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"At some point we have to take the economy seriously. We can't just keep printing money and sending it overseas. Welcome to another Financial Guys podcast. I'm Mike Hayflick along with my partner, Mike Speraza. We are always excited to be here, Mike. Um, we are here after the second Bill's win. Yeah. Yeah. We will, we'll keep it at that. Every time we talk very little, things go well. So let's, let's keep it at a win and big game Sunday. Miami. What should be right. A massively popular game. I mean, when they put up 70 against Denver and we, we basically, did we shut out the three points? Three, three. Okay. We held, held Washington, the Washington commanders to only three. That should be a really, really dynamite game. So. Had to change their name due to political correctness. I know, I know. And we had some conversation about that. The people I was watching the game with were reflecting on, I guess the good old days when the, the nicknames of teams just didn't seem to matter as much, but it matters now. Now they want to take down statues. You're an Iroquois guy. They're taking that name away. The chiefs because apparently saying chiefs is very, uh, politically incorrect. I mean, a leader. You can't be called the leaders anymore. Maybe it'll be the Iroquois comrades because everyone's got to just hold hands and sing Kumbaya. Yeah. And, and you know, nobody gets a gender anymore. Nobody can dominate one or the other. Even if it's a sport, there really might not even ever be winners or losers. They might not even keep score anymore in sports. Like it's just going to be for the experience of it trophy for the trophy for the trophy. Line them all up. They're all going to look exactly the same. There'll be gender neutral trophies. When will we have a they, them team name? Like the, the Washington they, thems, like when, when, I mean, I know that sounds outrageous, but that's where we're headed. Yeah, it's true. It's going to be comrades. Friends. Yeah. The friends, the Iroquois friends, the Iroquois comrades. It literally is heading that way though. Something where you go, what is, what is this sport? Like we don't even know based on the name, what the sport is. We don't even, yeah. You won't know. Like usually you could derive some more information from things like that. Oh, no, no, not anymore. No, you're going to have to dig real deep. You're going to have to show up at these events and, uh, you know, maybe wear a nice hoodie and a pair of shorts at the events. Yeah, I agree with you. And, uh, you know, maybe right after you went through the Senate chambers to vote on something, you can head and do a game with your hoodie and shorts on. Anyway, the next one, the last thing I'll say is the next one will be the Patriots. They'll be getting their name taken because that represents Donald Trump and his movement. We got to take away the name Patriot, right? That'll be the next one. There you go. You know, I just, I can't with these people anymore. It's really getting to be absurd. Yep. Totally. So, uh, Mike, let's start with this one. A second Republican debate coming this Wednesday night, September 27th, and Dana Perino, who I've always enjoyed listening to. Um, she will be joining Stuart Varney and Ilia Calderon at the Ronald Reagan library. presidential Suitable place. I love it. Yeah. And, uh, I, we were just chatting a bit before the podcast, so let's just line this up. All right. I don't know the order, but we're going to have Pence, Christie, DeSantis, Rama, Swami, uh, Doug Burgum made it Dougie Dougie. Um, who is that? Who else? I'm I've got five Nikki Haley. Thank you. And then, uh, there should be one more. Um, I did pens from, let's write this down. One more time for everybody. Pence, Rama, Swami, right? DeSantis. How do I not remember? Tim Scott, Tim Scott. Thank you. So, so seven this time, um, not Asa Hutchinson, I think you said he, he didn't make it. Didn't qualify. So, um, of course the big elephant in the room is that Donald Trump again will not be there. Just tell me your thoughts, I guess, on this next upcoming debate. Are we going to hear anything different? Is there any going to be anything that really makes people go, Whoa, this guy's really racing to the front or female. Um, if it's Nikki Haley, anyone going to race to the front after this one? I really, I mean, I think we're kind of wasting our time here and I'm not saying it as a, as a Trump voter. I'm just saying it realistically. Right. I mean, at this point, the lead is 40 to 50 points. Nobody makes up that ground than a debate, right? Like Nikki Haley had a great debate last time. She's still polling single digits. Right. I don't agree with Nikki Haley stance on a lot of things, but she, she fared well in that debate and she really didn't grow or fall behind anymore. Right. So I think that's the tough part. When we look at these debates, the Donald Trump in the 2015, 2016 campaign years, that is your like unicorn, right? Where, where you just go up there and go bananas. And then you end up, you know, taking over the field. The difference was there was no Donald Trump in that election, right? Like you had a Jeb Bush, but he wasn't the guaranteed slam dunk candidate right now. You have Donald Trump, Mike, and he is the guaranteed slammed on Canada. The only one that we thought maybe had a chance was Ron DeSantis and he has crumbled mightily, whether you like him or hate him. It's just the facts. He's, he's in trouble. Right. I mean, so what, what are we accomplishing with these debates other than kind of a, I guess I'll say wasting our time. Yeah. And I, I just, I just think it's worth breaking this down a little bit. Like what is it that people like you and I think that these others are just inferior to a guy like a Donald Trump? Like, and I'll tell you my opinion first. Mine is I just don't think they'll win. And I just feel like more and more people need to, you got to vote and expect that the conservative Republican candidate in this case wins. And I don't think any of these other people could, could actually win. I don't think they have enough, you know, experience. They don't have the fortitude that a Donald Trump has. Well, I think that that to me is, is there's two reasons why I'm voting for Donald Trump, right? Number one was I thought he had a very good four year term other than the COVID 19 issue. And I, I'm telling you right now, I say this to people all the time. If it was Ron DeSantis, if it was Donald Trump, if it was Hillary Clinton, that, that, that whole debacle was, was a disaster and there was no way you were going to look good in that debacle. I'm just telling you. Yeah. Number one, but that was a Trump fault that I have. And if I ever talked to him, I would tell him that that I do not agree with what he did with COVID. It's easy for me to say that now, but, but at the end of the day, he had a great four year term other than that, in my personal opinion. Number two is every time they've tried to knock him down at the knees, Mike, that has made me want him back more, right? The, the every time they indict him, I want him back more, right? Every time they try and silence him with gag orders, I want him back more. This is how I think a lot of conservatives are feeling. And at this point, it's kind of like, okay, is Rhonda, here's what my other point, I don't mean to keep going on, but at the end of the day is whether it's Ron, DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, or Donald Trump, I'm going to use those three for a second. They will be treated the exact same way by the media, by the Democrat party. It doesn't matter who that candidate is. It doesn't matter. Right. People always say like, Oh, but, but Trump's hated. If DeSantis is a candidate, he's already taken crap from the leftist media, right? Like if he's the candidate, he's going to, it's going to be open up another can of worms. I don't think it matters. The reason why we got to go with Donald Trump is he's been there. He's been able to handle it. We know that whether you like him or not, he's handled the media and he's handled the Democrats well. And we need that experience. This is the election of our lifetime. And I will say that now, this is the election of our lifetime. We need to win. Dana Perino says, I believe the economy will feature prominently because we know that that is the biggest concern and preoccupation that is worrying Americans. And she says in many ways, in my opinion, the economy is the thread that runs through all of these other possible topics. For example, if you're concerned about crime, one of the issues is what kind of resources do you have and are you willing to use in order to help deal with that? I think she's spot on. I think when it comes to the economy, the economy sort of is the fuel and whether you then have a notion to, you know, actually shut down the border, improve childcare, improve education, then the, the economy obviously is the main thread that actually everything else seems to branch off of. If you have a lot of people working, for instance, you're going to have a thriving economy because supply and demand is going to balance out. You're going to have lots of products and services to offer and a lot of people can afford these things. Right. So, uh, I, I agree with her. Plus it is Fox business that's hosting the event. So might lean a little bit more toward economics. Yeah, I think it should. I agree with you. I mean, at some point we have to take the economy seriously. We can't just keep printing money and sending it overseas at some point, you know, and I say, I've said this to you, Mike before, going to get groceries now at times, like they ring all the stuff up and I'm like, Holy crap. I bought, I have a cat. I bought five cans of cat food. They're, they're the size of like a lacrosse ball, not even. And it's like $5 for five cans. I'm like this, this thing costs more than my kids at this point. This cat's going to be very thin. It's going to be out of crash diet. I mean, but seriously, how do people, Mike, that don't make money? And I say this in a sad way, like how do people that don't make money survive? Even going, you go to a local fast food restaurant for two people. My wife and I it's 30 bucks. I'm like, what the hell happened out here? I told that is what's going on. And that's scary. Yeah. When they have to make those kinds of hard choices. Right. Uh, all right. So, uh, let's move on. So speaking of Trump, we're talking about these other seven candidates that will be there Wednesday, this Wednesday night, nine to 11 PM in the second Republican debate, Donald Trump will not be there, but this came out like in a Washington post poll. Trump is now up 10%, uh, over a potential run against Biden, 10 % double digit. Now if you just pin Trump against Biden again, first your thoughts, and then we'll go a little deeper into this. Well, I'm not surprised. Um, I think, I think Americans are getting sick and tired of it. I think Americans are worried about our futures. I think the migrant crisis is hurting the Democrat party because you have liberal places like New York city that are waking up saying, Oh my God, we can't do this anymore. And there's like 10 ,000 migrants in New York city, not 10 million. Right. So like, like it's starting to click, I think with certain people, number one, number two, Mike, I think it's hard to hide Joe Biden's cognitive decline, right? The left can say whatever they want in the media. You just can't, when you fall over on things, when you do talk like that, I mean, they, it's a problem. It's a real problem and it's visible. Um, do I trust these polls? Yes and no. I think, if I think America is as smart as I think they would, the polls should be probably higher, like 30 % lead for Trump. Um, but I think the numbers that keep growing in Trump's favor, the margin of error is not that big, right? Michael, like you look at the Republican primary polls, the margin of error is not 40%, right? He's up 40%. So even if they're off by 20%, he's still up 20%. The same thing's starting to happen in these head to head polls with Biden. It started, you know, Trump down, then it was Trump even, then it was Trump three, five, now it's 10. I mean, that's a lot. Yeah. And so I want to read a little bit here. So the post ABC poll shows Biden trailing Trump by 10 percentage points at this early stage in the election cycle. This is, by the way, the Washington Post little write -up, uh, after the poll was done. Um, so this is, this is actually humorous. Although the sizable margin of Trump's lead in this survey is significantly at odds with other public polls that show the general election contest to virtual dead heat, the difference between this poll and others as well as the unusual makeup of Trump's and Biden's coalitions in the survey. So Mike, the more words, the muddier this all gets, right? It sounds like excuses coming up, right? It sounds like Kamala Harris. It really is. It's like, yeah, total word salad. Um, I just said suggested is probably an outlier, right? So, so this, this I thought was interesting. Um, Byron Byron York of the Washington examiner said the post dumped on headline news in quotes from its own poll. So basically they do a poll. They say that their poll is likely an outlier and, and he, he goes on to then say Washington Post sub heads suggests its own poll may be an outlier. That may be true, but they put no such disclaimer in headline three years ago when they published a poll of Wisconsin, right before election day in 2020, showing Biden up 17 points on Trump, 10 points more than the average of other polls at the time. That was real clear politics, president Tom Bevin. So, so funny to me, so interesting, right? Even when they try to do something where they want to take part in the polling process and inform all of us as Americans, Ooh, that's not really where we wanted to see that. That's likely an outlier folks. Yeah. Oh, Donald Trump's winning. Shit. That doesn't count. Okay. What are we going to do? Next one. Okay. These were registered voters. What are we going to do? This is 10 points. Holy shit. What are we going to say? Let's just say it's an outlier. Oh damn. That was a fake poll. Oh, those stupid polls. Yeah. I mean, and it might, I'll say this before we get onto another topic on what's, what's, you're starting to see it all come together. It's like, it's like when they see, you know, hurricanes forming in the ocean, right? We're starting to see it now. The polls are shifting to Trump. Now we have Hillary Clinton coming out saying things like, Oh yeah, who's to say Putin won't medal in the election in 2024 again, right? You have others saying like, Ooh, we got to get Trump off the ballot or people saying, let's indict Trump again for this or that let's put gag orders on him. It's all coming together. Now the new thing too, Mike is, Hmm, let's indict the Bidens and let's see if we can get, we can get a Joe Biden off the ticket. We've used him, we've abused him. Now we're getting them out of here. It's all, it's that wave in the ocean. It's that hurricane forming in the ocean. That's what's happening. And I believe that because why, why would Hillary Clinton come out and say, if you're so confident right in the 2024 election, if you're so confident and Trump's an idiot, he's never going to make it again and get rid of them. Why are you now saying, Hmm, maybe Putin will medal in the elections again. Why would you say that? Right. Right. And by the way, this is the same guy that's richer than ever because his country has been able to sell oil at a high rate since Biden's been in office. This is the same country that has had its way with the Ukraine walking in there and taking over land since Biden's been in there. Why would, why would Putin medal in the election to get in and probably in his mind, the nut job of Donald Trump back in office, it may drop a nuke on him. Why would he want Trump back in office? Ask yourself that question. Don't have to, if you have any sense at all, then you don't even have to ask that. Um, so anyway, let's see what the next number of polls start to reveal. Let's see if, let's see if polls stop coming out, Mike, right? Because once you have one that's got Trump winning by double digit, maybe they just start to say, polls are stupid. Polls are for racists. You're homophobic. If you read polls, I mean, we'll see. Or they come out with some poll from the middle of nowhere. That's like Biden up 35 points on Donald Trump. Right, right. This was from registered voters in the white house. Yes. We interviewed seven people and it was six to one, six to one. And the other one we fired, we don't even know who that was. Yeah. So, so let's go to this now. Every once in a while, Mike, I have to do this CNN, right? I go to the cnn .com site. I just got to see what they're finding note newsworthy, noteworthy, whatever you want to say. And honestly, and I've often reported this, I'm often in disbelief at what they aren't reporting. In this example though, I was like, Oh, a few stories down. Here's a story, Mike, why more women are choosing not to have kids. So right away I'm thinking, Oh my gosh, these are the most unlikable people, the most anti traditional family structure people ever. They probably don't want to have a relationship at all. They don't want to ever have true, you know, intimacy with anybody cause they just can't do it. They're just nasty. They're mostly on, you know, just awful. These lots, so many of these people. So I go on to read a little bit of this and you know, this is, this is someone named Diana Volek who, who never, who was never someone who dreamed of becoming a mother, right? And these are just some of the reasons given. They don't want the responsibility of being a parent. They fear a lack of support. They like their life as it is. They're still judged for being child free. So so even when they don't choose to have children, right? So I'm like looking at this and then suddenly I go, wait a second. This was published at midnight, uh, basically Sunday or Monday, you know, September 25th. That's that's now as we record editor's note, this story was originally published in August, 2021. Some details such as the ages of those interviewed remain the same as they were when the story first published. So you're telling me right away, I thought, is the Hollywood writers strike? Is it bleeding into CNN now? Cause there aren't enough stories. There aren't enough people to write like modern stories. There's not enough news. They had to pull a story from two years ago to talk about why many women are deciding not to have kids. Like how pathetic is that? How pathetic. This new trend too, of like, it's cool to just say, screw it. I don't want to have a family is the weirdest thing ever. And then we wonder why these people are miserable, right? I mean, again, is parenting easy? I'm a new parent. Mike, you know that you, you parented two girls for, you know, they're what? 25, 22, right? So you've had, you've had 25 years of parenting experience. I've had, you know, almost a year. It's the most enjoyable thing ever. Right? I mean you're finally, it's good not to be selfish. It's good to take care of somebody else and love somebody else. Right. And I'm not saying you don't love your spouse, but your spouse is an adult relationship. You have to have a relationship with a baby, which turns into a toddler, which turns into an adolescent, a young adult like that. There's nothing more special than that. You should want that. Instead it's like, Oh, kids are stupid. I'm going to be so rich. Really weigh me down. Yeah, yeah, sure. Okay. They're going to weigh me down. I want my independence. I don't want to be responsible to another human being. I've got myself to worry about and treat and, and you know, I don't know, a door like I get like, that's fine. I want to see the next story though be why many women are deciding that having a child is rewarding. It can become a very loving, you know, yes, you have to be responsible. Like it just was so gross to me like that. And two years ago, this isn't even news. This is like, Oh my gosh, we got to fill these headlines. What do we get out? Pull that one again. We don't like kids. We don't want anyone, you know, raising children, my God for, you know, I'll say this though, Mike and all seriousness too. Like, yes. Is, is it fun being a college degenerate and booze and all the time and having a blast? Sure it is. We all did it right. I mean, yes, of course it's a fun thing. Is it fun to not care if you can go to bed at 2am or 5am or 5pm? Sure. That's great. But at some point you have to mature as an adult, take your job seriously, take your family seriously and care about things like I always say this, Mike, and this is something I've brought up a million times. Think about being, you know, if you want it, like if you didn't want to have kids, I'm not saying people that can't have kids cause I feel for them. But if you, if you didn't want children, cause you didn't want the responsibility, what do you do in your sixties and seventies with no family? Like that breaks my heart, honestly. Right? Like I, what my relationship with my parents, my wife's with her parents, like it's, it's fun, right? It's, you're a family. You get to do things together and you get to enjoy each other. Who doesn't want that? I just don't get it. Well, there's a lot of people in Washington that actually have spouses and children and grandchildren. And clearly there is not a lot of love and support going on between all of them. Because some of these people, I mean, we know who we're talking about, the Mitch McConnell's, the Joe Biden's, they would not be in front of microphones if people actually cared about them. They would not let those loved ones go through what they go through on a daily basis, unless they have no connection, no personal connection at all. Um, all right. AOC. She's almost the last story of our day, but there's one more after this. So we got a bonus. We do a bonus story here, breaking news. So AOC wins the hypocrisy award mic for this, uh, at least this week, maybe the year on this one decade, this is hilarious. And, um, I'll just set this up for a second. So here she was on CBS's face the nation. And, um, she was discussing president Biden's plan to visit the Michigan auto workers on Tuesday. So host of CBS's face, the nation, Margaret Brennan points out a couple of interesting facts about AOC and her selection of vehicles. So let's go ahead and play that. Yup.
