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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:42:32 +0000Conversationsporchconversations from the porchheathen Radiopagan radioMorlogMorlogs OrlogUruzzIkindeIkinde Skreja Ominnsaerceltyule2012FloridaKenny Kleinagendaasatruautumnbeerdrinkingdrunkflavormeadpolytheist radiosock monkeysparkywyrd from the webAFABeowulfBlue Star WiccaCRCelticCelticRCursesDeadDruidFPGFlorida Pagan GatheringFrostsGavin and Yvonne FrostHeathens Against HateHeather GreeneHrafn StongHrafnstongHuginn Heathen HofKansas City ShootingKen KleinKenneth KleinLewis LaphamNPINew Orleans WiccanOctoberPIEPagan PedophileShowsTEL RadioThe Wild HuntThird Eye LiveUPGaedh ruaalicia lyon folbertharchiveband of witchesbeachcftpcontestdecemberdelusiondonateegoeverybody is paganfalse prophetfirefreedomsfriends of witchesfuture wiccangalina krasskovagary johnsonheadheartheart beat billheathen relationshipsheathen vs paganhurricaneinterviewjohn becketlet her dielightlovelove and lightmascotmcnallenmonkeymusicmusingsnext generation pagannovemberpagan beliefpagan faithpagan futurepagan leaderspagan mediapagan relationshipspanthean templepowellproductionpuppetracismreconstructionist paganismreligion and politicsreligious enlightenmentright to lifescholar privilegesockspiritual awakeningt thorn coylethanksgivingtouristwebwhat is next for paganismwhy are all of my friends paganwiccan forebearswild huntwinterwyrdConversations from the Porchnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)Blogger88125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-5533911422712012026Sun, 07 Sep 2014 22:05:00 +00002014-09-07T15:06:54.911-07:00Conversationsconversations from the porchheathen RadioIkindeIkinde Skreja OminnsaerMorlogMorlogs Orlogpagan radiopolytheist radioUruzzConversations From The Porch 09/07 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts<a href=" From The Porch 09/07 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Creating religion. What we've missed out on because of this broadcast show...<br /> <br /> The hosts of CFTP say good-bye. Last episode.2014/09/conversations-from-porch-0907-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-3838920751490619748Sun, 03 Aug 2014 22:28:00 +00002014-08-03T15:28:15.489-07:00Conversations From The Porch 08/03 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts<a href=" From The Porch 08/03 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts</a><br /><br /> <br /><br /> Ancestors and Adoptees; Land-Gifting; Self Appointed VIPs; Is Going 'Mainstream' really in our best interest? Morlog's Orlog2014/08/conversations-from-porch-0803-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-3726589822206894503Sun, 20 Jul 2014 22:14:00 +00002014-07-20T15:15:58.396-07:00conversations from the porchheathen relationshipspagan relationshipsreligion and politicsConversations From The Porch 07/20 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts<a href=" From The Porch 07/20 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> Religion in our politics, Heathens seeking Heathens for intimate relations,</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="; height="256" width="320" /></a></div> <br />2014/07/conversations-from-porch-0720-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-1273376237549850582Sun, 06 Jul 2014 22:24:00 +00002014-07-06T15:26:20.217-07:00conversations from the porchheathen RadioIkinde Skreja OminnsaerMorlogpagan radiopolytheist radioUruzzConversations From The Porch 7/6/14<a href=" /> <br /> Not gonna lie - GOOD EPISODE!<br /> Belief vs Opinion; Hard Polys vs Soft Polys; Asgard is multi-racial; Uruzz Rocked and Ik talks "Sundering"; TV show plug;2014/07/conversations-from-porch-7614.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-6297799073019206354Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:48:00 +00002014-06-15T15:48:16.475-07:00conversations from the porchheathen RadioIkindeMorlogMorlogs Orlogpagan radioUruzzConversations From the Porch Father's Day Episode 2014 /> <br /> How fathers affect us as pagans, interacting with other pagans - especially, in roles of leaders; Gender Norms for Deity;2014/06/conversations-from-porch-fathers-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-4400318668952531070Sun, 01 Jun 2014 23:08:00 +00002014-06-01T16:11:30.370-07:00Beowulfconversations from the porchheathen RadioHuginn Heathen HofMorlogs Orlogpagan radioConversations From The Porch 06/01 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts<a href=" From The Porch 06/01 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Xander from Huginn's Heathen Hof interview; Do "Degrees" and "Titles" equal "status"; A reading of "The Lay of Beowulf" by JRR Tolkein.2014/06/conversations-from-porch-0601-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-6819571443069728818Sun, 20 Apr 2014 23:14:00 +00002014-04-20T16:14:24.801-07:00conversations from the porchheathen RadioIkindeKansas City ShootingMorlogpagan radioscholar privilegeUruzzConversations From The Porch Easter Podcast 2014<a href=" /> <br /> Glenn Miller (Kansas City sniper); Tribalism; Heirarchies; Scholar Privilege; Wealth and Technology; What is your contribution to any society; Dragonland and The Apocalypse is Coming!2014/04/conversations-from-porch-easter-podcast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-147540480359459611Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:00:00 +00002014-04-06T16:02:01.602-07:00Florida Pagan GatheringFPGFrostsGavin and Yvonne FrostHeathens Against HateKenny KleinConversations From The Porch 04/06 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts<a href=" From The Porch 04/06 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Hating on Klein; Hating on the Frosts; Hating on Haters; Hating on bad parents.2014/04/conversations-from-porch-0406-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-7754962647472877484Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:38:00 +00002014-03-28T12:39:33.776-07:00future wiccannext generation paganpagan futurepagan leaderswhat is next for paganismwiccan forebearsGenerations<div style="text-align: justify;"> We're not getting any younger, and, with the deaths of several prominent pagans over the past 365 days, I'm beginning to question the next generations of pagan role models. Who will they be? What will they be like?</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Leaders and pioneers in paganism will be determined by those who follow, and, those who appreciate and support them. Pagan media will jump onto the same popular trends that social and mainstream media does, merely, with flamboyant pagan flare. Which reminds me that pagans <a href="2013/05/a-pagan-media-dilemma.html?zx=7310558d276b8512" target="_blank">finally have a reputable media sourc</a>e; at least, one that has publicly announced taking on the role. Thank you, <a href="; target="_blank">Wild Hunt</a>! Going forward from this moment in time, our future generations of pagan media will have been birthed from this.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> So, in my imagining of the next generation of pagan leaders, I began to remember those from the past: who they were by reputation, and, who they were as media remembers them (you'll have to click the links).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> My mentor and High Priest seems to have gotten around a lot. He used to tell me stories of "those who came before". He loved chatting about <a href="; target="_blank">Herman Slater</a> (1935-1992). In fact, "ornery" and "hypocrite" were often summed into the chatter about "what Herman did". What did Herman do? He made the community-at-large start talking! There was something about marrying a Satanist..? That's most of what I remember from story time.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> So, I looked Old Herman up on the net to see if my memory was as good as I perpetuate it to be. As I sat back skimming Wikipedia, a few things joggled my brain: Welsh Traditionalist Wiccan high priest. <a href="; target="_blank">Magickal Childe</a> shop and publishing (197?-1999)...yes. Hosted a weekly cable show? (I don't remember that.) It was called "The Magickal Mystery Tour". Also, he did a lecture video, "<a href="; target="_blank">An Introduction to Witchcraft and Satanism</a>"... (Here, I have an "aha" moment.)</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Hey, did you hear what Herman did? He got all the witches talking!</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> We cannot forget about Auntie <a href="; target="_blank">Sybil</a> (1917-1982). She passed away, down here, don't ya know? She wasn't <i>my </i>Auntie, but, apparently, that's what all the locals called her. She had such a wonderful and colorful life, being raised by hereditary witches in Britain who could trace their lineage as far back as the 16th century. She was "Britain's Most Famous Witch", but, according to my HP, Florida witches adopted her as their own. She was wise (in a provincial way) and could whistle up the waves. I used to tell him how much I envied him his familiarity with her. All I knew of her personality was what snippets I get out of&nbsp;<a href="; target="_blank">Hans Holzer's</a> <i>Ghosts </i><a href="; target="_blank">tome</a>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> For the longest time, I would always confuse Sybil with Jessie. At least, that's how she was referred to in classes: Jessie-Bell. The wide world would eventually call her <a href="; target="_blank">Lady Sheba</a> (1920-2002). Then, there's <a href="; target="_blank">Georgie Patterson</a> - "Pat" to his familiars.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Although, we still have Uncle Bucky among us modern pagans. I remember meeting <a href="; target="_blank">Raymond Buckland</a> through his <a href="; target="_blank">big, blue book</a>. It's story time all over for me, again, and my HP lulls me into meditation by reciting the Descent of the Goddess, or, The Love of the Priest and Priestess.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Raymond Buckland, <a href="; target="_blank">Oberon &amp; Morning Glory</a>, <a href="; target="_blank">Vivienne Crowley</a>, <a href="; target="_blank">Dorothy Morrison</a>, <a href="; target="_blank">Margot Adler</a>... These are the individuals who are bridging the gap between those pioneers and leaders who have already passed across the veil, and those of us still alive. Going forward from this moment in time, our future generations of pagans will have been birthed from how well we learned from them.</div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="; /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When they are gone, we will be left to ourselves.</span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Most of the witches I learned about from my mentor were, somehow, related to <a href="; target="_blank">British Traditional Wicca</a>. Each one of those names, directly or vicariously, had a connection with Gardner. In my recollections, I never had heard of "<a href="; target="_blank">Fairy Wicca</a>" or "<a href="; target="_blank">Dragon Wicca</a>", et al. These were novelty ideas that I remember sprouting up on bookshelves. I remember <a href="; target="_blank">Silver Ravenwolf</a> just introduced the wide, witchy world to "<a href="; target="_blank">Pow-Wow</a>", for crying out loud.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Now, there are well over a hundred different traditions of witchcraft and wicca, alone. Wiccans and pagans are drawing lines in the sand to differentiate from each other, as well as heathen folk from <a href="; target="_blank">volk</a>, magicians from witches; reconstructionists from traditionalists, and, hard polys from soft ones. That a lot of polytheists needing direction in the future. Much more than we've ever seen from paganism's past.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> So what, if any of the living persons, listed above, feel as though I'm jumping the gun on my musings? In consideration of so many divisive lines, we should all agree that I have damned good reasons for pondering the generations to come. Just sit back for a moment and really think about the next generation.</div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Ikinde Skreja Ominnsaer, CFTP 2014)</span><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2014/03/generations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-4745568365009388505Fri, 28 Mar 2014 05:21:00 +00002014-03-27T22:23:21.319-07:00band of witcheseverybody is paganfriends of witcheswhy are all of my friends paganWhen Friends Jump on the Bandwagon<div style="text-align: justify;"> Once upon a time, I was the only pagan in my circle of friends. Though, many of my friends have come and gone, a handful of them stuck around throughout the years. Now, they're pagan, too. What the fuck?</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have all of your friends "gone pagan" after you did?</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It would be conceited to think they did it because of me. Instead, they probably did it because of me. Huh?</div> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="; /></a></div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Let me try and explain what <i>might </i>be going on.</b></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Scenario 1 - Pagan Evangelist</div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> You and me..? We are THAT good. Glue on some Tammy Faye lashes and break out the polyester suit. We're going to make a killing with our astute perspicacity. (If you've got to look up "perspicacity", it's okay. It won't detract from your gift.) Nah. You and I never sought to be preachy with our paganism.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, your paganism has probably come from many hours' worth of testing and weighing what you've learned, trying to make sense of everything - with your best friend. Indirectly, you've made so much sense out of everything FOR your buddy that they convert. Hallelujah!</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Scenario 2 - <a href="; target="_blank">Group Intelligence</a></div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>[copied]&nbsp;</b>The term group intelligence describes how, under the best circumstances, large numbers of people simultaneously converge upon the same point(s) of knowledge... group intelligence connotes more rational decision processes: based less upon emotional reactions and more upon knowledge and understanding.<b>[end]</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> All of your intelligent explanations are born from many nights mulling through the confusion, putting things into some semblance of rational order. You even have back-up: that "best friend" from Scenario 1.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> They play a role mentioned in "<a href="; target="_blank">herd mentality</a>" where only five percent [you and your friend] of any crowd can influence where the crowd will go, and the other ninety-five percent&nbsp;&nbsp;[the rest of your friend circle]&nbsp;follows along without realizing they're just following. [See Scenario 4]</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Scenario 3 - <a href="; target="_blank">Playgans</a></div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> They really have nothing better to do than what is currently grabbing their attention, like, a sabbat party. They aren't knowledgeable enough to hold their own in many pagan conversations, and, have no idea of current events; they just know enough vocabulary to skirt by (if they've hung around long enough). Also, they are still your friend. Chameleons, of sorts. Coming and going, because you and I always remind our friends that they don't have to be pagan to be our friends. Still, they feel awkward if they don't fit in, so, they play pagan for a few hours.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Scenario 4 - <a href="; target="_blank">Followers</a></div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Whether "exemplary" or "pragmatic" followers, these people are are necessary to working communities, really. They are willing to learn more than a simple pagan vocabulary, and, unlike playgans they value the social benefit of community which paganism offers. Compared to sitting in front of the TV and losing brain cells, paganism IS a better thing to do.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Most often, they are attracted to the most extreme aspects of paganism: positive, or, negative. Yet, each one adopts a role within the community that balances it out. Who better to help out, than a friend? Which is why..</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="; height="219" width="320" /></a></div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All of us, <i>friends</i>, are pagan!</span></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> And, it all began with me... er... you.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Ikinde Skreja Ominnsaer, CFTP 2014)</span></div> 2014/03/when-friends-jump-on-bandwagon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-699305342420405065Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:37:00 +00002014-03-27T11:37:18.743-07:00Blue Star WiccaKen KleinKenneth KleinKenny KleinNew Orleans WiccanPagan PedophileA Pagan Pedophile ProblemPeg Aloi, over at Patheos posted about a "<a href=" Pagan Arrested for Child Porn</a>", this morning:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> "Kenny Klein, well known pagan musician and an amateur photographer, has been arrested in New Orleans on 25 counts of child pornography, involving images found on his computer of children under the age of 13 engaging in explicit sexual activity, according to this <a href=" story</a> from the Times-Picayune."</blockquote> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="; /></a></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> At CFTP, and, behind the scenes in our Community we have been discussing this issue: polytheist sex offenders around our children. Oddly, it was sparked from the following [anonymous] post made by a contact of one of our members, addressing their own community, and in light of a recent event of theirs:</div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "...held a meeting today to re-visit our stance on registered sex offenders. Up until this time, we have dealt with it on a case-by-case basis. However, [we] voted again, and had a unanimous vote to NOT allow any registered sex offenders, or group whose leader is one, at any of our events... While we understand that people deserve a 2nd chance, those who are on the sex offender list are not able to work in public schools, daycare, at most carnivals, and all other places where children are involved... We are sorry that this may mean that certain folk, or groups whose leader is a registered sex offender, will not be allowed back to our events, or at our gatherings, but this decision is final."