Podcasts about Tarbert

Cabinet has approved the development of a state-led LNG facility, as yet unknown where, while the removal of the policy statement on the importation of fracked gas now opens the door to separate commercial LNG facilities. One such proposed facility has been on the cards for North Kerry for around 20 years. Fine Gael councillor Michael Foley, who has long-called for a facility on the Tarbert-Ballylongford landbank spoke to Jerry. Cllr Foley also spoke on the burning of the Tarbert bird hide.

In Folge 18 habt ihr schon einige Aufnahmen vom Tag unserer Anreise nach Islay hören können. Heute folgt also der zweite Teil, der eigentliche Reisebericht aus Oktober 2024, in dem ich den Tag von Luss am Loch Lomond an, über die Fahrt nach Inveraray, die Pause in Tarbert und die Fährfahrt von Kennacraig nach Port Ellen, bis zu unserer Ankunft in der Ferienwohnung etwas ausführlicher schildere. Das Quietschen im Hintergrund ist übrigens das alte, windschiefe Gartentor. Viel Spaß beim Zuhören und bis zum nächsten Mal!

What is the transition like from government service to a C-suite leadership role at a cutting edge tech company? How are regulators thinking about crypto and other financial innovations? And is public service something that's still inspiring or something that we ought to aspire to?Join Heath Tarbert, Chief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs at Circle, as he draws on his extensive and prodigious career in public service–serving as Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commision, associate White House counsel, Supreme Court clerk, special counsel to the Senate Banking Committee, and more–to break down the legal side and wide-ranging impacts of financial markets around the globe.Listen as Heath discusses the intersection between law, finance, and public policy, the future of cryptocurrency, the value of humility, and much more.Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-67Topics:Introduction: 0:00Building a career around banking and financial markets: 8:53Being picked to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission: 16:50Advice to young people considering careers in politics and public service: 22:13Breaking down CFTC regulation of cryptocurrencies: 30:17Why the CFTC chose to engage with cryptocurrencies: 37:26Why Heath joined Circle as Chief Legal Officer: 41:40Should lawyers move beyond legal into business operator roles?: 47:15Rapid-fire questions: 49:16Book recommendations: 53:31What Heath wishes he'd known as a young lawyer: 55:21Connect with us:Heath Tarbert - https://www.linkedin.com/in/heath-tarbert-b2140a15/Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinnSpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues. Visit https://www.spotdraft.com to learn more.

Jerry spoke to Fine Gael councillor Mike Kennelly who represents the Listowel Electoral Area.

Gardaí are investigating after youths terrorised the people of Tarbert, setting off fireworks and damaging cars. Jerry spoke to Fine Gael councillor Michael Foley.

Fine Gael councillor Michael Foley revealed that An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for an open cycle gas turbine power plant fuelled by hydrotreated vegetable oil. The planning permission was submitted by SSE Generation Ireland Ltd.

In this episode, we welcome Heath Tarbert, Chief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs for Circle and Academy Fellow, to discuss the impacts of international markets on US fiscal health, the importance of education regarding the nation's fiscal debt, and emerging financial issues including digital currency.Support the Podcast Today at:donate@napawash.org or 202-347-3190Music Credits: Sea Breeze by Vlad Gluschenko | https://soundcloud.com/vgl9Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_

The Irish Thalidomide Association has rejected an apology issued by the Coalition leaders last week to members who were born with birth defects in the 1950s and early 1960s. The birth defects were caused by Thalidomide a drug that expectant mothers took to alleviate morning sickness. The drug was withdrawn internationally in 1961 after it was established as the cause. However, it continued to be sold in Ireland until 1964. after their mothers took the drug Thalidomide. Treasa spoke to two members of the Irish Thalidomide Association, Jacqui Browne from Fenit and to John Stack from Tarbert.

Philip Buckley, who’s divisional manager with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, has been appointed to head up operations at Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara Ciarraí.

Wallace Mair is a singer songwriter from Tarbert, Scotland. I talk with Wallace and his good mate and bass player Sharnie McDonnell about their musical journeys. We also talked Wallace's 3 hits in the top 10 iTunes Charts in the UK. Wallace's Dads amazing story with Paul McCartney, and artificial intelligence in the music industry.

Trish Griffin from Tarbert tells Jerry of a letter that Eir sent to her 99-year-old mother Catherine. The letter sets out a list of charges for issuing paper bills. Trish’s mother doesn’t want to opt for direct debit and would prefer to have her bills posted to her. Jerry got a response from Eir.

Everything changes. But what do you do when your career, your life, your joy, comes to an end because everything must change. We're talking about the life of a scallop diver in Lamlash Bay. You can learn all about it today on Pub Songs & Stories #282 0:17 - Marc Gunn “Favor of a Dance” from Come Adventure With Me Favor of a Dance | West Side Story Meets Firefly Inspired by the Firefly episode “Shindig” 3:14 - WELCOME TO PUB SONGS & STORIES I am Marc Gunn. I'm a Sci F'Irish musician and podcaster living in Atlanta, Georgia. If you're new to the show, please subscribe. You can do that PubSong.com or Just send me an email to follow@celtfather. New Poll: What are your favorite songs on St Patrick's Day Songs for Kids? New Merch Bundle: CD, Album Pin, Poster and Songbook for $90 8:28 - UPCOMING SHOWS MAR 9: Senoia Beer Company, Senoia, GA @ 7-10 PM MAR 17: Wings Cafe & Tap House, Marietta, GA @ 3-7 PM MAR 23-24: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX MAR 28: Dragon Con Filk Music Concert w/Brobdingnagian Bards @ 8 PM MAR 30-31: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX Make sure you check the calendar on the Marc Gunn homepage to see the latest list of performances. 9:29 - The Byrne Brothers "P Stands for Paddy" from The Boys of Doorin JOIN THE CLUB The show is brought to you by my supporters on Patreon. If you enjoy this podcast or my music, please join the Club. You get something new every week. It could be bonus podcasts, downloadable songs, printed sheet music, blogs, or stories from the road. Plus, you'll get access to videos like my Coffee with The Celtfather video concerts. Email follow@celtfather ! If you can't support me financially, just sign up on Patreon for free. Special thanks to our newest and returning patrons: Laura Belle, Michelle Powers, James Regan 12:43 - THE STORY OF MYRA'S LAMENT FOR LAMLASH BAY I plagiarise songs into local events..the one I sang last night I wrote at 3 AM in the morning. My wife had been in hospital 100 miles away, for two months, and the chorus came to my head when I was feeling sorry for myself. Simultaneously, the Government had decided to ban us clamming in Lamlash Bay. I'd sustainably hand picked scallops there for 34 years. The trawler/dredgers were destroying the habitat, and they wanted to ban them. But they done us in as well… a Federal hammer to crack a wee nut!!!! So, the song is called “Myra's lament for Lamlash Bay”…Lamlash is at the Isle of Arran. Tommy Makem inspired my plagiarism with “The Boys from Killybegs.” Killybegs is a fishing port in Donegal, Ireland..Dun Na Gael…. The Fortress of the Stranger. Tommy famously sang and played banjo with the Glancy Brothers.. Sgheirs:- Gaelic..reefs pronounced “skerries. clams”:- generic term in Scotland for bivalve shellfish..we fish for scallops..Pecten maximus Sound:- navigable stretch of water between two pieces of land in this case formed by the Tarbert shore and Isle of Arran. Thole :- Lalands Scots (old Scots) my work they won't accept or tolerate. Dole:- Un-employment register Listen to the original version of the song on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #85. Myra's Lament for Lamlash Bay lyrics Liam Griffin, music Marc Gunn There are scallops in the sea, put there for you and me By the Lord who reigns from heaven above. And the divers catch and sell, but we won't go to hell, We treat the sea with joy, respect and love. * There's a wild and rolling sea bringing me back home to ye. To yer bed that's dry and crisp and woman warm And our lovin' knows no harm when I hold ye in my arms. When the Boys from Lerags Glen come rollin' home. There are rocks upon the shore, There are sgheirs even more* And the trawlers they are dredging to and fro' But the diver's in the gully, for the seabed we don't sully Hand pickin' is the way I chose to go. But today the sea is calm and the boat is full of clams** And swiftly we have cleared KilBrannon Sound..*** Sacks of scallops stacked up high All our divers safe and dry And soon for Lerags Glen we're homeward bound. But now a new day's dawned and time is moving on and conservation is a game that they al play and my work the cannot thole and I'm told to sign the dole No more from Lerags Glen go to the sea. 23:37 - Marc Gunn “Myra's Lament for Lamlash Bay” from Come Adventure With Me 27:22 - CREDITS Thanks for listening to Pub Songs & Stories. This episode was edited by Mitchell Petersen. You can follow and listen to the show on my Patreon or wherever you find podcasts. Sign up to my mailing list to learn more about songs featured in this podcast and discover where I'm performing. Remember. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and think about how you can make a positive impact on your environment. Have fun and sing along at www.pubsong.com! #pubstories #lamlashbay #obanscotland  

