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Jonathan Coachman is joined by John Bollman and Alex Selesnick (aka PropStarz) to preview tonight's betting action. Use promo code ‘EARLY' when signing up for a new account at SportsLine.com to get your first 30 days FREE! Get 20% off Early Edge merch at the CBS Sports Store: https://store.cbssports.com/collectio... — #NBA #NBAPicks #NBAParlays #PropBets #SportsBetting #Picks — ABOUT THE SHOW: Looking for the best picks against the spread and prop plays you can take straight to the pay window? Join Jonathan Coachman on The Early Edge as he speaks with SportsLine's top handicappers to analyze the day's biggest games. From primetime showdowns to off-the-radar action, Early Edge gives you best bets in a quick, informative and easy-to-digest podcast. We promise to keep it short, sweet and to the point as SportsLine's featured experts come together to put some green in your pocket. FOLLOW THIS CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZmt... EVERY PICK BY LARRY HARTSTEIN: https://www.sportsline.com/experts/13... AUDIO ‘Early Edge' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  You can listen to Early Edge on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Early Edge podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Early Edge podcast." -LISTEN to Early Edge on your preferred podcast platform: https://plnk.to/earlyedge -LEAVE a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/34nj2II -STREAM on Spotify: https://sptfy.com/earlyedge -FOLLOW on Stitcher: https://bit.ly/3gYw1Wh -FOLLOW CBS Sports for a variety of other podcasts: https://cbssports.com/podcast WEBSITE -MORE top-notch picks and betting content on SportsLine: https://www.sportsline.com/ VIDEO -WATCH CBS Sports HQ: https://cbssports.com/live -FOLLOW CBS Sports HQ on YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/CBSSportsHQ/ SOCIAL MEDIA -FOLLOW SportsLine on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SportsLine -FOLLOW SportsLine on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportsline/ -FOLLOW CBS Sports on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBSSports -FOLLOW CBS Sports on Instagram: https://instagram.com/cbssports/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thompson's Tony Mitchell is on board, too, but there are a lot of big-time players still considering- or leaning to- the Crimson Tide. Justin Jefferson, Jordan Renaud, Cole Adams, Peter Woods, Malik Bryant and Malik Benson just to name a few. Could ‘Bama be headed towards a banner month in July with a flurry of big additions? It may very well be! Thanks for watching and listening and please subscribe! Be sure to get a Built Bar ASAP! Go to Built.com, use promo code LOCKED15 and get 15% off your order. Use promo code LOCKED15 for 15% off at Built.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brian C. Adams is the President and founder of Excelsior Capital, where he spearheads the investor relations and capital markets arms of the firm. He has 10 years of experience in real estate private equity. Prior to forming Excelsior Capital, Brian co-founded Priam Properties (an institutional real estate private equity sponsor) in 2010 and provided leadership and direction for the firm in connection with capital markets, investment management and investor relations.From January of 2016 to January of 2018, Brian served as a member of the Board of Next Gen Advisory Faculty for the Institute of Private Investors / Campden, a program designed to support next generation family members in preparing the following generation for the responsibility of being a steward of family wealth. He has also served on the Advisory Committee for the Southeastern Family Office Forum since December of 2016. In this episode, Brian shares his background and how he got into Commerical real estate. He will also share why he likes to invest in flex/industrial real estate with triple net lease.   CONNECT WITH BRIANEmail: badams@excelsiorgp.comWebsite: https://www.excelsiorgp.com/LinkedInCONNECT WITH JONATHANTo connect with Jonathan, you can send email at info@greystonecapgroup.com or schedule a time to chat.To learn more about real estate investment opportunities, join the Greystone Capital Investor Network.Thanks for listening and until next time, keep building wealth in Commercial Real Estate!  

The world of work has never been so volatile, uncertain and complex.  Seismic changes and trends that would normally take decades to emerge have followed one after the other!To make sense of where we find ourselves I'm joined by  world's preeminent authority on organisational culture and employee wellbeing. Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Psychology at Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester.  He is a founding President of the British Academy of Management and Immediate Past President of the CIPD. Among his many achievements, Professor Cooper is currently the Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work.  In 2014 he was awarded a Knighthood by the Queen for his contribution to the social sciences.  I don't like my boss [04:17]Professor Cooper remarks that a significant driver of the so called ‘great resignation' was in part employee's dissatisfaction with their boss.  He think this has led some in HR about whether they have right managers or managers with the right skills in place. Sadly he feels too many organisations recruit solely on technical skills and not soft skills or EQ.What do we do about Millennials and GenZ workers? [06:03]Professor Cooper believes this generation of workers have a very different value set to their parents. Mis-characterised as ‘Snow Flakes' Professor Cooper argues that this ‘generation' don't feel entitled.  They're just not prepared to tolerate what their parents did. Is Jacob Rees-Mogg right about flexible working? [07:53]Not according to Professor Cooper. He goes onto give a withering assessment of the UK's perennial issue with productivity despite working some of the longest hours.  Hybrid working another way [9:20]What is HR's obsession with numbers of days at home or spent in the office? Professor Cooper takes us back to the psychological contract and tells us to look at this in a different way.  He says this isn't a big conversation, so why have we made it one?A new deal for blue-collar workers? [11:18]Many of those in the ‘professional classes' have enjoyed the ability to work flexibly but what about those jobs that cannot be done from home? Professor Cooper recommends that a new deal such as a 4 day week or a variation of created to allow these workers some time off. Employee wellbeing is not about bean bags [15:33]Bean bags, sushi and ping pong is not employee wellbeing. Employee wellbeing is a major strategic shift. Professor Cooper highlights the NHS where every trust now has an non-executive director responsible for health and wellbeing. At [14:25], Professor Cooper argues for an NED responsible for health and wellbeing appointed to the board of every UK company whatever their size. Why don't business schools teach soft skills? [26:26]Business schools contrate far too much on teaching technical skills such as the key theories in HR, marketing and accountancy but in the main ignore more experiential leaning that gets individuals to understand their personality and the effect they have on others. Recruiting on the wrong skills [29:04]Attending a top business school or university isn't a guarantee an individual is going to be any good at managing others. Organisations need to look beyond the technical skills and assess instead an individual's interpersonal or soft skills. Professor Cooper believes the majority of managers/leaders can develop these skills and the ones that can't should not be allowed to manage anyone.Resources:https://www.linkedin.com/in/professor-sir-cary-cooper-4213909/https://www.linkedin.com/in/podcasthost/https://ovenreadyhr.comhttps://buddyboost.co.uk

June 2022 mid month meeting of the Liberty County Board of Commissioners.

