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If values like respecting proper parental authority and discretion, promoting awareness and admiration for American and Western culture, preparing students for constructive and knowledgeable citizenship, and conveying an accurate sense of American history in world context, once again became priorities, as there were in the past, what would K-12 education look like?In this presentation, Professor Amy Wax examined the debate on education to go beyond advocacy for school choice and how expanded school choice policies can produce desirable substantive reforms in K-12 educational practice. Professor Wax addressed these issues in her keynote address at the Liberty & Literacy Forum. Amy Wax's work addresses issues in social welfare law and policy as well as the relationship of the family, the workplace, and labor markets. By bringing to bear her training in biomedical sciences and appellate practice as well as her interest in economic analysis, Wax has developed a uniquely insightful approach to problems in her areas of expertise. Wax has published widely in law journals, addressing liberal theory and welfare work requirements as well as the economics of federal disability laws. Current works in progress include articles on same-sex marriage, disparate impact theory and group demographics, rational choice and family structure, and the law and neuroscience of deprivation.Her most recent book is "Race, Wrongs, and Remedies: Group Justice in the 21st Century" (Hoover Institution Press/Rowman & Littlefield, 2009). Wax has received the A. Leo Levin Award for Excellence in an Introductory Course and the Harvey Levin Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence. As an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Wax argued 15 cases before the United States Supreme Court.

If you're in chronic pain, you have struggled with the question of medication. And if you're on the journey to reversing chronic pain through understanding the mind body connection, then you are probably wondering what your relationship with drugs and medication should look like.Here are some of our answers. I hope it meets you where you are at. Here is Dr. Rebecca Kennedy's Future Website: resilience-healthcare.com Introductory Course to Covid and TMS: • Chronic Symptoms and the Nervous System • Long COVID class 1 Introduction Here is her Bio: I am a family medicine physician with a lifelong interest in the mind body connection. I initially went into medicine because of my fascination with the body's ability to heal itself. After two decades of treating patients with the typical medicines and procedures, I have finally found what I was looking for with this new model to treat chronic symptoms and help people heal themselves. I grew up in Ann Arbor Michigan and attended Vassar college. I graduated from the University of Michigan medical school in 1999 and moved to Portland Oregon for residency in family medicine at OHSU (Oregon Health and Science University). After years of seeing patients with many chronic symptoms we couldn't effectively help, it didn't make sense to me that we couldn't do more. I developed an intense curiosity to see what other information was out there. I searched for years, constantly learning about new science and different approaches. Fortunately I learned of Howard Schubiner MD and David Clark MD and the new model I had been searching for. I learned everything I could about this approach and have been successfully using it with patients at Kaiser Permanente and will open my own practice in the fall with this model as the sole focus of my practice. If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #longcovid #covid #ibs #pain neuroscience #painscience #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #somatictherapy #covidsymptoms #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #ppda

Enjoy! 00:00:00 My Introduction and her bio 00:03:28 A little bit about herself and how she got into mind body medicine. 00:08:06 How did you get interested in Long-Covid? 00:09:36 How are we evaluating Long Covid, as physicians? 00:12:15 What kind of testing are we seeing with long covid? Diagnosis of Exclusion. 00:17:40 Top 6 symptoms of Long Covid and how the brain can generate them. 00:18:54 The new science of pain related to Long Covid. 00:20:54 How to heal from Long Covid. Success Stories: https://www.longcovidcured.com/ Mike Doninno's Pilot Study: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.11... Her Website: resilience-healthcare.com Introductory Course to Covid and TMS: • Chronic Symptoms and the Nervous System • Long COVID class 1 Introduction Here is her Bio: I am a family medicine physician with a lifelong interest in the mind body connection. I initially went into medicine because of my fascination with the body's ability to heal itself. After two decades of treating patients with the typical medicines and procedures, I have finally found what I was looking for with this new model to treat chronic symptoms and help people heal themselves. I grew up in Ann Arbor Michigan and attended Vassar college. I graduated from the University of Michigan medical school in 1999 and moved to Portland Oregon for residency in family medicine at OHSU (Oregon Health and Science University). After years of seeing patients with many chronic symptoms we couldn't effectively help, it didn't make sense to me that we couldn't do more. I developed an intense curiosity to see what other information was out there. I searched for years, constantly learning about new science and different approaches. Fortunately I learned of Howard Schubiner MD and David Clark MD and the new model I had been searching for. I learned everything I could about this approach and have been successfully using it with patients at Kaiser Permanente and will open my own practice in the fall with this model as the sole focus of my practice. If you are looking to reverse your chronic pain or symptoms, reach out for a free consult. Website: thoughtbythoughthealing.com Email: thoughtbythoughthealing@gmail.com #tms #mindbodyconnection #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #fightorflight #nervoussystem #youcanheal #thoughtbythoughthealing #sarno #unlearnyourpain #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #footpain #longcovid #covid #ibs #pain neuroscience #painscience #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #insomnia #thewayout #somatictracking #somatictherapy #covidsymptoms #neuroplasticpain #neuralcircuitpain #ppda

