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Located on the South Carolina coast near the popular resort city of Myrtle Beach,

Coastal Carolina University has an on-site student population of more than

10,000, offers almost 100 degree programs, is one of America's best educational

values according to U.S. News & World Report and is home to a growing, thriving

community of student veterans and others who are connected to the American armed forces.

Year after year Coastal Carolina University has been named by GI jobs

magazine as a military friendly school. It's also ranked as one of the nation's

top military friendly online colleges and has been named as a Purple Heart

University by the Military Order of the Purple Heart. What makes this exceptional

University so welcoming to American veterans, active duty military, reservists,

members of the National Guard and dependents of the American armed forces?

The answer the Coastal Carolina University community has a heart for

veterans and others connected to the US military. I've had an affinity for

veterans having grown up in a military family and when you think about

the sacrifice that veterans make in our society, fighting for our freedom you

know the least you can do as a university president is to create

opportunities for our veterans who are coming back, to attend classes to to

graduate from the University and so a lot of that has certainly factored in to

us wanting to be one of the top military friendly universities in the United States.

Through the university's popular and respected Office of Veterans

Services, CCU extends an outreach to student veterans and other military

connected students, from the very beginning of the

admissions process through graduation years later. They understand that we're

here for them. They understand that we have in a separate office the office of

veteran services that not a lot of schools have that's strictly there to

help our military-connected students whether it's a service member, a veteran

or dependent. Our office works with other departments on campus to help advocate

for the student veterans. Every student veteran and military related student receives

individual attention and a helping hand from university professionals who are

veterans themselves or who have a military connection and who understand

the challenge of transitioning from the military to civilian life and are

committed to helping student veterans achieve success. When veterans are

transitioning out of the military they're leaving an environment that's a

little more authoritarian. They're told what to do, when to do it, how to do it,

how to dress even, so when they come to a college campus it can be intimidating a

little bit because it's a different lifestyle. They have to learn to make up

their own mind. They have to make their choices, so we help them in that

transition. I think that the community that we do foster here at Coastal is

a very welcoming and warm atmosphere for our veterans when they you know come

from such difficult experiences and loss of life. Coming here I didn't really know

what to expect honestly. Transitioning out of the military

is it's hard. You don't really know what you're going into but fortunately this

school has a lot of help for veterans and

affiliated person. Vitally important to Coastal Carolina University's commitment

as a military friendly university is its support for the Chanticleer company, an

active growing unit of the Army ROTC, the Reserve Officer Training Corps which

prepares cadets with the leadership, academic and technical skills necessary

for success in the US Armed Forces and in life. I've said many times some of the

the proudest moments that I've had is when we've had a graduation and we've

had commissioning and I remember the first one when the young second

lieutenant came across the stage and and had his bars pinned on him the standing

ovation by the faculty the students that you know the people that were there that

just made my heart feel so good because it said something again compared to what

I remembered in the 70s. It said you know what, we accept our veterans and we're

proud of what they do. Another important component of CCU's commitment to being a

military friendly university is the Crestcom Bank Center for Military and

Veteran Studies which was established at the University in 2010. The center has a

three-fold mission, to collect and preserve oral history from veterans of

the American armed forces, to conduct research into American military history

and to engage in activities and events that recognize and support the veterans

in our community. Key sources of support for student veterans and military

related students at Coastal Carolina University are the University's Student

Veterans Association and the University Veterans Association the latter of which

has a membership of more than 100 alumni, faculty and staff. Its members, all

veterans provide, friendship, fellowship, mentoring and even job search assistance

to support coastal student veterans community. They make a warm and welcoming

environment due to their ability to just sit down and and have a one-on-one

conversation or even a group setting things like that. I found

interestingly in my own experience is that veterans of previous wars are

interested in hearing about my experiences in the current wars. So I

think that that generation gap really diminishes when you've gotten veterans

sitting down talking amongst each other. The university's office of veteran

services, the center and foundation of CCU's outreach for its student veterans

and military related students, provides skilled assistance designed to help

student veterans transition from the military, to the college community and

eventually to the workforce, to assist student veterans with VA and GI bill

paperwork, to support student veterans who have disability issues, to encourage

a seamless adjustment to academia through its green zone lounge for

student veterans, to provide services and support that help student veterans meet

the demands of college life, to coordinate and advocate for student

veterans with the university community at large and to be available as needed.

