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How do we handle the sensitive hand-off reports from EMS to the ED?Different aspects, like potentially violent family members, unsafe scenes, are often a critical details that need to be conveyed to the ED but don't have to be announced to everyone in the hand-off report in front of the patientMicah works as a field and ER paramedic. He talks about this situation and how it's going for him. He enjoys the number of resources he has access to in the EDBeing able to see the whole workup and outcome of the patient is a big benefit as well, working in the EDI love it when the EMS crews come back and follow up on their patients, it's a big way to help them improve and learnWe talk about interpersonal conflict on scenesCasey tries to be as friendly as he can and learn everyone's namesIt's easy for all of us to allow our egos to get too out of hand, but we need to treat everyone how we would want to be treatedI talk about some issues I've had with the fire department in the past – sometimes it is all about how you are doing something as opposed to what you are doing in your interactions with other agenciesAt the end of the day, the patient can be affected when we have confrontational scenes so we should always be seeking to avoid thisAlex talks about working 48 hours with his fire crew and responding on scenes with the same crew and how this differs from private ambulance responding with other agencies he may not know very wellCasey talks about how, years ago, the EMS crews had more time to stop by the fire stations and become more familiar with the fire crewsCasey talks about the power of edifying others in our fieldAudrianna talks about a fire crew going above and beyond in the ED as wellWe talk about small things we can all do to go above and beyond our regular tasks, helping families navigate the ED, getting a blanket for someone, cleaning a roomLittle things like this also help you feel better about your job too; they help you remember why you got into medicine in the first placeIt does require you to look beyond yourself to see those opportunitiesSupport the showFull show notes can be found here: Episodes - Practical EMS - Content for EMTs, PAs, ParamedicsMost efficient online EKG course here: Practical EKG Interpretation - Practical EMS earn 4 CME and learn the fundamentals through advanced EKG interpretation in under 4 hours. If you want to work on your nutrition, increase your energy, improve your physical and mental health, I highly recommend 1st Phorm. Check them out here so they know I sent you. 1st Phorm | The Foundation of High Performance Nutrition Everything you hear today from myself and my guests is opinion only and doesn't represent any organizations or companies that any of us are affiliated with. The stories you hear have been modified to protect patient privacy and any resemblance to real individuals is coincidental. This is for educational and entertainment purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice nor used to diagnose any medical or healthcare conditions.

The difficult admissions are the generally weak, unable to walk with no acute findings. They typically do not uncover any acute findings while in the hospitalIn the ED, we can probably do a better job of involving some of our resources like social work to really give the patient and their family a better understanding of what admission will and won't accomplish for themPart of the America culture does put us in unique situations as the elderly often do not live with their children anymore. Family live far apart and often cannot help each other when in needNo one blames the patient for the situation they are in, but we want to find the best solution to serve themIM deals with the limitations of insurance much more than we do in the EDUltimately, each hospital group needs to establish a culture. What would you want done for your Grandma?A little more work now on these difficult cases in the ED can have the downstream benefit of keeping admission beds open for your next shiftDementia patients with progression of their disease process can be tricky to disposition as wellWe don't do the best job in our society of talking about the normal aging process and how to preserve our patient's dignity and sense of self in that processWe are scared to death of deathWhat is the difference between Observation admission and Inpatient admission? The care is the same regardless of the admission typeAn observation admission is best thought of as a problem that could likely be handled in the outpatient setting if the patient had unfettered access to follow up to PCP and specialistsIn-patient implies that they need resources only found in the hospitalIn-patient vs obs can change over time, if nothing new is found, these statuses can changeSean recommends the book Same As Ever by Morgan Housel He talks about the changes in medicine being so gradual that they don't make headlines, but they are dramatic over time none the lessSupport the showFull show notes can be found here: Episodes - Practical EMS - Content for EMTs, PAs, ParamedicsMost efficient online EKG course here: Practical EKG Interpretation - Practical EMS earn 4 CME and learn the fundamentals through advanced EKG interpretation in under 4 hours. If you want to work on your nutrition, increase your energy, improve your physical and mental health, I highly recommend 1st Phorm. Check them out here so they know I sent you. 1st Phorm | The Foundation of High Performance Nutrition Everything you hear today from myself and my guests is opinion only and doesn't represent any organizations or companies that any of us are affiliated with. The stories you hear have been modified to protect patient privacy and any resemblance to real individuals is coincidental. This is for educational and entertainment purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice nor used to diagnose any medical or healthcare conditions.

Send us a textThe transfer portal is in full swing and the Badgers picked up three likely starters in Tanner Koziol, Parker Petersen, and Mason Reiger!  How will these three fit into the starting lineup and what else does Luke Fickell need to do to get this Wisconsin Badgers football team ready for next season?!? Greg Gard and his Badger basketball team got a much needed victory at Butler in Indianapolis.  The return to form of the bigs Steven Crowl and Nolan Winter catapulted this team to victory.  We get into all the happenings of this basketball team as wellWe will touch shortly on the Wisconsin Volleyball team as well!!Follow the show on Twitter:  https://x.com/TheBuckyReportFollow Rajeev on Twitter:  https://x.com/RajeevBadgersFollow Justin on Twitter:  https://x.com/BuckyReportJJFollow Nick Osen:  https://x.com/TheRealNickOsen

In today's podcast episode, we are continuing a series that unpacks the core values of the Live Love Lead Community! The core values of faith, community, productivity, authenticity, and growth are foundational for how we do life together. As you listen to today's episode, you will hear about our core value of PRODUCTIVITY and how we were created to produce. We are designed to live every day as stewards of the time God has given us. Highlights of this episode:Core values guide everyday decisions and align life with God's Word.Reflect on your values and consider adopting or refining them for personal and professional spheres.Time is something that we are called to stewardAs Kingdom citizens, we steward our time well. We were created in God's image and have the capacity to steward our time wellWe were created to be productiveWe are to live our lives in a way where time serves usWisdom says to make the most of every opportunityProduce what God has called you to produce and resist fearGod is the one who gives us the self-discipline required for productivity

Congrats to Damien on successfully running AI Engineer London! See our community page and the Latent Space Discord for all upcoming events.This podcast came together in a far more convoluted way than usual, but happens to result in a tight 2 hours covering the ENTIRE OpenAI product suite across ChatGPT-latest, GPT-4o and the new o1 models, and how they are delivered to AI Engineers in the API via the new Structured Output mode, Assistants API, client SDKs, upcoming Voice Mode API, Finetuning/Vision/Whisper/Batch/Admin/Audit APIs, and everything else you need to know to be up to speed in September 2024.This podcast has two parts: the first hour is a regular, well edited, podcast on 4o, Structured Outputs, and the rest of the OpenAI API platform. The second was a rushed, noisy, hastily cobbled together recap of the top takeaways from the o1 model release from yesterday and today.Building AGI with Structured Outputs — Michelle Pokrass of OpenAI API teamMichelle Pokrass built massively scalable platforms at Google, Stripe, Coinbase and Clubhouse, and now leads the API Platform at Open AI. She joins us today to talk about why structured output is such an important modality for AI Engineers that Open AI has now trained and engineered a Structured Output mode with 100% reliable JSON schema adherence. To understand why this is important, a bit of history is important:* June 2023 when OpenAI first added a "function calling" capability to GPT-4-0613 and GPT 3.5 Turbo 0613 (our podcast/writeup here)* November 2023's OpenAI Dev Day (our podcast/writeup here) where the team shipped JSON Mode, a simpler schema-less JSON output mode that nevertheless became more popular because function calling often failed to match the JSON schema given by developers. * Meanwhile, in open source, many solutions arose, including * Instructor (our pod with Jason here) * LangChain (our pod with Harrison here, and he is returning next as a guest co-host)* Outlines (Remi Louf's talk at AI Engineer here)* Llama.cpp's constrained grammar sampling using GGML-BNF* April 2024: OpenAI started implementing constrained sampling with a new `tool_choice: required` parameter in the API* August 2024: the new Structured Output mode, co-led by Michelle* Sept 2024: Gemini shipped Structured Outputs as wellWe sat down with Michelle to talk through every part of the process, as well as quizzing her for updates on everything else the API team has shipped in the past year, from the Assistants API, to Prompt Caching, GPT4 Vision, Whisper, the upcoming Advanced Voice Mode API, OpenAI Enterprise features, and why every Waterloo grad seems to be a cracked engineer.Part 1 Timestamps and TranscriptTranscript here.* [00:00:42] Episode Intro from Suno* [00:03:34] Michelle's Path to OpenAI* [00:12:20] Scaling ChatGPT* [00:13:20] Releasing Structured Output* [00:16:17] Structured Outputs vs Function Calling* [00:19:42] JSON Schema and Constrained Grammar* [00:20:45] OpenAI API team* [00:21:32] Structured Output Refusal Field* [00:24:23] ChatML issues* [00:26:20] Function Calling Evals* [00:28:34] Parallel Function Calling* [00:29:30] Increased Latency* [00:30:28] Prompt/Schema Caching* [00:30:50] Building Agents with Structured Outputs: from API to AGI* [00:31:52] Assistants API* [00:34:00] Use cases for Structured Output* [00:37:45] Prompting Structured Output* [00:39:44] Benchmarking Prompting for Structured Outputs* [00:41:50] Structured Outputs Roadmap* [00:43:37] Model Selection vs GPT4 Finetuning* [00:46:56] Is Prompt Engineering Dead?* [00:47:29] 2 models: ChatGPT Latest vs GPT 4o August* [00:50:24] Why API => AGI* [00:52:40] Dev Day* [00:54:20] Assistants API Roadmap* [00:56:14] Model Reproducibility/Determinism issues* [00:57:53] Tiering and Rate Limiting* [00:59:26] OpenAI vs Ops Startups* [01:01:06] Batch API* [01:02:54] Vision* [01:04:42] Whisper* [01:07:21] Voice Mode API* [01:08:10] Enterprise: Admin/Audit Log APIs* [01:09:02] Waterloo grads* [01:10:49] Books* [01:11:57] Cognitive Biases* [01:13:25] Are LLMs Econs?* [01:13:49] Hiring at OpenAIEmergency O1 Meetup — OpenAI DevRel + Strawberry teamthe following is our writeup from AINews, which so far stands the test of time.o1, aka Strawberry, aka Q*, is finally out! There are two models we can use today: o1-preview (the bigger one priced at $15 in / $60 out) and o1-mini (the STEM-reasoning focused distillation priced at $3 in/$12 out) - and the main o1 model is still in training. This caused a little bit of confusion.There are a raft of relevant links, so don't miss:* the o1 Hub* the o1-preview blogpost* the o1-mini blogpost* the technical research blogpost* the o1 system card* the platform docs* the o1 team video and contributors list (twitter)Inline with the many, many leaks leading up to today, the core story is longer “test-time inference” aka longer step by step responses - in the ChatGPT app this shows up as a new “thinking” step that you can click to expand for reasoning traces, even though, controversially, they are hidden from you (interesting conflict of interest…):Under the hood, o1 is trained for adding new reasoning tokens - which you pay for, and OpenAI has accordingly extended the output token limit to >30k tokens (incidentally this is also why a number of API parameters from the other models like temperature and role and tool calling and streaming, but especially max_tokens is no longer supported).The evals are exceptional. OpenAI o1:* ranks in the 89th percentile on competitive programming questions (Codeforces),* places among the top 500 students in the US in a qualifier for the USA Math Olympiad (AIME),* and exceeds human PhD-level accuracy on a benchmark of physics, biology, and chemistry problems (GPQA).You are used to new models showing flattering charts, but there is one of note that you don't see in many model announcements, that is probably the most important chart of all. Dr Jim Fan gets it right: we now have scaling laws for test time compute, and it looks like they scale loglinearly.We unfortunately may never know the drivers of the reasoning improvements, but Jason Wei shared some hints:Usually the big model gets all the accolades, but notably many are calling out the performance of o1-mini for its size (smaller than gpt 4o), so do not miss that.Part 2 Timestamps* [01:15:01] O1 transition* [01:16:07] O1 Meetup Recording* [01:38:38] OpenAI Friday AMA recap* [01:44:47] Q&A Part 2* [01:50:28] O1 DemosDemo Videos to be posted shortly Get full access to Latent Space at www.latent.space/subscribe

