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In this episode of Leadership Odysseys, we sit down with Raf Adams, global thought leader and creator of The Suited Monk philosophy. Raf shares the profound personal journey that led him from corporate success in global shipping to emotional burnout, and ultimately, to founding a global leadership movement that's helped thousands of executives and organisations around the world. Through his signature framework, distinguishing between the Suit (external success) and the Monk (inner self), Raf teaches us how to identify the gap between who we are and who we've been conditioned to be. If you've ever achieved success and still felt like something was missing, this conversation is for you. ~ The Gap Between the Suit and the Monk Raf explains how early conditioning and people-pleasing create a split between our outward identity and inner truth and how this hidden gap affects performance, well-being, and fulfilment. ~ The Wake-Up Call From chronic fatigue at 24 to being laid off during the 2008 financial crisis, Raf shares how his own journey forced him to stop chasing external validation and begin listening to his inner Monk. ~ The Three-Step Suited Monk Methodology Raf outlines his transformative model that starts by reconnecting with self-awareness, then clearing emotional blockages, and finally aligning external achievement with personal purpose. ~ Making Suited Monk Decisions He reveals how true freedom and fulfilment come from making decisions that honour both your intuition and your responsibilities integrating the Monk first, then the Suit. ~ The Power of Slowing Down Raf explains why meditation isn't always the answer—and how awareness can be found in silence, reflection, and choosing truth over noise. Raf's journey is a powerful reminder that success without alignment is never sustainable. The most courageous path we can take is the one that brings us back to ourselves. Whether you're a founder, executive, or simply someone seeking more meaning in your work and life, this episode offers clarity, depth, and an invitation to tune inward. Start your own journey home by taking The Suited Monk Life Review Quiz, a free reflection tool designed to help you reconnect with your inner Monk and realign with what truly matters:

Podcast: PrOTect It All (LS 25 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Building Trust in OT Cybersecurity: Patching, Communication, and Personal Branding for SuccessPub date: 2025-05-12Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode, host Aaron Crow is joined by his longtime friend and fellow OT (Operational Technology) aficionado, Oren Niskin. Oren dives into his unconventional journey from Navy electrician to offshore rig automation, through to OT cybersecurity consulting—sharing the highs, the lessons learned, and the unique perspective gained from crawling through the “belly of the ship” rather than a college lecture hall. Aaron and Oren discuss the real-world value of hands-on experience versus formal education, the evolving relationship between IT and OT teams, and why personal branding and communication skills are key for career growth in the cybersecurity field. They unpack the challenges and misconceptions around patching in the OT environment, and Oren reveals practical advice from his recent presentation on how organizations can dramatically reduce their vulnerability management workload while maintaining operational safety. Tune in for thoughtful reflections, war stories from the rig, and actionable tips for aspiring and seasoned cybersecurity professionals alike—plus a heartwarming nod to inspiring the next generation. Whether you're just getting started in OT or looking to take your cyber game to the next level, this episode is packed with honest advice and community spirit. Key Moments:  05:58 College: Not the Ultimate Answer 08:26 Consulting Perspective Accelerates Career Growth 13:36 "Building Value with Personal Branding" 16:49 "Everyone's a Salesman Everywhere" 19:44 "Patching Essential for System Health" 21:14 Firmware Updates Resolve Most Issues 26:18 Robots Dominate Manufacturing Line 28:08 Prioritizing Critical Drilling Vulnerability Fixes 33:29 "Prioritizing Business-Critical Systems" 36:57 Cyber-Resilient Tech Design 39:20 "Virtualization Best Practices: Snapshot Safety" 41:18 OT Cybersecurity: Focus on Basics 44:37 Unexpected Changes Disrupt Startup Plans 47:44 "Building Trust in Business" 50:52 "IT-OT Collaboration Importance" Oren Niskin – From the Navy to OT Cybersecurity: Bridging the Gap Between the Plant Floor and Secure Operations Oren Niskin is an OT cybersecurity consultant with over two decades of hands-on industrial experience spanning the U.S. Navy, offshore drilling operations, and global OT network management. His career began not in a classroom, but aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, where he served as an electrician and shutdown reactor operator after enlisting in the Navy post-9/11. Since then, he's steadily climbed the OT ranks—from maintaining electrical systems at sea to managing IACS networks for a global fleet of drilling rigs, and now, advising critical infrastructure on how to secure their operational environments. Oren brings a rare combination of deep technical insight and real-world plant floor experience to the evolving challenges of OT cybersecurity. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology and a Master's in Information Security Engineering from the SANS Institute. Oren is passionate about translating complex OT security needs into practical outcomes—turning big visions into tangible progress. Connect with Oren on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/orenniskin/ or catch him in person at HouSecCon this September. Connect With Aaron Crow: Website: www.corvosec.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronccrow   Learn more about PrOTect IT All: Email: info@protectitall.co  Website: https://protectitall.co/  X: https://twitter.com/protectitall  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PrOTectITAll  FaceBook:  https://facebook.com/protectitallpodcast    To be a guest or suggest a guest/episode, please email us at info@protectitall.co   Please leave us a review on Apple/Spotify Podcasts: Apple   - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/protect-it-all/id1727211124 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1Vvi0euj3rE8xObK0yvYi4The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Aaron Crow, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

The sermon from the Sunday, April 27, 2025, worship service of Atlanta First United Methodist Church by Lead Pastor Rev. Jasmine R. Smothers. “Mind the Gap: Between the Cross and the Call” in the Easter worship series “Mind the Gap.” Scripture lesson: Acts 1:1-11 (New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition).Download the worship guide at:http://www.atlantafirstumc.org/pdf/25/AFUMC-Worship-25-04-27.pdfDownload the children's handout at:http://www.atlantafirstumc.org/pdf/25/AFUMC-Children-25-04-27.pdfSupport the show

Zero Trust isn't a new concept, but not one easily implemented. How do organizations transform cybersecurity from a "default allow" model, where everything is permitted unless blocked, to a "default deny" model? Danny Jenkins, Co-founder and CEO at ThreatLocker, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss this approach. Deny by default means all actions are blocked by default, with only explicitly approved activities allowed. This shift enhances security, reduces vulnerabilities, and sets a new standard for protecting organizations from cyber threats. ‍ Danny will discuss how ThreatLocker not only protects your endpoints and data from zero-day malware, ransomware, and other malicious software, but provides solutions for easy onboarding, management, and eliminates the lengthy approval processes of traditional solutions. This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! In the leadership and communications section, Bridging the Gap Between the CISO & the Board of Directors, CISO MindMap 2025: What do InfoSec Professionals Really Do?, How to Prevent Strategy Fatigue, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-391

Zero Trust isn't a new concept, but not one easily implemented. How do organizations transform cybersecurity from a "default allow" model, where everything is permitted unless blocked, to a "default deny" model? Danny Jenkins, Co-founder and CEO at ThreatLocker, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss this approach. Deny by default means all actions are blocked by default, with only explicitly approved activities allowed. This shift enhances security, reduces vulnerabilities, and sets a new standard for protecting organizations from cyber threats. ‍ Danny will discuss how ThreatLocker not only protects your endpoints and data from zero-day malware, ransomware, and other malicious software, but provides solutions for easy onboarding, management, and eliminates the lengthy approval processes of traditional solutions. This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! In the leadership and communications section, Bridging the Gap Between the CISO & the Board of Directors, CISO MindMap 2025: What do InfoSec Professionals Really Do?, How to Prevent Strategy Fatigue, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-391

Zero Trust isn't a new concept, but not one easily implemented. How do organizations transform cybersecurity from a "default allow" model, where everything is permitted unless blocked, to a "default deny" model? Danny Jenkins, Co-founder and CEO at ThreatLocker, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss this approach. Deny by default means all actions are blocked by default, with only explicitly approved activities allowed. This shift enhances security, reduces vulnerabilities, and sets a new standard for protecting organizations from cyber threats. ‍ Danny will discuss how ThreatLocker not only protects your endpoints and data from zero-day malware, ransomware, and other malicious software, but provides solutions for easy onboarding, management, and eliminates the lengthy approval processes of traditional solutions. This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! In the leadership and communications section, Bridging the Gap Between the CISO & the Board of Directors, CISO MindMap 2025: What do InfoSec Professionals Really Do?, How to Prevent Strategy Fatigue, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-391

Zero Trust isn't a new concept, but not one easily implemented. How do organizations transform cybersecurity from a "default allow" model, where everything is permitted unless blocked, to a "default deny" model? Danny Jenkins, Co-founder and CEO at ThreatLocker, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss this approach. Deny by default means all actions are blocked by default, with only explicitly approved activities allowed. This shift enhances security, reduces vulnerabilities, and sets a new standard for protecting organizations from cyber threats. ‍ Danny will discuss how ThreatLocker not only protects your endpoints and data from zero-day malware, ransomware, and other malicious software, but provides solutions for easy onboarding, management, and eliminates the lengthy approval processes of traditional solutions. This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! In the leadership and communications section, Bridging the Gap Between the CISO & the Board of Directors, CISO MindMap 2025: What do InfoSec Professionals Really Do?, How to Prevent Strategy Fatigue, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-391

Eno, Britt and DVR discuss the flaws for each of the 15 remaining teams in contention for the playoffs and explain why that could lead to their elimination (and share a few reasons why they could win the World Series). Does recent form even matter? If so, for how long? Does the Orioles' underwhelming second half mean more than the Royals' seven-game losing streak, or can teams turn everything around with a clean slate in October?Rundown1:15 The Dodgers' Current Starting Pitching Options5:06 Are The Phillies Ready to Finish the Job in 2024?8:51 Is Starting Pitching Depth the Brewers' Biggest Weakness?13:58 Could the Padres' Defense Lead to Their Playoff Demise?17:47 Can the D-backs Continue to Outhit Their Pitching?21:24 What Are Mets' Biggest Concerns Beyond Francisco Lindor's Health?27:05 Is the Braves' Nightmare Simply Missing the Postseason?29:48 Has the Gap Between the Yankees and Astros Closed Since the 2022 ALCS?34:54 We Owe an Apology to the Guardians39:49 What Are the Astros' Concerns Beyond the Yordan Alvarez Injury?44:22 Macro View Problems for the Orioles50:46 Are the Tigers Actually Good?56:08 Beyond the Seven-Game Losing Streak, What Are You Worried About with the Royals?1:01:34 Can The Twins Clear the Cobwebs?1:07:07 It Would Be a Shame for the Mariners to Waste This PitchingFollow Eno on Twitter: @enosarrisFollow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiperFollow Britt on Twitter: @Britt_Ghirolie-mail: ratesandbarrels@gmail.comJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFeSubscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrelsHosts: Derek VanRiper, Eno Sarris & Britt GhiroliExecutive Producer: Derek VanRiper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eno, Britt and DVR discuss the flaws for each of the 15 remaining teams in contention for the playoffs and explain why that could lead to their elimination (and share a few reasons why they could win the World Series). Does recent form even matter? If so, for how long? Does the Orioles' underwhelming second half mean more than the Royals' seven-game losing streak, or can teams turn everything around with a clean slate in October? Rundown 1:15 The Dodgers' Current Starting Pitching Options 5:06 Are The Phillies Ready to Finish the Job in 2024? 8:51 Is Starting Pitching Depth the Brewers' Biggest Weakness? 13:58 Could the Padres' Defense Lead to Their Playoff Demise? 17:47 Can the D-backs Continue to Outhit Their Pitching? 21:24 What Are Mets' Biggest Concerns Beyond Francisco Lindor's Health? 27:05 Is the Braves' Nightmare Simply Missing the Postseason? 29:48 Has the Gap Between the Yankees and Astros Closed Since the 2022 ALCS? 34:54 We Owe an Apology to the Guardians 39:49 What Are the Astros' Concerns Beyond the Yordan Alvarez Injury? 44:22 Macro View Problems for the Orioles 50:46 Are the Tigers Actually Good? 56:08 Beyond the Seven-Game Losing Streak, What Are You Worried About with the Royals? 1:01:34 Can The Twins Clear the Cobwebs? 1:07:07 It Would Be a Shame for the Mariners to Waste This Pitching Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper Follow Britt on Twitter: @Britt_Ghiroli e-mail: ratesandbarrels@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosts: Derek VanRiper, Eno Sarris & Britt Ghiroli Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In this episode of Gov Tech Today, hosts Russell Lowery and Jennifer Saha explore the ongoing reforms in government technology procurement, focusing on the complexities and frustrations within the terms and conditions of procurement contracts. They discuss a specific comment period and a significant hearing where industry professionals and government representatives attempt to address these issues, highlighting the need for changes that benefit both parties. Key areas of concern include liability limits, cybersecurity, data handling, and intellectual property rights. The episode reveals differing opinions on liability, the challenges of data protection in a global workforce, and how current terms may stifle innovation and limit small business participation in government contracts. By examining other states' approaches and advocating for clearer, more adaptable terms, the episode underscores the importance of continued dialogue and reform to foster better government-vendor relations and encourage technological advancement in government services.00:00 Welcome to GovTech Today: Bridging the Gap Between .Com and .Gov00:28 The Ongoing Effort for Procurement Reform02:01 Navigating Terms and Conditions: A Vendor's Perspective03:10 Streamlining Documents for Clarity and Efficiency04:21 Addressing Liability Concerns in Government Contracts09:05 The Impact of Unlimited Liability on Small Businesses12:07 Exploring Intellectual Property and Data Rights Issues14:47 Balancing Security, Accessibility, and Cost in Data Management18:26 The Challenges of Security Definitions and Notifications26:21 The Future of Government Procurement: A Call for Engagement

