going to run through this. It's hard enough to focus on the schedule for Nula, because it's so great to have, it's so great to have people back and it's so great to see and hear those voices. You know, we would, from time to time, but, you know, from our listeners' perspective as well. Oh, no, it is. It's fantastic. I mean, just knowing that we're going to have a bit more live music and things like that as well in the nighttime, like on Mondays, the Monday Night Session is going to be back with Paul. Jimmy has moved now to the Thursday from 8 to 10. So it's great to have the new music and that kind of thing that we'll be able to look at artists both locally and nationally. The one good thing that has happened with, because of the last two years of COVID is that anybody who's listening to your show has now seen it on our social media channels or watched it through the website and that will know we've really managed to upgrade things so much now to make it a visual as well as being an audio presence. And that's going to really be seen on all of the nighttime shows as well. That, you know, for different things that are happening, we will have the availability to actually view it as well as listen to it. So I think that's going to really make a big difference into the level of content that we're putting out there to the people and the service that we're able to give the people of the Northwest. All right, the boys are back in town. Jimmy Stafford, Paul McDevitt, good morning to you too. Morning Greg, morning everyone. Can you hear me all right Paul? Yeah. Can you hear me? I'll focus on you Jimmy, Paul's just connecting in there to the audio. Right, come here tell us about your show, what your, I mean people know, do you see, everyone knows, but there's always new audiences coming through. So it's no harm letting people know what they can enjoy listening to your show Jimmy. Yeah, so I'm back and I used to be Wednesday night Greg from say 8 to 10, or 9 to 11, but I'm back on Thursday nights from 8 to 10, which is great, and centre stage is the name of the show. And again, it's just fantastic to be coming back and coming back as you know Greg, it's Irish music is what we promote.  Well, you can try but you get found out. This is music that you love, this is music that you're listening to. These are artists that you're passionate about either, you know, introducing new artists or supporting them. You know, this is all coming really natural to you, I think. Yeah, it isn't like it's probably what we're six, seven years now Greg promoting Irish music and Highland have always been a huge support of Irish music, right throughout every show. And it's just fantastic. And like, you know, as Sarah was talking about social media, Greg, the power of it, and that's where we've been able to reach out to artists from Kilkenny to Wexford to Kerry to Belfast Dury. So it's really strong. And you know what, the last two years I've been talking to artists and a lot of them haven't been performing what they've been doing Greg is writing songs, writing music. And I think there's a, I call it a tsunami of good music that's ready to come to us and it's already come to us. So look, Torres the 98 to 10 read and once a month Greg, I started something before back in 2019 was I bought a special guest co-presenter on and they picked seven or eight Irish songs that they could relate to and it could be anything from Joseph Locke to the four of us to stunning. And that worked really well. So that's a thing I'm going to start again. So once a month somebody's going to come on and be a guest co-presenter and it worked really well because, you know, I learned some new songs and new music that I'd never heard of before. So that's just going to be something extra special on it Torres. People be on the journey with you too. Paul, can you hear me okay now? I can hear you Greg, can you hear me? I'm fine. I'm fine. People are already enjoying you at the weekends. But you're looking forward to getting back to your shows too. Absolutely, Greg. We are both myself and Jimmy. We're just chomping at the bus here. And as Jimmy said, because of the pandemic and that we have noticed, you know, everybody's noticed the Irish artists have felt to be left behind because they can't express their art. And we were that platform for them at Highland Radio with everybody else. So we're just looking forward. We've had so much since the announcement has been faltering in the background. You wouldn't believe how many people have contacts already. And we have a lineup at the minute right up until the end of May. Wow. Okay, that's impressive. And you just, there's something about the live performances. There's a raw uniqueness to it. I don't know. There's just a different side to it. It's not. Excuse me. You know, with my program, I don't have as much time. So if someone comes in to perform, you have a brief chat with them. They sing, you thank them, and then they're away. It's different with your program isn't it? It's almost like it's like a session. I don't know. It's a different approach and you get more out of everything. With no disrespect to any guests on my show. It's more credit to yours. No, well, that's what we have found. And we've built up this fantastic relationship with so many artists since we started the program. But what we've decided to do this time, Greg, is because to give every artist as much airtime as possible, we're kind of restricted to acts. And what we're asking people to do is if they have something coming up, our problem was before we didn't want to let anybody down. So we're trying to squeeze and help as many people as possible. And now we're just, as I say, we're concentrating more on the music plus concentrating on two artists and per night. So if people want to get in touch with us before an event as much as they can, so we can get them on. We really, really want to focus on the artists and give them as much time and give them as much respect as we can. That's what we're really looking forward to. Great stuff. So when are you on air and give us the times and all? We are back on. The Monday night sessions are back on Monday night between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. with a new slot, which is great. We're looking forward to that as well too. It's a cracking time at Eton. Absolutely. We are on the Saturday shuffle between 10 and 1 every Saturday. So get that under you. And Greg? Yes, Jimmy. As well. It's fantastic for credit to all the team there on Highland in the last two years. The advances technology, because when I look at what you're doing on the OBS, which is the broadcasting system, which is going live on the Facebook and the Twitter and the Instagram, that's really good from Monday night sessions perspective, because now we can stream that out and it's going to be, because a lot of artists would have asked us in previous years, can I get a recording and be sure, no, it's going to be there for them. And that's really... Well, I know. I'll be casting it up to my team. Well, along the TVs now, that's smart TV that we're giving away there. It's got Facebook. It's got Facebook. Watch built into it. It's got YouTube. Use a streaming on both of those. Bang it up to your big screen. It's going out through your surrounds. And you know what I mean? There's never been a way to enjoy Monday night sessions. Listen, both of you, great to chat to you. Thank you, Greg. Thank you again. We really appreciate you coming on this program. All right, 10, 08, 6, 60, 25,000. That is the WhatsApp text line, 07, 491, 25,000. The text just says, great to hear that all my favorites are back at night. Love you, Greg, too. Well, thank you very much. Looking especially forward to hearing Marty Freel. Okay. All right, there it is. Okay, we're going to take a break. I want to say a lot of Michael again, Michael.  It's your time and you're sharing it. I love that about you. Oh, I'm not a bit gracious. I've been complaining bitterly to Faluna the whole time. Did you at least get a cup of coffee or tea? I was offered a cup of coffee the minute I came in the door. I love this place. It's great. We have the new coffee machine. It makes everybody want to make coffee. It's fine. Bring your own capsules. That's it. That's it. It is actually lovely. All right. 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It's a significant game, of course, because this is the first home game of the season for Harks. I think they lost last time. I still be looking to get some points in the bag at home to Bowes. It's going to be a big one. Great news, Highland have missed it all. Good to have Paul back and that and Garrett Instagram. They also say they love this show as it's always so informed of which is nice to, nice to hear, right? Michael, what have you been watching this week? Dare I even ask? This week, because it did so well at the SAG Awards, I decided to watch Koda, which is up for an Academy Award for Best Film. And I was expecting great things out of this movie. It's a story you've seen before, Teenage Girl. She wants to pursue a music career, get into University of Music. There's a cute boy. It's got all those tropes that you'd expect and it does them very well. But the spin on this movie is, well the clue is in the title, C-O-D-A Koda, Child of Death Adults is what that acronym means. And the spin on this story is that in her family, she's the only member who can hear. And she's a full-time translator for her parents and her brother. They run a family business together, which is struggling. And the story really is that she wants to go away and make a life for herself as a singer. And in her family, of course, there's a bit of conflict there, which is really cleverly built into the concept because obviously they don't understand this world of music and singing. And even the idea that she's a great singer is completely alien to them. This is a very funny movie, it's a very heartwarming movie. As I said, it's the sort of thing you've probably seen a hundred times before. But the spin that's on this story is very clever, very heartfelt. This is a movie where I can honestly say I laughed, I cried, it