The first day I was here even it was orientation and before that I

was contacted by veteran services actually. They're asking what

kind of benefits i have, what kind of help I needed everything like that so even

before I stepped foot on this campus I'm in contact with somebody who's willing to

help me. Without a sense of community you have no direction and I know that a lot

of our vets still that way because they've you know recently separated and

lost all their contacts, so the most important thing for us is to

reach out to our people, make sure they're okay if even if we're just

seeing in the lounge, how you doing is everything all right anything I can help

you with? For some student veterans one of the most valuable resources at

Coastal Carolina University is the office of accessibility and disability

services which provides a wide range of services for military connected students

from accessibility parking to free on-call counseling and vocational rehabilitation.

I suffer with PTSD and some my teachers know that I if I'm having some issues it's because of that, they work with me. There may be days where I

absolutely cannot show up and so they're able to email me ask me if I'm doing all right.

They actually get in contact with me to make sure that I'm doing well and if I need

anything from them. The voc rehab program that they use for disabled veterans

above a certain percentage helps out a lot you know it's hard for me to work

and so voc rehab program helps to pay for my books and supplies and everything

like that. Coastal Carolina University's reputation as a military friendly

university is growing dramatically just like its population of student veterans

and other military connected students. Behind that success is the University's

commitment to serve all of those who have served all of us. I think they

understand that knowledge is power. I think they understand that knowing that

we're there to help is a comforting scenario for them. They're thankful

they've told me thank you for for the experiences and for what you guys do

what you guys continue to do and they think that's just for being available if

they need us. Veteran's services helped me through the process of applying,

getting all my needed documentation and just welcoming into the school. It's

pretty amazing the things that they have at this school and within this community.

I think they know that they're appreciated here at Coastal. We've been

blessed to be recognized as a military-friendly institution and is

something that certainly we are going to continue to work and to refine. We

continually ask those that are that are in the student group and military

students, what services they may need, what additional services and we try to

make sure that we're living up to everything that is associated with the

military friendly university.

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You Asked - Ken Answers #14 - Is Singing Easy - Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy - Duration: 2:06.

Hey, guys! Welcome back again to Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy, where the PROOF is

in the Singing!

I get to be here at the lovely YouTube

Studios in Los Angeles and I'm answering as many of your questions as I can.

They're coming in like a flood, so they're coming in from YouTube and from

Facebook, and to our singing forums - Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy singing forums, and

this guy, this one comes from Liam from California, and he asks "Is singing easy?"

I think if singing was that easy everyone would do it. They probably

already do. They whistle in the shower, or try to sing in the shower. It can be,

if you're - if you understand how to do it right. What I would suggest to you is you

know like I've said this a billion times, I'll say it a billion one...

is, you know, if you can sing happy birthday, you can learn how to sing

pretty decent. Is really great singing easy? No way. Sorry. Don't mean to bust

your guys's chops on this, but, it's like a sport, and like any sport you've got a

really work at it to get good at it. And it's it's having quality information to

get you good at it that's gonna help you achieve your goals as a singer. So is

singing easy? Well, I mean, is any sport or is any instrument easy? If I want to

play guitar is it easy? No. If I worked at it, if I'm a able to discipline myself,

put sweat equity in it, and spend some time on it, yes! If not, no. Can you sing a Ditty

or just maybe sing for your church or choir or something or, you know, your

Bar Mitzvah, or birthday. I don't care what it is, but there's that level of

singing, and then there's lots of levels that go beyond that. So my answer is no.