In this episode of The Accounting Podcast, Blake and David discuss the economic impact of Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour," Microsoft's CoPilot price with AI, the SEC vs Ripple case decision, the launch of FedNow, and a bill proposed by two senators to ban lawmakers from owning stocks. They also dig into stories about Apple's work on AppleGPT, software spending rising 25% over the last 12 months, the 150-hour rule, and the lack of black accountants in the profession. They dive into a case study for good marketing in accounting, ClientEarth warning Big 6 audit firms to protect the planet, a WSJ editorial board blaming accounting shortage on Biden, and close with a few fast QuickBooks stories, and much more! SponsorsLiveFlow - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/liveflowZoho - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/zohoAccruer - http://accountingpodcast.promo/accruerChapters (00:04) - Preview: Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" economic impact (00:53) - Welcome to The Accounting Podcast and a quick overview of topics for this episode (03:16) - Microsoft announces CoPilot price with AI (10:24) - SEC vs Ripple case decision (19:08) - FedNow finally launched (25:16) - Two senators are proposing bill on ban of lawmakers owning stocks (27:50) - Blake checks in on the live chat (28:30) - Apple working on AppleGPT (30:46) - Software spending rose 25% over the last 12 months (33:12) - Article on the 150-hour rule and lack of black accountants in the profession (35:54) - Blake and David look at a case study for good marketing in accounting (39:11) - Taylor Swift's billion-dollar impact on the economy (42:15) - ClientEarth warning Big 6 audit firms to protect the planet (44:31) - WSJ editorial board blames accounting shortage on Biden (51:04) - Bench Accounting (51:41) - 3 fast QuickBooks stories (54:01) - Accounting startup Dougs raises $27 million (55:06) - Shopify builds in a Zoom cost calculator (56:59) - Shopify releases AI update (01:00:49) - Blake reads some listener mail (01:04:01) - Wrap up and where to reach David and Blake Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpeShow NotesSens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Josh Hawley to unveil a bill to bar executive-branch members and lawmakers from owning stock in individual companies      https://www.wsj.com/articles/senators-to-propose-ban-on-u-s-lawmakers-executive-branch-members-owning-stock-6db6411 New comment on "339. 15-Year-Old Passes CPA Exam; NY Requires Independent Audits of AI Hiring Processes"     https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGtwCxwDBHndZBtfKHkBgCgXhpr Taylor Swift's Economic Impact Has Caught the Eye of the Fedhttps://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/taylor-swifts-economic-impact-catches-attention-federal-reserve-hotel-revenue-2023-7 After bootstrapping for 8 years, accounting startup Dougs raises $27 million | TechCrunchhttps://techcrunch.com/2023/07/04/after-bootstrapping-for-8-years-accounting-startup-dougs-raises-27-million/ Shopify's crusade against Zoom meetings now includes a cost calculator: 'Most of the modern work environment is broken' https://fortune.com/2023/07/12/remote-work-zoom-meeting-shopify-cost-calculator-modern-work-broken/ Shopify Sidekick video    https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1679114154756669441?s=20 Bridging the Gap: Between the Generations          https://www.intuitiveaccountant.com/education-hub/training-center/bridging-the-gap-between-the-generations/ ☕️ NOW, FED ☙ Friday, July 21, 2023 ☙ C&C NEWS

 Jesse Frizsell comes back to the podcast and tells us how to impersonate Nick Mac but does not do the actual impression! Tease!    Listen and follow Jesse at these places https://jessefrizsell.hearnow.com/back-to-carolina https://www.instagram.com/jessefrizsell/ Amazon Music Apple Music Spotify https://www.facebook.com/JesseFrizsell   Thanks to Jay Regan for the closing song New Album "The Gap Between" available Now https://open.spotify.com/album/5Jj36Dm4z8JPqzKJwN1dwj https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnu1VSISrOwIGGm1lPAoZew See my 1966 Dodge Dart GT Restoration videos  here:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMWartYBjcaCvKb4MJl1aeA https://jayregan.bandcamp.com/ www.jayregan.us       Subscribe to the podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wnc-original-music/id1378776313 https://www.iheart.com/podcast/wnc-original-music-31067964/ This link has all the other places to subscribe https://gopod.me/wncom   Follow on Social Media https://www.facebook.com/wncoriginalmusic https://www.wncoriginalmusic.com https://www.instagram.com/wnc_original_music/   All music used by permission   Hailing from the mountains of western North Carolina, guitarist and songwriter Jesse Frizsell seamlessly combines aspects of modern and classic country. Born in Asheville, NC, Jesse grew up learning and playing his favorite tunes by classic artists. By the age of 16, he was playing in various local bands. Frizsell has performed at the Warren Haynes Christmas Jam both with his band and more recently as a solo artist. He has opened for acts such as Bret Michaels (of Poison), Blackberry Smoke, Framing Hanley and shared the stage with Kevin Kinney (of Drivin' N Cryin') as well as Justin Biltonen (of 3 Doors Down). More recently, Jesse writes songs for the heartbroken, the working man and those ready and willing to unwind after a long day. He participates actively in the local Asheville music scene and regionally in the Southeast. You can find him most weekends playing as a member of The Western Carolina Writers, solo or with his bluegrass trio, Jesse Frizsell and the Riffers. Jesse has released a two song EP, “A Couple of Songs for Drinking”,in 2018, and a full length album “Rose Gold Renegades”, in 2019, both available for streaming or download on all major platforms. His latest endeavor takes a more traditional approach honoring the music of the mountains he grew up in. “Back to Carolina”, his homage to bluegrass will be available everywhere the 1st of October, 2021     Hailing from Philadelphia Jay Regan is the former vocalist and guitarist of the bands April Fool, Dezire and Today We Live. After a hiatus, Jay decided to venture out as a solo artist which cumulated in the release of his first solo album Dreams and Nightmares in 2014. Since then Jay has performed hundreds of shows and has released two more albums, 2017's Wash Me and 2023's The Gap Between. Jay's music is a mix of rock styles and touches on genres such as modern rock, folk rock, alt-country, funk, and R&B. 

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Marvin Crumbs, Marietta High School's new principal, held a meet-and-greet event to introduce himself and discuss his vision for the school. Crumbs, who previously served as principal of Columbus High School, will be the fourth principal at Marietta High in a year. He emphasized his commitment to creating a supportive atmosphere for teachers and students, and his desire to expand on the school's traditions. Parents and community members in attendance expressed their hopes for stability and increased involvement from both parents and students. Crumbs promised to work hard and prioritize the best interests of the students. Mount Paran Christian School's head of school, Tim Wiens, has resigned after months of effort and feedback channels to enhance the culture and biblical unity within the MPCS community. David Tilley, the former head of school for 18 years who retired five years ago, has been appointed as the school's interim leader. Wiens' resignation was accepted by the board, and George Ethridge, the chairman of the school's board, thanked Wiens for his service during some challenging times, including navigating the school through the global COVID-19 pandemic. Mount Paran is the largest private Christian school in Cobb County, with about 1,280 students and 275 instructional staff. Thursday saw an extremely high tree pollen count in Atlanta, the second-worst day for allergies this year, with only one other day in March having a higher count. This late into spring, it is unusual for pollen counts to be so high, and most days in March and April have seen high or extremely high pollen categories. The main trees contributing to Thursday's pollen were mulberry, pine, hickory, oak, and sedges. The National Weather Service forecasts showers Friday night and into Saturday morning, which may provide some relief, but it is not expected to be a downpour. Greater Community Church of God in Christ is hosting a Mental Health Forum on May 6, 2023, with the theme "Bridging the Gap Between the African-American Church and Mental Health." The program is sponsored by the church's Evangelism Department and will feature various speakers from the fields of social work and professional counseling. The forum will take place from 10 a.m. to noon, and a continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. Bishop Matthew L. Brown, the Pastor of Greater Community Church, hopes the program will bring understanding to the divide that exists between the African American Church and mental health. The public is invited to attend. The high school baseball playoffs get going in Cobb County this weekend The Cobb County 4-H senior team won first place at the State Hippology Contest on April 15th in Athens, with Cobb County Junior Team B also winning first place. The competition involves horse judging and hippology, which is a four-part competition that tests critical thinking and public speaking. Winners become Master 4-H'ers and may represent Georgia at the Western National Round Up in Denver, Colorado. The equine industry contributes $2.5 billion to Georgia's economy, and UGA faculty and industry experts provide training for contestants. Georgia 4-H aims to develop life skills, relationships, and community awareness. Contact Brittani Lee for more information. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Rep. Barry Loudermilk have requested federal earmarks for the renovation of the Paces Mill unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. The Cumberland Community Improvement District has been seeking funding for the project for almost three years, and the overhaul would cost an estimated $10.8 million. Warnock has requested $9 million, while Loudermilk has asked for $5 million. The project would increase river access, expand the picnic area, upgrade the trail system, and reposition the central meadow and parking area. The CID received approval from the National Park Service to move forward with the project in 2020. #CobbCounty #Georgia #LocalNews      -            -            -            -            -            The Marietta Daily Journal Podcast is local news for Marietta, Kennesaw, Smyrna, and all of Cobb County.             Subscribe today, so you don't miss an episode! MDJOnline            Register Here for your essential digital news.            https://www.chattahoocheetech.edu/  https://cuofga.org/ https://www.esogrepair.com/ https://www.drakerealty.com/           Find additional episodes of the MDJ Podcast here.             This Podcast was produced and published for the Marietta Daily Journal and MDJ Online by BG Ad Group   For more information be sure to visit https://www.bgpodcastnetwork.com          See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Ethan Hoover & Matthew Maher walk us through what went on during "the gap." The timeframe after Christ and before Constantine. Show Notes: IntroRecap of Season 2 up to this pointHistorical details matterWhat happens during “The Gap”Between the era of the Early Church and the Rise of the Roman Catholic ChurchThe apostles pass the batonChristianity spreading outside of JerusalemTo Middle East, Greece, Rome, etcChristians are heavily persecuted by RomeNero, Diocletian, etcAttacks on the church change from outside-in, to inside-outThe church by name gains more visibility, while the true church becomes invisibleEthan has a flash from the past: The Storytellers animated series from his childhoodHow spiritual-political rulers are used throughout scriptureNebuchanezer > Cyrus > Xerxes > And onThrowing it forward to a use of a spiritual-political ruler in the End TimesThe cycle that God usesHistory lessonTyrants that come before ConstantineThe difference between the title of a “Caesar” and “Augustus” Where did Constantine come from? His story told.Was the early church's goal to conquer through war?Why would Constantine use the sign of the cross? What was he after?The edict of toleranceThe mixture of paganism and ChristianityPolytheism enters the “church” This is the moment where the visible church completely separates from the true/invisible churchThe State churchResources: The Spread Of The Early Church: https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1-300/the-spread-of-the-early-church-11629561.htmlA Look At The Early Church: https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1-300/a-look-at-the-early-church-11629559.htmlWho Was Constantine The Great? https://www.gotquestions.org/Constantine-the-Great.htmlConstantine & the Early Church: https://brewminate.com/constantine-and-the-early-church/The Era of Constantine, When Church Met State: https://calvarychapel.com/posts/the-era-of-constantine-when-church-met-state/Got questions?Submit your question relating to our Season 2 content for our Question & Response episode here. Learn More: To learn more about the podcast and your hosts, visit our website.Looking to sponsor Rechurched? Apply to be a sponsor!