</blockquote> When I was asked for my opinion on the matter, this is what I had to say:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> "We have never asked whether any of our people has been caught by the law and registered as an offender; there are many in the world who've never been caught &amp; are still offenders, regardless."</blockquote> Which, is so true, in consideration of the case of Ken Klein. How many "pots" has this man had his hands in, regarding the broader polytheist community, before his offenses had been discovered? How many children have been exploited without their parents' knowledge? Those closest to Mr. Klein, or, who've met with him at some of his events must be going stir crazy about this.<br /><br />Is it not bad enough that the pagan/heathen communities have such a discolored reputation in mainstream society, that, another polytheist succumbs to human weakness and we all must pay a price for it? Trust me. We will all pay the price for this; whether it be therapy for the children, or, the negative label all polytheists living in this man's area will be "umbrella'd" under.<div> <br /></div> <div> What will our children think, when they've been introduced to a person like this (probably left in their company by trusting parents, at times), watching their parents admiration, listening to the complements, et al? According to Mr. Klein's bio, this may have happened at... Renaissance Fairs, neo-Pagan Festivals, or the non-profit organization he works with at PUBLIC SCHOOLS!</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> It is worth noting that he was an initiate into the Blue Star coven and tradition of Wicca. He even assisted with bringing the tradition back to its BTW roots (skyclad, being very traditionalist). Perhaps, in hindsight, his works on <a href="; target="_blank">Fairy Tale rituals</a> may have been a great smokescreen for his depravity..? (There are lots of atrocious things happening to children in fairy's tales, if you've never noticed.) Will you start reading between the lines of "<a href="; target="_blank">The Flowering Rod</a>", a work by Mr. Klein that explores how men can fulfill the roles of priest, summoner, student and TEACHER within groups of other men, women and children?<br /><br />What has already been taught to other adults - other weak-minded pagan adults, about childrens' spirituality, and/or, spiritual "art"? Now, all I can imagine are coven secrets. Nay - <i>mysteries</i> from some privileged, clandestine inner-court of Klein's traditional brand of craft. Just because they discovered 25 counts' worth of offensive material does not mean that it is all he is guilty of. It is, simply, what he was caught with. There is always the unknown factor of what has not been substantiated. Let's go so far to wonder how many children have been exploited WITH their parents' knowledge? (It's amazing what some people will do when their HP's convince them of an action's spiritual benefit!)</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> We could perpetuate the paranoia further, but, I'm quite sure there are many parents out there already doing that within their own communities - pagan, and cowan, alike. The questions still remain:</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Should sexual offenders get second chances; hanging around free-spirited temptations, like, our innocent children and beautifully seductive living Goddesses? Will we even get legal names, begin background checking, or, receive full disclosures from polytheist sexual offenders in the future, now, that everybody in the pagan community will be focusing on this matter? It's not embezzlement, it's child pornography... How does the polytheist community bounce back from this?&nbsp;</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> This is a conversation we all need to have with ourselves.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Resources for parents:</div> <div> <a href="; target="_blank">A Parent’s Guide: Helping Child Abuse Victims</a></div> <div> <a href="; target="_blank">What to do if your child discloses sexual abuse</a></div> <div> <strong style="background-color: #fefdf9; color: #171e24; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-center;"><a href="; target="_blank">Citizen's Guide to U.S. Federal Law on Child Pornography</a></strong></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /><br /><br /><br /></div> 2014/03/a-pagan-pedophile-problem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-6679063199552569010Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:48:00 +00002014-03-16T15:48:40.852-07:00Conversations From The Porch 03/16 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts<a href=" From The Porch 03/16 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts</a><br /><br /> <br /><br /> NM's 10 Commandments; separation of church and state; interview with Larisa Hunter of Saga Press.2014/03/conversations-from-porch-0316-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-1491290219882921270Mon, 17 Feb 2014 00:17:00 +00002014-02-16T16:18:57.669-08:00Conversations From The Porch, February 16th, 2014 episode /> <br /> Heathen Scholarly Works2014/02/httpwww.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-3190897317312417864Sun, 02 Feb 2014 23:59:00 +00002014-02-02T16:01:46.983-08:00Conversations From The Porch, February 2nd, 2014 Episode<a href=" /> <br /> Feminism in paganism: irrelevant to pagan society, not enough manliness, misuse of the word "feminism"; Humans evolving into their own gods; New Age creating punish-free religion; Morlog turns 40; Behind the scenes of the SBD war.2014/02/conversations-from-porch-february-2nd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-5922741072402244622Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:04:00 +00002014-01-19T16:04:58.488-08:00Conversations From The Porch 1/19/2014 episode /> <br /> How paganism takes over lives; Are you defined by your religion; When authors/bloggers retire; new generations of pagans inspired by AHS:Coven(FX) and Vikings(A&amp;E); Stepping up to fill a void; probationary periods; ritual jewelry; new material on the Morlog's Orlog FB page; and more!<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="; height="240" width="320" /></a></div> <br />2014/01/conversations-from-porch-1192014-episode.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-2158461938662381492Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:07:00 +00002014-01-05T16:07:08.063-08:00Conversations From The Porch January 5, 2014 Broadcast<a href=" /> <br /> Horrible houseguests; stupid "wars on Christ's mass"; Bigfoot gets shot; Morlog discusses "Rituals for Men"; Uruzz discussed new music artist; Penton Mag Editor resignation and lobbyists vs. real pagans.2014/01/conversations-from-porch-january-5-2014.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-7952331981603789651Mon, 16 Dec 2013 00:06:00 +00002013-12-15T16:06:03.475-08:00Conversations From The Porch 12/15 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts<a href=" From The Porch 12/15 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts</a><br /> <br /> Yuletide traditions: bringing into your home, teaching the children; appreciating your family; Papa Odin comes in and takes a couple of children's phone calls; "Privileged Pagans"; Morlog's "Holy Blessings for the Yuletide"; Uruzz rocks a new Norwegian music artist.2013/12/conversations-from-porch-1215-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-6517524321894574758Mon, 02 Dec 2013 00:09:00 +00002013-12-01T16:09:47.879-08:00Conversations from Porch 12/01/2013 episode<a href=" /> <br /> Cleanliness next to Godliness; being true to your people; talking to kids about Jesus and paganism; living your faith vs putting on a show; TV's season of the witch...2013/12/conversations-from-porch-12012013.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-4539067543796604950Mon, 02 Dec 2013 00:07:00 +00002013-12-01T16:07:09.943-08:00Conversations from the Porch Show from Nov 17, 2013<a href=" /> <br /> The archive of the "lost" episode (3rd Sunday in November)... Can't remember what we talked about, but, it was a good enough show that we were bummed about not being able to post it.2013/12/conversations-from-porch-show-from-nov.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-7327532420824222916Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:04:00 +00002013-10-20T16:04:35.771-07:00Conversations From The Porch 10/20 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts<a href=" From The Porch 10/20 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts</a><br /> <br /> Inner-courts, outer-courts, and misfits; Dopplegangers; SAUSAGE! What is "Winter Nights"? Am I too old to be a student? Coming to terms with our own, personal, issues; Morlog's Orlog and Enrollment Periods.2013/10/conversations-from-porch-1020-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-8352390676294147708Sun, 06 Oct 2013 23:04:00 +00002013-10-06T16:06:44.753-07:00conversations from the porchheathen RadioHrafn StongHrafnstongIkinde Skreja OminnsaerMorlogs Orlogpagan radioConversations From The Porch 10/06 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts<a href=" From The Porch 10/06 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts</a><br /> <br /> Are folkloric customs being manipulated into the modern concept of Reconstructionist Pagan religion? Too many memberships confuse one's own mission statement; naming your weapons and building communal meeting places; Morlog's Orlog Hails the Bees and Uruzz "pimps" the heathen value of Katy Perry.2013/10/conversations-from-porch-1006-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-118708688411709640Sun, 01 Sep 2013 23:14:00 +00002013-09-01T16:14:12.090-07:00Conversations From The Porch 09/01 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts<a href=" From The Porch 09/01 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts</a><br /> <br /> Spiritual personalization, getting in touch with nature and how we see the gods around us.2013/09/conversations-from-porch-0901-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-6536074275261799500Sun, 18 Aug 2013 23:30:00 +00002013-08-18T16:30:40.880-07:00Converstions From The Porch Episode 8/18/13<a href=" /> <br /> Harvest festivals, logic vs faith, preparing your students, that witch burning Mathilde bastard, Morlog's orlog, Uruzz rocks.2013/08/converstions-from-porch-episode-81813.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-5579621113024384767Sun, 04 Aug 2013 23:17:00 +00002013-08-04T16:17:50.739-07:00Conversations From The Porch 08/04 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts<a href=" From The Porch 08/04 by Hrafnstong Radio | Spirituality Podcasts</a><br /> <br /> Dan Halloran's Witches and Pagans; UK's occult porn filter; Gay Christian marriages and questioning male witch masculinity; Religious Freedom; Social ineptitude and politicians... Morlog's wife incites a Stark Raving Mad moment. Five Finger Death Punch and Morlog's Orlog.2013/08/conversations-from-porch-0804-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544698712973862233.post-8801982587294521243Sun, 21 Jul 2013 23:10:00 +00002013-07-21T16:10:18.043-07:00Conversations From The Porch 07/21 by Hrafnstong Radio | Blog Talk Radio<a href=" From The Porch 07/21 by Hrafnstong Radio | Blog Talk Radio</a><br /> <br /> Atheist pagans, Christo heathens; raised pagan vs. converting to paganism; relevance of archetypal paths; Patheos Pagan Portal survey.2013/07/conversations-from-porch-0721-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Conversations from the Porch)0


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:34:21 +0000YouTube Tuesdaypop culturepoliticscultureKansas CityFriday BlogthingbloggingsportsKansasHeadlinesReal LifeBest of 3AMHumorTales from the IdiocracyRandom PhotofamilypolicyscienceJohnson CountyfoodmusicmediatravelarteconomywildlifeKansas Guild of BloggersnatureTVtechnologyhistoryliteratureLarry Moore hatin'healthbusinesscube lifeMovie Mini ReviewThe More You Knowalcoholarchitecturememetechnical help3 A.M. pollBullitt ListGrosscoffeenot awesomemedicineracetaxBook ReportFWDAmelie gameFriday FeastTop Ten Thursdayguest posthome improvementtravel.Awkward PieIranMonkey NewscrimeofficereviewMinneapolisReflective RuminationsTrumpcivil rights3AM ObservationConstitutionFormsprings EternalHBOMAGAblogcastfascismCharlie KirkICEJerry MoranMarch MadnessMitch McConnellNCAA TournamentPosted OnRead ThisSecond AmendmentTy MastersonVinylbasketballchessclassfree speechmoviephilosophypolice shootingsatirewordleThree O'Clock in the Morningnoreply@blogger.com (FletcherDodge)Blogger1470125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-5258793394595195574Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:26:05 +00002026-09-15T10:26:05.550-05:00Mitch McConnellpoliticssatireWeekend at Mitchie's<p>&nbsp;</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="; style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="596" height="425" src="; width="479" /></a></div><br /><p></p>2026/09/weekend-at-mitchies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FletcherDodge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-3938953521593720616Sat, 12 Sep 2026 20:27:52 +00002026-09-12T18:21:30.950-05:00Kansaspoliticspop cultureScenes from an Italian butcher shop<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="; style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="828" height="276" src="; width="463" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="; style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1476" height="204" src="; width="242" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m lookin’ at this shit in the <a href=" about this Senator… Doc Roger Marshall</a>, down in Kansas. The fake outrage in the media. It’s somethin' else, it really is. The guy’s an OB-GYN, right? He delivers a kid. A beautiful, pristine, miracle of life. And what does he ask for in return? A little respect. A little vig. Eighteen percent.</span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="; style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="988" height="192" src="; width="153" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><br />Eighteen percent on a C-section? T, that’s stiffer points than what we hit Davey Scatino with for the sportsbook layout. That's fuggin' shylock numbers.<br /><br /><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="; style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="1380" height="240" src="; width="240" /></span></a></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey! Watch your mouth! You’re missin’ the whole concept here! This man took an oath! The Hippocratic Oath! You know what that means? It means you pay your fuckin’ earners. You think medical school is free? You think those cute little ultrasound machines just fall off the back of a truck in Great Bend?</span></span><br /><br />(Takes a loud, raspy sip of Chianti)<br /><br />He sued seven hundred of ’em. Seven hundred! That’s called follow-through. That’s called runnin’ a tight crew. Today, everybody wants a free pass, a fuckin' UBI. "Oh, Doc, my deductible is too high." "Oh, Doc, my insurance didn't cover the epidural." Whaddya want me to do, cry? I got a family to feed, too! You got money for a baby stroller, you got money for the eighteen percent.<br /><br /><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="; style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="1258" height="240" src="; width="212" /></a></div>Word on the street is he had eighty-one of ’em locked up. Cops show up, put the silver bracelets on ’em for missin' a court date. Heh-heh. That’s real old school.<br /><br />That’s how we handled that deadbeat from the drywall union back in ’98. No court, no payout—straight to the can.<br /><br /><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="; style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="728" height="188" src="; width="237" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Exact-a-ly! It’s about caporegime level discipline! A guy delivers your kid, you don’t duck his phone calls! You don’t make him send some stunseed collection agency like he’s a jerk-off! <br /><br />He’s a United States Senator now! He understands the business! You let one broad slide on a hundred and one dollar balance, word gets out to the other deadbeats. <br /><br />Next thing you know, the whole waiting room is walking out with free diapers and a sense of entitlement.</span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="; style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="858" height="235" src="; width="165" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">They’re calling him a loan shark in the press, T. Sayin' he’s practically a shakedown artist in a white coat.</span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="; style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1008" height="173" src="; width="262" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />A loan shark?! He’s a pillar of the community! He’s charging eighteen percent. You know what bank rates were back then? It’s called inflation adjustment! He’s a businessman! The guy’s out there, workin' with his hands, doin' heavy lifting in the delivery room, and people wanna treat him like he’s a mobster because he garnishes a checking account?<br /></span><br />(Puffs his cigar, blows a thick cloud of smoke toward the ceiling)<br /><br />Whatever happened to Gary Cooper? The strong, silent type. The kinda doctor who hands you a baby, hands you an invoice with a compound interest clause, and if you don’t pay, he takes your Buick or gets the sheriff to lock your ass up. That’s what built this country. Not this... this soft, maggott' Ova whining about "medical debt." You owe the man his taste, you pay the man. End of story!<br /><br /><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="; style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="560" height="239" src="; width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Get Sil on the horn. See if we can get this Marshall guy down for a seat at the executive card game. I like his style—guy knows how to crack a kneecap without ever taking off his surgical gloves.</span><p></p>2026/09/scenes-from-italian-butcher-shop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FletcherDodge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-6547200712381538184Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:57:19 +00002026-09-10T09:30:48.333-05:00HeadlineshealthKansasMAGApoliticsHippocratic Oaf<p>There are certain phrases Americans keep polished and mounted above the fireplace because examining them too closely might ruin dinner.</p><p><b><em>Public service.<br /></em><em>Family values.<br /></em><em>The sanctity of life.</em></b></p><p>And that magnificent old chestnut:&nbsp;&nbsp;<em><b>First, do no harm.</b></em></p><p>A noble idea. Clean. Reassuring. The sort of thing I imagine women want floating around in the mind of a man standing between their knees with a medical degree and several thousand dollars' worth of stainless-steel instruments.