Amid an uptick in violent crime in Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti used his annual State of the City address Tuesday to announce several new police initiatives and an expansion of the city's anti-gang programs.
Saying he wants to build "greater trust" between police officers and the community, Garcetti announced the creation of a new Los Angeles Police Department division focused on relationship-based policing.
Also, LAPD's Metropolitan Division, which oversees policing throughout the city, will nearly double in size, Garcetti said.
Garcetti's address, delivered at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge, comes amid a sharp rise in aggravated assaults and rapes in Los Angeles. Violent crime rose by 14.3 percent last year, reversing an 11-year streak of falling crime numbers in the city.
The spike follows increased accuracy of internal LAPD reporting, more domestic abuse cases and more street fights, police say. The rise also comes after a Los Angeles Times investigation suggested that crimes were misclassified by the LAPD in recent years.
Garcetti didn't mention any of those factors during Tuesday's address but vowed to "own" the spike in crime.
The mayor's second State of the City address comes as the freshman glow of his new administration fades and he gears up for re-election in 2017.
Jaime Regalado, emeritus professor of political science at Cal State L.A., said the mayor could face criticism if crime statistics don't fall and credited Garcetti for doubling efforts on community policing.
"There's a newness in that approach," Regalado said.
Speaking before a crowd of Los Angeles City Hall staffers, business leaders and students, Garcetti mentioned the recent killings of unarmed black men in "Ferguson, Staten Island, and now, North Charleston," and cited Los Angeles' body-camera program for officers.
His 2015-2016 budget includes an additional $5.5 million for the city's anti-gang program, he said, while the "Summer Night Lights" program, another anti-gang initiative, will expand to the school year.
The mayor delivered his speech less than one week before he releases his city budget. Garcetti spokesman Jeff Millman said no new police officers will be hired as part of the initiatives announced Tuesday. Instead, police officers will be shuffled around, Millman said.
Comment from the police union on Garcetti's new proposals wasn't immediately available.
Several city workers from SEIU Local 721 protested outside the mayor's speech Tuesday, part of a group of unions currently negotiating with City Hall over a new contract.
Coral Itzcalli, spokeswoman for SEIU Local 721, said the union wants the city to hire more workers.
"We can't get back to basics without basic city services," Itzcalli said.
Garcetti avoided any mention of the contract negotiations in his speech. He instead focused on the accomplishments of the last year, repeatedly mentioning the phrase "back to basics" that helped him win election in 2013.
He pointed to the passage of state subsidies for the film industry, the arrival of tech companies including Yahoo to Los Angeles and a new initiative to clean the city's streets.
He also called on the Los Angeles City Council to pass a higher minimum wage for the city.
Waldman added that the emphasis on public safety is important to the city, particularly businesses.
"If people don't feel safe, they're not going to shop, and businesses are going to move away," Waldman said.


West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited had published a notification, inviting applications from candidates into the post of WBSEDCL Assistant Engineer. A notable number of aspiring contestants filled the Online Application form for the vacant positions in the CISF gave the exams. All the candidates are now seen checking for the merit list. SSC had notified that they would soon be announcing the WBSEDCL Assistant Engineer Interview Merit List 2019 on the webpage of the board that is www.wbsedcl.in.
West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited was established following the unbundling of the state electricity board of West Bengal and responsible for providing power to 96% of West Bengal with a customer base of more than 1.68 crores across the state. A significant number of candidates, who aspire to be government employees, take part in the competitive exams conducted by WBSEDCL. The board accepted applications from candidates for the vacancies in the post of WBSEDCL Assistant Engineer. Competitors are selected through different tiers including the Written Exam, Document verification, Personal Interview.
WBSEDCL Assistant Engineer Exams were over, and the exam board is preparing to announce the merit list. The board scores each candidate by their performance in the exams. Only the candidates who can score the least cut off marks in all the rounds will be held qualified for the job. Participants who score a more significant mark will have more priority over the competitors will reduced scores. Competitors will be required to clear all the three rounds to be selected for the post.


James Camp, former Annunciation House volunteer (2010), Newport, Kentucky.
Diana Beutelmann, former Casa Peregrina volunteer, St. Louis.
Fr. Bill Morton, former Annunciation House community volunteer, Cd. Juarez.
Ellen Grady-Sessa, former Casa Peregrina volunteer (2002-2003), Austin.
Kristen Bowdre, former Annunciation House volunteer (2012), Austin.
Katy Brandes, former Annunciation House volunteer. El Paso.
Mary Fontana, former Casa Peregrina and Annunciation House volunteer (2004-2005), Seattle.
Margaret Schroeder, former Annunciation House volunteer, El Paso.
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Římskokatolická farnost Křemýž (lat. Krzemuschium) je církevní správní jednotka sdružující římské katolíky na území vesnice Křemýž a v jejím okolí. Organizačně spadá do teplického vikariátu, který je jedním z 10 vikariátů litoměřické diecéze.

Historie farnosti
Již v roce 1352 byla v místě plebánie. Matriky jsou vedeny od roku 1681. Farnost byla kanonicky zřízena od roku 1706.

Duchovní správcové farnosti a správcové v materiálních záležitostech
Začátek působnosti jmenovaného v duchovní správě farnosti od:

Kromě kněží stojících v čele farnosti, působili ve farnosti v průběhu její historie i jiní kněží. Většinou pracovali jako farní vikáři, kaplani, katecheté, výpomocní duchovní aj.

Území farnosti
Do farnosti náleží území obce:
 Dolánky (Dollanken, Dolanken)
 Křemýž (Křemusch, Kremusch varianta Krzemusch)
 Němečky (Nemetschken)
 Ohníč (Wohontsch)
 Pňovičky (Knibitschken, Kniebitschken)

Římskokatolické sakrální stavby a místa kultu na území farnosti

Ve farnosti se mohou nacházet i další drobné sakrální stavby, místa římskokatolického kultu a pamětihodnosti, které neobsahuje tato tabulka.

Příslušnost k farnímu obvodu
Z důvodu efektivity duchovní správy byl vytvořen farní obvod (kolatura) farnosti-děkanství Teplice v Čechách, jehož součástí je i farnost Křemýž, která je tak spravována excurrendo.

