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Tycho & Benjamin Gibbard - "Only Love," a 2021 single on Mom + Pop. Step aside, Jimmy Tamborello. Death Cab for Cutie frontman Benjamin Gibbard is lending his distinctive voice to a new electronic producer, Tycho (real name: Scott Hansen).  In a press release, Hansen explained how the two came to collaborate: I had been a fan of Ben's work for a long time when, in 2016, I had the chance to do a remix for Death Cab for Cutie's track “The Ghosts of Beverly Drive.” Ben's voice was a very inspiring element to work with from a production standpoint, I felt it really meshed well with the kinds of sounds and instrumentation I gravitate towards. ‘Only Love' started life as an instrumental, but something was missing. I sent a rough demo to Ben and he recorded some vocals over it. The first time I heard the rough vocals the whole song suddenly made sense and the arrangement flowed out of that. After my early experimentations with vocals on Weather this felt like a great opportunity to put everything I had learned during that process into practice. It was certainly an honor to be able to work with such an iconic voice. Gibbard described how his lyrics came together: In 2014, while reading This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein, I came across a quote from Montanan goat rancher and environmentalist Alexis Bonogofsky that moved me immensely. Speaking about the fight to protect public lands in southeastern Montana from the mining company Arch Coal, she said: ‘(The) connection to this place and the love people have for it, that's what Arch Coal doesn't get. They underestimate that. They don't understand it so they disregard it. And that's what in the end will save that place. It's not the hatred for the coal companies or anger, but love will save this place. When Scott sent me the music for ‘Only Love,' it seemed perfect for this statement. Since reading Alexis' words, I've carried them as a universal truth; that the only way we preserve the people, places or things we care for is with love, not hatred. This is often easier said than done, of course. But I find myself coming back to her statement as if it were a mantra. Read the full post on KEXP.org Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Canning peas is great fun. We have been shelling peas for several days. That is also quite fun. I'll be talking all about that and more in today's podcast. I want to take a minute and say welcome to all the new listeners and welcome back to the veteran homestead-loving regulars who stop by the FarmCast for every episode. I appreciate you all so much. I'm so excited to share with you what's going on at the farm this week. Our Virginia Homestead Life Updates It's a beautiful time of year. Summer has arrived in full force. The days are often sunny and hot. We could use a lot more rain, but again, it is summer. The rains will be few and far between for the most part. That means watering the garden and orchard a lot. We really need to get that irrigation system back up and running. Oh well, it's on the very long list of stuff we would like to do. Right now, life is all about canning peas. But first . . . how about some animal updates? Cows Surprise! Hansel and Gretel, the twin calves, have a new home. Each day I went out there to give them their bottles I looked and them and mused about what we were going to do with them. Then God provided. A man called out of the blue. He actually lives relatively close, about an hour away. He was frantic for a calf. Just that morning one of his cows, a Holstein, had lost her calf. I was happy to say that we did have a calf he could buy. In fact, we had two and the cow being a Holstein, she would produce lots and lots and lots of milk. He could probably use two calves. It all happened so fast. Before nightfall, this wonderful man and his wife were here picking up those two calves. It was such a win-win situation. Again, it all happened so fast I didn't have much of a chance to think about how much I would miss seeing those baby faces every day.   Artificial insemination is in progress. It is less than a week before we see if the AI took. We look for signs from any of the cows coming into heat. If so, we do it again. Fingers crossed all seven cows and heifers are pregnant on the first try. Donkeys Scott got all of the donkeys spiffed up with their hooves trimmed nicely. They are going to the sale barn. If you would like one of these great animals, let us know soon. Their purpose on our homestead was livestock protection. Now that we have decided to use livestock guardian dogs for that task, their jobs no longer exist and they will have to move on to help out someone else. I will miss them, especially Daisy and Cocoa. Well, Sweet Pea and Johnny will also be missed. It was a hard decision but we have to do the best we can for all of our animals and the coyote pressure was too much for them, I think. They are miniature donkeys. Perhaps if they had been full sized donkeys, the job would have been an easy one. In any case, we are moving on with the next plan. It's how we roll on the homestead. Sheep and Goats I just checked the possible delivery dates for the sheep. We couldn't find the day that we put Lambert back in with the ladies, so we guessed based on the log entries for when the animal predation stopped. Our best estimate indicates we could have new lambs the last week of October. That would be such a blessing. We really have no idea how it will go as we've never tried to breed the ewes for a fall lambing. Many sheep and goats will only breed in the fall for spring lambing. The katahdin breed is supposed to be able to breed year-round. We shall see. Orchard and Garden Just before I started this podcast, I went to the spare bedroom and looked out the window to see if Scott might be in the garden. It was not likely but you never know. He has been working on fixing the deer fencing that was annihilated a few years back during a particularly difficult thunderstorm. Trees were down all over and one took out some of the deer fencing. The game cameras we have out there indicated to Scott that there are two deer that are regularly invading the orchard. That's why the blueberries disappeared. Likely the blackberries will be next. Something was also chomping on the green beans. I knew that would be deer. They love green bean plants. Deer are Dear Anyway, I'm looking out the window for Scott and what do I see? There is a deer pacing up and down outside the garden. She is looking for a way to get in and steal more of our bean plants and fruit. I watched her for a little while. Then she laid down right in front of the gate into the orchard. Just plopped down. A half hour later, I looked again and she was still laying there in front of the gate. Of course, if I opened the door and looked out, she would hear that noise and likely run away. I let her rest. It seems Scott has her fenced out. No need to upset her even more. Tomatoes The tomatoes are doing well in the garden. Again, we have to water nearly every day. Fertilizer needs to happen as well. The tomatoes were planted just in front of the green peas. Green peas produce a whopping amount of peas and then die off pretty quickly. I had two 70-foot rows of peas. One was a shelling variety and the other were those lovely sugar snap peas. My original plan was to take them to the farmer's market. Then life happened. They came on so quickly and there were far too many for me to pick, clean and package in time for market. I did pack up two 5-gallon buckets full and sold nearly all of those. But there were so many. Green Peas Because they ripened so quickly and it was hot and they were drying out quickly, I simply pulled up all the plants. There was a lot of green material along with the peas. But I needed to get them out of the sun quickly. The living room floor was filled with lots of greenery for a few days. Each evening, we went through the plants and pulled off the peas. All together there were five more 5-gallon buckets of peas in the pods. These were too far gone to sell fresh at the market so the next challenge was getting the peas shelled out so I could can them. That is still a work in progress. And that brings me to the topic of the day, canning peas. Canning Peas Within a couple of evenings, my 3-gallon stainless steel pot was full. In quart jars, that is a nice even dozen. I figured with leaving head space and all that I could stretch that to 14 jars and fill my American Standard canner. It is tall enough to hold two levels of 7 jars each. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Shelling Peas Scott and I have spent three or four days so far shelling peas in the evening after chores and dinner. We are re-watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy. When Scott saw what I had picked for entertainment while we shelled peas, he commented something along the lines of, “I guess you are expecting this take a while.” And indeed, I did . . . and do. We are nearing the end of the extended versions of the movie. I don't really know many hours that entails. I'm thinking three plus hours for each film, so that would be somewhere in excess of nine hours so far. We have three of the five buckets of peas shelled. I have one canner full from the first two buckets and enough peas for another seven jars from the third bucket of peas. That leaves two more buckets for tonight and tomorrow night. That should make another 14 quarts. All together I will likely have 35 jars of canned peas. That should last us a while, don't ya think? Canning is the Easy Part Canning the peas is the easiest part of this whole scenario. I know that some of you may be hesitant about canning. But once you know and understand how it is done, it comes down to what size jar you use and how much time will that be at 12 pounds pressure. Well, twelve pounds for us. We are over the 1,000 feet elevation mark. The standard is 10 pounds of pressure for canning just about anything that requires a pressure canner. I have a nice gauge that allows me to bring that pressure up to 12 pounds. If I use my smaller canner, I end up using a pressure device that just wobbles and spits steam when the pressure is reached. I use the 15-pound pressure gauge to make my canning safe. And I'm ahead of myself again. Let me give you the basics of canning in a nutshell. Hopefully, you will see that it is not as onerous a task as you might think. Experience Develops Confidence I used to think that canning was really, really hard and I dreaded the late summer as I would have to begin canning the harvest. That was years ago. After the first couple of years, it became second nature to me. You can get there as well. When canning peas, beans, carrots, corn, greens and so on, the steps are the same. The time to hold the jars at pressure is the only thing that changes. I simply bring out the Ball canning book and check the time for the vegetable I'm canning. The steps are simple for cold pack canning. That means the vegetables are not cooked or otherwise heated. The jars are supposed to be heated, but I never actually do that. Step One – Get Your Equipment Ready Step one is getting your equipment ready. The Canner I set up the canner on the stovetop, fill it with three quarts of water or just enough to have about an inch and a half of water from the bottom of the canner. I add about a tablespoon of vinegar to the water. It can be detrimental to the rings, making them rust, but it makes keeping the inside of the canner clean a breeze. That's a tip I picked up a couple of years ago. The inside of my canner had become dark and discolored. Then I saw a canning video on YouTube and the Youtuber added vinegar to prevent that. I started doing that and my canner now looks like new inside. Anyway, get the canner set up. I turn the burner on low and slowly heat that water and vinegar. It will be just about at a boil by the time I get everything else done. The Jars Prepare the jars. That means making sure they are free of cracks and knicks at the rim. They need to be clean and sterilized. Lots of folks immerse them in boiling water, I use bleach water. It's faster and that means a lot to me. The canning is not hard to do but it can be time consuming waiting for this to boil and that to boil and so on. If using soapy bleach water to clean and sanitize my jars is not safe, someone let me know in the comments, along with why. My mom used to put her jars on a baking sheet and stick them in the oven for a few minutes. That was her method of sterilization. Large Pot of Boiling Water You will also need a large pot of boiling water to pour over the vegetables once they are in the jars. Go ahead and prepare that now. There is no set amount. Guessing is my method there. Twelve quart-jars filled to the brim will hold three gallons. The peas take up lots of space so I figured no more than a cup or two of water per quart jar of peas would be plenty. In the end, I used less than a gallon and a half of boiling water for 14 jars of peas. Canner set up, jars cleaned and sterile, water to pour over the veggies. Equipment is all set up. Step Two – Prepare the vegetables Step two is getting your vegetables ready. For canning peas, that means shelling them out and cleaning them up. That has been the hardest part so far. It was much harder than shelling them out. That just takes time. Getting the little bits of shells, twigs and leaves out was a real challenge. Step Three – Fill the Jars, Put Lids in Place The next step is filling the jars. Oops! Almost forgot. Add salt if you desire. I always do. One half teaspoon for pints and one teaspoon for quarts. Again, it's the same for all vegetables. That's why this gets easy. After a while you don't even have to think about it. Add salt to the bottom of the jar. Loosely fill the jar with vegetables, don't pack them. I fill mine to just below one inch of headspace below the rim. Next fill each jar with boiling water to one inch below the rim. I'm making sure the veggies are covered under the hot water. Wipe the rims with a damp paper towel or washcloth. Place the lid and ring. Screw lid on to finger tight. Put the jar in the canner. After all jars are in place, put the canner lid in place and secure it according to manufacturers instructions.   Step Four – Bring the Canner up to Pressure and Start Timing Now that everything is in place, turn up the heat on the burner. Leave off the pressure gauge. That's the big weight that lets you identify when the proper pressure has been reached. Because I have the analog reading on my big canner, I use the 10-pound pressure gauge. It will actually come up to about 12 or 13 pounds of pressure before that gauge starts dancing and letting out steam. It should dance around a few times each minute. More than that, and you have too much pressure. Turn down the heat. Once I get that dancing pressure gauge, I turn down my heat to medium low. That is three on my stovetop dial. After doing a few batches, you will know exactly where to set your stovetop to maintain the proper pressure. Again, mine is at three. Set your timer for the recommended amount of time. For quart jars of canned peas the Ball Canning book says 40 minutes at the recommended pressure for your altitude. Step Five – Remove the Jars When the timer goes off, turn off the heat and wait until the pressure gauge has completely returned to 0. If you don't have the analog dial, what you will have is a pressure relief button. Once the button falls back to its resting position, the pressure is zero. If you are ever in doubt, just wait 15 more minutes. Remove the Gauge Once the pressure has returned to zero, remove the gauge. Some steam may come out still. Do not do the “quick release” like you would do with your InstaPot. Let the pressure return to normal without any help. If the pressure comes down too quickly, the water will bubble up out of the jar. You will lose liquid leaving your veggies partially out of the liquid and you may have jars that do not seal well if bits of the veggies got under the lid. Let all return to normal naturally. Remove and Cool the Jars After removing the gauge, a waiting five minutes to ensure all pressure is normalized, remove the lid. Using the special tool for removing jars from the canner, gently place each jar on a towel or wooden cutting board. Do not adjust the lids. Let them cool naturally. At this point you are all done. And what a great job you did. Once the jars are completely cooled, label them and store them with your other canned foods. Final Thoughts That's it for today podcast. I hope you enjoyed hanging out with the animals on the homestead. Sharing it all with you is a blessing for me and I hope it is for you as well. I boiled the steps of canning down to five. Get your equipment set up, prepare your vegetables, fill the jars and place the lids, bring your canner up to pressure, and then a proper cool-down afterwards. That's it! I hope I've inspired you to give canning a try if you haven't already. And I know you probably have lots of questions if you are just starting out. Feel free to contact me if you would like me to answer your questions. I'd love to assist you in developing your homestead skills. If you enjoyed this podcast, please hop over to Apple Podcasts or whatever podcasting service you use, SUBSCRIBE and give me a 5-star rating and review. If you like this content and want to help out the show, the absolute best way you can do that is to share it with any friends or family who might be interested in this type of content. Let them know about the Peaceful Heart Farmcast. Thank you so much for stopping by the homestead and until next time, may God fill your life with grace and peace. 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The Stargate franchise has tackled themes of religion and spirituality in the past, but today's episode might just be one of the best examples. Stargate Universe "Faith" presents us with a massive science fiction mystery. The episode delves into questions of faith and duty. Join me as I dig into this wonderful episode. ----more---- Transcript Welcome to Nerd Heaven. I'm Adam David Collings, the author of Jewel of The Stars And I am a nerd. This is episode 62 of the podcast. Today, we're talking about the Stargate Universe episode “Faith” The description on gateworld reads The crew finds an idyllic planet when Destiny stops without its countdown clock running, tempting some crew members to stay permanently. It was written by Denis McGrath Directed by William Waring And first aired on the 16th of April 2010 Stargate has been examining questions of religion and faith since the very beginning. From the original movie and into SG1. Atlantis leaned on it less but it was definitely still there. But these shows rarely used subtlety and nuance on the subject, although they did some interesting stuff with the Ori inn seasons 9 and 10. Today's episode has more of that subtlety and nuance than the Jaffa's faith in the very obviously false gods, the Goa'huld. When TJ wakes up, she's got really long hair. And I'm thinking, didnn't she have short hair up until now? That seems to be the military norm. But when we see her later, I realise that it's all kind of tied up. So I guess she's always had long hair. I'm not very observant about these kinds of things.   Rush can barely walk, but he turns up in the lab because, in his words, there's too much work to be done. He's a workaholic. It's about the only thing he's passionate about. No surprise he doesn't want to take the necessary time to allow his body to recover from his surgery. They're all working to repair the ship, seal off the breaches in the hull from the alien's boarding parties. For all his faults, Young is trying, really trying, to get along with Rush and find a way to work with him. Young has always been the more gracious of the two. It's really hard to know what's going on in Rush's head, because he doesn't betray a lot. I don't think he cares anything that Young is trying, again, to extend the hand of peace. I think, to Rush, Young is irrelevant. Beneath him. It seems Chloe and Scott are not currently speaking to each other. Which is correct. If this was a 90s show, they would all be back to normal now, resuming their relationship, with no memory of the coup that happened last episode. I'm so glad that TV moved to a more serialised medium. Although, as we'll see later, they'll still resolved their relationship a lot quicker and easier than I think they should have. Scott is trying to make an effort to follow Young's orders regarding the civilians. Greer doesn't like it, at all. TJ doesn't seem keen either, but she may have bigger problems. Scott thinks she looks sick. The ship drops out of FTL in empty space, and the gate isn't dialing. That's a first. Young says there are no planets, no stars. He says this based on the records in the computer, but those looking out the window can see there is clearly a star out there. It would seem that Destiny's records are out of date. The seed ships are supposed to relay information back to Destiny about the various star systems. The star is a yellow dwarf, just like our sun. Destiny didn't stop on purpose, it didn't know the star was here. The gravity well interfered with the ship's FTL flight and caused it to drop out prematurely. Destiny has already plotted a parabolic course around the star so it can resume its course. It'll take a few weeks, but here's the exciting  part. There's a planet. Just one. Same size as earth and by all accounts a perfect paradise. They can't gate to the planet but it's within shuttle range. They usually only have about a day to investigate a planet, but in this case they have weeks. This is a big mystery. According to scans, the planet is a few hundred millions of years old. So why didn't the seed ship see it and drop a stargate on it? The seed ships aren't that far ahead of Destiny. Even weirder, they think that given the age of the star, the planet should be a ball of molten rock. The planet does look beautiful. Like Canada, in the truest tradition of SG1, but it still looks a little different, because of the way they shoot it. Greer is an idiot. He finds a fruit that looks exactly like a kiwi. He takes a big bite rather than waiting for a scientific analysis to determine whether it's poisonous. Anyway, this is the first alien food they've found that actually tastes good. And there's fresh water down there too. But Scott sounds a little word of caution. They haven't detected any animals, especially dangerous ones, but who knows what comes out at night. This is a nice subtle callback to Time, where the nice jungle planet became a living hell at night because of the creatures that emerged. I like the big connective story arcs in shows like this, but I also appreciate these little subtle moments that you might not even catch if you're not paying attention. The first season of Farscape did a lot of this kind of thing and I know people appreciated that. This planet is wonderful. They're all feeling it. TJ especially. It reminds her of childhood camping trips. Scott has to practically drag her away when it's time to return to the ship with their findings. And this is when things get really interesting. They're flying over the mountains and they spot an obelisk. Bit tall stone thing, not quite Egyptian, but very eye-catching. Who could have put it there? It's just sitting there in the middle of the wilderness. 600 metres tall, which is about 2,000 feet, with a faint EM field. There are markings in an alien language. Rush doesn't think it's the same aliens they've been encountering over the last few episodes. Because those aliens don't seem to have the technology to build this. Not the obelisk, the planet. Rush thinks the planet was artificially constructed by someone. Eli immediately mentions the Genesis device, which is awesome. I share his frustration that nobody seems to pick up on that Star Trek reference, but honestly, the first thing that popped into my head was Slartibartfast and the Magratheans who created planets in the universe of The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy. Rush says the planet, and the star, were placed here after the seed ships passed by. He doesn't actually explain his reasoning, other than the fact that there's no stargate and it's not in the records. There could be other explanations. But assuming he's right, for a race to have created this star and planet, they would be more advanced than any race ever encountered in the Stargate universe, more advanced than the Goa'uld, the Asgard, even the Ancients. One of the things I like science fiction for, is the sense of wonder, the sense of awe. And this episode really delivers on that. Clearly, this planet bears deeper investigation, but they're almost out of shuttle range. Rush suggests sending a team down now and then picking them back in a month when Destiny loops back around on the other side, on it's way out of the system. That's a risk, of course, because there could be aliens down there we haven't seen yet, but oh man, it's compelling. And the food and medicine alone makes it worth the risk. Surprisingly, it's Eli who argues against this. At first, that might seem odd. He's the geek, just like us. He loves science fiction. His imagination would be just as captivated as mine is, but facing real aliens is a whole different thing to watching them on TV or reading about them in books. Eli has less experience with aliens than anyone else on this ship. He didn't even know about the Stargate program until the day he left Earth. The history of the show so far has shown us that Eli has reacted with understandable fear in the face of their few aliens encounters so far. So he's actually being very consistent with his established character right now. Camille would like to go down but she's not sure about Rush's calculations. She asks TJ “can he be trusted?” and TJ's reply is “You tell me.” I think this is a bit of a dig at Camille for her involvement in the civilian uprising with Rush. We get a nice reminder that Franklin is still in the medical bay in a coma, following his encounter with the alien chair device a few episodes back. Nice to know they're not forgotten that thread. As a writer you need to drop these little things just re-assure readers when you stretch out a plot element like this. I'm actually doing a similar thing in my Jewel of The Stars books. I have a character who was injured in book 1 and is in a long-term coma over a number of books. You gotta remind the reader that you haven't forgotten about them from time to time. Chloe is going down to the planet, and so is Scott. That could be awkward, but at least they say a few words to each other. Eli is remaining on Destiny, really not happy about people going down there. Tensions are still pretty high. The military are very much running the show on this mission, but there's some real resentment. One officer tells a civilian to dig a hole for the toilet. He refuses. Greer is kind of amused but annoyed that the officer made the civilian do this dirty job. So he makes them do it together. In his own Greer way, this is him trying to live the new spirit of cooperation as ordered. Chloe has also noticed that TJ doesn't look well. Given how little they get to eat on Destiny it's no wonder they're all not sick. Camille asks Eli what he thinks about the planet. Is it really possible to make a star? Eli says the star appeared out of nowhere. And the planet's age doesn't line up with what it should be. From his perspective, the most logical explanation he can see is that it was created by some all powerful alien force. And I find that very interesting. Evidence of extra-natural creation, if not supernatural creation. And then Scott has a chat with Caine down on the planet. He appreciates that Scott is one of the few military that seem to really mean it when they say they want to mend fences, and now they've been given the perfect opportunity to work it all out. Time to really think and talk, and work together. Through unbelievable circumstances. How can this be anything other than a miracle, he asks. And I agree. Now you can debate the source of this miracle as long as you like, but I don't think anyone down on that planet could really argue that the word miracle doesn't apply here. This leads to a bunch of the people down on the planet discussing issues of a spiritual nature. Is there such a thing as fate? Is there a God with a plan? TJ is holding her personal cards pretty close to her chest. Chloe seems to be leaning slightly toward the spiritual side of the argument, rather than the naturalistic view of the random scientist guy. There are a couple of amusing scenes in this episode where Brody and Park are trying to repair the second shuttle, remember, the one Senator Armstrong died in. Whenever Young asks for an update, Brody says “Oh, it's going terrible,” and at the same moment, Park says “It's going great.” These scenes get a good chuckle out of me. And I totally get it. I see these extremes in my own work as a software developer. You see, Brody is looking at the big picture. There are so many things that don't work, so many problems yet to be solved. Whereas Park is celebrating their most recent success. The can make the shuttle move left. Brilliant. That's a significant step. You see, developing a software product, or repairing an alien shuttle, is a project that needs to be broken down into steps. My computer science teacher used to ask the question “How do you eat an elephant?” The answer, “One bite at a time.” Whenever I'm feeling like Brody, I'm trying to solve the big picture all at once. I'm looking at the sheer number of issues still to be solved. But I'm forgetting to focus on the individual parts of the problem. I need to break it down and solve them one by one. Anyway, It'll certainly be handy to have two shuttles instead of just one when it's time to get the people and supplies back up. Scott and Chloe seem to be talking again. Things seem to improve after Scott catches her swimming naked in a lake. Because, you know, sexy feelings are all it takes to overcome differences apparently. If I'd been writing this show, I'd have had their relationship end after the coup. Probably permanently. I could maybe have them get back together eventually, but definitely not just after one episode. But the worst crime here is that their relationship challenges all get solved off camera. We see Chloe coyly skinny dipping while Scott stares lwedly at her, and then, the next scene, they're all back to normal. Deep Space Nine did this once with Odo and Kira. I wasn't impressed that time, either. I think one reason the writers may have fast-tracked this reconciliation is that they needed Chloe and Scott to be willing to stay on the planet, or return to Destiny, for each other. Their relationship needed to be fixed so that we could believe they'd both be willing to make their respective sacrifice. This is when we learn that TJ is pregnant. 15 weeks. Just before she arrived in Icarus apparently. It seems pretty obvious that Young is the father. There's those inconvenient consequences again. One of the reasons they wrote this particular plot arc is that Alaina Huffman who played TJ was pregnant in real life. I worked out pretty well, though, because the writers were already toying with the idea of having a pregnancy, figuring it would be interesting to see a character have to struggle with the idea of raising a child on destiny and all the extra complications that would bring. Anyway, TJ was kind of the perfect character to use for the poregnancy story, because it was already established that she'd had a prior relationship with Young, and this whole thing only complicate's Young's situation with his wife further. It was pretty common for TV writers to have to find creative ways to deal with actor pregnancy. It happened on Star Trek a lot. There's a reason Doctor Crusher and B'elanna Torres suddenly started wearing big flowing coats over their uniforms, although they did write B'elanna's pregnancy as a holodeck simulation into one episode. In DS9, they had a bit more fun with it, transferring the maby of Miles and Keiko O'Brien into Kira's body due to a medical emergency after a runabout accident. Rush is exploring new parts of the ship while they're not in FTL and he's found some kind of big device that James describes as a robot. That's interesting. Chloe admits to Scott that she's starting to see things Caine's way. Somebody put this planet here for a reason, maybe for them. Be it, God, or an alien of some kind. Maybe there is some higher power in the universe that knew the crew of Destiny needed help. And that's when they notice the obelisk is shooting a bright light into the sky. More and more interesting. Sadly, it's about time to start preparing to return to Destiny. They've gathered a lot of food But from Volker's point of view, this is really bad timing. The obelisk has just started doing stuff. He wants more time to study it. I totally understand that, but they're on a deadline here. They can't control Destiny's movements so they have no choice but to get back on board when it goes past or be left behind forever. Rush is feeling that same sadness. He doesn't need to be down on the planet experiencing it like Volker, but he hungers for answers just as much as anyone else. TJ is thinking of staying on the planet. A few others are as well, but TJ is determined. Caine thinks anyone capable of creating this solar system could certainly help them get back home. Greer and Scott assume such aliens would be hostile. Chloe, and Canine seem to assume the opposite. In reality, neither really has any evidence to know one way or the other. They can't possibly know what the aliens would be like. Caine says “This planet was created for us. We were led here for a reason.” He says it so emphatically. Now, I'm a person of faith. I don't try to hide that. But faith has to be anchored in something. A collection of scriptures, somebody's teachings, eyewitness accounts of something miraculous. In order to have faith, you need something to put faith in. So they have hard evidence of what can only be assumed to be miraculous. A level of technology so far beyond what we can understand that the word miraculous would seem to apply. But he's making a whole lot of assumptions. They have no data on who or what created this planet. They have no idea why the planet was created. This is why Rush is so depressed, because they're about to leave this system without the answers to those questions. We don't know if the aliens even know that destiny and its crew exist. But Caine is convinced he knows why the planet was made, who it was made for, and that it is part of a larger plan that involves the humans. But he has absolutely nothing to base that on.  So it's hard to even call what he's exercising faith. It's actually closer to imagination. He's just making stuff up. So while Caine is putting all his hope on the return of the aliens, TJ is okay with them never returning. This planet has food and water. The winters get cold there, well below freezing. Okay. I live in Tasmania. We get below freezing in winter, but I've been watching some videos from my favourite travel vloggers recently. They've been staying at Yellowstone National Park. And that place gets way colder than we ever get in Tassie. They'll need much better shelter, but there are plenty of trees to cut down. And that's when TJ finally tells Scott she's pregnant. That's why she can't go back to the ship. She doesn't want to have her baby on Destiny. What kind of a life would that be? When Scott finally makes contact with Young, as Destiny draws close, he tells him there are 11 people that want to stay behind. Caine and TJ we know. Chloe wants to stay as well, and so does Scott. He says he feels an obligation to help the people survive down there, but I think he probably wants to stay because of Chloe.  And this is where we have to face the question of personal rights versus responsibility to the group. TJ is their medic. She's the closest thing they have to a doctor. Nobody else comes close. If she stays on the planet then the crew have no medical care at all.  Does she have the right to deny them that? Do they have the right to deny her a change to raise her child on the planet? I think in the case of TJ and Scott, they do have an obligation to follow orders. They're military personnel. They have a duty to their commanding officer. But then, TJ technically finished her tour of duty. She was gonna head back to earth before they ended up on this ship. So how does that fit into it? Hard questions. So now we have Camille and Rush offering different perspectives. Camille feels the people have the right to choose whether to return or not. Rush believes that Young should round them up at gunpoint and force them back on board for the good of the crew. Young says not all of them have the right to choose, which brings us back to the duty of the military people. Scott hasn't told Young about TJ's pregnancy. That's her job. Scott knows about their prior relationship, but apparently not anyone else on the ship does. Young has made his decision. He is gonna let some of them stay, and he's giving them the second shuttle. The damaged one. He flies it down himself, which is quite a risk. The shuttle may not do them much good, as it may never be able to be fully repaired. But it does make it down in one piece. Rush is pretty furious. They may need that shuttle some day, not to mention the people. I was surprised to see Greer as on who wanted to remain behind. Young gives his ultimatum.  Either all military personnel return to the ship, and he'll leave the shuttle for the rest of them. Or, he'll take everyone back on board by force. So with great pain, TJ agrees to return. She doesn't mention the baby. Scott is the last holdout but he returns as well, and so does Chloe. Young tells Rush he's sorry he didn't get his wish. Aliens smart enough to build a solar system. Finally someone Rush can have a decent conversation with. That got a laugh out of me. Scott asks  Young a very important question. “What if that planet was a lifeline and we just let it go?” And despite Caine having no evidence for his assertions about the aliens wanting to help us all, it is an important question. That planet was perfectly suited to human habitation. It was right there when they needed it. It's very possible that somebody did put it there for them. Are they foolish to have left it behind? In the end, there was one reason why Young argued for staying on Destiny. Because he believes it's still the best chance to get home. And without anything to corroborate Caine's theories, he's right. But maybe building a new life on that planet is a valid alternative to trying to get home. They could live the rest of their lives there. It might be a better life than forever clinging to the faint hope that they could get home. Star Trek Voyager addressed this question in the episode The 37s. Not a bad episode, but I think this one explores the question more deeply. In Voyager, nobody chose to stay, but I think they had more reason to hope they'd make it back to earth in their lifetime than the crew of Destiny do. The episode closes with the contrast of Young everyone else smiling and laughing as they have their first good meal in a very very long time, while TJ sits alone in the medical bay with tears streaming down her face. Yeah, I really feel for her. I don't know why she didn't just tell Young about the baby. She can't keep it secret forever, and it might have been enough to change his mind. There seems to have been no advantage to keeping quiet. I really like this episode. The created planet is one of those great science fiction concepts that inspire the imagination, and it raised some thought-provoking questions about faith and duty. If this had been a Star Trek original series episode, they would have solved the mystery. They'd have found out who made the planet, and why. And that is certainly a valid story to tell. And it would still have had a sense of wonder to it. But Stargate Universe doesn't do that. It leaves us in the dark, setting things up to be further explored in the future. Stargate Universe is playing the long game. And I love that. What really sucks is that the show didn't continue long enough to give us more answers and explore it all deeper. It's looking like there's a strong chance we'll eventually get a new Stargate Show, and I know Brad Wright has plans to address the fate of Destiny. I can only hope that we learn more about this mysterious planet and whoever created it. And that those answers are satisfying. That's always the danger with these big set ups. It can be hard to pay them off satisfactorily. But there you have it. Faith. I'm remembering how much I enjoyed the second half of this season. Next week, we'll be looking at an episode called Human. It'll take us on a deep dive into Rush's backstory, which is cool, and we may even see a familiar face. I can't wait to talk about it with you all. Please consider giving Nerd Heaven a review wherever you listen to podcasts, and spread the word to anyone who might be interested. Thank you again for listening to the show. It means a lot to me. Have a great two weeks. Live long and prosper. Make it so.            