</p><p>But apparently the warranty expires somewhere between the examination room and accounts receivable.</p><p>Because Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall — Republican, physician, longtime OB-GYN and professional defender of the sanctity of human life — has suddenly found himself staring down one hell of a medical chart.</p><p>According to a new <a href="; target="_blank"><em>New York Times</em> investigation</a>, Marshall and his medical practice filed lawsuits against more than <strong>700 former patients</strong> over unpaid bills.</p><p>Some debts ran into the thousands. One was <strong>$101</strong>.</p><p>The practice routinely charged <strong>18 percent annual interest</strong>. That is the kind of number that makes you wonder whether your OB-GYN accepts Blue Cross or whether you should just ask for Tony Soprano. At least Tony would have the professional courtesy not to call it health care.</p><p>Wages and bank accounts were garnished. And 81 patients were eventually <strong>arrested after failing to appear in court in connection with the collection lawsuits</strong>.</p><p>Sweet Jesus. You could lock a team of political satirists in a Topeka motel with six cases of Red Bull and a whiteboard and they would not improve those numbers.</p><p><strong>700 lawsuits.<br />18 percent interest.<br />81 arrests.<br />$101.</strong></p><p>This isn't a scandal. It's a billing statement from the Republic. First, do no harm. Then calculate the APR.</p><h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="; style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="334" src="; width="334" /></a></div></div>The Miracle of Life, Plus Interest</h2><p>Marshall spent more than 25 years practicing obstetrics in western Kansas and has made his medical career an essential part of his political identity. He has proudly noted that he delivered more than 5,000 babies.</p><p>Five thousand.</p><p>That is a lot of first breaths, tiny fingers, exhausted mothers and terrified fathers.</p><p>It is also, apparently, a hell of a customer base.</p><p>Marshall's spokeswoman says he treated patients regardless of their ability to pay and argues that the lawsuits must be understood in the brutal economics of rural medicine — keeping the doors open, keeping doctors available, keeping the hospital lights burning.</p><p>And there is truth buried in that defense. Rural medicine is in crisis. Hospitals do not run on prairie virtue. Doctors deserve to be paid.</p><p>But then you hit the <strong>18 percent interest rate</strong> and the wagon starts losing wheels.</p><p>Eighteen percent. On medical debt. In rural Kansas.</p><p>This is where the country doctor story starts growing loan-shark teeth.</p><p>According to the Times, roughly half the lawsuits were filed under Marshall's own name and the remainder by Heartland Regional OBGYN, a practice he owned or co-owned. Many defendants lived in Barton County, where poverty and lack of health insurance were more common than nationally.</p><p>Some of the debts arose from childbirth.</p><p>Which gives us one of those uniquely American transactions that would be dismissed as heavy-handed dystopian fiction if it hadn't actually happened.</p><p>You have a baby. You go home bleeding, exhausted and terrified that this seven-pound creature will stop breathing if you look away for thirty seconds.</p><p>And somewhere across town, a clock begins ticking.</p><p>The miracle of life has been delivered successfully, now please remit payment.</p><p>The Times reported that Kellie Clutts was sued in 2015 over a <strong>$129 postpartum bill</strong>. Her baby was nine months old. Her bank account was eventually garnished.</p><p>Over <b>one hundred twenty-nine dollars</b>? Members of the United States Senate can spend more than that on dinner without remembering what they ate. But out on the plains, apparently, $129 can become a legal proceeding.</p><h2>Easter in Kansas</h2><p>Then we reach Joe Vasquez and his wife. Mrs. Vasquez underwent an emergency hysterectomy. The couple owed $4,561. Marshall sued.</p><p>They missed a court appearance. Then came Easter weekend, 2007. Their grandchildren were preparing for an egg hunt when police arrived.</p><p>Grandma and Grandpa went to jail.</p><p>They stayed there for two days until their son could borrow enough money to post bond.</p><p>Stop there.</p><p>No embellishment.</p><p>No metaphor.</p><p>Just look at the picture.</p><p>Plastic Easter eggs scattered around a Kansas yard while two grandparents are hauled away after medical debt became litigation, litigation became a missed court appearance, and the missed appearance became a warrant.</p><p>Let's be clear that, according to the law,&nbsp;<strong>they were not arrested merely because they owed Marshall money.&nbsp;</strong>The warrants resulted from failures to appear in court during the collection proceedings. That distinction matters legally and factually.</p><p>Morally, however, it reveals something uglier.</p><p>Look at the machine: A patient cannot pay a medical bill. Roger Marshall sues. The legal machinery starts grinding. The patient fails to appear. The court issues a warrant. The police arrive.</p><p>And suddenly everybody involved can point toward the previous cog and announce that none of this was really their decision.</p><p>The doctor didn't make the arrest.</p><p>The lawyer didn't issue the warrant.</p><p>The judge didn't perform the hysterectomy.</p><p>The sheriff didn't set the interest rate.</p><p>Everybody's hands are clean.</p><p>It's a miracle.</p><p>The machinery has somehow produced handcuffs without anybody ever touching the controls.</p><p>This is the great genius of institutional cruelty: <strong>responsibility disappears one procedural step at a time.</strong></p><h2>The Eighteen Percent Question</h2><p>Marshall's former attorney told the Times that Marshall was not personally involved in deciding when attorneys sought warrants, arrests or garnishments. He left collection tactics to the law firm.</p><p>That fact belongs here. It matters.</p><p>But then comes the other fact: According to the same attorney, <strong>Marshall set the 18 percent interest rate.</strong></p><p>And there it is. The doctor may not have been driving every vehicle in the convoy, but apparently he helped set the speed limit.&nbsp;</p><p>Eighteen percent is not a clerical error. It is not something that crawled out of QuickBooks at midnight and began reproducing. Someone decided on it.</p><p>And medical debt is not ordinary consumer debt. Nobody comparison-shops an emergency hysterectomy.</p><p>Nobody says, "Doc, the bleeding is pretty bad, but your financing terms are murder. What can you do if I put twenty percent down?"</p><p>Nobody walks into an obstetrics ward because the Labor Day sale looked irresistible.</p><p>The transaction begins with vulnerability: You are pregnant. You are bleeding. You are sick.You are frightened.</p><p>You need help <strong>now</strong>.</p><p>Then the crisis passes, and the invoice arrives. Then interest. Then lawyers. Then court. Then garnishment.</p><p>Then, for some people who fail to appear, warrants.</p><p>A lawsuit over $101 is a moral Rorschach test.</p><p>You either look at it and see something grotesque or you begin explaining administrative overhead.</p><h2>And Then the Doctor Went to Washington</h2><p>Had Roger Marshall retired from medicine and disappeared onto a ranch somewhere, this might be merely an ugly artifact from the subterranean history of American health care.</p><p>But Marshall did not retire into obscurity. He went to Washington.</p><p>Marshall won a House seat in 2016 and later became a United States senator, carrying his identity as a Kansas country doctor all the way to the Capitol.</p><p>The physician-legislator. The man who had seen American health care from the inside. And in 2017, he joined the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act.</p><p>Well, that résumé reads somewhat differently now. Because there are several ways to acquire "firsthand experience with America's health-care system."</p><p>You can learn what happens when a working family gets crushed by medical expenses. Or you can learn precisely which forms need to be filed to collect them.</p><p>Both technically qualify as experience. Only one looks good in a campaign commercial.</p><p>Marshall's campaign says this reporting unfairly transforms the financial realities of rural medicine into an election-year scandal. His spokeswoman argues that he treated people regardless of ability to pay and was trying to keep rural medical care alive.</p><p>Fine. Put that defense on the table. Let Kansas voters inspect it.</p><p>But while we're inspecting things, perhaps somebody can explain exactly how many <strong>$101 lawsuits</strong> are required to keep the hospital lights on.</p><p>And whether the bulbs get noticeably brighter at <strong>18 percent APR</strong>.</p>2026/09/hippocratic-oaf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FletcherDodge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-6627933139956114240Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:00:27 +00002026-08-07T11:58:55.577-05:00Make America Glum Again<p>&nbsp;Losing 23,000 jobs in July is just part of the grand economic strategy. You don't have to worry about high gas prices or inflation destroying your paycheck if you simply no longer have a paycheck. 4D chess. 📈🧠<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="; style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="361" height="240" src="; width="274" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />;2026/08/23000-jobs-in-july-is-just-part-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FletcherDodge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-654378083165263546Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:45:00 +00002026-07-29T18:45:00.113-05:00economypolicypoliticsA Tale of Two Balance Sheets<p><br />There are two ledgers in America now.&nbsp;</p><p>One belongs to the Republic (that is, you, me and the rest of us non-billionaires). The other belongs to the Ruling Family.</p><p>The first bleeds red ink by the trillions of gallons. The other has discovered that foreign sovereign wealth travels first class.</p><p>Our country now carries nearly&nbsp;<b>$39 trillion</b> in national debt—a figure so immense that people react to it the way we react when <a data-preview="" href="; target="_blank">Patrick Mahomes</a> stays on the turf a beat too long. For a split second, everyone feels genuine terror. Then the cameras cut away, the crowd convinces itself he just needs to walk it off, and the game goes on as though panic itself were unpatriotic.</p><p>But, just when the federal government has ostensibly embraced austerity as its defining political virtue, billions of dollars in state-linked foreign investment have flowed into business ventures associated with the Trump Crime Family.</p><p>Those two stories—if they are reported—typically appear on different pages. They should be in the same sentence.</p><p>Trump returned to power promising nothing less than a controlled demolition of the administrative state. Through the <a data-preview="" href="; target="_blank">Department of Government Efficiency—DOGE</a>, because apparently every Trump initiative must first survive the branding department—it pledged to slash contracts, eliminate waste, and reduce the civilian workforce by roughly ten percent. Trump told Americans that somewhere inside the federal bureaucracy lurked the secret villain responsible for the nation's fiscal crisis.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="; style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="180" src="; width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Unfortunately, like most marketing campaigns, DOGE offered more snake oil than substance.</p><p>The 21-year-old interns in DOGE focused overwhelmingly on discretionary spending—the comparatively small slice of the federal budget devoted to agency operations and personnel. The principal engines driving long-term debt, including mandatory spending programs and rapidly escalating interest costs, remained largely untouched. Meanwhile, ill-considered mass personnel layoffs generated substantial near-term costs through severance obligations, while reductions in IRS staffing are projected to reduce future tax collections by hundreds of billions of dollars.</p><p>The theory seemed to be that enough pink slips could somehow frighten a $39 trillion balance sheet into behaving itself.</p><p>Arithmetic, however, has never shown much respect for political messaging.</p><p>So, let's try some missiles.</p><p>Military operations against Iran introduced <b>tens of billions of dollars</b> in expenditures that were never in what passes these days for a fiscal plan. Those operations, like so much of modern American governance, were financed through additional borrowing. The conflict also contributed to renewed pressure on <a data-preview="" href="; target="_blank">global energy markets</a> at a moment when inflation remained stubbornly above the <a data-preview="" href="; target="_blank">Federal Reserve's target</a>, complicating the path toward lower interest rates and increasing the government's cost of financing new debt.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="; style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1128" height="217" src="; width="320" /></a></div>Our leaders are remarkably adept at borrowing money to pay interest on what they borrowed to finance promises made before creepy <a data-preview="" href="; target="_blank">Ty Masterson</a> had discovered hair gel.<p></p><p>Through the first three quarters of the fiscal year, the Treasury accumulated roughly <strong>$1.4 trillion</strong> in additional debt. Net interest payments now exceed <strong>$20 billion every week</strong>, making the cost of servicing yesterday's borrowing one of the largest expenditures in the federal budget.</p><p>This is the bleak status of the public ledger. But don't worry, at least the private ledger tells a happier story.</p><p>While the public piles up debt to pay for debt, businesses connected to the Trump Family have attracted billions of dollars from <a data-preview="" href="; target="_blank">foreign sovereign wealth funds</a> and state-linked investors. Public reporting has documented substantial commitments to Trump-branded real estate developments, investment partnerships, and cryptocurrency <strike>ponzi schemes</strike> ventures involving capital originating from governments or government-affiliated entities in the Gulf region and elsewhere.</p><p>Apparently "America First" comes with a caveat that foreign capital remains perfectly acceptable, provided it arrives through the correct Trump-affiliated revolving door.</p><p>Whether every transaction is ultimately lawful is one question. Whether every arrangement reflects sound constitutional judgment is another.</p><p>The framers of the Constitution understood the difference.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="; style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="640" height="239" src="; width="320" /></a></div>Having watched European courts convert political influence into commercial opportunity, they knew corruption rarely looked like a sack of gold labeled "<em>Bribe"</em>. It wore finer tailoring. It arrived bearing partnerships, investment opportunities, and mutually beneficial business deals. Human nature, they understood, has always hired excellent accountants.<p></p><p>They wrote that concern into the Constitution itself. The <b><a data-preview="" href="; target="_blank">Foreign Emoluments Clause</a></b> prohibits federal officeholders from accepting benefits from foreign states without congressional consent. The <b><a data-preview="" href="; target="_blank">Domestic Emoluments Clause</a></b> limits the president's financial compensation from governmental sources beyond the salary established by law.</p><p>Whether Trump's shady business deals ultimately violate those constitutional provisions remains unresolved. Previous emoluments litigation largely ended on procedural grounds before courts reached the constitutional merits. The legal questions remain open.</p><p>But the ethical questions don't disappear just because the legal ones are unsettled. They become more difficult.</p><p>Luxury developments in Qatar, Oman, Dubai, and Vietnam promise licensing income and management fees associated with projects backed by foreign capital. <a data-preview="" href="; target="_blank">Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners</a> has secured billions of dollars from Gulf sovereign wealth funds, generating substantial management revenue regardless of short-term market performance. None of these arrangements automatically establishes a constitutional violation. They do create the appearance of overlapping financial interests that the framers regarded with profound suspicion.</p><p>And it is super suspicious that we have a Trump administration telling us that sacrifice is unavoidable, agencies must shrink, efficiency requires layoffs and your services are going to be drastically reduced...</p><p>... And on the other hand is&nbsp;at the center of an expanding constellation of luxury developments, sovereign investment funds, licensing agreements, management fees, and private equity partnerships quietly demonstrating that austerity is apparently a policy preference rather than a lifestyle.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="; style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="850" height="240" src="; width="236" /></a></div>Perhaps the overlap is entirely coincidental. Maybe every foreign policy decision has been made wholly independent of private financial considerations. Maybe Trump doesn't care at all about money.&nbsp;<br /><p></p><p>Those extremely hypothetic possibilities don't eliminate the conflict. They define it.</p><p>The founders understood something the Trump Family&nbsp;wants us to forget:</p><p>Influence rarely arrives kicking down the front door. It books a reservation. It attends conferences. It hires prestigious law firms. It invests through sovereign wealth funds.</p><p>It purchases penthouses overlooking immaculate skylines while everyone insists that business and politics use separate elevators.</p><p>Corruption might change its wardrobe, but it rarely changes its business model.</p><p>America has survived wars, depressions, constitutional crises, and financial panics because it has generally insisted upon one stubborn principle: public office exists to serve the Republic, not the balance sheet of those fortunate enough to occupy it.&nbsp;</p><p>The <b><a data-preview="" href="; target="_blank">Emoluments Clauses</a></b> were not drafted because the framers believed every officeholder would become corrupt. They were drafted because they understood that republics do not collapse only through dramatic acts of treason. More often, they erode gradually, one perfectly legal transaction at a time, until no one can remember where public duty ended and private opportunity began.