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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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I hope your summer is going well and we still
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have a few weeks left, and that means it is
time to travel, because I feel like you have to
take some trip during the summer, right, get away, refresh,
restart before the school year. So I'm really happy to
have with me today Don Yanik. She is an author, actor,
mom of two, and founder of momsanity dot com, and
she's going to talk to us about some last minute
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ideas of where we can visit.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Hi. Don Hi, thanks for having me on the show.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
My pleasure.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Talk to me about your favorite places and where you're
suggesting we go this summer.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Well, I am teaming up with visit Myrtle Beach for
a very important reason, because it is the perfect place
to take one more beach getaway that's fun, easy and affordable.
And this is the perfect time because August is Family
Fun Month. Though we want to start going now, you
don't have to limit yourself to August, obviously, And you know,
the whole point of Family Fun Month is a reminder
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to laugh together, to create memories, to soak up a
little bit more sunshine, because, as we know, once the
school year gets underway, things get crazy. So this is
just a good reminder to take that time and really
connect as a family.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Yes, and why is Family Fun Month where it's celebrating.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Well, it's worth celebrating because life can get so incredibly crazy,
you know, So this is just a good excuse to say,
let me take a breath before the school year starts,
and let's just create some memories. You know, it may
sound like a cliche, but you know, our kids grew
up so fast. They are only young for and they're
only with us for a few summers right when you
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really think about it. And I guess that's really on
my mind right now, because somehow my kids are now nine,
almost and thirteen. I have a thirteen year old who
is like four and a half inches taller than me,
So it's really top of mind right now that it's like,
oh my gosh, like we've got to make these memories.
I want them to have all these great experiences. And
actually we did indeed travel to Myrtle Beach recently and
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they are pretty.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Much ready to move there. They had such a good.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Time, that's great.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Now I'm with you. I have an eight and six
and I feel the same way. I'm like, oh, soon
they're going to either be at sleepwoy camp or then
they're going to just be so focused on other things.
And it makes me sad. And at the same time,
let's take advantage. Let's not be sad. Let's get out
there and let's travel together and make those memories.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
So what should families look four When planning a.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Trip, It's all about ease, value, and variety. And I
love Myrtle Beach because it checks really every box.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
There.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
You've got sixty miles of beautiful coastline, tons of attractions
for every age, and lodging options that fit all types
of budgets. And like I said, I was there recently,
and our days there were filled with boat rides to
see dolphins, walks on the beach, collecting shelves, go.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Carts, arcade games, and so so much more.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
You know, there's a reason that Reader's Digest has highlighted
it more than once as a great family destination because
it is so easy to plan a trip here. There
is so much to do and it is impossible not
to fall in love with it.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Yes, and I feel like, obviously top of mind for
a lot of people is okay, how can I save money?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
What's the best way to maximize my trip? What tips
do you have for this?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
Yes, visit Myrtle Beach has some of the hottest summer
deals out there right now. You can save up to
forty percent, or get three nights at certain resorts and
take advantage of perks like Kitchen Sweet so you can cook.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Meals and save even more.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
And like we said, that affordability factor is so important
to me and the moms I've spoken to in my
Mom's Sanity community.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
And also free stuff.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
There is so much free stuff to do at places
you might visit here. You've got the boardwalk, outdoor concerts,
public parks, shopping at the marshwalk. It's really all about
stretching your dollars without sacrificing the fun.
Speaker 5 (04:23):
Right.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
I love it, And I know I have a friend
of mine, she's a single mom, and so she is
her hands full and she always chooses Myrtle Beach for
those exact reasons that you said. And so, what are
some unique experiences that can just make the family vacation
special and memorable.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Yeah, Myrtle Beach is full of surprises.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
It's the mini golf capital of the world, in case
you didn't know, and let me tell you, my kids
took full advantage of that. You can also see pirate
dinner shows, you can explore marine exhibits, catch a baseball
game with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, or just enjoy some
live music on the boardwalk. And in general, and you
are planning a trip, you should really check out experiences
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that are unique to the location. So in addition to that,
here you can take a spin on the Skywheel, which
is that massive ferris wheel on the boardwalk. You can
visit the upside Down WonderWorks. You can check out Ripley's Aquarium.
My kids are still talking about these over the top
milkshakes that we got at a.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Place called the Crazy Mason. They were I mean they
were crazy with like candy.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Coming out of them and brownie cookies and cotton candy.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
It was so much fun.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
And as you can see, Myrtle Beach is really so
much more than just a beach. It's an entire experience
that's wrapped up in sunshine and smiles.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
As I like to say, yes, yes, And if you're
on the East Coast, I feel like airfares are very
affordable too, or maybe you're even within driving distance.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
Absolutely, accessibility is huge, especially when you are choosing a location,
and Myrtle Beach is such an easy choice for that reason.
Like you said, the airport has over fifty NonStop routes
from budget airline. It's also been recognized as the best
small airport in the US.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
And driving wise, we actually drove from New York.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
Believe it or not, nearly half of the US can
drive to Myrtle Beach in a day, so this is
such a great location.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
We're planning a last minute vacation, whether you want.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
To stay a week, or you even can just stay
for a few days a weekend and once you're there.
I mean, you know, the airport's like a mile from
the beach, and you've got beach stuff, amusement rides, water park, shopping.
It's all in one place. And like I said, great
for a last minute vacation right now.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Yes, Oh my gosh, you have me convinced. And so
I'm like, let's go. How long did it take you
to get there from New York?
Speaker 3 (06:39):
You know, it was a bit of so we split
it up over two.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
Days, so we you know, we stopped and you know,
made the most of our time, but we really just
wanted to get down there.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
I think it was about all in if we were
to have driven straight about eleven twelve hours.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Oh that's not bad, that's I mean, I figure, I
always see, okay, does it make sense to drive or
fly based on you have to get to the airport
a few hours in advance, then the time it takes
you to get to the airport, then the time of
your flight, and a lot of times it does make
sense to drive, and then you have your car with you.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
That's exactly why we chose to drove.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
And you know what, road trips are also so much fun,
you know, that's like part of the whole experience.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
You kind of have to have a road.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Trip when you've got kids, so they can you know, remember,
you're singing in the car, you're playing games. I think
that's such a big part of the fun. But like
you said, you know, you have your car once you're
down there, and even though there is so much that
you can do within walking distance, there's also so so
much to explore in Myrtle Beach. But also if you
want to fly, I mean we're talking just you know,
an hour or two, you know, on a plane, and
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then you were in paradise in Myrtle Beach, so you
kind of can't go wrong. And it's affordable too, It's
an affordable flight for most places.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Yes, that's what makes it wonderful.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Okay, So the name of your website is Mom's Sanity,
and so I have to ask you if you are
taking a road trip, let's say, with two young kids,
because I keep having this fantasy of taking a great
road trip with them. Like I said, they're six and eight,
and then we go to drive an hour or two
and it's already Mom wore all the snacks, and they
go through the entire bag of snacks and then on board,
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and now I don't want to do this in the
fighting starts in the open and close of the windows constantly.
