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iFLTV'S Kugan Cassius spoke to Paul Smith Jr in Liverpool ahead of Charlie Edwards clash with Andrew Cain. Get four months EXTRA with our EXCLUSIVE offer with SurfShark by clicking HERE

Buncey heads to Liverpool to chat with Nick Ball as he prepares to defend his world title in October. We also hear from his opponent Ronny Rios and his stablemate Andrew Cain, who fights on the undercard. And promoter Frank Warren talks about the recently released undercard for the October 12th event in Riyadh and says we can expect more big cards before the end of the year.

Click to listen to episode (4:59). Sections below are the following:Transcript of AudioAudio Notes and AcknowledgmentsImagesExtra Information about the Virginia General AssemblySourcesRelated Water Radio EpisodesFor Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.)Unless otherwise noted, all Web addresses mentioned were functional as of 1-5-24. TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the weeks of January 8 and January 15, 2024. MUSIC – ~12 sec – instrumental. That excerpt of “Dance of the Aisle,” by No Strings Attached, opens our annual preview of the Virginia General Assembly.  On January 10, 100 members of the House of Delegates and 40 members of the Senate will gather in Richmond for their 2024 session, during which they'll renew what you might call the “dance” of working across the symbolic “aisle” between political parties.  The steps this year will be performed by a noticeably different group of people, because the 2023 elections resulted in significant changes in the age and years of service of the Assembly's membership.  Have a listen to the music for about 25 more seconds, and see if you know how the following pairs of numbers describe those membership changes:34 and 17;74 and 40;9 and 21;and, last, 52 and 34; MUSIC – ~24 sec – instrumental. If you knew some or all of these, you're a General Assembly genius! The 2024 General Assembly will have 34 new delegates and 17 new senators.Seventy-four members have served four years or less, compared to 40 such members in 2023.Nine members have served 20 years or more, compared to 21 such members in 2023.And 52 members will be age 45 or younger, compared to 34 such members in 2023. [Information not in audio: that the numbers for 2024, taken from the Virginia Public Access Project's Web site on January 4, 2024, do not include one House member and one Senate member who were to be chosen in special elections on January 9, 2024.] The General Assembly convenes each year on the second Wednesday in January.  So-called “long sessions” of 60 days are held in even-numbered years, while 30-to-45-day “short sessions” are held in odd-numbered years.  A new biennial budget is proposed in each even-numbered year, while amendments to the current budget may be considered every year. Besides the budget, the General Assembly typically considers two-to-three thousand bills and resolutions.  Usually about 150 to 200 of those measures relate to water resources, either directly through impacts on aquatic environments, water supplies, or other water uses, or indirectly through impacts on energy and land uses that, in turn, affect water.  The budget also affects water, especially through funding of natural resource-related departments, such as Conservation and Recreation, Environmental Quality, Wildlife Resources, and the Marine Resources Commission. Action on General Assembly measures involves sub-committees, full committees, and floor debate.  Passed bills go to the governor for approval, veto, or proposed changes, and bills with a governor's veto or proposed changes return to the Assembly for further consideration during a “reconvened session,” scheduled for April.   All along the way, citizens, interest groups, and other stakeholders vie to have a say.  You can join in by following the Assembly's work and by communicating with your local delegate or senator about issues of concern.  Tools to help you do so are available online at virginiageneralassembly.gov. Thanks to Randy Marchany for permission to use this week's music, and we close with about 15 more seconds of “Dance of the Aisle.” MUSIC – ~16 sec – instrumental. SHIP'S BELL Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.  For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624.  Thanks to Stewart Scales for his banjo version of “Cripple Creek” to open and close this episode.  In Blacksburg, I'm Alan Raflo, thanking you for listening, and wishing you health, wisdom, and good water. AUDIO NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS “Dance of the Aisle,” on the 1999 album “In the Vinyl Tradition Volume 2,” is copyright by No Strings Attached and Enessay Music, used with permission.  More information about No Strings Attached—a long-time Blacksburg- and Roanoke-based band which is no longer performing—is available online at http://www.enessay.com/index.html. Click here if you'd like to hear the full version (1 min./11 sec.) of the “Cripple Creek” arrangement/performance by Stewart Scales that opens and closes this episode.  More information about Mr. Scales and the group New Standard, with which Mr. Scales plays, is available online at http://newstandardbluegrass.com. IMAGESThe Virginia State Capitol Building in Richmond.  Image from the Virginia General Assembly, “Capitol Classroom,” accessed online at https://capclass.virginiageneralassembly.gov/High/AbouttheCapitol/CapitolHigh.html, 1/8/24.Screen shot of the Virginia Legislative Information System's online site for following legislation in the 2024 Virginia General Assembly, accessed at https://lis.virginia.gov/lis.htm, 1/8/24. EXTRA INFORMATION ABOUT THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY The General Assembly's main Web page, http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/index.php, offers several useful features, including member lists, session calendars, live video of floor sessions, and information on legislative processes.  The Legislative Information System (LIS) Web site, http://lis.virginia.gov/lis.htm, provides lists and summaries of all bills, searchable by topic, member, committee, etc.   For budget information specifically, see https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/. Video streams of sessions and meetings for both the House of Delegates and the Senate, including committees, are available online at https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/membersAndSession.php?secid=1&activesec=0#!hb=1&mainContentTabs=0. Committees are key parts of the General Assembly process.  Legislation about water or about activities that can affect water may be assigned to any of several standing committees, most of which meet weekly during the General Assembly session.  