Are you dealing with any of this?1. You may feel like your partner isn't listening to you or understanding your feelings. 2. You may feel like you're always the one giving and never receiving. 3. Your partner may not be meeting your needs emotionally or physically. "So one of my favorite leadership teachers, Jim Rohn, taught small errors in judgment over a period of time will result in accumulated disaster."I used to love running. I would go out every day and explore new routes. But after a while, I started to notice some pain in my right hip. I thought it was just muscle soreness at first, but it didn't go away. I saw a general practice doctor and they said everything was fine, but after a few weeks I knew something was really wrong. I ended up going to an orthopedic specialist and they told me I had a serious fracture in my hip. I had to have surgery and it was a really long recovery process. I think this is a really good illustration of what can happen in a marriage relationship. Small fractures can grow and cause real damage if they're not addressed. In this episode you will learn: 1. How small errors in judgment can accumulate into disaster in a marriage relationship? 2. How  ignoring ongoing pain in a marriage relationship can lead to larger problems? 3. What are some signs that there may be a stress fracture in a marriage relationship?Resources:Marriage Reboot Discovery CallFor Discussion:1. Is there something right now in your marriage that has the potential to create disconnection or a break in your relationship?2. What action can each of you do to address the concern? 3. Is there an opportunity for you to invite help into the situation, and if so who would that be? Other episodes you'll enjoy:Episode 6: The Gap Between the Event and the ResponseEpisode 2: Shifting Gears for CommunicationConnect with us:Send Questions and Comments to: hello@artofspousing.comWebsite: artofspousing.comIG: @artofspousingFB Group: artofspousingJames IG: @thejamesduvallLisa IG: @lisaduvallSUBSCRIBE ON:Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle PodcastsAmazon Music

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“Getting the Tip of the Pen on the Paper”: How the Spectrum of Teaching Styles Narrows the Gap Between the Hope and the Happening Brendan SueSee from the University of Southern Queensland and Shane Pill from Flinders University discuss the article “Getting the Tip of the Pen on the Paper”: How the Spectrum of Teaching Styles Narrows the Gap Between the Hope and the Happening published with Michael Davies, and John Williams. We discuss the Spectrum of Teaching Styles as a means toward bridging the gap between the hope and the happening of MBP. Full Cite: SueSee, B., Pill, S., Davies, M., & Williams, J. (2021). “Getting the Tip of the Pen on the Paper”: How the Spectrum of Teaching Styles Narrows the Gap Between the Hope and the Happening. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1(aop), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2021-0164 The book SueSee and Pill published: https://www.routledge.com/The-Spectrum-of-Teaching-Styles-in-Physical-Education/SueSee-Hewitt-Pill/p/book/9781032237886 A free book on the Spectrum of Teaching Styles by Ashworth: https://spectrumofteachingstyles.org/index.php?id=16 Shane Pill Twitter @pilly66 Brendan SueSee Twitter @DrbrendanSues --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pwrhpe/support

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Dr. Geoffrey Mire is a small-town family medicine practitioner who is using CrossFit to transform his life and the lives of his patients. Several years ago, Dr. Mire, a former Ironman, found himself out of shape and unmotivated. When an affiliate opened in his town, his passion for fitness was reignited.  He's since become a CrossFit Level 1 trainer and now his passion for fitness with his patients. Dr. Mire developed a pilot program within his local affiliate, CrossFit Acadiana, and recruited 12 senior patients considered medically sick with multiple co-morbid conditions with the goal of improving their health through lifestyle, nutrition, and exercise. Dr. Mire completed his medical training at Louisiana State University.  In addition to his private family practice with MDVIP, he is a Certified Medical Director and is medical director of a local nursing home and local home health.  He volunteers as the team physician for his former high school and as an adjunct clinical professor for Tulane medical school.  He is a Fellow of the Academy of Family Physicians, board member and former president of the Louisiana Geriatric Society, member of the Society for Post-Acute and Long Term Care Medicine, member of the American Academy of Sports Medicine, and member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.  You can connect with Dr. Mire via Instagram @gmiremd Related Episodes: Ep 125 - Bridging the Gap Between the Hospital and the CrossFit Affiliate Ep 168 - Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng on Avoiding the ICU If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every week. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice. I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

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At just seven years old, Luke Palmisano was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.  Nearly 35 years later, he's an ER physician, avid CrossFit athlete, father, and former collegiate wrestler, and he's learned quite a bit by modifying his lifestyle to help reduce complications from the condition. We first met a couple years ago at a CrossFit Level 1 seminar for physicians and ever since I have been struck by his intensity and passion for using CrossFit to prevent and treat so many of the conditions he encounters as an ER physician. In this episode, we talk about how diabetes has impacted so many aspects of his life, how he's navigated the unique challenges of cutting weight for wrestling and beginning CrossFit,  what his experience in the emergency room has been like in the midst of the covid pandemic, and even how his service dog helps him monitor his blood sugar!  You can connect with Dr. Palmisano via Instagram. @drlukep Related Episodes: Ep 46 - Living and Training with Type 1 Diabetes with Brendan Snyder Ep 125 - Bridging the Gap Between the Hospital and the CrossFit Affiliate To learn more about CrossFit Health and how to get involved as a healthcare provider or patient visit health.crossfit.com. If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every Tuesday. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice.  I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns

Title: Bridging the Gap Between the Involved and Uninvolved with Erin Spradlin   Erin co-owns Erin and James Real Estate, which services the Denver and Colorado Springs markets. She has recently completed a book about how remote workers are impacting real estate and how to make them your tenant base. The book's name is American Nomads and is available on Amazon.   Let's tune in to her story! [00:01 - 10:42] Opening Segment Get to know my guest for today's show, Erin Spradlin Erin shares how she and her husband got started in Real Estate Dissatisfaction from work and achieving a dream Erin's AirBnB business AirBnB friendly cities   [10:43 - 28:13] Erin: Her thoughts, her journey, her story How AirBnB and her book intersect Remote work and COVID-19 The interesting trend where AirBnB topped What juices Erin to keep going with this space Making Real Estate accessible to everyone What can be done to bridge the investing gap Where Erin and his husband are headed in their business Erin's thoughts on how women with kids approach real estate Getting investments early   [28:14 - 30:19] Closing Segment  Final Words Connect with my guest, Erin, in the links below Tweetable Quotes   “I'm going to write a book about this because it will absolutely change where people want to live and what they can do.” - Erin Spradlin   “It's very exciting that people have these different options.” - Erin Spradlin   “Trying to make Real Estate more accessible to other people, that is very important to me.” - Erin Spradlin  ------------------------------------------------------------------------   Connect to Erin and her husband through their website https://www.erinandjamesrealestate.com/   Follow Erin through her LinkedIn  and email her at erin@erinandjamesrealestate.com   Grab a copy of her book, American Nomads  WANT TO LEARN MORE?   Connect with me through LinkedIn   Or send me an email sujata@luxe-cap.com    Visit my website www.luxe-cap.com or my Youtube channel Thanks for tuning in!     If you liked my show, LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, and subscribe!