Amy Wax, a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School. Wax has been on Tucker Carleson, Pubslihed in the Wall St Journal and more. Professor Wax was banned from teaching required first-year courses. Dean Ruger has consistently said Wax cannot be fired because she is tenured due to his dismay. Campus free speech groups have said sanctioning Wax would violate the principles of academic freedom. This would set a new, president for professors & others alike. The nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has also come to Wax' defense. Penn's law students had circulated a petition calling for the school to take action against Wax, citing her as stating "offensive" statements. Her book  Race, Wrongs, and Remedies: Group Justice in the 21st Century is available at https://a.co/d/aPIWxg8 Amy Wax's work addresses issues in social welfare law and policy as well as the relationship of the family, the workplace, and labor markets. Wax has and impeccable background, bringing to bear her training in biomedical sciences and appellate practice as well as her interest in economic analysis, Wax has developed a uniquely insightful approach to problems in her areas of expertise. Wax has been published widely in law journals, addressing liberal theory and welfare work requirements, as well as the economics of federal disability laws. Current works in progress include articles on same-sex marriage, disparate impact theory and group demographics, rational choice and family structure, and the law and neuroscience of deprivation. Her most recent book is Race, Wrongs, and Remedies: Group Justice in the 21st Century (Hoover Institution Press/Rowman & Littlefield, 2009). Wax has received the A. Leo Levin Award for Excellence in an Introductory Course and the Harvey Levin Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence. As an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Wax argued 15 cases before the United States Supreme Court. Please support the show. Sponsors: ➔Hormone levels falling? Use MSCSMEDIA to get 25% off home test: ⁠⁠https://trylgc.com/MSCSMEDIA⁠⁠ ➔ZBiotics: 15% off on your first order with code: MSCSMEDIA Go to ⁠⁠⁠https://zbiotics.com/mscsmedia⁠⁠⁠⁠ ➔Manscaped: Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code MSCSMEDIA at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Manscaped.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ➔Fiji: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Fijiwater.com/mscs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ $5 off free shipping Unleash ➔Monster Energy:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.monsterenergy.com/us/mscs   ➔Aura: See if any of your passwords have been compromised. Try 14 days for free: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ra.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MSCS⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thank you to Aura Clips of all episodes released: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/mscsmedia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠mscsmedia.com⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠ https://www.reddit.com/r/mscsmedia⁠⁠  ➔ Stay Connected With MSCS MEDIA on Spotify Exclusive: ALL ► ⁠⁠https://spoti.fi/3zathAe⁠⁠ (1st time watching a video podcast on Spotify when you hit play a settings pop-up will show, tap under the settings pop-up to watch the video playing.) ► All Links to MSCS MEDIA:⁠⁠https://allmylinks.com/mscsmedia⁠⁠ 

