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DIG LIFE DEEP! with John Aidan Byrne brings fascinating guests from Main to Wall Street and the worlds of finance, economics, politics, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, sports, art, science and more. The show celebrates success, a spirit of enterprise, in an age of unparalleled social upheaval. An award-winning Irish journalist in his beloved America, Byrne seeks hope for our existential crisis. Byrne is a writer, reporter, editor and Broadway alumnus. His work is published in the New York Post, Wall Street Journal, National Catholic Register, Institutional Investor and other major outlets. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-aidan-byrne0/support
Dr. Louis Perron is an internationally renowned political consultant based in Switzerland. He has won dozens of competitive election campaigns in various countries – with his message of discipline, scientific analysis, polling, strategy and focus. He is the author of "How to Overcome the Power of Incumbency in Election Campaigns," as well as, "Beat The Incumbent. Proven Strategies And Tactics To Win Elections" (his latest). His Beat The Incumbent tome offers Dr. Perron's study of the campaigns of Barack Obama (US), Volodymyr Zeleneksy (Ukraine) and Emmanuel Macron (France) and others, while delving into Dr. Perron's strategies of how to beat the incumbent.
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What triggered the worst riots on the streets of Dublin, Ireland, in decades? The rioting, as it should be, was condemned for its destruction and hooliganism in the wake of a shocking stabbling incident in Parnell Street by a man identified as a naturalized citizen born abroad. The motive for the stabbling, which injured three children and a woman, was not clear. But mainstream media and the Irish government and local police, pinned the blame on right wing extremists. Is that it? The reality could point to something more sinister, a state of affairs given only curt attention, or dismissed in the popular media narratives. On this episode, we'll offer some context and more credible reasons for the mayhem in Dublin.
Here's how the Guardian newspaper covered the riots:
"A strange duality characterised Thursday’s riots in Dublin: the level of violence caught most people by surprise, and yet there was also a feeling of inevitability about it. Ireland’s Booker prize-winning novelist Paul Lynch captured the mood in his acceptance speech on Sunday, when he said he was “astonished” by the disturbances but that the possibility for such disquiet to break out is “always under the surface.
"Few expected to see the capital descend into a violent hellscape during evening rush hour. But factcheckers like myself who monitor Ireland’s far right – as part of our work verifying online content and debunking misinformation –have witnessed how the movement instigated city-wide destruction after building on anti-immigrant sentiment over the past year."
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Winston E. Allen, author of “DON’T GET MAD, GET RICH” and “LIVE A PURPOSEFUL AND MEANINGFUL LIFE”, newly published autobiography “I PRIED OPEN WALL STREET IN 1962“, is so much more than the title reveals. Dr. Allen’s book is fascinating, riveting, historical and grossly entertaining, and has been getting much acclaim from critics and the general reading public alike.
The story of Dr. Allen’s true-life experiences that propelled Dr. Allen to ultimately form the first minority owned, independent, broker-dealer firm in the history of the United States. The title captures just a fraction of the extraordinary life of the author.
There are so many stirring experiences told that the reader was compelled to not put this book down. Dr. Allen’s first gripping experience was as a 13-year-old boy, traveling, by train, from New York City to Miami, Florida in a sealed, locked compartment, in 1946 and how this experience shaped his life. Before leaving Penn Station in New York, Dr. Allen learned later in life that his parents provided gratuities to the black porter staff to ensure that their child would arrive safely in Miami. Being locked in this compartment for three days, Dr. Allen would only see the porters when they brought his meals to his compartment.
Before arriving at Union Station in Washington DC, the porters entered his compartment and pulled the curtains shut to make sure no one would see Dr. Allen. Peeking through the curtains, Dr. Allen saw, for the first time, bathroom signs that read “WHITES ONLY” and “COLORED” in bold capital letters.
Thinking, since this is the capital, this is the only time he would see these signs. Dr. Allen recalls, as the train traveled further south, the worse things became. This experience had a great impact on Dr. Allen’s life and Dr. Allen was resolute not to let anything deter him from seizing the advantages of whatever opportunities the future might hold for him.
In 1961, Dr. Allen earned a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Paris at the Sorbonne at the University of Paris. Remembering his 1946 train ride, Dr. Allen expected a similar experience, only to be flabbergasted that in Dr. Allen’s own words, “My ethnicity was never an issue.” This was a new and freeing experience as Dr. Allen traveled widely throughout Europe, never once experiencing any type of bias because of the color of his skin. This, again, was a life changing experience as Dr. Allen was determined never to let his ethnicity in the United States be an impediment in his life.
Returning to the United States in 1962, from his experiences and contacts made in Paris, Dr. Allen decided his career would be within the citadel of capitalism, on Wall Street.
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Long accused of racism and “white flight,” the ethnic Americans driven from their homes and neighborhoods—the author JACK CASHILL included—finally get the chance to tell their side of the story.
“A startlingly honest and poignant look at ‘white flight’ from the white perspective. A necessary and overdue corrective.” —Brent Bozell III, founder and president of the Media Research Center wrote of JACK CASHILL'S latest book, UNTENABLE. The True Story of White Ethnic Flight From America's Cities. (Post Hill Press)
CASHILL, a native of Newark who now lives most of the year in Kansas City, once asked a lifelong friend, a rare Democrat among the displaced, why he and his widowed mother finally left our block in the early 1970s, twenty years after the first African-American families moved in. He searched a minute for the right set of words, and then simply said, “It became untenable.” When I asked what he meant by “untenable,” he answered, “When your mother gets mugged for the second time, that’s untenable. When your home gets broken into for the second time, that’s untenable.” In researching this project, I found myself repeatedly stunned by the failure of self-described experts on white flight to ask those accused of fleeing why it was they fled. The reason the experts didn’t ask, I discovered, is that they were afraid of what they might learn.Website: Cashill.com
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Eduard Habsburg is Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta. His family reigned in Austria, Hungary, Germany, Spain (and quite a few other places). Also known as Archduke Eduard of Austria, he is a diplomat and social media personality. Eduard and his wife, Baroness Maria Theresia von Gudenus, have six children. Eduard is the author of several books, including the children’s book Dubbie: The Double-Headed Eagle; volumes on Thomas Aquinas, James Bond, and Harry Potter; novels; and screenplays. His latest book, The Habsburg Way. Seven Rules for Turbulent Times, is published by Sophia Institute Press.
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It's a standoff between the left and right. On the left, sitting US President JOE BIDEN is facing serious allegations of influence peddling and pay for play, as more details and allegations emerge on his son HUNTER BIDEN'S business affairs. On the right, former President DONALD TRUMP faces multiple charges of wrong-doing, and conspiring to defraud the US following the results of the 202 election.
Who's right, who's wrong? That may be less important, oddly enough, than the question on the rule of law. Yes, the biggest test here is the future of American democracy. What matters is the US still stands as a beacon of hope and as a strong democracy for the world to admire, just as despots and crazed leaders outside America roam the world. Listen to our commentary on this episode.
Plus, workforce trends expert, IRA WOLFE, has some robust insights on how to preserve serendipity on the job as remote work raises the stake.
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Communio, a national nonprofit organization that works with churches to strengthen families and develop stronger faith lives, has released its new Nationwide Study on Faith and Relationships showing that a forty-year decline in marriage and fatherhood has fueled the public health crisis in loneliness and driven the national decline in Christian faith.
The conclusions are drawn from a nationwide survey of 19,000 Sunday church attendees conducted during worship in 112 evangelical, Protestant, and Catholic congregations.
In the wake of the US Surgeon General’s May 2 advisory on loneliness, this study found just 22 percent of church goers were considered lonely. Single church goers were more than three times more likely to be considered lonely than the married. Men and women who had never married in their 30s were more likely to be lonely than the loneliest group of widows.
The collapse of resident fatherhood through the decline in marriage is fueling the direct decline in faith. The study found 80 percent of all Sunday church attendees – single or married, young or old -- in the United States grew up in a continuously married home with both biological parents at a time where this is increasingly rare. This trend held across age groups.
Roughly 1 in 5 married churchgoers struggle (have a satisfaction gap) in their marriage. Women are 62 percent more likely to struggling than men. Cohabiting women were 76 percent more likely to struggle than married women and twice as likely to struggle than cohabiting men.
“To effectively evangelize today, we must address the declining number of marriages, poor marital health and improve the effectiveness of fathers in those marriages,” said J.P. DeGance, President of Communio. “By addressing these three issues, we can end the loneliness epidemic as well as spark a sustained revival in Christian faith and active church attendance. The link between marriage and faith is clear, yet 85 percent of all churches in the United States report spending zero dollars annually on marriage and relationship ministry.”
Communio is a nonprofit that equips to evangelize through the renewal of healthy relationships, marriages, and families.
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RUSSELL CROWE stars in this year's demonic thriller, The Pope's Exorcist—a true story displaying the life of chief exorcist for the Vatican, FR. GABRIELE AMORTH and his battles against Satan and his demons. Coinciding with this release, The Pope's Exorcist: 101 Questions About Fr. GABRIELE AMORTH, was released in April. See, https://sophiainstitute.com/product/32003/
The editors at Sophia Institute Press—publisher of three best-selling books by FR. AMORTH—separate the fantasy from the facts surrounding what really occurs in exorcisms. They share examples of demonic obsession and possession from Fr. Amorth’s experience. The editors also lay out the alarming cause of most cases of possession (you will never guess the origin!), what exorcism really is, how it is performed, and its biblical history. JORDAN BURKE, featured in this interview, is a spokesman for Sophia Institute Press.
About JORDAN BURKE After a little over half a decade protecting and serving his community as a Police Officer, JORDAN BURKE traded in his badge and gun for a bible and a rosary. Falling deeply in love with the Church and Her teachings, he dove headfirst into the writings of the saints and all aspects of spiritual theology and hasn't stopped learning since. Combining his love of The Truth, history, and tradition with practical application, Jordan turned his life motto, "Do The Harder Thing," into a program of acquiring virtue and overcoming habitual sin for all who seek to become who God has called them to be. When he's not writing, researching, farming, and praying, he is, most importantly, a loving father of a beautiful little girl and a zealous defender of souls.
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Conspiracy theories are nothing new in the United States, says Cynthia Miller-Idriss, an American University sociology professor who focuses on extremism and radicalization, but they’ve been able to spread like wildfire over the past decade due to social media, which can easily amplify and circulate misinformation. That's according to FORTESA LATIFI, writing recently in Teen Vogue.
At the height of the Covid pandemic, conditions couldn’t be more ripe for conspiracy theories to took hold. Miller-Idriss says that people tend to turn to conspiracy theories when they’ve lost a sense of control and feel afraid and anxious because these theories can offer comfort in the form of a black-and-white answer. “When people feel out of control, they’re attracted to things that offer them an action path,” Miller-Idriss tells Teen Vogue. “It’s easier to believe in some nefarious orchestration than to believe that there is an invisible virus in the air that could harm their family.”
According to Miller-Idriss, “inexplicable deaths” — whether it’s death on a mass scale, like the pandemic, or the loss of a famous person like Princess Diana — breed conspiracy theories. “When something is so horrifying, it’s easier for people to believe it can’t be true. They can become more vulnerable to conspiracy theories because maybe they can’t psychologically wrap their head around the fact that it is true,” she says. “It’s these episodic, shocking events that create vulnerability."
According to some analysts and conspiracy theorists, there's also a long historical record of the U.S. government lying to its citizens, including about medical experiments, covert surveillance and torture programs, and the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Harboring suspicions that the government isn't always telling the full story is a perfectly reasonable response to this pattern of deception, these analysts contend. But sometimes critical thinking and skepticism blossom into something more fanciful and outlandish and a willingness to believe information that matches up with our preexisting political leanings or ideological beliefs. Still, as some historians and researchers note, some though not every conspiracy theories may ultimately blossom into establishments facts. Others should simply be dismisses as fanciful.
Source: Vogue and research
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James Barlow is a highly accomplished tech and business leader and the Founder of Triumph Technology Solutions LLC, a leading AWS cloud-native services provider with over a decade of experience in the industry.As a skilled entrepreneur, James has a deep understanding of the development of IT Services and Software Businesses with domain expertise in AWS, Fintech, Healthcare, E-Commerce, and more. He has started numerous tech companies, including an eBay-based business, and was generating close to $1m in revenue from eBay sales monthly at the age of only 20 as a “power seller.”James is also a highly skilled DevOps Engineer with experience in various web development technologies. Prior to founding Triumph Technology Solutions, he worked at Jurisdesk Business Web Development as a Lead DevOps Engineer, helping companies develop their online presence and generate leads for their sales teams.With his commitment to staying current with emerging technologies, James has earned certification as an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and Solutions Architect. He is also a passionate volunteer and deeply committed to several causes, including civil rights and social action, economic empowerment, education, disaster and humanitarian relief, politics, and science and technology.
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Bill Donohue was Honorably Discharged from the U.S. Air Force in 1970, and began his teaching career in 1973 working at St. Lucy's School in Spanish Harlem. In 1977, he took a position as a college professor teaching at La Roche College in Pittsburgh. In 1980, Bill was awarded his Ph.D. in sociology from New York University. In 2022, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Ave Maria School of Law.Bill is the author of ten books and thousands of articles. His first book, The Politics of the American Civil Liberties Union, was published in 1985. His next book, The New Freedom: Individualism and Collectivism in the Social Lives of Americans, was written while Bill was a Bradley Resident Scholar at The Heritage Foundation; it appeared in 1990. Bill's third book, Twilight of Liberty: The Legacy of the ACLU, was published in 1994; a new afterword to this book was published in 2001. His next book, Secular Sabotage: How Liberals are Destroying Religion and Culture in America, was published in 2009. Why Catholicism Matters: How Catholic Virtues Can Reshape Society in the 21st Century was published in 2012. This was followed by The Catholic Advantage: Why Health, Happiness, and Heaven Await the Faithful; it was published in 2015. In 2016, Unmasking Mother Teresa's Critics was published. Common Sense Catholicism: How to Resolve Our Cultural Crisis, was published in 2019. The Truth About Clergy Sexual Abuse: Clarifying the Facts and Causes was published in 2021. His latest book, War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream was published in 2023 (Sophia Institute Press) .https://www.amazon.com/War-Virtue-Rul... In this monumental book by one of the Church’s greatest contemporary defenders, Bill Donohue explains how the ruling class is systematically undermining the virtues that have built Western civilization and producing a “moral holocaust” that the traditional family cannot withstand.These radical elites have rejected the idea of personal sin and replaced it with social injustice. They’ve rejected traditional values and replaced them with a dangerously misguided individualism that is misusing our liberties to destroy freedom as we’ve known it.In his incomparable, no-holds-barred style, Donohue offers a commonsense solution to restoring the virtues in the workplace and defending universal morality. You will learn the hard-hitting truth about the dangers of multiculturalism, the “blame America” campaign, the Black Lives Matter movement, and Critical Race Theory. In 2023, Bill starred in, and was co-executive producer of, a documentary on Disney, titled, Walt’s Disenchanted Kingdom.Bill is the president and CEO of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization. The publisher of the Catholic League journal, Catalyst, he served for two decades on the board of directors of the National Association of Scholars. He writes regular columns for CNSNews.com and Newsmax.com.Bill also serves on the advisory boards of many organizations, including the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, and the Christian Film & Television Commission.Winner of several teaching awards, and many awards from the Catholic community, Bill has appeared on thousands of television and radio shows speaking on civil liberties, social issues, and religion. In 2022, he was named by the U.K.’s Catholic Herald as one of the top 250 Catholic leaders in the U.S.
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World poverty and extreme poverty worldwide are a present and dire reality and danger. According to the World Bank, about 650 million people in the world live below the extreme poverty line, defined as earning less than $2.15 per day. In the United States and other industrialized countries, living on less than $2.15 a day (absolutely, and without additional social assistance) would surely make a person homeless and starving. However, is that also the situation for those poorest 650 million in developing countries who are said to be living below this poverty line?
In this Exclusive expose, DR STEVEN PAYSON, an economist at the US Department of Labor, and professor at the University of Maryland, presents an alternative economic reality. Global poverty is undoubtedly dire, distressing and calls for appropriate policy responses and generous humanitarian aid. However, as DR PAYSON, argues in his latest volume of work, Extreme Poverty in the World: How the World Bank and United Nations Measure It (Fake Economics, Exposed: Its Pervasiveness, Harmfulness, and Prevention), a new presentation of the statistic facts are required, statistics based on purchasing power parity and not on "statistic poverty porn."
DR PAYSON argues that the prices actually paid by the poorest people on the planet can, in fact, be acquired and used by economists to derive more accurate measures of their actual level of well-being. "In this way," DR PAYSON maintains, "the world can have a better understanding of extreme poverty in its truest sense, and can direct assistance to where it is genuinely needed the most."
Order the book here, https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Poverty-United-Nations-Measure/dp/B0BRLX6H7K
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Does this have echoes of the worst excesses of the French Revolution? Take a read of the Statement of Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, in the hush money cases against former President DONALD J TRUMP:
TRUMP is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree
“The People of the State of New York allege that Donald J. Trump repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal crimes that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Manhattan is home to the country’s most significant business market. We cannot allow New York businesses to manipulate their records to cover up criminal conduct. As the Statement of Facts describes, the trail of money and lies exposes a pattern that, the People allege, violates one of New York’s basic and fundamental business laws. As this office has done time and time again, we today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law.”
This episode will offer an opinion from a non-partisan perspective, arguing that no former or sitting US President or elected leader - from any side of the aisle, should have to face trial at the whims, passions or emotions of the mob on the most flimsy of grounds. This politically charged show trial, Soviet style, could represent one of the lowest moments in American history, and it undoubtedly is one of the saddest. God Save America!
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Dr. Thomas D Williams has penned a hard-hitting and timely new book, The Coming Christian Persecution (Sophia Institute Press). A 2018 visiting research fellow for the Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Williams has written widely on theology, philosophy, ethics, and spirituality. He teaches theology at St. John’s University’s Rome campus and has done extensive media work, including serving as consultant and commentator on faith, ethics, and religion for NBC, CBS, and Sky News in the UK. He was appointed by the Holy See as spokesman for the synod of bishops in 1997 and again in 2001. Williams’s books include Who Is My Neighbor? Personalism and the Foundations of Human Rights and The World as It Could Be: Catholic Social Thought for a New Generation. He is also the author of the children’s book The First Christmas (Sophia Institute Press, 2022).According to recent reports, Christian persecution is rising globally and religious freedom is at major risk. Throughout the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and even in the West, Christian communities are being targeted for their beliefs, whether through violence or public policy, and it’s a trend that continues to escalate and is on our doorstep. In 2020, according to the World Watch List published by Open Doors, 340 million Christians were facing "high levels of persecution."As a response to these injustices, Dr. Thomas Williams, Breitbart Rome Bureau Chief penned a hard-hitting and timely new book that masterfully reveals the state of affairs in countries that systematically persecute Christians—The Coming Christian Persecution issuing March 21st.
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GIANNI RUSSO was born in Manhattan in 1943 and raised in the then close-knit Little Italy, and later Rosebank, Staten Island. After reprising Carlo Rizzi in a brief flashback scene at the end of The Godfather Part II, Russo acted in more than 46 films, including Goodnight, My Love (1972), Lepke (1975, as Albert Anastasia), Laserblast (1978), Chances Are (1989), The Freshman (1990), Side Out (1990), Another You (1991), Super Mario Bros. (1993), Any Given Sunday (1999) and Seabiscuit (2003).Russo claims that he started a fledgling career in organized crime working as an errand boy and mob associate for Frank Costello as an adolescent but later abandoned the dangerous and volatile lifestyle of organized crime. The Staten Island Mafioso Tommy Bilotti was reportedly best man at Russo's wedding.Since the beginning of his acting career, Russo owned a Las Vegas restaurant called Gianni Russo's State Street at 2570 State Street on the Las Vegas Strip (closed in 1988), and reportedly defeated 23 federal criminal indictments on a variety of charges stemming from alleged organized crime associations.Russo is also a singer. In 2004, he released a CD called Reflections that pays homage to Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. Russo owns a wine brand, Gianni Russo Wines, which debuted in 2009. In 2019, he published his memoir, Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob. Listen to his podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
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Dr. Charles P. Nemeth has been an educator for more than 40 years and has spent the vast majority of his professional life in the study and practice of law and justice. In addition, he has published over 50 textbooks and references across multiple editions and is a recognized expert on professional ethics and the justice system, private-sector justice and private security systems. In addition, Dr. Nemeth integrates practical and professional concepts with both classical and medieval thought, especially the ethical and moral principles espoused by Thomas Aquinas, Cicero and Aristotle.
Presently, Dr. Nemeth is Professor and Director of Criminal Justice—and Director of the Center for Criminal Justice, Law, and Ethics—at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Steubenville, Ohio. Prior to this, he was Chair and Professor of Security, Fire and Emergency Management and Director of the Center of Private Security and Safety at John Jay College in New York City. At present Dr. Nemeth continues his association with John Jay College as Professor Emeritus. He has also served as Chief Editor to a peer reviewed journal The Homeland Security Review and is now Editor in Chief of Natural Law and Justice.
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In this episode, we talk (mostly) all things money and markets and jobs. With all the prognostications from some of the most influential experts on Wall and Main Street mulling a recession, and some seeing it striking America this year, RODNEY McMULLEN, CEO at Kroger Co, the biggest supermarket operator, has nailed it. Consumers are behaving as if they are already in a recession, he says. We'll take a look underneath the hood of this strange and befuddling US and global economy, weigh up where we are at on all cylinders, political and economic. Labor force expert, IRA WOLFE, host of the GEEKS, GEEZERS & GOOGLIZATION Podcast, will help us make sense of all the noise and clutter. We'll also offer a sneak preview of our upcoming interview on HAPPINESS with DR. CHARLES P. NEMETH.
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MARC SEAL, who grew up on Long Island, New York, is the co-founder and CEO of Sortium, a Web3/metaverse technology provider. SEAL has experience in the crypto and NFT markets and in gaming and the metaverse. He spend much of his time working out of Sortium's offices in El Salvador so he has a unique view of its adoption of bitcoin as a national currency. SEAL's unique entrepreneurial journey started when he first developed the concept for a new video game back in 2011. He skipped college and thought about a career in the Marines after high school. Instead, his career put him on on a 14-year journey working on various startups building games and commercial applications, in government, getting involved in early crypto and NFT projects, and then eventually running the Star Wars digital business for The Topps Company and building the ToppsNFTs business onboarding brands such as MLB, Bundesliga, UEFA as well as working with brands such as Disney.
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Darshan Pindoria is a psychologist and mental health expert based in London, England who spent part of his life training to be a monk in India with a religious sect. But becoming a monk and studying to be a psychologist was not his initial career path. A career in Information Technology seemed like his destiny until deeper thoughts took root.
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According to RAKESH SHARMA, one of the most enduring mysteries of Bitcoin is the identity of its founder, Satoshi Nakamoto. "Little is known about this person or group, and their identity has never been confirmed," the writer adds in a post on Investopedia. "In October 2008, a message signed by Satoshi Nakamoto titled "Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper" announced the creation of the cryptocurrency. For the next two years, Satoshi remained active in the community, communicating with others in the development of the blockchain. Satoshi's last message on the Bitcoin forums was posted in December 2010, though unverified private messages from April 2011 have surfaced." This is an intriguing time for the volatile crypto markets with the spectacular fallout from the collapse of the FTX crypto platform and a blitz of significant pieces on crypto by industry leaders. One piece in the Wall Street Journal calls for a ban on crypto by US regulators following the example of the Chinese government. There is also a controversial theory making the rounds based on an academic study by Sean Griffin that may show evidence of bitcoin being artificially propped up by a secretive group.
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Adam Blai, a layman, is a peritus (Catholic Church-decreed expert) in religious demonology and exorcism for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He has also served as an expert in these areas in training priests, deacons, and laity in many other dioceses. He is an auxiliary member of the International Association of Exorcists, a Vatican-recognized Private Association of the Christian Faithful based in Rome. Over fifteen years of working and training in the exorcism ministry, he has witnessed or experienced a number of miracles, some of which he has been appointed to investigate by the Church. He also works in the tribunal of the Pittsburgh Diocese.
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Filco Carting is a leader in commercial waste collection services in New York City, offering job and life skills training sessions to members of underserved communities. The trainees, 66% of whom were formerly incarcerated, learn about holding down an important job, safety protocols and what life in the workforce is like. The program operated by FILCO trains participants for careers in waste removal. To date, the program has assisted over 300 people with pathways to apprenticeship.
Source: https://www.filcocarting.com
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Chris Slattery is a native of NYC. He pursued a dream to support pregnant women and girls in need with real alternatives to abortion and launched EMC (Expectant Mother Care) FrontLine Pregnancy Centers in mid-town Manhattan in 1985. EMC, led by Chris, was NYC’s first crisis pregnancy center. He pioneered the use of onsite ultrasound and pre-natal care in a crisis center in the mid 80s, and introduced 3D and 4D ultrasound in lifesaving work when the technology became available. He also pioneered using mobile ultrasounds with sidewalk counseling teams in major cities, at abortion clinics.
EMC has offered over 100,000 pregnant women in crisis – free pregnancy testing, on-site ultrasounds, pro-life counseling, onsite subsidized pre-natal care, STD testing, and on-site adoption arrangements, referrals for housing and legal aid, and material assistance. Chris is married to Eileen Tierney, and they have four children. Chris launched the first Mobile Ultrasound Clinic, in a major US city, on the streets of the Bronx, and Jackson Heights, Queens.
EMC launched “Operation FrontLine” in late February 2007, and has drawn national, and local media attention to this innovation, such as a November ’07 profile on the CBN-700 Club, and EMC has been featured on ABC Nightline. Chris was the confirmation sponsor for Dr. Bernard Nathanson, and was awarded the Champion for Life award by John Cardinal O’Connor.
Website: emcfrontline.org
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JEREMY TATE is the co-founder and CEO of the Classic Learning Test (CLT), a classical alternative to the SAT. He is a nationally recognized leader in the classic learning movement in K-12 education.
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TONY SALIBA is a world-renowned investment, trading and crypto expert. He has spent decades as a traditional trader and has also entered the crypto investing space becoming a major tech player. He is an internationally renowned business leader, multi-faceted serial entrepreneur, option trading pioneer, master trader and board member of the Chicago Stock Exchange, author, and shareholder, operator, and investor in nearly 100 companies.
Tony has been the founding member of key companies in the trading and tech industries such as Efficient Capital Management, International Trading Institute, Liquid Point, Fortify Technologies, and more. He currently maintains a global team of staffers in offices around the US, UK, India and China helping companies achieve high rates of growth and identifies initiatives to unlock exponential value.
He was one of the featured experts highlighted in the book, Market Wizards, and was recently featured as an expert for a series of articles with Business Insider (found here)
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Frank King, Suicide Prevention Speaker, a writer for The Tonight Show for 20 years, and a full-time standup comedian for 37 years. He’s fought a lifetime battle with Depression and Chronic Suicidality, turning that long dark journey into 8 TEDx Talks and insights on Mental Health Awareness (only one other person on the planet has 8 TEDx Talks…Bill Gates). Depression and suicide run in his family. He’s thought about killing himself more times than he can count. He’s come close enough to dying by suicide that he can tell you what the barrel of his gun tastes like… He uses his life lessons to start the conversation giving people permission to give voice to their feelings and experiences. He believes that where there is humor there is hope, where there is laughter there is life, nobody dies laughing.
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On this episode two distinguished experts, NATHAN LEWIS and DICK BOVE, lay out the case for the control of profligate spending and the easy money policies of the US Federal Reserve. This spending, in the form of trillions of dollars in "quantitative easing" by the Fed and massive stimulus programs and outlays by the government, has fueled runaway inflation. It also risks the collapse of the US dollar.
NATHAN LEWIS, an internationally renowned expert on money and taxes, is the co-author of the Inflation: What It Is, Why It’s Bad, and How to Fix It. The book explains what’s behind the worst inflationary storm in more than forty years—one that is dominating the headlines and shaking Americans by their pocketbooks. The cost-of-living explosion since the COVID pandemic has raised alarms about a possible return of a 1970’s-style “Great Inflation.” Some observers even fear a descent into the kind of Weimar-style hyperinflation that has torn apart so many nations. Is this true? If so, what should be done? How should we prepare for the future?
According to the publisher Inflation answers these and other questions in an engaging discussion that draws on the singular expertise of Steve Forbes, chairman of Forbes Media, acclaimed for his insights on money and the economy; Nathan Lewis, internationally renowned expert on money and taxation; and author and journalist Elizabeth Ames.
Website: www.amazon.com/Inflation-What-Why-Its-Bad/dp/1641772433
DICK BOVE is the chief strategist at Odeon Capital Group and covers the bank sector. He is among the most prominent bank industry analysts in the US, often controversial, with a keen and practical sense of history and of events that are often translated into his analysis. Bove attended Stuyvesant High, N.Y., and is a graduate of Columbia University, 1962, majoring in political science.
BOVE began his career in 1965, working for a series of firms including Wertheim, Shearson, Raymond James, Hoefer & Arnett and Punk Ziegel, before it was purchased by Ladenburg Thalmann. Later, Bove joined Rochdale Securities and then eventually moved to Odeon Capital. A widely quoted analyst with some five decades of experience behind him, Bove relies on common sense and macroeconomic trends to forecast markets. He appears regularly on business shows on TV and radio, and is frequently cited in media coverage of Wall Street. On the popular weekly ODEON CAPITAL CONVERSATIONS with MAT VAN ALSTYNE, BOVE provides in-depth analysis and commentary on many of the big market and global trends of our times. ODEON CAPITAL CONVERSATIONS is hosted by JOHN AIDAN BYRNE.