works, I can see why it's up for an Academy Award. There's not a hope and a heck of it winning because the things like Power of the Dog will overshadow it, unfortunately. But I think it's a better movie. Can they ignore it though? Can they ignore it? Because this is universally loved. Critics and audiences love it. Can they retain credibility and ignore it? I think they will ignore it because I think it's just Oscars have to be, they'll go for an angsty sort of movie. Yeah, RT. And we were chatting about this in the break and Fenula, she's also got this on our list, that again, it's not an Oscar winner, even though it deserves to be for those reasons, it's not RT and angsty. And it's a feel good movie in so many ways. And it should win because it tries to do things that other movies sometimes fail to do. Like it's not schmaltzy and it doesn't come across as fake and it doesn't come across as contrived, whereas a hundred other movies doing the same story might well do. This is really lovely, heartfelt. And the Amelia Jones, who is Aled Jones' daughter, and I'm sure so many people remember him from so many things. She's incredible. Walking in the air, walking in the air was the big one. The only one you were trying to avoid. So she's amazing. She carries this. Marley Matlin, who I loved in reasonable doubts, the cop show she did in the 90s with Mark Harmon, St. Producers has been a caller. She's been in the West Wing as Fenula was reminding me. Loads of different movies. She plays the mother. It's an absolutely stellar cast. They did very well at the SAG Awards last weekend. I think they got the ensemble or something, wasn't it something like that? Yeah. And the gentleman that plays the father, I think he got best supporting actor. Ah, I've deserved. He's hilarious. It's a great cast. And as I say, despite the fact that you might think, oh, that story, you know, it sounds like an episode of Glee, a two-hour episode of Glee in so many ways, but it's not. Well, that's it, Fenula, because when you go down the same path with a story, and from my understanding of it, there's no massive twists and turns here. It kind of is going where you expect it to go. It's sort of a good film if it still gets so many positive reviews. Yeah. And to be honest, I, and you know me, I love a good bit of schmaltz every once in a while. So I was kind of thinking, oh, this is going to be lovely. Now I'll watch this before I go to bed. You know, one of those kind of ones.  It's just really well done. Do you think this is resonating maybe because, you know, there's so many people in caring roles that, and I haven't watched it so much as a bandage, but they feel they have to make choices or they make sacrifices or does it talk to them? It does come into that. And there is that kind of a conversation and conflict in it. But in no way does it, it's just the way that it does it. You know what I mean? As Michael said, it could be a big, it could have ended up being just a complete mushy tear fest, just going for that. It didn't really, it kind of went from, and obviously not being a person with the hearing difficulty, I don't know, you know, I'm speaking from my own experience, but it really felt like that's, that it was very real. And I think you could really tell that as far as I'm aware, and I'm 99% sure Marley Matlin and her husband are actually the producers of this. And they're very much involved in the deaf community in the United States and promoting deaf actors, promoting like deaf culture. And that, you know what I mean, that it's not something that needs to be fixed. It's something that we should all be embracing and that we should be bringing more people, you know, deaf people more into our community, rather than trying to fit into there, you know, back and forth, that kind of thing, that it should just all be blended together. So it sounds like an important film as well. To me, when I was watching it, Mike, you could sit down and watch this film with your six and seven year old. And you know what I mean? And you could, and they would get something from it. You could sit down and I'm always saying, don't watch things with your granny. 100% watch this one with your granny. That's because of the stuff you normally watch. I'm opening this up now. Everybody can sit down and watch this with their granny. And it just, it's like Yellowstone, which you cannot watch with your granny. Well, this one, I'm just thinking anybody can anybody could watch it and you get something from it. And I think it's universal because although it is about a very specific family with a very specific issue, it's a universal team.  I think that's a team that's universal. And I think it captures that irrespective of the fact that these characters are or are not deaf. It's a universal team. And I thought they captured that beautifully as well. I really, I was really emotional. I was like really upset after that they weren't actually going to win an Oscar because I thought you're about to give something. I thought you're about to give something. No, no, no. The movie was, the movie was just, it's just the tone was perfect in it. Beautiful. Now, can we ask you, I missed it at the start. Is this a cinema release? No, it's Apple. It's Apple TV. So it's available on Apple TV. And I suppose there's, there's other ways to see it as well. But no, it's actually, and it's a great thing for Apple, because again, the more the Netflix a couple of years back, it's them flexing their muscle and showing them.  I don't like phrases like flexing muscles and stuff like this. Good morning, Greg. And all great to hear all the nighttime shows are back on air. What night times will Bernard, Aiden and Tommy beyond from Mary, Catherine and Andrea and Desert Martin. So do you want to, well, I want to bring Jean Corrin in here in a moment, Finula, but would it be worthwhile going through the, going through it again? I can do and just let people know that it's off. We have the new schedule is up on the website as well. So anybody can just check in and make 100% sure. But let's just start then with Monday. So I ran through as far as Sunday. And then on Monday, then we have had the deal debate is going to be on from seven to eight, as it has been over the last few years. And then from eight to 10, as Paul and Jimmy were talking about is going to be Monday night sessions. And from 10 to 12, we have Aiden Murphy. So Aiden is going to be with us on a Monday night now. Then on Tuesdays, we have from 7pm to nine is going to be Rosemary, Rosemary's Irish country music show. So it's a country music show done bilingualy. So that's going to be on from seven to nine. And then from nine to 12 on Tuesday is Bernard Harper on Wednesday, then from seven to eight, Rulee Boile with Cullum Fertur, eight to nine is when we're going to have documentaries and that we're working on and lining up. And we're actually working on a few local documentaries as well that hopefully we'll be able to include it done by our own very own staff going forward. So that's an exciting area that we're getting into. And then from nine to 12 is Tommy, Tommy Rosney. Thursdays then is the score will be on from seven to eight, the score with Oshin and his great team. And then eight to 10, Jimmy was talking about his new show and Bernard will be on from 10 to 12. And as I said, then Fridays will be eight to 10, Marty Friehl, Tommy Rosney, 10 to one. Will I keep going?  All right, six to eight is Frank Galligan's show. Eight to 10 will be Keith Fletcher. 10 to one will be my Saturday sessions party. And seven to nine is going to be the wonderful Jean Kern doing her art program. Nine to 11 is Rosemary and 11 to one will be Tommy Rosney. Let's say good morning to Jean. Hi, Jean. Hi, Greg. How are you? It's great to have you with us. People have been listening to you, of course, on the radio for the last while. But tell us about your show because this is where you do exactly what you want to do and what your listeners want from you. Yeah. But it's been fabulous having had the opportunity to be on over the pandemic. And I thank him for all the shows that I got. But it really is great to be back on a Sunday night again with my private collection. And I suppose over the last 30 years, I've gathered up a lot of material, very eclectic, as people who have been listening to me will know. And it's great to be able to play that because what I would normally play on a Sunday night is not really the music that somebody wants to hear at 12 o'clock during the daytime. So it'll be lots of late back, maybe slower music. I even say it is appointment radio that people know they're going to get something that's just maybe even something they haven't heard before, to jog a memory. It's like, you feel you have to tune into the show because you just don't necessarily know what's going to come out of your collection. Yeah. I suppose it's like that line from Forest Comp, it's like a box of chocolates. You don't know what you're going to get next. Well, hopefully you do. So like this, every week I have a featured album or a featured artist. And I like to play tracks, maybe from an album. For example, say Chris Ria's water sign that I can hear your heartbeat is the one single was taken from that. But there's also lots of other lovely tracks from that, like Love Strange Ways that people might be familiar with. So I like going off the normal track if you like. Because what happens is, and I used to do a bit of this as well, you go to the old Reliables, don't you? When you push it out of it, you say, well, hold on a second. You might be missing a couple of really good songs at the back end of this album or in the middle of it, which is fantastic. Okay. Listen, Jean, as I say, we've listened to your loads, but it's great to have you back in your own slot again. And we really look forward to anything else you want to mention. Before lockdown and the pandemic, I had a book club every, maybe the first or Sunday of the month. So we're going to start that up again too. And I haven't decided exactly of two books in mind, but people will hear very, very soon what the book will be and will have reviews in once.