So how do you keep your sanity and how do
you say, okay, I can take a road trip with
young kids.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
That is such a good question.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
So I had each of them pack like little like
go bags basically, so they had you know, like a
Rubik's cube and a cute little puzzle and just things
that they had for the car, just even a stuffy
you know that my daughter could you know, play with
on her own. But then, like you said, snacks, you
really need snacks. We had a cooler in the back
and a bag. I of course had to like you know,
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put the mom lock on it because they started you
know rifling gessnas like almost immediately, and I was like, okay,
we're going to plan this out.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
You guys can't eat it all right now. But really having.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
Those things just at the ready made such a difference.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
And then you know, music listening to like what they want.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
I made sure that you know, each of them got
to vote on different you know, different songs that they
wanted to hear and sing, and.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
It was actually really fun.
Speaker 4 (09:13):
And then of course we left early, so they were
pretty tired, so there was some napping involved too, which
also really helped exactly.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
And that's I feel like, not that I love driving
at night, but I think if you can get some
of the driving in at night when they're sleeping, that's
probably a good way to go too.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
That can definitely help too.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
And I really am a fan of, you know, the
stopping on the way if you have a big one trip.
I mean, I know some you know, you just want
to get there because it's so beautiful and so amazing
and you want to start your vacation, but you know
kind of you know, planning in a fun pit stop,
whatever that's going to be. We can also make it
so much so much easier and so much more staying
for us as parents, and make your kids so much happier.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Too, exactly.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
And I feel like there's so many fun things to
do in so many different states that yes, that is
your big desk and you do want to get there,
but like you said, you know what, maybe you stop
off at another amusement park along the way or some
other thing, just like you said, to make it part
of the trip and to build that into the time
that you're going to be away.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
Yes, absolutely.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
And I don't know about you, but my kids also
just like being in hotels sometimes, yes, so I'm going.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
Sometimes I just hear about like the Pitstop hotel too.
They're like, oh, it was really fun.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
Do you remember they had this cool bed or these
cool lights and it was really neat and so you know,
it's funny what kids will remember as their favorite part
of a trip.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Sometimes absolutely one hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
I know my kids always talk about if there was
a hotel with bunk beds, they still remember that, so
it's tell it's the bunk beds.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Definitely.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Well, dud, thank you so much for joining me today
on Passport Mommy. Where can we go for more information
on Myrtle Beach.
Speaker 4 (10:48):
For more information, go to visit Myrtlebeach dot com slash
family Fun. The site has detailed on accommodation deal and
so so many family friendly things to do once you're
in Myrtle Beach perfect.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Thank you so much, Don Yannick, author, actor, mom of two,
founder of Momsanity dot com. I appreciate you joining me
today on Passport Mommy and sharing all of your wonderful
tips on Myrtle beach.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
Thank you so much for having me, My pleasure.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
I'm Michelle Jerson. More coming up in a few you're
listening to Passport Mommy. I'm Michelle Jerson. And did you
know coming up is National Wine and Cheese Day And
what a perfect time to get some ideas on how
we can mix the two together to come up for
some really delicious snacks. Maybe you're hosting something really soon
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at your house, or you're going somewhere else and you
need ideas of what to bring. So today I have
with me Samantha Capaldi. She's the founder of the Samsums
Wine Club and co founder of FAF Wine Company.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Thank you so much for joining me today.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Thank you so much for shall That was quite the intro.
I appreciated that. Highten me up.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Oh yeah, no, my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
I mean, you must bring so much to people, and
I feel like people like me. Even though I have
been drinking wine for a while, I still don't really
know what goes with what, and I can always use
extra tips, so.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
I'm excited to help you out.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
So what makes everyday ingredients shine when paired thoughtfully together?
Speaker 5 (12:19):
Yeah, and I think it goes back to like what
you said, It's like you don't really know where to begin,
and it's intimidating, right, So hopefully I could come into
play with cracker.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Barreled cheese and help make it simple.
Speaker 5 (12:30):
So just taking some simple everyday ingredients, you could go
to your local store and cracker barreled cheese will be there.
And something that's really cool Michelle is a lot of
their cheeses are already pre sliced, so they already look pretty,
and they have rich and bold cubes that are ready
to go. And when it comes to the pairings, you
just got to have fun with it, have a little
bit of curiosity, kind of understand that some things are
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going to be completely different.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
Contrast and works so well.
Speaker 5 (12:57):
So something that I really love to do is and sparkling.
I don't know if you're a big Bubbles drinker during
the summer, but Josh Seller's prosecco is where it's at.
It's really fruity, floral, very nice and crisp effervescent.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
So I get a little bit crazy.
Speaker 5 (13:13):
I always tell everyone to grab Cocker Barrel Cheese Variety
pat because it just has everyone's cheese that they love, right,
and then add some pickles to your board, get extra
crazy with the saltiness. I'm a big pickle lover. And
then I top I basically make like a pickle and
cheese sandwich and I put a little bit of a
fresh jam on it, so I have like that salty, savory,
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bold flavors of the Cracker Brel cheese. And then what
really cleanses my palate at the end of it is
the prosecco. And what's really great if someone wants a
non alcoholic option, Josh also makes a non alcoholic sparkling
for those that would like that.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
I love that because if your prey go or you
just choose not to drink, then what a great option.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Because I think it's all about the taste anyway.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
So how do you find the perfect pairing with cheeses
and refreshing summer drinks?
Speaker 5 (14:02):
Yeah, so again, you kind of just have to trust
the process, and of course I'm here to help guide you,
but always start with whatever your favorite cheese is. For example,
one of my go to Cracker barrel cheeses is there
extra sharp white, It's really.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
Tangy and crumbly.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
And then I get a little bit more wild with
my with my toppings if you will, And it's usually
stuff I already have in my kitchen. So spicy honey,
So I'll drizzle some spicy honey onto that extra sharp
white It'll get into all the creases of the crumble,
so yummy. And then add a little bit of a
piece of salamie. You have a little smoky salami. So
I'm getting like that spicy sweet, smoky savory which everyone
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loves as soon as that hits your palate, and you
need a bold red wine to compliment that. So in
every day a crowd pleaser wine is Josh's cabertt solving
you on. She's really rich and bold, but at the
same same time really smooth tannins, meaning nothing is going
to like stick and grittiness to your h and your tongue.