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"The, I looked up this vagus nerve, because I hadn't heard it before, and it said, The vagus nerve is involved in regulating important body functions, including breathing, heart rate, digestion and immune response. It also plays an important role in controlling mood, I'm sorry, mood, emotions and social behavior. Did you see any positive side effects beyond, you know, helping you, and maybe this was part of getting through it, but did you sense any of those other benefits of it as you were, as you were wearing it as well in those areas? You know, I think it's certainly mood, not, not particularly. I mean, my mood was very focused on trying to fly the aircraft, trying to control the, the response. But I would say I wouldn't be surprised if it helped quite a bit with the actual, that, it's like the anxiety climax drop off phase of the motion sickness. And so if that's kind of the contour in which they mean mood, I think absolutely, because that is a big part in what holds you back from feeling like you can go through that experience again. Social behavior, not so much, emotions, not so much. Definitely, though, the breathing and the ability to handle the kind of, that stomach response. Yeah, they say in this article here, and I'll have all these links in the show notes if you want to go out and look at them, but it says the vagus nerve is sometimes called the wandering nerve because of many of the different parts of the body it interacts with. Stimulating vagus nerve can also have calming effects on the body, which I think is what you were looking for, right? That recovery, because you were going into it while it was still happening, you were going into it. Man, I think about, for folks who, you know, in boating or in, you know, maybe any of those situations where that's debilitating, this could be, you know, this could be one of those things. And so how long, how long did you use the watch? You're off of it now, right? At this point, you're not, you're not using. Would you consider bringing it back for, for any reason at some point? Or, or you're good, you feel like you're good at this point? I mean, unless I was like in hurricane conditions out at sea and felt like, gee, this might be a good thing to have just in case, like maybe. But I mean, my goal with it was to not have it become a crutch where, Oh, I'm only going to be in the plane if this thing is zapping my arm. But I keep it in the flight bag as like an honorary, like it's there. It's pretty small to stow. So like, there's no harm in having it and keeping it. But no, I mean, for me personally, like I said, it was about 20 to 25 hours of use of flight time of the 61 hours that I've logged. So about a third of my journey. And if I were to put out on like a chart, because my pilot journey has been around November 16th of last year was my first flight. And I did a couple of flights in November and December. The first kind of experiences with motion sickness were a bit enough for me. So work and other stuff was pretty busy and that on top, I was kind of thinking about, OK, what's my next move here? So I took January, February and most of March off. And then in the last week of March, I got back into it and had the relief band. And, you know, you can plot out like what was my kind of productivity or advancement against the hours I was doing the logbook. And you can see just how much the relief band accelerated that. So even though I've been flying for almost a year in November, really my core training to get where I've gotten today has been six months of very focused two times a week. I'm out there flying. I'm working with the instructor. I'm doing ground instruction at home, et cetera. And that definitely wouldn't have been possible without the relief band. But definitely for a good third of that journey, it was the way that I was able to get to that six months of really core focus in, in doing the pilot training. Yeah. Now, that sounds cool. I wonder if you could compare that to your, do you, do you get any watch data? Are you wearing any kind of, any watch that's doing any kind of health? I'm not. You know, it's funny. My wife wears the Apple Watch every day and loves it and has all the health data. And I guess I'm, I'm an old fart in that respect. I just don't have one. It would be interesting to correlate, you know, to have the relief band on one side and the Apple Watch on the other, whatever. There's, there's a variety. Apple's not the only one in this space. But to kind of see what kind of health conditions that would, that would bring. Maybe even, oh, yeah, can you get, you got me kind of thinking on this thing now. It's kind of cool. From like, even from just a regular wear on a regular basis of, or you're sleeping with it. I wonder what that, you know, if that, maybe first time it would keep them awake, right? Because obviously, do you feel it? Do you feel the physical stimulation as it's happening? On the higher power settings, definitely. It's, you know, if it's on like full power setting, it might even be a little uncomfortable, depending on your weight, how tightly you have it installed, how much gel you have, etc. But certainly on a low power setting, it, you know, after a while, you would, you would forget it's there. I Yeah, just think of maybe for individuals who have, and sometimes I have a tendency, I'll mess with my, like I'll pinch my fingers in a, in a response to just, if I'm agitated or if I'm stressed, you know, I kind of, and that's a obvious pain response. I'm doing that to stimulate something in, on my body, wondering if this could be one of those devices for stress, where, you know, you might, if you're feeling, if you're feeling stressed, that may be one of those things with something like this and a little meditation practice or something along those lines. I don't know. Sounds interesting. Yeah, no, right on. But it was a, it was a cool gadget to introduce, only because I just feel that a lot of people, even in my own life, didn't know about it. And it certainly has a lot of applications outside of flying. Well, and you've got a story, like, I mean, just think, fill in bags to, to not at this point. Yeah, I think John asked, John asked earlier if the, if the CFI charged extra for that service. And yeah, he's been very kind and patient and Zip it up and put it back in the bag. Oh, cool. Just can't imagine. Brian says, figure if you buy meds for nausea enough, buying this device would pay for itself. And, and to your point, I mean, man, if you can have a mechanical device that would help you overcome that, as opposed to, to, to, you know, to drugs, right? I, yeah, I mean, I, for me, the drugs was really like, it was a red line for me. I mean, maybe if I really got beat down that like nothing else is working, I would try one of the FAA -approved drugs just to see if that would be enough to jumpstart me. But it's really so awesome that, yeah, you don't have to ingest anything in your body to get the benefits. It's like, there's really not many things out there that, that can do that for you. So. A little bit of gel, put it on, set, set the, dial it in. I'm assuming those numbers are what, what, yeah, the power level. How does it charge? Is it a, it's got the batteries? Is that where you were showing earlier? Yeah, so there's different models. So the higher -end models have like a USB -C charger, and the base model, like the one that I have, is just two CR2032 batteries. So once they're done, you're replacing them much like you would replace a CR2032 battery in your watch.
Morning News with Manda Factor and Gregg Hersholt
Fresh "Hurricane" from Morning News with Manda Factor and Gregg Hersholt
"For the last American League wildcard. Last night the M's pulled within a half game of the Astros. They also trailed the Blue Jays by two games for the second spot. The seventh -ranked Washington Huskies look to improve to 5 -0 before reaching their bye week as they face the and 3 1 Arizona Wildcats this Saturday in Tucson. Last year at Husky Stadium the dogs won in a shootout 39. That's why offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb says the Wildcats won't catch the Huskies by surprise. I don't know believe if I in trap games and I think Arizona is far too good a team and have come a long ways to fall into that they should have beat a good SEC team on the road had they not had a couple turnovers and I think that they've really you know coaches done a nice job down there of getting things flipped around. Arizona got past Stanford last week 21 to 20. The Kraken continue practice today before hosting the Vancouver Canucks in a preseason game tomorrow night and Brianna Stewart is the WNBA's most valuable player. This is her second award. She was MVP in 2018 while playing for the Storm. Sports at 10 and 40 past the hour, Eric Heitz, Northwest News Radio. Northwest News Time 12 11. I'm Jeff Poggio. You're in the middle of 20 minutes of non -stop news. study A recent from the Diamond Rehab shows Washington State ranks fourth in the country for habits linked burnout. to Medical reporter Liz Bowness shares what might work to turn the trend around. This survey on burnout was actually conducted by addiction specialists who spent a lot of time looking at our online search phrases for the last year. One potential solution is what's called deliberate calm. It's a technique which can help if you feel burned out, say at work, at home, or due to an overwhelming health crisis. We've had second chemo treatment and third is coming up in just a couple days. Krista Powers, who allowed us to follow her breast cancer journey, says she's practicing deliberate calm. She's also a life coach and the author of Midlife Calm, an alternative to midlife crisis. My experience is as much like a hurricane. I think that's something that people can think about, right? And so all the chaos, all the happenings around for me, it's health related. And then in the eye of the hurricane is that stillness. She's right, says Beth Gifford of Ohio's Cedarville University School of Business. The pace of life is just ridiculous. Beth says a recent study in PLOS One shows as stress rises, the front part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex can't adapt. Unless she says you deliberately calm it down. Deliberate, she says, means choose how you want to react. Calm is when you focus, stay present and immediately react out of emotion. Take a breath and think intentionally through the issue. Now, in addition to helping the brain, deliberate calm can also help you reduce the odds you'll turn to unhealthy coping mechanisms such as more alcohol or drugs when you do feel burned out. Our medical reporter, Liz Bonas. More trouble for the owners of some popular Korean cars. 3 .3 million Hyundai's and Kia's are being recalled over concerns they could burst into flames. The companies say leaking brake could fluid cause an electrical short which could spark a fire even if the vehicle is parked. The recall encompasses 25 separate models in total including Hyundai Elantra's and Santa Fe's as well as Kia Park their cars outside and away from structures. Mike Debosky, ABC News. Tonight's Powerball Drawing will be for one of the biggest jackpots ever. Nobody won Monday's drawing for $785 million so the grand prize has rolled over to $835, which is the fourth largest jackpot in Powerball history. The winner who matches all six numbers can claim the full amount in 29 annual payments or take home a lump sum of about $390 million before taxes. Northwest News. This time. Well it's a 14 and with that kind of money you could probably buy yourself a helicopter to fly past all this traffic. Give me clients in the High Performance Homes Traffic Center. Well that would be nice. Right now we're seeing some delays into Seattle on a Cross Lake Washington. Just very minor ones on West 990. There was an earlier accident at Rainier Avenue still blocking the right lane, but it's doing a lot better than before. 520 is looking great too coming from the east side into Seattle. Southbound 5 though is North Gate to the Ship Canal Bridge. We have an ongoing police investigation on Lake City Way or Bothell Way. It's blocking both directions of State Route 522 between 145th and 149th and it's another day of maintenance on Seattle's Ballard Bridge. It's taking up your Southbound right lane. Everett is seeing a bit of traffic right now on Southman A5. Approached 128th where an earlier accident's been cleared. attention. Some minor delays around Factoria on Southbound 405 approaching Coal Creek Parkway and still a heavy drive on Northbound 5 just getting through Nisqually. It lets up once you pass Mounts Road. Your next Northwest traffic at 1224. Your your next Northwest traffic at 1224. Northwest next traffic at 1224. Your next at Northwest traffic 1224. Your next Northwest traffic at 1224. Your next Northwest traffic at 1224. Your next Northwest traffic at 1224. Your next Northwest traffic at 1224. Your next Northwest traffic at 1224. Your next Northwest traffic at 1224. Your next Northwest traffic at 1224. Your next Northwest traffic at 1224. Your next Northwest traffic at 1224. Your next Northwest traffic at 1224. at at 1224. Your next Northwest traffic at 1224. Your next Northwest traffic at 1224. Your next Northwest traffic at 1224. Your next 1224. 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Over the Next Hill Fitness
Jennifer Robbins Bell Describes Her Best and Worst Marathon Experiences
"Tell me the best race that you've done so far. What's been your favorite? What city, state, whatever? That's a tough question. I loved the St. George Marathon out in Utah. It's just so, the scenery is just so different from where I live in Massachusetts, the Red Canyon. It's just so, I love that area. Like, all the canyons. I think it's beautiful out there. I haven't done that one. But I have done Crater Lake in Oregon. And it was like that for me. It was just breathtaking. Yeah, that's my favorite. It's very cool to go somewhere that's just so different. Absolutely. What was your least favorite so far? Was there one that you're like, oh, I'll never run here again. I don't know if I should name it. You can just describe it. You don't have to put a city name on it. How about that? What was bad about it? So I was almost done with running my 50 states. And it was one of my last few states that I had to do. So I signed up, traveled, flew out there, stayed in a hotel. And we got up in the morning, started running. And then a storm rolled in. And I got to mile four, and they canceled the race. That's the worst. It was awful. Yeah, they don't understand that all the money, all the money, the flight, and the hotel, and probably a car rental, time off work. Oh, that's the worst. I was just like, it's not that bad. Just let me go. Yeah, it should be optional, honestly. I mean, let me sign a waiver quick during this downpour that if I get stuck by lightning, it's OK. It's my own fault. Yeah. Oh, man, that's the worst. But then there wasn't really very many options in that state. So I actually had to go back and run it anyways a couple of years. The next year, I had to go back and run it. Man, oh, I feel your pain. I haven't had one canceled while I was there. I was supposed to do Jekyll Island, Georgia last January. And they were worried about the hurricane things. So they let us know a few days ahead of time. And so we were able to cancel the flights and all that. So I got the vouchers and stuff. So at least I hadn't actually wasted my money and had to do that part again. But it was still disappointing because you're really all jazzed up to go in three days. And I mean, looking at the weather, I know they don't know for sure. Yeah. In that day, it barely rained. It was fine. We would have been fine. Yeah, I've had two cancellations. One was when I was at mile four. And the other one is I had just landed in Philly. And they canceled the race. And I was like, ugh, I'm not going to go all the way to the, I was out of my layover. So I just went up to the airline. I said, I'm getting back on it. I'm going back home. Oh, wow. So they were very, the airline was really, they understood. They were very nice. They just got me on another flight. And I just turned around, came right back home. Because they said, what I'm going to do, sit in a hotel? Yeah. So yeah, that happens to us. And we got to kind of take the good with the bad. It's almost more disappointing than an injury when they do that.
Morning News with Manda Factor and Gregg Hersholt
Fresh "Hurricane" from Morning News with Manda Factor and Gregg Hersholt
"Did informed. stay Good afternoon 1202 from the Northwest 24 hour News Center. I'm Jeff Pogue. Here's what we're following. Both of Washington senators calling on Senator Bob Menendez to resign. The New Jersey Democrat has been embroiled in a corruption scandal, allegedly taking bribes from foreign governments in the form of Congress cash, has Even a gold luxury bars Mercedes Benz chorus of lawmakers demanding his resignation is growing. And now it includes letters Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell Cantwell said in a statement she doesn't believe anyone under such a damning indictment can effectively serve. But Murray went even further saying that if Menendez doesn't step down she'll urge the Ethics Committee to open a separate investigation. So far Menendez has resisted calls for him to resign. Earlier this morning he pleaded not guilty in federal court. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has reintroduced the Climate Resilience Workforce Act Whether it's wildfires the in Maui, the flooding in Florida and North Carolina, or a rare hurricane that's battering the California coastline, there is no question that the climate crisis is here. It affecting is weather in a very serious way and it is an opportunity Her bill would create an office of climate resilience within the White House and promote what calls climate resilient jobs. This is the second time she's introduced the bill. Last year it died in committee after getting little backing from mainstream Democrats and no support from Republicans. City of Seattle has approved a proposal to rezone stretches of downtown in hopes of attracting more people to live there. It's part of the mayor's plan to improve a troubled stretch of Third Avenue. Coming us for Jeremy Harris explains. The council approved that request to rezone everything south of Stewart Street along here on Third Avenue in the downtown core. Their hope is to bring in new apartment buildings, bring in more residents and storefronts to an area that has really struggled over the last few years here in downtown Seattle. drug Public use and drug sales going on. We also saw, especially around the entrances to those downtown transit stations there at Westlake and along third between Pike and Pine. That stretch is also full of vacant storefronts, which has been a real stubborn problem that the city's been trying to solve. The pandemic and riots took down a lot of the businesses downtown and rampant drug markets took their place in several spots. You can walk by and you see that's why you guys are down here. You see him. It's sad what's happening here and I was a part of it just a year ago. Jeremy Harris, KOMO News News time 1204. Let's get a check of the roads every 10 minutes on the floors of the high performance homes traffic center. We say good afternoon to kidney climb. Well, good afternoon in Seattle. We still have a crash on West 90 at Rainier Avenue blocking one right lane so it's causing some minor slowing now through right the Mount Baker tunnel. The backup we had earlier was definitely improved around now. South and I -5 though getting into Seattle seeing scattered delays from North Gate to the ship Canal Bridge. We are dealing with a police investigation in Lake City that is still fully an earlier crash on both directions of state route 522 between 148 and 145th. Everett had an earlier crash on South I I -5 near 128th is definitely improving but still just a little so in that area plus Hood Canal Bridge. That closed to cars about 30 minutes ago so we're still waiting for it to reopen in traffic's building on Highway 104 and Highway 3. This support is sponsored by Beacon Plumbing if you own a classic old home it could have old pipes if they clog up stop freakin and call Beacon 1 BeginnerBeaconPlumbing .net. Your next Northwest traffic at 1214. Forecast sponsored by Northwest Crawl Space Services. Here's Kristin Clark. The stormy weather we've had this week slowly winding down even though we'll have lingering showers
Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
A highlight from Melody Wright: Housing Market 'Hurricane' Approaching
"I track over 70 cities, and each one of them, if you look at these, it just blows your mind. You have all this inventory that's going to hit the market because of affordability. Welcome to the Coin Stories podcast, where we get to explore the future of money, business, technology, and Bitcoin's revolutionary promise to boost economic prosperity around the world and mend our broken financial system. I'm Natalie Brunell, and I'm here to learn with you. This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. None of the discussions should constitute as official investment advice, and you should always do your own research. Please make sure to subscribe to the show so you don't miss out on any new episodes. This podcast is made possible through partnerships with companies I trust, and I'm very picky about who I choose to partner with, so I hope you take the time to listen to ad reads throughout the show. Thanks for joining me. If you like this type of content and want to see more of it, make sure to hit that like button. All right, it's time for the show. Welcome back to the show. Joining me this week is Melody Wright. She is a strategist, author, and technologist. I heard about her for the first time from Danielle DiMartino Booth, who also follows all of her amazing research on the housing market and what's happening underneath the surface of our economy. Melody, thank you so much for joining me. Thank you so much for having me. It's a pleasure to be here. Well, before we dive into all of your research, I just want to hear a little bit more about you and how you got into this because one thing that you say on your Twitter or X page is that you're a great financial crisis survivor, and I can relate to that. I am too. So just tell me a little bit about your background and how you got into this work. Yeah, so I fell into this by accident, which is what most people do when they get into the housing or mortgage space, and so kind of showed up as a project analyst back in 2006. But it was at a really, of course, that year should tell you it was an interesting time. I was at a top five originator and servicer who had just, we were finalizing a purchase with Cerberus, which was private equity, and they needed to learn all about the mortgage business. And so I became their girl Friday, going across the company, kind of getting reports, and with them, I started understanding the business. And kind of from there, so I was in kind of the finance side of it, got sort of transitioned to strategy when we got into a lot of trouble, like the AG settlement, the consent orders, these are things from back then, that's when all of the banks sort of got in trouble for perhaps not following the procedures for foreclosure or default, things like that. So I helped out with that. And then our company, we held on for a long time, but we ultimately kind of had to file bankruptcy, which I helped manage as well. It was a very big bankruptcy at the time. We were the first company to go into bankruptcy and still originate loans. That's the first time it had ever happened. A lot of interest in our auction. But once I was done with that, they needed help with the default crisis. They needed someone to help manage that operational unit. So I went in and spent the next year just really traveling all across the country to help manage that crisis as there were just foreclosures across the country, stuck, et cetera. Wow. So how did that whole experience, the great financial crisis, how did it shape you? I think that it... Well, it took a lot of time from my life, I would say.