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: EA Estonia's Impact in 2022, published by RichardAnnilo on May 29, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Background This report is about January to December 2022 in EA Estonia, corresponding to our last grant period (funding from the EA Infrastructure Fund for 1 FTE and group expenses). Quick facts about Estonia: it has a population of 1.3 million and is placed both geographically and culturally between the Nordics and Eastern Europe. Our language has 14 noun cases, it is the birthplace of 10 unicorns, and we have the best mushroom scientists. Go figure. In our national EA group, there are 23–30 people whom I would consider to be “highly engaged” (meaning they have spent more than 100 hours engaging with EA content, have developed career plans and have taken significant steps in pursuit of doing good). You could expect around 30 people to attend our largest community event (Figure 1) and our Slack channel has 50–60 active weekly members (Figure 2). Figure 1: Attendees of our largest community event, the EA Estonia Summer Retreat. August 2022. Figure 2. EA Estonia Slack statistics from its creation. Weekly active members have been oscillating between 40 and 65 throughout 2022. Group strategy Here are the main metrics we used to evaluate our impact: Awareness: Number of people aware of the term “effective altruism” and EA Estonia. Activities: Introductory talks Direct outreach Social media outreach First engagement: Number of people who took action because of our outreach. Activities: Introductory course Cause-specific reading groups Career planning: Number of people that develop career plans based on EA principles that are well informed and well reasoned. Activities: Career course Taking action: Number of people taking significant action based on EA-informed career plans (e.g. starting full-time jobs, university degrees). Activities: 1-1 career calls Peer-mentoring Directly sharing opportunities Concerns with this model: The actual impact comes when people take action within high-impact jobs, which we currently don't measure. We don't measure value drift or other kinds of decreased engagement after taking significant next steps. This model doesn't prioritize targeting existing Highly Engaged EAs (HEAs) to have a higher impact. This also doesn't include a more meta-level goal of keeping people engaged and interested while moving towards an HEA status. We do organize social events for this reason, however the impact of them is not quantified. Regarless of these concerns, the main theory of change feels relatively straight-forward: (1) we find young altruistically-minded people who are unclear about their future career plans, then (2) we make them aware of the effective altruism movement and various high-impact career paths, and then (3) we prompt them to develop explicit career plans and encourage them to take action upon them. Below I will go into more detail regarding the goals, activities and results of 2022 in two categories: (i) outreach and (ii) growing HEAs. I will end with a short conclusion and key takeaways for next year. I Outreach Goal: 5,000 new people who know what “effective altruism” means and that there is an active local group in Estonia. Actual: 20,776 people reached. Activities: Liina Salonen started working full-time as the Communictions Specialist in EA Estonia. Reached at least 20,000 people on Facebook with the Introductory Course social media campaign Student fair tabling. At least 155 people reached (played the Giving Game) Goal: 10 lecturers mentioning EA Estonia Actual: 1 lecturers reached Visited a philosophy lecture. Number of students: 20. Talked about effective altruism and longtermism. Created a discussion with the lecturer. Suggested people sign up for our career course. Nobody responded. Wrote to two other philosophy lecturers, but the...

Amy Wax is the Robert Mundheim Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Amy attended and graduated summa cum laude from Yale University with a B.S. in molecular biophysics and biochemistry in 1975. She then attended Oxford as a Marshall Scholar in Physiology and Psychology. Wax then went to Harvard Medical School and Harvard Law School, before doing a residency in neurology at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and working as a consulting neurologist at a clinic in the Bronx and for a medical group in Brooklyn. She completed her legal education at Columbia Law School whilst working part-time. Wax has argued 15 cases before the United States Supreme Court. She received both the A. Leo Levin Award for Excellence in an Introductory Course, and the Harvey Levin Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence. In 2015, she received a Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, making her one of three Penn Law professors to have received the award in 20 years. In 2017, the mob came for her tenure. In 2018, she was stripped of her teaching duties. You can support Amy's fight below: https://www.gofundme.com/f/amy-wax-legal-defense-fund https://amywaxdefense.org/ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:32 How did Amy's scientific training influence her opinions 2:54 ‘The beating heart of wokeism is race'  7:05 Asians & immigration 12:37 Jews and other immigrants  23:15 Have we reached a tipping point with immigration? 26:20 Sex education should be banned 29:14 Respectable girls did not have sex  30:37 Are shame and stigma good? 32:50 Neo-trads 36:07 Amy's relationship advice her children  39:10 Your children are not you 41:52 How Amy planned her life 44:55 Jewish duty?  47:10 Dinner table talk about the West 49:15 Gratitude for our ancestors  50:15 The non-negotiables of dating  53:10 Politics is corroding dating  55:18 Feminization of the academy  1:04:20 Should we have male-only universities? 1:06:34 How you can help Amy!  1:11:08 Sneak preview of bonus questions 

Episode 156 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me interesting questions, and I shall answer them.

