40 Burst results for "Cindy"
Capstone Conversation
Jared Asch Asks Loella Haskew and Cindy Darling: Is "Measure O" Working?
"Let's get local and talk about Walnut Creek for a minute. It's been about a year since we've the people of Walnut Creek have voted in Measure O. Talk to us. It's an additional sales tax to provide benefits for the city. Is it working and what are we doing with the money? What are the priorities? Start Cindy Ann and you can fill in the gaps. Yeah. OK. So the first thing we did to promise the community is to find an oversight group so that they look at what we've done to make sure that we live up to our promises of what we and we were going to do when we started the Measure O process. Interestingly enough, when I first ran in 2012 or 2011, I ran on a half cent sales tax increase and I got the more votes than I ever did since then. I think there were a group of people who knew that we weren't quite we needed a little extra oomph in our spending. We've done some additions at the police department. We've made some spending for attracting more people downtown where we're doing things, a lot of things in and around it. But the biggest project is the one that Cindy Darling is working on. And so I'm going to let her take over. One of the reasons I ran for council is it's important for a community. My kids loved growing up in Walnut Creek. They swam, they played Little League, they played this, they played that, they did this art class. And a lot of the facilities that they were accessing were built back in the 50s and 60s. And we all know things that were built in the 50s and 60s are now starting to fall apart. And we need to pay it forward to the next generation. And that was a big driver on Measure O. The Clark Swim Center and Heather Farm is one bad accident away from its pumps not ever running again. So we are working on a new community center and a new aquatic center to carry on the traditions in Walnut Creek. And that was one of the bigger drivers of Measure O. We are in the planning phase right now and we have a lot of active, robust public input coming into the process. We have a survey out. You can go to the city councils with the city's website and take a survey on what you want out of that community center, what you want out of the aquatics facility. And we're going to be working to get it so it's up and operational by 2027 and it's going to be cool. Yeah. And there's there's some concern over the money from Measure O coming up on the ballot. Do you I don't want to take up too much time going into every detail on it, but can you talk about what is coming up in 2024 and what impact that might have on Measure O as well as a number of other regional measures? There are two things to be addressed by the population. The first one is how many votes do we need to do to get permission to have an additional sales tax? If we go out for a specific purpose right now, you need two thirds of a vote of a community and it's incredibly difficult to get that. If you go out for a general measure, you only need to get 50 % plus one vote. There is a measure being brought forth by a business council that wants to remove so much freedom with what we local people can do with taxes. And so they want to make every vote a sixty thirds vote. And the thing that is most concerning to us because of our position is they can claw back a vote that happened in 2022 and say you have to run it again and get the two thirds vote. So so we're nervous about the business one. And we're also thinking it's 10 % of people will vote no on any thing that has money to do with money. And that's in order to get 65%. You've got to work really hard. And so a lot of cities don't have the capacity to get important things done because they can't get out there and get this full measure of voters to pay attention.
Capstone Conversation
Fresh update on "cindy" discussed on Capstone Conversation
"It's been about a year since we've the people of Walnut Creek have voted in Measure O. Talk to us. It's an additional sales tax to provide benefits for the city. Is it working and what are we doing with the money? What are the priorities? Start Cindy Ann and you can fill in the gaps. Yeah. OK. So the first thing we did to promise the community is to find an oversight group so that they look at what we've done to make sure that we live up to our promises of what we and we were going to do when we started the Measure O process. Interestingly enough, when I first ran in 2012 or 2011, I ran on a half cent sales tax increase and I got the more votes than I ever did since then. I think there were a group of people who knew that we weren't quite we needed a little extra oomph in our spending. We've done some additions at the police department. We've made some spending for attracting more people downtown where we're doing things, a lot of things in and around it. But the biggest project is the one that Cindy Darling is working on. And so I'm going to let her take over. One of the reasons I ran for council is it's important for a community. My kids loved growing up in Walnut Creek. They swam, they played Little League, they played this, they played that, they did this art class. And a lot of the facilities that they were accessing were built back in the 50s and 60s. And we all know things that were built in the 50s and 60s are now starting to fall apart. And we need to pay it forward to the next generation. And that was a big driver on Measure O. The Clark Swim Center and Heather Farm is one bad accident away from its pumps not ever running again. So we are working on a new community center and a new aquatic center to carry on the traditions in Walnut Creek. And that was one of the bigger drivers of Measure O. We are in the planning phase right now and we have a lot of active, robust public input coming into the process. We have a survey out. You can go to the city councils with the city's website and take a survey on what you want out of that community center, what you want out of the aquatics facility. And we're going to be working to get it so it's up and operational by 2027 and it's going to be cool. Yeah. And there's there's some concern over the money from Measure O coming up on the ballot. Do you I don't want to take up too much time going into every detail on it, but can you talk about what is coming up in 2024 and what impact that might have on Measure O as well as a number of other regional measures? There are two things to be addressed by the population. The first one is how many votes do we need to do to get permission to have an additional sales tax? If we go out for a specific purpose right now, you need two thirds of a vote of a community and it's incredibly difficult to get that. If you go out for a general measure, you only need to get 50% plus one vote. There is a measure being brought forth by a business council that wants to remove so much freedom with what we local people can do with taxes. And so they want to make every vote a sixty thirds vote. And the thing that is most concerning to us because of our position is they can claw back a vote that happened in 2022 and say you have to run it again and get the two thirds vote. So so we're nervous about the business one. And we're also thinking it's 10% of people will vote no on any thing that has money to do with money. And that's in order to get 65%. You've got to work really hard. And so a lot of cities don't have the capacity to get important things done because they can't get out there and get this full measure of voters to pay attention. And I'm trying to pull up the numbers. Measure O was passed with almost two thirds, 65%, but fell about 100 votes short out of thirty five thousand of crossing that two thirds. So somebody repeals it just missed that mark. Right. And to make it retroactive after you've been collecting the money is an interesting court case in the making. Yes. And I think it's already in court prior to it going on the ballot because this retroactivity it's like, wait a second, you can't change the rules. We worked hard. We passed 65% of the people Walnut Creek agreed with the council and wanted to invest in our community. Shouldn't they have the right to do that? We are a majority rules world. Do we need to make everything two thirds? Yeah, so I want to move past that to another local issue, but it affects a lot of communities. Walnut Creek is a retail hub for the region. People come in from parts of Oakland, from Richmond, from Brentwood to do their shopping in Walnut Creek. But we've had a lot of organized retail theft. We talked a little bit about two thousand here. Let's not talk about the what's happened because we know what's happened, but it's an ongoing problem. What are we doing in Walnut Creek to reduce it from happening in the future and to keep the residents safe? One of the first things we did during COVID when we had the initial problems, we, or after it was the Nordstrom smash and grab, we allocated five extra positions paid for out of our COVID relief money to Walnut Creek PD to help increase the police presence downtown. With Measure O funds this year, we not only continued those by because that COVID funding was short term funding. So now we've moved in and backfill with Measure O funding to keep those five positions going. So a strong police presence downtown is an important part of crime prevention. For example, the recent smash and grab at Louis Vuitton, the officers were there in under a minute because there's already somebody there and they basically really interrupted in the middle of the smash and grab. The other thing we did is add a analytical crime prevention specialist to Walnut Creek PD so that they could better understand. And you can see the benefits of those kinds of things with the recent arrest at Lulu Lemon. They had formed good connections for immunity. And so when people show up with three to $5,000 worth of Lulu Lemons that they are returning to the store, it was instantly recognized as a problem. And they came in and managed to arrest the people that were allegedly fencing the stolen Lulu Lemon. And I think two other people in the car were also arrested. So getting more analytical about what the smash and grab and increasing the presence downtown. And we do have the bollards up on Broadway Plaza on either end of the street. Our staff worked really hard behind the scenes to figure out how they could get people to circulate past lifetime and pass the restaurants at one end of it. And we're going to keep that close through the holidays and then take another look at it at the end of the holidays. And that's the basic physically. No, you need a lot of drive cars through the windows of stores along that part of the street and police the fire department. But yeah, there's no decision, as we said earlier, as a black and white decision. The other thing that the police department is doing is they're working with other police departments. And there is a, I think, countywide gang thing. They're looking at the dark web. They're monitoring all the social media to find out what the gangs are doing. And it is a significant gang. I read in the paper not too long ago that they got to one of the distribution centers where all the thefts were taken so that they could distribute it out and sell it on the web. You got to be really careful. They make money and you got to be really careful when you're looking at what you're buying because it could be stolen property. If it's too cheap, it's either stolen or fake. Well, and when we talk about organized retail theft and the reason why it's organized is they have distribution centers. Like, I just want to emphasize that for people, this is not somebody coming in and swiping some one item. This is planned hits, targeted, well thought out crimes with a network of people to make it profitable for them, both on the web or returning items in the store or whatnot. And that's one of the keys to attacking this. When we were seeing the Rolex watch thefts, they figured out where those Rolex watches were going. And that's one of the ways they tackled that. It wasn't just who's stealing them. It's what are they doing with them after they steal them? That helps find the solution to these problems. And the chief made it very clear that they also need to rely on the citizenry. If you see something that's going awry and makes you nervous, please make sure that you report it to the police. The best eyes on the streets are the people who are there and seeing things happen. So it requires a teamwork of almost everybody to be affected in terms of preventing and or stopping and catching these bad acts. If the old expression at the airport, if you see something, say something. So let's come back to the original topic. What are some vital thoughts that you want to share with people who might be considering to run or starting to run a campaign for the first time? Words of wisdom, inspiration, whichever direction you want to take that. I think we've seen some real challenges in our democracy. And I think what you have at the local level is the elected offices that most directly impact people's lives. And part of the way we keep our democracy strong is we care about those things at the local level and we hold people accountable. We look closely at what people are saying when they're running and we make an informed vote. That's the undercarriage for all of democracy. And democracy is something that is a bit challenged these days and we have an obligation to double it down and support. So looking at it from where I was when I first decided to run, I had been around City Hall. I'd been a volunteer at Diablo Regional Arts. I knew people. I knew what the city was doing. I had a pretty broad understanding about this wasn't just a finance job. It wasn't just this. It is a broad, you can't tell what's going to come, could be argument over how many chickens somebody could have in their backyard. Or it could be when they're a multi-million dollar building goes a certain place. There's no way you can be totally prepared for everything. It's hard work to run. There's walking. There's coming up with money to pay for even the cheapest of campaigns. And I used to treasure them. That's another reason I got into politics is people keep asking me if I'd be their treasurer, they're hard to know how to finance. They're hard to know how to put together a strong campaign. We're still learning how to do it in social media. And that's a whole different skill that we don't have. So it's hard work to run and it convinces you that if I've done this hard work, I deserve to give it back. And then you be patient with yourself for the first couple of years if you do get elected. It's like drinking water from an ocean. It just all comes at you at once and you have to adjust. And the reason I ran the second time was because I figured I needed to give back to the city my learning time so that I felt better and I wasn't shortchanging what I promised the citizens to do. So maybe the next question is, what do I look for? What do I hope are the skills of the person that runs for city council? First of all, like I said, it's the ability to listen. It's the ability to not layer your opinion on everything that you hear. It's the ability to learn quickly and to adapt. It's the ability to admit when you don't know and ask for help so that you get the necessary background training. And it doubly helps to have a good sense of humor because there are just times when if you only focus on what the job is, you're going to lose all your duot-a-by, duot-a-by. And so it should be a person who has a good sense of proportion too. Cindy, I bet you've got something to add. Well, I think you get on it. It's the ability to listen, the ability to come at it with an open mind, the ability to recognize. Sometimes when you hear people running for an office like this, they say, I am going to do this. But you're one of five. And if you can't get three people to agree, you're not going to get your way. So you have to learn how to work with the other council members to craft solutions that work across everybody's interests. And that's those are the most effective council members. We have a relatively high functioning council in Walnut Creek, but you look around at other cities and it's not always the case. There are places where people don't agree and it's hard to get the three votes and sniping at each other in social media and things like that. You have to be able to look at an issue, understand it, and then look for the solution that works for at least three of your council. I would also add to that is both of you, as you talked about your experience that benefited you both on council, but as well as your interests, you're both very involved in the city and your neighborhood and your communities beforehand, whether it was back when your kids were in school, you were in leadership positions, volunteering at the schools or in their sports. You were volunteering beforehand. And so I would really encourage people who are looking at running, get involved before you're looking at running, know your community, build relationships that will help you be succeed both in the campaign and in the office to maximize those relationships. The best experience I had preparing me for city council was the six or seven years I was a soccer referee for India soccer. There were times it didn't make any difference.Nobody agreed with it. So, yeah, well, and I love the optimism and enthusiasm that some candidates bring to the table. But I remember one time I was listening to a candidate and it was somebody that I really respected, but they did not have very much experience with the city government. And they're like, oh, and we should bring together everybody that works on homelessness. We should have like a task force with it. I'm like, oh, we should have the Walnut Creek homeless task force where the task force includes the homeless services, the city, the county, the faith community. Yeah. That's been running for a while. They didn't even know what they didn't know. And know what you don't know if you're going to be open minded to learn. Yeah. Yes. It's a good takeaway from that. So I really appreciate the two of you being here today. By the time this airs, we should have a rotation. So it is Mayor Pro Tem Luella Haskell, who will likely be the mayor at the time this airs and Councilwoman Cindy Darling, who will be likely based on that order, Mayor Pro Tem as we head into the 2024 calendar year. So I appreciate them both being here and their time today. And hopefully everybody in our audience continue to learn this. Please hit subscribe and follow up and get notices about every episode here on the Capstone Conversation. Thank you both. Thank you. Thank you. Please hit subscribe today so you get the weekly updates of when we release the next episode. And I'd like to thank our sponsors, Capstone Government Affairs and Economic Development, a firm where I serve as managing partner. For more information, check us out at www.capstonegov.com and follow us on LinkedIn by typing in Capstone Government. Check out the show notes and for a full transcript, visit our website, www.capstonegov.com and follow us on LinkedIn by typing in Capstone Government. Or you can find me, your host, Jared Ash.