Would realizing savings of up to 60% on your monthly loan payments help your church? In this episode, learn from Todd Tarbert, Founder and CEO of Semble, an innovative and unique approach to lowering your nonprofit's monthly loan payments. Semble is a company that addresses loan needs for churches, nonprofits, and ministries, and typically, through Semble's innovative and unique approach, they can lower a nonprofit's monthly loan payments by 40% to 60% to help further their mission. Todd shares how Kingdom Impact Investing can be a game changer for your ministry. Nonprofits are providing some of the most vital services in the life of their communities, but resources are perpetually in short supply. Without another dollar given, learn how Semble solves this by bringing a customized solution that can free up significant dollars for nonprofits and ministries that have loan needs. Thank you to the sponsor of the Unconventional Ministry podcast: SAT-7 USA. The SAT-7 broadcast media ministry is making God's love visible in the Middle East and North Africa, where nearly 97% of the people are non-Christian. While many of these countries are closed to the Gospel, SAT-7's four satellite TV channels and online media bypass censorship. Viewers are coming to faith, and Christians are growing in their faith. For many believers in the Middle East and North Africa, SAT-7 is their sole connection to other Christians.

Sharing our experience of a five ferries route on Calmac ferries in Scotland. Going from Ardrossan to Arran, then Tarbert, Portvadie, the Isle of Bute and finally back to Weymes Bay. We did this trip with a 2.5 year old and I share our tips for ferry travel, multi centre holidays and eating out as a family.

This week, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese apologised to his country's Thalidomide survivors. Thalidomide was a morning sickness drug developed in the 1950s. It was withdrawn from the international market in November 1961 after it was discovered that it caused catastrophic birth defects. However, Irish authorities didn't act until a further seven months later meaning that the drug was still available to buy here. Jerry spoke to John Stack from Tarbert who's chairperson of the Irish Thalidomide Association. John, who turns 61 in January, is Ireland's youngest Thalidomide survivor.

SSE Thermal will shortly be submitting its planning application for its new power station at Tarbert. It’s proposed that the Tarbert Next Generation Power Station would run on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) with the potential to convert to hydrogen in the future. Local Fine Gael councillor Michael Foley gave his reaction.

Circle's business operates at the nexus of law, finance, policy, and technology. So does Circle's Chief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs, Heath Tarbert.

In this podcast episode, we meet Bonnie Tarbert, a self-published children's book author from Baltimore, Maryland. With over 25 years of experience in childcare and teaching, Bonnie has a special connection with children that she incorporates into her writing. She is also an illustrator and holds degrees in Art Education and Painting.Bonnie shares her journey of becoming a children's book author and discusses her passion for art and teaching. Despite starting her writing and illustrating career in 2022, she has already written multiple titles that can be found in libraries worldwide.Additionally, Bonnie opens up about her personal experience with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), a condition characterized by prolonged and excessive pain following an injury to an arm or leg. She describes the symptoms and challenges of living with CRPS, emphasizing the difficulty of finding effective treatments.Despite the obstacles she faces, Bonnie remains resilient and continues to inspire others through her creativity and storytelling. Her story serves as a reminder of the power of art, teaching, and personal resilience in making a positive impact on children's lives.Here are links for you to bookmark, save, follow, memorize, write down, and to share with others:Bonnie Tarbert Children's Book Author - Home (weebly.com)Bonnie Tarbert | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com)Bonnie Beth (@bonnietarbert) • Instagram photos and videosBonnie Tarbert | LinkedInThis episode is sponsored by Freedom Federal Credit UnionHere's a podcast that I recomGet your story told and book written. Schedule a call with Mike Ulmer at Select a Date & Time - CalendlyFreedom Federal Credit Union HELPING YOU REACH YOUR FINANCIAL DREAMSDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showFollow the Conversations with Rich Bennett podcast on Social Media:Facebook – Conversations with Rich Bennett & Harford County LivingFacebook Group (Join the conversation) – Conversations with Rich Bennett podcast group | FacebookTwitter – Conversations with Rich Bennett & Harford County LivingInstagram – Harford County LivingTikTok – CWRB (@conversationsrichbennett) | TikTok Sponsors, Affiliates, and ways we pay the bills:Recorded at the Freedom Federal Credit Union StudiosHosted on BuzzsproutRocketbookSquadCast Contests & Giveaways Subscribe by Email ...

Wild Atlantic Way Champion & Podcaster Danny Houlihan explores more of the rich heritage and culture which is North Kerry Ireland. April 16th Danny Houlihan traveled from his base in North Kerry out on a very sunny blue sky day along the Wild Atlantic Way North Kerry just beyond Ballylongford on the outskirts Tarbert County Kerry Ireland. A special place and another place Danny recommends all to see and soak up and experience Killnaughtin Church and its ancient history on the Wild Atlantic Way. Kilnaughtin A Feast To The Senses Part 1 in the series.