My father, John Arnold LaPierre was born on September 24, 1951, and he passed away on May 2, 2021. This is the eulogy I shared at his Celebration of Life at Woodland Christian Church on May 15, 2021. If you'd like to watch the full service, you can do so here. https://youtu.be/ovcfDLdLApA The eulogy I shared at my father, John Arnold LaPierre's, Celebration of Life at Woodland Christian Church on May 15, 2021. Table of ContentsJohn LaPierre's ObituaryNotes for John LaPierre's EulogyFavorite memories about John LaPierreTreehouse and importance of familyWorking hard to care for our familyA faithful, loving husbandThings to give thanks for…Recently repeated many blessings with DadDad was able to pass with dignityWe were given many good years with DadWe were blessed with a wonderful church familyThings I'm thankful I did for John LaPierre…I took CPR trainingI told my dad I loved him many timesI shared the gospel with Dad many timesGospel Presentation John LaPierre's Obituary John LaPierre was born in Plattsburgh, New York on September 24, 1951. He attended St. Joseph Catholic School through the 8th grade and then transferred to Dannemora High School where he graduated June 1969. John was active in sports, playing basketball, baseball, and soccer in high school. He attended Cortland State University for three years majoring in physical education. John and Donna were married on February 2, 1974 in Dannemora, New York. John started working for the Department of Corrections in Dannemora in 1973 until May 1979 when he, Donna, and Scott (born in 1978) moved to California. John continued working for the Department of Corrections until retiring in April 2007. John's second son, Jason, was born in 1979. John enjoyed coaching and watching his sons participate in various sports. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing, and camping with his family, and then golf during retirement. John became a Christian in 2008 and his son, Scott, baptized him soon after. When Scott took the pastorate of Woodland Christian Church in 2010, John and Donna followed him to Washington, where John also served as a deacon at his son's church. Shortly after John was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Fortunately, it progressed slowly, so he was able to enjoy many years with family and friends. In January of 2017 John was diagnosed with throat and lymph node cancer. He went through 37 radiation treatments which successfully treated the cancer. Even when John couldn't remember the names of his grandchildren they still brought him great joy whenever he saw them. They were certainly the light of his life. John was predeceased by his father, mother, and son, Jason. Notes for John LaPierre's Eulogy I thought I would begin by sharing some of my favorite memories about my dad… Favorite memories about John LaPierre Treehouse and importance of family I spent most of my young life in MacArthur, which is in the mountains of northern California. That's also where Katie grew up, and where her parents still live. It's very rural. We couldn't see any of our neighbors through all the thick trees. One day Dad took Jason and I into the woods behind our house. He said, “This is where I want to build you a treehouse.” It was pretty neat: completely enclosed with a nice roof, a trapdoor to enter it from the bottom after climbing up a ladder, and a sliding window. After Dad finished it he wanted all of us ,Dad, Mom, Jason and Ito spend the night in it. The floor of the treehouse was plywood, and we slept in sleeping bags. This made for a long, uncomfortable night. The treehouse was good size, but with the four of us rolling over and bumping each other, I don't think we slept very much. But it was a nice, fun time that I still remember. I also mention this memory because it reveals something about Dad that stands out in my mind: he really wanted us to spend time together as a family. I remember growing up knowing family was important,