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got off to an amazing start this season, but is there anything in particular that stands out just about the first three game losing streak that you guys have faced this season? Nothing really stands out too much. Yesterday, a tough double header against a good team. We couldn't pull anything out there. And then today, we got the offense going early.  And we just couldn't get that rally back there. Late to secure a win. Aaron was talking about just how special it is watching you, locked in the way you are right now. How would you describe this run you've been on lately at the play? Just trying to do my job, just like everybody else in this building. I got a job to do at the top of the lineup. And I got a lot of great hitters around me, which makes my job a lot easier. So with the pitching staff we got and what they're able to do, man, I just try to go on there. And like I said, just do my job. Donaldson was suspended for a game. What's your reaction to what happened there in that decision? You know, it's a tough one. Joke or not, I just don't think it's the right thing to do there, especially given the history, especially the series in Chicago, kind of a little bit of beef between Anderson and JD. And Anderson's one of the best short stops in the game.  And what's going on here and how we can grow the game. And JD for that one game suspension, yeah, I don't know. I just don't think it's, you know, on JD's, he made a mistake, owned up to it. And now we've got to move on. Aaron, did he talk to you guys or did Donaldson talk to you guys as a team about what happened to you guys? Yeah, no, JD's a pro. So he talked to all of us and filled us in on what he was referring to about, I guess, a 2019 interview that TA did. But still, I just don't think it was the right move at all. But got a suspension and time to move on. Aaron, is that the kind of thing that can linger in any way? Or when you have those conversations in the clubhouse like you guys did with Josh, is it considered dealt with? And you guys move on? Yeah, we're growing it. He stood up, owned up to what he did. And that's all you can ask, especially when we're playing games every day.  You can't sit here and dwell on something that happened. You've got to learn from it, made a mistake. And now it's time to move on and keep playing baseball.


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So obviously Elizabeth Warren did not perform very well in New Hampshire and a lot of people I think rightfully realized that this was a must-win state for her. I mean New Hampshire is Massachusetts neighbor Demographically and theoretically you should be able to pull out a win here or at least come in second But she finished in fourth place so if you can't finish in At least the top two or three if we're being extra charitable in a race That should be a cakewalk for you. I just don't know How you're going to have a clear path to the nomination and if I were Elizabeth Warren I would see that the writings on the wall and I would be trying To unite the progressive wing of the party sure there was that spat between her and Bernie Sanders But if I'm thinking about the future and getting my agenda implemented I would be trying to unite the party and you know She could be trying to position herself for a spot in Bernie's administration or to be the running mate and Even you know beyond that she could position herself currently To run again in 2024 or 2028 But what she's doing now is the opposite and her behavior makes no sense to me But it's not shocking so rather than trying to unite the progressive wing so we can beat the centrists She's choosing to not only attack Bernie Sanders again But attack his supporters supporters mind you that she will need if she somehow were able to pull out a win And become the nominee take a look But the fight between factions in our party has taken a sharp turn in recent weeks With ads mocking other candidates and with supporters of some candidates shouting curses at other democratic candidates These harsh tactics might work if you are willing to burn down the rest of the party in order to be the last man standing They might work if you don't worry about leaving our party and our politics We're soft and how you found it and they might work if you think Only you have all the answers and only you are the solution to all our problems Yeah, I mean it's almost like there's a lot at stake And we have to be relentless in pushing back Against the corporate propaganda being espoused by other candidates like Pete would a judge in Joe Biden He lies about Medicare for all Amy Klobuchar says that Medicare for all means that we're taking away health insurance from people are we supposed to just not say anything not respond just be quiet as they lie About a policy that would save lives so forgive me if once in a while we get a little bit rowdy and You know we become less civilized and we post rat emojis under Pete with a judge or snake emojis under you You know if I'm running for president I'd rather some other candidate supporters post snake emojis underneath every one of my tweets Then have another candidate just like lie and say I'm a sexist or imply. I'm a sexist Elizabeth Warren makes no sense to me I don't get it and look the sad thing is that in the beginning of this campaign She was running a pretty phenomenal campaign. It wasn't perfect, right? But she had this tagline I've got a plan for that and I thought that that was really persuasive It was policy oriented and when you focus on the issues you can't excel you demonstrate to voters that you know What they need and you're a serious person now there was some blind spots, right? She had a plan for everything but Medicare for all but then she started to adopt Medicare for all and was a champion for it She wasn't necessarily the best representative for but nonetheless. She still said I'm with Bernie Sanders and Now look at her and I don't know what lane she's trying to car for herself I think that Sean put it best on Twitter He said Warren shift to the center in a field packed with centrist candidates and ones without the progressive baggage of attacking Billionaires and the likes was surely a bad move. Wonder what was going on there? I'll tell you what went on she hired More and more Hillary Clinton alum and Obama operatives and now she's basically indistinguishable from most interests She's not talking about how she has a plan for everything or big structural reform. She's talking about how many selfies she takes She's talking about the Democratic Party's core values. Whatever that will mean It's sad. It's really sad and she doesn't realize that being progressive is the ticket That's her lane. You can't pick a lane and then change lanes late in the game, right? Like she started to slide when she moved away from Medicare for all and her supporters will say look all these Bernie Bros are lying about her. She does support it She split it up into two different pieces of legislation Everybody with the brain knows that a sitting president will become less popular as their term goes on So if you think that she's going to get it passed in her third year and she's able to survive Her midterm her first midterm and not lose the House or the Senate your delusional So that was a political maneuver to make sure she can move away from Medicare for all But at the same time still have plausible deniability and say I support it. No, we have to read between the lines we have to see that these candidates they are Taking political positions for purposes of political expediency and they will do what they need to do If they think that's gonna help them win Elizabeth Warren is a politician like everyone else and she's no different and we're seeing that right now And on top of that the things that she says here don't even make sense to me She says these harsh tactics these attacks might work if you're willing to burn down the rest of the party in order to be The last man standing except you know what I kind of do want to burn down the rest of this fucking party Elizabeth Warren half the party More than half actually they're just ranked corporatists. Did they take money from Wall Street? multinational corporations We get nothing So how could you not want to burn down the party? Donald Trump was elected in 2016 because what people wanted was to throw a brick through the glass of the establishment's house Because nothing was working. They tried Obama So now they're trying Trump because they're desperate their wallets aren't getting fatter and They're more susceptible to radicalization So a demagogue was able to take advantage of them like how could you not want to burn down the rest of the party?   I want good policy that helps people.   I want policy. They're not delivering So burn it down if we have to burn it down. That's the way I feel is and the fact that she doesn't acknowledge that She doesn't acknowledge that voters are desperate currently shows how out of touch She is and it shows that all of these people who she hired are ruining her campaign Why would you hire Hillary Clinton alum? They are losers Why would you hire Obama operatives when you yourself took issue with Obama? Don't you think that that's going to influence you? I mean she you can see the way that she is Influenced by the people who are advising her. They are the dumbest people ever Anyone who is advising Elizabeth Warren should never have a job in politics again because she took a viable campaign She was the frontrunner at some point and they just threw all of that in the trash Because she couldn't possibly defend one progressive position of Medicare for all.  