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Topic: Disaster Recovery for MS SQL Server Workloads in VMware Cloud Foundation The Importance of a Reliable Disaster Recovery Plan "Deji, disaster recovery (DR) planning is often overlooked until an actual disaster occurs. Why is it particularly crucial for MS SQL Server workloads, and what are the most common mistakes enterprises make when it comes to protecting mission-critical databases?" VMware Live Recovery (VLR): Transforming Disaster Recovery in VCF "Let's talk about VMware Live Recovery (VLR)—VMware's solution for disaster recovery within VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). Can you explain what VLR does and how it ensures a reliable, repeatable, and simplified recovery process for enterprise-class SQL Server clusters?" How VLR Simplifies Disaster Recovery for MS SQL Server in VCF "SQL Server clusters are often complex to manage, especially during failover scenarios. How does VLR reduce that complexity and provide a more seamless disaster recovery experience for organizations using VCF?" Configuring VMware Live Recovery for MS SQL Server: Key Considerations "For organizations looking to implement VMware Live Recovery (VLR) for their SQL Server workloads, what are the key steps in configuring and deploying a robust disaster recovery plan? What factors should IT teams keep in mind during setup?" Best Practices for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity "Even with powerful tools like VLR, having a well-designed DR plan is key. What are some of the best practices you recommend to ensure SQL Server workloads can be recovered quickly and efficiently? How can businesses improve their Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO)?" How VMware Cloud Foundation Enhances Disaster Recovery "VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) unifies compute, storage, and networking, providing a seamless infrastructure for workloads. How does VCF enhance disaster recovery capabilities for SQL Server workloads, and how does it integrate with VMware Live Recovery?" Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Disaster Recovery Planning "From your experience, what are the most common pitfalls organizations face when implementing disaster recovery for SQL Server? How can IT teams proactively test and refine their DR strategies before disaster strikes?" 12:55 - 1:00: Closing Comments Final takeaways from Deji. Wrap-Up with the Barbecue Report: Deji shares his favorite barbecue dish or a memorable community BBQ moment.

DVP is back with another edge-of-your-seat, gripping, beyond entertaining episode of complete speculation and shitty takes. Starting with a new VLR rating that we seem to have heard before.... our thoughts after playing a couple games with Vyse, and a roster-mania segment including a player tier-list that is 100% objective and factual.Discord: https://discord.gg/n5eP3XxzuGSubreddit: www.reddit.com/r/drunkvalorantpodcast

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, who shares the following recording and notes:Broadcaster: VLR-6Date of recording: December 03, 1972Starting time: 14:00Frequency: 6.15 MHzYour location: Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaNotes: Nightly sign off of VLR-6 announcement by Mary Adams, followed by the then-national anthem

A diez días de chau, mes breve del goodyear.Dice eso Van the Man y en algún aniversario del disco del baile de luna, lo canta muchas veces, están todas las tomas en la que dice, subí el volumen que quiero escuchar esa que pasan en la radio.Kim and Rob, de alguna parte de Canadá, eran muy buenas personas. ¿Me pasás la guitarra, que quiero probar otra versión, pero se puede, probar eso que decís?Hay una versión de super, pero de lujo super versión del Moondance que no me voy a poner a escuchar ahora mismo, pero que tiene todas, cada una de las grabaciones, de poner en pausa la grabación y volver a soltar la cinta, y el sonido que hace eso cada vezCuando puse la canción del amor loco, que seguro era el suyo desde hace 30 años, en la parte más irlandesa de Canadá, con una hija viviendo en Alberta, que es el primer lugar que quiero ir a buscar un galgo, así tenga que volver un poco navegando, y otro poco con las ruedas en la carretera y los ojos en la carretera, también puede ser una Van algo más liviano, o un barco de carga, pero con lugar para pasajeros y mismo que venimos navegando.Además de conseguir el permiso para navegar, buenas camas en camarotes, una escuela en alta mar para las vacaciones de Cecilia, o que sean un poco más largas que las de invierno. En el caso de ser las de invierno, está bueno, porque como dice la canción, la ropa coincide bien con la estación el verano, dicho también en francés, si es que pasamos por Montreal, cerca de donde vivía Anita, que se había casado e ido a vivir para allá, como 5 años de cualquier ola de Covid, que el frio que hacia en el parque donde estaba todo el sonido blanco de Bose sonido de la nieve en las nubes.Este lugar donde sirven café frio está bien, y los auriculares azules son buenos, y en la primera canción del disco, está la que dice que algo le pegó más fuerte que la película de las Pobres Criaturas, toda una mezcla nueva de sonidos, puede no necesitar, pero puede ser un buen ejercicio a esa película probar cómo pueden funcionar canciones como las de este disco.Estaban sentados Kim y Rob. Y el tipo dice, vos sos el DJ.Me descubriste, contesté, y empezamos a reír al segundo.Estaba visto que íbamos a hacer migas de música del piso 10 del bar en el techo en alguna parte, le avise de la parte de la letra que dice, acá bien eso de que las gargantas estaban secas casi que completamente, pero conocían lo que decía la canción y que tenía tanta agua en el estribillo después de todas las piedras.Y te pega en el alma la actuación con el patchwork en la cara, es una manera tan romántica de cortar cerebros. Por mi, pueden arrasar esas ricas criaturas con todos los que se parecen al tío Oscar y dejen alguna para la nieve, el mega éxito de la plataforma con N. No me voy a poner a escuchar todas las notas, pero debería de haber algunas buenas audiciones de unos discos que son buenos, pueden ser Sarandí 123 intentos, donde esos son nuestros. Las puertas del aire se abren mágicamente para la noche y un baile de luna. Hay mucho romance descontrolado en ese hombre que a Bella le dijo, ahora viene el suspenso que invento Raúl, y vos te metés en el baúl y navegamos en apuestas de filosofía, y regalamos toda la plata que desafortunado en el amor en el casino del barco puede ganar.Water de 8 minutos de Kevin Morby, más una versión en vivo otros nueve minutos me hacen decir varias veces, la, la, la, la, radio déjala donde está o lleva el alma al 100% en la azotea, galgo friends en la 1170am, dale, gas, back to mono, suena mortal cuando estas en Viva la radio. Saludos, cordiales. Y chau, chau, nos vamos en la Caravan hasta lo que puede estar bien, que es poder, poder sujetarte fuerte (no tanto Duncan), me vuelo, eso es suficiente, Radio, radio, la, la, tres palabras. VLR. Gracias de galgo,Saludos, cordialesLa foto del lugar o sitio en el mundo al galgo phone, se viene una temporada de galgos huevos.098-478196

In this episode we recapped the VLR Fall Frenzy! We talked to several drivers, and some VLR employees, after this incredible $4000 to win iRacing event!

Does anyone else love to celebrate their Veganniversary? Today marks my 6th year of veganism and it's already the best year so far!Last year a good friend asked me "If you only had a year to live, what would you do?". I gave it some thought and knew that I would want to spend all my time helping the animals.  So I quit my job, sold my house and moved closer to the Victorian Lamb Rescue (VLR) sanctuary. I have been a volunteer at VLR for over five years and it has become my second home and my happy place. In this episode, I share how I took the leap of faith and why I'd encourage you to follow your dreams. https://www.instagram.com/akyndlife/https://www.instagram.com/viclambrescue/

On this episode of the podcast we talk to Howard Weaver the founder of Victory Lane Racing. VLR is the top level of IRacing Dirt and is hosting the 16th Annual Schaeffer Oil Spring Fling June 18th & 20th. The Iracing Super Late Model race pays $6,000 to win and $100 to start at Kokomo Speedway. Howard talks about the event, the growth of the sport of sim racing from its origins. His career as the GOAT of Dirt Sim Racing, his ban from Iracing, his partnership with Dirt Late Model driver Chris Ferguson and more on this episode.

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.03.14.532658v1?rss=1 Authors: Robinson, T. D., Sun, Y. L., Chang, P., Chen, J. J. Abstract: Progressive age-related changes in white matter morphometry and microstructure have been found throughout the brain. Both declines in white matter (WM) volume and deterioration of microstructural integrity have been observed. Predicting these changes across WM tracts and building an integrated model of age-related WM trajectories has proven challenging. While tractwise differences in volume and microstructural declines are common targets of investigation, there has been relatively little exploration into other attributes of tract morphology or its relation to microstructural measures in vivo. This study seeks to examine ten WM tracts for tract-wise differences in WM volume, length, the ratio of volume to length (VLR), and microstructural integrity as measured by fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) using diffusion MRI data from the Human Connectome Project in Aging (HCP-A). From these measures, we analyzed relationships between morphometry and microstructure in the aging brain with the goal of laying the foundation for a unified model of age-related changes that relates WM microstructure/morphometry and developmental trajectories. Results indicated wide variation in rates and patterns of decline between tracts, as well as tract-specific interactions between tract VLR and microstructure. Robust sex differences were also identified. Our findings demonstrate the need for further exploration of the mechanisms behind both macro- and microstructural differences across the aging brain. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC

Splash Stories hosted a special Vive Le Rock podcast with editor and Desperate Measures frontman Eugene Butcher ahead of The Resurrection : The Vive Le Rock awards show on April 6 2023 at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire. Vive Le Rock is the world's only Rock n' Roll Punk & New Wave Magazine celebrating punk, glam, new wave, garage, ska and the darker side of alternative rock and is published 10 times annually. The Vive Le Rock Award show  will feature three unique sets by legendary acts. The headliners are none other than goth punk legends LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH. Joining the band of The Damned's Brian James, Sham 69s Dave Treganna and Clash drummer Terry Chimes, will be the one and only Michael Monroe of Hanoi Rocks on vocals. Michael was a great friend of Stiv Bators and the perfect fit to take his place for this one-off performance.“The Shepherds Bush Empire was an old variety gig which is what I think the Vive Le Rock show on April 6th is gonna be” states Brain James. “A bunch of different acts doing sensational sets, its got all the makings of being a fun, memorable night and a good excuse to play some old Lords songs dedicated to the one and only Stiv Bators.”NEVILLE STAPLE, from The Specials will lift the roof off with a live set of rudeboy classics with his extraordinary band, and East End street punk/West Ham United legends the COCKNEY REJECTS will rock their classics in a fast & furious awards set.The all-star house band, THE VIVE LE ROCKERS featuring Paul-Ronney Angel and members of Ruts DC, Jim Jones All Stars and Urban Voodoo Machine will back artists including MILLIE MANDERS, BAD BARBEE – Elizabeth Westwood (WESTWORLD) and Jennie Belle Star (THE BELLE STARS), JIM JONES and GIRLSCHOOLs Kim and Jackie. Compere for the event will be Vice Squad frontwoman and trailblazer BEKI BONDAGE with special mystery presenters and guests.“It's always an honour to be asked to participate in a prestigious Rock 'n' Roll event, especially when the invitation comes from a man like Eugene who has a bigger quiff than Alvin Stardust,” laughs Beki! “I'd originally planned to go to the VLR awards and get pleasantly hammered but now I've been collared into doing some actual work I will have to go easy on the sauce. Hopefully the night will descend into beautiful chaos, gongs will be given, songs will be sung and planks will be spanked and a great time will be had by all!”VIP packages are available that include a limited awards T-Shirt, VIP access, after show party ticket and Vive Le Rock annual. This is the punk rock & roll show of the year so get your tickets now:https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/2023-vive-le-rock-awards-tickets/artist/5385555https://www.facebook.com/events/333791195635799https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/splash-stories-the-90s-music-scene-legendary-london/id1613247196https://open.spotify.com/show/7cTnjVrSnwy6Eyqac5ETSk?si=10chttps://www.facebook.com/thesplashclubGet in touch with Splash Stories : splashclubtv@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/thewonderstuffofficial/https://www.instagram.com/rickywarwickofficial/https://www.instagram.com/echobelly_official/https://www.instagram.com/officialskunkanansie/https://www.instagram.com/feederofficial/https://www.instagram.com/kcmanc/?hl=enhttps://www.facebook.com/kerbdogband/https://www.instagram.com/sohoradiohttps://www.facebook.com/groups/SoundAsEverhttps://www.pearllowe.co.ukhttps://www.supergrass.comhttps://www.wienerworld.com/product/gary-crowleys-indie-90s-playback-classics-curveballs-and-bangers/https://www.therapyquestionmark.co.uk/https://vivelerock.net/

"Das Klima”, der Podcast zur Wissenschaft hinter der Krise. Wir lesen den aktuellen Bericht des Weltklimarats und erklären den aktuellen Stand der Klimaforschung. In Folge 75 sind wir beim letzten Kapitel des letzten Teils des IPCC-Berichts angelangt. Und ganz am Ende taucht noch einmal alles auf, was wir bisher besprochen haben. Diesmal aber aus dem Blickwinkel der nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Denn wir dürfen nicht einfach nur auf den Klimaschutz schauen (was schon schwer genug ist), sondern müssen auch aufpassen, dass die klimafreundliche Welt für alle lebenswert ist und am besten lebenswerter als jetzt. Klimaschutz muss auch Armut, Hunger und jede Menge andere Probleme berücksichtigen. Wir reden in der Folge über Yoga, freiwillige Zielsetzungen, das Problem der fossilen Brennstoffe und am Ende beschließen wir, einen Spaziergang zu machen.

It's a question you've all been asking for a while - what is VLR, and is it any good? Well, tonight's #RailNatter will hopefully answer that question! I was at the first (?) VLR "conference" a few weeks ago, plus you might have noticed that I omitted the Revolution VLR tour that I did at Rail Live for last week's episode... Well, all of this is to be combined into this week's episode, so there should be a bit of a feast for you all! Enjoyed this? Please do consider supporting #RailNatter at https://patreon.com/garethdennis or throw loose change at me via https://paypal.me/garethdennis. Merch is at https://masquette.co.uk/collections/r.... Join in the discussion at https://garethdennis.co.uk/discord.

Tonight we talked to RLV - VLR based out of Santa Maria, CA. RLV has been around karting since 1978 and made their name building exhaust systems for kart engines. In recent years, they have started to develop and import the VLR chassis line. Tonight's karting guest panel includedMiranda Cromp, RLV Business ManagerSophia StoreyDavid VasquezColin WarrenQuick Links Norcal Karters on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/NorcalKarters/featuredNorcal Karters on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/norcalkartersNorcal Karters on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/norcalkarters/Donate to Norcal Karters - https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/norcalkartersSuicide Awareness Resource - https://www.norcalkarters.com/resources/suicide-awareness-and-prevention/

The guys talk about the early passing of Virgil Abloh, Kanye's Thanksgiving prayer, Adele's Vegas residency and Smoking Grooves Fest! Plus Samy Love comes through to talk her new single VLR and perform her song Brown Girl!  Instagram: @samy_love__ Links to Youtube, Patreon and more: https://linktr.ee/therodriguezshow Follow the guys: Instagram Cesar Rodriguez= @iamcesarrod Mandoh= @mvndoh Yael= @yvelisdead Twitter: @rodriguezshowoc Instagram: @therodriguezshow Facebook.com/officialrodriguezshow Assistant Producer: Yael Flowers Executive Patreon Tier Supporter: Kid Nobu rodriguezshow.com hits101radio.com

Our first episode covering the first ever VLR race at Homestead and previewing Phoenix. Special guest driver spotlight with Jonathan Osborne.

After a tough week filled with loss and tragedy, the cast set the show off by first having a moment of silence for the recently deceased peaceful protesters (4:00) and give their opinions on what should be done about the situation at hand. In other news the boys discuss Dr. Dre's estranged wife's embezzlement allegation (37:50), the now released “Sofa Sounds” EP by Henry June (48:15), known to podcast listeners as Kumi, and “VLR” (56:08) a clothing line started by our on-screen guest, Kris, among many other hot topics. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/boneyardboyspod/support

Maroela Media — Dit is nie einde van die wêreld as jou kind nie ʼn klaskaptein, prefek of hoofleier in die verteenwoordigende leerderraad (VLR) in die loop van sy of haar skoolloopbaan word nie. Dit is die mening van Hugo Vermeulen, hoof van opleiding by die Skoleondersteuningsentrum (SOS).

Welcome to the 14th instalment of the Gated Podcast mix series - description & tracklist below. In these frankly bizarre times we know how much good entertainment is valuable to you and so we have here a superb mix from Norwegian maestro, Liðvarð. https://soundcloud.com/vlarz Liðvarð has produced and DJed under several aliases including his VLR moniker, under which he created some outstanding mixes for the CPU and Icasea labels. It's our honour to be putting out his tracks on GTD007 alongside Artificial Horizons boss Krokakai on a new split EP, which can be ordered from our Bandcamp, Bleep and beyond, released on April 10th. We're proud to have him here for the podcast, bringing a whole host of his own unreleased tracks and exclusives to whip them up into a delicious anti-viral mix. To keep the germs at bay, we have yet more exclusives of up-and-coming or existing music on Gated. Dig in! Liðvarð Mix Tracklist 1. Duelling REs 2. Liðvarð District (Full length) 3. Jensen Interceptor - Model2029 (VLR Remix) 4. Bonus track 5. Untitled 6. RZ Break 7. Druminatrix 8. The North Wave (early take) 9. Space Bass 10. Bazalt - Koetago (Liðversion) 11. Voodoo Drums 12. Dubby Six 13. NPN 14. Urð, Verðandi & Skuld (alt) Gated's Anti-bacterial Corner 15. Liðvarð - Kosmosis 16. Akim Drml - Procratination Assume 17. Sound Synthesis - MH System 18. Sol Seppy - Part Of 19. (Gated forthcoming) 20. (Gated forthcoming) Bandcamp Linkage Sol Seppy - I.A.A.Y.A Part One https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/i-a-a-y-a-part-one Joel Brittain - States of Mind https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/states-of-mind The Jaffa Kid - Soft Celebration https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/soft-celebration user77099097 - Up At Lenrock https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/up-at-lenrock Akim Drml - Analog Resolution https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/analog-resolution Sound Synthesis - Xjenza Eletronika https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/xjenza-eletronika-ep Simial - Personal Music 0.75 https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/personal-music-075

Wavescan Episode NWS 575 Topics: The Grand Wireless Station at Monte Grande BBC Hindi Service Australian Shortwave Callsigns - VLR, part 2 Japan DX Report

Wavescan Episode NWS 575 Topics: The Grand Wireless Station at Monte Grande BBC Hindi Service Australian Shortwave Callsigns - VLR, part 2 Japan DX Report

I learned about VLR about 20 years ago when I worked in corporate America. Then when the U.S. economy crashed in California, Arizona, Las Vegas and South Florida, I found VLR very applicable when I started 321 Biz Dev LLC. A sales system is not a technique in the sense where prospects are tricked into doing business. A sales system is very consumer friendly with the goal of providing prospects great sales experiences. If you ask prospects want they ultimately want when they spend their monies, prospects converting to clients say they had no problems saying YES when they enjoyed interactions with salespeople. It is not uncommon for prospects to premium prices if they feel the sales experience is equivalent to the premium price. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321bizdevelopment/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/321bizdevelopment/support