“From the bottom of our hearts, we are so appreciative of your generousity and your ongoing devotion to Grow children Queen! Your benevolent support.. will enable us to make a big impact on these children we are taking care of, and it is absolutely invaluable.Dear God, I pray for my mentor and my sister Queen.Almighty God bless his effort in giving us support. Loving Father, bless her with peace . Bless her not just with worldly favor in all they seek to accomplish but with hearts and minds filled with your lovingkindness to Grow as per your will Lord. Protect her and guide her  Lord in her work..Let your love be a steady anchor in her life, providing strength and reassurance in every circumstance. May she feel your divine presence and find peace in your unfailing love in Jesus name. Amen.Receive our greetings Queen..we love you big time..Grow is Growing big

Free hit for Brentford. If they could get anything from Man City it would be a massive bonus. And 1 goal up until second from Half Time things were looking promosingSecond half, City turned the screw and The Bees suffered another defeat. But they battled wellWe spoke to fans after the match in the stands Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever felt like interacting with someone was like looking in a mirror, as if the way they treated you was exactly how you would treat them?Today I want to introduce you to Mattio, Mattio is one of my friends from Egypt and as many of you know I recently hosted a trip there.One of the things that is most important to me in hosting these trips, something that goes beyond the history and natural beauty of a place, beyond the food, and the overall experience..Is the people, Mattio makes his living as a filmmaker and host for those looking to visit his home country; so what better person for me to share with my guests, and have the honor of joining me on most of our time throughout Egypt.Mattio is a man full of care for what he does, care for those around him, and the occasional silly characteristics that make him the absolute gem that he is.We had time that flew by, and I am forever grateful for the way my guests were able to leave Egypt not just with memories but more importantly with a new friend in him as wellWe chat about the impact we have on others, and the way we give of ourselves often based upon what we are given by another. He shares how he values putting himself in another's position and being willing to understand that another's experience could easily be our own as wellHe shares how important it is to work towards something you love, something that brings you joy, and how if you do you will never be bored in itMattio is one that you can't spend time with and not leave with at least a little smile on your face, he is trustworthy, honest, and a friend I treasure So tune in today and meet Mattio, a man that will leave you with a smile, a memory, and if you let him, a beautiful experience in EgyptAnd to you Mattio thank you, thank you for your trust, support, for the incredible gift of not just calling you a friend, but in getting to witness you becoming one to my guests as well. You are a truly incredible human and it is honor to know you my friend @mattio.films

In 2008, Dr. Kerry Spencer Pray watched her book die on submission after the financial crash halted publishing acquisitions. She then decided to do a PhD, focusing her research on what makes books sell. After studying hundreds of factors, Dr. Kerry Pray zeroed in on a handful that seemed correlated with book sales in some way. All of them were marketing related, and often linked to a book's advance (which is itself often representative of the support a novel gets). Let's dig in!Dr. Pray talks to us about the data she collected, the methods she used, and the research she produced in pursuit of this project, focusing primarily on the YA marketEnd result: she developed an algorithm that could predict the success or failure of a given novel, with about 75% accuracyHer other big find: the minimum marketing viability threshold (ie, the point at which a book has a shot at selling well, which is defined in this case as selling within expectations relative to its advance)Books can be assigned a marketing viability score, and books which fall below that threshold have zero chance of success (that she has studied so far)Most well-marketed books still don't succeed, but they have a significantly better chance of doing so, and when they do succeed, they sell extremely wellWe discuss various factors and angles of this data / researchDr. Pray lays out the eight factors correlated with book sale successWe discuss outliers, or apparent outliers, and the “myth” of self made success that accompanies very good-selling booksSunyi's theory on why high concept books might thrive better in this kind of environment, and also her metaphor for books as rocket launches (the concept of trying to get into orbit)Scott's speculation on whether publishers run these algorithms themselves, and why or why not they might do soThe surprising importance of Twitter, and the irrelevance of star ratingsGeneral chatter, and where you can find Dr. Pray to get in touch

Today we're talking all things tarot and astrology with Danielle Wallis who I was lucky enough to meet in a corporate setting, go figure. We're both on a creative team, but Danielle is next level when it comes to the word ‘creative.' In her own words: "Danielle is a cosmic visionary, stylist, and art director currently residing in Brooklyn. She thrives on bringing the intangible to life; whether it be concept development or creating powerful visuals for the world to enjoy.She also happens to be a ray of sunshine which you'll hear throughout our conversation. Danielle also happens to have extensive knowledge with it comes to things like astrology, tarot, and so much more:In today's episode, Danielle and I talk about what a reading with tarot card can actually tell youI happen to love using all the tools we have at our disposal and am always open to the unseen, plus full moon vibes for me are a real thing. She did a little session with me prior to recording that we'll dive into as wellWe cover her daily routine, how someone who is a true artist manages to thrive in a corporate environmentThe resources that inspire herLINKS:Mystic Mondays tarot deckSarah Potter, tarot reader and astrologerChani Nicolas, astrologer with a great app and book!Jessica Lanyadoo, astrologer with a book and podcast!Nightlight astrology, super educational content on youtubeKatzi Roman, fellow reader who inspires my storytelling!Please rate and review this podcast wherever you choose to listen. Thank you!Thank you for spending time with me! Don't forget to rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts.Thanks for your support. I'll be back soon with some more inspiring conversations with inspiring humans...-BrittCleaning up your routine? Check out my baby: TheStyleShaker.comYou can also follow me for more on Instagram @brittwitkin

This time Dr. Donut & The Dingus snowball their way thru a very revealing conversation about one of the most awkward topics in human history...losing your virginity.  Who won at the loss of virginity?!? Dr. Donut? Or The Dingus? YOU DECIDE. They also discuss the lyrics behind Heart's insanely huge & twisted hit "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You".  You're Welcome.SEND US YOUR VIRGINITY STORY & TELL US WHAT YOU THINK HEART WAS THINKING ON THIS ONE...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAfxs0IDeMs… It was a rainy nightWhen he came into sightStanding by the roadNo umbrella, no coat… So I pulled up along sideAnd I offered him a rideHe accepted with a smileSo we drove for a while… I didn't ask him his nameThis lonely boy in the rainFate, tell me it's right, is this love at first sight?Please don't make it wrong, just stay for the night… All I wanna do is make love to youSay you will, you want me tooAll I wanna do is make love to youI've got lovin' arms to hold on to… So we found this hotelIt was a place I knew wellWe made magic that nightOh, he did everything right… He brought the woman out of meSo many times, easilyAnd in the mornin' when he wokeAll I left him was a note… I told him I am the flower, you are the seedWe walked in the garden, we planted a treeDon't try to find me, please don't you dareJust live in my memory, you'll always be there… All I wanna do is make love to youOne night of love was all we knewAll wanna do is make love to youI've got lovin' arms to hold on to, oh… Ooh, we made loveLove like strangersAll night longWe made love… Then it happened one dayWe came 'round the same wayYou can imagine his surpriseWhen he saw his own eyes… I said, "Please, please understandI'm in love with another manAnd what he couldn't give me, oh-ohWas the one little thing that you can"… All I wanna do is make love to youOne night of love was all we knewAll I want to do is make love to youC'mon, say you will, you want me, too… All I wanna do is make love to youOne night of love was all we knewAll I wanna do is make love to youSay you will, baby, want me too… All night long (all I wanna do is make love to you)All night long (all I wanna do)All night long (all I wanna do is make love to you)All night long (all I wanna do)… All I wanna do (is make love to you)All I wanna doAll I wanna doAll I wanna doAll I wanna do is make love to youOne night of love was all we knew, yeah (all I wanna do)(All I wanna do is make love to you)All night long (all I wanna do)All night longEMAIL US:  donutdinguspod@gmail.comINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/dr._donut_and_the_dingus/?hl=en