Scott Keyes is a two time Millennial Travel Podcast guest and needs no introduction as the founder of Scott's Cheap Flights. Today, he comes back to chat about his new book Take More Vacations: How to Search Better, Book Cheaper, and Travel the World.    In case you don't know Scott… Scott Keyes is the founder of Scott's Cheap Flights, a travel platform with over two million members around the world. It's been called “the travel world's best-kept secret” by Thrillist and received praise in The New York Times and The Washington Post, among others. Prior to becoming a leading expert on cheap flights, Scott graduated from Stanford University and worked for years as a journalist, with bylines in The Washington Post , The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Nation, and elsewhere. When he's not on a plane, he lives in Portland, Oregon.   If you haven't heard on our first podcast together, I highly recommend listening to Episode 15 of The Millennial Travel Podcast with Scott from Scott's Cheap Flights.   For more on this topic check out our guide: Travel Hacking: Saving Money and Finding Cheap Flights.     In this episode of The Millennial Travel Podcast I discuss with [name of guest]:  Scott's experience getting the COVID-19 vaccine and what the vaccine means for travel. When Scott's book Take More Vacations: How to Search Better, Book Cheaper, and Travel the World is coming out. How does Scott follow travel news regarding flights?  What are vaccine passports and are vaccine passports needed for international travel?  Is your vaccination certificate allow you to travel internationally?  Do I need a yellow vaccination certificate from the WHO to travel internationally?  Will domestic travel within the United States require vaccination?  What are the entrance requirements for COVID-19 tests and vaccinations for Hawaii?  What airlines have empty middle seats? What are airline capacities like post-pandemic?  When is New York City opening?  Are there flights where everyone takes a COVID-19 test? How to stay on top of entrance requirements and testing requirements for travel?  Are there COVID-19 rapid tests at airports in the United States? How much are rapid tests for COVID-19?  Some hotels are providing free tests for guests to return to the United States. How Scott started Scott's Cheap flights. How Scott encourages his readers to “take happier trips.”  Why it's so important to have a trip to look forward to. Why it's better to take a few trips per year rather than just one big trip… and how to find cheap flights! What were Scott's 2020 travel plans that got cancelled and what do Scott's 2021 travel plans look like?    The Millennial Travel Podcast Rapid Fire Questions I ask Scott Keyes:  Does using an incognito window save your money on flights?  What is the best day to book flights? Is Tuesday a good day to book flights?  How to find cheap business class flights?   Resources from Scott Keyes & Matt Wilson:  Signup for Scott's Cheap Flights Newsletter Scott's new book: Take More Vacations: How to Search Better, Book Cheaper, and Travel the World   Full show notes and resources at: http://under30experiences.com/blog/scott-keyes-scotts-cheap-flights

Scott Keyes is a two time Millennial Travel Podcast guest and needs no introduction as the founder of Scott’s Cheap Flights. Today, he comes back to chat about his new book Take More Vacations: How to Search Better, Book Cheaper, and Travel the World.    In case you don’t know Scott… Scott Keyes is the founder of Scott’s Cheap Flights, a travel platform with over two million members around the world. It’s been called “the travel world’s best-kept secret” by Thrillist and received praise in The New York Times and The Washington Post, among others. Prior to becoming a leading expert on cheap flights, Scott graduated from Stanford University and worked for years as a journalist, with bylines in The Washington Post , The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Nation, and elsewhere. When he's not on a plane, he lives in Portland, Oregon.   If you haven’t heard on our first podcast together, I highly recommend listening to Episode 15 of The Millennial Travel Podcast with Scott from Scott’s Cheap Flights.   For more on this topic check out our guide: Travel Hacking: Saving Money and Finding Cheap Flights.   In this episode of The Millennial Travel Podcast I discuss with Scott Keyes:  Scott’s experience getting the COVID-19 vaccine and what the vaccine means for travel. When Scott’s book Take More Vacations: How to Search Better, Book Cheaper, and Travel the World is coming out. How does Scott follow travel news regarding flights?  What are vaccine passports and are vaccine passports needed for international travel?  Is your vaccination certificate allow you to travel internationally?  Do I need a yellow vaccination certificate from the WHO to travel internationally?  Will domestic travel within the United States require vaccination?  What are the entrance requirements for COVID-19 tests and vaccinations for Hawaii?  What airlines have empty middle seats? What are airline capacities like post-pandemic?  When is New York City opening?  Are there flights where everyone takes a COVID-19 test? How to stay on top of entrance requirements and testing requirements for travel?  Are there COVID-19 rapid tests at airports in the United States? How much are rapid tests for COVID-19?  Some hotels are providing free tests for guests to return to the United States. How Scott started Scott’s Cheap flights. How Scott encourages his readers to “take happier trips.”  Why it’s so important to have a trip to look forward to. Why it’s better to take a few trips per year rather than just one big trip… and how to find cheap flights! What were Scott’s 2020 travel plans that got cancelled and what do Scott’s 2021 travel plans look like?    The Millennial Travel Podcast Rapid Fire Questions I ask Scott Keyes:  Does using an incognito window save your money on flights?  What is the best day to book flights? Is Tuesday a good day to book flights?  How to find cheap business class flights?   Resources from Scott Keyes:  Signup for Scott’s Cheap Flights Newsletter Scott’s new book: Take More Vacations: How to Search Better, Book Cheaper, and Travel the World   Full show notes and resources at: http://under30experiences.com/blog/scott-keyes-scotts-cheap-flights

How does a 27 year old become the CEO of a major online brand? Not only that, how does a 27 year old take an online brand, build upon it, and create something better? Well, if your name is Scott Trench, the answer is: a lot of hard work, some tough decisions, and looking out for the customer whenever possible.Before he was head honcho at BiggerPockets, Scott was a financial analyst in the corporate world. He wasn’t too happy, and spent all his free time finding the best (and quickest) ways to reach financial freedom so he didn’t have to go to a 9-5 for the next 40 years of his life. Without many investments or rental properties, Scott was introduced to the founder of BiggerPockets, Josh Dorkin.Josh saw something in Scott, and hired him as the third employee of BiggerPockets. Scott was given the title “Director of Operations” which really meant taking care of the finances for the business and making sure everyone had their coffee. Scott started acquiring more properties as he worked with Josh and later became such a crucial part of the BiggerPockets family, he was promoted to president. When Josh decided to step away to be with his family, Scott became CEO.In the 2 years he’s been CEO, he’s had to make some tough decisions such as changing the overall management structure of the company. This has helped BiggerPockets grow into a website and business that over 2,000,000 people use and love. When Scott isn’t running BiggerPockets, he’s playing rugby, gaming on his PC, or having a beer with a fellow investor!In This Episode We CoverHow Scott used the principles outlined in Set for Life to reach financial freedomTaking a chance and joining a very early stage startup The importance of having very low expenses when making hard decisionsHow to work with a private equity firm when they acquire part of your businessNPS (net promoter scores) and why they’re crucial for continual business improvement Driving value for shareholders, without tarnishing your brand for customersScott’s new book First Time Home BuyerAnd So Much More!Links from the ShowMr Money MustacheBiggerPockets Business Podcast 01: How to Turn a Hobby Into a Booming Business (Then Get Your Life Back)—The BiggerPockets Story With Joshua DorkinBiggerPockets Business Podcast 18: How to “Have It All” by Living with Intention with Brandon TurnerBiggerPockets Real Estate PodcastBiggerPockets Money PodcastMcCarthy CapitalBiggerPockets PublishingBiggerPockets Podcast 297: Mastering the Decision-Making Process with Business (and World Series of Poker) Champion Annie DukeBiggerPockets Real Estate Rookie PodcastBiggerPockets MarketplacePier 1Check the full show notes here: http://biggerpockets.com/bizshow100

When Scott has a bad week and wants to watch a three-headed space dragon fight a giant nuclear dinosaur, he gets to watch a three-headed space dragon fight a giant nuclear dinosaur.

BIO: Scott Buss lives his life and runs his business based on the principles of TRUST and TRANSPARENCY. He is an aviation expert who explores and connects the synergies between the private jet industry and the unlimited number of luxury lifestyle VIP brands. STORY: Scott found himself on the wrong side of Arizona’s law and landed in jail for four months. During his time in jail, Scott chose to focus on his life after prison. It was while in prison that he came up with his business idea, a business that is now thriving. LEARNING: Do not let your past mistakes define you. Always try to make the best out of a bad situation. Be kind and supportive to those going through a rough patch.   “With every negative, there is a positive. It is up to you to figure that out the positive.” Scott Buss   Worst investment everMaking the best out of a bad situationScott found himself on the wrong side of Arizona’s law and landed in jail for four months. Being locked up left Scott with lots of time on his hands. He decided to put this time into good use. Scott would read magazines, newspapers, and books. He would then write notes of CEOs and executives worldwide from Entrepreneur, Businessweek, and Wall Street Journal. Scott knew he wanted to be a CEO after finishing his jail term. Hatching a business ideaScott would also read quotes on entrepreneurship and keep himself motivated. In the process, Scott got an idea of starting his private jet business. He had been in private aviation for about four years. When Scott was done with his four months, he was fully prepared to build his business, and so he hit the ground running. Leaving with life’s lessonsThe four months Scott was in jail taught him a lot, mentally and physically, and also about what one can do with limited resources. It also taught him about trust and transparency. Lessons learnedIf you are a spiritual person, draw your strength from prayersThe best form of energy is prayer energy, so renew your strength by praying. Make the most out of your bad situationIf you are in a bad situation, focus on the positives. Do not wallow in self-pity and just count down the days. Know that the only one who can control the person you will be once the storm is over is you. So make the most out of your horrible situation. If you have been shown kindness, pay it forwardYou never know what someone could be going through. So pay kindness with kindness and bring a smile to someone’s face. Andrew’s takeawaysSupport those who are struggling with the consequences of their bad decisionsIf you know somebody struggling with the consequences of their mistakes but is trying to make up for them, do not give up on them. Identify someone who is at their most painful point and reach out to them. It could be a short phone call, a quick visit, or a short talk. This simple gesture could change that person’s life. Own up to your mistakes but do not let them define youOwn up to your mistakes, apologize and make amends. However, do not let the bad decisions you have made in life define you; instead, learn from them. No. 1 goal for the next 12 monthsScott’s number one goal for the next 12 months is to continue scaling his private travel business and to launch other businesses. Parting words  “No matter what you’re going through, if you need somebody to talk to, reach out; I’ll be happy to be a lending hand.” Scott Buss   [spp-transcript]   Connect with Scott Busshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/scottbuss/ (LinkedIn) https://twitter.com/AdventJets (Twitter) https://www.adventjets.com/ (Website) Andrew’s bookshttps://www.amazon.com/Start-Building-Wealth-Investing-Market-ebook/dp/B00Y25765G/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=How+to+Start+Building+Your+Wealth+Investing+in+the+Stock+Market&qid=1552861894&s=digital-text&sr=1-1-fkmrnull (How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market)...

Scott Deetz is the Founder and CEO of Northbound Group, a leading strategic finance, corporate development, and sell-side M&A advisory firm focused on Amazon and e-commerce businesses. Scott advises on strategic transactions such as improving cash flow through partner-supplier negotiations, debt financing, and minority equity investments.  Scott is also the Owner and CEO of Entrepreneurial Advantage, where he helps small and medium-sized businesses achieve higher growth rates through improved strategic and internet marketing. After selling his first business for eight figures, Scott has made it his passion to help other entrepreneurs get the right valuation for their companies. In this episode… As the Founder and CEO of Northbound Group, Scott Deetz is an expert at helping FBA private label sellers get the right valuation for their businesses. He was inspired to follow this path after his educational experience selling his business. When Scott first tried to make a sale, his initial deal fell through. However, he saw this as an opportunity to improve his company's value—and, with the help of a mentor, he ended up selling his business for more than three times the amount of the original offer. So, what are Scott's strategies for improving your valuation in order to make a greater exit? As he says, there are four main things buyers look for when valuing a business: a good profit percentage, a solid growth rate, risk diversification, and more earning sizes. These will determine how valuable a business is and whether or not the seller will get a good price when exiting. In this episode of the Buy Box Experts podcast, James Thomson interviews Scott Deetz, the Founder and CEO of Northbound Group, about how to maximize the valuation of an FBA private label brand before an exit. Scott shares his advice to brand owners on how to prepare for a sale, the ins and outs of the different lanes of investors, and why you should always meet with an advisor before selling. Stay tuned.