JJ Williams, Kiona VineyardsJJ Williams is General Manager at Kiona Vineyards & Winery on Red Mountain. Williams is the third generation at Kiona, where his grandparents John and Ann Williams planted the first grapevines on the mountain in 1975. Williams grew up on Red Mountain and started working in the family business at age 14. He says he spent his childhood stacking and unstacking ladders, balancing shovels on my outstretched palm, and wondering why we couldnt have cable television like normal kids. Today Kiona is one of the largest growers on Red Mountain, farming more than 270 acres and working with 60 plus top Pacific Northwest wineries. https://kionawine.com/ Shae Frichette, Frichette WineryShae Frichette is Co-owner and Assistant Winemaker at FrichetteWinery, a limited production winery and tasting room in the Red Mountain AVA in Washington State, USA. Shae completed Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Level 2, and Introductory Course and Exam to Court of Master Sommeliers.Sheisthe2015ATHENA Young Professional Award recipient,2015 Entrepreneurial Award recipient, 2015 Young Professional Award recipient, Mid-Columbia Ag Hall of FameRising Star in ducted and graduate of Leadership Tri-Cities Class XX. Shae introduced Sashay Wines in 2017, a label for Frichette focusing on approachable red sand off dry ross. The Sashay wines included Ros of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Shae is currently Past Chair of the Board of the Tri-Cities Regional Chamber of Commerce and has served on the Board of Directors for the Red Mountain AVA Alliance,Visit Tri-Citiesand Advisory Board for UW Foster School of Business. She isa mentor with eMERGE, aSTEM based leadership program for girls. She is an active volunteer with the American Heart Association hosting an annual fundraising and awareness event and also founded the Benton City Giving Garden Project where more than a dozen wineries grow food and provide financial donations to the local food bank. As a community advocate, Shae volunteers by sharing wine and wine education forever a dozennon-profits in the Tri-Cities area each year. Prior to starting Frichette Winery, Shae lead the Organizational DevelopmentFunctionforStanley Black & Decker-HHI where she designed Leadership Development Programs for associates in four countries. Today, Shae is the head winemaker for Sashay and assistant winemaker for the Frichette Wines. Shes active in speaking at conferences and events on topics such as networking, providing stellar service and teambuilding. https://www.frichettewinery.com/ The Wine Concierge Clubhttps://thewineconcierge.co/ Discount Code: SWIRL VineMeUp Newsletterhttps://www.vinemeupdc.com/newsletterFollow The Swirl Suite:SwirlSuite@gmail.com@SwirlSuite www.swirlsuite.comSarita @VineMeUpTanisha @GirlMeetsGlassLeslie @Vino301Glynis @Vino_Noire

JJ Williams, Kiona VineyardsJJ Williams is General Manager at Kiona Vineyards & Winery on Red Mountain. Williams is the third generation at Kiona, where his grandparents John and Ann Williams planted the first grapevines on the mountain in 1975. Williams grew up on Red Mountain and started working in the family business at age 14. He says he spent his childhood “stacking and unstacking ladders, balancing shovels on my outstretched palm, and wondering why we couldn't have cable television like ‘normal' kids.” Today Kiona is one of the largest growers on Red Mountain, farming more than 270 acres and working with 60 plus top Pacific Northwest wineries. https://kionawine.com/ Shae Frichette, Frichette WineryShae Frichette is Co-owner and Assistant Winemaker at FrichetteWinery, a limited production winery and tasting room in the Red Mountain AVA in Washington State, USA. Shae completed Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Level 2, and Introductory Course and Exam to Court of Master Sommeliers.Sheisthe2015ATHENA Young Professional Award recipient,2015 Entrepreneurial Award recipient, 2015 Young Professional Award recipient, Mid-Columbia Ag Hall of Fame–Rising Star in ducted and graduate of Leadership Tri-Cities Class XX. Shae introduced Sashay Wines in 2017, a label for Frichette focusing on approachable red sand off dry rosés. The Sashay wines included Rosé of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Shae is currently Past Chair of the Board of the Tri-Cities Regional Chamber of Commerce and has served on the Board of Directors for the Red Mountain AVA Alliance,Visit Tri-Citiesand Advisory Board for UW Foster School of Business. She isa mentor with eMERGE, aSTEM based leadership program for girls. She is an active volunteer with the American Heart Association hosting an annual fundraising and awareness event and also founded the Benton City Giving Garden Project where more than a dozen wineries grow food and provide financial donations to the local food bank. As a community advocate, Shae volunteers by sharing wine and wine education forever a dozennon-profits in the Tri-Cities area each year. Prior to starting Frichette Winery, Shae lead the Organizational DevelopmentFunctionforStanley Black & Decker-HHI where she designed Leadership Development Programs for associates in four countries. Today, Shae is the head winemaker for Sashay and assistant winemaker for the Frichette Wines. She's active in speaking at conferences and events on topics such as networking, providing stellar service and teambuilding. https://www.frichettewinery.com/ The Wine Concierge Clubhttps://thewineconcierge.co/ Discount Code: SWIRL VineMeUp Newsletterhttps://www.vinemeupdc.com/newsletter Follow The Swirl Suite: SwirlSuite@gmail.com @SwirlSuite www.swirlsuite.com Sarita @VineMeUp Tanisha @GirlMeetsGlass Leslie @Vino301 Glynis @Vino_Noire