</p>2026/07/a-tale-of-two-balance-sheets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FletcherDodge)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-638364271237840854Sat, 07 Mar 2026 09:30:00 +00002026-03-07T15:32:59.080-06:00fascismHeadlinespolicypoliticsTales from the IdiocracyTrumpNoemland insecurityThe Department of Homeland Security is not a campaign ad. It is not a cable-news green room with a bigger budget, or a vanity social media propaganda app. <br /><br />It is a 260,000-employee nerve center responsible for border enforcement, counterterrorism, cybersecurity, FEMA coordination, and disaster response. It is where managerial errors echo in real time.<br /><br />And yet, in Convicted Felon Donald Trump’s second term, DHS has become the latest example of a governing philosophy that prizes loyalty over competence.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="; style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="674" height="234" src="; width="320" /></a></div><br />Kristi Noem’s tenure as secretary started out turbulent and only got worse. Immigration enforcement operations drew national scrutiny. In one widely criticized episode, victims killed in a fatal encounter with ICE agents were characterized as “domestic terrorists” before facts were established — a rhetorical leap that undercut credibility (a vanishing commodity in this administration) at a moment demanding precision.<br /><br />As Noem flailed, the department entered a partial shutdown amid congressional dissatisfaction with its strategic direction, and its own inspector general accused DHS leadership of obstructing oversight work — an extraordinary charge for an agency entrusted with safeguarding constitutional order.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>At the same time, morale plummeted as enforcement priorities appeared increasingly driven by headline numbers rather than targeted, sustainable strategy.<br /><br />Noem was removed earlier this week. It should&nbsp;have been a moment for recalibration — a pivot toward technocratic steadiness, toward a leader with deep experience in national security management or emergency coordination.<br /><br />Instead, the felon-in-chief signaled his intention to nominate Sen. Markwayne Mullin.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="; style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="608" height="240" src="; width="316" /></a></div><br />Mullin’s résumé includes small-business ownership and a Senate seat. What it does not include is executive leadership in counterterrorism architecture, intelligence coordination, border command structures, cybersecurity infrastructure, or disaster logistics — the core machinery of DHS.<br /><br />Hell, his résumé doesn't even include a bachelor's degree.&nbsp;<br /><br />The through-line is allegiance, not administrative qualifications.<br /><br />Presidents are entitled to appoint leaders who share their policy views. That is democratic governance. But when blind loyalty becomes the primary credential for overseeing complex security institutions, the cost is self-inflicted vulnerability and&nbsp;avoidable national risk.<br /><br />DHS is not built for improvisation. It requires fluency in interagency coordination, statutory limits, operational chain-of-command discipline, and crisis logistics. It demands respect for oversight, not friction with it. It demands credibility with career professionals who keep the system running long after political cycles end.<br /><br />When leadership is selected for loyalty first and fluency second, agencies deform. Career staff learn that posture outweighs performance. Oversight becomes adversarial. Messaging drifts ahead of evidence. Mistakes are defended instead of corrected.<br /><br />Homeland security can't and shouldn't function on personal devotion.<br /><br />Noem’s malfeasance exposed the limits of appointing political allies to manage sprawling security institutions. Doubling down with another figure whose principal qualification is proximity to presidential power suggests the lesson absorbed was not “we need deeper expertise,” but “we need tighter loyalty.”<br /><br />That is a dangerous substitution.<br /><br />Border security, cyber defense, counterterrorism, disaster response — these are systems that either operate with disciplined competence or fail under pressure. The American public doesn't benefit from theatrical resolve. It benefits from steady, qualified leadership.<br /><br />Loyalty may be useful in politics, but it's not a homeland security strategy.</div>2026/03/noemland-insecurity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (FletcherDodge)


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:57:56 +00003PL Systems NewsKeep up to date with the latest information from 3PL Systems.noreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)Blogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-790593970053307208Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:33:00 +00002011-08-24T15:34:22.325-07:00Today's "Tips & Tricks!"<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.25in; margin-left: 31.7pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> <br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 150%;">For zip codes out of the US, use the International Zip look up function!<o:p></o:p></span></p>2011/08/todays-tips-tricks_24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-826302170829114315Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:48:00 +00002011-08-17T16:49:16.209-07:00Today's "Tips & Tricks!"<div>Use Report Builder to create your own customized reports!</div>2011/08/todays-tips-tricks_17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-6493282971859788366Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:02:00 +00002011-08-15T08:02:59.022-07:00Today's "Tips & Tricks!"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Double check the zip so the cargo will ship!</span>2011/08/todays-tips-tricks_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-198761721125199764Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:43:00 +00002011-08-11T15:44:19.949-07:00Today's "Tips & Tricks!"<div>Remember to run the sync in single user mode, with your QB windows closed, to help reduce sync errors!</div>2011/08/todays-tips-tricks_11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-3201754760881316972Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:36:00 +00002011-08-08T15:37:21.230-07:00Today's "Tips & Tricks!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">If items are not syncing over, review the ”Shipment Notes” for errors!</span>2011/08/todays-tips-tricks_08.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-621583980861739819Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:34:00 +00002011-08-05T14:34:28.588-07:00Today's "Tips & Tricks!"<div>Verify your SCAC code for accurate rating!</div>2011/08/todays-tips-tricks_05.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-522616721730468692Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:54:00 +00002011-08-03T16:56:08.280-07:003PL Systems - BrokerWare Software Update v10.5<div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;">Dear 3PL Systems Customers,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;">We have been diligently working over the past couple of months to improve and enhance BrokerWare. Our Team is testing a new software update (v10.5) that we plan to deploy in a few weeks to a select group of BrokerWare Beta Testers for their review and feedback.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;">To minimize any disruption to you, your customers, and business our software update will take place on Friday evenings and will be rolled out over a period of a few weeks. We will communicate with each of our customers individually as we get closer to our software update to schedule a date convenient to you. We are tentatively planning to begin releasing v10.5 to users starting Friday, August 26th. Updates will be sent to you on our progress as we continue to prepare this update for release. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;">For your reference, here is a list of changes in the upcoming release. </span></span><a href="; rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "> class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; "></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;">As an aside, we have been making changes to timing related entries (for QuickBooks users) which will help ensure that the bi-directional syncing of your data adheres to generally accepted accounting principles and in support of a double entry accounting methodology. Additional changes will be released at a future date; information forthcoming. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;">If you have any questions, please feel free to contact customer support either by email at support@3plsystems.com, or by phone (800) 965-8205.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;">Sincerely,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;">Customer Service/Technical Support Team</span></span></div>2011/08/3pl-systems-brokerware-software-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-3354736239792791922Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +00002011-08-01T17:03:06.822-07:00Today's Tips & TricksFor zip codes out of the US, use the International Zip look up function!2011/08/todays-tips-tricks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-361473882203557374Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:57:00 +00002011-07-27T14:57:25.700-07:00Today's Tips & Tricks<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; ">Use the link on your BrokerWare site to send a ticket to support.<br />From your toolbar, choose “Support”, then “Create Request”.</span>2011/07/todays-tips-tricks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-3946618197800578931Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:47:00 +00002011-07-25T09:52:21.026-07:00Quick Tip of the Day!<div id="globalContainer"> <div id="content" class="fb_content clearfix"> <div id="mainContainer"> <div id="contentCol" class="clearfix hasRightCol"> <div id="contentArea" role="main"> <div id="pagelet_main_column" referrer="pagelet_main_column"> <div id="pagelet_main_column_public" referrer="pagelet_main_column_public"> <div id="pagelet_wall" referrer="pagelet_wall"> <div class="profile-pagelet-section"> <ul id="profile_minifeed" class="uiList uiStream fbProfileStream" referrer="profile_minifeed"> <li style="FILTER: ; opacity: " id="stream_story_4e2a0bb6ac4259d93304593" class="pvm uiUnifiedStory uiStreamStory genericStreamStory uiStory_140951539321019 aid_Array uiListItem uiListLight uiListVerticalItemBorder" ft="'{"> <div class="storyContent"> <div class="UIImageBlock clearfix"> <div class="storyInnerContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_MED_Content"> <div class="mainWrapper"> <h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="'{"><span class="messageBody" ft="'{"> <div id="id_4e2a0bb6b0e2f4f74045756" class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Greetings QuickBooks users:<br /><br />Today's Tips &amp; Tricks reminder is for you!<br /><br />Remember to run the sync in single user mode, with your QB windows closed, to help reduce sync errors.<br /><span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show"><br />Click the link below for instructions for your reference.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="; rel="nofollow" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this),"> /><br />Thank you!</span></span></span></div></span></h6> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>2011/07/tips-and-tricks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-6477259500467034854Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:29:00 +00002011-07-25T12:42:33.738-07:00Expedite the LTL Rating Process3PL Systems and SMC3 Team Up<br /><br />3PL Systems understands that time management is vital to freight brokers. To assist freight brokers with this common struggle we have developed tools in our TMS needed to assist in making these responsibilities more manageable. Amongst the various ways many freight brokerages split their time is by spending several minutes researching carrier websites every time a quote is needed. Another obstacle freight brokers are often faced with is the numerous incoming and outgoing calls and emails for quote requests. This is something anyone would find not only time consuming, but frustrating. These problems can be solved with our application and the integration with SMC3.<br /><br /><br />Solutions to Your Struggles<br />Searching multiple common carrier websites for LTL rates is an inefficient way of generating cost information for your customer shipments. With BrokerWare’s Least Cost Routing (LCR) and SMC3’s RateWare, you can generate multiple LTL rates in seconds, opposed to minutes when using carrier websites. Also useful for LTL planning is BrokerWare’s SMC3 Carrier Connect integration. This integration will populate transit times and terminal contact information, useful for dispatchers to schedule pickups. By utilizing our integration, dispatchers can spend more time helping your customers with their needs to increase customer satisfaction.<br /><br /><br />LCR will manage hundreds of different customer specific discounts, giving your customers the convenience of retrieving rates and selecting their most favorable option through their customer portal. With SMC3’s package for BrokerWare, customers are able to get accurate pricing for customer tariffs and compare multiple rates in seconds. This eliminates mistakes and saves time by doing away with the need for several calls and emails exchanged between your customers and dispatchers. Additionally, an advantage of the convenience of a preset margin is, by establishing customer tariffs errors in profit calculations will never be an issue resulting in meeting optimal profit potential.<br /><br /><br />3PL Systems recognizes the value and importance of your time, therefore, we ensure BrokerWare successfully integrates with SMC3 products to assist in your day to day struggles. The goal of offering the simplicity of these solutions all within one system has proven to increase efficiency and revenue, something any freight broker would appreciate.<br /><br />For more information about BrokerWare Software please visit www.3plsystems.com or contact Customer Support at (800) 965-8205 or email Support@3PLSystems.com2011/02/expedite-ltl-rating-process_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-7054606318506404730Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:24:00 +00002011-07-25T12:52:19.766-07:00BrokerWare Software Updates – Feb. 20113PL Systems, Inc. is very excited to announce that NEW updates for BrokerWare are coming in February 2011. New features and enhancements will soon be live. The following is a list of the highlights:<br /><br />Menu Searching<br />The search bar in the top menu has been updated to include both shipments and customers in the same search results. This update eliminates the drop down options that were previously used to change the search type. The updated search will also allow for more advanced searching options, such as, pro numbers, shipper numbers, AR invoice number and AP invoice numbers. The home page still has advanced searching options if needed.<br /><br />Terminal Information from Carrier Connect<br />We have added functionality to show the carriers origin terminal information on the dispatch and confirm pickup tracking pages. This information is collected by the SMC3 Carrier Connect application and updated monthly. When requesting the terminal information make sure that a carrier is assigned and that the SCAC code for the carrier is correct.<br /><br />Tariff Enhancements<br />The tariff engine has been further updated to give more functionality for service areas. We have expanded on the ability to add additional charges for each service area. This allows you to add charges based on percentage, cost per hundred, pallet among other options. This enhancement will help with island delivery and high cost service areas.<br /><br />We have also added the ability to link supplemental charges to service areas. This is a new set of functionalities and is in addition to the ability to link supplemental charges to tariffs. Primarily, this will help with high cost service areas, but will allow for many additional options. It is important to note that service area supplemental charges will take precedence over tariff level charges.<br /><br />Default AP Invoice Date<br />For a long time the system has allowed the default AR invoice date to be changed from today, pickup date or delivery date. With this release we are now providing the same options for the default AP invoice date. You will notice this option when using the receive payables page to confirm carrier invoices.<br /><br />Logout Screen<br />We have updated the login and logout page to allow you to return to the most recent page you were working on. This will avoid having to return to the home page after entering your login information. This update will assist when opening a link from an email or when returning from lunch.<br /><br />Equipment Types for Load Boards<br />The ability to post custom equipment types to load boards has been added. We have expanded the equipment type list, (under the setup menu), to also allow you to map the equipment types in BrokerWare to the equipment types for each of the active load boards.<br /><br />Shipper Number by Customer<br />We have added the ability to force a customer to select the shipper number from a pre-defined list of options. The list of options is set from the customer profile page, and can be customized for each customer.<br /><br />Grouping by Equipment<br />This is a big functionality change that does not apply to everyone. Currently our grouping functionality only groups shipments based on the sales rep linking to the shipment. We now support the ability to group shipments based on the equipment type selected. This option will allow you to divide your operations team based on the types of shipments. It is important to note that grouping works based on sales reps OR equipment, but does not work for both.<br /><br />Customer Portal - Security<br />We have continued to improve on the security options in the customer portal. We have extended the Booking Only (Vendor) access level to only allow the user to view shipments they created. Meaning, those users will no longer be able to see all shipments for the customer account.<br /><br />QuickBooks Integration Updates<br />Additional updates to the QuickBooks integration are included in this release. We have been working on this for quite some time and have continued to improve on the recent updates. One update you will notice is that we now put integration and sync errors for shipments into the shipment notes.<br /><br />Consolidation<br />Based on your feedback from the previous release we have further refined our consolidation tools. With this release we have a much more complete and refined consolidation solution. We look forward to your feedback.2011/01/brokerware-software-updates-feb-2011_16.