Podcasts about communication networks

Host: Jason Rigby   Guest: Pam Montgomery   Guest Website: wakeuptonature.com   Podcast Mission: Higher and Saint Living (HDL) aims to explore profound topics that elevate consciousness and foster a deeper connection to the world around us. In this episode, we dive into humanity's relationship with nature and the transformative power of plants with Pam Montgomery.   About Our Guest: Pam Montgomery   Pam Montgomery is an author, teacher, international speaker, and self-described Earth Elder who has dedicated over three decades to exploring the intelligent and spiritual nature of plants and trees. She is the author of two acclaimed books: Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness and Partner Earth: A Spiritual Ecology. Her latest work, Co-Creating with Nature: Healing the Wound of Separation, serves as the foundation for this episode's discussion. Pam operates the Partner Earth Education Center at Sweetwater Sanctuary in Danby, Vermont, a space dedicated to co-creative research and sustainable living with nature. She teaches globally on plant spirit healing, spiritual ecology, and the concept of humans as "Nature Evolutionaries." Pam is a founding member of United Plant Savers and the Organization of Nature Evolutionaries (O.N.E.), and her current passion lies in facilitating plant initiations to guide humanity back to its symbiotic roots.   About Sweetwater Sanctuary   Located in Danby, Vermont, Sweetwater Sanctuary is a sacred space where Pam and her team honor the land, water, and all beings through prayer, ceremony, and offerings. It's a haven for optimal learning and deep healing, encouraging visitors to awaken to natural rhythms and engage in loving kindness. The sanctuary fosters a profound connection with nature, enhancing the sense of sanctuary for all who visit.   Episode Overview   In this episode of the HDL Podcast, host Jason Rigby sits down with Pam Montgomery to explore her book Co-Creating with Nature: Healing the Wound of Separation. Recorded on March 29, 2025, this conversation dives into the consciousness of plants, their role as our elders and partners, and how reconnecting with nature can heal both ourselves and the planet. Pam blends scientific insights, personal anecdotes, and spiritual wisdom to offer a practical yet profound roadmap for living in harmony with "sweet Lady Gaia."   Key Discussion Points 1. Plants as Conscious Partners (03:12 - 06:46) Pam argues that plants are not just alive but conscious beings capable of communicating with us through vibratory resonance (light and sound). She emphasizes their essential role in sustaining life—providing oxygen, food, and medicine—and warns that our disconnect from them is dangerous. Jason references scientific studies showing plants responding to music and words, sparking a discussion on how everything vibrates, including humans and plants.   2. How to Communicate with Plants (06:46 - 13:14) Pam explains that plants fine-tune their resonance to us more effectively than we do to them because they are simply themselves, undistributed by human distractions. Practical tip: Be present with a plant, let it choose you (via attraction, movement, or intuition), and notice the sensations it evokes in your body (e.g., tingling, softness). She introduces biophotons—particles of light at the nucleus of our cells—that create a "laser" of coherence for two-way communication with plants, even across time and space.   3. Plant Initiations and Healing (13:14 - 18:06) Pam contrasts chasing external spiritual practices (e.g., gurus, crystals) with the power of "backyard weeds" like mugwort, which can heal us deeply through symbiotic connection. She shares a story of poke root appearing in her Vermont garden in 2020, a potent immune-supporting plant, as an example of nature responding to human needs. Plants show up where they're needed, offering gifts we often overlook due to our lack of attention.   4. The Wound of Separation (19:11 - 22:22) Pam traces humanity's separation from nature back 12,000 years to agriculture and empire-building, which led to an "amnesia" of our interdependence with the land. This original wound has cascading effects: separation from self, others, and the planet, resulting in widespread illness and disconnection. Biophilia—our innate love of nature—underscores how we're designed to live closely with plants.   5. Uncomfortable Truths and Nature Evolutionaries (22:58 - 26:17) The biggest lie we tell ourselves: Humans are the "crown of creation" and more intelligent than nature. Pam challenges this, citing Darwin's coerced narrative and nature's model of cooperation over competition. On her website, wakeuptonature.com, Pam calls us to become "Nature Evolutionaries," partnering with nature rather than relying solely on technology to "save" the planet.   6. Nature's Communication Networks (26:17 - 33:11) Pam shares a powerful story of a Puyo—an underground waterway portal in Vermont—where she and her husband, guided by Ecuadorian curandera Rocio Alarcon, heard forest spirits sing after a ritual with ayahuasca. She compares nature's mycelium network to the internet, highlighting its efficiency and biomimicry potential.   7. Signs of a Consciousness Shift (33:11 - 37:53) Pam sees plants leading humanity's spiritual evolution, citing the 1960s explosion of consciousness-expanding plants (cannabis, peyote, mushrooms) and modern practices like flower essences and plant initiations. Skeptics miss this hidden sign: Plants have always preceded their animal counterparts in evolution, and they're now guiding us toward unity consciousness.   8. Diving Deeper into Nature (37:53 - 43:23) Unlike spiritual paths that reject the material world, Pam's approach embraces nature as divine, present in everything—not a distant deity. She describes daily "wow moments" (e.g., sunrise walks in Belize) that release oxytocin, the bonding hormone, fostering restoration and connection over stress (cortisol). 9. Healing Through Plants (46:52 - 50:19) Pam cites biophysicist Fritz Popp's discovery that plant biophotons can repattern unhealthy cells' light toward health, offering a cellular-level explanation for plant healing. Beyond science, plants uplift us emotionally and spiritually—e.g., the awe of a redwood forest or the scent of roses—because healing is one of their primary gifts.   10. Mugwort as a Teacher and Soulmate (50:49 - 54:57) Mugwort (Artemisia spp.), known as "Oona, the first herb," moves stagnant energy, aids dream recall (nighttime and shamanic), and reconnects us to our wild, undomesticated selves. Associated with Artemis and the moon, it supports women through life transitions and is a key ally in spiritual healing.   11. Closing Thoughts and Upcoming Projects (56:11 - 58:06) Jason praises Co-Creating with Nature as a timely wake-up call with a heartbeat, inviting listeners to heal themselves and the planet through reverence for nature. Pam previews her work: Plant Initiations: Ceremonies where plants act as elders, guiding us to be "truly human." Offered at Sweetwater Sanctuary and worldwide. Year-Long Course (September 2025): With Emma Fitchett, training facilitators for plant initiations. Online Course: "Co-Creative Partnership with Nature" (8 months). Visit wakeuptonature.com for details.   How to Get the Book Title: Co-Creating with Nature: Healing the Wound of Separation Cost: $27.00 (includes shipping) Order by Mail: Send a check to Pam Montgomery, 1525 Danby Mtn. Rd., Danby, VT 05739 Order Online: Click here Buy it from Amazon     Quotes from the Episode "Plants completely, on all levels—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual—provide us our life." – Pam Montgomery "The plant can fine-tune its resonance to us... They draw you to them." – Pam Montgomery "We are not the crown of creation. It's about cooperation, not competition." – Pam Montgomery "Plants have always preceded their animal counterparts in evolution... They're guiding us into a quantum leap in consciousness." – Pam Montgomery "Nature is sentient, just like we are. We're equal in this co-creative partnership." – Pam Montgomery     Connect with Pam Montgomery   Website: wakeuptonature.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natureevolutionaries IG: https://www.instagram.com/natureevolutionaries/ Upcoming Event: Stay tuned for a follow-up episode on plant initiations before the September 2025 course launch!     Listener Call-to-Action   Subscribe to the HDL Podcast for more conversations on consciousness and living sustainably. Purchase Co-Creating with Nature to dive deeper into Pam's teachings. Share this episode with someone who loves plants or needs a nature-inspired wake-up call. Leave a review and let us know your favorite takeaway!   Thank you for joining us on this journey to reconnect with nature's wisdom. As Pam says, "We're on the threshold of a tipping point"—let's step into unity together. See you next time on HDL!  