I don't know if it's because she's forming some type of VP deal with Pete Buttigieg or Amy Klobuchar I don't know what's going on. I don't know what's going through her head But all I know is that the people who are advising her are Misleading her they're taking her in a horrible direction and at this point I don't even know that she would endorse Bernie Sanders if she dropped out like she might even endorse Klobuchar Because I don't like I don't know what she's talking about no substance. There's there's just nothing there now She's talking about selfies constantly. It's like what we saw from Kamala when she was about to drop out She backed away from Medicare for all and so the only thing that she had and Pretended to be passionate about was getting Trump banned from Twitter. That's what Elizabeth Warren is doing now with selfies And I'm trying to not attack Elizabeth Warren and be overly critical because I know there's a lot of supporters of her That could potentially come over to Bernie Sanders and I don't want to drive them away Like about 40 50% of her supporters say that Bernie Sanders is their second choice But you've got to understand as Bernie Sanders supporters. This election is life or death It's make or break and what a lot of us see is We're marching straight towards Apocalypse climate catastrophe and it doesn't matter which Democrat is elected. We're still heading towards apocalypse We're just going a little bit slower and Bernie Sanders and at one point possibly Elizabeth Warren Seemed like they were offering us this off ramp, right? so it's like Bernie Sanders is The life jacket that was thrown to us as we're drowning and Elizabeth Warren Grabs the rope and she's trying to reel it in so we can't grab it. That's the way it feels and look I'm someone who like I don't enjoy Hating on Elizabeth Warren or criticizing her in 2014.  You don't love to hate people You want people to believe in and Elizabeth Warren was one of those people, but I don't believe in her anymore I don't even know what she's doing She could be uniting the party She could be uniting progressives She could be positioning herself for a Sanders Warren ticket and she's just slapping us across the face once again What a disappointment Elizabeth Warren turned out to be


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A huge issue when agents are working the phones is keeping someone on the phone from start, I don't know who you are, to the very end, thank you for your business, okay? Because what I've learned is early in a call people will say things like, I'm just looking, I'm just shopping, I already have coverage, I'm not interested, I don't want to talk, you know, I'm calling back, I'm busy, etc., right? And then originally they're like, I'm not buying anything today, I'm just looking. And then 60 minutes later they're like, dude, thank you so much for selling me, okay? So what's the psychology behind that? And how do we get you from point A to point B to help you keep them on the phone? So I'm going to cover several things, a lot of things that I haven't necessarily covered before, specifically on how to keep someone's attention on the phone. People's attention spans are extremely short, right? I'm going to fix that. Right now, the first thing I'm going to talk to about is how do you keep someone's actual attention on the phone? I don't keep your PNC, life and health, Medicare, whatever, right? Doesn't matter, commercial, etc., home and auto. If someone is, if you don't have someone's attention, you have my permission to ask them, I don't have your attention yet, do I? Because I believe in losing the cell on my own terms. I don't believe it's up to them. I believe everything about this thing is up to you and I, okay? I got my prison polo on today. They let me out for a few hours. I go back and report back to prison tomorrow, but they let me show you a little content in the meantime, right? So when you think about this, and a lot of agents are in a mental prison, by the way, they're like, I want to quit. I'm struggling. I want to fail. I'm not making any money. I don't know what to do. And I was just coaching a guy, and most of the things that were going on for him was mindset. He was complaining about his upline and how people aren't answering the phone and a lot of other things, right? You control everything. It's your decision to make, no matter what happens along the way. If you want to keep someone's attention and own them during that call, you can. But you can't worry about losing the cell. If you do, you're going to lose it on your own terms, right? So it's okay to say stuff like, I don't have your attention yet, do I? How do I keep your attention? How do I get it?  Can you do me that favor? Is that okay? Right? It's okay to say stuff like that. I would rather you talk like that and say stuff like that early in a call to keep someone's attention because if you don't have their attention, you have zero chance of selling them. Also, if you can't keep them on the phone, you have zero chance of selling them. I've noticed that if I could just keep them on the phone going through the motions by the end of it, I got a really good shot of actually making a sale, right? The longer they sell in the call, the more my chances of actually getting a policy in closing goes up. Okay? So we talk about a lot of different things. Today, and immediately, I want to talk about a few things. I want to talk about energy. I want to talk about tonality. And I want to talk about control, okay? If someone says I'm not interested, right? What they're saying is, you're not interesting.  I don't like listen to you, right?   How are you doing today?  They're boring.  You have to focus on your energy level the whole day. Most of us, we go out throughout our day and we lose energy level throughout the day, right? We don't work out. Energy level is down. We don't take a cold shower. Energy level is down, right?  Everything you do throughout your day will affect your energy level. Where your energy level will affect every single call that you ever make. In case your energy level has to be high.  It's got to be there, right? When I get on video camera, I don't just stand up here and say, hey, guys, I'm Cody Askins and maybe I hope that you'll learn something today and if you can, you'll make money, right?  That's the big reason why you watch is because I try to be entertaining and actually bring some energy to this thing because energy is everything. Think about the person other than the phone. If you're them, like when you listen to your own call recordings, if you're them, would you keep listening based on your energy level, based on the way you talk, based on what you sound, right? Okay? Huge. It's important. Tonality. It's crucial because that's how you can, that's how there's some ups and downs, right? So when I do videos, right, I may get quiet to stress a point. I may even pause just to get someone's attention, right? I may tell a story to get your eyes back focused when I'm talking, right? Or I may go up when I really want to get excited about something, okay? Stuff like that, specifically when you're talking to someone in person, can affect the overall tonality and energy. Your tonality can't be this the entire time that you're on the phone, right? That's the same. That's freaking boring. No one wants to listen to someone. Their tonality is like freaking, it's literally the graph or the line is if someone is not having any life left in their body. That's what that is, right? That's a tonality that you do not want to have, okay? Now, control. How do you keep control of the call, right? They're like, well, the best way? The best way is literally to, when they try to take control of the call, the best way, the best way, agree, I'm going to just call it pivot for today and then ask like literally what that means is get back on script. Get back on script, right? I'm not interested, I understand, right? This is just an informational call. Now tell me, what got you thinking about all this? You know? Or you know what? I don't have any money. This program is actually made up of people that don't have a lot of money, you know? So what? Let's jump right into your health, you know? Or hey, I'm running out of time, you know? I don't want to talk, you know? Totally get it, you know? I don't have a lot of time either. I promise this will be very brief, but it's almost done. So tell me, right? And then pivot back. That's the key to keep in control of the call is you've got to be really good at pivoting, right? You know, they have the pivot in basketball, you know, where if you move the other fit open to walk, right? If you don't pivot, you're walking in the middle of the call, right? You need to be agreeable, right?   Agreeable. Pivot. Simple. They're trying to take you off the call and you're coming back, right? It's freaking simple, right? Pivot and ask. Most people forget to ask the question, right? To re-assume control. And most people don't realize that all this stuff can be scripted, practiced, played, and you can simply get really good at doing this by simply pivoting. Back and forth.  Back into the script, right? And ask a question. Extremely simple.  So that's how you can try to keep control, right? Because most people forget too that all this is, all this is, is a natural human conversation. This is a natural human conversation that you're having with someone. You don't want to sound like a robot. You don't want to sound scripted. Robots are monotone, right? Robots are extremely scripted, right? It's okay to have a script.  Now, when we're talking about a sales call, you need to keep them engaged early, early.  