Podcasts about Falkenstein

Die Basler LDP schlägt ihrer Parteibasis den Advokaten und Grossrat Gabriel Nigon fürs Präsidium vor. Nigon soll es von Patricia von Falkenstein übernehmen, die ihr Amt nach 12 Jahren abgibt.

We're back with more stories from Jim Falkenstein, the prop master on Fuller House!! Hear more from Jim's career, stories about the industry and even a ghost story from the Fuller House stage that may have been Bob Saget!! It's all right here on How Rude, Tanneritos! Follow us on Instagram @howrudepodcast & TikTok @howrudetanneritosSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, we're talking to the man who created the infamous Rube Goldberg machine on Fuller House & all the other wacky props in between... It's prop master Jim Falkenstein! Jim's work on Fuller House (and many other notable shows) is unforgettable. But, there’s something he’s known for on every set: the bright yellow tux that he’d photobomb people in! You’re sure to have some laughs and learn some new things about prop masters in this interview, and it’s all right here on How Rude, Tanneritos! Follow us on Instagram @howrudepodcast & TikTok @howrudetanneritosSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leo joins us from his media production agency in Atlanta, GA to talk about their humble beginnings at UGA to a 2 million dollar powerhouse.

Sind die Reiterhofgeschichten rund um Bibi & Tina vollgepackt mit wirtschaftlicher Ideologie? Niemand anderes als Wolfgang M. Schmitt vom YouTube-Kanal "Filmanalyse" seziert mit uns diese Woche das World Building rund um unsere liebsten "Pferdemädchen". Woher kommt dieser Begriff überhaupt? Welche Marketingstrategie steckt hinter den Hörspielen und was hat der Martinshof zu tun mit Rentierskapitalismus und der meritokratischen Gesellschaft? - - - zu Gast: Wolfgang M. Schmitt https://wolfgangmschmitt.de/ - - - LINKTREE Alle wichtigen Links zu uns findet ihr hier: https://bit.ly/kussponsored - - - PODCAST KAPITEL (00:13:56) Das Phänomen Bibi & Tina (00:33:35) Die Spielfilme (01:20:21) Marktsegmentierung und Pferdemädchen (01:32:22) Bibi & Tina und die Ideologie - - - Kack & Sachgeschichten - Der Podcast mit Klugschiss: https://www.kackundsachgeschichten.de/ Bleib auf dem Laufenden mit dem Kacki WhatsApp Kanal: https://bit.ly/kuswhatsapp - - - ausführliche Beschreibung: Kapitalismus und Wirtschaftsideologie in Bibi & Tina Bibi & Tina – eine Serie, die für viele nur Pferde, Freundschaft und kindliche Abenteuer bedeutet. Doch steckt mehr dahinter? Der Podcast nimmt sich der Kultreihe an und geht weit über die üblichen Analysen hinaus. Filmkritiker und Autor Wolfgang M. Schmidt beleuchtet nicht nur die nostalgische Bedeutung der Serie, sondern auch ihre wirtschaftlichen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Ideologien. Der Ursprung: Vom Hörspiel zur Mega-Maschine Was als Spin-off von Bibi Blocksberg begann, entwickelte sich zu einem millionenschweren Franchise. Neben den Hörspielen gibt es mittlerweile Kinofilme, Serien, Musicals und sogar eine eigene Prime-Video-Serie. Der Podcast diskutiert, wie sich Bibi & Tina als Teil der deutschen Popkultur etabliert hat und warum die Pferde-Mädchen-Welt nicht nur Kinder anspricht. Ein zentraler Punkt: Die Vermarktung der Serie ist gezielt auf junge Mädchen zugeschnitten. Das „Pferdemädchen“-Klischee wurde bewusst genutzt, um eine treue Fanbasis aufzubauen. Doch wie harmlos ist diese Welt wirklich? Ideologie & Kapitalismuskritik: Was steckt hinter dem Martinshof? Ein spannender Aspekt der Diskussion ist die versteckte Ideologie der Serie. Der Martinshof, auf dem Bibi & Tina ihre Abenteuer erleben, ist kein unabhängiges Unternehmen – er gehört dem reichen Grafen Falko von Falkenstein. Frau Martin und ihre Familie sind nur Pächter. Dieses wirtschaftliche Abhängigkeitsverhältnis wird jedoch nicht hinterfragt. Während klassische Bibi Blocksberg-Folgen oft rebellische und systemkritische Elemente hatten, geht es bei Bibi & Tina meist darum, den Status quo zu bewahren. Die eigentlichen Bösewichte der Serie sind oft Figuren von „außen“ – neureiche Unternehmer, Investoren oder mysteriöse Fremde. Hier stellt sich die Frage: Wird hier eine kapitalistische Ordnung idealisiert, in der Besitz und Macht in den Händen der „richtigen“ Personen bleiben sollen? Fazit: Harmloser Kinderspaß oder unterschätzte Gesellschaftsanalyse? Bibi & Tina ist weit mehr als eine einfache Kinderserie. Der Podcast zeigt auf, dass hinter den Pferdegeschichten eine tiefere gesellschaftliche Struktur steckt – eine, die konservative Werte auf subtile Weise vermittelt. Während die Serie viele Fans durch Nostalgie und Abenteuer fesselt, lohnt sich ein kritischer Blick auf die Ideologien, die sie transportiert.

Wohnraum in der Schweiz wird immer knapper. Der Wohnschutz soll Leerkündigungen verhindern und für bezahlbare Mietpreise sorgen. Lässt sich das mit den Interessen der Vermieterinnen vereinen? Der Vermieter leert sein Mehrfamilienhaus für einen Umbau – jährlich erhalten so in der Schweiz 30'000 Mieterinnen eine Kündigung. Was besonders oft in Städten und Ferienregionen geschieht, sorgt überall für rote Köpfe. Sanierungen seien häufig nicht notwendig, es gehe um Renditemaximierung, so der Vorwurf. Verschiedene Wohnschutzinitiativen sollen das verhindern. Doch wie einschneidend sind Leerkündigungen für die Betroffenen? Sorgen die Massnahmen für einen besseren Schutz? Oder werden Immobilien und Umbauten so für Investoren unattraktiv und bleiben so die Verdichtung und der Klimaschutz auf der Strecke? Über dieses Dilemma diskutiert Reto Lipp im «Eco Talk» mit Patricia von Falkenstein, Präsidentin des Hauseigentümerverbandes Basel-Stadt und dem Zürcher Stadtrat Daniel Leupi.

Aromatherapie entdecken: Entdecke die Kraft ätherischer Öle! Julia Falkenstein zeigt, wie Düfte heilen, Stress lösen und Schlaf fördern.

Olá, pessoas! Hoje vamos destrinchar o Castelo Falkenstein, um RPG que se passa na era vitoriana, cheio de criaturas mágicas, heróis ousados, vilões ardilosos e o mais interessante: que você joga usando somente cartas! Não se esqueça de seguir @IdeiasArcanas nas redes sociais para mais conteúdo. Gostou do conteúdo e quer jogar RPG comigo? Apoie o canal em apoia.se/ideiasarcanas PIX: ideiasarcanas@gmail.com linktr.ee/ideiasarcanas

Mit ihren imposanten Felstürmen ist die Sächsische Schweiz Tummelplatz für Bergsportler. Mit ihren ganz eigenen Regeln haben die sächsischen Kletterer einen Stil kreiert, der nun auch immaterielles Kulturerbe ist.

Um 1200 v.Chr. wird nicht nur das Ende der mykenischen Kultur datiert, sondern auch das anderer bronzezeitlicher Kulturen. Doch warum kollabierten ihre Systeme? Waren es die berüchtigten Seevölker? Was wissen wir über sie? Woher kamen sie? Und... waren sie wirklich der einzige Grund für den Untergang der Mykener? Quellen: Arnaud/Gonnet, Textes syriens de l'âge du Bronze récent (…), 1991 Astour, Aegean Place-Names in an Egyptian Inscription, 1966 Bartonek, Handbuch des Mykenischen, 2002 Baykal, Stürmische Zeiten, 2010 Bennet, The Geography of the Mycenaean Kingdoms, 2011 Bertemes/Bork/Meller/Risc, 1600 - Kultureller Umbruch im Schatten des Thera-Ausbruchs? (….), 2011 Budin, The Ancient Greeks (…), 2009 Castleden, The Mycenaeans, 2005 Cline, Rethinking Mycenaean International Trade with Egypt and the Near East, 2007 Ebd., Der erste Untergang der Zivilisation, 2015 Ebd., 1177 B.C. (…), 2014 Cockburn, Bronze Age saw flourishing drug trade, opium discovered in Ancient vase reaveals, 2021 Drake, The Influence of Climatic Change on the Late Bronze Age Collapse and the Greek Dark Ages, 2012 Drews, The End of the Bronze Age, 1993 Edel/Görg, Die Ortsnamenlisten im nördlichen Säulenhof des Totentempels Amenophis III, 2005 Evian, They were thr on land, others at sea…, (…) 2015 Falkenstein, Eine Katastrophen-Theorie zum Beginn der Urnenfeldkultur (….), 1997 Feuer, Mycenaean Civilization (…), 2004 Freeman, Egypt, Greece and Rome (…), 2014 Henderson Gardiner, The Kadesh inscription of Ramses II, 1960 Husemann, Das Große beben (…), 2014 Iakovidis, Gla and the Kopais in the 13th century B.C., 2001 Kaniewski/Paulissen/an Campo/weitere, Middle East coastal ecosystem response to middle-to-late Holocene abrupt climate changes, 2008 Ebd., Late second–early first millennium BC abrupt climate changes in coastal Syria and their possible significance for the history of the Eastern Mediterranean, 2010 Kelder, The Kingdom of Mycenae (…), 2010 Kilian, Ausgrabungen in Tyrins 1977, 1979 Kopanias: The Late Bronze Age Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from Thebes (Greece) and their historical implications, 2008 Lehmann, Umbrüche und Zäsuren im östlichen Mittelmeerraum und Vordereasien zur Zeit der “Seevölker”-Invasionen um und nach 1200 v.Chr. (…), 1996 Milek, Seevölker (….) in: Spektrum der Wissenschaft (…), 2016 Murray/Runnels, Greece before History (…), 2001 Noort, Die Seevölker in Palästina, 1994 Nur/Cline, Poseidon's Horses (…), 2000 Peruzzi, Mycenaeans in Early Latium, 1980 Ridgway, The First Western Greeks, 1992 Scarre, The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World (…), 1999 Schofield, The Mycenaens, 2007 Silberman/Gitin/Mazar/Stern (Hrsg.): The Sea Peoples, the Victorians, and Us, 1998 Sommer, Der 21.Januar 1192 v.Chr.: Der Untergang Ugarits?, 2015 Sternberg-el Hotabi, Der Kampf der Seevölker gegen Pharaoh Ramses III (…), 2012 Tartaron, Maritime Networks in the Mycenaean World, 2013 Vianello, Late Bronze Age Mycenaean and Italic Products (….), 2005 Woudhuizen, The Ethnicity of the sea people (…), 2006 Yasur-Landau, The Philistines and Aegean Migration at the End of the Late Bronze Age, 2014 Zangger, Naturkatastrophen in der ägäischen Bronzezeit (…), 1996 Freising, Sechs durchbohrte Bernsteinstücke in Bayerische Vorgeschichtsblätter, 1999 CBS, Ancient Druf Trade Unearthed, 2002 (2024) Boston University - The Historical Society University of York, Traces of opiates found in Cypriot vessel, 2018 (2024) Universität Köln Pressemitteilung: https://web.archive.org/web/20180714193158/https://www.portal.uni-koeln.de/9015.html?&tx_news_pi1[news]=4871&tx_news_pi1[controller]=News&tx_news_pi1[action]=detail&cHash=4ec8fe1cf3d8b095a07f3559ce486982 Ethnicity of Sea People: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/7686 Unesco : https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/941 Music by Pixabay (ArizonaGuide)