Brendan meets three Ukrainians who have moved to Ireland - Anna Voron who is in Sandymount in Dublin, Max Yershov in Tarbert, Co Kerry and Shevket Semedliaiev in East Clare.

Michael Kelly is now in his 90's and emigrated from the Tarbert area in the early 1950's. Initially to the UK and subsequently to Canada where he lived in Montreal, Ottawa and now Vancouver.

Last week, the only place to buy petrol and diesel in Tarbert closed – Dunne’s Gala store. Residents now have to travel to Glin or Listowel for fuel. Jerry speaks to Pat Kelly who once ran a pub in the village.

Over the past week a Climate Camp took place on farmland close to the site of the controversial fracked gas import terminal in Tarbert. Much of the camp's focus was to create direct action targeting the proposed Shannon LNG project. As the camp was taking place, Limerick Minister of State Patrick O'Donovan, welcomed Taoiseach Micheál Martin's comment that LNG had to be considered in light of the energy security crisis brought about by the war in Ukraine. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sandra O’Gorman, who’s from Tarbert, spoke to Jerry about her recent experience at University Hospital Kerry’s emergency department. Her young son was injured and was advised to attend the ED. They had to wait for hours. This is their story.

Eoghan Harris is from Listowel and he’s a member of the environmentalist group, Future Generations Kerry. It’s one of the groups taking part in the climate camp in Tarbert this week. Tarbert was chosen as the venue because the groups are opposed to the proposed liquefied natural gas terminal on the Tarbert-Ballylongford landbank

Show Notes, Episode X: Title This podcast is being recorded in mid-January of 2022 and disruption from the Omicron variant of COVID 19 is intense. I don't know that there are any solutions that school leaders can take at the local level, but finding a few minutes to reflect on our experiences, to learn from each other, and to feel more connected with our peers is important. This will be the last of three podcasts released in quick succession. Each podcast will focus on how a different assistant principal is navigating this current moment. I'm not sure if these episodes will shape your practice, but I think they will be cathartic, and right now that seems good enough. Notable QuotesMegan Tarbert One of the things that I can do for them that tells me how they're doing when I attend their planning meetings is just visiting, and listening, and getting to know them, and sharing, it goes back to just keeping it real We got a new student last week that hasn't been in a classroom setting since September, there are challenges, and this is different, but I think it will lend itself to making them stronger and better We're all human, this is a hard time, it isn't supposed to be easy. I don't want to say that this is the new normal, but it's just hard. And education has never been easy. This is just an extra added layer. We're all human, we all make mistakes, we all want to cry, we all want to die laughing, but we can do this, and we've got this All those teachers out there, they're killing it. Nobody is appreciating them as much as we should be, and they just have to know in their hearts that they are doing much more important work than anyone will understand, and they need to rest assured in that Frederick The reality is, safety first, so if you have to cover a class, you have to cover a class and all of those other things pile up, and we just aren't doing a lot of coaching right now As principals, we always walk around with our “Fix-it” hat on. So to understand that sometimes teachers just need to be listened to… just staying focused and being with them and listening is a great gift as well  Links:Ed Weekly: https://www.edweek.org/ John Bordon: My email: frederick@frederickbuskey.com The Assistant Principal Podcast website: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/appodcast.html Sign up for the daily leadership email: https://mailchi.mp/c15c68e6df32/specialedition Website: www.frederickbuskey.comBlog: www.frederickbuskey.com/blog (reposts of the daily email) 

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This episode covers how Baltimore Development Corporation is addressing systemic racism and disinvestment by focusing social equity and inclusion practices at the center of their formal economic development plans through Baltimore Together.About Colin TarbertColin Tarbert is the President and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC), which serves as the economic development agency for Baltimore City. It is responsible for growing the city by retaining and attracting businesses, expanding job opportunities for city residents, and increasing investment in city neighborhoods.Prior to his BDC appointment, Tarbert served in various leadership roles for nearly a decade at the Mayor's Office of Baltimore City during three administrations, including the roles of Deputy Chief of Strategic Alliances and Deputy Mayor for Economic and Neighborhood Development. In addition, Tarbert is active on numerous civic and non-profit boards, including chair of the Baltimore Hotel Corporation, chair of the Baltimore Public Markets Corporation and a member of the boards of the Neighborhood Impact Investment Fund and East Baltimore Development Inc. In 2013, Tarbert was named as a 40 under 40 honoree by the Baltimore Business Journal. Previous to the role of President & CEO and his tenure in the Mayor's Office, Tarbert was a Senior Economic Development Officer for the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC). He graduated with a B.S. in Architecture, summa cum laude, from the University of Maryland, where he subsequently earned his Master of Architecture degree. A native of the Baltimore area, Tarbert lives in Baltimore City with his wife, Bonnie, their daughter and Westie.

Rosemarie Smyth updates of the museum at the Bridewell in Tarbert Co Kerry

Amy Ni Riada reports from Tarbert, Co. Kerry where Shannon LNG Ltd has submitted a fresh planning application to An Bord Pleanála to build a €650 million LNG terminal and power plant.

The Orioles lost, Trae Young is awesome, we get another Game 7 in the NHL. What do we want out of a "new" arena if we're not going to get the NBA or the NHL? We discussed that in the first hour today, then late in the hour Baltimore Development Corporation President/CEO Colin Tarbert joined us to discuss how the project came about, what the realities are for the new building and more. Early in Hour 2, Texas HS shortstop Jordan Lawler, who many people believe COULD be the Orioles' selection with the fifth pick in the MLB Draft, joined us to discuss how prepared he'd be to become a "face" of the rebuild despite being so young. Great 8's Memorabilia's Kris Ruhling checked in to preview Sunday's "Tuckerfest" event and we wrapped the show by chatting with Archers LSM Scott Ratliff (Loyola) before the PLL returns to Homewood Field this weekend.

In this episode the hosts taste two sought after Scotch Whiskies from the same series - Springbank Local Barley. The Local Barley series from Springbank Distillery is produced with barley grown in the surrounding area of Campbeltown meaning every part of the process - from sowing the barley seed to bottling the fine Whisky - is done in and around Campbeltown. A truly local dram and it does not disappoint. The duo of 10 year old Whisky siblings are washed down with beer from a Glasgow brewery and of course accompanied by chat surrounding the meaning of Local barley, the Campbeltown to Tarbert postal service, barley breeding, Whisky news and the up to date Scotch Whisky League. Enjoy the show folks. Please like, download and subscribe to the podcast. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @caskstrengthpod and don't forget to rate and review the podcast. Co-edited: Nathan Currie and Cask Strength Productions. All views are our own.