On this week's Walnut Wednesday episode, we hear takes from California Walnut Board and Commission's Executive Committee and West Coast Nut Publisher Jason Scott on the Board's newest hire, Director and CEO Robert Verloop. Supporting the People who Support Agriculture Thank you to our sponsors who make it possible to get you your daily news. Please feel free to visit their websites. The California Walnut Board – https://walnuts.org/ Phycoterra –https://phycoterra.com/ Verdesian - https://vlsci.com/ Rango - http://www.rangonow.com/

BRX Pro Tip: Build a Customer Board Stone Payton: [00:00:00] And we are back with Business RadioX Pro Tips. Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, we’ve talked about this before, at least you and I have. Let’s explore this idea of building a customer board. Lee Kantor: [00:00:16] Yeah. In business, you […]

In this episode of The Corporate Director Podcast, intrepid business leaders Coco Brown, CEO of the Athena Alliance, Randi Feigin, Head of Global Partner ISV Sales in Media & Entertainment for Amazon Web Services, and Jessica Carps, CEO of Skyline Enterprises, take us inside the world of ESOPs and discuss why the board of an ESOP can be a great fit for a new director.

Energetic and thought-provoking, this episode of Rebuilding the American Dream is with Dr. Makola Abdullah, President of Virginia State University.  Dr. Abdullah discusses the range of challenges and opportunities facing young people and communities today, with excitement and hope. But, as he shares, the first thing they need is a chance. Don't miss this inspiring episode!Dr. Makola Abdullah is an internationally-renowned educator. Prior to his appointment as president of VSU, Dr. Abdullah served as provost and senior vice president at Bethune-Cookman University. He earned his undergraduate degree from Howard University and his doctorate and master's degrees from Northwestern University. Dr. Abdullah is a very active member with various organizations and was recently appointed to the President's Board of Advisors (PBA) on HBCUs.

The Ramsey Call of the Day is a quick, daily dose of advice on life and money in under ten minutes. Hear from experts like Dave Ramsey, Ken Coleman, Rachel Cruze, Dr. John Delony, and George Kamel. Part of the Ramsey Network. Delivered to you five days a week.

June 28 2022 marked Aquaporin's one-year anniversary as a listed company on the NASDAQ Copenhagen stock exchange. But what does it actually mean to be a listed company? Get the answer from three different perspectives, namely Aquaporin CEO Matt Boczkowski, CFO Klaus Juhl Wulff, and Chairperson of the Board Niels Heering. Together, they give a fascinating and personal insight into Aquaporin's listing; the many years of hard work ahead of ringing the bell on the big day, and the wins and challenges during the first year.Heering looks back on the past six years where he's been part of Aquaporin and explains why it takes years to prepare a company for a listing, how he has contributed to the process and continues to support Aquaporin as Chairperson of the Board, and how being listed makes a difference for all people involved. Boczkowski wasn't aware of Aquaporin's plans when he joined the company a few months before the listing. Regardless of this, he had – and still has – a strong belief that Aquaporin's potential is almost infinite. As he explains why, he also dives into Aquaporin's commercial journey towards becoming a market leader in its field.Having only been with Aquaporin for a month, Wulff gives an insight into his new role and his thoughts about being CFO of a listed company. Use this link to share the episode: What does it mean to be a listed company? (buzzsprout.com)

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Jonathan Coachman is joined by John Bollman and Alex Selesnick (aka PropStarz) to preview tonight's betting action. Use promo code ‘EARLY' when signing up for a new account at SportsLine.com to get your first 30 days FREE! Get 20% off Early Edge merch at the CBS Sports Store: https://store.cbssports.com/collectio... — #NBA #NBAPicks #NBAParlays #PropBets #SportsBetting #Picks — ABOUT THE SHOW: Looking for the best picks against the spread and prop plays you can take straight to the pay window? Join Jonathan Coachman on The Early Edge as he speaks with SportsLine's top handicappers to analyze the day's biggest games. From primetime showdowns to off-the-radar action, Early Edge gives you best bets in a quick, informative and easy-to-digest podcast. We promise to keep it short, sweet and to the point as SportsLine's featured experts come together to put some green in your pocket. FOLLOW THIS CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZmt... EVERY PICK BY LARRY HARTSTEIN: https://www.sportsline.com/experts/13... AUDIO ‘Early Edge' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  You can listen to Early Edge on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Early Edge podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Early Edge podcast." -LISTEN to Early Edge on your preferred podcast platform: https://plnk.to/earlyedge -LEAVE a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/34nj2II -STREAM on Spotify: https://sptfy.com/earlyedge -FOLLOW on Stitcher: https://bit.ly/3gYw1Wh -FOLLOW CBS Sports for a variety of other podcasts: https://cbssports.com/podcast WEBSITE -MORE top-notch picks and betting content on SportsLine: https://www.sportsline.com/ VIDEO -WATCH CBS Sports HQ: https://cbssports.com/live -FOLLOW CBS Sports HQ on YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/CBSSportsHQ/ SOCIAL MEDIA -FOLLOW SportsLine on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SportsLine -FOLLOW SportsLine on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportsline/ -FOLLOW CBS Sports on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBSSports -FOLLOW CBS Sports on Instagram: https://instagram.com/cbssports/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Valerie Fitzgerald is president of The Valerie Fitzgerald Group, located in Beverly Hills, and part of the Coldwell Banker family.  She has been ranked among Coldwell Banker's Top 10 agents nationwide, and earned the attention of the Los Angeles Business Journal for highest sales volume in Los Angeles County for residential real estate. Valerie's team is consistently ranked the number 1 team in the number 1 Coldwell Banker office in the United States. Valerie is also the published author of Heart and Sold: How to Survive and Thrive in Real Estate, and has been the keynote speaker at events around the U.S.  She has appeared on the HGTV hit Selling LA for 3 seasons, where she and her team are featured illustrating the business side of selling luxury properties in the competitive Los Angeles real estate markets. Valerie is an avid philanthropist on the Board of Cedars Sinai Hospital Womens Guild, a devoted mother, and driven business woman who was recently invited to do a TedTalk on “resiliency.” Her newest venture is the recently released podcast, REAL ESTATE, REAL LAUGHS.Tell us what you want to hear...fill out our questionnaire! https://forms.gle/pLHjHLtv1SkgHRpF9Shop Bent Beauty 25% off Coupon Code: OHHELLNOSupport the show