Odkazy

Poznámky

Reference

Související články
 Teplický vikariát
 Seznam obcí v litoměřické diecézi

Externí odkazy
 Profil farnosti v elektronickém katalogu litoměřické diecéze

Křemýž
Křemýž
Ohníč

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Africazine
UAE residents promote '#TogetherWeRecover' hashtag on social media
by Africazine
ABU DHABI – UAE residents have interacted with the hashtag, "#TogetherWeRecover," on social media, underscoring the sense of community awareness about the importance of recovery and the return to normalcy after taking the approved coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.
The official and popular interaction with the hashtag also highlights the cooperation of Emirati citizens and residents in countering the coronavirus by immunising the community and taking the vaccine, to support the national efforts aimed at protecting the community's health.
The National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) shared several awareness messages on its official social media accounts urging Emirati residents to take the COVID-19 vaccine, most notably senior citizens, people with chronic diseases, and people of determination over the age of 18.
The NCEMA also stressed that, in line with the vision of the UAE's leadership and due to the efficiency of the country's health sector, which is ranked among the best in the world in addressing the pandemic, the COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by the country, as it complies with strict global standards.
Under the same framework, the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced, via Twitter, that the vaccine is available in several health centres around the country free of charge and without the need to reserve an appointment. It also announced the names of hospitals and centres offering the vaccine.
In a televised interview, Farida Al Hosani, the official spokesperson for the UAE health sector, stressed that the UAE is considered among the first countries to approve an emergency licence for the vaccine in October 2020, noting that there is evidence of its efficiency and safety.
Dr. Al Hosani also pointed out that senior citizens and people with chronic diseases are prioritised to receive the vaccine, as they are more susceptible to infection.
Under the hashtag, #TogetherWeRecover, Emirati citizens and residents expressed their desire to take the vaccine, to immunise the community and overcome the virus. They also expressed their pride at the efforts of the UAE and its leadership to counter the pandemic.
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In an interview with GameSpot, Executive Producer Mark Rubin said Call of Duty: Ghosts is coming to the Wii U, and the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions will launch with their respective consoles.
Along with next-gen consoles, Call of Duty: Ghosts is coming to Xbox 360, Windows PC, and PlayStation 3 on November 5.
The Xbox One is launching in November, and the PlayStation 4 still has a holiday release date.


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A generalist predator of the following pests.
Nesidiocoris tenuis is a voracious predator of a large spectrum of vegetable pests and is an important part of controlling a wide variety of these pests.
Tuta absoluta has very rapidly become a massive pest to home gardeners and commercial growers alike. Losses typically start at 50% and very rapidly increase to a point where the entire crop is lost. Tuta can produce in excess of 10 generations in a single season, with a single female capable of laying 200-300 eggs.
Tuta eggs, adults and pupae can overwinter in the soil, however this is not a necessity, as they will not go dormant if there is food available for them.
Currently only recommended for tomato and eggplant crops. Trials are being performed on other crops to test the efficacy.
Nesidiocoris tenuis adults are 3-4 mm in length. Both, male and female, are green. They possess striped antennae and a black and white pattern on their wings. Eggs are white coloured and are inserted in the plant tissue. Nymphs are green coloured, visible particularly on the underside of leaves.
BioNesidiocoris is packed in 100 cc bottles containing 500 individuals each, more than 90% being adults. The predatory bugs are mixed with an inert carrier material.
Immediately upon release, the predatory bugs actively seek out their prey and once found they insert their piercing-sucking mouth parts to extract the content of the prey's body.
BioNesidiocoris is shipped in insulated and chilled styrofoam boxes. This packaging must be kept intact until it reaches the end-user. When applied, the boxes should be taken from the shipment package one by one and the predatory bugs should be released immediately.
To apply, sprinkle the contents of the bottle over the plants. The bugs will find their way to the parts of the plant they prefer.
About 2 to 4 weeks following the release of BioNesidiocoris (depending upon temperature), the offspring of the new generation can be detected on the crop. The subsequent generations will establish in the crop and effectively control the target pest.
The rate and frequency of BioNesidiocoris release may differ from one crop and/or habitat to another. Introduction rate should be determined according to the nature of the crop (e.g. open field or protected) and according to the rate of pest infestation.
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Q: Method of Moments Estimator of a Compound Poisson Distribution For the random variable Y constructed as follows:
$$Y = \sum_{i=1}^{T} X_i \ $$
where $T$~Poisson$(\lambda)$ with $\lambda > 0,\space$ and$\space$ {${{X_i}}$}$^T_{i=1}$ is an independent and identically distributed sample of size T from a Poisson distribution with mean $\theta$.
I have calculated the method of moments estimator for $ {\hat\theta} $ when $\lambda$ is known to be $\frac{\bar{Y}}{{\lambda}}$.
I now need to derive a method of moments estimator for (θ, λ) based on the sample mean and variance assuming $\lambda$ is unknown.
I understand that I need to use the law of total variance however I'm not really sure what to do.

A: First we use that the sum of $k$ Poisson($\lambda$) has distribution Poisson($k \lambda$). With this, we get that $Y|T\sim$Poisson($T\lambda$) and therefore $\mathbb{E}[Y|T]=T \lambda$.
Now, let us compute the variance. As you mentioned, we can use the law of total variance
$$
   Var[Y] = Var[\mathbb{E}[Y|T]] + \mathbb{E} [Var[Y|T]].
$$
Notice that $Var[\mathbb{E}[Y|T]] = Var[\lambda T]=\lambda^2 Var[T]= \lambda^2 \theta$.
Now, for the second part,
$$
 \mathbb{E} \left[Var[Y|T]\right] =
  \mathbb{E} \left[\mathbb{E}[Y^2|T]\right] - 2  \mathbb{E} \left[\mathbb{E}[Y|T]^2\right]+E[T^2].
$$
It should be clear how to compute the second and third terms by using the distribution of $T$ and $\mathbb{E}[Y|T]$.
For the first term, notice that
\begin{align*}
\mathbb{E}[Y^2|T=t] &= \sum_{i,j=1}^t \mathbb{E} [X_i X_j]
\\&= \sum_{1\le i\neq j\le t} \mathbb{E} [X_i]\mathbb {E}[ X_j]
+\sum_{i=1}^t \mathbb{E} [X_i^2]
\\&= \sum_{1\le i\neq j\le t} \mathbb{E} [X_i]^2
+\sum_{i=1}^t \mathbb{E} [X_i^2]
\\&= t(t-1)(\lambda^2)
+t (\lambda^2+\lambda),
\end{align*}
where we used that $X_i's$ are i.i.d in the second and third identity. Therefore, we have $\mathbb{E}[Y^2|T]= T(T-1)\lambda^2 + T(\lambda^2+\lambda)$. Plugin everything back should give you the result. Let me know if you need further help.