Laura Lange, Christin Eisenbeiß und Esther Poburski im Gespräch über die perfekte Saison

Man müsse zumindest darüber nachdenken, den Kommandanten der Basler Kantonspolizei zu entlassen, fordert LDP-Präsidentin Patricia von Falkenstein. So weit will Felix Wehrli, SVP-Grossrat nicht gehen, er fordert grundsätzlich mehr Wertschätzung gegenüber der Polizei. SP-Grossrat Mahir Kabakci wiederum zeigt sich dafür offen, dass die SP in Zukunft mehr Geld für die SP sprechen könnte. Und: Nach langen Tagen im Spital proben sie noch ihr Instrument: Die Mitglieder des European Doctor's Orchestra. Diesen Sonntag spielt dieses Ärzte-Orchester im Basler Stadtcasino.

In den Augen der Basler Regierung ist das Musical Theater unrentabel und sanierungsbedürftig. Es soll einem Hallenbad weichen. Baden statt Kultur? Auf der anderen Seite kämpft ein breit unterstütztes Initiativkomitee für den Erhalt des Theaters. Wir diskutieren, warum das Musical Theater so viel Unterstützung bekommt. Wie rentabel es ist. Ob Popkultur und Unterhaltung neben Klassik und dem Theater genug Beachtung finden in Basel. Welche Kultur soll der Kanton unterstützen soll und welche nicht? Gäste: * Oliver Burger, Mitbesitzer Freddy Burger Management, Betreiber Musical-Theater * Annina von Falkenstein, Stiftungsrätin Sinfonieorchester, Grossrätin LDP * Johannes Sieber, Kulturstadt Jetzt, Grossrat GLP * Mélanie Honegger, Kulturjournalistin Basler Zeitung

Ausnahmezustand in Falkenstein. Die Gaststätte von Lorenz' Vater schließt und daraus entsteht eine echte App-Innovation, die Wirte und Gäste begeistert: Gainback. Julian und Martin besuchen Lorenz und Jakob am Ort der ehemaligen Gastwirtschaft - und mitten im Gelände steht ihr Tiny House Headquater. Lorenz Wolf (18) und Jakob Hebenstreit (18) sind auf einer beeindruckenden Startup-Reise und nehmen uns mit: von der Bierkastentreppe zum Zapfhahn und von der ersten Zeile Code bis in den App-Store. (00:00) In dieser Folge … (00:39) Lorenz ist begeistert (02:55) Die Probeaufnahme vorgestellt (03:50) Roter Faden (04:56) Story of Jakob  (11:22) Telefonjoker: Florian Z. (15:35) Story of Lorenz (18:26) Die Gainback App (19:38) 1 Minuten Pitch (20:18) Gainback ist online (22:05) Testen, Feedback, Verbessern (22:57) Woher wisst ihr das alles? (24:12) Um Rat fragen (26:04) Accelerator Programm kurz erklärt (28:20) Startup Teens (31:08) App-Store Hürden (32:48) Jakob: Full Stack Entwickler (35:34) Lorenz: Leidenschaft für Gastwirtschaft (36:32) Full Time Gainback? (38:47) Nutzt jede Bühne (40:54) Geld (44:47) Gainback App downloaden! (45:39) Gainback App Features Ausblick (47:04) Jetzt wird es privat (47:45) Mit dem Fahrrad nach Monaco (53:59) Lorenz macht ICE-Durchsage (55:20) Ausnahmezustand in Falkenstein (59:30) Finger kaputt (01:01:20) In 20 Jahren … (01:03:50) Weinfest (01:06:34) schön war´s Die Gainback App von Lorenz und Jakob Gehe in ein Restaurant, erstelle über Gainback Social-Media Content und erhalte Cashback: Gainback.app Gainback App jetzt downloaden für Apple & Android Der Podcast "Probeaufnahme": Julian und Martin, die Gründer von LiveOnTape sprechen in ihrem Podcast „Probeaufnahme“ über Startups, Tech-Kuriositäten und ihren Unternehmer-Alltag. Produziert von der LiveOnTape Julian Lübeck und Martin Ludwig GbR  Bilder und mehr zur Folge auf Instagram Transparenzhinweis: Lorenz und Jakob sind sehr gute Freunde und Wegbegleiter im Startup Universum Mainfranken. Zu Gast im Podcast "Probeaufnahme" auf Einladung von Julian und Martin. Der Podcast enthält keine bezahlten Werbeplatzierungen. HINWEIS: MIT VIDEO AUF SPOTIFY (Login erforderlich - Alle Tarife FREE & PREMIUM) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/probeaufnahme/message

Annina von Falkenstein will das Angebot von Tagesfamilien in Basel-Stadt durch die Einbeziehung von Tagesgrosseltern erweitern. Viele ältere Menschen seien fit und hätten bereits Erfahrung in der Kinderbetreuung, was das bestehende Angebot erhöhen könnte. Aktuell gibt es zu wenig Tagesfamilien. Ausserdem: * Plakatausstellung «Der Mensch macht glücklich» auf dem Basler Münsterplatz

Dieses Mal waren Emma und Luke auf der sehr gut erhaltenen Burg Falkenstein unterwegs.Die Museumspädagogin Frau Buschbeck erklärt in die Geschichte der Burg und führt sie vom Verlies bis auf den Turm in jeden Winkel.

Nach den Ausschreitungen an der 1. Mai-Demo letztes Jahr, als die Basler Polizei einige Demonstrierende einkesselte, stellt sich die Frage, was passiert dieses Jahr. Bleibt alles friedlich oder wird die Polizei wieder eingreifen? Seit 11 Uhr ziehen rund 2000 Demonstrierende durch die Innenstadt. * Basler LDP-Präsidentin Patricia von Falkenstein kündigt Rücktritt an

Friedliche Demonstration am 1. Mai: Das Organisationskomitee wie auch die Polizei sind zufrieden. Die Gespräche im Vorfeld haben wohl gefruchtet. Befürchtungen, dass die 1.-Mai-Demonstration von antisemitischen Bannern und Äusserungen überschattet werden würde, sind nicht eingetreten. Ausserdem: * LDP-Präsidentin Patricia von Falkenstein gibt ihr Amt als Präsidentin ab * Ein Blick zurück: Vor 30 Jahren schaffte der FCB den Aufstieg in die Nationalliga A

In this episode of the Sweet Slumber podcast, host Meredith Brough and guest Lisa Falkenstein, a multifaceted sleep consultant, discuss their experiences in the field of sleep consulting. They reflect on their professional journeys, the significance of community, and the evolution of gentle sleep consulting methods. Lisa details her experience as Meredith's first "official" student in the Baby-Centered Sleep Consultant Certification Program. She explains how this unique and loving approach has influenced and improved her sleep solutions, even softening the traditional approach that some clients prefer. The conversation also touches on the advantages of having a diverse skill set and need for more collaboration in the sleep consulting world.Tune in for an amazing discussion on the past, present, and future of sleep consulting!Topics Professional journey and collaboration of Meredith and LisaEvolution of gentle sleep consulting methodsImportance of community over competition in sleep consultingLisa's passion for sleep consulting and customized careThe advantages and opportunities that come from taking the Baby-Centered Sleep Consultant Certification Program Connection and collaboration between Meredith and LisaImpact of their collaboration on the field of sleep consultingImposter syndrome and seeking mentorship and supportValue of collaboration and continuous learning in sleep consultingFind out more about Lisa, her programs, and contact information here!Learn more about the Baby-Centered Sleep Consultant Certification Program below!Keywordssleep consultant, gentle sleep consulting, gentle sleep methods, gentle sleep training, birth and postpartum doula, lactation counselor, pediatric sleep consultant, infant development, newborn development, healthy sleep solutions for children, holistic sleep solutions for babies, supporting the well-being of young children, mentorship, parent support, sleep consultant certification program, continuous learning, family support, listening to intuition, mom confidenceThe Baby-Centered Sleep Consultant Certification Program Re-launches on May 20th, 2024!Check out the links below & sign up before May 10th for 2 bonuses worth $1250!This program is for you if you are... A stay-home mother who is seeking a flexible, rewarding job that complements your life A career mom who wants to spend more time with your family and have a rewarding career working from home A fully trained sleep consultant, birth world worker, or health professional who desires expanded knowledge and more tools. Access several proven responsive, peaceful methods, rare insight about temperament, and priceless techniques for solving the toughest cases. (AND MUCH MORE!) Learn more here: Certified sleep consultants Health & Birth Professionals Career Moms who want to change careers Stay Home Moms

In this week's episode, Brent Ferguson talks about a pedagogical approach he implemented with his undergraduate students, an approach he calls the "buffet-style grading system." Let's begin with a student composition from this class.This episode was produced by Jennifer Beavers along with Team Lead Lydia Bangura. SMT-Pod Theme music by Zhangcheng Lu; Closing music "hnna" by David Voss. For supplementary materials on this episode and more information on our authors and composers, check out our website: https://smt-pod.org/episodes/season03/