Scott Clover is an “energetic plumber” who can find stuck and negative energy wreaking havoc inside your body. Known as a somatic healer or intuitive energy healer, Scott has worked with clients from various traumatic backgrounds to assist them in healing their emotional trauma and physical body.When Scott first moved to Manhattan, he tried talk therapy to process and healed. “I didn’t get the talk therapy model.” For several reasons, Scott didn’t benefit from this type of treatment. Asking around, a friend suggested a person who lived in his neighborhood who went by the title holistic psychotherapist.“The second session, he asked me a question that changed my life completely; he asked me how my body felt.” Scott didn’t want to clue into his body at first. Working with him through the bodily healing process allowed Scott to connect with his own body that he could enable and rediscover his intuition. Feeling better in his body allowed his intuition to flourish in a way that he could help other people heal.He started experiencing somatic healing and work at the young age of five. When the intuition broke out of his shell a few years later, there was no stopping Scott. He uses his intuition to tap into another person’s energy system to assist clients.When he first started, he felt other's energy in his own body. "That's not really conducive to keeping me psychically clean or healing me. By taking on other people's energies." Scott learned how to have others' energy come into his sphere safely then channel the energy into healing energy. He looks for the direction, type, and color of the energy, along with the texture and the emotional components of that energy. His process is to view another person's energy as a hologram standing in front of him. Scott believes that he can heal the wounds from epigenetic abuse and trauma. Since we have 14 generations of epigenetic memory, we can carry around previous family members' trauma and hurt.“Children mimic or defend themselves against energies in the household.” You can think of this type of energy as a divot or dent in your energy field. “That dent will attract dirt because it’s a gutter that can trap the negative energy, which makes their patterns more likely to repeat.”Resources MentionedBook a session with Scott Clover todayListen in to Intuitive Energy Podcast Connect with Scott on LinkedInRead about Scott’s work in the Wall Street JournalJoin Me on Speak Loud PlatformSpeak Loud Podcast on the webSpread the message of Speak Loudly Podcast andshare this episode with a friend!***Disclaimer: All content found on Speak Loud Podcast, including text, images, audio, or other formats were created for informational purposes only. Material contained on Speak Loud Podcast website, podcast, and social media postings are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard or delay seeking professional medical advice. Information on this podcast, and guest comments, opinions and content are solely for educational and entertainment purposes. Use of this information is at your own risk.***

When Scott tried to release the lunar module, he did not hold the button long enough so the lander got hung on the capture latches.

Today our guest is Scott Ramminger, who for many years was the CEO of a Washington, DC industry lobbying organization and is a Nashville-based songwriter and musician. When Scott was in DC, he performed at clubs maybe three nights a week, but now is a fulltime writer and musician.Scott's published five blues and roots albums and is working on his sixth. He performs solo and with a band..and on top of all that is a hell of an interesting guy.Scott's music is down-to-earth, reaches into your soul. Scott…thanks for joining us today. It must be tough doing what you do in the middle of this Covid situation…

#32 - When Scott joined the January Challenge - and scheduled his consultation with Coach "B" - we had no idea about his incredible backstory. Like so many of our athletes - he found running later in life - in his 50s. Unlike many of our athletes - Scott found it only about a year removed from having a debilitating infection that led to open-heart surgery.This conversation will give you a new perspective because you can truly sense Scott's passion for the sport and his outlook on life. In addition, Scott's a true gear geek, a data guy, and a budding YouTuber - so we dig into his shoe collect, recovery products, and geek out over our YouTube inspirations.You can find all of the show notes online including links to Scott's YouTube channel and instructions on how to submit your running form for analysis by Coach "B" at RaceMob.com/podcast. Links in this ShowScott's YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1zSW8mmdQtzSLvBIeKzrRAScott's Strava Profile: https://www.strava.com/athletes/36312775Scott's Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/ssr7272/Scott on RaceMob: https://community.racemob.com/u/07408fb8

If you're looking for something to stream over the next week or so, we're going back into the archives this weekend. First up is the FIRE movement. Today we're re-airing an interview with Travis Shakespeare, director of a documentary called Playing with FIRE, which follows 35 year old Scott Rieckens, his wife Taylor, and their toddler Jovie as the family decides to embark on a year-long odyssey to understand the rules of the FIRE movement and test their willingness to reject the standard narrative of adult life. When Scott hears a prominent leader and “early retiree” in the FIRE movement subculture interviewed on a podcast, he enlists his wife to abandon everything they’ve been taught about the role of money in adulthood and instead focus on pursuing financial independence.  But doing so requires an about face since their current path has them spending every dime they make living the “Instagram” life in an expensive San Diego suburb, driving luxury cars, and eating at fancy restaurants.  It’s an interesting tale full of ups and downs. If the FIRE movement is something you’re interested in, this film is a must watch. Have a money question? Email me here. Please leave us a rating or review in Apple Podcasts. "Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest, Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D., is a humanistic psychologist exploring the depths of human potential. We go way beyond basic needs and discuss how to get close to transcendence. Hint: you get to change (or even drop) the story you tell about yourself. It’s one of the hard parts of self-actualization, but worth it to move your life forward.When Scott discovered Abraham Maslow's unfinished theory of transcendence through unpublished journals, lectures and essays, he felt a deep connection to his own work. Maslow is most famous for his theory on the hierarchy of needs “We can harness [Maslow’s theory of] transcendence in our lives and we can be motivated by what he called the B values, the values of pure being, the values in life that you don't engage with and you're not one with because you want something else,” Scott says.Scott’s curiosity led him to finish Maslow’s theory and update it with seven decades of new science that’s been discovered since. The result is Scott’s new book, “Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization.”I took Scott’s free self-actualization test, and we explore my results in today’s discussion. Scott has great insights about how to approach vulnerability with yourself and others, self-awareness, attachment and other critical pieces of human growth and personal development. “A lot of people don't realize that they can actually divorce their mind and have a lot more psychological free will,” he says. “Sometimes I think it's an act of craziness to exert it.”Scott unravels the mysteries of Maslow’s unfinished theory and integrates these ideas with the latest research on connection, creativity, love, purpose and other building blocks of a life well lived, and gives science-backed suggestions, including:Fight familiarization and seek fresh experiences. Periodically get away from time-and-space concerns. Get out of the “deficiency realm” by deliberately going to the “being realm.” “These aren't necessarily things that are going to make you happy,” Scott says. “Again, we're going through the difference between happiness and growth, but they're things that will help you grow. They really will. They'll help you get outside your comfort zone.”Scott has been named one of "50 Groundbreaking Scientists who are changing the way we see the world" by Business Insider. He’s hosted “The Psychology Podcast” since 2014 and wrote the popular “Beautiful Minds” blog for Scientific American for close to a decade. Enjoy! And get more resources at https://blog.daveasprey.com/category/podcasts/ WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. CHECK THEM OUTLight Therapy: https://joovv.com/pages/dave-asprey; use code DAVEGood Meat: www.butcherbox.com/DAVESEO Skills: https://www.stephanspencer.com, use code DAVE for a special discount

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest, Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D., is a humanistic psychologist exploring the depths of human potential. We go way beyond basic needs and discuss how to get close to transcendence. Hint: you get to change (or even drop) the story you tell about yourself. It’s one of the hard parts of self-actualization, but worth it to move your life forward.When Scott discovered Abraham Maslow's unfinished theory of transcendence through unpublished journals, lectures and essays, he felt a deep connection to his own work. Maslow is most famous for his theory on the hierarchy of needs “We can harness [Maslow’s theory of] transcendence in our lives and we can be motivated by what he called the B values, the values of pure being, the values in life that you don't engage with and you're not one with because you want something else,” Scott says.Scott’s curiosity led him to finish Maslow’s theory and update it with seven decades of new science that’s been discovered since. The result is Scott’s new book, “Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization.”I took Scott’s free self-actualization test, and we explore my results in today’s discussion. Scott has great insights about how to approach vulnerability with yourself and others, self-awareness, attachment and other critical pieces of human growth and personal development. “A lot of people don't realize that they can actually divorce their mind and have a lot more psychological free will,” he says. “Sometimes I think it's an act of craziness to exert it.”Scott unravels the mysteries of Maslow’s unfinished theory and integrates these ideas with the latest research on connection, creativity, love, purpose and other building blocks of a life well lived, and gives science-backed suggestions, including:Fight familiarization and seek fresh experiences. Periodically get away from time-and-space concerns. Get out of the “deficiency realm” by deliberately going to the “being realm.” “These aren't necessarily things that are going to make you happy,” Scott says. “Again, we're going through the difference between happiness and growth, but they're things that will help you grow. They really will. They'll help you get outside your comfort zone.”Scott has been named one of "50 Groundbreaking Scientists who are changing the way we see the world" by Business Insider. He’s hosted “The Psychology Podcast” since 2014 and wrote the popular “Beautiful Minds” blog for Scientific American for close to a decade. Enjoy! And get more resources at https://blog.daveasprey.com/category/podcasts/ WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. CHECK THEM OUTLight Therapy: https://joovv.com/pages/dave-asprey; use code DAVEGood Meat: www.butcherbox.com/DAVESEO Skills: https://www.stephanspencer.com, use code DAVE for a special discount

Scott is the Director of Program Management for .NET at Microsoft. When Scott first joined Microsoft back in 2007, he was working on the ASP.NET team.   As the Director of Program Management of .NET, Scott and his team build .NET Core, .NET Framework, ASP.NET, Entity Framework, managed languages (C#/F#/VB), as well as the Web and .NET Tooling for Visual Studio.   In this episode, Jeffrey and Scott discuss the announcements that were made at the recent .NET Conf 2020, everything .NET 5.0, and general advice for .NET developers. Scott also touches on the Experimental Mobile Blazor Bindings project, isolated CSS, browser-based applications, the pre-render server feature in .NET 5.0, and much more.   Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [1:02] About The Azure DevOps Podcast and Jeffrey’s offer to speak at virtual user groups. [1:11] Clear Measure is hiring! Be sure to check out the link in the show notes. [1:34] About today’s guest, Scott Hunter! [1:51] Jeffrey welcomes Scott back to the podcast. [1:58] Jeffrey and Scott reflect on software and tech history, their job history, and the history of how they know each other. [7:21] Scott shares his predictions on the technology and software that developers should be investing in that were showcased at .NET Conf 2020. [15:08] The two tracks Microsoft seems to be going on and Scott’s thoughts on what the overall vision seems to be. [19:05] About the Experimental Mobile Blazor Bindings project. [21:58] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [22:31] From a labor pool perspective, there seems to be a mountain more of people who know how to lay out a screen and make something attractive using an HTML and CSS combination. Contracting with a designer who only needs to know HTML and CSS is becoming an increasingly affordable option. Is this part of Scott’s thought process? [25:15] Jeffrey and Scott touch on another cool announcement from .NET Conf 2020: isolated CSS. [26:30] Scott tells a fun story about the merits of being on a .NET team and working at Microsoft. [29:59] There’s one paradigm in browser-based applications that doesn’t exist in desktop or mobile applications: the back button. Scott shares his perspective on this and whether or not they’ll be supported in a first-class way. [32:17] Scott highlights another cool feature in .NET 5: the pre-render server. [33:49] Scott speaks about an amazing customer of theirs that they highlighted at the .NET Conf 2020 keynote. [38:09] Is .NET 5 the fastest real programming platform? What would Scott’s recommendations be to a team looking to move from .NET 4.8 to 5.0? [42:47] Jeffrey thanks Scott for joining the show!   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! Jeffrey Palermo’s Youtube Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! The Azure DevOps Podcast’s Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow Scott Hunter Scott Hunter’s Twitter @coolcsh .NET 5 Azure DevOps Podcast: “Scott Hunter on DevOps Capabilities in Azure - Episode 24” Azure DevOps Podcast: “Microsoft Ignite 2019 Recap with Various Guests - Episode 65 Phil Haack NuGet Scott Guthrie ASP.NET Blazor .NET Conf 2020 .NET Core .NET 5.0 Xamarin Electron WebAssembly UnoConf 2020 Uno XAMLExperimental Mobile Blazor Bindings Flutter Project Comet WPF Angular Rust Python   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

As school leaders grapple with the many challenges related to leading schools during this time, the need for staff meetings, PLC's, and professional learning remains constant. PEBC's Director of Leadership, Scott Murphy, joins us to talk about the importance of facilitation and crafting high quality virtual engagements that are rooted in purpose while promoting human connection. After months of facilitating virtual meetings, PLC's, and professional learning engagements Scott has discovered that many of the facilitation moves that support strong in-person group development can be applied or adapted for the virtual setting. And just like in classrooms, the elements of the. PEBC Teaching Framework can promote agency, equity, and understanding in the staff room. High quality engagements include intentional planning, opportunities to strengthen community, purposeful discourse & tasks, and can be organized using the workshop structure. Listen in as Scott walks us through his planning process, shares specific facilitation moves, and shares technical tips for utilizing a variety of technology tools that support connection and collaboration. Scott will be leading PEBC's Facilitation Institute in December, join him to learn even more about facilitating in-person and virtual engagements. Scott Murphy, PEBC's Director of Leadership, is passionate about the role educational leadership plays in creating classrooms, schools, and systems that cultivate agency, equity, and understanding for students, teachers, and leaders. Scott is well known for his blogs about leadership and facilitation, his development of the Futures Protocol, and his dynamic seminars and institutes. When Scott is not working in schools you might find him rock climbing, cycling, playing his guitar, or talking to his garden.