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Fresh update on "hurricane" discussed on WTOP 24 Hour News
"Slim one in 92 million .2 you've got better odds of having identical quadruplets winning an Oscar or being crushed by a meteor but we still play so the pot continues to grow you've another got chance of hitting it big tonight the Powerball jackpot is the fourth largest ever an estimated 835 dollars million Stacey Lynn CBS News tens of thousands of people are expected to descend on Ocean City this weekend for the first ever oceans calling music festival it was supposed to premiere last fall but it was postponed due to a a hurricane after year of sitting waiting wishing Jack Johnson finally kicks off the oceans calling festival with Alanis and third eye blind on Friday John Mayer headlines John Mayer headlines Saturday with and Sunday brings the weezer and fits in the tantrums general admission starts at 135 bucks for one day or 300 bucks for all three days Jason Fraley to be to be news also this weekend another supermoon is heading our way now
Veteran on the Move
A highlight from Wake Up with MilSpouse Patti Katter
"In her inspiring journey, Patty Katter, a passionate advocate for freedom and military families, delved into advocacy after her husband's service -related injury. From advocating for wounded warriors and veterans to bridging the gap between the military and broader communities, Patty's commitment to service and love for freedom shines through. As an author, journalist, and host of the renowned podcast, Wake Up with Patty Katter, she strives to foster understanding, connection, and open -mindedness, all while cherishing the values of freedom and independence. Her remarkable story is up next on Veteran on the Move. Welcome to Veteran on the Move. If you're a veteran in transition, an entrepreneur wannabe, or someone still stuck in that J -O -B trying to escape, this podcast is dedicated to your success. And now, your host, Joe Crane. Service isn't just what Navy Federal Credit Union does, it's who they are. That's why Navy Federal created tools to help you earn and save more. Find out more at navyfederal .org. All right, we're talking with Patty Katter today, mill spouse, a wounded warrior advocate, and host of the Wake Up with Patty Katter podcast. Patty, always great to have a fellow podcaster on the show. Take us back, tell us a little bit about your background, where you're coming from. Hey Joe, thank you so much for having me. So originally, I was born in Flint, Michigan. A lot of people know about Flint because of their water crisis they had years ago. But rest assured, I didn't grow up in Flint. I was from a little town in mid -Michigan, and I met my husband, Ken, when he was just getting out of the Marine Corps. He was kind of, it was kind of fun because he was this muscular Marine, you know, and he ended up going to be a police officer. And we ended up getting married and having kids and had a beautiful home on 30 acres. And then 9 -11 happened, and he had the calling to go back into the military again. It was his choice. I definitely wanted to support him in any way possible because we had the type of relationship where we were very supportive of each other's dreams and aspirations. So sold we our home, and my husband joined the Army. I know some listeners might think, why did you go from the Marines to the Army? And for transparency's sake, his age. He was older than most people who would be going into the Army. He had, you know, been a police officer for about a decade after his service in the Marine Corps. And so he ended up joining the Army because he could go active duty and he wanted to go active versus reserves. So he went in fully aware that he would more than likely be deployed to combat. We already had two of our nephews who were in the Army and deployed to Iraq at that point. And so we knew it was definitely on the table. I felt like his training was good. He would be fine over there. We just kind of, you know, whoever is listening, if you're not a God believer, that's fine. Call it divine intervention, whatnot. We believed that God would protect him in one way or another or whatever would happen would be in God's control, not ours. So long story short, we were living on Fort Bragg after we sold our home. And we lived there for about a year and he decided to, we actually together, decided to buy a home off of Fort Bragg. Shortly after his call was to Iraq. So I guess it was about a year. There was a tiny part when he first joined that he was in Hurricane Katrina cleanup. I think he was gone maybe a month or so. I can't quite remember that honestly. So I'll pause here to see if you have any questions. Cause I know that was just a lot to digest. Yeah, no questions. Although, I did want to say there's a lot of Marines that go into the Army and Air Force and other services the second time around. Especially the Army and Air Force, cause they're a lot bigger. There's just more opportunity there. Especially if you like done your main stint as a young active duty Marine, you start running, depending on what your MOS is, it's a very up or out organization. And that's really common. There's a lot of people that were in services other and the other services love hiring them, love getting them on board too. You don't have to go back to boot camp or basic training. And usually they bring that Marine Corps attitude with them, which the other services most of the time love. So it's pretty common story. I know a bunch of Marines that went to other services afterwards. So he's probably in good company. Yeah, definitely. And he was definitely a good asset to the 82nd Recon. So he had all that training and he was pretty high speed and I didn't even understand how high speed he was until probably the last few years, because he never bragged about it. He still never brags about it. Recon, they run a tight ship and the Army was a little bit different of a transition, honestly, for him versus being in the Marines, it was really structured. And the Army, it was pretty structured, but not quite as regimented, I think, as the Marines. And that's just me interpreting. And so if you Army guys out there are upset about that, sorry. And of course, what a transition for you also, because you met him, first time you met him, he was on his way out of the Marine Corps. So you never really experienced being in the Marine Corps with him. And then now you're both are several years older. You're not some young 18, 19 year old new spouse going into the service with her husband. So what was that like for you, your transition into the Army? Yeah, for me, at first it was an adventure. I was excited about the move. I've always been one who enjoyed adventure and I was pretty independent anyways, in my thinking and in my career that I had, and I had done some journalism since I was in 10th grade. So I had my own things going on. And then having kids, I kept busy. So it wasn't a huge adjustment at the beginning, especially for him being a police officer. There were a lot of times that he would work third shift, he would come home in the mornings and then go to court during the day. So he was already sort of gone a lot. So when the training was going on in the Army, that part was not a big deal to me. Hurricane Katrina, that was just different, I guess, because it wasn't like he was out on a hunting trip, you know, it was like he was gone a little bit longer. And then gearing up towards Iraq, I really didn't think a lot into it either. Because honestly, I didn't watch the news a lot. I was busy with my kids. When we moved to Rayford, North Carolina, outside of Fort Bragg, my parents actually had bought a house there and we ended up living right next door to my parents. So I was busy with them and the kids would be back and forth with them. So that part was good and easy. Awesome. Yeah, the deployment was weird because I'll never forget the day he was supposed to deploy. First of all, you know, the hurry up and wait thing, that's a real thing. So we're waiting hours and we're thinking, you know, he's going to be taking off soon. What year was this? Do you remember? That was in 2006. So that's a good question. Yeah, August 2006. Okay. Things were fairly well oiled at that point, you know, like the cycles and everything like back in 03 and then going into 04, we were turning things on, turning things off I've heard so many horror stories about units were supposed to be leaving and then weeks later, they were still there, still waiting to leave, you know, and then eventually they left. Yeah. And, um, yeah, honestly, I kind of thought that was going to happen with him because the first night they were like, Oh, sorry, just joking. No. Um, so he ended up deploying the next day. So he was able to come home that first night and then it was the next day he left. So my dad took him. Um, it was easier for him to take my husband, I think to war because, you know, it was a little bit stressful that morning. I remember it was a little tense at home. The kids, um, were small. So at that point there was a six year old, a nine year old and a 12, nine and a 12 year old. Yeah. So six, nine and 12, um, the 12 year old, she understood it. The nine year old understood it, but not as clearly as the 12 year old. And then the six year old, she did not understand it really. And they were all really close with Ken. Um, he was always really great with the kids. Um, very, very active participant in their lives. And so it was difficult on them. Um, the first, the, when he actually really left that, that first day, one of the neighborhood kids down the road said, Oh man, your dad's going to war. He's going to die cause soldiers get killed in war. It never crossed my kid's mind until that very first day of a 15 month deployment. So that was, that was a tough one for the kids.
THE EMBC NETWORK
A highlight from Private Capital Markets and Private Equity Simplified with CEO and Co-Founder of KoreChain and KoreConX Oscar Jofre
"So I want to be here where they're, you know, buying it in a dollar a share, not at a hundred. I wanted a dollar. So it's exciting. But with all the companies being created, yes, there are those who need capital, but it doesn't matter if you're a startup, you're already an operating company. It doesn't matter what stage you're in. Capital is a requirement in order to keep growing your business. Even if you're profitable, even if you're cashflow positive, in time to where you need to expand, you need access to capital. It'll make it much easier for you. You have more choices in how you structure the capital, but nevertheless, you need capital. You want to buy another company where you need capital because you can't take it from your existing cashflow, which is paying for the operations of your existing business, but you need it in order to acquire this to make you even bigger. So these are all the things. So capitalism is a constant element of the growth of your business, regardless of what size you're in. Sometimes we just don't know that we can do it. And now what I'm letting everybody know, you can, and it's not easy. I didn't say it was easy. It's not something that is a rocket. No, but if you have the right team to do it, you can. And most of it is done through technology. So therefore use the internet. We're a perfect example of that. When COVID hit us, we were a team of nine people in the company, nine. From then to where we are now, we're a team of 60. That's all because of COVID. So COVID, it depends on what business you're in. Why? Because everybody went online. When we're at home, online investing was on the rise and it has never gone down ever since. So it means that companies need to think of online. Oh, I see. So everything's on. Yes, you do the presentations online, just like I'm doing this show with you. I'm talking to millions of people online, simultaneously broadcasting my message. I'm doing a presentation to everyone on what we do and what the value proposition is and why you should believe in me and what I'm doing. So what we've done at Core Connects and Core Chain is provided in a technology infrastructure that a company can utilize in order for them to do things compliantly. So what does that word compliant mean? It means that you do it in such a way that one day you're not wearing an orange outfit, meaning you're not getting arrested. So the rules for me are black and white and orange, and orange is not a color I like. So black and white is the rules. So you follow the rules. And so we have enough of an ecosystem, meaning people who are committed for the growth to educate you, lawyers, auditors and so on that are going to provide you that guidance, how to use the regulation, how much money can you raise? What do you need to prepare for it? What documentation? We have so much education. Like if you go to our website, we have videos, we have checklists, everything. And even if you have a problem there, we'll even walk you through it. We'll get on a call with you to walk. Every single company is important, regardless of size, stage or anything. Why? Because everybody needs to know what is possible in front of you, not to think that, Oh my God, I didn't get venture capital. I'm dead. I'm done. I got to shut down. You should never have to do that. That's the whole point of the JOBS Act. It was to give you a choice in what, you know, I don't want to say the word alternatives, but it was just different choices in how you can raise capital for your company. So we provide that. We have an ecosystem of all these partners. We also took another undertaking as a company is that we knew how crooked business world is. And when I say crooked, I don't mean it in a way that everybody's like that, but I just mean it that I know what it's like being an entrepreneur. And I meet John and Hey, John, look at my company. I love your company, Oscar. I think you're great. I've got some investors that I want to introduce you to. Oh, that's fantastic. Thank you. I really appreciate it. And then next thing you know, he's got his hand out like, uh, how can I help you? And he goes, well, I'll give you the lead. How much are you going to pay me? And this has been this problem that the whole industry has had is that there's always someone standing in the middle. And so it's standing in the middle or in the way of me getting to there and I want to get there. So I pay them and you know, to get there and not, not knowing that what I just did was illegal because the only people that can be paid are a broken dealer. But nevertheless, you, whether it's a consulting fee, you pay them for introduction only to land on a dud or something that didn't even exist. And that's the problems that the industry has been played with. So we've removed all that. We're not here to promise anything, but we have no financial relationships with any of our partners. We don't take fees. We wanted you to talk to the people who know what the heck they're doing and that's all they do. So instead of you spending a year trying to figure it out, you can start and finish within weeks and raising your capital if you have everything ready. And if you don't have things ready, we have people who know how to get you ready and we'll point you to them and give them to you and they'll help you. And then, but why do we do that? Because at the end of the day, all of the people that you're working with, they're human beings, they're professionals. They need a technology in order to transact. So what does that mean? As I said right at the beginning, I said, imagine I'm here today. Hello, everyone. My name is Oscar Joffrey. I'm the co -founder and CEO of CoreChain. I am so excited to tell you today that I have a live offering on my website. And you can simply go there at corechain .io, click the invest button, put in all your details, and you can pay using your MasterCard, your Visa, American Express or your ACH account. Sign the subscription agreement and voila, within a few days, you'll be fully completed and you'll be a shareholder in my company. To do that on thousands of websites all over the place, because there are thousands of companies raising capital is what we build. And that infrastructure has broken dealers, has ID, AML tracking. It's all the things that are needed in order to keep everybody compliant. But most important, keeping it on your website with your look and feel, your brand, so you're building a relationship with the person that came to visit you, to look at your company and to say, you know what, I really like this company. I want to invest. And you click the invest button, voila, the journey begins. And the journey doesn't end from there. From there on, everything is done at the company website, meaning managing their shares, transferring them, trading them, everything is happening there. And that is technology in the background. We're one of those things you don't see. You don't need to see us, but we exist. We exist because we understand how everybody needs to move the information and how everybody needs to do it compliantly, because there's so many different pieces involved. And for a company who is raising, I don't know, $5 million from the general public or 75 or whatever month it is, they're going to have a very large base of stakeholders that they need to communicate with, keep them aware of what's going on, keep them engaged, because that's part of the key. Just like you would customers, right? You buy a CRM software to keep track of customers. Well, these are like they are your customers, but you have to manage them a little bit differently because of regulatory rules. But it's all doable. It's not impossible anymore. People go, how on earth can you manage 5 ,000 shareholders? Technology? It could be a million, it could be two. I mean, it doesn't really matter. I mean, the numbers are irrelevant, but the reality is it can be done. And that's the exciting part for companies of any size. And so when you're out there as a company, you can look at all the opportunities and see what others are doing, whether you're in manufacturing, building homes, cannabis, drinks, alcohol, technology, AI. I mean, I've done just about everything. And here is the other goodie that you're going to love. So the security regulators in the United States not only allowed the companies to raise capital from literally anybody over the age of 18 and around the world. So your market opportunity is 4 .7 billion people. 4 .7 is to incentivize you to invest more in my company. So here's an example. You come in and you make an investment and you're making an investment for 200, but you see right here, hey, if you put in $500, I'm going to give you a free ticket to the show with Hurricane. If you put in $1 ,000, I'll make sure you're in the show. If you put in $2 ,000, I'll make sure you have a dinner. So the regulars allowed us to incentivize. So the company can incentivize you with things. I've had people give away vodka, beer, I mean, knapsacks, pins, Starbucks cards. It depends on their business type or something. Exactly. Exactly. The imagination is open for, and we saw people in one car, one company we had, oh, this one's my favorite, where if you invested over $100 ,000, you would get to use the electric truck for nine months. We saw these people popping in 250 grand under American Express. Let's do it. And people go, and their credit card? Isn't that high? I go, well, if I was ready to make 250 grand, the chances are he's got that in the bank. And if he's smart enough, he just got enough points to take the family out for a Christmas holiday. And he got the use of the truck for nine months, two times over. What a whammy.
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"I tell people, forget the numbers. The numbers will come by default if you just do it. It's it's it's again, it's a number game, right? But so it's a low of average. You're going to you need to talk to a lot more people, right? That's one, two. You need to be not looking like, oh, I'm going to get my one for the day or two for the day, right? You just want to you want to look at, you know, for a month, whatever your target is, you're going to look at like how many people among a service and help and give them a solution today. And every day I want to serve and help more people. And so if you go with that mindset and you actually have that real attitude about it, people will just love to actually get that service and product from you. And they're going to continue doing that. And you'll see the numbers coming in like from nowhere. Like, you know, they'll be like, oh, I just you know, I was told about you from so on and so forth. And then you get another call, you get an email, a text and then you build in business. And imagine if you did this every day and every month to get new referrals. I mean, your numbers are going to multiply. It's going to be exponential growth. Absolutely. Absolutely. And I love how you said that, because I think even just getting up in the morning, OK, who am I going to help today? Instead of going, oh, I have to do all these things. Completely changes your attitude first thing in the morning, right? Well, welcome back to the Professional Worldbreaker podcast. I'm your host, Kathy Walterhouse, and I'm known as the professional rule breaker. But I have to say, my guest today is also a professional rule breaker. You might remember his name. His name is Hurricane H. That's actually his nickname that he goes by, because this is part two of my interview with my friend Hurricane. I want to ask you this question. For the people out there, since you're a sales guru, too, for the people out there that are struggling in sales. Can you give them some advice on what to do? So it's a big word struggle in sales. I mean, what level of struggle they have, right? I mean, is it finding the customers? Is it is it pitching? Is it closing? I mean, that's the other. I mean, is it because there's a prospect in writing and just finding the opportunity. And sometimes you have the opportunity. You just can't close because you are afraid to ask for, for example, money. A lot of people have that problem, right? Yeah. So so it's it's understanding. First of all, you said the key word you have to be. You have to have the signature. You have to be honest. You have to be. I think we had that discussion in the previous show you and I had. It's about having that that direct personality, that you are not just bullshit in people. If people if you have a solution, that's going to work and you believe in it. That's the other thing. You can't sell something. You don't believe it. I'm sorry. You can sell it, you know, but you will struggle because you will be very difficult and people can read through. You might sell it to a few, but not to to the many that you want to. Is you want to make sure that you are an expert in what you say and what you do and your whatever industry, because that's the other part, because people are going to not only want a solution, but they want to know how it's going to apply to them. And also you need to be able to understand what the needs are from these people, which means you have to do a little bit more digging. So I have you in front of me as a potential prospect. But what does that mean? Nothing. And I know that you might need the service, but I need to know everything about you, whether the service and what part of the service is going to work and what may not work. And if and if I give you all those things, you almost basically sold already. You see, and that's one. So that's that's that's that's in terms of as interacting prospecting is I I hate, for example, something I see all the time. I get solicitations on LinkedIn all the time. Oh, my gosh. Oh, yes. Well, here's the thing. I look at them like, do you look at my profile? Do you see like what what might what I do? I mean, if if if if you see what I do, you probably will not even reach out to me because I'm not your customer. Right. You know, exactly how would you do that? So that's that's the thing. That's your struggle. So you can't be just automated, you know, automated, you know, level here. You have to have an understanding of who is your audience. What do you sound who you sound to what you sound and all this stuff. That's one. So the struggle is not real. The struggle is just a lack of understanding of where you are. Some people are in sales and there's pressure in sales. I think that's the other part, because you're being pushed, you you crumble and you just basically start like, you know, just scrambling things, you know, and you're not really. I mean, if you use I use a smart, you know, formula, right? You have to be specific, measurable, all that stuff. You know, if you use that, you know, and standing every single thing, if I meet with you, we're going to go step by step. The smart piece, the measurable piece, you know, the actionable and so on. So when we're going to go step by step and make it, I need to have an understanding of what it is. And I'm not going to go to everybody now. There is a customer, I always say this. There's a customer for every product or service, and there's a product and service for every customer or person out there. Is mine there? You're not going to sell the world. I mean, you could. Depends on what you have. I mean, if you if you sell the water, you think I think you can sell to everybody. You know, so it depends what you have. But the struggles are difficult if you're not really engaged properly or really if your heart into it. Because, again, if you're lying to sell or using pressure tactics, you're going to struggle a lot because people are going to read through you and, you know, nobody's going to invite you in. And even if you did, you're not going to be able to move past the first few minutes. Thank you very much. I'm not interested. Have a good day. Bye bye. That's it. You know, we'll call you later. You know, that's what's going to happen now. If they you know, we I, I use this in training. You want to have spent some time with your prospect. Get to know them. And when you go and spend 20 minutes, 30 minutes, if you have to, you know, bullshit with them, you know, I'm talking about, like, you know, just socialize, you know, get to know them more. And by the way, if they spend 20, 30 minutes with you, they're not going to spend a lot more time with other people if they are your competitions, because you already they already gave you that time. But if you make it profitable in terms to their benefit, in terms of their time, in terms of like, you know, connect with them, you know, from from really, you know, the the good stuff, you know, they're going to want to hear more from you and they're going to believe that you are correct, you know, that you're honest and stuff, because you are genuine. You know, when you're doing that, if you're just coming in straight to the for the kill and you just want to throw, you know, this life and you just go like robotic, like what you have to expect from any salesperson. You end it right there. And they're just basically going to be very cool. But if you open up to them, they open up to you. You have a better chance to move to the next stage. And not only that, if they like you all day on to Raj is yours. And in sales and true business is your referral, you know, is where your best bet is. You can use all the market in the world. You know, your your open rate and your close ratios are going to be very small. You know, you have to talk to thousands to get a few hundreds to actually close a few times, you know. And if you actually have a good referral system and people are going to say, hey, talk to Kathy, she's great. Oh, I'm talking to Kathy because, you know, I know the best of all. I mean, that's