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"Today We Are Living For What We Were Praying For Yesterday"
This episode is about the damaging effects of EMF exposure and using Somavedic to improve overall health.
Thanks to high-tech's lightning-fast innovation efforts, Wi-Fi, smartphones, and wearables are making our lives easier and more comfortable than ever before. But there is a price for this comfort – the long-term harm all these wireless devices are having on our bodies. This is why they have developed Somavedic – to mitigate these negative effects.
Their mission is to bring Somavedic into as many households, offices, and health & wellness clinics as possible. In a nutshell, they want to create a healthier home & work environment for everybody. They want to create spaces where people can feel better, have more energy, more focus, and where their relationships thrive.
In this podcast, How To Reduce EMF Exposure and Improve Your Health, we cover:
About the damaging effects of EMF exposure on our health
The history behind Somavedic and the science behind EMF protection
Why you shouldn't sleep with your phone next to you
What you need to know when purchasing a Somavedic for the first time
Where you should put your Somavedic inside your house
The Damaging Effects of EMF Exposure
We don't completely understand what's going on with EMFs. We do know that radiation from your cell phone is causing cellular degeneration. When a 5G tower gets put up next to someone's house, they can't deny that their whole family is sick, they can't sleep, and they have migraine headaches. If you live in a city, then you need to worry about EMF exposure. Sleep and headaches are the two most significant effects of EMF exposure. Unfortunately, companies can roll out 5G without making sure it's okay on human health first.
The History Behind Somavedic and How It Works
Somavedic was founded ten years ago, and they are headquartered in the Czech Republic. The founder suffered from autoimmune conditions, and he wasn't finding any answers to his problems. Somavedic is something he created to heal himself. Eventually, he started making them for friends and family; thus, his company was born. The company figured out all these different biomarkers that EMFs negatively affect, usually related to the stress response. EMFs can affect heart rate variability, blood pressure, and sleep. After that cellular degeneration from a mobile phone, if you replicate that within the field of the Somavedic, it helps your cells to regenerate and heal faster.
Why It's Time To Ditch The Phone While You're Sleeping
People still need to have good sleep hygiene. For instance, do not sleep with your cell phone in the bedroom. Also, unplug your wi-fi at night. The Somavedic is a beautiful device you put in your home; it stays plugged in and reaches one-hundred feet in all directions. Plus, it penetrates through walls and floors. Some of the models also structure your drinking water; it's a huge benefit! The center of a device is a combination of different gemstones and minerals. All these natural materials have a frequency. The technology of Somavedic essentially strengthens them and amplifies them out into your environment.
What To Know When Purchasing Your First Somavedic
If you're thinking about purchasing a Somavedic for the first time, Tara has some recommendations for you. For first-timers, Tara recommends getting the Vedic or the Amber. The Vedic is their most popular model, and it's the most bang for your buck. It's stronger for EMF, and it structures the water. The Amber is a little pricey but it's even more potent than the Vedic. Overall, both are significant ways to help your body recover from EMFs. Tara is a huge fan of the Ruby; she considers it more of an accessory model, something you would use if you need a second one. Lastly, harmony is excellent for someone who is driving an eclectic car. Once you have one in your home, you really notice its absence.
Where Should You Put The Somavedic In Your House?
Make sure the Somavedic is within one hundred feet of your bedroom. Many people don't live somewhere where they can get away from EMF exposure. For instance, if you live in an apartment and turn off your Wi-Fi, you are still getting the signal from like twenty neighbors. These are the type of people that need Somavedic. Ideally, you will have an outdoor switch where everything turns off at night. What lengths are willing to go to in order to get healthy? Overall, your health will benefit if you have harmonized, structured water, experience better sleep, and have more energy.
Dr. Mindy
This is really the burning question that I feel like needs to be addressed with EMFs that is so confusing is why do we need to care about it? Like we, you know, there's all this discussion about 5g and turn your AirPlay your phone on airplane mode, and we have all these pieces of equipment, but I think they are still so confused as to why they need to care about it. So can we start the conversation there? And what a hearse understand what it's doing to us.
Tara Duke
So I think, um, you know, it's so nuanced because EMFs are, at least at the level that we're experiencing right now. We don't really understand exactly what's happening. So, uh, you know, we do know, for instance, that you know, even just radiation from your cell phone is causing cellular degeneration, we know that. But a lot of times, at least the customers that I talk to, it's just their own personal experience. And these are people that maybe five or six years ago would have thought anyone talking about EMF is really woowoo. And then they get a 5g tower put in right next to their house, and they're like, I cannot deny the fact that my whole family's sick. I can't sleep. I'm having migraines. Wow. And, and so yeah, I think that anybody that doesn't live in the middle of nowhere needs to worry about it. And I think some people just just like we're all you know, biologically different. We have different sensitivities. I personally used to have terrible migraines. I have a lot of customers, especially women who suffer from migraines, and sleep. That's I think, sleep and headaches are probably the two across the board effects from EMF that that we hear from our customers.
Interesting. So how would you know if you have a 5g tower that went in near your house?
Well, you could, um, I don't know, I think you could just look it up. But I know that where I living in San Diego, when I started getting those really terrible ocular migraines that I used to suffer from before I started working with some of it. I didn't realize that we adopted 5g. And when I lined up the timelines, because I thought it might be correlated with a concussion I had in the past, I realized that that's right. And when I started to get them so interesting, it's not like we get like, you know, if they're putting a 5g tower in our neighborhood, they give us a warning, and we can protest against it right, fight a contestant?
Yeah. You know, when I've went back and looked at glyphosate and looked at when they introduced glyphosate into our foods and being able to spray it on our foods, it was somewhere around the 1980s 1990s. And then since then, we've had enough time to go back and look at all the number of cases of autoimmune problems, thyroid problems, cancers, I mean, the obesity, like the list is so long, and it can all trend to the increase in glyphosate. And as you were talking, I'm wondering, I think we're just too early with 5g that we don't know, unfortunately, until it gets rolled out what exactly it's going to do, because they're allowed to roll these things out without really making sure it's okay on human health.
Exactly. And, you know, I can just tell you, again, this is just from experience from talking to people all hear from some families where they put something in near their house, and like the entire family is getting like really serious not just like headaches like bloody noses, and you know, all sorts of health problems. But again, it's also one of those things. It's a little nuanced, because some people won't really notice difference.
Yeah. Do you think it has to do we talk a lot about this in we do a lot of detox in our world, and with our patients and our online community, and everybody, I always say everybody has a different amount of toxic load. So if you have a really full toxic bucket and you want and you're living near a 5g tower, you're going to notice it more than somebody right maybe has already detox heavy metals, and they may not notice it. Do you think there's a little piece of that in this?
I think so. It's like that watershed effect. Yeah, it's Neela tip. But then on the other end of the spectrum, and some people some of our influencers that we work with to who's maybe like recovered from mold toxicity, I know that there's a correlation there. Like once you have mold toxicity, you're super sensitive to EMFs. And these are usually people living very, very mindful, clean lifestyles, and so they're just more sensitive, kind of for the rest of their lives.
So one study that I read a long time ago, actually said that the microbes in our in our in our body on our body and everything from the healthy ones to the Candida cites mold I'm going to put mold in there as as a microbe as well. They are amped up by EMF. And so you can actually take the bad guys and make them stronger. Have you? Have you heard that?
I have not heard that. But it makes a lot of sense. That's fascinating.
So like bugs would react differently to Wi Fi. Right than our human cells.
You know, I do hear from some customers. It's a small percentage who say, maybe the first week they bring the soma Vedic into their house, in their digestive system. They have like a detox effect, you know, maybe like a week long. So yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Yeah. Makes a lot of sense
that the first night that I put the soma Vedic in my bedroom, I felt like somebody tranquilized me. Yeah, like, I couldn't get up the next morning. I was like, what just happened? Yeah, now that effect is kind of evened out. And I want to go into like, how exactly the soma Vedic works and things like that. But what I really want to I want to make sure we highlight for my audience is this, that EMF is real. And yet, to your point, it affects everybody different. So because it's not like, oh, they put a 5g tower in an every neighborhood now has people with ocular migraines. Right. There's not that one to one, we tend to dismiss that the 5g towers, and the the way that the EMFs are going is really bad on human health.