Bove is the author of Guardians of Prosperity: Why America Needs Big Banks (December 26, 2013)
Website: https://www.odeoncap.com/
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Martin Dugard is a best-selling American author living in Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange County, California. He and his wife have three sons. His latest book, Taking Berlin. The Bloody Race to Defeat the Third Reich, follows the success of his initial book, Taking Paris, in his World War 11 series. Dugard talks about this acclaimed book in an earlier DIG LIFE DEEP! Podcast. Dugard began writing professionally in 1988. Bored by an unfulfilling corporate marketing job, he began writing articles for endurance sports magazines such as Competitor and Runner's World in the mornings and on weekends. In 1993, inspired after covering the Raid Gauloises adventure race in Madagascar, Dugard left the corporate world to pursue a full-time writing career. Although he has returned to journalism from time to time, as when covering the Tour de France from 1999 to 2008, Dugard's primary focus is writing narrative non-fiction. Dugard wrote his first work of history in 2000. Dugard is know for his fruitful and his productive collaboration on the KILLING series with broadcaster and commentator, Bill O'Really. Their latest is Killing the Legends.
Website:https://www.martindugard.com/
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Andrew Gillsmith is a science fiction writer whose education in religious studies and passion for the cyberpunk genre has helped inform and mold his style of storytelling. Fittingly, his first job out of school was delivering mail for Jeff Bezos when he was still selling books via Listserv. Since then, he’s worked in a number of interesting roles, including head of customer experience for the Kentucky Derby, leader of a proposed hyperloop project in the United States, head of data analysis for a healthcare company, and SVP of sales for a digital marketing agency. He currently works in publisher development in the programmatic advertising space.
Andrew lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife Cheryl and their two young sons.
His new novel, Our Lady of the Artilects, is available for purchase on Amazon.
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It's a collapse that some have called crypto's "Lehman moment," according to a stirring account of the fall of the FTX Crypto exchange, the darling of the digital currency jet set. Once valued at multiple billions of dollars, the surprise destruction of Bahamas-based FTX caught many investors, regulators and media mavens completely off-guard. How could this be? Founder Sam Bankman-Friend was the poster boy of the industry, a friend of regulators, lawmakers and celebrities. Sure, he had a strange attraction, a funky hairdo and a stare and look that could melt butter. But this made him all the more special in some -- he was the rockabilly of crypto and he would change the world. That's for sure and the rest is history.
On this episode, we will offer our analysis of the future. Then we will play you three significant interviews with crypto experts and pundits: Pat LaVecchia, CEO of Oasis Pro; Jesse Brown, CEO of Himalaya Exchange and finally best selling author, Jeffrey Robinson who has investigated crypto. The trio have been around the block (chain). You be the judge of what comes next.
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A “Millennial trapped in a Baby Boomer body,” IRA WOLFE is recognized as one of the Top 5 Global Thought Leaders on Future of Work and HR and Top 10 for Leadership. He is the president of Poised for the Future Company, founder of Success Performance Solutions, Senior Consultant with Dame Leadership, a TEDx Speaker, Hall of Fame Speaker, and host of Geeks Geezers Googlization podcast, part of the People-Forward Network. His most recent book is Recruiting in the Age of Googlization, now in its 2nd edition, which was selected as one of the top 50 books to read in 2021 by Thinkers360. He is the founder of the Googlization Nation community and a frequent contributor to HR and business blogs including Forbes, Medium, and an expert guest on NTD Business News. He was recently selected as the 2022 HRSouthwest Hall of Fame Speaker inductee.
WEBSITE: https://www.irawolfe.com/
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/IraWolfe/about
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Media personality Raymond Arroyo of FOX News and EWTN is out with his beautiful Christmas book "The Wise Men Who Found Christmas."
In this thrilling, visual adventure capturing the wonder of the Christmas season, New York Times bestselling author Arroyo shares the true, hidden story of the mysterious Magi, who risked everything to discover the truth. Based on new historical evidence, The Wise Men Who Found Christmas is the miraculous, untold tale of three seekers who followed a star and found themselves in the middle of the greatest story ever told. Stunningly illustrated by Diane Le Feyer, this enchanting family keepsake is sure to become part of your Christmas tradition – and a reminder that chasing truth is often the greatest adventure of all.
Also on this episode, ARROYO sums up his view of the great American experiment in democracy and where the nation stands today.
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Dr. Gerard Verschuuren has published a new book: FaithThat Makes You Think.
In this book, hedemonstrates that faith relies on, rather than contradicts, thinking. The Catholic Church, in fact, teaches that there is a strong relationship between faith and reason. St. Augustine could not have said it more clearly when he wrote, “Believers are also thinkers: in believing, they think and in thinking, they believe.… If faith does not think, it is nothing.” This goes against the slogan “Don’t think, just believe,” which gives atheists a powerful weapon to say the opposite: “Don’t believe, just think.” That would give atheists full reign, which they certainly don’t deserve as the book explains.
Faith That Makes You Thinkis specifically written for Catholics—fallen-away Catholics, lukewarm Catholics, struggling Catholics, would-be Catholics—for all those in search of the truth, as it gives life-saving answers to life-size questions. But this episode of DIG LIFE DEEP! will appeal to a broad audience, people of faith and no faith and of course, Catholic, devout or fallen-away.
The book received many accolades. To read those and to find a few more details about the book, click on this webpage: https://www.where-do-we-come-from.com/book-faith.htm
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Financial industry veteran Pappous is pulling back the curtain on how retail wealth management firms actually work and how institutional clients enjoy greater performance transparency. The book offers an expert’s take on deceptive marketing practices and arms investors with the knowledge of how to spot high-quality portfolio advice and avoid falling for a slick salesperson. The start of this book is many years in the making. Pappous was motivated to enter the wealth management industry by deeply personal family tragedy. He explores the compelling reason he entered the field, what he found, and the choices he’s made. Pappous offers key observations in the book, including: How firms evaluate their financial advisors’ performances, beginning with sales quotas. Examples of how Wall Street marketing deceives rather than informs, like distorting the results of famous academic studies. Why you shouldn’t trust the portfolio performance reports generated by your financial advisor. Surprising secrets about financial advisor rankings and search services. *Why having your financial advisor act as a fiduciary does not actually eliminate conflicts of interest “If you’re going to seek help from a financial professional, you’re going to need to think of self-defense first,” said Pappous. “It’s not paranoia, it is your financial future on the line. Always be watching what your financial advisor is doing.” Wall Street’s Grand Deception is available via paperback for $19.99 or ebook for $9.99. The book can be purchased on October 20, 2022 from Barnes&Noble and Amazon. About Norman D. Pappous Normal D. Pappous, a retired financial markets professional, was motivated to enter the wealth management industry by a personal tragedy. He discovered an industry that is opaque at the expense of its clients and began his mission to get accountability into the hands of the average investor. Norman earned his BS in commerce from DePaul University in Chicago and received his MSc in financial markets and trading from Stuart School of Business at Illinois Tech. Norman began his professional career in London working for global investment banks and hedge funds before coming home to help the average investor navigate the financial markets. Shocked by the misdirection of Wall Street marketing, Norman launched FinancialAdvisorCheck.com, a company that serves the clients of financial advisors by producing—for free— institutional-level, confidential portfolio performance reports without the knowledge of their investment advisors. At one time, Norman held four securities licenses in the US and passed all three regulatory exams he sat for in the UK. He is a Quora.com’s Most Viewed Writer for asset management, financial advisors, and passive/index investing. The Structured Products Association of America gave Norman the Leading Edge Advisor award for his work in derivatives pricing. He’s been featured in The New York Post, Forbes, Investment News, Registered Rep, TheStreet.com, and Frontline on PBS. To learn more, visit www.wallstreetsgranddeception.com
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Fundraising platform, GiveSendGo.com, may never have imagined the phenomenal growth ahead when it launched itself about eight years ago. In the last year, its website has seen a one thousand percent increase between June 2021 and June 2022. HEATHER WILSON, GiveSendGo.com co-founder, explains what is propelling a significant amount of this growth - censorship on other platforms such as PayPal
Following are some of GiveSendGo's growth metrics:
- GiveSendGo is in the top 1% of websites visited by traffic in the USA.
- Over 2,055,000 prayers have been posted on campaigns on GiveSendGo.
- Current events increased 85% in 2022 over total years prior.
- Money raised for Churches increased 95% in 2022 over total years prior.
- Medical fundraisers up 70% in 2022 compared to total years prior.
- Emergency fundraisers up 57% in 2022 compared to total years prior.
- Memorial fundraisers up 60% in 2022 compared to total years prior.
- Although California, Texas and Florida have raised the most money, Idaho is the most generous per capita.
- Number of employees increased 1,000%
- GiveSendGo saw the most traffic in three countries: USA, Canada, UK
“The support of our Givers has been astonishing,” said GiveSendGo.com co-founder Jacob Wells. “Our supporters exhibit a special passion for causes and the people behind them. Our company is more than a fundraising website—it is a gathering place for support, prayer and freedom.”
“We are astonished by this level of participation,” said GiveSendGo.com co-founder Heather Wilson. “GiveSendGo’s global reach shows that it is more about money. It is about caring, the desire to help others and the sharing of values.”
Founded in 2015, GiveSendGo.com is currently operating in eighty-six countries around the world.
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J. Michael (Mike) Oliver, CEO, Momentum Structural Analysis, entered the financial services industry in 1975 on the Futures side, joining E.F. Hutton’s International Commodity Division, headquartered in New York City's Battery Park.
He studied under David Johnston, head of Hutton’s Commodity Division and Chairman of the COMEX. In the 1980s Mike began to develop his own momentum-based method of technical analysis. He learned early on that orthodox price chart technical analysis left many unanswered questions and too often deceived those who trusted in price chart breakouts, support/resistance, and so forth.
In 1987 Mike technically anticipated and caught the Crash. It was then that he decided to develop his structural momentum tools into a full analytic methodology. In 1992 the Financial VP and head of Wachovia Bank's Trust Department asked Mike to provide soft dollar research to Wachovia.
Within a year, Mike shifted from brokerage to full-time technical research. He is also the author of The New Libertarianism: Anarcho-Capitalism.
Website: https://www.olivermsa.com/
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Rabbi Abraham Cooper, a native New Yorker who grew up playing baseball with Irish and neighborhood kids in Rockaway, Queens,. is Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading global Jewish human rights organization.
Rabbi Cooper has been a longtime activist for Jewish and human rights causes on five continents. In 1977, he came to Los Angeles to help Rabbi Marvin Hier found the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Together with Rabbi Hier, Rabbi Cooper regularly meets with world leaders, including Pope Francis, presidents, and foreign ministers to defend the rights of the Jewish people, combat terrorism and promote multi-faith relations worldwide.
Rabbi Cooper is an acknowledged expert on online hate and terrorism and has helped produce and present the SWC’s renowned traveling exhibitions at the Vatican, the UN, Knesset, US Congress, Tokyo, New Delhi, and Buenos Aires. He is a founder of the Global Forum on Anti-Semitism, and Newsweek ranked Rabbis Cooper and Hier as #8 among the 50 most influential rabbis in America. Rabbi Cooper has worked extensively with Arab leaders in the Gulf States and witnessed the historic UAE/Bahrain/Israel Abraham Accords ceremony at the White House.
In 2022, Rabbi Cooper was appointed Vice Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom which tracks violations of religious freedom around the world.
Rabbi Cooper co-authored with Rev. Johnnie Moore, The Next Jihad, based on their interviews in Nigeria with scores of Christian survivors of deadly Islamist terrorist attacks. His op-eds appear in major US and Israeli outlets, in Asia and in the Arab News and Al-Arabiya.
Rabbi Cooper is a recipient of Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Community Service Leadership Memorial Award, a recipient of an honorary doctorate from Yeshiva University and the Orthodox Union’s National Leadership Award.
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Laraine Bennett has a master's degree in Philosophy and has co-authored 6 books with her husband, Art, and one solo book, A Year of Grace: 365 Reflections for Caregivers. She helped create the popular TemperamentQuiz.com. The Bennetts reside in Northern Virginia, have been married for 45 years and have 4 adult children and 8 grandchildren
Laraine Bennett has a master's degree in Philosophy and has co-authored 6 books with her husband, Art, and another solo book, A Year of Grace: 365 Reflections for Caregivers. She helped create the popular TemperamentQuiz.com. The Bennetts reside in Northern Virginia, have been married for 45 years and have 4 adult children and 8 grandchildren.
About The Little Way of LIving with Less by Laraine Bennett
From the publisher, Sophia Institute Press
website: https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/the-little-way-of-living-with-less
Do your possessions “spark joy”? In our materialistic society, we are often plagued with the slow torture of accumulated stuff, which creates disharmony, prevents us from living in the present moment, and keeps us from setting our eyes upon Heaven.
The Little Way of Living with Less is a spiritual journey guided by St. Thérèse of Lisieux toward a “less is more” manner of living. It shares one couple's effort to downsize, declutter, and detach — and the challenge of growing in virtues that is associated with this process. Indeed, this book serves as a practical antidote to the consumerism and commodification of daily home life today.
Through the words and example of the Little Flower, you will find peace, joy, and security as you learn how to overcome disorder — whether physical, mental, or spiritual. St. Thérèse will help form you in single-mindedness to complete the ordinary with extraordinary, selfless love, and you'll soon find yourself becoming intentional about making God the center of your life and your home.
Best of all, you will discover that “everything is grace” (St. Thérèse) and will begin thanking God for your many blessings and experiencing His miraculous favors with greater mindfulness. Inspired by the Little Way, you will more confidently seek the things above and “choose all” in holiness. Let “the greatest saint of modern times” show you how to:
- Let go of clutter, unhealthy habits, vices, and sin
- Simplify your life and manage fear and anxiety
- Create order, beauty, and vibrancy in your home
- Detach from the world, cultivate poverty of spirit, and attain Heaven
- Find the happiness and gratitude that come from within
- Become humble and small, trusting in the mercy of God
By living an integrated life that is free of materialistic pleasures, you will develop the freedom of a child of God to abandon yourself to the Father's will. Enter into the Heart of Jesus and make room in your heart to experience the wonders of His love!
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Alexandre Goodarzy, 38, has come a long way. Kidnapped a year ago by a Shiite militia in Baghdad, this volunteer from the SOS Chrétiens d’Orient association spent two months in secret, tossed around from cache to cache, before being miraculously released.
ABOUT KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ:
Blindfolded, tied, prodded by guns, Alexandre faced intense interrogations, fearing all the while that torture and death were imminent.
In Kidnapped in Iraq, Alexandre Goodarzy describes in gripping detail his abduction by Islamic terrorists in January 2020, how prayer and his Catholic Faith sustained him, and why he now views the entire ordeal as a blessing from God.
After learning of the fate of untold Christians in the Middle East, Alexandre was among a cadre of young men who agreed to assist Christians in danger. As the war in Syria quickly turned into a religious war, Alexandre provided aid to Christians there who were caught between a hardening regime and increasingly bloodthirsty Islamist groups.
The brutalization of Syrian Christians was only recently exposed, since the real story was often distorted by the media. In recent years, Syrian Christians faced the grim choice of fleeing from ISIS and abandoning their homeland or enduring barbaric martyrdom. Their cities were leveled and their churches destroyed. Goodarzy describes how these Christians, loyal to their country, were sporadically kidnapped by Kurds and held for ransom or forced into military service. In Syria, priests provide both spiritual and temporal care, assisting with basic necessities in the community and working to preserve their culture while mediating with secular authorities.
In what reads like a dystopian thriller, Alexandre describes the dangerous episodes he experienced assisting Christians, including the perilous twelve-hour bus ride from Damascus to Aleppo and the numerous face-to-face encounters with Islamic rebels — the last of which resulted in his abduction and sixty-six-day captivity by Iraqi terrorists.
“What is affecting us here today will strike you tomorrow!” people in Iraq and Syria told Goodarzy, predicting that the radical Islamic atrocities in their countries would soon assail France and other Western countries.
Kidnapped in Iraq is a riveting story of bravery and courage and one man's extraordinary efforts to aid Christians in need. It is also a chilling guidebook on how to fight for justice and proclaim the hope that comes in the triumph of the Cross.
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CaringKind, New York City’s leading expert on Alzheimer’s and dementia caregiving hosts their 34th annual CaringKind Alzheimer’s walk on September 25h at the Coney Island Boardwalk and on October 23th at Central Park’s Naumburg Bandshell. The purpose of the Walk is to raise awareness around the importance of caregiving support and to raise funds for the myriad programs offered through CaringKind to support caregivers and their families. This year, the event honors prominent philanthropist, Susan Patricof, who passed in January of 2021 after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease 12 years ago. The wife of renowned Alan Patricof, one of the founding fathers of venture capital, the two were described as an ‘indomitable pair’ and worked side by side on countless causes. Alan Patricof found solace and support in CaringKind, utilizing their programs and systems as a caregiver himself. CaringKind’s support groups are led by trained facilitators and provide caregivers the opportunity to discuss the many challenges of caring for a family member with Alzheimer’s and related dementias, with others who understand. Their goal is to provide a safe setting which promotes mutual support, both practical and emotional, throughout the course of the disease.
“I am honored that this year's Alzheimer's Walk by CaringKind, the Heart of Alzheimer's Caregiving, will be held in my wife, Susan's name. She loved New York City and was devoted to and supported many of its most important organizations. I know from personal experience the value of having support groups. A regular check-in with other caregivers is critical to a person's mental and emotional health. CaringKind does that better than anyone," said Alan Patricof. The 2022 Walk Chair is Dr. Mauricio Gonzalez. With over 1 million followers, Dr. Mauricio is a social media star offer critical health care advice. Dr. Mauricio is leveraging his community in support of Alzheimer’s and dementia caregiving. The Manhattan Walk will feature celebrities like NFL Star Leonard Marshall and television and movie star Richard Kind. Back by popular demand, the Blue Angels drumline will lead the walkers to the start and celebrate Walkers at the finish line. Attendees (both virtually and in person) are encouraged to share memories and photos of loved ones to be incorporated into the CaringKind Memory Wall, a physical manifestation of the love, remembrance, promise, and hope the Walk represents. As of August 9th, sponsors include Mount Sinai, Inspir Carnegie Hill, Pitta & Baione, LLP, The Brielle at Seaview, The Bristal, 80th Street Residence, LittmanKrooks, GrimaldiYeung, LLC, and Eisai.
CaringKind’s mission is to create, deliver, and promote comprehensive and compassionate care and support services for individuals and families affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. They achieve their mission by providing programs and services for individuals with dementia, their family, and professional caregivers, increasing public awareness, collaborating with research centers, and informing public policy through advocacy. In 2021, CaringKind answered 6,100 helpline calls, initiated 1,000 social work consultations, supported 31,500 people in their Wanderer’s Safety program, and hosted 83 different support groups facilitated by a trained leader both virtually and in person.
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Black leaders from Project 21 demand that Verizon reinstate One America News (OAN) on its television platform. In a letter signed by 37 members representing the communities of business, politics, media and faith, Project 21 explained that Verizon did "a tremendous disservice to its subscribers, investors and free speech [and]... is silencing black voices" when it canceled OAN.
Verizon stopped carrying OAN on its Fios platform at the end of July. Its cancellation marked the end of a 17-year relationship between the news channel and the carrier. Left-wing groups are aggressively pushing media companies to drop the conservative-leaning OAN from their platforms.
In the letter, Project 21 said: "Do what's right for black America, for your investors and for the country by reinstating OAN immediately."
In the letter addressed to Verizon Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Hans Vestberg, the three dozen Project 21 signors criticized the abrupt decision that appeased political special interests over viewers, noting this imperils access to information and debate: "Allowing a political pressure campaign to decide which news and information programs Americans have access to undermines free speech and sets a precedent that will only encourage further demands. This is particularly dangerous as this pressure appears to only go one way - anti-conservative and, in this case, anti-black."
"You have now projected weakness, inviting those further demands," Project 21 warned Vestberg. It was suggested Verizon's capitulation could lead to the removal of other channels in the future.
Among those who signed the letter to Verizon are Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper; Stacy Washington, a host on SiriusXM satellite radio; Alveda King, founder of speakforlife(.org) and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Star Parker, president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE); Julian Boykin, CEO of Acquisition Consulting Experts; Reverend Albert Sampson, president of the Chicago's Metropolitan Council of Black Churches and Chris Arps, host at NewstalkSTL-St. Louis.
A full copy of the letter and its signers is available at https://nationalcenter.org/project-21-oan-letter.
Project 21, a leading voice of black conservatives for over 25 years, is sponsored by the National Center for Public Policy Research. Its members have been quoted, interviewed or published over 40,000 times since the program was created in 1992. Contributions to the National Center are tax-deductible and greatly appreciated, and may be earmarked exclusively for the use of Project 21.
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Space Hero, Lava and One Digital Entertainment recently announced plans for the creation of Space Village, a series of 10 iconic futuristic space-inspired landmarks in different locations around the world. Space Village is designed by Alexander Rieck from German architectural firm LAVA. Each Space Village will feature a large space center and a glimpse of forward-looking technology that will stimulate the visitor’s imagination.
A media studio to produce Space Hero, the global competition series, and an iconic hotel, where fans of the series can watch events unfold in real-time, will add to the first-of-its kind features that Space Village will offer.
As part of the Space Hero series, 24 Space Hero finalists complete numerous challenges in a setting that resembles the various conditions in space to prepare for an extraordinary mission, including thriving underwater in a buoyancy tank. The challenges will resemble the endurance tests astronauts must complete when training for a mission. Inside Space Village, the finalists’ living quarters will model spacecraft conditions and finalists will be challenged to create their own energy and grow food. A jury, which will include a group of experienced astronauts, scientists, and professional athletes, will observe the finalists’ behavior and character. Global audiences will be able to vote for their favorite finalist during weekly episodes.
“Visitors to Space Village will experience what life could be in 30 years; sustainable, yet comfortable, healthy and happy, “said Thomas Reemer founding partner of TDGA Holdings Limited, owner of the Space Hero IP. “We want to show our visitors a future that they can look forward to, using the endless possibilities our planet has to offer.”
“Traveling to the stars continues to be the dream of millions of people around the world, and the Space Village will offer visitors that space-themed futuristic thrill of a lifetime,” said Deborah Sass, a founding partner of TDGA Holdings Limited, owner of the Space Hero IP. “Children will be inspired to prepare for a career in Space and join exhibitions to the Moon, Mars and beyond,” she added.
“We didn’t just want to simulate a space craft or living on Mars but showcase how technology that is developed for conditions in Space, is benefitting the future of living on planet Earth. With 10 more Space Villages to be built all over the World, we have a chance to explore any living condition and how to react to it”, said Rieck, who is also a professor at the renowned Fraunhofer Institute. “Space Village brings back the hope for an astonishing future world full of miracles. It connects the old dream of travelling to the stars with more actual needs of a sustainable, healthy, and healing earth,” Rieck added.
“We see this as an opportunity to not just build something extraordinary but also extremely futuristic, as people on Earth are inevitably finding ways to live sustainably in the future. We believe that we will create experiences and motivate people in general on all elements of travel, sustainability, and empathy for our environment. Space comes closer with jaw dropping experiences for everyone, which only a handful of a lucky few have experienced so far. We are fully capable technologically and at scale to make this a global success,” said Shabir Momin & Gurpreet Singh, Founders of One Digital Entertainment.
Over the next two decades TDGA Holdings Limited plans to build 15 Space Villages around the World.
About Space Hero Space Hero is the world’s first-ever global competition series where contestants compete for a $55-million, seven-day trip to space; the biggest prize ever awarded on TV. The competition for this once-in-a-lifetime journey will be open to anyone over 18 who speaks English. This is the remarkable journey of heroes from all over the world to be elected by the global public as their representative of humankind in Space.
Space Hero has established relationships with over 145 Government agen
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Jeff Webb is a renowned business entrepreneur, founder and chairman of Varsity Spirit which he started in his apartment in 1974 and is now a multibillion-dollar company with more than 5,000 employees. He recently refocused his efforts as President of the International Cheer Union, where he was able to secure cheerleading as an official Olympic sport in 2021. Jeff is also the Publisher for Human Events — a longtime Washington, D.C.-based conservative website and author of the Amazon bestseller American Restoration: How to Unshackle the Great Middle Class.
International Cheer Union: cheerunion.org
Human Events: humanevents.com
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Pat LaVecchia is CEO of Oasis Pro Markets LLC, the first US-regulated alternative trading system (“ATS”) authorized to allow its Subscribers to trade digital (“blockchain”) securities and make payments for those digital securities in digital cash. Over his 30 year career, he has led capital markets teams and spearheaded the financing, acquisition and/or sale of well over 150 companies involving transactions comprising of over $20 billion across a variety of industries including technology, fintech, and blockchain.
https://www.oasispromarkets.com/
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BROOKE GOLDSTEIN, an award-winning documentary filmmaker, is a human rights lawyer and the founder and executive director of The Lawfare Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about and facilitating a response to the abuse of Western legal systems and human rights law. She is also the founder and director of the Children’s Rights Institute (CRI), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to track, spotlight, and legally combat violations of children’s basic human rights around the world. CRI has a special focus on the state-sponsored indoctrination and recruitment of children to become suicide-homicide bombers, child soldiers, and human shields. Both The Lawfare Project and End Jew Hatred, which works alongside The Lawfare Project, work diligently to fight Jew hatred in the courts and on social media. Currently, End Jew Hatred has a major push to fight the latest reported cases of Jew hatred in the CUNY university system in New York.
Website: https://www.thelawfareproject.org/
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Julian Raven’s art and love for his adopted country and its freedoms collided in the 2016 presidential election to raise questions about the First Amendment and the authority of the Smithsonian Institution.
In his new book, Odious & Cerberus: An American Immigrant’s Odyssey and His Free Speech Legal War Against Smithsonian Corruption, artist Julian Raven details how he used his art to participate in the American political process—and the enormous personal toll it took.
“Breaches of trust and the silencing of any person’s First Amendment protected free speech within institutions of learning, regardless of that person’s political leanings, trip the alarm of injustice and freedom,” said Raven.
Raven’s painting Unafraid and Unashamed featured Donald Trump alongside a bald eagle, was his enthusiastic expression of support for his choice for president. He used his own resources to transport the painting to Iowa to campaign for Trump in the caucuses. After several attempts to present the painting to Donald Trump, and after showing it at a political art convention, he offered to loan the painting to the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution.
Raven filed an application with the Rockwell Museum Art in Corning, New York, a Smithsonian affiliate, to loan the painting to the museum in Washington prior to the inauguration, he was curtly told by Director Kim Sajet the painting was “not painted from life,” “too pro-Trump” and, finally, “no good.” This led to a lawsuit and a pro-se appeal that went as far as the Supreme Court.
Mr. Raven has proposed and advocates for a Constitutional amendment to define the legal status of the Smithsonian as a private trust or an instrument of the government and require greater transparency in its operations.
Julian Raven was born in England, raised in Spain and became a United States citizen in 2015. He is a commercial artist.
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Jesse Brown is CEO, Himalaya Exchange, a cryptocurrency exchange specialized in the Himalaya Dollar the Himalaya Coin. The exchange lists its headquarters in the British Virgin Islands Brown has years of technical experience as a lead blockchain architect in several start-ups and award-winning Wall Street blockchain projects. One project he was leading was recognized as a top 50 Blockchain in 2020 by Forbes.
What is the Himalaya Ecosystem?
The world is undergoing a financial revolution, with the advent of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency establishing a new monetary paradigm, according to the Himalaya Exchange. "The Himalaya Exchange is at the heart of this revolution," it says. "Our values, mission, and company spirit is to create a world where people have complete control over their money, data, and destinies."
The ambition to create world-changing financial solutions fuels our innovation; the Himalaya Exchange is not just a coin or an exchange but an infrastructure of the world’s first true crypto ecosystem. We are the first and only company building an end-to-end, blockchain-based integrated financial system, encompassing a unique cryptocurrency (Himalaya Coin), a stable coin (Himalaya Dollar), an exchange platform (Himalaya Exchange), and a payment application (Himalaya Pay). A new financial system that provides freedom for all, using blockchain technology to deliver innovative, affordable, and secure services.
Source: https://blog.himalaya.exchange/himalaya-exchange-envisioning-the-future-e9e9e4e78da6
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NATHAN LEWIS, an internationally renowned expert on money and taxes, is the co-author of the Inflation: What It Is, Why It’s Bad, and How to Fix It. The book explains what’s behind the worst inflationary storm in more than forty years—one that is dominating the headlines and shaking Americans by their pocketbooks. The cost-of-living explosion since the COVID pandemic has raised alarms about a possible return of a 1970’s-style “Great Inflation.” Some observers even fear a descent into the kind of Weimar-style hyperinflation that has torn apart so many nations. Is this true? If so, what should be done? How should we prepare for the future?
According to the publisher Inflation answers these and other questions in an engaging discussion that draws on the singular expertise of Steve Forbes, chairman of Forbes Media, acclaimed for his insights on money and the economy; Nathan Lewis, internationally renowned expert on money and taxation; and author and journalist Elizabeth Ames.
Website: www.amazon.com/Inflation-What-Why-Its-Bad/dp/1641772433
DICK BOVE is the chief strategist at Odeon Capital Group and covers the bank sector. He is among the most prominent bank industry analysts in the US, often controversial, with a keen and practical sense of history and of events that are often translated into his analysis. Bove attended Stuyvesant High, N.Y., and is a graduate of Columbia University, 1962, majoring in political science.
BOVE began his career in 1965, working for a series of firms including Wertheim, Shearson, Raymond James, Hoefer & Arnett and Punk Ziegel, before it was purchased by Ladenburg Thalmann. Later, Bove joined Rochdale Securities and then eventually moved to Odeon Capital. A widely quoted analyst with some five decades of experience behind him, Bove relies on common sense and macroeconomic trends to forecast markets. He appears regularly on business shows on TV and radio, and is frequently cited in media coverage of Wall Street. On the popular weekly ODEON CAPITAL CONVERSATIONS with MAT VAN ALSTYNE, BOVE provides in-depth analysis and commentary on many of the big market and global trends of our times. ODEON CAPITAL CONVERSATIONS is hosted by JOHN AIDAN BYRNE.