In this episode of The Worst of the Best Podcast, ⁠Ryan⁠ and ⁠Jason dive into the Communication Networks that are Defying Global Censorship Efforts. We explore the top communication platforms like Zoom, WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal that are standing up to government censorship across the globe. From encrypted messaging apps to satellite-powered internet access, these networks are becoming essential tools for free speech and resisting oppressive regimes. Tune in to find out which communication platform is the "worst of the best" when it comes to defying global censorship effort YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch Here⁠⁠ join our Discord ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/ndZwrUpeA5⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ email us worstofthebestpodcast@gmail.com

What is state of the art when it comes to wireless communication and networks and what kind of transformations will we see due to AI and Machine Learning? I discuss with my guest Walid Saad (Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech) the applications and limitations of future wireless technology. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/matthew-lanagan/support

Is remote work a burnout trap or a path to freedom? There are good reasons to suspect that remote work may be highly correlated to increased burnout and many may be reinforced by our own experiences or that of our friends and colleagues. But is this hypothesis supported by research and, if so, what does it mean for designing human-centric remote work policies? Join co-hosts Andy and Mon-Chaio as they delve into the complexities of remote work and burnout. They explore how personality traits influence burnout and tackle the paradox of designing work environments: less effective setups with low burnout versus highly effective, high-burnout environments. They also highlight the tricky balance between collaborative work in successful companies and the need for personal autonomy. Tune in to uncover insights and strategies for navigating these challenges in the remote work era. References Stress in remote work: two studies testing the Demand-Control-Person model COVID-19 crisis and digital stressors at work: A longitudinal study on the Finnish working population Healthy, healthier, hybrid work: the burnout-reducing potential of remote work and the mediating effect of work autonomy Helping Remote Workers Avoid Loneliness and Burnout Doing more with less? Flexible working practices and the intensification of work A Systematic Review of How Remote Work Affects Workplace Stress and Mental Health Dynamic Silos: Increased Modularity in Intra-organizational Communication Networks during the Covid-19 Pandemic Teamwork in the time of COVID-19: Creating, dissolving, and reactivating network ties in response to a crisis. Challenges and barriers in virtual teams: a literature review

In our miniseries Cool Ideas for a Long, Hot Summer, we're working with Arizona State University's Global Futures Lab to highlight bold ideas about how to mitigate and adapt to climate change.  On this episode, host Kimberly Quach is joined by ASU assistant professor Faheem Hussain to learn about how Rohingya refugees are using social technologies and what they can teach the rest of the world about communicating in disasters. Hussain is a researcher whose trajectory was changed when he visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. There, he learned how the community uses an innovative combination of online and offline technologies to create networks to share information.  Resources: Infrastructuring Hope: Solidarity, Leadership, Negotiation, and ICT among the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Gendered effects of climate change and health inequities among forcibly displaced populations: Displaced Rohingya women foster resilience through technology