Full Transcript   In episode 4 of Manager Minute, Bill Robinson, Director of the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons, and Cora McNabb, Executive Director at the Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, join Carol Pankow, host of Manager Minute, to lend their experiences on navigating the critical DSA/DSU relationship so that VR's mission doesn't slip through the cracks.   Learn how Bill and Cora dealt with the challenges and the most significant challenges they faced. These challenges included cultural challenges and keeping the blind agency identity alive. Find out how the mergers are going today and what Bill and Cora share about the successful strategies that worked for their agencies.   You can find out more about VRTAC-QM on the web at: https://www.vrtac-qm.org/                                                                       Stay up to date by following VRTAC-QM on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @VRTAC_QM   About VRTAC-QM Partnering with State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies (SVRAs) to enhance service delivery and maximize outcomes through quality program and resource management.  The purpose of the VRTAC-QM is to provide training and technical assistance that will enable State VR agency personnel to manage available resources, improve effective service delivery, and increase the number and quality of employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. The VRTAC-QM provides TA and training in VR program and performance quality management, fiscal and resource quality management of the VR program, and general quality management of organizations. You can request technical assistance from the VRTAC-QM by contacting your TA Liaison directly, contacting any member of the Center you wish, or by filling out the information on our main website and clicking on submit. While on the main website, join our mailing list to receive updates on training and new activities occurring within the center.    Full Transcript: VRTAC-QM Manager Minute: Bridging the Gap Between the DSA and the DSU so that VR's Mission Doesn't Slip Through the Cracks.   Speaker1: Manager MINUTE brought to you by the VRTAC for quality management conversations powered by V.R., one manager at a time, one minute at a time. Here is your host, Carol Pankow.   Carol: Well, welcome to the Manager Minute. Today, I'm joined by Bill Robinson, director of the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons, and Cora McNabb, executive director at the Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. I know you are both so busy. Bill, you're the president of NCSAB and Cora, you're in the midst of federal monitoring right now. So thanks so much for taking the time to come on the show. So, Bill, how are you and how are things in Michigan?   Bill: It's great to be here. And I want to thank you for this opportunity.  In Michigan, we've actually returned to the field as of July 12. And so our line rehab instructors or field teachers are out there serving the blind VR customers and pre-employment transition customers. And then our training center has been open and our counselors are also seeing people in person. We're hoping to continue that and continue to serve our customers.   Carol: Very cool. Good to hear you're back. I'm sure folks are really enjoying that in-person training and interaction. So, Cora, always a pleasure to talk with you. How's it going in the Bluegrass State of Kentucky?   Cora: Carol, it's going great. Like Bill here. As of June 11th, we went back to in-person services and brought everybody back. Everyone's on a hybrid schedule that they're all working and serving individuals. Both of our centers are open and serving individuals, day students. But we haven't brought anyone back residentially as yet. And we have been talking about it. And of course, the rise in numbers is concerning. And so we would make sure we do the right thing. And then, as you said, we're in the middle of federal monitoring. So things have been very busy here.   Carol: Things are happening for sure. Well, I thought of you both as we're unpacking the topic today of navigating the critical DSA and DSU relationship so that VR's mission doesn't slip through the cracks. I know both of you have undergone changes in the past five years and have some really good expertise to lend to this topic. Both of you oversee a designated state unit that is housed within a larger designated state agency. Bill, you came from a recent change in DSA's and Cora, you just lived through the combining of the blind and general agency as well in the last three years. I was doing a little digging and since 2014, there have been two states where the VR agencies combined the blind and the general together and 12 agencies moved DSAs with you being the 12th, 10 of those DSA moves were to the workforce Labor Department. So it does make some sense. And coinciding with the foundation that was set by WIOA that really forced the issue for VR to partner with the other core partners. The VRTAC for Quality Management is working on a webinar in conjunction with RSA to unpack the Technical Assistance Circular 12-03, which is organizational structure and non-delegable responsibility of the DSU for the VR program, and then also TAC 13-02, which is reorganization of the DSA and DSU for the VR program, and we hope to have that webinar out this fall. So, Bill, I want to start with you. Can you tell us a little bit about the change you most recently lived through with your shift in DSAs? And where were you located before? And where are you now?   Bill: We started out in a State Department that was very unique for rehabilitation. It was the Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Department. So we were asking, hey, this is great being in this department. The department was very supportive, but at the same time, it was kind of interesting because we really didn't have much to do with licensing businesses or regulatory affairs, but yet there we were. And so when the governor changed over to the new administration, so we went from Republican to Democrat, the new administration looked at some reorganizations and the move ended up going from law or licensing and regulatory affairs to the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity.   Carol: So you're one of those labor moves as well? That's interesting. Yeah, really interesting that you started out. I don't think I've heard of any other state agency being in a department quite like you were in Bill.   Bill: Yeah, it was kind of interesting. And our general agency was actually in DHS. So neither of us were really sitting at labor at the time.   Carol: Cora, I can still remember back when Kentucky was going through the idea of combining the blind in general agency, and I remember that was going on for quite some time while the fine details were worked out. And unlike Bill's situation, your situation was a little different in that your two separate agencies were now combining together under one DSA. So can you tell us a little bit about the changes you went through and what designated state agency you are under?   Cora: We are under the Department of Education and Workforce in Kentucky and it did go on for quite a while. We actually took our time in combining the two agencies and involved a lot of the stakeholder groups that were involved, especially the blind advocacy organizations. And of course, I had been with the blind agency for at that time around 12 years. So we wanted to make sure that we protected those specialized services. And so we worked together. And about the time that we merged and combine the two agencies, they decided to abolish our fiscal unit in our agency and they moved it to the Department of Workforce. They moved it under the department later, which a couple of years later down the road, they actually moved it to a cabinet level. And so we had more change. But that resulted in the loss of a lot of veteran staff and veteran knowledge. So we not only went under a combining of two agencies, we also went under an additional change that involved our fiscal unit at that time.   Carol: Wow. I know you've lived through a lot there, so I want to take you back to that moment. You were notified the change was definitely going to happen. How were you notified? Cora, I'm going to start with you. And how much lead time were you given saying, all right, we're going to combine these agencies now?   Cora: Well, we knew that there were some discussions that were occurring. And at the time, the leadership was they also at that time? Well, it was a little bit later. They also moved adult Ed under the workforce program. But they wanted to have all the workforce programs under one department, which they were successful in doing at that time. And then also they wanted to centralize the operations, those back door operations. So we had kind of heard the rumors a few months before they actually approached us and told us about it. So at that time, I had a call with the Rehab Services Administration and the commissioner of workforce at that time was on the call and I was on the call along with Becky Cabe, whom at that time I was the interim director over at the blind agency, and Becky Cabe was the interim director over the general agency. So they talked to us in person. And then we had a call with our RSA to inform them of the changes.   Carol: So, Bill, how about you? How were you notified and how much lead time were you given?   Bill: That's a pretty funny story. In June of 18, the general agency director and I were giving a presentation for the leadership forum for CSAVR. And I had just finished on stage and was stepping down and my cell phone goes off and it's my immediate department director of Laura calling me and she says, hey, you're going to see a press release in about a half an hour, then announces the fact that you're moving from LARA to this new Department of Labor and economic opportunity. And I was like, oh, how is this going to work? So it was a complete surprise to me and the general agency director.   Carol: Holy smokes, Bill. That is a crazy story. So you literally found out with a half hour notice that boom, you're moving.   Bill: Yes. And then that was June. And the actual moving day for the department was August 12 and the fiscal year for us ended September 30th. So we just had a couple of months to try to figure out what the heck are we going to do here? Plus, we were looking at two closings within our fiscal year and we didn't know how that was going to work.   Carol: Holy smokes. Cora, I know you said you had reached out to RSA right away. Bill, did you reach out to RSA right away to help you with this move?   Bill: I think I was in such shock that the general director and I got together and we just got our teams together and pulled out that TAC 13-02 and started going through it together as. Leadership on both sides. We also had contacted RSA to set up a joint call. I don't know if I remember calling, but I called as many directors as I could that had gone through something like this. I know I talked to Alan McClain at the time because Arkansas was in the middle of it. And I talked to Cheryl Fuller, who was about two years into it. So I was reaching out to everybody at that point.   Carol: Smart move. I know in I work on the webinar we're developing, we're stressing how important it is to involve RSA early to ensure that that transition can happen smoothly and that all your bases are covered. Things like you got to change the state plan and ensuring your grant award is set up so you can draw down money in a new agency and more so what were one or two of the biggest challenges that you had to overcome and I'm going to start with you.   Cora: I think that because we were not very happy about them moving our fiscal unit. And so we did have a conversation about that, but we knew that it was going to happen. So the best thing that you can do is figure out how you can make it work and for your agency to get through the changes and accomplish what you need to. And we did work with our state liaison at RSA through the whole thing. And it is a lot of work to get your state plan updated and depending on when needed, your comprehensive needs assessment, all of that things don't always come together and match the way that you would like them to. So you just have to figure out what the best way is to make it work. And then I think it was probably involving the stakeholders in the process because it was a really difficult for the staff to come through those changes and adjust.   Carol: Yeah, I can imagine that was really tough dealing with all of that. So, Bill, how about for you? What are one or two of the biggest challenges you had to overcome in this move?   Bill: Well, I would echo some of what Cora said and just build off of that, because the short time frame we had, we had to really get moving in. RSA was very helpful in that process. Our state liaison, the fiscal folks at that point, there was not a RSA commissioner. So we were working closely with Carol Dobak as well as our liaison staff. And I think Cora touched on one key point is that for staff, this is a big change. And we had to over communicate with staff. We had, like we said, we have to open up the state portal for the state plan amendment. We had to communicate to our stakeholders. We have to ensure our vendors that they would get paid despite the kind of awkward closing within a fiscal year and how that was going to work. And then we had to make sure our counselors and our staff understood how to stop services within one period of performance and take that little six week period of performance that we had to the end of the grant year and make sure that that was handled correctly. So logistically, there was just a lot of logistics and we actually had spreadsheets and checklists and all kinds of a set up. And we were running that stuff by RSA and our fiscal folks and collaborating with our general agency to make sure we're on the same page. And that we were not missing something. So it was a lot of communication and collaboration.   Carol: But I think your background was well suited then with your accounting background for dealing with all of that, because you had that added weird complexity of that little bit of time, you know, where the switch over in the period of performance and all of that. So you knew how to address that. I don't think everybody could have done that.   Bill: Yeah, I think also in my business experience, I was in charge of a lot of mergers and acquisitions with different companies and would take operational control of the acquired entity before merging. And then this was no different than a merger or acquisition. And you're putting together organizations that don't know each other very well and accounting systems that are different, procedures that are different. It's really it can be overwhelming. And I think the checklist certainly helped.   Carol: I'm glad- glad to hear that. So I know many times when we think a change, I think we think about change at a higher level. We think about those concrete things, such as change in structure or the hierarchy. We think about changes in the fiscal activities like you were talking about Bill, and all of those are relevant considerations, but it's also critical to consider those smaller, abstract, but really important details, such as the shift in culture. So to start with, you might imagine that combining of two of our agencies has completely altered the identity of blind services in Kentucky. Cora, can you speak to that is a huge shift?   Cora: And we had separate agencies, separate policies and practices. Sure, both of us were a VR agency but it was very different. We had two separate categories for order of selection, so we had to look at that and come up with the best of the best in moving forward is how we kind of presented it to the staff. There was a huge loss of at least the staff felt like from the blind agency, a loss of identity. They spoke of that quite often. And I would try to emphasize with them that you're the same. The services that you're delivering are the same. So the only way that you can lose your identity is if you lose who you are. And you're not going to do that because the consumers are still there and you're still serving them. So that was probably one of the most difficult things. And they talked a lot about how even now there are still things that come up and there are still things that we're dealing with. And they mentioned obviously we always hear there isn't enough communication. But I realize that for the staff that we're in the smaller agency, communication happened a lot differently in the smaller agency than it does in the large general agency. And so a lot of times when they would say that we're seeing that smaller organizational feeling of family that was there. So that's a big thing for individuals to adjust to. And then they want to make sure that you still emphasize how important those specialized skills are so that they don't lose that sense of who they are in their profession and what they do.   Carol: I love that you said that, Cora, and you were the right person to be in that role with that transition. You came from that blind agency. All of us here came from that kind of blind agency experience. And we get that small sense of family and rolling in. I just love that you were we're talking with staff about not losing themselves and what they do and how critical that was. So you both were in the right place at the right time with this move. So, Bill, you were able to maintain your identity, but has your culture shifted in any way due to the reorganization into a new DSA?   Bill: Yeah, I don't know if our culture shifted because we've had a really good culture. When I came on board, we kind of did a shift at that point. And we've stayed true to our mission, vision and core values. But what was interesting is we had to shift in terms of how we communicate with our department and also how we work with our department. And just to give you an example and common touch, small, specialized services, which certainly is where VR is and especially where blindness, as I remember sitting down in a team with the new department director and I was talking to him about our services and I mentioned the training center where we do adjustment to blindness and we serve two hundred and fifty one and the prior fiscal year. And he looked at me and said, two hundred and fifty one thousand. I said, oh no, no, two hundred and fifty one individuals. And it is kind of that work force kind of thought where we serve the masses. Whereas Cora pointed out VR is very specialized services, especially blindness services. And because the specialization, we look at the individual and we're laser focused on the needs of the individual and customizing those services around the individual, where I think from workforce standpoint, it's more about how many people can we serve and what kind of mass data can we accumulate to tell our story. That was kind of the cultural shift for me. When he said two hundred and fifty one thousand, I said, well, wait a minute, I think we're going to have to have more discussions.   Carol: Oh, yeah. I bet that was a big shift for the DSA folks when they're talking about that. I came from a workforce agency too, and I always remember the people in Title one your and the Wagner Peyser side, when you think they've got massive numbers of people they're dealing with and our small numbers of consumers. They just they didn't always get that we did so we led a little exercise with our DSA staff where we had them actually just do a little simulated exercise under sleep shades. And it was led by one of our instructors. And it was really interesting just to give them a little peek into what we were dealing with. And it did help. It helped that whole group have a little better understanding of what we were about, thinking about all the changes you've both undergone, both larger concrete changes, also smaller abstract changes like culture shifting. How did you navigate through the challenges you faced and what were some successful strategies you used? And, Bill, I'm going to start with you.   Bill: The biggest thing I could think or recommend to individuals is you have to communicate, communicate and communicate. And really, you're looking at all your customers from internal customers to external customers to your stakeholders and your community partners. And you're really having to make sure that there's an understanding of how this is all going to work. And also, you know, I move to labor with the other core of your WIOA partners was very impactful and could be for the future and for a positive spin on that. That was a really great thing. And to be co-located with our general agency as well. We thought there was some really good things that came out of this. But one of the things I think was helpful was RSA and the problem solving that they engaged with us as well as just our DSA and helping us in that transition process and then the whole collaborative effort that it took.   Carol: I can't think of a better person to do that, Bill, than you like. You are the master at communication and collaboration for sure. So Cora, how about you? What were some successful strategies that you used?   Cora: I think that we tried to be as transparent as possible. We tried to share and involve everybody as much as possible in the processes. We made sure the field staff were involved in the policy development and the state rehab council. So I think that keeping it as simple as possible, I think probably knowing that you're not going to make everybody happy no matter what you do. We certainly had a lot of problem solving and decision making that we had to make. And you have to sit with that and be comfortable with it because you just can't please everybody and not everyone is going to come through on the other side after you're like that and all that change. You have those people that have a difficult time dealing with change anyway, but maybe do the best that you can and just know that there are going to be people that aren't going to be happy. And you can do a lot of time trying to make them happy and they're never going to get to that happy place. So you can hope that they'll maybe go somewhere else and find that happiness. Those would be the two things that I would remember from everything like that.   Carol: I really like that. So. So I know some time has passed now since all of this happened for both of you, cause I think you've been in there like three years now and I think it's been over a year for you. So how are things going now? Cora, I'm going to have you take that one first.   Cora: Well, I did mention the year that are combining of the agency was in two thousand and eighteen, so we did it effective October 1st 2018. So we are now three years past. And I think that you have to give yourself time because you'll have list after list after list. You have to do this. You want to begin to check things up. But I think we've tried to take our time. We do have policies that we're still working on, still writing policies and procedures, still working on the vendor process. Lots of things that we have in play. And one of the things that happened with the fiscal reorganized mentioned that then a couple of years later, they moved the fiscal operations to a cabinet level. And now we've undergone another reorg in our cabinet where they split the workforce programs. And so part of them are under labor and then part of us under the department and in the Department of Workforce. So that's been a major upheaval that's just happened over the last year or so. It was more change, and especially with the fiscal operations the way that they were, there were a lot of things that. The cracks because of how complicated the VR program is, still trying to pick up the pieces of that as well, and then by them doing another reorg where they have moved part of the program under labor, they moved to line Wagner Peyser, farmworker,  veterans, but they moved the operations under the Department of Workforce. It's kind of split right down the middle. So that's change that culture from what it was 30 years ago. So we're still undergoing lots of changes and then you put the pandemic on top of that. So just a lot of changes. And we've had to be very, very flexible even when we weren't happy about it.   Carol: So how has that impacted you with the partnership? So it seems like they wanted to have the people all together and now you're sort of split up again, which is really interesting. How's that going with partnerships?   Cora: Well, I think the partnerships on the local level have continued. It's probably more on a state level where there are still lots of things to be worked out and it's kind of in flux. But then with the onset of the pandemic, it's disrupted things as well. So right now, it's kind of hard to tell exactly what will be there after the clouds clear, you might say. We're dealing with so many different big factors that are going on.   Carol: Sure. And I completely understand that. So, Bill, how about you in times past? So how are things going now?   Bill: Yeah, so it was probably been about a little over two years and really the first eight months or so. And the new department was really about the new department just adjusting, everybody adjusting, because there was a lot of movement of not only V.R. but other agencies. And then as we had that first full year, I think the main thing was that we found like at the higher level working on the MOU use that we were all interested in, those seemed to work very smoothly because everybody was under the same umbrella department. The one thing that I think was the benefit of the pandemic was we were so new to each other. The pandemic increased all this extra communication via teams and the ability to meet more often. And so all of a sudden, we're getting to know each other better, even down to the counselor level. We're starting to know each other and the other programs a lot better. And I think that's been one of the benefits, as well as the fact that being in the Department of Labor during the pandemic with a lot of states were cutting other programs in the Pentagon or wherever it was, they were not immune to that. Our area was somewhat protected because labor was so important in terms of coming out of the pandemic. So it's going well. I mean, we're still learning from each other and we still have our growing pains, but it's going pretty well.   Carol: That's good to hear. That's good to hear. At least there were some upsides from the pandemic as well. Holy cow. So looking back on all this, what we've talked about, are there any other lessons you've learned or any words of wisdom you have for folks out there that might be facing this? Because it seems like this is a continued trend if the state hasn't done it yet. There are these continued moves that keep happening over time. So, Bill, I'm going to I'm going to give you the floor on any other parting words of wisdom.   Bill: Well, great. Thank you. I was just reading an article about successful business the other day. It wasn't about the structure or where the business grew out of. It was about serving the customer. The bottom line was, if you're serving the customer, you will be successful. I think the main thing is for us wisdom. I would pass on to anybody going through this to be true to yourself. Make sure that your mission as vocational rehabilitation does not get lost in this process. And also there's mission creep and mission drift. And it's easy to get into a new department. And there's a lot of excitement, a lot of other things going on. And you can have mission creep and mission drift. But if you're serving your customer and you're staying true to that, your mission, I think you can come out of these types of reorganizations really well.   Carol: I had a write that down-mission creep and mission drift. I like that. Holy cow. That's a good thing. Yeah, I love that. Good words for folks. How about you, Cora? Any parting words of wisdom?   Cora: And I think that Bill said. Very well, and that's really what I tried to emphasize, what we merged into the two agencies, that you're still here, you're still serving people and people are still benefiting from those services. I think that it's important you can dig your heels in and resist or you can work with everyone that's around you to make the change and make it work. And I think that's very important that you work together collaboratively to figure it out and make it work for the VA program.   Carol: Well, as always, it was such a pleasure to speak with you both. I sincerely hope that today's conversation helps our community think about navigating that DSA relationship.  We hope to see gaps bridged in a meaningful way. Thank you so much for joining us, and have a great day.     Speaker1: Conversations powered by VR one manager at a time, one minute at a time, brought to you by the VRTAC for Quality Management. Catch all of our podcast episodes by subscribing on Apple podcast, Google podcast, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening.