Bove is the author of Guardians of Prosperity: Why America Needs Big Banks (December 26, 2013)
Website: https://www.odeoncap.com/
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Stephen Auth has had a long career on Wall Street, first with Prudential Investments in the 1980s and 1990s, and since 2000 with Federated Investors, where he serves as executive vice president and a chief investment officer of Federated Global Equities. Steve is a frequent guest on CNBC, Fox Business News, and Bloomberg TV, a long-standing participant in Barron’s annual investment outlook panel, a member of The Economic Club of New York and The New York Society of Security Analysts, and a chartered financial analyst (CFA). He earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton University, where he graduated summa cum laude, and his graduate degree at Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.
Steve is a member of the Regnum Christi movement and sits on the national board of the Lumen Institute, which he helped found in New York. He has participated in missions in Mexico, and with his wife, Evelyn, has led the New York City street mission for ten years. Steve and Evelyn are involved in a number of other apostolic activities, including a spiritual tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art called “Man’s Search for God: A History of Art through the Prism of Faith,” which they developed and give on occasional Friday evenings. Steve also serves on the board of the Program for Church Management, being developed in Rome by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.
Steve and Evelyn have two wonderful sons, Richard and Michael Auth.
ABOUT PILGRIMAGE TO THE MUSEUM
Have you ever visited a museum and found the narrations in the self-guided-tour headsets a bit tedious? Slightly too clinical, perhaps? And have you ever noticed that God is rarely mentioned in art museums these days, unless in a cold, archaeological, “scientific” way? All of that is about to change.
In Pilgrimage to the Museum, author-curator Stephen Auth takes you on a provocative and colorful journey through the history of Western art, interpreted through a lens of profound Christian faith — appropriately so since, in Auth’s view, much of Western art expresses humanity’s search for God, the Divine Artist-Creator.
In this beautifully illustrated voyage, drawn largely from works on display at New York’s popular Metropolitan Museum of Art, you will experience the ups and downs of humanity’s determined quest. Leaving all the art-history jargon at the front door, Auth will transport you in his spiritual time machine from Egypt’s Old Kingdom, through Greece and Rome, to medieval Europe; from the age of the Renaissance, through the Ages of Exploration and Enlightenment; and from the rise of atheism in the late 1800s to the seeds of a spiritual rebirth in the modern era. Along the way, you will experience anew the masterpieces of many artists, from Polykleitos to Raphael, Duccio to Rembrandt, Monet to Picasso.
Through the works of these great artists, you will encounter the profound truths that lead many to God and cause many others to wonder. You will discover how various themes and motifs of man’s struggle to find God occur, morph, fade, and then reoccur centuries later. As you laugh, cry, and pray your way through this illuminating voyage, you will emerge refreshed and renewed in your own journey to God— and you will never look at a work of art the same way again.
Source: SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS
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Dr. Warren Farrell is a pioneer in both the women’s movement (elected three times to the Board of the National Organization for Women in NYC) and the men’s movement (called by GQ Magazine “The Martin Luther King of the men’s movement”). He was named by the Financial Times as one of the world’s top 100 thought leaders.
Dr. Farrell has appeared on over 1000 TV shows, including being interviewed repeatedly by Oprah, Barbara Walters, and Tucker Carlson, as well as by Sean Hannity, Peter Jennings, Katie Couric, Larry King, Regis Philbin and Charlie Rose. He has frequently written for and been featured in The New York Times and publications worldwide.
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After starting a house painting business at the peak of the housing bubble, Jimmy Morrison drove over 35,000 miles interviewing people who predicted the crash, resulting in two documentaries. The 1st film looks at the causes of The Housing Bubble and other crises ranging from the great depression to the dot com bubble. The 2nd film starts with the bailouts in 2008 and shows The Bigger Bubble that the economy has become today. The world premiere of The Housing Bubble was at the Anthem Film Festival in 2018.
Legendary investors Jim Rogers, Marc Faber, Doug Casey, and Peter Schiff star in the films alongside economists Joseph Salerno, Ron Paul, Robert Murphy, Jeff Herbener, Mark Thornton, Roger Garrison, and Patrick Barron. Financial writers Jim Grant, David Stockman, and Gene Epstein join the cast, as well as Peter Wallison, a dissenting member of Congress's Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Naomi Brockwell narrates the film, and NY Times bestselling author Tom Woods co-wrote the project.
Jimmy entered the political world as a lobbyist in 2008, when he started Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana. The organization is now the largest in the state with over 7,000 members and is known for lobbying the first pharmacy board in the country to support medical marijuana, which the bipartisan board passed unanimously. He was the State Director of Iowa for Gary Johnson's Republican Presidential campaign in 2012. He has lectured on economics in 6 countries, including at the Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Toronto. While in Estonia, Jimmy advised their Social Minister, Finance Minister, and Prime Minister.
Jimmy has filmed 4 Grammy winners and had his work screened at the Minneapolis St. Paul Film Festival and the Anthem Film Festival. His music video "Aperture" was selected by Oscar winning director David Lynch for a grant. Let Us Disagree Productions released their first feature length film last year when Rocksteppy premiered in LA and NYC. The film features cameos with David Lynch, the dude from The Big Lebowski, and the Farrelly Brothers, who directed comedies like Dumb & Dumber and There's Something About Mary. Jimmy ran a camera unit on the film and served as Executive Producer.
Source: Let Us Disagree Productions
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KRISTEN VAN UDEN, a spokesperson for Sophia Institute Press, is currently writing a book about the persecution of Catholics under Communism.
About THE ANTICHRIST: THE FINAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SAVIOR. FR. VINCETN MICELI (Sophia Institute Press)
Fiction and nonfiction books and movies speculate about end-of-the-world scenarios, proposing a rogue’s gallery of corrupt leaders and a host of chilling, apocalyptic theories. Disillusioned by the crippled state of our Church and our world, people are increasingly placing faith in prophecies that claim to know details and dates about upcoming chastisements.
Will the “final confrontation” include unprecedented bloodshed or the subtle trickery of seduction (or both)? Have the current intellectual, political, and sexual “liberation” movements — including within the Church — created the platform required for the Antichrist to emerge?
In an age of diabolical disorientation, this captivating book provides much-needed clarity on relevant biblical prophecies — from Old Testament times to St. Paul and Revelation — and writings of early Church Fathers and Doctors of the Church, including Sts. Augustine, Gregory the Great, Jerome, and Thomas Aquinas.
This prescient book will enlighten you on whether there is more than one Antichrist, the types of leaders and societies that Cardinal Newman believed would be forerunners of the Antichrist, and how long the Antichrist will reign. You will also explore the Church’s teaching on millenarianism and the prospect that the reign of the Antichrist is drawing closer.
A valuable and timely resource, this book will aid you in understanding views on the Antichrist through history and how they are linked to predictions about the end of the world, the Second Coming of Christ, the role of false prophets, and the devices the evil one uses to cultivate apostasy. You will also discover:
- What the persecution of the Antichrist will entail and events foretelling his coming
- How to avoid being deceived by the Antichrist
- Our Lady’s role in the End Times
- The significance of sacrilege, idolatry, and the “abomination of desolation”
- The consequences of attacks on the Holy Eucharist, the Sacred Liturgy, and the Blessed Mother
- The correlation (if any) between Rome and the Antichrist
- How contemporary heresies, occultism, and immorality plant the seeds for evil
This book will empower and encourage you to hold fast to your beliefs, bear witness to the truth, and defend against false teachings that subvert the fortitude of the faithful.
https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/the-antichrist
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Heather Kelly joined KSL in April 2012 and took the circuitous route to get here. She received a degree in Aviation Management from Westminster College and worked for 9 years in the airline industry. After realizing the highlight of her day was bumping people off oversold flights, she decided to find a career that was more rewarding and less chance of being yelled at by passengers.
She was lucky enough to be hired at a veterinary clinic where she could pursue her life-long interest in animal care. After being trained on-the-job as a veterinary technician, she quickly rose up the ladder and became Hospital Director of two clinics simultaneously. Unfortunately, when the recession hit, the clinics closed.
So, Heather moved onto her third career, in broadcasting, using her Minor in Theater Arts. Heather believes she found the place she was meant to be all along. After reporting traffic for Total Traffic Network for six years, she finally made it to KSL NewsRadio and can be heard telling people ‘where to go and how to get there’ as part of Triple Team Traffic every weekday from 5-9 AM on Utah’s Morning News. Heather fills in as Associate Producer and News Reporter when needed and loves putting a news story together. She is also the host of “Money Making Sense” where she discusses all things money in a down-to-earth approach. Click here to listen now.
Contact Heather at roads@ksl.com.
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Greenice is a web development agency, specializing in developing custom feature-rich apps and websites with complex back-end. The company's entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life with deep technical knowledge, meticulous research, planning, and execution. The company initially was founded in 2007 in Ukraine. In 2022, members of the team relocated to Warsaw, Polland, while still serving clients from around the world and with co-founder Sergii Opanaskeno remaining in Kyiv.
The Greenice journey began in 2007 when Opanasenko and Ismet Beckirov, two freelance programmers from Ukraine, decided to join forces. Their first client was an American jewelry company that needed a new website. The project turned out to be so big that Sergey and Ismet had to hire people to assist them. Since then, the popularity of Greenice grew into a growing, dynamic team.
One pivotal moment in its development came when Greenice became an Offshore Development Center for ACB, an American Inc. 500 corporation. This turned into a decade-long successful relationship.
Website: https://greenice.net/
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Jack Cashill is an independent writer, documentary producer, and media consultant.
Jack has written for Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Weekly Standard, AmericanThinker, WND, The American Spectator, the Washington Times, and serves as executive editor for Ingram’s, a regional business magazine.
Jack has published fifteen books under his own name and collaborated discreetly on twenty others. He has produced a score of documentaries for regional PBS and national cable channels.
Jack has a Ph.D. from Purdue University in American studies, has taught media and literature at Purdue and at Kansas City area universities, and served as a Fulbright lecturer in France.
website: cashill.com
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JEFFREY ROBINSON is the bestselling author of 30 books, and a popular speaker on the international after-dinner circuit. Born in Long Beach, NY (1945), he began selling freelance articles and stories to small magazines before his 15th birthday. Later, while attending Temple University in Philadelphia (BA-1967), he wrote for television and radio, was a staff writer at KYW-TV3 (1965), scripted a popular local children's show and was on the writing staff of "The Mike Douglas Show" (1966), a nationally televised daily talk show.
After serving as a press and public relations officer in the United States Air Force (1967-1971), he took up residence in the south of France where he spent the next 12 years vagabonding around the world, writing articles and short stories for leading North American and British periodicals. In 1982, now earning his living as an established freelance journalist and short story writer, he moved to London England to write books. His money laundering tour de force, The Laundrymen (1993) was a headline-maker in 14 countries, establishing him as a recognized expert on organized crime, dirty money, fraud and money laundering.
Actively maintaining that reputation through books, television programs and speaking engagements around the world, the British Bankers' Association has labeled him, "the world's most important financial crime author." In addition to books on dirty money, he has published investigative non-fiction, major biographies and novels.
Source: jeffreyrobinson.com
PLUS: Our weekly Future Shock 2.0 segment with IRA S. Wolfe about business and workforce trends caused by the convergence of people, business and technology. IRA is an author, workforce trends expert and Top 5 Global Thought Leader on the Future of Work and HR.
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Laraine Bennett has a master's degree in Philosophy and has co-authored 6 books with her husband, Art, and one solo book, A Year of Grace: 365 Reflections for Caregivers. She helped create the popular TemperamentQuiz.com. The Bennetts reside in Northern Virginia, have been married for 45 years and have 4 adult children and 8 grandchildren.
About KNOW THYSELF! THE GAME OF TEMPERAMENTS by Laraine Bennett
Discover the secret building blocks of your personality with this fun and enlightening game that reveals players’ temperaments – the personal qualities that make them who they are!
We are all born with distinct personality traits. Some love going to parties, while others seek solitude. Some are naturally brash and assertive, while others are content to just get along.
We don't pick and choose these character features; they're just part of the way we're made.
Ancient philosophers identified four basic temperaments that wise thinkers through the ages have used to understand human nature.
Now comes Know Thyself! The Game of Temperaments from Sophia Institute Press – the first game to help you identify, understand, and appreciate your own temperament, and those of your friends and family.
Take charge or follow the lead? Jump in feet first or analyze and contemplate? Introvert or extrovert? Focused or distractible?
All of these traits point to the temperament you were born with. Which one is yours, and how much of the others do you have?
Website: https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/know-thyself
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Joshua P. Hochschild is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mount St. Mary’s University. Plus: Author, workforce trends expert IRA WOLFE presents his weekly FUTURE SHOCK 2.0 segment. Ira is a Top 5 Global Thought Leader on the Future of work and HR.
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http://twitter.com/JoshHochschild
About A MIND AT PEACE. RECLAIMING AN ORDERED SOUL IN AN AGE OF DISTRACTION
These past two decades, modern technology has brought into being scores of powerful challenges to our interior peace and well-being. We’re experiencing a worldwide crisis of attention in which information overwhelms us, corrodes true communion with others, and leaves us anxious, unsettled, bored, isolated, and lonely.
These pages provide the time-tested antidote that enables you to regain an ordered and peaceful mind in a technologically advanced world. Drawing on the wisdom of the world’s greatest thinkers, including Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas, these pages help you identify – and show you how to cultivate – the qualities of character you need to survive in our media-saturated environment.
This book offers a calm, measured, yet forthright and effective approach to regaining interior peace. Here you’ll find no argument for retreat from the modern world; instead these pages provide you with a practical guide to recovering self-mastery and interior peace through wise choices and ordered activity in the midst of the world’s communication chaos.
Are you increasingly frustrated and perplexed in this digital age? Do you yearn for a mind that is more focused and a soul able to put down that IPhone and simply rejoice in the good and the true? It’s not hard to do. The saints and the wise can show you how; this book makes their counsel available to you.
Website: https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/a-mind-at-peace
Source: Sophia Institute Press
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Ghost kitchens, or virtual kitchens "offsite," are one of the latest fastest-growing trends as more restaurants and eateries invest more heavily in automation in the face of labor shortage. Automation such as point of sale and order delivery apps, as well as robots, are eliminating thousands of jobs in the economy as employers seek cost-effective productivity solutions.
More sobering statistics.
- In England, 1.5 million jobs are in danger of being automated.
- 25% of mundane and repetitive jobs are at risk of automation.
- 375 million jobs are expected to vanish by 2030.
- Artificial intelligence will displace 40% of jobs worldwide in the next 15 years.
- Artificial intelligence will generate 2.3 million jobs starting in 2020.
Source: Lefronic.com
This episode introduces our new weekly segment, FUTURE SHOCK 2.0 with IRA WOLFE, author, workforce trends expert, and Top 5 Global Thought Leader on Future of Work and HR.
About GRUBBRR
Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, GRUBBRR says it is a leading global commerce automation company at the forefront of self-ordering technologies. GRUBBRR’s award-winning eco-system, including kiosks, mobile ordering, contactless smart lockers and more, are proven to help businesses maximize revenue, decrease labor costs, and increase operational efficiency while improving the consumer experience.
GRUBBRR’s solutions are adaptable and beneficial to a multitude of businesses, and power both enterprise-level and small and medium businesses across verticals such as quick-service restaurants, fast casual restaurants, stadiums, movie theatres, casinos, micro-markets, retail, and more.
Website: https://anchor.fm/john-aidan-byrne0/episodes/GHOST-ECONOMY-Robots-and-machines-will-eliminate-millions-of-jobs-worldwide--SAM-ZIETZ--CEO-of-GRUBBRR---explains-how-it-could-be-GREAT-NEWS-for-workers-and-bosses-e1hs6cb
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Adam Blai, a layman, is a peritus (Catholic Church-decreed expert) in religious demonology and exorcism for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He has also served as an expert in these areas in training priests, deacons, and laity in many other dioceses. He is an auxiliary member of the International Association of Exorcists, a Vatican-recognized Private Association of the Christian Faithful based in Rome. Over fifteen years of working and training in the exorcism ministry, he has witnessed or experienced a number of miracles, some of which he has been appointed to investigate by the Church. He also works in the tribunal of the Pittsburgh Diocese and is pursuing a canon law degree.
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TIM ROWLEY is the chief technology officer at PeopleCaddie, a technology company that operates a platform that vets and matches up employers with professional workers. Rowley previous services at senior vice president, e-commerce marketing at Bank of Ameria where he online banking users soared under his watch, taking them from 5 to 15 million online users. Tim received his undergraduate degree from MIT and earned his MBA at Stanford. Tim says the gig economy in America is red hot and is growing. Today, many American workers are in a strong bargaining position with hundreds of thousands of skilled and unskilled jobs unfilled in the economy. PeopleCaddie has worked to help recruit top talent for businesses like Hyatt, Grant Thorton and Crowe LLP
Website: PeopleCaddie.com
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Personhood NY, founded and led by Dawn Eskew, organizes the Annual International Gift of Life Walk in New York City. The affiliated Personhood Education NY (PENY) is a 501c(3) not for profit organization, tax exempt, and registered with New York State Charities Bureau.
Personhood Education New York, Inc. is faith based and Christ centered, but is open to working with all people for the cause of life. We hold that a human being is that which is created in the image of God, which we affirm to be permanently present at the moment of conception. This implies that all human beings from the moment of conception to natural death maintain certain rights inherent to personhood which no human authorities, in the case of all innocent persons, are permitted to revoke. We hold that in Christ laying claim on all power and authority in heaven and on earth (Matthew 28:18) He alone has authority over life and death, and so it is not only a crime against humanity but an assault against the supremacy of Christ for any person or institution to claim rights over the life and death of persons.
website: www.personhoodeducationny.com
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Find our more in this episode about America's anticipated 'fastest growing jobs' that pay the biggest salaries today and into the future; and the largest number of 'in demand' jobs today with the most openings. Some of the economy's hot six-figure annual salaries are not only in the tech and highly-skilled sectors but in industries we traditionally called blue collar from the trades and construction to high-tech mechanical jobs, according to IRA S. WOLFE.
Described as a “Millennial trapped in a Baby Boomer body, the World’s 1st Chief Googlization Officer, a “hire authority,” and “certified prophet” of workforce trends, WOLFE has emerged as one of HR’s most visionary thinkers. Ira personifies the passion and mindset required to manage the convergence of the tired, the wired, and technology. His enthusiasm and engaging approach inspires his audience to challenge preconceptions about what it takes to attract, select, manage, and retain top talent and take the initiative to make change for them.
WOLFE, a keynote, TEDx speaker and author of six books, including his latest, recruiting in the Age of Googlization, now in its 2nd edition, is the host of Geeks, Geezers and Googlization, one of the top-rated podcast talking about the convergence of the wired, tired, and technology. In other words… the future of work, job, HR and technology. His other books include Perfect Labor Storm. Each week on his podcast, WOLFE interviews the most fascinating industry thought leaders about disruptive workforce trends.
Source: www.irawolfe.com
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J. Michael (Mike) Oliver, CEO, Momentum Structural Analysis, entered the financial services industry in 1975 on the Futures side, joining E.F. Hutton’s International Commodity Division, headquartered in New York City's Battery Park.
He studied under David Johnston, head of Hutton’s Commodity Division and Chairman of the COMEX. In the 1980s Mike began to develop his own momentum-based method of technical analysis. He learned early on that orthodox price chart technical analysis left many unanswered questions and too often deceived those who trusted in price chart breakouts, support/resistance, and so forth.
In 1987 Mike technically anticipated and caught the Crash. It was then that he decided to develop his structural momentum tools into a full analytic methodology. In 1992 the Financial VP and head of Wachovia Bank's Trust Department asked Mike to provide soft dollar research to Wachovia.
Within a year, Mike shifted from brokerage to full-time technical research. He is also the author of The New Libertarianism: Anarcho-Capitalism.
Website: https://www.olivermsa.com/
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Tom Ward is an economist and advisor with a long track record in financial services from the World Bank to some of the biggest financial services consulting firms worldwide. During a nearly decade at the World Bank, Tom had a variety of assignments and functions including projects for Armenian, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Romania, Russia, and Turkey. Sectors he covered included agribusiness, banking supervision and finance, competitive grant schemes, disaster management and associated risk management, e-government, extension services, forestry, healthcare, infrastructure, knowledge management, oil and gas, open data, as well as Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) development.
During a later stint at Price Waterhouse Coopers, Tom oversaw and supported international financial institutions in support of efficient and effective operations. He maintained full account development responsibility for creating and managing re-branding and account rebuilding, assigned to relationships and responsibilities across private-public partnerships (infrastructure and healthcare) and in other areas. He also held high level responsibilities at other major companies.
Tom attended the London School of Economics and Political Science where he earned an Msc., Political Economics of Transition and International Business. He has a BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of St. Thomas.
Contact Tom Ward:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/trward
E-Mail:twconsult1997@gmail.com
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Dan Burke is author of The Devil in the Castle. St Teresa of Avila, Spiritual Warfare, and the Progress of the Soup (Sophia Institute Press). He is the founder and President of the Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation, which offers graduate and personal enrichment studies in spiritual theology to priests, deacons, religious, and laity in 90 countries and prepares men for seminary in over 30 dioceses.
Dan is the author and editor of more than 17 books on authentic Catholic spirituality and hosts the Divine Intimacy Radio show with his wife, Stephanie, which is broadcast weekly on EWTN Radio. Past episodes can be found, along with thousands of articles on the interior life, at SpiritualDirection.com.
In his deep commitment to the advancement of faithful Catholic spirituality, he is also the founder of Apostoli Viae, a world-wide, private association of the faithful dedicated to living and advancing the authentic spiritual patrimony of the Church.
Most importantly, Dan is a blessed husband, father of four, grandfather of one—and says he's grateful to be Catholic.
About The Devil in the Castle
We often think of demons appearing only in extravagant and extraordinary manifestations or working only through “bad” people. But the truth is more frightening than that. Most demonic activity takes place undetected, under the radar, and can even be hidden in our own prayer lives and in the churches where we attend Mass. Subtlety, illusion, and deceit are the preferred tactics of Satan’s army of fallen angels, and they are waging an invisible battle for souls ― right now ― within and around us all.
With St. Teresa of Avila’s masterpiece The Interior Castle as his guide, bestselling author DAN BURKE takes you on an illuminating journey through the seven levels of spiritual progress, explaining what God is accomplishing within your soul at each stage, as well as the finely tailored demonic strategies applied to throw you off your path.
You’ll learn how the devil is as active in your prayer life as you are, and how the saints were able to counter Satan as he adapted his schemes to correspond with where they were on their spiritual journeys.
By discovering the myriad challenges St. Teresa faced and the remedies she employed to advance the spiritual progress of her soul, you’ll know precisely what to expect as you progress in your current state to your final spiritual destination. You’ll also learn:
- The marks of authentic contemplative encounter with God
- Why God uses dryness in prayer to advance the progress of our souls
- How to know if you’re still in the “Purgative Way”
- How desolation can work for the good of the soul
- Why it’s dangerous to assume that your decisions are correct if you feel at peace
- How to fight distraction in prayer
- The 11 ways to test the authenticity of charismatic gifts
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John Horvat II is a scholar, researcher, educator, international speaker, and author of the book, Return to Order. His writings have appeared worldwide including in The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Post, American Thinker, TheBlaze, Crisis, FOX News, and The Washington Times, as well as other publications and websites. He gives more than 150 radio and TV interviews annually.
For more than two decades he has been researching and writing about what’s gone wrong with America’s culture and economy, an effort that culminated in the ground-breaking release of his award-winning book Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society–Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here and Where We Need to Go.
Mr. John Horvat is vice president and a member of the board of directors for the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP), head of the TFP Commission for American studies, and a TFP Sedes Sapientiae Institute instructor. Additionally, Mr. Horvat is a member of the Association of Christian Economists, The Philadelphia Society, the National Association of Scholars, and the Catholic Writers Guild, as well as an Acton University participant.
His research began in 1986 when he was invited by Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, founder of the Brazilian TFP, to study the crisis of modern economy and to prepare a conservative response. Mr. Horvat continues studying and writing and is now one of the most sought after experts on the subject.
When he’s not writing, Horvat enjoys jogging and fencing. He lives in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania.
Source: https://www.returntoorder.org/john-horvat-biography/
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DR. SCOTT HAHN is a well-known American Catholic theologian and Christian apologist, a former Presbyterian who converted to Catholicism, and the Fr. Michael Scanlan Professor of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. His popular works include Rome Sweet Home and The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth.
Dr. Hahn is also the co-author of the newly published Lenten Cookbook with DAVID GEISSER. From breads to stews to omelets and desserts, award-winning chef and former Vatican Swiss Guard GEISSER, in The Lenten Cookbook, brings 75 new international recipes that were specially conceived for the penitential season of Lent. From delicious soups and salads to zesty curries and classic Lenten staples, Chef Geisser offers here a uniquely Catholic way of celebrating the Lenten season in your home each year.
Much more than a cookbook, this first-ever guidebook for mealtimes in Lent features essays from DR. HAHN, who reflects on the history of fasting and its integral role in our personal spiritual growth. Hahn guides you on how to practice a holy Lent that will enable you to return your focus to Christ, and how to carry the unique and extraordinary joys of Lent forward into the rest of the year. You’ll also learn of forgotten Catholic traditions and timeless customs, such as St. Martin’s Lent, Ember Days, and Rogation Days and how you can apply these time-honored periods of grace to your spiritual life today.
Here’s a culinary masterpiece that is a must-have for any Catholic and an ideal gift for a loved one’s kitchen or coffee table. It also includes:
- Scores of meatless dishes that are both simple and savory
- Nearly 50 pages of exclusive content from Scott Hahn on the Lenten season
- Over a dozen meals ideally suited for those pursuing a rigorous Lent
- Several variations on the traditional Lenten hot-cross bun recipe
- Inspiring Scripture verses and quotes from the saints to keep you on track this Lent.
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Viktor Shvets' medicine for overcoming our greatest financial challenge in decades - record global debt - is daring and controversial: Forget about repaying the massive bill of as much as $500 trillion since this would lead inevitably to a collapse in asset prices, he says, from homes to 401(k) pension plans. The global economy is wedded to technology and "financialization" of everything from mortgages to esoteric corporate and consumer loans. The idea of old-fashioned lending practices with simpler pieces of notes and clear cut lenders is a dim memory. Loans today have been financialized with every part - from principle to interest - sliced and diced and sold off to multiple investors and traders. Viktor Shvets' ideas will have many skeptics and critics, including the host of this podcast, since the real price to be paid could be surrendering our personal sovereignty to state governments as the new path to "freedom."
But Shvets sees a future that can't be easily dismissed as a wild dream. For that reason, his new book is a fascinating study. Imagine that by the 2040s, Harvard College is shuttered, its hallowed halls impenetrably overgrown with miles of vines — closed for lack of demand in Ivy-League education. It’s just one jarring possibility suggested in Viktor Shvets’ thought-provoking deep-dive into the challenges facing today’s world: The Great Rupture – Three Empires, Four Turning points and the Future of Humanity – Do we need to be free? (Publisher: Boyle & Dalton.) “The lessons of the last five centuries were unequivocal — without freedom, there could be no prosperity or happiness. However, does this still hold true in the Information Age?” Shvets asks.
Dick Bove is the chief financial strategist at Odeon Capital Group and covers the bank sector. He is among the most prominent bank industry analysts in the US, often controversial, with a keen and practical sense of history and of events that are often translated into his analysis. Bove attended Stuyvesant High, N.Y., and is a graduate of Columbia University, 1962, majoring in political science.
Bove began his career in 1965, working for a series of firms including Wertheim, Shearson, Raymond James, Hoefer & Arnett and Punk Ziegel, before it was purchased by Ladenburg Thalmann. Later, Bove joined Rochdale Securities and then eventually moved to Odeon Capital. A widely quoted analyst with some five decades of experience behind him, Bove relies on common sense and macroeconomic trends to forecast markets. He appears regularly on business shows on TV and radio, and is frequently cited in media coverage of Wall Street.
Odeon Capital Group: www.odeoncap.com
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PHILIP SHARP, host of the engaging podcast RAGE OF THE AGE and a pastor in North Carolina, served for 20 years in the US Army Infantry during which he graduated from Ranger School, completed 22 parachute jumps, and served as a Drill Sergeant. He has worked in a variety of locations to include South Korea and the jungles of Panama. He deployed to Iraq three separate times from 2003 until 2010.
He has published articles and war game simulations in Strategy & Tactics and Command magazine and is a contributing columnist for Modern War magazine. He is also the author of Not in the Wind, Earthquake, or Fire, a combat Infantryman’s first-hand account based on the journal he ng around us, but in the gentle whisper that follows.
Philip is retired from active-duty service and now lives in North Carolina where he serves as the pastor of the Warrenton Church of God. He has been the guest of numerous radio programs and podcasts as well as a speaker for many public events.
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Presidential historian Craig Shirley’s long-awaited new book, April 1945: The Hinge of History, is now available.
The riveting follow up to Shirley’s acclaimed December 1941, April 1945 tells of the final month of the Second World War. Vigorously researched and rich in details, the book not only explores the climactic final battles of the war but also delves into the events that transformed the everyday lives of Americans and served as a catalyst for America’s shift into its role as a superpower.