In this episode, we interview Professor Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier, the host of the upcoming Kings & Queens 13 conference in May 2024 at The American University of Paris. In this interview, Kathleen tells us all about the inspiration behind the theme "Gift-giving and Communication Networks". We also discuss the conference's commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the death of Queen Claude de France (1499-1524) and why this important but all too often sidelined queen deserves far greater attention. Find out more about the plans for Kings & Queens 13 on the conference webpage--the call for papers is currently open with a deadline of 31 October 2023. Nota bene from our guest:Louise de Savoie was mother of the king, never queen nor queen mother.Louis XII and Anne of Brittany supported Guillaume Briçonnet and Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples in their reform of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in 1513.Claude's daughter Madeleine de France became queen of Scotland when she was sixteen and died there the year of her marriage (1537). Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples wrote a Vocabulaire du Psaultier to teach Latin to Madeleine and her brother Charles, which he published in 1529.Claude's last child, Marguerite de France, became duchess of Savoy in 1559. Jean Héritier (Michel de l'Hôpital) credits Renée de France and her niece Marguerite de France with the erection of the tomb of the former chancellor at Champmotteux after his death in 1573.Professor Wilson-Chevalier's Work on Claude de France:“Claude de France and the Spaces of Agency of a Marginalized Queen”, in Women and Power at the French Court, 1483-1563. Ed. Susan Broomhall. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2018, pp. 139-172.“From Dissent to Heresy. Queen Claude of France and Her Entourage: Images of Religious Complaint and Evangelical Reform”, in Representing Heresy in Early Modern France. Ed. Lidia Radi and Gabriella Scarlatta Eschrich. Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2017, pp. 93-129."Claude de France. La vertu de la littérature et l'imaginaire d'une princesse vertueuse”, Valeur des lettres à la Renaissance. Débats et reflécions sur la vertu de la littérature, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2016, pp. 43-81. "Quelle “trinité royale” ? Reine, roi, régente et sœur de roi : Claude de France, François Ier, Louise de Savoie et Marguerite de Navarre", in La dame de cœur . Le patronage religieux des reines et des princesses XIIIe-XVIIe siècle. Ed. Murielle Gaude-Ferragu and Cécile Vincent-Cassy, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2016, pp. 123-136“Claude de France: Justice, Power & the Queen as Advocate for Her People”, in Textual and Visual Representations of Power & Justice in Medieval France. Manuscripts and Early Printed Books. Ed. Rosalind Brown-Grant, Anne D. Hedeman, and Bernard Ribémont. Ashgate, 2015, pp. 241-272.“Claude de France:  In Her Mother's Likeness, A Queen with Symbolic Clout?”, in The Cultural and Political Legacy of Anne de Bretagne. Negotiating Convention in Books and Documents. Ed Cynthia Brown. Cambridge (U.K.): Boydell and Brewer, 2010, pp. 123-144.Edited books:Femmes à la cour de France Charges et fonctions (XVe-XIXe siècle). Ed. with Caroline zum Kolk. Villeneuve d'Ascq : Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2018.Patronnes et mécènes en France à la Renaissance. Ed., with the collaboration of Eugénie Pascal. Saint-Étienne : Publications de l'Université de Saint-Étienne (with the participation of The American University of Paris), 2007.Royaume de fémynie : Pouvoirs, contraintes, espaces de liberté des femmes, de la Renaissance à la Fronde. Ed. with Eliane Viennot. Paris : Honoré Champion, 1999.

In this exclusive interview episode, join Niall as he engages in a captivating conversation with Timmy Dooley, a distinguished Senator in Clare and Spokesperson on Climate Action, Communication Networks & Transport. This episode takes a deep dive into Timmy Dooley's recent visit to Ukraine and his steadfast support for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as well as his heartfelt empathy for the Ukrainian people. Listeners are provided with a unique opportunity to gain insights into Senator Timmy Dooley's experiences and perspectives surrounding his visit to Ukraine. Through this engaging dialogue, Timmy Dooley sheds light on his motivations for standing by President Zelenskyy during a critical period and shares his thoughts on the challenges faced by the Ukrainian population. Niall guides the conversation, allowing Timmy Dooley to recount his interactions, observations, and the human stories that have left an indelible impact on his stance. The episode captures the essence of solidarity and diplomacy, as Senator Dooley articulates his deep sympathy for the Ukrainian people in their quest for stability and security. Listeners are invited to explore the complexities of international relations and the role of individuals in fostering goodwill and support across borders. As the conversation unfolds, Niall navigates the nuances of Timmy Dooley's experiences and the broader implications of his engagement. Join us for this insightful interview as Niall and Senator Timmy Dooley delve into the realm of diplomatic connections, the power of empathy, and the importance of fostering international relationships based on shared values and understanding. As the episode draws to a close, listeners are left with a renewed appreciation for the significance of global solidarity and support.

No landlines, no cellphone coverage, no internet - everything went down in Gabrielle, how do we stop it from happening again?

Dr. Kelly M. Bailey MD, PhD, is a pediatric oncologist certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. She is assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Bailey received her medical degree and PhD from West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va., and completed her residency in pediatrics and fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at the University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Mich. Dr. Bailey's clinical and research interests focus on pediatric sarcomas, specifically Ewing sarcoma. Nationally, Dr. Bailey is active in the Children's Oncology Group Bone Tumor Committee and the New Agents for Ewing Sarcoma Task Force. Dr. Bailey's studies the rare primary pediatric bone tumor Ewing sarcoma. Her research focuses on understanding the intersection of DNA damage and immunoregulation of this tumor. --- What We Do at MIB Agents: PROGRAMS: ✨ End-of-Life MISSIONS ✨ Gamer Agents ✨ Agent Writers ✨ Prayer Agents ✨ Healing Hearts - Bereaved Parent Support ✨ Ambassador Agents - Peer Support ✨ Warrior Mail ✨ Young Adult Survivorship Support Group ✨ EDUCATION for physicians, researchers and families: ✨ OsteoBites, weekly webinar & podcast with thought leaders and innovators in Osteosarcoma ✨ MIB Book: Osteosarcoma: From our Families to Yours ✨ RESEARCH: Annual MIB FACTOR Research Conference ✨ Funding $100,000 annually for OS research ✨ MIB Testing & Research Directory ✨ The Osteosarcoma Project partner with Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard ... Kids are still dying with 40+ year old treatments. Help us MakeItBetter.