Two committees that receive many (but not all) of the water-related bills are the House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee.  Information about all standing committees as of the 2024 session—including membership, meeting times, and legislation being considered—is available online at https://lis.virginia.gov/241/com/COM.HTM. To express an opinion on legislation, citizens are advised to contact their respective delegate of senator.  If you do not know your representatives or their contact information, you can use the online “Who's My Legislator” service, available at http://whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.gov/.  You can also find members' contact information at these links: House of Delegates, at http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php; State Senate, at https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/. The Lobbyist-In-A-Box subscriber service also offers free tracking for up to five bills, and it offers tracking of more than five bills for a fee; visit http://lis.virginia.gov/h015.htm.  For more information or assistance, phone Legislative Automated Systems at (804) 786-9631 or Virginia Interactive at (804) 318-4133. The organization Open Virginia's Richmond Sunlight Web site, at https://www.richmondsunlight.com/, also offers tools for following the General Assembly and for learning about Virginia law. SOURCES USED FOR AUDIO AND OFFERING MORE INFORMATION Ballotpedia, “Virginia General Assembly,” online at https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_General_Assembly. Andrew Cain, “Meet the 17 new state senators,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, November 24. 2023. David McGee, “'Road to Richmond”: Predictions vary on upcoming General Assembly session,” Bristol Herald-Courier, January 4, 2024. The Modern Republic, “Reach Across the Aisle,” online at https://www.modernrepublic.org/reach-across-the-aisle. Virginia Department of Elections, “January 9, 2024 General Assembly  Special Elections,” online at https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/candidate-list/january-9-2024-general-assembly-special-elections/, accessed 1-4-24. Virginia General Assembly, online at https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/index.php.  See particularly the following specific pages (all hyperlinked): About the General Assembly; Citizen Involvement; Legislative Terms. Virginia Public Access Project, online at https://www.vpap.org/, 1-4-24.  The main menu has a tab for “Legislators/Demographics,” online at https://www.vpap.org/general-assembly/legislators/, and there one can use a drop-down function to look for political party, gender, race, age, etc., and compare to previous sessions. Virginia Legislative Information System, online at https://lis.virginia.gov/.Virginia Water Resources Research Center, “Virginia Water Legislation,” online at https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/virginia-water-legislation/.  This site provides access to inventories of water-related bills in the Virginia General Assembly from 1998 through 2023. RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODES All Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html).  See particularly the “Community/Organizations” subject category. Following are links to other episodes on the Virginia General Assembly. Episode 143, 1-7-13 – “Music for the Past and Present of the Virginia General Assembly” (annual General Assembly introduction). Episode 147, 2-4-13 – “Committees Guide the Flow of Bills in the Virginia General Assembly.” Episode 196, 1-13-14 – “The Virginia General Assembly on its 396th Opening Day, January 8, 2014” (annual General Assembly introduction). Episode 247, 1-5-15 – “January Means State Budget Time in the Virginia General Assembly” (annual General Assembly introduction, with a special focus on the state budget). Episode 252, 2-9-15 – “Voting on Water in the 2015 Virginia General Assembly.” Episode 297, 1-4-16 – “Water's on the Agenda—along with a Whole Lot Else—When the Virginia General Assembly Convenes” (annual General Assembly introduction). Episode 302, 2-8-16 – “Voting on Water in the 2016 Virginia General Assembly.” Episode 350, 1-9-17 – “Old English Music Helps Preview the Old Dominion's 2017 General Assembly” (annual General Assembly introduction). Episode 353, 1-30-17 – “Voting on Water in the 2017 Virginia General Assembly.” Episode 359, 3-13-17 – “Subcommittees are Where Many Proposed Virginia Laws Start to Float or Sink.” Episode 402, 1-8-18 – “The Virginia Legislature Begins Its 400th Year in 2018” (annual General Assembly introduction). Episode 405, 1-29-18 – “Voting on Water in the 2018 Virginia General Assembly.” Episode 410, 3-5-18 – “Virginia Electricity Regulation and Water” (on legislation in the 2018 session on electricity regulation). Episode 454, 1-7-19 – “The Virginia General Assembly, from Jamestown in 1619 to Richmond in 2019” (annual General Assembly introduction). Episode 460, 2-18-19 – “Voting on Water in the 2018 Virginia General Assembly.” Episode 506, 1-6-20 – “Action on Budget, Bills, and Other Business Commences January 8 for the 2020 Virginia General Assembly” (annual General Assembly introduction). Episode 510, 2-3-20 – “Voting on Water in the 2020 Virginia General Assembly.” Episode 522, 4-27-20 – “Virginia Enacts a New Energy Era” (on legislation in the 2020 session on electricity generation, carbon emissions, and recurrent flooding). Episode 558, 1-4-21 – “January 13 is Opening Day for the 2021 Virginia General Assembly” (annual General Assembly introduction). Episode 562, 2-1-21 – “Voting on Water in the 2021 Virginia General Assembly.”Episode 611, 1-10-22 – “The Second Wednesday in January Means the Virginia General Assembly Convenes” (annual General Assembly introduction). Episode 614, 1-31-22 – “Voting on Water in the 2022 Virginia General Assembly.”Episode 646, 1-9-23 – “”Near Richmond's James River Falls, Each Second Wednesday in January Calls the Virginia General Assembly to Order” (annual General Assembly introduction).Episode 647, 1-23-23 – “Virginia's State Budget and Money for Water.”Episode 648, 2-6-23: “Voting on Water in the 2023 Virginia General Assembly.” FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATION Following are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) that may be supported by this episode's audio/transcript, sources, or other information included in this post. 2020 Music SOLs SOLs at various grade levels that call for “examining the relationship of music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.” 2018 Science SOLs Grades K-5 – Earth Resources 3.8 – Na