Right. And, yes, and I think also, and to your point with that, you know, when I when I think about the some of Vedic, it's almost like an adaptogenic. Like, were you were saying you were tranquilized. You were just, I was the same way I, I was good sleeper already. I'm really lucky. But I was sleeping. Like, I felt like I was sleeping deeper. I know, sinking deeper, because having a lot more like REM sleep. And I was sleeping longer. But on the other end of the spectrum, I talked to customers who felt like they were feeling really lethargic, and maybe having a hard time focusing and they feel like they're getting almost like an energy boost from it.
Oh, wow. Okay. And so is there a detox effect? Like if somebody brings it into their house? It will there be? Or is it just like, if you're at a deficit, it'll slowly build you up.
So I would say for the majority of our customers, if there's a detox effect, it's kind of like what you and I just described, very mild and almost like it's nice of just ready for for maybe the first month, they're sleeping a little bit longer than I usually do. And for a small percentage of our customers, there is a detox like headache. It's it's rare, but I find that almost always they've had a history of autoimmune mold toxicity or Lyme disease. And in that case, obviously, the detox is a good thing. But we don't want too much at once. So we just had slowly build up. So one hour a day, plug it in, then unplug it. And if they tolerate that, well, then the next day, they can do two hours until they slowly build up by one hour every day.
Oh my gosh, I didn't even think to do that. That's really interesting. Okay, so just so our listeners are filled in explain what the soma Vedic is and how it works. Because there's a lot of it's not just EMF blocking. I want to talk about the structured water. But again, I want everybody to understand why there is a need for this right now be and I do. I'm also curious, because you're in this business, if you're seeing the trend is people are really waking up and starting to realize they've got to do something about EMF.
Sure. So the company was founded about 10 years ago. We're headquartered in the Czech Republic and the owner of our company is a man in Yvonne Urbanski and he, he has a background in mathematics and engineering and he was very sick. So he had lupus and some other kind of autoimmune conditions and he really wasn't finding any sort of answers through all of Pathak medicine other than like, this is just how you are now. And so he started learning and kind of like, you know, he dived into alternative medicine, Chinese medicine or Vedic medicine. And that kind of coupled with his background in engineering, mathematics, he came up with the soma Vedic, it was really to kind of help heal himself from it. And he did. The EMF was something that we kind of discovered later. So he started making these for friends, and that's how the company was born. But what we realized is all these different biomarkers that EMFs are affecting negatively, usually related to stress response, that some of it is helping to bring back into equilibrium.
Such as what are some of the biomarkers heart rate variability, blood
pressure, sleep, and then we even have our most recent study, it's a published study that anybody can look at under website some of the.com shows that and after that cellular degeneration, after you're exposed to a mobile phone, if you replicate that within the field of the soma Vedic, it actually helps your cells to regenerate and heal faster.
Okay, explain that. So like if, if I've had the cell phone on me all day, and I sleep in a bed next to with the soma Vedic next to it, that is unwinding the damage that the cell did to me during the day.
If yes, so we always say it's not blocking EMF. And people still have to, you know, good sleep hygiene, don't sleep with your cell phone in the bedroom, you know, I like to unplug my Wi Fi at night or whenever I'm not using it, I still think people should practice this because it's only helping to your body to support itself. And it's repair from the damage. But the damage is still being done for the EMS. So we want to make sure that you still have all those like, you know, just logical practices. And then also to answer your question about like the awareness. And I do think that, you know, kind of like I was saying before, people who maybe five or six years ago would have thought this was totally woowoo aren't really even necessarily that interested in you know, biohacking or alternative medicine or anything like that. They can't really deny the effects. These are some of the people that I hear from as well, they're a lot more mainstream in their, in their, you know, in their health beliefs. And so that the some of the tech itself, it's a device that you have in your home, it's really pretty, it almost kind of looks beautiful, yeah. Oil Diffuser, and it just stays plugged in, you don't have to do anything with it. It reaches 100 feet in all directions. So for most homes, it'll cover the whole house. And it's kind of like in a perfect bubble. And that will penetrate through walls and floors, which means if you haven't in your kitchen, if your bedroom is within 100 feet of that it's still going to reach you and protect you in your bedroom. And then some of the models often structure your drinking water as well. Right. So, which is that's a huge benefit of when I started working for some Advaitic. I was drinking like a gallon of water a day. And I was like what's wrong with me? I feel thirsty. It was good quality water, it was mineralized. And I was just I was just peeing it out. I wasn't absorbing it. So that was that's a game changer for a lot of people as well.
Yeah. Yeah. And I want to dive into that, because that has shown up on several conversations on my podcast. So from everything from last week, I was talking to a bio regulatory specialist who's doing looking at balancing energy. She talked about structured water and its importance in detox. week before that, I was talking to Dr. Conneely who's an integrative cancer specialist, she was talking about structured water. I've heard Zack Bush talk about it's not you can't just drink water anymore. It's actually you need to have the water hydrated. So structuring water is definitely another concept that is emerging that I think I want to unpack with you as well. Because the fact that the soma Vedic does this EMF blocking and restructures water I don't know who came up with both of those together. But that's brilliant that I it's like you're killing two major birds with one stone.
Right? It was actually discovered also kind of like, by mistake it was it's a frequency. So the center of the device, I don't think I really covered that is made up of a combination of different gemstones minerals. And so all of these natural materials already have a frequency and then the technology that we have, essentially strengthens them and amplifies it out into your environment. So almost like a Wi Fi router, but not bad for
the different one version. Yeah, yeah. So
we, um, Yvonne, the owner of our company, as he was kind of tinkering. And you know, developing different models found that the water was like almost overcharged like it felt like almost like a little bit like a shock. So he was able to tweak it to where it's structuring the water in a positive way.
Amazing. So okay, let's go back to the EMF for a second because I don't want to lose this principle. And I want everybody to because again, I'm just gonna say my brain has rejected this idea around EMF for a very long time until it's now totally in my face, and I really want to understand it and you know, we work in on personally, I work with people who are really fighting to come back from a lot of toxins and infections and really trying to strengthen the body and when you work with a person like that, you've got to bring EMF into the picture, because their bodies are so sensitive to everything. They're just hyper reactive. And I don't know if you saw this recently, but I was like two weeks ago, I was going to Cancun, and a bunch of flights got canceled because 5g got turned on in certain parts of the country and it shut down the towers ability to communicate with the with the pilots. Around Landy. isn't that
scary?
Super scary. So that what is right away to our human body?
Right? What's it doing with our ability for ourselves to communicate?
Yeah. Right. Yeah, it's crazy. So okay, so explain the device. Because those of you guys that are listening, we'll leave links in there. A you need to go look at it. It's beautiful. And, you know, as somebody who likes pretty things in her house, that was the first thing I noticed. I was like, oh, and in the in core of it are gems. And so are you heating those gems up? And that's putting, like, I know, you can't give the secret. But can you just kind of explain to us what the how it actually blocks the Wi Fi in our house.
So yeah, so that's a really important concept is that it's not walking the why, okay, not blocking the EMF at all. And what it's doing is helping to, again, it's helping to support your body and its resilience and its recovery from the EMF that we can't get away from.
Got it. So when you say it has 100 foot radius, yes, you think of it like a healing zone. When you've got this thing plugged in, it's helping bring balance back to the cells. And it's that balance that's being being set off from the Wi Fi.
And there are people who are more sensitive, usually women who feel the difference, like right away. It's so funny, because when we do conferences, and we have, you know, maybe five or 10, some of EDIC set up on a table. It's almost like a moth to the flame. Like there's maybe women that just come like, what is this? I can feel this from the other end of the room. Yeah, and not everyone's going to be that sensitive, not everybody's kind of, you know, I love the fact that it can appeal to somebody who's like very, you know, this is going to help me as my meditation practice, I can feel the energy from it. But at the other end of the spectrum, we also have quantified studies that are showing it is affecting your blood pressure. That's probably why you feel a difference. When you feel more relaxed. It is affecting your heart rate variability. Wow. Helping your cells to repair themselves faster.
Yeah. What is it doing with heart rate variability, that's one that we've seen people really struggle to bring up especially menopausal women struggle to raise their heart rate variability.