Now it is the breakdown of the whole MLB board with Ryan Horvat and Cody Decker. The guys attack the board and disagree with the Twins and Guardians. It is not only that they disagree on.. Ryan has a big upset on the day with the A's beating the New York Yankees at home. It is up to you guys to take that one. For more bets, chaos, and fun come listen to the BetMGM MLB podcast powered by BetQl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode: Aaron reviews the movie "The Colony!" Have a listen! Simply AMAZING! Aaron's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronfrale   Aaron's Horror Show: EMAIL: AARONSHORRORSHOW@GMAIL.COM FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/AaronsHorrorShow/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AaronHorrorShow Copyright holder is Aaron Frale: All songs provided by Spiral Copyright 2022 Spiral. You can check out their music at http://thespiral.bandcamp.com   Shows on The RPA Podcast/Network: Mondays: Real Paranormal Activity - The Podcast Tuesdays: Aaron's Horror Show with Aaron Frale Wednesdays: Terry's Mysterious Moments With Terry From Texas Fridays:  An "Entertaining Short Film"   REAL PARANORMAL ACTIVITY - THE PODCAST/NETWORK: Get our new App for iOS and Android! Its FREE! Download it now from the App stores! If you would like to listen to the archives, become a Premium Access member! For $3.99 a month you get unlimited access to the past Bonus, Listener Stories, Interviews and even audio books of Folklore from around the world! We use the funds for the show bills and to improve the show like the Apps! You can go to the website and click on the "Get Premium Access" button or you can register and also log into your existing account through the App! In the App just go to a Premium Episode and in the listing will be a "Padlock" icon. Tap on that and you will be brought into the Register/Login screen! You can then just use the App to log into your account or you can always go to the website! Thank you in advance and please enjoy yourselves!   Where else to find The RPA Podcast/Network: We're on all the major streaming audio platforms such as: Pandora, iHeart Radio Network, Spotify, Radio Public, etc, etc..    Ad Placement On RPA:  Have a product, service or book to promote? Have RPA brand you to the world at a fraction of the cost that others charge! Priced to fit any budget! You'll receive maximum exposure from RPA's listener audience of 161 countries! No Ad? No problem! We'll create one for you! Contact Aaron today! What have you got to lose? For details email: Aaron@RealParanormalActivity.com   NEW! The RPA SWAG STORE: You asked for it! You got it! Browse our large selection of RPA/Paranormal/Goth/Humor themed clothing for both men and women! We give you 30 DAYS to return your purchase(s) if you decide too! No questions asked! AMAZING! Enter the store here: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/RPAPodcast   Facebook Page: www.Facebook.com/Rpapodcast/ Website: www.RealParanormalActivity.com Twitter: @RPAPodcast Skype: RPAPodcast Hashtag: #RPAPodcast   Please take the RPA Survey. It'll help the show with future advertisers.