It's not easy, but is it doable? YES! Okay? Hopefully this was helpful. Ken Tamplin

Vocal Academy, where the PROOF is in the SINGING!

Peace! Out!

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The U.S. is Now a Net Exporter of Oil -- What's Next? - Duration: 1:48.

Nick Sciple: First off the bat, Dan, I wanted to get your thoughts.

Based on data we got released last Thursday, December 6th, the U.S. exported more oil than

it imported for the first time ever in the last week of November.

They exported 211,000 barrels per day.

We don't have to go into investing here, but as a U.S. citizen, what does this mean?

We're a net exporter of oil here in the United States now.

Dan Kline: I'm a little older than you. I literally remember gasoline shortages.

Now, I wasn't driving back then, but I remember the news stories. So, this is stunning.

On the other hand, we are coming very late to the party.

We are now the masters of something that's, what, 10 years away from being somewhat irrelevant?

We're rapidly getting rid of our need for oil and gasoline.

Sciple: That's true.

Over the next couple of decades, we're probably going to start to see demand start to roll off.

It's remarkable, how we have these supplies, particularly in the shale industry that we

didn't even know we could get to for the longest time. And now, we're a net exporter.

Just three years ago, President Obama back in 2015 lifted what had been a ban on oil

exports going back to the 70s, as you mentioned, the oil crisis under the Carter administration.

Just in those past three years, we've gone from it being illegal to export to being a net exporter of oil.

It's a really interesting phenomenon going on. We'll have to see how that plays out over time.

Kline: I think there is an investing takeaway -- look at research and development.

If there are companies that are saying, "Hey, here's a resource that's trapped.

We think we can get it out," that might be a good long-term play.

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Death Investigation Underway After A Man Is Found Unresponsive In Cambridge Park - Duration: 0:50.

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Why Is Corporate Social Responsibility Important? - Duration: 19:07.

Alright, welcome back. Today, we're talking about kind of a bigger topic

about corporate social responsibility and why it's important. I'm a small

business owner. But when you talk about you know corporate, it's kind of a

foreign world to me. So I brought in Devin Thorpe. This is the topic that even

as a small business or you want to pay attention to. Let's first talk about what

is corporate social responsibility? -So, we talk about corporate social

responsibility. We're talking about corporations distinctly, specifically

trying to do something good in the world. Typically not just for their customers,

not just for employees but usually we're talking about doing some sort of

activity that benefits people outside their traditional stakeholder base. But

certainly and it could include those people. -So, in previous videos, we've

talked a lot about individuals and how I can change the world as an individual or

you know impact the world through my business. But now, we're talking on the

corporate level. What's... What difference is? What's the main difference between an

individual or small business owner versus a corporation? -Well, you know,

corporation. When we think about corporations, we think about you know,

Apple and Google and Facebook. General Motors and General Electric and you know,

the old economy companies. I mean, they are big companies with lots of money and

lots of employees. Lots of activity. Big footprints around the world and they

have the power with a relatively small investment of their total energy to make

a big difference in the world. Relatively quickly. And a hiring practice change

makes it can make a big difference. You know, if they decide everyone's going to

make $15 an hour or more, huge difference, right? So, there are all kinds of things.

If we're going to stop having an you know, heart hurting the environment quite

so much, makes a big difference. So yeah. -We've talked about the importance of

somebody who even achieves influence without intending to be

influential. Maybe they become a celebrity. They're just an NBA star,

there they're a movie star. That they, I believe that they have a responsibility

then to use that that position to influence world for good. So this is now

translates these large corporations, they have such an impact on

their employees lives, on in so many different areas that there is definitely

a responsibility. Even I'm assuming we're going to talk about

even if laws don't require it or whatnot. But there's just this

responsibility that we need to take a look at everything that we're doing and

and see the impact that it makes make sure that it's it's not just beneficial

for the bottom line but benefiting the world. -Yeah, yeah. So and you know, the

interesting great thing about corporations is that they have some

scale at which they can have some impact right off the bat. So, once a

corporation decides to have impact in an area they can have meaningful and... -It