the easiest sale out there, isn't it? The referrals, I mean, and the funny thing is, do you find that a lot of people don't ask for referrals, like a lot of salespeople? I'm like, how do you not ask for a referral if you've done a really good job with a customer and you've really helped them and they love you? Why on earth aren't you asking for a referral or even asking, hey, do you know this person? Like, let's say you have somebody that you have always wanted to get in front of. And for whatever reason, you can't. Why not ask one of your other customers? Hey, do you happen to know them? I do better. Yeah, I do better. When when I meet with people, I will. And when I also train my team, I tell them, when you are trying to get in an appointment, you know, as them. Is there anybody else that you'd like to invite your neighbors, your family that, you know, since I'm going to be there, anyways, let's just talk and see, you know, how I can benefit everybody. You can pre almost get your referrals, not even getting them later now. But you're right. People great point. Great point. Yeah. It doesn't take much. Right. I mean, you know, I'm just I'm presenting to one or 10. It's the same thing. Right. So I can I can it's the same pitch and I'll get more engagement. I'll have more fun with them. And that's it. I mean, think about a seminar. Right. Same concept. You just have more people in my room. Same concept here that you can do that. And it's it's a wholesale opportunity. But I think the main problem why people don't ask is the same problem where they don't close, what they don't ask for the close or because they're just, you know, not smart enough to realize that this is not a it's a number game one, number one, and you're not going to win by onesies. You're going to win in wholesale opportunities and you're going to get more of the referrals. People have to like you and they see the value and you have to deliver also. And then then they can they can realize because I guarantee you right now, anyone watching, you don't just tell your friends to go to anyone that you don't like. You're going to tell them, absolutely use my lawyer, use my construction guy. You use my my my attorney, use my I don't know, my CPA, whatever you always give them the ones that, you know, don't use this one because he is bad or she's bad. That's right. We say exactly that. So if we are using that rule, then as salespeople, we also know that that applies to us as humans. We have to apply the same thing. And you got to be perfect at it. And by the way, ask for it. I mean, it's not going to what's the worst that can happen, right? They're going to say, how do you say that? What's the worst that can happen? That's the thing that I always try to train people on, right? What's the worst that can happen? Yes, for the sale. Well, here's the thing. Well, the sale definitely you want, but the sale or anything or even just trying something. Yeah. We start with zero. Then then you're everything else is ahead of zero. So you're good. You know, I mean, remember, this is the part where I think most people in the world struggle talking about struggle is that you have your stuff from a point where there's nothing. Anything else is better than nothing. So so you're you're still ahead of the game the minute you start doing something. Right. Right. Right. I mean, because that's what it is. We start from from not having whatever we are looking for and then we start building to get whatever we want. And so so the problem is, I think when people get somewhere, it's hard to come back to that point of zero. But if you actually determined in your life that no matter what I go point zero, I'm still OK, then you're OK. Nothing's going to faze you and nothing's going to worry you because you always going to be able to restart. And that's the other thing. If you started once, you can start 10 ,000 times later. So and that's the other thing. It makes you better in sales. That's a rule. That's a rule. You know, it's actually you. You brought something up because if you had that mindset that you're talking about, isn't it a lot easier when you get the nose or, you know, because in sales you're going to get nose, whatever. Isn't it a lot easier than if you have that mindset that you were talking about to let it just roll off your shoulders? Because I had somebody that said to me, you know, how do you how do you just change your mindset? Like, I got a bunch of nose today. And how do you how do you snap out of it? And, you know, and it was an interesting question because for me, for the you know, because I've done this for so long, that stuff just rolls off my shoulders. Right. Because I believe in what it is that I'm doing. And it's not for everybody. I've actually been in situations when when we were talking and then I realized this is not for a person. Like, I'm sorry, but this is not for you. I don't think, you know, I thought this may be helping you. But no one more now. This is not for you. And literally, that's how the discussion went. But if you know someone else that you might think this would work, you know, I'll be more happy to talk to them again. So it happens. But but to that person that has that challenge of like, oh, my God, you know, I can't get over like all my objections today and my lack of closing. Well, here's the thing. It's just another day. There will be better days, another day, tomorrow you start fresh. Every day is a new beginning, a new day. You go for the max, you go for the best, you know, the most opportunities. And here's the best way I always presented to my teams is how many people want to help today? That's it. If you go with that again, idea is that I'm going to help people today. Whatever service or product I have. Of course, you have to believe, right? But if you do believe, first of all, if you don't believe in a product, you shouldn't be selling it. You should move to somewhere else. Absolutely. Yes. But if you believe in what you. Right. I mean, because. But sometimes people stay for years with the company and have just kind of like average results, you know, just because they don't. Yeah. A paycheck just because, you know, they don't want to move to somewhere else. And I'm not about average at all. I don't like average. I don't think you do either. Well, you know, it's a joke. We don't we don't settle for 100 percent. It's it's 120 percent and beyond in sales. But in life, too, you know, I think that's the part. Sales is life. I mean, it's just a different week. We almost lock it in in the concept of sales. But we do this every day. I mean, you can't settle for for average or for nothing. I mean, in life. I mean, that's if you do. That's when you don't see results in life and you're like, what's going on? Why my life is not going, you know, in a good direction. I don't see me doing anything. Well, that's because you're settling. I mean, you you have to keep moving. You got to keep doing stuff and just improving your lifestyle slowly. But truly, it doesn't have to be extravagant stuff. I'm talking about just basic stuff. If it fulfills you, that's it. That's that's important. But to your point, if if you're in sales and there's a target, there's stuff, you know, you don't go look beyond the target. So that's the other thing. You know, I tell people forget the numbers. The numbers will come by default if you just do it. It's it's it's against and I'm a game. Right. But so it's a low of average. You got to you need to talk to a lot more people. Right. That's one, two. You need to be not looking like, oh, I'm going to get my one for the day or two for the day. Right. You just want to you want to look at, you know, for a month, whatever your target is, you're going to look at like how many people among a service and help and give them a solution today. And every day I want to serve and help more people. And so if you go with that mindset and you actually have that real attitude about it, people will just love to actually get that service and product from you. And they're going to continue doing that. And you'll see the numbers coming in like from nowhere, like, you know, they'll be like, oh, I just you know, I was told about you from so on and so forth. And then I get another call, get an email, a text. And then you build in business. And imagine if you did this every day and every month you get new referrals. I mean, your numbers are going to multiply. It's going to be exponential growth. Absolutely. Absolutely. And I love how you said that, because I think even just getting up in the morning, OK, who am I going to help today? You know, what am I? You know, instead of going, oh, you know, I have to do all these things. I know. Who am I going to help today? Yeah. Completely changes your attitude first thing in the morning. Right. Because it's not this grocery list of things that you have to do, but you get to do something cool. You get to make a difference in somebody's life. Right. But yeah, I laugh about it because, you know, I always tell people this is not it is not for everyone. Right. But you have to have fun with it. You got to enjoy every moment of it. You know what? I tell my team, you know, we all my teams, you know, over the years, I always say this. We all bullshit every day. I mean, literally, everybody talks, right? I mean, people talk every day. You cannot look at two or three people in anywhere that are quiet unless they're looking on the phone. They're chatting and they're chatting just nonsense sometimes and maybe positive stuff. I don't know whatever they chatted. But the point I tell people is like we use the same skill to help people and help ourselves by helping others. And so that's all there is. So enjoy the moment. Enjoy how it is. Learn your stuff and be good there. Be with the mission to help more. And you're going to find people just really motivated to come to you and refer you to others. And they'll they'll they'll be your best actually promoters. And that's the thing in sales. You want people like, oh, you want to talk to the cat, talk to the cat. And that's how it's going to go. Now, if you're not that at that level, you can evolve to that. But but you have to reconfigure your own approach about it. But you're right. The morning is everything. You wake up in the morning, a new day. I'm going to have the best day today. And every day is your best day. You know, that's it. Yesterday's gone. Now, you might have terrible days every now and then. But I guarantee you, if you did it correctly, you're going to have a lot less terrible days and a lot more positive days and productive days. And just it works. I don't know how it does, because your attitude makes a difference. Your energy makes a difference. If you go into people and you know, and you're just robotic and slow and you're not clear or you're not able to answer the questions that I'm purposely slow in my speech, you know, that's kind of like, you know, the vibe, you know, is I killed the vibe right there. I went from high pitch to low pitch. Right. The same concept in sales. If you're like now there's there's a hesitation. People always say, oh, he's the sales guy. She's a sales guy. And we're not really salespeople. I always refer to ourselves as advisors or consultants. And that's when you actually differentiate. That's it. We're here to we're providing a solution. I don't have to sell you like the piece of the puzzle. We can help them, you know, with that. We yeah, we identify we match, you know, the product to the right, you know, potential prospect for it. That's all service. And that's the thing. You don't have to pay. I mean, sales is a process. It's it's it's an artisan. There's a science behind it. There's methodology and all stuff. That's the technical stuff. But in essence, it is still an exchange of ideas and an exchange of personal feelings and energy. And if I do the right thing with you and I do it correctly, you know, first of all, obviously, you don't want to be pitching the wrong audience because you're going to have a lot of nose. And then that's the other. So talking about your first question about the struggle, if you prospecting in the wrong place and the example of people are just coming to me for the wrong, you know, aspect of things. I'm not going to be your customer. So therefore, you're just wasting time. And then you're going to probably like, I hit 10 ,000 people today and I got none. I did a 10 ,000 people you need to reach out. Oh, you can hit one person. That is correct. And then it's over. Yeah. And if you're spamming, you're going to get a bad name, too, in addition to that. And that's the last thing you want is is to spam someone. Let me ask you this, because I know you are a rule breaker. So what makes you a rule breaker? Have you always been a rule breaker? I bet you have. Oh, I've always been. I've always dressed different, different. I don't do I don't do what others do. I do my I do me. I mean, when I was a kid, you know, so it's a good joke. You know, most of my kids, you know, my, my, my, at least in my my age group in my neighborhood, they played soccer. Right. Football. Right. Well, football in Europe and soccer here. So and so for me, I went to martial arts. So I was different. You know, you know, I did gymnastics, believe it or not, for a year. Most most guys were not gymnastics. I did, you know, at least not in that age group. When breakdance began, you know, became something. I was one of the first breakdancers, you know, and doing my thing there. They used to call me like, you know, breakdance guy, you know. So I've always got something different. I dress differently. I talk differently. I did different things. I do more things than, you know, I should. You know, sometimes I do two, three things at the same time in business. The same thing. If if if literally we look at my industry and most people would not recognize that today, but it is a fact. A lot of the things that are used in the industry, I used them before anybody else did them. I actually started them. And now, unfortunately, we don't copyright these things. We work for companies. You know, you just do them and the companies take them and they become theirs and then other companies copy from them. But a lot of the practices, I actually wrote the book for them, you know, in the 90s, and they were copied. And they're now part of the industry, stuff like that. So I even, you know, use processes that that most of the plants, let's say, in my world. And today they still don't do it. And I'm good example. I'll give you an example. So it's concrete in our business with the Medicare, you know, business. You know, you present to beneficiaries and most of the people we know, telesales is one thing, you know, you record. But but when you do formal sales in person sales, you don't record. I started recording presentations and acknowledgment of of actually signing up and rolling the plan back in 2015.
THE EMBC NETWORK
A highlight from The Professional Rule Breaker Episode 58 - Relentlessly Driving Forward with Hicham John Elanmati
"When I do something, I always believe it's going to work. I have that mindset of no matter what, I'm going to make it work. I have a feeling you are like that too. Is that true? That is exactly true. Well, first of all, I don't believe that you just come up with things in your mind ad hoc. I mean, when things come to you, I don't know what it is, but they're there for a reason. They're not there just to be sitting in part. They're there to be acting on. That's exactly how it is. I get an idea. It just cannot just linger. I got to do something with it. That's the thing I think that makes a difference between people, those that move on with ideas and those that just keep the ideas. They're just that. They're ideas. They're not realized ideas. I have so many things that we can talk about that were just simple ideas that I just went crazy on them and I did them. Some worked, some didn't, some they're still pending. I just parked them literally. If I don't produce them right away, they just get some traction and then at least I get them ready, right? Welcome back to the Professional Rule Breaker Podcast. I am so excited that you are here today because we have an amazing show today. I have a guest that is a seasoned sales executive. He's a leader, an entrepreneur. He's the owner of five companies. He's also the founder, host, and talk show moderator of iHealth Radio and the iHealth channel. I would like to welcome my friend, Hurricane Hishan John Elamati.
Bloomberg Radio New York - Recording Feed
Monitor Show 19:00 09-15-2023 19:00
"With Bloomberg, you get the story behind the story, the story behind the global birth rate, behind your EV battery's environmental impact, behind sand, yeah, sand, you get context. And context changes everything. Go to Bloomberg .com to get context. That is it for this edition of Bloomberg Best. I'm Ed Baxter. And I'm Denise Pellegrini. And this is Bloomberg. Stay with us now. Top stories and global business headlines are coming up right now. President Biden spoke about the issue. Auto companies have seen record profits, including the last few years, because of the extraordinary skill and sacrifices of UAW workers. Speaking from the White House today, Biden also said he believes union workers have not been paid fairly over the past several years. The strike kicked off Friday after the current contract expired at midnight. Parts of coastal New England are bracing for tropical storm conditions as Hurricane Lee moves northward in the western Atlantic. The latest update from the National Hurricane Center says Lee remains a large hurricane with top winds of 80 miles an hour. Unsealed court records show the special counsel investigating former President Trump obtained direct messages from Trump's Twitter account. The court documents reveal special federal counsel Jack Smith's investigators warn Trump could precipitate violence if he was made aware about their efforts to get the messages. California is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation.
Dateable Podcast
A highlight from S17E3: Where Are All The Dateable People? w/ Evan Marc Katz
"This episode is brought to you by Drizzly. Tonight seems like a great night as any to wind down with some wine after a long day. But what if you're already in your comfy clothes? Deep in the couch with your hand glued to your remote? Nobody in that position wants to get up and leave the house for a drink run. And with Drizzly, the go -to app for drinks delivery, you don't have to. You can choose from a huge selection of wines, be it a bottle or two of go -tos, or a little something new. And you can even place your order with a phone in one hand and your remote still solidly in place in the other. Download the Drizzly app or go to drizzly .com. That's D -R -I -Z -L -Y dot com and have an epic at home wine night. Because all those shows aren't going to watch themselves. Must be 21 plus, not available in all locations. Hi, I'm Yui Xu. And I'm Julie Krafchick. We're active daters turned dating sociologists. Here to dive into everything modern dating and relationships. Welcome to the datable podcast. Happy September, everyone. Where did this year go? Flying by. Did we end up in September already? I feel like we're I'm barely writing 2023 on anything. I feel like time always goes so fast. It's like slow in the day. And then when you look at it cumulatively, you're like, how did another year go by? I mean, you just turned 40. But you're now getting closer to 41. Oh, it's so wild. But I get feel like we should close the loop on our Joshua Tree slash Palm Springs trip because we were so excited about going we're doing this like datable retreat, the two of us lay out by the pool and dream big, then a hurricane decides to grace California Southern unprecedented and we were warned that first was like a category four to seek shelter and the desert, you know, high desert was like high warning because of flooding. So we canceled our trip sadly, or postponed, I should say. I know. Hopefully this wasn't a bad omen. It's okay. It's new. We are going in September. It's actually going to be better weather. Palm Springs in August is kind of brutal. So maybe it all worked out for the best. And I will say like ability to get refunded on travel was pretty freaking seamless for this. Yeah. So we were lucky enough. We're staying at Airbnb of U .S. friends. She was able to refund us. We rebooked. Same with my flights. Very easy. So yeah, I was unfortunate. Also, the two days that we were going to be there for the two days of the hurricane. So I'm kind of torrential rain. Kind of glad we didn't do it because, you know, the whole point of Palm Springs is to be in the pool, in the sun. Yeah. We were just kind of going to be sitting at home in torrential rains. Like I'd be flying to a hurricane. Into the eye of the hurricane, which is not the best idea. But this just shows the difference in our personalities. Because when you first called me, be like, do you think we should still go? I remember just being like, you're being super vigilant. I think it's totally fine. It's just, we've never seen a hurricane in Southern California. It's totally fine. And then I turn on the news. It's like, seek shelter. The grocery stores were out of toilet paper, water, everything like chargers, flashlights. Everything was gone. And I'm like, oh, shit. This is like a real thing. If you hadn't said something to me, I would not have thought it was as bad as it was going to be. I will not take credit if my mom did not say something to me. I was also ready to board that plane. So, you know, I think it's just being alert. And I talked to you about the hurricane. You're like, oh, it'll, it won't be a big deal. It'll be fine. So then when she was messaging me, I'm like, no, it'll be fine. And then after I like kind of brushed it off, I did do some research. I'm like, do I really want to go down for this? Like, it really does not look fine. Yeah. Yeah. And also it's like SF was experiencing like the best weather possible. I'm just like, why? But it's okay. We will have our retreat. It's going to be beautiful out. It's going to be amazing. I'm very excited. But the hurricane did not stop us from bringing you the next episode. What would you call him? He's not like a, he's not like an idol. Is he an idol to you? I don't know. Okay. So we got an email from our guest today, Evan Marquette's booking agents, and we get a lot of emails from booking agents, a lot of them, so many, in fact, and this immediately caught my eye because I remembered when I was in the thick of dating, this is probably when I was, I don't know, like 25, 26, maybe 20, actually 26, 27, when I was 25, I moved here definitely wasn't dating was more just like hooking up, having fun, but then got into this mode. All my friends wanted to suddenly settle down and I'm like, Oh, maybe I should try these dating apps also. And my best friend from college that lives in SF Bay area too, she had this random roommate at the time that was probably 10 years older than us. And she had this binder, this really thick binder that was like how to online date. And we were just, we were immersed. Like, I mean, this was okay. Like I, we already said, I just turned 40. So this is over 15 years ago, right? Like this is a long time ago. And this binder was just held the secrets to online dating. I'll call it online dating. It wasn't even dating apps. We had to use match .com, jdate, eHarmony, all those are the old school data gaps. And this guy was the author of the binder, Evan Marquette, and she had gone to his workshops. This roommate, I honestly don't even remember the roommate's name, I will remember her always for introducing us to Evan Marquette. She just spoke so highly of him because she had gone to all his like online dating seminars and she passed the gospel down. She passed the gospel down to my friend. And then we started like reading about him online. We got his eBooks, you know, we started really getting into all of his stuff. And I will say he was one of the first dating coaches that felt like he was really at the end of the day, trying to put you first because before him, I had read all the dating books, why men love bitches, the rules, all the terrible dating books that basically tell you to be someone else. And this was the first time I was hearing you are amazing. You are just taking this, right? Like you are standing for things that you shouldn't be standing for. And it was a very different approach. Like his whole, I guess, demographic is like smart, successful women is his primary demographic. I think everything he says on this podcast applies to everyone, regardless of your gender, your sexual orientation, it's applicable to all. But just to put into context, that is his primary demographic. So I think, you know, like he had a lot of ways to combat a lot of the dating advice that hetero women have been fed for years. I think it's hilarious that the binder is about how to online date. Yeah, it's a physical binder.
Discerning Hearts - Catholic Podcasts
A highlight from And the Virgins Name was Mary St. Bernard of Clairvaux from the Office of Readings Discerning Hearts Podcast
"From the Liturgy of the Hours of the Roman Rite, from the Office of Readings, from the Homilies of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, on the Glories of the Virgin Mother. And the Virgin's name was Mary. Let us speak a little about this name, which is said to mean star of the sea, and which so well befits the Virgin Mother. Rightly she is likened to a star, as a star emits a ray without being dimmed. So the Virgin brought forth her son without receiving any injury. The ray takes naught from the brightness of the star, nor the sun from his mother's virginal integrity. This is the noble star risen out of Jacob, whose ray illumines the whole world, whose splendor shines in the heavens, penetrates the whole earth, gives warmth rather to souls than to bodies, cherishing virtues, withering vices. Mary is that bright and incomparable star, whom we need to see raised above this vast sea, shining by her merits, and giving us light by her example. All of you who see yourselves amid the tides of the world, tossed by storms and tempests rather than walking on the land, do not turn your eyes away from this shining star, unless you want to be overwhelmed by the hurricane. If temptation, storms, or you fall upon the rocks of tribulation, look to the star, the call upon Mary. You are tossed by the waves of pride or ambition, detraction or envy. Look to the star, call upon Mary. If anger or avarice or the desires of the flesh dash against the ship of your soul, turn your eyes to Mary. If troubled by the enormity of your crimes, ashamed of your guilty conscience, terrified by dread of the judgment, you begin to sink into the gulf of sadness or the abyss of despair. Think of Mary. In dangers, in anguish, in doubt, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let her name be ever on your lips, ever in your heart, and the better to obtain the help of her prayers, imitate the example of her life. Follow her, you do not stray. Invoking her, you do not despair. Thinking of her, you do not wander. Uphold by her, you do not fall. Shielded by her, you do not fear. Guided by her, you do not grow weary. Favored by her, you reach the goal. And thus you experience in yourself, how good is that saying. And the Virgin's name was Mary. Let us pray. Almighty God, we rejoice in the name and protection of the most holy Virgin Mary. By her motherly prayer, grant that your faithful may be delivered from evil on earth. May they be led to eternal joys in heaven. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit. God, forever and ever. Amen. Amen.