It's a total couch crusher, if you will. So just
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takes the whole experience and makes it super chill and approachable,
which is what I love to do for people.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Yeah, I love that.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
And talking about chill and easy, can you tell us
about how simple grocery store finds can create just something beautiful,
Like what's your favorite unexpected combination using ingredients that anyone
can find.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
Oh.
Speaker 5 (15:24):
I love that question, So I would have to say
my no fuss favorite ingredient and my secret weapon for
my cheeseboards is definitely cracker barrels cheese cubes. I love
them because of the perfect snacking size and esthetically pleasing
where say I have like a little spot on my
board that looks a little sad, I need a little
bit of fluff. I love just being able to pour
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the little cubes onto the board and have the resillable
bag so I could always keep going back into my
kitchen for more. And that way, you know, you don't
have to feel bad about going to town on your
board and enjoying it, which is the point if you
have something super accessible. So definitely those cheese cubes, and
knowing that I have some really easy to find wines
on hand. You don't need ten hundred different wines. You
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literally just have three solid wines like this Prosecco Cabernet
solving me on.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
And then I haven't mentioned her yet, but I love
my Josh Rose.
Speaker 5 (16:18):
She. I refer to her as a porch pounder, so
she's something that I want to be outside.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
Can you relate to that?
Speaker 5 (16:24):
On a hot summer day and just be drinking something
so cold and crisp, big fruit flavors like peaches and nectarine,
and something that's really cool too and goes with my
cheese cube accessibility is Cracker Barrel has a lot of
cheese sticks, so the Cracker breled cheese sticks are one
of my favorites because I like to get up and
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walk and talk and just do things and not like
cover a on the board. So that makes it really
easy and just kind of fun. And you know when
people see cheese sticks on a board, they're going to
feel inclined to grab it and not feel like they're
going to mess something up right.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
It's just so easy and approachable.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
So where can we get all of this information that
you just mentioned in case we couldn't remember all of it?
Speaker 2 (17:05):
And how can we recreate these at home?
Speaker 5 (17:08):
I got all of these tips and more at Crockerberelheese
dot com as well as Instagram Crockerbarrelgeese and you could
also come hit me up at Samantha Somlee for some
more no snob or fuss wine and cheese pairing tips.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Terrific. Thank you so much, Samantha.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
I appreciate you joining me today, I'm Passport Mommy.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
Thank you so much, Michelle for having me.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Cheers, cheers. I'm Michelle Jurson. More coming up in a few.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
If you are.
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Speaker 3 (17:48):
More coming up in a few.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
You're listening to Passport Mommy, I'm Michelle Jerson And we've
all been on the computers lately. The hot words are chat, GPT,
and it's like, you have a question, go to GPT,
and you know, if you need advice on something, go
to chat GPT. But really, what makes it function and
is it safe as you put in your personal information
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as you're trying to do lots of different things with it.
So I'm really happy to have on the line with
me today, Hillary Hunter. She is the CTO of IBM Infrastructure.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
Hi. Hillary, Hi, than Michelle.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
Great to talk to you.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
You as well.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
So for those who are not familiar, let's just talk
about AI in general and what are some examples of
how people use AI in their everyday lives and what
are their concerns around the technology.
Speaker 6 (18:38):
Yeah, Michelle, I think you hit the nail on the
head in talking about the fact that if you ask
anyone what is AI and how do I use it,
most are going to think chat GPT, But it's actually
a much more pervasive topic. It's definitely is your kids
doing their homework, creating summaries of different documents, doing research
on your leisure activities or home repair activevities. Those are
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all the things that we as consumers certainly are doing
with tools like that, or with anthropics, claud or other things.
But in an enterprise, in a business today, the businesses
that you interact with are likely using AI to help
with customer support. That may be the chatbot that you
interact with directly, or it could be the agent that's
helping you is getting suggestions based on your full case
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history that they might not have had time to read,
but they're able to more quickly and efficiently help you
because of that. It's also teachers creating lesson plans for
their classrooms. It's healthcare workers getting better recommendations on patient
care again because of the ability to summarize the whole
of the person's case history. And so this is really
coming into play in many, many different aspects of our
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lives and many different types of work and service functions
that people receive. But people are right, as you suggested,
to be asking about is their data safe? Is it
safe to be using AI? And I think, as we'll
talk about here, I think in the coming minutes, it
absolutely is possible to know how your data is being
used with the terms of that AI are in. For
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a small business that's considering using it, there are providers
that have focus on safety and trust and transparency, and
so they can genuinely be safely thinking about using AI
for their own advantage.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
So what are some examples how can companies ensure that
they're using it safely?
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (20:24):
I think one of the things that from a consumer perspective,
I love to use as an analogy A colleague of
mind came up with this a number of years ago.
When you and I go to the grocery store, we
expect that there's a nutrition label on those products, and
that nutrition label tells us the ingredients, it tells us
the impact of those ingredients on the fat and the
number of calories in that product. And similarly, it's possible
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to have conversations with your providers. As a consumer, there's
usually a very long set of terms that many of
us just kind of breeze through and click through, but
there's a lot of information there about how your data
might get used. And for a business, there's a lot
of selection that you can do in who your AI
providers are. We as a company have a value on
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transparency in providing our customers information and providing technical developers
that are using our models in the open source the
information on what the data was and where therefore the
knowledge of the model came from, and that sort of
the fact sheet type of information that we provide about
our AI. And similarly, then when you're using the AI,
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we provide very very clear terms. Your data is your data.
We're not going to use your data to make that
AI better, And so people just need to do a
bit of research and companies want to carefully select a
provider that has that kind of FDA like nutrition label
aspect of transparency and explaining what they did and what
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you're going to experience as a user.
Speaker 3 (21:59):
Of that product. Right.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
I love everything that IBM is doing. So if we
needed to break it down into it, like just say
a few pieces to tell our company why IBM is
really helping to make AI technology responsible and safe, what
would we say?