A Podcast that saw the return of Andrew Cain along with the beginning of Fastpass With Us debut on our channel: The team reunites for a haunt season episode featuring the 30th Anniversary of Pirates of Emerson's event. We take you through all 5 haunted houses on opening night!

Super-Featherweight throwback Brian Phillips joins Steve Lillis & John Evans for Bell 2 Bell, ep111.The Liverpool boxer has a fight anyone, anywhere attitude and few diehard boxing fans will forget his epic with Michael Gomez last year.Phillips who battled hot prospect Rhys Edwards makes his Bell 2 Bell debut and discusses the stresses of selling tickets and the hype around camp.The boys also look ahead to Joshua v Franklin, reflect on the brutal battle between Andrew Cain and Ionut Baluta.John raise the topic of small hall boxing being more entertaining than big shows and we look ahead to Lewis Van Poetsch career as a ref.

It's becoming a tale we tell far too often when Lawrence Okolie steps through those ropes.  Wake us up when the fight actually starts.  Saturday nights mandatory defence against David Light was the most boring contest we've seen for a while. Luckily for us Andrew Cain and Ionut Baluta produced a fight of the year contender, Nathan Heaney Brough the party, Plant and Benavidez delivered and Jose Ramirez reminding everyone just how good he is. Plenty to enjoy format he weekends action. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCAST - WINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT THE BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2017 AND 2018. Powered by Montirex.  Use FD15 at the checkout.

Mike and Cedric discuss Andrew Cain, a Pro Boxer out of Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom. Watch Knuckle Up's Mike Orr, who always discusses up-and-coming young, hungry, and (usually) undefeated boxers during his live daily show at 4pm EST (9pm UK) on TalkinFight.com or YouTube.com/c/TalkinFight #TalkinFight #KnuckleUp #AndrewCain @AndrewCainERT #Boxing #Liverpool @frankwarren_tv

On this episode, we recap a recent fight in Dallas between Jamshidbek Najmitdinov and Charles Hatley, and report on a few upcoming fights featuring Andrew Cain, Yoelvis Gómez, Gervonta “Tank” Davis, who faces Rolly Romero, and Naoya Inoue, as his rematch - set for June - against Nonito Donaire has just been announced. https://talkinfight.com/todays-boxing-news-headlines-ep172-boxing-news-today-talkin-fight/ Watch live on TalkinFight.com and more episodes on YouTube.com/c/TalkinFight #TalkinFight #Boxen247 #BoxingNews

Yes, there is something called mindful improv! Andrew Cain joins Karin to discuss how clowning, comedy and improv can help you to develop curiosity, kindness, acceptance and openness. And how trying on other embodiments in a playful way can help us to let go of self-imposed restrictions and free us up to be more ourselves as well as live more fully in the moment. A good one to help you to not take yourself and your practice too seriously! Play / Connect with Andrew Cain here : https://playconnect.co.uk/  