Capstone Conversation
Capstone's Jared Asch Welcomes Loella Haskew and Cindy Darling of Walnut Creek
"Jared Esch, the host of The Capstone Conversation. Today, we are joined by not one, but two awesome women from the city of Walnut Creek. And we are going to hear about what inspired them to run for city council. What are some things that they want to encourage in other candidates who are considering to run or not to run as you make the decision ahead of next year's elections? And that applies to people throughout the whole East Bay area. That's not just here in Walnut Creek. So hopefully their message will resonate with people throughout. So first thing we will do, Mayor Pro Tem Luella Haskiw, do you want to go ahead and tell us a little bit more about yourself? In my career, I was a CPA specializing in tax, but I also did family law consulting and other business consulting. And I was inspired to run for a couple of reasons, one of which is I was close to many of the people who were on council and I just absorbed a lot of what they could accomplish by talking to them and watching them work. But also, I believe that we were going into an interesting economic cycle and maybe somebody who had my experience would be a good addition to the council. And our next guest is Councilwoman Cindy Darling. Cindy, tell us a little bit about your background and what convinced you to run. Well, I'm one of the newest members of the council. I was elected in 2020. Before that, I'd served 10 years on the planning commission for Walnut Creek. So I'd seen a lot of the issues that were working in the development end of things kind of bubbling up that were going to council. And I was interested in having a bigger voice on those than you just have a planning commission. I'm also a small business owner here in the city, and I spent most of my career working on really tough, naughty environmental problems around the Delta endangered species. And I felt like I developed a lot of skills there in helping people work together and solve problems creatively. And I wanted to take those skills and bring them to the council and help move Walnut Creek in a great direction. That's great. I appreciate that. Luella, you've been mayor two times, including 2020 during the start of the pandemic. Pandemic issues, businesses shutting down and then lots of looting here in Walnut Creek. What was it like to be mayor during that time? Can I say that the first round was was sweet. I really enjoyed the first time when it wasn't quite so stressful. But I will say about 2020, whenever I've talked to anybody who have had been mayor in Walnut Creek the last year to have been assigned a job with mayor, there were so many issues. We had a police shooting that was under scrutiny. We had looting. And I'm not even sure anybody knows to this hour what triggered the big looting that was at Broadway Plaza. It could have just been the gangs that were beginning to form and take over other places. But we forgot about Walnut Creek has some really nice high end stores to do. And then they all came. I don't think it had anything to do with the political choice. Nevertheless, it was incredibly damaging to the people who were at Broadway Plaza and it didn't stop there. Other people were involved in it. I make a joke about the fact that when George Floyd had been killed and people were really involved in making protests, a whole group of people showed up at nine o 'clock at night on a Wednesday and had a riot in our front yard doing a significant amount of damage to our garage doors, burning flags, scaring the bejeebers out of our neighbors. The police did call us and say, get out of the house. So we were safe, but it was an ugly experience for the neighborhood trying to find the best of the worst. We did have to buy a new garage door and we now have a battery pack up. And then I made it onto the news the next day. So good spads, but it was tough and the fiscal issues were tough. We started out with anticipating a comfortable excess budget. It turned out that when everything had to close up, sales tax went away and then we had to figure out what to do about that. And we got lucky that we came upon the pop -ups, the restaurant pop -ups, and we tried every way we could to save all the businesses, did away with our now famous parking meters and let people park. There weren't that many people using the parking meters. And so it was a very difficult time. Nevertheless, a sense of proportion, a great council, a great staff got the city through probably one of the most difficult years the city had to survive.
Capstone Conversation
Fresh update on "cindy" discussed on Capstone Conversation
"The supervisor, the person who's in charge of that division, will hear the question and maybe that will be able to supply a better answer, a more in-depth answer, because sometimes people ask for something that aren't good ideas or they will be able to kind of say to the employee, the first line of defense, we can lighten our load here and you can accept and we can work it out. So I agree with council member Darling that a great way to bring those things, if you don't get attention, is to come and talk to us in public comment. I think that's great. And you alluded to this too, is particularly with our parks or the open space, everybody has an idea, right? Some people want more lacrosse fields. Some people want astroturf, some people want grass, some people want more softball fields, others want more soccer. Pickleball is a big piece, right? And just the balance of deciding between what is best for the overall community and not one issue definitely is a big part of the process, right? It can't just be one sided. And pickleball is a good example of how an issue can work through because the conflict at the red gear cords between the neighbors and the noise of pickleball and the pickleball players and their enjoyment of the sport. It started bubbling up in public comment and the staff went out and did a bunch of mediation. They looked at different solutions. They worked the issue through. Meanwhile, it kept mumbling them back up to us. So we understood pickleball was something that we had to deal with. And so finally staff had worked through all the different options to relocate the courts and they brought that decision to council and said, here's a couple of different places we could move pickleball from red gear to someplace. And that that's where we stepped in. We let the staff deal with the day in, day out, how to manage the courts, what hours to put on the existing courts, how to work with the neighbors to change the parking and a number of ways that we could reduce that conflict in the meantime, while we're looking at a relocation and relocation to the courts. And we find out that pickleball is a national problem. Almost everywhere, the pickleball players and the people that live around it are at on. But it's it just really shows you what if somebody is looking at running for city council or if you're asking, what does a city council person do pickleball? You're like pickleball, really? But it is very important to people on both sides of that issue, right? The noise volume is when I was on planning commission, it would be a large family daycare going into a neighborhood. We need daycare. We absolutely need daycare. If it's a daycare right next to your house, you're going to have different set of issues. And so the council is constantly weighing and balancing impact in a very small area for people most involved. But we also have to keep in the back of our mind. We have tens of thousands of people here who are looking for daycare, who like to play pickleball, who want to hike in the open space. And how do we balance their needs with people that are more directly impacted by those actions? Let's talk about the fact that we live in a pretty flexible state and the state is becoming a bigger and bigger influence on what councils can and can't do, particularly in land issues. But that's not the only place where the state can just take the city power away completely. And so it's constantly adjusting to many outside impacts as well. So let's talk a little bit about that. What influence can the city council have on state legislation and what are some priorities the state is setting that they're mandating for the city? I guess two big questions. You can tackle them however you guys want. Well, the planning commissioner. Yeah, that the big issue right now is the state is struggling with the fact that we're not producing enough housing. And Walnut Creek has a long history of finding ways to provide for housing opportunities across a variety of price points. But the state is getting more and more prescriptive, both in how you have to plan for housing. They are restricting the city's ability to put conditions on new housing. In some cases, they have made things that used to be discretionary. The city could decide to do it or not. Now it's made it such that the city has to allow it. And that is challenging as a city because I think we've always done a good job of making decisions. And all of a sudden we have things that we can no longer weigh in on because the state has said you can no longer say no on this kind of project. And that's a big challenge. It's the issue of local control versus state controlled. But it's also the issue within cities. There are I wouldn't call them bad actors, but there are highly growth resistant cities. And those are the poster children that the state is pointing out. But you guys haven't approved any housing in 10 years. What gives? Sure. Let's get local and talk about Walnut Creek for a minute.
Leading Saints Podcast
A highlight from What I Learned About Leadership When My 2nd Counselor Left the Church
"Have you ever had a loved one leave the church and your relationship becomes awkward? This is so common and so sad. I got the chance to interview the Packard family who have been down this road. Cindy and Blair Packard are Orthodox believing parents and Josh, their son, and his wife have left the church. We came together to discuss their journey and it was amazing what they taught. They talked about the communications they regretted and how other siblings responded in positive and negative ways. They learned how to pick up the pieces again, express love, carry on, and build a beautiful relationship. This has become a favorite in the Questioning Saints Virtual Library. You can actually gain access to this interview at LeadingSaints .org slash 14. This will give you 14 days to watch the Packard's interview and many others related to helping individuals who begin to question their faith. Go to LeadingSaints .org slash 14 and get access now.