could align themselves with a cherry. -Yeah. -Nonprofit. -Yeah. -Or you know, just

changing their corporate policies on, you know, how you deal with waste suddenly. A

huge impact on the environment. When... If General Motors tweaks the way it

operates you know, it makes a big difference. If Walmart you know, put solar

panels on its roof which it does, right? In a lot of places, that makes a big

difference on the environment of the planet, right? Because it's megawatts of

solar that one company, one decision can deploy. It makes a huge difference, right?

And you and I when we make a decision, we don't make decisions typically at that

scale. And we don't... Our influence doesn't start there. But that's what the distinct

advantage of Corporation has. -So if I make a decision, I've got a piece of

garbage and whether I'm going to find a recycle bin versus just putting it in

the regular trash, sometimes I thought in my mind how big of an impact is this

make. But if I make that same decision as as a you know, leader of a corporation,

that we're going to have recycle bins available for... I haven't actually, haven't

thought about that before. -So, it's huge scale. Huge difference. I want to point

out. It is really tempting to vilify corporations. And I'm not saying that

they've never done anything bad. But what most people in this world want is a job

or a better job. And among those who are the poorest, you know, they're eager just

to have a job. And it wouldn't occur to a lot of the people in this world without

a job that they want a job with all kinds of benefits and safety assurances

and they just want a job. $3 a day, $5 a day. A job that would

pay that much. And for a lot of people that would be a good job. I hate to

advocate for crappy jobs. But the fact is, corporations all around the world are

engaging people in low-wage jobs. And we sometimes think of that as a bad thing

and in fact, there is much to be said for that. If you're a subsistence farmer and

you go through the dry season, wondering if you'll survive and your total annual

income is the equivalent of 300 bucks. If you've got a job that paid you 5 or

8 dollars a day. I mean, we're talking about 5 or 8 times as much ... 10

times as much income. It would be radically life-changing and you would

never again worry about whether you would have food to eat. You're not going to

buy a Tesla but at least not a new one. But you're going to... You're going to eat, right? And

so, I think corporations are doing a tremendous amount of good in the world.

-Yeah, I've got a... I've had a unique perspective on that because I've

definitely heard those conversations about you know, how big corporations

who outsource an offshore. Different manufacturing or they're their customer

service departments. And we think about it about things that are being taken

away from from us here in the States but not necessarily the opportunities

providing. I've got 10 full-time employees in the Philippines. And I've

been hiring there for almost 9 years now and

really to see the impact that I've made in their lives, really it didn't dawn on

me. Because at first, it seemed like I was... I was really just so amazed that the

benefits I was receiving from it. -Mm-hmm. -And I'll just be transparent. The average

wage that I pay to my staff in the Philippines ranges between 4 and 5

hundred dollars per month. -Mm-hmm. -You know, in considering their skill level,

they're... They're great value to me and my company, if I were to hire somebody like

that here, we're in Utah. You know, that would that would be many fold. -It would

be cost you 10 times as much. -Exactly. But as I as I've been able to look at it.

Like, I haven't given any money in a charitable way as a donation to people

in the Philippines. But yet, I provided a livelihood for many people. You know, my

longest team members been with me 8 and a half years. And you know, his whole

life has been changed and kind of dependent upon me and the work that I've

done, the clients that I brought in. It's just... It's just interesting to think

about that impact. So obviously, we're talking about corporations but

it's... The world of technology and the Internet has made

kind of this opportunity the corporations have kind of had

exclusively now to available to people like me. -Right. -Small small business

owners. -But they... You know, the theme here is not everything a corporation does is

bad. Alright? Hiring people even at low wages is good

because so many people that are taking those jobs, they're alternative is so

much worse than a 5 or 8 dollar a day job in a factory. You know, their

option may be starvation. And so, should they make their work you know, safer?