Good morning, RVA! It’s 35 °F, and the weather today looks amazing. Expect highs in the mid 60s and plenty of sunshine. If you don’t spend even just a portion of your day outside you will have officially missed out! Also, are we…done with winter?Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 1,769 new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealthand 172 new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 263 new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 95, Henrico: 90, and Richmond: 78). Since this pandemic began, 827 people have died in the Richmond region. We’re still seeing the impact of VDH working their way through the backlog of winter death certificates. Locally, 72 new deaths have been reported in the region over the last two days, an almost 10% increase.Over in vaccine world, the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s Sarbina Moreno reports that our federal representatives are getting involved in advocating for an equitable local vaccine rollout. Specifically, Reps. Spanberger and Luria point out the absolute inequity in the way the new federally-run CVS program treats vaccines like PlayStation 5s: "The varied eligibility requirements and appointment-making procedures favor the technologically savvy and well-resourced who can navigate the different systems…Retail pharmacy partners have been reluctant to coordinate their outreach and appointments with state public health officials’ priorities, meaning vulnerable individuals patiently waiting their turn according to health department guidelines could be passed over.” I mean, what the heck, this is bananas: “On Friday afternoon, Avula said the VDH saw a White House news release last Wednesday announcing how Walgreens would start vaccinating Virginians. Logistics regarding how its immunizations would work with the state’s system was still unclear on Tuesday…In-store vaccinations start Wednesday.” These pharmacy partnerships are good in that they bring in a new, additional supply of vaccine to the state, but to force folks—our most vulnerable folks—to participate in early-morning refresh-button duels for a limited number of vaccination appointments is traumatic and unacceptable.Today at 11:00 AM, the Governor will host his now-weekly press conference to discuss “updates on the Commonwealth’s continued response to COVID-19 and vaccination efforts.” Will he address these federal pharmacy partnerships? Tune in to VPM’s YouTube to find out.Yesterday, the Mayor released the Richmond Equity Agenda, a “foundational document that will serve as the roadmap toward a more inclusive and thriving Richmond.” The plan, which is made up of 10 large goals, will be introduced as a (non-binding) resolution at Council, which if passed, will, I guess, signal Council’s buy-in to the Mayor’s agenda. The 10 large goals are what you’d expect: things like health, housing, transit, climate, children and families, public safety, and economic justice. I’d like to hear more about the intent of this document, but, at the moment, it doesn’t strike me as a bold vision for the next four years (if that’s even the intent, which maybe it isn’t!). Take transit, for example, and look at the verbs used to describe what the City will do to “ensure equitable transit and mobility for residents”: advocate, support, create [a plan], invest, continue to prioritize, and paint. That’s a big list of pretty passive words. To really ensure equitable transit and mobility for folks I’d like to see an agenda to pour dozens of miles of sidewalks, build 50 more miles of bike lanes south of the river, install 60 new bike share stations across the city, doublethe funding for GRTC, create pedestrian-only streets in every neighborhood, and rezone, well, everything. So, I dunno, and I’m excited to hear what other folks think. Luckily, there’s a feedback form where people with thoughts and feelings can share them with the City (until March 21st).GRTC hosted their first Regional Transit Plan stakeholder meeting last night, which you can watch a replay of over on their YouTube. Remember: This planning process will inform how GRTC and the region spend all of that new, regional money for transit via the Central Virginia Transportation Authority. Watching a transit plan statekholder meeting on your porch with a beer during the best-weather day of the week sounds like a great way to wind down for the evening, right? Related, the RTD editorial board ran this piece yesterday favoring the ridership concept (aka more frequent transit on the major corridors instead of more infrequent transit spread throughout the region). If you’ve got thoughts and feelings on this, you can download the concept maps over on GRTC’s website and fill out yet another feedback form (YAFF).More progress on getting rid of our racist monuments: The General Assembly will send a bill to the Governor to sign that will get rid of the Harry F. Byrd Sr. statue on the Capitol grounds. The RTD’s Andrew Cain has the details plus a video of a speech given by Sen. McClellan.I don’t know anything about “advanced recycling,” but here’s some more information about it—and the Great Polystyrene Compromise of 2021—from the Virginia Mercury’s Sarah Vogelsong.This morning’s patron longreadHow a Young Activist Is Helping Pope Francis Battle Climate ChangeSubmitted by Patron John. Fascinating in, like, 100 different ways.When she travelled to Rome that summer, her main goal was to find someone in the Vatican who could give her access to the Holy See’s records and digital databases, enabling her to fill in the many gaps. In the Office of the Secretariat of State that day, Burhans met with two priests. She showed them the prototype map that she had been working on, and explained what she was looking for. “I asked them where their maps were kept,” she said. The priests pointed to the frescoes on the walls. “Then I asked if I could speak to someone in their cartography department.” The priests said they didn’t have one.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.Picture of the DayFound these hanging out in someone’s front yard on my walk yesterday.

Former Team USA member and 2011 Team All-Events champion (and past USBC President) Andrew Cain joins the show to talk about a variety of OC and non-OC related topics. The talented left-hander has built an incredible legacy on and off the lanes!