Krankenkassenprämien, Mieten, Lebensmittelpreise: Das Leben in der Schweiz wird 2024 teils massiv teurer. Dies spüren gerade auch viele Familien in ihrem Haushaltsbudget. Muss die Politik jetzt handeln? Und: Wo kann sie den Hebel ansetzen? «Die finanzielle Situation von Familien in der Schweiz spitzt sich zu», so die Botschaft des jüngst publizierten Familienbarometers von Pro Familia. Rund die Hälfte der Familien gibt gemäss der repräsentativen Studie an, dass das zur Verfügung stehende Einkommen nur knapp oder gar nicht reicht. Eine Folge: Für vier von zehn Familien sind auch die Kosten ein Grund, auf weitere Kinder zu verzichten. Ein Blick auf die helvetische Gemütslage zeigt: Die steigenden Krankenkassenprämien zählen zu den grössten Sorgen der Schweizerinnen und Schweizer. Im Juni stehen gleich zwei Volksinitiativen zur Abstimmung, die das Problem anpacken wollen. Die Prämien-Entlastungs-Initiative der SP fordert, dass Versicherte höchstens zehn Prozent ihres Einkommens für Prämien ausgeben müssen. Deshalb soll die Prämienverbilligung ausgebaut werden. Die Mitte ihrerseits will mit der Kostenbremse-Initiative erreichen, dass Bund und Kantone Massnahmen zur Kostensenkung ergreifen, wenn die Gesundheitskosten im Vergleich zu den Löhnen zu stark steigen. Was spricht für und was gegen die beiden Initiativen? Was soll die Politik tun gegen die steigenden Gesundheitskosten? Einen weiteren wichtigen Posten im Haushaltsbudget vieler Familien stellen die Wohnkosten dar. Am 1. April kommt es für viele Mieterinnen und Mieter aufgrund des gestiegenen Referenzzinssatzes zu einer erneuten Erhöhung der Mieten. Explodierende Mieten und Wohnungsknappheit sind vor allem in Städten und Agglomerationen ein Problem. Während seitens linker Parteien regelmässig der Ruf nach Mietzinskontrolle und mehr gemeinnützigem Wohnungsbau ertönt, sehen bürgerliche Politikerinnen und Politiker die Lösung etwa im Abbau von Bürokratie und missbräuchlichen Einsprache-Möglichkeiten beim Bauen. Was lässt sich tun gegen steigende Mieten? Finanziell herausfordernd kann für Familien auch die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie sein. Die Kindertagesstätten hierzulande gelten im internationalen Vergleich als sehr teuer – dies zeigt etwa die Unicef-Studie aus dem Jahr 2021. Im Parlament geben derzeit einige Geschäfte zu reden, die Familien in diesem Bereich entlasten wollen. Auf welche Weise ist die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf zu fördern? Ist es überhaupt Aufgabe des Staates, Massnahmen zu ergreifen? Zu diesen Fragen begrüsst Nathalie Christen am 22. März 2024 in der «Arena»: - Barbara Steinemann, Nationalrätin SVP/ZH; - Samira Marti, Co-Fraktionschefin SP; - Patricia von Falkenstein, Nationalrätin LDP/BS; und - Stefan Müller-Altermatt, Nationalrat Die Mitte/SO. Weitere Gäste noch offen.

Vielleicht haben Sie es mitbekommen, dass Robert Herold, ein mutiger Apotheker der Central-Apotheke aus dem sächsischen Falkenstein, zum Whistleblower wurde. Warum? Weil er die enormen Gewinne, die Zytostatika-Apotheker wie er machen können, "moralisch verwerflich" findet und, dass die Öffentlichkeit ein Recht auf Ehrlichkeit habe. Deutschlandweit geht es um hunderte Millionen Euro im Jahr, welche die Krankenkassen mutmaßlich sparen könnten. Er informierte die Verantwortlichen der größten gesetzlichen Krankenkasse in Sachsen, der AOK Plus, die enormen Gewinnmöglichkeiten bei der Zubereitung von Krebstherapien. Dies habe nichts bewirkt. Doch er lässt nicht locker. Als nächstes versuchte er, seinen eigenen Verband aufzurütteln, den Verband der Zytostatika herstellenden Apothekerinnen und Apotheker (VZA). Er versuchte, seine Kollegen dafür zu sensibilisieren, darüber nachzudenken, die eigenen Einkaufsvorteile an die Krankenkassen weiterzugeben. "Aber das Interesse damals war gleich null", so sein Eindruck. Damit endlich nicht mehr so viel Geld der Beitragszahler verschwendet wird, will er Transparenz schaffen und dafür sorgen, dass die Krankenkassen die echten Preise erfahren. Also schickt er immer wieder die echten Einkaufspreise der Apotheker an die AOK Plus. Wieder sei nichts passiert, doch auch diesmal lässt er nicht locker. Er geht an die Öffentlichkeit, in der Hoffnung mit diesem Schritt etwas in Bewegung zu bringen. Ich wollte nun wissen, ob es eine Kontrollbehörde oder etwas Ähnliches für Apotheken gibt, und habe gegoogelt. Und siehe da: Es gibt sogar eine Apotheken-Revision! Sehr, sehr cool! Hätten der Apotheken-Revision diese Zusatzeinnahmen auffallen können oder müssen? Hören Sie in diesem Podcast, was ich von der Governance auf diesem Themengebiet halte. Ich wünsche Ihnen viel Spaß beim Zuhören und erfolgreiche Prüfungsprozesse!

Jeanne Armstrong spoke to playwright Len Falkenstein about his new play opening today at Theatre New Brunswick.

When Shannon Falkenstein moved to El Salvador for love years ago she gained a unique perspective of the country. She created the FaceBook Expat page to share her newly gained insights. She and her husband began brewing beer in their home and soon created the very popular local Micro-Bewery Cadejo, along with a string of 12 Cadejo restaurants. Shannon Falkenstein's next entrepreneurial venture was in the field of education. She established her own Montessorai style school in San Salvador called Acton Academy. She is currently looking to create another unique school in the beach area.  "The people who are the most able to solve their problems are the people who have the problems"  "Our children learn to be, they learn to do and they learn to learn" -Shannon Falkenstien quoting Ron BrenneminContact her if you'd like to help establish a beach-side school or if you have an interest in bringing your kids in the future.ActonAcademyelsalvador.comhttps://www.facebook.com/CervezaCadejo/Live From Bitcoin Beach

30.10.2023 Jeremia 16 gelesen von Ulrike Gröpper, Falkenstein by Gemeinschaftsverband Sachsen-Anhalt

17.10.2023 Jesaja 38 gelesen von Manuel Gröpper, Falkenstein by Gemeinschaftsverband Sachsen-Anhalt

Green IT und die CO2-Emissionen durch die IT, das Internet und die Software-EntwicklungDie Klimakrise ist real. Damit wir das ganze Problem in den Griff bekommen, muss jeder mit anpacken. Doch wie viel Einfluss hat die IT mit der Hardware, dem Internet, auf der Client- und Serverseite? Darüber sprechen wir in dieser Episode. Wie lange solltest du deine Hardware nutzen? Was für eine Rolle spielen Display-Technologien wie Oled und LCD? Sind performante Websites mehr Eco-Friendly? Wie sieht es mit Cloud-Infrastruktur, Build- und CI-Pipelines aus? Wie berechnet man die CO2-Emissionen von Gigabit-Datentransfer? Welche ist die grünste Programmiersprache?Das und noch viel mehr besprechen wir mit unserem Gast Christian "Schepp" Schaefer, der sich mit diesem Thema auseinandergesetzt hat.Bonus: Wo die dreckigsten Industrieunternehmen Deutschlands stehen.**** Diese Episode wird gesponsert vom Open-Source Förderprogramm Media Tech Lab: Bewirb dich jetzt und erhalte bis zu 50.000€ Fördersumme für dein Open-Source Projekt https://www.media-lab.de/de/media-tech-labDas schnelle Feedback zur Episode:

My guest is Pat Walsh. Pat joined Summer Stage when he was old enough to perform in the Main Stage productions where he had had a nice run of lead roles. He was Shrek in Shrek the Musical in 2014. In 2017, he played Quasimoto in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. And last summer he was Patrick in The Spongebob Musical. Pat began directing musicals at Summer Stage and is currently rehearsing The Three Little Pigs forChildren's Theatre. Pat is an educator and loves to bring the joy of theatre to his students. I hope you enjoy our conversation, so come along and have some fun. . .We all have stories to tell, and they can be heard here.Welcome to Brave and Strong and True, a podcast that engages Summer Stage alumni of all ages. I'm Bob Falkenstein. Our music is composed and performed by Neil McGettigan https://neilmcgettiganandtheeleventhhour.bandcamp.com/releasesPlease follow Brave and Strong and True on Apple Podcasts. While you're there, please rate the show and leave a comment.  If you want to be a guest on Brave and Strong and True, please contact me at braveandstrongandtrue@gmail.com.You must have a desktop or laptop computer running the latest version of the Google Chrome browser. It helps if you have an external microphone and headphones, but Apple earbuds work too; however, BlueTooth ones are not 100% reliable, so see if you can borrow wired ones.Support the showUpper Darby Summer Stage is now part of the non-profit organization known as the Upper Darby Arts and Education Foundation. Harry Dietzler is the Executive Director of the UDAEF. If you are able to support Summer Stage financially, please visit udsummerstage.org to find out more.

What does it mean to be a highly sensitive person (HSP)? How does high sensitivity differ between individuals socialized as men versus women? What are the unique advantages and obstacles faced by highly sensitive men in their relationships and daily lives? In this episode, Effy and cognitive behavioral psychotherapist and author of "The Highly Sensitive Man" Tom Falkenstein take a deep dive into the core characteristics of high sensitivity and examine how societal expectations and gender norms shape the experience of sensitivity for men. Tom and Effy aim to shed light on the distinct challenges and advantages that highly sensitive men encounter in their relationships and everyday lives and provide practical tools and strategies to empower highly sensitive people to thrive in an overstimulating modern world. To learn more about TomTom Falkenstein has worked as a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist since 2006. After obtaining his degree in psychology in the UK, he completed his postgraduate training in psychotherapy in Germany. He then moved back to the UK where he worked as a psychotherapist in London. During this period, he developed a particular interest in high sensitivity and working with highly sensitive people.  He has been training with Dr. Elaine Aron (author of The Highly Sensitive Person) since 2015. Currently practicing in Berlin, he also offers workshops for highly sensitive people in both English and German. The Highly Sensitive Man is his first book and was published in Germany 2017 and since has been translated into a number of other languages. Singer-Songrwiter-Activist Alanis Morissette  called the book 'a breath of fresh air in the midst of a cultural determination to reduce toxic masculinity. This book is a balm, a movement and a revelation."Instagram: @tom.falkensteinBook: The Highly Sensitive ManWebsite: hsp-eu.comSupport the showConnect with us on IG and more:Curious Fox @wearecuriousfoxesEffy Blue @coacheffyblueJacqueline Misla @jacquelinemisla Email us or send a voice memo: listening@wearecuriousfoxes.comJoin the conversation: fb.com/WeAreCuriousFoxes

In this episode of AromaticChat, I have the privilege of talking with Julia Falkenstein an Aromatherapist out of Berlin.Julia specializes in clinical aromatherapy, and is a holistic naturopath and health consultant.She became an Aromatherapist after living and working in intercultural communications in France, Spain, the United States, and Belgium, and this was just the beginning of her amazing story.Tune in and stay all the way to the end to hear:How she developed through COVID, About the vacation that led her to aromatherapy, How she saw aromatherapy making a difference,  What she does with anosmia and how she does it, Her passions outside of aromatherapy, What she's excited about right now.Links:www.juliafalkenstein.deLinkedin: linkedin.com/in/juliafalkensteinInstagram: instagram.com/juliafalkenstein_aromahpFacebook: facebook.com/juliafalkensteinaromahpFreebies and promos:  https://elopage.com/s/Julia-Falkenstein-AromatherapieSupport the show Music by Adipsia Shownotes by VerdantHeart VA Be a Guest HERE