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-632346866112609946Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:54:00 +00002011-07-25T12:53:44.277-07:00Login-Less Carrier Portal That Benefits Freight BrokersA carrier portal can be a very valuable tool for saving your staff time. When implementing a carrier portal Broker’s must take into account several important questions.<br /><br />1. How effective are carrier portals in the market today?<br />2. Do owner operators remember username and passwords for every broker they move freight for?<br />3. Why would a carrier login to a freight broker's website in the first place?<br />4. Can Carriers access their portal on Mobile devices?<br /><br />3PL Systems has the answer to each of these questions… a Carrier Portal with no login required. This unique approach was created with you AND your carriers in mind. We have taken feedback from within the industry and successfully developed this user-friendly solution.<br /><br />The Carrier Portal will allow carriers to log into their individual carrier portal by clicking on a hyperlink that is provided through quoting or tracking emails. The hyperlink can be saved as a bookmark on the carrier’s web browser for future reference. This provides a fast and secure way for your carriers to access their information without having to remember a username and password.<br /><br />Below are some solutions the Login Less Carrier Portal provides to carriers and freight brokers.<br /><br />Get Tracking Updates From Carriers<br />Your staff can email an Owner Operator to request tracking updates for your shipments. Owner operators can easily open the portal through a web enabled mobile device and communicate the latest shipment status instantly for all shipments currently moving. All shipment updates will be posted as a public note for staff and customers to view.<br /><br />Respond to Quote Requests and Bid on Available Loads<br />Carriers will have a one stop shop to respond to your quote requests and bid on available loads. They can review the shipment information and submit a quote response through the Carrier Portal.<br /><br />They also have the ability to login to their carrier portal to see available loads to bid on. You can make these loads available to them through our Carrier Spot Quote Section. This allows carriers to be proactive during the bidding process and search for uncovered shipments..<br /><br />Give Your Carrier the Opportunity to Post Their Equipment<br />Your carriers can now post their available equipment on the new carrier portal. All available equipment that is posted will be available for your dispatchers to research when looking to cover a load.<br /><br />For more information about BrokerWare Software please visit www.3plsystems.com or contact Customer Support at (800) 965-8205 or email Support@3PLSystems.com2010/12/login-less-carrier-portal-that-benefits_10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-4839665532509330526Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:47:00 +00002011-07-25T12:56:17.215-07:00Tracking Pages<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>BrokerWare’s tracking pages are designed to help promote time management within the application. These pages allow the user(s) to perform several tasks for a shipment without having to go to the shipment profile each time. This also allows user(s) the ability to update several shipments in the same amount of time it would take to update one. These changes can range from altering the shipment weight, to updating the status of a shipment.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Getting Started</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Depending on the link selected from the home page, each tracking page will then display the according type of shipments. There are two types of tracking pages: a Primary Tracking page, which will display all loads per that status (ex. quoted, booked, dispatched, in transit, delivered) and a Filtered Tracking page, which are listed on the home page under the primary link with names such as “View by Carrier” or “Dispatch Today.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">These Filtered Tracking pages will sort all loads within that status/section and per your selection. For example, the “Dispatch Today” page, lists all loads currently needing to be dispatched with a pick up date of today or before. Primary and Filtered pages can be differentiated by the indentation on the home page.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Updating Shipment Status</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tracking pages can be used to update statuses for multiple loads at once. The listed shipments are initially collapsed on the tracking page screen, with an expand button on the far right to expand the listed shipment. When a load is expanded you can add shipment notes, change the pickup and delivery date, and even push the load into the next status. These options may change based on the status of the individual shipment.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Edit Commodity or Edit Pricing</p> <p class="MsoNormal">On the tracking pages some shipment details are listed and underlined. This line indicates that an action is followed by selecting that value, such as shipment weight and price. By selecting either of the two the appropriate pop up window will be displayed (edit commodity or edit pricing) for that shipment. You can also select the Load Number that is underlined which will direct you to the individual load’s shipment profile.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sorting</p> <p class="MsoNormal">All tracking pages give you the option to sort information based on section headers. All underlined headers allow one to sort results based on that section. Note: when sorting based off of shipper or consignee location, the page will sort based off of the state acronym, and not the address. This is useful for your operational staff that monitors loads delivering to a state in a different time zone.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Filter List</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Entering text into this field causes the page to refresh and display all loads with matching criteria. For example, if you enter a carrier SCAC code you will be left with all loads with that SCAC displayed as the assigned carrier.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Legends</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Each load listed on a tracking page has a color coded indicator. The meanings of these colors change depending on the page you are on. The legend explaining the meaning of each color can be displayed by selecting the “Show Legend” link on the tracking page you are on.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">More Options</p> <p class="MsoNormal">When selected, the “More Options” link will expand and list all other filtered pages in that section. For example, if you are on the Dispatch Tracking page, the “More Options” link will display filtered pages from the home page, such as “Orders to be Dispatched Today”, “View by Carrier” and “Customer entered order”.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Check Boxes</p> <span style="'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:">The Check Boxes allow you to select and update multiple loads at once. Once making a few selections, click the “Save Selected” button at the bottom of the page. This will direct you to a page which allows the confirmation and status updates of all loads selected.</span>2010/11/tracking-pages_11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-8781901069313085966Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:40:00 +00002011-07-25T12:57:50.721-07:00BrokerWare Defaults<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>With BrokerWare (BW) users have the option of setting system wide defaults to assist in managing their business. For example, these defaults allow users to set minimum mark ups, or the standard shipping date to use on your customer invoices. It is recommended that these are set immediately once your BrokerWare system is set up, and can also be adjusted at any time. Some of the defaults available are especially important to the function of your system. Always read the description of each default carefully prior to applying any changes.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Getting Started</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The defaults page is accessible to administrator logins only. It can be accessed by selecting “Default Parameters” from the Admin Tools section, or from the Admin drop down menu in the navigation menu (note: the navigation menus will be changing with the October 2010 update, and defaults will then move to the new “Setup” drop down menu.)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Defining a default – Each default listed has a name which contains an abbreviation to indicate which area of the system it is for; “Comm”, “Operations”, and “Customer” are some examples listed. The remainder of the name following the abbreviations, dictate the action of that default.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">How to Change a Default</p> <p class="MsoNormal">From the default page, changes can be made based on your company standards and preferences by selecting the “Edit” link to the right of the default needed to be changed. Some defaults will only accept certain entries, which are listed in the description field of the default. Changes to defaults are system wide, unless other levels are set said criteria. For example, the “UserLTLMaxDisplay” setting can be modified at the customer level as well as on the defaults page. Hence, when changed at the customer level, changing the default will only change those that have not been modified.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Commonly Used Defaults</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The most commonly used defaults are those pertaining to commissions, customers, and operations. These defaults allow users to set the absolute minimum profit margin, the default commission amount, and allow customers the ability to see carrier tracking data. Inspecting default settings to ensure company standards and preferences are met is recommended.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Defaults not Pertaining to Your System</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">With the scalability of BrokerWare, not all defaults may apply to your system. For example, if your company decided not to purchase the customer portal access, the defaults labeled “User” or “Customer”, will not apply to your company’s system of defaults. Please read each default description carefully before making any changes. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In addition, upgrades to BrokerWare can be done at anytime if your company decides to utilize these functions. Please feel free to direct any questions to our support department at (800)965 - 8205.</p>2010/10/brokerware-defaults_20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-5685183425298969903Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:19:00 +00002011-07-25T12:59:26.271-07:00Certified QuickBooks Integration for Freight Brokers<p class="MsoNormal">Eliminating double entry into an accounting software package is near the top of every freight broker's "need" list when it comes to a Transportation Management System (TMS).<br /><br />QuickBooks is very popular amongst freight brokers, so most TMS providers have integrations for QuickBooks. Unfortunately, not all QuickBooks integrations are created equally. Certain QuickBooks integrations provide only a one way manual export while others only offer summary information for accounts payable and receivable reports. In most cases that isn't enough.<br /><br />3PL Systems has differentiated BrokerWare from the competition by providing a fully customized QuickBooks integration that has been tested and certified by an approved Intuit independent testing company named Intertek.<br /><br /><br />What this Certification means for Freight Brokers?<br /><br />This certification ensures that your accounting integration is complete and functional. That way you don’t have to wait until after a completed integration to find out about problems. Instead, choose a QuickBooks accounting integration that was audited by an independent testing company and is certified by Intuit (the makers of QuickBooks).<br /><br /><br />Intertek Technical Review for QuickBooks<br /><br />Intertek is an independent testing company chosen by Intuit to execute the QuickBooks Technical Review. All program specifics, including processes, test design, and program design, have been approved and are enforced by Intuit.<br /><br />The QuickBooks Technical Review Program is designed to give the QuickBooks developer community the mechanism to ensure their applications meets the high quality standard of operation and compatibility expected by the customers. The purpose of the testing is to verify that 3rd Party applications appropriately integrate, exchange data, and are compatible with the QuickBooks platform.<br /><br /><br />BrokerWare Accounting Integrations<br /><br />BrokerWare Accounting Integration is an automatic sync that pushes new and modified customer accounts, vendor accounts, sales accounts, receivable invoices, payable invoices, and commissions into an accounting package. The integration also automatically draws payment status information from the accounting package back into the BrokerWare TMS.<br /><br />The 3PL Systems Accounting Integration is available on QuickBooks (Pro &amp; Enterprise), MAS 90 / 200, and Microsoft Dynamics (Great Plains).<br /><br />For more information about BrokerWare Software please visit <a href="; or contact Customer Support at (800) 965-8205 or email <a href="mailto:Support@3PLSystems.com">Support@3PLSystems.com</a></p>2010/10/certified-quickbooks-integration-for_06.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-7280351724134386402Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:51:00 +00002011-07-25T13:01:01.181-07:003PL Systems Integrates with Real Time Freight<p class="MsoNormal">3PL Systems has announced an integration with Real Time Freight within BrokerWare, their freight management application. RTF offers an on-demand, web-based technology platform that connects all participants involved in the management of freight transportation. RTF also provides an intuitive, closed-loop and centralized system which communicates time sensitive load information in real-time. This service provides significant business advantages to all subscribing shippers, carriers and freight transportation partners.<br /><br />3PL Systems is confident this integration will increase efficiency and assist in streamlining your business. If you are interested in this integration please contact 3PL Systems at (800)965-8205.</p>2010/10/3pl-systems-integrates-with-real-time_04.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-1130336598384834049Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:55:00 +00002011-07-25T13:02:30.216-07:00BrokerWare Software Updates – October 2010<p class="MsoNormal">3PL Systems is very pleased to announce that NEW updates for BrokerWare are coming in October. There are many exciting features being added. The following is a list of the highlights:<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Edit Shipment Pricing Window</span></strong><br />We have updated the Edit pricing window to add the ability to assign pricing to stops. This update is designed to help with consolidation and full truckload shipments. We also make some usability changes to the page that should make it easy to use.<br /><b><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Calendar and Dates</span></strong></b><br />Throughout the system we have updated the calendar and date entry boxes. You now have the option to manually enter the date rather that only being able to select it from the calendar drop down. The calendar is still available and has a new look as well.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Customer Portal</span></strong><br />There is a new look to the customer portal. All the current functionality is still available. Some of the options have been moved, mostly on their home page. You will now notice a chart with shipment history at the top. We have also added some maps that show the number of inbound and outbound shipments based on state. These charts are intended to provide your customer with the ability to visualize the work you do for them.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Customer Portal - Security </span></strong><b><br /></b>Another very important change to the customer portal is the addition of security levels for customers. We have added 2 additional levels of security that can be set for each contact within a customer account. This will allow you to grant one user “Manager” access and another user with lesser permissions. These are the three levels of security:<br />•<strong><span style="'font-family:">Full Access</span></strong> – Customer can create shipments and view all accounting information. This is the default security level and what all your customers are currently using.<br />•<strong><span style="'font-family:">Operations</span></strong> – Customers can create and view shipments but they can not access accounting related information such as invoices and statements. They will see the billing amounts for specific shipments.<br />•<strong><span style="'font-family:">Booking Only (Vendor Access</span></strong>) – Customers can only create and view shipments. NO BILLING AMOUNTS ARE DISPLAYED. This is the level of access that should be granted to customers, vendors or people that should not be allowed to review shipping charges.<br /><b><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Updated Menus and Searching</span></strong></b><br />The menus at the top of the page have been completely redesigned. The new more modern menu system allows us to offer some new functionality.<br /><br />Searching for customers and shipments has been added to the menu. That means on every page you will be able to enter a load number or customer name to jump directly to the next location.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Information Messages </span></strong><b><br /></b>We have added a tool that will change the way information is shared with you. With this release when you save information, you will be alerted at the top of the page. We have tried to make this consistent throughout the application. The color of the message is designed to help you identify what has happened with the desired action.<br />•Green – displayed on success.<br />•Yellow – shows a warning or validation error.<br />•Red – displayed when an error has occurred or the page could not be saved.<br />•Blue – displayed for informational messages.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Truckload Updates</span></strong><br />A number of updates have been made to help improve and streamline the existing truckload tools. One of the main updates is to the spot quote section. We have updated the options for getting shipments on and off of the list.