Speaker 3 (22:14):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (22:15):
I mean, I think you know. We are providing transparency
on the data that goes into the AI models that
we provide our customers. We're providing capabilities like whatsonex dot governance,
governance meaning monitoring the model for the characteristics, the language
it's using, the fairness and bias of any results that
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it's providing. So we're providing transparency on the front end
with the data that goes into creating AI, and we're
providing tools and capabilities on the back end from monitoring
that AI system and ensuring that it's continuing to meet
the expectations of your company. I think lastly, it's important
that we're providing infrastructure that can enable safety and security
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in these deployments. And that means if you have an
on premises environment that you trust and you're running as
a private cloud for example, you can deploy AI into
that environment. So our platform approach to AI means that
the AI can come and meet your data where it's
at in those kind of security and safety of what
you've created around that workload and that application that data
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and bring the AI there. We're bringing AI into some
of the world's most trusted and safe and secure and
resilient systems into the mainframe, for example, and then you
can do AI very safely and securely on transactional data, payments, information,
all those core important financial services, healthcare, insurance kinds of applications.
(23:44):
And we're working with clients to protect the AI that
they do in the cloud using encryption technologies, confidential computing,
lots of great stuff to ensure that AI in the
cloud is also safe and secure and that the data
context and data protection is no and understood by our clients.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Terrific. And where can we go for more information?
Speaker 6 (24:05):
Yeah, one site that I'd recommend is that folks check
out IBM dot com, Slash AI, Dash Infrastructure.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
Terrific.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
Thank you so much, Hillary Hunter, so informative. I appreciate
you joining me today on Passport Mommy.
Speaker 6 (24:18):
Thank you great talking to you you as well.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
I'm Michelle Jerson. We're coming up in a few.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
You're listening to Passport Mommy I'm Michelle Jerson, and you know,
as a parent, we all know that severe food allergies
can be life threatening, and infants and toddlers are particularly
vulnerable due to their inability to communicate their symptoms. Food
allergies are most prevalent in children one through five years old,
and more than sixty percent of children in this age
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group attend child's care. So it's really important to be
aware of your children's allergies and also to communicate them
to the child's care facility. But more than that that
if your children are in the care of someone else,
that they should know what to do. So I'm really
happy to have on the show with me today doctor
Alice Hoyt. She's with the Institute of Food Allergy and
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she is here to talk to us about the Early
Childhood Anaphylaxis Collaborative supported by KALO.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
Thank you so much for joining me today.
Speaker 7 (25:20):
Thank you for having me, Michelle.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
My pleasure is, so, what is the Early Childhood Anaphylaxis
Collaborative and why is it important for child's care centers
and parents of young children to be prepared for an
allergic emergency.
Speaker 7 (25:34):
Absolutely, I'm really excited to partner with KOLEO on this collaborative.
What the Collaborative is is a group of really amazing
organizations who have been working in this space for years
already to help our communities be better prepared for anaphylaxis.
And the Collaborative in particular was developed so that healthcare providers,
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early childcare professionals, families, all these stakeholders have a place
to go to get those next steps on how do
we support childcare centers to be prepared for allergy emergencies
in all families of kiddos, especially young kiddos who, as
you mentioned, they are our most vulnerable population when it
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comes to anaphylaxis. So important for these families to have
somewhere to go to help their centers get information. That's
exactly what the collaborative does that is so important.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
And so what is undesignated Sorry, let me start that again.
What is undesignated epinephrin and why is it important for
early child care centers to have access to it?
Speaker 7 (26:42):
Well, epenephrin is the medicine that treats an anaphylactic reaction.
Undesignated epinephrin is epinephrin that's predosed. Its usually in some
type of device that can be used on any child
who is having an anaphylactic reaction. So it's not prescribed
to the child, it's actually prescribed to the center, to
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the school, to the entity to be used for that
allergy emergency. And it's so important that early childcare centers
have access to stock epinetrom, that they're able to have
this life saving medication on their campus because anphylaxis, unfortunately,
it can be life threatening and the way to stop
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it is with epinephrine.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
And what should be included in an anaphylaxis response plan?
And what can childcare centers do to help protect kids?
Speaker 3 (27:36):
Right?
Speaker 7 (27:36):
So, an antiphleaxis response plan should really have two very
general parts.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
The first part of it should be knowledge making.
Speaker 7 (27:43):
Sure that all early childcare professionals are aware of what
food allergies are, how kidos can have allergic reactions, how
we can prevent them, and then how do they present,
what sort of symptoms happen, because as you mentioned, these
kiddos can't always raise their hands and say excuse me,
I think I'm having anaphal axis. Right, They're going to
start not feeling well.
Speaker 1 (28:03):
Yeah, I love what you're doing, because it is so important.
I know for any parent who has had or has
a child with food allergies, they know how important this is.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
What resources are available to those who join the collaborative.
Speaker 7 (28:19):
So when you go to ECA Collaborative dot com, it's
beautifully well well laid out information, but really when you
put in your email address, you're immediately emailed access to
these different different knowledge presentations, all all these different partners.
It's just it's so amazing. I've been working in this
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space for a long time, Michelle, and many many moons,
many years, and so it's so nice that now any
early childcare professional, any parent can just go and get
all of this information from all these amazing groups all
in one place. What is food allergy, what is anaphal axis,
how do you treat it? How do you get undesignated epinephrine?
And all the things. It's all right there for them.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Terrific.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Well, thank you so much for all of the work
that you are doing with this, doctor, Alice Hoyight. I
appreciate you joining me today on Passport Mommy and all
of the great tips on how we could be more
proactive with our children or if we work in a
childcare setting.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
Thank you so much. Thank you so much for having me, Michelle.
Speaker 3 (29:21):
I appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
My pleasure. I appreciate you too.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
And also, really quickly, we didn't talk about Code Anna.
Tell me about that really quickly.
Speaker 7 (29:31):
CODEANA is a nonprofit that I lead that equipped schools
and early childcare centers for medical emergencies like anaphylaxis, and
so by utilizing some Code Anna resources center schools are
able to really develop their anaphal axis response plan. And
we're just delighted to be able to share all this
information across the country and really across the globe at
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this point.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Terrific.
Speaker 1 (29:53):
Well, thank you again, doctor Alice Hoyight. I'm Michelle Jerson,
the Passport Mommy. More coming up in a few
Speaker 3 (30:00):
Can't keep mon
Welcome to Passport Mommy. I'm your host, Michelle Jerson. This
show is for anyone raising little humans. We feature experts
with tips and advice to enrich the lives of our children.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Mom and dad entrepreneurs tell us.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Their inspiring stories, learn about products that could make both
you and your child's life easier and more fun, and
of course, fellow parents discuss and laugh about what's happening
in their child's world. Motherhood is a journey. Thanks for
joining me onmine. Welcome to Passport Mommy. I'm Michelle Jerson.