Bloomberg Radio New York - Recording Feed
Monitor Show 06:00 09-11-2023 06:00
"Interactive Brokers charges USD margin loan rates from 5 .83 % to 6 .83%. Rated the lowest margin fees by stockbrokers .com. Rates subject to change. Learn more at ibkr .com slash compare. Opened this morning on Wall Street. Up next, we'll get the latest on US -China relations following President Biden's trip to the G20, plus a tough decision for the Fed next week. That's coming up in our 6 a .m. news. Our two of Bloomberg Daybreak starts right now. And Yellen gives her outlook on the soft landing narrative. Even a brief auto workers strike could severely damage the US economy. And Coco Gauff makes her mark at the US Open. It's a race against time and the search for survivors in Morocco's deadly quake. And Hurricane Lee will bring dangerous rip currents to the eastern seaboard. I'm John Tucker. Those stories straight ahead. I'm John Stashauer. And towards the Giants in their season opener got walloped by the Cowboys. Aaron Rodgers debuts for the Jets tonight. That's all straight ahead on Bloomberg Daybreak, on Bloomberg 1130 New York, Bloomberg 99 .1 Washington, D .C., Bloomberg 106 .1 Boston, Bloomberg 960 San Francisco, Sirius XM 119 and around the world on Bloomberg radio dot com and via the Bloomberg Business Act. Good morning. I'm Nathan Hager. And I'm Karen Moscow. And U .S. stock index futures are on the rise this morning. S &P futures up.
Divine Naples Podcast
A highlight from #439 Matt got a free pass from doctors so he dug in to German cake quickly. Rich thinks he had to pay off all doctors because he knows he is broken beyond the fixing point. Army story will explain what not to do to your wife in the car. Someone closed his wifes hand in the door of the car so he doesnt have to go to the theater. Simply news you can use in 10 years. Iron Curtain did not allow teddy bears. Episode #439 September 9th. 2023
"Another beautiful and divine day in Diva Naples here, September 9th, Saturday, 2023, and this is episode 439 from this Mike Rich and from this Mike Matt, another Saturday, it is a Saturday, I'm so happy, how was your uh checkout, doctor checkout, it was great, you got a smile on your face, I told you yesterday that I was getting a checkup for for the insurance aspect of infinite banking, we'll talk about that some other day, uh but I had an awesome time, she checked all my blood, and what did they say, and then I had an EKG that came out perfect, oh good, hold on just a second, let me, hold on just a second, oh there you go, oh there's that German cake I had to diss yesterday, I felt really bad about it, but now I'm back to destroying my body, so I'll go ahead, destroy it, let's do it, let's eat this sugar, this looks awesome, I've been doing a lot of complaining for years about German cakes, so yeah, and since they say you are, you got a free pass, yeah, let's just destroy it, let's do it, yeah, yeah, what do I care about, exactly, any diabetes or anything else, it might be a result, you just close your eyes and say you never had it, right, it's the only problem I always tell people, like the only problem is gonna be in your head, you know what I'm saying, you're gonna have to figure it out, right, explain it to yourself, you don't have to explain to anybody else, oh my gosh, it's a little frozen, isn't it, it's absolutely delicious, is that blueberry, this is blueberry cream cheese, yeah, crumbled cream cheesecake, it's German, German, but you know yesterday was fresh and you said you don't want it, so I just shove it in the freezer, make an ice cream out of it, you know what's awesome though, because you probably had no idea this, but blueberry is my favorite berry for fruit pies and cakes, you know what, if this would have onion, you would say same thing, you mean if you put a chili dog in front of my face, you didn't have a cake for 24 hours, so everything would be your favorite, oh yeah, that's true, yeah, well speaking of that, do you know what they call train carrying bubble gum, choo -choo gum, yeah, no, choo -choo train, yeah, and in your case, you know, the dog is cheap, yeah, you will find out as soon as you talk to a lawyer, yeah, right, here it is, yeah, so be careful, all right, I will, so shove a couple more forks in your opening, yeah, and then, so you can be quiet, because I have essentials to do, I will do that, why don't you get to the essentials while I shove German cake down my throat, yeah, we will still hear it, it's gonna fall down so deep, because you have nothing there, that's right, I told you not to eat 24 hours, anything, but I've been eating all day since I got done with that EKG, yeah, it's 9 p .m and this is the perfect thing to put up there, you know, ending this Saturday, put it right on top of those burgers and things I ate today, oh did you, oh yeah, you didn't tell me that, onion rings do, oh my god, where's mine, I forgot, oh yeah, I'm gonna bring you this, I'm gonna bring you that, I'm sure, you know, loyal listeners now just laughing their faces and saying, saying yeah, he was right, he always promised him something, never bring him anything, all right, yeah, you are the one on the streets, I can barely get to the garbage can, you'd be all right, yeah, well today I had a, I closed my eye, I had a nap, no, one eye, yeah, close one eye, wow, can you believe it, three minutes, did you go past three minutes, yeah, three and a half, I think, well that's, it's a record, that's a record for you, yeah, I feel so guilty, yeah, you should, yeah, Julian Bruce, Terra Ketera, Apache music, thank you for all the music that you provide us with and the song that we start our podcast with, which is Divine Ables, very signature song for us and we are always tuned into this podcast, I hope everybody else that hears that as well and sponsor of this podcast is Divine Coffee and Wine Bar, our favorite place where we're getting all our Texas tea from and you know that this giving us the jolt and the energy that we can, you know, bring these voices to your ears, beachss .com, that's the place where you wanna go if you're interested, so 250 items available, just let us know what we can bring you, we will do our best to be there between 30 to 45 minutes, there's no charge for delivery if you order more than $15, which today it's, you know, two sandwiches and stuff, it's easy to do, yeah, easy, so, you know, we're still keeping everything very reasonable, salads from $12, organic salads, sandwiches, $13, I mean, we bring it to your beach, it's freshly made in our coffee and wine bar, not speaking of the alcohol, like the beers and, you know, cocktails and wine and everything, we have everything, now, weather, how about that? I got that weather today and we're gonna have a sunny day in the beginning, it's gonna be 99 it was today and we're gonna get down to a low of 78, a little bit of rain at 9 o 'clock, about a 70 % chance, then at 10 o 'clock 50 and at 11 o 'clock 40 % chance, so we're gonna have a pretty nice day, do you think we're gonna have rain? Yeah, we're headed towards, you know, seasonal weather, it's getting lower and lower, I mean, it's still pretty hot, my friend, during the day, but that's gonna start cooling down, well, that's gonna be so nice, just open windows and then we also see that that hurricane is out there, still, but they said it slowed down a little bit and so they're hoping that it's just gonna curve back up into the Atlantic, slow down a little bit yesterday, yeah, now, five miles an hour, yeah, back to the speed, it's picked up another five, uh -oh, but it is supposed to kind of turn it back into the Atlantic, right, until they throw the spaghetti on the wall, we really don't know, yeah, we don't know, I wish they'd throw some meatballs into that spaghetti, but the speed they said is back to 160, yesterday was from 160, that's crazy, so we are back from, you know, two days ago, so, doesn't know what it's doing, I think it's like driving with your wife, you know, it's just like, have you ever drove with your ex -wife when she said something, both of them, did she ever upset you and, and, you know, this is, you never drove like that, I tried to make sure that she never drove, I learned that in the army, right, when we, when you were out of the bunker, yeah, hold on, let me just give you another Iron Curtain story, they're the, they're the, my favorite of the day now, so, uh, we were, hold on, we were probably in the army for two weeks, you know, very fresh, you still don't know what, everything smells different, you still don't know what's going on, you know, they cut your hair, you have no hair, just look like a little, like, you know, freshly born, the little dog baby, yeah, and you just, you stick the head out of the bed, it goes like, what is today, you know, you just have no idea, so every day there was a surprise, so two weeks in, they just like, uh, you know, sound the alarm, everybody full gear, and they loaded us in this, uh, you know, very sophisticated army vehicles, you know, yeah, that has absolutely, absolutely no, uh, springs or any type of, you know, uh, no shock absorbers raining, no, no suspension, so you feel little stones on, on everything, so we're going in the road, and, uh, of course, you know, the, in the cabin, there were three seats only, and, uh, you know, the older soldiers, now we're gonna sit in the, in the, on the back, which we called pig house, you know, we call it pig house, like when you're transferring pigs to slaughterhouse, that's where you put them, that's where you guys were going, so the Russian front, so you're sitting, right, so you're sitting, uh, on a bench, very, like, a very nicely cushioned bench, which was jested from piece of wood, and you have all the gear on you, right, heavy, and now imagine you're sitting, uh, on a side, uh, towards front, so you don't, you don't sit, like, in the bus, like, facing front, right, right, you're sitting on the side, so we get out of the army base, and that soldier, that older soldier, no exactly, because they did same thing to him, when he was there, yeah, but he experienced it, and I learned it, and I later on did it to my ex -wife, she really liked that, you know, you hazed your own ex -wife, I was giving her the army special, you know, just the treatment, all the time, so she did something wrong, I just, so, so what he did, all the soldiers, like, he pressed the pedal, like, to the ground, right, the truck, it takes, like, maybe half a second to pick up, right, the speed, so just, like, move forward, and then he let it go, and press the brake, and just stop, and he did it, like, maybe 15, 20 times, some guys start puking, because they couldn't, like, you're sitting side to side, right, and you're hitting each other with this heavy gear, you got car sickness, yeah, yeah, so, you know, that's what, uh, I did to my ex -wife, oh, you're horrible, so when she was, you know, just, uh, the, you know, I'm, I'm, wouldn't it have been just better to be, do it my way, just don't let her drive, no, I was driving my ex -wife, when she was telling her where to go, and what to do, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm surprised the airbag didn't explode, oh my gosh, you know, she was really close with the face to the dashboard, it's not better than my friend from England, you know, what he did to his ex -wife, no, well, she started, I think, she got upset one day, because he forgot they had the tickets to the theater, and he came, uh, you know, what do you call it, uh, socially tired, he came from this, uh, place called restaurant, you know, after work, he worked for socially gathering, yeah, and he came home socially tired, right, yeah, so, uh, he didn't want to go to the theater, he went to social gathering, he didn't want to go, he was tired, I don't want to go anywhere, well, after a few beers, he got really tired, right, so he came home, yeah, she started yelling at him that they have to go, and they have to take shower and everything, and he's, you know, kind of like, I'm not going, and all this, so, right, he said it was so much fire in the house, that he had to dress himself, and all these things, and then when he was opening the door for her to get, uh, you know, seated in the car, he slammed the door when her hand was still between the doors, did he do it on purpose, oh my god, I guess we're staying home, so he saw her hand still holding when she was getting in the car, still telling him stuff, so he just shut the door, said we end up in the ER, I told her I don't want to go to the theater, oh, I'm surprised he didn't push her back in the car and say drive yourself to the emergency room, but yes, call me when you're, so next time, get all fixed up, when your wife is telling you stuff in the car, you just pretend you're in the army, press the pedal, gas, brake, gas, brake, and if that doesn't work, slam her hand in the door, that's the treatment, uh, but that would be the, that would be definitely, that'd be the extreme, yeah, well we're getting to our segment, which is our favorite segment of, uh, I'm thinking of it, it is my favorite segment, what do you call it, uh, decades, yeah, it is, it's of the century, maybe, we've been doing this for five years, but we just started this segment last week, but I love it for five years, I do too, I love this segment for whole five years, yeah, because it is what it is, and what is this segment, we know everything that the guy who knows everything doesn't know, so there you go, that's right, and if we, if we don't know it, we'll, we'll give the answer later, yeah, we will know it, there will be time, eventually, yeah, yeah, we will get to know it, because we're, we're on the mission on, on the know, it, I love I do too, yeah, so the idea is just to bring the news around the town, the Southwest Florida, what's going on, so you, your life is a little bit more educated, so you know, these days, there are fact checkers, and all kind of different things that are providing us from finding out what really is happening, so that's why Matt and I are dedicated, we eat cake over here, drink coffee, get fed, we have little doors, so I mean, this is, there's a situation we may not gonna get out of the studio one day, but for now, we, we are able to exit, so you know, if you're listening, you may be smarter, because, yeah, because you get all kinds of information, yeah, I mean, can I give you a couple, a little bit of information you got over a couple of decades? 1960, Yeah, oil is gone in 10 years, let me give you another one, 1970s was the ice age in 10 years, so we're gonna, that kind of didn't happen, 1980s, acid rain will destroy all crops in 10 years, what's the deal with 10 years, the 90s, the ozone layer will be gone in 10 years, what year is it right now, Rich? Did it start already? I guess, and then 2000 ice caps will be gone in 10 years, so when that started, that started in 2000, well, I think, I think Al Gore need to come back and explain that to us, so what we want to do is give you news that you can use in 10 years, oh, I love it, yeah, so let me just start with this, interesting fact that happened in Ecolier County and commissioners, they actually, I guess, start thinking, you know, what to do and how to, how to, maybe they use the crystal ball, how to plan the future here, yeah, maybe, and we've been preaching this for a while, we were always saying, yes, we were, Diva and Aprils, you know, we want to bring communities together because whatever, it's gonna be day, and it's not far, but federal government is gonna be thinking, we don't have much money left, what we're gonna do and how we're gonna distribute it, maybe we're just gonna skip some of the states and states gonna say, hey, we didn't get money, so some of the counties, and this is how it's gonna go, and counties to the cities and so on and so forth, so, all the way down to the local government, you have to realize that one day you're gonna have to be your own doctor, your own, you know, lawyer, and your own gardener, and your own everything, so let's just start practicing this, let's be independent, it's like our own community, and we're coming up with solutions, our own solutions as a community and coming together, and that's what we're all about, building community, and budgets obviously are a big part of that, and we live in Collier County, I believe the greatest county in all of Florida, that's my own opinion, but now you're gonna share some information about what's going on, I mean, we have some serious issues that we're gonna have to deal with, and this, let me say this, and we get there, okay, there's two things that could happen, you either gotta cut budgets to balance the budget, or you need to raise taxes to pay for that stuff, and we can do both, you can do both, but the real thing would be is to take an assessment and find out what we really need, what programs, where we can realistically cut the budget, and the federal government is in debt, we're all in debt, and they're gonna have to finally come to grips that you just can't spend yourself into wealth, and they're gonna have to make cuts, and the way they're gonna make cuts is doing exactly what you said, they're gonna cut their funds to the states and say, you guys are now responsible for that, and where are we gonna make up the shortcomings on that, is two things like you said both, either we're gonna cut the budgets, or we're gonna raise taxes, and as citizens, and people in the community, we should be involved in that discussion, because it's gonna affect every single person one way or the other, you may be somebody that relies on some of these programs that the county's gonna start talking about, you know, the budgets, and maybe cutting, and that type of stuff, so that's why we come here and tell you, hey, be educated, we're letting you know, they're coming up with this commission meeting to start talking about the budget, and this one's gonna involve cut, and they discuss that in accounting, what they're gonna be cutting, how they're gonna be cutting, which is smarter way to do it, because they still have time, right, so I think, you know, we're going a good direction, exactly, and here we are, Diwai Naples, we would like to educate you and everybody else, instead of cutting budgets, and you know, raising taxes, why we don't just spend a little bit more money with our local businesses, because we keep them, keep them in business, and today, you know, actually yesterday, Friday, seasonal week, or in our case, two weeks of restaurant dining, for $29, $39, and $49, depends what restaurant you go to, it's available to you, so you will support our local businesses, we'll keep people employed, you know, keep the money here in our community, local taxes going into the coffer, we don't have to raise the taxes, because we just naturally, stimulating the economy, that's what it is, that's exactly right, and you brought, that's the key point right there, so if we learn this right now, we don't have to worry about it later, right, and you know, we're gonna go as far as a school district has enough money to, you know, still have teachers, and have kids in the school safe, and learning the right things, and EMS being available to come to your house quickly, because they have a full tank of gas, proper funding, yeah, proper funding, so keep this in mind, because I think it's very important, and I'm really excited that our leaders in the county are taking initiatives, and they start already, you know, this conversation, because they can, they can see the devil on the wall, yeah, the handwriting's on the wall, baby, because that's coming, no matter what, and it's the day of reckoning, they call it, and we have a lot of programs that we are preparing, one of them is, for example, Divine Naples Club, that will be just for residents of Collier County, and once you prove your residence, there's gonna be a lot of benefits you're gonna be getting, so we wanna, you know, we're gonna participate in it, we're gonna be somehow leaders into this movement as well, so you know, just keep eye on our profile, social media, website, and on EARS on this podcast, we will bring everything to your ears, yes, so that's what I have to say about community budget, you know, budgeting, and being a community, we have 23 websites in 18 languages, so you can find a lot of information that we are passionately putting together, now, that would be the most serious stone, right, and now, since it's Saturday, and you're stuffing your face, I think we should, what else is new, yeah, we should stick to food, yeah, yeah, that's, why not, yeah, that's what everybody does this weekend, right, everybody's out, you know, dining, finding dining, they only ask two crazy people, you know, sitting here, well, we're finding a way to do it here, yeah, that's true, right, we always find a way, we do, so we don't left, where there's a will, there's a way, there's no left behind, even if we call in for takeout, so I just, you know, I have nine food dishes, signature food dishes, they are so symbolic for Florida, you have ideas, oh yeah, let me start with this, I'm gonna name them, and you give me an idea of what you think about it, okay, how about this, all right, key lime pie, oh, that is a signature of Florida, and it is probably my favorite tart dish, the key lime pie is so tart, and I just love the way it's made, and there's such a different variety, different, you can get that just about at any restaurant in southwest Florida, you know, I mean, it's a staple, bro, that's the dessert of the state, right, that, I mean, that's true, and you know what's interesting about this, this was invented in Key West, in the beginning of 19th century, before even a refrigerator was invented, what did they put in it to keep it, I mean, I'm just saying, you know, the key ingredients is pie to sweetened condensed milk, yeah, so, you know, that's just like a pickled, sugar, doesn't have to be refrigerated, yeah, exactly, yeah, just so you know, if you need to, sugar sausages, it's delicious, it's delicious, gator tails, how about that, I do, but actually, I like them better in what are called gator nuggets, or gator balls, and I like them in smaller pieces, and the way I like it, I mean, some make it and saute it and do other ways, but I like it fried, there's nothing like fried gator, and I dip my gator nuggets or balls in barbecue sauce, it's my favorite, and it is a staple, again, in Florida, it's tradition, oh, I think there's been a tradition forever, since Indians, they made them, fried them, they may just ate them differently, no, they did, they've ate it, like, I'm sure that he, he didn't have alligator sushi, did you, did you live with Indians, so, you know, no, I don't know, okay, so, you don't know, I don't know, but I want to know, because we're supposed to know everything, I know, I mean, you, you pretend, like, you know, right, but maybe they do it, like, we do marshmallows, maybe they put it on a stick and roast it over the fire, that's exactly how you would do it, with sausage, yeah, let me just correct you, I mean, you always pretend, like, you know, but I'm here to make you look like you don't know, but I know, right, yeah, and to make me look, you know, like, like, you don't know, I don't know, you're right, yeah, so, Indians were always doing it, but these days, it's kind of hard to access, or get access to this food, because it's only during the open hunting season, and people that hunt for alligators need to have a license, so it's a little bit more sophisticated, but they, from the tail, there's the pieces on the top of the tail that are used for this, you know, this delicatessen, and it's only during the certain, you know, months of the year, so unless you freeze it, then you're probably gonna have it fresh, exactly, in some of the places and restaurants, there's not many of them around, but it tastes like a chicken, yeah, everything tastes like chicken, although I never say that, because gator tastes like gator to me, yeah, well, it tastes like chicken, all right, everything tastes like cabbage, do you know what that is? No, and it's, I just learned today, so we're in the know, why don't you share that with me? It's called Heart of Palm, and it's been eaten for hundreds of years, the leaves of the branches of the palm were used to construction ever, historically known for being part of the many early folks, in fact, one group of early Americans was able to repel British army attacks because of really, yeah, so part of the palm that used for construction, they also eat and they make, you know, oh, that's right, it's, they have it in cans, right? Yeah, yeah, so that's, that's, you know, the palm is all around us, we just don't know which one it is, I know, and that's just, you know, I guess back to Indians, yeah, game, there you go, conch fritters, oh, I love crunk fritters, and those things are fried also, did you know what they call that? Escargot of Florida, that's right, because the actual meat is actually a snail, most people probably wouldn't eat it if they'd known that, but usually it's chopped up and put in a fritter, a batter and fried, it's delicious, you ever had it? I don't think so, because I don't eat seafood, I don't play the balls, and I don't watch TV, would you like me to bring it so you can try it one time, it's more like a hush puppy, let me bring it, you can have it, okay, no, I don't, I don't eat seafood, well I love them, and whenever I have a go to a restaurant that has them, I try to make that my appetizer, the dish originates from Bahamas, but it's, it transfers to the kivas, that's where it starts, you know, spreading north from there, so it just gives you an idea, fried green tomatoes, oh I love it, you ever seen that movie, no, which movie, it's a movie, fried green tomatoes, but anyway, they're delicious, you ever had those, you don't like fried food, no, I don't eat much, you eat fried chicken though, well the chicken tenders, you eat fried chicken too, not much, if I bring fried chicken here to you, you're gonna eat it, I'm gonna get you Popeyes, I don't think I've ever had it, yeah, well I think I'll bring you some Popeyes, you might like it, I'm not a big Kentucky fried chicken fan, well we're gonna talk about it today, remind me, okay, yeah, all right, when we're gonna go into the national days, something important you need to know, okay, public subs, that's really interesting, yeah, you know what, I really like their bread, because bread is a sandwich, and we are, we were able to even make better sandwich with our ciabatta bread, oh yeah, and we're getting, we're getting actually, reviews, I mean a lot of people just love our sandwiches, because the ciabatta bread comes out crispy, so crispy, and we balanced all these flavors, you know, we have, strategically, yeah, we have mustards, we have tomato, greens, pickles, European pickles, meat, cheese on the sandwich, I mean, you know, we just balanced it so nicely, the sandwich from Publix is good, but it's just, I think, too big, and also, you know, there's just a lot of bread in it, right, and our sandwich is not that much bread, but it's more crispier, so it's more like a baguette, crispier type of thing, and I just love our ciabatta, I love the little charred bit a bit on it, it's just, the flavor is great, yeah, well, then we invite people, oysters, yep, and then we have a lot of oyster bars around here, Pelican Larry's is known for it, I'm not a big raw oyster fan, I like them fried, and I like them on bread, yeah, well, a sandwich, a poor boy, somebody just posted something on the social media, how they were trying to eat oysters, and they see these little maggots coming through it, after they put lemon on it, I never had oysters, I don't like them, so if you are going for oysters, be careful, make sure you don't get it because they are raw, so it could be a lot of parasites and a lot of bacteria, so just be careful, you know, it could be a problem. Strawberry shortcake, yes, well, what do you tell me? I love it, you don't like it? I like it, I like the cake, it's usually a shortbread cake, little round circle, some people make them scratch, you can buy them in grocery stores, and you just cut up your strawberries, you can add a little syrup to it if you like, to make it a little sweeter, I like to just have mine fresh with the strawberry juice, and then whipped cream, now I would love to have your special German whipped cream on one of those, and a little touch for me is to sprinkle a little bit of nuts on top of it, that's my own personal way of doing strawberry shortcake, but I love it. Great idea, but you know what, it's really interesting to know that strawberry shortcake came from Florida, and it's from town that is called Plant City, and it's the smallest town in Helzberg County, about 15 minutes from Tampa, and they produce 15 % of the strawberries sold in the United States.