The studies show that the best chance to lose them are the first five seconds, 30 seconds, and 60 seconds, okay? You have to be really good during those three parts of the call. Ready? Hey, it's Cody, right? That's it, right? That's the intro. We talked about intro. We've talked about the intro a bazillion times. That's the intro, right? It's simple, right? Hey, getting back to you, hey, appreciate your response. You know what I'm talking about, right? If I ever need to like get their attention or I'm losing them or I'm talking too much or the paragraph is too long, I may say something like, right? You follow me, right? You know I'm calling, right? You understand what I'm asking all these questions, right? You see what I'm saying? You remember this, it makes them respond to you. It also can put them on the defensive a little bit instead of the offensive, which is good because that's the best way. When you watch master freaking closers and salespeople, one of the best ways that they keep control is they'll ask something crazy just so they could just, they'll ask something the person doesn't know the answer to, right? When someone's ever called out of an audience and the speaker asked them a question and they end up looking silly because they're like, I don't know what to freaking say, right? That's the same idea. It keeps that person in control and they're able to keep asking the questions. And guess what? They have no choice but to stay engaged because they're trying to like freaking focus here. OK, so think about that, right? If you're in the middle of something, you're like, man, I've been talking too much. Betty, you still with me? OK, that's OK to ask. It's OK to say those things, right? So energy, tonality, control. OK, we also, you've got to get really good at this word. I look like John Madden on the white board today, but that's all right. OK, I'm doing maybe I'm doing on purpose just to keep your attention because you can't even freaking read what I'm writing. OK, ignore everything that they say. Maybe not what I say, but what they say to you early in a call, just flip and ignore it. Like just throw it away. Who cares, right? I'm not interested. Amazing, right? I'm broke. Perfect. Can't help qualify. Incredible, right? Who freaking cares? Most of the stuff they're telling you is totally made up. This is a wild video. But the point is, right? I'm talking to you about how to keep the attention on a call, right? I'm showing you how to keep attention during a video at the same time. All right, so use this. Keep it engaged, man. Keep it engaged. You like this, didn't you? Because you like this, I got another gold freaking video, zero to five milli and under five. OK, it's right there. Incredible video. Go watch that. I'm going to jump over there and I'll see you there. Again, back to zero. And then first year as kind of a broker, I did 110,000, so six figures.


We meet all vegetation that we know of, all farmland crops that are growing and it is very very important for the government or relevant authorities to take very very serious measures to mitigate against the problem but what I want to say from the beginning is that there is a link between this invasion and climate change. Climate change for those who do not know is the sudden erratic change in normal climatic patterns. For a period of between 25 and 30 years there is a way you observe, our farmers observe, especially government observe how patterns of the weather go that we have between this period and this period is rainfall. This period is sunshine and probably short rains and things like that. But what is happening for the past couple of years going to a few decades is a change in climate. Quite honestly this is January. Today I think it's January 12th. It has been raining cats and dogs since last night. This is January we are supposed to be having experiencing a lot of sun. So this erratic change in the patterns in the weather is what causes climate change and it's a very very serious concern and a lot has been said about it and we will continue to talk about it but it is important for relevant authorities to take action. And climate change comes with three aspects. Adaptation, mitigation and resilience. So basically what that means is that we need to adapt that if we are having rainfall in January how are we adapting, what information are we getting so that we can deal with it. Mitigating. Mitigating is intervening in the aspects that cause for which climate change is brought about. For example lokas invasion. We will discuss about the link between climate change and lokas invasion. Floods, mudslides in other countries are not more snow in wildfires like what we are experiencing in Australia right now. So how do you mitigate? Then we have resilience. Resilience now is the mitigation long term. How do we deal with it period of time? How are we able to deal with a certain weather pattern that we have not been experiencing? How are we going to be resilient to Tavumilia Vibi? So back to what you asked me. The link between climate change and the lokas invasion. I would like to take you back a few years ago back in 2013. Countries in the Sahel and the African Sahel is the belt up there that borders the Sahara desert and Sub-Saharan Africa. Like you've said, I work with these people who deal so much with Sub-Saharan Africa. So the African Sahel are the band of countries that are forming up there along the Sahara desert at the border before we begin Sub-Saharan Africa. We have Bukina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad all the way to Djibouti. So these countries up there have been grappling a lot of time with lokas invasion. Mauritania for example, Chad and even Nigeria are still smatting from the effects of a lokas invasion that came for the period between 2003 to 2013. There was a very, very serious problem at that time. It was almost declared a disaster and the United Nations even warned. And also at that time in 2013 they did warn that this invasion would come to these countries down here. So basically what we are saying is that these countries experienced such an invasion where swarms of lokas set upon crops, vegetation. These countries are up there in the desert area, dry area. So the effects of that hunger are still being felt to date. So what is an invasion there for? What are we talking about? A grasshopper and a lokas are two insects that are the same. However, a lokas has shorter antennae, it's a little bit larger. The other characteristics that differentiates between the two is the fact that the grasshopper is a solitary insect. It grows alone. Even as you continue defining what a lokas is, those of you are posting pictures of individuals assuming they are lokas, please. This is the definition of what a lokas is. Yes, so a grasshopper is a little bit smaller and it acts solitary. When we were young people, we used to call them odd day day and we would catch them. Those are the grasshoppers on the grass. But now the lokas as short antennae is a little bit larger. Yes, as you can see it is a little bit larger than they act in swamps. So why do they invade? What happens? So there was a lot of erratic rainfall October, November, December. For the first time drought seeking in areas in northeastern received a lot of rainfall, wajia areas like that. So when it rains then there is poradic growth of vegetation. All of a sudden we start seeing grass, the shrubs are growing, the kajia trees and there is so much to eat. So serotonin in this insect's small brain triggers that I don't know if it is a... I wouldn't know because I am not an insect expert but I wouldn't know if it is an instinct or it is a call to mate like the cows and these other mammals and other animals. But it triggers and then it begins to multiply. And then the term they use they become gregarious, they become active. Once they become active now they begin to gather in swamps, begin to invade. A swamp can be between 5 up to 50 million. Alright and since it is a link between with climate change as a country in the East African region, how do we find ourselves here? Not really finding ourselves here because these swamps are coming from up there in Somalia. Is the climate change in the country like Kenya for example as a result of a human era or something? Climate change as a whole globally. We are in an age we like to call the anthropocene or anthropogenic era or age whereby the changes in our world, in our globe, in our earth are squarely responsible. I mean have squarely been caused by activity by man. Mankind might not really cause the changing of climate rapidly but we are a catalyst and a major catalyst. And basically the climate change if you want to understand it in simple terms because climate change is the phenomena that comes out of something else. This something else is the warming of the globe. Others are calling it global warming, others are saying it is a hoax. But increase in temperature which is caused by burning of fossil fuel and fossil fuel is the oil that we use, the petroleum. Kusas greenhouse gas effects or rather a greenhouse effect whereby a lot of heat is trapped in the atmosphere and it cannot go. So what happens it is concentrated here just like the way you would use a greenhouse to catalyze the growth of a certain crop. So what happens all this energy that is in the atmosphere has to go somewhere. So what happens our oceans absorb it, our soil our surfaces absorb it. What happens therefore is that temperatures spike and when temperatures are spike for example in the ocean, a heating up ocean of course is going to change the way the atmosphere acts or behaves. And with that we begin to see a lot of rainfall. Why do we see a lot of rainfall? Because of this heat that is trapped in the ocean evaporation happens. A lot of moisture is trapped in the atmosphere and it has to go somewhere. So this rain for example is something that has come from the Indian Ocean. It is something that was not expected. And we are going to see a lot of this. So to answer your question we got ourselves here because of many many years of human activity that is causing a change in our climate. When you burn fuel in China and India and you cut trees in Canada and Mao for example, then you interfere with the natural nature of things. We got to show to you and began mentioning how this insects consume. And now we have been experiencing grains and of course those eastern parts of Kenya they have the grains that is the food. Now these insects have come. They will only eat the grains that we have. How much damage do they cause? We started hearing reports that the invasion is in Meiru. If I was in a position of authority I would begin to prepare to declare this a disaster. There could be five counties now. Yes, yes and they are still coming. A locust invasion is a serious thing. A locust invasion can cause drought and toad suffering. Keeping in mind that the rains began in October which is harvest time a lot of crop was destroyed in the farms. Whatever little that is left is being consumed by this locust. We might not have any food to eat for a very very long time. And I want to use an analogy though it is not very very popular. Locust invasion was a plague in the Bible as well.  