Download a year’s worth of https://www.leadershipactionlist.com/ (weekly action steps to improve your leadership) for FREE!   Darren Dahl has written more than one million words across his career as a writer in the worlds of business and entrepreneurship. Darren teamed up with Jack Stack on his newest book, Change the Game: Saving the American Dream by Closing the Gap Between the Haves and the Have-Nots.   LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS Share information and work together so that you can fully people can make the best decisions from the bottom up rather than just those at the top. Sharing information should build understanding and trust rather than create barriers. If you have people who want to make a difference fast, give them an appropriate runway to do so. Withholding information because of fear is a prevention (as opposed to a promotion) mindset (https://www.lifeasleadership.com/episode/lal-113-four-mindsets-to-unlock-success-with-ryan-gottfredson/ (listen to this podcast on mindset for more)) Be sure to connect the specific work of each team member with the outcomes that their work is producing.   QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Every leader must have someone who is following them. You must engage people so that they are willing to do this. Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Someone who builds relationships, embraces change, and develops talent. What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What do you want to be when you grow up? What book would you recommend to leaders? The Great Game of Business: The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company by Bo Burlingham and Jack Stack If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Try to share something that you once considered sacred (e.g. the financials of your company with your employees). As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” because it can help you understand the opportunity cost without losing your momentum.   CONNECT WITH DARREN Twitter: https://twitter.com/darren_dahl (@darren_dahl) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dddahl/ (in/dddahl) Website: https://www.darrendahl.com (https://www.darrendahl.com) Website: https://www.greatgame.com/jack (https://www.greatgame.com/jack) Email: darren@darrendahl.com   CONNECT WITH JOSH Instagram: https://instagram.com/joshuafriedeman (@joshuafriedeman) Email: josh@friedemanleadership.com   Want a FREE list of weekly action steps to improve your leadership? Download the https://www.leadershipactionlist.com/ (Leadership Action List) TODAY!

In this episode of The LeXFactor, a lawfully good podcast, Lexicon Brand Manager Lauren Hoffman and CIO Brad Paubel are once again joined by  Wendy Merrill as she continues focusing on helping to prepare rising leaders to steward the firms of the future. Wendy shifts the discussion to... The post Bridging the Gap Between the Generations of Future Law Firm Leaders – The LeXFactor appeared first on Lexicon.

Roy Payne joins Bret on the latest episode of Titans of Nuclear. 1) UK’s Radioactive Waste Management (0:00-11:23) 2) Community Discussions About Nuclear Waste (11:23-19:30) 3) Bridging the Gap Between the Nuclear Sector & the Public (19:30-31:21) 4) Long-Term Infrastructure Planning (31:21-40:07) Find more episodes on iTunes, Spotify, and on our Titans of Nuclear YouTube. You can follow us on Twitter at @NuclearTitans.

In the first part of this Feature, Benjamin Davis, Founder & CEO, joins the show today to talk about TryNow. TryNow is the software designed to bring the shopping experience that customers want to your Shopify store. Want to try on a specific jacket? Maybe you’re wondering whether those jeans fit with your favorite top? More importantly, maybe you’re concerned about making financial commitments and having to go through the hassle of return policies before even thinking about making a purchase.    Despite all those concerns that we’ve had before, TryNow brings the fitting room experience right to your doorstep. No financial scares, no messy return policies, all you do is pay for what you want to keep. With this episode, you'll discover that when you provide shoppers with something that they want, it improves the economics for the brand as well. And so it's a win-win for everyone involved, the shopper and the brands.    In the first episode, Benjamin discusses The Introduction and Value of TryNow; Bridging the Gap Between the Shopping Experience to E-Commerce Brands; Growing Through COVID; Fine-tuning the Details of the Software; Expanding the Experience of the Traditional Shopper; Introducing “Paycology” - the Psychology of What Customers are Thinking as They Check Out; The Importance of Building Product for the standpoint of the Consumer; and much more.     Join us while Ramon Vela interviews Benjamin in Part 1 of this episode and listen to him share the inside story of a brand.   For more on TryNow visit: https://www.trynow.io/  

In this special episode, David Vallieres is joined again by Jordann Andrusiak, and Eric Nahat team members of Synergy Capital Solutions. Today they are discussing the apparent gap between the US economy and the stock market, and explaining its disconnect.  Also, they will provide some insight into what the Synergy Investment Committee is currently working … Continue reading Special Market Update: Is There a Gap Between the Market and the Economy? →

“Everything Inside of You Has a Right to Be There” ~ Liz LaForce Liz transmits a purity in her energy that brings me so much ease! In this episode, she talks about how to close the gap between your knowing and the here and now, the process to experiencing yourself and the Process to Self, and playfulness. She touches on working with authenticity through playful techniques including dance, art, and voice. How in the voice, you can hear where you are in your body. Liz talks about how she is letting her “form come” as she moves through unknowing and identity crisis and encourages bringing love towards all the pieces of yourself. Liz had a major turning point in her life at the age of 24. It was the beginning of a totally new life(style) in which her talent by birth to connect with the intangible reopened and started to blossom. She studied with a spiritual master, traveled the world, took classes and sessions on spiritual and personal growth for many years. But mostly learned by tuning into her inner guidance and life itself. She has guided and taught others towards their path for 25 years now as a life coach and personal development trainer. She has been a teacher at the ICM coaching program and lived and worked on Ibiza for 4 years, giving 1 on 1 and group transformational retreats. Nowadays she is based in the Netherlands, her home country. Working globally. Combining her background in business economics, and spirituality to guide business leaders and entrepreneurs back into their core through compassion, connection, and communication.   Links, Article, and Resources All Show Notes for This Episode

Let’s Fix Work Episode 88: A lot of people are making a big deal about the end of the decade. I am not one of those people. As we close out another year, today's show is not a wrap up episode. Instead, as we leave 2019 and head into 2020, I would like to take this opportunity to talk about something that's on my mind.  In the HR community a lot of people are talking about influence and thought leadership. Some people think those words are played out. But there are people in the HR world who do want to be thought leaders and influencers. They have something smart to say about fixing work. I love these individuals.  And it’s not just in the HR world where I see this shift happening. There's a cultural movement happening. More and more people feel the need to educate. More people are feeling the need to teach. They have a message to share.  Are you one of those people who wants to be a thought leader? Do you have a message of hope? Well, if you do, I have some tips for you. So if you want some tactical tips and strategies on becoming a thought leader in 2020, then sit back and listen to this episode of Let’s Fix Work.   In this episode, you’ll hear: The importance of being comfortable within your own skin and with the title of ‘thought leader’ A reminder that you can’t compete or influence if you are not putting yourself and your content out there Understanding that everyone has a competitor and some ways to audit and stop your competition  Realize that in order to become a thought leader or influence, you have get in the mix and be where the conversations are happening Why you must be willing to take risks and be willing to be ostracized from the people you absolutely love and adore  Resources from this episode:The Gap Between the Good and FamousRead more from LaurieWork with Laurie *** EPISODE CREDITS: If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com 

We all reach a place in life where we want something we feel we are “unqualified” for. Today, we’re talking about what to do in those difficult situations when you just don’t feel you have what it takes to get through. *Hint* it’s a combination of grit, persistence, and (gulp) vulnerability. Our Guest Today: Rachel Stewart, Author of Unqualified Success: Bridging the Gap Between... Read More The post S3E6 – What Are You “Unqualified” For? appeared first on Office Baggage.