So you would probably know more about heart rate variability than I do, but from what I understand, it's like the ability for your heart rate to maintain like a flexibility. Yeah, right. Yep. To adapt, right to adapt. So when we and we all these studies are also available on our website, but that were showing that I think in this study, I can't remember if this is the blood pressure, the heart rate variability, but within two weeks, you know, the study cohort showed everybody had an improvement in their heart rate variability with you know, no other changes in diet.
That's amazing. Yeah, I have a team member who has been tried everything to raise her heart rate variability. And so now I'm going to be I want to get her one and see because she's, we've, you know, we've seen everything from eating earlier dinner, to add more minerals in to put your phone on airplane mode to don't drink alcohol to fasting improves your heart rate. But I mean, we have hacked this heart rate variability are community. And what would be interesting is to take some people and actually have them if they've already been doing the other hacks, see if the sum of it would would increase it.
And I wonder also like with with the heart rate variability with the headaches, how much of that is the EMF and how much of that is just the better hydration from the structured water? Or were both?
Okay, so there we go, that you actually have me thinking about structure. Okay, so if we're okay, so explain structured water. And then my next question is, if we are 60 70% water, if I'm sleeping next to Soma Vedic, is it restructuring the water in my body?
That's a good question. And I don't have a definitive answer to that. But we do show a difference in the red blood cells. So basically helping the red blood cells to move more freely, like not get sticky,
right. So that super important,
right? Yeah, and we can link everything, you know, under the show notes because I like I'm a visual person I like to see like, this is what the water looks like, this is what they look like. But with water, essentially, from my understanding with structured water, you know, if you ever drink water, like directly from a pristine spring, and it's constantly moving, and it's like water sizing, it is that structured water that's like the water that we're meant to drink. And so, if you look at the water before and after exposure to some of Vedic it becomes more like a crystal like a perfect crystal. And that matches the the moving water essentially in our body. We're able to To recognize it and absorb it better.
Is this like Dr. modos work? Do you know his wacky the healing power of water this was years ago he showed that if you put a negative frequency into water it really crystallized it and created like this chaotic looking crystal but if you say hi and words to the water, yeah, actually create Is it similar effect?
Exactly. And I but I guess it's, but it just does it for you. And then it just know that it stays like that. Yeah, all the time. But I think that we're actually we've been in touch with his son before and he absolutely loves our work. He loves the sound of Vedic so it would be cool to get more feedback on that.
Yeah, I bet. And so what would somebody notice if they're drinking structured water? Would they be less thirsty? What like, what are some of the some because the thing about energy that I've noticed and I like but if you went into my house right now, I've got like five different books on energy. I'm like, I'm testing all these energy things out I'm super fascinated by this. But it's it is one of those things that so subtle, you can't put your finger on it. So what would somebody notice if they were if they were drinking structured water?
You know, it's so funny because it's almost always usually like a wife that buys the soma Vedic and her husband that's very like I don't know
even what the soma like every biohack that happens yeah, my home.
Yeah. But it's I've talked to so many women, like my husband was so mad at me for for buying this. And and he's like, so skeptical and then I gave him the water and he can he like won't drink any water. Now that's not structured with the some of eating. So that is the I think what most people even that are very sensitive, maybe not super open minded will notice the water, the way it tastes different, a taste for any different if it if this makes any sense. It tastes more wet. A little bit neater. But lastly, notice that you don't need to drink as much, but you don't feel as thirsty because you're actually absorbing it.
Yeah, I would say it has a sweeter taste for sure. And a, a more of a depth. Like if you if you think of it like wine, you know, sometimes when you drink wine is just sort of on the surface of your tongue. Right? structured water, it's like, there's a depth of flavor that typically get in water.
Right. And a lot of people don't realize, you know, people call me and they say this really expensive filtration system. And but that's not the same thing as structuring. Okay, you know, so even if it's like the most pure water, you have this really expensive system. If it's not structuring it, it's almost like you're wasting it because you're not absorbing it.
Amazing. So if you structure water, then do you need the expensive filtration units? Like does it block toxins out?
You still need to filter it? Yeah, you still, you still need to filter it first. I used to have a really great spring water delivery. And that I loved it for that because I felt like it kind of recharged it but you want to make sure you're still getting it from either a really pristine source or structuring it first. Yeah, I'm sorry, purifying it first.
Yeah. So this is one of the like, the hardest things that I've had, just in bringing this information to so many people is that like, first thing is people have to realize the modern world we're in right now. There is so much physical, emotional and chemical stress that you if you were doing health, how you used to do it 10 years ago, and you haven't adapted you will be sick, right? It's really sad. And then beyond that comes this piece of depending on how sick you are, or how much prevention you're going to need. It's you're going to have to start to invest in things like this. Because just going into supermarkets and eating the food in the supermarket and eating your six meals a day. Like that's not working anymore,
right? No, I agree. Because it's I think it's kind of like people who think we don't need any sort of supplementation. It's like, right, we should be able to get everything we we need from food and water, and we should but that's just not the world we're living.
That's not the world we're living in. And yeah, and it's so sad. And when I look at things like the food industry, I become disheartened, because I'm like, I don't think in my lifetime, we're gonna change the chemicals that are going in food, which is why I love fasting. And then I look at 5g and I look at the metaverse and I look at how we're so addicted. I don't think 5g is going anywhere. Do you
know? I don't. I don't so we have to adapt right unless you want to live in the middle nowhere and be a hermit, which that actually sounds kind of nice. But you know
a few spots I agree with Yeah,
you have to find tools and we have to adapt.
So you the there's several versions of Soma Vedic. So can you explain a little bit of the different versions and then you have a travel version. So just it when I know that when I first went to your website, I couldn't quite wrap my head around which one I would want. So can you talk a little bit about the different versions.
So yet, for somebody who's unfamiliar with some Aveda kind of thinking about purchasing, you know, one model, I would definitely go with the Vedic or the amber, the Vedic is probably our most popular model. And it's, it's kind of like the most bang for your buck. You know, it's stronger for EMF, it structures the water. And then we have the amber which is a little bit pricier, but it's also stronger. So just depending on what somebody's budget is, I would go, you know, with one of those two, because they both structure water, they're really strong for the you know, helping your body to recover from EMF. And then we have some other models like the Ruby love the Ruby, and but I would consider that more of like an accessory model. Like if maybe you have one in your kitchen, structuring your water, and you need to cover more ground in your home or something like that. Okay. Um, and then we also have a harmony, which is great, especially for people who drive electric cars, you know, like Tesla's, you're inundated with EMF and it just plugs into your USB port. Okay. When I travel it, Mike, my full size on the beta with me forever, ah, oh, because once you have it in the home, you really notice the absence of it.
So you can just take it and then put it in your suitcase and just plug it in, like to a hotel room, you would just plug it in the hotel and write people, the people in the other room that
are getting a benefit. Charge them like a like a tax or something. I actually got stopped by the bombs expert going through TSA with my Soma Vedic, which I've never heard of anybody else. But me having that experience. He picked it up for organic material under the scanner. And then I went into like elevator pitch with all of them. And by the end of like, eating the whole thing, everybody knew what it was.
Oh, my gosh, that's crazy. That's crazy. That's awesome. Okay, and then the travel size one is called what?
That one is called the harmony. And that one goes 30 feet in all directions. So you could also use that to travel, you know, in your car, if you ride a train a lot if you're on plane a lot.
Yeah. Yeah, I. So, you know, I joke around that. I really wanted an electric vehicle for a really long time. So we finally bought one a couple years ago, and I love it. And then about two days after I bought it, I was like, oh, no, I didn't even think about the EMFs Oh, my gosh, so now you just gave me an idea. I'm going to get one of those and plug it in there.
Yeah, so it's a great idea.
Do you find that it? Um, the the it changes the Wi Fi in the house at all? Like,
no, that's that's one of the questions we get a lot. It's, you know, it's working on us not the EMF. So it's not blocking anything, it's not going to, like interfere with your signal or anything, anything like