2022-10-18 Weekly News - Episode 168Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/SgTjYDH0N6M Hosts:  Brad Wood - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsThe makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and all your favorite box-es out there. A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions: Like and subscribe to our videos on YouTube.  Help ORTUS reach for the Stars - Star and Fork our Repos Star all of your Github Box Dependencies from CommandBox with https://www.forgebox.io/view/commandbox-github  Subscribe to our Podcast on your Podcast Apps and leave us a review Sign up for a free or paid account on CFCasts, which is releasing new content every week BOXLife store: https://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/shop Buy Ortus's Book - 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips)  Patreon Support ( effervescent )Goal 1 - We have 42 patreons providing 100% of the funding for our Modernize or Die Podcasts via our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions. Goal 2 - We are 33% of the way to fully fund the hosting of ForgeBox.io News and AnnouncementsUpdate - Trying out Github Co-PilotI know Adam Tuttle, Carol Hamilton, Adam Cameron are using Co-Pilot, so I thought I would try it out. It's interesting, it's not very CF Smart yet, but it does give you some great pseudo code, especially with our testing.https://github.com/features/copilot Hacktoberfest 2023HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO PARTICIPATE AND COMPLETE HACKTOBERFEST:Register anytime between September 26 and October 31Pull requests can be made in any GITHUB or GITLAB hosted project that's participating in Hacktoberfest (look for the “hacktoberfest” topic)Project maintainers must accept your pull/merge requests for them to count toward your totalHave 4 pull/merge requests accepted between October 1 and October 31 to complete HacktoberfestThe first 40,000 participants (maintainers and contributors) who complete Hacktoberfest can elect to receive one of two prizes: a tree planted in their name, or the Hacktoberfest 2022 t-shirt.https://hacktoberfest.com/ Ortus Blog about Hacktoberfest - https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/october-is-here-and-that-means-hacktoberfest New Releases and UpdatesColdFusion 2021 "refreshed" installers available (with update 5)...but only in one place for nowHere's some surprising news: Adobe has released a "refreshed" installer for CF2021, which includes update 5 (which came out last week) built-in.TLDR: these new "refreshed" CF2021 installers are (for now) available only here: here.https://www.carehart.org/blog/2022/10/17/cf2021_refreshed_installers_available_but_only_one_place_for_now Spreadsheet-CFML v3.6.1Spreadsheet-CFML v3.6.0 released with new support for adding data validation drop-downs #cfmlhttps://github.com/cfsimplicity/spreadsheet-cfml ICYMI - Adobe ColdFusion 2021 and 2018 October Security UpdatesCommandBox images are out as wellWe are pleased to announce that we have released the updates for the following ColdFusion versions: ColdFusion (2021 release) Update 5 ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 15 In these updates, we've fixed a few security and feature-specific bugs, along with other libraries. We've also introduced support for M1 macOS.For more information, see the tech notes below: ColdFusion (2021 release) Update 5 ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 15 https://community.adobe.com/t5/coldfusion-discussions/released-coldfusion-2021-and-2018-october-security-updates/m-p/13259746 ICYMI - cbElasticsearch 2.3.3 ReleasedWe are pleased to announce the release of cbElasticsearch version 2.3.3. cbElasticsearch is the Elasticsearch module for the Coldbox platform, and provides a fluent CFML API for interacting with, searching, and serializing to Elasticsearch servers.This release adds full compatibility for Elasticsearch v8.x as well as maintaining support for Elasticsearch versions 6 and 7.https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/cbelasticsearch-233-released ICYMI - Fusion Reactor 9.1.0 Not long after FR 9 was released, 9.1.0 has been released with 2 bug fixes and 5 improvements.https://docs.fusion-reactor.com/release-notes/#910 Webinar / Meetups and WorkshopsNew Ortus Friday Webinars - Every Friday at 11am CDTOrtus Webinar October 28th - 11am CDTStep up your Testing with Gavin Pickin Ortus - Office HoursNovember 4th - 11am CDTDaniel Garcia will host a variety of Ortus people Office Hours questions & requests form availableOrtus Book Club - Patreon OnlyNovember 11th - 11am CDTRobert Martin Clean CodeOrtus WebinarNovember 18th - 11am CDT CFUG Tech Talk - Document Services APIs and You by Raymond CamdenThursday, October 20th, 2022 8:00pm-9:00pm IST (9:30 AM CDT)Most organizations have to deal with documents, from PDFs to various Office formats, managing and processing documents can be overwhelming. In this talk, Raymond will discuss the various Adobe Document Services APIs and how they can help developers manage their document stores.Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/document-services-apis-and-you-tickets-428587234957 Presentation URL: https://meet67421977.adobeconnect.com/document-services-apis/ CFHawaii - ColdFusion Builder for VS CodeFriday, October 28, 2022 at 3:00 PM to Friday, October 28, 2022 at 4:00 PM PDTMark Takata, the Adobe CF Technical Evangelist for ColdFusion will give a presentation on the new ColdFusion Builder extension for VS Code. During his talk he will discuss:Access built-in support for IntelliSense code completion, better semantic code understanding, and code refactoring.Identify security vulnerabilities and maintain the integrity of your code.Manage your work with extensions, remote project support, integrated server management, a log viewer, and more!Customize every feature to your liking by creating shortcuts, easily formatting and reusing code, and using powerful extensions to better your best.https://www.meetup.com/hawaii-coldfusion-meetup-group/events/288977258/ Adobe Workshops & WebinarsJoin the Adobe ColdFusion Workshop to learn how you and your agency can leverage ColdFusion to create amazing web content. This one-day training will cover all facets of Adobe ColdFusion that developers need to build applications that can run across multiple cloud providers or on-premiseWEBINAR - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 202210:00 AM PSTBuilding Native Mobile Applications with Adobe ColdFusion & Monaco.ioMark Takatahttps://building-native-mobile-apps-with-cf-monaco-io.meetus.adobeevents.com/ WEBINAR - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 202210:00 AM PSTWinter Holiday Special: A preview of ColdFusion 2023Mark Takatahttps://winter-special-preview-of-cf2023.meetus.adobeevents.com/ FREE :)Full list - https://meetus.adobeevents.com/coldfusion/ CFCasts Content Updateshttps://www.cfcasts.comJust Released Every video from ITB - For ITB Ticket Holders Only - Will be released for Subscribed in December 2022 ForgeBox Module of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2022-forgebox-modules-of-the-week 2022 VS Code Hint tip and Trick of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2022-vs-code-hint-tip-and-trick-of-the-week  Coming Soon - Now that ITB is over we can get back to our Video Series More ForgeBox and VS Code Podcast snippet videos Box-ifying a 3rd Party Library from Gavin ColdBox Elixir from Eric Getting Started with ContentBox from Daniel ITB Videos will be released Dec for those who are not ITB Ticket Holders Conferences and TrainingICYMI - ViteConfTuesday and Wednesday October 11-12, 2022Online: FreeMaking Web Development Instanthttps://viteconf.org/ICYMI - Microsoft IgniteWednesday-Friday October 12–14, 2022Online: FreeIn Person: $1895Explore the latest innovations, learn from product experts and partners, level up your skillset, and create connections from around the world. Join us October 12–14 at 9:00 AM PDT to help shape the future of tech.https://ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/home AWSome Day Online Conference - This weekTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 20229AM – 12PM PT | 12PM – 3PM ETWe're bringing the cloud down to EarthJoin us for a free virtual 3-hour AWS Cloud training event delivered by our skilled in-house instructors.https://aws.amazon.com/events/awsome-day/americas/ Deploy from Digital OceanNovember 15-16, 2022The virtual conference for global buildersSubtract Complexity,Add Developer HappinessJoin us on the mission to simplify the developer experience.https://deploy.digitalocean.com/ Into the Box Latam 2022Dec 7thMore information is coming very soon.Dev NexusApril 4-6th in AltantaEARLY BIRD CONFERENCE PASS - APRIL 5-6 (AVAILABLE UNTIL NOVEMBER 20) (Approx 40% off)If you are planning to speak, please submit often and early. The CALL FOR PAPERS is open until November 15WORKSHOPS WILL BE ON JAVA, JAVA SECURITY, SOFTWARE DESIGN, AGILE, DEVOPS, KUBERNETES, MICROSERVICES, SPRING ETC. 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And I'm glad to share the news, though it's a good news/bad news sort of thing (just like with the update itself. More on that in another post to come.)TLDR: these new "refreshed" CF2021 installers are (for now) available only here: here.https://www.carehart.org/blog/2022/10/17/cf2021_refreshed_installers_available_but_only_one_place_for_now 10/17/22 - Tweet - James Moberg - Boolean Coercion in JavascriptI learned #coldfusion long before javascript, I often forget that CFML is non-standard & treats numeric values as boolean. This obviously doesn't work in JS. Using Boolean() or !! is recommended for coercion.Here's some helpful tips that I found:https://www.samanthaming.com/tidbits/19-2-ways-to-convert-to-boolean/https://twitter.com/gamesover/status/1582166204910686209https://twitter.com/gamesover10/14/22 - Blog - Julian Halliwell - Adding validation drop-downs to your spreadsheets with CFMLAs web application developers we're used to adding drop-downs to our web UIs via HTML elements. They're a reliable way of making sure people make a valid choice from a limited set of options - countries or credit card providers, for instance.Drop-down lists are also supported in the world of spreadsheets via "Data Validation" or"Validity" menu options, depending on the software you are using.https://blog.simplicityweb.co.uk/131/adding-validation-drop-downs-to-your-spreadsheets-with-cfml 10/13/22 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Trying To Get The Most Trustworthy IP Address For A User In ColdFusionOn a recent Penetration Test (PenTest), one of our systems was flagged for not properly validating the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header, which is a recording of the various IP addresses along the network path being made by an inbound request. To be honest, I've never really thought deeply about IP addresses from a security standpoint before; but, having this show up on a PenTest sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole. And, I thought it might be worth talking a bit about why IP addresses pertain to security in ColdFusion.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4337-trying-to-get-the-most-trustworthy-ip-address-for-a-user-in-coldfusion.htm 10/13/22 - Tweet - Brian Rielly - Coldfusion Xml Allow Path - CF 2021 Update 5 breaks XMLhmmm...I haven't tested this at all yet, but I wonder if orgs that need to set  "coldfusion.xml.allowPathCharacters = true" will loose any added protection against XXE, XSLT injection, and other XML-based attacks.#coldfusion #xxe #xml #APSB22-44https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74058674/coldfusion-2021-update-5-breaks-xmlhttps://twitter.com/hoyahaxa/status/1580618984231096321https://twitter.com/hoyahaxa 10/12/22 - Tweet - Adam Cameron - Writing code on ColdFusion 5… https://twitter.com/adam_cameron/status/1580103376041230336 https://twitter.com/adam_cameron 10/11/22 - Blog - Mark Takata - Adobe - CFSummit 2022 RecapWell, that's another CF Summit in the books, and the first in-person event in 2 years. It was an absolute joy and thrill to be able to see all of you that made it to the event this year in person. I just wanted to take a moment and re-live a bit of the fun, give thanks to folks and give some updates.https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2022/10/cfsummit-2022-recap/ 10/11/22 - Blog - Mark Bockenstedt - Can Destructured Variables Be Scoped In ColdFusion?Destructuring is a convenient way to assign the values from complex objects like arrays & structs into distinct variables. That's all well & good, but all examples I've seen don't bother with variable scoping. Proper scoping is important for explicitness and to better understand where your variables are coming from. Without proper scoping, you may be pulling a variable from an unexpected location.All examples that follow were written and executed on ColdFusion 2021, Update 4 using cffiddle.org.https://www.bockensm.com/2022/10/11/scoping-destructured-variables/ 10/7/22 - Tweet Thread - Brad Wood - explaining wireboxWith a framework like WireBox, the calling code doesn't need to know* where the dependency lives* how to build it* what init() args it requires* what nested dependencies it needsYou just call wirebox.getInstance( "foobar" ) and WireBox does the rest. #abstractionLike when you order a steak at Applebee's- you don't tell the chief where the cow lives, what the cow needs to eat, or where his seasonings are in the kitchen.  You just ask the waiter for a "steak" and the kitchen does the rest.https://twitter.com/bdw429s/status/1578464811553554438 https://twitter.com/bdw429s CFML JobsSeveral positions available on https://www.getcfmljobs.com/Listing over 142 ColdFusion positions from 78 companies across 65 locations in 5 Countries.4 new jobs listed this weekFull-Time - ColdFusion Developer at India - India Oct 18https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/india/ColdFusion-Developer-at-India/11529Full-Time - Senior ColdFusion Developer at Brisbane QLD - Australia Oct 17https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/australia/Senior-ColdFusion-Developer-at-Brisbane-QLD/11528Full-Time - SE-ColdFusion at Bengaluru, Karnataka - India Oct 13https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/india/SEColdFusion-at-Bengaluru-Karnataka/11526Full-Time - Senior Software Engineer-ColdFusion Developer at United Stat.. - United States Oct 13https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/Senior-Software-EngineerColdFusion-Developer-at-United-States/11527Other Job Links Ortus Solutions https://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/careers  There is a jobs channel in the CFML slack team, and in the box team slack now too ForgeBox Module of the WeekPKCE - pronounced PIXIEBy Matt GiffordPKCE GeneratorA CFML component to generate or verify a Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) challenge pair.https://www.forgebox.io/view/pkceVS Code Hint Tips and Tricks of the WeekJavaScript (ES6) code snippetsThis extension contains code snippets for JavaScript in ES6 syntax for Vs Code editor (supports both JavaScript and TypeScript).https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=xabikos.JavaScriptSnippets Thank you to all of our Patreon SupportersThese individuals are personally supporting our open source initiatives to ensure the great toolings like CommandBox, ForgeBox, ColdBox,  ContentBox, TestBox and all the other boxes keep getting the continuous development they need, and funds the cloud infrastructure at our community relies on like ForgeBox for our Package Management with CommandBox. 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Welcome and thank you for checking in at the Inner Game of Change Podcast where I focus on exploring the multi layers of managing organisational change.My guest today is Alex Boulting ; A trained economist, a Speaker and an Expert in building Change Capability. A passionate change expert, Alex has developed his practice around helping organisations adapt to the ever changing environments.    In this episode, Alex and I chat about how organisations can adopt a long-term change capability mindset and build the environment to help people navigate through change. I am grateful to have Alex chatting with me today. Topics include:The ingredients of building change capabilityAdopt a scientific mindsetDo change basics exceptionally wellWe need to revisit our change beliefsHow do you prove that managing change actually works?What is a 'dynamic capability'?Change management as an organisational development practice,And much more...About Alex (in his own words)I help companies upscale their culture. I believe that every company in the world has the potential to create a positive environment where people can flourish and grow. I build change capability. Change is not a 'one off' activity it is continuous. My methods help organisations to continually adapt to ever-changing environments.I join up the dots. Using my 20+ years of experience, wearing a variety of hats and using the best available evidence I amplify the positive core of organisations. If you have big ideas then I can help make them happen. Culture is all about performance and change. These are my areas of passion and specialty so please reach out to me for a chat…Contact AlexLinkedInlinkedin.com/in/alexboultingWebsiteebbnflow.co.uk Emailalex@ebbnflow.co.uk

The New York Islanders are finally playing like we knew they are capable of. The Isles beat the Winnipeg Jets on Friday and the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday as they continue to find their groove.The return of Mathew Barzal and Zdeno Chara helped but now players like Josh Bailey, Brock Nelson, Kyle Palmieri and Anthony Beauvillier are starting to play well again and that has been making a big difference as wellWe also analyze the line changes made by Barry Trotz and discuss more of what to expect at the NHL Trade Deadline.All this and more on today's Locked On Islanders Podcast with Gil Martin.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order.BetOnlineBetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts!Athletic GreensAthletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/NHLNETWORK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today I've invited one of our valued Mama Mentors, Shayna Beeksma, award-winning lawyer and founder of Beeksma Law. Today we will be talking about a very important topic: how to protect you and your business when it comes to legal contracts. Shayna has worked with countless small businesses, and she also knows the struggles mompreneurs face, being a mom of 3 herself. She reminds us that it's just as important to take care of our “business baby” as it is to take care of our family. As women and mothers in business, we may be more vulnerable to legal challenges, so it's important to educate ourselves first and take the necessary precautions to prevent problems in the future. Today's podcast will go over: The 3 top legal agreements small business owners need to have in place and whyWhat kind of employment contract you need, and what you need to include in the contract in order to protect yourself and your business after your employee leavesWhat terms you need to include in your contract with your clientsWhat contracts you need to protect your family if something happens to youHow to find a good business lawyer who knows their stuff and can protect you wellWe're also going to hear about her experience with running a business, what she's learned, and how she has successfully scaled her business.Links Mentioned in this Episode:Learn more about Shayna: IG and FB: @BeeksmaLawWebsite: www.Beeksmalaw.ca (to book a call for an initial consultation)

This episode covers the Relationship category.This episode's guest is Diana Indries, a board game and card games enthusiast, and very passionate about helping couples improve their communication, hence creating the Better Topics Card Game for Couples. After creating the game together with her husband, Robert, Better Topics had a successful Kickstarter campaign in June 2020, with backers from all over the world, from the USA to Japan, Europe, and Australia. Since then she has been helping hundreds of couples, every month, improve the way they communicate and play whilst doing so, through her YouTube channel, blog, and game as wellWe talk about the following:   How to improve communication in a RelationshipHow that affects your Happiness and the other 4 categoriesWhy communication is so important in  relationshipsI'm curious to hear your thoughts and how you will implement the tips provided in the episode! Please leave a review, subscribe, and/or comment your thoughts by reaching out via email at financezilla@gmail.com or Instagram @financezilla! If you're interested in financial coaching or corporate success coaching, feel free to reach out via the above platforms to apply or click this link for a FREE 30 min strategy call so we can work together with you to achieve your goals!The Coldest Water!  - 10% off using code FINANCEZILLAHabits365 apparel - 15% off using code FINANCEZILLAGet the Better Topics Card game here and if you prefer the app, click here! Don't forget to use the code SAMMY10 to get your first month off!Make sure to reach out to Diana below if you need help playing or want to follow her more!YouTube ChannelInstagramFacebook