Bridging the Gap Between the Hospital and the CrossFit Affiliate. This is an interview that ICE Faculty Member, Dustin Jones, had with Dr. Julie Foucher, MD, of the Pursuing Health, and Michele Mootz of CrossFit Health. This episode was published on Dustin's GEROS Health podcast as well as Julie's Pursuing Health Podcast. The show notes below are courtesy of the Pursuing Health Podcast team. Enjoy! --- “We are trying to reach the populations that would otherwise never consider walking into a CrossFit gym.  That was goal #1 was, when we first put this out to people, if you're the least likely person to go to a CrossFit gym, we want you.  And it was followed pretty closely after that with, we will meet you wherever you're at.  And, got a pretty good response just from that.  We have targeted two primary populations.  One we call special populations, and that covers everything from the severely overweight to chronic disease: diabetes, COPD, you name it, we've got it.  And, that was our primary target was a special populations class, and then reaching seniors, and the people who didn't have exposure to any kind of physical activity, let alone CrossFit, and teaching them some of the skills that would be necessary to keep them living independently.” – Michele Mootz When it comes to helping seniors and other “unlikely exercisers” become active and functionally fit for a lifetime of health, Dustin Jones and Michele Mootz are leading the charge. As a home health physical therapist, Dustin Jones works to keep older adults resilient and independent at home.  He is also the founder of Geros Health and the Geros Health podcast, where he connects thousands of clinicians to share information and education about caring for older adults. Michele Mootz is a true CrossFit original, getting her start in Santa Cruz back in 2004.  An experienced physical therapist, she fell in love with CrossFit methodologies and ultimately left her formal work as a physical therapist to become a full-time coach.  Michelle has worked on the CrossFit Seminar Staff member for 10 years, currently serving as a Flowmaster.  Most recently she has taken over the CrossFit Heath program at CrossFit HQ where she works with older adults as well as those struggling with obesity and chronic disease in an effort to help them regain their health and independence. Michele, Dustin and I met up at a recent CFMDL1 seminar to share a discussion on how we can bridge the gap from the hospital to the affiliate.  In this episode, we discuss the considerations that go along with working with these special populations, how affiliate owners can get start their own senior and special populations programs, and how healthcare providers can get involved with their local affiliates. In this episode we discuss: The stereotypes surrounding CrossFit, and the initiative CrossFit HQ is undertaking to reach populations who would never consider trying CrossFit, including obese populations, those with chronic disease, and seniors How a box owner or a dedicated coach can create an inviting environment for those who need CrossFit the most so they feel welcomed The criteria CrossFit HQ uses in allowing those interested to join their CrossFit Health program Scheduling and programming considerations for special populations What primary care physicians should look for in an affiliate in order to feel comfortable referring patients How healthcare providers can get involved with their local affiliates The Derelict Doctors Club or “DDC” The trickle-down theory: why the MDL1 is not open to all healthcare providers How HQ is working towards a directory of doctors who CrossFit The reasoning behind CrossFit HQ's decision to track quality of life over other health data markers Michelle's action steps for box owners and coaches who would like to get started helping special populations Julie's action steps for medical providers who would like to consider using functional movement to help their patients Dustin's thoughts on why functional movement is so important for rehabilitation patients You can follow Dustin and Geros Health on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and via his podcast.  You can contact Michele Mootz via email. Links: Contact CrossFit Health to learn more about the MDL1 Geros Health Constance CrossFit Maximus Stave Off with Christina Prevett Black Flag Athletics Related Episodes: Ep 16 – Pete Katz and his physician on using CrossFit and Paleo to overcome chronic disease Ep 31 – Robert Porter and his Coach, Patrick Flannery on Losing 90 Pounds with CrossFit and Finding the Right Community For You Ep 35 – Coach Greg Glassman on CrossFit, Fighting Chronic Disease, and the “Five Buckets of Death” Ep 80 – Greg Glassman on Networking CrossFit Physicians and Fighting Chronic Disease Ep 88 – From Hypocrite to Advocate: Dr. Rebecca Blonsky Ep 96 – A Hospital Affiliate: Kirby Medical Center and CrossFit KMC Ep 114 – Practicing CrossFit for Health with Dr. Maude Dull Ep 118 – The State of CrossFit with Coach Greg Glassman If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating. I'd love to hear your feedback in the comments below and on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every other Tuesday.

Bridging the Gap Between the Hospital and the CrossFit Affiliate. This is a VERY special interview Dustin Jones had with Dr. Julie Foucher, MD, of the Pursuing Health, and Michele Mootz. This is a co-published episode on Julie's Pursuing Health Podcast. The show notes below are courtesy of the Pursuing Health Podcast team. Enjoy! --- “We are trying to reach the populations that would otherwise never consider walking into a CrossFit gym.  That was goal #1 was, when we first put this out to people, if you’re the least likely person to go to a CrossFit gym, we want you.  And it was followed pretty closely after that with, we will meet you wherever you’re at.  And, got a pretty good response just from that.  We have targeted two primary populations.  One we call special populations, and that covers everything from the severely overweight to chronic disease: diabetes, COPD, you name it, we’ve got it.  And, that was our primary target was a special populations class, and then reaching seniors, and the people who didn’t have exposure to any kind of physical activity, let alone CrossFit, and teaching them some of the skills that would be necessary to keep them living independently.” – Michele Mootz When it comes to helping seniors and other “unlikely exercisers” become active and functionally fit for a lifetime of health, Dustin Jones and Michele Mootz are leading the charge. As a home health physical therapist, Dustin Jones works to keep older adults resilient and independent at home.  He is also the founder of Geros Health and the Geros Health podcast, where he connects thousands of clinicians to share information and education about caring for older adults. Michele Mootz is a true CrossFit original, getting her start in Santa Cruz back in 2004.  An experienced physical therapist, she fell in love with CrossFit methodologies and ultimately left her formal work as a physical therapist to become a full-time coach.  Michelle has worked on the CrossFit Seminar Staff member for 10 years, currently serving as a Flowmaster.  Most recently she has taken over the CrossFit Heath program at CrossFit HQ where she works with older adults as well as those struggling with obesity and chronic disease in an effort to help them regain their health and independence. Michele, Dustin and I met up at a recent CFMDL1 seminar to share a discussion on how we can bridge the gap from the hospital to the affiliate.  In this episode, we discuss the considerations that go along with working with these special populations, how affiliate owners can get start their own senior and special populations programs, and how healthcare providers can get involved with their local affiliates. In this episode we discuss: The stereotypes surrounding CrossFit, and the initiative CrossFit HQ is undertaking to reach populations who would never consider trying CrossFit, including obese populations, those with chronic disease, and seniors How a box owner or a dedicated coach can create an inviting environment for those who need CrossFit the most so they feel welcomed The criteria CrossFit HQ uses in allowing those interested to join their CrossFit Health program Scheduling and programming considerations for special populations What primary care physicians should look for in an affiliate in order to feel comfortable referring patients How healthcare providers can get involved with their local affiliates The Derelict Doctors Club or “DDC” The trickle-down theory: why the MDL1 is not open to all healthcare providers How HQ is working towards a directory of doctors who CrossFit The reasoning behind CrossFit HQ’s decision to track quality of life over other health data markers Michelle’s action steps for box owners and coaches who would like to get started helping special populations Julie’s action steps for medical providers who would like to consider using functional movement to help their patients Dustin’s thoughts on why functional movement is so important for rehabilitation patients You can follow Dustin and Geros Health on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and via his podcast.  You can contact Michele Mootz via email. Links: Contact CrossFit Health to learn more about the MDL1 Geros Health Constance CrossFit Maximus Stave Off with Christina Prevett Black Flag Athletics Related Episodes: Ep 16 – Pete Katz and his physician on using CrossFit and Paleo to overcome chronic disease Ep 31 – Robert Porter and his Coach, Patrick Flannery on Losing 90 Pounds with CrossFit and Finding the Right Community For You Ep 35 – Coach Greg Glassman on CrossFit, Fighting Chronic Disease, and the “Five Buckets of Death” Ep 80 – Greg Glassman on Networking CrossFit Physicians and Fighting Chronic Disease Ep 88 – From Hypocrite to Advocate: Dr. Rebecca Blonsky Ep 96 – A Hospital Affiliate: Kirby Medical Center and CrossFit KMC Ep 114 – Practicing CrossFit for Health with Dr. Maude Dull Ep 118 – The State of CrossFit with Coach Greg Glassman If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating. I’d love to hear your feedback in the comments below and on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every other Tuesday.

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In this episode: Tiny behaviors that have massive impact Identifying the biggest divorce predictors Becoming aware of triggers in relationships Growth & intimacy in relationships Today’s episode is going to blow your mind girl and I am SO excited you are here because for the first time ever we are chatting with spouses & digging into communication & growth in relationships. Rachel & Kyle Wright are the founders of the Wright Wellness Center and are on a mission to strengthen relationships, amp up intimacy & spark constructive conversations amongst couples. As a previous guest on the podcast, Rachel brought SO much knowledge from her psychotherapy background & I just KNEW having them on together would be incredibly impactful. They give us tools for navigating communication & challenges, or when one partner wants to grow while they other isn’t on board, or how to have conversations that get us to the goal of being deeply understood and respected by our significant other. Their dynamic together is so much fun & I know you are going to LOVE this one, can’t wait to hear what you think girl!   PUMP-UP JAMS: Defying Gravity from Wicked Dark Saturday by Metric   Quotes: “Before it even can be fun, we have to remove the shame. Because our culture has made it shameful to go do work on your relationship.” Rachel Wright “I wanna learn how to be the best version of myself, and I wanna learn how we can be the best together, so that we can be together forever.” Rachel Wright “One partner cannot bring a relationship to the next level, and you’re just gonna be an anchor on that so if you wanna be with that person, then if they’re gonna grow you better start planting yourself & get ready to grow too.” Kyle Wright “You don’t have to have an answer. But going into the conversation, have clarity around what you do or don’t know.” Rachel Wright   Resources: Hey girl, have you joined our email list yet? Subscribe now Connect with Kyle & Rachel on Instagram: @thewright_kyle @thewright_rachel Find more about their services & relationship building resources: Wright Wellness Center Interview with Rachel Wright on Relationships: Bridging the Gap Between a Self Help Book & a Therapists Couch Check out ALL my favorite things on Amazon (trampolines, books, & more!) If we aren't connected yet be sure to come hang with me on Instagram @kaciafitzgerald and @empowerHERpodcast or online at www.kaciafitzgerald.com Topic or speaker suggestions? Shoot us an email: hello@kaciafitzgerald.com Follow our EMPOWERHER PUMP-UP JAMS playlist on Spotify!

#ListenLive to Session V of our Church Leadership series! We welcome the great Dr. William Byron Reese!We're discussing How to Bridge the Gap Between the Pulpit & The Pews!! How is the "Church" really translating!!

#ListenLive to Session V of our Church Leadership series! We welcome the great Dr. William Byron Reese!We're discussing How to Bridge the Gap Between the Pulpit & The Pews!! How is the "Church" really translating!!