I hope your summer is going well and we still
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have a few weeks left, and that means it is
time to travel, because I feel like you have to
take some trip during the summer, right, get away, refresh,
restart before the school year. So I'm really happy to
have with me today Don Yanik. She is an author, actor,
mom of two, and founder of momsanity dot com, and
she's going to talk to us about some last minute
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ideas of where we can visit.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Hi. Don Hi, thanks for having me on the show.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
My pleasure.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Talk to me about your favorite places and where you're
suggesting we go this summer.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Well, I am teaming up with visit Myrtle Beach for
a very important reason, because it is the perfect place
to take one more beach getaway that's fun, easy and affordable.
And this is the perfect time because August is Family
Fun Month. Though we want to start going now, you
don't have to limit yourself to August, obviously, And you know,
the whole point of Family Fun Month is a reminder
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to laugh together, to create memories, to soak up a
little bit more sunshine, because, as we know, once the
school year gets underway, things get crazy. So this is
just a good reminder to take that time and really
connect as a family.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Yes, and why is Family Fun Month where it's celebrating.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Well, it's worth celebrating because life can get so incredibly crazy,
you know, So this is just a good excuse to say,
let me take a breath before the school year starts,
and let's just create some memories. You know, it may
sound like a cliche, but you know, our kids grew
up so fast. They are only young for and they're
only with us for a few summers right when you
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really think about it. And I guess that's really on
my mind right now, because somehow my kids are now nine,
almost and thirteen. I have a thirteen year old who
is like four and a half inches taller than me,
So it's really top of mind right now that it's like,
oh my gosh, like we've got to make these memories.
I want them to have all these great experiences. And
actually we did indeed travel to Myrtle Beach recently and
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they are pretty.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Much ready to move there. They had such a good.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Time, that's great.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Now I'm with you. I have an eight and six
and I feel the same way. I'm like, oh, soon
they're going to either be at sleepwoy camp or then
they're going to just be so focused on other things.
And it makes me sad. And at the same time,
let's take advantage. Let's not be sad. Let's get out
there and let's travel together and make those memories.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
So what should families look four When planning a.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Trip, It's all about ease, value, and variety. And I
love Myrtle Beach because it checks really every box.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
There.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
You've got sixty miles of beautiful coastline, tons of attractions
for every age, and lodging options that fit all types
of budgets. And like I said, I was there recently,
and our days there were filled with boat rides to
see dolphins, walks on the beach, collecting shelves, go.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Carts, arcade games, and so so much more.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
You know, there's a reason that Reader's Digest has highlighted
it more than once as a great family destination because
it is so easy to plan a trip here. There
is so much to do and it is impossible not
to fall in love with it.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Yes, and I feel like, obviously top of mind for
a lot of people is okay, how can I save money?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
What's the best way to maximize my trip? What tips
do you have for this?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
Yes, visit Myrtle Beach has some of the hottest summer
deals out there right now. You can save up to
forty percent, or get three nights at certain resorts and
take advantage of perks like Kitchen Sweet so you can cook.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Meals and save even more.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
And like we said, that affordability factor is so important
to me and the moms I've spoken to in my
Mom's Sanity community.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
And also free stuff.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
There is so much free stuff to do at places
you might visit here. You've got the boardwalk, outdoor concerts,
public parks, shopping at the marshwalk. It's really all about
stretching your dollars without sacrificing the fun.
Speaker 5 (04:23):
Right.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
I love it, And I know I have a friend
of mine, she's a single mom, and so she is
her hands full and she always chooses Myrtle Beach for
those exact reasons that you said. And so, what are
some unique experiences that can just make the family vacation
special and memorable.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Yeah, Myrtle Beach is full of surprises.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
It's the mini golf capital of the world, in case
you didn't know, and let me tell you, my kids
took full advantage of that. You can also see pirate
dinner shows, you can explore marine exhibits, catch a baseball
game with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, or just enjoy some
live music on the boardwalk. And in general, and you
are planning a trip, you should really check out experiences
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that are unique to the location. So in addition to that,
here you can take a spin on the Skywheel, which
is that massive ferris wheel on the boardwalk. You can
visit the upside Down WonderWorks. You can check out Ripley's Aquarium.
My kids are still talking about these over the top
milkshakes that we got at a.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Place called the Crazy Mason. They were I mean they
were crazy with like candy.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Coming out of them and brownie cookies and cotton candy.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
It was so much fun.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
And as you can see, Myrtle Beach is really so
much more than just a beach. It's an entire experience
that's wrapped up in sunshine and smiles.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
As I like to say, yes, yes, And if you're
on the East Coast, I feel like airfares are very
affordable too, or maybe you're even within driving distance.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
Absolutely, accessibility is huge, especially when you are choosing a location,
and Myrtle Beach is such an easy choice for that reason.
Like you said, the airport has over fifty NonStop routes
from budget airline. It's also been recognized as the best
small airport in the US.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
And driving wise, we actually drove from New York.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
Believe it or not, nearly half of the US can
drive to Myrtle Beach in a day, so this is
such a great location.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
We're planning a last minute vacation, whether you want.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
To stay a week, or you even can just stay
for a few days a weekend and once you're there.
I mean, you know, the airport's like a mile from
the beach, and you've got beach stuff, amusement rides, water park, shopping.
It's all in one place. And like I said, great
for a last minute vacation right now.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Yes, Oh my gosh, you have me convinced. And so
I'm like, let's go. How long did it take you
to get there from New York?
Speaker 3 (06:39):
You know, it was a bit of so we split
it up over two.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
Days, so we you know, we stopped and you know,
made the most of our time, but we really just
wanted to get down there.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
I think it was about all in if we were
to have driven straight about eleven twelve hours.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Oh that's not bad, that's I mean, I figure, I
always see, okay, does it make sense to drive or
fly based on you have to get to the airport
a few hours in advance, then the time it takes
you to get to the airport, then the time of
your flight, and a lot of times it does make
sense to drive, and then you have your car with you.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
That's exactly why we chose to drove.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
And you know what, road trips are also so much fun,
you know, that's like part of the whole experience.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
You kind of have to have a road.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Trip when you've got kids, so they can you know, remember,
you're singing in the car, you're playing games. I think
that's such a big part of the fun. But like
you said, you know, you have your car once you're
down there, and even though there is so much that
you can do within walking distance, there's also so so
much to explore in Myrtle Beach. But also if you
want to fly, I mean we're talking just you know,
an hour or two, you know, on a plane, and
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then you were in paradise in Myrtle Beach, so you
kind of can't go wrong. And it's affordable too, It's
an affordable flight for most places.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Yes, that's what makes it wonderful.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Okay, So the name of your website is Mom's Sanity,
and so I have to ask you if you are
taking a road trip, let's say, with two young kids,
because I keep having this fantasy of taking a great
road trip with them. Like I said, they're six and eight,
and then we go to drive an hour or two
and it's already Mom wore all the snacks, and they
go through the entire bag of snacks and then on board,
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and now I don't want to do this in the
fighting starts in the open and close of the windows constantly.