Rok Cup USA is our latest Sponsor for our weekly upcoming events podcasts.https://rokcupusa.com/Events that will receive extra attention will be the Rok Sonoma Presented by Sanzaru Games and the Rok The RIO event in Las VegasGOLD RUSH OCT 12/13 at StocktonOctober 19-20 - Prairie City KartFestOctober 19-20, Rok Sonoma Presented by SanzaruOctober 21, MONDAY Thunderhill 5 mile TrackOctober 27, Kinsmen Kart ClubOctober 28 Nov. 2, 2019 - Rok Cup USA “ROK the Rio” in Las VegasSpecial podcast highlighting the VLR program for the briggs racers45 VLR 100cc engines to be set aside for Briggs CompetitorsUpcoming - Events - 4 weeks out except special events Quick mention of events Sponsored event receive added details and notes October 6, 2019 Blue Max Kart Club - backwardsOctober 6, 2019 CCKRA - Buttonwillow Weekly newsletter highlighting updates on NorcalKarters Highlight Series coming up in Podcasts I need more guests and content that make you interested.https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/norcalkarters

This episode is brought to you by https://rokcupusa.com/Events that will receive extra attention will be the Rok Sonoma Presented by Sanzaru Games and the Rok The RIO event in Las VegasSeptember 28-29, TrackMagic Owners Group Fall BBQ at BMKCOctober 1, Podcast with RokCupUSA’s Garett PotterOctober 6, 2019 Blue Max Kart Club - backwardsCCKRA - ButtonwillowGOLD RUSH OCT 12/13 at StocktonOctober 19-20 - Prairie City KartFestOctober 19-20, Rok Sonoma Presented by SanzaruOctober 21, Thunderhill 5 mile TrackOctober 27, Kinsmen Kart ClubOctober 28 Nov. 2, 2019 - Rok Cup USA “ROK the Rio” in Las Vegas-Special podcast highlighting the VLR program for the briggs racers-45 VLR 100cc engines to be set aside for Briggs Competitorshttps://paypal.me/norcalkarters?locale.x=en_US

This episode is brought to you by https://rokcupusa.com/Events that will receive extra attention will be the Rok Sonoma Presented by Sanzaru Games and the Rok The RIO event in Las VegasSeptember 28-29, TrackMagic Owners Group Fall BBQ at BMKCOctober 1, Podcast with RokCupUSA’s Garett PotterOctober 6, 2019 Blue Max Kart Club - backwardsCCKRA - ButtonwillowGOLD RUSH OCT 12/13 at StocktonOctober 19-20 - Prairie City KartFestOctober 19-20, Rok Sonoma Presented by SanzaruOctober 21, Thunderhill 5 mile TrackOctober 27, Kinsmen Kart ClubOctober 28 Nov. 2, 2019 - Rok Cup USA “ROK the Rio” in Las Vegas-Special podcast highlighting the VLR program for the briggs racers-45 VLR 100cc engines to be set aside for Briggs Competitorshttps://paypal.me/norcalkarters?locale.x=en_US

Nick Turner sits in to talk about his trip to the horse track with CJ. Nates in twitter jail and Antonio Brown is facing a civil suit. VLR resident criminologist Ice T calls in to comb through the details. As little sports as possible.

Vanoggend het ons GROOTfm 90.5 span ‘n matriekdogter en haar ma by Laerskool Tuinrand in Pretoria-Wes gaan verras… Vir ons matrieks wat tans besig is met hulle rekordeksamen is dit nou die laaste pylvak van hulle hoërskoolloopbaan met die matriekafskeid mylpaal wat voorlê. ‘n Wonderlike hoogtepunt vir elke jongmens, maar ook ‘n bekommernis vir gesinne wat sente moet draai om kos op die tafel te sit. ‘n Storie wat ons oog en oor gevang het, is die Tuinrand-gemeenskap se inspring-en-saamwerk om Zandri Swanepoel van Hoërskool Hercules se matriekafskeid ekstra spesiaal te maak… Zandri is een van 3 kinders. Ouboet was laas jaar in matriek en is besig met ‘n ambag. Kleinsus is in Graad 7 by Laerskool Tuinrand waar Ma, Claudette in die snoepie werk. Vir ‘n enkelma bly dit ‘n konstante uitdaging om die somme te laat klop terwyl jy steeds vir jou dogter die mooiste afsluiting gun van ‘n skooloopbaan waarop jy so trots is! Zandri is al van Graad 8 af lid van haar skool se VLR en dien ook tans op die leerlingraad van Hoërskool Hercules. Sy speel al die afgelope 3 jaar in die skool se 1ste hokkiespan en vir twee jaar in die 1ste span sagtebal. Sy is geliefd onder haar maats, doen goed op skool en is 'n pragtige dogter met die mooiste hart. Mens verstaan hoekom almal op ‘n manier wil deel wees van Zandri se matriekafskeid! Juffrou Alicia van Laerskool Tuinrand het haar rok gereël, Juffrou Chanelle is ‘n fotograaf met haar eie besigheid - sy het hand opgesteek om die foto's te neem! Ma Claudette het 'n geldjie bymekaar gemaak vir Zandri se skoene, haar nefie het gereël vir die naels en die oulike kêrel sorg vir ‘n spoggerige motor. Die briefie wat ons toe kry en wat die rede vir die verrassing was, sê: “Zandri het nog 'n ietsie blink nodig vir om haar nek, 'n silwer handsakkie en grimering. Haar ma kan self die grimering doen hulle het net nie…”

On to the new year, with new reports on bidet use, shoe painting and anime! Oh, and video games. // 0:00:48 – Shoe Painting // 0:04:09 – Cowboy Bebop / Samurai Champloo // 0:09:02 – Favorite Anime of All Time? // 0:19:16 – Terrace House // 0:20:15 – Bandersnatch/Black Mirror // 0:23:50 – Atlanta Season … Continue reading "Episode 100 – 2019 Startup"

All three members are back, it’s okay. But what’s happened… One of us has suddenly disappeared! Ending song: https://youtu.be/LsjZ3O-87vI PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/LFAB EMAIL: askletsfightaboss@gmail.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LetsFightABoss INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/letsfightaboss REDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/letsfightaboss Quest Log: Mirai of the Future, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,The Little Drummer Girl, American Horror Story, Dogs, She-Ra, WWE Survivor Series Strategy Talk: Virtue’s Last Reward, The Quiet Man ‘Answered’, The Missing, Luigi’s Mansion, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, Red Dead Redemption 2, Taiko no Tatsujin Quicktime Events: Detective Pikachu trailer, Final Fantasy XV character DLC cancelled, Sony will not be attending E3 2019, Telltale Games titles delisted from Steam, Spyro Reignited Trilogy’s lack of subtitles has a poor excuse, Devil May Cry Show From Castlevania's Adi Shankar Announced Loot Drop: Niamh: The Vulture - How It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Pulled Off Mac’s Jaw-dropping Dance - https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/its-always-sunny-mac-dance-season-13-finale.html Nerd City on YouTube - PARENTS' WORST NIGHTMARE: Jake Paul - https://youtu.be/ywcY8TvES6c The Lies of Jake Paul - https://youtu.be/BwiMc1prWxU John: Mark Brown on YouTube - The World Design of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - https://youtu.be/a1hHOVIkrcc Bryan: Aaron Fink on YouTube - Taco Bell Dorito Taco Review - https://youtu.be/_sSVqaSl89A TACO CIRCULATION - https://youtu.be/2vXmGyu3aUs

Your team's performance impacts your organization's bottom line. In episode 15, Chelsea is joined by Victoria Reichenberg of VLR consulting to discuss the Six Principles of Team Performance. During this episode, Chelsea and Victoria discussed the science behind team engagement, and the impact empowerment can have on individuals and teams.

Recorded at the Chicago Laugh Factory, Sean and Nate bring in special guest Adam Burke to class up the show and confirm Irish stereotypes. Sean tells tales of his many job interviews plus an incredible afternoon in a walking boot at Yankee Stadium and Adam talks diplomacy. We also usher out the World Cup, talk Lonzo Ball -Oh and by the way, Elon Musk owes the VLR $1,500.00. As little sports as possible. Special thanks to the Laugh Factory for hosting us!

The Immune team explores the variable lymphocyte receptors of jawless vertebrates, a system of immunity that parallels the structurally unrelated antibodies of jawed vertebrates. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Lamprey VLR responseto influenza virus (eLife) VLR-basedimmunity (Ann Rev Immunol) How the Immune System Works A Commotion in the Blood Immune merchandise Image credit Letters readon Immune 9 Weekly Science Picks Steph- Jon Yewdell on TWiV (208, 467) Cindy- No polio in Venezuela Vincent- Is gaming addiction a thing? Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Ill advised, well aware. Hosted by, Nate Craig & CJ Sullivan. ### After several years off, the VLR returns. Nate & CJ reboot a Chicago institution and home to some of Chicago's best comics for over a decade. In this episode we visit with Armando, a Venice boardwalk legend and Nate's neighbor. Rudy Giuliani takes on porn stars. Sean Flannery takes on the english language. We read some birther poetry and Kevin Brown pulls a gun on a child. Also! The World Cup is upon us!! All thanks to our sponsors... Tune in!!