The minister at Barvas, the Rev James Murray Mackay, had been led to write to Duncan through the prayers of his congregation, and in particular two elderly sisters named Peggy and Christine Smith who had received the God-given assurance that Duncan would be the instrument that God would use to fulfil His purposes on the island. Duncan was quite unaware of these things and he intended to stay in Lewis for just ten days and then take a rest from his mission work. However, despite his tiredness, he immediately recognised the feeling of spiritual expectation amongst the people who had invited him to Barvas, and after the preaching service on the second evening he was there, the congregation lingered outside the church and were joined by others who had not attended the meeting. At that moment, the voice of a young man was heard praying aloud inside the church, and many were moved to join him as a sense of deep conviction came over the crowd. The church was soon filled with people calling upon God for mercy and praising Him for His goodness, and even when they separated in the early hours of the morning, small groups went on praying in various parts of the village. The powerful awakening which swept through Barvas in the following days was not an isolated event, and although Duncan Campbell's preaching was similarly blessed when services were hastily arranged in villages such as Tarbert, Leurbost and Arnol, the revival was felt throughout the whole of Lewis, to such as extent that he later described it as "a community saturated with God".

The minister at Barvas, the Rev James Murray Mackay, had been led to write to Duncan through the prayers of his congregation, and in particular two elderly sisters named Peggy and Christine Smith who had received the God-given assurance that Duncan would be the instrument that God would use to fulfil His purposes on the island.Duncan was quite unaware of these things and he intended to stay in Lewis for just ten days and then take a rest from his mission work. However, despite his tiredness, he immediately recognised the feeling of spiritual expectation amongst the people who had invited him to Barvas, and after the preaching service on the second evening he was there, the congregation lingered outside the church and were joined by others who had not attended the meeting. At that moment, the voice of a young man was heard praying aloud inside the church, and many were moved to join him as a sense of deep conviction came over the crowd. The church was soon filled with people calling upon God for mercy and praising Him for His goodness, and even when they separated in the early hours of the morning, small groups went on praying in various parts of the village. The powerful awakening which swept through Barvas in the following days was not an isolated event, and although Duncan Campbell's preaching was similarly blessed when services were hastily arranged in villages such as Tarbert, Leurbost and Arnol, the revival was felt throughout the whole of Lewis, to such as extent that he later described it as "a community saturated with God".

The minister at Barvas, the Rev James Murray Mackay, had been led to write to Duncan through the prayers of his congregation, and in particular two elderly sisters named Peggy and Christine Smith who had received the God-given assurance that Duncan would be the instrument that God would use to fulfil His purposes on the island.Duncan was quite unaware of these things and he intended to stay in Lewis for just ten days and then take a rest from his mission work. However, despite his tiredness, he immediately recognised the feeling of spiritual expectation amongst the people who had invited him to Barvas, and after the preaching service on the second evening he was there, the congregation lingered outside the church and were joined by others who had not attended the meeting. At that moment, the voice of a young man was heard praying aloud inside the church, and many were moved to join him as a sense of deep conviction came over the crowd. The church was soon filled with people calling upon God for mercy and praising Him for His goodness, and even when they separated in the early hours of the morning, small groups went on praying in various parts of the village. The powerful awakening which swept through Barvas in the following days was not an isolated event, and although Duncan Campbell's preaching was similarly blessed when services were hastily arranged in villages such as Tarbert, Leurbost and Arnol, the revival was felt throughout the whole of Lewis, to such as extent that he later described it as "a community saturated with God".

The Long Hall Podcast – America's Irish Voice On this week's show Michael speaks to Joan Henchy, Chairperson of the New York GAA County Board – the first woman to ever hold the position.It's a wide-ranging podcast - discussing all things New York GAA and the Gaelic Park Clubhouse· The expanding underage structure, · Development squads· Prospects of a senior inter-county game this year · 2021 New York's club championships - WILL go ahead this summer with spectators. · The new GAA President – New York's Larry McCarthy· A financial levy on fundraising in New York by counties, clubs and the GPA · An inter-state USA Championship · The challenges to finish last year's championships during the pandemic.We talk Gaelic Park· The latest construction news on the new Gaelic Park clubhouse –· Clarity on the lease arrangement of playing pitch · A video of those plans is shown at the end of this video podcast on YouTube and Facebook Joan addresses criticism by former Kerry County Board Chairman, Pat "The Bag" O'Sullivan in an earlier Long Hall Podcast which questioned the future of Gaelic games in New York and the sustainability of clubs who rely on summer sanctions. That podcast is up online by clicking here.Feel free to rate, review and share the podcast, this will help us get even more podcasts to you in the future. Or leave a comment on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter - @thelonghallpodcast And keep an eye out for our New York championship preview podcast coming up in a few weeks. All of our previous podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel and our website www.TheLongHallPodcast.com.Joan was born in the US, but grew up in Tarbert, in North Kerry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amy Ni Riada reports from Tarbert in Co Kerry with reaction to developments in the Shannon Liquid Nitrogen Gas project

Matt and Nic cover deals and news of the week. In this episode:  NYDIG emerges from stealth and announces a Bitcoin balance sheet position More companies add Bitcoin to their balance sheet Filecoin launches at a $200b implied fully diluted valuation Is the Filecoin SAFT different from the other SAFTs? Why token projects are strongly incentivized to be untransparent about their tokens CFTC chair Heath Tarbert praises Ethereum The relationship between securities and commodities Ripple complains about securities regulation and claims China controls Bitcoin Grayscale Ether Trust becomes an SEC reporting entity Grayscale raises $1b in Q3 Breitling creates NFTs as an anti-counterfeiting measure Risks involved with brainwallets Coinbase plans to sponsor Bitcoin developers A new deadline in the Mt Gox saga Content mentioned in this episode:  Crypto VC panel on privacy from the Fidelity privacy conference Ripple, What’s at Stake for the U.S. When It Comes to Digital Asset Regulation The Block's new data dashboard Bitmex Research, Call me Ishmael Ryan Castellucci talk at DevCon, Cracking Cryptocurrency Brainwallets