that. Yeah. And do you so the other interesting piece that I'm I'm trying to wrap my head around is, if I have like Wi Fi on, I've carry my phone around with me all day. I'm working in my home with the soma Vedic on, is it? If Am I just counterbalancing? One for the other? Like, is it where it's just equating one negative with a positive? Or am I actually making some positive influence?
I think that the I guess, like the message that we want to get out there is that you want to still get away from the EMF as much as possible while still like living your life. So I think it creates more stress in the body to also be kind of like rigid about everything all the time and like have to turn this off and I have to have this one at a grade you know, yeah, that go crazy, either. Exactly. So to me, it's like I feel a real difference with the soma Vedic but also gives me some peace of mind that it's helping to support my body in the EMS we just can't get away from most of us, you know that we're connecting with each other right now. Right? You know, and there's there's EMS involved in that. So that's that's a good thing. That's not a bad thing.
I think you've got me thinking a lot about sleep and maybe turning off my wife my router at night which I had thought about doing I just needed my teenagers to leave the house. So yeah, now they're out of the house. I can like control my Wi Fi. Yeah, but that but what I'm I've been thinking a lot about is, is there a point in the day that you just need to allow those cells to repair from the damage that Wi Fi is doing. And I recently heard, Ben Greenfield talk about this, that when he's decided to do is just create the sanctuary in his sleep space, so that when he's sleeping, he is fully blocked from EMFs. And I think that's probably the most logical i even laugh because he protects his sleep so much. We were over at his house for dinner in August, he sent a message and said, I just want to let you know that the Greenfield household goes to bed at nine, like an invitation with an end, right when we needed to leave, but Right, he put his blue blockers on like he went into it, you could see him go into a whole sleep ritual. You think that is how we could use something like the soma Vedic to gain some momentum on the cellular healing? If we shut everything down?
Yeah, I do. And that's why I always tell people make sure it's within 100 feet of your bedroom, that's the most important space to kind of reach in your house is the bedroom because that's where we're doing all of our cellular repair. But a lot of people don't live somewhere like maybe they live in an apartment, or, you know, they have a smart meter. And they're Yeah, they're just like in a downtown or something like that. And even if you turn off your Wi Fi, you're still getting the signal of like, 20 neighbors. And I think, you know, those are the people that really, really need some of Vedic, you know, because they're living in, you know, the middle of a city. And ideally, I know, some of some of the people we work with some of our partners and our influencers, they have like their outdoor, what's, what's the, like the main switchboard of the other house, and they have that on a timer. We're just turns off everything at night. Wow. But it's also it's just a matter of, I guess, what lengths you're willing to go to. Right.
Right. Right. Yeah. Well, and I think you have to the only challenge I see with this product, is you understanding what it's doing to your body, right? That's literally the only challenge I can see. The logic of blocks of repairing your body from EMF influence makes absolute absolute sense. If people are struggling to make that connection, your website has some good information on it. I mean, there's so much information out there right now, like, yeah, it might just be that you just haven't heard it and you need to go Mercola has a good book called EMF out. That's really I have it here in my office, and I have a patient that comes in and reads it every single time. So then the second step is okay, if you know what the problem is, what are the solutions and when you put something like some a Vedic into your house, I it for some people, I think it can be really like immediate result. And then some people it's going to be subtle. So in that subtleness, there has to be a belief that it's helping your overall cellular health health, is there anything that you've found to like help those people that are like, it's pretty, I love the concept, but I'm not sure what it's doing for me.
I like to point people towards the studies because we do have, you know, a small percentage of people that just get back to us, they're like, Listen, this was a big investment. And I'm not feeling the biggest difference. But not everyone's a sensitive, not everyone's gonna feel, you know, right. abled, not everyone's even I hate to say it, I'm not blaming it on them, but not everyone's even that embodied, they would notice a difference, right? And we have a 60 day money back guarantee, which I think is awesome, because essentially, lets people try it for two months. Yeah, absolutely. And then for people who are more bio hacky, if they're measuring their sleeve, if they're wearing or rings, you know, you're gonna see a difference. Yeah, I mean, I've never had anybody who measures their sleep and wears an aura ring, say like, I didn't notice any difference. And then, you know, so even if they don't feel a difference, they can see a difference.
That's powerful. That's actually a really powerful statement. What have you guys done any research another area that I've been looking at EMFs are at is on the brainwaves like how it affects the beta brainwaves, alpha, theta brainwaves. I mean, most of the time, it puts you into a high amped up beta brainwave, when you're around a lot of electronics, which is a high state of anxiety. Whereas alpha and Delta's asleep theta that's a little more relaxed, those are where you're going to be more creative, you're going to have a little more calmer. Do you know if they have had any studies done on brainwaves and the soma Vedic?
We haven't that that's a fantastic idea because I feel like we would see something because everything else is kind of related to a stress response. It just makes sense to me that we would see something. And then also just the feedback that so many customers that suffer from headaches and migraines have felt a difference
felt better. Yeah. The Yeah. Are you familiar with brain tap at all? Yes, yeah. Okay, so you need to go connect with Patrick Porter. Okay. And I couldn't connect you guys. And let me tell you, let me tell you why. So he and I have been talking recently about the different brain wave patterns that happen to women at different times in their menstrual cycle. So there's actually legit research on this, that women who go into alpha states and gamma states at different times in their menstrual cycle have more regular cycles, like there's a connection between their brainwaves and their hormonal balance. So it seems crazy, right? Yeah. So he and I are talking about like, well, what can you do to influence that? Can you influence it with sound? Can you influence it with languaging? You it would be really interesting to see if we can use a product like Soma Vedic to influence brainwaves that will ultimately help with hormonal balance.
That that's a great idea. Right? I love that. Yeah,
it's so this is, for me, this is what women need is that we live in a culture where when our hormones go off, it's like, we're just given medication. I mean, every woman that's under 40, if her hormones go off, she's given birth control. And if they over 40, she's given HRT, so he and I started really talking about what would it look like to influence these hormones with other products, other things, and that's what he brought back to me. alpha and gamma waves, if we can get them into the states of alpha and gamma, we can bring back hormonal balance,
and love that. I love Oh, right. Yeah. So
we will continue. I'll connect you guys, but okay, he's doing research on it. And what I love about research, and this is really, you know, a strong message to my audience here is that you can you can see a problem, and you can see a solution. And sometimes that solution seems like, how does that work? Or it seems like whoo, whoo, all right. Seems like it's not very strong, but then you if you can study that solution and put science to it, right, I saw this with red light. When red light first came out, I brought the owner of Juve onto my, onto my podcast, and he had all these great studies about prefrontal cortex and testosterone. And it was almost like at the forefront of any kind of movement, it's hard for our brains to understand it. Well, we now know that mitochondria actually have receptor sites for red light. And we've been able to prove that and red lights becoming more acceptable. I feel like your products, the same thing. We're at the forefront of people being able to put science to it and a language to it. Exactly. The product is so good. And it's so beautiful. Why would you not want a bunch of them in your home? A because there's so artistic, but I don't know if you guys have current studies you're doing but I hope that that's what we see with some of it because the product is so phenomenal.
That's such a that's such a really good point. And I love that like in the kind of biohacking community that, you know, we like to work with other companies, because it's like, it's not even seen, you know, a lot of companies I think out maybe other niches might see each other as competition, but we all really have the same goal. And all of our customers are using all these different products anyway. And you I can tell you, when I first started working for some of Vedic had I not started working for this company, I don't think that I would have ever thought to invest in Soma Vedic, because I, I never correlated the stuff that I was going through, which was chronic dehydration, and ocular migraines, which, you know, for people in your audience who don't know what that is. So when your vision literally closes in with a migraine, you can't see anything. So like imagine driving on the freeway, and you get one of those, you just have to Oh, and I have not had one since I've had the son of a tick at my house. And that's so for me, it's like, I'm like, No, I know, this works. Like I know this works. But you know, for people who maybe haven't experienced it yet, especially because it is a cumulative subtle effect. Those studies are really, really important.