This week's guest is Greg Kaminsky, accomplished author and godfather of occult podcasting. His highly popular and celebrated show Occult of Personality has been running for over 16 years and explores a wide range of esoteric subjects through conversation with experts and figureheads of the occult. In this episode, Greg and Jason get to dive deep into achieving nondual awareness, the Western Esoteric tradition, the hurdles and lessons of their own spiritual paths, and much, much more. This epic conversation unpacks many facets of serious magick practice and the reality of its outcome from two of the most seasoned practitioners you'll find! Get access to our extensive list of courses at Magick.Me, including the brand new mega-course MASTERING MEDITATION, right here: https://www.magick.me/ Just starting out? Get our FREE 7-minute Guided Meditation and Introductory Course here: https://start.magick.me/

In this episode, taken from a recent livestream, Jason discusses how despite the rapid changes taking place globally on the technological, political and economical planes, those who are prepared with the proper mental tools will be better equipped to adapt than any other people on earth. He shares some practical insights for how to stay in control of one's reality, even when it feels like the world is falling to pieces. Get the best, most curated step-by-step class on earth for mastering your own reality with our most popular mega-course, The Adept Initiative: https://www.magick.me/p/adept Just starting out? Get our FREE 7-minute Guided Meditation and Introductory Course here: https://start.magick.me/

In this episode, Jason discusses the widespread consequences that stem from trauma experienced during childhood and trauma created within so-called spiritual communities. He explores this idea by reading a passage from James Hillman's 1996 book, The Soul's Code, and shares how addressing these issues in oneself can be a powerful step towards attaining one's True Will. This episode is an excerpt taken from what is hands-down our most popular mega-course ever, The Adept Initiative. It's not just a class—it is a step-by-step guide to mastering magick and freeing yourself, spiritually and materially. It's jam-packed with more than 40+ hours worth of practical information and tools from across the world, curated from many spiritual and mystical traditions. Get our best-selling mega-course, The Adept Initiative, to start completely retooling your life, now: https://www.magick.me/p/adept Just starting out? Get our FREE 7-minute Guided Meditation and Introductory Course here: https://start.magick.me/ In this episode, Jason also mentions this great conversation with Abdi Assadi on a previous podcast, check it out here: “Me and My Shadow” Books mentioned on this episode: Judith Herman, "Trauma and Recovery" James Hillman, "The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling"