<br /><br />We have also added functionality to assign a shipment to yourself or another operations person. This allows you to see and manage shipments that are assigned to you.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Combined Tracking Page (Truckload</span></strong>)<br />We have added an option to display a combined tracking page that will show all the shipments from quotes all the way to delivery. The combined tracking page is color coded to help keep all your shipments organized and moving forward. <em><span style="'font-family:">This page is optimized for truckload brokers</span></em>.<br /><br />There is also an option to change the home page to show much fewer links. For those of you who want to reduce the number of options in the operations and QA sections this might be right for you.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Commissions for Carrier Reps</span></strong><br />Another big update for truckload brokers is the support for Carrier Reps to receive commissions. This allows for the Rep who is assigned to the shipment at the time it is dispatched to be added to the load and receive a commission. The commission can then be processed using the existing commission auditing tools. As with all commissions, the amounts are automatically calculated and updated based on the configuration of the rep.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Carrier Portal</span></strong><br />This is the first release where we have support for a carrier portal. The carrier portal is designed to help small carriers work with you. They have the ability to update existing shipments assigned to them, as well as reply to pending quote requests. The new portal is accessed by providing a special link to the carrier. That saves them from having to remember a username and password. The new portal is also mobile friendly.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">QuickBooks Integration Updates</span></strong><br />A completely updated QuickBooks integration is included in this release. We have been working on this for almost six months. The update has been specifically designed to simplify our integration and reduce the issues that we currently deal with. One update that you will notice is that we now put integration and sync errors for shipments into the shipment notes.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Speed Improvements</span></strong><br />All the new tracking pages and the quote page have been optimized since the last release. The functionality on these pages is mostly the same but the optimizations should make the page load in about half the time.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Consolidation </span></strong><b><br /></b>Based on your feedback from the previous release we have further refined our consolidation tools. With this release we have a much more complete and refined consolidation solution. We look forward to getting your feedback.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Freight Forwarding</span></strong><br />This is our first release that will directly support freight forwarding operations. We have added substantial functionality to streamline some freight forwarding specific tasks like dispatching to multiple carriers and tracking individual segments of the shipment.<br /><br />Please contact us at www.3plsystems.com or (800)965-8205 if you have any questions.</p>2010/09/brokerware-software-updates-october_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-6753294811890323714Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:21:00 +00002011-07-25T13:03:38.136-07:00Increase Your Posting ExposureThe importance of posting to multiple loadboards at once is too often ignored. By posting your loads to multiple loadboards you are increasing your posting exposure ratio which is key to the success of keeping your trucks filled and loads moving.<br /><br />3PL Systems has negotiated a great promotion with 123Loadboard.com. Now all 3PL System clients get a 3-month test drive of 123Loadboard.com's freight matching services when they start posting loads to their site. Integrating your loads with 123Loadboard.com is as easy as 1-2-3.<br /><br />Contact your 3PL System Representative at 1-800-965 -8205 option 1 or call 123Loadboard.com's posting department at 1-877-875-5301, ext.3 for more details.2010/09/increase-your-posting-exposure_08.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-7701455133245134102Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:57:00 +00002011-07-25T13:04:44.793-07:00Never Pass on a Shipment Because of Credit IssuesNothing is worse than denying a customer's request to book a shipment due to credit issues. Especially in this today's economy in which every shipment counts. Because freight brokers are becoming similar to banks, it is typically bad business to accept these orders. The risk of not being paid promptly, or at all, significantly outweighs potential profit for that shipment.<br /><br />Credit card processing is one solution to this dilemma; however there are many of obstacles to overcome, such as the task of credit card processing for each individual load by your accounting staff. This process can be very time consuming.<br /><br />What if there was a software application which allowed your customers to pay by credit card as they book shipments from your website? Meaning a customer can conveniently enter a shipment online, choose a carrier rate, transit time, and pay by credit card at once directly from your website.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">BrokerWare Credit Card Processing</span><br /></strong><br />BrokerWare enables your staff and customers to pay by credit card directly from your website and TMS application. Customers can be individually configured to have options to pay, or to make payment by credit card mandatory while booking a shipment. They will also have the ability to pay for additional open invoices listed on their statement. Their credit information can also be saved to their account making it convenient to pay for future shipments.<br /><br />Your staff will have the same options as the customer, giving you more flexibility when booking freight for non credit approved customers. To enable this feature an account with Paypal or Authorize.NET is required.<br /><br />Process shipments faster for customer's without credit or over the credit limit and speed up payments by allowing customers to pay by credit card.<br /><br />Please contact us regarding BrokerWare so we can setup this service for you today.<br /><br />For more information about BrokerWare Software please visit <a href="; or contact Customer Support at (800) 965-8205 or email Support@3PLSystems.com2010/09/never-pass-on-shipment-because-of_01.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-6299552621519157972Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:55:00 +00002011-07-25T13:05:38.519-07:00LOAD BOARD INTEGRATIONS<p class="MsoNormal">If you have not heard, 3PL Systems has integrated with many of the industry’s leading truck, freight and load matching boards. While the integration is included with BrokerWare, the individual load boards do charge a fee for their accounts. Below are the integrations we currently support.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">*123 LoadBoard</span></strong> - Post Loads, freight and trucks; 24/7 truck loads posting.<br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">*Get Loaded</span></strong> - Freight matching that’s simple, easy and fast.<br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">*Internet Truckstop</span></strong> - Largest database of load and truck availability on the internet<br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">*Post Everywhere</span></strong> - Enter loads or trucks once, then send them out to multiple Internet posting sites.<br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">*3Sixty Freight Match</span></strong> (DAT / Transcore) - Largest Internet Load Board powered by DAT Network.<br /><br />If you are interested in using any of these companies with your BrokerWare application, and would like to know their rates, services and contacts, please email <a href="mailto:kristen@3plsystems.com">kristen@3plsystems.com</a>.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />3PL Staff</p>2010/08/load-board-integrations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-2240516883557120960Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:03:00 +00002011-07-25T13:06:45.903-07:003PL Systems Referral Program<p class="MsoNormal">We greatly appreciate referrals. There is nothing more valuable than having our current customers let other people in the industry know about our system.<br /><br />Spread the word about 3PL Systems and BrokerWare and we will show you our appreciation. We will do this by giving you a discount on your maintenance fees.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Here is how it works: </span></strong><b><br /></b>1.Tell another freight broker about our system.<br />2.When they talk to us have them tell us that they were referred by you.<br />3.When they start using our system we will give you a referral discount on your maintenance fees.<br /><br />The amount of the referral discount is based on the license agreement for the new customer. We will calculate it based on 50% of the maintenance fee paid by the new customer. We will apply the discount once they start using BrokerWare.<br /><br />Thanks for helping us promote BrokerWare.</p>2010/08/3pl-systems-referral-program_16.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-8614695316394080492Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:09:00 +00002011-07-25T13:07:46.520-07:00Become our Friend on Facebook...<p class="MsoNormal">3PL Systems, Inc. is now on Facebook, LinkedIn &amp; Twitter. To find us, go to our homepage and then click directly on the appropriate icons to become a fan or follow us. <a href=";2010/07/become-our-friend-on-facebook_21.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-8845239786044139571Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:12:00 +00002011-07-25T13:08:53.511-07:00Managing Freight Has Never Been So Easy<p class="MsoNormal">3PL Systems has just released the second installment of software updates for 2010. The focus of this release is to improve efficiency for the most popular pages on our program, which include the order entry page and our tracking pages. We have also improved our contract management tool by adding pricing programs for sales reps to easily assign shipping rates to prospects and customers.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Enter a Shipment with Less Effort</span></strong><br />The order entry page has been updated to add new functionality and a updated look to BrokerWare. Some items have been moved to more logical locations to further streamline the order entry process. Here are a few highlights:<br />-Address searching has become more dynamic and updates as you type.<br />-Multiple stops can be added before creating the shipment.<br />-The Full Form and Short form are linked with tabs and synchronize information between them.<br />-A new Map tab has been added that allows you to preview a route on the map.<br />-Product Selection has become more dynamic and updates as you type.<br />-Supplemental Charges show only the top 20 charges used by the specific customer making the list easier to work with.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Tracking Pages....More Content Without Sacrificing Space</span></strong><br />Out with the old and in with the new! All the shipment tracking pages have been updated, so the pages are easier to read and show more dynamic content.<br /><br />The default view shows less information but when expanding the row much more information and functionality is available without having to leave the page. You are now able to add notes and post updates without having to open any popup windows. This means you do not have to refresh the page every time you make an update. The page will then dynamically update the colors on the left to show you when other people have updated the shipment.<br /><br />We have also added the ability to dispatch multiple shipments at once. For shipments that are dispatched outside the system this option will save some time.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Setup Pricing Programs for Customers &amp; Prospects</span></strong><br />Pricing Programs are a new feature for BrokerWare. A pricing program is designed to group tariffs together and allow them to be managed as a group. This means that you can add and remove an entire pricing program from a customer or prospect without having to deal with individual tariffs<br /><br />For more information about BrokerWare Software please visit <a href="; or contact Customer Support at (800) 965-8205 or email <a href="mailto:Support@3PLSystems.com">Support@3PLSystems.com</a></p>2010/07/managing-freight-has-never-been-so-easy_09.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930787298869358396.post-6770127964804390773Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:05:00 +00002011-07-25T13:09:50.208-07:00Dynamic Searching<p class="MsoNormal">Using Dynamic Searching with BrokerWare Effectively<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">What is Dynamic</span></strong> <strong><span style="'font-family:">Searching?</span></strong> – Dynamic searching is a new feature on BrokerWare that dynamically returns results as you enter the search criteria. Instead of typing your search and hitting a button to obtain results, Dynamic Searching produces results as you are typing. Dynamic Searching can be found throughout BrokerWare, most notably with the Customer Search and Load Search fields.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Basic Searching</span></strong> – By default, the results being displayed will be anything that contains the text entered in the search box. For example, if you search for “truck”, valid results would include: “ABC Trucking”, “Truckload”, and “Monster Truck”.<br /><br /><strong><span style="'font-family:">Advanced Searching</span></strong> – There are also times when you need to narrow your search and find items that begin with a letter or just a few letters. This can be done by prefixing your search criteria with the caret key, “^”. For example, if you only want items that begin with “truck”, you would type “^truck”. This will return results like “Truckload or “Trucking Company”, while excluding unwanted results like “ABC Trucking” or “Monster Truck”.<br /><br />If you are having trouble getting any results, using the caret key "^" by itself will return the top few items.<br /><br />truck Containing "truck"<br />tr Containing "tr"<br />^tr Starts with "tr"<br />^truck Starts with "truck"<br />^ Show first few results</p>2010/06/dynamic-searching_20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (3PL Systems Support)


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3 Ps in a Pod: An Education Podcast Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:29:37 +0000 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:29:37 +0000 Libsyn RSSgen 1.0 en episodic no The Art and Science of Mentoring (More Than Mentoring, Part 9) The Art and Science of Mentoring (More Than Mentoring, Part 9) Thu, 15 May 2025 08:00:00 +0000 On this final episode in this series on More Than Mentoring, we welcome Arizona K12 Center Executive Director Daniela Robles and Assistant Director of Induction and Mentoring Kathleen Paulsen back to the podcast. They reflect on themes through this season and discuss the role of mentors and what formal mentorship means for the enhanced practice and sustainability of educators across Arizona.  Daniela recognizes how there is both an art, that includes the relationship component of mentoring, and a science, that leans into data collection and student learning, to mentoring. Balancing these appropriately requires intellectual preparation, she notes. Daniela and Kathleen then unpack what intellectual preparation is and what that looks like for both mentors and the teachers they mentor. Daniela and Kathleen close this episode by sharing their encouragement and thoughts as we close one school year and look ahead to the next. Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use the reflection guide to explore how you might further connect students to community and co-design learning opportunities unique to your location. Find the reflection guide at this link. Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> On this final episode in this series on More Than Mentoring, we welcome Arizona K12 Center Executive Director Daniela Robles and Assistant Director of Induction and Mentoring Kathleen Paulsen back to the podcast. They reflect on themes through this season and discuss the role of mentors and what formal mentorship means for the enhanced practice and sustainability of educators across Arizona. Daniela recognizes how there is both an art, that includes the relationship component of mentoring, and a science, that leans into data collection and student learning, to mentoring. Balancing these appropriately requires intellectual preparation, she notes. Daniela and Kathleen then unpack what intellectual preparation is and what that looks like for both mentors and the teachers they mentor. Daniela and Kathleen close this episode by sharing their encouragement and thoughts as we close one school year and look ahead to the next. Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use the reflection guide to explore how you might further connect students to community and co-design learning opportunities unique to your location. Find the reflection guide at this link. Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> 23:32 false full Inside the Mentor-Mentee Connection (More Than Mentoring, Part 8) Inside the Mentor-Mentee Connection (More Than Mentoring, Part 8) Thu, 08 May 2025 08:00:00 +0000 On this episode of 3Ps in a Pod, we continue our conversation with mentor Inez Ramirez, NBCT, from Maricopa Unified School District — this time, with one of her teacher mentees, Anthony Gonzalez.  Through the episode, Inez and Anthony share with host Juliana Urtubey, NBCT, and discuss with each other how they worked together through the past year and the ways Inez' instructional mentoring support has had a deep impact on Anthony and his students. Inez and Anthony's conversation centers on some specific ways that they have been working to strengthen Anthony's instructional practices. This dynamic mentor-mentee duo guides us through their year-long learning journey together and touches on specific elements of Anthony's practice that they have focused on to create a more engaging environment for students and strengthen the impact of Anthony's teaching on his students. The podcast closes with Anthony reflecting on the past school year and the ways he has built his "toolbox." He shares with us how others are helping him to reflect and continue to grow as he learns how to apply new skills in his instructional practice. Anthony reminds us of the importance of reflection as we continue to grow and evolve as professionals and calls us to be open to learning and talking about our practice. Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use the reflection guide to explore how you might further connect students to community and co-design learning opportunities unique to your location. Find the reflection guide at this link. Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> On this episode of 3Ps in a Pod, we continue our conversation with mentor Inez Ramirez, NBCT, from Maricopa Unified School District — this time, with one of her teacher mentees, Anthony Gonzalez. Through the episode, Inez and Anthony share with host Juliana Urtubey, NBCT, and discuss with each other how they worked together through the past year and the ways Inez' instructional mentoring support has had a deep impact on Anthony and his students. Inez and Anthony's conversation centers on some specific ways that they have been working to strengthen Anthony's instructional practices. This dynamic mentor-mentee duo guides us through their year-long learning journey together and touches on specific elements of Anthony's practice that they have focused on to create a more engaging environment for students and strengthen the impact of Anthony's teaching on his students. The podcast closes with Anthony reflecting on the past school year and the ways he has built his "toolbox." He shares with us how others are helping him to reflect and continue to grow as he learns how to apply new skills in his instructional practice. Anthony reminds us of the importance of reflection as we continue to grow and evolve as professionals and calls us to be open to learning and talking about our practice. Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use the reflection guide to explore how you might further connect students to community and co-design learning opportunities unique to your location. Find the reflection guide at this link. Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> 23:11 false full Mentorship in Action with Inez Ramirez (More Than Mentoring, Part 7) Mentorship in Action with Inez Ramirez (More Than Mentoring, Part 7) Thu, 01 May 2025 08:00:00 +0000 On this episode of 3Ps in a Pod, you will meet Inez Ramirez, NBCT, a mentor with the Maricopa Unified School District. Inez walks us through her role as an instructional mentor for beginning teachers and the ways mentoring supports teachers in her district. She shares how she not only differentiates the support she provides but the various ways that she meets the needs of her mentees and maximizes their time spent connecting. Host Juliana Urtubey, NBCT, and Inez reinforce that the mentor-mentee support structures are built on trusting relationships.  As a mentor through the Arizona K12 Center's Arizona New Teacher Support Program, Inez worked on a case study about her mentorship of one teacher in particular this past year. She shares a bit about how she worked with that teacher, Anthony Gonzalez. Inez also provides advice on how to avoid stressors that are inevitable for teachers. Anthony's growth demonstrates the ways instructional mentoring can help strengthen the impact of early career educators.  Be sure to tune in to the next episode when we will hear from both Inez and her mentee Anthony about their work together through the past year. Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use the reflection guide to further explore and apply the power of mentoring. Find the reflection guide at this link. Learn more about Joellen Killion's work Are You Coaching Heavy or Light? and Coaching heavy, coaching light: How to deepen professional practice.  Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center's professional learning opportunities and mentoring and induction support at azk12.org.]]> On this episode of 3Ps in a Pod, you will meet Inez Ramirez, NBCT, a mentor with the Maricopa Unified School District. Inez walks us through her role as an instructional mentor for beginning teachers and the ways mentoring supports teachers in her district. She shares how she not only differentiates the support she provides but the various ways that she meets the needs of her mentees and maximizes their time spent connecting. Host Juliana Urtubey, NBCT, and Inez reinforce that the mentor-mentee support structures are built on trusting relationships. As a mentor through the Arizona K12 Center's Arizona New Teacher Support Program, Inez worked on a case study about her mentorship of one teacher in particular this past year. She shares a bit about how she worked with that teacher, Anthony Gonzalez. Inez also provides advice on how to avoid stressors that are inevitable for teachers. Anthony's growth demonstrates the ways instructional mentoring can help strengthen the impact of early career educators. Be sure to tune in to the next episode when we will hear from both Inez and her mentee Anthony about their work together through the past year. Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use the reflection guide to further explore and apply the power of mentoring. Find the reflection guide at this link. Learn more about Joellen Killion's work Are You Coaching Heavy or Light? and Coaching heavy, coaching light: How to deepen professional practice. Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center's professional learning opportunities and mentoring and induction support at azk12.org.]]> 34:03 false full Mentoring Pre-Service Teachers (More Than Mentoring, Part 6) Mentoring Pre-Service Teachers (More Than Mentoring, Part 6) Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0000 So far in this series on More Than Mentoring, we've been talking about mentoring you receive as a classroom teacher. On today's episode, we step inside Northern Arizona University's College of Education and talk with two faculty about how they mentor student teachers.  Bobby Macias and Ashley Esparza are both teach and support pre-service educators at NAU. They share with host Juliana Urtubey, NBCT, about the current realities of supporting pre-service educators and the conversations they are having with those they support. As we explore the mentoring components of pre-service support, Bobby talks about reflective practice and the ways educators strive to meet the needs of every student. Ashley discusses how to model authentic reflection in practice as a way of making this practice more authentic for pre-service students.  Ashley and Bobby also provide a deep dive into how they support pre-service educators and the incredibly rich experience that students in NAU's education programs have an opportunity to experience. They detail the collaborative supports available to pre-service educators in order to help them be fully prepared for a successful entry into their career. Juliana also explores what Ashley and Bobby have had the opportunity to learn as they mentor future educators and the ways in which we are learning to sustain educators and teachers in classrooms. Bobby and Ashley wrap up this episode with how they feel that mentorship supports educators in the field and the impact that this has on students. Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use the reflection guide to explore how you might further connect students to community and co-design learning opportunities unique to your location. Find the reflection guide at this link. Learn more about the NAU education program at nau.edu/college-education. Learn more about mentoring and educator support offered by the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> So far in this series on More Than Mentoring, we've been talking about mentoring you receive as a classroom teacher. On today's episode, we step inside Northern Arizona University's College of Education and talk with two faculty about how they mentor student teachers. Bobby Macias and Ashley Esparza are both teach and support pre-service educators at NAU. They share with host Juliana Urtubey, NBCT, about the current realities of supporting pre-service educators and the conversations they are having with those they support. As we explore the mentoring components of pre-service support, Bobby talks about reflective practice and the ways educators strive to meet the needs of every student. Ashley discusses how to model authentic reflection in practice as a way of making this practice more authentic for pre-service students. Ashley and Bobby also provide a deep dive into how they support pre-service educators and the incredibly rich experience that students in NAU's education programs have an opportunity to experience. They detail the collaborative supports available to pre-service educators in order to help them be fully prepared for a successful entry into their career. Juliana also explores what Ashley and Bobby have had the opportunity to learn as they mentor future educators and the ways in which we are learning to sustain educators and teachers in classrooms. Bobby and Ashley wrap up this episode with how they feel that mentorship supports educators in the field and the impact that this has on students. Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use the reflection guide to explore how you might further connect students to community and co-design learning opportunities unique to your location. Find the reflection guide at this link. Learn more about the NAU education program at nau.edu/college-education. Learn more about mentoring and educator support offered by the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> 43:11 false full Mutual Mentorship: Colleagues as Coaches (More Than Mentoring, Part 5) Mutual Mentorship: Colleagues as Coaches (More Than Mentoring, Part 5) Thu, 17 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0000 Emmett Burnton and Ryan Donovan are two teachers both working in the social studies department at Boulder Creek High School in Deer Valley Unified School District. Not only colleagues, Emmett and Ryan have become mentors and coaches for each other. In today's episode, 3Ps in a Pod hosts Kathleen Paulsen, NBCT, and Marlys Weaver talk with these outstanding educators about how they mentor each other to be their professional best and continue to evolve their practice. Both teachers were also recognized for their teaching practice by the Arizona Educational Foundation. Emmett is the 2025 AEF Teacher of the Year, while Ryan is a 2025 AEF Ambassador for Excellence. Emmett and Ryan share with Kathleen and Marlys how they connected at Boulder Creek and how their strengths differ and compliment each other. They also reflect on other educators and moments that guided their teacher development. Both teachers explore in depth how they work to develop intentional and thoughtful lessons and assessments. They discuss their reflective practice and how it has positively impacted students.  Emmett calls us to think about mentorship in a way that creates deep relationships. These relationships help us really see our students and our peers in meaningful ways. Ryan shares about the value of protected time for collegial support and mentoring and the professional growth that results. He asks us to think about a mentor relationship as an opportunity for open dialogue and not about spending time focusing on deficits.   Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use the reflection guide to explore how you might further connect students to community and co-design learning opportunities unique to your location. Find the reflection guide at this link. Here are a couple additional resources mentioned in this episode: Dr. Carol Dweck's on growth mindsets About Parker J. Palmer The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life by Parker J. Palmer Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> Emmett Burnton and Ryan Donovan are two teachers both working in the social studies department at Boulder Creek High School in Deer Valley Unified School District. Not only colleagues, Emmett and Ryan have become mentors and coaches for each other. In today's episode, 3Ps in a Pod hosts Kathleen Paulsen, NBCT, and Marlys Weaver talk with these outstanding educators about how they mentor each other to be their professional best and continue to evolve their practice. Both teachers were also recognized for their teaching practice by the Arizona Educational Foundation. Emmett is the 2025 AEF Teacher of the Year, while Ryan is a 2025 AEF Ambassador for Excellence. Emmett and Ryan share with Kathleen and Marlys how they connected at Boulder Creek and how their strengths differ and compliment each other. They also reflect on other educators and moments that guided their teacher development. Both teachers explore in depth how they work to develop intentional and thoughtful lessons and assessments. They discuss their reflective practice and how it has positively impacted students. Emmett calls us to think about mentorship in a way that creates deep relationships. These relationships help us really see our students and our peers in meaningful ways. Ryan shares about the value of protected time for collegial support and mentoring and the professional growth that results. He asks us to think about a mentor relationship as an opportunity for open dialogue and not about spending time focusing on deficits. Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use the reflection guide to explore how you might further connect students to community and co-design learning opportunities unique to your location. Find the reflection guide at this link. Here are a couple additional resources mentioned in this episode: Dr. Carol Dweck's on growth mindsets About Parker J. Palmer The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life by Parker J. Palmer Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> 35:48 false full Mentoring and Professional Learning (More Than Mentoring, Part 4) Mentoring and Professional Learning (More Than Mentoring, Part 4) Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000 Join Kathleen Paulsen, assistant director of induction and mentoring at the Arizona K12 Center, as she connects with long-time educator and author Joellen Killion. They take a deep look at mentoring and induction and talk about what continues to inspire and drive Joellen's work. Joellen is a renowned leader in education with 30 years of experience in the design, implementation, and evaluation of professional learning. Joellen has served as a senior advisor to Learning Forward and is also the author of several books. On the podcast, Kathleen specifically discusses Joellen's article "Coaching Light Coaching Heavy" and how it informed and changed the way in which she views mentoring, induction, and her own professional learning. Joellen starts the podcast by talking about the magic that results from high-quality professional learning and the impact that this has on students. She also talks about her "why" and what pushes her to continue to support the field. Joellen and Kathleen discuss the feedback element in the professional growth process and the impact that this can have both on teachers and students. Joellen calls us to start by asking the person we are in community with what they would like to learn? This can be an entry point that leads to greater results and deeper understanding. Joellen also pushes us to think past not only using teacher retention as a measure of success, but to look at measuring the success of a mentoring program through the student's success. She explains to Kathleen what this could look like in practice and how making students the primary goal of mentoring might play out in school buildings. Kathleen also emphasizes the delicate balance of building mentor-mentee relationships as well as supporting students in the classroom through mentees.  Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use the reflection guide to explore how you might further connect students to community and co-design learning opportunities unique to your location. Find the reflection guide at this link. Learn more about Joellen's work through some of these links: Original Article: Are You Coaching Heavy or Light? by Joellen Killion Updated Article: Coaching heavy, coaching light: How to deepen professional practice by Joellen Killion Assessing Impact: Evaluating Professional Learning by Joellen Killion The Feedback Process: Transforming Feedback for Professional Learning by Joellen Killion Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> Join Kathleen Paulsen, assistant director of induction and mentoring at the Arizona K12 Center, as she connects with long-time educator and author Joellen Killion. They take a deep look at mentoring and induction and talk about what continues to inspire and drive Joellen's work. Joellen is a renowned leader in education with 30 years of experience in the design, implementation, and evaluation of professional learning. Joellen has served as a senior advisor to Learning Forward and is also the author of several books. On the podcast, Kathleen specifically discusses Joellen's article "Coaching Light Coaching Heavy" and how it informed and changed the way in which she views mentoring, induction, and her own professional learning. Joellen starts the podcast by talking about the magic that results from high-quality professional learning and the impact that this has on students. She also talks about her "why" and what pushes her to continue to support the field. Joellen and Kathleen discuss the feedback element in the professional growth process and the impact that this can have both on teachers and students. Joellen calls us to start by asking the person we are in community with what they would like to learn? This can be an entry point that leads to greater results and deeper understanding. Joellen also pushes us to think past not only using teacher retention as a measure of success, but to look at measuring the success of a mentoring program through the student's success. She explains to Kathleen what this could look like in practice and how making students the primary goal of mentoring might play out in school buildings. Kathleen also emphasizes the delicate balance of building mentor-mentee relationships as well as supporting students in the classroom through mentees. Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use the reflection guide to explore how you might further connect students to community and co-design learning opportunities unique to your location. Find the reflection guide at this link. Learn more about Joellen's work through some of these links: Original Article: Are You Coaching Heavy or Light? by Joellen Killion Updated Article: Coaching heavy, coaching light: How to deepen professional practice by Joellen Killion Assessing Impact: Evaluating Professional Learning by Joellen Killion The Feedback Process: Transforming Feedback for Professional Learning by Joellen Killion Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> 20:17 false full Mentoring for Different Learning Needs (More Than Mentoring, Part 3) Mentoring for Different Learning Needs (More Than Mentoring, Part 3) Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000 Dr. Andy Kahn of Understood.org returns to 3Ps in a Pod to talk about what to know about students with learning and thinking differences and also how mentors can help teachers in supporting these students, all on this third episode of our series on More Than Mentoring. Dr. Kahn asks both teachers and mentors to have a working knowledge of our classroom and students in a holistic and meaningful way. Mentoring cannot only help teachers prepare for the content and logistical elements of what needs to be delivered in the classroom but also for the emotional aspect as well. Mentoring is a way to support a growth mindset, set teachers on a path for success, and set students on a successful path of learning and growing as well, he shares. 