So this is a very serious matter. The government should do something short of declaring it a national disaster because as you can see these are millions. Keeping in mind this thing consumes I think half when it eats it can eat up to half its own weight. Yes, actually according to the report that was released by the CS agriculture they can eat one ton and they can eat about one ton of food enough to feed 2500 people. To the extent a locust invasion of this nature or a serious locust invasion can decimate farms that sustain up to 35,000 people in a week. So multiply that. Keeping in mind that if they started at 20 million here in Wajia they are still laying eggs, they are still hatching, they are still moving on. And remember the lifespan of this is between one month and one week lifespan. So they are rapidly multiplying and they are in our farms and they are finishing as they do. I would like us to listen in to what the CS said during the press conference in regards to the locust invasion and how they are planning into how to mitigate them. Because since you have mentioned it's a serious crisis that should be mentioned as a crisis to be seen. So let's listen in to what the CS said. That must be fought through a regional strategy to ensure that they are attacked from the arresting habitats. Unfortunately because of insecurity in some of our neighbouring countries it has been difficult to fight and prevent their migration. We need to be very alert especially in the evenings. From about 4, 5 up to 6 they can now locate them because definitely at allowed 6 they are going to rest. And at that point whoever locates them should be able to report their area shift or the village order. Subsequently they are going to communicate to their county commissioners. That must be fought through a regional strategy to ensure that they are attacked from the arresting habitats. Unfortunately because of insecurity in some of our neighbouring countries it has been difficult to fight and prevent their migration. We need to be very alert especially in the evenings, from about 4, 5 up to 6, they can now locate them because definitely at allowed 6 they are going to rest and at that point whoever locates them should be able to report their area shift or the village order. Subsequently they are going to communicate to your county commissioners and with our comad center now we are able to know exactly we can send somebody with the enough information to take the coordinates and that way we shall be able to hit them immediately. So this is what the CES was saying something that is interesting they rest at 6 and that's a time to attack them. How serious is this? It may seem like a joke but well even you if you eat too much at some point you'll sleep isn't it or you will rest. And yeah they fly or rather they invade and consume and rest. So when they are in their latent position that is the best time to attack but now how are we attacking? Yeah that's the now the question because we see them the tiagas being used we've seen others running with some to scare them so how are we chasing them or how we will kill them now. The only way to deal with this is when it's like the minister is saying when they are in their latency position when they are resting that is the best time to attack. However you cannot attack using spray handheld or those you scare you scare you know if you scare and it leaves this bush it will go to this other bush what you need to do is to to destroy them to kill them and I want to say something that is very very important and I wonder who's because he has used the one strategy I don't know who's ahead in this strategy during national days as recent as demori day on 12th of December we normally see these planes that are training our KDF pilots and this aircraft there are some that even produce an air display of rangia yesterday yeah bandera true you know the green the black the white very very colorful wonderful display we've also read in the press that our country has acquired crop dusters that train our pilot an aircraft that is a crop duster is logically saying that these are the aircrafts that use to spread herbicides in large farms why can't we deploy some of these resources to deal with this phenomenon once and for all what we need to do is to ask the people probably who are living around there to move a bit or to to migrate for a moment for a few weeks right then a full scale attack even choppers I think if if this the pesticide is being dropped from above or you know blanket blanket powering of of pesticide I think they would they would deal with this this this this the miss once and for all now speaking of spring we are experiencing rains can that chemical be effective with the rains or I wouldn't know about the pesticide that is relevant to use and if it is soluble in the rain or effective but I would say if it is in powder form I don't know how how or in in liquid form then it would be prudent therefore to use it regardless but right now I don't think there's much rain that's going on up there the weather the rains have settled and it would be very very easy without any interruption yes also these things are also aided to fly or to move with the wind so if we know where the wind is blowing then we could attack probably anticipate them and then deal with them like that because they are a swarm we also attack them using sophisticated equipment from above aerial yes now someone would argue they're in the north eastern and maybe probably the greens out there are the akishas do they have a specific plan that they will invade and speaking of if they're coming to other parts of the country like Meru they grow mera are we seeing an economic crisis are locusts that's why they're using the word invasion what you're going to invade in case well if I may say so that we can understand now mutumana vami amakituya na vami wa you don't leave anything behind that's why they move they finish they do not have a ah ah ah ah ah ah a favorite a probably it says kumawiki is a favorite but I don't know but these things as long as they are leaves as long as this green vegetation all right then they will so then Meru uh me Meru we have Moguka and what is this Mira of course if Mira firms If we meet this lokas, that is a crop that this country exports to these countries and it makes foreign exchange for our economy. Of course it's something, like I've told you, Hillary, this thing needs to be declared short of a serious disaster. In the report, the CSO has mentioned that there's a likelihood they would spread to Uganda and they're also working with the authorities in Uganda to ensure that they mitigate them from this end. Now, other than spring and water view, what else can we do? For now, spring is the best option. You know, it's not a disease that spreads, it's not an airborne disease, nor is it a waterborne, nor is it transmitted in other way. These are insects that are invading crop. So, concerted efforts to meet them before they recede inward. Because our country is here, Uganda is here, that is not southeast. So, if he's saying that they are moving eastwards, that would mean maybe because of the wind they are moving that way. As a Kenyan, I would say, well, let it be Uganda's problem. But again, you wouldn't wish it to be any other person's problem. So, if we can deal with them fast, quick, because we have the resources. I have seen in this report that Marsabit and Garisa in the next schedule of aerial spray. Why can't it be all these counties where these things, yes, but most importantly is to remember one thing. That because of climate change and the patterns that are changing and the way we are seeing things are moving. Kenya, just like the other countries in the Sahel, should also put policy. Because now we officially are locust invasion territory of region. Because if they came from Somalia, then they are likely to come again another time. So, this spraying I think to me appears to be a short-term plan. What about in the future? Like he has said, because of his security in Somalia, the source could have been maybe dealt with. I don't know what he meant. But you see, an organism has to have food. If it has food, then it has a habitat. Then if it has a habitat, then it can reproduce. So, if indeed there's a source where they've come from, I wouldn't know. It would be prudent to deal with them at the source. But I think we have become a source as well. Because I'm thinking these locusts, they are the parasite and our counties, our farms are the habitat. And therefore, long term, is when we've dealt with the problem and the vegetation is gone. And the gregariousness of the insect has also dissipated. Therefore, then it would mean they go back to being solitary. And when, because there's even a thing that says they have come before a storm. So, we can wait for, we continue the problem. Then when it has come before another hurricane, we mean the eye of the hurricane, then we can destroy the sabitans. Not sabitans destroy their nesting areas and things of that nature. Itomologists, experts of insect science can tell us what to do about that. Again, as they say, they have a lifespan of six months. As swarms, yes. As swarms, they have a lifespan of six months. And already we are seeing as swarms. Are they still multiplying or it's just the problem that came? Yes, what I want you to understand is that when this thing moves, it eats. When it eats, it flourishes. When it flourishes, of course it has to do what? To reproduce some more. So yes, that is why they are seeing the span of a swarm in six months. Probably whoever came up with that or whatever research has been done, then it would mean it would take six months for there to be no food anymore for these things to eat so that then the numbers begin to reduce. But ultimately, what we may need to do, it's not a joke about it, is to deal with this as if it is an invading army.  