En el programa de este mes, nos ponemos los sombreros de copa y las gafas de aviador para hablar de retrofuturismo y steampunk en la literatura, el cine, los cómics, los juegos de rol y los videojuegos. De Jules Verne a Alan Moore, pasando por La ciudad de los niños perdidos, League of Legends o el Castillo Falkenstein. Cero en Cordura es un podcast friki solidario. HAZTE MECENAS en Patreon, los beneficios serán donados a Ayudar Jugando. ÍNDICE DE CONTENIDOS: INTRODUCCIÓN: - Steampunk y retrofuturismo, conceptos elementales CÓMIC: - "La liga de los hombres extraordinarios", de Alan Moore y Kevin O'Neill (Planeta Cómic) PELÍCULAS Y SERIES: - "La liga de los hombres extraordinarios" - "Van Helsing" - "Sherlock Holmes" (serie de animación) - "La ciudad de los niños perdidos", de Jean-Pierre Jeunet y Marc Caro VIDEOJUEGOS - De Arcanum a Bioshock Infinite y la saga Torchlight JUEGOS DE ROL: - Steampunk en Savage Worlds - Deadlands - Castillo de Falkenstein

In this episode of Video Marketing Secrets, Leo Falkenstein, Co-Founder and Executive Producer at Consume Media, joins Summer Felix-Mulder to share B2B video marketing nuggets of wisdom regarding video creation strategies, why video impacts your overall marketing strategy, and the best platforms to share your content on.

Hey, I've been really looking forward to sharing this topic of minimalism with you guys! I think it's something that can mean a lot of different things and we are digging in to the core of what this lifestyle can do for you and your home. It's not about stark empty everything, it's about intentional choices of what goes in your home and what you spend your time on. I love the intentional heart of this and that's why I want you to hear more about it. We're debunking some myths and figuring out how to utilize the best parts of minimalism to simplify mom life.   It's more than just decluttering your home, it's creating an intentional lifestyle with the things you need and love and nothing more. Our guest today, Alyssa Falkenstein, is a homeschooling mom of three who has a passion for urban homesteading and homemaking, and is currently writing a fantasy adventure novel. After losing herself in "hot mess mom" culture she wanted to find a way to thrive in her home and motherhood, which leads to helping other moms looking for the same.   Connect with Alyssa: Instagram.com/alyssabfalk Book instagram is Instagram.com/theleafandthefetter Blog  hammerandbee.com With bold love, peace and intention, Julie / / /   / / /   / / / What did she say?! Here's the links to what I mentioned today: Declutter like a Mother by Allie Casazza     Connect with Me Website >  www.mommadeplans.com Productivity Printables >  https://tinyurl.com/papermadeplans Instagram >  https://www.instagram.com/mommadeplans/ Email >  julie@papermadeplans.com Email Signup > https://tinyurl.com/mommadeplansemail

Monday, October 31, 2022Hello. This is Bob. We don't have an episode this week, and I want to explain why. Up until now, we have had at least one new episode every week. We launched Brave and Strong and True in June and dropped the first four episodes in the first week. The next three weeks brought two new episodes each week. Since June 18, we have delivered a new show each week. Our 25th episode dropped last Monday.Starting next week, on November 7, new episodes will be available every other Monday. We'll be back on November 7 with a very special guest, Marcus Stevens. My interview with Chris Monaco will drop on November 21.If you listen on Apple Podcasts, please rate the show and consider writing a review. Apple uses the reviews to determine which new podcasts they feature and promote.I would love to include a new feature to read listener mail. If you're really not interested in a full fledge interview and would rather send me a written story, I will read it and attribute it to you in upcoming episodes.While we're all here, I would like to thank some folks. Thank you, listeners, for your support and encouragement. Thank you guests for sharing your memories and stories. Thank you, Kevin Dietzler and Chris Luner for your blind faith in my abilities to make this happen. Thank you to those who support the show financially for lifting the financial costs of production away from me. Thank you to Susan, my wife, for all those hours of silence while I was recording. And, thank you to Harry and Dotty Dieztler for their sincere appreciation of what I am trying to do with this podcast.As always, I welcome your feedback and love it when folks reach out to me, asking me to be a future guest. Please email me at braveandstrongandtrue@gmail.comPlease continue being brave and strong and true as you fill the world with love.Support the show

This week on the podcast, join Sara and Sarah Mae as they talk about why asking for help has been hard for them in the past but also ways that they've learned that it can be such a beneficial part of their lives. Current "Fan Girling" Faves: Sarah Mae - Claussen pickles; feeling baby Falkenstein moving around Sara - the game show, "To Tell The Truth"

Detlev Bucks BIBI UND TINA geht in die fünfte filmische Runde. Und Antje sowie Sidney sind einfach angetan. Auch wenn der Film EINFACH ANDERS ist, als Sidney es sich zuvor ausgemalt hat. Aber er ist schlicht genau das, was Antje sich von einem Film auf Basis der berühmten Hörspielreihe wünscht. Mit Kurt Krömer in Frauenkleidung und einem wütenden Ferienkind, das genervt herumbrüllt, weil diese Filmwelt einfach lächerlich ist.