Today is the antepenultimate day of Fiscal Year 2022, and we’re counting down the hours to when the metaphorical ball will drop in Richmond marking the beginning of FY2023. Are you prepared? Feel free to review previous installments of Charlottesville Community Engagement to revisit the hundreds of stories written in the tinfopast 12 fiscal months. Or head on over to Information Charlottesville to see I’ve been able to cover at least. The “I” here is Sean Tubbs and thanks for reading. On today’s program: Charlottesville City Council gets details on a water infrastructure project in advance of a vote today by the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority Many people had an opinion about whether the name of the regional library system but it’s up to elected officials to decide on a change How much trash was processed in Virginia last year? The Department of Environmental Quality has a new report.And about two hundred people attended an open house on the forthcoming update of the city’s zoning codeToday’s first shout-out goes to WTJUIn today’s first Patreon-fueled shout-out: Algorithms know how to put songs and artists together based on genre or beats per minute. But only people can make connections that engage your mind and warm your heart. The music on WTJU 91.1 FM is chosen by dozens and dozens of volunteer hosts -- music lovers like you who live right here in the Charlottesville area. Listener donations keep WTJU alive and thriving. In this era of algorithm-driven everything, go against the grain. Tune in and support freeform community radio on WTJU Consider a donation at wtju.net/donate.Around 200 people turn up at Pavilion to get details on the city’s zoning processWhen the Cville Plans Together Initiative began in early 2020, there were plans to engage people at a series of meetings while the work of crafting an affordable housing plan and the Comprehensive Plan update was conducted. However, the pandemic forced all of that public engagement work to go online. Council adopted the Affordable Housing Plan in March 2021 and the Comprehensive Plan last November. Both call for additional residential density across the city and an update of the zoning code is the next step. This time around, people can meet in large numbers, and an open house was held yesterday at the Ting Pavilion where attendees could get a look at the new Diagnostics and Approach Report for the zoning rewrite. People could go through the entire process to date and ask questions of consultants, city staff and each other. I dropped by briefly and spoke with James Freas, the city’s Director of Neighborhood Development Services since last September.  (read the Zoning Diagnostic and Approach report)“We’ve just released the report about two weeks ago and what we’re really looking for is where can we answer clarifying questions, where can we answer questions about what we’ve already shared and what’s in there, and what else should we be considering?” Freas said. Freas said even half an hour into the event, he could see how community engagement will be different for this phase of the Cville Plans Together initiative. “If you look around, people are having conversations,” Freas said. “You can’t do this on a Zoom environment. So it’s really exciting to be back in person talking to people face to face, introducing ourselves, having a conversation, and even if we don’t agree, because we’ve met and talked face to face, we’re able to walk away in a move civil environment.” Freas said the city will collect comments through August, and he will be visiting various neighborhood associations to explain the idea. Then the diagnostics report will be finalized in September for the Planning Commission and Council to review, followed by the actual rewrite. DEQ releases solid waste reportMore than 22.7 million tons of solid waste were sent to processing facilities in Virginia last year, with nearly 5.4 million coming from out of state. That’s according to the annual solid waste report for 2021, released yesterday by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. “The total amount of solid waste received increased by one percent or 225,524.95 tons compared to 2020,” reads the report.However, the amount that came from another jurisdiction dropped by 5.28 percent. About 44 percent of out-of-state came from Maryland, 18.7 percent came from New York State, and 14 percent came from Washington D.C. Around 11.8 percent of the waste was incinerated and 73 percent went into landfills. Another 8.24 percent was recycled. All but one of Virginia’s 204 permitted solid waste facilities submitted reports. Locally, the landfill operated by Louisa County buried 23.1 tons of solid waste and has 10.2 years left of capacity. Two transfer stations included in the reporting are the Ivy Materials Utilization Center in Albemarle County as well as the Nelson County transfer station. Speakers express multiple views on renaming of library system The Board of Trustees of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library met yesterday at the Northside Library on Rio Road for the usual things such as a five year plan and a budget. But the main item throughout the meeting was whether the system’s name should be changed. “I don’t expect that we will have a vote on the issue of the library’s name change today,” said Thomas Unsworth, the chair of the JMRL Board. “In fact the Board would be able to call a public hearing if need be to collect further feedback from commentary on that issue.”The public comment period came at the beginning of the meeting before comments on the topic from JMRL Director David Plunkett. The topic came up at the last trustee meeting in May when Myra Anderson asked for the change because Thomas Jefferson and James Madison owned people as enslaved workers. We’ll hear from Anderson again in a minute.  The first speaker identified himself as Nickolaus Cabrera and said he was a rising senior at the University of Virginia as well as president of the school’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom. “We lose our future when we burn our past,” Cabrerra said. “What you all are considering today is a direct burning of our past. Why is this discussion happening? On what basis?” Cabrerra said the name change would do nothing more than promote a “woke agenda” and this would be an example of censorship. The next several speakers sided with this view. Others did not, including Gloria Beard of Charlottesville. “It’s time for a change for all people and I hope you all consider what we’re trying to bring across to you,”  Beard said. “It’s time to change so all people feel like this community is for everybody.” Others felt Jefferson and Madison’s legacy was too important not to honor. “Without Jefferson we would not have the freedoms we have so that is just so important for people to research, come to libraries that are full of books,” said Ann McLean of Richmond. “Yes, he loved books.” McLean said the Declaration of Independence was more important than the works of Shakespeare, the Magna Carta, and the writings of Cicero.“Without the principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence, we would have no rights and no liberties and be completely at the mercy of the government,” McLean continued. “Which we do not want to be!”Myra Anderson described herself as the president of the Reclaimed Roots Descendants Alliance and a descendant of enslaved laborers.“Six of my ancestors were sold on the auction block in 1829 at the second estate sale of Thomas Jefferson,” Anderson said. “At the time the Declaration of Independence was written and it was declared that all men are created equal, my sixth great grandfather and grandmother were enslaved at the time at Monticello.” Anderson said libraries should be inclusive spaces and the name should change to reflect the updated values of the system. She said to her, the name Jefferson does not just conjure up greatness. “It represents the trauma, the oppression, the pain, and the part of Jefferson that most white people want to gloss over when they talk about his greatness, but unfortunately that’s the part that put Black people on a trajectory of struggle,” Anderson said. Anderson said the precedent for such a change was set locally when the health district dropped his name last year. Director’s reportAfter the public comment period was over, Plunkett gave his report on how the name is currently codified and how it might be changed. He said state law for regional library boards deal with how trustees are appointed and the rules for spending money.  There’s no mention of who gets to name them. Plunkett said the current name has informally been in place since 1972 when the regional system was created to pool resources across a wider area. “The big reason though that Charlottesville, Albemarle, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson joined forces to create JMRL was because of state aid funding which was amplified in the 70’s,” Plunkett said. “Basically the state incentivized localities to get together and share their resources in order to provide library services.” The original agreement from 1972 did not yet include Greene County, and Plunkett said it was originally called the Thomas Jefferson Regional Library. “The library board heard a comment from a library board member who made a plea to them to change the name from the Thomas Jefferson Regional Library to the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library,” Plunkett said. Plunkett said that board member wanted to recognize the “special friendship” between Madison and Jefferson. He noted Madison did not live in the service area now operated by JMRL. Greene County joined in 1974 and the name was officially changed in an amended agreement. Plunkett said he’s sought legal advice about who gets to change the name. “The legal counsel that the library board has received is that the authority for changing the library name rests with member jurisdictions, with Charlottesville, Albemarle, Louisa, Greene, and Nelson,” Plunkett said. Plunkett said the agreement is overdue for its mandatory five-year review and a five-member committee with one appointed by each jurisdiction should begin that work and consider a new name as part of that process. “If there were changes made to the regional agreement at that point, they would need to take them back to their Boards of Supervisors or City Councils to vote on before that could come back as an amended regional agreement,” Plunkett said. Plunkett said the Blue Ridge Health District did not have to ask for permission to make a change and it was made administratively. He added Albemarle County Public Schools have a policy in place regarding school names (learn more). The University of Virginia has a Namings & Memorials committee. Board discussionDuring the Board discussion, Trustee Lisa Woolfork of Charlottesville noted the library was not named to honor the two former presidents, but their friendship. “It wasn’t about ‘Oh, look what they did for the Bill of Rights and the Declaration and et cetera,” Woolfork said. “It was, ‘these guys are friends!”’Woolfork noted that Charlottesville’s Unitarian church recently