Job Insights Extra: Adjustment to Blindness - Meet Rob Hobson: College Prep and Success All in One. Transcript Provided Job Insights Extra brings you Rob Hobson, Cordinator for Professional Development and College prep at Blindness Learning In New Dimensions, Inc. Best known as Blind, Inc. located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Rob tells his story how he overcame the challenges that nearly defeated him when entering his Masters program. He made a decision to improve his Blindness skills and this led him on the journey he continues today. From nearly bailing out to exceeding his own expectations by finishing his Masters degree ahead of time and landing a job in the career he wanted. Rob talks about his job details when he started as an Orientation and Mobility instructor to his duties today as Cordinator of Professional Development and the College Prep program. Join Rob Hobson and Jeff Thompson on this brief look into Rob’s Adjustment to Blindness and how he is helping others adjust to their Blindness today. You can find out more about Blind,Inc and Adjustment to Blindness on the web at www.BlindInc.org You can also contact Rob and Blind, Inc. via email You can find out more about State Services for the Blind on the web at www.MN.Gov/Deed/SSB And to find Services in your state check out the American Foundation for the Blind web site and enter your State’s name in the, “Find Local Services” section. Thank you for listening! You can follow Job Insights on Twitter @JobInsightsVIP Send the Job Insights Team and email and give us some feedback and suggest some topics you would like to see us cover. Job Insights is part of the Blind Abilities Network. You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Store. Get the Free blind Abilities App on the Google Play Store.   Job Insights Extra: Adjustment to Blindness - Meet Rob Hobson: College Prep and Success All in One. Transcript Provided [Music] Rob: When I started that semester, I soon realized that the skills I used in college from my undergrad weren't gonna work in grad school. Jeff: That's the voice of Rob Hobson, Coordinator of Professional Development and College Prep at Blindness Learning in New Dimensions. Rob: Set up an interview and came up here in early December of 2008 and I was offered a position and I accepted. Jeff: Rob talks about the challenges that he faced when transitioning from college to his master's degree program, and how adjustment to blindness training gave him the skills and confidence to succeed. Rob: We use structure discovery which utilizes the environment as a teaching tool and if you only just know one specific route, that can be really debilitating because that's all you know. Jeff: And you can find the Job Insights podcast on blindabilities.com, part of the Blind Abilities Network with host Serina Gilbert and myself Jeff Thompson, and you can contact us by email at JobInsights@blindabilities.com, and join us on the job insight support group on Facebook, on Twitter at Job Insights VIP. Rob: Get that adjustment to blindness training because it is vital for you to be able to compete out there with your sighted peers. Keep an open mind because there is a lot of life after blindness. [Music] Jeff: I went down to South Minneapolis to the historic Pillsbury mansion, the home of Blind Incorporated and that's where we met up with Rob Hobson, we hope you enjoy! [Music] Welcome to Blind Abilities I'm Jeff Thompson and today we're down at Blind Incorporated in Minneapolis we're talking to Rob Hobson and he's the Coordinator for Professional Development and College Prep. How are you doing Rob? Rob: I'm doing well on yourself Jeff? Jeff: Doing good thanks, Rob thanks for taking the time to coming on the Blind Abilities and sharing a little bit about your journey through blindness and your job that you have. Rob: Oh thank you I'm happy to be here. Jeff: Well Rob, can you tell a little bit about what your job is like here? Rob: Well working here at Blind Incorporated, it's a lot of fun, we have a great team and we work together as a team to provide adjustment to blindness training to college-age students, to adults, to seniors, and we have transition programming, and we even have a buddy program which covers 9 to 13 year olds. Jeff: You cover the whole gauntlet? Rob: Yeah we do, it's, it's great, it's, it's a lot of fun. [Bass guitar sound effect] Jeff: Now you did not start out as a Program Coordinator? Rob: Well when I started at Blind Incorporated, I started in 2009, but I should go further back, actually, it's actually a little journey. In 2006 I started grad school at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale to get a master's degree in public administration, on paper that sounds great, when I started that semester I soon realized that the skills I used in college from my undergrad weren't gonna work in grad school. The bar was a lot higher, note takers were hard to get, because I utilized their services through disability services through the campus and I realized that my skills weren't up to par because I just couldn't keep up. Every time I thought I did great, I was still further behind. What really hit it for me was when I took this budgeting class and I thought I got all the points possible, and in that class it was zero to five, five was like the max of points you can get, so I thought hey, I might have gotten a four or five, and I got my grade and it was a 1.5, and the words that really changed my view was, well I felt bad, so I just gave you a 1.5. And that really hurt, it really set, threw me back a loop, you know, it's like wow, I've never had that happen to me before. I called some friends who are in the NFB and I talked to them about, you know, maybe it's time for me to get some adjustment to blindness training. I knew it would be a process because getting Illinois, because that's where I lived at the time, to pay for it was a process. I've heard horror stories that sometimes it could take two years but I was pretty confident that it wouldn't take that long. So in August of 2006 I met with a counselor, I convinced her to start the process and I had an O&M evaluation. I wrote a letter stating why I needed this training and what it was going to do for me, so I had an O&M evaluation, through the letter I was able to convince them to provide me the opportunity to go to the Louisiana Center for the blind in Ruston Louisiana. I started my program at the end of March of 2007, and that's when I started my journey in blindness training. Now to be fair, my goal was to get through the program, go back to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, and complete my Master's in Public Administration Degree. Well while I was in the program, it was suggested to me that I should consider the Louisiana Tech O&M program and I considered it for about 1/2 a second and I thought no that's not me. As they say it, it put the seed there and throughout the summer of 2007 I realized that hey, you know I might actually like this. I started the process in the fall to go into Louisiana Tech, in the end of November I started my first classes as a Louisiana Tech student in grad school. Jeff: Now Rob, could it be that winter was coming and.... Rob: I'm not gonna lie, that was true, I thought that was a good benefit but really I was excited to start this program because I knew that, you know at the end of this program I would be able to get a job, and believe it or not, throughout that year it took me a year, end of November of 2007, and by November 19th of 2008 I walked away with a college degree, a graduate degree, from Louisiana Tech. It was a rough year, they say that a master's degree generally is a year and a half to two years, I did it in a year, it was probably the hardest year of my whole life at that time. Jeff: Congratulations! Rob: Thank you. I soon talked to Sean Mayo who was the Executive Director of Blind Incorporated, set up an interview and came up here in early December of 2008 and I was offered the position and I accepted. In January of 2009 I started as a Blind Incorporated employee, and to be fair, I only planned to be here year after about a month of working here because it was so cold, but I soon liked it, teaching cane travel was a lot of fun, it took me a while to get into my zone, you know because when you come to a new city you have to learn how to navigate the streets and learn the grid, the outline, you know all of the names of the roads, and I knew I had the skills to teach, it was a matter of learning the environment so I could teach and understand how to relate that information to my students. Jeff: So did you do a lot of exploring in your off time and just try and navigate the city and learn it? Rob: I did, I spent a lot of time learning south Minneapolis, I spent some time with Zach Ellingson who was the full-time cane travel instructor at the time, and we talked a lot, he really helped me gain the information necessary to teach. I spent some time observing him just to see how he taught because you know, when you're still a new teacher, you still like to get other teaching styles and I knew Zach was really successful at what he was doing and it was a good resource to work with. I spent a lot of time on weekends going out to other places in the city but at the time I really focused on south Minneapolis because I knew majority of my instruction was gonna be during that time. I later throughout the years, I gained knowledge in Northeast Minneapolis, Southeast Minneapolis, St. Paul, I know some of St. Paul, I don't know a lot of it but I know enough to to be able to teach it. Jeff: Now learning the areas that you did, it's pretty much transferable skills the way you teach here right? Rob: It is, the skills are transferable but you know it's like anything else, when you want to teach someone you have to still know what you're teaching, does that make sense? Because we also teach how to navigate the area via some of the names, so I needed to know those names so I can you know pass that information along, learn bus routes, I learned a lot of the bus routes, but yes, the skills I learned in Ruston Louisiana were transferable once I figured out the grid system and for an example, Hennepin Avenue is your divider between north and south Minneapolis, and the river, the Mississippi River divides southeast Minneapolis and northeast Minneapolis from north and south Minneapolis, and anything more than that you get a little complicated because it depends on where you are further south in the city, you actually have the river divider between St. Paul and Minneapolis. [Bass Guitar Sound Effect] Jeff: There's always been a debate about people sometimes teaching route travel compared to teaching skills that will allow you to explore