Perhaps one of the most monumental months in human history, April of 1945 saw the tragic death of President Roosevelt and the final, vicious demise of Adolf Hitler. It saw the fall of the Empire of Japan and the rise of atomic weaponry. It saw the horrific revelations of the Holocaust and an American society fundamentally reshaped by global war and rapid industrialization. All of this and more is chronicled in Shirley’s engaging and resounding history of the conclusion of World War II and the impact it had on America and its citizens.
April 1945 is available for order here.
Craig Shirley was professionally involved in American politics and government for over three decades. He worked in government and on campaigns at the congressional, gubernatorial, and presidential levels but now spend his time writing and lecturing on presidential politics and American history.
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In this episode your host takes a closer look at our present market turmoil and asks what has cryptocurrency got to do this all this? The show returns to a recent favorite guest, Jeffrey Robinson, for some insights and possibly some clues as to what the hell is happening.
Robinson is the bestselling author of 30 books, and a popular speaker on the international after-dinner circuit. Born in Long Beach, NY (1945), he began selling freelance articles and stories to small magazines before his 15th birthday. Later, while attending Temple University in Philadelphia (BA-1967), he wrote for television and radio, was a staff writer at KYW-TV3 (1965), scripted a popular local children's show and was on the writing staff of "The Mike Douglas Show" (1966), a nationally televised daily talk show.
After serving as a press and public relations officer in the United States Air Force (1967-1971), he took up residence in the south of France where he spent the next 12 years vagabonding around the world, writing articles and short stories for leading North American and British periodicals. In 1982, now earning his living as an established freelance journalist and short story writer, he moved to London England to write books. His money laundering tour de force, The Laundrymen (1993) was a headline-maker in 14 countries, establishing him as a recognized expert on organized crime, dirty money, fraud and money laundering.
Actively maintaining that reputation through books, television programs and speaking engagements around the world, the British Bankers' Association has labeled him, "the world's most important financial crime author." In addition to books on dirty money, he has published investigative non-fiction, major biographies and novels.
Source: jeffreyrobinson.com
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Dr Edward Bartlett, an expert in the field of public health, is the founder of the Coalition to End Domestic Violence. He is a former academic, consultant, and government regulator. Website: www. endtodv.org
According to the Coalition, each year, 4.2 million males, compared to 3.5 million females, experience domestic violence according to the Centers for Disease Control (1). But according to a recent report, Thirty Years of Domestic Violence Half-Truths, Falsehoods, and Lies, many domestic violence groups continue to promote a false narrative of male-as-perpetrator and female-as-victim (2). These falsehoods unfairly stereotype men, deprive abusive women from getting help, and undermine the effectiveness of abuse-reduction programs:
The Coalition to End Domestic Violence released the following:*
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Each year, 17.3 million men and 12.7 million women are victims of psychological coercive control tactics, according to the CDC (3). But last year Connecticut Senator Mae Flexner ignored the research and rallied supporters to support a new law to define coercive control as a form of domestic violence. Flexner promoted her bill using the one-sided and misleading claim: “The changes in this bill will be a lifeline to the more than a third of all Connecticut women who will experience some form of intimate partner violence or stalking in their lifetime.” (4)
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According to the CDC, American Indian men and women experience nearly identical lifetime rates of partner abuse: 81.6% and 84.3%, respectively (5). The federal Violence Against Women Act includes a section on “Safety for Indian Women.” But inexplicably, nothing about “Safety for Indian Men.”
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Over the past year and a half, Americans have heard dire warnings that COVID stay-at-home policies were causing a dramatic “spike” and “surge” in domestic violence. But according to numerous independent analyses, these claims have no scientific basis. There has been no national increase in partner abuse as a result of COVID lockdown policies, either in the United States or abroad (6).
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On October 5, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. The senators sidestepped the problem of female-perpetrated violence. Horrifically, the following week a female NYPD officer discovered her former girlfriend cavorting with another woman. Officer Yvonne Wu opened fire, shooting her ex-lover in the chest and killing the other woman, Jamie Li (7).
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A domestic violence curriculum known as Athletes as Leaders and Coaching Boys Into Men is being taught to high school athletes around the country. The program features an “Oppression Chart” that makes the unscientific claim that “cisgender” men are “given more power, access, and advantages,” while women are subjected to “oppression.” (8)
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The Culture of Dishonesty was also evident when it was revealed that the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence had compensated former director Tiffany Carr $7.5 million over a three-year period, and failed to provide state officials with accurate financial reports. As a result, the Florida Coalition agreed to repay the State of Florida more than $5 million and was shut down in disgrace (9).
Fortunately, a growing number of domestic violence groups are beginning to acknowledge the existence of female abusers and male victims. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, for example, offers a three-page fact sheet on Male Victims of Domestic Violence (10).
Researcher Murray Straus has noted, “the past 25 years has seen a systematic denial of evidence about perpetration of PV [partner violence] by women. This denial is troublesome for social scientists because it threatens the integrity of science, and for practitioners because it threatens the effectiveness of prevention and treatment efforts.” (11)
See Press Release*
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Casey J. Chalk is a contributing editor at the New Oxford Review, a senior contributor for the Federalist, and a frequent contributor to the American Conservative and Crisis Magazine. He holds a B.A. in history and a master’s in teaching from the University of Virginia, and a master’s in theology from the Notre Dame Graduate School of Theology at Christendom College. He lives with his wife, Claire, and their four children in his native Northern Virginia.
For 2,000 years, the persecution of Christians has taken place wherever the Church has been present — essentially, in every corner of the world. More than 260 million Christians around the globe are facing some form of persecution right now, and that number continues to climb each year.
The Persecuted is an astonishing book that tells the real-life stories of brave Christians who are suffering intimidation, oppression, and violence right now as they resolutely live out their Faith in Muslim lands. The author, Casey Chalk, shocked by what he saw as a journalist living overseas, presents with skill and sensitivity these riveting stories that he witnessed firsthand.
This global tour of Christian persecution will take you from the slums of Karachi, where Islamic extremists harass and kill beleaguered Christians, to the bustling, exotic streets of Bangkok, where Christians hide in fear while awaiting adjudication of their refugee applications. You’ll meet brave Christians who escaped Muslim persecution to make a new life in the Netherlands, and others who slipped away only to become trapped in Russia. Casey tells the stories of Christians who were tortured and, in some instances, killed in Muslim nations — and then lays out a strategic plan for rescuing as many as possible from their plight.
Chalk also addresses other fundamental issues, explaining why Islam’s radicals feel they must declare war on Christianity and why they persist in enslaving the Christians in their midst. He also explains how they have managed to get away with this appalling conduct in the face of powerful international organizations—and the Catholic Church herself—spotlighting the persecution and calling for its end.
These harrowing stories bring you face-to-face with fellow Christians enduring the ultimate test in distant lands. They will strengthen your faith and also prepare you for what may lie ahead here in the West if we fail to heed the advice given in this timely and important book.
Source: Sophia Institute Press
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Jeffrey Robinson is the bestselling author of 30 books, and a popular speaker on the international after-dinner circuit. Born in Long Beach, NY (1945), he began selling freelance articles and stories to small magazines before his 15th birthday. Later, while attending Temple University in Philadelphia (BA-1967), he wrote for television and radio, was a staff writer at KYW-TV3 (1965), scripted a popular local children's show and was on the writing staff of "The Mike Douglas Show" (1966), a nationally televised daily talk show.
After serving as a press and public relations officer in the United States Air Force (1967-1971), he took up residence in the south of France where he spent the next 12 years vagabonding around the world, writing articles and short stories for leading North American and British periodicals. In 1982, now earning his living as an established freelance journalist and short story writer, he moved to London England to write books. His money laundering tour de force, The Laundrymen (1993) was a headline-maker in 14 countries, establishing him as a recognized expert on organized crime, dirty money, fraud and money laundering.
Actively maintaining that reputation through books, television programs and speaking engagements around the world, the British Bankers' Association has labeled him, "the world's most important financial crime author." In addition to books on dirty money, he has published investigative non-fiction, major biographies and novels.
Source: jeffreyrobinson.com
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Happy New Year from DIG LIFE DEEP!
We've excerpted highlights from some of our weekly episodes in 2021— a total of 10. Every episode was very special, unique, bringing out the very best in the guests and in your humble host. We sincerely hope these 10 present the distinct flavor—and the overall essence—of what this podcast is all about and showcased in last year's complete offerings. You will find here a spirit of enterprise, hope, discovery, scientific advance and truth-telling in an unparalleled age of social upheaval.
Our TEN GEMS for 2022
- JOHN CATSIMADITIS: New York's Billionaire Supermarket Mogul, Talk Show Host & Public Figure
*CHUCK COLLINS: Born with a silver spoon, Collins gave his inherited fortune away and has no regrets
*DICK BOVE: Famed bank analyst, Dick Bove, of Odeon Capital Group, explains the mad stuff happening at the US Federal Reserve and weighs in on soaring inflation
*MICHAEL CHURCHWARD: The celebrity mega yacht captain was sent to notorious prisons for crimes he never committed, after docking in Turkey. He describes his ordeal and the trail to his eventual freedom
*DIARY OF AN AMERICAN EXORCIST: Msgr. Stephen J Rosetti, discusses his intense experiences liberating people from demonic evil and diabolical possession and oppression
*SCIENTIST PROVES GOD EXISTS: Dr. Gerard Verschuuren, a human geneticist and a busy author, lays out his case for why God exists
*NORMAN ROCKWELL: Jarvis Rockwell, son of the late iconic American artist, joins author ST Haggerty, in a discussion about the famous illustrator and his models.
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THE AUTISTIC PRIEST: Fr. Matthew Schneider went public with his autistic diagnosis on World Autism Awareness Day, and has never looked back
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DOPAMINE NATION: Dr. Anna Lembke, author of Dopamine Nation, looks at ancient wisdom and new scientific research for treatment of addictions in a digital, self-indulgent world drowning our brains in dopamine
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RAYMOND ARROYO: The FOX News contributor and EWTN editor and host, prolific journalist and author, offers hope for the future as he takes us on a journey of his beloved New Orleans.
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The Black 6 Project was born from a passion to help others in need. The founders Joseph Zoleta, David Guzman, and Francis Faustino have made it a career in taking care of those in need. Faustino is a board certified family practitioner and both Guzman and Zoleta are paramedics in New York City. They provide EMS care in a city that receives about 1.43 million emergency medical service calls a year.
Before they were paramedics though, Guzman and Zoleta served in separate armed services but ones that would be all too familiar with each other. Guzman was a corpsman for the Navy and Zoleta was a grunt for the Marine Corps. The brotherhood that the Marines have with their Corpsman is undeniable so it would be only natural that these two would team up.
Both are combat veterans from deployments in Iraq and when they returned home and developed their careers, they both still felt the need to do more. They were working on their new company, “Black 6” when conversation brought them to the need to do more outside of their usual realm.
As veterans, they found their appetite to serve for a greater cause could not easily be satisfied. When they left their respective services, that fire to just get out there still smoldered inside. Many may succumb to the mediocre life, but they felt it would be an even greater achievement to serve on their own terms, and they quickly found many others with the same fire inside.
The Black 6 Project is an organization that looks for volunteers that have the motivation to serve for the better good. It is an organization that can pool its resources of motivated individuals and bring care to those in need anywhere in the world. With the experience of their veteran leadership, The Black 6 Project is planning to deploy annually to different parts of the world.
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Tom Mullen says Americans look forward to their second “new normal” Christmas wondering if their governments will allow them to celebrate it. Many Christians might believe it is their duty to suffer in silence, to “turn the other cheek,” in exchange for a reward in the next life.
Mullen challenges that view with a penetrating look at the Jesus of the New Testament who exhibits, he contends, anything but silent obedience to government oppression in his time. Rather, according to Mullen:
- He spends much of his public ministry excoriating the vassal Jewish government and its minions for their hypocrisy and sinfulness
- He publicly opposes capital punishment for victimless crimes
- He often teaches spiritual lessons using parables in which private property owners and capitalists are the heroes
- He refuses to answer questions put to him by Pontius Pilate, the most powerful man in Judea, anticipating the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by almost 1,800 years
Mullen also takes a look at several popular Christmas films and television specials, some radically anti-state and others anti-freedom propaganda.
But how would Jesus handle the “new normal” of government lockdowns and vaccine mandates? How should Americans, Christian and non-Christian alike, respond themselves?
All this and more can be found in this concise look at history’s most famous birthday from a perspective the powerful don’t want you to know about.
Tom Mullen website: tommullen.net
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John A. Catsimatidis is an American billionaire businessman and radio talk show host, owner, president, chairman, and CEO of Gristedes Foods, the Manhattan grocery chain in Manhattan, and the Red Apple Group, a real estate and aviation company with about $2 billion in holdings in New York, Florida and Pennsylvania. Catsimatidis is also the chairman and CEO of the Red Apple Group subsidiary United Refining Company.[3]
Catsimatidis hosts a popular Sunday morning talk-radio show on a number of stations along the east coast and Florida, including Washington DC, and hosts a live radio program which airs Wednesdays during drive time in the New York City metro area.[4] He entered radio station ownership in 2019 with his acquisition of WABC (AM) in New York City.
Catsimatidis was the runner-up to the Republican nomination for mayor of New York City in the 2013 election.
Official website: www.catsimatidis.com
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Anthony DeStefano is an American author, television host and a pro-life activist. He has written five bestselling Christian books for adults, including: A Travel Guide to Heaven and Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To. He has also written eight bestselling books for children, including: The Donkey That No One Could Ride and Little Star. His latest, as a charming Christmas children’s book, The Beggar and the Bluebird, a modern-day fairytale in the tradition of Hans Christian Anderson, the Grimm brothers and other classic children’s book authors.
"The Beggar and the Bluebird" tells the moving tale of a little bird whose flight southward for the winter keeps getting delayed because of the strange requests of a local street beggar. The beggar asks the bird to fly various “errands or mercy” for him, delivering bread to a homeless man, money to a widow with children, and a gold cross to a sick boy in the hospital. As a result of these acts of kindness, the bluebird gets caught in a winter snowstorm. All seems lost, until an astonishing surprise ending reveals that the street beggar is really an angel of God.
DeStefano was born and raised in Brooklyn and today lives in New Jersey.
Link for Purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Beggar-Bluebird-Anthony-DeStefano/dp/1644135159/
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Despite a history of political and social chaos, wars and economic catastrophe, the USA is still the land of opportunity and freedom, says John Aidan Byrne, award-winning journalist and host of the DIG LIFE DEEP! podcast. At a crossroads in our polarized nation’s history, Byrne in a recent talk at the Library of the Chathams, N.J. looked with hope to the American future. Recalling his life and career with laugh-out-loud moments and adrenaline-fueled deadlines, Byrne describes his journey as a young reporter in rural Ireland, to his life as a media man in America writing for the New York Post, National Catholic Register, Wall Street Journal and other major outlets. He was a foreign correspondent; editor of Traders Magazine for Wall Street traders, and was on staff and a reporter at McGraw Hill’s SecuritiesWeek; Securities Industry Daily; The Irish Echo; and The Irish Voice. This episode is an edited version of John's talk at Chatham Library, NJ.
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Raymond Arroyo is an internationally known, award-winning journalist, producer, and New York Times Bestselling author. He is a Fox News contributor and a regular on The Ingraham Angle. As founding News Director, Managing Editor and Lead Anchor for EWTN News, he is seen in more than 350 million homes on six continents each week and heard on more than 500 AM/FM affiliates and a stand alone Sirius channel throughout the US.
Known for his penetrating interviews, Arroyo has interrogated the leading figures of the day. Highlights include: The first exclusive, sit down interview with Mel Gibson about his film, “The Passion of the Christ”; Mother Teresa of Calcutta; Placido Domingo; Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump, a groundbreaking interview with comic legend, Jerry Lewis, and the first and only English interview with Pope Benedict XVI.
Arroyo has anchored coverage of more live papal events than anyone in the industry, including the passing of Pope John Paul the Second, as well as the election and major international travels of Pope Benedict. During the Conclave of 2013, Arroyo served as a CNN Contributor and was part of the team that covered Pope Francis’ first appearance, live.
The acclaimed journalist and author is on tour this November and December with his first picture book, The Spider Who Saved Christmas. More details here on Raymond Arroyo's latest and other books: The Spider Who Saved Christmas - Discover Legends
For more on his book tour, go to his website: raymondarroyo.com
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Dr. Stephen Baskerville (SK Baskerville), in his latest book, A Gentleman’s Guide to Manners, Sex, and Ruling the World, presents the "frankest guide to manners and morals ever written, offering the reader a refreshingly honest guidebook on how to become not just a man in the modern world but a gentleman," according to the publisher, Sophia Institute Press.
Topics include in A Gentleman's Guide include:
· Why any man can, and every man should, be a gentleman
· How the traditional rules can be applied to benefit the modern man - and those around him.
· How to develop the social graces of polite society without compromising your manhood
· How a gentleman should honor women without falling into political correctness
· What subjects are appropriate for conversation - and which ones are not
· Tips for courtship, marriage, and family life
· Why the ideal of the gentleman is inseparable from the responsibility to rule yourself and others
Dr. Baskerville is a university lecturer of more than 30 years. Currently, he is working in Collegium Intermarium, a new university in Warsaw, Poland, a conservative post-graduate university dedicated mostly to law and economics/business (for now), and rooted in traditional values such as Greek philosophy, Roman law, and Judeo-Christian faith. https://collegiumintermarium.org/en/homepage/.
More Here: A Gentleman's Guide to Manners, Sex, and Ruling the World | Sophia Institute Press
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Dr. Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist and the Medical Director of Addiction Medicine at Stanford University and a much sought-after expert in the field of addiction. In her new book, DOPAMINE NATION (out now), Dr. Lembke explores exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain, while also offering practical solutions for how to manage compulsive overconsumption, providing a clear way back to a balanced life.
Dr. Lembke offers practical solutions for how to manage overconsumption, including dopamine fasting and radical honesty – and the lasting advantage to making them a regular practice. At the root of much of today's mental anguish is dopamine, which according to Dr. Lembke triggers, gambling, and addictions to food, smoking, cannabis, alcohol, gaming, social media, drugs, and other substances and pleasures.
DOPAMINE NATION is a fascinating look into the whole spectrum, from indulgence to dangerous addictions, and Dr. Lembke’s strategy of combining the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery is essential in this age overconsumption.
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A.D. Ultman grew up on a farm on the Great American Plains. He was educated at leading public universities on the East and West Coasts, studying cognitive science and political theory. He began his career as a U.S. Senate staffer and then spent eight years building and leading a successful corporate market research and consulting practice in Washington, DC. He resigned his position in 2017 to travel and study political systems around the world. Since then, he has been an independent writer and teacher and now a teacher at a Charter School, in the US, a “public school” run as a school of choice for parents and student, free of many state and local regulations, as well as ideologies, imposed upon traditional public schools. Ultman holds a B.S. in psychology and political science and a M.A. in political science.
Inspired by George Orwell and intended for readers ages 12 and up, A.D. Ultman’s Animal Town masterfully explains today's political landscape and cautions against extremism on all sides. Animal Town is a book made for the political moment but rooted in perennial wisdom-and could not be timelier message for the youth of America.
Animal Townis a nuanced and sophisticated treatment of contemporary politics, grounded in the words and actions of American political and cultural leaders. It is related through the compelling story of a young jackrabbit's struggle to understand the nature of freedom, a weasel's quest for wealth and power, and the conflicting dogmas preached by a zealous fox and a radical gopher.
In Animal Town's anthropomorphic world reminiscent of George Orwell's Animal Farm, predator and prey species of the American prairie have built a democratic, capitalist society where animals live together in harmony. Then, for the first time in memory, a predator kills a prey. The tragedy triggers a resurgence of species-based politics that threatens the very existence of Animal Town.
Animal Town https://animaltownbook.com/is described as a prescient cautionary tale exposing the danger of far-right and far-left political extremism.
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Timothy J. Gordon studied philosophy in Pontifical graduate universities in Europe, taught it at Southern Californian community colleges, and then went on to law school. He holds degrees in literature, history, philosophy, and law. Currently, he resides in Mississippi with his wife and six children, where he writes and teaches philosophy and theology.
For two thousand years, Christianity has taught, with startling specificity, that married men are patriarchs who should relate to their wives as Christ relates to His Bride, the Church, according to the dust jacket of Timothy J Gordon's latest book, The Case for Patriarchy (Crisis Publications). "Yet as feminism swept across Western society in recent decades, our understanding of patriarchy became corrupted, and men have been astoundingly swift in their forfeiture of their God-given patriarchal rights and duties."
The blurb continues: "While The Case for Patriarchy articulates a position that is provocative in our day, it’s a position that was without controversy for millennia. Why? Because Christians viewed patriarchy as a theological necessity according to the dictates of Christian Scripture and Tradition.
"In these powerful pages, Timothy Gordon argues that Christ did more than establish a clerical patriarchy — an all-male priesthood. He also created a lay patriarchy of male householders who act as priests, prophets, and kings of their families. The supplantation of this patriarchy with a feminist “matriarchy,” Gordon argues, has proven to be the most devastating of all the subversive revolutions waged upon Christendom by the radical, secular Left."
Gordon demonstrates that the Word of God single-handedly foils all the toxic plans of modern radicals, and centuries of Christian theology in the East and West have reinforced it, according to the blurb of his new book. "He pulls the curtain back on the “waves” of feminism that have swept over Western culture, and he refutes the methodology they employ to undermine men. Finally, he examines what the restoration of the Christian vocation should look like, as well as explores the patriarchal virtues that all men should exercise in their home and society."
"Here is a book that boldly pushes back on the narrative that the patriarchy is dangerous to women and to society," we are told. "Indeed, it is a book that unapologetically seeks a restoration of Western society based on patriarchal order, where justice and the common good can triumph."
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Renée Marino is a professional communication coach named byYahoo Finance as one of the “Top 10 Communication Coaches to Follow in 2021!” She was the co-host of Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi’s first-ever virtual “World Summit'' and has spoken, performed, and been interviewed on thousands of live and virtual stages, including Dean Graziosi’s podcast The Dean Graziosi Show. Renée helps people create genuine connections in their life and business by balancing new school technology with ol’ school simplicity. She also uses her well-rounded experience of communicating through various mediums to train companies, organizations, schools, and universities in strengthening their communication skills. Renée can be seen as the female lead, Mary Delgado, in the film,“Jersey Boys,” directed by Clint Eastwood.
She has been featured inPeople.com’s “Ones to Watch,” Variety, and The Huffington Post, which stated: “The Broadway star—who is basically Tina Fey’s celebrity doppelganger— is a scene-stealer. ‘Jersey Boys’ pops whenever she’s onscreen.” Renée wrote and performed her solo show, I Am Me, Because of Three, to sold-out venues in NYC and LA and received rave reviews. Her Broadway credits include Pretty Woman: The Musical (dance captain/assistant to the choreographer), West Side Story (Rosalia), Jersey Boys (Mary Delgado), Chaplin, and Wonderland (ensemble). She has toured North America with Cats, Disney’s High School Musical, and Jersey Boys. Her television credits include Regina on Fox’s Weird Loners and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
As a coach, keynote speaker, and longtime performer, Renée Marino has inspired people worldwide with her energy, relatability, and authentic spirit. Renée's forthcoming book, "Becoming a Master Communicator: Balancing New School Technology with Ol' School Simplicity" will be released in January.
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Dick Bove is the chief strategist at Odeon Capital Group and covers the bank sector. He is among the most prominent bank industry analysts in the US, often controversial, with a keen and practical sense of history and of events that are often translated into his analysis. Bove attended Stuyvesant High, N.Y., and is a graduate of Columbia University, 1962, majoring in political science.
Bove began his career in 1965, working for a series of firms including Wertheim, Shearson, Raymond James, Hoefer & Arnett and Punk Ziegel, before it was purchased by Ladenburg Thalmann. Later, Bove joined Rochdale Securities and then eventually moved to Odeon Capital. A widely quoted analyst with some five decades of experience behind him, Bove relies on common sense and macroeconomic trends to forecast markets. He appears regularly on business shows on TV and radio, and is frequently cited in media coverage of Wall Street.
Bove is the author of Guardians of Prosperity: Why America Needs Big Banks (December 26, 2013)
Website: https://www.odeoncap.com/
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Fr. Matthew Schneider is a priest with the Legionaries of Christ ordained in 2013. He has over 66,000 followers between Twitter and Instagram and some 9,000 on Facebook. Fr Schneider is studying a doctorate in theology and has a book forthcoming in 2022. A native of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Fr. Matthew has worked throughout North America. He is based today in Virginia, USA.
Fr Schneider has drawn much popular attention because of his perceptive and persuasive articles on social media. But it was his decision to go public about his autism that has drawn some of the attention as well as much curiosity.
In a video released April 2, 2019, World Autism Awareness Day, Schneider decided to publicly reveal his autism diagnosis.
“I realize the need to evangelize this segment of the population,” he said in the video. “We’re about 1.5%–2% of the population. We have a much higher chance of being atheists, a much lower chance of attending religious services on a weekly basis. … We need someone to reach out to that community, to inculturate the Gospel to the autistic mind.”
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France, 1940.
In a stunning move, the armies of Nazi Germany annihilate the French military and capture Paris, the crown jewel of Europe, in a matter of a few weeks. As Adolf Hitler tightens his grip on the fabled “City of Lights,” the shocked Allies regroup and begin planning for a daring counterattack into Fortress Europe.
The longer the Nazis hold the city, the greater danger its citizens face. By 1944, over 120,000 Parisians have died, and countless more tortured in the city's Gestapo prisons and sent to death camps. The exiled general Charles de Gaulle, headquartered in the bar of London's Connaught Hotel, convinces General Dwight Eisenhower to put Paris before Berlin. Unless Paris is taken immediately, he tells Ike, the City of Lights will be leveled. The race for Paris begins.
TAKING PARIS: The Epic Battle for the City of Lights (Dutton Caliber), is the riveting story of the people who set that beautiful city free. Vigorously researched, Martin Dugard’s historical narrative takes readers behind-the-scenes in an epic, page-turning account of the battle for the heart and soul of Paris in one of the twentieth century’s darkest moments.
Dugard, one of the most widely read writers today, has co-authored one of the most successful nonfiction series in publishing history with the Killing books. Now, with TAKING PARIS, Dugard showcases his unique ability to pair fascinating historical research with compelling, page-turning storytelling.
The players holding the fate of Paris in their hands are some of the biggest historical figures of the era: Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, General George S. Patton, and the exiled French general Charles de Gaulle. From the fall of Paris in 1940 to the race for Paris in 1944, this enthralling drama unfolds through their decisions—for better and worse. TAKING PARIS is history told at a breathtaking pace, a sprawling yet intimate saga of heroism, desire, and personal sacrifice for all that is right.
Martin Dugard is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and historian who has written on topics ranging from presidents to Egyptian pharaohs. He is coauthor of the popular Killing series along with other acclaimed works including Into Africa, The Explorers, The Murder of King Tut, and To Be a Runner. Known for his fondness for adventure, he is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and has flown around the world at twice the speed of sound. He lives in California with his family
Website: www.martindugard.com
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An average boy in an average American neighborhood, Zachary King grew up in a Baptist home. He began practicing magick at 10 years old, joined a satanic coven at 13 years old, and had broken all 10 Commandments by 15 years old. From his teen years to adulthood he worked his way up to High Wizard in the coven and actively pushed satan’s agenda including ritualistic abortions and breaking up churches. But then...
In January 2008, while working at a jewelry kiosk, Zachary had an encounter with Our Blessed Mother which changed his life. In the middle of the mall, through the power of the Miraculous Medal, Zachary experienced a peace that surpasses all understanding. That peace was Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. Our Lady's love rescued Zachary from hell and brought him straight to the Heart of Her Son Jesus Christ. He started going to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Vermont and in May 2008 (the month of Mary), Zachary King entered the Catholic Church!
After 26 years of involvement with the occult, Zachary has become a warrior for Jesus Christ and wants to share his knowledge for the protection of God's people. Zachary’s testimony is an inspiration that proves how great God's mercy & forgiveness truly are and above all shows the depth of His love for us.
Zachary King is currently living in Kansas. He is an international speaker spreading the story of his miraculous rescue from Satanism anywhere he can.
EXCERPTED FROM "A Modern Story of Divide Mercy."
Website: http://allsaintsministry.org/Home.html
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Dr. Wayne WInegarden is senior fellow in business and economics at the Pacific Research Institute. His research primarily focuses on how lawmakers can enact policies that optimize US economic growth
The mission of the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) is to champion freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by advancing free-market policy solutions. Since its founding in 1979, PRI has remained steadfast to the vision of a free and civil society where individuals can achieve their full potential. Put simply, public policy is too important to be left just to the experts. Individuals are the real decision makers when it comes to their schools, health care, and environment. PRI reinforces this ideal by providing you with the information, inspiration, and opportunity to make decisions about the daily issues that matter most to you. The Institute’s activities include publications, events, media commentary, legislative testimony, and community outreach.
Website: https://www.pacificresearch.org/mission-statement/
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Dr. Tony Dale, a leading healthcare policy expert, has launched his new book, The Cure for Healthcare. As a clinician and serial entrepreneur, Dr. Dale has spent decades analyzing the American healthcare industry and working to revolutionize patient care. The book offers a suite of realistic, actionable solutions to fix the broken American healthcare system as we know it today. Dr. Dale presented the book’s key findings at the Free Market Medical Association (FMMA) annual conference in Dallas in August 6, 2021.
The Cure for Healthcare meticulously documents the flaws and inefficiencies of the American healthcare system, based on Dr. Dale’s encounters and experiences both in the United States and abroad. The book lays out emerging solutions that hail not from Washington, D.C., but from innovative doctors, business owners, and technology experts. Leveraging free market ideals, Dr. Dale outlines the fixes that will restore the doctor-patient relationship, improve access to care, and reduce costs — all while creating a more compassionate, transparent, and trustworthy system.