🔥Impuestos mundiales a las criptomonedas: - La OCDE propone fiscalizar Bitcoin y las criptomonedas y establecer impuestos globales. - La OCDE es la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico. - Según el informe realizado por esta organización, que inicialmente está dirigido al G20, lo ideal sería tener un modelo de impuestos estándar que cada país y entidad bancaria debe decidir si desea implementar. - La organización quiere evitar el arbitraje regulatorio y reconoce que muchos de los reguladores no tienen un claro entendimiento de todo lo que está pasando en la industria y todavía están en las primeras etapas de regulación. https://news.bit2me.com/ocde-propone-... 🏦 Analistas de JP Morgan reconocen el potencial de Bitcoin: - Con relación a la reciente inversión de 50 millones de dólares realizada por Square, JP Morgan se pronunció diciendo que esto es un voto de confianza a la criptomoneda. - Algunos consideran que esta movida posiciona a BTC como un potencial activo de inversión y reserva de valor. - Además, dedbido a las recientes inversiones de gigantes como MicroStrategy, Square y Stone Ridge, es posible que más compañías se animen a invertir en este mercado. https://news.bit2me.com/analistas-de-... 🇮🇹 100 bancos italianos emplean Spunta, la nueva blockchain de R3: - Spunta está enfocada en agilizar las conciliaciones bancarias entre los bancos participantes, que a través de esta red solo toman 1 hora y pueden realizarse a diario sin inconvenientes. - La Asociación Bancaria Italiana publicó un comunicado donde explica las ventajas de usar esta tecnología, entre las cuales se encuentra la reducción de costos y procesos de back office. - Este sistema, que entró en funcionamiento en marzo de este año, ya ha procesado más de 200 millones de transacciones. https://news.bit2me.com/?p=4826&previ... 🇺🇸 Heath Tarbert, presidente de la CFTC afirma que Ethereum y DeFi encajan en las leyes de valores de EE.UU: - De acuerdo con Heath, hasta el momento Ethereum parece más un commodity que un valor, pero con la llegada de ETH 2.0 bajo el cuál los validadores recibirán una recompensa es posible que Ethereum empiece a ser considerado como un valor. - Tarbert también dice que la definición de Ethereum como valor depende de la SEC. - Algunos consideran que Tarbert es muy pro cripto, pues previamente se había pronunciado diciendo que tanto bitcoin como ether son commodities. https://news.bit2me.com/?p=4830&previ... 📊 El 44% del valor total bloqueado en DeFi es Ether y BTC - En menos de 5 meses los usuarios de protocolos DeFi han bloqueado más de 4 mil millones de dólares en DeFi - De acuerdo con DeFi Pulse, desde junio el valor total de Ether ha aumentado cerca de un 200% para llegar a 8,6 millones de Ether y el valor bloqueado en BTC ha aumentando más de un 3.000% para llegar a más de 150.000 BTC - Justamente ayer, CoinList bloqueó 4.997 BTC (casi 60 millones de dólares) para crear WBTC y poder permitir que sus clientes puedan utilizar protocolos DeFi en Ethereum - Actualmente, el valor de Ether bloqueado en DeFi representa más del 7% de todos los Ethers en circulación, mientras que el valor bloqueado en BTC representa un poco menos del total de BTC en circulación. 🚀 Suscríbete a nuestro Canal: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBiA... 00:00 Sumario 0:25 Primera Noticia 1:19 Segunda Noticia 2:06 Tercera Noticia 3:10 Cuarta Noticia 4:21 Quinta Noticia 5:19 Pregunta 5:27 Cierre #Impuestos #Bitcoin #Criptomonedas #Blockchain #JPMorgan #DeFi 📲¡Descárgate la APP! https://bit2me.com/download Compra y vende Bitcoin , Ethereum , Litecoin , Dash, Bitcoin Cash , Ripple y otras criptomonedas . Soporte telefónico en Español . Con tarjeta VISA / Mastercard , transferencia y dinero en efectivo . El mejor monedero ( wallet ) crypto. Nuestra web: https://bit2me.com 👉 Síguenos en las redes sociales: ➡ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bit2me ➡ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bit2me ➡ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/9243641 ➡ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bit2me ➡ Telegram: https://t.me/Bit2Me_ES ➡ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Tj4kyX... ➡ iVoox: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-bit2me-... y por supuesto, dale a la campanita para activar las notificaciones 👈 ✍🏻 ¡Apunta! Conoce todos nuestros servicios: ➡ Wallet: https://bit2me.com/wallet ➡ Tikebit (compra criptomonedas en tiendas físicas): https://www.tikebit.com/inicio&lang=es ➡ Academy: https://academy.bit2me.com ➡ Crypto TV: https://tv.bit2me.com ➡ Crypto Converter: https://converter.bit2me.com ➡ Agenda de crypto eventos: https://agenda.bit2me.com ...y muchos más en nuestra web! 📲¡Descárgate la APP! https://bit2me.com/download

Heath Tarbert is Chairman and Chief Executive of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The mission of the CFTC is to promote the integrity, resilience, and vibrancy of the U.S. derivatives markets through sound regulation. This conversation was recorded during the LA Blockchain Summit. In it, we discuss the CFTC's role in financial markets, the importance of US leadership on crypto, the Digital Commodity Exchange Act of 2020, decentralized exchanges, and central bank digital currencies.  ============================== Diginex is the first company with a cryptocurrency exchange to be listed in the US. That exchange, EQUOS, has been built to institutional standards, but is available to everyone. You can trade Bitcoin and Ethereum spot, as well as Bitcoin perpetuals, and get a 5% discount on all fees, by signing up using equos.com/pomp ============================== Harvested Financial makes options incredibly simple. They’re the first options robo advisor, where you can build and customize a personalized trading plan that gets automatically executed. Options help you speculate in capital efficient ways, diversify your holdings with market neutral strategies, and generate passive income by selling premium. https://www.harvestedfinancial.com/ ============================== Pomp writes a daily letter to over 50,000 investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy to understand language, while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://www.pompletter.com

The virtual event invest: ethereum economy takes place on Wednesday, Oct. 14. CoinDesk’s Christine Kim spoke to colleagues Michael J. Casey and Aaron Stanley about the most compelling and under-discussed topics about Ethereum 2.0 headlining next week’s conference. From the dynamics of staking to the architecture of sharding, there haven’t been many topics Ethereum 2.0 core developers have shied away from discussing over the past five weeks on “Developer Perspectives: Ethereum 2.0.” See also: 3 Things You Should Know Before Staking on Ethereum 2.0Each discussion, however, has sparked new questions about the ramifications of Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake on the crypto markets and the broader blockchain industry. “There’s a lot of unanswered questions about how the markets are going to behave,” said Casey, CoinDesk’s chief content officer. “Do we end up with a split, [with] two versions of ethereum or at least two tokens that trade differently in the marketplace?”Casey added that financial engineers in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space will likely seek to unlock the liquidity of staked ETH on Ethereum 2.0 before token transfers are officially enabled on the network. What new DeFi products are created, their attributes and, most important, their impact on the value of ETH remain to be determined. Along with lingering questions over how the markets will react to the launch of Ethereum 2.0, there’s also uncertainty over how the launch will affect the competitive landscape for dapp users and dapp developers in the crypto industry. “What does the multi-chain future look like?” asked Stanley, CoinDesk’s managing director of events content. “If Eth 2.0 succeeds, … what does that mean for all these other [smart contract] chains out there? Are they going to go away or just cease to exist? I don’t think that’s the case.”With the recent popularity around yield farming and liquidity mining on Ethereum, Stanley also questioned what the real incentives are for users holding large amounts of ETH, upwards of $11,000 worth, to stake on Ethereum 2.0 when they could earn “100x returns farming ‘hotdog coin’ or whatever the meme coin of the day is.”See also: Yearn, YAM and the Rise of Crypto’s ‘Weird DeFi’ MomentThese questions are pertinent to the discussions happening next Wednesday at invest: ethereum economy. Keynote speakers headlining the virtual conference are founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Heath P. Tarbert. To register for the event, click here. CoinDesk Research has recently published an updated report about the launch of Ethereum 2.0, as well as recent developments on the existing Ethereum blockchain. Download it for free on the CoinDesk Research Hub.