dropped Jefferson’s name from its official name. “I really do believe that we are in a moment where our democracy is being challenged in a variety of ways and I feel as though we have the opportunity to make some true progress to reflect some of the growth that Charlottesville has made,” Woolfork said. One of Albemarle’s trustees, Michael Powers, said at issue is that different people view as the primary legacy of Jefferson. “I think it’s clear to me that many people primarily associated Jefferson and Madison with their practice of slavery, but it’s also clear that whatever the origin of the name was at the time, over the last 50 years many people have come also to primarily associate these figures with powerful and fundamental American values, principles and ideals,” Powers said. Powers said the JMRL Board has to take both considerations into account and he spent some time defending how others have sought to defend Jefferson’s legacy. He cited the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution as the main legal tool used in the Civil Rights movement. “So we hear in the 14th amendment, equal protection for life, liberty, they are very familiar echoes of Jefferson’s ‘All men are created equal’ and ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” Powers continued. JMRL Chair Thomas Unsworth said while the JMRL can’t directly change the name, they can make recommendations or suggestions to local officials as part of the agreement review. Woolfork was clear that she feels the name must change and she resisted framing the issue as one of two equal sides. “It seems to me that that true energy of what a library does and brings and provides should be robust enough and substantial enough that we can serve our services areas and provide the things we continue to provide and not being called Jefferson Madison will not impede our ability to do that,” Woolfork said. The trustee from Louisa County pointed out that two of the five localities have already voted on resolutions opposing a name change. Neither resolution in either Greene or Louisa specified any further action. (Louisa Supervisors unanimously oppose name change, June 9, 2022)The trustee from Nelson County said she was concerned about the resolutions.“They put that out before even hearing what the other people in the area,” said Aleta Childs. The Board had a long discussion of the matter and in the end opted to pick up the conversation at its next meeting in July. By then, Tony Townsend of Albemarle will be the chair. “My agenda here is to make sure that the area’s most inclusive, diverse, and free resource doesn’t get sidetracked or handicapped by this discussion,” Townsend said. “I think it’s a good discussion. I think it needs to happen. I think we can probably come up with a plan that will allow everyone to have at least input.” Townsend said the process is just beginning. Woolfork said she wanted to know if Louisa and Greene would leave the regional system as a result. “Are they that committed to their adulation of Jefferson and Madison that they will just say ‘we don’t want to have a library with you anymore, thanks, and nice knowing you,’” Woolfork asked. The JMRL Board of Trustees next meets on July 25 at 3 p.m. Second shout-out is for LEAP’s new Thermalize Virginia program In today’s second Patreon-fueled shout-out: Have you been thinking of converting your fossil-fuel appliances and furnaces into something that will help the community reduce its greenhouse gas emissions? Your local energy nonprofit, LEAP,  has launched a new program to guide you through the steps toward electrifying your home. Thermalize Virginia will help you understand electrification and connect you with vetted contractors to get the work done and help you find any rebates or discounts. Visit thermalizeva.org to learn more and to sign up!  RWSA to vote today on Central Water Line projectToday the Board of Directors for the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority will meet to select an alignment for a five mile pipeline that the organization says is necessary to help secure drinking water infrastructure. Last week, Charlottesville City Council got a briefing on the project. (view the presentation)“So we call it the Central Water Line project because it was recommended to be located in the central portion of the city to provide the greatest water benefit to our regional water supply system,” said Bill Mawyer, the executive director of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority. Mawyer said planning dates back to a drought in 2002 that led to a long discussion about how to expand the community water supply plan. That involved expansion of the Ragged Mountain Reservoir by building a new earthen dam, as well as an upgrade of the Observatory Water Treatment plan. This Central Water Line is to transfer water to a location in Pantops. “We realized later, it was not part of the original Community Water Supply plan, that we needed to have a large pipe coming away from the Observatory Treatment Plant so that we can distribute that water to all parts of the city and the county, the urban water area as we call it,” Mawyer said.The current cost share is a 52 to 48 percent split with the Albemarle County Service Authority picking up the larger share. Various versions of this pipeline have been considered in the past to increase capacity, and a report released last year called the Urban Finished Water Master Plan recommended this central pipe through the city. “If we expand the water treatment plant and we replace the raw waterline to get it to the treatment plant, it has no benefit if we can't put that water out into the system,” Mawyer said. Mawyer said the work would be done in segments of several hundred feet at a time with most of the work underneath city streets. “We expect the schedule to be from 2024 through 2028,” Mawyer said. Mawyer said the RWSA has presented to six neighborhood associations along the route and mailed out information to every parcel on the way. He said that led to another visitation of the five alignments and other alternatives that had been examined. One of the alignments would have used the Route 250 bypass but that would have taken eight years. “Work on the bypass was going to be quite a challenge [and] that likely would have to be completed at night due to the impacts on traffic,” Mawyer said. Other alignments included Preston Avenue, West Main, and along Harris Street and Fifth Street Extended. Mawyer said the latter got further attention during the neighborhood meeting phase. “Now, when we had our neighborhood meetings, they said, well what about going down Harris Street all the way to Fifth Street and come up Fifth Street ,” Mawyer said. “So we took a careful look at that and found that there were two disadvantages. One,  it was going to be about $8 million more expensive because it’s a much longer route.”Mawyer also said Fifth Street carries heavy traffic including emergency vehicles. Another potential alternative was to go underneath Shamrock Road which would have been shorter and cheaper, but other problems were identified.  “But Shamrock is such a narrow street, with no shoulder on one side, with on street parking, very congested, [and] you have the railroad track and the vertical curve,” Mawyer said. The Cherry Avenue alignment was deemed to have the least amount of traffic and to take the least amount of time to complete. “We think this southern Cherry Avenue [alignment] when all things are considered provides the greatest benefit and opportunity for us,” Mawyer said. “We recognize that there will be impacts along the way.” The RWSA’s chief engineer said she ran models on all of the various ways to connect the water line.“The connectivity that we get from the… Central Water Line that ties in all of these mains and provides this main corridor that goes east-west through the city in a relatively straight line really did provide the greatest hydraulic benefits to the system under the most number of conditions,” said Jennifer Whitaker. Councilor Michael Payne acknowledged he is not an engineer but he said he had concerns about the preferred alternative along Cherry Avenue in part because he felt RWSA’s assessment of impact to neighborhoods had been subjective. “Is that really the best route in terms of objective criteria and how much that decision has been made via subjective criteria,” Payne said. Payne said the Northern route would be cheaper with a price tag of $28 million. That alternative would also require moving ahead with an $11 million upgrade of the Emmet Street water main that was not otherwise required until the 2030’s. “It raises my eyebrow that a project that at least on my understanding while adding some redundancy to the whole system is primarily benefiting the Pantops area is being routed through the southern part of the city, particularly public housing and low income communities,” Payne said. Councilor Brian Pinkston has been on the RWSA Board of Directors since January. He supported the Cherry route and said it would have benefits for the southern portion of the city. “One of the extra benefits of doing it this way is that you get larger transmission lines on the southern side of the city,” Pinkston said. “That’s not something that’s been brought up tonight but its an important reason why I think this is the most reasonable route.” Pinkston also noted that much of the opposition is based on an idea somehow this would all be done for the benefit of people in Albemarle’s growth area. “I don’t know why it’s a problem that we would to help people in the county, particularly when they’re paying 52 percent of it,” Pinkston said. Council did not take a vote on how to direct Pinkston and the city’s two other RWSA members. Charlottesville Community Engagement is free to receive, but supported by paid subscriptions. If you subscribe, Ting will match your initial contribution! This is a public episode. 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Beller and Nick focus their attention on player props, with four plays for the 16-game MLB slate on this episode of Best on the Board. Follow Beller on Twitter: @MBeller Follow Nick on Twitter: @nickgroke Subscribe to Best on the Board Apple: https://bit.ly/BoBApple Spotify: https://bit.ly/BoBSP Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/AthleticFantasy Email us: tafantasysports@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's your morning news: National Weather Service issues heat advisories until 8:00pm tonight; LAUSD board approves budget to help deal with extreme heat; Los Angeles sees fourth day of protests after US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade; Real estate developer convicted of bribing former LA City Councilmember Jose Huizar; Sunday brawl between Angels and Mariners leads to a dozen suspensions; The House January 6th Committee holding another hearing this morning to present new evidence about the insurrection; Juul products are still on sale, as company appeals FDA ban; "Elvis" topples "Top Gun: Maverick" at box office. This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people. Support the show: https://laist.com