HOW TO SHORT CAPITALISM: THE CRYPTO-POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ECSA Economic Space Agency (ECSA) is building the next generation network infrastructure for programmable economies. Most blockchain and distributed ledger technologies applications are oriented toward the creation of distributed markets, reinforcing rather than disrupting oligarchic concentration of wealth over time and questioning what “value” is actually traded. ECSA offers something different: a fully integrated, commons-oriented approach to cryptoeconomy. Economic Space + Cryptophilosophy + Post-Capitalism + Speculative Economy + Fabulation I met with Erik Bordeleau at the ECSA 'Economic Space Design Program' in the Haus der Statistik Werkstatt in Berlin to find out exactly what is 'Economic Space' and how we can claim agency. The readings and notes come from the subsequent 'Token Logic Design' seminar series with Erik at the School of Disobedience, Art and the Blockchain. ----more---- Edited transcript: JR: Can you tell me what exactly the Economic Space Agency is? I imagine intergalatic cryptocurrencies… EB: As it exists now comes from an initiative called ‘Robin Hood Hedge Fund Coop’ making captures on the actual financial markets. We were able to gather some money and redistribute it to projects that we found interesting. Commons-oriented projects essentially. And then blockchain and distributed ledger technologies came in. We were being Robin Hoods of the traditional markets, which can only go up to a certain point. Then with distributed ledger technologies, you can start to imagine creating new markets or new financial stratas that you can start operating with. The way I understand it is the opportunity to create a thousand financial plateaus, from which you can start deterritorializing finance as it exists, and start making value a little bit more multi-dimensional. One of the things we used to say at ECSA is that we are stuck in a mono economy, where everything gets valued within a very narrow set of coordinates, which we call capitalism. Which generates as all we know tremendous externalities. The way forward towards a post-capitalist economy needs to be towards recognising all these values that are considered external to our economic system. JR: What is fabulation? EB: Fabulation is a way of saying that you can't think of the 'real' economy, as opposed to the speculative economy. The economy is always speculative, all the way down. That's not something to judge, or it's not something to deplore. It's something to accept, to deal with, so we need to accept that we are also part of self-fulfilling prophecies or processes. We are part of that. We're a little bit lunatic at times, we are entertaining ideas that seem completely incredible. But it's part of the game. The economic game is fuelled with dreams, and fabulation is a term to name the passage from the virtual to the actual. As one philosopher I really like says 'Only people who are dreaming can modify someone else's dream'. You can't just go up to someone and make them change their minds. You have to be meeting people in the space where they dream, they're also dreaming of something... So, the open office was organised here at Haus der Statistik which is a dream itself. But a dream with a fantastic reality.. I would like to have this collective adventure keep on going, and grow organically. So there's a mix of fantasy, craziness, crazy ambition that we express collectively, but I also want other types of intelligences that are more grounded, closer to the granular aspects of all the relationality of our lives. I want that to be more and more part of our process. Because that's how something sustainable, organic will sustain in the future. That's really important. We're coming in with quite radical ideas but they need to be translated, converted into practices of different kinds, and that's what I envision for the future. A very multi-dimensional proliferating set of practices that share some sort of common financial or alter-financial understanding, so that we can federate when necessary for a common agenda, but otherwise most of the time developing these practices for their own sake. Economic Space Agency is a group of radical economists, software architects, finance theorists, game designers, critical thinkers and artists, coming together to reimagine the future of the economy. Our crew in Berlin includes, among others: Akseli Virtanen, Pekko Koskinen, Jackie Vu, James Foley, Jon Beller, Joel E. Mason, Erik Bordeleau, Fabian Bruder, Emma Stenström, Emanuele Braga, Tirdad Zolghadr, Matthias Einhoff and more. *** Erik Bordeleau Erik Bordeleau is researcher at the SenseLab (Concordia University, Montreal), fugitive finance planner at the Economic Space Agency (ECSA) and affiliated researcher at the Center for Arts, Business & Culture of the Stockholm School of Economics. His work articulates at the intersection of political philosophy, media and financial theory, contemporary art and cinema studies, with a marked interest for the speculative turn and the renewal of the question of the possible in contemporary thinking. He recently taught a seminar series in critical cryptoeconomics at the School of Disobedience at Volksbühne (Berlin) and is currently working on the creation of an MA program in Cryptoeconomics at the Global Center for Advanced Studies (GCAS). With Saloranta & De Vylder, he is developing The Sphere, a p2p community platform for self-organization in the performing arts, which is also part of ABC’s research projects. He is based in Berlin. Erik Bordeleau PhD ECSA on Medium     Economic Space Agency (ECSA) ECSA STACK Gravity:: Distributed Runtime Gravity provides secure computational containment, serialization, persistence, networking, and hardware interfaces to be utilized upwards throughout the ECSA stack. Gravity Protocol The Gravity protocol provides event ordering, scaling, strong security, fail recovery and high availability. It ensures network wide consistency, and enables distributed atomic transactions. Space:: Organizational Expression Space is a grammar for the creation of programmable organizations which can seamlessly combine models of governance and economy. It provides Gravity with an organizational programming environment, utilizing Gravity's implementation of object capabilities. Space Protocol:: Organizational Interoperability The Space Protocol allows the organizational forms of Space to interoperate, regardless of their implementation substrate, establishing fully organizable economic networks. Economic Space:: Value Expression ECSA's offer:: networked value production, distribution and measurement through a new economic abstraction:: The Economic Space. Economic Space Protocols:: Economic Interoperability Protocols and models such as distributed exchange, trading units, synthetic indexing and network derivatives enable the creation of organizational forms with a shared economic grammar. Economic Space Agency (Medium.com) A global collective working to remake the DNA of the economy. Programmed decentralised commons production, April 2017 Video: After Scarcity "A compelling economic sci-fi is mathematic disguised in a well-crafted storyline." SCREENING + DISCUSSION around "After Scarcity" (Bahar Noorizadeh, 2019) with Stefan Heidenreich and Economic Space Agency. Haus der Statistik, Monday 6th May, 19:30 to 22:00 pm  For many of us, computer technology seems almost inseparable from the corporate hypercapitalism of Silicon Valley. In "After Scarcity", Bahar Noorizadeh explores the soviet cybernetic past in search of our possible post-neoliberal future. "How might we use computation to get us out of our current state of digital feudalism and towards new possible utopias? After all, what would Vladimir "socialism is electricity plus statistic" Lenin have to say about blockchain?" This fascinating 30 min. sci-fi essay film will act as a free indirect entry point for a wider discussion around the disruptive potential of crypto- and cyber-economies. Including: Stefan Heidenreich's recent work around a non-money economy partly based on algorithmic matching formulas, and ECSA's general proposal to build a financial and computational infrastructure for post-hayekian economy. “Flying through swarms of floating dots outlining monasteries and city streets, After Scarcity flashes through decades of history to propose the ways contingent pasts can make fictive futures realer, showing us that digital socialism was inbred into the communist revolution and that computation doesn’t mean we’re condemned to today’s tyranny of total financialization.” Complementary readings Imagine there's no money: dialogue between Stefan Heidenreich & Geert Lovink  Geert Lovink: German media theorist Stefan Heidenreich has produced a concise proposal for a ‘non-monetary economy’. The book is entitled */Money/* and came out late 2017 with Merve Verlag in Berlin. Excerpts in English can be found at the Transmediale website. There we find the following description of Heidenreich’s project: ‘Given complex information infrastructures that have already been developed for documenting transactions, tying consumer habits to identities, and accurately predicting future exchanges, the substructure of a new kind of economy is now in place.’ March 2018 How Not to Network a Nation: The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet. Peters, B. (2016) Cambridge: MIT Press. Red Plenty: Inside the Fifties’ Soviet Dream. Spufford, F. (2010). London: Faber & Faber. Review by Philip Cunliffe In the fifties, Soviet economic growth made it seem that the USSR might still win on the front of delivering material abundance to the masses: ‘Moscow would out-glitter Manhattan, and every Lada would be better engineered than a Porsche’... The heroes of Spufford’s Soviet dream are an entire generation of peasants brutally torn off the land and propelled on an astonishing ascent in the breakneck process of Soviet industrialisation. Dictionary of Now #9 | Philip Mirowski Markets as Computer Programs in a Theory of Markets Video introduction to Mirowski's work on Hayek MONEYLAB Resources A constantly-updated resourceful collection of theories, media discourse, creative projects and events focused on alternative revenue models. Of central importance to this project is the formation of a collaborative network of researchers, artists, developers, engineers, and others interested in sharing, coining, critiquing, and ushering in alternative network economies. We are always looking for radical submissions that closely reflect the stated aim of the MoneyLab: Economies of Dissent project. BITCOIN AND BLOCKCHAIN  https://bitcoinembassy.nl/  https://bitcointalk.org/ https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/ https://www.ethereum.org/ http://www.coindesk.com/ Proof of Existence 3. COMMUNITY AND ART PLATFORMS http://www.furtherfield.org/artdatamoney/ – collective artistic investigation into use of blockchain for creativity and the commons https://www.ascribe.io/ – Blockchain based art distribution platform https://www.nextnature.net/tag/alternative-currencies/ – A ten part series exploring the design of an invisible technology: money. Art Commons – art sharing platform and community in NY, US BitcoinCloud – interactive art and media installation by Artistic Technology Lab (AT) Dadara (NL) Debt Fair (US) – a decentralized art market where art collectors can purchase artworks directly from the artists, which use it to repay debts. Kunst Reserve Bank (NL) Lanchonete (BR) Mon3y.us – Online exhibition featuring Digital & Net.Art on the subject of Money & Error Time/bank e-flux (US) Timebank CC (NL) Schwartzbank (DE) Amplitive Art     Aragon The Aragon project is a community with the mission to empower freedom by creating tools for decentralized organizations to thrive. Aragon lets you freely organize and collaborate without borders or intermediaries. Create global, bureaucracy-free organizations, companies, and communities.  The world’s first digital jurisdiction Aragon organizations are not only great because they are decentralized, global and unstoppable. They will also benefit from the Aragon Network, the world’s first digital jurisdiction. Decentralized organizations change the way we think about organizations. The Aragon Network will change the way you think about jurisdictions and governments. Aragon, The Film We are building Aragon because we believe decentralized organizations can solve the world’s worst problems. Come chat with us at the Aragon Chat Explore the Aragon Wiki Follow Aragon on Twitter Subscribe to the Aragon subreddit Contribute to Aragon at GitHub Subscribe to Aragon Monthly Newsletter Video production company Metamension Pando Network Pando Network: infrastructure for distributed creation What is Pando? Pando is a fully distributed and immutable VCS based on top of IPFS, aragonOS and the ethereum blockchain. Developed by the Ryhope Network’s team, it intends to become a community-driven standard. Its goal is to provide content creators, and mostly software developers, with a universal open-source versioning, cooperation and archiving layer. Pando has been crafted with the intent to be faithful to git’s philosophy while creating a bridge towards blockchain’s and ethereum’s rationale: a common good providing one more brick towards the decentralization of societies and the empowerment of human beings. That’s why we are building pando as an open source and standalone tool. No token, no ICO: just a medium to provide the blockchain community with a way to self-organize its development and its growth — though the Ryhope Network will use an homemade token to offer an income to free and open contents. Decentralized Autonomous Literary Organization: a decentralization of literature Pando Network, by inaugurating both a protocol and an interface capable of hosting and organizing collaborative creation, also opens great perspectives for literature. More broadly, should we not consider the possibilities opened up by the Ethereum blockchain, Aragon and Pando on the decentralization of literature, understood both as a historical mode for the valorization, diffusion and distribution of works, and as writing activities that govern these works?   CIRCLES A self-issuance based cryptocurrency basic income Circles is an electronic cryptocurrency with the aim to create and distribute a globally accessible Universal Basic Income. In traditional debt-based currencies one sells goods, borrows money, or invests working power to receive money. With Circles, one receives money unconditionally to engage with their community, creating value through offering goods or services. Cryptoeconomics Is Hard Aleksandr Bulkin  We are not used to designing economic structures. This is a wholly new territory. This article is an attempt to illustrate some very subtle problems people encounter on this road, often well after fixing them stops being easy or even possible. Economics is hard in general. The reason is that economics studies interactions in a very large group of people and people are not something you can model mathematically very well. But traditional economics works because it studies behaviors in a long-established system which changes very slowly. The way mainstream economic structures work is a product of years of research, governance, and social dynamics. In some sense you can say it was designed but a better way to look at it is that it was partly designed, partly discovered, and partly evolved on its own. So cryptoeconomics is harder, precisely because the economics of every single cryptoasset is designed from inception. This includes supply, inflation, rewards, fines, and so on. Cryptoeconomics of a token is a hybrid between rules programmatically implemented on a blockchain and the entire world of interactions real human beings have with it. Designing good rules necessarily entails understanding the way humans will interact with them. Talking token The full guide for understanding a token role in a token-enabled ecosystem  Today seeing a yet another blockchain-powered project promising to change how the old world works is not a news. None of such projects fail to emphasize that “token is an essential part of the ecosystem”. Yet, a rare project convincingly explains “why it needs a token in the first place.” Often times a seemingly simple answer leads to countless nuances and triggers a lot of consequences. A token is a tool that ignites and powers a “digital cooperative” around some activity. The incentives it carries determine whether the cooperative outlives its creators (the token issuers) or becomes a facade for speculative activities with no one giving a damn what the token is needed for. Measuring Value in the Commons-Based Ecosystem Bridging the Gap Between the Commons and the Market Primavera De Filippi and Samer Hassan (MoneyLab reader #1) Lovink, G., Tkacz, N. (eds.) The MoneyLab Reader. Institute of Network Cultures, University of Warwick, 2015  January 31, 2015 Commons-based peer-production (CBPP) constitutes today an important driver for innovation and cultural development, both online and offline. This led to the establishment of an alternative, Commons-based ecosystem,based on peer-production and collaboration of peers contributing to a common good. Yet, to the extent that this operates outside of the market economy, we cannot rely on traditional market mechanisms (such as pricing) to estimate the value of CBPP. We present here a system - which we will name Sabir - that can resolve some of the most recurrent problems encountered within CBPP communities. The Sabir system is composed of three layers that will help us: (1) Understanding the social value - as opposed to market value - of different CBPP communities, so as to compare them to one another. (2) Identifying the value generated by individuals contributing to the Commons and evaluating it through a common denominator of value. (3) Creating an interface between the market and the CBPP ecosystem so that the two can interact, and benefit from each other. Keywords: commons-based peer-production, alternative economies SELF-CAPITAL (1, 2, 3) Self-capital is an ongoing video series by Melanie Gilligan. Smart art tv series to learn to see and feel like Capital. First shown Sept. 2009. POPULAR UNREST Popular Unrest is a multi-episode drama set in a future much like the present. Here, however, all exchange transactions and social interactions are overseen by a system called ‘the Spirit’. A rash of unexplained killings have broken out across the globe. They often take place in public but witnesses never see an assailant. Just as mysteriously, groups of unrelated people are suddenly coming together everywhere, amassing new members rapidly. Unaccountably, they feel a deep and persistent sense of connection to one another. The film explores a world in which the self is reduced to physical biology, directly subject to the needs of capital. Hotels offer bed-warming servants with every room, people are fined for not preventing foreseeable illness, weight watching foods eat the digester from the inside and the unemployed repay their debt to society in physical energy. If on the one hand this suggests the complete domination of life by exchange value do the groupings offer a way out? Global Center for Advanced Studies Crypto-Economics Department GCAS College Dublin is partnering with the Economic Space Agency (ECSA), a collective of radical economists, software engineers, artists, game designers, social theorist and crypto-technologists working together to warp economic spacetime. As part of the collaboration between GCAS and Economic Space Agency (ECSA), Erik Bordeleau will be in charge of creating an MA in cryptoeconomics at GCAS with fellow ECSA agent and GCAS faculty member, Tere Vadén. Thank you for tuning in, we hope you enjoyed listening as much as we did talking! Transit Lounge Radio is 100% independently produced, and ad-free. Your generous support, event invitations and sharing to community networks will help keep the conversation free-flowing! Support independent radio! 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Host Carlos Whittaker and former Overall Teacher of the Year of Fulton County Schools, Pamela Padak, talk together about how parents and teachers can partner together to strengthen their relationship for the sake of their students. The post PCL 82: Bridging the Gap Between the Home and the Classroom appeared first on Parent Cue.