Capstone Conversation
Fresh update on "cindy" discussed on Capstone Conversation
"So you talked a bunch about staff, how you guys set the policy and then staff's job is to do the day to day and execute it. Talk about what is the council relationship to staff. Some people say, well, I defer to staff on that to make that decision, but council sets the decisions. Talk to us about that relationship, how it works, how you all work together to improve. Cindy said it well. Council is a decision maker policy most of the time. There are exceptions when council is called upon to make decisions that are more judicial and were formalized, particularly in land issues and other kinds of things like that. But basically, we make the general policy. We choose to reflect what we understand are the priorities for our community, and we set the priorities that give the staff direction on how to approach things. We have six. I have them and I have them printed out that I review them all the time. And some of them are semi-permanent, as you can do things better. But for example, we are working hard, sustainability and ecology is really important for us. And we're getting close to doing what the city can do in terms of setting standards, in terms of letting people know might be something that we can sit for a while in the background and go focus more on being a welcoming, more diverse community and how to make that comfortable for all the people that are here. So it's setting those policies and giving the staff guidance on those things. When the staff has an item that they can't quite decide, there is good with this and there is good with that, which do we choose, this or that, they will come to the council and say, please give us some guidance for this. Our communication, in theory, are two employees for the council. We hire the mayor, excuse me, we hire the city manager and we hire the city attorney. And those are our two employees. And everybody else is under the jurisdiction of either the city manager or the city attorney. So the direct lines of relationship essentially stop at the two people that we have control of the next. We hope we watch what they do and we hope that they keep the staff happy and employed and working hard for the city. And we report when they are reported to us, problems that develop. But that's really technically our staff relationship. What I'm going to give a real case study of something that a friend had texted me about this week and what's the process. The Little League Association wants to expand a batting cage at a particular park and they're willing to pay for it. And they've approached staff and they kind of got, in their words, I was not part of these conversations. They got a sort of a cold shoulder or hood off, like, yeah, you can't necessarily expand it, but you could take more feet to do it. And they're like, well, that was like a non-answer. And they're like, well, do I go show up at a council meeting? Do I need to lobby the council to do this? What's the best process for that organization, that group of citizens to engage? Is it council? Is it staff? What's a decision process there? Most of those kind of decisions typically are down at the staff level. So it always helps to spend time at the staff level. I know people who have different interests with the open space or different sports or differentness and generally starting with staff is good. If you have worked with staff and you're not feeling like they can give enough priority to your issue, that's when you come to the council. You can come either in public comment, you could write a letter to the council and the council can look at it and see whether or not we have to weigh in balance all the different things that if you had everything that everybody wants Walnut Creek to do, you have a list that goes from here to the top of Mount Diablo. So we have to go through and help our staff winnow it down. So bring the issue to us if you haven't been able to work it out with staff and we'll look at it and say, OK, how does this fit with our five priorities? How does it fit with our two year budget cycle? See, I got this two year budget cycle. Can we do it? Is it something that we if we have to do this, we're at a point coming out of covid, our staff had I think it was a 14 percent vacancy rate. We really had a lot of vacancies. And so there was a couple of things that we really wanted to do. And the city manager had to tell us, well, the only way you can do that is if you tell us that we are not doing something else. And so we'll have to weigh and balance the issue that you bring forward, whether or not it's going to fit within the priorities and the budget. And if there's something that else has to be dropped to get there, we have to deal with those decisions. And like most governments, we have rules and precedents. And when somebody presents a new idea to a staff person, it's hard not to say we've never done it before. I have to run it through my superior. And I just can't give you an answer like that. So sometimes it's just coming before city council. And that's why we have public comment on items not on the agenda.
Leading Saints Podcast
A highlight from Making the Bishops Office the Ward Council Office | An Interview with Stephen Jones
"Have you ever had a loved one leave the church and your relationship becomes awkward? This is so common and so sad. I got the chance to interview the Packard family who have been down this road. Cindy and Blair Packard are Orthodox believing parents and Josh, their son, and his wife have left the church. We came together to discuss their journey and it was amazing what they taught. They talked about the communications they regretted and how other siblings responded in positive and negative ways. They learned how to pick up the pieces again, express love, carry on, and build a beautiful relationship. This has become a favorite in the Questioning Saints Virtual Library. You can actually gain access to this interview at LeadingSaints .org slash 14. This will give you 14 days to watch the Packard's interview and many others related to helping individuals who begin to question their faith. Go to LeadingSaints .org slash 14 and get access now.
Capstone Conversation
Fresh update on "cindy" discussed on Capstone Conversation
"That was definitely a challenge. Talk about something as mayor you got to do that was really positive that you felt made a big difference in the community. Cindy, you want to start? Well, I haven't got to be mayor yet. I could say I wanted to do that was going to be my next question. OK, I got to meet I got to meet so many really interesting people, starting from the fact that I got to fly next to Justice Scalia to to just meeting everyday people who turns out have amazing stories. And we are so lucky in Walnut Creek, the visitors and the businesses and our citizens are just really wonderful people, and many of them have fascinating stories that you just can't tell by what they are when you walk past them. It's a good idea to stop and ask, how are you? And welcome to Walnut Creek. And by the way, what did you do before you were a Walnut Creeker? So that's we touched sort of on an important issue there. By the time this comes out, the council will in Walnut Creek will reorganize. You're currently the mayor pro tem, likely to be mayor. Cindy Durnley here likely to then become mayor pro tem in about, I think, thirty five cities in the East Bay. You have mayors that are rotational, where you have a dozen plus cities that have a directly elected mayor. Talk to us about those rotational cities. What is how does that process work? Who gets to be mayor? Do you flip a coin, play rocks, paper, scissors? What's the process? Most cities have a regular rotation based on a number and each city, it's a little bit different. Our city, we go by when you came on council and we just kind of stick with that rotation. That's part of how you can tell the council is functioning well. If you have people starting to form clicks and vote to jump over the regular rotation, that's where you've got a council with the problem. There's not getting along. We on the Walnut Creek Council just stick to our rotation as it's in the handbook and it's worked out well for us. The big cities are where you tend to see the elected mayors. There's very few of the smaller cities that have the elected mayors. We are part time people. We work 15, 20, 45, 85 hours a week on council, and we don't have the luxury of having a full time mayor because like the mayor of San Francisco, I think that's all London braved us. And that's not the way it is in Walnut Creek. Yeah, and for those of you that are elected officials, I apologize for this next question, but it's geared towards everybody else. What does a council member do, right? Tell the general public what is it that you do when you're volunteering? What do you oversee for the city? What's the impact you have? So the council are the decision makers and they set big policy decisions for the city. And the most important thing they do is they set the budget every year. They say, OK, here's where we're going to put the money. Here's where we're not going to put the money. It's a two year budget. Yeah. So you could tell she's the CPA and I'm the biologist. We do the budget. And she has in water the term that makes me nuts. Yeah. And so we are the ones who make the big policy decisions and then we pass those down to the city staff and it's their job to implement it. We also represent the city on a lot of other regional bodies, whether it's the Association of Bay Area Governments, the Community Choice Energy Provider, MCE, that supplies power to many of our folks, Contra Costa Transportation Authority. So we represent the city's interests in those bigger, broader groups. And so we kind of set the tone for the city. We set the budget for the city. We represent the city in other areas and then we rely on our staff to do the day to day work of running the city. Talk particularly also about what's a mayor's role then when you cycle into being mayor within that. OK, so the mayor has a bigger job than everybody else. The mayor runs the council meetings, works closely with the city manager to help prioritize the topics that we do, scheduling them and things like that. We also act as the legislative representatives to the state level, although everybody is invited in most cases when we do go up to attend. We also are the connector to the outside world. If there is a, like I said, when there was a crisis in Walnut Creek, the news showed up at our doorstep or calls me. I have gotten calls from, I didn't even know Dan Ashley had my phone number. I got a call from Dan Ashley. But yeah, you're the public relations manager or presenter for the city. And what are the challenges of being mayor and how do you expect the next year to look? Oh, I'm hoping it's rosy, but assuming it's going to be an election year, so I think there are going to be some outside issues. What are the benefits of being mayor? Benefits of being mayor, benefits of being mayor is you get to walk around with a I'm mayor kind of attitude. People are nicer to you when there's like a Chamber of Commerce event. The mayor gets a lot more attention than every other council member in the group. So it kind of strokes your ego and it makes you feel really important, which then gets me to the next side of it, which is what happens when you're not mayor. It's kind of a withdrawal. You get a lot less mail, you get a lot less questions. You could be in the same room with those people who thought you were the hottest person in the room the prior year and you're just a council member. And it's really fast in terms of how your appreciation goes down. So it's a little bit of a ode to your ego. But then about three weeks into that new world, you say, I don't have to work so hard and I don't have to be sort of on my best game every hour of the day. And so it's also really relief not to be mayor as well. So part of this episode is to inspire some candidates or help educate them. What would make you an effective council person? What do you think has helped you succeed in that role? I think to be effective on city council, you need to be able to listen. You have to listen to staff as they lay out the issue. You have to listen to your fellow council members because each one of us brings a different perspective and a different background. You have to listen to the people who come talk to us. You have to listen to we're at the farmer's market every Sunday morning. You need to listen to people to see to really understand an issue for a variety of perspectives. And then you need to be able to take those different perspectives. And after you ask, so I think I hear you say you ask that about a hundred times and then you kind of find the way where you can meld all the different perspectives together into something that will work for the city and its citizens. And you have to keep an open mind. And it seems like that should be easy. Sometimes like everybody else, they hear an issue. I hear an issue and I'm just right or wrong. Well, that's the wrong thing to do, because as time goes on, as your information broadens your mind, you find out it usually is a lot more complex than it would be if you were just an ordinary citizen reading a line in a newspaper. And so you have to keep an open mind. And the other thing that if you're a talkative person is hard to do is you have to keep your mouth shut when people are asking you about how you feel, because that just means you've prejudged. And it is so hard because people want to know what you have, what you're going to do. And frequently or in an optimal world, I don't know what I'm going to do until the actual road happens. That's great feedback. And I was just in Oakland earlier this week talking to a member of council there, and I represent a number of business improvement districts. These are special businesses that come together to tax themselves or join a membership group, a downtown association to get extra benefits. And the council person was railing against the business improvement district. She thought they were robbing from the business owners, that they were duplicating efforts by the city, and it was like, do you understand how they are formed, that they are formed by a vote of those businesses to tax themselves in a group for additional benefits? And she thought it was the talk about just the prejudgment that she made of what it was before she actually understood what it is and how it was formed and what they were doing was an interesting perspective to hear, because she was she was not open to learning about what they actually did and what businesses care about. You have to be willing to listen and you have to be intellectually curious about why people come to it with different perspectives, because if the world were easy, we wouldn't need city councils. We'd just be able to. But the world is not always easy.
Leading Saints Podcast
A highlight from What Every Leader Needs to Know About Faith Crisis | An Interview with Scott Braithwaite
"Have you ever had a loved one leave the church and your relationship becomes awkward? This is so common and so sad. I got the chance to interview the Packard family who have been down this road. Cindy and Blair Packard, our orthodox believing parents, and Josh, their son, and his wife have left the church. We came together to discuss their journey and it was amazing what they taught. They talked about the communications they regretted and how other siblings responded in positive and negative ways. They learned how to pick up the pieces again, express love, carry on, and build a beautiful relationship. This has become a favorite in the Questioning Saints Virtual Library. You can actually gain access to this interview at LeadingSaints .org slash 14. This will give you 14 days to watch the Packard's interview and many others related to helping individuals who begin to question their faith. Go to LeadingSaints .org slash 14 and get access now.