Dr. Dale presented the book and discussed market-driven healthcare solutions at the FMMA conference. His lecture, “Awakening Employers Through Creative Outreach,” highlighted how innovation can shift employer practices and perspectives in various industries, including healthcare.
“I am thrilled to finally share with everyone the findings in The Cure for Healthcare,” says Dr. Dale. “I realized that the American healthcare system needed an overhaul about 25 years ago when I received an egregiously expensive hospital bill for knee surgery. I hadn’t been told about all of the hidden costs of the surgery, and the total charge was significantly higher than the estimate I had been given.
"As a doctor," he adds, "I’ve spent my life working to improve patient health, but it’s harder and harder to ensure that patients get the care they need with the hidden fees and mounting out-of-pocket costs. By implementing the suggestions of doctors and business leaders that I've documented in The Cure for Healthcare, we can build a stronger and more resilient system that provides access to necessary care.”
To learn more about or purchase The Cure for Healthcare, visit Amazon or https://thecureforhealthcarebook.com/
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Eric Sammons is a former diocesan director of Catholic evangelization and now the editor-in-chief of Crisis Magazine. In his latest book, Deadly Indifference: How the Church Lost Her Mission, and How We Can Reclaim It (Sophia Institute Press), Sammons pulls the curtain back on the rise of religious indifference, uncovering a wealth of fascinating particulars about what made the “old” Church work, and what is causing the “new” to collapse. He identifies the most damaging distortions of the Faith, presented as progress, and explains why Church leaders felt compelled to upend traditional Catholic life.
In captivating detail, Sammons explores why the New Evangelization was destined to fail and explains how the decision to de-emphasize the Church’s exclusive role in the process of salvation inevitably led to mass abandonment of the sacraments. He identifies how certain teachings were ignored or toned down—leading to their sudden collapse—and how progressives elevated ecumenism over evangelization and supplanted proclamation of the Gospel with “dialogue.”
Deadly Indifference is both a vital examination of the current crisis facing the Church and a blueprint for how to overcome it, says Sophia Institute Press.
Eric Sammons is a husband, father (of seven), author and the Editor of Crisis Magazine. He believes in life, liberty, and the pursuit of holiness. Eric has written several books, including a book on Catholic evangelization and a book on the digital currency Bitcoin. He has contributed over 150 articles to numerous websites, including OnePeterFive, Catholic Answers, Crisis Magazine, The Federalist, CatholicVote, and Bitcoin.com.
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Gelet Fragela is a Cuban political refugee in the United States who fled Cuba with her family in 1994. She is also a journalist and founder of the website ADN Cuba which provides extensive coverage of events today in Cuba. As the world focused its attention in recent days on the traumatic events in Afghanistan and the chaotic US exit, there's unrest and upheaval in another troubled land. The Communist island nation of Cuba, under Miguel Díaz-Canel, has erupted in protests amidst food shortages and anger with the government.
In a recent opinion piece in the Sun Sentinel, Fragela was unsparing of her criticism of the Communist dictatorship in Cuba: "When Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, he promised democratic elections within 18 months. That never happened," she wrote. "After 62 years of authoritarian rule, the Cuban people have had enough, and they are finally letting the Cuban regime and the world know it."
"What is happening in Cuba right now is a true moment in world history.," Fragela added "This could be the end of the communist regime and the beginning of a truly free Cuba. It could be Cuba’s Solidarity Movement, or its Perestroika moment. Or it could be Cuba’s Green Revolution — a minor, interesting footnote in a vast story of oppression.
"The outcome depends heavily on the extent to which the free peoples of the world, including the U.S. actively support the freedom of the Cuban people. Although there are many things the U.S. can do, the first step should be to make clear to the world America does not recognize the Cuban communist regime as a legitimate government and instead holds it accountable for its long history of brutal oppression on the island."
Fragela continued: "Delegitimizing the status of the Cuban regime would have a significant impact on its ability to continue its 62-year façade that it has the popular support of its people when in fact it has suppressed popular sovereignty with repression, persecution and propaganda. If we have learned anything from the island-wide demonstrations this month, it is that the Cuban people want the communist dictatorship to end, and want democracy and freedom instead – or as we heard throughout the streets of Cuba on July 11, “Libertad!” .
See, https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-op-com-cuba-venezuela-legitimate-government-20210808-ym7tpfdaqzhs5mqumusdh6iqly-story.html
ADN Cuba: adncuba.com
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Tom Ward is an economist and advisor with a long track record in financial services from the World Bank to some of the biggest financial services consulting firms worldwide. During a nearly decade at the World Bank, Tom had a variety of assignments and functions including projects for Armenian, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Romania, Russia, and Turkey. Sectors he covered included agribusiness, banking supervision and finance, competitive grant schemes, disaster management and associated risk management, e-government, extension services, forestry, healthcare, infrastructure, knowledge management, oil and gas, open data, as well as Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) development.
During a later stint at Price Waterhouse Coopers, Tom oversaw and supported international financial institutions in support of efficient and effective operations. He maintained full account development responsibility for creating and managing re-branding and account rebuilding, assigned to relationships and responsibilities across private-public partnerships (infrastructure and healthcare) and in other areas. He also held high level responsibilities at other major companies.
Tom attended the London School of Economics and Political Science where he earned an Msc., Political Economics of Transition and International Business. He has a BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of St. Thomas.
Contact & More on Tom Ward:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/trward
E-Mail:twconsult1997@gmail.com
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Dick Bove is the chief strategist at Odeon Capital Group and covers the bank sector. He is among the most prominent bank industry analysts in the US, often controversial, with a keen and practical sense of history and of events that are often translated into his analysis. Bove attended Stuyvesant High, N.Y., and is a graduate of Columbia University, 1962, majoring in political science.
Bove began his career in 1965, working for a series of firms including Wertheim, Shearson, Raymond James, Hoefer & Arnett and Punk Ziegel, before it was purchased by Ladenburg Thalmann. Later, Bove joined Rochdale Securities and then eventually moved to Odeon Capital. A widely quoted analyst with some five decades of experience behind him, Bove relies on common sense and macroeconomic trends to forecast markets. He appears regularly on business shows on TV and radio, and is frequently cited in media coverage of Wall Street.
Odeon Capital Group: www.odeoncap.com
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Challenging today’s accepted “wisdom,” Catholic scientist Gerard Verschuuren, Ph.D., in his book, A Catholic Scientist Proves God Exists (Sophia Institute Press), sets out to demonstrates that the question of whether God exists is not one science can answer. Indeed, that would be like expecting a microscope to reveal the square root of sixteen!
Verschuuren begins by explaining the five famous medieval proofs for the existence of God — based on reason alone — that have survived despite nearly a thousand years of efforts to refute them. With his wise help, you’ll come to see that just as reason gives us access to the existence of numbers, so it is reason that gives us access to the existence of God. In fact, when we use our reason to investigate the existence of God, we encounter proofs that are more powerful, by far, than any that science could ever provide.
Yes, Verschuuren is a Catholic; but he’s also a long-standing scientist, schooled in using reason alone to draw forth from evidence the proofs to which it necessarily leads. Among the many truths that Verschuuren evinces here by reason alone are the following:
- Why science is not qualified to speak about the existence — or nonexistence — of God
- The many ways we can know for certain that God exists
- How we know that God is all-perfect
- How God can be all-knowing
- How we know He is all-powerful
- What it means to say that He is “all-present”
- Why the same God cannot be the God of all religions
- And much more that reveals the enormous power of reason — and the even greater power of God!
Source: Sophia Institute Press
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It is said that “breaking news” is the first draft of history. “We Interrupt This Broadcast: Before it was history, it was news” marks the first time the stories of these historical events are told exclusively by the broadcasters and TV journalists whose work created those drafts in real-time.
Created by Joe Garner, author of the eponymous New York Times Best-Selling Book, this 12-episode audio docuseries launching July 20, 2021, celebrates the crucial role broadcast journalism has played throughout our nation’s history.
Hosted by legendary broadcaster Bill Kurtis and narrated by NBC’s Brian Williams, each episode unfolds with the brisk pace and tone of a thriller while presenting an in-depth look into the reporting of, and reaction to, events that have since become benchmarks in history. The contributors are a “Who’s who” in broadcast journalism. Along with the thrilling broadcast news audio, exclusive, rare, and never-before-heard recordings are woven throughout each episode.
Speaking of the new podcast, Williams told our own host: "This is nothing short of American history in audio form."
The docuseries, produced by i4 Media Ventures, LLC, will be presented over six seasons. Each season is comprised of 12 episodes, all published simultaneously: 10 episodes in each season are based on events that occurred in the broadcast era and two are based on seminal moments that occurred in early American history (such as the passing of the 19thAmendment) and dramatized as if reported by broadcast journalists. Each episode concludes with the journalists offering candid and critical analysis on how they and their fellow reporters covered the event.
“None of us lucky enough to have these anchor jobs got into the business for the perfectly average Tuesday in August,” notes Williams, who is an executive producer as well as narrator of the podcast. “While I have nothing against Tuesdays in August, we measure ourselves, our talent and ability, by how we work without a net. The rush to the studio and the need to describe and explain breaking news in real time. Calm becomes a critical commodity -- awareness of how the world works helps, and that includes a working knowledge of politics, history, aircraft, weapons, geography and about a dozen other subjects.”
“Not only do people remember where they were when a momentous story broke,” Williams added, “They remember who reported it to them, and who talked them through it.”
Kurtis, an acclaimed documentarian, 30-year veteran of CBS News, and host of the podcast, said, “I have spent a good deal of career reporting and analyzing these world-changing events and I am pleased to participate in this project, which amplifies and hones in on the very important work that broadcast journalists do to ensure the news is reported quickly, accurately, and fairly.”
Season One features the following landmark moments in American and world history from the Hindenburg disaster and D-Day Invasion to the assassination of John F Kennedy and the tragedy of Columbine and 9/11.
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Americans have always had a fascination with crime. Movies and books about gangsters and the mafia have made millions. Today, Americans are fascinated by a new sort of criminal - drug cartels. Books and movies about drug cartels dominate the book shelves and airwaves. Americans are drawn to this underworld that has replaced the mafia as America’s crime fascination. What is so intriguing about drug cartels? At a time when drug overdose deaths, fueled by the sale of illegal substances, have soared in America, the question is: How have cartels replaced other criminal organizations?
Corey Cepeda, author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed book, La Familia: Loose Ends, says what fascinates so many people about drug cartels is how ordinary people, next-door neighbors can be active members of it without anyone knowing it. He says the whole culture of the cartels operating in the open is intriguing to Americans unlike the flashy mafia and gangsters of the past. And in this episode he offers listeners an inside look of how they operate, not just in the distribution of drugs across national borders, but in the oil and hospitality sectors too. It is a massive, multi-billion criminal enterprise.
In his first book of a new five-part series, "La Familia: Loose Ends" introduces readers to a ruling family reigning terror over Mexico - the De Los Santos cartel dynasty. "Filled with political intrigue, murder and family drama, the twists and turns take readers on a page-turning ride they're not soon to forget," writes Chloe Rabinowitz.
"La Familia: Loose Ends" starts with the attempted murder of the country's most powerful drug lord, Vicente De Los Santos, who also happens to be the nation's ruler. It all happens at his 10-year old daughter's birthday party and in the wake, innocent children and women are killed, quickly leading to a national Armageddon. Severely injured, Vicente, "The Boss of Bosses," is out for blood. His eldest son, Ignacio, joins his avenging father while he carries secrets of his own and Ignacio's brother, Santino, returns home to help his family, but becomes suspect that something deeply sinister is afoot.
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As New York City residents seek to avert their City’s decline and prepare for a mayoral election, Matthew Taylor’s timely new documentary series This Is New York has now been featured in several prominent news stories, including RealClearPolitics, Sinclair Broadcasting, and the New York Post. This is New York portrays the everyday struggles of New York City residents and can be streamed for free on YouTube. The series has candid interviews with residents about the city’s worsening problems from soaring crime and random assaults to stabbings and shocking shootings that have caused great human destruction, and badly damaged the struggling restaurant and tourism industries.
The series features stories from all five of the City’s boroughs and interviews with residents on life inside a metropolis beset with problems while recovering from COVID-19. Rampant crime has gripped the already struggling city and its overworked police force. Residents are afraid to go out for dinner, parents are terrified to send their children into the City alone to attend failing public schools, and many affluent New Yorkers have fled altogether to take their business to safer locales. The decline in quality of life is told directly by those who experience it daily, along with officials like former Chancellor of Schools Joel Klein and former Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
“The people who speak the best are the citizens themselves,” Taylor told New York Post. Taylor, who has lived in New York for many years, wants to use his skills as a filmmaker to capture the voices of “forgotten New Yorkers” to help stop the City’s decline. “These are strictly documentaries about the state of the city after the pandemic and about the universal topics that matter to everybody. Nobody wants to get pushed in front of the subway or mugged.”
This is New York YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6v-nncNEIVozUKDbDVpxXQ
Matthew Taylor website: https://matthewtaylorcreative.com/
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Exorcist Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti has a very active caseload of demonic possessions, and in each case two vivid lessons consistently emerge: demons possess or harass people in a myriad of ways (even when they do not enter a body), and they are defeated decisively by the power of Christ and His Church―and especially by invocations to the Blessed Mother, according to the synopsis of his new book, Diary of an American Exorcist. Demons, Possession, and the Modern-Day Battle against American Evil." (Sophia Institute Press)
Msgr. Rossetti, born and raised in upstate New York, is an American Catholic priest, author, educator, licensed psychologist and expert on psychological and spiritual wellness. He is on the faculty of The Catholic University of America and president and founder of the St. Michael Center For Spiritual Renewal, a non-profit Catholic organization which oversees the exorcism sessions around the DC area.
In his published diaries, Msgr. Rossetti gives us an inside look at the extraordinary experiences of an modern day exorcist. "He shares, without hype or varnish, what it is like, on a daily basis, to face demons who revile, threaten, and sometimes spiritually “wound” him," according to Sophia Institute Press. "He describes the healing power of Christ for the possessed and for the exorcist, and reveals amazing moments when Christ and His Church visibly triumph over Satan. The reader is afforded a unique glimpse into the world of angels and demons, and the struggles of the possessed and those who minister to them.
In the words of the publisher, the readers of Msgr. Rossetti's diary can expect to learn:
- What demonic possession is, and is not
- The factors and preconditions of possession
- Common tactics of Satan and his typical lies
- How God protects exorcists
- The difference between strong and weak possessions
- The hierarchy of demons (not all are equal)
- What it’s like for an exorcist to face Lucifer himself
- Why demons choke people or at times focus on parts of the body
- Why God does indeed "put Satan on a short leash"
- Why humans can be attacked by demons, rare though it is
- How demons fear and hate one another too
- Why many devils can possess or infest one person
- How anger “feeds” demons
- How to cast out demons of fear
St. Michael Centers for Spiritual Renewal: https://www.catholicexorcism.org/about
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Writer and Director, Dimitri Logothetis, is scoring smash box-office hits with his Jiu Jitsu movie, starring Nicolas Cage, reaching #4 on Netflix. Logothetis is credited for reinvigorating the famed KICKBOXER franchise with a trilogy of films showcasing world-class martial artists. His upcoming KICKBOXER: Armageddon is described as the most ambitious film in the franchise. JIU JITSU earned media coverage unheard of for an independent feature and was seen by millions, by bringing together Cage, an outlandish premise, world-class martial artists, and Logothetis’ credibility fans around the world. The movie delivered on fans’ expectations, and the next film is even crazier, say movie insiders
Logothetis has written and directed various genres, from action, thriller, sci-fi, and horror. Last year he helmed the box office hit action film KICKBOXER: RETALIATION starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Mike Tyson, which holds an impressive 92% on Rotten Tomatoes. The Hollywood Reporter raved about the film calling it "A stylish and enjoyable fight flick with just enough tongue-in-cheek content to keep us smiling."
KICKBOXER: Vengeance reintroduced the classic story to audiences worldwide, and KICKBOXER: Retaliation broke through, earning near-universal praise from audiences and critics alike. Lauded by fans and critics alike, Vengeance and Retaliation have proven to have longevity, ranking in the top action films on Netflix year after year. In this episode, Logothetis explains the success with audiences behind his movies and takes us through his career, working with legends and celebrities from Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro to sports icons Mohammed Ali and Mike Tyson. Logothetis, a Greek American, describes himself as an immigrant who is proud of the successful life and career he has achieved in America.
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Robert Allen is a mental health activist, growth coach, and author with multiple advanced degrees in the areas of business, counseling, education, divinity, healthcare, and leadership. With over 20 years of experience in both the public and private sector, Allen has served in various industries, from education, military, law enforcement, business, mental health, and ministry. He is the founder and CEO of New Dimensions Consulting Services Solutions, a company that specializes in helping businesses, entrepreneurs, and everyday people maximize their talents by engaging them through innovative mental health initiatives as well as leadership development, employee engagement, project management, operational consulting and corporate strategy.
Allen's book “Self Care: Let's Start the Conversation” is a refreshing conversation on healthy self-care concepts and practices that not only exposes the myths but also provides sound, concise principles, and guidance for those seeking effective strategies for retreating, reflecting, replenishing, and restoring themselves at every level of their lives.
The pandemic has dramatically focused our attention on health and wellness allowing us all to reflect on what’s truly important in life: family, physical health, and mental wellness. As America emerges from the pandemic, her workforce will struggle to find a new normal. Working remotely has shifted the paradigm and blurred the lines separating work and personal life. The stress of always-on availability is insidious. According to Allen, in order for businesses to be successful and competitive in the post-pandemic age, they need to double down on mental health initiatives and have proactive measures in place to help employees adjust and prevent burnout.
"The new “normal” of work-life needs to be focused on health and mental wellness. COVID-19 exacerbated an already existing mental health issue of workplace burnout. The psychological effects of prolonged home confinement have yet to fully emerge,” says Allen, a mental health activist who is fighting to improve mental health conditions for workers. He is an advocate of engaging workers through innovative mental health initiatives like “self-care training”. Although “self-care” seems like an obvious concept, it is much more intricate and multifaceted than one may think. The truth is, many people do not actually understand what it is or how to use it. According to Allen, promoting self-care in the workplace is crucial.
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https://www.rwallenbooks.com and www.ndcssolutions.com
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Philip F. Lawler is the founder (in 1995) and editor of Catholic World News, the first English-language Catholic news service operating on the Internet. He is also the program director of the Center for the Restoration of Christian Culture at Thomas More College in New Hampshire. Born and raised in the Boston area, he attended Harvard College, graduating with honors in government in 1972. He did graduate work in political philosophy at the University of Chicago before entering a career in journalism.
Lawler has served as director of studies for the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington, DC; as founder and president of a national organization of Catholic laity; and as editor of Crisis Magazine. In 1986, he became the first layman to edit The Pilot, the Boston archdiocesan newspaper. From 1993 through 2005, he was editor of the international monthly magazine Catholic World Report.
Lawler has been active in political campaigns, as a speechwriter and organizer, on the local, state, and national levels. He was an honorary member of the inauguration committees for President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and for President George Contagious Faith 176 Bush in 1988. In 2000, he himself was a candidate for the U.S. Senate, running against Senator Edward Kennedy. Lawler is the author or editor of ten books on political and religious topics, including The Faithful Departed, on the decline of Catholic influence in Boston; Lost Shepherd, a candid appraisal of Pope Francis; and most recently, Smoke of Satan: How Corrupt and Cowardly Bishops Betrayed Christ, His Church, and the Faithful ... and What Can Be Done about It.
His essays, book reviews, and editorial columns have appeared in more than one hundred newspapers around the United States and abroad, including the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. He and his wife, Leila (the author of God Has No Grandchildren and the forthcoming Summa Domestica), have seven children and (at last count) sixteent) grandchildren. The Lawlers live in central Massachusetts.
Source: Contagious Faith (Crisis Publications, Manchester New Hampshire)
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In 1952, when Pauline Adams was just five, she took a life-changing taxi ride from Cambridge, New York to West Arlington, Vermont with her mom and siblings to pose for Norman Rockwell. As Adams recalls, the famous American artist wanted African American models for a work known as "We the Peoples." It was a project for the United Nations. Adams, now a retired nurse with 13 grandchildren, shares her fond memories of Norman Rockwell and how his legacy has shaped her life.
Who Was Norman Rockwell?
Norman Rockwell received his first commission at age 17. In 1916, he created the first of 321 covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Rockwell's Americana images were loved by the public, but not embraced by critics. He created World War II posters and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.
Early Years
Born Norman Percevel Rockwell in New York City on February 3, 1894, Rockwell knew at the age of 14 that he wanted to be an artist, and began taking classes at The New School of Art. By the age of 16, Rockwell was so intent on pursuing his passion that he dropped out of high school and enrolled at the National Academy of Design. He later transferred to the Art Students League of New York. Upon graduating, Rockwell found immediate work as an illustrator for Boys' Life magazine.
By 1916, a 22-year-old Rockwell, newly married to his first wife, Irene O'Connor, had painted his first cover for The Saturday Evening Post — the beginning of a 47-year relationship with the iconic American magazine. In all, Rockwell painted 321 covers for the Post. Some of his most iconic covers included the 1927 celebration of Charles Lindbergh's crossing of the Atlantic. He also worked for other magazines, including Look, which in 1969 featured a Rockwell cover depicting the imprint of Neil Armstrong's left foot on the surface of the moon after the successful moon landing. In 1920, the Boy Scouts of America featured a Rockwell painting in its calendar. Rockwell continued to paint for the Boy Scouts for the rest of his life.
Sources: biography.com and show notes
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Author Stephen Haggerty, who writes under the name, ST Haggerty, has spent his summers in Arlington, Vermont since he was a toddler and the history and folklore of the rural Vermont hamlet is steeped in his bones. Arlington his where the late America painter and illustrator, Norman Rockwell produced some of his best known and finest works. Rockwell lived here with his wife and three sons, including Jarvis Rockwell. Haggerty and Jarvis Rockwell knew many of the same models that his dad made famous on canvas and in cover illustrations. These models are the inspiration for Haggerty's much anticipated book, Call Me Norman: The Backstory of Rockwell's Beloved Models.
Who Was Norman Rockwell?
Norman Rockwell received his first commission at age 17. In 1916, he created the first of 321 covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Rockwell's Americana images were loved by the public, but not embraced by critics. He created World War II posters and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.
Early Years
Born Norman Percevel Rockwell in New York City on February 3, 1894, Rockwell knew at the age of 14 that he wanted to be an artist, and began taking classes at The New School of Art. By the age of 16, Rockwell was so intent on pursuing his passion that he dropped out of high school and enrolled at the National Academy of Design. He later transferred to the Art Students League of New York. Upon graduating, Rockwell found immediate work as an illustrator for Boys' Life magazine.
By 1916, a 22-year-old Rockwell, newly married to his first wife, Irene O'Connor, had painted his first cover for The Saturday Evening Post — the beginning of a 47-year relationship with the iconic American magazine. In all, Rockwell painted 321 covers for the Post. Some of his most iconic covers included the 1927 celebration of Charles Lindbergh's crossing of the Atlantic. He also worked for other magazines, including Look, which in 1969 featured a Rockwell cover depicting the imprint of Neil Armstrong's left foot on the surface of the moon after the successful moon landing. In 1920, the Boy Scouts of America featured a Rockwell painting in its calendar. Rockwell continued to paint for the Boy Scouts for the rest of his life.
Sources: biography.com and show notes
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NIKHIL KAMATH is India's young billionaire, according to Forbes. His wealth and success is driven by his huge success in India's fledgling financial services industry. Nikhil is the co-founder of India's biggest brokerage firm Zerodha, as well as True Beacon, a wealth management company for wealthy investors worldwide.
Zerodha, started in 2010 with "the goal of breaking all barriers that traders and investors face in India in terms of cost, support, and technology." Zerodha says it has over five million clients generating millions of daily orders, generating more than 15 percent of all retail trading volumes in India. Kamath, who dropped out of school at 15, grew up in a middle class family with a banker father and music teacher mother. A former chess champion he worked at a call center in his youth and a stockbroking company for three years, saving up a princely sum of about $190,000.
Nikhil's companies have responded to the the Covid-19 crisis in India with humanitarian relief efforts that include ambulance services. He said the crisis is real and tragic and has touched many lives. Every possible relief effort must be made as a matter of urgency to help the sick and ailing during this crisis in India. But he also notes that the full scale of the tragedy is misrepresented in the media from the global reporting to local reports. "The truth lies in between somewhere," he told a reporter.
Zerodha: https://zerodha.com/
True Beacon: https://www.truebeacon.com/
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Justin Danhof is the General Counsel for the National Center for Public Policy Research, as well as Director of the Center’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP). Danhof previously worked as a research associate with the National Center for Public Policy Research from 2008 to 2009. Prior to joining the National Center for Public Policy Research, Danhof worked in the Miami-Dade State’s Attorney’s Office in the Economic Crimes and Cybercrimes Division, for the Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development and at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Danhof’s work has been widely published and quoted in major newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Politico, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor, andthe Washington Post. He has also appeared on the Fox News Channel, One America News Network, and the Fox Business Channel, among others.
Launched in 2007, the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project focuses on shareholder activism and the confluence of big government and big business. The Free Enterprise Project (FEP) is the conservative movement’s only full-service shareholder activism and education program: It files shareholder resolutions, engages corporate CEOs and board members at shareholder meetings, petitions the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for interpretative guidance, and sponsors effective media campaigns to create the incentives for corporations to stay focused on their missions.
As the leading voice for conservative-minded investors, FEP annually files more than 90 percent of all right-of-center shareholder resolutions. Dozens of liberal organizations, however, annually file more than 95 percent of all policy-oriented shareholder resolutions and continue to exert undue influence over corporate America.
Founded in 1982, follow the National Center, a non-partisan, free-market, independent conservative think tank on Twitter at @NationalCenter for general announcements. To be alerted to upcoming media appearances by National Center staff, follow its media appearances Twitter account at @NCPPRMedia
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Generations Deep: Unmasking Inherited Dysfunction and Trauma to Rewrite Our Stories Through Faith and Therapy (ISBN 978-1-17329545-2-6, Out Loud Publishing, 2021) by Gina Birkemeier has achieved Amazon Best Seller status within in a day of launching. The book reached No. 1 in New Releases in the Christian Personal transformation Category and ranked No. 35 among Amazon’s Best Sellers lists. In this powerfully-written book, Birkemeier shares her own family’s personal story through four generations, showing how destructive behaviors of one generation are repeated by following generations and that unless we take time and effort to repair the past, this dysfunctional cycle will continue. Offering questions and theories to consider, including a questionnaire created with the help of sixty therapists, Generations Deep will guide readers toward their own growth where it’s possible to banish shame and find freedom—for themselves and for future generations.
The book has a faith component also, with Birkemeier drawing not only from her career as a licensed therapist but also her ministry work in writing it. The paperback edition retails for $16.95 and the Kindle version is $12.99. The book is ideal for anyone interested in self-help and self-improvement.
"I am humbled by the reception Generations Deep has received since its release. This book is about connecting dots. About showing how patterns, beliefs, behaviors, ideas, identity and styles of relating are passed down. It’s about creating awareness and understanding. It’s about learning how trauma impacts us at a cellular level- but so does healing. I believe that this message resonates with so many and is why readers are seeking the book out.” said Gina Birkemeier.
Faith and therapy played important roles in Birkemeier’s personal healing. Today with nearly two decades of experience in counseling and ministry, she uses this knowledge to guide readers on how to do their own work and heal from inherited behaviors. She shows that cycles can be broken, and readers can shed the chains of inherited behaviors that are destructive. From there, they can live healthier lives and pass that life on to future generations. Reading Generations Deep will leave the reader encouraged and empowered to break unhealthy cycles in their own lives..Generations Deep.
About the author
Gina Birkemeier is a nationally-renowned licensed professional counselor, author, and speaker. Gina approaches her field with a specific purpose to help people find the freedom to be who they were created to be. In her practice, Gina draws upon her professional background in counseling and ministry to assist others to break the bonds of previous generations and live enriching and productive lives.
Gina holds a master’s degree in counseling and theology from Covenant Theological Seminary and is a therapist at CrossRoads Counseling.
Visit her website: www.generationsdeep.com
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In The Wealth Hoarders, How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions, Chuck Collins has just ripped the lid off this secret industry, laying out how the super wealthy hide their fortunes and escape tax liability. Chuck is an expert on economic inequality, and as an heir to the Oscar Mayer family fortune, he knows the wealth defense industry from the inside. Chuck gave away his own family inheritance rather than pursue a life of almost guaranteed comfort and financial security. His new book contains personal accounts of his own experience, and he interviews practitioners including lawyers and accountants, who rip the lid off this practice.
- “The Wealth Hoarders” has already received praise and positive reviews.
- “Chuck’s book reveals not only the inner workings of this elaborate scheme to hide more than $20 trillion in wealth, it offers us a blueprint for reversing this obscene inequality so we can take back our democracy and ensure that our government works for everybody―not just the billionaire class and wealthy campaign contributors,” wrote Senator Bernie Sanders.
- Writing in the New York Post, Larry Gelten wrote, [Collins’s ] “new book focuses on what he calls the Wealth Defense Industry (WDI), noting that not only do the ultra-wealthy — which he defines as the 0.1 percent — spend time and money ensuring they pay almost no taxes, but that there are over 90,000 professionals around the world whose careers are dedicated to helping them do so.”
- Frederik Obermaier, co-author of The Panama Papers, wrote, “The Wealth Hoarders reveals that a whole parallel world exists in which the rich and powerful enjoy the freedom to avoid not just taxes but all kinds of laws they find inconvenient.”