Saturday’s all right for writing! That is, writing information about land use, transportation, economic development, elections, and more! This is Charlottesville Community Engagement, a newsletter and podcast intended to let you know about a few things you didn’t know before, and intended to keep an eye on a great deal of things. I’m your host Sean Tubbs, exploring and exploiting my curiosity hopefully for your benefit. But please: No fighting! In today’s newsletter:The first campaign finance report is in for the race of the 55th House District, even if it’s still unclear when the election will be held Charlottesville Planning Commissioners seek action on safer streets in advance of the school A former Charlottesville school superintendent becomes Governor Youngkin’s permanent chief diversity officerThere’s one day left to fill out the latest questionnaire on Albemarle County’s growth management policy The head of the area’s aging services agency is elected to lead a statewide group First shout-out: Join me for a Cvillepedia training session - Brand styleIn today’s house-fueled public service announcement, the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society wants you to know about an upcoming exhibit at the Center at Belvedere featuring portraits of several historical figures active in the Charlottesville area in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Frances Brand was a folk artist who painted nearly 150 portraits of what she considered “firsts” including first Black Charlottesville Mayor Charles Barbour and Nancy O’Brien, the first woman to be Charlottesville Mayor. Brand’s work will be on display from July 5 to August 31 in the first public exhibit since 2004. And, if you’d like to help conduct community research into who some of the portraits are, cvillepedia is looking for volunteers! I will be leading three more Cvillepedia 101 training sessions at the Center July 18 at 2 p.m. Sign up at the Center’s website.Laufer outraises fellow Democrats in 55th District There is still a possibility that Virginia will have an election this year for the 100 seat House of Delegates. A second federal lawsuit arguing that legislators elected last November are in unconstitutional seats still awaits a final ruling and November 8 is 115 days away from today. That makes yesterday’s deadline for active candidates for the House of Delegates that much more compelling. There are currently three people seeking the Democratic nomination in the new 55th District, which includes most of Albemarle’s geography, as well as northeast Nelson County and western Louisa County. The Virginia Public Access Project has pulled together all of the filings, and former Charlottesville School Board member Amy Laufer outraised her opponents with a total of $61,731 raised in June. Fifty-seven donors contributed more than $100, requiring their identification. That includes a transfer of $7,327 from Laufer’s previous campaign for the Virginia Senate in 2019. There is one $10,000 gift from Hunter Bourne, and a pair of $5,000 gifts from Clean VA and the Morrill Family Investment. There were 68 contributions below the $100 limit. Emergency room nurse Kellen Squire raised $41,531 from March 8 to June 30. Thirty-four contributions were in excess of $100 with 406 below that threshold. There is one $20,000 contribution from Kay Ferguson.Albemarle County Supervisor Donna Price raised $11,798 with ten contributions above the $100 threshold and thirty below. Republican Rob Bell is the presumptive incumbent, currently representing the former 58th District. Bell began the year with a balance of $76,253 and has raised $5,250 so far this year. More on the status of the lawsuit in the next installment of Charlottesville Community Engagement. One days left to fill out Albemarle’s growth management surveyAs mentioned in the last program, a survey is about to close for Albemarle County’s growth management survey. The county is in the midst of updating their Comprehensive Plan, and this is the second questionnaire. Here’s more from a video produced by the office of Communications and Public Engagement (CAPE). “New development proposals that require a change in zoning or a rezoning are evaluated by recommendations in the Comprehensive Plan, including the growth management policy,” states the narrator. “As part of growth management, the Albemarle County Service Authority establishes a jurisdictional area where public water and sewer will be provided. This jurisdictional area mainly corresponds with the development area.” If  you’re interested in hearing more, the Albemarle CAPE has posted the latest episode of their Let’s Talk Albemarle podcast. The guest is Rachel Falkenstein, a manager in the Community Development department who oversees long-range planning.“Usually we look out 20 years and that number comes from the state of Virginia,” Falkenstein said. “They require localities to have a Comprehensive Plan that plans for 20 years out into the future so we use that for most of our planning documents.” As of Friday afternoon, 270 people had taken the survey, according to CAPE director Emily Kilroy. The Albemarle Planning Commission will have a work session on the Comprehensive Plan on July 26. To catch up on previous stories on land use issues in Albemarle, check out Information Charlottesville through this link. And if you’re in the mood to fill in another survey, the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission wants your input on the Regional Transit Vision Plan.. To catch up on all kinds of transit related stories, check out Information Charlottesville through this link. Youngkin appoints Atkins as chief diversity officerGovernor Glenn Youngkin has appointed former Charlottesville Superintendent Rosa Atkins to serve as Virginia’s Chief Diversity, Opportunity, and Inclusion Officer. Atkins has been serving in the position on an interim basis following the departure of his first appointee, Angela Sailor. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Sailor left in April for a family matter. Atkins served as Charlottesville’s superintendent for 15 years before retiring. Earlier this year, former Governor Ralph Northam appointed her to serve as the acting superintendent of public instruction for the Virginia Department of Education. In the Northam administration, Atkins’ position was known as the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, but Youngkin changed the name in Executive Order #10 when he appointed Sailor. “We must strengthen and focus the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) by including in its mission the promotion of entrepreneurship and economic opportunity for all Virginians — including Virginians with disabilities — as well as the promotion of free speech and civil discourse,” reads that order.Sailor’s name is still on the website for the office. In other appointments of note, a University of Virginia official has been named to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. Pace Lochte is the assistant vice president for economic development. Youngkin also appointed Rob Rutherford of Nelson County to the Virginia Manufactured Housing Board. Rutherford is a manager with Pro Tech Builder, a maker of modular homes.JABA leader elected to Virginia aging services associationThe chief executive officer of the area’s aging services association has been elected as president of the state entity that represents all 24 such agencies across the Commonwealth. Marta Keane of JABA will begin a two-year term as president of the Virginia Association of Area Agencies on Aging (V4A).Keane has been CEO of JABA since 2013. According to a release, during that time she helped form the Charlottesville Area Alliance as an umbrella organization for various entities that work with senior services in the community. “With this comes challenges to meet their increasing and changing needs, and opportunities to identify and maximize the strengths that seniors bring to our communities,” Keane is quoted in the release. “During the next two years, I hope to continue our efforts with demographic services to better identify areas that have unmet needs, work with networks to identify new ways to meet the needs, and identify new funding sources to allow us to grow and sustain critical services."JABA was formed in 1975 as the Jefferson Area Board for Aging. In today’s other two shout-outs: Local media and Code for CvilleCode for Charlottesville is seeking volunteers with tech, data, design, and research skills to work on community service projects. Founded in September 2019, Code for Charlottesville has worked on projects with the Legal Aid Justice Center, the Charlottesville Fire Department, and the Charlottesville Office of Human Rights. Visit codeforcville.org to learn about those projects. The final comes from another Patreon supporter who wants you to go out and read a local news story written by a local journalist. Whether it be the Daily Progress, Charlottesville Tomorrow, C-Ville Weekly, NBC29, CBS19, WINA, or some other place I’ve not mentioned - the community depends on a network of people writing about the community. Go learn about this place today!Charlottesville Planning Commissioners seek Council action on safer streets on school routesAs of today, there are 39 days left until the first day of school in the City of Charlottesville. Yesterday, the school system held a Transportation Talk and Walk Session to discuss a recent alert from Superintendent Royal Gurley that the bus driver shortage has worsened and walk zones will be expanded. This past Tuesday, the city Planning Commission was briefed on a request from one of its members that city government take steps to make routes to school. They got an update from Missy Creasy, Charlottesville’s assistant director of the Neighborhood Development Services office (NDS). “The city has a pretty robust program that they’re putting together to address how they are addressing the shortage at this point in time and some pretty innovative things on there,” Creasy said. These include encouraging older students to take Charlottesville Area Transit routes, hiring more crossing guards or finding more volunteers, and buying smaller buses that don’t require drivers to have commercial licenses. NDS director James Freas said the shortage provides an opportunity to apply goals of the recently adopted Comprehensive Plan to a real life problem. “Wrapped up in this challenge is an opportunity to explore those options,” Freas said. “The flip side of that is that it’s a little early for us right now in that we are in the process of building out a transportation planning program.” In May, Council was briefed by Deputy City Manager Sam Sanders on a series of problems with how the city has run its transportation planning program. For instance, transportation planners have had too high of a workload, and the city has been unable to move some projects forward. There’s also a vacancy in the position of bike pedestrian coordinator after the last person left the job at the end of 2021 to work for a consultant. “We expect that position to post very soon and see that position as really being able to take a lead role in doing exactly this type of work and that is coming up with innovative, innovative, and low-cost ways of improving pedestrians, particularly children’s safety, in the neighborhoods around our schools,” Freas said. Creasy said that the traffic engineer and the Safe Routes to School coordinator no longer work in NDS. Instead they work for the Public Works department, a decision made by former City Manager Tarron Richardson. Creasy said NDS does coordinate with public works, but more people are needed to implement what’s in the Comprehensive Plan. “We do have really good support for continuing to move forward in this direction,” Creasy said. “We have tools in place but we just need to fill them with humans so that we can keep the work going.” Creasy said she is aware of grassroots efforts to make things better, but coordination with the city is needed. Freas said that one remedy would be to paint bump-outs at curbs to provide more space for people. “It’s a significant safety improvement and you can do that with paint and potentially flex-posts, but even to do just that, you do have to do some engineering design, you do need to coordinate with public works street folks,” Freas said. Freas said that there’s a possibility of maybe having something done within six weeks, but he cautioned that it will be hard to do in that time frame. “I think, A, the school department’s plans are really good, I think they have some good solutions in place, and B, I think we can build towards that and start contributing the safety improvements we need to make as we go forward,” Freas said. Commissioner Rory Stolzenberg said he supported the idea of an official letter to City Council, but also said funding needed to be in place to implement the solutions.  “Is it safe to assume there is not within the currently allocated budget enough money to really address the things that staff would potentially want to address?” Stolzenberg asked. “Or potentially to hire outside traffic engineers to take some of the load of our in-house resources?” Freas said he would need to have a scope of work before answering that question. “We don’t have an identified line item for that right now so we would be cobbling together money from other sources,” Freas said. Stolzenberg said he would like the Planning Commission to recommend identifying money in the current fiscal year so incremental improvements can be made throughout the school year. He pointed out that Council voted in late June to purchase property for parking.“Council just spent $1.65 million on a parking lot with 40 spaces,” Stolzenberg said. “It seems to me that we can find money within the currently allocated [Capital Improvement Program] that could be reallocated to make sure that kids don’t get run over by cars on their way to school.” Stolzenberg also asked if the city has explored the ability to install cameras in school zones to capture people who speed. Freas and Creasy said they did not know if the city has done that research. The Commission agreed to send a letter to Council seeking support for the work. Stolzenberg said he would draft that document. The discussion took place just before the Commission’s joint public hearing with City Council. Vice Mayor Juandiego Wade said he heard the message.“It doesn’t have to be a war and peace type of document,” Wade said. “We understand the issues and we’re hearing a lot of from the citizens now.” Two more Talk and Walk sessions are scheduled this month. Do you have a specific concern? Drop me a line and I’d like to hear about it. Housekeeping notes for the conclusion of today’s newsletter:Thanks for reading! Today’s show is a rare Saturday show. Coming up next is the Week Ahead for July 18, as well as the Government Glance at the Fifth Congressional District. That’s a separate Substack. Music in the podcast version is composed by an entity currently going by the name Wraki. You can purchase the latest tracks on Bandcamp in an album called regret everything.  I certainly hope you will check it out! Finally, I can’t say enough positive things about Ting’s generous sponsorship. If you sign-up for Ting service, you’ll get:Free installationSecond month of Ting service for freeA $75 gift card to the Downtown MallAdditionally, Ting will match your Substack subscription to support Town Crier Productions, the company that produces this newsletter and other community offerings. So, your $5 a month subscription yields $5 for TCP. Your $50 a year subscription yields $50 for TCP! The same goes for a $200 a year subscription! All goes to cover the costs of getting this newsletter out as often as possible. Learn more here!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. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

This week on the podcast, join Sara and Sarah Mae as they discuss all things mentoring...from qualities that are important in the relationship to ways that they've benefited from having a mentor. Current "Fan Girling" Faves: Sarah Mae - A homemade afghan made by her neighbor for baby Falkenstein; A Little Surprise From One of Our Listeners Sara - Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches; Fresh Peaches from The Peach Truck

In 1988, Tony Falkenstein started Just Life Group, one of the first water-cooler companies in New Zealand. In 2016, Falkenstein identified the need to diversify into new service offerings and opted to start acquiring companies. Since then, Falkenstein has acquired six businesses, aligning with their overall focus of enhancing lives through healthy living and healthy homes. Just Life Group is a publicly-traded company with a current market cap of $46.799M as of June 9, 2022.