Good morning, RVA! It’s 38 °F, and we’ve got another day with a potential for sunny skies and highs in the upper 40s. Take advantage of this afternoon’s weather with a quick stroll around the neighborhood. Not enough quick strolls lately, if you ask me!Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 4,377 new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealthand 59 new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 486 new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 164, Henrico: 214, and Richmond: 108). Since this pandemic began, 569 people have died in the Richmond region. These Tuesday data dumps are absolutely brutal when it comes to coronavirus-related deaths. The average number of new deaths reported on the last four Tuesdays is 56, while the average number of deaths reported on the last four Mondays is six. We see the same thing, although not to the same extent, with hospitalizations: an average of 141 new hospitalizations over the last four Tuesdays and 66 over the last four Mondays. Data reporting issues are real! Actual humans have to type this stuff into spreadsheets and databases, and that work slows down on weekends and holidays. Speaking of hospitalizations, though, if you’re looking for hope, perhaps it’s in those numbers? While more people are hospitalized every day due to COVID-19 now than back in the spring, we have seen a bit of a drop from the middle of December. The seven-day average of new hospitalizations reached its peak of 131 on December 23rd, and it has fallen to 106 as of yesterday. VDH’s pandemic dashboard says the 85.8% of the Central Region’s hospital beds are occupied. That seems like a lot, but that’s been the case for at least the last six months. Anyway, the Governor will hold a press conference today at 2:00 PM to “provide updates on the Commonwealth’s ongoing response to COVID-19 and discuss vaccination plans.” This does not sound like new restrictions, policies, or guidelines to me, but I guess we’ll learn more later this afternoon.Tom Lappas at the Henrico Citizen reports that Henrico County Public Schools have decided to “delay for the second time – by two weeks, to Jan. 25 – the planned resumption of in-person learning for all elementary students whose families selected it.” Teachers, however, are expected to return on January 19th. You might be nodding your head sagely at this decision after reading the previous and brutal coronaparagraph. However, not everyone nods with you! Apparently, some wires got crossed yesterday over a potential plan from the State to push returning to in-person instruction. Check out this bizarre story out of Roanoke: “About 75 minutes after 10 News published our initial report, we’ve now learned that Gov. Ralph Northam will not address bringing students back to school. While the Virginia Department of Education told 10 News in a statement that Northam would release updated guidelines on Wednesday, VDOE has since rolled back that statement.” I don’t know who said what to whom, but I keep looking at VDH’s map of school indicators. For one of the main primary indicators (new cases per 100,000 people within the last 14 days) the entire map is red, the highest level, and for the other (percentage positivity during the last 14 days), the vast, vast majority of the map is red! While I still believe schools aren’t a primary driver in the spread of coronavirus, I don’t know how you look around, look at those metrics, see all of those ruby red localities on the map, and are like “yeah, let’s get folks back together.” So I guess don’t expect more from the Governor on this today, but maybe expect it soon?A couple days ago, the Virginia Public Access Project put together this nice post detailing the 62 citizen nominees for the General Assembly’s new redistricting commission. Andrew Cain at the Richmond Times-Dispatch breaks down the demographic data and the results are unsurprising. 65% of the Democratic nominees are not white; 11% of the Republican nominees are not white. 56% of the Democratic nominees are women; 29% of the Republican nominees are women. The selection committee (made up of retired judges) will pick eight total citizen members and then the commission will begin meeting on February 1st.OK! At this point in the morning we know that Rev. Raphael Warnock has won his special senate election and will be the first Black senator from the state of Georgia and just the 11th Black senator ever. As for Jon Ossoff, Nate Cohn of the NYT’s incredibly stressful Needle, says Ossoff leads by “three-tenths of a point, and it’s poised to grow more.” Cohn also thinks the lead will eventually exceed the threshold requiring a recount. Ossoff’s campaign also thinks they’ve got this thing in the bag, releasing a statement that says “When all the votes are counted we fully expect that Jon Ossoff will have won this election to represent Georgia in the United States Senate.” Should he win, he’ll be the youngest senator since Don Nickles in 1981, and the youngest democratic senator since…Joe Biden!…back in 1973. 2016 really did a number on me, and I have a hard time feeling hopeful—but here we are!This morning’s longreadWhat the World Can Learn From Life Under Tokyo’s Rail TracksSomeone shared this article with me after I retweeted @everylot_rva’s post of the weird parking lot/dead zone under the highway and train tracks across from Main Street Train Station. We celebrate the triple crossing, but how could we use that space under all of the crossings to its fullest and best potential?In Tokyo, however, the undertracks’ reputation is rather different. These spaces are more than just storage and parking. They are agglomerations of cozy restaurants and shops that are intimately tied to the identity of certain commercial districts. Perhaps the best-known example is near the business district of Yurakucho, where the latest overhaul of the area’s brick archways opened on Sept. 10. The arches traditionally house a jumble of old-school pubs and tiny eateries illuminated by red paper lanterns; the revamped section will modernize the interior with a walkway lit by floor lamps that guide visitors through zones of dining, retail and nightlife.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.

What if the benefits of mindfulness could be accessed in a fun, playful and relational way? What happens when we work with what is right here and dare to drop the planning, lean into vulnerability, and embody joy? A conversation about acting improv and how this accessible practice enables anyone to cultivate freedom, creativity, richer relationships, and expanded possibilities. Life wisdom in a joyful, playful practice of stepping into the unknown.(You can find Andrew and learn more about his taster improv classes at https://playconnect.co.uk/)