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By age 15, depression and anxiety had taken their toll on Mark Henick. Clinging to an outside girder on an overpass, a deeply troubled Henick made the only decision he thought he could. And he let go. Henick’s newly released book, So-Called Normal: A Memoir of Family, Depression and Resilience, aims to break the relentless stigma of mental illness through his candid, intensely personal account of his youth, the events that led to that fateful night on the bridge, and the experiences and transformation that followed.
Henick takes readers inside the mind of a boy who had to deal with the breakdown of his parents’ marriage, an abusive stepfather, bullying and trauma — all while trying to navigate his progressively worsening mental health. In the backdrop is a community that didn’t talk about mental illness, one where silence and maintaining the comforts of “normal” was paramount. So-Called Normal is a vital, triumphant story of perseverance and recovery that has already touched the hearts of many, including television personality Rosie O’Donnell.
“Mark Henick is a powerful storyteller. His vivid account of his early years as a depressed, suicidal teenager is a page-turner. So-Called Normal is beautifully written, heart-wrenching, and hopeful. Necessary reading for anyone who wants a peek inside the mind of someone who journeyed through mental illness and found hope on the other side,” O’Donnell said. Author Mark Henick’s TEDx talk, Why We Choose Suicide, is one of the most watched in the world and has been viewed millions of times. His search for “the man in the brown jacket” whose bravery and strong arms kept him from falling to his death went viral around the world (and was successful!). Henick has been on television and radio and has written many articles on mental health. He has hosted more than 60 intimate conversations about mental health with notable public figures and celebrities on his podcast, So-Called Normal, and has executive produced and hosted the Living Well podcast for Morneau Shepell. Henick has served on the board of directors for the Mental Health Commission of Canada, and was the president of a provincial division of the Canadian Mental Health Association — the youngest person in either role. He has worked as a frontline clinician, a program manager and the national director of strategic initiatives for CMHA.
Currently the CEO and principal strategist for Strategic Mental Health Consulting, Mark Henick is in high demand as an international keynote speaker on mental health recovery. To watch Henick’s powerful TEDx talk, please visit https://youtu.be/D1QoyTmeAYw.
For more information, please visit www.markhenick.com or connect with the author on the following social media sites: www.facebook.com/markhenick/; https://twitter.com/markhenick; and www.youtube.com/markhenick. For the recent PEOPLE Magazine feature about Henick and the man who saved him, please visit https://people.com/human-interest/inside-one-mans-search-stranger-saved-him-suicide/. So-Called Normal: A Memoir of Family, Depression and Resilience Publisher: HarperCollins Release Date: January 12, 2021 ISBN-10: 1443455032 ISBN-13: 978-1443455039 Available from Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Audible and others
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Decades as a Christian leader — most notably at the U.N. as president of the Center for Family & Human Rights — have earned writer Austin Ruse, once a Washington liberal with little faith, his share of defeats and triumphs. "Perhaps most valuably, he has intuited keen tactical insights from his confrontations with the dark side of human nature. You come away from this groundbreaking book with the sense that Ruse knows the enemy better than the enemy knows himself," according to the Sophia Institute Press on its release of Austin Ruse's engrossing new book, Under Siege. No Finer Time To Be A Faithful Catholic.
In Under Siege, Ruse carefully examines how the anti-Christian forces gained power over every elite institution in America. "He exposes their most deviant plans for the future. He then issues his authoritative call to arms, brilliantly arguing that there is no finer time to be a faithful Catholic. God Himself called each of us to live in this time and place, to contribute to the renewal society and the Church, and to vanquish the enemies of civilization, says the Sophia Institute Press.
In this latest episode, Ruse is neither downcast nor defeated in his outlook, but instead he passionately embraces the difficulties he sees all around for the Catholic faithful. Ruse argues that each is called specifically to this battle, and he provides a roadmap for fighting the major challenges American Christians now face.
"He identifies the vulnerabilities of the Leftists who appear so dominant today, and he pinpoints Catholicism’s most potent sources of resistance," says Sophia Institute Press. "More than anything, Ruse argues that, as dark as these days seem to be, future generations will look upon this generation with envy that they could not have been here with us in these dangerous times when everything seems so lost. Ruse lays it all out in these simple, balanced pages. The best days could be ahead for us, but only if we accept — and stick to — this plan to rebuild Christendom."
Product Details ISBN-13:9781644130346
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press Publication
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At 18 years old, Wendell White lay trapped in the trunk of a car and assumed it would be his last ride. Battered from a beating during a drug deal gone-wrong, all he could think about was his 19-month-old son. White prayed. He asked God for forgiveness. He steeled himself to face the consequences of the sinful life he was living. And he wondered in angst, “How in the world did I get here?”
The Devil Thought He Had Me! is White’s raw, compelling story of resilience and survival, and a profound testimony to the power of God’s grace and mercy. “After getting beaten and put into the trunk of a car, I knew then that I wanted to help the youth and adults all over the world to not make the same decisions that I had made,” he reflects.
The Devil Thought He Had Me! is the result of White’s genuine desire to use his own tragic story to connect with and help alter the trajectory of others who have veered off course. Whitecandidly walks readers through his early days in the poverty-stricken Englewood community on Chicago’s South Side, where his mother sold drugs to make ends meet and often left White and his siblings home alone as she worked the streets. He would later follow in his mother’s footsteps until that fateful day when a drug buyer paged him to purchase two and a half ounces of crack cocaine. And everything went wrong.
The Devil Thought He Had Me! is White’s profound journey from drug-dealing teenage father to well-grounded husband, father, friend, mentor and servant of God. It’s White’s hope that by openly sharing his experiences, he can help others facing difficult life circumstances realize that there’s a pathway out.
“This book was written to be a light in a dark world,” White says. “If I can change the way that you think, I can change the way that you live.”
Author and motivational speaker Wendell White has had to overcome obstacles most cannot even imagine. His difficult upbringing on the South Side of Chicago taught him many bad habits but also instilled in him the values of loyalty, toughness, respect and a strong work ethic.
Today, he is a powerful speaker who draws from his life experiences to address audiences. He is motivated by faith, changing lives, inspiring others and legacy. The Devil Thought He Had Me! is his first book.
For more information, please visit www.wendellwhitespeaks.com, or follow the author on Facebook at Wendell White; on Instagram at wendellw_24; and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe1s8sYANHZdGtsXJnOCDpw/videos.
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God Waits Outside (Dragon Tree Books, 2020) by Michael Churchward is the compelling and gripping real life story of Churchward, a renowned yacht captain who was arrested and thrown into a Turkish prison for a crime he did not commit. God Waits Outside recounts Churchward’s ordeal which is a tale of suffering, endurance, courage, and ultimately the triumph of the human spirit.
The book is riveting account of Churchward’s yearlong saga caught in the twisted justice systems of two countries – Greece and Turkey all because of a baseless charge. It examines the injustices in the world, the corruption of the legal process, the squalor and suffering of a Turkish prison while caught between the justice systems of two foreign nations, and ultimately a triumph for Churchward and for justice. Churchward who had never found himself to be a deeply religious person discusses in the book, the fear of abandonment and the discovery of faith. This real -life saga will keep readers enthralled to the last page.
“Writing God Waits Outside was both cathartic and a labor of love,” said Michael Churchward. “I found that I had so much inside me that I had not discussed in the past about my ordeal that I wanted to be told. I am glad that it can reach an even wider audience in an audiobook edition.
“I hope when readers read God Waits Outside, they come away inspired with the belief that no matter how dark and hopeless a situation might be, there is always light ahead,” continued Churchward. “And on a lighter note, the book will confirm that a Turkish prison is really as bad as it is claimed to be and even worse.”
Michael Churchward has packed a ton of fascinating details and his philosophy of life into his new book. He tells of the generous help of Ross Perot, the former US Presidential candidate in Churchward’s pursuit of freedom, and the welcome intervention of actor Dustin Hoffman in his saga. Also playing a hugely critical role in his release from the forces of darkness, is the anonymous Mr. R., one of the wealthiest men in America, and Churchward’s former longtime boss.
Churchward is a world-renowned yachting captain with has broken world several records in his career. Today he resides in Pompano Beach, Florida. God Waits Outside is available on Amazon.
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Bob Bixby is executive director of the Concord Coalition. Founded in 1992, it is a non-partisan organization that advocates putting the national debt on a sustainable course and protecting future generations. Bixby joined Concord in 1992 and served in several positions, including policy director and national field director, before being named executive director in 1999. He has served as a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Debt Reduction Task Force (the Domenici-Rivlin commission), which produced a model plan for comprehensive fiscal reform.
He frequently speaks around the country on the nation’s fiscal challenges and possible bipartisan solutions, including greater government efficiency, tax reform and improvements in the entitlement program. He has testified at congressional hearings and been interviewed by news organizations around the country. Bixby has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, CNN and Fox News.
Concord’s founders believed, like the Minutemen at Concord, that America has a moral obligation to leave the country better off for our children and grandchildren. Founding co-chairs were former U.S. senators Paul E. Tsongas (D-Mass.) and Warren B. Rudman (R-N.H.). Former U.S. commerce secretary Peter G. Peterson was the founding president.
Current Board of Directors and regional advisory groups include former members of Congress and state legislatures, recognized experts on the federal budget, and business and civic leaders.
Learn more about The Concord Coalition
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Inspired by George Orwell and intended for readers ages 12 and up, A.D. Ultman masterfully explains today's political landscape and cautions against extremism on all sides. Animal Town is a book made for the political moment but rooted in perennial wisdom-and could not be timelier message for the youth of America. Animal Town is a nuanced and sophisticated treatment of contemporary politics, grounded in the words and actions of American political and cultural leaders. It is related through the compelling story of a young jackrabbit's struggle to understand the nature of freedom, a weasel's quest for wealth and power, and the conflicting dogmas preached by a zealous fox and a radical gopher.
In Animal Town's anthropomorphic world reminiscent of George Orwell's Animal Farm, predator and prey species of the American prairie have built a democratic, capitalist society where animals live together in harmony. Then, for the first time in memory, a predator kills a prey. The tragedy triggers a resurgence of species-based politics that threatens the very existence of Animal Town.
Author A.D. Ultman grew up on a farm on the Great American Plains, surrounded by the species that populate Animal Town. He was educated at leading public universities on the East and West Coasts, studying cognitive science and political theory. He began his career as a U.S. Senate staffer and then spent eight years building and leading a successful corporate market research and consulting practice in Washington, DC. He resigned his position in 2017 to travel and study political systems around the world. Since then, he has been an independent writer and teacher. He holds a B.S. in psychology and political science and a M.A. in political science.
Animal Town out January 18, 2021, https://animaltownbook.com/), is described as a prescient cautionary tale exposing the danger of far-right and far-left political extremism.
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Barry Shore, known as the Ambassador of JOY, is an American philanthropist, serial entrepreneur, former quadriplegic, swimmer, speaker, author, and podcaster—with 2 multi-million dollar exits and 3 issued patents. In 2004, Shore became a quadriplegic overnight from a rare neurological condition called Guillain-Barre Syndrome (aka French Polio). Despite spending two years totally paralyzed and thanks to his indomitable spirit, Shore has made incredible progress as he continues his recovery.
Although he still needs continuous help from attendants, he can walk with the aid of a 6-foot walking wand, and has been able to swim over 8,000 miles. His decision to use this experience to better his life, and the lives of others, has opened a unique opportunity to find JOY in living regardless of circumstance. "In my humble opinion, the essence of the joy of living, is in giving to others," says Shores, who cites Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist, Viktor E. Frankl, author of Man's Search for Meaning, as liberating influences in his life. "When you recognize that you are in service, that we are here to serve, and not be to be served, then you become a giver and givers win."
Shores has created the JOY of LIVING Institute,™ a platform that teaches people to live in joy, no matter the situation); and Keep Smiling, a movement that has reached multiple celebrities and distributed millions of "Keep Smiling" cards worldwide. In addition, Shore has built several philanthropic foundations including Changebowlwhich was written about in Oprah Magazine.
Shore's nationally syndicated radio show and his podcast, The JOY of LIVING, is heard globally by hundreds of thousands and has had over TWO MILLION downloads in just 19 months. His forthcoming book The JOY of LIVING: How to Slay Stress and Be Happy will be released in 2021 and it reveals 11 strategies for living in joy, daily.
Barry Shore's website: www.BarryShore.com
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Dick Bove, bank analyst at Odeon Capital Group has issued a stark warning. "By 2022, the United States will be back to a 1970s environment," he says. "In other words, inflation will be out of control and the Fed will have no way to stop it." In a report, Odeon says that the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy is not directed toward trying to grow the economy. It is solely oriented toward paying the Federal debt, and this policy is "highly inflationary."
The report notes that, in 2020, the Fed purchased $2.36 trillion in Treasuries and $0.62 trillion in mortgage-backed securities (MBS). The bulk of the MBS were government guaranteed. By this measure, the Treasury purchases made the Federal Reserve the largest single buyer of United States Federal debt in the world. The purchases of the MBS notably allowed the US government to avoid placing some Ginnie Mae debt on its balance sheet.
Bove, a veteran industry analyst and media pundit, is widely followed on Wall Street. Therefore, his prognosis of current inflation trends are unsettling. This time around, the surging US inflation rate he predicts—while transparent to consumers in the overall prices for a basket of good and services—will be concealed in the official government figures, Bove says. The official inflation numbers won't be REAL. "They have to disguise it," he explains in this interview.
Bove has a long and informed view of financial and economic history. His latest research on the return of gut-wrenching 1970s inflation is instructive. Back in the 1970s, America witnessed some of the highest rates of inflation in its modern history with interest rates soaring to 20 percent, that because of the Fed campaign to quell the price surges. Financial historians say central bank policy in America, the break from the gold window, Keynesian economic policy—as well as market and consumer fears -- all contributed to a wicked decade of high inflation.
In this episode, Bove explains why Uncle Sam will do everything possible today to cover up and hide the real rate of inflation ahead. Prices in the US, he says, are already showing significant gains as the US money supply grows 10 times faster than the economy.
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In her new book, The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You, Simone Knego, a serial entrepreneur, raises the human spirit with her recollections of adopting three of her six children, and her epic climb of Mount Kilimanjaro. "My goal is to help others realize the small choices they make every day matter," she says. "We all have the power to inspire others, just by being who were area." Knego has been married to her husband for 27 years and home is in Florida. In 2018, she was selected as co-chair of the Jewish Federation of North America's National Young Leadership Cabinet.
"I'm a storyteller and love talking to other people," says Knego. "I truly believe that you can learn something from everyone you meet."
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Kimberly Hermann pulls no punches no matter what. The pro-liberty advocate is general counsel, Southeastern Legal Foundation, a non-profit public interest constitutional law firm that advocates for individual liberty, free speech, economic freedom and the rule of law. In a penetrating opinion piece recently on five 'ways' Americans could see their First Amendment rights radically challenged during the Biden Administration, she wrote: "One word, five letters: 'unity.' It is the left's new mantra. How do we know? Because the mainstream media can't stop praising and echoing President Joe Biden's inaugural calls for unity. But a word is simply a word."
"The actions of the left over the years have told a different story, a sneaky one," added Hermann. "One in which they use unity to create a divide. We are 50 states united as one nation under God. In that sense, we can all agree that unity is no doubt a civic virtue we should strive for. But today's use of the word "unity" is simply a wolf in sheep's clothing, and it comes at a cost to conservatives. That cost is your voice, your speech, your constitutional right."
The Southeastern Legal Foundation is paying close attention to disturbing trends for conservative-minded students on college campuses in America. It's a trend, however, that cuts a wide swathe across the American population. "If you are a college student, or anyone else for that matter, and you disagree with any policy coming out of the left – for example, on climate change -- then you are personally responsible for dividing our country.," said Hermann. "if you agree [with the left], then you are very uniting our country." Added Hermann: "That is not what our country is founded upon."
In our wide-ranging interview, Hermann spells out how students on college campus, and the American public generally, may find themselves "cancelled" unless they tow the new woke line of thinking. "We've had multiple calls from students we've worked with, who've been physically assaulted, simply because they are standing up for the constitution," said Hermann.
For more on Kimberly Hermann and Southeastern Legal Foundation: https://www.slfliberty.org
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Elyse Dickerson, co founder and CEO of Eosera, started as a dyslexic child who could barely read in front of her class and was branded as hopelessly below-average by her teachers. She learned how to cope with criticism and turn being different into being successful. She steeled herself in both mind and body, becoming a lifelong athlete in marathons, triathalons, and the Ironman competition. In time, Elyse eventually managed healthcare and pharmaceutical portfolios with annual revenues exceeding $1.7 billion and grew accustomed to being the one woman in a boardroom filled with suits and ties.
Eventually, Elyse realized the world was full of underserved healthcare needs that might be too small to interest massive manufacturers but still afflicted millions of people. After countless hours spent interviewing healthcare professionals and everyday people, Elyse co-founded Eosera, Inc. and set her sights on creating a remedy for a condition that affects over 150 million people annually: earwax impaction. It might not be the most appetizing of topics, but sufferers experience feelings from severe annoyance to genuine fear of deafness, and existing products in the market were no more effective than tap water. Eosera devised the first breakthrough in the field in over 50 years, then made it affordable enough for anyone. Today, Eosera products are available online and in over 13K pharmacy and retail stores across the U.S.
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Tom Cridland is host of the Greatest Music of All TIme podcast with sharp insights on the political tone and direction of music industry culture, past and present. The rebel spirit and force that gave rise to the legends of recent decades is gone, he says, replaced by artists who have lost the common touch, who have been more tightly packaged and controlled by corporations that in the past, and yet are quick to unleash a conformist, politically correct viewpoints at odds with a full global reality.
If you are not familiar with the podcast, which comprises uncensored conversations with cultural icons and public figures, episodes have so far have featured the following guests:
- Annie Lennox: “I felt a bit hammered by the music press”
- David Crosby: “Rick Rubin is a fake. He’s not a good producer. He’s a poser.”
- Steve Lukather of Toto: “When I die I might finally get a bit of respect.”
- Smokey Robinson: “Everybody was either in a group or a gang. Some were in both!”
- Sir Cliff Richard: “John Lennon thought I was pretty cool”
- Chance the Rapper: “We all just work and work and work”
- David Guetta: “I only knew how to work from my laptop”
There have been over 270 episodes so far in under a year, also featuring the likes of The Temptations, Tito Jackson of The Jackson 5, Pixies, The Pointer Sisters, Seal, Johnny Marr, Europe, Styx, The Hollies, Earth, Wind & Fire, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kool & the Gang, Chris Rea, Foreigner, Don Felder of the Eagles, The Zombies, B.J. Thomas, UB40, Level 42, Raphael Saadiq, The Stylistics, Brooks & Dunn, Boyz II Men, ABC, Keane, Ronan Keating, 10cc, Bonnie Tyler, Luis Fonsi, Duke Dumont, Steve Harley, Dave Stewart, Gloria Estefan, Brian McKnight, John Oates, Roisin Murphy, Chick Corea, Boney M, Jon Anderson of Yes, Olivia Arben, Lisa Ann, Owen Jones, Douglas Murray, Jeffrey Archer, Aubrey de Grey and Rose McGowan.
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Todd Stottlemyre is well known for his successful MLB career as a star baseball pitcher, but his accomplishments off the field are just as impressive. After leaving baseball, he pursued a career in finance building an asset management business at a high-profile Wall Street firm. He then, founded a private equity fund that owns, manages, and oversees several companies.
Today, Stottlemyre is a global entrepreneur, speaker, and high performance business coach with a highly personal, transformative story to tell through his new book, "The Observer". Far from being a fiction novel, "The Observer" offers actionable strategies for professional and personal growth and it is also the fable of Todd Stottlemyre’s life. He rose to superstardom winning two World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays but had yet to reach his true “peak” until the journey that began afterward..
Stottlemyre played for 15 seasons most notably as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays with whom he won two World Series championships. He also played for the Oakland Athletics, St Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Awarded for his outstanding integrity and dedication to community service, he received the prestigious Branch Ricky Award and the Lou Gehrig Award. Today, Stottlemyre channels his passion for winning as a high-performance business coach, best-selling author, and keynote speaker. Taking all he has learned both on and off the field, he works to help people achieve unparalleled success in every dimension of their lives.
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In this age of the pandemic shutdowns, life has turned a new corner for Dr. Alden Cass. Dr. Cass, a therapist for CEOs and Wall Street traders, is president of Competitive Streak Consulting (CSC) in New York City. With the Federal Reserve flooding the US economy with trillions of dollars, buying back corporate bonds and other debt – and Uncle Sam releasing stimulus checks to help struggling Americans – Dr. Cass sees startling signs of mass mania on Wall Street. In this podcast, he dives deep on how the Covid-19 economy is reshaping mental and financial health, presenting unique challenges because of social isolation. Dr. Cass is author of Bullish Thinking.
Pairing his work as a clinical psychologist and performance coach, Dr. Cass says he assists individuals, groups, teams, and firms in identifying and correcting self-defeating behaviors and emotions before they hamper productivity and job satisfaction. Through the use of personalized performance coaching, phone coaching sessions, educational, motivational, and specialized lectures, modules, profiling assessments and workshops, Dr. Cass says he has inspired clients on a world wide scale and helps them to achieve optimal levels of work performance. This episode is not an endorsement of Dr. Cass’ practice.
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Jim Toes is President and CEO of the Security Traders Association (STA), a grassroots trade organization which serves individuals employed in the financial services industry.
In his role, Toes maintains STA’s relationship with U.S. regulators and congressional policymakers. Since assuming his role in 2011, STA has written more than fifty (50) comment letters on a wide range of issues under the regulatory oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Department of Treasury; Commodities and Futures Trading Commission; FINRA; and the Senate and House Financial Services Committees.
In addition, Toes has penned close to 100 articles on current events and human interest stories under STA’s Monthly Newsletter; Taking Stock and Lighthouse columns. Using a combination of data; personal experiences and humor, these articles resonate well with individual members and align with one of STA’s core principles, the relationship matters.
Toes has over 30 years experience in the securities business. Prior to joining STA, Mr. Toes was a Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for 18 years where he held various management positions in equity and options sales, trading and clearing while interacting with a broad range of clients that included – institutional and middle market asset managers; broker-dealers; and retail investors. Over the course of his career, Mr. Toes has served on various best execution and market structure committees and has testified before Congress. He was particularly active in the STA’s successful work on Section 31a fees.
Besides possessing a knowledge of market structure and the business models deployed across the industry, as a past President of the Security Traders Association of New York and a former Governor and Secretary of STA Toes brings has an understanding of the STA organization and the vital role its 24 Affiliate organizations in North America play in the success and mission of the Association.
More about the Security Traders Association (STA): https://securitytraders.org
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Nick Bogacz is Founder and President Caliente Pizza & Draft House, launched in 2013 with five locations today in the Greater Pittsburgh region. He's won a multitude of awards on his journey to success and is the modern personification of the American Dream. Nick skipped college -- no student debt! -- worked multiple jobs and long hours from an early age. How Nick arrived at this point in his early 40s - running a growing chain of pizza locations serving great beers and operating during the pandemic - is a lesson in dedication, positive mindset, self-confidence and professionalism. Nick also has a most notable trait, an eye and habit for helping others succeed and overcame obstacles in life.
After beginning his journey in the pizza industry as a delivery driver over 20 years ago, Nick firmly left his footprint on the pizza industry - earning the title of World Pizza Champion, becoming a member of the World Pizza Team, successfully publishing a book, and launching a popular podcast known as The Business Equation.
For more information: https://nickbogacz.com/
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Workplace 2030, a not-for-profit initiative to reimagine the office, has now opened to the public the world’s first epidemiologically-guided “office of the future” prototype in San Francisco, CA. The prototype office is an interactive learning center where workplace leaders can experience first-hand the latest workplace designs, technologies and collaborations for workplace health, security, confidence and comfort in one real-world space. The “office of the future” prototype is live in San Francisco through March 2021; New York and Chicago locales are planned.
Over 50 of Bay Area’s largest employers have toured the prototype workplace in the last 2 months to experience the innovative concepts and technology, and now the space is available to any company for complimentary in-person (when permissible by local health guidelines) and virtual tours.
Under the leadership of Founder, Executive Director Brandon Cook and oversight of leading infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. Maureen Miller, PhD, Columbia University, Workplace 2030 aims to help protect the health of workers and drive economic recovery by enabling businesses to make informed and confident decisions on both when and how to reopen their offices. Workplace 2030 assembled a panel of ten leading workplace design and workplace technology experts to advise the initiative.
“Security, HR, and Facilities leaders are tasked with reopening their company’s offices, yet no one has ever faced the current situation” said Cook. “By working hand-in-hand with an epidemiologist and experts, we will help clarify, from a scientific and prescriptive perspective, when and how to reopen – so as the vaccine becomes available and when infection rates decline, we can do so sooner and more safely than ever before.”
There are two tectonic shifts in how work is done today. First, all organizations must proactively protect employees against viral disease transmission for an indeterminate amount of time, likely well after a COVID-19 vaccine is available. Second, the majority of workplaces are permanently moving to a hybrid of remote and in-office work.
In four months and relying on over one million dollars worth of donated goods and services, Workplace 2030 successfully built a functioning “office of the future” designed to demonstrate solutions to these unprecedented challenges. The prototype serves as an educational resource available at no cost for workplace leaders evaluating how to deploy the latest technology and design to affordably upgrade their existing workplaces for enhanced safety and collaboration. The Workplace 2030 initiative also includes an online resource center with epidemiologically-reviewed academic data sources and original content from expert advisors.
“Corporations and their employees are eager to return to a sense of normalcy,” notes Dr. Miller. “How to do that is not always obvious, so we are providing free in-the-weeds how-to information for the business people on the front lines of these office reopening projects. ” Dr. Miller, who consults for the public and private sector worldwide, helps Workplace 2030 to distill the latest academic research and health and safety guidelines into pragmatic, evidence-based recommendations. She advises on the development of all of the Workplace 2030 innovation use cases, and provides expert guidance free of charge online in Workplace2030.org’s ‘Ask an Epidemiologist’ section.
“People are expecting to go back to a workplace that is more restrictive, sterile, and isolating, but we’ve actually built one that’s more collaborative, welcoming, comfortable, while also advancing employee health and safety significantly” said Cook. “By building a real office we’ve been able to find and test the technology and designs that work in the real-world and put them together in a way that make people actually want to go back to the office.”
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Christine Soule’s life was a jumbled pile of broken pieces. Her father was married seven times; her mother four times. Between her parents’ divorce when she was 5 years old and the day she allowed the power and presence of God into her heart, she watched her sister have an affair with her adoptive father; met 15 siblings she never knew at her biological father’s funeral; turned to drugs and alcohol; got pregnant at 17; had twins less than two years later; and became a victim of human trafficking. She had to break the cycle for the sake of her children. With nowhere else to turn, she dropped to her knees and prayed. And that’s when everything changed.
Broken and Beautiful is Soule’s inspirational story of how God took the pieces of her broken, astonishingly dysfunctional life and transformed it all into a breathtaking mosaic of joy and purpose.
“The places where you feel hopeless are exactly what He wants to redeem and fill with beauty, dignity and strength. He has a plan for your pain. A wonderful intention for your failures. A purpose for your hardest, darkest stories,” Soule writes.
Told with honesty and surprising touches of humor, Soule shares her journey from drug-addicted stripper to exuberant Jesus lover with a passion for helping others embrace God’s love. Broken and Beautiful is a raw, authentic story of hope, from a place of experience.
Author Christine Soule lives with the love of her life, Mitch Soule, in Seattle. They have five kids and two wonderful grandchildren (and counting). She is the founder and CEO of Providence Heights (www.providenceheights.org), a nonprofit created to house women and children in need and to provide counseling, education and jobs.
For more information, please visit www.christinesoule.com.
Broken and Beautiful
Release Date: December 1, 2020
ISBN-13: 979-8662957619
Available from Amazon.com (Broken and Beautiful), providenceheights.org and christinesoule.com
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In his scintillating, controversial history The Money Plot: A History of Currency's Power to Enchant, Control, and Manipulate (Other Press Hardcover; November 24, 2020; ISBN: 9781590517185; $27.99), journalist and ProfessorFrederick Kaufmandelves into the past 65,000 years to demystify the concept of money, reminding us thatwhether its form is polished shells, bills or bitcoin – in the end, it’s all a fiction. With the same ease that Salt: A World History and Freakonomics condensed thousands of years of history into a highly informative yet entertaining format, The Money Plot explains how money was created, used, and is constantly being transformed. It also peers through the fog of modern finance to reveal how the Federal Reserve creates those trillions, why most of today’s money exists in a complex yet poorly understood web of computer screen abstraction – and the twisted but inevitable path that led here.
Frederick Kaufman’s media appearances and articles include this New Yorker piece on pandemics and conspiracy theories, NBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business, TEDx, and Harper’s. This winter, he’ll take a virtual tour to talk about The Money Plot, including the Boston Athenæum, Mechanics’ Institute, Toronto Public Library, Decatur Library, Fountain Bookstore, Skylight Books, and more.
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Emily Conrad has written a comprehensive account of the US Electoral College in her new book, The Faithless? The Untold Story of the Electoral College. As another presidential election rapidly approaches this November, the fate may well rest in the hands of the Electoral College. Conrad conducted extensive interviews, profiling a diverse roster of faithless electors in the 2016 Electoral College. Conrad compiled their personal background and to understand their reasons for their rouge votes.
"As I researched this book and talked with one faithless elector after another, I found myself constantly challenged in my ideas and understanding of the Electoral College, the role of political parties within America's democratic system, and the empowerment of the individual versus the masses in American politics" says Conrad.
"However," Conrad continues, "one thing I do not question is the authenticity of the electors who decided to go against the popular vote of their states and vote faithlessly. Each one of the electors with whom I have spoken gave immense thought and emotional energy into his or her decision."