other areas and use the same set of skills. Rob: That is true, in our format we use structure discovery which utilizes the environment as a teaching tool. We do start off with students in the beginning giving them simple route assignments so that they learn to gain that confidence and gain those problem-solving skills so that they're able to change those routes, make a diversion if need be, I mean because, well if you've walked in Minneapolis in the summer, you know that, maybe every, about every few blocks there's construction, or they tear up a sidewalk to put in a new one, or whatnot, you have to be able to problem solve in that and if you only just know one specific route, that can be really debilitating because that's all you know, and how are you gonna be able to get through that situation. Jeff: Yep I graduated from Blind Incorporated and I remember the whole thing, the only thing Zack always got upset was, I grew up here so, when he was trying to fool me or something, I'd hear a church bell. Rob: Oh, and that gave it away didn't it? Jeff: I could identify the church, so he would be more creative next time you know, just knowing that I had a few cues that other people didn't have so it was always interesting. Now in your new position, what do you do for Blind Incorporated? Rob: Currently I set up all of our activities, I coordinate from beginning to end. For an example last year we went camping for the first time in I don't know how many years, at least since I've been here we've never gone camping up to that point, and we actually went camping, we stayed in tents and that was a long process to put that together because there's a lot of details involved. It's not like we all just got in a van and drove up to Duluth area and pick the camping site and just went camping. There's a lot of details involved when you take 30 people, 30 of your closest friends and students up to, up to go camping. So there's logistics because you have to work on you know the amount of food, how many tents, how many people per tents, just a lot of logistics. I coordinate all of the logistics to make sure everything falls in line, all of our activities from camping to just going rock climbing at vertical endeavors. Starting last year we started putting together professional development for the staff and students, some of the highlights, we had Kevin O'Connor come in, who is a renowned professional speaker who came in and talked to our staff and students on basically just professional development, working with each other, and what does it mean to be professional, and covered all of those components. We also had somebody come in and do a multicultural training, we had somebody come in and talk about cognitive disabilities, we've done some first aid CPR, so we've done a lot of different programming, but we've done it before but not to this caliber, so we really have a professional development piece about every three months or so for the staff and we started incorporating the students in that as well because it's important I think for our students to be able to have that information, they can put it on their resume, and I think it makes them even more employable. [Music] Jeff: You also had a program called Blind and Socially Savvy, can you tell us a little bit about what that is? Rob: So Blind and Socially Savvy really covers the soft skills, starting in conversation with somebody, proper way to introduce somebody, etiquette, so they have an etiquette meal where they actually sit down, a full meal and they learn how to conduct themselves in a professional environment because I'm sure you know Jeff that there are always interviews, sometimes those interviews are sitting down with a meal with your future employer, so it's a great opportunity to be able to conduct yourself professionally, it makes it even more likely for you to get that job. Also it's good to be professional and to have that proper etiquette because you're going to be amongst peers, whether they're your fellow co-workers, or friends, family, maybe you volunteer in an organization, it's great to have that etiquette because it puts you even higher up on the bar of success. Jeff: I attended something very similar to that and I remember they said, your bread is not a mop and turn your phone off, and pay all your attention to the person, it's not about the food mostly, it's about the interview so to say, or the person that you're attending with. Rob: That is correct. Jeff: And then they went through, start from the, just like on the Titanic, start with the outside silver and wake work your way in, so there's a lot of information there that people are kind of expected to know, but if you haven't had the opportunity to learn it, Blind and Socially Savvy that you guys provide here, is awesome! Rob: Yeah and we didn't do it ourselves, we did it along with State Services for the Blind, we worked well with them and Sheila Koenig who's the coordinator for transition for SSB, she worked really well with Dan Wenzel the executive director here, and Michelle Get, who coordinates our transition programs. Jeff: And you do have a lot of programs here and opportunities that you mentioned early and it's really neat to see all the stuff that's happening from the summer to prep to like I said you cover the whole gauntlet here. Rob: Yep we also are starting a new program, it's our College Programming or I like to call it College Prep and what it is is students come in maybe they don't want to do a full six to nine month program but they want to come in and get some of those non-visual adjustment to blindness skills. So they'll come in for a summer, get that training, and if they're new to going to college we actually have a college class component that would start in the fall where they could take a class and still continue to get some adjustment to blindness skills, we would work with them on navigating a campus, and specifically that campus, and we would also work with them on study skills, note-taking skills, all of the the skills necessary to be successful in college. I know when I first started college I was absolutely terrified and I think even now with, with the technology being the way it is, back then you know if you had a computer you were lucky, but nowadays there's phones, there's Braille displays, there's lots of different technology out there that we would be able to work with students on so that they are fully competent and capable to be successful in college so that they can be employable in the future. Jeff: And being able to use that equipment on day one! Rob: Exactly, I mean that's, I think that's a really good point Jeff, you don't want to start, get your technology September first when you start at the class in late August and then have to learn how to use it while taking classes at the same time. We like to work with students early so that they have those skills when they start the college class, that they are able to know how to use their technology, take the best notes possible so that they can be self-sufficient. [Music] Jeff: Rob Hobson thank you very much for what Blind Incorporated does here in Minneapolis and across the nation because other students come from other states and you guys give them an opportunity to succeed, give them skills and the confidence to do so. What advice would you give to someone who has recently become blind visually impaired or has trouble reading the printed word, and what advice would you give them as they start that journey? Rob: I would say keep an open mind, blindness is probably the one of the most terrifying disabilities out there, and really it's because of the unknown, it's a sighted world out there, people perceive through what they see, but keep an open mind because there is a lot of life after blindness. I lost my vision I, I wasn't fully sighted but when I did have some vision I lost it pretty quickly due to a retinal detachment and, and that's a long journey itself, but I know what it's like, it's tough, but what I can tell you is working with State Services for the Blind, figure out your options, whether it's Blind Incorporated, VLR, or Duluth Lighthouse, get that adjustment to blindness training because it is vital for you to be able to compete out there with your sighted peers and really that adjustment to blindness training is what's going to put you on that same platform for success. Learn those skills, know how to cook, clean, learn to read Braille, technology, cane travel, because you got to be able to get there on your own. You can always use Uber and Lyft but I can tell you that stuff's expensive, I know I look at my bank account every month, not that I use it every day but I use it just for quick things, it's expensive, so you're not going to be able to do that all the time, so you've got to pick up those, you know learn those non-visual skills that you can travel independently. Remember that blindness is not a tragedy. I like to say blindness is what you make of it, you can look at it as a tragedy, or you can look at it as, you know what, this is a new challenge, and I'm here to overcome it. Jeff: So Rob, if someone want to get a hold of you or Blind Incorporated, do you have any contact information? Rob: Sure do, you can call our main number 612-872-0100, and ask for Jennifer Wenzels, she handles our intake. You can also ask for me, I'm happy to talk to you if you have any questions, my extension is 220, and Jennifer's extension is 251. We also if you like email, you can send an email to info@blindinc.org. Jeff: info@blindinc.org, well Rob thank you once again for taking the time, sharing your story, sharing your experience with the listeners and, really appreciate it. Rob: Oh you're welcome Jeff, it was a pleasure. [Music] Jeff: Yes it was a real pleasure talking to Rob Hobson, and if you want a contact Blind Incorporated, send them an email at info@blindinc.org, on the web at blindinc.org, and to find out more about State Services for the Blind check us out on the web at www.mn.gov/deed/ssb, and to find services in your state check out American Foundation for the Blind's website at AFB.org. And Thank You Chee Chau for the beautiful music and you can follow Chee Chau on Twitter at lcheechau. Once again, thank you for listening, we hope you enjoyed, and until next time bye-bye [Music] [Multiple voices] When we share what we see through each other's eyes, We can then begin to bridge the Gap between the limited expectations and the realities of Blind Abilities. Jeff: For more podcast with the blindness perspective, check us out on the web at www.blindabilities.com, on twitter at BlindAbilities, download our app from the app store, Blind Abilities, that's two words, or send us an email at info@blindabilities.com, thanks for listening.  