What is so preciousAbout the mirror of Mind?You cannot break it!* * *Finally we come to the third and last of the series, the middle-length liturgical poem from Ch'an Buddhism, Hokyo Zammai — Precious Mirror Samadhi by Tozan Ryokai, the founder of Soto Zen in China. Twice as long as Sandokai but only two-thirds of Hsinhsinming, we will have to compact our comments to squeeze it into a reasonably brief segment. So, jumping right in:The Dharma of thusness is intimately transmitted by buddhas and ancestorsNow you have it; preserve it wellWe can find sameness in the differing first lines, “The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences,” and especially “The mind of the great sage of India is intimately transmitted from the West to the East.” Preserving it well may have been more of an issue in the 800s than in the 600s and 700s. It is still an issue today. But are you sure that you really have it?A silver bowl filled with snow; a heron hidden in the moonTaken as similar they are not the sameNot distinguished their places are knownAgain, I come down on the side of interpreting these compelling images as derived from direct experience, rather than abstract references to symbolism. The change in awareness and apprehension of nondual reality that come about through zazen may not be an object of perception, as Master Dogen reminds us, but it changes perception itself. That is, we recover our original mind, before we distorted it with delusional interpretation of experience. The difference, however, is so subtle as to be nearly indistinguishable, like the whiteness of the snow and the silver bowl, or the heron and the moon. Their separate places are known precisely when they are seen as inseparable.The meaning does not reside in the words, but a pivotal moment brings it forthA “pivotal moment” is experienced, not conceptually grasped through words, however eloquent.Move and you are trapped; miss and you fall into doubt and vacillationMoving toward it is a move away from it. Or, like the rainbow, causes it to recede ever further away. If you miss this simple point, you find yourself in doubt and vacillation. But the condition is not terminal.Turning away and touching are both wrong for it is like a massive fireIt is burning, burning, burning, as Buddha taught. Like the sinner-man on the day of judgment, there is no escape. Everywhere you turn, there it is. But you cannot touch it, without getting burnt. It can, and will, touch you, however. The familiar nimbus, the flaming “halo” of Buddhist iconography, illustrates this. The increasing frequency and intensity of forest fires are manifesting it globally.Just to portray it in literary form is to stain it with defilementActually it cannot be stained, and it cannot be reduced to defilement. But you can make this mistake. Nonetheless, you must say something, if you are to encourage others to practice Zen.In darkest night it is perfectly clear; in the light of dawn it is hiddenRecalling Master Kisen's darkness in light and light in darkness, it is more apparent when we are not overwhelmed with light and sound. This is why practice places are tuned to moderate levels of stimulus.It is a standard for all things; its use removes sufferingThere is nothing against which it can be measured. All the measurables we can come up with are arbitrary, against its immeasurable, all-penetrating clarity. Its use enables us to discern the difference between natural and intentional suffering, the former being built-in, the latter being unnecessary. In which case, even natural suffering is found to be no longer unbearable.Although it is not constructed it is not beyond wordsWords can point to it, but point to everything that is not it. It is the source of language, though as Master Sosan assures us, it is ultimately beyond language. Our consciousness is independent of language. Originally, consciousness is not constructed. It takes time and some work to do that. It will take some time and work to undo it.Like facing a precious mirror, form and reflection behold each otherWhat is so precious about this mirror? Ordinary mirrors were surely precious in Master Tozan's time, being handmade, but there is something extraordinarily precious about this Zen mirror. “Form and reflection” beholding “each other” is as close to a description of the nonduality of human consciousness as may be found. Each, taken together, is clearly not “other,” but not-two, to borrow from Master Sosan. You are not it, but in truth it is youLest there still be confusion about self and other, form and reflection — and which is the subset of which — he kindly slaps you in the face with it. Otherwise, it is the wave, thinking that it is the ocean.Like a newborn child, it is fully endowed with five aspectsA reminder that even a newborn child is as close to this truth as the most aged sage. The endowment? Aggregation of form, feeling, thought, impulse and consciousness. No sentient being excepted.No going no coming no arising no abidingThe “unborn mind,” sometimes called the “uncreate.” Because it is unconstructed, it has no definable beginning or ending point. It does not begin with birth, does not end with death. While it appears to arise, abide, change and decay, it is only permanence that can apprehend impermanence. It is change.“Baba wawa” is anything said or not?In the end it says nothing for the words are not yet rightLike the newborn child, it is incoherent when it comes to expressing its truth. Long before language is acquired, the full expression of reality obtains. It does not rely on our knowing it, or on what we do or say. Matsuoka Roshi used to say, “You can talk all day and never make them understand.”In the hexagram “double fire” when main and subsidiary lines are transposedpiled up they become three, the permutations make fivelike the taste of the five-flavored herb, like the five-pronged vajraNo comment. I would have to study the I Ching to offer a credible interpretation. The five-flavored herb I take to mean all five basic flavors in one magical herb. Zen is tasteless, but nutritious, like water. The vajra is the thunderbolt, so one suspects this indicates some powerful mojo. The power of true self.Wondrously embraced within the complete, drumming and singing begin togetherDrumming and singing, again, probably have some traditional interpretation. I leave that to others. I take the drumming to be the initial pulse, the heartbeat, the vibrancy and thrum of inchoate life itself. The singing then would indicate the conscious celebration of life, which finds its beginning in drumming, but manifests later, in the full awareness of consciousness. They are of the same source, but different.Penetrate the source and travel the pathwaysembrace the territory and treasure the roadsThis source is to be penetrated in the inmost consciousness, the seat of existence itself. The pathways are those blazed by our forefathers, both in the everyday sense of society's history, and the particular directions established by our Zen ancestors. As Matsuoka Roshi would say, “The Zen person has no problem following the sidewalks.” The maps handed down to us are not the territory, as the saying goes, but we can treasure the roads, both internal and external, that lead to our original, true home.You would do well to respect this; do not neglect itNatural and wondrous, it is not a matter of delusion or enlightenmentWithin causes and conditions, time and season, it is serene and illuminatingCynics and skeptics abound, both today and in ancient times. It is difficult to accept that our birthright is so immediately accessible through so simple a method as just sitting still enough, long enough. But if we neglect this approach, in favor of the more intriguing and entertaining on offer, we may regret it. It is natural and wondrous, not artificial and ultimately disappointing. But the wonder of it is that it has nothing to do with delusion and enlightenment, other than sorting out our own delusion regarding enlightenment. No matter what the causes and conditions of this particular existence, no matter what season of the year, or of this life, we can return to this source, which is always there, serenely illuminating the reality of nonduality.So minute it enters where there is no gap; so vast it transcends dimensionA hairsbreadth deviation, and you are out of tuneAgain the measurables, the metrics, as we say today. Teensy-tiny beyond imagining, penetrating everywhere, inseparable from the all-encompassing, and in these days they did not have electron microscopes, or the Hubble telescope. But — and this is a big but — if you deviate even a hairsbreadth, which is pretty small, you get static. Like the old-timey analog radio dial. You have to be tuned in exactly. Zazen is your tuning fork.Now there are sudden and gradual in which teachings and approaches ariseWith teachings and approaches distinguished each has its standardWhether teachings and approaches are mastered or not, reality constantly flowsHuineng had done his thing by now, so the so-called sudden and gradual schools were a thing. Various teachings and approaches had arisen throughout history, so these were just the poster-boys at present. Once we stray from the natural and wondrous, we have the corporate standards in their place. But no matter how thoroughly we master them, and please their masters, it doesn't change a thing. What they are pointing to is, and was, flowing in front of your face, all along. And behind your face, as well.Outside still and inside trembling like tethered colts or cowering ratsthe ancients grieved for them and offered them the DharmaLed by their inverted views they take black for whiteWhen inverted thinking stops the affirming mind naturally accordsYou can spend the rest of your life as if you are actually sitting in zazen, or shikantaza, on the cushion, when you are not. Tethered to the practice out of fear, or other unworthy and/or mistaken motives, true masters see your suffering and try to help you overcome your ignorance. The monkey mind can believe that black is white, and vice-versa. As Matsuoka Roshi also said, “Some people can talk themselves out of existence.” But there is a natural way out of this dilemma. Let the monkey lie down, and take a nap. Voila!If you want to follow in the ancient tracks, please observe the sages of the pastOne on the verge of realizing the buddha way contemplated a tree for ten kalpasLike a battle-scarred tiger; like a horse with shanks gone greyTo want to follow in the ancient tracks, of course, implies that one already has some idea of where they purport to lead. We can no longer actually observe most of the ancient sages, of course, as they were not recorded for posterity in any medium other than their imputed, spoken words, and then much more than secondhand once written down. However, we trust the record to the degree that it can yield guidance concerning blind alleys and dead-ends to avoid. One of these is looking for the quick fix. This sage, reputed to be Shakyamuni, perhaps in a former lifetime, contemplated a tree for a long, long time. Endless lifetimes, in fact. The tree itself would have to be ancient, of course, much older than a horse with shanks gone grey. Maybe a redwood. But contemplation was apparently not all serene and blissful. Else, whence come the tiger's battle scars? Been there, done that — seen it all, somehow survived.Because some are vulgar, jeweled tables and ornate robesBecause others are wide-eyed, cats and white oxenBack to the quality of student we might expect, these days. Some are impressed by outer pomp and circumstance. But a robe can also hide a lot of sins. “Wrapping ourselves in Buddha's teachings,” as we chant when donning the robe, is already true, in your birthday suit. But in either case, you do not necessarily truly know it, becoming “wide-eyed.” “Cats and white oxen” are two answers to the popular question, “What kind of animal would you want to be?” As opposed to monkeys and wayward oxen, they represent the realization of true Dharma, which may be wild and natural, but also tamable.With his archer's skill Yi hit the mark at a hundred pacesBut when arrows meet head-on how could it be a matter of skill?Whether arrows meeting head-on was a common trope of the times, or an unattributed sampling of Sekito Kisen's original coinage of a century before, we will leave to the scholars. Yi apparently was an archer famous for his skill, but arrow points coming together — e.g. form and emptiness — is none of our doing. We must go beyond doing, to the point of non-doing, for nonduality to become clear.The wooden man starts to sing; the stone woman gets up dancingIf it — the insight that Zen points to — does become apparent, we are told, even insentient, inanimate objects begin preaching and illustrating the living Dharma. Matsuoka Roshi said, “That stone in the garden is alive!” The world comes to life with this insight, including our own life, the “roar of a lion in a hollow tree.” Like waking from a dream that seems real, as in the old standard. We have to hollow out the tree, however.It is not reached by feelings or consciousness; how could it involve deliberation?It bears repeating, again, that this awakening is birthed in shikantaza, “objectless meditation” — which seems an oxymoron. How can there be meditation, if there is no object? How can there be a subject, if there is no object for the subject to reflect? In form and reflection beholding each other, there is no room for anything else, such as an observer. No observer, no feelings. No feelings, no consciousness, as such. Deliberation outlived its utility long before, jettisoned with all the other excess baggage.Ministers serve their lords; children obey their parentsNot obeying is not filial; failure to serve is no helpA nod to Confucianism, but now in the context of personal liberation, liberation from all the above. It does not help to willfully avoid the sidewalks, trampling on the lawns and flower beds. One cannot be a minister, or even a son or daughter, in name only. Both parent and child must function as such, or give up the claim to filial piety, with all that that would entail in a Confucian society. If ministers do not serve their lords, they better have a really good reason. Simply failing to serve helps no one. We all serve one lord or another.With practice hidden, function secretly like a fool, like an idiotJust to continue in this way is called the host within the hostIf we make a big deal of our practice, showing up fully robed at inappropriate times and places, for instance, or making a show of our understanding of Zen in conversations about other issues, we are not understanding the natural and wondrous nature of Zen. Everyone is already practicing Zen, whether they know it or not, for Zen isn't anything in itself. It is simply the living out of life in the most conscious way possible. Functioning secretly, with regard to Zen, we are more likely to have a positive influence on others.A fool, or an idiot, here, simply means someone who does not care what impression is made upon others, and largely lives outside the mainstream of cultural norms and memes regarding fame and fortune, reputation, and so on. In doing so, one manifests the innermost, most intimate understanding — the host within the host — which naturally informs all interactions with the guest, any guest, whether the inner chattering monkey, or transactions with others in the normal course of events.Skillful or expedient means stem most naturally, and wholesomely, from the inner sanctum of the true self, where it is clear that there is “neither self nor other-than-self,” in this not-two road to nonduality. You cannot tell a book by its cover. So, no need to go changing our dust jacket to impress others.* * *Elliston Roshi is guiding teacher of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center and abbot of the Silent Thunder Order. He is also a gallery-represented fine artist expressing his Zen through visual poetry, or “music to the eyes.”UnMind is a production of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center in Atlanta, Georgia and the Silent Thunder Order. You can support these teachings by PayPal to donate@STorder.org. Gassho.Producer: Kyōsaku Jon Mitchell