Bob Ertl, REWRITE Word Processor   In 1987, Bob Ertl’s master's thesis was titled "Narrowing the Gap Between the Word Processing Needs of Teachers and the Capabilities of Word Processors for Atari 8-bit Computers." As part of that project, he created a word processor for the Atari computers, aimed at the needs of math teachers. The word processor is called REWRITE and was never widely available. It was only used by a handful of teachers.   Bob has released two versions of the word processor in ATR format, along with the Mac/65 source code and the manual. I scanned his thesis. All of this is available at Internet Archive.   This interview took place on July 10, 2018.   "My wife would help me with this. The way she would help me is she was patient enough to let me explain what my assembly language code was supposed to do. So I had to say it clearly enough for her to be able to follow it, and in doing so I was often able to find the errors that I was looking for."   Master's thesis and REWRITE object/source code   AtariAge discussion about REWRITE

Seth has become of the most sought-after conference producers in the country, working with many of the leading entrepreneurs and Christian leaders in the country. His website says, "From auditoriums to arenas, I design and produce events that create remarkable experiences; its my form of art. Caring deeply about execution and excellence, my upbringing, personality, and experience have shaped me well for this role. No matter how great the task, you will find me at the intersection of creativity and collaboration."   Show Notes Join the Book Launch Team for THE SELF-AWARE LEADER   Jon Acuff - Quitter: Closing the Gap Between your Day Job and Your Dream Job - http://amzn.to/2i8RIrH Donald Miller - Storyline: Finding your sub-plot in God's Story   Donald Miller's CREATE YOUR LIFE PLAN online course - http://www.creatingyourlifeplan.com/ Seth's website: www.sethbartlette.com Seth's creative agency:  www.dexter.io Seth Bartlette's Twitter - https://twitter.com/sethbartlette   Sponsors  Terry Linhart’s latest book, TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATIONS, is atop the best-selling lists in Christian Ministry. . It will serve as a comprehensive resource guide and will help anyone learn more about how teaching and learning “work.”     If you’re looking to build an Email list for your blog, church, conference, or group, ConvertKit is the fastest growing service there is for those who want to build an Email list. And with good reason: It’s easy to use and it’s powerful. As your list grows, it’s cheaper than other options that get more and more expensive once you grow past 1000 subscribers. Check out ConvertKit to learn more about its amazing features.      We are so excited to have EXPERIENCE MISSION sponsor our entire Season 3. EM is one of the leading non-profit organizations for short-term mission trips and longer Immersion experiences throughout the U.S. and around the world. Right now, EM is offering some amazing cross-cultural training resources for FREE to listeners of 37 the Podcast. Check out their training sessions built around the ideas of Hope, Human Dignity, and Brokenness. EM believes that “living your mission” and serving others is incredibly important and these resources explore the importance of how we serve others in a cross-cultural setting. Don’t miss these and all of Experience Mission’s upcoming mission trip opportunities.   Links: Follow 37 the Podcast on Twitter Connect with Terry on his website – TerryLinhart.com Connect with Michael on his website - MichaelYoder.me Follow Terry Linhart on Twitter or Michael Yoder on Twitter. Thanks to J2 Marketing for providing studio space.   The opinions expressed on this episode are exclusively those of podcast participants.

Pete Lane and Jeff, Thompson part of the Blind Abilities team toss out a few Podcasts that they listen to on a regular basis. This is not a complete list and there will be more to come. Podcasts mentioned You can open your Podcatcher of choice and search for the titles. iAccessVO, Making It Happen With VoiceOver Accessibility: http://AccessQuest.org A bi-weekly podcast hosted by Brian Fischler and Ed Plumacher, VoiceOver assistive technology trainers for blind and visually impaired users of iOS devices & Mac computers. Subscribe: feed://iaccessvo.libsyn.com/rss NosillaCast Mac Podcast: http://www.podfeet.com Allison Sheridan's technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Macintosh bias Subscribe: feed://www.podfeet.com/NosillaCast/rss.xml Eyes-Free Fitness™ Podcast on iTunes - BlindAlive.com: http://www.blindalive.com/itunes-podcast/ The Eyes-Free Fitness™ Podcast covers transformational books, easy healthy cooking tips, health topics, and fitness as it relates to blind and sighted. www.BlindAlive.com . Subscribe: https://blind-alive.squarespace.com/itunes-podcast/?format=rss Main Menu: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org Technology from a Blindness Perspective Subscribe: feed://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Blind Abilities: http://blindabilities.com Bridging the Gap Between the Limited Expectations and Realities of Blind Abilities. Subscribe: feed://blindabilities.com/feed/podcast/ MacBreak Weekly (Video-HI): http://twit.tv/mbw Get the latest Apple news and views from the top names in Mac, iPhone, iPod, and iPad journalism. Subscribe: feed://feeds.twit.tv/mbw_video_large.xml The Tech Doctor Blog and Podcast: http://www.dr-carter.com Where learning is all in your head. Subscribe: feed://www.dr-carter.com/?feed=podcast The Audacity to Podcast - how to launch and improve your podcast: http://TheAudacitytoPodcast.com/ Giving you the guts and teaching you the tools to podcast with passion, organization, and dialog. Subscribe: feed://feeds.noodle.mx/theaudacitytopodcast-mp3 School Of Podcasting: http://www.schoolofpodcasting.com Established in 2005 if you want to learn about podcasting this is the show for you. It's been described by many as the most entertaining and unique of all the "Podcast About Podcasting. Subscribe: feed://schoolofpodcasting.libsyn.com/rss AppleVis: http://www.AppleVis.com A community-powered website for blind and low-vision users of Apple's range of Mac computers, the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV and Apple Watch. Subscribe: http://www.applevis.com/podcasts/feed Ability Stories: Discussing the Successes, Challenges and Stories of People with Disabilities: http://abilitystories.podbean.com The stories of people with disabilities--in their own words. Emphasis on the social model of disability and employment. Subscribe: feed://abilitystories.podbean.com/feed/ iSee - Using various technologies from a blind persons perspective.: http://davidwoodbr.podbean.com Interesting tech stuff that I find useful Subscribe: feed://davidwoodbr.podbean.com/feed/ We hope you like our short list and if you have a Podcast or if you have a list of Podcasts send us an email at info@BlindAbilities.com and share your gems.

This week, Al Zambone is deep in the teaching weeds, and we thought we'd bring newer listeners an episode they might have overlooked from our expanding archives. While this is a show called Historically Thinking, it's put together by people intensely interested (at times self-interestedly so) in the state of higher education. Higher ed is often confusing, perplexing, and anxiety-inducing. Often attempts to explain it are well-intentioned but not well-informed; or they're not particularly well intentioned, and play upon fear–the fear of parents that their children might not have a good job in the future, that they will be financially adrift, that there is the right school or the right major that will guarantee future success. As a way of providing practical wisdom for the perplexed, at Historically Thinking we're recording podcasts that–if they were lined up on a bookshelf like a leather-bound encyclopedia–could be called "Higher Education: A Guide for the Perplexed." We hope they'll be useful for you. The first of these shows features Dr. Mike Edmondson is the guest on the show. He's the Associate Vice President of Career Development at Augustana College, and the author of Marketing Your Value: Nine Steps to Navigate Your Career. In the course of the interview, Mike and Al Zambone discuss the current and coming job market; explore why someone who has a doctorate in history cares about career services; and talk about why a liberal arts degree can contribute to getting good jobs, and keeping them. Also, the two of them get their Philadelphia on. Stick' em, Bullies.  For Further Reading Michael Edmondson, Marketing Your Value: 9 Steps to Navigate Your Career Scott Jaschik, "The Liberal Arts and Careers" Katharine S. Brooks, "Close the Gap Between the Liberal Arts and Career Services" Plato, Charmides Tyler Cowen, Average is Over

Ron Siegel of Anaheim Hills, CA, and Brent Humpherys of Carlsbad, CA discuss: current events, financial markets, politics, and even poking fun at the rest of the media in a live radio broadcast from Anaheim CA on NBC Talk Radio.  Ron and Brent discuss: The Fact That Speed Bumps Happen in Every Real Estate Transaction it is How We deal with those matters; Brent Shares How He Solved the Frozen Dead Bolt Access with Creativity to Gain Access to a Property; Brent's Experience Helped Him Bridge a $700,000 Gap Between the Buyer and Sellers of a Property; Buying a Home Huge Step For Couples; 6 Mistakes You Make When You Check Your Credit; 4 Reason You Could be Denied a Mortgage; Mortgage Minute; Your Credit Matters; Real Time Real Estate; Word on Wealth; The SLT will Provide a Complementary Real Estate Action Plan (R.E.A.P.) Semi-Annually, and so much more. Ron Siegel, consumer advocate and mortgage lender, discusses anything that affects the roof over your head, your bank account or other items that will benefit you / your family. Reach Ron at                   ·         800.306.1990  ·         Ron@RonSiegelRadio.com ·         www.RonSiegelRadio.com ·         www.SiegelLendingTeam.com ·         Twitter: @RonSiegel ·         www.Facebook.com/RonSiegelRadio

Today Dr. Mike Edmondson is the guest on the show. He's the Associate Vice President of Career Development at Augustana College, and the author of Marketing Your Value: Nine Steps to Navigate Your Career. In the course of the interview, Mike and Al Zambone discuss the current and coming job market; explore why someone who has a doctorate in history cares about career services; and talk about why a liberal arts degree can contribute to getting good jobs, and keeping them. Also, the two of them get their Philadelphia on. Stick' em, Bullies. This might not seem to have a lot to do with historical thinking...or does it? Listen and find out.  For Further Reading Michael Edmondson, Marketing Your Value: 9 Steps to Navigate Your Career Scott Jaschik, "The Liberal Arts and Careers" Katharine S. Brooks, "Close the Gap Between the Liberal Arts and Career Services" Plato, Charmides Tyler Cowen, Average is Over

Common Christian Responses to the Gap Between the Rich and Poor