Divine Naples Podcast
A highlight from #439 Matt got a free pass from doctors so he dug in to German cake quickly. Rich thinks he had to pay off all doctors because he knows he is broken beyond the fixing point. Army story will explain what not to do to your wife in the car. Someone closed his wifes hand in the door of the car so he doesnt have to go to the theater. Simply news you can use in 10 years. Iron Curtain did not allow teddy bears. Episode #439 September 9th. 2023
"Another beautiful and divine day in Diva Naples here, September 9th, Saturday, 2023, and this is episode 439 from this Mike Rich and from this Mike Matt, another Saturday, it is a Saturday, I'm so happy, how was your uh checkout, doctor checkout, it was great, you got a smile on your face, I told you yesterday that I was getting a checkup for for the insurance aspect of infinite banking, we'll talk about that some other day, uh but I had an awesome time, she checked all my blood, and what did they say, and then I had an EKG that came out perfect, oh good, hold on just a second, let me, hold on just a second, oh there you go, oh there's that German cake I had to diss yesterday, I felt really bad about it, but now I'm back to destroying my body, so I'll go ahead, destroy it, let's do it, let's eat this sugar, this looks awesome, I've been doing a lot of complaining for years about German cakes, so yeah, and since they say you are, you got a free pass, yeah, let's just destroy it, let's do it, yeah, yeah, what do I care about, exactly, any diabetes or anything else, it might be a result, you just close your eyes and say you never had it, right, it's the only problem I always tell people, like the only problem is gonna be in your head, you know what I'm saying, you're gonna have to figure it out, right, explain it to yourself, you don't have to explain to anybody else, oh my gosh, it's a little frozen, isn't it, it's absolutely delicious, is that blueberry, this is blueberry cream cheese, yeah, crumbled cream cheesecake, it's German, German, but you know yesterday was fresh and you said you don't want it, so I just shove it in the freezer, make an ice cream out of it, you know what's awesome though, because you probably had no idea this, but blueberry is my favorite berry for fruit pies and cakes, you know what, if this would have onion, you would say same thing, you mean if you put a chili dog in front of my face, you didn't have a cake for 24 hours, so everything would be your favorite, oh yeah, that's true, yeah, well speaking of that, do you know what they call train carrying bubble gum, choo -choo gum, yeah, no, choo -choo train, yeah, and in your case, you know, the dog is cheap, yeah, you will find out as soon as you talk to a lawyer, yeah, right, here it is, yeah, so be careful, all right, I will, so shove a couple more forks in your opening, yeah, and then, so you can be quiet, because I have essentials to do, I will do that, why don't you get to the essentials while I shove German cake down my throat, yeah, we will still hear it, it's gonna fall down so deep, because you have nothing there, that's right, I told you not to eat 24 hours, anything, but I've been eating all day since I got done with that EKG, yeah, it's 9 p .m and this is the perfect thing to put up there, you know, ending this Saturday, put it right on top of those burgers and things I ate today, oh did you, oh yeah, you didn't tell me that, onion rings do, oh my god, where's mine, I forgot, oh yeah, I'm gonna bring you this, I'm gonna bring you that, I'm sure, you know, loyal listeners now just laughing their faces and saying, saying yeah, he was right, he always promised him something, never bring him anything, all right, yeah, you are the one on the streets, I can barely get to the garbage can, you'd be all right, yeah, well today I had a, I closed my eye, I had a nap, no, one eye, yeah, close one eye, wow, can you believe it, three minutes, did you go past three minutes, yeah, three and a half, I think, well that's, it's a record, that's a record for you, yeah, I feel so guilty, yeah, you should, yeah, Julian Bruce, Terra Ketera, Apache music, thank you for all the music that you provide us with and the song that we start our podcast with, which is Divine Ables, very signature song for us and we are always tuned into this podcast, I hope everybody else that hears that as well and sponsor of this podcast is Divine Coffee and Wine Bar, our favorite place where we're getting all our Texas tea from and you know that this giving us the jolt and the energy that we can, you know, bring these voices to your ears, beachss .com, that's the place where you wanna go if you're interested, so 250 items available, just let us know what we can bring you, we will do our best to be there between 30 to 45 minutes, there's no charge for delivery if you order more than $15, which today it's, you know, two sandwiches and stuff, it's easy to do, yeah, easy, so, you know, we're still keeping everything very reasonable, salads from $12, organic salads, sandwiches, $13, I mean, we bring it to your beach, it's freshly made in our coffee and wine bar, not speaking of the alcohol, like the beers and, you know, cocktails and wine and everything, we have everything, now, weather, how about that? I got that weather today and we're gonna have a sunny day in the beginning, it's gonna be 99 it was today and we're gonna get down to a low of 78, a little bit of rain at 9 o 'clock, about a 70 % chance, then at 10 o 'clock 50 and at 11 o 'clock 40 % chance, so we're gonna have a pretty nice day, do you think we're gonna have rain? Yeah, we're headed towards, you know, seasonal weather, it's getting lower and lower, I mean, it's still pretty hot, my friend, during the day, but that's gonna start cooling down, well, that's gonna be so nice, just open windows and then we also see that that hurricane is out there, still, but they said it slowed down a little bit and so they're hoping that it's just gonna curve back up into the Atlantic, slow down a little bit yesterday, yeah, now, five miles an hour, yeah, back to the speed, it's picked up another five, uh -oh, but it is supposed to kind of turn it back into the Atlantic, right, until they throw the spaghetti on the wall, we really don't know, yeah, we don't know, I wish they'd throw some meatballs into that spaghetti, but the speed they said is back to 160, yesterday was from 160, that's crazy, so we are back from, you know, two days ago, so, doesn't know what it's doing, I think it's like driving with your wife, you know, it's just like, have you ever drove with your ex -wife when she said something, both of them, did she ever upset you and, and, you know, this is, you never drove like that, I tried to make sure that she never drove, I learned that in the army, right, when we, when you were out of the bunker, yeah, hold on, let me just give you another Iron Curtain story, they're the, they're the, my favorite of the day now, so, uh, we were, hold on, we were probably in the army for two weeks, you know, very fresh, you still don't know what, everything smells different, you still don't know what's going on, you know, they cut your hair, you have no hair, just look like a little, like, you know, freshly born, the little dog baby, yeah, and you just, you stick the head out of the bed, it goes like, what is today, you know, you just have no idea, so every day there was a surprise, so two weeks in, they just like, uh, you know, sound the alarm, everybody full gear, and they loaded us in this, uh, you know, very sophisticated army vehicles, you know, yeah, that has absolutely, absolutely no, uh, springs or any type of, you know, uh, no shock absorbers raining, no, no suspension, so you feel little stones on, on everything, so we're going in the road, and, uh, of course, you know, the, in the cabin, there were three seats only, and, uh, you know, the older soldiers, now we're gonna sit in the, in the, on the back, which we called pig house, you know, we call it pig house, like when you're transferring pigs to slaughterhouse, that's where you put them, that's where you guys were going, so the Russian front, so you're sitting, right, so you're sitting, uh, on a bench, very, like, a very nicely cushioned bench, which was jested from piece of wood, and you have all the gear on you, right, heavy, and now imagine you're sitting, uh, on a side, uh, towards front, so you don't, you don't sit, like, in the bus, like, facing front, right, right, you're sitting on the side, so we get out of the army base, and that soldier, that older soldier, no exactly, because they did same thing to him, when he was there, yeah, but he experienced it, and I learned it, and I later on did it to my ex -wife, she really liked that, you know, you hazed your own ex -wife, I was giving her the army special, you know, just the treatment, all the time, so she did something wrong, I just, so, so what he did, all the soldiers, like, he pressed the pedal, like, to the ground, right, the truck, it takes, like, maybe half a second to pick up, right, the speed, so just, like, move forward, and then he let it go, and press the brake, and just stop, and he did it, like, maybe 15, 20 times, some guys start puking, because they couldn't, like, you're sitting side to side, right, and you're hitting each other with this heavy gear, you got car sickness, yeah, yeah, so, you know, that's what, uh, I did to my ex -wife, oh, you're horrible, so when she was, you know, just, uh, the, you know, I'm, I'm, wouldn't it have been just better to be, do it my way, just don't let her drive, no, I was driving my ex -wife, when she was telling her where to go, and what to do, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm surprised the airbag didn't explode, oh my gosh, you know, she was really close with the face to the dashboard, it's not better than my friend from England, you know, what he did to his ex -wife, no, well, she started, I think, she got upset one day, because he forgot they had the tickets to the theater, and he came, uh, you know, what do you call it, uh, socially tired, he came from this, uh, place called restaurant, you know, after work, he worked for socially gathering, yeah, and he came home socially tired, right, yeah, so, uh, he didn't want to go to the theater, he went to social gathering, he didn't want to go, he was tired, I don't want to go anywhere, well, after a few beers, he got really tired, right, so he came home, yeah, she started yelling at him that they have to go, and they have to take shower and everything, and he's, you know, kind of like, I'm not going, and all this, so, right, he said it was so much fire in the house, that he had to dress himself, and all these things, and then when he was opening the door for her to get, uh, you know, seated in the car, he slammed the door when her hand was still between the doors, did he do it on purpose, oh my god, I guess we're staying home, so he saw her hand still holding when she was getting in the car, still telling him stuff, so he just shut the door, said we end up in the ER, I told her I don't want to go to the theater, oh, I'm surprised he didn't push her back in the car and say drive yourself to the emergency room, but yes, call me when you're, so next time, get all fixed up, when your wife is telling you stuff in the car, you just pretend you're in the army, press the pedal, gas, brake, gas, brake, and if that doesn't work, slam her hand in the door, that's the treatment, uh, but that would be the, that would be definitely, that'd be the extreme, yeah, well we're getting to our segment, which is our favorite segment of, uh, I'm thinking of it, it is my favorite segment, what do you call it, uh, decades, yeah, it is, it's of the century, maybe, we've been doing this for five years, but we just started this segment last week, but I love it for five years, I do too, I love this segment for whole five years, yeah, because it is what it is, and what is this segment, we know everything that the guy who knows everything doesn't know, so there you go, that's right, and if we, if we don't know it, we'll, we'll give the answer later, yeah, we will know it, there will be time, eventually, yeah, yeah, we will get to know it, because we're, we're on the mission on, on the know, it, I love I do too, yeah, so the idea is just to bring the news around the town, the Southwest Florida, what's going on, so you, your life is a little bit more educated, so you know, these days, there are fact checkers, and all kind of different things that are providing us from finding out what really is happening, so that's why Matt and I are dedicated, we eat cake over here, drink coffee, get fed, we have little doors, so I mean, this is, there's a situation we may not gonna get out of the studio one day, but for now, we, we are able to exit, so you know, if you're listening, you may be smarter, because, yeah, because you get all kinds of information, yeah, I mean, can I give you a couple, a little bit of information you got over a couple of decades? 1960, Yeah, oil is gone in 10 years, let me give you another one, 1970s was the ice age in 10 years, so we're gonna, that kind of didn't happen, 1980s, acid rain will destroy all crops in 10 years, what's the deal with 10 years, the 90s, the ozone layer will be gone in 10 years, what year is it right now, Rich? Did it start already? I guess, and then 2000 ice caps will be gone in 10 years, so when that started, that started in 2000, well, I think, I think Al Gore need to come back and explain that to us, so what we want to do is give you news that you can use in 10 years, oh, I love it, yeah, so let me just start with this, interesting fact that happened in Ecolier County and commissioners, they actually, I guess, start thinking, you know, what to do and how to, how to, maybe they use the crystal ball, how to plan the future here, yeah, maybe, and we've been preaching this for a while, we were always saying, yes, we were, Diva and Aprils, you know, we want to bring communities together because whatever, it's gonna be day, and it's not far, but federal government is gonna be thinking, we don't have much money left, what we're gonna do and how we're gonna distribute it, maybe we're just gonna skip some of the states and states gonna say, hey, we didn't get money, so some of the counties, and this is how it's gonna go, and counties to the cities and so on and so forth, so, all the way down to the local government, you have to realize that one day you're gonna have to be your own doctor, your own, you know, lawyer, and your own gardener, and your own everything, so let's just start practicing this, let's be independent, it's like our own community, and we're coming up with solutions, our own solutions as a community and coming together, and that's what we're all about, building community, and budgets obviously are a big part of that, and we live in Collier County, I believe the greatest county in all of Florida, that's my own opinion, but now you're gonna share some information about what's going on, I mean, we have some serious issues that we're gonna have to deal with, and this, let me say this, and we get there, okay, there's two things that could happen, you either gotta cut budgets to balance the budget, or you need to raise taxes to pay for that stuff, and we can do both, you can do both, but the real thing would be is to take an assessment and find out what we really need, what programs, where we can realistically cut the budget, and the federal government is in debt, we're all in debt, and they're gonna have to finally come to grips that you just can't spend yourself into wealth, and they're gonna have to make cuts, and the way they're gonna make cuts is doing exactly what you said, they're gonna cut their funds to the states and say, you guys are now responsible for that, and where are we gonna make up the shortcomings on that, is two things like you said both, either we're gonna cut the budgets, or we're gonna raise taxes, and as citizens, and people in the community, we should be involved in that discussion, because it's gonna affect every single person one way or the other, you may be somebody that relies on some of these programs that the county's gonna start talking about, you know, the budgets, and maybe cutting, and that type of stuff, so that's why we come here and tell you, hey, be educated, we're letting you know, they're coming up with this commission meeting to start talking about the budget, and this one's gonna involve cut, and they discuss that in accounting, what they're gonna be cutting, how they're gonna be cutting, which is smarter way to do it, because they still have time, right, so I think, you know, we're going a good direction, exactly, and here we are, Diwai Naples, we would like to educate you and everybody else, instead of cutting budgets, and you know, raising taxes, why we don't just spend a little bit more money with our local businesses, because we keep them, keep them in business, and today, you know, actually yesterday, Friday, seasonal week, or in our case, two weeks of restaurant dining, for $29, $39, and $49, depends what restaurant you go to, it's available to you, so you will support our local businesses, we'll keep people employed, you know, keep the money here in our community, local taxes going into the coffer, we don't have to raise the taxes, because we just naturally, stimulating the economy, that's what it is, that's exactly right, and you brought, that's the key point right there, so if we learn this right now, we don't have to worry about it later, right, and you know, we're gonna go as far as a school district has enough money to, you know, still have teachers, and have kids in the school safe, and learning the right things, and EMS being available to come to your house quickly, because they have a full tank of gas, proper funding, yeah, proper funding, so keep this in mind, because I think it's very important, and I'm really excited that our leaders in the county are taking initiatives, and they start already, you know, this conversation, because they can, they can see the devil on the wall, yeah, the handwriting's on the wall, baby, because that's coming, no matter what, and it's the day of reckoning, they call it, and we have a lot of programs that we are preparing, one of them is, for example, Divine Naples Club, that will be just for residents of Collier County, and once you prove your residence, there's gonna be a lot of benefits you're gonna be getting, so we wanna, you know, we're gonna participate in it, we're gonna be somehow leaders into this movement as well, so you know, just keep eye on our profile, social media, website, and on EARS on this podcast, we will bring everything to your ears, yes, so that's what I have to say about community budget, you know, budgeting, and being a community, we have 23 websites in 18 languages, so you can find a lot of information that we are passionately putting together, now, that would be the most serious stone, right, and now, since it's Saturday, and you're stuffing your face, I think we should, what else is new, yeah, we should stick to food, yeah, yeah, that's, why not, yeah, that's what everybody does this weekend, right, everybody's out, you know, dining, finding dining, they only ask two crazy people, you know, sitting here, well, we're finding a way to do it here, yeah, that's true, right, we always find a way, we do, so we don't left, where there's a will, there's a way, there's no left behind, even if we call in for takeout, so I just, you know, I have nine food dishes, signature food dishes, they are so symbolic for Florida, you have ideas, oh yeah, let me start with this, I'm gonna name them, and you give me an idea of what you think about it, okay, how about this, all right, key lime pie, oh, that is a signature of Florida, and it is probably my favorite tart dish, the key lime pie is so tart, and I just love the way it's made, and there's such a different variety, different, you can get that just about at any restaurant in southwest Florida, you know, I mean, it's a staple, bro, that's the dessert of the state, right, that, I mean, that's true, and you know what's interesting about this, this was invented in Key West, in the beginning of 19th century, before even a refrigerator was invented, what did they put in it to keep it, I mean, I'm just saying, you know, the key ingredients is pie to sweetened condensed milk, yeah, so, you know, that's just like a pickled, sugar, doesn't have to be refrigerated, yeah, exactly, yeah, just so you know, if you need to, sugar sausages, it's delicious, it's delicious, gator tails, how about that, I do, but actually, I like them better in what are called gator nuggets, or gator balls, and I like them in smaller pieces, and the way I like it, I mean, some make it and saute it and do other ways, but I like it fried, there's nothing like fried gator, and I dip my gator nuggets or balls in barbecue sauce, it's my favorite, and it is a staple, again, in Florida, it's tradition, oh, I think there's been a tradition forever, since Indians, they made them, fried them, they may just ate them differently, no, they did, they've ate it, like, I'm sure that he, he didn't have alligator sushi, did you, did you live with Indians, so, you know, no, I don't know, okay, so, you don't know, I don't know, but I want to know, because we're supposed to know everything, I know, I mean, you, you pretend, like, you know, right, but maybe they do it, like, we do marshmallows, maybe they put it on a stick and roast it over the fire, that's exactly how you would do it, with sausage, yeah, let me just correct you, I mean, you always pretend, like, you know, but I'm here to make you look like you don't know, but I know, right, yeah, and to make me look, you know, like, like, you don't know, I don't know, you're right, yeah, so, Indians were always doing it, but these days, it's kind of hard to access, or get access to this food, because it's only during the open hunting season, and people that hunt for alligators need to have a license, so it's a little bit more sophisticated, but they, from the tail, there's the pieces on the top of the tail that are used for this, you know, this delicatessen, and it's only during the certain, you know, months of the year, so unless you freeze it, then you're probably gonna have it fresh, exactly, in some of the places and restaurants, there's not many of them around, but it tastes like a chicken, yeah, everything tastes like