Growing up around wine has not dimmed the passion Jacki Strum brings to her work as President of Wine Enthusiast Media.  In the first of a series on the evolution of the wine critic, Jacki tells us about how Wine Enthusiast has expanded its platform from print into web, social media, podcasts, and even Tik Tok.  As well as how they assess wines (blindly) as a wine critic and how those ratings are used to help people buy wine.  We really get under the hood of the wine media business in this episode of XChateau! Detailed Show Notes: Jacki's backgroundShe grew up in wine (her parents founded Wine Enthusiast in the late 1970s)Studied wine through WSET Level 3Digital media in wine & spirits backgroundFounded Thirsty Nest - a wine & spirits gift registry platform, media, and commerce hybrid that is part of Wine EnthusiastWine media in the late 1980sWine Enthusiast (“WE”) magazine founded in 1988, Robert Parker wrote for WE for a whileWine Spectator was around, but not much else“French Paradox” on 60 Minutes (1991) about the health benefits of wine was the catalyst for the entire wine industry in the US, which helped the magazine take off as wellWE media platformPrint publication - still successfulDid well during Covid as people were sick of screens and hard newsWebsite - growing exponentiallyHouses the entire database of wine reviewsBuying guide went “through the roof” during Covid due to an increase in online wine sales65% of visitors go to the website to buy wineSocial mediaInstagram - now the biggest platform, easy to shop, easy to commentFacebook - still important, but fading vs. InstagramTwitterTesting Tik Tok - believes will be the future of educational contentPodcast - done well and testing a few other seriesNewsletter / email - still coreBeverage Industry Enthusiast - trade/industry news grew a lot during CovidWE company motto - “We bring wine to life”It plays into the journalism approach - including the lifestyle elements of wineRatings help people buy wineCore demographic - “the curious wine consumer,” which is more of a mindset vs. an age or genderWine criticism and ratingsTaste completely blindTaste w/in 1 regionAdvertisers have no say on ratingsDo points still sell wine? 100 points or Wine of the Year can still build a brandMost ratings are a powerful tool in the marketing toolset, but just a piece of the puzzleCertain critic/magazine names still carry more weight than othersMore at the bottom of the marketing funnel - helps close the saleAt the top of the funnel - general brand awareness - WE builds partnerships with brands for marketing, including various content and social influencersWE Buying Guide (ratings)It comes up 1st on Google, which gives it more credibilityReview ~25,000 wines per yearPath to building a wine brand todayScores are still helpful and freeNeed to build out the marketing stack and figure out the storytelling - start with social mediaThe catalog did well during Covid - people needed wine storage, upgraded glassware, etc.…Return on ad spend with WEPartners wanted to get closer to the sale, have become more ROI drivenImplemented digital shopping carts to track purchasesKey metrics for ROAS (return on ad spend)Email acquisitionWine salesImpressionsPodcasts - can use discount codes to track the impactThe natural feeling of podcasts make an ad feel more realWebinars did well for email acquisitionAny campaigns that boosted DTC sales or signups did wellDigital advertising has grown a lot during CovidLots of influencer marketing - leverage 40 Under 40 contacts, usually people WE has written aboutOften custom build ad partnership plans with clientsWE Catalog provides the richest database in the industry to create good ad targeting

Welcome back to the podcast, my dear client and friend, Stacey. Stacey is a holistic parenting and life coach for moms who want to stop yelling at their kids and embrace a more mindful approach to parenting. Today we are going to talk about something I feel we all struggle with. It is this idea of having to choose. Choose between motherhood and a business or even being a good human being. If you're a mother, a business owner, and especially if you're both you don't want to miss out on this episode! Be sure to listen and leave us a review!In this episode, we are sharing with you:Introducing StaceyFocusing on the internal instead of the externalIs what you're doing actually effective self-care?Behavior is communicationAwareness of what is going on around usWhat is important to youWhat do you valueBeing vulnerableHow can self-care help us be better momsFulfilling yourselfResponsibility to decide how to live your lifeThree different parts of the brainKids just want to be heard and understoodWhen our kids are not listening can be triggering for us for lots of reasonsHealing childhood woundsInner work and healingTraumaHow do I change myselfDifferent reaction to kids behaviorPunishing vs supportingFitting in self-careInventory of your own needsWhat is it that I really wantVisionSupportAsking for help from people already in your lifeGain cooperationSafe haven for your kidsBuild a better relationshipSelf-care can help us thrive in our businessShowing up happy will be reflected in your business as wellWe can have it all but we don't have to do it allYou can listen to this podcast on any platform or app you listen to podcasts, just search The Dream Builder Society!Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts There's only 1 way to work with me right now:In my 3 month “fast track” 1:1 coaching program where I will walk you through my D.E.S.I.R.E. method (more on that soon!) to help you simplify your business & schedule, create a unique marketing plan that allows you to easily bring in a consistent 2-3 leads/week and provide the support you need to fully release the fears, the self-doubt and the confusion that you've been stuck in for so long so you can start working less and making more money...like the true CEO you are.If you are ready for this type of customized 1:1 strategy & mindset support right now, I invite you to book a clarity call and fill out the questionnaire (listed in the resources below). From there we will have a conversation to determine if you're a good fit and if so, we will chat about the details of what this will look like to get to your $5k months in your business in the next 3 months. ​Resources:Get in contact with Stacey:Instagram: instagram.com/parenting_from_the_heartFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/parentingfromtheheartwithstaceyWebsite: www.staceysnihur.com Work with me:Ready to have a simple & effective Facebook™ marketing plan that you can execute in just 20 minutes a day without feeling confused & overwhelmed?The Simple FB Marketing PlanBook a Clarity Call: https://workwithrachel.as.me/schedule.phpEmail: hello@rachelolstad.comInstagram: www.instagram.com/rachel_olstad Website: rachelolstad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Breaking News: ELON Opening up FSD BETA Program (on Twitter)Why do we not know how many people are in the beta? 10x is kinda meaningless without that data. Watched an interesting video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0pAOist3UY< showing an intersection and unprotected left turn when the opposing driver did not take the right of way and was an indicator of how the FSD reacts to that. Missed an entrance to a driveway and navigated to the next driveway Attempted to drive FSD into a self wash - Successful or not? Guesses from the boys!! Interesting edge case - can you guys think of any others like this? Does not slow down for the dips and bumps in the road - Would that be a warranty repair? Interesting thing to discuss. Delivery Truck double parked - How did the FSD do here? Will Robert be getting FSD beta?When Tesla expanded FSD beta from social media influencers (was in 2-phases, 20 then 100) to all Tesla Owner Club leadership in early November 2020, expected users would increase from 100 -> 1,000. I did not receive confirmation though I asked for it, chalked it up to disarray at Tesla. Turns out nearly half of club leaders have legacy cars without the necessary hardware.How you Talking Tesla Nation can get on the list:Email earlyaccess@tesla.com include VIN & if you paid for FSD (a requirement for the first waves of Beta testers) or ….https://insideevs.com/news/492646/tesla-doubling-self-driving-fsd-beta-now/Tesla's CEO Elon Musk announced that the Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta program size is doubling now with the new 8.2 software updatehttps://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-will-add-download-beta-button-to-participate-in-testing-fsd-beta-on-in-car-displays Talking Tesla Twitter Poll: If you are a two car family and looking to get your second EV what sort of range would you be looking for?Looks like a Mel-phenomenon, “longer is better”Tesla’s yoke is no joke:https://insideevs.com/news/491176/photos-tesla-model-s-plaid-yoke-steering/ & https://insideevs.com/news/492239/video-tesla-model-s-plaid-steering-yoke-randy-pobst/Looks like the yoke will be an option after original sightings are were all just full circle steering wheel:Photo by The Killowatts https://t.co/olTCz0bSbU?amp=1Randy Pobst and The Killowatts:Prefers a round wheelConcerned about turning more than 90 degreesWill be AWK in parkingThinks maybe a quicker turning wheel will doCould be speed dependent as wellWE posted a couple videos on TT twitter

Today's guest is Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener, widely known as the “Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology” because his research has taken him to such far-flung places as Greenland, India, Kenya, and Israel.He is a leading authority on strengths, culture, courage, and happiness and known for his pioneering work in the application of positive psychology to coaching. Robert has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed academic articles and chapters, two of which are “citation classics” (cited more than 1,000 times each). Dr. Biswas-Diener has authored seven books, including The Courage Quotient, the 2007 PROSE Award winner, Happiness, and the New York Times Best Seller, The Upside of Your Dark Side.Listen as we discuss:The importance of dealing with sadness without trying to soften the realityAccepting that guilt is functional without exaggerating it into something maliciousHow writing his book taught him to allow his kids to feel frustrated sometimesBuying safety for our kids often costs them opportunity as wellWe are allergic to discomfort.His experiences living in a remote village in India and hunting in GreenlandThe common threads of what make people happy regardless of cultureDigging into your happy memories to generate happiness on demand (so cool)Ramadan fasting, simulating poverty, and its effect on gratitudeThe joy of the anticipation often outweighs the anticipated experienceLiking vs. WantingRelationships pay off more than money toward happinessThe man who calculated exactly how much money he needs to be happy, and did itInstagram: @mo_gawdatFacebook: @mo.gawdat.officialTwitter: @mgawdatLinkedIn: /in/mogawdatConnect with Robert Biswas-Diener on Twitter @biswasdiener and his website, robertdiener.com.Don't forget to subscribe to Slo Mo for new episodes every Monday and Thursday. Only with your help can we reach One Billion Happy #onebillionhappy.