Agency life has always been very dynamic but now more than ever. Today's agency employees have different needs in order to have a work-life balance. Many don't want or need traditional office hours and prefer to work as contractors. Have you ever wondered how to adapt your agency to fit those changing needs? Are you interested in strategies to transform your team? A team full of contractors is a great way to decrease overhead and increase your profits. In this episode, we'll cover: What is the "upside-down" approach to recruiting agency talent? Can an agency be successful with a team full of contractors? How you can keep your employees focused. Today I chatted with Scott Gillum, the founder of Carbon Design, a marketing services organization. He is also its sole employee. Carbon Design has adapted its agency's services to meet the changing needs of today's economy and today's professionals in a way that provides them with efficiency and positive growth. He's here to share the way his employment strategy reduces overhead, improves function, and leads to greater degrees of team loyalty. What is the "Upside Down" Approach to Recruiting Agency Talent? Scott is proud of the "upside-down" approach he has had for finding potential employees. He started by looking for the top talent and hiring them, then built his agency and service offering around their skillset. Instead of filling a specific role at the agency, he hired the right person and then created the job for them. He when he started, he wasn't just looking for traditional employees. When Scott's wife was looking to re-enter the workforce, they discovered major challenges--and she wasn't the only one struggling. Today, many people are eager to be stay-at-home workers. They're freelancers. They're people with small children or people working as caregivers for elderly parents. These employees want and need a place to work, but they can't work in a traditional setting. Carbon Design makes it possible for them to have it all. By providing flexibility, the agency also provides purpose and meaning, allowing people to live their lives while still maintaining a fulfilling career. They set their hours. They choose the projects they can accept. And it works. Can an Agency Be Successful Without Permanent Employees? Scott is the only full-time employee at Carbon Design. He has team members. He has a person who runs his operations and two individuals who are taking over specific lines of business. Those team members are responsible for pricing, delivering, and putting teams together. However, all those roles are filled by contractors. This strategy offers several advantages. First and foremost, the agency carries little overhead. Scott doesn't have countless employees he needs to keep busy. A traditional agency has to "make it up somewhere" when business is slow. Eventually, that means a client will take on some of those costs. At Carbon Design, however, that's not the case. Instead, the team gets paid based on the work they complete: a solid, deliverable model. The average tenure of people on the Carbon Design team is around 15 years. They're trusted partners. They deliver on time, know the client's business, and have earned the right to represent the company. They're team members--and more importantly, they want to be there. How You Can Keep Employees Focused When dealing with contractors, it's important to keep them focused on the agency.  "I worry about it every day," says Scott. He knows his contractors are definitely working with other organizations. Keeping mindshare and building culture is incredibly important. They want to work with the agency, not for them. As a result, it's critical to keep people engaged. What he's doing, however, works. "You're more likely to not have the same people there when you're dealing with an agency than you are dealing with our people," he shares. His team doesn't want to go back to a full-time agency unless they have to. "Our people don't leave because this is the lifestyle they want," Scott points out. At Carbon Design, they offer mastery, autonomy, and purpose. Reinforcing those factors for the team is critical. They are also well-compensated for the effort they put in. On average, if these contractors were working as full-time employees, they'd be making an average of $200K. They also don't have to feel as though they are in competition with each other. Carbon Design builds projects and teams: the teams who have the right skills to complete the projects and deliver on the clients' expectations. It's a unique model--but it's also one that is becoming increasingly common. Can your agency grow with this model? There is an increasing number of employees going remote or looking for ways to connect with the office without returning to a traditional work environment. Looking for a Content Creation Solution? 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As part of the 3rd generation, Scott Attman, Vice President of Acme Paper & Supply, has spent 23 years growing his family’s 74 year distribution company focusing on providing innovative and sustainable solutions to clients in various verticals ranging from fast casual restaurants to caterers, stadiums to hotels, and commercial office building to government facilities. When Scott is not working, he enjoys enjoying the vibrant Washington DC restaurant scene, coaching his children’s sports teams, and skiing. He resides in the Maryland suburbs outside of Washington DC with his wife Donna and their 3 children. Acme Paper is a distribution organization that services clients throughout the greater Mid-Atlantic Region with 5 divisions, Restaurant Equipment and smallwares, disposable foodservice packaging, facilities and hygiene solutions, industrial packaging, and custom retail packaging.

Today Scott called in with his amazing story on how he was thrust into the life of becoming an entrepreneur. Scott’s episode is bursting with gems of wisdom that you can tell why he is a motivational speaker, life coach and author. When Scott’s father was arrested and he was left to take it over and make sure that he would provide for his family Scott leapt into action and grew the business into a fantastic success and at the age of 24 he became a millionaire. Scott’s story doesn’t stop there, his life has been ups and downs with setbacks that would make your normal person give up and fold, but Scott is not your normal person - he is extremely thoughtful and introspective yet also the perfect blend of charismatic, competitive and outgoing. He puts people and relationships first along with a mindset that centers on gratitude. When you have a mindset that can embrace setbacks and life's challenges with a perspective of gratefulness then you are always open to the lessons that are offered you and you have the capability to improve. Scott says that when he went into bankruptcy he didn’t feel like his life would end, he felt like it was just about to start and the reason for this is not what you might think, it had nothing to do with escaping responsibility — Scott’s life has always been about hard work and responsibly but he was doing all of it for someone else. When he hit bankruptcy it meant his life was now his… every decision that he would make from then on would be focused on achieving the goals that he wanted to achieve, not the ones that where handed to him by his family at age 18. Scott has a remarkable story and I learned so much by listening to him. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Scott Desgrosseilliers is the CEO and founder of Wicked Reports. He established the company to facilitate optimization and acceleration of the digital marketing ROI for small and medium-sized businesses. The ideal Wicked Reports customers are people who sell products online. Scott opines that companies should strive to track lifetime customer value. Wicked Reports strives to help SaaS businesses have a clear picture of their paid advertising progress. Listen to Scott as he discusses his story with Geordie Wardman. What You Will Learn How Scott started his journey Why entrepreneurs should spend money on a campaign and the impact of the same on long-term ROI How Scott and his friend leveraged Facebook campaigns to attract leads Importance of Email when it comes to closing leads Why entrepreneurs should read widely What Scott does best How did Scott gain customers while still consulting for his friend? How Scott came up with his pricing What challenges did Scott face during his journey? How companies can leverage offers to increase awareness and make more money Where does Scott source his developers? Why you should pay your employees well Which of Scott’s marketing methods is the most effective for his business? In this Episode: Marketing attribution is the value or credit that you allocate to a particular marketing touchpoint. Experts define it as the science of establishing the ideal marketing drive or media that drives revenue. Scott says the idea behind market attribution is that you spent where your money is making money to increase your earnings. Again, you desist from wasting money where you do not make money. Before starting his SaaS journey, Scott was running databases amid other tasks like being a technical architect and project management. He was getting tired of these tasks and wanted to leave. When Scott shared his feelings with his seniors, they requested him to work for a year. Scott shares some detailed information with Geordie on what happened next. Listen in to find out what he said. Scott would later collaborate with his friend, who had a lobster business and lots of work to handle. However, he (Scott's friend) was struggling to keep his business afloat amid a competitive space. At some point, Scott's friend sought his help in a bid to convert leads. Scott explains how he leveraged this opportunity to demonstrate his capabilities. He ended up becoming his friend’s consultant, and within a short period, he helped him close many deals. Listen to Scott as he shares all the details with Geordie. Scott says that he established Wicked Reports out of passion but reiterates that the company happened by chance. After launching his SaaS Company, Scott and his team printed T-shirts with the company name ingrained in them. The team wore the T-shirts and walked around, asking people what they were doing to track their ROI. They interviewed different business owners to find out whether their emails were earning them money. Scott and his team were surprised that no one they interviewed had a definitive answer. That is how Scott identified a pain point and decided to work on it. He says the demand for a SaaS product was so high that his company hit the first MRR within the first year after launching. Surprisingly, they achieved all this by relying on word of mouth. Listen to Scott as he explains how he and his team worked tirelessly to achieve this tremendous success. Even with this success, Scott says they were using an ugly product. Listen as he explains his sentiments. At some point, Scott and his team organized a show to promote the business. He talks about how they made colossal amounts of money from the show and numerous leads. You will need to hear the story in his words to understand. While Scott has no problem hiring from any part of the world, he prefers working with people within the same time zone. He also opts to work with people who speak English. According to him, doing so enhances convenience. Scott says he has both full time employees and others who work under full-time contracts. All of his employees work remotely. Scott reiterates that content marketing is critical not only for his business but for many others. He says has a content team that leverages his thoughts to come up with the right content for his business. He believes that great content is crucial for the success of any business.  References Scott Desgrosseilliers Wicked Reports Blog Wicked Reports Scott Desgrosseilliers

Twin Cities guitarist Scott Keever has had challenges due to Covid. But he’s met them, and even found new inspiration. When Scott talked to Phil Nusbaum, Phil first asked how he’s been doing.

When Scott decided to pack up his friends and family and travel west through the Oregon trail, he didn't know he'd have to fight the seven evil Oxen to make it to salvation. That's right, it's Scott Pilgrim time with special guest Matt Storm @dj_stormageddon! Starring Ash Blodgett, Bret Eagleston, Samantha Willson, and Patrick Edwards.

Scott's Background:Scott: spent 20 years at various agencies working for top brands.After a clinically fine but experientially horrible period of time working through medical treatments and therapies for his wife, he turned his passion for the consumer experience towards providers and payors.His observation of the experience was there was nothing about it that was built for his wife — significant contrast from the large companies he worked for that obsessed over the consumer experience.Raghu's background:Having grown up in a country and a time in a culture where medical care was often part of an intergenerational relationship with your local general practitioner, the systemized medicine and care delivery system in the U.S. was a big surprise.We, as a nation have seemed to have simultaneously industrialized the care process while depersonalizing the experience.He was attracted to and still carries the notion that the strength of the healthcare system can be harnessed by the value of the strength between such a noble calling and we the people.The Vision for M Health FairviewM Health Fairview is a relatively new (about a year and a half old) joint venture between the University of Minnesota and Fairview Health Services.While the two had been partnering together in various forms for years, they have never been as closely tied as they are now.When Scott was hired at the point of the joint venture, he got three clear mandates from the CEO and his partner:To launch the M Health Fairview brand and make it meaningful to employees and the market.Get us ready to compete for consumers in a consumer-driven health economy.Design customer experiences that are going to help us attract and keep a disproportionate share of customers.The first thing he did was take 90 days to observe, assess, and collect data.What he saw was that he had a lot of nice, well-intended people but had none of the skills and capabilities that they were going to need to compete in what he calls a modern economy.The modern economy, or consumer economy, right now is on demand. You can get what you want, when you want it, where you want it, how you want it.The original team was not able to make this happen at the speed it would need to happen.He also saw the chasm that he so often found in his consulting, between marketing, design, and IT.So together, they are creating a Customer Integration Studio.A place where they can design and develop new experiences.Experiences are anything that touches the consumer, such as services, content, and conversations.Similar to an Agile Studio: imagine technology sitting with marketers sitting with designers sitting with strategists, etc.They took this solution to the CEO, who then asked, “how will you pay for that”?He assessed the data and saw that none of their activities up until that point were pointing to any priorities for the health systems.So they cut as many of those activities as possible and streamlined the rest, which included downsizing.They then formed a new web of core staff with outsourced relationships with digital development providers.They are now five sprints into a new website.One sprint into a new mobile app going live in the fall.And have completed an automated marketing platform where internal staff can write their own brochures and assets in the correct branded templates and order them on-demand.They realized the need to transition from analog to digital to achieve the desired experience for a large and actively operating organization. Which required three things:Fundamentally raising the digital quotient in the organization from the boardroom to the front line.Recognizing the business and stability around profitable and critical care should be the result of the differentiated experience that they engineer.Creating the infrastructure to make all this happen.A shift in goals.At the beginning of 2020, they were clear on a small set of priorities:Two service lines: oncology and neuroscience.Getting our digital front door fixed.That was it. Everything was secondary.We can't be all things to all people. If you do everything, you're doing nothing.Today, they have focused their dollars exclusively on the front door and, of course, what needs to happen for COVID-19.They have a pod working on the site.A pod working on the app.And a pod doing the heavy lifting of COVID.COVID-19 manifested the No NormalThree factors tend to triangulate an industry is in transformation:You have technical competency: new ways of delivering care.You have cultural norms: new expectations.Then you have regulation: regulatory authorities coming in and bringing reimbursement parity and reducing some of the barriers.What COVID-19 essentially did for consumers is create a new expectation.Many of the things we were going to implement in a year or two happened now because of COVID-19, so we have accelerated use and technology.The revolution of our IT department has been stunning to watch.The infrastructure changes that had two-year timelines changed to days, weeks, and months.They have figure out how to scale quickly and be less gentle with change than they were in the past.Virtual CareThere's an underestimation of the pandora's box we have opened with virtual care because of COVID-19. Health systems must understand that people aren't going to want to go back to the way things were.A quote from M Health Fairview's CEO on Scott's desk reads…” We are not going back to normal.”They will be converting their business to virtual as much as they can.Because the consumers want it, and they can make it even more convenient.Because running clinics cost a lot of money, bricks and mortar is a lot to maintain. And the secret that no one is talking about right now is that most of the health systems in this country are in real financial trouble. The structure of cost and reimbursement is not sustainable. We fundamentally have to look at our cost structure differently than in the past.

Scott Smolen established his roots in the business world by cutting lawns in his hometown of Bowie. When Scott was in middle school, he started a landscaping business with one employee—himself—and no plans for expansion. He was just looking to make a few bucks before going back to school. By the end of the summer, the business began to take root in the community, and Scott envisioned for the first time a future for himself as an entrepreneur. Over the next decade, the business grew strong throughout Bowie, Crofton, Gambrills, and Odenton. It had 25 employees and a long list of satisfied customers when Scott sold the company. The experience gave him a solid foundation for success as a businessman and allowed him to branch out to pursue other business opportunities and interests. Scott moved from Bowie to Piney Orchard and decided to pursue a new career in computer networking. Although he enjoys computers and networks, it lacked the personal element that Scott had come to enjoy as he built his landscaping business. After careful consideration, he decided to begin his career in real estate in 1999 with ReMax and has never looked back.   Listen to this informative Grow Your Business and Grow Your Wealth podcast episode with Scott Smolen about buying and selling real estate.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: ●    How the first step in selling your home is finding out what your home is worth. ●    Why you should reach out to a realtor before putting your house on the market. ●    How you can talk to a realtor about buying a house before securing financing. ●    How looking at homes has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. ●    Why selling houses can be emotional experiences for homeowners.   Connect with Scott: Links Mentioned: scottsmolen.com Guest Contact Info: Twitter @SBSmolen Instagram @scott_smolen Facebook facebook.com/ScottSmolenRealtor LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/remaxscottsmolen Connect with Gary: Website sbadvisors.cc/ Facebook facebook.com/SmallBusinessAdvisors LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/gary-d-heldt-jr-388a051/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the show this week, Anthony is discussing start-ups with Scott Sambucci has spent the last 20 years building and selling technology products, leading three Silicon Valley startups each to their first millions in revenue. Scott works with startups across the world, helping them grow their sales faster. He has extensive experience in sales, customer development, and company management in both startups and public-traded companies. He’s on the show today to share his experience leading high-performing sales teams and what it takes to make a start-up blow-up.   They kick off their conversation by talking about how and where start-ups can find their first customers and clients. When Scott thinks about start-ups, it means getting from the first dollars to the first million, to the fist ten beyond that. What he recommends is looking at the industries in which your company was born. You’ve found a problem that isn’t solved yet, so the simplest and most direct, focused way to making your solution known is to reach out to those already in your network. When you begin to scale that process of sales, too often do we get caught up in the big picture. The most important factor to keep in mind is iteration. The same way you would release a product and adjust based on the feedback your receive, you do the same with any aspect of your business. As far as when to iterate, he uses the rule of 3 and 10. When your company grows by 3x or 10x, everything in place will break. The way you’ve done things won’t work any longer. You have to come up with a new process. This about how you segment the long journey that is scaling.   Scott talks a bit about the “Q Framework” that he wrote about in his book. The “Q” stands for questions. There are seven questions that you have to be clear on in order to formulate your own sales process. The first three questions are:   What problem are you solving? It sounds easy, but too often we overlook it. No problem, no sale! What segment are you selling to? Get clarity on your target audience. Who are the buyers? Under what circumstances are people purchasing your product?   A mistake Scott sees when companies scale is they scale without having a core system in place. Any production line that wants to build multiple warehouses needs to make sure that the first one works as efficiently as possible. Scaling is the same way. If you don’t have a foundational, working, effective process, scaling it will only compound the issues it has. Additionally, trying to crowbar a “good” system into your business could hinder your progress. Trying to use a lego that doesn’t fit your set just because it’s popular doesn’t mean it’ll play the role you’d like it to.   Scott talks about when to hire a sales representative or when to pursue working for a start-up, the importance of project-based testing for who you bring on your team, and more.   What you’ll learn On today’s show, Scott shares with us the in’s and out’s of scaling successful start-ups. He talks about getting from the first dollars to the first million, to the fist ten beyond that. He discusses major mistakes he sees in his industry and touches on important questions to ask when you begin to scale.   LINKS https://salesqualia.com/