Capstone Conversation
Fresh update on "cindy" discussed on Capstone Conversation
"Welcome to the East Bay's best podcast, The Capstone Conversation. This is a show that interviews political government and community leaders in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano counties. We look at what is going on in your city, how are we developing things economically, and where are we going from here? I'm your host, Jared Esch. I'm Jared Esch, the host of The Capstone Conversation. Today, we are joined by not one, but two awesome women from the city of Walnut Creek. And we are going to hear about what inspired them to run for city council. What are some things that they want to encourage in other candidates who are considering to run or not to run as you make the decision ahead of next year's elections? And that applies to people throughout the whole East Bay area. That's not just here in Walnut Creek. So hopefully their message will resonate with people throughout. So first thing we will do, Mayor Pro Tem Luella Haskiw, do you want to go ahead and tell us a little bit more about yourself? In my career, I was a CPA specializing in tax, but I also did family law consulting and other business consulting. And I was inspired to run for a couple of reasons, one of which is I was close to many of the people who were on council and I just absorbed a lot of what they could accomplish by talking to them and watching them work. But also, I believe that we were going into an interesting economic cycle and maybe somebody who had my experience would be a good addition to the council. And our next guest is Councilwoman Cindy Darling. Cindy, tell us a little bit about your background and what convinced you to run. Well, I'm one of the newest members of the council. I was elected in 2020. Before that, I'd served 10 years on the planning commission for Walnut Creek. So I'd seen a lot of the issues that were working in the development end of things kind of bubbling up that were going to council. And I was interested in having a bigger voice on those than you just have a planning commission. I'm also a small business owner here in the city, and I spent most of my career working on really tough, naughty environmental problems around the Delta endangered species. And I felt like I developed a lot of skills there in helping people work together and solve problems creatively. And I wanted to take those skills and bring them to the council and help move Walnut Creek in a great direction. That's great. I appreciate that. Luella, you've been mayor two times, including 2020 during the start of the pandemic. Pandemic issues, businesses shutting down and then lots of looting here in Walnut Creek. What was it like to be mayor during that time? Can I say that the first round was was sweet. I really enjoyed the first time when it wasn't quite so stressful. But I will say about 2020, whenever I've talked to anybody who have had been mayor in Walnut Creek the last year to have been assigned a job with mayor, there were so many issues. We had a police shooting that was under scrutiny. We had looting. And I'm not even sure anybody knows to this hour what triggered the big looting that was at Broadway Plaza. It could have just been the gangs that were beginning to form and take over other places. But we forgot about Walnut Creek has some really nice high end stores to do. And then they all came. I don't think it had anything to do with the political choice. Nevertheless, it was incredibly damaging to the people who were at Broadway Plaza and it didn't stop there. Other people were involved in it. I make a joke about the fact that when George Floyd had been killed and people were really involved in making protests, a whole group of people showed up at nine o'clock at night on a Wednesday and had a riot in our front yard doing a significant amount of damage to our garage doors, burning flags, scaring the bejeebers out of our neighbors. The police did call us and say, get out of the house. So we were safe, but it was an ugly experience for the neighborhood trying to find the best of the worst. We did have to buy a new garage door and we now have a battery pack up. And then I made it onto the news the next day. So good spads, but it was tough and the fiscal issues were tough. We started out with anticipating a comfortable excess budget. It turned out that when everything had to close up, sales tax went away and then we had to figure out what to do about that. And we got lucky that we came upon the pop-ups, the restaurant pop-ups, and we tried every way we could to save all the businesses, did away with our now famous parking meters and let people park. There weren't that many people using the parking meters. And so it was a very difficult time. Nevertheless, a sense of proportion, a great council, a great staff got the city through probably one of the most difficult years the city had to survive. Yeah, it was interesting. The morning after the looting on May 31st, I went downtown with a bunch of my friends. And that was part of what makes Walnut Creek special is there was a bunch of people down there with brooms and dustbins and sweeping up the glass and pulling the designer tennis shoes out of the fountain and just doing part of the cleanup and part of what makes Walnut Creek one for all and all for one.
Divine Naples Podcast
A highlight from Matt eats two croissants so he is not limping around and suggests to grab some nuts!! Rich and Cindy Crawford were working for the same company at the same time but they got separated! Episode #404 August 3rd. 2023
"Hello Divine People, August 3rd, 2023, episode 404, just starting with Rich on this side and Matt on this side. You used to be like Rich on this mic and Matt on this mic. I'm trying to confuse you sometimes. Well, you know, now I'm on my game now. You were thinking for a second, what are you going to say? I had a couple of croissants. Oh, you did? Yeah. I promised you one. You promised me one and you gave me two. Yeah, because you know what they... It's delicious. You know what they say in our country? If you're drinking shots of vodka or something, then you do one in a friend's house or something. He's going to say, take another one because you're going to be limping. That's for the other foot. Excuses. People find excuses. You drink one shot. Excuse to get another shot. So you'll be limping, right? So the problem is, men actually don't have only two feet. Do I have to think about maybe two and a half shots? Yeah, it was delicious. So you got two croissants, so you were not limping. It had chocolate in it and all kinds of nuts. I promised you one with nuts and chocolate, Belgian chocolate. That's what we do. Belgian chocolate, croissant, nice, crispy, fluffy, and just the best thing. And now you'll have to listen to me complain. I already started complaining. I mean, I was blessed with a croissant. It tastes great. And now I'll go, oh, it's going to bloat me a little bit. And I'm going to have salt retention and a little extra water weight. So I'll cry baby about it. And then in another 12 hours, I'll be back to normal. If I look into your body, those two croissants already lost their... Your body doesn't even know that you have been there two croissants visiting. They were delicious. I just want to recommend people to, you know, we said, well, we have 30 different croissants. 70 different croissants. Yeah, but I meant like the dessert one, 70 dessert ones. No, 30. Yeah, I thought my number was right. Yeah, you're right. So anyway, I just want to encourage people because man, they are just tasty. They're so crisp and hot. And you gave me me right away and I was on the run. You know, I was busy, right? And I had that thing next to me as I was driving around. Yeah. And I thought, well, I'll just wait till I, you know, get where I am. Not first intersection, mate. It was open by then. I know it. And then I ate one in the middle because I know that's where the best stuff is, right? And then I said, oh, this is too good. And so started nibbling on the ends. Yeah. You know how I get to the ends are a little smaller. The crispiest. Yeah, but it doesn't have all the stuff. Because I want to save the middle. My favorite's the middle with everything. I mean, the whole thing's good. So I started nibbling the ends and I probably didn't get more than a mile, mile and a half down. Yeah. They were gone both. You wore it like a hammer. Hammer is the gas guzzler. They went down the hatch and they were gone. But anyway, come on out and try one of our croissant, dessert croissants at Divine Naples Coffee and Wine Bar. You said it right. It's on 4th Street. Again, wrong. 4th Avenue. I did that on purpose. 4th Avenue South. Yeah, right. 851, right? 851, yes. 851. What is 858? That means 851. But anyway, come down and check it out. Have one and a nice cup of coffee. Good job. You know what? Number one. What? I see you here. That means you didn't win the lottery. I played by Chinese cookie numbers though. And number two, I always hold my promise, right? Yeah. Guess what I got for you today? Cookies. Oh no, what is this? A Ding Dong? Oh, it's an ice cream. You're really good. Oh my God. Describe what you're getting. Oh, it's a pink ice cream. Yeah, that's just your color. It's my color. Hey man. You like pink, huh? Oh my gosh, with some nice. Didn't you say cookie ice cream? Yeah. There you have it. We did a show on that. Yeah, that's why I told you I'm going to get you one. Yeah, that's yours. So now, since you're quiet, I have things to do, things to say. First of all, you have to use the moment. Yeah, use it wisely. I'm still getting words in with my mouth open. Music is provided by Julian Bruce. Thera Quitarra. That's the music on the beginning and whole show, so please support them. See them on Facebook, Thera Quitarra. Give them high fives or thumbs up, whatever works for you. And if you want to purchase their CD, available on our coffee shop. Our sponsor of this show, Beachesos .com, which is the only service here that delivers food, drinks, alcohol, sandwiches, salads, even baby wipes and Advil to the beach with our stylish fire truck that is mini size with maxi size of the light on. And the last thing I want to mention, if you want to print some money, some valuables, something that you can see our value in your home or somewhere where you go, you can find that at divinapels .com forward slash discount dash coupon. I'm just thinking. Divinapels .com forward slash discount dash coupon. Five hundred dollars available. Now, don't forget, there's a wellness month in August, so support your local businesses. We would like to see you more often in our spa. Divine Spa, best rated spa here in that divine Naples or Naples, Florida. And here you go. That's my official list right here. I have some more things, but there you go. Hey, there you go. Yesterday was 78 in the evening. Really? Yeah. It was nice and breezy. I'd like to know what it's going to be. Oh, you're going to eat one now. Yeah. Now it's your turn.
Divine Naples Podcast
A highlight from Matt eats two croissants so he is not limping around and suggests to grab some nuts!! Rich and Cindy Crawford were working for the same company at the same time but they got separated! Episode #404 August 3rd. 2023
"Hello Divine People, August 3rd, 2023, episode 404, just starting with Rich on this side and Matt on this side. You used to be like Rich on this mic and Matt on this mic. I'm trying to confuse you sometimes. Well, you know, now I'm on my game now. You were thinking for a second, what are you going to say? I had a couple of croissants. Oh, you did? Yeah. I promised you one. You promised me one and you gave me two. Yeah, because you know what they... It's delicious. You know what they say in our country? If you're drinking shots of vodka or something, then you do one in a friend's house or something. He's going to say, take another one because you're going to be limping. That's for the other foot. Excuses. People find excuses. You drink one shot. Excuse to get another shot. So you'll be limping, right? So the problem is, men actually don't have only two feet. Do I have to think about maybe two and a half shots? Yeah, it was delicious. So you got two croissants, so you were not limping. It had chocolate in it and all kinds of nuts. I promised you one with nuts and chocolate, Belgian chocolate. That's what we do. Belgian chocolate, croissant, nice, crispy, fluffy, and just the best thing. And now you'll have to listen to me complain. I already started complaining. I mean, I was blessed with a croissant. It tastes great. And now I'll go, oh, it's going to bloat me a little bit. And I'm going to have salt retention and a little extra water weight. So I'll cry baby about it. And then in another 12 hours, I'll be back to normal. If I look into your body, those two croissants already lost their... Your body doesn't even know that you have been there two croissants visiting. They were delicious. I just want to recommend people to, you know, we said, well, we have 30 different croissants. 70 different croissants. Yeah, but I meant like the dessert one, 70 dessert ones. No, 30. Yeah, I thought my number was right. Yeah, you're right. So anyway, I just want to encourage people because man, they are just tasty. They're so crisp and hot. And you gave me me right away and I was on the run. You know, I was busy, right? And I had that thing next to me as I was driving around. Yeah. And I thought, well, I'll just wait till I, you know, get where I am. Not first intersection, mate.