TVI Toolbox: Success Stories, Tools for Success - #BeMyEyes App, Meet Jeff Mihiletch  Blind Abilities presents the TVI Toolbox. Where the collaboration between Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Agencies and the Students themselves help enhance the opportunities for success. Transitioning from high school to college and the workplace is  a major step and the beginning of lifetime goals and aspirations. As Jeff Mihiletch, this month’s featured interview in the Success Stories portion of this podcast, puts it, “Braille is a tool he wished he would have given a better chance.”    From the TVI’s to the Agency counselor’s and program specialist, working together along with parents as well, is creating more opportunities and successes for Transition age students. Sharing experiences through Success Stories, sharing programs that make a positive impact, sharing ideas, findings, upcoming events and the Tools for Success all play a part in making the transition process a natural progression and better understood by all.     On The Horizon is a bulletin space for upcoming events, information and resources submitted by listeners and our staff. You can submit to On the Horizon by emailing Jessica Hodges. The Success Stories feature an experience of a Transition Student, whether they are attending college, preparing for college or are now employed, the Success Stories brings a positive and a sharing of the experience of transitioning from high school to college and the work place.   Here are the links to the information we bring to this episode.   Scholarships from the National Federation of the Blind   Perkins Program for Students   Blind, Inc Summer Programs   Summer Transition Program (STP) Extended School Year Program Deb Peterson at DPeterson@916schools.org     Check out your State Services by searching the Services Directory on the AFB.org web site.   State Services for the Blind of Minnesota   We offer tools and training for employment and for helping seniors remain independent and active. As Minnesota’s accessible reading source we also transcribe books and other materials into alternative formats, including audio and braille. We assist Minnesotans who are blind, DeafBlind, losing vision, or who have another disability that makes it difficult to read print. I hope you find what you need here. We've also created a Tips for Using Our New Website page. If you’d like to apply for services, learn more, or have more questions, just give us a call. You’ll find contact information for all of our offices on our contact page, or you can call our main office at 651-539-2300.   You can submit to the On The Horizons segment by email to jessica.Hodges@state.mn.us Thank you for listening. You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Store.   Full Transcript:   TVI Toolbox: Success Stories, Tools for Success - #BeMyEyes App, Meet Jeff Mihiletch (Music)     Dacia: It's your job, disability or not, to know what you bring to the table, and sell that. That's your job.   Narrator: Welcome to the blind abilities TVI Toolbox. I'm Jeff Thompson.   Dacia: Because they don't have any experience with vision loss, so they're thinking to themselves, "I don't know if I could do that if I couldn't see right. I'm not sure that they're going to be able to do that." That's what... there inner monologue isn't about you, it's about what they think that you can't do, and their bias.   Narrator: TVI toolbox is a tool for teachers, for agencies, for clients to enhance the opportunity and the understanding of transition services. Professionals talking about the services they provide. Teachers of the visually impaired talking about topics of transitioning from high school, to college, to the work place. Students talking about their journeys, there successes, and some of the barricades and brick walls that were in there way, and solutions, tips, and tricks on how they got through it.   Dasha: We try to help them develop resumes right from the beginning. We would like some body that even as young as fifteen sixteen to have a resume that they can continuously add to, to build on. It really puts in front of them a more realistic view of "Ok, well I can add this to my resume. I can do this because I can add that. This is going to bring value." It kind of gives them more of an ownership of there experience.   Narrator: That's (probable spelling mistake here,) Dasha van Alstine. She's an employment program specialist at state services for the blind, working with clients, counselors, and employees, to optimize the opportunities for successful employment.   Dasha: I always tell people, if you go into an interview, and you're thinking that you're not the best candidate, you're probably not.   Narrator: On this episode of TVI Toolbox, we'll be talking about employment. We'll be hearing more from Dasha van Alstine, and the success story today features Jeff Mihiletch, with A BS degree in Business Administration. And Jessica Hodges with On the Horizon, where she brings you recent news and events with particular interest in the transition process with a blindness perspective. And the tools for success spotlight is Be My Eyes. It's an ap that, well, kind of speaks for itself. Now, here's employment program specialist Dasha van Alstine. Dasha, welcome to blind abilities. Can you tell our listeners what your roll is at state services?   Dasha: Hi Jeff. I am a program specialist for the employment team at state services for the blind.   Narrator: Tell us a little more about the employment team.   Dasha: The employment team works with various counselors and customers on anything from the very beginning of how to choose a job goal, all the way up to when it's time to close your case. So are you ready, do you have everything you need, do you need additional training, we're there all along the way. Whereas a counselor looks at an entire situation, we look at everything from absolute employment   Narrator: Dasha, for a transition student, what would a first meeting with the employment team look like?   Dasha: That can be at any type of stage, it depends on... if somebody has done a lot of research various...market information on their own, we might not meet with any of us until later. Someone who really needs some help and some direction with trying to figure out what they want to be, and what that's going to look like, and where the doors are going to open, they might meet with us right away.   Narrator: So first they work with state services, then when it comes time to think about employment, that's when they get handed off to the employment team?   Dasha: Well, preferably, they wouldn't just get handed off to our team. We would want to have some sort of relationship with them from the beginning. I'll give you an example. A college student, someone who knows that they're college bound know they want to go to college to get to a career, we'll look at them right before it happens and say, "Ok, what is your job goal? What do you want to do? What are the various avenues to get there." We'll work on what is the most appropriate way from point A to point B, for you, with college in the middle there. And then, in college, a lot of times there will be some check ins. We'll check on them, hey, how's it going? Have you thought about an internship yet? Are you working during school? Do you need help finding something. You know, what can we do to assist you?" We make connections for them, and sometimes we help them find part time employment, or find there internship. A lot of times, we'll work with the school to try to figure that out with them, to try to get them more independent and not depending on us. And then, when they're getting ready to graduate, sometime before the last semester, we help the figure out, you know, it's time to start looking. Because ideally, you want a job before you graduate, you want that job to be ready for you.   Narrator: Dasha: With the age of transition students, I imagine that a lot of them have not had too much job experience. Does the employment team have a component for people to learn about job interviews and filling out resumes?   Dasha: It's different for each person. That begins whenever appropriate. Some people, especially our young people, We try to help them develop resumes right from the beginning. We would like some body that even as young as fifteen sixteen to have a resume that they can continuously add to, to build on. It really puts in front of them a more realistic view of "Ok, well I can add this to my resume. I can do this because I can add that. This is going to bring value." It kind of gives them more of an ownership of there experience. Every aspect of every case is so different. There are some people that need us to do the resume and then walk them through what we did. There's other people that we just give some guidance to, and they do it. you know, everything is so individualized, it's wherever it's appropriate for each individual case.   Narrator: That's great. Dasha, there's a saying, don't judge a book by it's cover, but in the employment situation, in job interviews, can you tell us a little bit about first impressions?   Dasha: First impressions are really important, especially if you have a vision loss, because there's a really good chance that whoever you're meeting has never met someone with a vision loss before. There's no back ground there. They're going to base whatever experience they have with you, and project that onto every other person that they ever meet in the future who has a vision loss. When you meet somebody, especially if you're going in for an interview, you want to make sure that first of all, you're nice to the receptionist, because if you're not nice to the receptionist, the person interviewing you is going to find out, and you're not going to get that job. Just saying, the receptionist, that's the barrier there. Be nice to them. And second of all, once you do meet somebody, and if you have to follow them, make sure that you're comfortable, and don't be afraid to ask for information. Left or right? Where's the room? Don't be afraid to ask those kinds of directions.. With first impressions, you want to make sure that you are well put together. You want to make sure that you don't go into a business with saggy clothes, or with dirty clothes. You want to make sure that your hair is, you know, presentable, that you're not wearing baseball caps. You also want to make sure that you can speak clearly, concisely, have some confidence, that's going to be really important to an employer. Even if you're just walking in to pick up an application. Just go to the receptionist, be nice, "Hi, you know, my name is so and so. I was wondering if you're hiring. Can I get an application? Even something as simple as that. That goes a a long way. You also want to make sure that when you do talk to somebody, especially if it's an interview, you're going to get that, "Tell me about yourself." You could even get that when you meet an employer at a job fair, or an internship fair. Tell me about yourself. You want to make sure, especially if you have more of an obvious disability, you want to make sure that you kind of address that in a way that makes it so they're not thinking about that, they're thinking about your skills. A lot of people make the mistake of never saying anything, and then an employer, the whole time that they're talking is thinking well... Because they don't have any experience with vision loss, so they're thinking to themselves, "I don't know if I could do that if I couldn't see right. I'm not sure that they're going to be able to do that." That's what... there inner monologue isn't about you, it's about what they think that you can't do, and their bias.  So it's up to you to make sure that you sell yourself. Sell your skills. Tell how you do things. Go into it with confidence. Know what your skills are ahead of time. Know what you have to offer  the employer, and just go into it that way. And this is not just with employers. This is also useful with your professors.   Narrator: Dasha, I was just doing an interview with a business owner, Susan Robinson. She said that she'd never hired a person because they had sight. She always hired a person because she felt they could best do the job that she needed to get done   Dasha: Yes, it's all about the what can you do for me. Employers hire because they have a job that they have to get done. They don't hire because they want to feel good. They don't hire because they want to spend a bunch of money. They do it because they have a job, and they have to get it done. So your job is to make sure that they know you can do that job, and not only that, but you can bring stuff to the table so you're the person can help them get that done. You're the best candidate, and this is why I always tell people, if you go into an interview, and you're thinking that you're not the best candidate, you're probably not. If you're going into an interview, and you can't even think of what you bring to offer to the table, the employer's not going to know. It's your job, disability or not, to know what you bring to the table, and sell that. That's your job.   Narrator: Selling it!"   Dasha: "Selling it."   Narrator: "That's what it comes down to, selling yourself, letting the employer know that you have a set of abilities that will help their company succeed. Well, there's that sound, so let's turn it over to Jessica Hodges with On the Horizon.   Jessica: "Good day to you all. There are many, many lovely events coming up on the horizon. First of all, the national federation of the blind has some awesome scholarships for students both nationally and state wide. To find out more about scholarships both in your state and at the national level, you can visit www.nfb.org. On the subject of college, Perkins has a program for college students where you live on there campus for nine months, and attend school close to them. It's a good way for college students to kind of get there feet underneath them and make sure that they are really ready, and it's a great way to get started with college. You can visit there webcite to find out more. The national braille press has a guide for those who are interested in apple watches called, "You and Your Apple Watch," by Anna Dresner. You can find that on their webcite, nbp.org. Blind incorporated, the well renown training center for the national federation of the blind in Minnesota has there summer programs coming up, and that means they are looking for both students and counselors. For more information on those, you can go to their webcite, www.blindinc.org. For the style program, ,they're looking for people from July Tenth through August fifteenth, and the buddy program is also looking for people from July Tenth through August Fifteenth. For the prep counselor positions, they are looking for people from June Tenth, to August Fifteenth. The prep is the young adult program, the style is a young adult program here in Minnesota, and the buddy program is the younger children. So, if you would like to know more about that ,visit their webcite, www.blindinc.org. Minnesota has a lovely program for transition aged students called the STP program. An extended school year program, the STP, or summer transition program, is a program designed for students between tenth and eleventh grade who are planning on working competitively and working independently. To get a brochure or have paperwork sent to your school, contact Deb Peterson, dpeterson@916schools.org. If you have any events you'd like included on the next horizon, please email jessica.hodges@state.mn.us. Thank you for staying tuned, and please listen to next time, as we'll have more events on your horizon.   Narrator: Well thank you Jessica Hodges. And for more information on all the events mentioned, check the show notes. for the links. And now, our tools for success spotlight. We bring you Be My Eyes. It's an application that hooks the phone to a person that will see through your camera what you're looking at and describe it for you. It's a personal assistant. It's free from the app store, and on Android. So we're going to demonstrate the iOS device on Apple, here's Be My Eyes. Siri? Open be my eyes.   VoiceOver: Be My Eyes. Call first available volunteer, button.   Narrator: It's ready to go. With a single finger double tap, you're activated, and you're ready to call. But lets swipe right, single finger swipe left to right.   