As the world becomes more connected, the Wi-SUN Alliance is at the forefront of the new mesh wireless connectivity protocol convening industry partners together to develop cutting edge technologies. Join Phil Beecher, President and CEO of the Wi-SUN Alliance in the RIoT Underground as he details how the alliance has optimized IoT use cases for massive scale. Specifically within smart city initiatives, the protocol is being used across the utility industry to modernize with smart electric grids, water systems, and meters.  Support the show

In der 48. Episode ist Tobias Hoßfeld (Head and Full Professor at Chair of Communication Networks at The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg) zu Gast und gibt unseren Experten Heidi Schmidt und Tobias Leicher spannende Einblicke in das Thema "Nachhaltigkeit".

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Gaia/Tara/Earth is leading the way for our ascension. She is a highly advanced Being of Light who is awakening back into her Galactic and Multiverse levels of consciousness. As her Lightbody Architecture continues to unlock, her organic stargates, ley-lines, dragon lines, grids, and portals are able to flow higher levels of Light intelligence and codes of creation. This network of Light provides Light communication and codes coming directly from her body. This series of activations connects you into her communication network of Light further assisting your own awakening.

Nucleus Vision (NCASH) is simply a data-driven platform from the retail market, and it aims to improve the retail shopping with the help of blockchain and IoT-based technology, by making customer data accessible. It is a platform where the customers get Nucleus Vision (NCASH) tokens as a loyalty reward for answering different questions, and the owners of the retail shops can use the utilities of the Nucleus Vision with NCASH. These tokens are basically the ERC20 tokens on the ethereum blockchain. Continue reading on procommun.com

This week, a repair team is set to help restore Tonga's internet, after a volcanic eruption and tsunami last month severed the country's primary communication connection to the rest of the world: a submarine cable, one of many that crisscross the floors of oceans and seas around the planet. In fact, if you’re listening to this outside of the U.S., this episode has itself traveled along a cable, or multiple cables, at the bottom of the ocean to make its way to you. To unpack this technology, we’re joined by Alan Mauldin, a research director for market research and consulting firm TeleGeography.

This week, a repair team is set to help restore Tonga's internet, after a volcanic eruption and tsunami last month severed the country's primary communication connection to the rest of the world: a submarine cable, one of many that crisscross the floors of oceans and seas around the planet. In fact, if you’re listening to this outside of the U.S., this episode has itself traveled along a cable, or multiple cables, at the bottom of the ocean to make its way to you. To unpack this technology, we’re joined by Alan Mauldin, a research director for market research and consulting firm TeleGeography.

This week, a repair team is set to help restore Tonga's internet, after a volcanic eruption and tsunami last month severed the country's primary communication connection to the rest of the world: a submarine cable, one of many that crisscross the floors of oceans and seas around the planet. In fact, if you’re listening to this outside of the U.S., this episode has itself traveled along a cable, or multiple cables, at the bottom of the ocean to make its way to you. To unpack this technology, we’re joined by Alan Mauldin, a research director for market research and consulting firm TeleGeography.

Over the last few years, a number of harms associated with Digital Communication Networks (DCNs) have been documented and extensively reported on. At the same time, we also need to update our understanding of the opportunities and benefits they enable to inform policy decisions about their governance. In this episode, Prateek Waghre and Sapni GK join Rohan Seth to discuss their discussion document on the benefits of DCNs.Follow Rohan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesethistFollow Sapni on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SapniGKFollow Prateek on Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekwaghreRead our Discussion Document and Working Paper on this topic:1. Governance of DCNs II: Opportunities and Benefits2. Governance of DCNs I: Categorisation of HarmsCheck out our courses: school.takshashila.org.inYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/iosYou can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com

Mark Moss, founder of Market Disruptors, on YouTube, and now on iHeart Radio. - Energy crisis all around the world - Fertiliser - Asia & India running out of coal (8 days of supply) - Supply chains breaking down - The fucking inflation. - Blackouts in Cali are coming for the rest of the world. - My brother - Russel Brandt - A collision between our desire to consume and our capacity to produce - Our founding fathers warned us of this and tried to write up a constitution that would save us from ourselves....but we found ways to tear it up. - Bitcoin is different though. It's not a piece of paper protected by the state. It's math and energy. - Why Bitcoin breaks all the cycles, not just the models - Before Bitcoin, After Bitcoin. - Discovery. Oil, Electricity, Communication Networks, Bitcoin - Behaviour & Human Action - Transforming the relationship between offence & defence. BECOME Sovereign - Market Disruptors Live - Bitcoin Timed Ed 4 @1MarkMoss on Twitter Mark Moss & Market Disruptors on YouTube ____________________________________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify: https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod https://www.youtube.com/c/WakeUpPod You can follow my work at: - Twitter @GhostOfSvetski - IG @AleksSvetski (was my old Twitter too before I got banned) - Mastodon & Clubhouse @Svetski - Medium: https://svetski.medium.com - Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/authors/aleksandarsvetski More coming soon!