So how do you keep your sanity and how do
you say, okay, I can take a road trip with
young kids.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
That is such a good question.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
So I had each of them pack like little like
go bags basically, so they had you know, like a
Rubik's cube and a cute little puzzle and just things
that they had for the car, just even a stuffy
you know that my daughter could you know, play with
on her own. But then, like you said, snacks, you
really need snacks. We had a cooler in the back
and a bag. I of course had to like you know,
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put the mom lock on it because they started you
know rifling gessnas like almost immediately, and I was like, okay,
we're going to plan this out.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
You guys can't eat it all right now. But really having.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
Those things just at the ready made such a difference.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
And then you know, music listening to like what they want.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
I made sure that you know, each of them got
to vote on different you know, different songs that they
wanted to hear and sing, and.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
It was actually really fun.
Speaker 4 (09:13):
And then of course we left early, so they were
pretty tired, so there was some napping involved too, which
also really helped exactly.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
And that's I feel like, not that I love driving
at night, but I think if you can get some
of the driving in at night when they're sleeping, that's
probably a good way to go too.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
That can definitely help too.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
And I really am a fan of, you know, the
stopping on the way if you have a big one trip.
I mean, I know some you know, you just want
to get there because it's so beautiful and so amazing
and you want to start your vacation, but you know
kind of you know, planning in a fun pit stop,
whatever that's going to be. We can also make it
so much so much easier and so much more staying
for us as parents, and make your kids so much happier.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Too, exactly.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
And I feel like there's so many fun things to
do in so many different states that yes, that is
your big desk and you do want to get there,
but like you said, you know what, maybe you stop
off at another amusement park along the way or some
other thing, just like you said, to make it part
of the trip and to build that into the time
that you're going to be away.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
Yes, absolutely.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
And I don't know about you, but my kids also
just like being in hotels sometimes, yes, so I'm going.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
Sometimes I just hear about like the Pitstop hotel too.
They're like, oh, it was really fun.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
Do you remember they had this cool bed or these
cool lights and it was really neat and so you know,
it's funny what kids will remember as their favorite part
of a trip.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Sometimes absolutely one hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
I know my kids always talk about if there was
a hotel with bunk beds, they still remember that, so
it's tell it's the bunk beds.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Definitely.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Well, dud, thank you so much for joining me today
on Passport Mommy. Where can we go for more information
on Myrtle Beach.
Speaker 4 (10:48):
For more information, go to visit Myrtlebeach dot com slash
family Fun. The site has detailed on accommodation deal and
so so many family friendly things to do once you're
in Myrtle Beach perfect.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Thank you so much, Don Yannick, author, actor, mom of two,
founder of Momsanity dot com. I appreciate you joining me
today on Passport Mommy and sharing all of your wonderful
tips on Myrtle beach.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
Thank you so much for having me, My pleasure.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
I'm Michelle Jerson. More coming up in a few you're
listening to Passport Mommy. I'm Michelle Jerson. And did you
know coming up is National Wine and Cheese Day And
what a perfect time to get some ideas on how
we can mix the two together to come up for
some really delicious snacks. Maybe you're hosting something really soon
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at your house, or you're going somewhere else and you
need ideas of what to bring. So today I have
with me Samantha Capaldi. She's the founder of the Samsums
Wine Club and co founder of FAF Wine Company.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Thank you so much for joining me today.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Thank you so much for shall That was quite the intro.
I appreciated that. Highten me up.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Oh yeah, no, my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
I mean, you must bring so much to people, and
I feel like people like me. Even though I have
been drinking wine for a while, I still don't really
know what goes with what, and I can always use
extra tips, so.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
I'm excited to help you out.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
So what makes everyday ingredients shine when paired thoughtfully together?
Speaker 5 (12:19):
Yeah, and I think it goes back to like what
you said, It's like you don't really know where to begin,
and it's intimidating, right, So hopefully I could come into
play with cracker.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Barreled cheese and help make it simple.
Speaker 5 (12:30):
So just taking some simple everyday ingredients, you could go
to your local store and cracker barreled cheese will be there.
And something that's really cool Michelle is a lot of
their cheeses are already pre sliced, so they already look pretty,
and they have rich and bold cubes that are ready
to go. And when it comes to the pairings, you
just got to have fun with it, have a little
bit of curiosity, kind of understand that some things are
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going to be completely different.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
Contrast and works so well.
Speaker 5 (12:57):
So something that I really love to do is and sparkling.
I don't know if you're a big Bubbles drinker during
the summer, but Josh Seller's prosecco is where it's at.
It's really fruity, floral, very nice and crisp effervescent.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
So I get a little bit crazy.
Speaker 5 (13:13):
I always tell everyone to grab Cocker Barrel Cheese Variety
pat because it just has everyone's cheese that they love, right,
and then add some pickles to your board, get extra
crazy with the saltiness. I'm a big pickle lover. And
then I top I basically make like a pickle and
cheese sandwich and I put a little bit of a
fresh jam on it, so I have like that salty, savory,
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bold flavors of the Cracker Brel cheese. And then what
really cleanses my palate at the end of it is
the prosecco. And what's really great if someone wants a
non alcoholic option, Josh also makes a non alcoholic sparkling
for those that would like that.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
I love that because if your prey go or you
just choose not to drink, then what a great option.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Because I think it's all about the taste anyway.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
So how do you find the perfect pairing with cheeses
and refreshing summer drinks?
Speaker 5 (14:02):
Yeah, so again, you kind of just have to trust
the process, and of course I'm here to help guide you,
but always start with whatever your favorite cheese is. For example,
one of my go to Cracker barrel cheeses is there
extra sharp white, It's really.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
Tangy and crumbly.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
And then I get a little bit more wild with
my with my toppings if you will, And it's usually
stuff I already have in my kitchen. So spicy honey,
So I'll drizzle some spicy honey onto that extra sharp
white It'll get into all the creases of the crumble,
so yummy. And then add a little bit of a
piece of salamie. You have a little smoky salami. So
I'm getting like that spicy sweet, smoky savory which everyone
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loves as soon as that hits your palate, and you
need a bold red wine to compliment that. So in
every day a crowd pleaser wine is Josh's cabertt solving
you on. She's really rich and bold, but at the
same same time really smooth tannins, meaning nothing is going
to like stick and grittiness to your h and your tongue.