It was when I noticed I was pushing our building door open with my hip that I started dedicating clothes for inside or outside. With the pandemic raging outside, no extra precaution seemed too crazy at a certain point. So I take my clothes off at the door and go wash my hands before putting on the inside clothes. When Scott started wearing outside pants, I thought it was overkill but then I noticed all the times I made contact with the world when I went out in it – like that door and my hip. I’ve started to realize that things are a little different for folks in other parts of the country and world, and so, in the interest of preventing other places becoming an epicenter like this, it seemed like maybe a little recounting of what has become normal for us might be useful. To keep reading A View from a Small Apartment in NYC visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog. This is Episode 208 Song: Apartment Four by They Might Be Giants Image by caronessel via Pixabay Listen to The Dragoning here and support via Ko-fi here: https://ko-fi.com/messengertheatrecompany To support this podcast: Give it 5 stars in Apple Podcasts. Write a nice review! Rate it wherever you listen or through: https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartist Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/ Like the blog/show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/ Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis Or buy me a coffee on Kofi: http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavis or PayPal me: https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartist Follow me on Twitter @erainbowd Instagram and Pinterest Tell a friend! As ever, I am yours, Emily Rainbow Davis

Tiffany Werhner interviews Scott Kelley on Moments of Clarity with TiffanyThey covered topics related to the problems associated with the heightened stress of what we are living through with the Coronavirus pandemic. Substance use is on the rise and it's becoming more difficult to offer treatment.Journey PureJourney Pure is a substance abuse treatment facility that supports clients with substance abuse issues. Their programs including residential treatment, counseling, and support to help those who struggle with addiction to achieve sobriety. Journey pure has several locations. Scott Kelley works in business development for the entire organization. Scott Kelly has dedicated the last 27 years of his life as a mental health professional, helping others and wants to make a difference in the world.Learn more about Journey Pure and their mission to be the #1 choice for drug and alcohol rehabilitation - http://www.journeypure.comScott’s program at Journey Pure not only includes counseling, but also peer recovery specialists that help clients create and stick with a routine. This helps to motivate clients to make the necessary changes in their life while taking everything a day at a time.Episode SummaryScott points out that self-care is extremely important right now. The additional and unexpected stressors of the pandemic and civil unrest are affecting people in many different ways. One of the impacts is self-medicating with increased consumption of alcohol and other substances. Scott recommends making the time to contact supportive and caring people through video chat to maintain personal human connection.Self-Care - Set up a Routine and Stick to ItA major part of self-care is maintaining a routine. It is important that your routine be consistent. Operate off of a schedule. If you don’t know how to make a schedule for yourself, there are some apps that can help you, such as Journey, Covid Coach, and Fabulous - Daily Self Care.It seems that we are all starting to experience burnout as the pandemic continues, month after month. Burnout is highly prevalent, and we might not even notice that we are burning out. Proper self-care can prevent burnout. If we can’t practice self-care to keep ourselves balanced, then we certainly cannot be of any help to others.Scott first spoke about his experience growing up, losing his father to a heart attack at 18 years old, and how that led him into the field of helping others. His father’s passing had a tremendous impact on his family. Thankfully, Scott’s mother was intent on helping her family to cope, and she sought out family therapy almost immediately following her husband’s death. Through therapy and counseling, Scott’s eyes were opened to how proper counseling could help those in need, and that it was a necessary aspect of healing. When Scott entered college, he studied and got a degree in psychology. After graduating college, Scott worked at a mental health facility as a direct care professional. Over time, he moved up the ranks into higher positions in the mental health field, and is now the business development specialist for all of the locations of Journey Pure.Tiffany and Scott’s conversation shifted to the COVID-19 and how it is affecting the mental health of everyone. A lot of people are struggling and some who are prone to addiction are being tested in ways they never could have imagined. People are isolated at home and self-medicating. Alcohol sales are up 27% nationally over this time last year.Scott says people are grieving in many ways. We are grieving the loss of normal life, the loss of jobs, loss of physical activity, and the loss of ability to attend recovery programs and group therapy. Grieving the loss of so many different things at once is taking a major toll on everyone’s mental health. Everyone processes grief differently, but we all still go through the five stages of grief. Sometimes we go back and forth between stages. Sometimes we process grief quickly, and sometimes it becomes almost insurmountable and can take incredible lengths of time. We are all collectively experiencing a form of PTSD from the pandemic, and it’s only made worse by the racial injustices and civil unrest.An alarming statistic is an 800% increase in calls to suicide lifelines. We don’t yet have statistics about the actual increase in suicides resulting from the pandemic, but assuredly, suicide rates are increasing. It is more important than ever that we watch for the signs of depression and suicide in ourselves, and also in our loved ones. Help is out there, even though it feels like we are all going through this weird journey alone.Learn More About Scott’s Work and How You Can HelpFollow or Contact Journey PureWebsite: http://www.journeypure.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/JourneyPure/Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneyPureFollow and Contact Scott Kelley on Social MediaTwitter: https://twitter.com/DSKelley1234Facebook: www.facebook.com/dscott.kelley.3LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/scott-kelley-559b6715/Instagram: www.instagram.com/scottkelley1234/Special Thank You to Our Sponsors of this Episode of Moments of Clarity with Tiffany• Forever Forward Financial - https://www.facebook.com/ForeverForwardFinancial• "When the Dust Settled" a book by Joe Potosi available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon - https://amzn.to/3ezZGmu• Don Lawson Music - http://www.reverbnation.com/donlawson• Carbon Design & Architecture - http://www.carbonae.com• Building Beyond Me - http://www.buildingbeyond.meThank you for helping us to end the stigma on mental health. 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Today's episode features the star of the Playing With Fire documentary, Scott Rieckens. Scott found himself saving 8% an heading towards a lifestyle that seemed unsustainable. The FIRE movement showed him that his value/happiness was not aligned with his spending. Scott and his wife made an amazing transformation and shared it with the world. Listen, learn, and let us know what you think about Scott's amazing journey. Episode Summary Scott's Background His Dad was in the Navy so he picked up and move many times. His Mom would always try to pick up a job at the new location She also handled the bills and investing outside the pension At a certain point, Scott realized his lifestyle wasn't sustainable He was trying to take on more and his spending was also increasing Then he found the FIRE community That took his focus just from income streams to also include responsible spending Entrepreneur Focus Scott found himself laid off three years after college He and a friend spent three months to put together a business plan They raised a couple hundred thousand dollars to build an indoor golf center But as they worked the projections, they ended up scrapping the idea Then he goes back to the drawing board and back to the small business center for help When Scott goes there for advice, the advisor realizes Scott has social media experience In 2009, very few people had this experience and the advisor encouraged him to pursue that route From then on, he's been an entrepreneur Scott recommends the book The War of Art for entrepreneurs Embracing FIRE Scott recalls the Chautauqua trip in Ecuador with people from the FIRE movement There he learned that if this didn't work, he'd just be going back to work like everyone else That realization made him feel much more comfortable with the attempt at hitting FIRE Scott then breaks down why everyone doesn't embrace a journey of financial independence Not being in the right place in life or being afraid of what they could uncover We also talk about the taboo around money Playing With Fire Scott's original idea was to go around interviewing people about the movement Then it swapped to him actually going through the journey and transformation He talks about how difficult and invasive the documentary Scott also the moments the camera missed Now Scott is taking the Playing With FIRE brand into a Podcast   Key Takeaways Awakening: It's so cool to listen to someone explain the process of totally shifting your outlook on life as Scott did with his spending Strong Minds: We love all the parallels Jed draws between his mindset and process in the NFL to be successful on the outside Call to Action Make a list of the 5 things that you value the most and that brings you the most happiness. Then reflect on what percentage of your budget is spent on items from this list. Join the Community We’d love to hear your comments and questions about this week’s episode. Here are some of the best ways to stay in touch and get involved in The FI Show community! Sign up for our exclusive newsletter Join our Facebook Group Leave us a voicemail Send an email to contact [at] TheFIshow [dot] com If you like what you hear, please leave a rating/review! The FI show on iTunes The FI show on Android Check out our Partners We are completely obsessed with tracking our net worth to understand our current financial positions (you should be too). Instead of spending dozens of hours adding up all our assets and subtracting our debts, we use a free service called Personal Capital. This free, easy-to-use portfolio management tool aggregates all of your financial data and helps to track your spending, net worth, and investment accounts. Keeping track of your money has never been easier. With 1.6 million users and growing, this platform is becoming a leader in its industry.

Finances in relationships can be a large source of stress and conflict. Developing a budget and deciding where money is or isn’t spent isn’t an easy conversation to navigate. Scott Milnes specializes in helping couples navigate conflict, create the life they’ve imagined, and recovering from divorce. After a divorce at the young age of 29—and dealing with a heart-wrenching breakup years later—he knew something needed to change. Listen to this episode as we discuss how his past influenced his future, financial infidelity, prenuptial agreements, and much more.  Outline of This Episode [0:58] Scott Milnes: Founder of The Great Relationship Academy [5:19] Did money play a factor in his failed relationships?  [7:50] Does money amplify problems or is it the problem? [13:51] What resources does Scott provide to his clients? [18:19] Is financial stress higher in younger or older couples? [20:20] A discussion surrounding financial infidelity [23:00] Should you consider a prenuptial agreement? [29:33] How to get back on your feet financially after a divorce [38:55] Wrapping up: solid financial advice to live by [41:49] Connect with Scott Does money amplify the problem—or is it the problem? Before Scott started The Great Relationship Academy, he ran a divorce recovery ministry, “Healing from Heartache”. He found that couples come off the rails in one of two ways: quantity and control. Quantity is as it sounds—the couples perhaps didn’t have a high-enough income to cover expenses and it is a source of friction. However, he found that the larger issue wasn’t how much money was being made, but how it was being controlled.  For couples who were in complete agreement with how they managed their money, it didn’t matter how much of it they had. They were on the same page. Some other couples with all the money in the world—but no plan in place to manage their assets—weren’t even in the same book. They had no plan, no control, and while they had the necessary income, it caused unnecessary friction.  He notes that regardless of the outcome, “Spouses just want to be included in the ongoing conversation about how we’re controlling these assets”. Keep listening to hear how he helps couples gauge financial compatibility in his academy.  Finances in Relationships: proper planning is key It is important—regardless of how much money you make—to align with your spouse/significant other on your budget and your goals. Take some time at the beginning of your relationship or marriage to discuss a general direction you want to take and where your money will be allocated.  Something that Scott and his wife do that he highly recommends is having a joint checking account for expenses—think house payment, car payments, groceries, etc. They allocate 50% of their personal net income to a joint account. The other 50% goes into their personal discretionary accounts. Scott uses it to pay for his motorcycle, which is his “toy” and not necessarily a necessity. He’ll also use it for nights out with friends or anything where his wife isn’t directly involved. It is a simple yet effective tool that helps you prevent conflict. You each control what’s done with your own money, and have a plan in place to cover expenses together.  Should you get a prenuptial agreement?  Anyone getting married for the first time doesn’t want to think about getting a prenup. After all, their marriage will be “forever”. But someone who has never been married doesn’t have the experiential knowledge to make that decision. Scott is all for prenups for a simple reason—it makes divorce an emotional choice, not a financial decision. The blunt fact is that 50% of first marriages end in divorce, and the statistics are even worse for second marriages. You cannot be naive about this decision. If you’re young and have no assets to bring to the table, perhaps a prenup doesn’t make sense. But if you have assets built up, perhaps it’s worth considering where those assets will go after 5 or 10 years of marriage. It benefits all parties involved—including future children.  Scott gets that it isn’t a romantic discussion—but it is planning for your future. Good people meet, get married, and grow apart and it isn’t always someone’s fault. A prenup helps facilitate a smooth process that doesn’t end with lawyers and walking away with less than you both deserve.  How to get back on your feet financially I asked Scott to share some of his thoughts—for those who are recently divorced—on how to get back on your feet financially. It’s so easy to fall into destructive habits after dealing with the emotional roller coaster that divorce can be. So what should you do? Avoid retail therapy: Everything has changed when you get divorced. You have to reevaluate your lifestyle and goals. Your self-esteem is likely at an all-time low. When Scott got divorced, he went on a spending binge and racked up substantial debt. He recommends embracing a season of minimalism. Stick to the basics and don’t make emotional spending decisions.  Don’t make any big geographic move: Your first instinct after a divorce may be to run—to get out of town as soon as possible. While Scott acknowledges that a move may be in your future, you want to wait and do it from a place of strength and not as a means to run from your pain. He describes it as an “Outside solution to an inside problem”.  Don’t make large financial decisions: Sometimes simplicity is key. Avoid quitting your job or making large financial decisions that could impact your future negatively.  Scott notes that you must be patient with the process. You are in a phase where you have to rediscover who you are and reinvent yourself. You have a chance for a bigger, better, and brighter life. Listen to the whole episode for details on who Scott is, what he does, resources he recommends, and how to implement proper financial planning into your relationship. Resources & People Mentioned Financial Peace University BOOK: The Power of Habit BOOK: The Slight Edge Connect with Scot Milnes LinkedIn Twitter The Great Relationship Academy Healing from Heartache podcast Connect With Ryan A. Hughes and Bull Oak Capital www.BullOakCapital.com Podcast (at) BullOakCapital.com Subscribe to Solid Financial Advice on the platform of your choice

Listen in as Nancy interviews Scott Ingram, the host of 2 podcasts, the author of 2 books as well as the creator of the event Sales Success Summit.  Scott provides great tips on how habits can replace goals and goal setting and the importance of having a "cadence" with your clients.  He explains how the cadence creates an anticipation of the clients' needs so that you are always serving and caring about their results vs. your own.  Don't miss when Scott passionately explains the fundamental foundation of every sale, that if you don't have this the sale will be impossible to close.  But the best part of the show?  When Scott details how to plan for the unexpected obstacles in every presentation.

When Scott brings a friend to the wild open country of Canyonlands National Park who has never been to the Utah desert, adventure is to be had. From the backcountry, perched on top of a saddle between two canyons they talked about adventure, life, fear, and so much more. These places that inspire, inspire great conversation. We hope you enjoy!

The complexity level of what we need to do in marketing is much greater. It used to be a world of what message are we going to get to them. Now, you need to connect and keep the lines open so you have two-way communication. For the first time in advertising (and marketing) history, we are on a two-way street with communication. Scott Thaler is a marketing and advertising executive who has worked with some of the biggest brands in the world. In this podcast episode, he talks about how paid, earned, and owned media have to work hand in hand because “people are being bombarded and the platforms are being the gatekeeper” making it harder for brands. When Scott was with Mattress Firm, they used paid, owned, and earned media, but they NEVER ran the same thing in all three. So, how do you know what’s working and what’s not? How do you convert? How do you ensure marketing is working with sales… and vise versa? We cover it all in this episode!