About this Episode:  Everyone is talking about https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/cryptocurrency-7-things-to-know (Cryptocurrency) and the https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blockchain.asp (Blockchain), and there are more questions than answers when it comes to an understanding of the asset and technology and how it works.  We are taking our time to learn as much as we can about Crypto and Blockchain, how it has already impacted our lives, and what the future looks like.  We connected with the folks at https://myceliumnetworks.com/ (Mycelium Networks) who are building a robust https://oxen.io/blog/centralized-vs-decentralized-networks (decentralized network) on top of the https://www.helium.com/ (Helium) platform. Anyone can use this decentralized network for various reasons and purposes to communicate and transfer information from one individual or organization to another.   We sit down with Rishi Mittal, the founder of Mycelium Networks, to learn why they put their company stake in the ground here in Northwest Arkansas and what he hopes to accomplish with his company in our region and beyond.  Learn more abouthttps://www.iotacommunications.com/blog/types-of-iot-networks/ ( IoT networks) and how all of us can play a part in expanding this decentralized network, and how it might benefit us in the future.  We discuss https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/nft-non-fungible-token/ (NFT's) as well, although we are planning a future episode to discuss the growth of Non Fungible Tokens and why you should care about them. All this and more on this episode of I am Northwest Arkansas.   Important Links and Mentions on the Show*: Richi Mittal Email Liam La Fargue Email http://myceliumnetworks.com/ (Mycelium Networks Website) https://www.instagram.com/myceliumnetworks/?hl=en (Mycelium Networks Instagram) https://twitter.com/myceliumnwa?lang=en (Mycelium Networks Twitter) https://www.facebook.com/MyceliumNetworks/ (Mycelium Networks Facebook) https://www.linkedin.com/company/myceliumnetworks/ (Mycelium Networks Linkedin)   This episode is sponsored by*: https://www.signature.bank/ (Signature Bank of Arkansas) -   https://www.signature.bank/ (Signature Bank) was founded here in Northwest Arkansas in 2005. Their focus is personal and community banking. When you bank with a community bank, you're investing in local businesses, local entrepreneurs, local charities, and the causes close to home. Signature Bank has worked hard to earn its tagline, “Community Banking at its Best.” You may ask why bank at Signature?  Because they focus on the customer instead of having a branch on every corner, this means you can have your questions answered by a real person, whether you're reaching out to the call center or your banker's cell phone. You can access any ATM in the country without fear of a fee.  They will refund all of those fees at the end of every month. Finally, they are constantly improving their digital offerings to ensure you can access the best financial tools from your laptop, phone, or tablet 24 hours a day. Signature Bank of Arkansas is a full-service bank offering traditional checking and savings accounts, investment accounts, business and personal loans, and mortgages. Give the folks at Signature Bank a call (479-684-4700) or visit their websitehttps://www.signature.bank/ ( Signature.Bank) and let them know you heard about them on the I am Northwest Arkansas Podcast.  https://www.signature.bank/ (Signature Bank of Arkansas) is a Member of the FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender.   http://www.iamnorthwestarkansas.com/canva (Canva) -   Are you looking for ways to build a Digital Marketing Strategy from scratch? Whether you need to design things for your family or personal brand or need a versatile design tool to help you with your social media presence. Canva can help.   Need new Business Cards?...

In Episode 31, Raju Rajan, President of Rewild Long Island (a non-profit organization), teaches us about rewilding, why we should do it, and how to do it. Rewild Long Island promotes sustainable landscaping practices with a focus on native perennials, growing organic food, and reducing waste. They encourage replacing lawns with native plant landscapes, increasing biodiversity, locally grown organic produce, reducing waste through recycling and composting, conserving water, reducing carbon emissions, and avoiding chemical use. Raju Rajan is a technologist with a strong communitarian ethic. He came to the United States from India to obtain his Ph.D. in Communication Networks at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has enjoyed a long career as a researcher, consultant, and technologist. His strong entrepreneurial ethic has led him to found two IT start-ups, as well as a number of community groups aimed at organizing people for systemic change. He is currently active with Long Island Together, a progressive collective that organizes around education, immigration, and social change, as well as ReWild Long Island, which brings native plants to public spaces and private yards. Raju resides in Port Washington, NY, with his wife Sonia Arora who is an educator/community organizer, son Kabeera Singh, a Schreiber High School student, and cat, Lucky, who does nothing. Raju serves as the President of the Board of ReWild Long Island. Resources from the Interview Website: www.rewildlongisland.org Email: raju@rewildlongisland.org

Had a great conversation with Raju Rajan, who moved from India to the United States, earned his PhD in Communication Networks, and has been behind the start of numerous community groups. “Long Island Together” is a collective group that organizes around education, immigration, and social change. aimed at organizing people for systemic change. He's apart of “Long Island Together” – a collective group that organizes around education, immigration and social change.Tune in, as we talk about this amazing organization, as well as “ReWild Long Island”, which brings native plants to public spaces and private yards. To learn more about Raju, and the great work he's doing, visit longislandtogether.org or rewildlongisland.org

Over the years, a number of harms have been attributed to Social Media platforms/messaging apps. Despite their high adoption over the last decade, estimates suggest that approximately 50% of the world's population do not use them yet. This implies that there is still significant headroom for adoption and therefore further amplification of the harms (and benefits) attributed.In this episode, Prateek Waghre joins Rohan Seth to discuss a Takshashila Working Paper that defines Digital Communication Networks (DCNs) and categorizes the harms attributed to them as potential market failures, social problems, and cognitive biases.Click here to read the paperIf these All Things Policy conversations interest you, consider applying for Takshashila's courses. Admissions are now open and the application deadline for our upcoming cohort is 28th August 2021.Find out about our courses over here - https://bit.ly/ATP-GCPPFollow Rohan Seth on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thesethist?s=11Follow Prateek Waghre on Twitter - https://twitter.com/prateekwaghre?s=11You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios or any other podcast app.