VoiceOver: Settings, button.   Narrator: Double tap here   VoiceOver: Settings, heading.   Narrator: Now a flick to the right.   VoiceOver: Done, button.  Profile, heading. Personal details, Jeff Thompson, button   Narrator: Swipe to the right.   VoiceOver: Change email, button. Password, button. Languages, heading. Primary language, English, button. Other languages, button. Send us feedback, button. Frequently asked questions, button. Terms and privacy policy, button. Share be my eyes, button. Rate be my eyes, button. Connect with us, heading. Facebook, button. Twitter, button. Instagram, button. Youtube, button. Version: 2.1   Narrator: So this is upgraded, and as you can see you can share this, you can go follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and all the rest of the stuffs there. But one important thing here is this.   VoiceOver: Send us feedback, button.   Narrator: Send us feedback. This allows you to connect up right with the developers of the app in case you have an issue. You don't have to tweet it out on Twitter and complain or anything like that on Facebook. You can just go here, and send it straight to the main office. There you go. So let's go back. I'm going to do a four finger single tap, near the top of the screen.   VoiceOver: Settings, heading.   Narrator: Swipe once to the right.   VoiceOver: Done, button.   Narrator: Single finger double tap.   VoiceOver: Call first available volunteer, button.   Narrator: All right, so at this point, if I single finger double tap, I'm getting online, so I'd better have something ready for them to do for this demonstration. I think it's coffee time.       VoiceOver Using the rear camera. Please wait. Finding the first available volunteer.   (ringing sounds)   Narrator: And this is where the be my eyes app. ..   VoiceOver: We are still trying to find an available volunteer.   Narrator: searches for someone that speaks English, someone that's in my time zone. So it searches the world basically, and tries to come up with someone who is best suited for answering my questions. Now this time varies. I've had people pick up in twelve seconds. I've had people pick up in... oh...two minutes. But typically, it's around that thirty second mark. And for privacy reasons, I've changed the voice of the volunteer so it's not detectible.   VoiceOver: Connected.   Volunteer: "Hello." (there was another word there but I couldn't for the life of me make it out.)   Narrator: Hello. Hi, how are you?   Volunteer: I'm all right, how about yourself?   Narrator: I'm all right. I have a question. I have a kurig machine here, this one.   Volunteer: Yep.   Narrator: And when I push this down, it's supposed to give me a choice here for ounces.   Volunteer: The light is hitting in a way I can't read. I think the... ok, that's better. You have... it says it's ten ounce, and there's an arrow at the top and an arrow at the bottom.   Narrator: So down here?   Volunteer: Up a little hire. Right there is where it says ten ounce, yep now it's at eight ounces. You're pushing the down button. How do you want it to be?   Narrator: I want it at eight. Is that it?   Volunteer: Ok.   Narrator: So then the other buttons up here, what are they?   Volunteer: Well, that would be increasing the amount,   Narrator: Ok,   Volunteer: and when you're ready, then you move your finger to the left   Narrator: Ok.   Volunteer: And use this button to make it go, let's see what happens.   (kurig noises)   Volunteer: It's brewing.   Narrator: Well there we go. Thank you very much.   Volunteer: You're very welcome.Have a good day."   Narrator: You too.   VoiceOver: End call, button. Alert. Are you sure you want to disconnect? No. Yes. Yes button.   Narrator: And that was a very nice volunteer. And it wasn't mini mouse, believe me. That voice was changed. And there we go. We got hot cocoa coming. All right, so after the experience is over, this is what we get.   VoiceOver: Review your experience, heading.. Thanks for your call. Please let us know if you had any problems during this call, be it either technical or personal. I experienced problems, button. I had a good call, button.   Narrator: And that's it. that's all there is to this free app. it's be my eyes in app store, and be my eyes on android in the google play store. And in this success story, we bring you Jeff Mihiletch, who has utilized the services of state services for the blind for many years, from elementary school, high school, college, and the work place. Jeff has found success, and is currently employed, and invited us down to his south Minneapolis office to chat with us. So please welcome Jeff Mihiletch. We hope you in joy.   Narrator: Welcome to blind abilities, I'm Jeff Thompson, and I'm downtown south Minneapolis with Jeff Mihiletch, and he is employed and has used state services for the blind before. How are you doing Jeff?   Jeff: Good morning, I'm doing good.   Narrator: Can you tell us a little bit about your job and what you do?   Narrator: I am Jeff Mihiletch. I work in the snap employment and training program, and that is about people that receive food support, snap benefits that they used to call food stamps. If you are an able bodied adult without dependants, it's mandatory now that you be job searching, and my team does the job searching orientation classes and case management for clients that are in that sector of the snap program. I was originally hired for data management, so my job is to look at the referrals every day of new clients coming in, all the different elements, who they are, nationality, when there orientation class is, location and time, and I put it all in a spreadsheet. Then I take that spread sheet, move it into a different spread sheet so it's statistically meant for the entire year, and that's my daily task that I do. I also have broadened my job duties a little bit. My team does orientation class three times a week for new people that are coming onto the snap EMt program. I help out here at the sabathanie center with the Tuesday morning orientation class. So it's a chance for me to get up in front of a group and talk, and move around, helps give my coworkers a little break, because they need to do that orientation class three times a week, and as you can imagine it gets a little repetitive, so they were totally thrilled when I decided to volunteer myself to help out with that orientation class.   Narrator: So Jeff, on a daily basis, what kind of accessible devices or tools do you utilize for your job?   Jeff: I use Jaws extensively. I have a little bit of vision, so I do use zoomtext sometimes, but only for spot reading, if I can't find a formula or something in my excel sheet with jaws. Primarily though, it is Jaws, almost probably ninety five, ninety eight percent of the time.   Narrator: What about in your personal life. Do you use a smart phone with access to it?   Jeff: Yeah, in my personal life I have an iPhone seven. I use VoiceOver, a couple different voices, one for Siri, one for the VoiceOver functionality of it. My work, I have a phone for my work, because the phone that is in everyone's laptops, the soft phone from Sisco, is not screen reader accessible, and so that's a reasonable accommodation, my employer provides me an iPhone for my work. So I feel kind of a little geekish, because I walk around with two phones when I'm at work, my personal phone and my work phone.   Narrator: that's status isn't it?   Jeff: I'm glad that they were able to make that accommodation and provide an iPhone for my work phone calling.   Narrator: Now Jeff, when you applied here, how did you  get the job? how did accommodations work for you and what was that process like?   Jeff: The way I found the job was I had a friend of mien who was blind who works for the county, has been with the county for almost thirty years, and he got a phone call from someone, my boss, who was looking to fill a position, a newly created position. My job did not exist before. And she specifically was looking for someone that had a visual disability. And so she reached out to my friend who was blind and worked for the company to find out and assess any barriers that their were, to see how successful he was at doing his job, and to see how many barriers there were, and from there, he told me about the fact that she was looking for someone who was visually impaired to take this new job. I kind of jumped on that band wagon, and followed up with her, and long story short had an interview, and was hired. My job is not a permanent job. It's a two year contract. I'm a limited duration person, and the snap program, the food stamp program is federal funded. So the county writes my check, but salary comes from the feds, from the agricultural program.   Narrator: So Jeff, in your career, education, did you utilize state services for the blind?   Jeff: Yeah, I did. All through my education. Elementary school I had a rehab counselor that used state services for the blind all the way through that, through college went to (spelling) babija university, BS in business administration, and minor in psychology and chemical dependency. And state services for the blind helped me out with tuition and books, and that type of thing.   Narrator: Great. What is transportation like for you, working in south Minneapolis here?   Jeff: In he morning to go into work, I take metro mobility, because it's a relatively direct shot, although sometimes I can get to work in ten minutes, and sometimes two hours, so that's the downside of metro mobility. Going home at night, I do take a city bus. I have to go downtown, and transfer to an express. That's how I do transportation. Not looking forward to winter time, I will say.   Narrator: Great. So Jeff, Being someone that has used state services, who has transferred from high school to college to the work place, what suggestions would you have for someone who is in those shoes today looking towards there future?   Jeff: I would say if you are a braille user, or have the potential to be a braille user, but also use screen readers, I would really highly recommend still doing the braille thing.   Narrator: You said you use Jaws and PC. Now, in the workplace, there's always the debate, you know, should people have a PC or a Mack, and I found out myself that most businesses are Microsoft based, so what would you suggest for someone who's learning technology?   Jeff: The county uses PCs, HP brand. Actually, we just rolled out new laptops and we moved to Microsoft 2010 and office 2016. I mean it all depends on the work environment, but you are correct most of the time that it's PC based.   Narrator: Jeff, do you want to talk about some of your past jobs?   Jeff: Sure. A lot of my job history is kind of broken into clumps. The first is social service, working with developmentally delayed adults, and the second chunk of job history is kind of more customer service type. So the first part, the social service, I kind of fell into that. I moved to Minneapolis after finishing my degree at Bemidji state university, and was really-really desperate for a job, couldn't find one, and it was to the point that I couldn't afford my apartment. I took a job as a live in in a group home for developmentally delayed adults. A good chunk is a little more customer service related, I worked in a large call center for computer hardware dispatch, so I was doing in bound calls with customers and technicians out in the field. Some other jobs I had over the years. I had a really really short gig. I was a very small commodities broker. I found the job through one of the venders that state services for the blind hires. They were looking for someone to do phone work and I was hired and given the job. But the screen reader didn't work at all with their customer management web page that they had. We tried to make it work. After six weeks they let me go, just because it wasn't working out. I also worked for a guy who ran one of the vending stands in saintpaul, and I would fill in for him in the concessions stand while he was out in the field filling vending machines. Did that for a while, and some other kind of odd jobs. I actually at one time was self employed. I went to massage school, became a massage therapist, and tried to do that to make a living. It's a really hard field. It's very seasonal. So that's a little overview of some of my job history.   Narrator: Sounds like you're a real go getter. people feel insecure about going into job interviews and that process. And it can be daunting to someone that hasn't done it before. What's your experience like when you go into a job interview?   Jeff: The interview process itself, I mean, I'm a partial vision, and it's always difficult to know whether to disclose that up front or not. And though there were times in my life when I would disclose that on the phone up front, and then there were other times when I did not. And it's hard to know if disclosing it up front would automatically disqualify me even before I walked in, or if walking in with a white cane and bumping against a desk or a coffee table or something would have disqualified me. It's always a big debate when you're a partial whether or not to disclose it. that was the one nice thing about my current job. My boss is aware of my current disability and I did not have to deal with that disclosure type thing. I had to deal with coworkers a little bit, and that was a challenge. Again, because I'm partial, I can see to navigate a little bit, but you know, I can't figure out who people are until they say something. When you're a partial, it's harder for other people to grasp of what you can and can't see.   Narrator: Jeff, did you ever go through a training center?   Jeff: I did. When I was in seventh grade I did a summer school thing at fairbolt. As an adult I did a couple different stints at VLR, adjustment to blindness training program. The focus for both of those times when I went was Jaws and screen readers. But I also did cooking class, the independent skills, worked in the wood shop, which was a really eye opening experience so to speak. I'd never used a table saw. I'd never used a router, that kind of thing. And it was so cool to actually create something myself out of a chunk of wood and have the skill set to do that. Yeah, I've been to VLR a couple times, they do really good stuff. I highly recommend them. And they were the ones the second time through. They were the ones that got me to Jaws. Because before, I would really try to use zoomtext as much as I could, and it was causing headaches and back strain, because I was leaning forward too much. So the second time I went through, I said, "I really want to get to the point where I can faze out magnification and just do jaws mostly. And so they got me to the point where I could use it exclusively and functionally. Yeah, the adjustment to blindness centers were very helpful.   Narrator: That's vision loss resources on Franklin and Lyndale down in Minneapolis. Well, I want to thank you for coming on to blind abilities and sharing your story, your journey, thank you very much.   Jeff: You are welcome. Hopefully my perspective is useful and helpful for you young people out there, you know, in the path of education and early job searching. Good luck to you, and I wish I would have had this technology when I was going to college. It would have made my college experience much easier, much less stressful, maybe a few less gray hairs.   Narrator: I don't think we can get around the hairs, we can blame it on whatever we want but... well thank you very much Jeff.   Jeff: Thank you very much   Narrator: It was a real pleasure talking to Jeff Mihiletch and learning about his transitional journey from high school to college to the workplace, and his experiences job to job. And you can find out more about state services for the blind and the services they can offer you on the web at https://mn.gov/deed/ssb. And in other states, be sure to contact your state services, and see what services they have for you. And be sure to check the show notes for the American foundation of the blind. They have a link to all the state services in all the states. Stay tuned next month where we bring you episode three of TVI toolbox. And a big thank you goes out to CheeChau for his beautiful music that we use for the podcast. Thank you CheeChau. You can follow Cheechau on Twitter @lcheechau. Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoyed, and until next time, by by.