Yeah. And I think that people to understand that, that if they're not feeling optimal, right, this is where you've got to go look for the obscure, and this may appear obscure, but I think if if you and I came back to this conversation, 10 years from now, exactly. We'd be like, oh, yeah, everybody's got that. Everybody has a symmetric in their house because we would we will the knowledge would have caught up. And one of the cool things that I think about the the pandemic is that it broke apart so many paradigms paradigms, it broke apart the paradigm that we have to work in a location. And I think the healthcare paradigms being broken apart, I think people have been so in so much fear, they felt so out of control, that they're now boomeranging back into what can I control? What can I do for myself? And if you're asking yourself that question, you have to look at EMFs it that this is a topic that needs to be brought to the surface, and you're going to have to look at it. And honestly, I'm not just saying this, because, Tara, because you and I are talking, I think your product is a leader in this field right now. And I'm hoping people in my community will experiment with it, because it really has the potential to heal at a whole nother level and protect us from the damage that the modern world is doing.
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really cool. And your health influencer thing. The other thing I just want to point out, because you said this earlier on. So I tell my community this all the time, when we go to look at interesting products, or we go to look at people that we want to support or highlight to our community, there often is, I would say nine out of 10 times there was the founder of the community of the product was sick themselves Bakley. And then they say found this solution. And so it becomes this mission. And that is what I heard at I don't know, the founder, I don't I don't think he was the I think I talked to two of the other executives in the company. But you know, hats off to him for not only finding the solution, but then turning around and sharing it with the world. It's so cool.
It is it's an awesome company to work for for that reason, and you feel like you're really making a difference. And, you know, I was thinking about not just the owner of our company, myself included, many of the different people that work for my company, have come from some sort of background where they had like a kind of obscure health condition. And they went through the traditional kind of allopathic system and were either told, like, Hey, this is just you now, which is unacceptable, or gaslit. Right, by right, by allopathic doctors. And so yeah, it's a community that feels in a company that feels very, very passionate about what we do, because we've all had our own personal experience.
Yeah, I so strongly believe that personalized health care is emerging. And this one size fits all is is so broken, and you see so many people jumping out of that if some if a doctor ever says to you, you have to live with it. Or if you don't do this drug thing that you're gonna die, like the, to your point on the gaslighting, like, I just think it's we need to step into the world of empowerment. And I've been geeking out my followers probably have heard me say this before, but I'm gonna keep saying that. I've been geeking out on what happened after the 1918 pandemic, and the roaring 20s happened. And so we went from this scary pandemic time of isolation and fear into the celebratory time of, you know, of smoking and drinking. I had a party in, you know, in speakeasies. But in that there were five themes of the roaring 20s. And the one theme that I really resonate with is that there was they call it the new woman emerged. And the new the new woman cut her hair short, she was the flapper. She cut her hair short, she cut her she hiked up her dress, she started smoking, drinking, she was unladylike, she was I actually did a whole like went down a whole rabbit hole of this. Like she was unruly. She didn't follow the rules. She didn't she didn't operate the way a woman should operate. Okay, women, I think the new version of women is emerging. I don't call her the new woman I call her the empowered woman where she she is like, I'm not gonna let anybody tell me I can't have my health be the way I want it. I'm not gonna stay fear in fear in my home anymore. And I am going to look at all the physical, emotional chemical stressors that are damaging my body and I'm gonna take back control my health, and I think EMFs has to be in that conversation with that empowered woman.
I love that so much. I love that so much and also is, you know, the protector of our children. Yes, no.
Yeah, we're like, if you just stop and look like we lead our families, we lead our communities. We're so good at connecting to each other. Like, women, it's our time to shine. But we can't, physically, emotionally, spiritually shine in that old paradigm of health. And when I again, I come back and to your guy's product, and I think we're finally given a solution for EMFs, that is easy. And fits, looks pretty, and does all these really cool things. So this was great. I, it's been fun for me, because I've had the product now for two months. So it's been really fun to talk to you. So I appreciate you letting me geek out and pick your brain on this.
Beautiful. Thank you so much for all of your feedback. And your I love your idea about the brain waves and
yeah, yeah, we're gonna do that I'm going to connect you to Patrick, anything that you would, that we didn't cover that people should know about some of that EQ, because I hope you guys will leave links, go go go look at it and see what feels right to you. But anything we missed.
I mean, it's an amazing product. I wish everyone I knew and loved, you know, had one in their home. And I think I like to support companies that are conscious. And I know that they're treating everybody that works for the company agreed fairly and with respect, and I, I have never worked for a company that is so like egos out the door. We're just collaborating, we just want to like it's not you know that we have this this some invaded goal that's custom made. And it's the most expensive one that we have. And I want to say half the time when somebody says, hey, I want that one, the owner of our company says, I don't really think you need that one. I think you need this one. You know, yeah, that's like half the cost. And I just think it truly is like an ethical company to work for all of us love the fact that we're helping to make, like a real profound difference in people's lives. But also, you know, we're all treated really well.
That's amazing. I think that says a lot. I used to always say, if you want to know the heart behind a company, go talk to the employees, and you know, get to know them. And if they're happy, there's probably, you know, leaders of that company that are pretty awesome people. So I love that. Okay, so season three of the recenter podcast is all about gratitude. So I have two questions for you on gratitude. My first question is, do you have a gratitude practice that you do either daily or weekly? And what is what what is it if you do? And the second is, what's something you're grateful for in this in 2022? Because we've been so focused on the things we're not grateful for in 20 and 21, what is it that you're grateful for in 22.
So I do have a gratitude practice. And somebody introduced me to writing a gratitude list when I was a teenager, and it has been part of my life. I'm 40 now and it's been part of my life for you know, a long time. And it's changed. So I love bringing gratitude into like saying grace, or just thank you for a meal. I think that's huge, something that most people at least in this country take for granted. A great a great water to drink the you know, the simple stuff. But I also think a regular gratitude practice is really faith building. Because what happens is when we stop to pause, and think about what we're grateful for, we realize that like today, we're actually living in what we were praying for yesterday or the day before. And maybe that happens slowly, and suddenly, we don't even realize it.
Yeah, if you go back and you look at your cell 510 years ago, the prayers you had then maybe the reality you're living today, and you missed it because you're focused on the prayers you want for the next 510 years. Wait, that's cool. I haven't thought about that. I really love that.
I'm just grateful for that I'm grateful for gratitude and grateful for that practice and like the complete like Alka miser and like shifter that that it can be.
Yeah. Oh, I love that. Okay, Mic drop. Where does Where do people find some of it it gets worse.
Yeah, we're, we're international company. So depending on where you live, but for the states at some Vedic calm in Canada or some of vedic.ca and we have a you know, check it out if you're anywhere in the EU because we're we have different websites all over and, and you can find us on Instagram at some of EDIC international
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Sprague sophomore Alexis Smith, West Salem senior Alaina Otterstrom and South Salem senior Anna Despain won a lot of races and set a lot of records.
The three are the finalists for the All-Mid-Valley girls swimmer of the year.
Otterstrom placed in the Greater Valley Conference district swimming meet in four events and swam in the Class 6A state meet in three.
Despain continued her record-breaking pace by winning three GVC district championships and placed in the state in four events as well as breaking nearly every South Salem school record.
Smith established herself among the state's elite by winning the GVC championship in the 100 free and placing fifth in the state meet in the 50 free and 100 free.
The winner will be presented at the June 4 Statesman Journal Mid-Valley Sports Awards presented by Donofrio Dealerships at the Salem Convention Center.
State results: 10th in the 6A state meet in the 100 backstroke (59.65).
State results: 12th in the Class 6A state meet in the 100 butterfly (1:00.64), 13th in the 500 free (5:24.34) and 200 free relay (1:44.79).
Team accomplishments: The Foxes equaled their program bests by placing second in the Mid-Willamette Conference district meet in both the boys and girls. Silverton's girls scored at the Class 5A state meet for the first time and placed seventh for the first time. Boys placed a program-best eighth at the state meet.


