That's Life, I Swear

By Rick Barron

Every Wednesday, join Rick Barron as he unravels the intricate threads of life's most captivating stories. From heart-pounding political dramas to the awe-inspiring challenges of climate change, he

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October 26, 2022Rethinking Just-in-Time Supply Chain, For The Possible Next Time
American shoppers, in part, contributed to the breaking of the Supply Chain. The USA is a nation of impatient consumers. We’re geared that anything can be delivered to our homes, 24 by 7, with the click of a mouse button. COVID only exasperated the situation. We have more inventory in our homes than we need due in part to Jeff Bezos convincing us we can have delivery tomorrow.

supporting links
1. Building a More Resilient Supply Chain [Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency]
2. Lessons To Learn in Supply Chain for the next time [Jabil]

research/surveys

1. Inflation and Supply Chain [Pew Research Center]
2. Supply Chains in a Post-COVID World | Jody Aked | TEDxIDS [YouTube]
3. Supply Chain Disruption [Accenture]

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October 12, 2022Pandora's Social Media Digital Box. Caution: Algorithms Are Inside
Despite the ongoing breaking news covering the misuse of information and the public's relatively negative sentiments about aspects of social media, it's hard for people to put their mobile phones away, even for a minute. We find ourselves fixated on the content generated via algorithms, via our travels on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and the like. We accept bullying and blatant disinformation. We have this sense of FOMO, Fear of Missing Out. Why?

supporting links
1. 5 ways to spot misinformation on your social media feeds [ABC News]
2. Sacha Baron Cohen: It comes down to the bottom line [YouTube]
3. Facebook whistleblower shares all [60 Minutes]
4. White Paper Takes on Misinformation [APS]

research/surveys information

1. Social media is making us stupid [VentureBeat]
2. Why Twitter Is Unlikely To Become The ‘Digital Town Square’ [FiveThirtyEight]
3. America's addiction to social media use [Pew Research Center]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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October 05, 2022BONUS: Liz Cheney Lost Her Election But Actually Won
About two months ago, against the back drop of the Wyoming skyline, Liz Cheney, conceded her loss to her opponent in the state’s U.S. representative Republican primary. The overwhelming defeat for Liz Cheney was more than a refusal of values and a reshaping of the GOP. For me it was watching voters who have this knuckle head denial of reality.
supporting links
1. Liz Cheney’s Next Move [Politico]
2. Liz Cheney [Wikipedia]
3. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address / ”The Great Task” [Battlefields Org]
4. Trump Followers [Democracy Journal]
5. Trump’s Big Lie [Upworthy]
6. Trump’s Falling Number’s [The Hill]
7. Trump And Stolen Records. Why? [Mother Jones]
8. Victor Orban [Wikipedia]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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12min
September 28, 2022Climate Change Is Happening, It's No Longer A Theory!
The dangers of climate change are mounting so rapidly that they could soon overwhelm the ability of both nature and humanity to adapt, creating a harrowing future in which floods, fires, and famine displace millions, species disappear and the planet is irreversibly damaged.

supporting links
1. What COP26 Glasgow Did and Didn’t Accomplish [Council on Foreign Affairs]
2. Glasgow Climate Pact [Website]
3. Earth’s Black Box [CNN]
4. Steps to reducing our carbon footprint [Texas Coastal Exchange]

research/surveys information
1. Many doubt success of international efforts to reduce global warming [Pew Research Center]
2. Earth Day, key facts about Americans’ views of climate change [Pew Research Center]

climate change books you can find on Amazon

1. How To Avoid A Climate Disaster
2. Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now
3. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

follow climate sites on social media
1. Twitter: @COP26
2. Twitter: @UNFCCC
3. Twitter: @algore

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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September 21, 2022BONUS: A Beer Run Covering 9,000 Miles
The year was 1967, and John Donohue took off to make a beer run for some of his friends in his neighborhood. Now one would think, what so special about a beer run? Well, this wasn’t your typical beer run and neither was the neighborhood.
supporting links
1. The Greatest Been Run Ever [IMDb]
2. Zac Efron Goes to Vietnam [Collider]
3. Pabst Blue Ribbon Presents: The Greatest Beer Run Ever [YouTube]
4. The Most Special Delivery of the Vietnam War [YouTube]
5. Irish American ex-Marine brings beers to his buddies in Vietnam [IrishCentral]
6. The Greatest Beer Run Ever [Apple+ TV]
7. Army First Air Cavalry Division [Wikipedia]
book
1. The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War [Amazon]
Social Media
1. 127th Military Police Vietnam Veterans Assoc. [Facebook]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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13min
September 14, 2022We Interrupt This Program For Breaking News! Is It Really?
Why is there so much "breaking news" on TV? The label "breaking news" is an overused marketing message used to increase audience size or hold an audience longer. Viewers suffer from viewer fatigue from a constant blitz of "breaking news" messages and in-show graphics. News producers want more "breaking news" promotion, on-air and multi-channel promotion, to increase the size of viewership.