It's a total couch crusher, if you will. So just
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takes the whole experience and makes it super chill and approachable,
which is what I love to do for people.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Yeah, I love that.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
And talking about chill and easy, can you tell us
about how simple grocery store finds can create just something beautiful,
Like what's your favorite unexpected combination using ingredients that anyone
can find.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
Oh.
Speaker 5 (15:24):
I love that question, So I would have to say
my no fuss favorite ingredient and my secret weapon for
my cheeseboards is definitely cracker barrels cheese cubes. I love
them because of the perfect snacking size and esthetically pleasing
where say I have like a little spot on my
board that looks a little sad, I need a little
bit of fluff. I love just being able to pour
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the little cubes onto the board and have the resillable
bag so I could always keep going back into my
kitchen for more. And that way, you know, you don't
have to feel bad about going to town on your
board and enjoying it, which is the point if you
have something super accessible. So definitely those cheese cubes, and
knowing that I have some really easy to find wines
on hand. You don't need ten hundred different wines. You
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literally just have three solid wines like this Prosecco Cabernet
solving me on.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
And then I haven't mentioned her yet, but I love
my Josh Rose.
Speaker 5 (16:18):
She. I refer to her as a porch pounder, so
she's something that I want to be outside.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
Can you relate to that?
Speaker 5 (16:24):
On a hot summer day and just be drinking something
so cold and crisp, big fruit flavors like peaches and nectarine,
and something that's really cool too and goes with my
cheese cube accessibility is Cracker Barrel has a lot of
cheese sticks, so the Cracker breled cheese sticks are one
of my favorites because I like to get up and
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walk and talk and just do things and not like
cover a on the board. So that makes it really
easy and just kind of fun. And you know when
people see cheese sticks on a board, they're going to
feel inclined to grab it and not feel like they're
going to mess something up right.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
It's just so easy and approachable.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
So where can we get all of this information that
you just mentioned in case we couldn't remember all of it?
Speaker 2 (17:05):
And how can we recreate these at home?
Speaker 5 (17:08):
I got all of these tips and more at Crockerberelheese
dot com as well as Instagram Crockerbarrelgeese and you could
also come hit me up at Samantha Somlee for some
more no snob or fuss wine and cheese pairing tips.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Terrific. Thank you so much, Samantha.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
I appreciate you joining me today, I'm Passport Mommy.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
Thank you so much, Michelle for having me.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Cheers, cheers. I'm Michelle Jurson. More coming up in a few.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
If you are.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Listening to the show on the radio, don't forget. You
can also catch all of the episodes previous episodes on
the podcast Passport Mommy. You can find it on any
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that download button and you'll never miss an episode. I'm
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Speaker 3 (17:48):
More coming up in a few.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
You're listening to Passport Mommy, I'm Michelle Jerson And we've
all been on the computers lately. The hot words are chat, GPT,
and it's like, you have a question, go to GPT,
and you know, if you need advice on something, go
to chat GPT. But really, what makes it function and
is it safe as you put in your personal information
(18:14):
as you're trying to do lots of different things with it.
So I'm really happy to have on the line with
me today, Hillary Hunter. She is the CTO of IBM Infrastructure.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
Hi. Hillary, Hi, than Michelle.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
Great to talk to you.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
You as well.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
So for those who are not familiar, let's just talk
about AI in general and what are some examples of
how people use AI in their everyday lives and what
are their concerns around the technology.
Speaker 6 (18:38):
Yeah, Michelle, I think you hit the nail on the
head in talking about the fact that if you ask
anyone what is AI and how do I use it,
most are going to think chat GPT, But it's actually
a much more pervasive topic. It's definitely is your kids
doing their homework, creating summaries of different documents, doing research
on your leisure activities or home repair activevities. Those are
(19:01):
all the things that we as consumers certainly are doing
with tools like that, or with anthropics, claud or other things.
But in an enterprise, in a business today, the businesses
that you interact with are likely using AI to help
with customer support. That may be the chatbot that you
interact with directly, or it could be the agent that's
helping you is getting suggestions based on your full case
(19:23):
history that they might not have had time to read,
but they're able to more quickly and efficiently help you
because of that. It's also teachers creating lesson plans for
their classrooms. It's healthcare workers getting better recommendations on patient
care again because of the ability to summarize the whole
of the person's case history. And so this is really
coming into play in many, many different aspects of our
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lives and many different types of work and service functions
that people receive. But people are right, as you suggested,
to be asking about is their data safe? Is it
safe to be using AI? And I think, as we'll
talk about here, I think in the coming minutes, it
absolutely is possible to know how your data is being
used with the terms of that AI are in. For
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a small business that's considering using it, there are providers
that have focus on safety and trust and transparency, and
so they can genuinely be safely thinking about using AI
for their own advantage.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
So what are some examples how can companies ensure that
they're using it safely?
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (20:24):
I think one of the things that from a consumer perspective,
I love to use as an analogy A colleague of
mind came up with this a number of years ago.
When you and I go to the grocery store, we
expect that there's a nutrition label on those products, and
that nutrition label tells us the ingredients, it tells us
the impact of those ingredients on the fat and the
number of calories in that product. And similarly, it's possible
(20:48):
to have conversations with your providers. As a consumer, there's
usually a very long set of terms that many of
us just kind of breeze through and click through, but
there's a lot of information there about how your data
might get used. And for a business, there's a lot
of selection that you can do in who your AI
providers are. We as a company have a value on
(21:11):
transparency in providing our customers information and providing technical developers
that are using our models in the open source the
information on what the data was and where therefore the
knowledge of the model came from, and that sort of
the fact sheet type of information that we provide about
our AI. And similarly, then when you're using the AI,
(21:35):
we provide very very clear terms. Your data is your data.
We're not going to use your data to make that
AI better, And so people just need to do a
bit of research and companies want to carefully select a
provider that has that kind of FDA like nutrition label
aspect of transparency and explaining what they did and what
(21:57):
you're going to experience as a user.
Speaker 3 (21:59):
Of that product. Right.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
I love everything that IBM is doing. So if we
needed to break it down into it, like just say
a few pieces to tell our company why IBM is
really helping to make AI technology responsible and safe, what
would we say?
