasses isn't futuristic enough for you, check out morphees. They're smartphones and handheld gaming devices that can bend and change shapes.Is it time for feminists to ditch the label feminist? Women's studies professor Abigail Rine is among those struggling with that question. She argues that conversations about feminist issues are often held up by discussions about the label itself, and its negative connotations in particular. Meanwhile, some are trying to replace the word patriarchy with kyriarchy, from the Greek for "lord" or "master" (as in Kyrie Eleison, or "Lord, have mercy) since matters of discrimination don't just fall along gender lines.Sherbet is pronounced SHUR-bit. There's no r before the t, and there's no need to add one. If it still seems too complicated, you might just order ice cream or sorbet instead.Noah Webster originally tried changing the spelling of hard ch words to begin with k, as in karacter, but the shift never caught on, as is usually the case with spelling reforms.Is there a difference between reticent and reluctant? Reticent more specifically involves reluctance to speak--it comes from the Latin root meaning "silent," and is a relative of the word tacit--whereas you can be reluctant to do anything. Say you're a novelist working on your magnum opus. While you're shuffling through the produce aisle, an idea strikes you and you can't stop thinking about it. That's what they call a plot bunny.Lori from Swansboro, North Carolina, wonders about pure-T mommicked, which in many parts of the South and South Midlands means "confused." Its sense of "harrass, tease, impose upon" is particularly common in North Carolina. It apparently derives from the verb mammock, meaning to tear into pieces, actually shows up in Shakespeare's Coriolanus. The pure-T is a variant of pure-D, a euphemism for pure damned.This past spring was a cold one, wasn't it? Some have taken to calling it February 90th.This episode was hosted by Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette.....Support for A Way with Words also comes from National University, which invites you to change your future today. More at http://www.nu.edu/.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2013, Wayword LLC.

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First names like "Patience," "Hope," and "Charity" are inspired by worthy qualities. But how about "Be-courteous" or "Hate-evil"? The Puritans sometimes gave children such names hoping that their kids would live up to them. Also, even some feminists are discarding the name "feminist." Plus, reticent vs. reluctant, sherbet vs. sherbert, mosquitoes vs. lawyers, and a word for that feeling in your toes after a great kiss.FULL DETAILSPatience, Hope, and Charity are pretty ambitious things to name your children. But what about Hate-evil, Be-courteous, or Search-the-scriptures? Or Fight-the-good-fight-of-faith? Puritan parents sometimes gave their kids so as to encourage those qualities. They're called hortatory names, from the Latin for "encourage" or "urge." What's the difference between a mosquito and a lawyer? One's a bloodsucking parasite, and the other's an insect. This bait-and-switch joke, like many good paraprosdokians, get their humor by going contrary to our expectations.A debate has been raging within the Conductors Guild. Should that organization's name have an apostrophe? Most board members contend that for simplicity and clarity, the name should go without an apostrophe. The hosts concur.That thing when someone kisses you so well that your toes curl up? It's called a foot pop.Is it incorrect to say I could use a drink rather than I want a drink? A California man says his Italian partner claims this use of use is incorrect. It may be a verbal crutch, but it's still correct English. Our Quiz Guy Greg Pliska feeds us a game of spoonerisms, or rhyming phrase pairs where the first sounds are swapped. For example, what do a stream of information in 140 characters and a better tailored suit have in common? Or how about a Michael Lewis book about baseball and a shopping destination for rabbits? A caller from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, says that cops in Canada will often say to contact them on their shoe phones. The shoe phone comes from Maxwell Smart, the hapless hero of the 1960s sitcom Get Smart, who kept a phone on the sole of his shoe. The phrase has now come to refer to any surreptitiously placed phone.Before the days of the Square, vendors had to run a credit card through rough, bulky machine called a knucklebuster that had the capacity to do just that.Order in the court, the monkey wants to speak, the first one to speak is a monkey for a week! This children's rhyme appears in print in the 1950s, and Israel Kaplan mentions it in When I Was a Boy in Brooklyn, his take on growing up in New York in the 20s and 30s. Many of his rhymes were less tame.The poet Marianne Moore was once asked to come up with car names for the Ford Motor Company, and if it wasn't for the genius of their own term, the Edsel, we could've been driving around in Resilient Bullets, Varsity Strokes, or Utopian Turtletops.The term vegan was coined in 1944 by Donald Watson, the founder of the U.K. Vegan Society, who insisted that the original pronunciation was VEE-gin. However, some dictionaries now allow for other pronunciations, such as VAY-gin or even VEDJ-in.If a phone in your shoe or your glasses isn't futuristic enough for you, check out morphees. They're smartphones and handheld gaming devices that can bend and change shapes.Is it time for feminists to ditch the label feminist? Women's studies professor Abigail Rine is among those struggling with that question. She argues that conversations about feminist issues are often held up by discussions about the label itself, and its negative connotations in particular. Meanwhile, some are trying to replace the word patriarchy with kyriarchy, from the Greek for "lord" or "master" (as in Kyrie Eleison, or "Lord, have mercy) since matters of discrimination don't just fall along gender lines.Sherbet is pronounced SHUR-bit. There's no r before the t, and there's no need to add one. If it still seems too complicated, you might just order ice cream or sorbet instead.Noah Webster originally tried changing the spelling of hard ch words to begin with k, as in karacter, but the shift never caught on, as is usually the case with spelling reforms.Is there a difference between reticent and reluctant? Reticent more specifically involves reluctance to speak--it comes from the Latin root meaning "silent," and is a relative of the word tacit--whereas you can be reluctant to do anything. Say you're a novelist working on your magnum opus. While you're shuffling through the produce aisle, an idea strikes you and you can't stop thinking about it. That's what they call a plot bunny.Lori from Swansboro, North Carolina, wonders about pure-T mommicked, which in many parts of the South and South Midlands means "confused." Its sense of "harrass, tease, impose upon" is particularly common in North Carolina. It apparently derives from the verb mammock, meaning to tear into pieces, actually shows up in Shakespeare's Coriolanus. The pure-T is a variant of pure-D, a euphemism for pure damned.This past spring was a cold one, wasn't it? Some have taken to calling it February 90th.This episode was hosted by Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette.....Support for A Way with Words also comes from National University, which invites you to change your future today. More at http://www.nu.edu/.And from The Ken Blanchard Companies, whose purpose is to make a leadership difference among executives, managers, and individuals in organizations everywhere. More about Ken Blanchard's leadership training programs at kenblanchard.com/leadership.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2012, Wayword LLC.