Five times five is 25, but two times two is not 22. Yet somewhere in this sentence are all the ingredients to tell you it is May 25 of the current year. Like most things in life, there are no easy solutions to intractable problems, and resources are often hard to find or arrange in the right way. But we must try to solve them anyway. This is Charlottesville Community Engagement and I’m your host, Sean Tubbs.  On today’s program:Governor Youngkin orders flags at half-mast in memory of the 19 children and two adults murdered by a young adult with access to military-grade weaponryA second daily train between Roanoke and D.C. could launch this JulyAlbemarle Planning Commission reviews a report about how well the county’s development areas are filling in First shout-out is for LEAP’s new Thermalize program In today’s first 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! Flags at half-mast to mourn the children killed in Uvalde, TexasGovernor Glenn Youngkin has ordered that flags at public buildings in Virginia be flown at half-staff from now until May 28 “in respect and memory of the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas.”As of this reporting, nineteen elementary school students and two teachers stopped living after the fast-moving bullets tore through their unprotected bodies, rendering it impossible for them to sustain life. The lone gunman carried a handgun and an AR-15 style assault rifle. Earlier in the day, the assailant shot and wounded his grandmother. Earlier this year, attempts were made in the General Assembly to repeal legislation that passed in 2020 to place some limits on firearms. Those successful efforts in 2020 included a bill that allowed localities to prohibit the carrying of firearms on public-owned land in buildings. Delegate Tim Anderson (R-83) introduced a bill this year to repeal that effort, but it did not make it out of the House Committee on Public Safety. (HB26) Anderson also sought to lower the penalty for a second violation of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit from a Class 6 felony to a Class 2 misdemeanor. That passed the House of Delegates on a 53 to 46 vote but did not make it out of the Senate Public Safety Committee. (HB11)Another bill that passed the House of Delegates would have shortened the time the Department of State Police would be required to complete a background check on a firearms transfer from five to three days. “If a dealer who has otherwise fulfilled all requirements is told by the State Police that a response will not be available by the end of the dealer's third business day, the dealer may complete the sale or transfer without being deemed in violation,” read the summary of HB204. The bill from Delegate Otto Wachsmann (R-75) passed the House on a 51 to 48 vote. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the bill by indefinitely. Another bill that passed in 2020 made it possible for an attorney or officer of the court to file an emergency order that if granted would prohibit an individual who posed “substantial risk” from possessing, purchasing, or transporting a firearm. A bill from Delegate Marie March (R-7) to eliminate this possibility passed the House of Delegates on a 52 to 47 vote but the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the bill by. (HB509)There is one firearms related bill pending in the 2022 Special Session of the General Assembly. HB1306 introduced by Delegate Marcus Simon (D-53) would make it unlawful to remove or alter a serial number on a firearm. That passed the House of Delegates on a 94 to 3 vote with one abstention. The Senate passed the bill on a 31 to 9 vote. Three Senators and three Delegates are the conferees working to reconcile the two versions of the bill. The General Assembly returns on June 1. The National Rifle Association is active in campaign finance in the Commonwealth, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. In 2021, the organization contributed $93,250 to candidates. All of them are Republicans.Since 1997, the NRA has contributed $1.16 million to Republican candidates and groups, and $91,222 to Democratic groups and candidates. Another $4,750 went to Delegate Watkins Abbitt who served from 1986 until his retirement before the 2012 General Assembly. Abbitt was a Democrat until becoming an independent in 2001. For more on the response to this latest mass-shooting in America from Virginia politicians, read Brandon Jarvis’ Virginia Political Newsletter. Second passenger train may begin operating this JulyIt has been nearly a dozen years since Amtrak running daily service through Charlottesville and we are perhaps months away from when a long-awaited second train will begin work. This week, the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority’s Board of Directors met and got an update from executive director D.J. Stadtler, who said a deal with Norfolk Southern has to be closed. He expects that to happen next month or early in July.  (meeting material)“It’s only when that close takes place that we can start the new service,” Stadtler said. “There are three trains waiting for that close. One is the new Roanoke train which would be the second-round trip. One is the [third] Newport News train that was paused due to COVID/Amtrak staffings issues. And then the third one is the new Norfolk train.”Construction of a new bridge to cross the Potomac River will not be needed before it begins, but Stadtler said VPRA is applying for $300 million in federal funding to help cover some of the $2 billion cost of Long Bridge expansion project. Stadtler also said ridership is rebounding after the pandemic on all routes. “If you look at the April ridership, we’re up over 25 percent over the previous month,” Stadtler said. “‘Normal’ times you would see an increase from March to April of about eight percent so this is a huge increase showing that folks are getting back on the train.”Ridership on the Roanoke train in April 2019 was at just under 19,000 but plummeted to 1,116 in April 2020 and rebounded to 9,385 in April 2021. This year ridership was at 19,605 for the month. Hat tip to WDBJ-7 for the original reporting that prompted this story. Watch the full meeting here:Shout-out to Camp AlbemarleToday’s second subscriber-supported public service announcement goes out to Camp Albemarle, which has for sixty years been a “wholesome rural, rustic and restful site for youth activities, church groups, civic events and occasional private programs.”Located on 14 acres on the banks of the Moorman’s River near Free Union, Camp Albemarle continues as a legacy of being a Civilian Conservation Corps project that sought to promote the importance of rural activities. Camp Albemarle seeks support for a plan to winterize the Hamner Lodge, a structure built in 1941 by the CCC and used by every 4th and 5th grade student in Charlottesville and Albemarle for the study of ecology for over 20 years. If this campaign is successful, Camp Albemarle could operate year-round. Consider your support by visiting campalbemarleva.org/donate. Albemarle Planning Commission briefed on build-out analysis For the past six months, Albemarle staff have been working behind-the-scenes on the update of the Comprehensive Plan, which will be conducted in four phases. Rachel Falkenstein is a planning manager with the county. “And the first phase is Plan for Growth where we are evaluating the current growth management policy and we’re using the theoretical maximum build-out of the county’s development areas based on the current land use plan from our 2015 plan to determine what the maximum build-out could be of those development areas,” Falkenstein said. Falkenstein said the question is whether there’s enough land to accommodate the population growth expected over the next 20 years. There is also an effort to look at whether there’s enough land to meet the county’s goals for economic development. This is the first time the county has contracted out the build-out analysis to a third party. Kimley-Horn was hired and Jessica Rossi is a planner with that firm. She explained some of the methodology. “Our first step was to identify parcels that may have development or redevelopment potential,” Rossi said. “The way that we did this is we looked at a very high level the value of land and the value of improvements.” If the land value was greater than the improvements, Rossi said that designated it as land with development potential. A second step was to factor in location, environmental constraints, size of the land, and who owned it. Another was to look at the list of projects that are in the development pipeline.“We removed properties that were either approved or under review from our model and inputted what we know the yield of those projects, the maximum build-out yield of those projects are,” Rossi said. “One, to avoid double-counting of those projects but [also] to use the total build-outs that we know have been approved.” Then forecasts were developed that take into account the past ten years of development activity, combined with real estate performance as well as three sets of population projections. Rossi said the growth area currently has about 9,377 units that are approved but not yet built. They also looked at the number of units currently under review which totals 5,504. “That led to a total buildable unit figure of over 14,800,” Rossi said. Rossi said when you look at land that has not yet been through the rezoning process, there are an additional 9,265 units. “When you put these two numbers together, that total exceeds 24,000 residential units,” Rossi said. Between 2010 and 2021, the average number of units built is 646. The ten year forecast anticipates between 6,000 and 7,500 new units, and the twenty year forecast is between 11,500 and 13,500. Rossi said not all development areas are the same. What’s known as Neighborhood 6 has no units pending for review whereas the Hollymead community has the potential of about 6,350 new units. That figure of 9,265 units assumes that development comes in at the maximum allowed under the current Comprehensive Plan designation. Rezonings or special use permits would be required to make that happen, and those approvals are not always guaranteed. “Looking at rezonings approved from 2016 through 2021, the total density approved was approximately 58 percent of the maximum density recommended per future land use designations,” said county planner Tori Kanellopoulos. For instance, the Rio Point project approved by Supervisors last year could have had a maximum of 624 units but only 328 were approved. Old Trail in Crozet was approved in 2005 for between 1,600 and 2,200 units, but the final build-out will only be around 1,200 units. Hunter Wood of the United Land Corporation said it is very difficult to get the maximum amount of units available under the Comprehensive Plan.“Costs have gone through the roof and a lot of that cost is two years of rezoning to go through the county and to start off at 500 units and you get beaten and come in here and get whipped and beat and you walk out with 250,” Wood said.Wood said he would love to be able to build those 6,000 units in Hollymead and his company still has a lot of undeveloped land there. “I personally, probably a little biased, think the growth area needs to be expanded,” Wood said. “I have some property that water and sewer is away from me yet I have a road that has a boundary that no one wants to cross.”Wood referred to Somerset Farms, a 1,900 unit development on Route 20 south of I-64 for which a growth area expansion was recommended to be voted down by the Planning Commission in October 2011. Commissioners were asked one simple question: Does our current Growth Management Policy provide opportunities to meet housing and non-residential needs for growth over the next 20 years?Commission Chair Karen Firehock said unit amounts are often reduced during the rezoning process because of concerns brought forward by other community members. “A lot of times it has to do with schools and traffic and I really can’t answer this question without knowing what kind of traffic would that put on our roads, how many schools would be needed to realize X number,” Firehock said. Commissioner Julian Bivins said one question is whether people who live in Albemarle really want density.“Everybody comes out and talks about how they don’t want to walk their dog next to those people, or they don’t want to get run over when they cross that street,” Bivins said. “So the whole idea is that the community has got to get better with density. If that doesn’t happen, we have all we need.” Bivins said he would like to see conversations about creating transition zones that are between rural and growth areas. He also certain projects could have been much taller to allow more units. Commissioner Daniel Bailey suggested the county also needs to better understand how the lack of available land could be forcing people to live outside. “I’ve employed many employees that live in Lake Monticello and drive in and would love to live in Charlottesville but it’s too expensive,” Bailey said. “I don’t know how we get to that understanding.” Another growth management work session will be held with the Planning Commission next month. Luis Carazanna and Corey Clayborne were not present at the meeting. There is a vacancy for a representative of the White Hall District. Thank you for reading Charlottesville Community Engagement. This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. 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Another week begins, and it’s the first Monday of February and the sixth of 2022 so far. There are two more minutes of daylight in the Charlottesville area today according to the almanac, and another two minutes per day for every single remaining day in this month. Time has its advantages. So does every installment of Charlottesville Community Engagement, a newsletter and podcast that always has a protractor handy. I’m Sean Tubbs, trying to plot out all the angles. On today’s program:Details on how Albemarle’s Comprehensive Planning update will be conductedAlbemarle supervisors are briefed on the Urban Rivanna Corridor Plan a few days before City Council considers adding it to their comp plan Another status update on bills in the 2022 Virginia General AssemblyShout-out for WTJU’s Folk MarathonIn today’s first Patreon-fueled shout-out, WTJU 91.1 FM invites you to tune in all this week for the annual Folk Marathon. It’s a round-the-clock celebration of folk music, specially programmed for your listening pleasure. Whether your favorites are Woody Guthrie, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Eva Cassidy, or Neil Young… When you connect with WTJU’s Folk Marathon, you’ll find authentic music playing for you. And WTJU amplifies local artists, and this year’s Folk Marathon will air live music every day for you. We’re excited that the line-up includes Barling & Collins, BRIMS, Mama Tried, and more! Plus special guest hosts Terri Allard, Charlie Pastorfield, Jamie Dyer, Devon Sproule, Waverly Milor, and many others. Visit wtju.net to learn more and to make a contribution. Pandemic updateAs we begin the week, the Omicron surge continues a gradual decline. The Virginia Department of Health reports a seven-day percent positivity of 19.7 percent, down from 25.5 percent a week ago. There are 2,250 patients with COVID in Virginia hospitals according to the Virginia Healthcare and Hospital Association. That’s down from a high of 3,948 in mid-January. Dr. Costi Sifri is the director of hospital epidemiology at the University of Virginia Health System and he said there is a noted decline, but people should remain vigilant. “While we’re declining we still have very high case rates,” said Dr. Sifri. “There’s been a lot of discussion and anticipation that we’ll see a rapid decline and we are certainly hoping for that in terms of cases. There’s some concern that maybe we’ll see a bit of a plateau or a shoulder perhaps due to the emergence of the omicron subvariant B.A.2.” Today in the Blue Ridge Health District there are another 102 cases reported today. If you’re told by someone you’ve come into contact with that they’re COVID positive, you should get a test. “If you’ve been exposed to somebody who has COVID then it’s really very important so we can break these chains of transmission,” Dr. Sifri said. If you still are looking for a vaccine in the area, visit the Blue Ridge Health District’s website to learn more about you or someone you know might get one. Here’s the link for vaccines. Here’s the link for testing. Albemarle Supervisors briefed on Urban Rivanna Corridor PlanA plan to guide future development on both sides of the Rivanna River has been reviewed by one of the two localities and will go before the other tonight. Albemarle Supervisors learned the details of the plan at their meeting on February 2.  Sandy Shackelford is the director of planning and transportation for the Thomas Jefferson Planning District and she provided a geographic reference. (read the draft)“It’s the portion of the Rivanna River corridor that is 4.3 miles long,” Shackleford said. “It spans from Pen Park as the northern terminus to I-64 as the southern terminus.”Shackelford said the most important priority that came out of the public engagement process was a focus on environmental protection and stewardship of the river. “The determination was that among the guiding principles, environmental protection had to be pulled out as the most important to first consider and only once environmental protection stewardship was addressed could the other guiding principles be considered to be equally important to each other,” Shackelford said. Environmental recommendations include identifying sensitive areas, retaining existing natural habitats, and continued improvements on stormwater management in the urban areas of both communities. City Council will take up the matter at their meeting tonight in the form of an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. General Assembly update: Good news for dairy providersThere’s a week until Crossover Day in the Virginia General Assembly. February 15 is when bills from one House must have passed in order to make it to the other one for the potential of passing. Control of the legislature is divided up by each political party and differences in political philosophy will continue to be revealed.But, here’s a snapshot as the week begins. A total of 2,466 bills have been introduced and only one has passed both the House of Delegates and the Senate. That bill (HB828) would expand eligibility for a program to help farmers and others who make dairy products. The Republican-controlled House has passed 150 of its own bills, and the Senate has passed 203 of its own. Another 221 bills or resolutions have officially failed, 46 have been carried on to next year, and another 2,035 are pending. Let’s look at some of those that have passed the House of Delegates and now await their fate in the Senate. A bill that would require school principals to report potential misdemeanors to law enforcement passed on a 59 to 40 vote. (HB4)A bill that would make it easier for School Boards to dismiss teachers passed on a 52 to 47 vote. (HB9)A bill that would prohibit localities from requiring contractors to provide benefits passed on a 52 to 48 vote. (HB58)A bill to require political candidates to file campaign finance reports electronically passed 99 to 1. (HB86)A bill altering the requirements for advertisements of public hearings in a newspaper passed 77 to 23. (HB167)A bill allowing City of Martinsville to hold a referendum on whether become a town in Henry County passed 82 to 18. (HB173)Localities could increase the amount of funding they can apply for through the Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program to $50,000, up from $25,000. That bill passed the House 99 to 0. (HB323)A bill to add “all-virtual public meetings” to a list of permitted government passed meetings 98 to 0. (HB444)Now, a few from the Senate:Augusta County would be authorized to hold another referendum on removing the county seat away from the city of Staunton, under certain conditions in SB283. The bill passed 39 to 1 with the lone vote against coming from Senator Creigh Deeds (D-25). A bill to require a study of public notice requirements with an eye toward streamlining them passed 40 to zero. (SB417)A bill that would prohibit the use of traps to hunt or kill game animals passed 23 to 16. (SB492)Shout-out: Pen Park cemetery discussion on WednesdayIn today’s subscriber-fueled shout-out, work continues to identify people whose remains are buried just outside a cemetery in Charlottesville’s Pen Park. The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society and the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library will give an update in a webinar on Wednesday, February 9 on the Forgotten History of Pen Park: Unmarked Graves of Enslaved Persons. The panel will discuss the research thus far to identify the unmarked graves of enslaved individuals outside the Gilmer, Craven, and Hotopp family cemeteries and the connections that are being made to living descendants. Speakers include Charlottesville’s historic preservation planner, researchers and descendants. Visit the library’s website at jmrl.org to register. Also go watch the first installment from past June on the Historical Society’s YouTube page.  Albemarle County Comprehensive Plan review underway On Thursday morning, staff in Albemarle County’s Communications and Public Engagement office will hold the first in a series of pop-ups on the county’s review of the Comprehensive Plan. The county’s Planning Commission learned about how the update will be conducted, including details of a working group that will be appointed to work on the project. But what is a Comprehensive Plan? (pop-up info)“It’s a guiding document for growth, development, and investment in the county, and its used to guide decisions on public infrastructure and funding, also policies and programs, and then review of some development applications that come through the county,” said Rachel Falkenstein, the county’s planning manager. Comprehensive Plans have a 20 year horizon and the last update in Albemarle County was approved in the summer of 2015. Since then, Falkenstein said there’s been a lot of change. “An example of that is that we’ve had 4,000 new dwelling units since that 2015 plan was completed and the community’s median household income and home values have continued to rise since that time,” Falkenstein said. There’s also been adoption of a new housing plan, a new economic development plan, and a climate action plan.  The review of the Comprehensive Plan is known as AC44 and will be done in four phases with the first currently underway. (project website)“Phase one is called ‘Planning for Growth’ and in this phase we will review, evaluate, and update the current growth management policy through the lenses of equity and climate action and identify options for updating the policy based on best practices and on capacity projections for residential and business growth in the county,” said senior planner Tori Kanellopoulos. Since 1980, the key feature of that growth management policy has been directing growth into approximately five percent of the county’s 726 square miles. To help inform all four phases, the county seeks applicants for a working group and will spend money to ensure participants come from different backgrounds. “We want to conduct outreach and collaborate with community members whose perspectives haven’t historically been represented in our processes,” Falkenstein said. “We want to think about that equity profile and members of our community who have different lived experiences and maybe the quality of life outcomes have not been as well as others in the community so we want to think about different demographics.” Falkenstein said the expected time commitment is about ten hours a month. People who want to apply have until February 28 to do so. (apply)“Working group members will be compensated for their time and expertise at a rate equivalent to the county’s minimum wage which is approximately $15 an hour,” Falkenstein said. Virginia code assigns each locality’s Planning Commission the responsibility of preparing and recommending the Comprehensive Plan. Commission Chair Karen Firehock said the roles and responsibilities of the working group need to be clear to avoid disappointment in the future. “I think it will be really important to make sure the working group understands their role because I know sometimes in the county there’s been various committees where there has been some confusion on who is making what recommendations, who is in charge,” Firehock said. “We’ve established quite a few committees and we don’t always do a perfect job of having people understand. This is a brand new group and there’s no precedent so I think just being really clear with them what their role is.”Planning Commissioner Luis Carrazana suggested the Commission be as involved as possible. “If we can be involved earlier and having some dialogue either with staff or perhaps with the working group at key moments, I think that would be much more productive,” Carrazana said. Falkenstein said each phase of the review would include two work sessions with the Planning Commission. “One towards the beginning and one towards the end,” Falkenstein said. “Hopefully that would solve for that dynamic where the Planning Commission is not saying yes or no to something that the committee or the public had spent a long time wrestling with.”One of the first deliverables will be an analysis of the county’s capacity to absorb residential and commercial growth with the existing boundaries. Stay tuned in the weeks and months ahead, and do consider that pop-up this Thursday if you’re really keen to learn more about the county’s vision for the future. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