Zazen is the bomb,the essence of essential.Without it, no Zen.* * *You can’t spell “zazen” without “z-e-n, zen,” and you can’t practice Zen without zazen. Some who should know better may disagree, but Zen cannot be separated from Buddhism, and Zen is founded exclusively on the insights that come from zazen. Some might argue that they do not have to practice meditation in order to “get” Zen, to adopt its worldview, and enjoy the benefits thereof. I say good luck with that.While working on my graduate degree in design, I had a roommate sharing an apartment on the north side of Chicago, a jazz pianist who would come home from the gig, toss his hat at the hat rack, and declare “My Zen thing is working!” — or not — depending on whether he missed, or not. For some, Zen is just that simple. We are either in the flow, or not. In the moment, or not. When we are, that is Zen. When we are not, it is not.This particular stereotype may stem from Zen’s Taoist heritage in China. Taoism stresses being in harmony with the Great Way, and offers some parables on that theme, including a shaggy dog story about the Taoist’s sympathetic neighbor, who loudly laments when his only horse runs off, then celebrates its return, followed by a whole herd of horses. Next, he laments the Taoist’s son breaking his leg while taming one of the wild stallions, then celebrating the fact that the army does not conscript the son, and on and on, with the pendulum swinging wildly, day after day. Meanwhile the Taoist himself responds only, “I don’t know, could be good, could be bad…” with each reversal of fortune.This tale, which begins to sound like a standup routine from the Borscht Belt, certainly has a grain of truth in it, like any good stereotype. It offers a shortcut way of thinking, so that we don’t have to take its message too seriously.But seriously, folks… life gets tedious, as grandma used to say. There are endless, and unrelenting — and not only technical — circumstances beyond our control — beyond anyone’s control — that intrude at the most inconvenient moments. Like the current pandemic. Or the impending election. But no worries — we won’t go there.Where we will go is back to zazen. It is the “bomb” — or more accurately, “da bomb” — which the dictionary defines as “an outstandingly good person or thing.” That such a hipster colloquial expression would be given space in what used to be the pages, now the computer screen, of what used to be the somber, sober, primary authoritative tome on English vocabulary usage — the dictionary — is both refreshing, and disturbing. Purists lament such liberal laxity of language, while laissez-faire anarchists celebrate mocking what used to be “the king’s English.”Which brings us to the repeat references to language that you may stumble across, if you are not careful enough to avoid the Soto Zen liturgy, especially those gnarly missives from China, three major teachings that we chant, from the early Chinese transmission. The first, second and third hail from around the 600s, 700s, and 800s CE, respectively, almost exactly a century apart. I will read the Japanese version of the Masters’ names, the Chinese pronunciation being more challenging:Hsinhsinming / “Faith Mind”(Jianzhi Sengcan/Kanchi Sosan d. 606)Sandokai / “Harmony of Difference and Equality”(Shitou Xiqian/Sekito Kisen 700–790)andHokyo Zammai / “Precious Mirror Samadhi”(Dongshan Liangjie/Tozan Ryokai 807–869)The first is by the third Ch’an patriarch after Bodhidharma, usually referred to as Sengcan, and is the longest, at a bit fewer than 1,000 words in English translation. The second is the shortest, at just under 300 words, and the third is in-between, at just under 500. That translates roughly into three pages for the first, one for the second, and two pages for the third. A factoid that, 100 years apart, these three Masters felt moved to comment on Zen at radically different length. Do you suppose that they imagined that we would be reading these, over 1,000 years later?What they have to say about Zen, and our compulsion to translate experience into words and concepts, is instructive. The first, Hsinhsinming, starts out challenging our very preference for preferences:The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferencesShortly thereafter, he points out that this applies to all dimensions of practice and daily life, without mentioning meditation, including our preference for passivity over activity, for example trying to suppress the monkey mind, which in Zen is a losing proposition:When you try to stop activity to achieve passivityyour very effort fills you with activityAs long as you remain in one extreme or the otheryou will never know OnenessWe should note that while both extremes are to be avoided, the gist of the poem points to nonduality of reality, where even emphasizing “oneness” as a thing can be misleading:Although all dualities come from the Onedo not be attached even to this OneAnd later, toward the end,When such dualities cease to exist, Oneness itself cannot existNonetheless, we dance with the idea of duality versus nonduality as we work our way through the Master’s analysis:Those who do not live in the single Way fail in both activity and passivity — assertion and denialTo deny the reality of things is to miss their realityto assert the emptiness of things is to miss their realitySo even emptiness, the holy grail of Zen, can be a case of over-thinking. Further:The more you talk and think about itthe further astray you wander from the truthStop talking and thinking, and there is nothing you will not be able to knowThat is pretty brutal, but compassionately so. Talking and thinking do not necessarily help. They can even get in the way of knowing, in the deepest sense of the term. From the second poem, Sandokai, we hear more comments about language from Sekito Kisen:…revered and common, each has its speechHow many times have we heard, and recoiled from, that holy-holy sort of tone of voice, preaching in stentorian resonance, or hush-hush whisper — indicating that what is being said is really special, apart from the ordinary, so listen up — but which often comes off as somewhat strained, even phony? Attempted eloquence slides into artificial cadence.But according to Master Dogen, in his first manual on meditation, “By virtue of zazen, it is possible to transcend the difference between common and sacred.” It is said that there is no “stench of holiness” in Zen. The down-to-earth, earthy and pithy comments of great Zen masters of the past, such as Dogen — who recognized the importance and rarity of encountering and hearing the “true Dharma,” but considered it nothing out of the ordinary — are downright refreshing by contrast. Sandokai also includes comments on the nature of language itself:Darkness merges refined and common wordsbrightness distinguishes clear and murky phrasesHere the reference to darkness versus brightness may be Ch’an symbolism, but I think a simpler, more direct interpretation is in order. Refined or revered speech includes the vernacular, when considered from the standpoint that there is no daylight between the common and sacred in Zen. The brightness of Zen’s direct, experiential insight allows us to sort through the phrases of the ancients, no matter how clear or murky the syntax.Toward the end of Master Sekito’s poem, we find another zinger on language itself:Hearing the words, understand the meaningdo not establish standards of your ownWhile Zen is the ultimate in do-it-yourself as a practice, there is something to be said for listening to others who have been there and done that, and to not be fooled by the words themselves, or our preconceptions of their meaning. Perhaps the most famous phrase from Zen, one that everyone seems to think they know the meaning of, is “The finger pointing at the moon.” Do not be taken in by either the finger, or the moon. The standards that have been handed down from the ancients — who were no slackers, after all — are what Dogen was interested in finding out, in China. Which he demonstrated, when asked what souvenirs he had brought back, by holding out his empty hands.Master Tozan, the founder of Soto Zen in China, begins the third poem with the stunning assertion:The dharma of thusness is intimately transmitted by buddhas and ancestorsNow you have it; preserve it wellWe have to wonder who he thinks his audience is. Is he implying that we already have the Dharma? “Thusness” is a tricky word here, pointing to the “as-it-is-ness” of reality, the ineffable truth that is fully in front of our face, but totally beyond expression, like the moon that can only be pointed to. If we “have it,” it must have somehow already been transmitted to us, in this intimate fashion, so intimate that we may be totally unaware of when and how it happened. Again, Master Dogen has got you covered (Jijuyu Zammai “Self-fulfilling Samadhi”):When you first seek Dharmayou imagine that you are far away from its environsBut Dharma is already correctly transmittedyou are immediately your original selfSo we don’t have something else to worry about acquiring, this Dharma. It is innate, our birthright. Yet we are charged with preserving it, and doing that well. So we have to at least have some idea of what it is that we are preserving, and how. Not to mention who, exactly, we are preserving it for. We understand that it cannot be transmitted in words, so in what kind of language is it communicated? Master Tozan, the “To” in Soto, drops a clue in the next stanza:The meaning does not reside in the wordsbut a pivotal moment brings it forthThis “pivotal moment,” of which we have heard much, seems to be the ticket to what is missing. As Master Dogen reminds us some 400 years later, in the same tract:All this, however, does not appear within perception, because it is unconstructedness in stillness, it is immediate realizationIf the Dharma were an object of perception, in other words, it would by definition have to be a mental construction. He continues clarifying this point, the difference between appearance and essence, in the Genjokoan excerpt from Bendowa, the first chapter in Shobogenzo, his comprehensive collection:The boundary of realization is not distinct, for the realization itself comes forth with the mastery of Buddhadharma. Although actualized immediately, the inconceivable may not be apparent. Its appearance is beyond your knowledge.So we cross some sort of boundary on this journey, but we cannot be aware of crossing it. I have to add my usual caveat that, just as we do not master Zen, but it masters us, the same may be said for Buddhadharma. It is more a process of surrendering to this truth, the “compassionate teaching,” than mastering it, as if one had taken up the challenge of actually reading Tolstoy’s War and Peace or James Joyce’s Ulysses cover-to-cover, and actually assimilating its meaning. Dogen seems to belabor the obvious, that the inconceivable, being inconceivable, would necessarily not be in any way, shape or form, apparent. So within this realization, we must enter into a new dimension of reality, in which nothing is as it appears. Like Alice in Wonderland.Zen has been said to be about the pursuit of the understanding of meaning. But that particle of meaning that can be translated into language is regarded as just the tip of the iceberg. And the truism from communications design, that the message is not that which is sent, but that which is received, holds true for Zen. As the poem relates further:Just to portray it in literary form is to stain it with defilementThis defilement is the attempt to reduce the profound essence of Zen to words and concepts. Because we are human beings communicating with human beings about Zen, we find that there is no exit from this trap. But we do not have to be confused, regarding the efficacy and precision of language, whether written or spoken. It is the best we have to work with, in all its inadequacy. But Master Tozan goes on to assure us that the effort, nonetheless, is worthwhile:Although it is not constructed, it is not beyond wordsAnd then he follows with an attempt to put his dharma where his mouth is, with the title stanza:Like facing a precious mirrorform and reflection behold each otherThis conjures quite an image. The mirror is mentioned as a repeat trope, or theme, in Zen, so we should give it due consideration — but as an image, rather than a concept. Like Alice going right through the looking-glass to the other side, or Einstein, engaging in thought experiments beyond thinking, and at the speed of light, the dharma gate begins to open just a crack. We can just barely see the light leaking through. Master Dogen captures this same spirit in another visionary passage from the same Genjokoan:When you see forms and hear soundsfully engaging body and mindyou grasp things directlyUnlike things and their reflections in the mirrorand unlike the moon and its reflection in the waterWhen one side is illumined, the other side is darkTaking the analogy of the mirror to new heights, or new depths. What we are actually seeing — in lieu of an actual mirror — is like a mirror, but radically different. In order to see something reflected in a mirror, or on the smooth surface of a body of water, both sides have to be illuminated: that which is reflected, and its reflection. Otherwise, nothing can be seen on either side, like a mirror reflecting an unlit, underground vault under a pyramid.However, our usual condition of seeing reflects only one side of the totality. Behind the eyes, so to speak, and on the other side of the objects in our field of vision, lies the dark. This velvety dark extends throughout the universe. We even suspect that there is a preponderance of dark matter, and dark energy, throughout. But as the poem reminds us, grasping this truth can be taken as an example of personal, perceptual relativity, illuminating the limits of our “eye of practice” (Master Dogen’s coinage):In darkest night, it is perfectly clear; in the light of dawn, it is hiddenSomething there is that comes out at night, but recedes in daylight, recalling the phrase, “How bright and transparent, the moonlight of wisdom,” from Master Hakuin’s poem, Zazen Wasan, “Song of Zazen.” This begs the question: if this light in darkness is not coming from the sun, the moon, or the stars, then where does it come from?In Sandokai, this same point is touched upon some 100 years prior:The spiritual source shines clear in the lightthe branching streams flow on in the darkHere the reference to the single source becoming many streams may be a trope for the five houses of Zen carrying the light of enlightenment into the ubiquitous darkness of ignorance characteristic of civilization. Bringing it down to the personal level once again:In the light there is darkness, but do not take it as darknessIn the dark there is light, but do not see it as lightLight and dark oppose one anotherlike the front and back foot in walkingThe direct experience of light under the intense glare of zazen reveals a vacillation characteristic of all sensory stimulus and sense-data. There is no darkness without light, and no light without darkness. And there can be neither without the observer.Matsuoka Roshi once made the startling declaration, “The light by which you see things comes from you.” In zazen, we begin to witness the nonduality of our so-called internal, versus external, lighting. It seems to originate on both sides of the sensory interface. Further, there is something timeless about it, as reflected in the “Precious Mirror”:Within causes and conditions, time and season, it is serene and illuminatingAnd even further, it is not really dependent upon our understanding of it, or lack thereof:Now there are sudden and gradual, in which teachings an approaches ariseWhether teachings and approaches are mastered or not,reality constantly flowsThe reference here is to the so-called Northern and Southern schools in China after the advent of Huineng, the famous Sixth Patriarch of Ch’an Buddhism, also known as the “gradual” and “sudden” schools of enlightenment, respectively. Of course, sudden and gradual comprise another binary dyad, which dissolves in the nonduality of reality. If there is such thing as enlightenment, it must be both sudden and gradual, simultaneously. The main point is that the reality that Zen points to is constantly flowing, outside of and independent of our ideas about it. It doesn’t care what we think.The earliest poem, Hsinhsinming, seems to verify this same finding:All is empty — clear — self-illuminating, with no exertion of the mind's powerThat this level of insight is not really accessible through ordinary exertions is easy to understand. But that does not mean it is entirely out of reach. It is some comfort to know that whatever the truth — the Dharma — is, it already is true, and that no amount of mental effort will make that any plainer.Lastly, it should be mentioned that the ancient masters did not suffer fools gladly, but they were willing to appear foolish themselves, if need be. In the last line of the third poem, Master Tozan gives us some friendly advice:With practice hidden, function secretly, like a fool, like an idiotJust to continue in this way is called the host within the hostThe “host” reference is to a Zen teaching model using the “host and guest” analogy as a foil to examine the relationship of self to other, mind to body, subject to object, et cetera — all the binary pairs of seeming opposites the discriminating mind may conjure. The host within the host is the “inmost” reality, in which the apparent separation between inside and outside — a fundamental dyad — disappears. What is left is not one, exactly, but definitely not-two. In society, we can function in this reality without making a big deal of it to others. We can be in our milieu, but not of it, like a fool, like an idiot. And we can continue in this way with no regrets. Please just do your best, on the cushion and off. I bow in gassho to you.* * *Elliston Roshi is guiding teacher of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center and abbot of the Silent Thunder Order. He is also a gallery-represented fine artist expressing his Zen through visual poetry, or “music to the eyes.”UnMind is a production of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center in Atlanta, Georgia and the Silent Thunder Order. You can support these teachings by PayPal to donate@STorder.org. Gassho.Producer: Kyōsaku Jon Mitchell

What are some of the things we can do on social media to really put ourselves out there on social media?The 5 interesting things - JK5 method / Meg McMillan. Superman - The crystal palace, Lois Lane, Kryptonite, his fascination with telephone booths, Clark Kent and his glassesI focus on these types of themes with my clients as wellWe’re crafting images that tie into those themes consistentlyThis is where true authenticity comes into your brandYou can take this to a level of structure to make posting even easier Every post is just the next one in the rotationHow this is like Superman and his suit...