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After returning from vacation, I have started to analyze Lending Club historical loan data again and have improved PeerCube further. I am pleased to see PeerCube user base growing another 20% in my absence. Peter was kind enough to set up a section for PeerCube on Lend Academy forum. I'd like to encourage you to use the forum to suggest enhancements, request new features, and report any issues on PeerCube.
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I am particularly interested in finding out whether the year of earliest credit line moves with loan application year as that would indicate a particular age group of borrowers more likely to use peer to peer lending for their credit needs. My impression is that most people start their credit in late teens and typically get into credit problems in late 20's or early 30's if they don't manage money properly. I expect that most borrowers on Lending Club to have their earliest credit line opened 10 to 15 years ago.
The chart below shows the loan volume as a function of the year of earliest credit line. The surprising pattern is that the borrowers with first credit line established in year 2000 appears to have most loans issued, year after year. The breadth of years when first credit line was established for which most loans were issued seem to be narrowing with application year.
I wanted to see whether the distribution of loans by borrowers' earliest credit line is changing year over year. The chart below shows the distribution of loans by borrowers' earliest credit line for each application year. The percentage distribution for each application year appears to track closely. While the previous chart indicates that borrowers who established credit line in 2000 have the biggest share of loans, this chart indicates that the percentage of loans issued to borrowers with earliest credit line established in 2000 is rising with each application year and shifted from 1999 and 1996 in earlier application years.
I also calculated the Credit Age in years, the number of days between the earliest credit line date and application date. The chart below shows the loan volume as a function of credit age. The chart is not that different from the first one above. Even though no additional insights I gained from this chart, I expect the credit age to be handy when I analyze loan defaults.
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There is always such inspiration around us – an abundance of light and joy. We simply have to tune in and remain in a place of openness to receive it all. I am excited about the depth of music many artists are offering, along with all I read about folks around world committed to change.
John Legend's recent song, I Know Better on personal growth is amazing. Love Me Now, a beautifully shot video, speaks to me so deeply about being in the present moment and appreciating love, because tomorrow is not promised.
Have you heard of the 5 love languages? Seems like everyone is in the know! My bestie Chel mentioned it to me years ago, and I was reminded again when checking out my girl Joi's blog, she has a whole fab. series going, connecting it to self-care. Head on over!
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Take the guesswork out of fashion with this post from Kevya Jo on the Pretty Entrepreneur blog about style staples for the entrepreneur. And then peep Vee's post on self-love and self-care – although written for Valentine's Day, the message is relevant year round.
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Share 3 random fun facts about you!
I love all things art!
I love animals, and as someone who has lived in New York City for 10 years, I have never gone on the rides at Coney Island! I got to get on that [one]. Lol!
If you could chose one quote that summarizes your biz, what would it be? Why?
"Just Do It." I know it's a little straight to the point, but that's it in a nutshell. I will continue to create artwork until I can't anymore, and I encourage those that are interested in art to go for it, and bring some work home with them. Because its more than just a painting, or sculpture, etc. when the right person finds the right piece.