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Our Current Events Show # 150 /  Laughter Is Therapy- Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy.  An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events and more. 

It's more satisfying than seeing a therapist and it gives you a chance to laugh while learning about the latest of what is happening in our world and how it affects us. 

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04/05/2023 Topics Discussed:  LAUGHTER ASTRONAUTS STORMS AND TORNADOES AI TRUMP ARRESTED MOBILE PHONES HAVE CHANGED OUR BRAINS FINLAND GWYNETH PALTROW

Our Current Events Show # 149 / Artificial Intelligence: Blonde Dyes Hair Brunette - Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy.  An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events and more. 

It's more satisfying than seeing a therapist and it gives you a chance to laugh while learning about the latest of what is happening in our world and how it affects us. 

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Topics Discussed:  ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THE CLIMATE TIME-BOMB SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REFILLS THE LARGEST RESERVOIR  DNA ANALYSIS OF BEETHOVEN'S HAIR  IMMORTALITY  RAINBOWLAND DISRUPTIVE AT CONCERTS TICKETMASTER REFUNDS  AARON RODGERS US PASSPORTS

Our Current Events Show # 148 - Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy.  An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events and more. 

It's more satisfying than seeing a therapist and it gives you a chance to laugh while learning about the latest of what is happening in our world and how it affects us. 

To offer your opinion join us on the Zoom panel Wednesday at 5 PM - Pacific (UTC-7)/ 8 PM EDT  sign up for our LinkedIn discussion group Friends of the RoundTable https://lnkd.in/gHE5vCC7

Topics Discussed (03/22/2023) Welcome to spring 

There's a high-tech Swiss train named after Shania Twain.  ---------- It was 3 years ago this past Monday that all of our lives were forever changed. Friday the 13th, March 2020 was the day all live events stopped in the US. We will never forget that day. --------- Where Did All Your Zoom Friends Go?  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/bu... ---------- Financial fraud can happen to anyone, but seniors tend to be at greater risk. 92,000 plus victims for 1.7 Billion 15% Home Care Givers 17% Friends and Neighbors 58% Family ---------- A staggering 721.5 million credentials were stolen and 22 million devices were infected in 2022, according to the latest Identity Exposure Report from the experts at SpyCloud. https://support.google.com/accounts/a... ---------- Why Top Gun won the Oscar for sound    

 • Why Top Gun won t...   ---------- Jack Daniel’s says a dog toy company is ripping off its brand. What will the Supreme Court say? Jack Daniel’s Tenenessee Whiskey “Bad Spaniels Silly Squeaker” https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/politi... ---------- LUVTOFU Maine Recalled his plates.  ————— NY Post is reporting that Russia's Wagner Group recruiting mercenaries on Pornhub Any fighters willing to rise to the occasion? https://nypost.com/2023/03/15/russias... ---------- Doing More With Less: Road Crews Contend With Labor Shortages https://news.pollstar.com/2023/03/16/... ---------- Polstar is reporting:  SoFi Stadium reported that in one night on March 10th, Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks  sold 51.880 tickets and grossed $10,884,917  ---------- Bunny played, the average gross was $12.3 million per show. ---------- Taylor Swift only playing NFL stadiums. Polstar is projecting that this tour will gross a Billion dollars ---------- Adele show is being offered in the $5 million “Emperor Package” for the Formula One Las Vegas Grand ---------- Hard Rock, will have its own Strip-adjacent grandstand structure, designed to seat up to 3,000 people ----------- New York Knicks great Willis Reed dies at 80 ---------- California Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow bands of moisture that can carry saturated air thousands of miles ---------- From CNN Travel: March 20 is the International Day of Happiness, The world's happiest country is Finland for the sixth year in a row, according to the annual World Happiness Report, which ranks countries based largely on life evaluations from the Gallup World Poll. The US did not crack the top  2. Denmark 3. Iceland 4. Israel  5. Netherlands 15. USA https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/wo... ----------- Rock Lititz To Launch Academy Of Live Technology https://www.livedesignonline.com/news... ---------- Ticketmaster Agrees to Refund Fees That ‘Sickened’ The Cure’s Robert Smith ---------- Bard:  Google opened up a waitlist for its new AI tool, ChatGPT, Proximity.ai

Our Current Events Show # 147 - Sleep Is A Wonderful Cure For Insomnia. Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy. An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events and more.

It's more satisfying than seeing a therapist and it gives you a chance to laugh while learning about the latest of what is happening in our world and how it affects us.