Quick! Grab a glass and fill it to the fifty percent point with any liquid. How would you describe it? Perhaps for today only you might say it is half full, given that February 3 is Optimist Day, and it may be time to try out that attitude just for one day. That’s not a requirement, however, to interact with this or any installment of Charlottesville Community Engagement, a podcast and newsletter that wants you to listen and read no matter how you’re feeling today. I’m Sean Tubbs, and I will always hope that you are well.On today’s show:The Pantops Community Advisory Committee gets a briefing on a third hotel on U.S. 250The Places29-Rio Community Advisory Committee gets an update on the Rio Road Corridor PlanAlbemarle’s hope to use photo-speed cameras for traffic enforcement in rural areas is dead in 2022A quick look at the candidates seeking to be the next Congressional Representative for Virginia’s new 5th District The first shout-out goes to LEAPWhen you think of romance, you might not immediately think of energy efficiency - but the folks at LEAP think keeping your family comfortable at home is a great way to show you care during the month of love. Your local energy nonprofit wants to make sure you are getting the most out of your home all year round, and LEAP offers FREE home weatherization to income- and age-qualifying residents. If someone in your household is age 60 or older, or you have an annual household income of less than $74,950, you may qualify for a free energy assessment and home energy improvements such as insulation and air sealing. Sign up today to lower your energy bills, increase comfort, and reduce energy waste at home!Pandemic update: Surge continues to wane Let’s begin today with a quick look at COVID numbers. Most numbers continue to trend toward, with an average daily count of new cases at 7,237 and the percent positivity is down to 23.2 percent. Still high for most of the pandemic, but short of the high points of last month’s surge. The Virginia Healthcare and Hospital Association reports 2,578 people in hospital with COVID. Today the Blue Ridge Health District reports another 297 new cases and the percent positivity is at 21.7 percent, continuing a gradual decline. There have been at least eight deaths reported since January 26, though COVID fatalities are often reported several days or weeks after the individual passed on. As of today, 16,548 Virginians have died from COVID. The University of Virginia Health System has received $2.14 million in federal grants for a program to help prevent burnout in medical professionals. The Wisdom and Wellbeing program works with partners at the Region 10 Community Mental Health and Wellness Coalition to provide training for healthcare workers across the region. “The program gives care providers, community health workers and healthcare students effective tools to identify and treat ‘stress injuries’ caused by trauma, loss and the many challenges healthcare workers face,” reads a press release.The program will be expanded through the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, an organization created after a UVA doctor took her own life in April 2020. Congressional fundraising continues for 2022 race as legal case for Delegates’ elections continues We’re still waiting for a final decision on whether there will be a House of Delegates race this year. Last year, Richmond attorney Paul Goldman filed a suit against the Board of Elections arguing that the certification of Delegates for two-year terms last November was unconstitutional due to the legislative boundaries being outdated because they are still based on the 2010 U.S. Census.Last week, attorneys affiliated with new Attorney General Jason Miyares took up the case and have asked judges with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to deny a request by Goldman to submit additional information in the appeal. Among other things, they argue that data Goldman used to claim imbalance in legislative districts cannot be verified. (read that brief)On Monday, the court deferred consideration of Goldman’s motion earlier. (read that order)Request for 2022 General Assembly election still alive in federal court, January 19, 2022Goldman lawsuit prompting Albemarle to consider expedited redistricting schedule, January 25, 2022 But there will definitely be a Congressional race this year under the new districts approved by the Virginia Supreme Court in late December. In the 5th District, Republican Incumbent Bob Good will defend his seat in seeking a second term. He currently has one member of his party challenging him and that’s Dan Moy, the chair of the Republican Party in Charlottesville. According to campaign finance data processed by the Virginia Public Access Project, Good raised $518,278 cash in 2021. Moy did not file a report in that filing period. Three Democrats are in the race. Josh Throneburg raised $270,154 in 2021. He’s an ordained minister and small business owner. Warren McClellan is a farmer who grew up in Southside and he raised $11,001.Andy Parker is running because his daughter was killed while she was doing a television report at Smith Mountain Lake several years ago. He had not filed a report by the end of 2021.  A fourth Democrat, Lewis Combs Jr., suspended his campaign last week due to the new shape of the 5th District. “As a result of our analysis, I have decided that there is not a viable path to victory for our progressive campaign in the 5th Congressional District,” Combs said in a statement “We are confident that our campaign could raise the funds and field the organization needed to run an effective campaign. However, I could not truthfully assure our potential donors that there is a pathway to victory in the general election.” General Assembly snapshot There’s so much going on at the General Assembly and a lot of bits of information may fall through the cracks. As of this morning, 184 of 2,446 bills and resolutions filed have officially failed. The House of Delegates has passed 250 bills and the Senate has passed 309 bills. A total of 139 bills have passed both Houses, with most of these being commendations or celebrations. Thirty-nine bills have been carried on to 2023. Albemarle County asked local legislators to introduce a bill that would allow localities to use photo-speed cameras to enforce speed limits on sections of rural roads. Delegate Rob Bell (R-58) carried HB747, but on January 27 a subcommittee of the House Public Safety Committee recommended “laying on the table” which is one way of saying it died. A similar bill (SB334) in the Senate also died when it failed to report out of the Transportation Committee on January 20. Crossover Day is on February 15. That’s the day when bills must have passed one House to be considered by the others. Third hotel planned for Pantops A lot happens in Albemarle County, and sometimes it takes me a bit to get to all I want to write about. Stories are coming in the near future on redistricting and Albemarle’s Comprehensive Plan process. If you can’t wait, do check out Allison Wrabel’s stories on those items in the Daily Progress. Albemarle launches website, seeks work group members for Comp Plan updateAlbemarle bumps up redistricting timeline, will hold public hearing March 2But, sticking with Albemarle County for a bit, let’s get some updates on various development projects coming up. At the January 24 meeting of the Pantops Community Advisory Committee, members learned about a site plan for a new project at the intersection of Town and Country Lane and Olympia Drive. Rachel Falkenstein is a planning manager with Albemarle. (watch the meeting)“The proposal there is for a five-story 119-room hotel and parking,” Falkenstein said. That use is consistent with the zoning, but the final design will need to get a certificate of appropriateness of the Albemarle Architectural Review board. “It’s right behind Guadalajara and Marco’s Pizza,” said Supervisor Bea LaPisto-Kirtley. “You’ll see some of it from U.S. 250.” The developer is HMP Properties LLC. They own several properties in the Williamsburg area and other parts of eastern Virginia.  This is not to be confused with another hotel under development right across the street. That’s got the working title of Overlook Hotel. The Planning Commission recommended approval of a technical rezoning for that project in January. The Board of Supervisors will make a final decision at some point, but the meeting has not yet been scheduled yet. There’s also a new Holiday Inn Express that’s opened on Pantops Corner Way.One member of the Pantops CAC asked a question that’s on many people’s minds. “Is there really a need for another hotel?” asked Stephanie Lowenhaupt. “Has there been documentation or some type of data that would show why we need a third hotel in that very close area?”Supervisor LaPisto-Kirtley said that’s not a decision that’s up to the local government, but the county does try to promote other uses where it can. “On properties we know that are vacant we try to elicit let’s say high-tech, light manufacturing, high-paying jobs,” LaPisto-Kirtley said. “On other sites like this, whoever owns it, they can do what they want. Presumably they’ve done their homework.” Two more shout-outs: Good cheer and community journalismYou’re reading Charlottesville Community Engagement and it’s time for two more Patreon-fueled shout-outs. The first comes a long-time supporter who wants you to know:"Today is a great day to spread good cheer: reach out to an old friend, compliment a stranger, or pause for a moment of gratitude to savor a delight."The second comes from a more recent supporter who wants you to go out and read a local news story written by a local journalist. Whether it be the Daily Progress, Charlottesville Tomorrow, C-Ville Weekly, NBC29, CBS19, WINA, or some other place I’ve not mentioned - the community depends on a network of people writing about the community. Go learn about this place today!Places29-Rio group reviews corridor plan One of the purposes of a Comprehensive Plan is to direct government resources into specific areas in order to maximize investment in infrastructure. For over forty years, Albemarle County has envisioned an urban area that gets the vast majority of capital dollars. Pantops is one of the designated growth areas, as is the area around the intersection of Rio Road and U.S. 29. (Rio Corridor Public Input page)For the past year, Albemarle has been working on a plan to address traffic congestion and a lack of walkability on Rio Road East in and around the intersection with the John Warner Parkway. They hired the firm Line and Grade to do the work which is being done in two phases. The first extends from the Rio Road / U.S. 29 intersection to the John Warner Parkway and a written draft is nearing completion. The second phase travels down Rio Road East to the border with Charlottesville. The Places29-Rio Community Advisory Committee got an update on January 27 from Dan Hyer of Line and Grade. Specifically he focused on the area of East Rio Road between the Parkway and Pen Park Road. Let’s hear some traffic counts. (watch the meeting) “And what we see is that this portion of Rio Road is at least as of the year 2019 carrying about 9,300 vehicles a day,” Hyer said. “We’re seeing that Pen Park Road carries about 4,400, Pen Park Lane which goes to Lochlyn Hills carries about a thousand. The John Warner Parkway carrying around 19,800. Dunlora Drive carries about 2,400 vehicles per day.” Hyer said those figures are likely out of date with more development in the area. “Lochlyn Hills has continued to develop and bring more vehicles and more neighbors and more residents in the area,” Hyer said. “The Lofts apartment has come online with it, again, more neighbors, more residents, high density, multifamily there.Dunlora Park has come online.” Hyer also the 43-unit Rio Commons project will be developed by-right on land already zoned R-4 just north of the Waldorf School. That will add another 300 vehicles a day. There’s also another by-right development of a farm nearby that could see many more units. Before Hyer was able to get into the details of what phase 2 might look like, members of the CAC questioned his traffic data. One wanted to know what the limits are to development.“At what point would traffic lead to so much that further development would be prohibited?” asked Audrey Kocher, who is serving in her third term on the Places29-Rio CAC. Hyer said development is based on land use decisions made by the locality so if land is already zoned for houses, the developer as a property right to build. “It has nothing to do with how much traffic is or is not on on the road already,” Hyer said.“Whoa!” Kocher exclaimed. “So we can just have a really crowded, dangerous situation.” The point of the plan is to address those public safety concerns in advance of future development. So far, crash data from the Virginia Department of Transportation does not indicate any fatalities. In the future, though, there will be a lot more activity on a 2,000 linear feet stretch of Rio Road East with the 328-unit Rio Point development approved by Board of Supervisors in December. The study is intended to bring it all together for the future. “The roadway is going from this to this and so its getting increasingly dense and increasingly complex and our recommendations need to consider this and account for this,” Hyer said. Hyer said the Rio Point project provides an opportunity to increase non vehicular access via the greenway that runs along the John Warner Parkway. “You can see that if that connection is successfully put in, it would be really helpful for someone who lives in Dunlora Forest and wants to get to the greenway, it might make it a little easier than going through the John Warner Parkway or going down to Pen Park,” Hyer said. There’s also a roundabout funded and planned for the intersection of the parkway and East Rio Road. The work of Line and Grade is intended to inform how the rest of the corridor might look in the future. Phase two is still in the idea phase. “If we want to bring unity to this stretch of road, which is happening, how do we do it?” Hyer asked. “What are the opportunities? And what is the desire?” CAC member Nancy Hunt liked what she saw in Hyer’s presentation because she sees further growth as inevitable. “We’re going to have more traffic,” Hunt said. “This is an urbanizing area and we have to treat all property owners equally. And if we give dense zoning to one, we need to look at the possibility of giving dense zoning to another.”Hunt said she wants speed limits on East Rio Road to be reduced to make it safer for other road users.Fellow CAC Member Judy Schlussel took issue with one image that showed a median on East Rio Road.“I find that as a red flag,” Schlussel said. “We all know now median strips are not maintained and it worries me that if you’re going to put this lovely greenery in, one, who is going to ultimately be responsible for the maintenance.” You can also get a sense of where things are in a January 26 newsletter. Support the showToday I will keep this simple. Visit Information Charlottesville to learn how you can support the show. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