The virtual event invest: ethereum economy takes place on Wednesday, Oct. 14. CoinDesk’s Christine Kim spoke to colleagues Michael J. Casey and Aaron Stanley about the most compelling and under-discussed topics about Ethereum 2.0 headlining next week’s conference. From the dynamics of staking to the architecture of sharding, there haven’t been many topics Ethereum 2.0 core developers have shied away from discussing over the past five weeks on “Developer Perspectives: Ethereum 2.0.” See also: 3 Things You Should Know Before Staking on Ethereum 2.0Each discussion, however, has sparked new questions about the ramifications of Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake on the crypto markets and the broader blockchain industry. “There’s a lot of unanswered questions about how the markets are going to behave,” said Casey, CoinDesk’s chief content officer. “Do we end up with a split, [with] two versions of ethereum or at least two tokens that trade differently in the marketplace?”Casey added that financial engineers in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space will likely seek to unlock the liquidity of staked ETH on Ethereum 2.0 before token transfers are officially enabled on the network. What new DeFi products are created, their attributes and, most important, their impact on the value of ETH remain to be determined. Along with lingering questions over how the markets will react to the launch of Ethereum 2.0, there’s also uncertainty over how the launch will affect the competitive landscape for dapp users and dapp developers in the crypto industry. “What does the multi-chain future look like?” asked Stanley, CoinDesk’s managing director of events content. “If Eth 2.0 succeeds, … what does that mean for all these other [smart contract] chains out there? Are they going to go away or just cease to exist? I don’t think that’s the case.”With the recent popularity around yield farming and liquidity mining on Ethereum, Stanley also questioned what the real incentives are for users holding large amounts of ETH, upwards of $11,000 worth, to stake on Ethereum 2.0 when they could earn “100x returns farming ‘hotdog coin’ or whatever the meme coin of the day is.”See also: Yearn, YAM and the Rise of Crypto’s ‘Weird DeFi’ MomentThese questions are pertinent to the discussions happening next Wednesday at invest: ethereum economy. Keynote speakers headlining the virtual conference are founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Heath P. Tarbert. To register for the event, click here. CoinDesk Research has recently published an updated report about the launch of Ethereum 2.0, as well as recent developments on the existing Ethereum blockchain. Download it for free on the CoinDesk Research Hub.

Today on Midday, perspectives on economic development in Baltimore as businesses deal with the ongoing challenges presented by COVID-19. Tom’s guests today are Shelonda Stokes and Colin Tarbert. Stokes is president of the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore. Tarbert is the President and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corporation, the agency that handles economic development for Baltimore City.

We go around East Clare to find out what's happening. This week Jim Collins talks to Ursula Hogan about news from Mountshannon. News on sea eagles being released on Lough Derg and near Tarbert in Kerry as well as the reopening of pubs and restaurants. Around the Parishes is sponsored by Tom Collins Engineering Scariff  http://www.tomcollinsengineering.com

Episode 11 features Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Heath Tarbert in a wide-ranging conversation with FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken.  Chairman Tarbert discusses the CFTC’s response to the unprecedented events surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic that includes agency staff remotely working and industry relief and accommodation due to office and trading floor shutdowns.  Chairman Tarbert also talked about the agency’s agenda, EMIR 2.2 and cross border negotiations with European regulators and others and negative pricing of commodities.

Gary Kalbaugh, Chair of the New York City Bar Association’s Futures & Derivatives Regulation Committee, speaks with Dr. Heath P. Tarbert, the Chairman and Chief Executive of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

This week's guest on Open Mic is Dr. Heath Tarbert, chairman and chief executive of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The CFTC is perhaps the least known but most significant agency in Washington, regulating price discovery of most of the products consumers use every day. From electronic currencies to farm commodities and crude oil, the agency serves as an overseer of the derivatives market through various domestic commodity exchanges and collaborates with other agencies around the world. The agency has just released a position limits proposal to guard against excessive speculation in commodity trading that has been met with resistance in Washington. Tarbert says the CFTC is investing in advanced technology to monitor electronic trade and protect true price discovery.

Today's guest pulled out all the stops! Greg Glass is the Master Distiller of Jura, a beloved brand from the Whyte & Mackay portfolio, and not only did he bring a TWENTY-ONE year old whisky, he holds the distinction of being the first and only guest to bring an edible bubble machine. (Be sure to check out our YouTube channel to see Pedro try to catch the bubbles in his mouth.)--What we drank:Jura New Make (11:05)Jura 10 (19:06)Jura Seven Wood (24:48)Jura 18 (33:03)Jura 21 (41:41)--Follow us:spiritguidesocietypodcast.comfacebook.com/spiritguidesoctwitter.com/spiritguidesocinstagram.com/spiritguidesocyoutube.com/c/SpiritGuideSociety/?sub_confirmation=1--About Jura: From WikipediaThe distillery was founded by the Laird of Jura, Archibald Campbell in 1810. The distillery fell into disrepair but was restored in 1884. Around 1900 it was again in disuse and dismantled. In the 1950s two local estate owners Robin Fletcher and Tony Riley-Smith keen to revive the local economy had the distillery rebuilt and expanded by the architects Lothian, Barclay, Jarvis & Boys with input from whisky and distillery expert William Delmé-Evans. The work was completed in 1963, and included the installation of taller stills, allowing the distillery to create a mix of malts.The island of Jura is seven miles (11 km) wide and thirty miles (48 km) long and it has only one road, one pub and one distillery. There are seven estates on Jura: Ardfin, Inver, Jura Forest, Ruantallain, Tarbert, Ardlussa, and Barnhill. Less than 200 people live on the island (while it has a red deer population of around 5000). The inhabitants of Jura are known as Diurachs, which is their Gaelic name."Extremely unget-at-able" was how George Orwell described the location of the Isle of Jura in 1946, and it was here in 1948 he completed his novel Nineteen-Eighty-four : the island remains difficult to reach today. Most travellers to Jura go by CalMac car ferry from Kennacraig on the Kintyre Peninsula to Islay, and then cross to Jura from Port Askaig on Islay by the MV Eilean Dhiura, a small vehicle ferry which is run by ASP Ships on behalf of Argyll and Bute Council. Islay can also be reached by air: Islay Airport is served by daily flights from Glasgow. From March to October there is also a passenger ferry from Tayvallich on the west coast of Scotland.--Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Dr. Trainor and Heath Tarbert, C'98 talk about leadership qualities and how Heath leads his team as the Chair of the Future Commodities and Trading Commission.Support the show (https://msmary.edu/alumni-and-friends/ways-to-give/index.html)

My thoughts on the Ullapool Guitar Festival as I drive home via Tarbert because the linkspan at Ardossan is out of action.  --- Support me on Patreon and help me to invest in my content business and bring more valuable content on my Acoustic Guitar IO and Diary of a Guitar Teacher channels.  Thank you.