This address is the sixth event in the 2020 ESB/IIEA lecture series entitled, REthink Energy. In his address, Minister Eamon Ryan examines the impact that the European Green Deal will have on Irish energy policy in the context of the transition to net-zero emissions. The Minister also provides an analysis of Ireland's current energy framework, including the Irish government's commitment to 7% average yearly reduction in greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade. The impact of the European Green Deal and the increased scale and depth of Ireland's decarbonisation ambitions will require changes in many parts of Irish life, and Minister Ryan charts Ireland's course to a clean energy future. About the Speaker: Eamon Ryan TD is the Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport. He was appointed to this role in June 2020. Minister Ryan is the Leader of the Green Party, a position he has held since May 2011. He has been a TD for Dublin Bay South since 2016 and he previously served as a TD for Dublin South from 2002 to 2011. He was the founding chairperson of the Dublin Cycling Campaign and began his political career as a Dublin City Councillor. He then went on to serve as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources from 2007 to 2011.

GenComm, the Belfast Metropolitan College led European hydrogen project yesterday welcomed the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric vehicle bus trials that commenced on November 10 in Dublin. The Bus will be operated on different routes by CIÉ Group bus companies Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus as well as by Dublin City University (DCU) and Dublin Airport over a number of weeks in November and December, albeit carrying limited passengers due to the current Covid restrictions. The zero-emissions Caetano ‘H2.CityGold’ pre-production bus will run on green hydrogen (H2) produced in Dublin by BOC Gases Ireland Ltd using renewable electricity and water. The fuel cell electric bus is refuelled in minutes, similar to a conventional bus and its electric motive power is obtained when the Hydrogen molecules from its fuel are combined with Oxygen molecules from the air in the Fuel Cell. GenComm and electric buses: At the launch of the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus on the road, Hydrogen Mobility Ireland Chairman Mark Teevan (Toyota Ireland) said “This should be viewed as an important event, not because it’s the first H2 bus on the road; but because it is a first step into the future for Ireland, enabling us to begin to envisage the practical solutions that will allow us to fully decarbonise road transport. We are all very conscious of the environmental challenge we face in meeting our 2030 targets and the need to find zero-emissions solutions that will satisfy the varying needs of different users; public transport, haulage, van delivery, taxi, or private car. FCEV’s are Electric Vehicles, providing specific benefits that include very quick refuelling, long-range, and a particular suitability for heavy and long-distance requirements. We are delighted that Dublin has been selected to host the very first trial of the Caetano RHD prototype fuel cell bus. “ CaetanoBus, part of the Salvador Caetano Group and Mitsui & Co, is the most important manufacturer of buses and coaches in Portugal. In 2019, the Company presented its latest development, the H2. City Gold – the new hydrogen-powered Caetano electric bus. At the beginning of this year, Caetano started its commercialisation phase and, in the 2nd, quarter-initiated fuel cell bus production plans. The trial will allow the partners to test this technology in everyday driving conditions and at a challenging time of the year in terms of weather, thereby gaining valuable information about the potential for a large scale introduction of this technology in Ireland. DCU/CIE also intends to obtain insights and feedback from passengers on the bus. This week’s news will be followed early next year by a National Transport Authority trial involving a number of Double Decker FCEV buses while in Northern Ireland HMI Member and GenComm partner Energia will shortly commence the production of H2 for road transport at a wind farm in Co. Antrim which will be used as fuel for FCEV buses in Belfast. The increasing rate of developments is a visible confirmation that hydrogen for road transport is beginning to move into the delivery phase. GenComm Programme Manager, Paul McCormack, said: “We are delighted that the bus is on trial and then it will be on the Bus Eireann route for a number of weeks. The fact that it will also be on routes for Dublin bus, DCU, and Dublin Airport shows the amount of interest and buy in to seek alternatives to fossil fuels for public transport. Ireland’s first hydrogen fuel cell bus trial is a major innovative step that will contribute to both the country’s climate challenge and public transport.” Gencomm: Work to improve on previous bus technologies Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport Eamon Ryan, TD, said: “I am delighted to welcome this Low Emission Trial of a H2. City Gold hydrogen fuel cell electric bus, with the assistance of Hydrogen Mobility Ireland and CaetanoBus. The trial will provide us with real-world insight into the opera...

Among the chaos of COVID turning the industry on its head, it’s often easy to forget the effect this once-in-a-century event has had on the unsung heroes in air traffic control, and the tech that supports them. In this special episode of the Australian Aviation Podcast, Adam Thorn speaks to Martin Rampl, the managing director of Frequentis Australasia, which supplies the communication and information systems to our air traffic control centres. Martin reveals how his team rapidly changed the way they worked to support our critical infrastructure during those heady days in late March. He also discusses the secrets behind the science of communicating with aircraft, how reliability can make the difference between life and death, and why our technology must keep evolving to ensure Australian aviation remains well connected and safe.

Bus Éireann is to close down several of its inter-city routes as a result of financial pressures brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.   Eamon Ryan, Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport and Leader of the Green Party joins to discuss the action, the controversy over Students partying in Cork and Galway, and the issue of former Minister Michael D'Arcy's new appointment.  

Eamon Ryan, Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport, discusses Bus Éireann's decision to close down several of their inter-city routes.

Eamon Ryan, Green Party leader and Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport joined Gavan Reilly to discuss the Climate Action Bill, Covid and travel restrictions & more. Listen and subscribe to On The Record with Gavan Reilly on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Eamon Ryan, Green Party Leader and Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport, on whether Phil Hogan's position as EU Trade Commissioner is tenable.