Kul Mahay has over 3 decades experience in the leadership space.  He works with organisations and leaders to develop powerful cultures of high value, and performance which is built all around their people.   On this episode he's chatting with Tony Falkenstein. Tony is a serial entrepreneur, who's started over 50 companies.  He's the current CEO of "Just Life Group Limited", in New Zealand.  Tony bought the company for $1, and has grown it to it's current worth of over $80-million, so he knows a thing or two about managing people and getting great performance from his staff. During the chat, you'll hear about Tony's highs & lows, his humble beginnings, and the importance of mixing with, and speaking the same language as team members...and lots more besides. ______________________________ ABOUT THE PODCAST SERIES During these shows, you‘ll hear Kul chatting with fellow leaders from around the world, who are recognised as being at the top of their game.  Together they‘ll explore what emotional intelligence in practice actually looks like, and the benefits it could bring to your teams. It‘s a movement to transform the way we see leadership, and to create powerful cultures where people feel seen, heard, valued and appreciated. Please join the movement and FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE to this Podcast. FOLLOW ► https://www.linkedin.com/in/kulmahay-leadership/

Tom and I had a great conversation about his book, The Highly Sensitive Man' and all other kinds of things about sensitive men. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sensitiveandstrong/message

What are some of the challenges that highly sensitive men face? What should you keep in mind when parenting a highly sensitive son? How can highly sensitive men learn to develop and protect their sensitivity? In this podcast, I interview Tom Falkenstein about what it means to be a highly sensitive man. We discuss how you can exercise emotional self-regulation, as well as how to parent a highly sensitive son. Thanks for listening, I'd love to connect with you over on Instagram and Facebook. Sign up for my Free Email Course. SHOW NOTES AND RESOURCES: Click here WEBSITE: www.amiokpodcast.com

Tony Falkenstein is the founder and CEO of Just Water International Limited which is listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange. As a serial entrepreneur who has launched over 50 businesses, Tony shares his tips on how he finds, validates and executes on his business ideas, his journey behind Just Water International Limited and how he teaches the next generation of business leaders.Actionable Take-aways:1. To find a good business idea, think about the 4Ps (Product, price, promotion and place). The more factors a business idea can satisfy, the better it is. 2. After you have found a business idea you are excited about, build a minimum viable product and test it in the market as soon as you can. Do not get emotionally attached with your business ideas. If they are not feasible, be objective and be prepared to walk away.  3. A subscription model helps build recurring revenue and cashflow for your business and is a great way to build and grow a business organically. Connect with Ted on: His Website at : www.tedteo.com LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-teo/ Instagram at: @ted.teo Facebook at : https://www.facebook.com/groups/tedteo

Dr. Bob Falkenstein is the Assistant Superintendent at Penta Career Center. Dr. Falkenstein and Lorenzo talk about growing up in Perrysburg, teaching English, transitioning to administration, moving to Penta Career Center, and all about Penta!   Penta Career Center

#018. Danny is the Math Tech at Downey HS and the Passing Game Coordinator/WR Coach at Orange Coast College. Dalise also works at Downey HS, and is on the Board of the AFCWA (American Football Coaches Wives Association) as the Hospitality Chair. She is also the Event Planner, a Sign Language Interpreter, and KEEP Collective DesignerThey have 2 wonderful kiddos whose names are Dixie (5 years old) and Duke (3 years old).Their story begins with the online video platform of HUDL. This is how they met. You have to listen to this. So for all of you coaches out there that are trying e-Harmony, or other dating platforms, have no fear. HUDL is here. Also, how Dalise became Danny's "agent" as he was looking for that first full-time job with coaching.Danny Falkenstein on Twitter and IG: @CoachFalksFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniel.falkenstein.1048For more on Dalise go to: http://www.afcwa.org/dalise-falkenstein.htmlFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/dalisefalkensteinIG: https://www.instagram.com/dalise_falkenstein

7-30-19 The Program is joined by Jayson Stark of The Athletic to get his thoughts on the upcoming trade deadline and the action that has already taken place. The Program also gives a touching tribute to the late Max Falkenstein and give their thoughts on the performance of Brad Keller last night on the bump.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.