Valley Green Vegan
Cindy and Chef Amberlee Discuss Jackfruit, A Potential Superfood
"World changed so much when I transitioned to a 100 % plant -based diet. I mean, I can't tell you, the future's so bright, I gotta wear shades, honestly. Well, now that you had mentioned, you know, when you found out you had cancer, and you had to go through the treatments, and you started to learn more about your health, and to touch on the jackfruit, one of the points I wanted to mention is that some studies have suggested that the jackfruit seeds may have several anti -cancer properties. Oh, awesome. And this is believed to, due to their high levels of plant compounds and antioxidants, so specifically like the flavonoids, and how did you pronounce the other one, saponins, saponins? Saponins. And saponins. I think that sounds it, yeah. And phenolics, in particular. And those studies showed that those plant compounds may help fight inflammation, and I thought this one you might actually be interested in hearing, may help fight inflammation, enhance your immune system, and even repair DNA damage. That's amazing. So there was a recent test tube study found that the jackfruit seed extract reduced the formation of cancerous blood vessels, extract, yeah, reduced the formation of cancerous blood vessels by 61%. Wow. Wow. Yeah. That's really, really interesting. But because the research is limited, and more research is needed to say whether jackfruit seeds have anti -cancer effects in people, still needs to be done.
The Dan Bongino Show
There Will Be a Day Democrats Cheer for Donald Trump
"When your entire endgame right is the is organizing collectivizing and abusing power You just see people as implements as tools to get there Whether they're good or bad or Democrat or Republican it doesn't even matter Here's another perfect example The Democrats love to create foils So you may say to yourself I can't imagine a day when the Democrats would celebrate someone like Donald Trump I can Oh come on Dan You jumped the shark now Even Jim's like look it up Jim's like dude really Like I'm eating my son Come on No no I'm dead serious If the Democrat if someone comes along in the next ten years a very conservative Republican with impeccable communication skills who has a chance to win the presidency and take back the hearts and minds of America I promise you remember the day you will regret you denied me my moment here If you think I'm kidding you I can guarantee you that an article be written that that guy's a fascist and a Nazi It doesn't of course it doesn't matter that he is or isn't It doesn't make a difference He's a fascist and a Nazi and man I mean this guy makes even Trump look like Trump doesn't look so bad Do you laugh You're like Jim is this not happened before It has happened to every single Republican president that the predecessor before They love pushing out Bush is that guy Bush was a warmonger blood for oil My gosh this guy's a Nazi He's a fascist He got a blood for oil W had Cindy Sheehan code pink people out there screaming and yelling My gosh bush wants to kill old people Social security reform get this guy out there And then what happens Trump runs and they're like oh man a bush man He's such a reasonable good guy What is he so crazy
ToddCast Podcast with Todd Starnes
Caller: Has Anyone Addressed the Toxic Cloud Over Ohio?
"Concern is, I don't know whether lap or cry over this whole what's going on in this country. But my concern right now is that cloud over Ohio that's drifting this way and is killing fish in the cattle and everything and I live in western New York almost to the Pennsylvania border and it's coming here. Like what has anyone addressed what it is? No, Cindy. What kind of cloud is it? Yes, so we've got some Intel on that and we'll play this audio in just a moment for you. But nothing official from the government. And again, we haven't heard from fema. We haven't heard from Pete Buttigieg. And by the way, this is his responsibility, and you've got people out there, you've got people out there firsthand accounts of pets of livestock of fish that are dying, Cindy, are they giving you because to your point, that chemical cloud is heading towards New York State, and all our weather comes from the. Are they giving you guys any kind of Intel? Nope, no heads up. Nobody said nothing about it. And no, it's not even on the news Todd. No, it's not everybody is focused on whatever the alien invasion is. Look over here. That's it. That's it. We have not gotten any official reports, but there are concerns that the cloud would be heading in your direction and also for the folks that get their drinking water from some of these rivers, you better pay attention because that water that contaminated water will eventually flow into places like the Mississippi River. Exactly, the water thing too, that somebody mentioned that is like, oh my God. But anyway,
Mark Levin
Caller: Was Revenge a Factor in the Tyre Nichols Beating?
"Sure I saw mister call screener that I was just listening you know this whole story Tyree Nichols when this whole thing just came into my radar and then hearing the stories and then watch some of the video it wasn't very clear to me honestly I was having a hard time with the videos that I saw But this is what I've been thinking and somebody put this on Twitter this is apparently a revenge beatdown for having either an affair or a relationship with either one of the officers I don't know if it was a wife or a girlfriend apparently But you know the guy says it's true Again women are money usually get more men sent to jail than anything else So I feel like they knew this guy because why did they stop him with this reckless driving What was he drunk Was there that they field test him Did they him Did they smell marijuana What's the backstory We haven't heard about this Yeah to your point Cindy and this will come out This will be evidence as part of the trial and as legal proceedings move forward Obviously there is something to this story Something missing to the story And you can speculate and some of what is out there that you referenced It might hold weight but the bottom line is you got bad cops right Because regardless of what the backstory is a good cop would never use their position to carry out what was carried out against Tyree Nichols And it takes me back to what I was referencing it which is why were some of those officers even in a position to be able to do that
AP News Radio
Cindy Williams, "Laverne & Shirley" actor, is dead at 75
"Actor Cindy Williams of Laverne and Shirley has died in Los Angeles after a brief illness, according to her family, Williams was 75, a marches are a letter with a look at her career. One, two, three, four. Cindy Williams and penny Marshall had been a writing team when they were cast by Marshall's brother Garry Marshall for an episode of happy days. Their characters were such a hit, they were spun off as their own show. Laverne and Shirley ran from 1976 to 1983. Come on, Kurt, we can't be spending half the night chasing girls down for you. Williams also started in the 1973 film American Graffiti playing Ron
AJ Benza: Fame is a Bitch
How AJ's Mother Got Him Hooked on Gossip
"When I was a little boy, my mother never read me children's books. She read me the gossip pages from the four dailies. We had delivered to our home. And as she licked her thing is through the pages of the New York Post, the daily news, the Long Island press, and newsday, she exposed me to a world that I knew I had to be a part of. Now, what could a little boy possibly have in common with Andy Warhol, Liza Minnelli, Tom Jones, or Cher? Well, apparently everything. To me, those big names in bold print who were always in the news weren't people as much as they were invitations into a world. I knew I had to live in, or at least visit from time to time. So before I bolted out of the house to play with my friends in the schoolyard, I would sit at the kitchen table with my mother as she read out loud the papers gossip columns to me. Cindy Adams Liz Smith, wrote a Barrett. I love to hear where movie star spent their summers. What films they were making, where they ate, and who they were in love with. And of course, some of the gossip artists would have just fallen flat. Had it not been for the comical side of my father who would sprinkle in some jokes now and then. You know, a simple mention from my mother about, say, Joe DiMaggio would turn into a detailed screed that my father would deliver from across the room. He'd say, he was the greatest ballplayer in the world, ruined by a Hollywood whore. And as soon as my mother took the side of mala Monroe, he digging deeper. Look, the guy goes to surprise his wife with roses on a movie set one day. He gets there. He gets there and sees 5000 people staring at her panties while they're blowing wind up her ass from under a subway grating for half an hour. And that was that, three weeks later, he filed for divorce, and he was never the same man. Is that true, man? Unfortunately, yes, on this set of the 7 year rich. Yeah, she had literally all right, my father would say. And everybody scratched it. Mickey Rooney, you will bring a Tony Curtis brandel Monty cliff uncle mill to even Ruby Rose is scratched that itch. It was my mother who made me crazy about gossip. Without her, there's no gossip column. There's no book. There's no podcast, no nothing. Who knows right?
Mom And ... Podcast
"cindy" Discussed on Mom And ... Podcast
"Publicly out there in the world so i used from suzanne who's made thousand websites a all about yourself on some at sydney websites dot com. I was able to get my name and a little bit of information about me and the contact form and bullets chat bot and it gets a reminder scheduler and we can do this and we can do a twenty minute call. We just talk and see if it's a good fit it's not a sales call. Is that you know what that looks like. I'm just i just love hanging out. Go people combat stuff if we're good fit then we'll move forward in right now. Doing coaching fifty bucks an hour. Until i get my certification and ability that so it's a good deal if you've been wanting to dip your till in water and check it out to talk to folks. That is a good deal. Good i'm like me. Although i i kind of trigger into coach sometimes over a starbucks coffee with coffee know my gosh. This is been so amazing now. I feel like people have got to know you around your professional coaching. Cindy but we like to do our look. Listen learn to learn a little bit more about you. Outside of the know rahm and i know that you our listeners. Usually one of us will start just in case. The guest has not listened before europe row. Have you been look listened learning anything. This week's cindy. I have. I have and i was adequately warned and prepared as thank you. it's funny because we've mentioned to lasso many times when i just feel like that's such a cultural touchstone right now. This show about like causative masculinity and kindness and women supporting each other in this cool way. You don't always see on tv lately. I've been calling to lasso. Ricky on repeat my emotional support. Tv show like an emotional support animal. When i'm feeling like the world is just too much. It's like go up under a blanket was last so that that's my look yes My listen is something that actually. I really nerd out about is. We haven't touched on today. But it's another pet project. Mine is empowering. women are on money. I've been the. Cfo medical practice for eight years learned a lot about our money stories..
Your Retirement Solution Podcast
"cindy" Discussed on Your Retirement Solution Podcast
"I mean what what would you need to talk to a client about if you saw it in their portfolio right. So i'd like to say red flags. When i'm looking at this would be like a new client. Somebody that's just sitting down with me for the first time. And there are people love to come in the office and not bringing all their investments statements and the and the laid out and first of all one red flag is if they've got money here there and everywhere right because how do you even know what you have and it's total if you've got some money in your case of money in this stockbrokers custodian some money at the bank You know some people have a multiple visors in their lives just because it's like a shopping cart. They've walked along the years. They put things in their shopping cart of investments. And they have no idea really. What's in there. So so that would be a red flag to me because we might have Quite a bit of overlap of the same stuff where they think they're diversify but they're really not. It's not working altogether so that would be one. One red flag. I'd say is just too many investments that Are all over the place and another red flag. I would say is when they start telling me you know cindy i'm really smart. I got out of the stock market when it crashed back in two thousand and eight. I've had this happen quite a bit or or just the other day. Someone says yeah. I got on the market when the market crashed will which crash right quite a and they said oh yeah back during the dot com bust. That was in two thousand. They've been out of the market for twenty one years so so red flag to me. Is those type of comments. Because then you start looking and say well. How did you get back into the market. I mean the easy part sometimes is selling saying i can't take the city longer than the market's going down. I just got a cell so you sell and you feel a lot better about it because now you're not at risk but then the the gut wrenching part of that process is combined back in because what happens when people buy back in. They buy back in when everyone else's buying back in at all-time highs more than the cell at the so. When i see stuff like that it's a red flag because invariably i'll look at their investment statements and it's all in cash while they're they've become too conservative. They're not having any opportunity for growth for money that they don't need for a long time. Yeah that could be a big red flag. I would assume Are there any other red flags. Well i know. I'm gonna talk a little bit about fees and that's a big red flag Choose maybe i'll just go right right into it is is investments invariably have some sort of fee to him right now if you If you buy an individual stock at a discount brokers let's say you pretty much don't have any fees they're about the stock the discount brokers aren't having any trade fees anymore so that's pretty a transparent but most people don't do that right instead they'll have Have their money's managed somehow. And so when i think of fees and this could be a big red flag is is when someone says. Yep i've got this broker managing my account that there's no fees. They're not charging me anything he like. Oh really so. They're working for just the kindness of their heart due to manage your money's at such so so fees can be a red flag because there can be very hidden right there. They're hard to find some time..
Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"cindy" Discussed on Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"Got some other girls that i can call but Here he's very insistent and desperate. And i think it's interesting because we don't hear that from him a lot but again it becomes way it's played out here. It's really troubling the more you listen to it. He definitely sounds unhinged. And it's an unhealthy obsession an unhealthy obsession so and i'm very grateful that throughout pretty much the rest of his career and even prior to this. There's not a lot of that you know. It's not something that was a recurring theme for him. I can't imagine prince having the same level of of women followers followers literally but like people who listen to his music. If a lot of his music was this dark in this kind of disturbing owen terms in terms of his interactions with women. I can imagine that being a turn like a serious turn off to his music if this was kind of like the way. He presented his his relationships with women. you know moved the majority of the time as opposed to a very small minority which cindy see makes right and we know i mean. Obviously he was human like everybody else and had his frailties and insecurity like everyone else. And i do feel like as a songwriter and an artist. He explored those quite a bit in this music. But i also wonder especially now that we have more back story about the blackout album than we did in the mid eighties and in the ninety s when it was released. If some of what we're hearing is his way of exploring those darker parts of himself that he normally doesn't bring fully to the surface because he didn't say in the whole reason you didn't want to put the album out was that it was so dark and it was not what he wanted to be the last thing that people heard of him and so maybe that's kind of what all of this is. It was the purging of energy in that space wherever he was the anger and frustration. And whether or not any of these songs are truly autobiographical or just coming from a different creative mind space. But they are dark and they are edgy. Away that's not innovative so much. It's like oh okay. You should speak to someone you know like that's for your journal of the consumption but in all seriousness does also sound like kind of the the working out of that kind of energy in a very unusual space whereas most of us would probably write it down or speak to someone about it in principle. Now i'm just gonna put it on a record. Not i put everything else out but this out too so yeah it just like a lot of stuff that happens in the moment it feels like the right thing but then in the quote unquote sober light of day. You look back you now. I don't know okay when i was purging. Like purging felt relief oregon healthy and even though some of the stuff that i was singing about by to get it out of me and i i got it out of me on these eight songs. But now that. I've had a few months or have had some time to reflect on it. I mean to if. I had some kind of dark poems. Ou're noah dry. Let's say artist had some released kind of evil looking or dark looking or disturbing images that i had drawn or painted In i've had a chance to look at in in response or reflection..
Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"cindy" Discussed on Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"Where are you. come on. cindy come on. Don't you want to play with me. Don't you wanna play with me. What's the matter with me. And then he's yelling that so at this point. This is where i feel like. He sounds a little more deranged. Like he's so distraught that that Cindy is not interested in that he's like almost like crying yelling and screaming and crying and acting like a spoilt brat. Yes yes but he's getting his way. What's the matter with me sydney. Either that or else. He feels like so So destroyed by this rejection. That almost like he's can't rebound from it like it's just too much. Yeah i mean it's interesting because again we don't really hear that a lot from him throughout you know his entire repertoire but we get a little hint that later in seeds of temple where he is like you know you said you love me. You said i was your baby but again. That's a very different. The song is different. It's not the same This sounds like he's chasing her and she's terrified and trying to get away and you just yelling like a maniac so it you know it. It definitely devolves in doesn't really feel like a healthy response to rejection. Not for sure and it doesn't. It doesn't really. I think maybe a lot of these elements that were discussing. Probably contribute to my not feeling much affection for the song dislike it but i certainly don't crave listening to it over and over you know. It's it's chaotic. And it's wild and it's It's uncomfortable you know at this point. It's like why is he. Because you know normally if you know somebody is rejecting which again. It's not necessarily something. We hear about a lot. It through his linens he kind of goes and does something else you know. He'll go literally. Like i'm just gonna go play my guitar. I'm gonna go call someone else..
Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"cindy" Discussed on Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"Okay i really what i need to do. I need to read the lines each one because they're almost like responses so if he says i'm talking about along crucial wait. She says cindy seedless debate. She's so tired. I'm going to see you in. Look at me your birthday suit tonight. She doesn't look as good as i do. I'm sure you're quite intelligent. You think she does. But i think again. See a whiz at math and all that shit about that. But i'm more interested. A how look. She can't even walk in those shoes. I can walk better than that. I like once. She can't even walk in those shoes. I can walk better than and that's probably referring to like some high heels or something in flying your tonight. She can't even dance. Cindy is that all right. I would give something to know how she ever sees anyone so anyway. Yeah very chaotic but fascinating. Because prince wrote all that. It's not like i assume i assume cat didn't just added that stuff so he's kind of like playing this or trying to maybe portray a situation like purple rain were jill jones was the woman on the back Admiring miring the kid but all the kid could see was appalachia. A little bit like this. He's got this woman who who's kind of putting cindy down. The cindy see the song putting her down in order to kind of make yourself like shine a little brighter in in the other narrators view point. That's what i get from it. A little bit absolutely. I've always liked this part of the songs wine from a lyrical perspective at very much resituate trends in in his element where he is like. You know i'm a big want you. I'm just going to lay it all out there on the line and it doesn't feel quite as invasive as some of the other lyrics the song if it kind of puts him back in his..
Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"cindy" Discussed on Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"I wanted her to drink up that though. Seven sips of elderberry wine But yeah the. Where'd you get that beauty. Mark line is another one of those very clear references to cindy crawford. I mean that was kind of one of her More distinguishing features. That people really could identify for her. Was the beauty mark that she had on her face so again. If you work sure who the song was about and you start listening to it. It becomes very clear with some of these lines for sure of don't are all girls with the same. They don't what a shame line. Because i just think it's kind of his really kind of weird way of paying her a very high compliment. It's an interesting to complement. Somebody like they don't look the same. Okay cindy a maybe a little more beautiful than the average woman And it's like. He's having a conversation again with himself. Where there's no you don't hear anything. So if he's saying don't all girls the same they don't mean as what is she supposed to be saying. No i'm i'm more beautiful than most women. That's that'd be kind of a weird thing for her to do. I don't know mississau- unless he's talking to his guys again was his crew i. I've always heard that line kind of him. Sort of playfully addressing the woman. Whether it's cindy again cindy for real. Obviously maybe not But you know you. And i should be addressing. Don't all-girl slick saying they don't know what a shame. It almost feels like.
Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"cindy" Discussed on Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"Almost as kinda tell me. He's just trying to get her drunk. That's just like his way of saying i. I'd like to get you a little tipsy. Maybe not drunk. I mean only seven seven steps providence. Gonna get her drunk but then again those models don't wait a whole lot and they don't eat a whole lot so maybe seven sixes enough and loosener up i mean i think unfortunately in our contemporary understandings we recognized that is not necessarily being the most Generous thing to do but there are so many pop culture references to you know sipping something or smoking something or taking something to loosen up or giving it to someone to loosen them up. Help them relax. Whatever you know it. It's i don't. I wouldn't go safari to say again that it's harmless because again certainly in a contemporary context it doesn't feel it feels creepy. You know it doesn't feel lovely but it also kind of tracks with so much else that we've heard rock and roll history of the genre so it kind of fits in with other thematic ideas in and music that we hear. Yeah yeah well said because that's really what it's all about. It's great but it is what it is and there's a lot of examples of that and this is just another one on top of the pile and pile of examples of and it's not just music. I mean he said pop culture so in books and films and tv shows you know hey to take a drink of this and relax calmed down and That's what that's kind of what it's intended to say. I think all right so then the chorus again is the same. Cindy see play with me. That's the background. Will you play with me. I'll pay the fee. So i don't think we need to talk about that again. Let me get to. I guess on the lyrics. she's holding..
Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"cindy" Discussed on Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"Which is kind of usual for prince like he's he typically seems to tell a story where the characters involved are really part of the conversation. Even if it's just representatives and backing vocals here. It's almost like the background. Vocals are his wingmen or wing like but it's not a person to whom he speaking referencing. No you're exactly right. that's what it feels like. With these background. The backing vocals. They sound like just people surrounding him. And that's why it almost feels like they're ganging up on her. Yeah it's taunting yeah. Exactly they're being bullies. Yes i'm laughing about bullying a woman but because you know again. This isn't something that really happened to her. Thankfully cindy has spoken about it. So it's not yet princeton. Has an his posse came up to me and they were pressuring me into to join him in the vip section in was really uncomfortable stories about that so he know whether it was just. It's basically fiction as far as we can tell okay then moving onto the next i. This one's.
Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"cindy" Discussed on Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"You know parties and hanging out with other high class models doesn't have to be specifically cindy and that's why i think there's some you know there's definitely some way to your statement that or at least the assertion that You know as songwriter. Prince often would take inspiration from a lot of different things than molded together. And give us a song about it so he's could have been hanging out with quote unquote high class models in paris france with his boys didn't cindy in the later he's going to be singing more specifically about this particular high class model. So yeah it's it's just one of those things where it could be a little bit of little bit of truth a little bit of fiction and a little bit of artistic license for sure. Tell me will you dance. I'll take a picture in the middle of the night so the picture line again just kind of seems to refer to this person's career you know models and cameras and taking a photo. Let's books basically what they do for a living people take photos of them through living. That's how they make their money so just more references to kind of like the model life and him using using that Clever way because now he's not talking about necessarily you know you're gonna model for money. Now you're just gonna model for me in the middle of the night. Because i think prince kinda liked the idea of capturing some intimate moments on either camera or film in some form of fashion. Would he did dimensions. There's another songs before. So yeah and then you know later in three nineteen i mean. That's the whole premise. So Yeah there's a definitely an element of taking a picture in the middle of the night. That's very lori and sexy and it does you know point to intimacy you know. Obviously if you're taking someone's pitching annul the night. Well not necessarily obviously december creepy. But you're you're there like there is there has.
Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"cindy" Discussed on Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"Are very deeply autobiographical and other things may just be composites of different. Experiences are moments. You thought so. You can't necessarily listened to the song and think that it's just you know. This linear throw line dance sunday. See and now. Here's a little fun little funky diddy about it. That does kind of leave some things open to interpretation. But i feel like cindy's account of what happened is probably what happened. Yeah i mean. I'm gonna go with that as well because again. All the other stories have just been that rumors. They really haven't been as far as i can tell Founded by any anecdotal evidence or stories told by people who were there right was was anybody at that paris club that this allegedly happened where he hit on her and she rebuffed. I'd i don't know somebody needs to come forward and in admit so To provide again another another story to go along with the song but draw as far as i know. All we have is cindy's account because prince wasn't again one to really kind of explain. His songs wasn't his wasn't his thing and And which is fine. But i think a lot of people probably jump to conclusions are wanted to start the rumors that it was something more than that because the lyrics of the song kind of paint Maybe a little more of a a negative picture about like their their interaction. You know like it was. Prince does sound a little upset. Maybe a little almost a little deranged in some aspects. So i always kind of felt like this prince said the black album is evil. He didn't he didn't want it to be the last thing people heard it was dark etc etc but i mean it's not every song on. This album isn't like that i didn't. I don't feel like the song that i recorded. You know previously look ryan has a lot of darkness to it People really obviously pointing to bob george clearly because that's has some domestic violence and he's speaking in much lower tone that he eventually went called spooky electric but i think cindy c could be one of those songs that he also was referring to when he thought that this album was maybe a little too dark or evil because he he ketamine in this song. Yeah he's kinda mean for sure for sure it's not a complimentary necessarily complementary song your song about you that that might not be the one you want. Yeah if you're just looking at it from the standpoint like i'm flattered he rose song about me great Don't listen to the lyrics to closely. Though which i know she has i mean. She claims that she knows she had black album and knows the song very well. So obviously she's heard glare but Yeah it's it's not always so complimentary In terms of the language he uses and some of the. You know the crude imagery. He portrays an presents here so I think if you're ready. Let's go through the lyrics. Because i kinda wanna get through some of these aspects of the song that are a little bit more troublesome. You know or problematic. I guess he was say today. Maybe they weren't so much in eighty six eighty seven but even prince must have felt like. Yeah maybe i. Maybe i crossed the line a little bit on that song. And this is one of the pieces or one of the reasons why he chose to pull the black album. Couldn't have just been because of bob george pig shop song.
Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"cindy" Discussed on Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast
"Experience eighty seven eighty eight whenever that was excuse me then of course when they released it in the ninety s. I got it on cd. By that time i was like this is just kind of have an official copy and not the not because i thought i was gonna experience anything new with the music at that point. That's pretty cool. I have to say because i would. I would consider very fortunate to have a friend. Who has somebody with a copy. Because that i mean there were people spending hundreds of hundreds of dollars on delay copies. I imagine back in the day or or at least doing you know going through various means to access this album or you had to know somebody who knew somebody i guess in this case you do you somebody. So that's how you were able to get it interesting too. Because i remember looking at the album artwork which of course there wasn't technically any no. It's just the black sleeve but then there so that the sleet itself is matt. There was this shiny image if you will on in the middle of it and it was from one of the you know parade cherry moon photo outtakes. So that was weird. You know it's like wait and of course get at that time. I had no understanding of how prince worked. Or how records work like any of that kind of stuff and of course. It wasn't until much much later that i understood that basically the album was going to be released with no name no title no attribution to the artist and no artwork. And so. I think that i don't. I don't know how whoever came with the idea to put this sort of secret. Image of prince from a cherry moon photo moment in it but it was again very very strange but very cool at the same time because that image didn't find its way out in the ninety four the official ninety-four release not at all it literally is just black paper sef so that's a pretty pretty Rare copy if it has a rare copies to have that imma john for sure. If it's if it's legit you know not just a bootleg three creation okay. Well that is again. Like i said a very cool story. You were hearing it in real time. Just like you know. Prince had originally intended instead of me listening to it for the first time in nineteen ninety-four and thinking well. This sounds pretty dated. It's not as cool as everybody said. You know the infamous black album. I remember now the having a a reputation. Let's put it that way in nineteen ninety-four that it just didn't have the same the same luster attached to it so Awesome for that. And then cindy see i mean. Did you remember liking that song. Remember even knowing that it was about the model. Cindy crawford who i guess. Eighteen eighty seven eighty eight. Who's a supermodel. But she had not really crossed over to you know mainstream in terms of like television and movies much yet..
Backstage Pass Radio
"cindy" Discussed on Backstage Pass Radio
"On the road you know probably than expensive my via the shell leases. Scratch my youtube channel. i near cleveland. Two years or than record by those words thirties yet. Thanks for mentioning. That i was gonna talk to you about patriots fan but this is where subscribers can go and pay a small fee per month to get all the special interaction with you and other artists to i mean Of course you know. You're you're of course. Not the only person on patriotic but that's where your fans can go and get new releases and kind of the vip treatment so to speak and then of course you know cindy alexander dot com. You can find a lot of the information out there as far as just purchasing like if somebody wanted to go. Purchase a cindy alexander cd. Where can they go. Fine that store and blue along dot com to to anyone older south go to my website and current store. And i i personally thought autograph. Okay i larry on sees you only have four right now but i will easter the and okay. I'll talk to you. Saw about something offline when we're done here but let's real quick let's do Some quickfire questions. So i can get you on your way. Beatles or the stones down van halen or hendrix summer or winter. Tv or radio. Perfect vacation great. Answer play and.
790 KABC
"cindy" Discussed on 790 KABC
"Cindy Berkey am 7 90 K. ABC with early paycheck, You can get your direct deposit of 22 days earlier. That's another reason. Banking with capital One is the easiest decision ever even easier than deciding to open the biggest birthday gift first. Me birthday, do you? Which one? Are you going to open first? A pony? Yep. Even easier than that, Plus, with no fees or minimums on checking and savings accounts is banking with capital one even a decision that's banking reimagined. What's in your wallet? See Capital one dot com slash bank for details. No fees are minimums on new consumer accounts, Capital One and a member FBI C Acuity insurance. We believe the things you do for your business are heroic and you deserve someone equally heroic to protect them. We put her all into covering your business so you can focus on the things you love Most. That's the power of heart acuity insurance wholeheartedly for you. A strong work ethic takes pride in a job. Well done. This is you, but to get an honest day's work, you need to call back. You need a job. Express employment professionals can help. Will connect you to the right company. We're committed to your success and never charge a fee to find you a job express nose jobs. Get to know express, find your location and express pros dot com or on the express jobs, app. Myth versus fact, no, it's not a myth, long covid. Fact is it can cause long term breathing issues in young, healthy people Learn the facts. Get vexed, Visit, vaccinate dot Virginia dot gov Hello,.
The Doctor's Farmacy with Mark Hyman, M.D.
Dr. Cindy Geyer Explains Seasonal Allergies
"Welcome cindy get to be here is always so tell tell us. What is this problem with allergies. We're having this country. How prevalent is it. What are the symptoms of most people get a white causes it and and how does traditional medicine typically deal with this problem will allergies have been around for a long time so it's not a new problem it's when your immune system makes antibodies usually called aegean antibodies to something that you're breathing enter exposed to the environment like a dust allergy or a pollen allergy grass allergy and. When that happens these mast cells. That contain histamine dumped. Histamine calls all symptoms that we recognize as allergy symptoms congestion. Sneezing itchy nose. Itchy eyes watery eyes sometimes using tightness in the chest stick it can contribute to asthma and one of the things that sort of gets overlooked is just how exhausted people who have acted allergies concealing relate Just loma Fatigue so those are the classic symptoms. Even though it's not new the prevalence is unfortunately increasing There were people nowadays with allergies actual allergies than there were fifty years ago hundred years ago and we can talk about some of the reasons why that happens in typically. We're going to treat it or in traditional medicine retreat with identifying the allergen trying to remove it treating the symptoms with antihistamines may nasal. Steroids may be an inhaler for your lungs or trying. Desensitization shots were draws to try to down regulate that response and and what we see often is is for this resignation. That oh i've got allergies is just i got anything i can do about it so like e or i had to take these nasal sprays and the truth is most of the allergy medicine. They're pretty benign but the steroids. The steroids are not and they're often used pretty aggressively. Flo nase and name names the next. His hailed steroids. That may reduce symptoms. But then 'cause osteoporosis. In 'cause you know other immune suppressing issues and now people really suffer from these problems and and the question why are we so overreactive to things. That are just part of our normal environment. I mean that's a question asking allergies something. Humans get well. Guess what not necessarily when you look at populations indigenous cultures and you look at even kids who grew up in american
History That Doesn't Suck
Nicola Tesla: Let There Be Light
"Is no subject more captivating more worthy of study than nature to understand this great mechanism to discover which forces on active and the laws which govern them is the highest aim of the intellect of man nature has stored up the universe infinite energy com infinite energy in the universe. Indeed nicholas stand by the statement and goes on to explain his desire to tap into this infinite energy but the immigrant continues he will not wax philosophical tonight rather you'll contend himself with explaining and demonstrating one of the most important issues facing the world at present namely the production of a practical and efficient source of light going into professor mode the ingenious serb scratches out formulas on the chalkboard that high frequency alternating current the way forward. That's a claim that his former employer. Thomas alva- edison would certainly reject yet. Nikola argues alternating. Current could cindy electricity hundreds of miles but as intellectual as the audience in this packed lecture hall might be why just tell them about the virtues of alternating current when you can show them nikola flips a switch on his wooden desk. He's just engaged. A motor high frequency alternator and as he does so an arc in sparks. Jump between two poles incredible. But that's nothing. The lincoln venter's just getting started with the lecture halls lights dimmed nikolai now. Picks up to gasfield tubes that is geissler tubes holding one in each hand as he stands between the two large hanging zinc sheets. They start to glow americans essentially from now. Might look at these think lightsabres. Well these nineteenth century americans aren't far off from that one reporter here. Tonight will later. Describe the scene quote like aluminum held in the hands of an archangel. Those quote others are just lost as to how nikolai's doing it. The electrical review will write quote. Here mr tesla seem to act the part of a veritable magician close quote
Cindy Stumpo is Tough as Nails
British Military: 7 Afghans Killed in Chaos at Kabul Airport
"Kabul airport in Afghanistan. Today, more than half a dozen people killed as crushing crowds and extreme heat overcame desperate groups trying to escape. The Taliban chaos in Kabul seems outside the airport, reaching breaking point. The UK Ministry of Defence confirming that seven Afghan civilians were killed today in the crowds, heartbreaking images showing bodies covered in white tops. Soldiers struggling to keep the terrified crowds come and hydrated in the brutal heat. That was a BCS Julia
The Dan Bongino Show
Caller Reminds Us That There Is Some Hope in America
"And scared. Love the show I wanted to report about the Good America parade over the fourth Small town. The first four. Float. Idaho First four floats who are the biggest greenest, cleanest John Deere harvesters you've ever seen in your life, followed by three or four big clean fire tracks, all decked out and flags. And then cheerleaders and then the middle school on a flatbed playing on their band. Uh, God bless America, uh, gives you some hope, doesn't it, Cindy? Yeah, it just it did. I just left with the warmest feeling like everything is going to be okay. I hope so. Cindy. Part of us. The heart of us is good. Yeah, I hope so. Well, thanks for your call. I appreciate we needed that producer Mike and Jim were like, Listen, such a dour topic. Take Cindy. Thank you, Cindy. We appreciate the call. I hope she's right, folks. You know, I do. But that was when I opened up the show with
Fat Mascara
Cindy Crawford Opens Up About Leaving Revlon to Start Her Own Brand
"Had been with revlon for seventeen years and my contract was getting ready to be renewed and i did have that moment of life. Okay like i kind of think. It's time for me to do my own thing and i think having success of my exercise video gave me the confidence to feel like i can do my own thing and then really it was. I had this relationship with dr saba that another makeup artist friend of mine. Fran cooper sent me to dr sabella. When i was twenty eight when i was imperative. You gotta see this guy. Does this slight mess of mesotherapy in like a vitamin cocktail. He called it. And i just develop this relationship with him and i and he you know he was like my skin guy my skin guru and i would tease him like. Can't you just bottle this stuff. Just deposits like mesotherapy disbar listeners. Can you just get expel in crayon for everyone okay. So that he's the only person who's ever done it to me. And i have never had it before But it looks like a squirt gun but actually has like a little needle in it and so he likes makes these like tiny almost like rating your skin. Okay man his vitamin cocktail which included the special s. O d which is from a melon special melon. At the france Was in was in that. And and it's funny because the first time he did it to me. I actually was getting married like five days later. Random wage and my skin. I like like my skin came alive. I didn't even. i didn't even know that. Looked tired until he got done. And then i was like wow it's so like glory and bouncy and all those things i mean i was twenty eight so bad skin. Day twenty eight is a good skid day. But i just i really thing i really loved about dr shabazz. He loves women. He doesn't want women to have to hide behind makeup. He wants you to feel comfortable in your skin. So he's all about like how do you know. How do we take care of your skin. And so the and so he's like the first thing he does. I think he would do is like he touches it pinches it he pulls on it and he wants you to feel good on your
Maureen From Quarantine
"cindy" Discussed on Maureen From Quarantine
"Okay good and i you know your title the book. I love your book And footsteps footsteps footsteps through the sands of time. And of course it sands maybe have to do with sandy. No not really but you know i. I always think when. I'm doing my war. The past life work at you know that little bottle that hourglass guillano in the stands run through it. You know that could be a whole lifetime and we keep changing them up so it felt right. I felt right. It sounds like i remember back in the day. I wonder if it's still running sands of time. Such are the days of our lives remember. Yes yes yes yes like the hours and what was this something something to that extent like the hours time in an hourglass yes and i do think that our but i had there are others. I have to say who have used that title so might addition to that was passed like dramas present life lessons so that was a that way. I was able to use that In combination together. I love that. There's a beautiful fleetwood mac song to the sands of time. It's beautiful yeah calls to mind and yes all those other beautiful energy i think is timeless including the music or the show or whatever it is that you know And even now this that energy it seems to be now. You're you're great with the beautiful energy in the world. Thank goodness it. So so such a pleasure to talk with you and to put out your beautiful energy in the world. You're such a great part of the solution in the world. Cindy and as argue or issue..
Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution!
"cindy" Discussed on Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution!
"I am so grateful that you have chosen to spend part of your day with us once again as always. I have a very exciting guest on today and you guys are going to really enjoy the topic that we are discussing today. We're talking about game schooling. I'm here with cindy west. And i'm gonna let you introduce yourself who you are who your family is and what you do. And then we're going to jump into this topic of game schooling okay. I am cdt west. I am also known as our journey westward. Because that is the blog that i have written now for goodness probably fourteen years. I have home schooled from the very beginning three kiddos to them have graduated and currently homeschooling and a greater and i love home schooling so much. Every single day is wonderful but when you specifically Purpose yourself when things get a little bit frustrating to figure out ways to make them better Works and you can do this for lots. And lots of years and you can still be smiling after nineteen years in kentucky and on a cattle farm. So i've had lots and lots of room to do. Nature walks in nature. Study is a big deal with me. And that's one thing that i have written curriculum about for years in actually teach nature study science classes. Now so is there anything else. You wanna no no no. That's i talk to you all day long. It was fun getting to talk to you before we jumped onto record did say at which i thought was interesting is that you used to be a public schoolteacher ted until your daughter turned away about a year old about a year old. I pushed through for a year. Not happy the entire year. has tired. I cried almost every morning leaving her at a meeting. Sitters and honestly. I was christmas time. I had to be at the christmas party because the kids were counting on me. And she had a fever of one hundred four. And i couldn't be there with her and i came home from school that day. In said steve. I really really feel strongly that at the end of the school year. I need to be home with her. And so we prayed about it and it was just a little while that i was supposed to be home. And yeah nineteen years later. I am still here. Actually that's more than nineteen hours. That was when she was a year old and she's now twenty four so twenty three years later the lord. Yes and you've never looked back. I might my heart. Always breaks for moms when i hear them seeing while they want the choose to work because they love their career. And there's nothing wrong with loving your career. But i just think you don't know what you're missing out on and i've had many friends who have chosen to give up their career to stay home with their kids and i don't know a single mom who has ever regretted that decision to stay home with their kids because you can always go back to your career at any time but you can never get the years back with your children with their children and i have been so surprised i knew from the time i was six years old that i was supposed to teach and i've been teaching the midst of this in so many ways that i'm never had planned on so he will let god work to being obedient to his carleen. You'll be so excited with where you beat you in the end. Yeah yeah and got used you in a big way because you have i was looking through your blog and you have so many great resources on there but you have taught about giftedness you home. Homeschooling kids who are gifted like you said you do your nature studies. I mean you've got a whole variety of different things and so it's neat to see how the lord has used your passion for teaching and been able to help other homeschool moms because you know years ago. Homeschool moms didn't have all of those resources available and so they had to figure it out on own. They had to come up with their own resources or use old books. The us library books and things like that and so as a home school mom who is not super creative when it comes to lesson planning. I'm grateful for moms like you. Who are passionate about that and and great at that so so you can you do but yeah so. We're talking about game schooling today. And i remember the first time i heard about game. Schooling was a couple years ago. And i was like games going. And then you start to thinking of wet in the world is like playing video games board games. What is game schooling. And as i've looked at it basically. It's what i figured out where we're fun. Meets education basically and came going can be such a fantastic thing for homeschool families. I mean the the kids can learn so much through the plane of games and so we are gonna talk about that today. I'm going to let you kind of jump into what game. Schooling is kind of explained to her listeners. What that even means. And then i want to get into some of the specifics about how and why game schooling is good for home. Homeschool families okay. I'm game schooling can be a lot of things when i consider game schooling in my own home school. I consider it a time that could be a break Where we just infused some fun. I consider it a time where we've got. Maybe a skill that somebody's not quite getting in we. We insert a game as a different mode to learn it I can also consider game schooling time when we need to practice something and so it's just a great extra option for practicing so he just infusing fun into the day. Games are incredibly educational. I don't know that there's really any game. The i can think of off the top of my head wouldn't serve some level of an educational bump in your home school and so we've put together lists of games where you can specifically reach into various subject levels and a bit those lists together for me and actually organized them on my shelves like that sometimes. So that when we're in the middle of language arts and it's just bear and we're tired of things we've been doing. I can go gap. Grab a couple of games. And i can feel like that. That moment in language arts hasn't been wasted because teaching really great stuff too right right so you're talking about mostly board games more type games things like that. I mean it doesn't have to be a board game. It can be card games. But we're not talking about video games. We're not talking that you're in front of the tv with a remote control and say go out at kit and learn what you're gonna learn. We're talking about mom coming together with our kids or sometimes kids coming together as siblings and playing these games together. And i feel like it's one of those things that we have this public school or traditional school i should say mindset most moms when we come into home schooling that home schooling has to look a specific way has still lung the way it looked when we were in school growing up and so we didn't play. I mean we may be play games every once in a while in school. But i i mean as i remember it was basically like maybe during lunch we might play a game but typically in classroom. You.
Women and Crime
"cindy" Discussed on Women and Crime
"Sydney became frustrated. The police became frustrated. Cindy thought that they weren't helping her and while at first the police were really attentive and believed you know that cindy was a victim. They changed their minds and they came to believe that every time they investigated or put someone at surveillance or put a phone tap in nothing would happen and because of this. I think they got frustrated as well and they eventually came to believe that cindy wishes and this was all just for personal attention after that frustration. And after you know i believe she also was at some point you know. She spent some short amount of time. A couple of weeks in a mental hospital so after she was hospitalized psychiatric louis for a couple of weeks. She also wound up getting herself private investigator because she wanted help. You want to help a two things. I think she wanted some level of security be. She wanted to prove to people that she wasn't making this up. She wanted help catching her assailant. And so she hired ozzy coban and he had provided some security for. He gave her a two way radio and then he describes another really disturbing incident in which he heard weird noises through the two way radio at her house and so he rushed over and he found cindy i mean in an awful state on the ground. Her hand had been nailed into the floor. I mean we are talking about real brutality here. Unfortunately it escalated. Into cindy james murder or cindy james suicide either way cindy james died on may twenty fifth nineteen thousand nine. She had gone to do some shopping. Reportedly she was going to pick up her paycheck but since he didn't make it home then and the police found her car in a mall. Parking lot they found blood on the driver's side and they found cindy's grocery still in the car. Her wallets were strewn about. I mean it didn't look at it. They knew that there was foul. Play of some type in about two weeks later. They found cindy james body in the yard of an abandoned house and her hands were tied behind her back. Her feet were tied. She had injection marks on her body..
Women and Crime
"cindy" Discussed on Women and Crime
"This podcast may contain content. That is graphic and disturbing in nature. Listener discretion is advised during the nineteen eighties in canada. Cindy james was purportedly the victim over one hundred acts of violence which included both psychological and physical abuse however even with a police investigation and help from a private investigator. Her attacker could never be identified. And eventually the police would come to suspect. That cindy was actually perpetrating. These acts against herself was cindy her own assailant or was she a victim of a disturbed individual whose plan was to i torture cindy and then murder her. This is a bonus episode. The cindy james story reexamined i. Amy am against amy. I'm super excited for our guest today via to near you cited. This is a special episode that we are doing in response to all the emails and contact. We got from listeners. People were going crazy after the semi cindy james that we and with their theories and ideas and questions and so in this episode. We are joined by. Dr scott and dr shiloh. La based forensic psychologists and hosts of the amazing podcast la not so confidential. Welcome to the show. Thank you for having us with four doctors. We're going to solve this thing. Yeah right seriously. We've got. I gotta tell you. I'm one of huge fan of of the show. Anyway from even your podcast. But i this cindy james when you guys reached out and said hey give this a listen and i had never heard of it before it's fascinating it's beyond fascinating and maybe guys if you don't mind maybe you could tell the listeners. A little bit about your background and what you do sure thing. So we are both forensic psychologist in los angeles as you stated in the introduction of us and i have worked primarily in two areas of forensic psychology majority of my career has been working with previously incarcerated persons when they have transitioned back out into the community and i specialized in high risk sex offenders. So it's working on not only their transition back but obviously preventive recidivism and Every mental health issue that income up simultaneously. That's going on with them whether it be A psychotic disorder or disorder treating all of the above and then a little side piece to that is that i would also sometimes work with pretrial offenders. So people who are actually getting ready to go into prison A lot of them for the first time..