In a conversation with Yahoo Finance, CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert discusses bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and regulation. He announces that the agency considers ether a commodity that falls under its jurisdiction. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Over the past two years, the Trump administration has been grappling with how to handle the transition to the next generation of mobile broadband technology. With spending expected to run into hundreds of billions of dollars, the administration views it as an ultra-high-stakes competition between U.S. and Chinese companies, with enormous implications both for technology and for national security. Top officials from a raft of departments have been meeting to hash out the best approach.  But there’s been one person at some of the discussions who has a different background: He’s Donald Trump Jr.’s hunting buddy. Over the past two decades, the two have trained their sights on duck, pheasant and white-tailed deer on multiple continents. (An email from another Trump Jr. pal characterized one of their joint duck-hunting trips to Mexico years ago as “muy aggresivo.”)  Tommy Hicks Jr., 41, isn’t a government official; he’s a wealthy private investor. And he has been a part of discussions related to China and technology with top officials from the Treasury Department, National Security Council, Commerce Department and others, according to emails and documents obtained by ProPublica. In one email, Hicks refers to a meeting at “Langley,” an apparent reference to the CIA’s headquarters.   Hicks’ financial interests, if any, in the matters he has discussed aren’t clear. The interests are much more apparent when it comes to at least one of his associates. Hicks used his connections to arrange for a hedge fund manager friend, Kyle Bass — who has  $143 million in investments that will pay off if China’s economy tanks — to present his views on the Chinese economy to high-level government officials at an interagency meeting at the Treasury Department, according to the documents. Hicks is hardly the first private-sector power broker to emerge in a presidential administration, but he may represent a new subspecies: The Friend of the President’s Kid. In fact, Hicks’ influence and career overwhelmingly hinge on two people: Trump Jr., his friend of about two decades, and, first and foremost, Hicks’ father. In a roughly 20-year career, Hicks has spent 17 of them working for investment funds and sports teams owned by his wealthy financier dad, Thomas Hicks Sr., and the other three working for a client of his father. The generally privileged life of the younger Hicks has been speckled with occasional instances of misbehavior, one of them serious. At age 18, he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor assault, reduced from an original charge of felony aggravated assault, after he and two others were arrested in the beating of a fellow high school student at a party. (The victim was also kicked in the face during the assault, according to people familiar with the case. He told police that one of the three assailants — he didn’t say which — asked him, “What is your name, faggot?”) The criminal conviction did not prevent Hicks from being admitted to the University of Texas, where his father was an alumnus, a member of the Board of Regents and soon thereafter the first chairman of the University of Texas Investment Management Company, which manages the school’s endowment and other assets. As an adult, friends say, Hicks’ carousing ways and occasional belligerent outbursts led some in his circle to bestow a heavily ironic nickname: “Senator Hicks.” His tenure as a director of the soccer team his father owned in Liverpool, England, a decade ago ended right after an email he sent to a heckling fan — “Blow me fuckface. Go to Hell. I’m sick of you.” — surfaced publicly. Friends say Hicks has matured, particularly since he married and had three daughters. He has risen quickly in recent years. Hicks leveraged his Dallas financial network to become a top Trump campaign fundraiser in 2016 and a vice chairman of the inaugural finance committee; in January, he was named co-chairman of the Republican National Committee. His friends say he is motivated by patriotism.  Hicks also played a behind-the-scenes role, according to two people familiar with the matter and an account by a Turkish journalist, in the freeing last year of Andrew Brunson, an American pastor who was detained for two years by the Turkish government on what the U.S. government viewed as phony charges of spying and helping terrorists. Even before becoming the second highest-ranking GOP official, Hicks was a frequent White House guest. He liked to have lunch in the White House mess with his half sister, who worked for a time in the communications operation. (The family is not related to Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director.) Hicks would then stroll the halls, according to a former senior administration official, dropping in to offices for impromptu chats with various officials, including Jared Kushner. Those sorts of connections have given Hicks a convening power, the ability to call together multiple officials. “He basically opened the door for having a conversation with people who I didn’t know but needed to know,” said Robert Spalding, a former senior director for strategic planning at the National Security Council during the Trump administration.  The efforts, detailed in hundreds of pages of government emails and other documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, show that Hicks had access to the highest levels of government to influence policymaking in ways that could lead to painful economic outcomes for the Chinese — and a potentially lucrative result for Hicks’ hedge fund friend, Bass. “When somebody comes in like this, a hedge fund manager who has an interest in the viability of China’s economy, you’re giving them an opportunity to influence policy,” said Virginia Canter, a former ethics lawyer at the Treasury Department who now serves as chief ethics counsel for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a watchdog group. (CREW has sued Donald Trump for accepting emoluments from foreign governments.) “The question is why?”  Hicks’ unusual role as a nongovernment employee who opened doors on behalf of both industry and others, Canter said, put him in a gray zone of ethics and lobbying regulations. “He’s acting in a lobbyist role when he may fall outside the lobbyist disclosure rules, and it’s not clear how he benefits financially,” she said. “So the question is: What’s he getting out of it? What are his friends getting out of it? And is the government processing it in a way that ensures the public benefits?” Bass presented his views on China’s banking system in the office of Heath Tarbert, an assistant secretary at Treasury in charge of international markets and investment policy and a powerful intergovernmental committee that reviews foreign investments in the U.S. for national security concerns. Among the officials at the meeting with Tarbert were Bill Hinman, the director of the division of corporation finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Ray Washburne, a wealthy Dallas restaurant owner and family friend of Hicks’ who was nominated by Trump to head the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Hicks and Bass, both Dallas residents and longtime denizens of the financial community there, have invested together since at least 2011, according to securities filings and court records. They’ve owned shares of a publicly traded communications-technology manufacturer. And they were among the biggest creditors to the bankrupt law enforcement contracting company run by Chris Kyle, the ex-Navy SEAL portrayed by Bradley Cooper in “American Sniper.” The managing director of a new investment fund started by Hicks had previously advised Bass on the successful stock-shorting of a Texas real estate lender, according to corporate filings and court papers from a lawsuit in state court in Dallas. But it’s not clear if Hicks or his family have an investment in Bass’ China-related funds. Reached twice on his cellphone, Hicks declined to be interviewed by ProPublica. In the second call, in June, Hicks didn’t dispute that he and his family have invested in Bass’ funds. But when asked to detail their business relationship, he cut the conversation short. “I’ve got to run. Let me see if I can get back to you,” Hicks said before hanging up. He didn’t call back. Weeks later, after ProPublica followed up with questions to the RNC, a spokesman responded by emailing a “statement attributed to Tommy Hicks.” It read: “As a businessman, I passionately supported causes I believed in and, if appropriate, would sometimes meet with government officials to promote them. There is nothing wrong with that. I have taken every precaution during my time as Co-Chair of the RNC to ensure there is no conflict of interest between my job here and any personal businesses.” (The spokesperson also emailed a statement on behalf of the RNC: “Tommy has done an outstanding job working on behalf of President Trump and his agenda.”) Bass, who made his name and fortune by betting against subprime mortgages before the crash and is known for large bets that economies or certain macro trends will turn downward, declined to comment. “I’m not interested in talking with you about my friends or any meetings I have or haven’t had privately with anyone,” he wrote in an email. In a subsequent message, Bass wrote that any suggestion “that we had corrupt intentions in meeting with Treasury officials... is categorically false and defamatory and could negatively affect our business.”  An administration official briefed on the Bass meeting at the Treasury downplayed it as “strictly a listening session.” He said Bass did not ask the attendees to take any actions, nor did the attendees divulge anything about U.S.-China policy. Government ethics officers vetted the federal employees for any conflicts and found none, the official said. He acknowledged that the review didn’t include an examination of any financial relationship between Hicks and Bass. Spalding said the conversation centered primarily on Bass’ analysis of publicly available records on the Chinese financial system. “I think the thing that I’ve discovered over the past years is that the information in the private sector is better than anything we have in government,” Spalding said of Bass’ presentation. “You have to reach out to where the expertise is. In our country, that’s where the talent is.” An SEC spokeswoman declined to comment. Washburne, now out of government, didn’t respond to emails seeking comment. Bass has become a vocal advocate for an aggressive U.S. policy toward China. On Twitter and on cable business channels he’s denounced everything from the country’s Communist Party government to its business practices. Securities filings show Bass raised $143 million from about 81 investors in two funds — investments that would benefit if China’s currency were devalued or the country faced credit or banking crises. In April, in a letter to his investors, Bass wrote that his company, Hayman Capital Management, was positioned for coming problems in Hong Kong and was set up to “maintain a massive asymmetry to a negative outcome in Hong Kong and/or China.” Hicks’ work on the 5G initiative was extensive. Over just a few months in late 2017 and 2018,  records show, he was part of an informal group led by then NSC official Spalding, that advocated for a strategy in which the federal government would plan out a national policy for 5G. One memo described their goal as the “equivalent of the Eisenhower National Highway System — a single, inherently protected, information transportation superhighway.”  The group conducted multiple meetings and briefings. For example, Hicks, Spalding and others traveled to Samsung Electronics’ Dallas-area offices for one meeting in January 2018. That same month Hicks attended a 5G meeting that he’d arranged with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. Commerce plays a key role in the future of 5G since a division within the agency manages government spectrum and another maintains a list of companies the government believes are, or will become, national security threats. Companies that end up on that list can be effectively shut out from global deal-making. The meeting with Ross focused heavily on the threat of China, said Ira Greenstein, who served as a White House aide and was part of Spalding’s 5G crew. Hicks was one of a dozen nongovernment employees, including executives from Wells Fargo, Nokia, Ericsson and Google, that Spalding sent reading materials to ahead of a 5G discussion in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Copied on the email were top Commerce Department officials, a Booz Allen Hamilton contractor and a senior adviser for cybersecurity and IT modernization at the White House Office of Science and Technology. On the agenda? “Mid Band vs High Band” spectrum, “security,” “supply chain,” “financing” and other critical issues. Hicks wasn’t just a passive observer. On Jan. 2, 2018, the managing director of OPIC, which provides financial backing to American companies expanding into foreign markets, emailed Spalding and others to say that the CEO of a satellite company called OneWeb had a plan to provide worldwide 5G coverage by 2027. Hicks fired back a note from his iPhone. “2027 is too late,” he wrote. “Let’s discuss as a smaller group tomorrow.” Spalding was forced out of the West Wing in early 2018 after a draft 20-page briefing memo he authored proposing a government-organized national 5G network was leaked, then panned as an attempt to nationalize the wireless broadband industry. Trump has not pursued such an initiative, ultimately deferring to wireless carriers to bid on publicly maintained spectrum and develop their own networks as has traditionally been the case. Still, the administration has made significant efforts to counter Chinese influence in 5G and related technologies, which are said to be critical for industries such as driverless cars, artificial intelligence, machine learning and much more. In May the Commerce Department barred Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei from doing business in the U.S. for national security reasons. And the top Department of Defense official in charge of acquisitions also recently announced the creation of a government-approved private marketplace to pair American private equity firms with U.S. technology companies producing products with national security applications to keep Chinese money out of 5G. It isn’t clear what influence, if any, Hicks had in those decisions. But his profile is only rising. In April, he led a Republican delegation to Taiwan alongside a U.S. government delegation. Hicks met with the country’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, who has lately been positioning her country’s corporations as safer providers of 5G equipment than those in China. Tsai thanked the U.S. for selling arms to Taiwan. She asked Hicks to convey her regards to the Trumps.