It's something more interesting other than the memes that have been posted online by our fellow citizens. Others believe it's a delicacy. Now why can't we harvest all these and have a meal? It has been said indeed that it could be a delicacy. But where is it a delicacy? I'm thinking probably Wajia and Mandera, Marcibit, those areas, they do not eat these things, but they could be harvested. So are you saying we wait till they reach Kakomega so that because I think western areas... Yes, they are quite porka. But it should be told. Is it something that maybe can be harvested and we make money out of it? Yes, they could be... They could be made to be... They could be harvested and eaten, but more importantly, they are rich in protein and some of those rare salts. Because of that, they could even be used as animal feed. They could also be... But in the landscape forum, in a changing climate, where landscapes are also changing and by landscape what we mean is the land area where new things are growing, where we are having new things surviving, habitats being restored and landscapes being restored. What is important to understand is that this is something that thrives and this is something that can be eaten. And this is something that can be made to be food. What we are saying is that it is not something... It is an invasion. Like an invasive species that is an enemy that we need to deal with it. I do not know what it's a locust so that we could introduce something in the food chain that will deal with them, but then the problem would be if you introduced something in the hierarchy of the food chain that is higher than the locust that would eat the locust, what about if that thing multiplies again and we cannot be able to control probably a certain bird, a predator bird that eats, survives on locusts, we can introduce that, that's also another way so that they eat these things. But then when these things are finished, then what do those things eat? What appears here to be the chain in the ecosystem is the human being. Well, yes, that is wonderful, that is great. But how do we harvest? It's not a joke really. It's not a joke. It's very good food. Yes, we could catch the musignets and we eat them. Okay, I know you said you're not an expert in insect science. Yes, insect science, yes. But now, have they harmful because someone say in Nairobi, they are like those days, are they harmful to the humans? No, the minister said that he is the one who posts. Then they will come. These things have elicited a lot of interest and many people on the lookout. And we might be joking about these things but from what I know is that, no, we hunted these things when we were young children, those days, no, this is not. I saw somewhere to the extent that you can pick it and even eat it just like that. Yes, four. We could eat them, well, that's also another. That's something I wouldn't do. Maybe as we conclude in terms of the global aspect we have fires in Australia. It's something that has been there for months. It's taken off climate change. What caused this fire? I have already said earlier that climate change is something that we are not going back on. Climate change is a science or is a phenomenon that has been existed for the past. It's very new. Less than 30 years ago is when we began to notice. But you've heard some myths folding back about this climate change including a recent one where Antonio Guterres, the secretary general was saying it's now serious we need to get to a point of maybe ending it. How did we get there? The first formal meeting that was done about this and the word global warming was spoken about. Interestingly, Lafizia in Kenya in 1977 was also said by UNEP but we began to have serious meetings in 1992 Reo declaration that was the forerunner to what we had in the year 2000 as the millennium declaration about climate change. To compound on that we have enough documentation we have enough policy we have enough research that has been done to demonstrate that this is something that you cannot run away from. Right now in Australia like you've mentioned there are fires that they are seeing 2.3 million hectares of land have been burnt up to 1 billion animals have been lost to the extent that they are seeing the boom but and the koala trillions of animals could be extinct. Many theories have been fronted but the most probable one they call it the Indian Ocean Dipole and by the Indian Ocean Dipole it means that there are two competing phenomena in that ocean that there are areas of cold water areas of hot water the convergence of winds in the ocean are causing some areas the areas of higher temperature as compared to other areas so when your land is near an area of cold water then you are likely to have drought. When your waters are hot and they are evaporating and they are carrying moisture into the atmosphere and the winds are carrying that water into land you are likely to have rain so assuming this is our globe and this is the ocean and Kenya is here, Australia is here our waters are hot or warm and are evaporating and they are concentrating moisture in the atmosphere which is being carried inland to form rain which is falling like serious terrible rain and the difference is up in here because here this cold water is not evaporating this cold water is not becoming moisture it's not being trapped in the clouds and then there is a lot of drought here so this is why the wildfires are and that's what is happening in Australia having said that wildfires are caused by something as minute and mundane as a cigarette but you know you smoke and you throw that thing and this drought in this area and the fires are all over and they are uncontrollable while at the same time we have uncontrollable what rainfall isn't that testament that we have a changing climate because there is no balance we've had terrible rains to the extent when we let our forecast nuku, iko jua kali kabisa na inachoma well that's very serious maybe you'll find words coming back now to Kenya do you feel as the statement by the CST of agriculture do you think we are doing enough it's been weeks now just last night it was mentioned some other parts in Mandera again so we still have a problem what I want to say is that a successful scientific activity is through observation and the only way we are observing for some of us is through agents in the media like Huw who are beaming and showing I'm not on the ground to see the efforts, the mitigation factors that are being done I've seen there is a plane that is on standby that is spraying but a lot needs to be done so what I would say is like what I said when I was in the beginning this is something that needs to be declared a national crisis short of what a disaster and I would say as somebody who is in this area of climate change is that a lot needs to be done to be written, to be researched this country has a climate change policy I think we need to be taught in schools probably even in the universities because it is there we have an agenda and in conclusion I don't know do you want me to make my final remarks I would want you and as you conclude please tell me about the NAK1 concept Yes, like I said we are involved in research so what we do is international relations international development and climate change climate change today has become a science that is a discipline on its own in fact there are universities around the world in advanced countries that are teaching climate change as a course I think in our country probably we have it as a bachelor's degree so what we do there is we advise policy like what I've done here today we write, we do research on these three disciplines international relations, international development and climate change I can talk about loka's invasion and I can also talk about Iran and I can also talk about how Kenya is 60% that poor so at NAK1 we produce reports we do research we do trainings seminars so that we can sensitize government regional governments and countries individuals enthusiasts and people who are interested in these three areas, these disciplines even journalists on what is happening and what is emerging and we are very very proud because we even consult for people who are abroad in Europe like the Euphrican thing that we do it's an organization that is domiciled in Munich Germany and what we do is that we advise on African policy on their behalf we are on the ground, we are seeing loka's invasion we write reports and tell them about loka's invasion and then from that that perspective pedestal, they can be able to to see what maybe either invest or whatever alright, there's a question coming in whether killing a loka's will have any effect to the environment no, not really it is because they will spray is this oh yes I know I know the perspective for which you are asking earlier on in the 19th the 20th century the late 70s I mean the 70s, 80s we had pesticides that were harmful to both animal and human you would spray it on cabbage or vegetation the herbicide or even the pesticide and it would be harmful but research has given us better a newer medicines, new pesticides so I don't really think or maybe we don't know what this country is so much happens tomorrow the wrong happen maybe they have something that is harmful but from where I sit right now in this age and time I don't think there's anything anything that could be harmful but of course there's no chemical that is useful when you ingest of course even toothpaste is not good when you ingest alright thank you so much for coming and your idea and information in regards to the climate change it's quite profound you have learnt something he has been my guest again a reminder he is quite a person with contributing profile he is a climate change advisor for Sub Saharan Africa African business network based in Germany is also climate change research contributor for the UN affiliated global landscapes he must be very troubled thank you so much for coming and back many thanks for keeping us company I'm hoping you have learnt something and please you've known now what a locust is and they make people local because we are human beings thank you so much my name is Deva Hillary stay tuned value be up with man crush that is stay tuned


I saw my buddy Chef Bob make this awesome breakfast recipe, so let's give it a try. Take our sausage patty, and we press it down and around in our muffin tin. Now we're gonna crack us some eggs. I'm gonna say six eggs for eight muffin tins. Whip up your eggs and evenly distribute a little bit of onion to each cup, some black olives, cause I love them, and some red bell pepper.  Now we go into our 400 degree oven, we'll see you in 20. Let's get a look, oh, it's looking fantastic. Now it's time to get a bite. As old Chef Bob would like to say, bam, money. Wow, 10 out of 10 and I do it again. Yum, yum, get yourself.