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Announcing Animal Advocacy Careers' introductory course (2022 cohort), published by Ana Barreiro on August 20, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Tldr Animal Advocacy Careers is launching the 2022 cohort of our online course. Applications are open now, and will close on the 18th September. The course is an introduction to effective animal advocacy and relevant career opportunities. The online course will be split over nine weeks (or more), with each online session taking an hour or two to complete. We have an unusually strong body of evidence as online courses go that this particular course does help people to make career plan changes and land new relevant roles. Getting sign ups from relevant people is our main bottleneck limiting the impact of this course right now. We're very grateful for shares with relevant people and have launched a volunteer referral program. This could be an easy opportunity for you to help build the talent pipeline in the animal advocacy and/or effective altruism communities. The announcement Animal Advocacy Careers is launching the 2022 cohort of our introductory online course. Applications are open now, and will close on the 18th September. This online course will walk you through some of the key points to maximising your positive impact for animals through your career. It will provide you with information on the effective animal advocacy community and the diverse and exciting career opportunities that are available. In this cohort, you will be taking the course together with other aspiring animal advocates and be part of a group where you'll be able to discuss your ideas and meet like-minded people. The online course will be split over nine weeks (or more, if you choose optional additions), with each online session taking an hour or two to complete. The sessions are: Why farmed animals? What does the farmed animal movement look like today? Which interventions should we focus on? How can you donate effectively? How can you have a career that helps animals effectively? How can you test your personal fit? Can you help animals? How much have you learned? (Test) What are your next steps? Planning your career After the course, we will also provide some follow-up contact and support to help you implement your plans. If you engage sincerely with the course and complete it, you'll be given a certificate of completion. The course is intended to be an introduction to effective animal advocacy and the possible careers in the space. Engaged readers of this forum who are already interested in effective animal advocacy might find that they are already familiar with many of the concepts and research summarised in the course. But if you know someone who is in the early stages of animal advocacy and/or effective altruism, this might be a great opportunity to share with them. More on that below! How does this help? In our first 3 cohorts of the course, it seems like about 7% of participants started in a new paid effective animal advocacy role within 6 months of signing up (and a higher percentage did so within a year). Others start new roles in EA community building, change their donations, start internships or start volunteering relevant to effective animal advocacy or EA. Of course, some of these people would have made such changes without the course. But our longitudinal study of the first two cohorts of the course suggests that participating in the course does make you more likely to change your career plans and start working in a relevant job, such as in an effective animal advocacy nonprofit. And we have some case studies of how the course might help. For example, Lyda Durango became a Project Director at Vegetarianos Hoy (and ACE “Standout Charity”) in February 2022 after being supported by AAC's course. Professional background: Had worked in vari...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Introducing the Existential Risks Introductory Course (ERIC), published by Nandini Shiralkar on August 19, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Crossposted to LessWrong. Introduction We (the Cambridge Existential Risks Initiative) ran an Existential Risks Introductory Course (ERIC) in the first quarter of 2022, aiming to introduce the field of existential risks, without being explicitly associated with any particular philosophy. We expect the programme to be most useful to people who are new to this field, and we hypothesised that we may be able to reach a different target audience by not explicitly branding it as EA. The full curriculum we used for the programme, along with exercises and organisation spotlights, can be found here. This was primarily designed by Callum McDougall, with some inputs from the rest of the CERI team. If you are interested in joining the next iteration of the course in Winter 2022 (either as a participant or as a facilitator), please fill out this interest form. This post contains an overview of the course, which is followed by an abbreviated version of the syllabus for the ease of gathering feedback. The weekly summaries may also be helpful for community builders looking for summaries of any of the core readings from our syllabus. We welcome any feedback on the content, exercises or anything else pertaining to the course, either here publicly on the Forum, or you can also reach out to us privately if you prefer that. Course overview The course consists of 8 weeks of reading (split into core and applied). Some weeks also include exercises, which participants are encouraged to complete and discuss in the session. Each week, participants will meet for 1.5 hour sessions where they will discuss the material and exercises with a facilitator. The topics for each week are as follows: Week 1: Introduction to Existential RisksProvides an introduction to x-risks, why they might be both highly important and neglected, and introduces some important terminology. Week 2: Natural & Anthropogenic RisksDiscusses natural risks, and risks from nuclear war and climate change. Week 3: Biosecurity, And How To Think About Future Risks Discusses risks from engineered pandemics, as well as a broader look at future risks in general and how we can reason about them and prepare for them. Week 4: Unaligned Artificial IntelligenceDiscusses risks from unaligned AI, and provides a brief overview of the different approaches that are being taken to try and solve the problem. Week 5: Dystopias, Lock-in & Unknown UnknownsConcludes the discussion of specific risks by discussing some more neglected risks. Also includes a discussion of the “unknown unknowns” problem, and how we can categorise and assess probabilities of risks. Week 6: Forecasting & Decision-makingMoves away from specific risks, and discusses broad strategies that can help mitigate a variety of risks, with a focus on improving forecasting and decision-making (both at the institutional and individual level). Week 7: Different Frameworks for Existential RiskFurther explores some alternative frameworks for x-risks than those found in The Precipice, e.g. FHI's origin/scaling/endgame model, and the “Democratising Risk” paper. Week 8: Next StepsConcludes the fellowship with a lookback on the key themes in the material, and a discussion of how the fellows plan to put what they've learned into action (e.g. in their future careers). Abbreviated curriculum (Core readings) Week 1: Introduction to Existential Risks The first group of core materials here outlines the key ideas of Toby Ord's book The Precipice, that we may be living in a uniquely important and dangerous time thanks to the threat of existential risks. What are the most important moral problems of our time? (10 mins.) The Precipice: Introduction, Chapters 1 & 2...