  Breakdown: We celebrate our podcast in the only way we know how: a crazy, bombcastic live show full of call-ins, shenanigans, and “dem boiz”. We kick things off with the BRAND NEW News in Gaming theme, and talk about the NX reveal, as well as why Red Dead Redemption 2 is all the hype. Amidsts some call ins, we catch up with games, discuss getting lost in the Mansion in Resident Evil, more VLR, some tension with Destiny, and Scott’s distaste for a bad, bad game. After our break, Brandt Ranj makes us question our love of JRPGs, which apparently all of us really like, and we take more calls. We go through all of your favorite IP Memories, reconcile our differences, and get emotional. Jarrett, SilverPR, and Danny Juarez round out the show with an emotional reminder that hey: we love everyone who listens, and you’re all cool with us. Thank you so much for listening. Play your games, stay irrational...

Sean played and finished a lot of games this week, including VLR, Splatoon, Game of Thrones episode 4, and Life is Strange episode 3. Paul played the last one as well and tried out Elite: Dangerous.As for news we bring up a possible Need for Speed release date, the first Nintendo Humble Bundle, and stolen Amiibos.

Jon is away at MomoCon and Sean just continues to work through VLR. Paul plays a good chunk of Axiom Verge and tries out Dungeons and Dragons.The next Need for Speed game gets announced, a weird pack in deal with Splatoon is mentioned and we discuss the removal of the 8GB WiiU as an option in Japan.

A break in his apartment's water pipe makes Jon too busy this week. Sean however is here and continues to talk about VLR, he also checks out the latest update to Mario Kart 8 and plays some Pushmo World. Paul is trying out Axiom Verge.Nintendo announces a lot of their E3 plans, as well as their plans for smart phone games. Gears of War Remastered is leaked to some interesting outcomes. We also discuss the Ratchet and Clank reboot and the Bloodstained kickstarter.

There isn't really news this week so we just talk about what we've been playing. Jon tries out the new Mario Kart 8 DLC as well as Axiom Verge. Sean dips into his back log with OlliOlli 2 and finally starts VLR. Paul tries out Box Boy and continues with Killing Floor 2 and Titan Souls.

Amanda is back with episode two of Edge of Anarchy. She's joined by VLR's Taylor Millard to talk #FreeCommunityCollege, Charlie Hebdo, and NY fourth graders plotting their teacher's death.

Amanda McCallister PREMIERS the Edge of Anarchy on VLR!

Amanda McCallister PREMIERS the Edge of Anarchy on VLR!

Sean returns with tales of the time travel lab he failed to escape from. He also checked out the Titanfall Beta this week and continues to work through Bravely Default with Jon too. Nathan is getting a little down on VLR and is still way into Threes (who isn't?).The big event for everyone is Twitch Plays Pokemon, let's be honest - it's really great. However we have to talk about more so we discuss the end of Irrational Games, Humble Bundle 11 and Nintendo Girls Club.

We have reached our 200th episode! Congrats everyone!Sean and Jon get way deep into Bravely Default. Nathan starts up VLR, continues with some Flappy Bird and is very much enjoying Threes (so is Sean).News has us discussing the hot topic of Flappy Bird, Nintendo's latest, and real good, Nintendo Direct, and Steam announces "tags".

It's a new week and games are really starting to roll now. Sean has started up Bravely Default (to Jon's jealousy), finished The Room 2 and played through episode 2 of The Wolf Among Us (as well as Nathan). Nathan also finishes 999 and jumps right into VLR and is real deep into OlliOlli and Lumines. Jon revisits Earthbound Zero and continues with Pokemon Y.Nintendo comments on their recent announcement, Flappy Bird is a weird thing, music is coming to Steam and Watch Dogs loses its trademark momentarily.

Bear Ridge Speedway Owners C.V. Elms and April Preston join Eric and Alan tonight on VLR. We will talk some dirt track racing. Bear Ridge is a 1/4 mile track nestled in northern New England. We also talk to Northeast Mini Stock Tour Promoter Bob Guptill, they announced today that they have 2 dates at the historic New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Join the action LIVE at www.victorylaneradio.com or www.clnsradio.com and give us a call at 1-877-516-6880  

Listen to Eric and Al, as they recap the final racing weekend in the Northeast for 2011 and that would be Lee Speedways Oktoberfest. Listen LIVE or anytime to VLR on www.CLNSRadio.com and to be part of the show, give us a call at 1-877-516-6880  

VLR delivers the second special guest episode in the ∆ICASEA SELECT series of podcasts with "NORTHERN DISCOMFORT".

Original Show Notes: Eric Rosenberg   Author of the “Personal Finance Arsenal: Tools to save money, time and headache” Eric Rosenberg is now a full time freelance writer and his work has been published in places like the Huffington Post, Business Insider and Investopedia. Before his days as a freelance writer, Eric worked in banking before quitting his day job and taking the leap to work for himself. So, welcome Eric! [0:56]Can you tell our listeners a bit about yourself? Lives in Southern California Two dogs One little girl and another on the way   [1:37]How did you decide it was the right time to take the plunge to quit your job to work for yourself? Side hustling for a long time 2015- $40,000 in revenue on the side   [2:41]What made you the most nervous to work for yourself? How much will I make each month?   [3:25]You’ve been published in quite a few journals; can you explain your piece from Huffington Post about your strategy for paying off your student loans? $40,000 in student loans- paid off in 2 years & 6 days Cut budget really low- inexpensive apartment Every extra dollar went into student loans Paid loan every payday/bonus/ tax refund   [5:52]What exactly is the debt snowball that you mentioned? Dave Ramsey Pay off debt in order of size- smallest -> largest Debt avalanche- pay off in order of interest rate- highest -> lowest   [7:38]I see that you are also a big fan of using credit card points to your benefit. What cards are you currently using? Why did you choose these? Chase Sapphire Preferred Amex Everyday Preferred Chase Freedom [9:52] In your opinion, is there a range for how many to have? My average- about 15 Everyone is different   [10:40]Do you open and close credit cards based on their reward system? What do you want to do with your credit? Longer you keep a card open, the better     [10:58]What is the biggest financial mistake do you think that people make? Just ignoring money Try com or Personal Capital   [12:24]You’ve also written a book! “Personal Finance Arsenal: Tools to save money, time and headache” a quick 44 page read that is chalk full of information- what was the motivation behind this book? Great tools coming out- wanted to compile information Speed up the process of managing your money   [13:30]What is your favorite chapter in your book? Why? Chapter 1- Mint.com Ah ha moment in the book for people   [14:17]What financial move or mistake did you learn the most from? Paying off student loans Working on both sides of the loan space- paying/ giving out Check credit before going to the bank: Credit Karma mint.com Quizzle annualcreditreport.com --> report from three credit bureaus Don’t give credit card number- red flag VLR- [16:48]Are there any more books in your future? A book underway: Personal Profitability [17:26]What books or other podcasts do you recommend to our listeners? Books: The Automatic Millionaire & I Will Teach You To Be Rich   [18:26]What is the best advice someone ever gave you? To track every dollar you make and every dollar you spend   [19:55] What is your favorite quote? Yoda- Do or do not, there is no try   [20:32]Where can our listeners find you? com    Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/chain-of-wealth-debt-investing-entrepreneurship-wealth-and-more/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.