The deal was reached on Monday night ahead of a Board of Elementary and Secondary Education vote to designate the district "underperforming." WBZ's James Rojas has more:

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Eric Toda, Global Head of Social Marketing at Meta, sits down with Jerry for their second (third?) conversation. Eric shares about what brought him back to the company formerly known as Facebook, working with LAAUNCH (Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change) and TAAF (The Asian American Foundation), and working towards a National Museum for Asian Americans. Listen as Eric and Jerry talk about “wasting no minutes,” the hope the STAATUS survey shows for Gen Z and our future generations, and the practical results we can hope for from studies like the STAATUS survey.Meet EricHi, I'm a marketing executive, angel investor, and active advocate for the Asian American community. I've  held previous brand and digital marketing leadership roles at Stitch Fix, Gap Inc, Airbnb, Snapchat, and Nike and my work has been awarded by Cannes Lions, Webbys, Clios, amongst others for combining purpose, creativity, and business results. As an Investor at Hyphen Capital and an independent advisor I have been very grateful to help build disruptive brands like Yumi, Wardrobe, Upaway, Fyllo, amongst many others.The most proud work i've done is for my community. I  proudly sit on the Board of Directors for Reimagine and LAAUNCH (Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change), the advisory council for TAAF (The Asian American Foundation), the advisory board of directors for the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, and most recently I've been using my voice and platform for the #StopAsianHate movement in the business world to speak up for those that look like me. I launched my advocacy in Adweek earlier this year by writing a piece called: “My People Are Dying In Silence — And I'm Here With A Megaphone” calling out the marketing and advertising industry not just to care, but to act. My work for the community has been featured on NBC News, CBS, FOX, The Wall Street Journal,  and CNBC I was one of the first 100 executives to sign the StandWithAsianAmericans letter in the Wall Street Journal. (Source: EricToda.com)Connect with Eric:IG @todaTwitter @todaTAAF: The Asian American FoundationLAAUNCH: Leading Asian Americans United for ChangeThe Adweek ArticleEpisode 156 with Eric Toda is #6 is a 10 part special series with Stand with Asian Americans entitled "Dear Asian Americans, What Now?" exploring what we are going through as a community during the past two+ years amidst the rising anti-Asian violence and hate crimes. We thank our friends at SwAA for their support of Dear Asian Americans.// Support Dear Asian Americans:Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/dearasianamericans/Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jerrywonLearn more about DAA Creator and Host Jerry Won:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrywon/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerryjwon/// Listen to Dear Asian Americans on all major platforms:Transistor.fm: http://www.dearasianamericans.comApple: https://apple.dearasianamericans.comSpotify: https://spotify.dearasianamericans.comStitcher: https://stitcher.dearasianamericans.comGoogle: https://google.dearasianamericans.com  Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/dearasianamericans Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dearasianamericans Subscribe to our YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/dearasianamericans // Join the Asian Podcast Network:Web: https://asianpodcastnetwork.com/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/asianpodcastnetwork/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asianpodcastnetwork/Dear Asian Americans is produced by Just Like Media:Web: http://www.justlikemedia.comInstagram.com: http://www.instagram.com/justlikemedia

Re-release of the top 5 episodes of the OTA Board Prep Series: Number 3: Pelvic Ring. This series is intended for Residents, Fellows & Junior Faculty as they prepare for Board exams and encounter these cases in practice. In this episode, Dr. Conor Kleweno and his residents, Drs. Avrey Novak and Jake Wilkerson, discuss the diagnosis, care and treatment of pelvic ring injuries. Originally aired July 13, 2021. For additional educational resources visit https://ota.org/ To view episode shownotes and supporting images, download and listen in the ConveyMED Podcast App: Apple Store click here  Google Play click here