Jody is talking with Eugene Maher, the Manager of Shannon Ferries, a quirky shortcut along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way, connecting Tarbert, County Kerry and Killimer, County Clare. You can also check out my article about Shannon Ferries to learn more. CLICK THE PLAY BUTTON below to listen. If you like what you hear, please give […] The post Rebroadcast: The Quirky Shortcut Between Kerry and Clare on Shannon Ferries | Traveling in Ireland Podcast Episode 49 appeared first on Ireland Family Vacations.

Jody is talking with Eugene Maher, the Manager of Shannon Ferries, a quirky shortcut along Ireland’s Atlantic Way, connecting Tarbert, County Kerry and Killimer, County Clare. You can also check out my article about Shannon Ferries to learn more. CLICK THE PLAY BUTTON below to listen. Stream our podcasts on iTunes, Stitcher, Libsyn and Google […] The post Eugene Maher of Shannon Ferries | Traveling in Ireland Podcast Episode 26 appeared first on Ireland Family Vacations.

The centenary of WWI seen through stories and events. Tarbert in County Kerry is the birthplace of writer and poet Thomas MacGreevy, who served at Ypres and the Somme.

Jesse Tarbert discusses a time in the 1920s when good government meant big government. He explains how the Republican party sought to make the federal government run like a large corporation while the Democrats attempted to keep the federal government small and state level government strong. Tarbert is a Ph.D. candidate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

A tree packed full of gregarious starlings in the village of Tarbert, Co. Kerry. (image by the Irish artist Vincent Sheridan - http://www.print.ie/detail.php?category_id=3&id=192)

Mary Lavery Carrig talks with John about her brave move from a familiar life of teaching to a life of being an artist. She reveals insights on life and what art really means to her and her plans for the Tarbert theater players group she set up. Mary gives tells us what nature means to us and how we could maybe look a little deeper into how we treat our environment.