Stevenson able to win 5-2 today over Lebanon Valley I'm Christian Taylor with head coach Dominic Dawes was difficult at certain points today but your team able to pick up a 5-2 result how are you able to see it yeah I mean I thought we came out with great energy that was the thing we talked about going into today was making sure that we had energy I mean we've been fighting the flu we've been had some injuries so just coming out with some more energy and pace from last night it was a big thing I thought we did that and then obviously there was you know unfortunately what happened happened and I think obviously that sucked the emotion out everybody on both sides and you know hopefully he's he's all right it seemed like he was all right but I thought going into the second period we got it back on I mean I think we controlled most of the play in the game I don't know what the shots were but they were a lot we got through it and that's that's big so it's on to the real part of the year you were winless in your last three picked up the victory today how important is something like this now as you move into the postseason next week we just needed mindset confidence all that stuff I mean it just kind of that attitude is energy and that's we needed that to kind of go into the next couple days of the week and get moving for the real real part of the year so we could sit here and talk about all 13 seniors for a good hour at least and what they've been able to bring to the table but for you and this program what do they mean oh I mean there's their guys that took a took a risk at this place and I mean they'll be forever I mean it's their legacy they're they're the first and I mean obviously we've had some seniors get through this but this was the the first four-year group and they will forever be the first four-year group and they've forever put their stamp on this and and they know I mean they've had their highs their lows but they they're leaving this thing in a good place and that that was their job coming in so coach thank you very much congrats on the one we'll see you next week thank you coach Dominic Dawes I'm Christian Taylor on GoMustangSports.com


Let's see what's on thinking man's mind today. Where are maglocks approved for use? Mani, that's another great question. Let's go check it out. There are many misunderstandings of where maglocks can be used and what the requirements are. Here are just a couple of them. I thought that I could use a maglock anywhere as long as it's tied to the fire alarm to release. While fire alarm release is one of the criteria for using a maglock, it isn't the only one. And this one. I thought that I could use a maglock as long as I had a push button or a motion sensor to unlock the door. Once again, not true. So let's get into the facts about maglocks and their requirements. I will be basing my answer using references from IBC 2015 and based on new construction. Other additions are similar. Always consult your state and local codes as well. You will also want to look for any written amendments to the code as some jurisdictions will not allow for maglocks even though the code says you can. We know that in the code, unless specifically permitted, doors have to egress doors have to be readily openable from the egress side without a use of a key special knowledge or effort maglocks therefore fall under the category of special locking arrangements. The situation came up at a doctor's office recently. In order to exit the exam area, I was told by the staff person to just push the button. There was no motion sensor, no sign, no instructions other than the verbal one from staff. I pushed the button and let go. Turn the handle and the door didn't unlock. They used a momentary contact switch, which I figured that they probably did, but a regular non-door hardware nerd wouldn't know what to do. So I did the same thing a few times in a row. Push the button, turn the handle, push the button, let go, turn the handle. Finally, the staff person said, push the button and hold down, turn the handle and you can get out. This is not a code compliant solution. Maglocks can be used. There's a couple of different categories. The first one is sensor release of electrically locked egress doors, and they can be used in a means of egress in buildings of different occupancy types, mainly any except for hind hazard. They need certain requirements. A sensor on the egress side, they need to be fail safe and drop on power. There's a push button that has a sign on it that says push to exit and unlocks the door for 30 seconds. It needs to be unlocked from the fire alarm or sprinkler system, whichever one is present, and the components UL 294 listed. Another way to use maglocks is hardware release of electrically locked egress. The same building occupancy types, but the hardware is on the door. It's obvious to use. You just push on the rail, operated with one hand, and it cuts power directly to the maglock. The maglock is fail safe. And if you use a panic, it must also cut direct power to the maglock. UL 294 listed. And the last way is using controlled egress, which applies to I1 and I2 hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities, where the clinical needs of the patients require their containment or restraint. Here, instead of having a sensor, the card reader is what unlocks the door from the egress side. You're actually locking the door on the egress side. But all staff have to carry the keys or credentials. This does need to unlock on fire or sprinkler system. Fail safe. To be capable of being unlocked remotely, only one per path to an exit and emergency lighting at the door, UL 294 listing. We know the IBC is an exceptional code and items one through four shall not apply to psychiatric treatment areas or nursery and obstetric areas as part of an infant abduction system. I'll get further into each one of these special locking arrangements at a future code corner. For more information and continuing education opportunities, please visit Ossovloy Academy by clicking on the link in the comments below. Please click like and subscribe to this channel and follow me on Twitter at our consultant and or connect with me on LinkedIn for updates. You can email code questions to Catherine dot flower at Ossovloy.com. Thanks for joining me in the code corner today. My name is Katie flower and my goal is to help you achieve safe purity in the built environment.


a leadership of all kinds and all over the world is experiencing a huge shift. One of the aspects of this shift could be described as moving from a control economy to a connection economy and leaders that are dealing in connection are thriving and leaders that are dealing in control are not and you have to decide which kind of a leader you want to be or want to be with in these coming years because many of you listening to this and watching this I know because I've been one of these leaders are dealing in connection but you're doing it inside a controlling economy. You are trying to build a culture of connection and community but you are doing it in an organization that is led by a controlled economy leadership and that makes your role and position very difficult and every day it gets more difficult doesn't it because what control gives leaders their fear they will lose by building a connection economy and of course they won't but they don't believe that and resent you trying to bring change in their control economy that serves them well but doesn't serve the people well which a connection economy of course does. We are one week to go before my servant leader mastermind event on the 30th of November I'm going to speak to you about how not to get caught either as a leader or under a leader that is still stuck in a control economy and how to become a connection economy community economy minded leader in the years ahead because that's where the world is leading. I'll see you in a week's time. Cheers. Take care.