Should they make the hours reasonable? Should the wages be higher? Yes, yes, yes,

yes. All of those things we can do better. And that's what corporate social

responsibility is about. But I want to make sure that we don't go vilify

unnecessarily corporations, yes. They do... There are corporations that are not

mindful of the environment. There are too many in my mind that are continuing to

use and produce fossil fuels justifying that with the idea that well we're

dependent on that because of them in part. We, need to be collectively

proactive. So I don't want to be... To dismiss all the harm that corporations

do. But I don't want corporations to be viewed as the bad guys in the

world on the planet. And because we need them. There isn't a better alternative to

corporations and capitalism that we found. -So, maybe here's a... There's a.... Maybe

a question that might twist the conversation. But is there an

appropriate way to ensure corporate responsibility? -Yeah. -Because I you know,

in governments, there's different types of governments where there could

be you know, a dictator or a king or something like that versus more of a

democracy or a republic where you know, people can sound their voice in a

company. You've kind of got a dictatorship where you've got the CEO or

the President or the founder of that company. I mean is it... Is it just done

through governments and through getting laws enacted or what's the best way? -That...

That's a great point and there's... There are many layers to that question.

Let me try to jump on 2 or 3 of those that I think are key points. One

problem that we are facing today with corporations is that some are clearly

more powerful than nation-states. That is I think fundamentally a problem. And yes,

Apple, Google, Facebook, I'm looking at you. I think it is scary to think about

corporations that are so massively profitable. That their resources, their

financial resources clearly outstrip the government's who seek to regulate them.

That is inherently a risk for the planet. We need to be thoughtful about that. We

need to be thoughtful about our forms of government. We all need to be active in

our government. So, I don't know whether this will air

before the midterms but remind people to vote. If it's after the midterms of

writing to do vote the next time. There's always a next election. But we need to be

active in our democracy. Certainly democracy is a more I think a profoundly

better form of government than the alternatives. Finally, you asked a

specific question. How do we impose? How do we force? How do we control corporate

social responsibility? India has formula corporations of a

certain size are required to spend a certain percentage of their income. Not

their revenue but their income on corporate social responsibility

initiatives. It is rather small. I fear that because it is essentially

now a tax, right? They're required to do this. That the minimum becomes you know,

the minimum required will quickly become the maximum. No one will do more than

that because that is viewed as the standard. So, I'm not a big fan actually

of requiring corporate social responsibility by the government. It's

not crazy. But I would rather see consumers demand it. Because when

consumers demand it, when shareholders demand it, when employees demand it, it

can continue to grow. What may be acceptable as a corporate social

responsibility initiative. The first year may not be acceptable 5 years down

the road. We make continually incrementally force greater compliance

in corporate social responsibility. And it can be profitable, right? If the

employees and the customers and the shareholders are all demanding it, how do

they demand it? They demand it with their pocketbook. So really what we're saying

is we will pay up one way or another for corporations to behave better. And so, the

better, the more we force them, the better they'll behave. And more profitable they

will become. Everyone can win in this cycle. -So on one hand, yeah we can we can

elect politicians that understand the importance of corporate responsibility.

We can you know, try and enact laws or things.

But on the other hand, in a way that might be more effective is as a customer,

we can support companies that demonstrate social responsibility. We can

sound our voice, we can have discussions, we can talk about it so that the message

of corporate responsibility and in the specific things that mean most of us

that we can we can talk about it. And spread the words so that it catches the

eyes and ears of corporations and others of their customers. That's what I mean.