Scott Miller is the President of Bowman Construction, a company that focuses on general contracting, value engineering possibilities, design and build options, and concrete and carpentry services. When Scott was in college, the director of campus activities told him, ‘You can be a leader,’ and gave him a leadership book. This simple act made a huge impact on him and he’s been a student of leadership ever since.  Throughout his career, there’s a clear theme of growth for Scott - growing people and growing businesses. In this episode of Being [at Work], you’ll hear Scott’s pivotal moment when he was completely caught off guard and came upon the realization that nothing great happens with adversity. Listen in.  Connect with Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-miller-336284a1/  Learn more about Bowman Construction: https://www.bowmanconstructioninc.net/  Connect with Andrea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abutcher0201  Learn more about HRD Advisory Group: http://hrdadvisorygroup.com/

On the latest episode we’re joined by Travis Shakespeare, director of a new documentary called Playing with FIRE, which follows 35 year old Scott Rieckens, his wife Taylor, and their toddler Jovie as the family decides to embark on a year-long odyssey to understand the rules of the FIRE movement and test their willingness to reject the standard narrative of adult life. When Scott hears a prominent leader and “early retiree” in the FIRE movement subculture interviewed on a podcast, he enlists his wife to abandon everything they’ve been taught about the role of money in adulthood and instead focus on pursuing financial independence.  But doing so requires an about face since their current path has them spending every dime they make living the “Instagram” life in an expensive San Diego suburb, driving luxury cars, and eating at fancy restaurants.  Although everything they are doing is sanctioned by their friends, traditional education, and broad society, Taylor agrees that something is wrong when it becomes clear she’ll need to sacrifice the precious hours of her daughter’s childhood and work 40+ hours per week to continue paying for their lifestyle.  She agrees to uproot their lives and spend a year traveling around the country to meet the subculture’s mentors while living rent free to save as much as they can. It’s an interesting tale full of ups and downs. If the FIRE movement is something you’re interested in, this film is a must watch. Have a money question? Email me here. Please leave us a rating or review in Apple Podcasts. Connect with me at these places for all my content: https://www.jillonmoney.com/ https://twitter.com/jillonmoney https://www.facebook.com/JillonMoney https://www.instagram.com/jillonmoney/ https://www.youtube.com/c/JillSchlesinger https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillonmoney/ https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jill-on-money https://apple.co/2pmVi50 "Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com.

Scott Chalkley shares two things with Santa Claus. His initials, and, apparently his hotline number. Or at least one that's pretty close. When Scott started getting calls for the guy in the red suit, he decided to play along.

My guest today, Scott Smithson, relishes the lessons that failure offers. Scott is a friend and an unstoppable entrepreneur. The founder of Ardero, he has built a very successful annuity business establishing a powerful network and generating substantial returns for his clients. With decades of business leadership under his belt, Scott has diversified into real estate development across a broad spectrum of properties – from raw land to luxury hotels. His holdings are currently valued at over $300 million.  When Scott started out, he was broke and scared. His first business partner took all of the money they had and vanished. He had every reason to throw in the towel, but he didn’t. He stayed focused on his goals and worked his butt off. He turned the crap hand he was dealt into $50k after his first month. 

Today I’m going over the Weston A Price Diet Basics. They champion raw milk and have a lot of great information on their website. I’ll put a link in the show notes to their website. Before I launch in to today’s info, I want to take a minute to say welcome to all the new listeners and welcome back to you veteran homestead-loving regulars who stop by the FarmCast every week. I appreciate you all so much. I’m so excited to share with you what’s going on at the farm this week. Today’s Show Homestead Life Updates Weston A Price Diet Basics Bone Broth Recipe Homestead Life Updates I feel almost normal again. There was one small incident earlier this week. We are missing one small buck and I thought he might be in with the girls so I walked much farther out into the pasture than normal to round up the goats. It’s pretty easy to do but required a bit more energy that I anticipated. I walked slowly and carefully. Keeping good balance is still an issue. I’m very careful when walking around out there. So many things can trip you up if you are not paying close attention. Then, oops, trip and down you go. Fortunately, I did not have that experience. No, I just walked slowly and carefully. Unfortunately, I walked a lot farther than I had in quite a while. It seemed like it would be easy. After all, I often easily walked two or three times as far as I did on this morning prior to my bout of appendicitis. Well, turns out it wasn’t that easy. I continue to be surprised by how weak my body became with this illness. Oh well, I just went inside, cooled off, rested . . . and then made some cheese. The Garden and Orchard Both are showing the effects of a lack of rain this summer. Oh, and the steers ate the tops of my celery, sweet potatoes and the Swiss chard. Bummer, I was going to take the celery to the farmer’s market per the request of my customers. The sweet potatoes will likely be fine. In fact, the tubers may grow even larger as they are the propagation mechanism for the plant. Whenever a plant’s life is threatened, it begins to put a lot of energy into reproduction. For instance, when it gets to hot for lettuce and spinach in late spring, the plants will send up stalks of seeds. This is referred to as “bolting”. We say the lettuce or spinach “bolted”. Sometimes even the smallest amount of stress can cause lettuce and spinach to bolt. It starts putting out as many seeds as possible to preserve itself. Scott did take a day out of this creamery-building schedule to water the few remaining veggies in the garden and the entire orchard. He also did a bit of summer pruning of the trees. And then it was back to laying blocks in the creamery. The Creamery It is so exciting to see those walls growing out of the ground. The building is really taking shape. Scott is so dedicated to using every possible minute to get the project completed. His attention to detail is also inspiring. The seams between the blocks are perfectly aligned. Visit our Facebook page to see images of all his hard work. The Animals We started the culling process with the goats. I talked about our plan in the podcast just prior to this one. In the end, we will have no sheep and the cashmere goats will be replaced with Kiko goats. We took the three breeding bucks to the meat processor. They will make lots of ground chev. Look for a good deal on soup bones. We will have lots of them. All three of them had impressive racks of horns. Roanoke’s were more than 4’ feet from tip to tip. We asked and were granted permission to keep the heads with the horns attached. They are currently curing and will eventually decorate our walls – probably in the small store area of the creamery. The Quail We have begun collecting eggs for the next batch of quail. It started slow. Only two so far. The quail cages got moved. Their manure smell is quite pungent and their cages were far too close to the carport and back door. The odor seemed to accumulate under the carport and came wafting to the back door. Each time the quail are disturbed, they stop laying eggs for a few days. When Scott was building the cages, he had to remove the layers from their cages while he assembled the additional cage above their space. They stopped for a day or so and then slowly returned to their original laying pattern. So when Scott moved their cage to a new and quite lovely shady spot, their laying dropped to almost nothing. He brought in two eggs this morning. Normally, we get six to eight. Also, the days are getting shorter and the birds will naturally lay fewer eggs. They need light to lay every day. We can supply artificial light and we may do that. Who knows? That’s another project though. Best keep on with the creamery. Weston Price Diet Basics Today I want to talk about a traditional diet as presented by the Weston A Price Foundation. (WAPF). There are lots and lots of ideas and opinions about nutrition out there. The science cannot seem to agree. And it makes sense. No two people are alike. Some people live on the equator with ancestral and genetic ties to an abundance of fruits. Some people live in areas where meat and fat are their only choices. I recommend doing your own research and making your choices based on the needs belonging uniquely to you and your family. Today, specifically, I’ll be outlining the recommendations detailed by the Weston A Price Foundation. First, some basics on the man and the organization. Who is Weston Price? Weston Andrew Valleau Price (September 6, 1870 – January 23, 1948) was a Canadian dentist known primarily for his theories on the relationship between nutrition, dental health, and physical health. He founded the research institute National Dental Association, which became the research section of the American Dental Association, and was the NDA's chairman from 1914 to 1928. Price initially did dental research on the relationship between endodontic therapy and pulpless teeth and broader systemic disease, known as focal infection theory, a theory which resulted in many extractions of tonsils and teeth. Focal infection theory fell out of favor in the 1930s and was pushed to the margins of dentistry by the 1950s. By 1930, Price had shifted his interest to nutrition. In 1939, he published Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, detailing his global travels studying the diets and nutrition of various cultures. The book concludes that aspects of a modern Western diet (particularly flour, sugar, and modern processed vegetable fats) cause nutritional deficiencies that are a cause of many dental issues and health problems. The dental issues he observed include the proper development of the facial structure (to avoid overcrowding of the teeth) in addition to dental caries. This work received mixed reviews, and continues to be cited today by proponents of many different theories, including controversial dental and nutritional theories. The Weston A Price Foundation The Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) was co-founded in 1999 by Sally Fallon Morell and nutritionist Mary G. Enig. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to "restoring nutrient-dense foods to the American diet through education, research and activism." The foundation has been criticized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its advocacy of drinking raw milk and by various nutritionists for its advocacy of the health benefits of animal-based fats. The President of the foundation is Sally Fallon Morell. The foundation has seven board members and numerous honorary board members, most of whom have medical or nutritional qualifications.  Its main sources of support are the dues and contributions of its members. It does not receive funding from the government or the food processing and agribusiness industries. It does accept sponsorships, exhibitors and advertising from small companies by invitation, whose products are in line with its principles. The sponsors include grass-fed meat and wild fish producers, as well as health product companies. A 2004 report published by the foundation stated that it is dedicated to "restoring nutrient-dense foods to the American diet through education, research and activism", and "supports a number of movements that contribute to this objective including accurate nutrition instruction, organic and biodynamic farming, pasture feeding of livestock, community-supported farms, honest and informative labeling, prepared parenting and nurturing therapies." Specific goals include establishment of universal access to certified raw milk and a ban on the use of soy in infant formulas. The organization actively lobbies in Washington DC on issues such as government dietary guidelines definition and composition of school lunch programs. The WAPF publishes a quarterly journal called Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and the Healing Arts, and an annual shopping guide which lists products made from organic, non-GMO ingredients and prepared using traditional and artisan methods. WAPF Diet Basics The diets of healthy primitive and non-industrialized peoples contain no refined or denatured foods such as refined sugar or corn syrup; white flour; canned foods; pasteurized, homogenized, skim or low-fat milk; refined or hydrogenated vegetable oils; protein powders; artificial vitamins or toxic additives and colorings. I do want to point out that primitive cultures have health difficulties that our modern systems have overcome. Access to food and health care in the first world is amazing. Death in childbirth and early childhood death from things like pneumonia are still issues for the primitive tribes. Diet won’t fix that. Appendicitis like I had would have been a death sentence for these people without modern medicine. We truck food from one side of the country to the other. Importing and exporting food from and to all parts of the world is now commonplace. We do not have problems with access to food. Our problems might be characterized more as excess of food. All traditional cultures consume some sort of animal protein and fat from fish and other seafood; water and land fowl; land animals; eggs; milk and milk products; reptiles; and insects. In every traditional culture, some of the animal products are eaten raw. Their location on the planet determines their diet. And as I mentioned earlier, some have access to an abundance of fresh fruit. For some fruit would be a year-round staple and for other it would be seasonal. Because of the focus on the foods I just mentioned, primitive diets contain at least four times the calcium and other minerals and TEN times the fat soluble vitamins from animal fats (vitamin A, vitamin D and vitamin K2) as the average American diet. There is an interesting connection between raw foods and the enzymes needed to digest them. Primitive and traditional diets have a high food-enzyme content from raw dairy products, raw meat and fish; raw honey; tropical fruits; cold-pressed oils; wine and unpasteurized beer; and naturally preserved, lacto-fermented vegetables, fruits, beverages, meats and condiments. Lacto-fermenting is an art form I’ll address for you in a later podcast. Seeds, grains and nuts are soaked, sprouted, fermented or naturally leavened in order to neutralize their naturally occurring antinutrients. Phytic acid, enzyme inhibitors, tannins and complex carbohydrates are examples of antinutrients. Most of today’s nutritionists insist that low fat is the way to go. But that’s not how we were able to survive to experience this modern era. The total fat content of traditional diets varies from 30% to 80%. Of total calories consumed, only about 4% come from polyunsaturated oils. That 4% comes from the naturally occurring oils in grains, pulses, nuts, fish, animal fats and vegetables. The balance of fat calories is in the form of saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids. Traditional diets contain nearly equal amounts of omega-6 and omega-3 essential fatty acids. There is a lot of heady information out there about what food has what fat and in what ratio? Is there a balance of equal parts omega-6 and omega-3? Again, in traditional diets where animals are raised in harmony with nature and gardens are made fertile with naturally occurring compost, the balance of this fat and that fat is irrelevant. When using traditional methods of farming, the animals are healthy and the nutrition in food is naturally in balance. If it is not, something needs to change in the farming method. This is the essence of being sustainable.  All primitive diets contain some salt. Another vilified nutrient by today’s standards. Traditional cultures consume animal bones, usually in the form of gelatin-rich bone broths. Bone broth is quite popular today in the keto and carnivore diet worlds. That sums up the basics of the WAPF diet basics. Go to their website and signup for their 7-part Wise Traditions Diet to get all the information on eating a traditional diet. What to eat as well as proper preparation passed down through centuries of experience.  Bone Broth Bone broth is made with bones that have bits of meat still clinging unlike “stock”. It is also generally thinner than “stock”. Most people use the terms interchangeably. It has been made for centuries. Roasted bones will add flavor to the broth and will darken the color. This recipe that fresh herbs for an added bit of flavor. What You Need 1 pound lamb bones or other bone of our choice 1 tablespoon cooking oil 1 large onion, diced 3 medium carrots, chunked 3 stalks celery, chopped 3 sprigs fresh rosemary  5 sprigs fresh thyme  3 gallons water, more as needed Salt, optional What To Do Preheat oven to 400 F. Place bones in roasting pan. Cook for 30-40 minutes or until browned. In a large stock pot placed over medium heat, add cooking oil. Add onion, carrot, celery, garlic, and herbs. Saute for 5 minutes. Add bones including fat and juices from the roasting pan. Add enough water to cover the bones and bring it to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low. Simmer for 8 hours (or up to 24 hours) uncovered. Add more water as needed to keep the bones covered. Strain the broth through a fine mesh strainer lined with a tea towel. Enjoy hot or store in the refrigerator for up to a week. Notes If you made a larger amount, freeze the remaining broth in container sizes that fit your everyday needs or pressure can for longer term storage. Hop over to the website to find and print this recipe. There is a link in the show notes. Go to the home page, click or tap podcasts, click or tap this episode titled “Weston A Price Diet Basics,” scroll to the bottom of the post and you will find the link to the bone broth recipe. Final Thoughts That’s it for this episode of the Peaceful Heart FarmCast. We are winding down toward fall, the harvests are coming in and preserving food for the winter is in full swing here on the homestead. The work on the creamery continues. And as the days get cooler, that bone broth is the perfect food for bringing you warmth and peace at the end of the day. If you enjoyed this podcast, please hop over to Apple Podcasts, SUBSCRIBE and give it a 5-star rating and review. And the best way to help out the show is to share it with any friends or family who might be interested in this type of content. As always, I’m here to help you “taste the traditional touch.” Thank you so much for stopping by the homestead and until next time, may God fill your life with grace and peace. References Weston A Price Foundation Recipe Link Bone Broth To share your thoughts: Leave a comment on our Facebook Page Share this show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram To help the show: PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW for Peaceful Heart FarmCast on Apple Podcasts. 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Today our expert guest is Scott Kujak, host of the Underdog Podcast and author of Underdog: True Stories of Overcoming Adversity. He speaks to organizations, corporations, churches, and at events, inspiring those who fight against adversity one punch at a time.   Scott began his podcast after witnessing his best friend battle stage 4 colon cancer, and now he interviews people who have overcome tremendous odds, from famous athletes to amputee war veterans.   When Scott's friend Phil was diagnosed with cancer around the same time Scott had a relationship end abruptly, he witnessed the difference in the ways they handled adversity: Scott faced his with doubt, hopelessness, anger and depression, but Phil responded with positivity, optimism, and hope. This inspired Scott to respond to adversity even when life didn't make sense.   Scott wanted to capture Phil's story in depth in an interview and inspire others. After that, he decided to interview others who have overcome a spectrum of different circumstances so he could share that knowledge with others.   Phil sadly passed away in 2018, but Scott wanted to honor his legacy and his story. He was already halfway through writing his book based on his podcast, where Phil was the last story told, and he knew he had to kick into high gear to get it finished and honor his friend.   Over the course of his interviews, Scott pulled out a few common strategies people have used to overcome adversity: Forgiveness makes change about yourself and not the other person. It opens your heart and changes your perspective. Looking at taking life on day by day. When faced with incredible adversity, it can be hard to look at the next 5 years of your life, but if you can just tackle the next day, week, month, you will get there. What is your motivation? If you have a strong enough reason to keep going on, you can find the strength to go on.   Today, Scott has found several ways to make his own impact in the world. He's taken up boxing, where he is the two time golden glove super-heavyweight champion of Austin, Texas, which helps him with stress relief and exercise, but also serves as a powerful metaphor for the fights others have to go through. He even incorporates this into his speaking engagements.   Scott is serving in mentorship programs locally, partnering up one on one with kids and offering support. He is also involved in Big Love Cancer Care, providing much-needed assistance, items, and support to cancer patients and their families.   The Biggest Helping: Today's Most Important Takeaway   “Above anything else, the most important thing in life to be successful is to love others with every single thing that you have in your body. It's not enough to make a ton of money, it's not enough to be there for a friend in times of need. You have to be there for everybody, whether they want it or not, whether they like you or not, you like them or not. If you show love to other people, that's how the world changes.”   --   Thank you for joining us on The Daily Helping with Dr. Shuster. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Google Play to download more food for the brain, knowledge from the experts, and tools to win at life.   Resources: Learn more at scottkujak.com Read Underdog: True Stories of Overcoming Adversity Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/underdogpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/underdog_podcast B.I.G. Love Cancer Care: https://biglovecancercare.org The Daily Helping is produced by Crate Media