Will the die-hard Bernie electors stay true to their convictions, or grudgingly support the official nominee? Will the lifelong Republican electors cast their vote for Donald Trump, or write in another candidate in the name of principle? Conrad expands upon these stories and details the reactions and aftermath after each elector casts their deciding vote, prompting the question: what do the faithless electors of 2016 prescribe to the possibility of faithless electors in this contentious 2020 presidential race?
"While most political junkies examined the unprecedented nature of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential victory, Conrad was fascinated by the underreported stories about the eight so-called faithless electors who cast ballots that went against the popular vote of their states in the Electoral College. The driving questions behind the author's work lie not in constitutional debates surrounding the legality of faithless electors or the undemocratic nature of the Electoral College, but in the eight electors themselves . . . her deeply human approach that centers on the personal lives of the eight electors is a welcome alternative to a genre dominated by hyperpartisan pundits. By pushing Trump and Clinton out of the spotlight, the book is also an implicit celebration of democracy with an unrelenting focus on state and local activists willing to stand up against members of their own parties." - Kirkus Reviews
"Not merely about the Electoral College, but about how ordinary, politically engaged Americans are struggling to cope with the political turmoils of our time. a particularly worthwhile read." - Bradley A. Smith, Professor at Capital University Law School, Federal Election Commissioner (2000-2005)
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The box office hit TULSA has just became the #2 All-Time Box Office for self-distributed films and announced that it will be available for streaming everywhere on February 2nd. TULSA is an unlikely Hollywood success story despite the pandemic's effect on Hollywood and movie theatres. The movie's star, director and writer, Scott Pryor, is also a renowned trial lawyer and with this film he turns his real-life court case into an award-winning box office smash. Inspired by true events from one of Scott's actual trial cases, TULSA follows a desperate marine biker whose life is turned upside-down when he is united with the sassy 9-year-old daughter he never knew existed.
For Scott Pryor who is married and has 3 sons, film business is family business. Together with his wife Laura they are Pryor Entertainment, a thriving Atlanta based independent production company that creates films, TV, and content that inspires, empowers, and educates so that others may truly live.
In TULSA, Biker 'Tommy Colston' (Scott Pryor) is a hopeless addict. When 'Tommy' discovers he has a long-lost daughter named 'Tulsa' (Livi Birch), he reluctantly welcomes the 9-year-old into his home but tries to keep her out of his heart. The head strong girl attempts to use her strong faith to save 'Tommy' from his addictions and the demons of his past. When tragedy strikes, 'Tommy' is forced to face his demons and attempts to become the father of 'Tulsa's' dreams. TULSA is a funny and heartwarming story of redemption, family, and forgiveness, even in the darkest of times.
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Leaving The Billionaire Monster Behind: Many want to be rich and successful but is there a point where it gets to be too toxic? What type of person can you become on the path to building a billion dollar empire? According to one entrepreneurial expert, Eric Lochtefeld, it can make you into a monster.
Lochtefeld, co-author of The Purpose Code, is a massively successful investor and developer that has seen firsthand how most accomplished business owners are dissatisfied and unfulfilled despite their achievements. Eric established 20+ entities exceeding $250 million in revenue before deciding to start over and reinvent himself. In this episode, we talk about the blessings and curse of wealth if you let it get to you! How Domino's Pizza founder, Tom Monahan, a devout Catholic and champion of family values, turned his life around after reading C. S. Lewis' account on pride from Mere Christianity, Monaghan then shed his life of ostentation and the trappings of massive wealth to devote his life to Catholic causes including the establishment of Ave Maria University in Florida,
Eric himself has witnessed what he calls “the billionaire monster” and today confesses:
- Why he decided to turn back from the threshold of becoming a billionaire
- What kind of monster was he going to become if he kept climbing the skyscraper
- The view from the top when everyone sees you as either a rival or a paycheck
- The toll on all the other aspects of a person’s life when working at that level
- How he instead chose to unlock his true purpose and still obtained financial success
Eric says he has since revolutionized the coaching and personal development industries. Using his extensive experience and extraordinary integrity, he helps other entrepreneurs realize their life's visions, while continuing to build wealth along the way.
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Tom Libelt, 40, is an avowed and successful free enterprise businessman, describing himself without apology as a capitalist. This former hip hop sensation has led a charmed life from a young age, escaping as an 11-year-old with his family from his native Poland during the waning days of the Communist regime. Libelt eventually found himself in New York where he would take the hip hop scene by storm in the city's large Polish community. He released two albums with five hits on top ten Polish radio.
Libelt, who now runs Smart Brand Marketing as well as online course marketing, out of Chiang Mai, Thailand, learned from a young age how to sell and negotiate business by getting haggled by Russian vendors back in Europe. He says after his family fled Poland for the US to escape the terrible grip of communism, his parents took any job they could to survive. Seeing this as a young man motivated him to never want a job, and to keep moving forward as an entrepreneur, publisher, salesman and creative artist.
In this episode, Libelt recalls his own success from humble beginnings, explains why he started a business in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and he offers his assessment of America on the global stage. The US, he says, is under siege, battling to reverse an economic and broader decline with the rise of Asia.
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Legendary chef Matthew Kenney who is opening 10 new restaurants in the next 10 months (he doesn't sleep), shares his inspiring restaurant industry advice and business success in the face of the pandemic. As the world's most influential chef behind healthy plant-based dining with over 40 restaurants worldwide, 12 cookbooks, and food critic praise (The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar), Matthew is regarded as the world's first and leading chef at the forefront of plant-based cuisine and education.
A graduate of the French Culinary Institute and named one of "America's Best New Chefs" by Food & Wine Magazine, Matthew has authored 12 cookbooks, a best-selling memoir, and launched the Food Future Institute, the worlds leading plant-based cooking course with students studying throughout the world to craft the future of food. He has been twice nominated as a Rising Star Chef in America by the James Beard Foundation and has appeared on numerous food and talk shows, and regularly lectures on the subject of food and health including two highly-watched TED talks.
In 2009, Matthew founded the world's first classically structured raw food culinary academy that has graduated students from over 30 countries. Now students can enroll online to join the Food Future Institute, a year-long course dedicated to building and refining techniques in plant-based cuisine.
Kenney has over 40 restaurants operating throughout 15 international cities and spanning 5 continents. His popular and highly rated Michelin guide restaurants include Double Zero in Southern California, and NYC (with four more to open in the coming year), and his flagship LA restaurant, Plant Food + Wine.
SESTINA in LA is one of the many new restaurant openings in the year ahead, Double Zero Pizza is currently expanding into additional locations throughout Baltimore and Boston. Other restaurants slated to open include: Avivar, an all-day restaurant at the One & Only Palmilla in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, AYRE at the Amrit Ocean Resort on Singer Island, Florida, and the second location of Hungry Angelina, an approachable concept that makes plant-based eating accessible to all, in Dumbo, Brooklyn
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His approach is always subtle; his banter is casual and absent any pressure to respond. But when renowned pediatrician and children's advocate Dr. Irwin Redlener casually asks his young patients, "What do you want to be when you grow up?” the lights invariably come on, eye contact occurs, and the child emerges from deep inside a protective shell. "Children are essentially dreamers … undaunted by adversity or reality-based barriers to success,” Dr. Redlener writes in The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for Twenty-First-Century America.
Inadequate education, barriers to health care and crushing poverty make it overwhelmingly difficult for many children to realize their dreams. Finding ways to alter these trajectories is serious, grown-up business, Dr. Redlener emphasizes, and it's time for us to act. In The Future of Us, Dr. Redlener draws upon his four decades of professional experiences to examine our nation's health care safety nets and special programs that are designed to protect and nurture our most vulnerable kids, but that too often fail to do so.
The book follows Dr. Redlener's long, colorful career, from his work as a pediatrician in the Arkansas delta, to treating child abuse in a Miami hospital, to helping children in the aftermaths of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. He has served on the board of USA for Africa, cofounded the Children's Health Fund with Paul Simon (and persuaded Joan Baez to play a benefit concert) and dined with Fidel Castro. He once sat across the table from Michael Jackson, and he has traveled with presidential candidates. But his most powerful source of motivation remains the children who face terrible adversities yet dream of becoming paleontologists, artists and marine biologists. Their stories are his springboard for discussing larger policy issues that hinder us from effectively eradicating childhood poverty and overcoming barriers to accessible health care. Persistent deprivation and the avoidable problems that accompany poverty ensnare millions of children and impact the health, prosperity and creativity of the adults they become. Dr. Redlener argues that we must drastically change our approach to meeting the needs of children ― for their sake and to ensure America's resiliency and influence in an increasingly complex world.
It is Dr. Redlener's hope that readers will emerge optimistic about our future, with a deeper understanding of how investing in children today will increase our chances of a successful tomorrow. Fighting for our nation's children is far from a lost cause, and nothing could be more important.
Author Irwin Redlener, M.D., is a pediatrician and founding director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University's Earth Institute, which works to understand and improve the nation's capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. In 2020, Dr. Redlener created the Pandemic Resource and Response Initiative at Columbia. He is a public health analyst for NBC and MSNBC, and recently partnered with Cher in CherCares, a new program that assists communities struggling with COVID-19.
Dr. Redlener is also President Emeritus and Co-Founder of the Children's Health Fund, a philanthropic initiative that he created with singer/songwriter Paul Simon and Karen Redlener to develop health care programs in 25 of the nation's most medically underserved urban and rural communities. He currently serves as a special advisor on emergency preparedness to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, and regularly communicates with leadership in U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, as well as Homeland Security. He is also the author of Americans at Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now. For more information, please visit www.irwinredlener.org.
Publisher: Columbia University Press Release Date: October 13, 2020 ISBN-10: 0231177577 ISBN-13: 978-0231177573 Available from Amazon.com
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New York Times bestselling author, Rod Dreher reveals how the seeds of political oppression are already taking root in America, and provides a roadmap for resistance. In a new book, Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents, (Penguin, Sentinel, September 29, 2020), Dreher amplifies the alarm sounded by the brave men and women who have fought and escaped the clutches of totalitarianism.
Will Coggin is managing director of the American Security Institute, which was founded to educate Americans about Chinese government influence in the United States. Coggin is also managing director of the Center for Consumer Freedom, which promotes consumer choice and fightsradical activists that want to reduce it. He graduated from The College of William & Mary and previously lived in Beijing.
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Dr. Ravneet (Ravi) Singh was born in the United States of America. He wears a turban as a requirement of the Sikh religion from northern India. His parents immigrated to the United States to pursue the American dream. Ravi grew up in the cornfields of Illinois in the village of Prestbury. His favorite hero is Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican (GOP) President. He adopted at an early age the Lincoln notion of “perseverance.” At the age of 11, he met the first Sikh President of India and fell in love with politics. His grandfather encouraged him to pursue a career in politics, while his father insisted on medicine. Ravi Singh was the first Sikh (with uncut hair and turban) to attend and eventually graduate from a USA Military Academy in American history.
Due to the uniqueness of his case and harsh military rules, legislation was introduced on his behalf to allow him to graduate with full USA military honors and turban. It was enacted under President Ronald Regan’s administration. He then attended Valparaiso University, where he followed his passion and became Student Body President, Captain of NCAA Division 1 Golf Team, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Pre-Med and Political Science. He then enrolled at Northwestern University and pursued a Master of Arts in American Political Science. Ravi Singh served as a public servant in Illinois State Government under Governor Jim Edgar's administration working for Lt. Governor Bob Kustra and State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, who he refers to as his "politic mother." During his time there, he learned the art of politics and campaigning, which inspired him to run for Illinois 42nd State Representative open seat, at the age of 25. He lost the campaign but won the Kane County nomination for the Republican Party. During his campaign, he started a website through which ElectionMall.com was born which was profiled in Business Week Magazine and USA Today naming Ravi Singh as the "CampaignGuru."
ElectionMall Technologies Inc. main purpose was to help promote e-democracy and enable candidates regardless of party affiliation, gender, or religious affiliation to have access to the same data and tools as incumbents, something Ravi Singh was convicted of when he ran as a politician. As CEO of ElectionMall.com, Ravi Singh became a Washington DC politician and maverick. He worked extremely hard to enable campaigns from school board to president level to take advantage of technology in the early days of the “Digital Era.” In 2010, the company co-branded with Microsoft Inc. and received an infusion of investment and marketing dollars that launched for worldwide operations. Ravi Singh opened offices all over the world including, Ukraine, Malaysia, Mexico, Colombia, Brussels, and India, working on campaigns like Juan Manuel Santos (Colombia), Enda Kenny (Ireland), Jose Sera (Brazil) and Anwar Ibrahim (Malaysia).
The company helped over 9 world leaders and various heads of state with their "digital campaign war rooms." “Campaign Guru” was committed to over 7000+ political websites helping them raise money, generate votes, and increase their digital awareness during his 14 years as CEO creating a multi-million-dollar internet company at the time. In 2014, the company faced charges of elections fraud for two campaigns in San Diego, California. The company was forced to shut down operations in 2016 because of litigation cost, and CEO Ravi Singh was personally charged with several felonies, which he later appealed to the US Appellate courts and then US Supreme Court. In 2017, Ravi Singh pursued a Master of Science in Social Media Management from Liberty University, a Harvard Certificate in Digital Strategy, the digital marketing program from Duke University, and MIT Sloan Business School Executive ACE program; at the same time finishing his doctoral (PhD.) in Social Media and Technology from the University of the Rockies in Denver Colorado, now Ashford University.
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Viktor Shvets' medicine for overcoming our greatest financial challenge in decades - record global debt - is daring and controversial: Forget about repaying the massive bill of as much as $500 trillion since this would lead inevitably to a collapse in asset prices, he says, from homes to 401(k) pension plans. The global economy is wedded to technology and "financialization" of everything from mortgages to esoteric corporate and consumer loans. The idea of old-fashioned lending practices with simpler pieces of notes and clear cut lenders is a dim memory. Loans today have been financialized with every part - from principle to interest - sliced and diced and sold off to multiple investors and traders. Viktor Shvets' ideas will have many skeptics and critics, including the host of this podcast, since the real price to be paid could be surrendering our personal sovereignty to state governments as the new path to "freedom."
But Shvets sees a future that can't be easily dismissed as a wild dream. For that reason, his new book is a fascinating study. Imagine that by the 2040s, Harvard College is shuttered, its hallowed halls impenetrably overgrown with miles of vines — closed for lack of demand in Ivy-League education. It’s just one jarring possibility suggested in Viktor Shvets’ thought-provoking deep-dive into the challenges facing today’s world: The Great Rupture – Three Empires, Four Turning points and the Future of Humanity – Do we need to be free? (Publisher: Boyle & Dalton.) “The lessons of the last five centuries were unequivocal — without freedom, there could be no prosperity or happiness. However, does this still hold true in the Information Age?” Shvets asks.
He expertly and compellingly distills the lessons learned over the last five centuries, and projects these into the future. Could the Information Age be rewriting the recipe for individual and national success? According to Shvets, modern technologies are disrupting the structure of our societies, altering every facet of our lives, from the nature of work and what we intrinsically value to how we are informed, entertained and educated — it promises to be a far deeper disruption than Industrial Revolutions. Humanity is at a major turning point, and how we respond to the merger of technology and financialization will decide our future. Will it be capitalism or communism, feudalism or despotism?
The Great Rupture explores the weakening nexus between freedom and prosperity and what that means for the future of humanity. From the birth of our modern world, pivotal events have led to the collapse of non-Western civilizations — Mongol warriors sweeping across Eurasian steppes; the Black Death and a re-awakening of human spirit; Zheng He’s voyages and the collapse of Novgorod republic; and finally, the ban on printing in Arabic. What can we learn from these historical events to better prepare ourselves for the future? As we hurtle toward that uncertain future, Shvets writes we must decide whether our cherished individual freedoms are still necessary for success and prosperity, or if in adapting to new technologies, non-Western civilizations are now better positioned for this new world, creating highly illiberal and possibly brutal orders that might no longer suffer from stagnation of ideas or wealth. For the first time in at least five centuries, we have an opportunity and tools to build a different society and economy.
The book explores specific policy choices that might help us navigate this treacherous transition. Will we embrace the challenge? Author Viktor Shvets, born in Kiev, then the capital of the Soviet Ukraine, is a global strategist at Macquarie Bank in Hong Kong. In his almost four-decades-long investment banking career, he worked in Sydney, Melbourne, London, New York and Moscow at a number of global investment banks, such as Baring Securities, Deutsche Bank, DLJ, Lehman Brothers and Credit Su
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As a new left-wing cultural revolution takes to the streets and seizes control of American institutions, Rod Dreher renews the great Russian dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s stirring call to “live not by lies” – that is, to refuse to compromise with ideological tyranny. In a new book, Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents, (Penguin, Sentinel, September 29, 2020), Dreher amplifies the alarm sounded by the brave men and women who have fought and escaped the clutches of totalitarianism. For years, émigrés from the former Soviet bloc have been telling Rod Dreher they see telltale signs of "soft" totalitarianism cropping up in America.
In Live Not by Lies, Dreher shares the compelling stories of modern-day dissidents--clergy, laity, martyrs, and confessors from the Soviet Union and the captive nations of Europe—who offer practical advice on how to identify and resist the trappings of secular social justice. In Live Not by Lies, Dreher shows how identity politics are beginning to encroach on every aspect of life. Civil liberties are increasingly seen as a threat to “safety.” Progressives marginalize conservative, traditional Christians, and other dissenters. Dreher points out how today’s elites and elite institutions are abandoning old-fashioned liberalism, based in defending the rights of the individual, and replacing it with a progressive creed that regards justice in terms of groups. In Live Not by Lies, Dreher explains how the totalitarianism facing us today is based less on overt violence and more on psychological manipulation. The reach of contemporary thoughtcrime expands constantly—homophobia, Islamophobia, transphobia, bi-phobia, fat-phobia, racism, ableism, and on and on—making it difficult to know when one is treading on safe ground or about to step on a landmine. Dreher has done extensive research to provide historical context to today’s Left-wing totalitarianism. He reveals the far-reaching menace of progressivism’s modus operandi, including: • Social justice cultists, like the first Bolsheviks, are intellectuals whose gospel is spread by intellectual agitation. It is a gospel that depends on awakening and inspiring hatred in the hearts of those it wishes to induce into revolutionary consciousness. • Smashing all the old forms for the sake of liberating humanity. Social justice cultists believe that after humanity is freed from the chains that bind us—whiteness, patriarchy, marriage, the gender binary, and so on—we will experience a radically new and improved form of life. • The personal is political. The essence of totalitarianism is that nothing must exist outside the ideology. Social justice cultists demand that wokeness extend to every aspect of life – and that any institution (including the nuclear family) that resists must be destroyed or transformed. • A false religion. Christianity is declining, but the hunger in human hearts for meaning, identity, and purpose remain. The social justice movement works as a secular substitute for religion, and cannot be resisted effectively if they are only understood as political phenomenon. • Truth is whatever the rulers decide it is. Hannah Arendt, the foremost scholar of totalitarianism, explains that “a totalitarian state is one that aspires to nothing less than defining and controlling reality.” Today’s media elites define what is and isn’t acceptable. Consequences for violating new taboos are extreme, including losing your livelihood and having your reputation ruined forever. • Secular social justice has been shorn of its Christian dimension. ROD DREHER is a senior editor at The American Conservative. He has written and edited for the New York Post, The Dallas Morning News, and National Review, and his commentary has been published in The Wall Street Journal and the Weekly Standard. He is the bestselling author of The Benedict Option, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, and Crunchy Cons. SOURCE: Marshall, Nappi & Schulz Publicity
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Scholar John Horvat II, in a recent op-ed , said he believed current US government monetary policy will lead to disaster. “We already have unprecedented government involvement in the economy,” he says. “At the same time, leaders in both parties call out for even more “stimulus” to deal with the effects of Covid-19. When will it stop? Can it stop?”
Horvat, author of “Return to Order: From A Frenzied Economy to An Organic Christian Society – Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here, and Where We Need to Go,” (www.ReturnToOrder.org) considers this important issue in his recent article, “What Happens When Bailouts No Longer Work?” Horvat sees the problem as an addiction to cheap money. “Massive government intervention is dangerous because it is habit-forming.," he says. "Once a government indulges in printing money to deal with disasters and crashes, there is no crisis too big or small that will not serve as a pretext for printing more.”
In addition to creating habits, writes Horvat, cheap money triggers an almost automatic response, and the amount of money needed grows exponentially with each new adventure. Horvat believes that this is no longer a financial or economic problem. “It is a moral problem because people have adopted vices and lifestyles that know no restraint,” he adds. “They push off for the distant future all obligations, responsibilities and duties that should be taken care of now.”
Horvat is a scholar, researcher, educator, international speaker and author. His writings have appeared worldwide, including The Wall Street Journal, FOX News, The Christian Post, The Washington Times, ABC News, Crisis Magazine, and C-SPAN. For more than two decades he has been researching and writing about the socio-economic crisis in the United States.
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Alexander McCobin and the organization he leads, Conscious Capitalism, believe that capitalism is a way forward for humanity to ethically engage with each other to build and support a global network of businesses dedicated to this conscious mindset.
One of Conscious Capitalism’s partners, Curriculum Associates, has been ramping up this conscious focus even further in light of COVID-19. Under CEO Rob Waldron’s direction, CA has been bringing millions of school children back to class either online, hybrid, or offline.
As Investopedia spells it out, the term conscious capitalismrefers to a socially responsible economic and political philosophy. Proponents of conscious capitalism believe that businesses should operate ethically while they pursue profits. This means they should consider serving all stakeholdersinvolved including their employees, humanity, and the environment—not just their management teams and shareholders. The idea of conscious capital was created by Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey and marketing professor Raj Sisodia.
The philosophy of Conscious Capitalism has support among leading business leaders and think tanks on the left and right. Yet it also has some critics. “Mackey has provided an example of how an individual can run a successful and ethical business in the modern era,” writes analyst Jonathan Liedl. “If everyone were like him, then certainly the ethics of capitalism would be far more socially conscious. However, everyone is not like him.”
Still, conscious capitalism is worth a study for a closer understanding and grasp of some of the economic and social challenges of our age.
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Emily Conrad has written a comprehensive account of the US Electoral College in her new book, The Faithless? The Untold Story of the Electoral College. As another presidential election rapidly approaches this November, the fate may well rest in the hands of the Electoral College. Conrad conducted extensive interviews, profiling a diverse roster of faithless electors in the 2016 Electoral College. Conrad compiled their personal background and to understand their reasons for their rouge votes.
"As I researched this book and talked with one faithless elector after another, I found myself constantly challenged in my ideas and understanding of the Electoral College, the role of political parties within America's democratic system, and the empowerment of the individual versus the masses in American politics" says Conrad.
"However," Conrad continues, "one thing I do not question is the authenticity of the electors who decided to go against the popular vote of their states and vote faithlessly. Each one of the electors with whom I have spoken gave immense thought and emotional energy into his or her decision."
Will the die-hard Bernie electors stay true to their convictions, or grudgingly support the official nominee? Will the lifelong Republican electors cast their vote for Donald Trump, or write in another candidate in the name of principle? Conrad expands upon these stories and details the reactions and aftermath after each elector casts their deciding vote, prompting the question: what do the faithless electors of 2016 prescribe to the possibility of faithless electors in this contentious 2020 presidential race?
"While most political junkies examined the unprecedented nature of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential victory, Conrad was fascinated by the underreported stories about the eight so-called faithless electors who cast ballots that went against the popular vote of their states in the Electoral College. The driving questions behind the author's work lie not in constitutional debates surrounding the legality of faithless electors or the undemocratic nature of the Electoral College, but in the eight electors themselves . . . her deeply human approach that centers on the personal lives of the eight electors is a welcome alternative to a genre dominated by hyperpartisan pundits. By pushing Trump and Clinton out of the spotlight, the book is also an implicit celebration of democracy with an unrelenting focus on state and local activists willing to stand up against members of their own parties." - Kirkus Reviews
"Not merely about the Electoral College, but about how ordinary, politically engaged Americans are struggling to cope with the political turmoils of our time. a particularly worthwhile read." - Bradley A. Smith, Professor at Capital University Law School, Federal Election Commissioner (2000-2005)
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Commander Guy Snodgrass is a famed TOPGUN pilot, instructor, and former Director of Communications & Chief Speechwriter to former Secretary of Defense James Mattis.
Commander Snodgrass is celebrated as one of the most skilled fighter pilots in the U.S. Navy, directing combat jets over some of the most dangerous war zones in the world -- and he did it all using the lessons he learned at the Navy's Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) that he reveals for the first time in his highly anticipated new book TOPGUN'S TOP 10: LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM THE COCKPIT out September 15th.
As a regular fixture on TV (CNN, Fox News, BBC World News), Snodgrass' practical, and direct account of real TOPGUN experience will inspire a new generation of leaders, according to one review. "Commander Snodgrass distills the most important lessons he learned and taught over the course of his career into a taut, engaging book for readers of all ages and experience levels," according to the reviewer.
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Will Coggin, who spent some years in China, is managing director of the American Security Institute (ASI), which launched in 2020. ASI educates Americans about the often-hidden influence of the Chinese Communist Party in the United States. National security experts have deemed Communist-controlled China to be the biggest strategic threat to the United States in the 21st century. ASI is a project of the Center for Organizational Research and Education, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.Global domination.
In numerous examples, of question China practices, ASI recently noted how White House officials on warned a federally administered retirement plan for railroad workers against investing in Chinese companies and said that additional sanctions could be on the way in return for China’s role in spreading the coronavirus.
The national security adviser, Robert C. O’Brien, and the director of the National Economic Council, Larry Kudlow, told the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board in a letter that its investments in China were exposing retirees to “unnecessary economic risk” and channeling funds into companies “that raise significant national security and humanitarian concerns,” including some that supply the Chinese Army.
Source: ASI
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David Greenwald's powerful and intimate new film from Virgil Films, feature documentary THE BLECH EFFECT, follows David Blech, showcasing the disgraced former "King of Biotech" (dubbed by the New York Times in their profile). Blech was a pioneer investor in the industry, once worth more than 300 million dollars, securing his place on the Forbes 400 list. At the start of the film he is $11 million dollars in debt and awaiting a possible jail sentence from his family home in Chelsea. At the same time, perhaps the gambler instinct coming to the fore, David is seen racing to develop a potential cure for Alzheimer’s Disease that could reverse his fortunes and rebuild his legacy.
Greenwald is an award-winning film editor who has worked with directors Jonathan Demme, Spike Lee, Ernest Dickerson, Tim Robbins and Ed Burns. His editing credits include award-winning videos and concert films for Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Carly Simon, Tupac Shakur, Eddie Van Halen, Mariah Carey, B.B. King, Luciano Pavaroti, and The Beastie Boys. His work in television earned him an Emmy Award for editing Girlfriend produced by Oprah Winfrey.
Other TV credits include Beyond The Moon with Walter Cronkite, and The Curt Flood Story, directed by Spike Lee for HBO. David’s film credits include editing COUSIN BOBBY by Jonathan Demme, THEREMIN - AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEY which won The Sundance Filmmakers Trophy Award for Best Documentary, SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK directed by Ed Burns, and ASH WEDNESDAY directed by Ed Burns. David was the Associate Producer on THE LAST RACE, Sundance Film Festival 2018. David’s directing credits include MY FATHER’S HOUSE, a short documentary, Cannes Film Festival 2016, and THE BLECH EFFECT, a feature documentary 2020. His current project is directing THE AFGHAN DREAMERS, a feature documentary about the Afghan girls robotics team.
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C.J. Doyle is one of the most influential voices in the defense of Catholic faith and traditions in the US. He is the Executive Director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, frequently in the news about assaults on Catholic freedom and liberties, and as an advocate of Catholic faith, tradition and teachings. www.catholicactionleague.org
The high-profile Catholic activist Catholic Action League of Massachusetts notes that some 60 attacks on Catholic Church properties in the US in the latest round have been tracked by groups. The attacks overall have increased lately. C.J. Doyle says the timing suggests there are sinister elements behind the attacks though he won't rush to judgement without the clear set of facts established. The League recalled two recent desecrations "an appalling, depraved and sacrilegious expression of contempt for Our Lady, for the Catholic Faith and for the Catholics of Boston."
C. J. Doyle made the following comment: "It is becoming increasingly clear that these crimes can no longer be treated as a collection of random incidents perpetrated in isolation by disturbed individuals. The number, timing and frequency of these attacks strongly suggest that Catholic churches and religious iconography are being deliberately targeted for culturecide by the same left wing extremists who are committing mayhem against public monuments across the country."
Added C.J. Doyle: "These incidents are chilling assaults against the First Amendment. The first religious freedom right is the right of churches to exist and to be unmolested in their persons and property. Public authorities, most especially Governor Charlie Baker, Attorney General Maura Healey and Mayor Marty Walsh, must respond vigorously and forcefully." "They must condemn these attacks, and must use all of the resources of their offices to identify, arrest, prosecute and incarcerate the offenders. If they do not, these crimes will just continue."
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Darrell Dunham practices law in southern Illinois. He has been a Christian for more than thirty-five years. He and his wife, Betsy, have five children and eight grandchildren. He wrote this book because he believes that there should be more Christian literature written for the benefit of young adults who are looking for encouragement in their faith journey.
ABOUT THE YOKE:
For Barnabas Mitchell, life had always been a struggle. From his father’s abandonment to his mother’s untimely death, Barnabas had lost his faith in God and in people. Determined to fulfill his potential, Barnabas continued on out of respect for his deceased mother, grinding through his days feeling unloved and unneeded.
Then Bill Cushman entered his life. Tall, good-looking, athletic, and from an influential family, Bill was accustomed to getting his way in life. Making use of people was natural to Bill, and he immediately latched onto Barnabas, demanding his friendship and submission. Wherever Barnabas went, Bill would unexpectedly appear. No matter how hard he tried, Barnabas could not seem to shake Bill.