We've been conditioned ever since we were little kids that everything can be scored, measured, or graded, on some type of scale. And as business owners we do the same thing with our numbers. If you're looking at your numbers with that hunger of: I hope I met my numbers this month, my goals, and my projections. If you're basing your success off of just the numbers, it's an incomplete picture. One of the things I'm excited to share about in this episode, is that there are non-traditional ways to look at the direction your business is going using some less traditional metrics than your financial performance. I think you're going to love the raw and real Nicholle Overkamp. In this conversation, Nichole seeks to deescalate any pressure that you have around obsessing over your numbers, money, and metrics. Nicholle Overkamp is a personal finance expert and business coach for women. She's the Founder and CEO of Wilcox Financial Group and PowHERhouse Money Coaching. PowHERhouse Money focuses on business coaching for ambitious women, wealth coaching, and educational programming! Wilcox Financial Group is a comprehensive financial planning firm. It was founded to create an environment that's progressive and client-centric with outstanding high-touch service. Nicholle is the Co-author of the best-selling book Money Bitch: A no BS guide for smart women to own their financial future. Empowering women isn't only a mission for Nicholle through her companies, but also in her personal life as she serves on the Board for Girl Scouts of WNY, SheCAN!, and The Center for Hope of WNY.   >>> Connect with Nicholle on IG @nicover17 >>> Use code KWYE20 for 20% off courses: https://linktr.ee/powherhousemoney   >>> Questions about this episode? Text me!: https://my.community.com/shannonweinsteincpa >>> Chat About This Episode in the Keep What You Earn Community – http://keepwhatyouearn.circle.so >>> Hire us!: https://www.fitnancialsolutions.com/accounting >>> Find me on IG @shannonweinstein: https://www.instagram.com/shannonkweinstein >>> Catch me in-person on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMlIuZsrllp1Uc_MlhriLvQ >>> Featured in Yahoo Finance! Read more here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-bookkeepers-accountants-watch-2021-113800161.html     The information contained in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and is not individual tax advice. Please consult a qualified professional before implementing anything you learn.

From Sioux City to Davenport, there are all kinds of workforce resources in your local community. We're joined by Krista Tedrow, Executive Director of the South-Central Iowa Workforce Board, to talk about what kind of assistance you can expect to find in your area. Whether you're a job seeker, or an employer, there's a service that could fit your workforce needs.  

90. Jan Siegmund - Lead with Authenticity “The biggest impact in any organization for your wellbeing is your direct supervisor…a CEO or CFO talking nice words about inclusion are not as meaningful if they don't translate in day-to-day life.” Guest Info: Jan Siegmund is Cognizant's Chief Financial Officer. In this role, he leads the company's worldwide Financial Planning and Analysis, Accounting and Controllership, Tax, Treasury and Internal Audit functions. He also oversees Corporate Development, Investor Relations and Enterprise Risk Management. Prior to joining Cognizant in September 2020, Jan served for seven years as Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Automatic Data Processing (ADP), a $14-billion global human capital management technology and service provider. Earlier in his two-decade tenure with ADP, he held the roles of President, Added Value Services Division, developing and executing the company's growth strategy, and Chief Strategy Officer, with responsibility for corporate strategy, M&A, government affairs, and product management and marketing. He began his career at McKinsey & Company. Jan is a member of the Board of Directors of The Western Union Company, where he is Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compliance Committee. He holds a master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Technical University Karlsruhe, Germany, a master's degree in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a doctorate in Economics from Technical University of Dresden, Germany. Favorite Quote: “The important thing in life is not perfection – the important thing is bending the curve towards the better.” R.O.G. Takeaway Tips: Actions we can take as a person:: Clarify answers to these deep questions:What is my authentic voice?  What is my V.I.B.E.? Values, Interests, Beliefs and Energy Sources.  What makes me unique? As a leader: If you are not a member of the LGBTQIA'+  community, and not aware of the realities and truths of associates who are, do your work. Learn. Understand. Glaad: The Value of LGBT in the Workplace SHRM: Ensuring Workplace Inclusion for LGBTQ Employees Out & Equal: 20 Steps to an Out & Equal Workplace  If you are aware and understand, be intentional about signaling your allyship and help others. Perhaps, you don't celebrate Pride month. Be respectful of those who do.  Listen to Episode 86 with H Walker for more. Resources: Jan Siegmund | I AM | Diversity in Leadership | Cognizant Cognizant — Diversity and Inclusion This is what Jan mentions at the end of the interview. The details are shared on our YouTube Channel.  Cognizant Earns Perfect Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index Cognizant on LinkedIn: Driving Forward Diversity, Inclusion, and LGBTQ+ Allyship Coming Next: We are taking our summer break. We will return with episode 91 on August 30.  In the meantime, enjoy past episodes and have a healthy and enjoyable summer. Episode 91 will air on August 30th, with a recap of the first half of 2022 and highlights for the second half. Enjoy the summer! Credits: Jan Siegmund, Sheep Jam Productions, Host Shannon Cassidy, Bridge Between, Inc.

 Psynergy operates four facilities or campuses – Morgan Hill is the first one, which is discussed in the interview.  In addition, they operate Greenfield Monterey County, Tres Vista supported living at the Morgan Hill campus and Nueva Vista in Sacramento.  On deck is the proposed Vista de Robles campus in Sacramento.  In this interview, we talk with Lynda Kaufman who is the Director of Government and Public Affairs and Michael Weinstein, Chief Financial Officer, who is one of the founders of Psynergy. You will hear about how Michael Weinstein cultivated his vision of what a congregate living community should offer – a high standard of cleanliness, nutritious fresh food, an attractive and safe living environment, access to medical and clinical supports, an orientation toward creating a place of healing  – and how that unwavering vision separates Psynergy from other adult residential facilities we might visit in the state today.   Lynda will take you on a visual tour of the campus at Morgan Hill.  Contrasted with tours that some of us have taken of board & care environments where the properties are held together with duct tape and bubble-gum, and residents sit in the courtyard all day long, smoking cigarettes and sipping from 7-11 Big Gulps, Psynergy's campus offers a striking contrast.  You'll hear about a living room with leather couches for residents to enjoy, a courtyard with a barbecue and gazebo to gather outside, and a hospitality desk in the lobby.  How do they accomplish this?  Lynda and Michael will share some insights into their business model.The Psynergy leadership team is interested in talking with people who might be interested to invest in this type of “housing that heals” in other CA communities.  If you want to start that conversation, reach out directly to Lynda at lkaufmann@psynergy.org.  Reports on the state of the Board & Care system in CaliforniaState of CaliforniaCALBHB/C Issue Brief: Adult Residential Facilities (calbhbc.org)Vanishing board-and-care-homes leave California residents with few options - CalMatters LA County1074299_h.12.18.2019_Report-AgendaofNovember12_2019.pdf (lacounty.gov)LA Cityhttps://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2020/20-1203_misc_2-4-22.pdf GeneralFor every bed lost a person is displaced: California's continuing board & care crisis – Accoglienza: lessons for AmericaNo Time to Waste: An Imminent Housing Crisis for People with Serious Mental Illness Living in Adult Residential Facilities (accoglienza.us)     