Speaker 3 (22:14):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (22:15):
I mean, I think you know. We are providing transparency
on the data that goes into the AI models that
we provide our customers. We're providing capabilities like whatsonex dot governance,
governance meaning monitoring the model for the characteristics, the language
it's using, the fairness and bias of any results that
(22:37):
it's providing. So we're providing transparency on the front end
with the data that goes into creating AI, and we're
providing tools and capabilities on the back end from monitoring
that AI system and ensuring that it's continuing to meet
the expectations of your company. I think lastly, it's important
that we're providing infrastructure that can enable safety and security
(22:58):
in these deployments. And that means if you have an
on premises environment that you trust and you're running as
a private cloud for example, you can deploy AI into
that environment. So our platform approach to AI means that
the AI can come and meet your data where it's
at in those kind of security and safety of what
you've created around that workload and that application that data
(23:21):
and bring the AI there. We're bringing AI into some
of the world's most trusted and safe and secure and
resilient systems into the mainframe, for example, and then you
can do AI very safely and securely on transactional data, payments, information,
all those core important financial services, healthcare, insurance kinds of applications.
(23:44):
And we're working with clients to protect the AI that
they do in the cloud using encryption technologies, confidential computing,
lots of great stuff to ensure that AI in the
cloud is also safe and secure and that the data
context and data protection is no and understood by our clients.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Terrific. And where can we go for more information?
Speaker 6 (24:05):
Yeah, one site that I'd recommend is that folks check
out IBM dot com, Slash AI, Dash Infrastructure.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
Terrific.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
Thank you so much, Hillary Hunter, so informative. I appreciate
you joining me today on Passport Mommy.
Speaker 6 (24:18):
Thank you great talking to you you as well.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
I'm Michelle Jerson. We're coming up in a few.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
You're listening to Passport Mommy I'm Michelle Jerson, and you know,
as a parent, we all know that severe food allergies
can be life threatening, and infants and toddlers are particularly
vulnerable due to their inability to communicate their symptoms. Food
allergies are most prevalent in children one through five years old,
and more than sixty percent of children in this age
(24:47):
group attend child's care. So it's really important to be
aware of your children's allergies and also to communicate them
to the child's care facility. But more than that that
if your children are in the care of someone else,
that they should know what to do. So I'm really
happy to have on the show with me today doctor
Alice Hoyt. She's with the Institute of Food Allergy and
(25:11):
she is here to talk to us about the Early
Childhood Anaphylaxis Collaborative supported by KALO.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
Thank you so much for joining me today.
Speaker 7 (25:20):
Thank you for having me, Michelle.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
My pleasure is, so, what is the Early Childhood Anaphylaxis
Collaborative and why is it important for child's care centers
and parents of young children to be prepared for an
allergic emergency.
Speaker 7 (25:34):
Absolutely, I'm really excited to partner with KOLEO on this collaborative.
What the Collaborative is is a group of really amazing
organizations who have been working in this space for years
already to help our communities be better prepared for anaphylaxis.
And the Collaborative in particular was developed so that healthcare providers,
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early childcare professionals, families, all these stakeholders have a place
to go to get those next steps on how do
we support childcare centers to be prepared for allergy emergencies
in all families of kiddos, especially young kiddos who, as
you mentioned, they are our most vulnerable population when it
(26:17):
comes to anaphylaxis. So important for these families to have
somewhere to go to help their centers get information. That's
exactly what the collaborative does that is so important.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
And so what is undesignated Sorry, let me start that again.
What is undesignated epinephrin and why is it important for
early child care centers to have access to it?
Speaker 7 (26:42):
Well, epenephrin is the medicine that treats an anaphylactic reaction.
Undesignated epinephrin is epinephrin that's predosed. Its usually in some
type of device that can be used on any child
who is having an anaphylactic reaction. So it's not prescribed
to the child, it's actually prescribed to the center, to
(27:04):
the school, to the entity to be used for that
allergy emergency. And it's so important that early childcare centers
have access to stock epinetrom, that they're able to have
this life saving medication on their campus because anphylaxis, unfortunately,
it can be life threatening and the way to stop
(27:25):
it is with epinephrine.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
And what should be included in an anaphylaxis response plan?
And what can childcare centers do to help protect kids?
Speaker 3 (27:36):
Right?
Speaker 7 (27:36):
So, an antiphleaxis response plan should really have two very
general parts.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
The first part of it should be knowledge making.
Speaker 7 (27:43):
Sure that all early childcare professionals are aware of what
food allergies are, how kidos can have allergic reactions, how
we can prevent them, and then how do they present,
what sort of symptoms happen, because as you mentioned, these
kiddos can't always raise their hands and say excuse me,
I think I'm having anaphal axis. Right, They're going to
start not feeling well.
Speaker 1 (28:03):
Yeah, I love what you're doing, because it is so important.
I know for any parent who has had or has
a child with food allergies, they know how important this is.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
What resources are available to those who join the collaborative.
Speaker 7 (28:19):
So when you go to ECA Collaborative dot com, it's
beautifully well well laid out information, but really when you
put in your email address, you're immediately emailed access to
these different different knowledge presentations, all all these different partners.
It's just it's so amazing. I've been working in this
(28:40):
space for a long time, Michelle, and many many moons,
many years, and so it's so nice that now any
early childcare professional, any parent can just go and get
all of this information from all these amazing groups all
in one place. What is food allergy, what is anaphal axis,
how do you treat it? How do you get undesignated epinephrine?
And all the things. It's all right there for them.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Terrific.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Well, thank you so much for all of the work
that you are doing with this, doctor, Alice Hoyight. I
appreciate you joining me today on Passport Mommy and all
of the great tips on how we could be more
proactive with our children or if we work in a
childcare setting.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
Thank you so much. Thank you so much for having me, Michelle.
Speaker 3 (29:21):
I appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
My pleasure. I appreciate you too.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
And also, really quickly, we didn't talk about Code Anna.
Tell me about that really quickly.
Speaker 7 (29:31):
CODEANA is a nonprofit that I lead that equipped schools
and early childcare centers for medical emergencies like anaphylaxis, and
so by utilizing some Code Anna resources center schools are
able to really develop their anaphal axis response plan. And
we're just delighted to be able to share all this
information across the country and really across the globe at
(29:51):
this point.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Terrific.
Speaker 1 (29:53):
Well, thank you again, doctor Alice Hoyight. I'm Michelle Jerson,
the Passport Mommy. More coming up in a few
Speaker 3 (30:00):
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