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Citywide Communication Networks are crucial for transportation, public safety, sustainability and growing your innovation economy. In the 21st Century, we are going to be spending decades building up our communications infrastructure and any city that falls behind will suffer economically.

In this episode of the Data Show, I spoke with Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz, co-founder and CTO of Nexar. We first met when he was leading Yahoo! technical teams charged with delivering a variety of large-scale, real-time data products. His new company is helping build out critical infrastructure for the emerging transportation sector. While some question whether […]

Episode 60 of Landscape Digital Show reveals customer care marketing lessons in leadership, communication, and training from an actual case study. The best marketing for any business is not what its media says, but the actions the business takes, especially when circumstances are less than optimal. To perform in these clutch situations and let s […] The post Customer Care: Marketing Lessons in Leadership, Communication and Training appeared first on Landscape Digital Institute.

Jason Peacey discusses, "‘Written according to my usual way’: Communicating between Centre and Locality and the Rise of the Agent in Seventeenth-Century England". Peacey is Professor and Department Head of History at the University College London. This talk was included in the session titled, ”Communication Networks and Information Exchange”.

Lindsay O'Neill discusses, "New Correspondents: Connecting the Centre and Locality via Letter, 1600-1700". O'Neill is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Southern California. This talk was included in the session titled, ”Communication Networks and Information Exchange”.

Slides Here: https://defcon.org/images/defcon-22/dc-22-presentations/Bruno-Graziano/DEFCON-22-Luca-Bruno-Mariano-Graziano-looking-glass-Updated.pdf Through the Looking-Glass, and What Eve Found There Luca "kaeso" Bruno RESEARCH ENGINEER, EURECOM Mariano "emdel" Graziano PH.D. STUDENT, EURECOM Traditionally, network operators have provided some kind of public read-only access to their current view of the BGP routing table, by the means of a "looking glass”. In this talk we inspect looking glass instances from a security point of view, showing many shortcomings and flaws which could let a malicious entity take control of critical devices connected to them. In particular, we will highlight how easy it is for a low-skilled attacker to gain access to core routers within multiple ISP infrastructures. Luca is currently a research engineer at Eurecom in Sophia-Antipolis (FR). He graduated as a Systems and Networks Engineer at Telecom Paristech and Politecnico di Torino, and is a Debian Developer and an active FLOSS evangelist. Luca's research area includes security of embedded devices, Internet core infrastructure and mobile networks (GSM/LTE). Twitter: @lucabruno Mariano is currently a Ph.D. student in the Software and Systems Security group of Eurecom in Sophia-Antipolis (France). He earned a Master of Science in Computer and Communication Networks from Politecnico di Torino (Italy). Mariano is interested in challenging security researches, ranging from hypervisors to backbone routers. Twitter: @emd3l

In this podcast, we look at the Army's push to connect ground vehicles to communication networks, frustrations with ground robot acquisition programs and the Navy's 3D printing efforts.

Analyzing, understanding and working with complex systems and large datasets has become a familiar challenge in the information era. The explosion of data worldwide affects nearly every part of society, particularly the science, engineering, health, and financial domains. Looking, for instance at the automotive industry, engineers are confronted with the enormously increased complexity of vehicle electronics. Over the years, a large number of advanced functions, such as ACC (adaptive cruise control), rear seat entertainment systems or automatic start/stop engines, has been integrated into the vehicle. Thereby, the functions have been more and more distributed over the vehicle, leading to the introduction of several communication networks. Overlooking all relevant data facets, understanding dependencies, analyzing the flow of messages and tracking down problems in these networks has become a major challenge for automotive engineers. Promising approaches to overcome information overload and to provide insight into complex data are Information Visualization (InfoVis) and Visual Analytics (VA). Over the last decades, these research communities spent much effort on developing new methods to help users obtain insight into complex data. However, few of these solutions have yet reached end users, and moving research into practice remains one of the great challenges in visual data analysis. This situation is particularly true for large company settings, where very little is known about additional challenges, obstacles and requirements in InfoVis/VA development and evaluation. Users have to be better integrated into our research processes in terms of adequate requirements analysis, understanding practices and challenges, developing well-directed, user-centered technologies and evaluating their value within a realistic context. This dissertation explores a novel InfoVis/VA application area, namely in-car communication networks, and demonstrates how information visualization methods and techniques can help engineers to work with and better understand these networks. Based on a three-year internship with a large automotive company and the close cooperation with domain experts, I grounded a profound understanding of specific challenges, requirements and obstacles for InfoVis/VA application in this area and learned that “designing with not for the people” is highly important for successful solutions. The three main contributions of this dissertation are: (1) An empirical analysis of current working practices of automotive engineers and the derivation of specific design requirements for InfoVis/VA tools; (2) the successful application and evaluation of nine prototypes, including the deployment of five systems; and (3) based on the three-year experience, a set of recommendations for developing and evaluating InfoVis systems in large company settings. I present ethnographic studies with more than 150 automotive engineers. These studies helped us to understand currently used tools, the underlying data, tasks as well as user groups and to categorize the field into application sub-domains. Based on these findings, we propose implications and recommendations for designing tools to support current practices of automotive network engineers with InfoVis/VA technologies. I also present nine InfoVis design studies that we built and evaluated with automotive domain experts and use them to systematically explore the design space of applying InfoVis to in-car communication networks. Each prototype was developed in a user-centered, participatory process, respectively with a focus on a specific sub-domain of target users with specific data and tasks. Experimental results from studies with real users are presented, that show that the visualization prototypes can improve the engineers’ work in terms of working efficiency, better understanding and novel insights. Based on lessons learned from repeatedly designing and evaluating our tools together with domain experts at a large automotive company, I discuss challenges and present recommendations for deploying and evaluating VA/InfoVis tools in large company settings. I hope that these recommendations can guide other InfoVis researchers and practitioners in similar projects by providing them with new insights, such as the necessity for close integration with current tools and given processes, distributed knowledge and high degree of specialization, and the importance of addressing prevailing mental models and time restrictions. In general, I think that large company settings are a promising and fruitful field for novel InfoVis applications and expect our recommendations to be useful tools for other researchers and tool designers.