To offer your opinion join us on the Zoom panel Wednesday at 5 PM - Pacific (UTC-7)/ 8 PM EDT sign up for our LinkedIn discussion group Friends of the RoundTable https://lnkd.in/gHE5vCC7

Topics Discussed (03/15/2023)

Sleep- affects your immunity after vaccination / The Military's Sleep Discipline Rule to Get the Perfect Night's Sleep

#Barbie turns 64 years young,

95th Academy Awards

Sleep affects your immunity after vaccination

$10 billion in losses from online scams were reported to the FBI in 2022

National Association of Broadcasters Las Vegas April 16-19, 2023

Apple’s Money and Snoop Dogg’s Songs Back This $1 Billion Music Startup 

California Court Mostly Upholds Prop. 22 in Win for Uber and Other Gig Companies

Our Current Events Show # 146 - Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy.  An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events. 

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Topics Discussed: LA (AP) - Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from drought, but low groundwater levels remain a persistent problem, U.S. Drought Monitor data showed Thursday. ---------- WILL LAKE MEAD EVER FILL BACK UP? KTNV LAS VEGAS

Colorado River crisis is so bad, lakes Mead and Powell are unlikely to refill in our lifetimes. Boaters are dwarfed by a white bathtub ring around Lake Mead. ---------- Seen in Hollywood movies (Phi-Phi Islands in the Leonardo DiCaprio's film “The Beach” and James Bond Islands in the Roger Moore's film “The Man with the Golden Gun”. ---------- https://theoceancleanup.com/ ---------- Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks - The High Seas Treaty aims to place 30% of the seas into protected areas by 2030, to safeguard and recuperate marine nature. The agreement was reached on Saturday evening, after 38 hours of talks, at UN headquarters in New York.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-envi... ---------- The Latest Leather Alternative Is Made From Shrimp Shells https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featur... ---------- https://www.facebook.com/groups/abyss... ---------- CONVERSATION: I’m 53 years old. I’m 36 in my head. - The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...) Our Current Events Show # 146 - How Old Do Feel?

Our Current Events Show # 145 - Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy.  An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events. 

Offer your opinion every Wednesday at 5 PM - Pacific (UTC-8)/ 8 PM EDT 

It's more satisfying than seeing a therapist and it gives you a chance to laugh while learning about the latest of what is happening in our world and how it affects us. 

Topics Discussed Today: 

The most common colour seen in the Northern Lights is green. When the solar wind hits millions of oxygen atoms in the Earth's atmosphere at the same time, it excites the oxygen atoms for a time and then they decay back to their original state, when they emit the green hue we can see from the ground.

“Terms of Service; Didn't Read” (short: ToS;DR) is a project started in June 2012 to help fix the “biggest lie on the web”: almost no one really reads the terms of service we agree to all the time. https://tosdr.org/

LiveNation reported Q4 revenue of nearly $4.3 billion, 48 percent higher than Q4 2019, the standard comparison in the wake of COVID. That counts as a beat for LYV; consensus expectation was $3.61 billion. Twelve month revenue was nearly $16.7 billion. That’s up 45 percent against 2019. https://news.pollstar.com/2023/02/23/live-nation-reports-record-year-despite-q4-loss/

What’s in Live Nation’s FAIR Ticketing Act Proposal? - Fans & Artists Insisting on Reforms in Ticketing - Live Nation’s push for ticketing reform - https://news.pollstar.com/2023/02/24/whats-in-live-nations-fair-ticketing-act-proposal/

FORMULA 1 LAS VEGAS $5M PACKAGE - Those willing to shell out $5 million for the package will receive five nights in the Nobu Sky Villa at Nobu Hotel Caesars Palace, which the company says has “sweeping views of the racetrack” and sits “in the heart of the Grand Prix straight away.

Resorts World packages start at $35,000 and include a suite, grandstand tickets, transportation to and from Reid Airport as well as food, beverage and Zouk nightclub credits. There is a 10% discount if booked before Dec. 29. Call (702) 676-7388 for more information.

Newcomb's Ranch is a roadhouse is very popular with motorcyclists and it's called "the informal headquarters for riders" by the Los Angeles Magazine. Jay Leno was a "frequent visitor" to Newcomb's. Closed in 2009 for the Station Fire and after discussing remodeling plans The ranch was closed in March 2020 and put up for sale in June 2021.[12] As of January 2023, the ranch is still closed and up for sale.

Our Current Events Show # 144 - Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy.  An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events. Offer your opinion every Wednesday at 5 PM - Pacific (UTC-8)/ 8 PM EDT 

It's more satisfying than seeing a therapist and it gives you a chance to laugh while learning about the latest of what is happening in our world and how it affects us. 

Topics Covered:  Passengers Take 16-Hour Flight to Nowhere After Auckland to New York U-Turn

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Add 22 North American Arena And Stadium Dates To the 2023 Tour

Eagles, Santana, Bruno Mars Thunder Valley Resort

Garth Brooks, Irving Azoff, James Dolan, and Makan Delrahim Discuss Bots, Scalpers & Lobbyists At Pollstar Live!

Crypto: Endless supply of greater fools - Crypto - Number go up. 