ReInvent Yourself With Saharhttp://www.reinventyourselftogreatness.com/personal-transformation-landingDownload our FREE: 3 self-destructive habits holding you back from success (that you need to stop right now!)https://www.saharandrade.com/pl/99383Subscribe to our YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ReinventyourselftogreatnesswithSaharFollow us on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/reinventyourselfwithsahar/To Join my PRIVATE EXCLUSIVE Facebook group: (Re-Inventors Tribe)https://www.facebook.com/groups/reinventyourselfmastermindOur email:info@reinventyourselftogreatness.comTo schedule a COMPLIMENTARY self-discovery session- click on:https://saharandrade.youcanbook.me/***** I help you become the best version of "YOU"; I will be by your side step by step, either you are a successful professional person that feels stuck and wants to move to the next level, or an entrepreneur that wants to start or expand their business. *****For Corona Virus updates:https://www.reinventyourselftogreatness.com/coronavirustips#unitedwestand #weareinthistogether #covid19 #alonetogetherThis podcast is about how to maximize your Personal Productivity especially now during #COVID19 but at all times as wellWe will define what is Personal Productivity, clarify why it is not Time Management or building time management skills, it is all about YOUR Mindset and how to generate your energy or kill your energyWe will visit why we are not productive as well as the obstacles to being productive.We will end it with strategies and tools on how to maximize your personal productivity#Personalproductivity #Personalleadership #personaltransformation

Michael & Ethan discuss Shotgun Lovesongs, by Nickolas Butler.In this episode:This is not the Maybeline Podcast!Michael makes some VERY DARK JOKESThe definition of “explicit” is made very implicitThis note just says “shame,” and I forgot whyMichael complainsEthan has tech issues, but they’re secret onesEthan tries to make this the Jane Austen podcast, and succeeds pretty wellWe love Ronny, and so should youNext episode they’ll continue to talk about Shotgun Lovesongs, by Nickolas Butler. Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page.Donate to our Patreon!BUY A NIHILIST BLANKET!Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) andEthan Bartlett (@bjartlett)MUSIC & SFX:"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission."The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License."Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.

Welcome back to Planet Storytime!In this episode of the podcast, Thomas Mitchell and Paxton Stanley deliver one of L. Frank Baum's often overlooked classics, The Wonderful Pump, a story that dramatically illustrates how greed taints best possible outcomes and the crucial need to remain fully mindful when opportunity presents itself. Once again, we would like to express our gratitude to all of our loyal listeners worldwide! Our audience continues to grow each week and the outpouring of support humbles the entire PSP team! THANK YOU!!Housekeeping:- We're less than two weeks away from our 1 year anniversary, and as we head into our second year, we have exciting changes coming, including producing 100% all-original content, and diving deeper into the history of Planet Storytime- Before we make the change to all-original content, we have a handful of children's classics we intend to produce, including at least a pair of Rudyard Kipling's most famous works- Given challenges with Covid-19, distributed work, digital learning, etc., our production schedule has lagged behind our intended plans for 2020; we promise that our publication frequency will increase back to 2-3 podcasts/months as soon as possible- Our much anticipated website will finally roll out in the next few weeks as wellWe could literally spend 1000 words expressing our gratitude for your support but we know the best 'thank you' back to all PSP fans is to get more content into everyone's ears. Our first year was largely an experiment to gauge interest levels and overall sustainability. Suffice it to say that the overwhelmingly positive feedback and subscriptions have convinced us to continue making podcasts indefinitely!Thank you, loyal listeners! Without you our show could not exist!PSP TeamSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/planet_storytime_podcast)

This is the episode you've all been waiting for. Ryan is one of my best friends and my first ever client. We have taught each other a lot over the years, and there are some great takeaways in this episode as wellWe discuss:Getting into lifting weights: 5:00Stigmas and dealing with body image: 11:00Seeking guidance to accomplish your goals: 13:00Setting and Surpassing Goals: 19:00The birth of Bryan: 21:00Dealing with the end of Newbie Gains: 23:00The death of Bryan via German Volume Training: 28:00Professional Resiliency: 32:00Pursuing a Career you Enjoy: 39:00

In this episode, I am joined by Tim van Aarde. Like many of us, Tim started his career in a corporate environment, working for one of the big accounting and auditing firms. He soon found himself thinking that this was not the career for him, as it lacked purpose and he wanted something deeper and more fulfilling from a career.He set out on a journey, back to university, studying humanities before shifting his focus to theology. After university, Tim took up a position at a local church and a chance meeting led him on the next step of his journey, which was a move to Burundi in East Africa. Tim shares his wonderful experiences and learnings and how he found purpose in what he was doing.Key TakeawaysDon't get stuck in an environment where you are not exposed to new ideasIt is never too late to study or learn something newIn looking for your purpose or deeper meaning in what it is you do, there needs to be conviction. This will help you identify your purposeAlways be open to new journeys (or the next step) and opportunitiesBe flexible and embrace changeExpose yourself to different cultures and languages. Learn them!Building resilience is key in helping you overcome challenges and strugglesBeing able to relate to other people and building empathy is importantHaving a guide or a mentor will make your journey, learning, and growth much easierBuilding your cross-cultural communications skills will serve you (and others) very wellWe don't always see the potential in ourselves. Others do, and we always have something to give that others will needResources MentionedTim shared the following in the interview:Whilst in Burundi, Tim met a mother with a young child that had terrible burns. Tim and some others knew that they had to do something to change the life of this child. You can read more about the story in The Boston GlobeTim is featured on Collie Community Radio The bible verse that Tim mentioned was 1 Corinthians 13One of Tim's sermons also discusses the bible verse aboveTim is a featured author in The Routledge Handbook of African TheologyTim has published Equipping the poorest of the poor to become agents of community transformation: A case study of milk as a catalyst in BurundiRecommended ReadingTim recommends reading The Change Agent by Lyle E. SchallerSupport the show

BioDrafted out of Smithsburg HS (MD) in 2009Drafted by the Chicago Cubs out of Coastal Carolina in 2012Played in the Cubs organization from 2012-2017 Finished his degree at Coastal Carolina and assisted in daily pitching work where he got to see how to manage the pitching staff, and was the bullpen coach.Hired as a developmental coach for the Baltimore Orioles where he developed advanced reports, and acted as the bullpen coach, and helped the pitching coach.Currently the pitching coach for the Frederick Keys A ball affiliate in the Carolina League.Wise beyond his years!Show NotesIts not about what just worked for you, but what works best for the player!If you let the guys have a identity you get the most out of themThe Orioles do a great job not only with player development but coaches developmentAdvanced reporting done through trackman and learn how to attack hittersCan’t be information overlord, and let the guys have a plan to help them move forwardThere is not one way of doing it, and do what works for!I need to do what I am good at, but chip away of the things I am not good atThe player needs to be his best coach!Its about creating the relationship to build trust!Pitchers labeled by color based on who they are (yellow guy)Put my ego aside, and ask about what other guys did to help them succeed. Progression takes yearsPlayer plans are fluid and need tweaked as necessary Identify what the pitcher hasMovement profileLocationBest Combination of pitchesStand behind the guy and shoot some clips to show him the actionArm at releaseCombination of everything based on the pitcherArm action will tell you a lot about what the ball should doHow is the body movingDo you have success horizontally or vertically in the zone? That will help you find what will be good sequence of pitchesWork from the plate backwards - if you aren’t landing it on the plate, “is it useful?”Buckets of pitcher Vertical guy - up in the zone with high spinning BB. Sinker guy - two seam guy who lives in the bottom of zone with sweeping sliderWho you are, Who the hitter is, and attack with your strengthsWhere you are at physically, and what pace you are growing, not only physically but mentally.Have to have the internal drive to put the work into it, and make it happenWorking hard won’t guarantee you to play in the big leaguesBest players:Have a routineHuge sense of detailKnow how to take practice and translate it into the gameSelf confidence that cannot be touchedBIGGEST thing - they learn from mistakes and get better! STOICSee the difference between the high rising fastballs by studying video with the dataTest yourself with the data to see if your eyes are seeing what it really isCommon Language between you and the players to when a players “feels good” when he does something wellWe need to get it to where YOU (the player) understands it. The player needs to own it and be his own!Lessons have given me an opportunity to give players what they need. Foundational work, and movement profiles, and get coaching reps, and be a better communicator.  Contact by email  - joshconway0211@gmail.com

Welcome to Nutmeg Junction where Bold Stories are told WellWe have two stories to share on our trolleyride of imaginationOur first story is Cosmic Ventures Episode 4A surprise impact to their vessel creates unintended consequences for the crew who must attempt to repair the ship before time runs out Starring Amanda Yount, Jason Kulas, AJ Lin and Kurt BoucherThen we return to Locust Hollow where Fanny and Fred discuss their social distancing and how it relates to Horace’s store over the phone featuring Jandi Hana, Jeff Savage and David Robinson. Please enjoy Nutmeg Junction was written created and produced by J. Timothy QuirkRecorded by Crystal Audio Entertainment via Jerry CrystalCosmic Ventures theme song created and performed by Robert C. FullertonCosmic Ventures Starred Amanda Yount, Jason Kulas, AJ Lin and Kurt Boucher Fanny And Fred theme song created and performed by Kurt Boucher Fanny and Fred starred Jandi Hanna, Jeff Savage and David RobinsonWe hope you enjoyed your visit to Nutmeg Junction and may all your journeys bring you back to a happy home.

Show notes: In this episode we talk about what happens post book-deal Namina Forna's The Gilded Ones is essentially The Hunger Games x The Handmaids Tale and we spend the episode talking about her journey to publication as wellWe discuss barriers in publishing How she started out first in film school We also talk about how her being Black effected the way she was rejected and the amount of rejections she received She was told by agents and other higher ups that people were not interested in reading about people who looked like her We discuss questions to ask literary agents during an offer callWe also talk about what to look for in an agent “I did not understand the barriers that were against me. If I had, if I'd understood the amount of pain, the amount of years that I would spend knocking on a wall that was not going to open for me…I probably would have quit and would have done something else.” - Namina Forna “I cannot help but think how many other talented writers of olour gave up because the wall was insurmountable.” - Namina Forna “I think Black Panther in so many ways changed the game.” - Namina Forna We talk about her having a UK literary agent despite being from the USA look into UK and US book dealsHaving a day jobFinances and financial literacyTwitter: @NaminaFornaInstagram: @Namina.FornaWebsite: www.NaminaForna.comThank you for listening to this episode! Hope you found it engaging and helpful!