We start with presenting motivation and goals for the Future Internet, and reviewing basics of trust in computing.The Pervasive Trust Foundation (PTF) for the Future Internet is proposed next. This includes presenting motivation for trust foundation for the Future Internet, showing placement of security services and mechanisms within the architecture, and trust considerations for security services.Inefficient operation of the PTF-based architecture is the main obstacle to making such architecture a reality. There are two classes of approaches that can reduce operational costs. First, inherent PTF properties result in automatic cost-saving. Second, additional cost-saving techniques --such as leveraging high-trust enclaves, or using enclave "insurers"-- can be used.The architectural principles presented here are a position statement, and their practical verification will require substantial research efforts. About the speaker: Leszek Lilien is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Western Michigan University (WMU). He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and was involved in post-doctoral research at Purdue University. His was a faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a tutorial instructor for IEEE Computer Society. He has a diversified R&D experience in industry and some entrepreneurial experience in the United States and Poland.His current research is focused in two areas: (1) opportunistic capability utilization networks a.k.a. oppnets (a specialized kind of ad hoc networks); and (2) trust, privacy and security in open computing systems. In Area 1, he focuses on primitives for oppnets, privacy and security in oppnets, and interoperability of oppnet helper networks and devices. In Area 2, he concentrates on privacy-preserving data dissemination, the role of trust in open computing environments, analysis of computer security paradigms, and security and privacy aspects in pervasive systems, including ad hoc sensor networks and embedded networks. He is an Editorial Board member for the International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, The Open Cybernetics & Systemics Journal, and Recent Patents on Computer Science. He chaired and organized two International Workshops on Specialized Ad Hoc Networks and Systems (SAHNS 2007 and SAHNS 2009) in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2007 and ICDCS 2009). He was a Co-PI for an NSF grant on vulnerability analysis and threat assessment/avoidance. In 2008, he was selected for the Visiting Faculty Research Program (VFRP), U.S. Air Force Research Lab. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and IEEE Computer Society. He is affiliated with the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University.

Infrastructureless and decentralized communication substrates such as mobile ad hoc networks and peer-to-peer systems enable setting up communication services beyond borders of contemporary wired or cellular client/server systems. Yet, due to their specific characteristics like wireless multihop data transmission and lack of central trusted instances, infrastructureless and decentralized networks are also beyond the protection of contemporary security mechanisms. This especially requires consideration in possible first responder or military application scenarios. Various new threats targeting each layer of the ISO/OSI model have been identified. Central questions regarding security include how to deal with misbehavior and how to protect information in networks without well-defined borders, consisting of devices, services, and users from multiple administrative domains.In this talk we present possible solutions for excluding misbehaving nodes from infrastructureless networks to recover the availability of the network in presence of attacks. We further present mathematical tools for governing cooperative decision processes without central trusted instances as basis for security objectives such as authentication and access control in decentralized systems. We show evaluation results based on analytical models as well as simulation and testbed studies and highlight general challenges regarding the evaluation of protocols and algorithms for infrastructureless decentralized communication networks. About the speaker: Andre Koenig received his diploma in computer science from TU Darmstadt. After having worked for a system retailer offering network design, consultation, and trainings, he joined the Multimedia Communications Lab (KOM) at TU Darmstadt, Germany, in 2005. His research focuses on security mechanisms for highly dynamic, infrastructureless and decentralized environments such as mobile ad hoc networks and peer-to-peer systems. Until 2007, Andre Koenig contributed to the SicAri project funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) with the goal to develop a toolkit for secure ubiquitous communications. After SicAri, he was involved in the SoKNOS project funded by BMBF aiming at offering a service oriented communication platform for emergency response scenarios. Since October 2008, he is working on the G-Lab project of the BMBF with the goal to establishing a national experimental platform for research on future internet technologies. Here, Andre Koenig is responsible for the work package on quality of service and security. Since 2009 Andre Koenig is head of the 'Network Security' research group at the Multimedia Communications Lab. Besides the work on his PhD thesis and research projects, Andre Koenig is involved in various teaching activities at TU Darmstadt.

Infrastructureless and decentralized communication substrates such as mobile ad hoc networks and peer-to-peer systems enable setting up communication services beyond borders of contemporary wired or cellular client/server systems. Yet, due to their specific characteristics like wireless multihop data transmission and lack of central trusted instances, infrastructureless and decentralized networks are also beyond the protection of contemporary security mechanisms. This especially requires consideration in possible first responder or military application scenarios. Various new threats targeting each layer of the ISO/OSI model have been identified. Central questions regarding security include how to deal with misbehavior and how to protect information in networks without well-defined borders, consisting of devices, services, and users from multiple administrative domains. In this talk we present possible solutions for excluding misbehaving nodes from infrastructureless networks to recover the availability of the network in presence of attacks. We further present mathematical tools for governing cooperative decision processes without central trusted instances as basis for security objectives such as authentication and access control in decentralized systems. We show evaluation results based on analytical models as well as simulation and testbed studies and highlight general challenges regarding the evaluation of protocols and algorithms for infrastructureless decentralized communication networks.