chicken, although I never say that, because gator tastes like gator to me, yeah, well, it tastes like chicken, all right, everything tastes like cabbage, do you know what that is? No, and it's, I just learned today, so we're in the know, why don't you share that with me? It's called Heart of Palm, and it's been eaten for hundreds of years, the leaves of the branches of the palm were used to construction ever, historically known for being part of the many early folks, in fact, one group of early Americans was able to repel British army attacks because of really, yeah, so part of the palm that used for construction, they also eat and they make, you know, oh, that's right, it's, they have it in cans, right? Yeah, yeah, so that's, that's, you know, the palm is all around us, we just don't know which one it is, I know, and that's just, you know, I guess back to Indians, yeah, game, there you go, conch fritters, oh, I love crunk fritters, and those things are fried also, did you know what they call that? Escargot of Florida, that's right, because the actual meat is actually a snail, most people probably wouldn't eat it if they'd known that, but usually it's chopped up and put in a fritter, a batter and fried, it's delicious, you ever had it? I don't think so, because I don't eat seafood, I don't play the balls, and I don't watch TV, would you like me to bring it so you can try it one time, it's more like a hush puppy, let me bring it, you can have it, okay, no, I don't, I don't eat seafood, well I love them, and whenever I have a go to a restaurant that has them, I try to make that my appetizer, the dish originates from Bahamas, but it's, it transfers to the kivas, that's where it starts, you know, spreading north from there, so it just gives you an idea, fried green tomatoes, oh I love it, you ever seen that movie, no, which movie, it's a movie, fried green tomatoes, but anyway, they're delicious, you ever had those, you don't like fried food, no, I don't eat much, you eat fried chicken though, well the chicken tenders, you eat fried chicken too, not much, if I bring fried chicken here to you, you're gonna eat it, I'm gonna get you Popeyes, I don't think I've ever had it, yeah, well I think I'll bring you some Popeyes, you might like it, I'm not a big Kentucky fried chicken fan, well we're gonna talk about it today, remind me, okay, yeah, all right, when we're gonna go into the national days, something important you need to know, okay, public subs, that's really interesting, yeah, you know what, I really like their bread, because bread is a sandwich, and we are, we were able to even make better sandwich with our ciabatta bread, oh yeah, and we're getting, we're getting actually, reviews, I mean a lot of people just love our sandwiches, because the ciabatta bread comes out crispy, so crispy, and we balanced all these flavors, you know, we have, strategically, yeah, we have mustards, we have tomato, greens, pickles, European pickles, meat, cheese on the sandwich, I mean, you know, we just balanced it so nicely, the sandwich from Publix is good, but it's just, I think, too big, and also, you know, there's just a lot of bread in it, right, and our sandwich is not that much bread, but it's more crispier, so it's more like a baguette, crispier type of thing, and I just love our ciabatta, I love the little charred bit a bit on it, it's just, the flavor is great, yeah, well, then we invite people, oysters, yep, and then we have a lot of oyster bars around here, Pelican Larry's is known for it, I'm not a big raw oyster fan, I like them fried, and I like them on bread, yeah, well, a sandwich, a poor boy, somebody just posted something on the social media, how they were trying to eat oysters, and they see these little maggots coming through it, after they put lemon on it, I never had oysters, I don't like them, so if you are going for oysters, be careful, make sure you don't get it because they are raw, so it could be a lot of parasites and a lot of bacteria, so just be careful, you know, it could be a problem. Strawberry shortcake, yes, well, what do you tell me? I love it, you don't like it? I like it, I like the cake, it's usually a shortbread cake, little round circle, some people make them scratch, you can buy them in grocery stores, and you just cut up your strawberries, you can add a little syrup to it if you like, to make it a little sweeter, I like to just have mine fresh with the strawberry juice, and then whipped cream, now I would love to have your special German whipped cream on one of those, and a little touch for me is to sprinkle a little bit of nuts on top of it, that's my own personal way of doing strawberry shortcake, but I love it. Great idea, but you know what, it's really interesting to know that strawberry shortcake came from Florida, and it's from town that is called Plant City, and it's the smallest town in Helzberg County, about 15 minutes from Tampa, and they produce 15 % of the strawberries sold in the United States.
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WTOP
"hurricane" Discussed on WTOP
"A hurricane. A popular diabetes medication is among list the of drugs President Biden says will be part of medicare negotiations to bring costs down. Keep it here for full details in the minutes ahead. 9 18. Traffic and weather on the updates later on now with Jack Taylor in the traffic center. Alright we're starting to do some of our midday work and we're getting out of what was the morning rush hour. So we still have a few things going on we'll start out at the Bay Bridge just noticing westbound span right lanes blocked that is not two -way preparation that's going to be a work zone follow the overhead lane control signals again the right lane on the westbound span block there's really not a slowdown Baltimore Washington Parkway late delays leaving 32 toward 8 north 270 local lanes before 370 it was a vehicle fire along the right side southbound had been heavy getting out of Clarksburg into Germantown then at the lane divide to go down the spur slowly headed past River Road going down toward the Legion Bridge you will find 100 east near i -97 a reported crash lanes open getting out of upper Marlboro northbound four near dower house road there was an earlier crash that apparently is cleared lanes are open now reports of a wreck up and Laurel on 198 between the Baltimore Washington Parkway and Center Avenue there was a broken down vehicle in Fort Washington was on 210 north after Fort Washington Road we also have a closure with a crash on 704 westbound lanes are blocked at Columbia Park Road you'll find authorities on scene in the district southbound North Capitol Street before Hawaii Avenue a crash in northeast westbound Benning Road at 19th Street northeast a crash and the wreck in northwest was south Connecticut on Avenue at M Street all right in Virginia still some slowing coming out of the Springfield interchange on the in -loop riding toward up 236 then passing 66 95 nice ride now triangle north headed into Springfield a delay in the Springfield interchange we're trying to clear out coming north to Fredericksburg toward Route 3 then we're heavy through Stafford into Aquia Jack Taylor WTOP traffic that a seven news first alert meteorologist Steve Rudin what have we got on tap today already cloudy skies and they're not going away anytime soon we are going to keep rain showers in the forecast
THE EMBC NETWORK
"hurricane" Discussed on THE EMBC NETWORK
THE EMBC NETWORK
"hurricane" Discussed on THE EMBC NETWORK
"Clearly. That was it, call everybody. We are. Wow. It was exactly the same thing. So Sunday in, I was like, you know, you should have just told me I would have extended my vacation. And so that was the end of it. And but I had a team and the first thing I'm like, you know, well, and we were close to the annual election period in the Medicare space, which is like October and this happened literally in August. And there's not enough room between most of the plans by that time. They already have stuff in and everything lined up. So it's difficult. So the idea was, let me create an agency. So we all can make this AP in a worth it and we can still survive and make enough money and so on and so forth. At the same time, what I did is promote the reps and some of them got into a job. Some of them didn't continue to do with the agency. And that was the story behind it. Excellent. Okay, great. It was just for that. Okay. We got a little bit of time left, but I doing my research on you. I noticed that in 2019, you filed a U.S. patent for an inflatable scaffolding. I have no idea how that I have no idea how that fits into everything else you're doing. But can you tell us that story? It's an interesting story. So I happen to live in a home where I've cathedral ceilings as high as you need. And in 2018, I think it was a bad storm. And we had replaced our roof. And but there were leaks into the actual house. And the ceiling had those themes. And I went to The Home Depot and everywhere to try to find the scaffolding to actually be able to go out there. I mean, I had somebody to do it, but they could not do it. And to really even lease one of those scaffoldings to bring them, it's a lot of heavy metal stuff and pieces. And to put them really in a living room, it's not as easy. And we even try to get the highest potential ladder that there is at least an a ladder. And we can find something that was high enough. So it was very difficult. So then I have my mom lives with me. Elderly, and there's no second floor. And then at the time, an idea that I need to be able to do this. So I looked also at those, what do you call them? Scaffolds. The lift. You see them. They call scissor lifts. So you see those, but they're heavy and they're like propane and you can bring that in the house. You can't even get in now, right? So it's like, well, we need something portable. So an idea game is like, you know what? Why don't we just go and inquire about this? And make an invention. And that's exactly what I did. So I did the research. I did all the discovery stuff. We looked to see if there's anything similar, nothing. And then we basically put the plans together and submit it to the patent office. And two years later, I think we got approved as a utility. Patent 20 years. And yeah, and that was it. So the iOS was born. And it's a very portable concept. Have yet to license it. I've been actually trying to market it and try to get people to get into the concept. Maybe someone will hear about it. And we'll be interested in the concept because I can see a lot of views for it, not just think about it. That's why it's lift and scaffolding. You can lift up, you know? Pretty safe. You can carry stuff. You can go as close to the scene as you can. It is portable and inflatable. It uses inflatable stuff. So it's light also. You can use a power outlet or a generator if you want. So it's got all these things. And it's good. So that was it. Wow, well, aren't you something? That's amazing. So it simply wants to get a hold of you. You've got so many entry points into your work. So how can we, what would you like to tell people to get ahold of you? Well, again, I'm all over the map. So LinkedIn is an easy one. I have two profiles. You can get there. If you go to help plans, my helplines dot com, that's my other thing. If you go to defend the fab channel, you will find me with the fit and fab dot com. You'll find me. We also have an actual cosmetic company, so that's our New York dot com. So that's another one. So we're like doing different things. And these are all like, believe it or not, these were all side things until recently I was still working in the corporate world. So wow. And just was all done part time, and my wife is doing some other work on the side. And that's it. So it is not the easy way, like hurricane age at I helped radio USA dot com. That will be the email to get to me. But like I said, I mean, you can download the app and still connect with me. You can go to the website. I have a few of them, as I said. The other one is WWE. TV network dot com. And yeah, you can reach out to me anyway anytime for insurance for media, for podcasting. For the ILS, if you want to business there, we're open. Excellent. Yeah, I will definitely be checking out more of your work and probably using some of your services. That network TV network really is very sounds very exciting. So thank you for all that you do and thank you very much for speaking with me hurricane. I appreciate it very much. My pleasure. And thank you for making those difficult to make it happen to squeeze in, but we made it. That's all. Yeah, it was great. Thank you so much. All right, have a great day. Bye bye. Bye bye.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"hurricane" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"As hurricanes might change over us a broader period of time. And really there's just a lot more research nowadays with better technology being available as well to try and help people to price risk better, but also to perhaps ensure that the pricing is more sustainable over a longer period of time as well. I would imagine that if there is a sort of significant climate change element to this that perhaps some of this randomness could go away or that could get worse and worse in some sort of maybe predictable trajectory. Can you talk a little bit more about the sort of intersection of sort of extreme weather risk with the climate modeling that you're talking about and how it changes to the industry if there's a perception that some of these things aren't random and that there are trends that are going to sustain themselves for years to come. That's actually quite a difficult question to answer to be honest with you without talking to the people with the money or the underwriters on the ground, but I guess my response to that would be that the industry is certainly looking far ahead now in terms of the research and analysis that they're doing and they're really trying to understand where the trajectory of events is going. But it can be very difficult to pinpoint that in any exact way and Tracy began this by saying that this year's hurricane season was a little strange. Now some of the forecasts in advance of the hurricane season from the main meteorological agencies were predicting huge numbers of storms and we just didn't see that. So you really can't go out and buy your protection based on a forecast. You've got to look at recent history plus factor in your forward looking climate science and try and come up with something reasonable for the next season or two seasons or three seasons. Now I'm sure at the CFO level of the big insurance companies they're thinking much further ahead and wondering how they're going to adjust their pricing to accommodate the potential climate of the future. But I think on the underwriting side, the people who are sort of analyzing underwriting and then pricing these risks, they're thinking about the duration of the contract and what could happen within that period of time. And there's other factors out there that have really been as damaging in some ways in terms of losses as the events themselves in some cases and I'm thinking here about elements like social inflation litigation alongside inflated prices and how that is affecting property. Sort of rebuild costs and things like that. There's a lot been going on over the last 5 years, which is all sort of coincided with a particularly challenging period of catastrophe activity as well. Up next on odd lots
Bloomberg Radio New York
"hurricane" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"As hurricanes might change over us abroad a period of time and really there's just a lot more research nowadays with better technology being available as well to try and help people to price risk better but also to perhaps ensure that the pricing is more sustainable over a longer period of time as well. I would imagine that if there is a sort of significant climate change element to this that perhaps some of this randomness could go away or that could get worse and worse in some sort of maybe predictable trajectory. Can you talk a little bit more about the sort of intersection of sort of extreme weather risk with the climate modeling that you're talking about and how it changes the industry if there's a perception that some of these things aren't random and that there are trends that are going to sustain themselves for years to come. That's actually quite a difficult question to answer to be honest with you without talking to the people with the money or the underwriters on the ground, but I guess my response to that would be that the industry is certainly looking far ahead now in terms of the research and analysis that they're doing and they're really trying to understand where the trajectory of events is going. But it can be very difficult to pinpoint that in any exact way and Tracy began this by saying that this year's hurricane season was a little strange. Now some of the forecasts in advance of the hurricane season from the main meteorological agencies were predicting huge numbers of storms and we just didn't see that. So you really can't go out and buy your protection based on a forecast. You've got to look at sort of recent history plus factor in your forward looking climate science and try and come up with something reasonable for the next season or two seasons or three seasons. Now I'm sure the CFO level of the big insurance companies that are thinking much further ahead and wondering how they're going to adjust their pricing to accommodate the potential climate of the future. But I think on the underwriting side, the people who are sort of analyzing underwriting and then pricing these risks, they're thinking about the duration of the contract to what could happen within that period of time. And there's other factors out there that have really been as damaging in some ways in terms of losses as the events themselves in some cases and I'm thinking here about elements like social inflation litigation alongside inflated prices and how that is affecting property. Sort of rebuild costs and things like that. There's a lot been going on over the last 5 years, which is all sort of coincided with a particularly challenging period of catastrophe activity as well. Up next on odd lots, we are going
Between Two Wings
"hurricane" Discussed on Between Two Wings
"Aircraft that operates like monitors all four engines and operates. Lovely ice systems. They'll usually be out pre-fighting and fill in the aircraft making sure everything's working but they're the guys who are sitting in the middle operating the power levers the storm and when i talk about how we find the storm you'll see why so we briefly come up with our game plan on how we're going to get out there if we're going to expect whether on the way the storm we actually don't like just fly through thunderstorms if it's between us and a hurricane if you're gonna fly through hurricane you just wanna do the minimum amount of time in the storm so actually her away around thunderstorms on the way into a hurricane. Not kind of because there are some stressors on the aircraft. So you're trying to make sure that you know you're not imposing more or hitting closer to the limits until you actually get to the storm. Yeah everything we do while. It seems like pretty. I don't wanna say dangerous. It has elevated level of risk..
Between Two Wings
"hurricane" Discussed on Between Two Wings
"Episode between two wings our guest is a pilot with a no a hurricane hunters. We spoke with her earlier this summer before. Any named storms had made landfall in the us since our interview. Several storms have hit the us including hurricane ida which made landfall in louisiana in late august. It affected more than a million people and left destruction in. Its wake necessary. Preparations for these storms. Might be possible. Without the noah pilots who fly through hurricanes to help forecasters and scientists gather operational and research data. Everyone and welcome back to between two.
Oil and Gas This Week Podcast
"hurricane" Discussed on Oil and Gas This Week Podcast
"We have some amazing stuff coming up. Page know dean murphy and his student outreach group in industry street team they're they're reading pru s books to elementary kids and now chris great which by the way audience needs some help with that so if you liked idea of us volunteer our time going to elementary schools middle schools and high schools and teaching pro oil and gas science literature. Let me know what. I'm looking for his budget. We bought these books out of our pocket. I don't mind doing that. But north of me to scale a need some more money to buy more prolonged gas books. We have the books identified. We have the schools agree and for our people come into retail elementary kids. The middle schools agreed for us coming in teaching geology using jello which is awesome and a high school kids agreed. Green first communion show and big data sets of how the only athens. She works but a little bit of help. If you want help us reach out to our world. Young people start changing this negative public perception thing that we've been on. Please let me know identity. Launch a podcast show mark. We did lots of new podcast. Leslie i mean. I feel like this happening like every other month. It's luke corporate solutions podcasts. Legit here with joe. Joe's incredible he has such a dry sense of humor that sometimes you're not sure if he's being funny or not true. It's my favorite beautiful. Funny super telit. Great guy shows out. Go listen to put a lincoln a show notes and it's not an ever gotten some pushback on this it's not it's not a renewable show. It is a show about low-carbon solutions. Really whether that luke probably are loser is something to do with hydrocarbons or something to do with geothermal some it doesn't matter. We're talking lukewarm solution. Good shogo check it out speaking to check and stuff out We're starting to book with speaking gigs. Like in person Like myself or any other experts. Come to your conference. Your trade show re toward in the year so your sales leaders marking leaders. Think about your kickoff next year would love to come out there. It's loads of fun. People always enjoy it. Reach out to be happy to share details and then first friday. Qna you know the drill right in question if we use your question on the air you've been shoutout. The goal is to help. Educate your peers and you go to booth all yeses week dot com.