My husband Scott makes his first appearance on the podcast! We discuss our recent trip to Dallas to attend Unleash the Power Within with Tony Robbins. We reflect on our own personal growth, discuss our meaningful experiences, share our takeaways, answer your questions, and highlight how you can engage your partner in self-development.  Note: If you have young ones in the car, Scott and I drop some language about halfway through. Put on some earbuds or wait for some alone time.   Highlights of our conversation:  4:01 - Kari’s personal development journey 6:54 - Watching your partner on their own personal journey 8:38 - A little bit about Scott’s background 9:39 - Scott’s experience with leadership training 10:27 - Kari’s switch from corporate life to network marketing 17:58 - Why Scott said “yes” to this event 30:01 - How Kari prepared Scott for Tony Robbins 31:39 - Some of Kari’s takeaways from the event 34:29 - Scott shares his experience 39:05 - How this event was different for Kari 40:15 - Kari and Scott share how this brought them closer 43:30 - Scott’s hesitations for attending the event 45:02 - When Scott realized personal development is “real” 49:02 - Scott’s top takeaway 49:57 - Kari’s top takeaway 58:13 - What Scott would tell someone who’d like their partner to attend an event    About me: I’m Kari Keating, mom of 3 young boys, that ditched a 17-year, 6 figure corporate career to go after her dreams. I’ve been coaching professionally for over 2 years and have had a wide variety of clients from recording artists, website developers, photographers, professional network marketers and other life coaches. My zone of genius lies in helping soul-based entrepreneurs get out of their heads and into inspired action, so they can make the impact they crave and the income they deserve. Find me at my website - https://www.kari-keating.com/ Connect on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/karikeating/   Credits: Interview: Scott Keating Podcast edited and mixed by 51 features. Connect with Andrew at andrew {at} 51features {dot} com.  

Scott Carney ~ Co-Author of 'What Doesn't Kill Us' w/ Wim Hof ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   Could you imagine climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in record time with no training? How about being injected with a deadly endotoxin and your body has no reaction to it? Or even just completing more pushups than you ever thought possible with no oxygen in your lungs? Most people think these are impossible feats. Something only reserved for superhumans or for people that spend years in training. But they are not. All of the aforementioned activities have been accomplished by regular people that apply one simple breathing method, the Wim Hof Method.   Our guest today is an investigative journalist and a long-time student of the Wim Hof Method. When Scott heard about Wim and his wild claims, he went to meet Wim with one purpose….to prove him wrong. After Scott spent a few days at Wim's mountain house in Poland, he realized Wim and his wacky breathing tactics were the real deal. He was convinced because Scott himself began doing more pushups than he ever had completed with no oxygen in his lungs. He took baths in freezing cold water without getting hypothermia, and if those weren't enough, Wim took Scott and in the dead of winter they both climbed the tallest mountain in Poland wearing nothing but shorts and boots! Scott then spent the next six years of his life training with Wim, learning these methods and eventually he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in record time also wearing only boots and shorts and co-authored with Wim on the best-selling book What Doesn't Kill Us. Today on the show, Scott talks to us about the Wim Hof Method and how its application helped him gain more control over his body and mindset. He also shares breathing techniques, tips on how to identify false gurus and cultivating your own inner guru when looking to make life changes.       02:16: Who is Scott Carney?    14:20: Why Scott Wanted to Expose False Gurus    16:53: The Enlightenment Trap    17:23: The Wim Hof Technique    27:59: Native Americans & Ice Baths    32:10: Basic Breathing Pattern & Cold Shower Routine    35:24: Benefits of Breathing & Cold Showers    37:39: The Endotoxin Study    44:04: Holding 29 World Records    46:44: Ice Baths & Testosterone    49:49: Scott Carney's Breathing & Cold Shower Routine    55:04: Identifying False Gurus 1:02:24: Meditating to Death 1:10:44: Understanding Mindfulness 1:13:16: Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro w/ No Training   Contact Info: http://www.scottcarney.com/

Scott O'Neil, CEO of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, doesn't have any hobbies. He is a husband, father, NBA CEO and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who believes prioritization is not a matter of balance but of being 100 percent present wherever he may be in the moment. He is the guy who smiles and says hi to every person he passes, calling many of them by name, and the recent convert who believes we all need to do more to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. "We need to do more. We need to be less insular. We need be more loving. We need to be more open. We need to be more assertive. We need to leverage social media. We need to leverage the people we know, the influence we have, and we need to do a better job because this gospel is too special and we need to do a better job sharing it."  Show Notes: 1:46- Scott's love for sports is NOT why he loves his job 2:54- Scott O’Neil, the recreation league girls basketball coach 5:54- How Scott O’Neil became an NBA CEO 7:22- When Scott met Lisa 23:12- Scott’s decision to meet with the missionaries 32:32- Experiencing “firsts” as a new member of the Church 36:55- Why being sealed to his family was significant/memories  39:20- Advice to other part-member families 41:18- Why Scott believes he joined the Church at the right time 43:20- Call for missionary work 44:03- Gratitude for his wife 45:58: Balancing being a husband, father, member of the Church and an NBA CEO 48:53- What it means to Scott to be “All In” the gospel of Jesus Christ

090 | Scott Sorrell Shares Why You Need to Raise Your Ceiling During the past 15 years, Scott Sorrell has helped his clients close more than $5 Billion in new sales.  He is widely known as “Mr. Charge Higher Prices” because he trains sales teams and business owners all over the United States and around the world on how to charge HIGHER PRICES and get their customers to thank them for it!  His clients include Cisco Systems, MetLife, BMW, Rawlings and hundreds of other industry giants, as well as small and midsize entrepreneurial companies. How confident are you overall? Now, how confident are you with your sales skills? Having confidence when it comes to selling is truly important, but so many entrepreneurs either lack confidence altogether or have enough to just barely scrape by. This probably will come as NO surprise to you, but building confidence doesn’t just come from coasting from day to day. Rather it comes from taking action every single day. As this week’s guest, Scott Sorrell, so eloquently put it, “confidence comes from competence.” It took Scott FIVE years of owning his own business before he gained the confidence to actually get good at selling. Scott would meet with a prospect and be so afraid of bringing up the topic of money because he never believed that he was good enough to get paid for what his work. I’m sure there are some of you listening to this now who can completely relate to the way Scott felt. But, over time, Scott researched new methods which he mastered and has used over and over again. If you’re sick of being afraid to sell because you lack confidence, then this episode of Success Unfiltered is a MUST LISTEN! Enjoy, and thank you for listening and tuning into Success Unfiltered! To share your thoughts: Email The Pitch Queen @ hello@thepitchqueen.com Ask a question over at www.ThePitchQueen.com Share Success Unfiltered on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, & LinkedIn To help the show out: Please leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe to the show on iTunes. Special thanks goes out to Scott Sorrell for taking the time to chat with Michelle. Be sure to join us next week for our next new episode! P.S. Is Getting Caught Up In Your Head Keeping You From Growing Your Business? As an entrepreneur, you’ve probably heard a LOT about getting out of your own way, building your confidence, and believing in yourself. But if it’s THAT easy, why doesn’t everybody just DO it? Because sometimes, your HEAD butts in. Fear kicks in. And before you know it, you’re focusing on your fears instead of your mission. How do you stop overthinking in its tracks and shift your focus back to your passion, your mission, and your clients? My FREE guide will show you how! Grab “4 Mindset Hacks For Overthinking Entrepreneurs” right HERE! Here are a few key secrets we talked about in this episode: Michelle introduces Scott Sorrell. Scott shares a little bit about who he is and what he does. Scott was asked to speak at a two-day conference and the amount of money that they were offering him was too low, so he used his “genius questions” and was able to almost 4x the amount. Listen to this episode for the full story! Curious what I mean when I say “genius questions”? Listen to this episode for Scott’s explanation. The biggest most devastating NO that Scott received was the one that he was telling himself when it came time to ask for money. The five years that Scott was in business for himself he dealt with a ton of stuff dealing with mindset and confidence. He shares how his previous conversations with sales leads would go. When Scott became a VP at an advertising agency, he became hugely successful at selling. He realized that he could sell as long as he wasn’t selling for himself. Not feeling confident in your sales conversation? Scott recommends, doing research and becoming confident in tried and true sales techniques. This will help the conversation flow so much more smoothly. Scott shares his selling technique called “Raise the Ceiling.” If you’re ready to start increasing your prices, this technique will work for you. Listen to hear the whole thing! Are you curious how to use this technique in YOUR business? Don’t worry! Scott provides an excellent example of how it would work for you and your business. When it comes to the “Raise the Ceiling” technique, there is a limit to the number of tiers you want to offer a client. Scott explains it all in this episode. “Never write the proposal for the client. Make them write your proposal.” ~ Scott Sorrell Scott shares what he would tell his younger self. Connect with Scott Sorrell: Scott’s Website LinkedIn Additional Sales Tips from Scott P.S. Is Getting Caught Up In Your Head Keeping You From Growing Your Business? As an entrepreneur, you’ve probably heard a LOT about getting out of your own way, building your confidence, and believing in yourself. But if it’s THAT easy, why doesn’t everybody just DO it? Because sometimes, your HEAD butts in. Fear kicks in. And before you know it, you’re focusing on your fears instead of your mission. How do you stop overthinking in its tracks and shift your focus back to your passion, your mission, and your clients? My FREE guide will show you how! Grab “4 Mindset Hacks For Overthinking Entrepreneurs” right HERE! Music produced by Deejay-O  www.iamdeejayo.com  

When Scott sold Data Storage, Inc. -- as told in episode #142 --  things didn't go perfectly smooth. As with any decent sized small business, various legal matters arise in the course of regular operations. When it's sale time, however, any outstanding legal issues come under intense scrutiny as the buyer conducts their due diligence. In these situations, you need a ringer. You need a guy like David Keesling, a veteran trial attorney and labor law expert based out of Tulsa, OK.   David is a former Marine who began his law career in 2002. Since then he has won numerous cases and settlements for businesses dealing with labor law issues, malpractice suits, and state and federal government tort claims. David is a hard-nosed negotiator with a keen eye for assessing risks and anticipating threats for his clients. He currently practices with Dunlap, Bennett, & Ludwig in Tulsa, OK.   Scott recounts how he met David at a deposition during the early years of Data Storage. David was the opposing counsel, and proceeded to systematically "wipe the floor" with his own counsel, ultimately causing Scott a great deal of headache and lost money. After recovering from the beatdown, Scott contacted David to represent him and Data Storage going forward. David provides some insight into how he has helped steer Data Storage since then and deal with the various labor and employment disputes that have arisen as the business has grown to over 50 employees.   You can find David practicing at the firm of Dunlap, Bennett, & Ludwig, and you can contact him at dkeesling@dbllawyers.com   Online Great Books is opening enrollment again on January 28th, 2019. Visit the website to sign up for the VIP waiting list now, and you'll have a chance to sign up when enrollment opens. Spots are limited, so sign up fast!   Discounts Use the discount code LOGIC to save 10% off any order of Iron Joe.  Save 5% off any order at Dominion Belts with the discount code fahveoff.   Connect With Matt Matt on Instagram Starting Strength Online Coaching — Matt’s website Matt on Facebook Matt on Twitter Connect With Scott Scott on Instagram Silver Strength – Scott’s website Scott on Facebook Scott on Twitter Connect With the Show Barbell Logic on Twitter Barbell Logic on Instagram The Website Barbell Logic on Facebook barbelllogicpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we examine an old insight about happiness and giving. It’s an insight that is now backed up by behavioral science. The episode begins with a scene from the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. From there we hear from the founder and CEO of Charity: Water, Scott Harrison. When Scott turned 18, he moved to New York City and got a job as a nightclub promoter. He lived a hedonistic lifestyle that included private jets and exotic parties. He should have been on top of the world, but he was miserable. It wasn’t until Scott moved to one of the poorest countries in the world that he started to find fulfillment. You can learn more about Scott’s story and his incredible transformation in his new book Thirst. Next Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton explores the topic of happiness and spending. He’s the co-author of a study on the subject of happiness and spending, and the book Happy Money: The New Science of Smarter Spending. Finally, we hit the streets to conduct an experiment. We gave out five dollar bills to random people and asked them to spend it on themselves or give it away. Which group do you think will experience a greater level of happiness? Choiceology is an original podcast from Charles Schwab. For more on the series, visit schwab.com/podcast If you enjoy the show, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating or review on Apple Podcasts. Important Disclosures: All expressions of opinion are subject to change without notice in reaction to shifting market conditions. The comments, views, and opinions expressed in the presentation are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of Charles Schwab. Data contained herein from third-party providers is obtained from what are considered reliable sources. However, its accuracy, completeness or reliability cannot be guaranteed. (1218-89EM)

Scott Peterson /// Part 2 /// 246 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com On December 24th, 2002 - Husband and father to be, Scott Peterson left home at 9:30am. He was planning on a short fishing trip but first he would have to go into work. When Scott left home his wife Laci was watching television. She was planning to do a little house cleaning and then take the dog for a walk. Later that day Scott returned home to an empty house. His wife’s vehicle and purse were still at the house but Laci was nowhere in sight. Scott reported his wife as missing and told police the family dog came home with its leash still on but no Laci...Beer of the Week - Blackberry Daze by Anchor Brewing Garage Grade - 3 and a half bottle caps out of 5   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scott Peterson /// Part 1 /// 245 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com On December 24th, 2002 - Husband and father to be, Scott Peterson left home at 9:30am. He was planning on a short fishing trip but first he would have to go into work. When Scott left home his wife Laci was watching television. She was planning to do a little house cleaning and then take the dog for a walk. Later that day Scott returned home to an empty house. His wife’s vehicle and purse were still at the house but Laci was nowhere in sight. Scott reported his wife as missing and told police the family dog came home with its leash still on but no Laci...Beer of the Week - Blackberry Daze by Anchor Brewing Garage Grade - 3 and a half bottle caps out of 5   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Scott tried to release the lunar module, he did not hold the button long enough so the lander got hung on the capture latches.