3Ps Host Juliana Urtubey, NBCT, and Dr. Kahn also explore Universal Design of Learning and how this approach can support early career teachers as well. Dr. Kahn provides realistic examples of how UDL can be applied to our practice to support learners and mentees and create environments that help to remove the stigma some students experience and lower demands teachers may experience. Dr. Kahn reinforces the idea of modeling what we expect from our learners. He asks us to stay mindful of modeling how we navigate through moments of need or dysregulation and navigate executive functions; we are establishing the environment that we hope our learners and mentees will feel comfortable demonstrating back. Dr. Kahn asks us to evaluate our practice: if we are asking mentees or learners to do more than we are willing to do ourselves, then we need to reassess and determine what we are asking and why. Dr. Kahn leaves us with thoughts around flexibility that unlock learning opportunities that will serve our students in ways that help them feel safe, engaged and support lifelong learning.  Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use this reflection guide to further explore how you can connect this episode to your work. Learn more about the resources mentioned in this podcast at understood.org. Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> Dr. Andy Kahn of Understood.org returns to 3Ps in a Pod to talk about what to know about students with learning and thinking differences and also how mentors can help teachers in supporting these students, all on this third episode of our series on More Than Mentoring. Dr. Kahn asks both teachers and mentors to have a working knowledge of our classroom and students in a holistic and meaningful way. Mentoring cannot only help teachers prepare for the content and logistical elements of what needs to be delivered in the classroom but also for the emotional aspect as well. Mentoring is a way to support a growth mindset, set teachers on a path for success, and set students on a successful path of learning and growing as well, he shares. 3Ps Host Juliana Urtubey, NBCT, and Dr. Kahn also explore Universal Design of Learning and how this approach can support early career teachers as well. Dr. Kahn provides realistic examples of how UDL can be applied to our practice to support learners and mentees and create environments that help to remove the stigma some students experience and lower demands teachers may experience. Dr. Kahn reinforces the idea of modeling what we expect from our learners. He asks us to stay mindful of modeling how we navigate through moments of need or dysregulation and navigate executive functions; we are establishing the environment that we hope our learners and mentees will feel comfortable demonstrating back. Dr. Kahn asks us to evaluate our practice: if we are asking mentees or learners to do more than we are willing to do ourselves, then we need to reassess and determine what we are asking and why. Dr. Kahn leaves us with thoughts around flexibility that unlock learning opportunities that will serve our students in ways that help them feel safe, engaged and support lifelong learning. Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use this reflection guide to further explore how you can connect this episode to your work. Learn more about the resources mentioned in this podcast at understood.org. Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> 39:45 false full Being a Mentoring Teacher with Sarah Brown Wessling (More Than Mentoring, Part 2) Being a Mentoring Teacher with Sarah Brown Wessling (More Than Mentoring, Part 2) Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000 Join host Juliana Urtubey, NBCT, on this episode of 3Ps in a Pod as she connects with Sarah Brown Wessling, NBCT, an Iowa-grown educator who is as passionate as ever about what she does and finding ways to make deep connections. In this second episode of our series "More Than Mentoring," Sarah explains how she collapses the space between mentor and teacher in order to be in a collaborative relationship with her mentees.  Sarah Brown Wessling is a high school English teacher and the director of the National Teacher of the Year program, which gives her the opportunity to work with the state teachers of the year. She is a fierce advocate for the profession and a mentor who embodies curiosity and kindness. Sarah pushes us to explore our teaching identity and to examine how we mentor teachers to ensure we aren't telling teachers how to establish a teaching identity but supporting them in discovering their own teaching identity through reflection. She also explains why and how she crafts invitations for learning and how that impacts trust, autonomy, respect, and community.  Sarah and Juliana talk deeply about developing relationships and how limiting our idea of mentoring to specifically timed meetings can limit those relationships. Mentors, whether working with students or adults, should consider establishing connection points that allow for rolling and continuous conversations. Sarah coaches us to be the most interested person in the room and ask questions that will support growth. She shares that questions are like "pulleys" and, when we are genuinely curious, questions pull us closer.  Don't forget that Sarah reminds us that listening is leadership and a gift. Often those we are listening to have the answer in themselves and just need the encouraging nudge of hearing their words back to them to know they are seen and that they are moving in the right direction. Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use the reflection guide to explore your approach to mentoring. Find the reflection guide at this link. Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org. ]]> Join host Juliana Urtubey, NBCT, on this episode of 3Ps in a Pod as she connects with Sarah Brown Wessling, NBCT, an Iowa-grown educator who is as passionate as ever about what she does and finding ways to make deep connections. In this second episode of our series "More Than Mentoring," Sarah explains how she collapses the space between mentor and teacher in order to be in a collaborative relationship with her mentees. Sarah Brown Wessling is a high school English teacher and the director of the National Teacher of the Year program, which gives her the opportunity to work with the state teachers of the year. She is a fierce advocate for the profession and a mentor who embodies curiosity and kindness. Sarah pushes us to explore our teaching identity and to examine how we mentor teachers to ensure we aren't telling teachers how to establish a teaching identity but supporting them in discovering their own teaching identity through reflection. She also explains why and how she crafts invitations for learning and how that impacts trust, autonomy, respect, and community. Sarah and Juliana talk deeply about developing relationships and how limiting our idea of mentoring to specifically timed meetings can limit those relationships. Mentors, whether working with students or adults, should consider establishing connection points that allow for rolling and continuous conversations. Sarah coaches us to be the most interested person in the room and ask questions that will support growth. She shares that questions are like "pulleys" and, when we are genuinely curious, questions pull us closer. Don't forget that Sarah reminds us that listening is leadership and a gift. Often those we are listening to have the answer in themselves and just need the encouraging nudge of hearing their words back to them to know they are seen and that they are moving in the right direction. Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use the reflection guide to explore your approach to mentoring. Find the reflection guide at this link. Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org. ]]> 37:30 false full Let's Talk Mentoring (More Than Mentoring, Part 1) Let's Talk Mentoring (More Than Mentoring, Part 1) Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000 Welcome to this new 3Ps in a Pod series on More Than Mentoring! In this first episode, host Marlys Weaver welcomes Arizona K12 Center Executive Director Daniela Robles and Assistant Director of Induction and Mentoring Kathleen Paulsen to explore instructional mentoring, how it's different than coaching, and what this work can do for teachers, mentors, and school communities. Kathleen and Daniela both share how they came to instructional mentoring before actually having the title of a mentor or coach, either by reaching out to help new teachers in their school or to support National Board Certification candidates. They also share about what they see as the differences between instructional mentoring and coaching and how expanding and enhancing habits of mind through mentoring allows us to better serve all students.   As Kathleen and Daniela unpack what it means to be a successful mentor, they walk through the role of the mentor, the support they provide, and why mentoring training is a critical element in ensuring mentors are prepared to support other adults in their building. Being a successful mentor is not about the mentor's success in the classroom but about helping other teachers realize their classroom rhythm and finding success in their classroom.  Daniela asks listeners to reflect on our life's work as education professionals. She asks us to reflect on who we are, how teacher leadership transfers inside and outside the walls of our classrooms, and to be mindful of staying assets-focused. Kathleen shares about how consistency is mentoring support across a system is what can have exponential impact on teachers and systems and encourages listeners to examine their systems.   Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use this episode-specific reflection guide to explore how you might further connect students to community and co-design learning opportunities unique to your location. Here are links to resources mentioned in this episode and additional resources to expand your learning. Arizona Beginning Teacher Induction Standards Jim Knight Elena Aguilar Article: The Arizona K12 Center's Approach to "Robust Mentoring" in Induction  Podcast: What's All the Hype about Cognitive Coaching? Original Article: Are You Coaching Heavy or Light? by Joellen Killion Updated Article: Coaching heavy, coaching light: How to deepen professional practice by Joellen Killion Arizona K12 Center's Approach to Induction and Mentoring Arizona K12 Center Customized Support for Induction and Mentoring Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> Welcome to this new 3Ps in a Pod series on More Than Mentoring! In this first episode, host Marlys Weaver welcomes Arizona K12 Center Executive Director Daniela Robles and Assistant Director of Induction and Mentoring Kathleen Paulsen to explore instructional mentoring, how it's different than coaching, and what this work can do for teachers, mentors, and school communities. Kathleen and Daniela both share how they came to instructional mentoring before actually having the title of a mentor or coach, either by reaching out to help new teachers in their school or to support National Board Certification candidates. They also share about what they see as the differences between instructional mentoring and coaching and how expanding and enhancing habits of mind through mentoring allows us to better serve all students. As Kathleen and Daniela unpack what it means to be a successful mentor, they walk through the role of the mentor, the support they provide, and why mentoring training is a critical element in ensuring mentors are prepared to support other adults in their building. Being a successful mentor is not about the mentor's success in the classroom but about helping other teachers realize their classroom rhythm and finding success in their classroom. Daniela asks listeners to reflect on our life's work as education professionals. She asks us to reflect on who we are, how teacher leadership transfers inside and outside the walls of our classrooms, and to be mindful of staying assets-focused. Kathleen shares about how consistency is mentoring support across a system is what can have exponential impact on teachers and systems and encourages listeners to examine their systems. Continue your learning After listening to this episode, use this episode-specific reflection guide to explore how you might further connect students to community and co-design learning opportunities unique to your location. Here are links to resources mentioned in this episode and additional resources to expand your learning. Arizona Beginning Teacher Induction Standards Jim Knight Elena Aguilar Article: The Arizona K12 Center's Approach to "Robust Mentoring" in Induction Podcast: What's All the Hype about Cognitive Coaching? Original Article: Are You Coaching Heavy or Light? by Joellen Killion Updated Article: Coaching heavy, coaching light: How to deepen professional practice by Joellen Killion Arizona K12 Center's Approach to Induction and Mentoring Arizona K12 Center Customized Support for Induction and Mentoring Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> 36:43 false full Promises and Perils of AI in Education with Ken Shelton Promises and Perils of AI in Education with Ken Shelton Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:30:56 +0000 We'll have a full season of 3Ps in a Pod starting soon. In the meantime, here's a special episode of 3Ps in a Pod with Ken Shelton, an expert on artificial intelligence (AI) in education and author of The Promises and Perils of AI in Education: Ethics and Equity Have Entered the Chat. Marlys Weaver of the Arizona K12 Center and Dr. LeeAnn Lindsey of the Arizona Institute for Education and the Economy, co-host this episode. Dr. Lindsey also co-hosted the four-part AI in Education podcast series last spring and was part of the team that created the guide Generative Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education: Guidance for Arizona Schools and School Systems. Ken has worked in education for more than 20 years and holds a Master of Arts in education with a specialization in educational technology as well as new media design and production. Generative AI, he explains, does have both benefits and significant challenges. He explores several of the issues with AI. Many of these grow out of AI being built by humans, who bring their own perspectives and biases. This not only can include AI programs being built by teams with a lack of diversity in general but also education AI programs being build by teams that include few or no classroom practitioners. For educators to use generative AI programs responsibly to support students, those programs must be designed for our learners' reality. When people use AI without understanding the biases that can come with a particular program, that AI tool can cause more harm than good, Ken explains. He shares newsworthy examples of chatbots that have shared incorrect and troublesome information with students. This leads into a conversation about how educators select AI tools. Often, educators may select AI tools because students may seem more engaged with technology, but Ken offers several questions educators can use when deciding when and how to use AI. These include asking why you're using a tool or program in a particular way, "What is the learning, experiential or educational goal or purpose of using an AI tool?" and "What problem does this solve that you can't address with other available resources?" Ken and Dr. Lindsey also discuss how "performatively engaging" technology can be for students. Ken recommends that educators do not confuse activity with engagement. AI tools can appear "fun," as Dr. Lindsey notes, but to be used responsibly and effectively, Ken states that educators must frame AI use around educational goals and the experiences educators want students to have to reach those goals.  Ken closes the episode talking about the things that AI can do better than humans and what humans will always be able to do better than AI. He then shares the positives that can come from AI use in schools.  At an upcoming series on AI in Education, Ken Shelton will work with teachers in going beyond the tips and tricks of AI use and building an ethical approach that serves all students. Learn more and register at azk12.org/AIinEd. Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.]]> We'll have a full season of 3Ps in a Pod starting soon. In the meantime, here's a special episode of 3Ps in a Pod with Ken Shelton, an expert on artificial intelligence (AI) in education and author of The Promises and Perils of AI in Education: Ethics and Equity Have Entered the Chat. Marlys Weaver of the Arizona K12 Center and Dr. LeeAnn Lindsey of the Arizona Institute for Education and the Economy, co-host this episode. Dr. Lindsey also co-hosted the four-part AI in Education podcast series last spring and was part of the team that created the guide Generative Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education: Guidance for Arizona Schools and School Systems. Ken has worked in education for more than 20 years and holds a Master of Arts in education with a specialization in educational technology as well as new media design and production. Generative AI, he explains, does have both benefits and significant challenges. He explores several of the issues with AI. Many of these grow out of AI being built by humans, who bring their own perspectives and biases. This not only can include AI programs being built by teams with a lack of diversity in general but also education AI programs being build by teams that include few or no classroom practitioners. For educators to use generative AI programs responsibly to support students, those programs must be designed for our learners' reality. When people use AI without understanding the biases that can come with a particular program, that AI tool can cause more harm than good, Ken explains. He shares newsworthy examples of chatbots that have shared incorrect and troublesome information with students. This leads into a conversation about how educators select AI tools. Often, educators may select AI tools because students may seem more engaged with technology, but Ken offers several questions educators can use when deciding when and how to use AI. These include asking why you're using a tool or program in a particular way, "What is the learning, experiential or educational goal or purpose of using

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