Oil and Gas This Week Podcast
"hurricane" Discussed on Oil and Gas This Week Podcast
"Pros who went quickly heater finger on the pulse of the industry. Thanks for joining us for episode. Two hundred and forty-two hey mark don't even know where to start what's going on in the world right now between afghanistan and hurricane ida my heart's pretty broken forever and you'll meet to do to give a big shot up to our partner airlines. When things i think is really cool is all this stuff is gonna afghanistan. You see all the newsreels about the military evacuate and people. I do want to give a big shout out to our partner. United airlines you've been seen on tv how the military's been evacuating people like crazy which you may not know. A lot of private companies are also evacuate in the citizens and the refugees. Mass ghanistan included united airlines. So far they've managed applaud. Fifteen hundred people that you'll see that the news so big shout out to the united airlines. They're cruiser employees families for doing something. That's a bit risky. But it was the right thing for them to do. So they're getting people out of there. We'll keep our fingers crossed from everybody out there. And we also had some servicemen just recently so quick moment of silence for afghanistan and also for the us marines and seamen and soldiers that we've lost just recently all right. Let's get to news stories. Page all right so Oil companies evacuate employees slash production ahead of hurricane ida. They learned listening katrina. So everybody's a shut down the wills We're looking at about one dot six million barrels of production. That are off line right now. The hurricane just made it through the gulf on. There's a bunch of rumors floating around that. That i just want to type. Try to qualify. You're so one that's going around right now. Is that the shells. More platform has become. A moored is now floating around. That is not true. Just heard from the coast guard that the shells more platform is in is in three thousand feet of water properly more down same way with the ursula and the olympics platforms so all the platforms are in place. I did hear that there might have been a noble drilling boat that capsized. Luckily all those people are safe on. There were some injuries. Think reminder so it looks like the at least what's happening so far at least the the operators in the gulf of mexico like your by safe looks like most of the production. That's offline will come back online. The biggest thing page now is what refineries are down in the gulf coast can be brought back up and we'll reporter that as soon as we have some information on that..
The Takeaway
"hurricane" Discussed on The Takeaway
"But before it was downgraded to tropical storm early monday. The hurricane brought catastrophic flooding. High storms are a hundred and fifty miles per hour winds to low lying coastal communities. Like new orleans. The storm surge was powerful enough to temporarily reverse the flow of the mississippi river and most critically hurricane ida toppled transmission tower. The provides electricity to new orleans the photos of the electrical tower lying in the river. Make it pretty clear. Just how long it's likely to be before. The one million residents without power can once again like the darkness cool their homes or refrigerate their food all of which leads me to ask the one question which proves i came to new orleans identity through marriage rather than birth. I actually asked my mother-in-law if this is enough if facing a month long evacuation or having to brave weeks without electricity finally is enough to make her and my father-in-law consider moving ultimately. It's a silly question. The new orleans and like any tree with deep roots and broad branches. New orleanians do not transplant easily. I think this this this time thinking like the crazy. You know thinking that people could live eighty fleet. You know so that every year you'll have to be given back back but you did. This is our investments are going to be a house of the night place. Hurricane season you know which people frequently to me. John cats met my brilliant kind mother-in-law flip that question about moving into a conversation about climate. Change they're not going anywhere which means war hurricane seasons and more conversations. That sound just like the one. You just heard here to help us. Think about hurricane ida and what the storm means for the city of new orleans is sarah gibbons environment writer at national geographic sir recently wrote about how. It could reshape new orleans. Sarah welcome to the show. Hi melissa happy to be here and also with us. Is oliver lachlan. Us southern bureau chief for the guardian oliver. Great to have you here. Thanks so much. For having minnesota. So oliver i can hear that. You're clearly joining us by phone. Can you tell us what you have seen on the ground there over the past twenty four hours or so sure yes. I'm based in new orleans for the guardian with here When i hit it was incredibly intense pounding doom. I myself right out of high. I live in french codes My restarted leaking. We had some damage and Wind damage as well And i've kind of been out in reporting reporting the city for the past twenty four hours a lot of people incredibly from highs of see being reminded of what happened here sixteen years ago today. Which when katrina hit the city Low people price sank. Thankful of levy systems of your protection system received multi billion dollar bathroom from the federal government over the years Held and there hasn't been Substantial flooding but now people really kind of coming to terms with eight damage and be. There is no power anywhere in the city. Which is Obviously having ready devastating impact on people's lives yet. Let's talk about that for a bit. I think you know for folks who have maybe experienced a power outage for twenty four hours. Maybe even for two or three days. You have a sense of sort of why it's irritating or annoying but talk to us a little bit about what this may mean for the city to be without power for weeks on end. Yeah i mean. I think it's kind of unfolding and people just kind of starting to grow up with the. That's a real possibility can be myself. I am struggling to kind of file up sites On stories to my news desk. You know much more acute in communities around the city. So you know i spent some time Out in the west bank and people who were kind of hit hardest by the storm now kind of grappling with the fact that maybe they didn't bring in enough suits pass for the next few weeks Not really so Comprehending the longtime power. Outages could have been a possibility instead. People are looking whether they can evacuate. Some people simply. Don't have the means to do that. The maimon and so you kind of sitting around humid himes. Credibly haunting humid here and really just kind of trying to figure out what to do next. It's very Difficult situation and obse Disco in different ways in many communities. Sarah i want to bring you in here. Because as oliver's talking about sort of maybe not Having brought in enough food and all of that. I always try to emphasize to folks where we talk about. Hurricane katrina that it did matter that it hit on the twenty ninth which of course is also now true of ida too late in the month if you receive a check at the start of the month but not late enough if your if your monthly check comes on the last day of the month like the twenty. Ninth is genuinely disastrous. Day for disaster to hit for folks who are living paycheck to paycheck was which is a lot of working people. Can you talk us a little bit about other ways. That what we're seeing an ida is returned to the experiences of katrina even with the levees. thank god holding. Yeah i mean. I i'll also point out to the storm Spun up so much more quickly than katrina. People were really caught off guard and and had only just a few days to to try to prepare for the storm In a lot of ways you know you mentioned the levy system that held Thankfully after the storm but ida's exposing that the electrical infrastructure of the city still needs a lot of work Into their stole a lot of ways that the city needs to adapt to these really dangerous storms. And my mother-in-law said sarah that she feels like hurricane season is now longer than when she grew up there or when her parents grew up there that it's more intense Is that worn out by the data. We're not necessarily seeing more hurricanes. In sort of the official tally or or lengthening of the season but you know with warming atmospheres in the warming. ocean we are seeing more major hurricanes. These category three four five hurricanes hitting the gulf coast last year southwest louisiana. Salt two major hurricanes. Act back lauren. In hurricane delta And so the storms when they do manage to form are growing lot stronger than they may have in the past all thinking about the saying that you know in military strategy that were always fighting the last war And it certainly felt just in my own. Social media feeds. I was following friends and family. Who were making decisions about whether or not to leave that. We were preparing for the last hurricane or not. Actually not the last one but the big girl back. Fifteen years ago hurricane katrina the worry was about levee failure but but.
Stuff You Should Know
"hurricane" Discussed on Stuff You Should Know
"Okay chuck. You took a salt tablet. You walked it off and now your heads back in the game right my heads back in the game. Where did you leave off. I left off about how space hurricanes are basically presenting a new pioneer frontier in space research. Because we didn't really know they existed. We suspected something like that existed but we certainly had no idea that they were arms of plasma that that spun around at staggering speeds a calm center. But it's not wind. We're talking about these clouds. This is water vapor like this is plasma. These are ions and electrons in just incredible energy and magnetism. It has nothing to do with earthbound hurricane and yet it bears a striking resemblance to. It's very bizarre. Yeah it is interesting in that. There is What you can think of is precipitation in both in that we get the rain on earth and there's his electric precipitation and it's super interesting that there is an eye and they spin and have arms. Yeah which you know Obviously is why they're called hurricanes another one meteorologists in here who in the house of works article that said he thought they might have been called space vortex initially because it was over the north pole and resemble the polar vortex but they went with the space hurricane. Guess because it's a little sexier probably One of the other ways that they're different is the cheers well from where they occur. Obviously the earth's atmosphere From think ground zero or we should probably just say the ground the surface the from the ground about five nine miles up is where you're gonna find an earth hurricane fear. Yeah whereas the space hurricane is in the ionosphere like i mentioned early on and then the sheer size. This one i think was about six hundred miles wide..
Stuff You Should Know
"hurricane" Discussed on Stuff You Should Know
"Hey welcome to the short steph. I'm josh and there's chuck and there's the special of but normal producer dave here. I mean especially like in a way like sure by special and all the way. That's right in a romper room. sorta way. that's exactly right. And i'll tell you something else that special chuck. Something very special happened on august. Twenty two thousand fourteen over the Magnetic north pole of this year planet earth. Where for the first time. In the history of humanity we documented. What's known is a space plasma hurricane in that neat it's neat and This is something that wasn't fully well. It was documented here and there but nature communications wrote about it in february of this year. So i think it got a lot more attention Seven years after the fact Almost seven years. But yeah this was like you said about the north pole. It happened over a few hours The result of what happened up there was there were some satellites. That were disrupted The geomagnetic field got a little kinky for a little while the back here on earth Well below the ionosphere we were dislike. I don't know what i was doing on august. Twenty thousand fourteen. I could probably go back and look everybody was remarkable though. i wouldn't thinking about space hurricanes. No because no one really noticed because in august that's a pretty terrible time typically to see the auroras or at least the aurora gory. Alice because the day The days are so much longer than the night. So you can't really see these these fantastic light display's but had you've been able to see the aurora borealis that night you would have been knocked right out of your your hiking boots basically because this was again. A space hurricane doesn't happen every day and we don't really understand fully how they happened or why but they're called space hurricanes because if from what we saw from what this nature communications paper from february twenty twenty one said It bears a striking resemblance to a a a tropical hurricane or cyclone or an atlantic hurricane. Where there's a mass of Energy basically spinning around a calm center. There's a million differences between say earthbound hurricane in space hurricane. But the fact that there there you could even call. Both hurricanes is kind of startling and actually it seems to me chuck kind of like it's presenting like a new pioneer in scientific research. Now like we're like okay. How is this happen more to these. Come from what is going on here. I agree and also have to admit. I was distracted for a minute because i was obsessed with trying to figure out what i was doing on august. Twenty twenty four. Did you ever figure it out. No because i didn't open up my calendar and go back. But i did find out that it was a wednesday so i know we probably weren't recording this no and it was a year after our tv show aired which aired over the course of what like ten days. Yeah you're probably in hiding still may have been. Yeah but i think that's probably a good place we can't break. Can we sure we can. It's a short stuff. Anything goes all right. Let's take a break then. I'll get my head back in the game today and every day. You're doing the impossible with so little time under so much pressure and for businesses around the world it's a.
The Confessionals
"hurricane" Discussed on The Confessionals
"Originally i. I was thinking it would be really interesting to like. Do a doctor's visit before going out there and afterwards but of course since the hurricane hit a lot of those afterwards plans did not come through. Yeah absolutely and speaking of the hurricane. That's a that's kind of get into this conversational because you know you said that somebody hiked out to to see you to tell you that there was a a big hurricane coming and at that point. What were some of the thoughts running through your mind. I mean i imagine the initial thought the survival mode kicks in your leg. Okay abandoned the project right well. So here's the thing. When he came to tell me that hurricanes coming it was at that point a category one or two hurricane Now i haven't. I've never experienced direct hit hurricane but we've had hurricanes grazed dominika before And when he told me what the wind speed was like calculate. See what that would be like an car but then figuring it's wind and of course is a part of you. That's like okay. Is this gonna be wise. Should i do this. But honestly i felt like based off the information. I got every time. I would definitely be able to weather and then to that project was about what it's like living with nature so as like i can't just take all the good times from nature and then you know scary. Nature comes through. And i'm like okay. You know.
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
"hurricane" Discussed on SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
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"hurricane" Discussed on SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
"Com the spacex s. Intense dashi prototype test. Article has exploded in spectacular orange fireball. Listen ten minutes. After completing a successful test what from its south texas launch facility starship had undertaken a spectacular. Six minute twenty second flight climbing vertically to an altitude of ten kilometers on its three raptor engines for hovering performing a number of precise in flight maneuvers and then transitioning into a horizontal position and descending back towards the ground before successfully returning to a vertical position final touchdown eight seven. Six five four. Three two one ignition at c. Two who's prepared for section thirty five s you wanted. lvs plus thirty seconds starship. Ten has liftoff incentive to ten kilometers on its test flight from boca chica and cameron county taxes. Coming up on plus two minutes. We're getting ready to transition from three to two engines firing on starship. We'll be shutting one engine off. That's intentional t plus three minutes and counting starship coming up on eight kilometers altitude. We're getting ready to shut down the second engine. This is intentional. Coming up on t plus four minutes. We're ten kilometers. We've gone into the hover. We're still being powered by the single raptor. Engine t plus four minutes and forty seconds. Starship has transitioned. Its flip to the horizontal mode beginning the descent back to the landing zone coming up on five minutes. Forty five seconds were down below two kilometers with preparing to light three raptor engines to begin to flip sequence. It'll come innate with landing on the landing pad in boca chica. Third time's a charm. As the saying goes we've had a successful soft touchdown on the landing pad. That's camping a beautiful test. Flight of starship turn as a reminder of the key point of today's test flight was together the date on controlling the vehicle while reentering and we were successful in doing so. We had a nominal asset. We had the maneuver to play starship. One we reached ten kilometers right on time and then during the subsonic entry it appears we had good control of the vehicle using the front and aft flaps as we approach the landing pad. We successfully lit the three raptor engines to perform that maneuver. And then we shut down two of them and landed on the single engine as planned a beautiful soft landing of starship on the landing pad at boca chica. Texas team has several more sub orbital test vehicles and build with number eleven ready to roll out to the pad in the very near future. It looked like a spectacular success. Things were not as good as they seemed during the landing. Three of the six landing legs failed. They just hung there and wobbled as the thing descended and they provided no support at all once the arctic will reach the ground that resulted of the spacecraft having a noticeable till once it came to rest then almost ten minutes after touchdown those a sudden puff of black smoke near the base of the rocket at the same time observers realized that the nose cone had pit krankl that suggests a major internal structural failure and then a massive explosion blowing the vehicle hundreds of meters back up into the air as it ripped apart his how the every astronaut website described what happened. Oh god it just blew up. It just blew up. It just blew up what what just happened. The previous s eight and s nine articles also ended up an explosive failures. That happened after they had landed too heavily. This explosion was very different because of the sequence of events leading up to it. Full investigation will determine what really happened. Originally called the beer foul big falcon rocket. Starship is the culmination of space. X boss elon. Musk stream develop a fully reusable super heavy lift spacecraft capable of carrying one hundred fifty tons of people in chicago orbit at one hundred tons on missions to the moon and an interplanetary journeys across the solar system. Musk says he sees starship very much as a colonial transport system technically starship is the upper stage of a two stage lord system the two hundred and thirty on first stage called the super heavy sixty eight meters long nine meters in diameter and construct that a stainless steel. It'll be powered by thirty. Seven liquid may find an oxygen propelled raptor rocket engines providing seventy two megan unions or sixteen million pounds of thrust the one hundred and twenty ton. Opera starship stage is fifty meters long. Also nine meters wide and we'll be powered by six liquid methane and oxygen propellant. Rep the rocket engines. Three configured fatness furry operations and three for the vacuum of space at full frost though deliver approximately twelve thousand killing two million six hundred thousand pounds of thrust starship equipped with its own retractable landing gear allowing rocket assisted. Vertical landings the things. They were testing. Prior to this latest explosion spacex plans on using starship to replace the company's existing falcon nine and falcon heavy loan systems as well as its dragging capsules with the first flight. Slated for twenty twenty three this space time still to come rocket labs electron rocket gets a big brother and later in the science report. Johnson and johnson's single-dose covid nineteen vaccine gets fda approval. All that and much more still to come.
Zero Credit(s)
"hurricane" Discussed on Zero Credit(s)
"With. I get it. Andrew is a real hurricane. The devastation was was real. It was like widespread that the hurricane did a loop de loop around the entire american south like it hit pretty much. Every coastal stated could makes sense the next location card however said gulfport alabama fascinating choice. Super fascinating choice. Because for those of you don't know gulfport is a real city it. It's in mississippi. State that i have a my heart is very connected to. My wife is from mississippi. I spent six years of my life in mississippi. It's a good state full of okay. People get passed over a lot in weather reporting for some reason. They they refer to as the landmass new orleans and alabama and so it feels particularly egregious to pick an actual city from mississippi and to place it an alabama for seemingly. No reason did they think it was gulf shores. I'd like there's even a moment at the national weather service the first fifteen minutes of the movie which to be clear they make the national weather service like the counterterrorism unit. Twenty four. this movie. The national weather service looks like a call center. Like it doesn't it doesn't look like a set from twenty four. The national weather service like it has a whole cast of characters and like people that we think we're gonna care about and then they're never they're seeing one more time just to say man. That character really was right to say that the storm was gonna be real bad. And then that's it. Why are there. These characters had a whole thing. One of them was on a diet. Like yeah this is clearly had a thing going on. I would have been happy to have seen more of them. Real weird real weird move. However i'm just wondering if you're going to set your hurricane based movie in the south just make a town you don't want to steal the name of a town and then put it in a different state for some reason..
Zero Credit(s)
"hurricane" Discussed on Zero Credit(s)
"So i want to. Since in all likelihood people did not go out and watch hurricane heist film listening to this. I do want to give them a brief top level overview of a couple of different things so the plot of the movie people want to steal old money because i guess when money gets old enough it shredded by the federal reserve. A group of people led by ralph innocent. Who's an incredible actor. And what a shame have to break into the federal reserve steal this money and then they are thwarted by two storm chasing brothers well as storm chasing brother and his nick other brother of both of which who's they lost their father to hurricane andrew and actually real storm that hit a nineteen ninety two which was really odd for me who lived through that. Yes are real. Actual devastating horrifying storm killed their father by the way hurricane. Andrew famous for having giant screaming skulls. Inside of it this is. I literally had to pause the movie. John and i you can ask. You can ask jamie my wife cheap. I don't normally like pausing things. I in fact hated. I like to watch things all the way through. But when ace literal skull popped up in the clouds of a hurricane. I hit the pause to check the minute mark to see how early into the movie. They added that and it is exactly at four minutes and three seconds four minutes and three seconds in the movie we get the skull storm and just to kind of set the scene for who were going to be talking. 'bout i just want to talk about some of the characters. Perhaps i biggest complaint with this moving the two brothers. The two main characters of this will much more of a of a protagonist main character. And sorry don't you mean willie willa willa rutledge rate rutledge. You cut last names. I think it's rutledge. Okay i try to. I think his name's will rutledge and his brother breeze. And here's a real problem. Why not makes the meteorologist brother freeze. I honestly feel like it was switched and then somebody was way too on the nose way too on the nose of wool. I'm gonna come up with a whole new name. So hundred skin the switch. The two names and i do have to say i. I went through seventy five percent of the movie thinking. his.