-Yeah, yeah. Absolutely. And now, I don't mean to suggest that governments don't

have a role. Because they do in regulating minimum wages, governments

have a role to play. In regulating how we manage environmental issues, right? How we

manage workplace safety. There are clearly all kinds of roles for

government to play. -Does it ever get to a point and probably... I mean, maybe this is conspiracy

theory. But you get to a point where can we need to regulate fossil fuels? We'll

just use an example. But corporations have their lobbyists that then say, "Well,

we're going to fund your campaign so you better not put this forward." -Right, yeah.

Oh that. It clearly is happening and that's why the you know, consumers play a

role in all of this and not you know, to be all of those things, right? Because a

consumer often times as a shareholder, is may also be an employee of a corporation

even though it's not the same corporate. So, we we have a lot of influence

especially collectively. And so we need to keep putting pressure on people to

keep our air and water clean, to reduce carbon output. Etc., Etc. -So, you know, I love

Toyota. But me and I love I know that they're taking steps with electric

vehicles and whatnot. If I then you know, I could more attack them and try and

fight with them where I can just support their electric vehicle initiative or

I can for support companies like Tesla. -Yeah. -And I've seen that even just in the

last few short years as Tesla started become more and more popular and trendy

and whatnot that other companies have like, "Okay,

maybe we need to..." -Oh yeah. So, that I would see that as being way more impactful. And

this is just my observation. And I see it as being way more impactful and speeding

it up with the other car manufacturers than laws perhaps have been. -The...

There's no question laws can do a lot. You know, these cafe standards are very

controversial in the United States. You know, the Republican Congress and

president just lowered the cafe standards. Those are the corporate

average fuel economy standards for US automakers. And they literally just

lowered those requirements so that theVy can make more gas guzzlers than they

were before which is kind of a sad development in my mind. And so, it's a

great example of how government can play a role. If the government raised those

standards, not back to where they were but above that, it would force more

electric vehicles. And you know, ask a typical test Tesla driver if they're

unhappy driving an electric vehicle. I'll tell you, no. Some people will argue

quickly. Let me just interject this little point here that a lot of electric

vehicles are effectively powered by coal. And it's not that there's no truth to

that but let me point out 2 or 3 things that in my mind mitigate that

concern. Not that there's no concern. We clearly need to get off coal and as

quickly as possible. But the demand for electricity from

electric cars is growing rapidly. But it is far smaller than the rate at which

renewables are growing. So, if you looked at the incremental growth of demand for

electricity from electric vehicles and the supply from renewables. Renewables is

far outstripping the new demand for electricity from electric vehicles. So

you could argue that in effect, all of that incremental power demand is being

supplied by renewables. You could argue that. You could also point out... And this

is vitally important. A Tesla uses a lot of electricity relative to my Nissan

Leaf. But it's still probably 4 times as efficient as an internal combustion

engine the car that would be comfortable. So, take a Porsche Panamera that has a

gas engine. The Tesla is at least 4 times as efficient as that Porsche. In

terms of total energy use. So it may be getting that power from a coal-fired

power plant. But it's a tiny amount of power. A quarter as much energy, as you

have to put into that Porsche in terms of a regular gas. So... And then of course,

there are all sorts of ways for a lot of people who own electric vehicles to

ensure that they are powering their vehicles with green energy. And most

utilities have programs where you can sort of pay a premium for green energy

and you... Of course you can do boot cuffs rooftop solar. So, that a hundred percent

of your car power is going coming from the Sun. So yeah, I think the argument

that we're powering our car fleet with coal is kind of a specious argument that

the oil companies like to make. -But it's definitely... If you understand the whole

picture your just said, it's a great step. -Yeah, yeah. We're definitely... Electric cars

are unequivocally, environmentally friendly. -Alright. Well, I appreciate

this conversation on corporate responsibility. Why it's important? What

we can do about it? Thanks for joining us. I'll put a link to

Devin Thorpe's YouTube channel down below. So definitely check them out there.

Be sure to subscribe. This is a longer episode. If you've watched this whole

thing, you're obviously enjoying it. We've got more episodes with Devin and other

great influencers. So come back tomorrow. We'll see you then.