supporting links
1. Take a break from Breaking News [BeMoreWithLess]
2. Is watching the News bad for mental health? [VeryWellMind]
3. Coronavirus: How much news is too much? [BBC]

research/surveys information

1. State of the News Media methodology [Pew Research Center]
2. America's news fatigue [Pew Research Center]
3. Breaking News [Pew Research Center]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com
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15min
September 07, 2022BONUS: Canada And Denmark Fight Over An Island with Liquor, Not With Guns
There’s this island that lies between Greenland and Canada. It’s not really an island perse. It’s more rock than anything else. What makes this rock interesting is a dispute between Canada and Denmark. The discussion involved a border line and liquor.
supporting links
1. Hans Island [Wikipedia]
2. Canada-Denmark Relations [Wikipedia]
3. Hans Island [Google Maps]
4. 1982 Law of the Sea Treaty [International Maritime Organization]
5. Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod [Wikipedia]
6. Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly [Wikipedia]
7. I Am A Rock [Simon & Garfunkel/YouTube]
8. Canadian Inuit’s [Wikipedia]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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11min
August 31, 2022A Sports Bar Not Just For Women, But A Bar For Women’s Sports
This is the story of Jenny Nguyen, who decided one day that it was time for women to have a bar. This wasn’t just any bar which we’ll soon find out. What makes this story even more interesting was that part of her marketing plan for naming her bar, required only the switching of two letters in one word.
supporting links
1. Sports Bra [website]
2. Sports Bra story [CBS Sunday Morning News]
3. Title IX [Wikipedia]
4. Rep. Edith Green (D-ORE.) & Patsy Takemoto Mink Rep. (D-HI) [Washington Post]
5. Sports pages when men are removed [CBC]
6. Kickstarter [website]
follow Jenny Nguyen on social media
1. @TheSportsBraPDX [Twitter]
2. The Sports Bra [Facebook]
3. The Sports Bra [Instagram]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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August 17, 2022France's Future Farmers Have Tech Shrewdness, and Want Weekends Off
Modern farms and agricultural operations work far differently than those a few decades ago, primarily because of advancements in technology, including sensors, devices, machines, and information technology. Today’s agriculture routinely uses sophisticated technologies such as robots, temperature and moisture sensors, aerial images, and GPS technology. These advanced devices and precision agriculture and robotic systems allow businesses to be more profitable, efficient, safer, and more environmentally friendly.

supporting links
1. Vertical farming [USDA]
2. Sustainable Development Goals [UN-Department of Economic & Social Affairs]
3. Future of farming is in crisis mood [Eating Well]
4. Hectar, World’s largest agricultural campus [website]
5. NeoFarms [website]
6. AgTech startups to watch [Plug and Play]

research/surveys information

1. The Future of Agriculture [The Economist]
2. Future Farming [website]
3. Vertical Harvest [website]

Follow future farming on social media

1. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/futurefarmingonline/
2. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HectarCampus
3. YouTube: Vertical farms could take over the world

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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August 03, 2022Kenichi Horie, Sails The Pacific Ocean Solo, And He's 83!
Sailing solo across the world's largest ocean once should be enough of an achievement. But 83-year-old Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie felt compelled to do it again.
On Saturday, June 4, 2022, he set a record by becoming the world's oldest solo yachtsman to sail non-stop across the Pacific Ocean.
Kenichi’s motto: "Don't let your dreams just stay as dreams. Have a goal and work towards achieving this and a beautiful life awaits."

supporting links
1. Kenichi Horie [Wikipedia]
2. Kenichi Horie Will Depart Under the Golden Gate [Latitude 38]
research/surveys information
1. Around the world sailing records [Wikipedia]
2. Kojiro Shiraishi embarks on Epic Odyssey [Japan Forward]
3. Alone on the Pacific [IMDb]
books
1. Kodoku: Sailing Alone Across the Pacific [Amazon]
definitions
1. Sailing Terms: A Complete Guide [Life of Sailing]

Contact That's Life, I Swear
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