Tesla Recalls More Than 362,000 Cars Due to Self-Driving Crash Risk

Tina Fey, Amy Poehler to Embark on ‘Restless Leg’ Comedy Tour

SuperBowl - Two zactrack PRO servers took and translated positioning data for all of the moving platforms so that the lighting fixtures could correctly be programmed to hit them while they were in motion...

A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old will likely fetch up to $50 million after it concludes an exhibition tour to Israel and the US. 

A first-generation iPhone fetches $63,000 at auction

Tim McCarver, died of heart failure. He was 81.

Richard Belzer died

Does Money Buy You Happiness - Dr. Robert Waldinger, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development and co-author of "The Good Life," discusses lessons learned from the world's longest scientific study on happiness.  

Our Current Events Show # 143 - Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy.  An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events. Offer your opinion every Wednesday at 5 PM - Pacific (UTC-8)/ 8 PM EDT 

It's more satisfying than seeing a therapist and it gives you a chance to laugh while learning about the latest of what is happening in our world and how it affects us. If you want to participate and be on the Zoom panel contact me. 

This week we discussed: Neeva. But what about the friends in your life who count on you to tell them about what’s up and coming in tech? Forward them this email or share isbardavailable.com or isbingaiavailable.com — no waitlist tricks, just the magic of AI search.

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US officials issued a travel advisory today urging American citizens in Russia to leave "immediately," citing the ongoing conflict and the heightened risk of "wrongful detentions."

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The US suspects that three unidentified objects downed since last Friday served commercial purposes and weren’t used for spying, which may help ease anxiety over a Chinese balloon that traversed American airspace before being shot down

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The death toll across Turkey and Syria following last Monday's catastrophic earthquake has reached at least 36,000,

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cavlo returns to Las Vegas for its Spring Show on May 4th

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Patrick Mahomes MVP - The Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LVII in a thrilling 38-35 game against the Philadelphia Eagles

The Super Bowl attracted 113 million viewers, the third most-watched TV program ever.

RJ: MSG Sphere aims for fall opening, but secrecy remains

https://www.reviewjournal.com/post/2726567

But U2 Super Bowl Ad Confirms Fall Residency At Las Vegas’ MSG Sphere

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Reid airport is expected next week to release 2022 passenger totals, and it’s likely to be the most in history, close to 53 million.

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After the Super Bowl this weekend, the host stadium will have tons of leftover food -- but it won't go to waste. An army of volunteers has an elaborate game plan to gather thousands of pounds of surplus food and quickly get it to people in need.

2023 “Players Tailgate” event, set to be hosted by Food Network star chef Bobby Flay. 

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Pollstar 34th Annual Pollstar Awards Will Once Again Honor The Best In Live Presented by Live Nation on Feb. 22,

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Duran Duran is embarking on the road this summer with 26 dates across North American arenas. Bastille and Nile Rodgers & CHIC will join as special guests the entire run.

Beyoncé will crisscross Europe and North America, hitting 40 stadiums on her ‘Renaissance World Tour’ this summer.

The Queen will kick off her run on May 10 at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden

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Madonna announced “The Celebration Tour” last month, her first arena shows in seven years, the initial itinerary included 36 stops across the U.S., UK and Europe. That number has been doubled due to overwhelming demand.

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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will extend their live musical reunion with a 2023 “Raising The Roof Tour" leg, hitting 24 North American cities and kicking off April 25 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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Burt Bacharach, master of pop songwriting, dies aged 94

How many times can you wear pajamas, jeans, & other clothes without washing them?

45:28 Vengeance B.J. Novak - Quentin Sellers: I'd probably say that nobody writes anything. All we do is translate. So if you ever get stuck and you don't know what to say... just listen. Even to the silences. Listen as hard as you can to the world around you and... repeat back what you hear. That translation, that's your voice

Our Current Events Show # 141 - Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy. An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events.

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This week's topics: #PuppyBowl #Covid #AlecBaldwin #Exercise #TMobileHack #superbowl #AcademyAwards #WealthBuilding #Cirque

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Our Current Events Show # 140 - Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy.  An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events.

Some of Today's topics:

Harvard Scientists Have Reached a Key Milestone in Learning How to Reverse Aging

Mark Cuban Aims To Disrupt A $365 Billion Pharma - The company offers 350 prescription drugs at cost, plus a fixed 15%

'Avatar: The Way of Water' crosses $2 billion mark globally

Dave Matthews Band will hit the road this summer to coincide with the release of their 10th studio album, Walk Around the Moon.

Super Bowl LVII February 12 game, Rihanna - pre-show Just added Sheryl Lee Ralph, Chris Stapleton and Babyface

Willie Nelson Announces Two 90th Birthday Shows At Hollywood Bowl

This ‘Cryptoqueen’ scammed investors out of $4 billion

The new 988 national mental health crisis line

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