Good morning, RVA! It’s 33 °F, and today looks a lot like yesterday. Expect cooler temperatures with highs in the mid 50s, plus plenty of sunshine. Temperatures go up from here!Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 2,071↗️ new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealth and 25↗️ new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 186↘️ new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 42, Henrico: 95, and Richmond: 49). Since this pandemic began, 444 people have died in the Richmond region. This is the third day in a row VDH has reported more than 2,000 new positive cases, and the current seven-day average across the Commonwealth stands at 1,761. I probably need to add the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association’s Virginia Hospital COVID-19 Dashboard to my daily-read list. Right now—and, remember this is statewide data—27% of ventilators are in use as are 74% of ICU beds. Locally, that ICU bed occupancy numbers looks to be 88.3% and juuuuuust barely under the Uh Oh Threshold. VDH also has a couple graphs about the number of hospital beds occupied, which you can filter by region. I don’t know that the Central Region graphtells me much other than we’ve had a high percentage of hospital beds occupied since even before the pandemic began. Honestly, those last two graphs looks pretty different, and I’m not sure why that is. All of that to say, lots of folks are in the hospital right now, and you should do whatever you can to stay out of the hospital—for coronareasons and otherwise.Also, and this is petty, but didn’t Governor Northam give his final press conference until after Thanksgiving last week? At the time, I thought that sounded bananas, and, it turned out to be actual bananas, as he’s had near daily press conferences since his Friday announcement of new statewide restrictions. Mel Leonor at the Richmond Times-Dispatch confirms: “At a news conference a week earlier, the governor had not signaled further statewide mandates and had wished reporters a happy Thanksgiving, promising to not appear again before the cameras until after the holiday.” Oops. Anyway, at his press conference yesterday, Northam did say “all options are on the table” as far as further restrictions go, so we’ll see what that means and if he’ll take any additional action before Thanksgiving. Just thinking out loud: A holiday weekend lockdown would piss a lot of people off, but would probably keep a lot of people from catching COVID-19. Announced soon enough and folks could at least have some time to process what their long weekend will look like stuck inside? I dunno—hard, sad, and complex stuff.As for schools, Karina Bolster at NBC12 reports that 62% of Henrico County Public Schools students (at least those who responded) plan on remaining fully-virtual. I think those responses came before the District pumped the brakes on reopening to in-person instruction, so I imagine those numbers could change. Related, Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Kamras released the ongoing results of his Should We Stay or Should We Go survey, and, as of 2:00 PM on Tuesday, 63% of family respondents would prefer for RPS to remain fully virtual as would 80% of staff respondents. An important reminder from Kamras: “I do want to note that, while our family data is becoming more demographically representative of RPS each day, it is still under-representing families of color, who make up about 90% of RPS but only 65% of survey respondents. Our goal is to achieve a fully representative picture of how our families feel about the second semester, which is why we’re keeping the survey open for the next couple of weeks.” If you’re a member of the RPS community and haven’t take the survey, please do (family survey in English, family survey in Spanish, staff survey)!It looks like we have official, final election results in Virginia, says the RTD’s Andrew Cain, and that means we have official, final results in Richmond’s 2nd District City Council race! Katherine Jordan will now represent the City’s 2nd District, and you can follow her on Twitter @KatherineJRVA if you want to get in an early word. Congratulations, Councilmember-Elect Jordan!University of Richmond made a pretty stunning announcement yesterday: “…the University has announced it will meet the full demonstrated financial need for all RPS graduates who qualify to attend with grant aid—not with loans—up to the full cost of attendance at UR.” RPS Superintendent Kamras put it well, saying “The word ‘equity’ gets thrown around a lot in education, but real equity requires real dollars. And that’s exactly what UR just put on the table. RPS seniors, if you’ve never thought about the University of Richmond because of the cost, well, here’s the link to apply!”If you live within 25 miles of the 2610 Buford Road ABC store, which is, like, everyone in the entire region, you can now order alcohol online and have it delivered to your home. This is amazing, and it only took a pandemic to get it. You’ll need to make sure you’re ordering from the Buford Road store, and it looks like you’re limited to that store’s stock—but still! Look at us! Reasonably modern alcohol laws in Virginia, who woulda thought. Not me!Today, the Richmond City and Henrico Health Districts will host a free COVID-19 testing event at Regency Square (1420 N. Parham Road) from 9:00–11:00 AM. If you can’t make this one, there are many, many places to get tested. Also, if you’re planning to get a test before some sort of holiday travel your window is closing!This morning’s longreadWhy Millennials Are Suddenly So Obsessed With HouseplantsThis is not a great piece, and I mostly eye-roll at “Millennials do X because of Y” reporting. That said, remember 2019?? I got such a sense of The Before Times nostalgia while reading this. Hilarious that people used to do things for any reason other than to make pandemic life a little more livable.In addition to social media connections, getting involved in the plant community also provides countless opportunities to meet up in person. Besides plant swaps, enthusiasts of particular varieties can attend shows throughout the year. This coming weekend, thousands of plant lovers will descend on Miami for the International Aroid Society Show and Sale, which the community has dubbed the “Coachella for plants.” That’s not to say there can’t be a dark side to plant collecting. Some plant parents get wrapped up in hunting down super-rare species, adding too many to their collections and spending more money than they can realistically afford. Like any type of collecting, it’s possible to compromise your quality of life and go overboard.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.