Barnabas encountered Stephanie Schultz while attending law school. She was the type of person he had always wanted in his life. Pretty, smart, strong, and a believer, Stephanie admired Barnabas; but she knew he was struggling with his faith. She was determined to help Barnabas reclaim his faith, even as he knew that his beliefs were a wall between them.
As a lawyer, Barnabas quickly earned the respect of his peers. When the biggest case of his career pits him against Bill Cushman, Barnabas must figure out a way to save his clients from Bill’s underhanded attempts to steal their most prized asset. In the process, Barnabas is forced to decide whether he will reclaim his faith.
The Yoke is a compelling journey of faith, love, forgiveness, and redemption. It is a must-read for anyone searching for meaning, faith, and spiritual focus in their life.
Source: amazon.com
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John Solomon is an award-winning investigative journalist, author of DSK: The Scandal that Brought Down Dominique Strauss-Kahn. He serves as Chief Executive Officer and Editor in Chief of Just the News. John co-authored Fallout with Seamus Bruner. During his quarter-century career in print and broadcast media, Solomon has covered a variety of issues, from the convicted serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, to an in-depth look at teachers who returned to classrooms after child molestation convictions. In 2008, Solomon joined The Washington Times as executive editor. Before joining the Times, Solomon was a national investigative correspondent at The Washington Post, where he uncovered former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s secret security firm clients, former senator John Edwards’ relationship with a controversial hedge fund, and the FBI’s misuse of an anti-terrorism tool that allowed agents to gather phone and computer records of Americans without court approval.
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As a finance and corporate world insider, L. Burke Files, known as Burke, is keenly aware of the types and accuracy of the information required to make informed and timely decisions, and he brings this into the venture arena. For nearly three decades he has worked as a knowledge specialist in international finance and due diligence on projects in over 100 countries.
Dick Bove is the chief strategist at Odeon Capital Group covering the bank sector. He is among the most prominent banking industry analysts in the US with a keen and practical sense of history and events that often translates into his captivating analysis. Born in 1941, Bove attended Stuyvesant High, N.Y., class of 1958. He's a graduate of Columbia, 1962, majoring in political science.
Horace Cooper is a senior fellow with the National Center for Public Policy Research, co-chairman of the black conservative activist, Project 21 National Advisory Board, and a legal commentator. Horace taught constitutional law at George Mason University in Virginia, and was a senior counsel to U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey. His forthcoming new book, How Trump is Making Black America Great The Untold Story of Black Advancement in the Era of Trump, is available from Simon & Shuster.
John Horvat II is a scholar, researcher, educator, international speaker, and author of the book, Return to Order. His writings have appeared worldwide including in The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Post, American Thinker, TheBlaze, Crisis, FOX News, and The Washington Times, as well as other publications and websites. He gives more than 150 radio and TV interviews annually.
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Dick Bove is the chief strategist at Odeon Capital Group and covers the bank sector. He is among the most prominent bank industry analysts in the US, often controversial, with a keen and practical sense of history and of events that are often translated into his analysis. Bove attended Stuyvesant High, N.Y., and is a graduate of Columbia University, 1962, majoring in political science.
Bove began his career in 1965, working for a series of firms including Wertheim, Shearson, Raymond James, Hoefer & Arnett and Punk Ziegel, before it was purchased by Ladenburg Thalmann. Later, Bove joined Rochdale Securities and then eventually moved to Odeon Capital. A widely quoted analyst with some five decades of experience behind him, Bove relies on common sense and macroeconomic trends to forecast markets. He appears regularly on business shows on TV and radio, and is frequently cited in media coverage of Wall Street.
Odeon Capital Group: www.odeoncap.com
Sources: Industry reports and published bios
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Opioid related deaths in the United States have been on the rise since the COVID 19 pandemic began, experts say. Authorities in several states, including Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida,and New York, are reporting rises in overdoses during this crisis.
Dr. Paul Christo, Associate Professor in the Division of Pain Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, says the number of fatalities from opioid-related overdoses could be nearly 30% higher than reported. That's due to missing information or incomplete death records. Adds Dr. Christo, a pain management experts: The worst fear is that because of social isolation, and people are not being found or treated immediately."
“COVID 19 impacted the drug supply chain by closing borders on some regions, and it led to the higher death rate. He added that drugs become more challenging to get, and the potency of overdose goes up. It also impacts the price, everything goes up, and in that sense, it becomes more deadly each day, according to Dr. Christo.
Dr. Christo serves as Director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is the author of Aches and Gains, A Comprehensive Guide to Overcoming Your Pain. Dr. Paul Christo also hosts an award-winning, nationally syndicated SIRIUS XM radio talk show on overcoming pain called, Aches and Gains®. For more information about Dr. Paul Christo. Please visit www.paulchristomd.com
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John Horvat II is a scholar, researcher, educator, international speaker, and author of the book, Return to Order. His writings have appeared worldwide including in The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Post, American Thinker, TheBlaze, Crisis, FOX News, and The Washington Times, as well as other publications and websites. He gives more than 150 radio and TV interviews annually.
For more than two decades he has been researching and writing about what’s gone wrong with America’s culture and economy, an effort that culminated in the ground-breaking release of his award-winning book Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society–Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here and Where We Need to Go.
Mr. John Horvat is vice president and a member of the board of directors for the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP), head of the TFP Commission for American studies, and a TFP Sedes Sapientiae Institute instructor. Additionally, Mr. Horvat is a member of the Association of Christian Economists, The Philadelphia Society, the National Association of Scholars, and the Catholic Writers Guild, as well as an Acton University participant.
His research began in 1986 when he was invited by Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, founder of the Brazilian TFP, to study the crisis of modern economy and to prepare a conservative response. Mr. Horvat continues studying and writing and is now one of the most sought after experts on the subject.
When he’s not writing, Horvat enjoys jogging and fencing. He lives in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania.
Source: https://www.returntoorder.org/john-horvat-biography/
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As a finance and corporate world insider, L. Burke Files, known as Burke, is keenly aware of the types and accuracy of the information required to make informed and timely decisions, and he brings this into the venture arena. For nearly three decades he has worked as a knowledge specialist in international finance and due diligence on projects in over 100 countries. Previously, he was a partner in a regional business, finance, and securities consulting firm. He has served as the director of corporate finance for an investment banking company and the principal of a business and venture capital consulting firm. Files continues to serve on Boards for private companies working in international finance, due diligence, and Anti-Corruption.
These and a multitude of other experiences provide Files with a broad and exceptional knowledge base and contacts in the international finance, and corporate worlds. He has received a Commission and a Medal of Merit from the President of the United States is an award-winning author and is frequently sought out by media as a reliable source.
Files currently serves on the Management Committee of INTERFIMA, Luxembourg; Co-Founder of the International Due Diligence Organization; President of the American Anti-Corruption Institute, and President of Financial Examinations & Evaluations, Inc.
Specialties: Due Diligence and Financial and IPCI (Intellectual Property and Critical Information) Investigations, domestic and International.
Source: www.burkefiles.com
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Frank King, Suicide Prevention speaker and Trainer was a writer for The Tonight Show for 20 years.
Depression and suicide run in his family. He’s thought about killing himself more times than he can count. He’s fought a lifetime battle with Major Depressive Disorder and Chronic Suicidality, turning that long dark journey of the soul into five TEDx Talks and sharing his lifesaving insights on Mental Health Awareness with associations, corporations, and colleges.
A Motivational Public Speaker who uses his life lessons to start the conversation giving people permission to give voice to their feelings and experiences surrounding depression and suicide.
And doing it by coming out, as it were, and standing in his truth, and doing it with humor.
He believes that where there is humor there is hope, where there is laughter there is life, nobody dies laughing. The right person, at the right time, with the right information, can save a life.
Frank has taken a professional hit as a victim of the "cancel culture" after the media reported widely on his brush with COVID 19 on a cruise ship gig. He says the mainstream media didn't present a fair picture of the drama. Also known as the mental health comedian, Frank has emerged stronger and survived the international media attack with grace and good humor.
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Horace Cooper is a senior fellow with the National Center for Public Policy Research, co-chairman of the black conservative activist, Project 21 National Advisory Board, and a legal commentator. Horace taught constitutional law at George Mason University in Virginia, and was a senior counsel to U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey. His forthcoming new book, How Trump is Making Black America Great The Untold Story of Black Advancement in the Era of Trump, is available from Simon & Shuster. Saying people need to "stop rationalizing and excusing criminal activity," members of the Project 21 black leadership network condemned the politically motivated riots that have erupted across America in the wage of George Floyd’s brutal death, and applaud the possibility of Antifa being designated a domestic terrorist organization.
Project 21 was founded 28 years ago in the wake of the 1992 Los Angeles riots to highlight black Americans willing to speak out for law and order and to show the political diversity of the black community.
On the five-year anniversary of the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, Project 21 members met with the mayor and city council members of that city to discuss ways they could implement policy recommendations found in Project 21's "Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America." The Blueprint, published in 2018, contains 57 policy ideas "to remove barriers blocking blacks from reaching their full potential." Project 21 similarly sought to work with the mayor and city council of Baltimore, Maryland in the wake of President Donald Trump's comments and tweets that called for more governmental accountability related to crime and quality of life there.
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A parade of guests make a timely return. This episode reviews and analyses events of our times with a roadmap to optimism and positive turns as the world grapples with business reopenings and crushing debt — amidst the coronavirus pandemic. This episode also tackles topics generating much conversation and heat in the world at large, including prospects for the Irish vote in American politics. Listen to and hear about US businessmen with diverse backgrounds, from tireless innovators Joseph Brooks and Chris Craddock to hospitality titans Ed Doherty and Hugh O'Lunney. We remember George Floyd, and this terrible tragedy.
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It started as a college prank; a friend offered Ruth Poniarski a brownie that, unbeknownst to her, was laced with angel dust. What resulted was a debilitating accident, and the first of many mental breakdowns that spiraled into diagnoses of psychosis, schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and bipolar disorder.
Long Island native Ruth Poniarski has released her first book, Journey of the Self: Memoir of an Artist, published by Charlotte, North Carolina-based Warren Publishing. Poniarski’s unflinchingly honest memoir shares her coming-of-age story through the lenses of mental illness, disability, and steadfast determination.
For years, Poniarski struggled to cope with her new reality as she undertook a rigorous architectural program, sought out new friends (and the perfect mate), and battled through the depths of mental illness. Her journey led her in all directions as she sought comfort, solace, stability and love.
Now an accomplished artist, Poniarski considers her memoir to be a portrait of sorts. “This book, like many of my paintings, is about introspection,” she says. “So many of us, particularly when we’re young, seek definition through labels or through what others think of us. It’s so easy to say, ‘I have bipolar disorder, therefore, X’ or ‘So and so doesn’t love me the way I love him, therefore, Y.’ But none of that is who we truly are.”
The release of Poniarski’s memoir is particularly timely in light of the Coronavirus pandemic and social distancing orders. “A lot of people are stuck at home right now. This kind of isolation forces a person to examine themselves; what makes them unique beyond who they are to society,” says Poniarski. “That kind of self-reflection allows us to become more available to others. You have to know yourself first.”
“So, who am I?” Poniarski laughs. “Well … you’ll just have to read the book!”
For more information about Ruth Poniarski or her book, please visit: ruthponiarski.com.
Journey of the Self: Memoir of an Artist
222 pages/Paperback/$15.95
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Joseph Brooks’ message has already impacted and inspired the lives of so many people ― and the number continues to grow with each new speaking engagement. Born into poverty on San Antonio’s violent east side, he endured bullying and abuse in school and lost both parents by the age of 18. His incredible story of growing from "Welfare to Wellbeing" and becoming a highly successful fitness expert to the stars is awe-inspiring.
In his new book, The Value of a Single Woman, and in his motivational presentations, Brooks recounts his past and his extraordinary turnaround. “As an only child, I went through a period of deep depression after my mother died,” he says. “And I credit God for saving me from a 9 mm bullet that should have ended my life. Instead, it changed me forever and allowed me to see the positives instead of the negatives in life.”
Brooks, who learned to be articulate and persistent from his mother, took his first job at 17 as a floor trainer at a local gym and created an after-school program called Impact to help at-risk youth. Both places played outsize roles for him. From such bleak beginnings, he managed to change his life's trajectory, becoming one of the most successful personal trainers in Texas, a television fitness guru, an actor, an author and a motivational speaker. He has also been a featured guest on national and local podcasts, covering issues that range from business to relationships. "I have an incredible story I call 'From Welfare to Well-being' and it's a message I need to get out,” he says. “It has impacted so many lives already.”
Author, actor, fitness expert and speaker Joseph Brooks has been helping individuals transform their lives physically, spiritually and mentally for over 30 years. A regular fitness expert on KSAT-12’s top variety show SA Live, Brooks has helped thousands by coming into their homes via TV. He is also listed on IMDb at: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10956746/. He has been a featured guest on national and local podcast such as Erica Vargas’s “In Search of good Men,” Janie Terrazas’s “Rise above TV,” Heather Whitestones “Whitestone Marketing” and Our Lady of the Lake Universities “Book Nook.” He is also cast to play the role of “Doc” Brown, a major character in Director/Choreographer Joemer Dulatres Grandmaster movie due for release in 2020.
To learn more about Brooks' story and his motivational speaking, please visit the following: www.gotothenextlevel.net; www.youtube.com/; or www.facebook.com.
The Value of a Single Woman Publisher: HPNbooks.com Released: October 2019. Available from www.gotothenextlevel.com ISBN # 781944 891459
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Jen Lilley, the famed actress who has become the face of the Hallmark Channel, is also a musician, a mother, and the nation's leading celebrity foster care advocate who is herself a parent of two sons via foster care. Jen has starred in several television films from the Hallmark Channel, and played the character of Theresa Donovan on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives. On May 1, 2020, she launched National Foster Care Month with a special campaign. Jen partners with the foundation Project Orphans to establish a neighborhood in the US. where orphans and children can find foster care in safe and loving homes. The focus is on permanency and adoption. And to raise awareness and money for Project Orphans, Jen announced #VoicesThatGive contest. This will provide creators from virtually every walks of life including singers and actors, a chance to win the grand prize of $10,000, a walk-on roll for one of Jen's upcoming Hallmark Channel Movies, a set tour and taping of Home & Family.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tkCQQv3VJow
Jen has also launched her new weekly podcast Fostering Hope. Link here: https://bramblejampodcast.com/foster. The podcast aims to help normalize and support adoptive families of all types, foster ethical practices, and champion for safe, loving families for the children who need them. In each episode, Jen has open, honest, informative, funny, and sometimes heartbreaking conversations with the most influential people in the world for foster care and adoption. Jen aspires to encourage people who are currently fostering children AND inspire more people to begin the deeply rewarding fostering journey. But Jen's creative prowess does not end when the director yells cut. She is also a singer and songwriter, with her debut album LILLEY.
Advocating for foster care and adoption is something that speaks to Jen's heart. Growing up in Roanoke, Virginia, Jen's parents were considered the "unofficial foster parents" due to their line of work - her father was a judge, while her mother was a director of a women and children's charity - making their home a "safe house" of sorts. Jen was awarded the National Educators Award for her tireless work in Guatemala and is known for advocating children's rights where she actively supports foundations that focus on protecting children against physical and sexual abuse, human trafficking and the world water crisis. Jen is a celebrity ambassador for the child abuse and treatment organizations Childhelp, Project Orphans, ECPAT, and The Dave Thomas Foundation.
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The coronavirus pandemic has cut a wide swathe of despair and destruction across the globe. The shocking loss of human life and the soaring caseloads of COVID-19, are heartbreaking for families, friends and communities. This is a tragedy unprecedented in recent history. The toll on health services and governments everywhere is staggering. As nations scramble to "flatten the curve," the business community is also grappling with a hard new reality: survival.
Two leading business owners in the New York metro region tell their story. Ed Doherty, Chairman & CEO of Doherty Enterprises, is the 15th largest franchisee in the United States, operating in 146 locations. Many are based in the New York metro region. Hugh O'Lunney, a native of CO. Cavan, Ireland, operates the iconic O'Lunney's Times Square Pub in the heart of New York's theater district. Then there is Mike Miranti, home alone and out of work, since his job as head server at an upscale Italian restaurant in Manhattan ended because of the coronavirus shutdowns. He shares his deepest thoughts and story.
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Mexican-born actor Alberto Zeni has made his way to the US small screen in the highly-anticipated second season of Netflix's crime drama Narcos: Mexico, which returned in February 2020. He stars alongside Diego Luna(Gallardo), Scoot McNairy (the narrator) and Teresa Ruiz (Bautista). In this interview, he talks about his character, his storied career, growing up in Mexico, his family life and working for the homeless in Los Angeles. Alberto says life is “beautiful.”
It has been over a year since the Season 1 release of "Narcos: Mexico", which effectively shifted the long-running drug cartel drama into new territory. The first season of "Narcos: Mexico", was the fourth season of "Narcos" overall and it reset the Netflix series when it traveled back to 1980s Mexico to show the birth of the Guadalajara cartel and trace the origins of the Mexican drug war, beginning at the time when Mexican traffickers were a loose and disorganized confederation of small-time independent cannabis growers and dealers.
Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Alberto first caught the acting bug when he was 14 years old while working for Parque Plaza Sesamo in his hometown of Monterrey, Mexico; a family-friendly destination with a Sesame Street theme featuring rides, games and a water park. Singing, dancing and playing characters at the park wasn't his only direction as he had goals of becoming an inventor and even received a degree in Engineering.
After completing his studies, Alberto continued working in the entertainment industry starring in telenovelas such as "Hoy Soy Nadie," "Trillizas de Colores," "Bajo el Alma," "XY. La Revista" and the web series "Vidas Cruzadas" starring Kate del Castillo.
It wasn't until his mid - twenties, where he decided to make a drastic change, pack up his bags and move to Los Angeles, CA to continue his acting journey. While in LA, Alberto immersed himself in the craft - training in the Meisner Technique and teaching himself English. Alberto is now fluent in Spanish, English, Italian, and can speak some French, Hebrew, Arabic and Mandarin.
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The average revenue of Latino-owned restaurants, retail stores, construction companies and other small businesses in the US has surged by a huge 46.5 percent in the past year. That exceeds the earnings growth of non-Latino businesses in the US by as much as 12 percent, according to a recent study by online lender Biz2Credit. Graciela Tiscareno-Sato. President and Founder at Gracefully Global Group LLC in the San Francisco Bay Area, is a perfect example of this business growth. A US Latino military veteran, her educational publishing company is celebrating 10 years of operation in 2020. Her company has shipped physical products and digital courses to 40 of 50 States, and to seven countries; and she's delivered keynotes US coast to coast in two languages.
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2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the Constitution which guarantees women the right to vote. The movement to pass the 19th Amendment was led by women suffragists, considered the early pioneers of the feminist movement, who understood that abortion ends a life and harms women. These leaders include such women as Susan B. Anthony, and Alice Paul, who said abortion is the “ultimate exploitation of women.” Today, the pro-life movement is following in the footsteps of the suffragists as they advocate for equality for the unborn, believing that equal rights for women begin in the womb. Like the original feminists, the pro-life movement believes that women and society deserve better than abortion and that life is truly the empowering choice for women, babies, and society.
“Courageous suffragists like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton who fought for women’s right to vote, also opposed abortion. Pro-lifers should be inspired by the early suffragists who understood the true dignity of women, and that every person, born and unborn, deserves equal rights and protections under the law,” said Jeanne Mancini. “The success of the suffragists in achieving a guaranteed right to vote for women gives us hope that one day all persons, born and unborn, will be guaranteed the right to life,” continued Mancini.
The 47th annual March for Life, the world’s largest annual human rights demonstration, will be held on January 24, 2020. Leading up to the March for Life and throughout 2020, the March for Life will share more about the theme and the incredible history of the women who pioneered the women’s rights movement and their pro-life beliefs.
Source: March for Life Education and Defense Fund
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Richard Bowen is the Citigroup whistleblower who repeatedly warned Citi executive management about risky business practices and potential losses related to mortgage lending, according to the Wall Street Journal, CBS Evening News, and 60 Minutes, As a business chief underwriter for Citigroup during the housing bubble financial crisis meltdown, he says he saw fraud firsthand inside the organization. According to Richard Bowen, he watched with disbelief at the way the company certified poor mortgages as quality mortgages and sold them to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other investors.
For two years he said he repeatedly warned executive management and the board of directors. His warnings, he said, were ignored, despite the fact that withholding such information from shareholders and investors violated the Sarbanes-Oxley act. Citigroup eventually stripped him of all responsibilities, placed him on administrative leave and told him his presence was no longer required at the bank. Richard subsequently testified before the Securities and Exchange Commission and gave them 1,000 pages of evidence of fraudulent activities, with the bank bailouts occurring three months later.
In 2010, Richard was a key witness in the mortgage mishaps as he gave nationally televised testimony before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. He says he was shocked to see the orchestrated efforts to hide key parts of his testimony from the American public. Source: richardmbowen.com
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Jeffrey Robinson is the bestselling author of 30 books, and a popular speaker on the international after-dinner circuit. Born in Long Beach, NY (1945), he began selling freelance articles and stories to small magazines before his 15th birthday. Later, while attending Temple University in Philadelphia (BA-1967), he wrote for television and radio, was a staff writer at KYW-TV3 (1965), scripted a popular local children's show and was on the writing staff of "The Mike Douglas Show" (1966), a nationally televised daily talk show.
After serving as a press and public relations officer in the United States Air Force (1967-1971), he took up residence in the south of France where he spent the next 12 years vagabonding around the world, writing articles and short stories for leading North American and British periodicals. In 1982, now earning his living as an established freelance journalist and short story writer, he moved to London England to write books. His money laundering tour de force, The Laundrymen (1993) was a headline-maker in 14 countries, establishing him as a recognized expert on organized crime, dirty money, fraud and money laundering.
Actively maintaining that reputation through books, television programs and speaking engagements around the world, the British Bankers' Association has labeled him, "the world's most important financial crime author." In addition to books on dirty money, he has published investigative non-fiction, major biographies and novels. Source: jeffreyrobinson.com
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Residents in expensive and high-tax states like New York are fleeing in droves. Thousands are moving to places like Florida, South Carolina, Delaware, Mississippi, anywhere to escape the choking personal and business costs in places like New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. In the latest census data, New York's net population loss to other US states was an astonishing 181,000 for 2018-2019. Factor in arrivals and foreign immigration, that means New York's population plunged by almost 50,000 -- the fourth consecutive year of population decline. The departures includes the rich, poor and middle class -- a broad swath of former New York residents.
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Prominent US pro-life activist, Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, on why a nationwide abortion ban in America is within striking distance thanks to his Personhood Proclamation Presidential Executive Order. Fr. Imbarrato has been jailed for his pro-life work; has recently performed an exorcism in Ireland outside an abortion facility – and he plans to return to Ireland for more pro-life work on the ground. He is proud of his Irish ancestry.
Fr. Imbarrato is known as the Protest Priest for good reason. He is a pro-life activist, speaker and a campaigner arrested and jailed for his Red Rose Rescues. An EWTN television personality, his story as a pro-life leader is unique. He's an adoptive father, grandfather, and father of an aborted child – a life history he shares openly about as he talks about his journey to the Catholic priesthood. As Fr. Imbarrato travels through America promoting his pro-life mission, he is also keeping a close watch on Washington, DC., with the hope that his Personhood Proclamation Presidential Executive Order will end legalized abortion, and finally restore civil rights for babies in the womb all across America.
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Mickey McCreanor, who runs Butterly's, a quaint pub in his small historic and famous hometown of Ardee, Co. Louth, Ireland, offers a unique glimpse of how small town Ireland is disappearing, a hostage to economic and political priorities. Barely an hour from Dublin, Mickey lashes out at the Greens -- and says Ardee’s big pressing challenge is more jobs. Mickey McCreanor sings a famous local ballad, The Turfman From Ardee to chastise the powers that be, and to highlight a lack of strong leadership to guide the economic future of his charming hometown.
As Mickey takes us down memory lane, and talks about the amazing local characters, history, and Ardee’s extraordinary sporting legacy, he lays out a vision of two Irelands: In one Ireland are places like Dublin with strong growth and prosperity; in the other Ireland, small towns and rural, is slow growth and economic stagnation. About a decade after Ireland gradually recovered and was bailed out after a banking catastrophe and a worldwide financial crisis, central planners in Dublin and Brussels seem to have forgotten places like Ardee. Mickey says the industrial world has bypassed his beloved place. And listen to his captivating baritone singing voice, in this episode, as a gentle cry from the heart.
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The Rocketman: Chris Craddock, founder and CEO of RocketStar in New York, is on the cusp of space age exploration. RocketStar’s innovative cost-saving, reusable rockets are rapidly advancing towards viable commercial production that could help introduce space travel to the masses. If RocketStar’s promising plans come to fruition, this could means thousands of well-paid jobs coming back to Long Island. And RocketStar’s proprietary 3-D printed “aerospike” engine could contribute enormously to the next frontier in space – agriculture on the moon. Space tourism is just around the corner – and Chris is in on the early action there too.
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On the brink of suicide and alcoholism after trying therapy, medication and EMDR, and desperate for relief from the pain and guilt that haunted him, Tom Voss embarked on a 2,700-mile journey across America with a fellow US Army combat veteran. The journey was documented in the Emmy-nominated film, Almost Sunrise, directed by Michael Collins. At the end of their riveting journey, Voss realizes he is really just beginning his healing as he finds an unexpected antidote to moral injury – meditation. Tom is co-author with his sister Rebecca Anne Nguyen, of a new book, Where War Ends: A Combat Veteran's 2,700-Mile Journey to Heal - Recovering from PTSD and Moral Injury through Meditation (New World Library).
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Chris Slattery, Founder and President of EMC FrontLine Pregnancy Centers, describes how his acclaimed pro-life organization is serving expectant mothers and saving baby lives by offering alternatives to abortion in a state that recently expanded abortion rights. Slattery describes the "excruciating pain" of late term abortions and how EMC is now serving expectant mothers in the final stages of pregnancy. Over its 34 years, EMC has served over 43,000 girls and women who've chosen Life, instead of abortion. As a proud member of Ireland's huge diaspora in America, Chris describes his reaction to the repeal of Ireland's pro-life Eighth Amendment.
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The World Happiness Report ranks Norway among the happiest nations on the planet. The natives do seem happy as we discovered on a visit. Is it possible in this secular nation with an aging population, high taxes and welfare, and facing a future without oil? We interviewed a young local entrepreneur, Vegard Haveland, at the Startup Extreme Conference in Norway. We later asked Dan Mitchell, Center for Freedom and Prosperity, for his opinion.
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Peter Schiff, author, economist and CEO of Westport, CT-based Euro Pacific Capital Inc., has warned for many years of a coming massive Great Depression that will savage the US economy and impact the globe. Some are certainly skeptical of his bold claims, but the well-known American free market advocate sticks to his guns in this telephone interview from the his offices in Puerto Rico. When the next Great Depression comes, he insists, it will happen "very abruptly." This next Great Depression will usher in a period of super high inflation, massive job losses, and a collapse of the US dollar as a reserve currency worldwide. "The US dollar as a reserve currency is a destabilizing force in the global economy," according to Schiff.
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Peadar Tóibín is the charismatic leader of Aontú (Irish for ‘unity’), Ireland’s newest 32-county political party and movement. A former member of Sinn Fein, Tóibín announced his resignation in November 2018, saying restrictions on him by the party over his views on abortion had stopped him "from fully representing my constituents.” Since the party’s much-anticipated launch, Aontú has clinched three seats in local elections in the Republic and a seat in Derry. A staunch pro-life party, Aontú, now has its eyes on further electoral success in the Republic's next general elections and in the North as the prospects of Brexit, when the UK leaves the European Union, raises the stakes.
In this episode, Tobin spells out his party plans to restore rights for the unborn baby, which were radically removed when Ireland repealed the pro-life Eighth Amendment, that legalized abortion this year. The unborn are still protected in the North. But the clock is ticking. Aontú and many other pro-life groups and individuals, are fighting to prevent London imposing abortion. Tóibín talked at his offices in Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland, about Ireland’s serious economic and fiscal challenges. These include a rising national debt, homelessness, a housing crisis as well as gaping infrastructure deficits, some ten years after Ireland was bailed out by global bankers and financiers.
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Peter Tuchman, an icon on the New York Stock Exchange floor for over three decades, has witnessed bull markets and bears -- and become the most recognizable public face of Wall Street at moments of financial crisis, panic and sheer exuberance and rallies. And despite the massive encroachment of electronic high-speed trading, which has sharply reduced the numbers of human traders on the Big Board, Peter has thrived to tell the many legendary tales. He says the human trader is now more a vital part of the trading machinery than ever before.
In this episode, Peter describes life on the floor and how he got there, man vs machine, and the tragic events of 9/11 as he witnessed it from the venerable exchange in lower Manhattan. Peter is the son of holocaust survivors who came to America in 1949. His parents met in a displaced persons camp after World War II. Peter recalls the extraordinary family history.
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Catholic Church bashing has replaced “Brit-bashing” in modern Ireland, according to David Quinn of Ireland’s Iona Institute in episode one of Life On Planet Earth. Quinn explains to host John Aidan Byrne how rampant anti-Catholicism has engulfed Ireland where many Irish politicians, once proud of the Irish Catholic identify, are now fearful of public rebuke if they speak up for the Church. Quinn, a prolific writer and columnist for the Sunday Times and Irish Catholic, is a social commentator and conservative activist. He is the author of How We Killed God: and Other Tales of Modern Ireland. In this episode Quinn also explains how Ireland recently lost the pro-life Eighth Amendment that led to the legalization of abortion in Ireland. And Quinn explains why he has a certain sympathy for voters who pulled the plug in favor of Brexit and the UK’s decision to exit the European Union.
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