Welcome back to Floor 9. This week, we are delighted to chat with Damian Bradfield, President and CMO of WeTransfer, about how WeTransfer aligns their services with the creative community, how their unique ad products differ from the display ads commonly seen on the likes of Facebook and Google, and what today’s companies must do to navigate the online and offline world simultaneously. Plus, we also talk about how the tech industry is reacting to the increasing backlash and regulatory scrutiny, and how convenience will always win at the end of the day.What We Covered: Damian’s personal background and experience with WeTransferWeTransfer’s mission to serve the creative community across the worldWeTransfer’s unique ad products, and why they work so wellWe shared thoughts on potential regulations on the tech industryWhy consumer inertia and the need for convenience may complicate the processBrand implications, aka, what brands can learn from WeTransfer See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

https://youtu.be/7xb4R1uUsk0 .ugb-a3a534c hr.ugb-divider__hr{background-color:#313131 !important;height:5px !important;width:50% !important;margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important}.ugb-a3a534c .ugb-inner-block{text-align:center} Get Your Hands Up to Worship Saul is distressed by a spirit and has someone else play worship for him. This is a common misconception with worship in the modern day churchInteresting story- we're continuing the story of Saul with the distressing spirit. What we find in this story is that Saul sends for a worshipper, and his servants find David, back with the sheep- and bring him before Saul. Saul doesn't do the worshipping, David does. And when David plays and worships, the bad spirit upon Saul leaves him. V23  And so it was, whenever the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play it with his hand. Then Saul would become refreshed and well, and the distressing spirit would depart from him.Many church focus on having a ‘worship experience' or having a ‘worship band'. The décor of the room lends itself to a concert setting in which the congregants become spectators of performanceMany worship bands are hirelings that are playing for money- some of who aren't savedMusic is great to have in church- but attempting perfection to ‘draw people in' at the expense of God isn't good. Met hirelings, seen theatrics, watched dance routines and lighting shows. Wrong spirit.Some with argue with me that its possible to have a polished performance and a correct heart, but I've yet to see it. To me its either “coming back to a heart of worship” or it's a show Worship starts with you In v 16 its again, the servants to propose to Saul that they bring in a worshipper to ease the pain of the evil spirit that is upon Saul. Notice- Not that Saul should turn from his wicked ways, repent and worship God, but lets go and get someone to worship for youv 17 So Saul said to his servants, “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.” – Saul Agrees! Yes- I don't want to worship- I want someone ELSE to! Nice!contrast between the heart of Saul and David begins to take clear shape at this pointPsalm 5:7 But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple.David's heart is “I will worship” Sauls heart is “find someone to worship for me”This begins to show the contrast between someone who expects others to do the job of worshipping for you- it sounds like “I want a church with a great worship team”The size, skill and cool factor of worship team will not be the key to Saul or your victorySaul needed to worship on his own. He needed to worship God and get HIS heart right What does it mean to you You have to stop judging worship by what it sounds and looks like and who is doing itGalatians 6:5 For each one shall bear his own load. 2 Cor 5:10 as wellWe are a collective body of Christ that is redeemed as whole who are indv. acountableYou have to begin to realize that YOU need to become a worshipper. YOU need to do it Hebrews 13:15 by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. WORSHIP IS MOVING YOUR LIPS Its not about what YOU sound like. Or if YOU like it. Or if YOU feel comfortable.Romans 12:1 SAYS  present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,If you've been saved from your sin- have  a mindset of your thankfulness Live a life of worship it looks like Saul wasn't living much a life of Worship. You know who was? Read V18David's life was such that when the Servants were looking for one who could fit the bill they found David. He apparently was known for being a worshipper.He must have been living a life of worship or they wouldn't have chosen him.Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord,

https://youtu.be/7xb4R1uUsk0 .ugb-a3a534c hr.ugb-divider__hr{background-color:#313131 !important;height:5px !important;width:50% !important;margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important}.ugb-a3a534c .ugb-inner-block{text-align:center} Get Your Hands Up to Worship Saul is distressed by a spirit and has someone else play worship for him. This is a common misconception with worship in the modern day churchInteresting story- we’re continuing the story of Saul with the distressing spirit. What we find in this story is that Saul sends for a worshipper, and his servants find David, back with the sheep- and bring him before Saul. Saul doesn’t do the worshipping, David does. And when David plays and worships, the bad spirit upon Saul leaves him. V23  And so it was, whenever the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play it with his hand. Then Saul would become refreshed and well, and the distressing spirit would depart from him.Many church focus on having a ‘worship experience’ or having a ‘worship band’. The décor of the room lends itself to a concert setting in which the congregants become spectators of performanceMany worship bands are hirelings that are playing for money- some of who aren’t savedMusic is great to have in church- but attempting perfection to ‘draw people in’ at the expense of God isn’t good. Met hirelings, seen theatrics, watched dance routines and lighting shows. Wrong spirit.Some with argue with me that its possible to have a polished performance and a correct heart, but I’ve yet to see it. To me its either “coming back to a heart of worship” or it’s a show Worship starts with you In v 16 its again, the servants to propose to Saul that they bring in a worshipper to ease the pain of the evil spirit that is upon Saul. Notice- Not that Saul should turn from his wicked ways, repent and worship God, but lets go and get someone to worship for youv 17 So Saul said to his servants, “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.” – Saul Agrees! Yes- I don’t want to worship- I want someone ELSE to! Nice!contrast between the heart of Saul and David begins to take clear shape at this pointPsalm 5:7 But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple.David’s heart is “I will worship” Sauls heart is “find someone to worship for me”This begins to show the contrast between someone who expects others to do the job of worshipping for you- it sounds like “I want a church with a great worship team”The size, skill and cool factor of worship team will not be the key to Saul or your victorySaul needed to worship on his own. He needed to worship God and get HIS heart right What does it mean to you You have to stop judging worship by what it sounds and looks like and who is doing itGalatians 6:5 For each one shall bear his own load. 2 Cor 5:10 as wellWe are a collective body of Christ that is redeemed as whole who are indv. acountableYou have to begin to realize that YOU need to become a worshipper. YOU need to do it Hebrews 13:15 by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. WORSHIP IS MOVING YOUR LIPS Its not about what YOU sound like. Or if YOU like it. Or if YOU feel comfortable.Romans 12:1 SAYS  present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,If you’ve been saved from your sin- have  a mindset of your thankfulness Live a life of worship it looks like Saul wasn’t living much a life of Worship. You know who was? Read V18David’s life was such that when the Servants were looking for one who could fit the bill they found David. He apparently was known for being a worshipper.He must have been living a life of worship or they wouldn’t have chosen him.Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord,

https://youtu.be/iy6Ab1gsQJA Smile in the face of your enemies 1 Sam 2:1-11 Why are we even here today? Why did you set your alarm, rearrange your schedule and come here. We will find the answer in 1 Samuel 2 today. There are many reasons that people Go to ChurchSee people, be with people, talk with people, get the latest gossip, to get noticed, to be appreciated, to feel better about myself, get a better perspective on life, hear good music, serve, be a part of something bigger than myself, build business connections, improve my marriage, have my kids be more obedient, stop my addictions/bad behaviors, check in on facebook to make people think I’m good, to be in charge of something, to influence other people, to find a spouse, to find friends, to be a part of a hip church, to feel validated in your lifestyle, to serve the poor, to help people, to learn, to expand your mind, to check the box, to feel better, to feel God’s presence, to fall out, to receive a word, to advance your own ministry, to expand your influence, etc etc etc There are also many reasons people go to a sports eventTo be around people, talk with people, to get noticed, to be part of something bigger than themselves, to build business connections, do something with my spouse, kids, do something ‘positive’ instead of addictions, check in on facebook, find a spouse, find friends, be a part of winning team, to expand your mind, to feel different, to get caught up in the excitement, to wear the gear, feel like a winner, have something to argue about, to do my civic duty, to be around famous people, to hear good music,Sports events have a lot in common with churches, arriving together, high fives (hugs), sing special songs (worship songs) cheering for the team (clapping, amening), rituals- coin toss, intros, anthems. Exit the stadium, leave the church. Shared identity,Do you know why you go to a sporting event? TO WATCH THE GAMEDo you know why you go to church? TO WORSHIP GODJohn 4:23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.Sports are wrong worship to a wrong God- Many churches worship wrong God as wellWe want to worship the right God in the right way. What is worship? A decision to make everything about thanking God for everythingWe see that in 1 Sam 2:1-11 READWhat do we see from that? HANNAH WORSHIPPED GOD. We should worship GODWhat did we just see in the song of Hannah? A heart of worship!Now- don’t think that Hannah had an easy life. Remember she was barren. She was attacked for her barreness, and her husband was clueless. She was hurting. She was sad. She had a broken heart, anguish and resentment. She was at war with others, herself and GodYOU- Why do people attack me? Why do I hate myself? Why wont God give me what I want?Common story even today- But NOW her worship shows she has been transformed!She was THANKFUL for what God had done. She SAW God for who he was. She wad DEPENDENT on him. Here’s what Hannah had based on her worship: A heart that worships, knows protection, sees a Holy God, wants life change ,sees strength in God, sees God’s provision, sees God’s sovereignty, sees God’s dominion, sees God’s justice, sees God’s plan to install an eternal King- JesusHere’s the biggest thing- the response from Hannah for having God move in her life was to WORSHIP- To be THANKFUL. To have God be BIGGER than HER and HER ProblemsShe didn’t just take what she was given and go on her merry way- she WORSHIPPED GODThis is what AW Tozer said– “Sometimes I go to God and say ‘ God, if you never answer another prayer while I live on this earth, I will still worship you as long as I live and in the ages to come for what you have done already’ God’s already put me so far in debt, that if I were to live one million millenniums I couldn’t pay him for what he’s done for me” This is a heart of worship! How can we repay God?

Anni Pakarinen, project researcher at the University of Turku and coordinator of the WellWe project, explains how their platform promotes a family’s healthy nutrition choices, physical activity and wellbeing, utilising available resources in their everyday life. She talks about how the platform takes into consideration the research outcomes they collected from pre-school kids, their families and healthcare professionals from children's centres and health clinics. Their approach includes gamification elements which could potentially make healthy development choices much easier for professionals working in health or social services and children's’ support centres. Last, Anni reveals the next steps and how they are thinking of broadening the scope of the project. Interviewed by Sakis Triantafyllakis for Tech Talks Central during the eHealth Forum Festival in Technopolis, October 2016.

This week on W2M Episode 150 we are joined by Christopher Hale for a large portion of the show. The description of the show now has time stamps to make it easier for you to find what you want to listen to. We also debut a few segments on here as well. In "Quick Hits," (which begins at 10:39) we discuss WWE doing more recorded live events on the WWE Network, Brock going on more overseas tours, the continuing saga of TNA, and in our main topic, (which begins at 28:37) we discuss "if wrestling heavy TV shows hurt the ratings", or if the week of bad ratings was just about something else. There's also other news and notes from the past week as wellWe then start going through things with our review of RAW by storyline, (at 47:43) then we switch to NXT (at 1:43:25,) and end our WWE run with doing a "Beast in the East" WWE in Japan preview (at 2:15:30.) We stay there for a New Japan Pro Wrestling Dominion 7/5 Preview (at 2:31:10) as well.After that, we discuss and review Lucha Underground (at 2:56:00) and do our review of TNA Slammiversary XIII (at 3:05:50) and the TNA Bell to Bell Impact episode (at 3:30:10) and we also debut our W2M Superstar of the Month and W2M Match of the Month to end the episode.

This week on W2M Episode 150 we are joined by Christopher Hale for a large portion of the show. The description of the show now has time stamps to make it easier for you to find what you want to listen to. We also debut a few segments on here as well. In "Quick Hits," (which begins at 10:39) we discuss WWE doing more recorded live events on the WWE Network, Brock going on more overseas tours, the continuing saga of TNA, and in our main topic, (which begins at 28:37) we discuss "if wrestling heavy TV shows hurt the ratings", or if the week of bad ratings was just about something else. There's also other news and notes from the past week as wellWe then start going through things with our review of RAW by storyline, (at 47:43) then we switch to NXT (at 1:43:25,) and end our WWE run with doing a "Beast in the East" WWE in Japan preview (at 2:15:30.) We stay there for a New Japan Pro Wrestling Dominion 7/5 Preview (at 2:31:10) as well.After that, we discuss and review Lucha Underground (at 2:56:00) and do our review of TNA Slammiversary XIII (at 3:05:50) and the TNA Bell to Bell Impact episode (at 3:30:10) and we also debut our W2M Superstar of the Month and W2M Match of the Month to end the episode.

This week Dr. of film, Jon Wallace and myself discuss the wonderful films of Herzog. Much like a Herzogian hero we have dreamt big, managed the impossible, covered the length and breadth of the man's career and even secured a passing comment from the man himself!!yes you read that right - Werner Herzog DOES appear on this episode!What films do we cover I hear you cry at your listening device with anxious anticipation and the slavering obscene jaws of nonchalant nature!WellWe look at:Aguirre, Wrath of GodFitzcarraldoBurden of DreamsMy Best FiendGrizzly ManBad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansInto the Abyssand The Death Row Portraits!A more extensive and jolly podcast on Herzog does not exist! Also featuring the usual comedy and music!You can find the all new songs featured on the After Movie Diner here: http://soundcloud.com/diners-ditties ALSO! You can now SHOP The After Movie Diner http://www.cafepress.com/aftermoviediner LOTS of original and unique designs available on a variety of clothing styles for all ages, office & home supplies and gifts for all the family! AND Check out our NEW sister show Dr.Action and the Kick Ass Kid Commentaries: WATCH OUT! This Podcast EXPLODES!!! http://dractionkickass.blogspot.com/ You can e-mail us: aftermoviediner@gmail.com You can follow us on Twitter: @aftermoviediner Search for us on Facebook - The Podcast from the After Movie Diner and please comment, leave feedback, rate and review us on www.talkshoe.com and iTunes We are also on www.podbean.com and www.podcastpickle.com The After Movie Diner Podcast is part of THE 2ND UNIT PODCAST NETWORK! Our ALL NEW website http://2upn.blogspot.com/