Good morning, RVA! It’s 74 °F, and today looks a little cooler with highs in 80s. Just like yesterday, keep an eye out of rain throughout the day but especially this evening.Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 776↗️ new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealthand 8↘️ new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 116↗️ new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 36, Henrico: 61, and Richmond: 19). Since this pandemic began, 307 people have died in the Richmond region. I think yesterday’s COVID Tracking Project thread is worth reading just to get a feel for the weirdness and increasing unreliability of the public data around the coronavirus. The shift to reporting hospitalizations to the Department of Health and Human Services instead of the CDC a couple weeks back continues to result in “unexplained phenomena,” which is not the most reassuring thing to hear from professional spreadsheetidemiologists: “We compared current hospitalization data reported by the federal government and state health departments since the switch, and found contradictions that suggest the federal data continue to be unreliable, while the state datasets face their own challenges.”I think y’all probably know how I feel about colleges and universities reopening with in-person classes—not great! What I’m really not looking forward to, though, is hearing higher-ed administrators admonish and blame students if/when coronavirus outbreaks start to pop up on campus. The Richmond Times-Dispatch’s Andrew Cain has a piece that sets the stage for just such a thing: “UR warns returning students of severe penalties for breaking COVID rules.” Yes students should follow the rules, but also the adults in charge should make (and should have made!) good decisions to keep students safe and healthy.Yesterday was the three-year anniversary of “Charlottesville”—the grim shorthand for when a white supremacist deliberately drove his car into a crowd of protestors and killed Heather Heyer. I wrote this piece on August 14th, the Monday following the weekend of turmoil in our neighboring city to the west. I think it’s worth reading now and seeing how much has changed (and not changed) in Richmond and the world.As promised, here’s the ordinance banning guns adjacent to protests that the Mayor introduced earlier this week: ORD. 2020–184. The ordinance amends the existing ban on guns in city-owned buildings and parks, and adds to the list “any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit.” As an added bonus, guns would also be banned from the parts of private buildings that are being used for public, “governmental purposes.” At the moment, this ordinance sits on Council’s August 20th agenda (PDF)—a meeting I didn’t realize they planned on having.Ned Oliver at the Virginia Mercury looks into how the General Assembly will tackle Civilian Review Boards at the sate levelwhen they meet for a special session next week. I’m still confused about what kind of powers Civilian Review Boards created by localities today can wield. In Richmond, it seems like we’ve already decided our CRB can have subpoena power, but this piece by Oliver seems to suggest the State needs to specifically grant that authority. Either way, it sounds like the GA will look to pass some legislation to clear this up. I’m excited to see what’s introduced next week, stay tuned.Two women who hail from Carytown Bicycle Company have started using their bike mechanic skills to help Richmonders who rely on bikes for essential transportation—including people experiencing homelessness, teenagers in Randolph, and folks hanging out at Marcus-David Peters Circle (with priority given to people of color). Carytown Bicycle Company has set up this gofundme to help Mati and Emma buy and distribute “U-locks and bike parts for people who benefit from the donated bike builds and maintenance.” Keeping bikes safe—especially bikes used for essential transportation—is a worthy cause, and I hope you’ll chip in a couple of bucks this morning.The Henrico and Richmond City Health Districts will host a free community COVID-19 testing event today at Tuckahoe Middle School (9000 Three Chopt Road) from 9:00–11:00 AM. Also, have you installed the COVIDWISE app on your phone yet? It’ll take three minutes and will help public health folks slow the spread of the virus. I got an alert from the app yesterday with the title “COVID-19 EXPOS…”, had a small heart attack, and continued reading to where it said “Your device identified 0 potential exposures this week”. Good to know it works, though!Tonight, if you’ve got two devices, you can attend dueling virtual mayoral events. Candidate Alexsis Rodgers will host an environmental town hall at 7:30 PM while Mayor Levar Stoney will join a call hosted by VSU Professor Dr. Shedrick McCall at 7:00 PM. My Big List of 2020 Candidate Eventshas started to look meager and small, so if you know of any educational event featuring candidates for mayor, City Council, or School Board, please let me know! Also I want to mention, mostly because it took a nontrivial amount of time, I went through my entire Trello board of candidates and added as much contact information for each as I could—website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, email, VPAP profile, the works. Part of me, the stupid part, wants to create a Google Doc for each candidate and start compiling information about their policy platforms, notable quotes, voting records…This morning’s longreadOn Wednesday, Portland will pass the best low-density zoning reform in US historyThis did pass last night!Portland’s city council seems certain Wednesday to set a new bar for North American housing reform by legalizing up to four homes on almost any residential lot. Portland’s new rules will also offer a “deeper affordability” option: four to six homes on any lot if at least half are available to low-income Portlanders at regulated, affordable prices. The measure will make it viable for nonprofits to intersperse below-market housing anywhere in the city for the first time in a century. And among other things it will remove all parking mandates from three quarters of the city’s residential land, combining with a recent reform of apartment zones to essentially make home driveways optional citywide for the first time since 1973. It’s the most pro-housing reform to low-density zones in US history.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.