We start off this episode with a little Father's Day Recap and then we jump right into Verzuz! We got into the undercard and which was 2 on 2 battle with Bobby Valentino & Ray J vs Sammie & Pleasure P. We make our funnies and head right over to the main event: Omarion v Mario! We did a deep dive and broke down the highs and lows of one of the most entertaining events. (9:46) Our next topic FINA governed transgender swimmers (male to female) not being able to compete unless they transition before 12. It was stated that after that age you still hold a competitive advantage even after reducing testosterone levels. Would you allow your 12 year old to transition? (46:09) A 37 year old woman stabs her husband because she found pictures of another woman on one of his old phone. Plot twist... It was pictures of a younger, thinner her from back in the day. (54:00) Last story comes from Monique, some teenagers in Florida broke into an 8 million dollar house while they were out of town and had a Project X style party. Now the sheriffs department is investigating the event being that they were only out of town for 3 days but the party was advertise a week ahead of time. (1:02:06) We end the show with Chris' Sports Run Down. (1:12:13) #Verzuz #Podcast #Entertainment #KansasCity #RayJ #BobbyValentino #Sammie #PleasueP #Omarion #Mario #Tank #FINA #Woman #Stab #OldPhone #Pictures #Florida #ProjectX #Sports Do remember! We drop audio each and every Tuesday. Make sure you like, comment, subscribe & share and follow us on all of our social media so you'll never miss anything! YouTube: We're The Weird Ones Podcast Twitter: @weirdonespod IG: @theweirdonespod Like us on FaceBook @The Weird Ones Podcast

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Today's episode has a special guest co-host! Heather and Libby Gierach (Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce) talk with Mark Abate. Mark was the President of the Hilliard Board of Education during the 2020 school year. He talks with us about leading during a pandemic, his biggest accomplishments on the Board, growing up in Hilliard, and choosing to raise his family in Hilliard.

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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider refrigeration. In the news, the illegitimate Supreme Court of the United States has taken away basic human rights, Google Hangouts is shutting down, and Google is merging Meet and Duo.

5PM - Supreme Court sides with Bremerton's praying coach // 'F*** America': Green Day Star Billie Joe Armstrong says he's renouncing his U.S.  citizenship during London concert in wake of SCOTUS overruling Roe // After the ruling: Americans ask Google how to move to Canada // Alec Baldwin announces he'll conduct rare live interview with Woody Allen: 30 Rock star says he loves the director and 'COULD NOT CARE LESS about anyone else's speculation' regarding Allen's alleged sexual abuse // Texas GOP Rep. Mayra Flores says Speaker Nancy Pelosi 'pushed' her daughter during photo op // Oregon Teachers Claim Eye Rolling is White Supremacy // Parents plan to sue Scottsdale school district, Board member over ‘secret dossier' // LETTERS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's EYE ON NPI will pique your curiosity... it's Microchip's AVR-IoT Cellular Mini Development Board featuring the Sequans Monarch 2 GM02S cellular module (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/m/microchip-technology/avr-iot-cellular-mini-development-board) This dev board really knows how to get us interested with an AVR128DB48 128KB-flash AVR chip (https://www.digikey.com/short/4pq3d2q3), Sequans GM02S compact LTE cell module (https://www.digikey.com/short/4qbfcn17), Feather format (https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather), Stemma QT / Qwiic connector (https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-adafruit-stemma-qt/what-is-stemma-qt) and Arduino library support (https://github.com/microchip-pic-avr-solutions/avr-iot-cellular-arduino-library) This is an excellent dev board to use if you want to take advantage of the huge ecosystem afforded by Arduino, Feather, Qwiic/QT - you should be able to use the many thousands of libraries and hardware accessories for quick prototyping. As mentioned, this dev board is Feather shaped, with a USB Type C connector, Li-poly battery charger, and built in programmer/debugger/serial interface for the AVR chip. The individual microcontroller is a AVR128DB48 AVR (https://www.digikey.com/short/4pq3d2q3) which comes with 128KB flash and 16KB RAM. Think of it as a super-beefy ATmega328P! A SAMD21E 'curiosity' chip is used as the programming interface and also serial interface. When plugged in, the board shows up as a disk drive, with a getting started guide bookmark and some other specification files. While following the getting started guide we found that you can also drag hex files over to program it, very handy for quick-start! To program it, MCP suggests using the DxCore from SpenceKonde (https://github.com/SpenceKonde/DxCore) in Arduino so you'll want to get that installed while you follow the rest of the guide. Next up, time to activate the included SIM card from Truphone (https://activate.truphone.com/) that comes with the dev kit. This SIM is free to activate and is good for up to 150 MB of data transfer and 90 days, which is plenty of time to explore the board before needing to renew. Activating the SIM only took us 5 minutes - don't forget to power cycle after activation to make sure the module and SIM re-authorize. One of the surprises we had while trying this eval board is the really good documentation and learning system that is over at https://iot.microchip.com/avr-iot-cellular-mini - we're kinda used to verbose text-based documentation or using specialized software that only runs on Windows. This is the first time we've seen a really nice documentation system with simple step-by-steps, lots of photos, links and a clear navigation system. There are also two interesting in-browser compilation and serial monitor widgets that we spotted, which is a good sign that folks are starting to move towards browser-and-filesystem replacements for tool-chains. The Arduino library code is available over at https://github.com/microchip-pic-avr-solutions/avr-iot-cellular-arduino-library which looks like it's got platform.io support and you can download a release for installation into the Arduino IDE. (We do recommend someone at MCP try to add a proper release to the Arduino library manager to save one extra step if possible!) Once installed, there are a few helpful examples to get you going. The first one is just connecting to an HTTP endpoint and parsing out the result and it worked...really well! We were able to connect to the AT&T cellular network and fetch the data within a minute. We'd request an HTTPS example since most folks will want a TLS method of connection! Since the board is Arduino and Stemma QT compatible, we were able to connect an OLED and extend the example to display the HTTP-gotten data to the OLED - it only took us 10 minutes to install everything for Arduino library support and extend the code which is amazingly fast! You know what else is really fast? Digi-Key shipping for the AVR-IoT Cellular Mini Development Board, cause it's in stock right now! (https://www.digikey.com/short/bn7mp80w) Order today and you'll be connecting to the LTE cellular network by tomorrow afternoon.