Times-Dispatch politics editor Andrew Cain and Jeff Schapiro, politics editor, preview this weekend's candidate guide in which Democrats and Republicans running in the Richmond area for the House of Delegates and Virginia Senate lay out their views and concerns. The guide, available in print and online, is a collaboration with the newspaper's opinion section, led by Pamela Stallsmith. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Saying goodbye to presenter Vivienne Smith and welcoming Lisa Moore, who will be taking over the reins in September. On this month's show, we learn the power of play with Andrew Cain and why her C Suite clients can't say no to Danusia Malina-Derben.

RTD politics reporter Mel Leonor and politics editor Andrew Cain join Jeff Schapiro, politics columnist, for a snapshot of the intraparty squabbles shaping this year's legislative elections, including the marquee fight for Republican House nomination in Hanover County. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Times-Dispatch politics editor Andrew Cain joins Jeff Schapiro in a discussion of the stories to watch in the 2019 GA in Virginia Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Times-Dispatch politics editor Andrew Cain and politics columnist Jeff Schapiro discuss the late president's long shadow over Virginia. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Times-Dispatch politics editor Andrew Cain joins columnist Jeff Schapiro in an examination of the political races we're watching in Virginia. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Your Host, William Powell, the King of DC Media, welcomes Bernard Glincosky, Founding Director/Owner of The Philadelphia Acting Studio, who will demonstrate his teaching method during a live class. From www.bernardglincosky.com/: Bernard Glincosky, actor, producer, and professional  speaker is best known for founding  The Philadelphia Acting Studio.  He recently wrapped up the lead role of Michael Mourer in the feature film The Listing which is scheduled for release summer 2018 on all major digital platforms in the USA and internationally.  He can be seen currently in the short film Booked (Official Selection New York City International Film Festival 2018) and in the feature film Deadly Gamble as the lead role of Andrew Cain, available on Amazon, Google Play, VUDU &  Walmart.com. Bernard has been teaching inside his studio and has had other notable local as well as Los Angeles and New York based teachers collaborating with him for nearly a decade. Some of his personal students have gone on to be cast and work alongside Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Will Smith, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper to name a few.. The Philadelphia Acting Studio™ 6757 Greene Street Philadelphia, PA 19119 PhilaActing@gmail.com (267) 888-6974              

Andrew Cain McClary, Founder and Managing Partner at KdT Ventures, is a physician-turned VC. The focus of his investment is biology and related fields.

In this video, Andrew and Reuben demonstrate how code is executed by a computer in sequence. Created by Dr. Andrew Cain, Jake Renzella, Reuben Wilson, Cliff Warren.

This Authentic Assessment forum was held by HERDSA Victoria Branch with presentations from Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Citation recipients and an OLT Fellow. Panelists included: - Dr Andrew Cain, Swinburne University of Technology on 'Using portfolios to achieve constructive alignment in computer science education'. - Dr Ellen Warne, Australian Catholic University on 'Collaborative assessment design to promote hands-on historical research'. - Emeritus Professor Geoff Scott, on 'Assuring the quality of achievement standards and their valid assessment in Australian higher education'.

This week we chat with former ASU standout and Team USA member Andrew Cain.  Cain discusses why he went to ASU, and how he is able to use his collegiate bowling experiences on the PBA Tour.  Andrew talks about his most memorable moment at ASU, and what high school bowlers […]

On June 28, 2012, David Johnson delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "John Randolph of Roanoke." One of the most eccentric and accomplished politicians in all of American history, John Randolph of Roanoke led a life marked by controversy. The long-serving Virginia congressman and architect of southern conservatism grabbed headlines with his prescient comments, public brawls, and clashes with every president from John Adams to Andrew Jackson. The first biography of Randolph in nearly a century, "John Randolph of Roanoke" provides a full account of the powerful Virginia planter's hardcharging life and his influence on the formation of conservative politics. John Randolph of Roanoke tells the story of a young nation and the unique philosophy of a southern lawmaker who defended America's agrarian tradition and reveled in his own controversy. David Johnson is deputy attorney general for the state of Virginia and the author of a biography of Douglas Southall Freeman. (Introduction by Paul Levengood and Andrew Cain). The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

This week we chat with USBC President Andrew Cain.  We discuss some of the things that can be done to help bowling unite for the good of the game.  Andrew talks about some of things the USBC is working on to move our game forward.  We discuss what can be […]

On June 28, 2012, David Johnson delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "John Randolph of Roanoke." One of the most eccentric and accomplished politicians in all of American history, John Randolph of Roanoke led a life marked by controversy. The long-serving Virginia congressman and architect of southern conservatism grabbed headlines with his prescient comments, public brawls, and clashes with every president from John Adams to Andrew Jackson. The first biography of Randolph in nearly a century, "John Randolph of Roanoke" provides a full account of the powerful Virginia planter's hardcharging life and his influence on the formation of conservative politics. "John Randolph of Roanoke" tells the story of a young nation and the unique philosophy of a southern lawmaker who defended America's agrarian tradition and reveled in his own controversy. David Johnson is deputy attorney general for the state of Virginia and the author of a biography of Douglas Southall Freeman. (Introduction by Paul Levengood and Andrew Cain).