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Thinking about learning Modern Hebrew, but waiting for the perfect grammar? The Routledge Introductory Course in Modern Hebrew by Giore Etzion is an integrated language course adopting an eclectic approach. The course contains 90 lessons combining authentic texts, grammar explanations, and exercises with audiovisual materials on the companion website with links to Israeli websites, videos, and music.  Tune in as we speak with Giore Etzion about the second edition of his Modern Hebrew course. Giore Etzion has taught Hebrew at Washington University in Saint Louis, University of Michigan, and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Michael Morales is Professor of Biblical Studies at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and the author of The Tabernacle Pre-Figured: Cosmic Mountain Ideology in Genesis and Exodus(Peeters, 2012), Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?: A Biblical Theology of Leviticus(IVP Academic, 2015), and Exodus Old and New: A Biblical Theology of Redemption (IVP Academic, 2020). He can be reached at mmorales@gpts.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Thinking about learning Modern Hebrew, but waiting for the perfect grammar? The Routledge Introductory Course in Modern Hebrew by Giore Etzion is an integrated language course adopting an eclectic approach. The course contains 90 lessons combining authentic texts, grammar explanations, and exercises with audiovisual materials on the companion website with links to Israeli websites, videos, and music.  Tune in as we speak with Giore Etzion about the second edition of his Modern Hebrew course. Giore Etzion has taught Hebrew at Washington University in Saint Louis, University of Michigan, and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Michael Morales is Professor of Biblical Studies at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and the author of The Tabernacle Pre-Figured: Cosmic Mountain Ideology in Genesis and Exodus(Peeters, 2012), Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?: A Biblical Theology of Leviticus(IVP Academic, 2015), and Exodus Old and New: A Biblical Theology of Redemption (IVP Academic, 2020). He can be reached at mmorales@gpts.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies

Thinking about learning Modern Hebrew, but waiting for the perfect grammar? The Routledge Introductory Course in Modern Hebrew by Giore Etzion is an integrated language course adopting an eclectic approach. The course contains 90 lessons combining authentic texts, grammar explanations, and exercises with audiovisual materials on the companion website with links to Israeli websites, videos, and music.  Tune in as we speak with Giore Etzion about the second edition of his Modern Hebrew course. Giore Etzion has taught Hebrew at Washington University in Saint Louis, University of Michigan, and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Michael Morales is Professor of Biblical Studies at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and the author of The Tabernacle Pre-Figured: Cosmic Mountain Ideology in Genesis and Exodus(Peeters, 2012), Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?: A Biblical Theology of Leviticus(IVP Academic, 2015), and Exodus Old and New: A Biblical Theology of Redemption (IVP Academic, 2020). He can be reached at mmorales@gpts.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/israel-studies

Thinking about learning Modern Hebrew, but waiting for the perfect grammar? The Routledge Introductory Course in Modern Hebrew by Giore Etzion is an integrated language course adopting an eclectic approach. The course contains 90 lessons combining authentic texts, grammar explanations, and exercises with audiovisual materials on the companion website with links to Israeli websites, videos, and music.  Tune in as we speak with Giore Etzion about the second edition of his Modern Hebrew course. Giore Etzion has taught Hebrew at Washington University in Saint Louis, University of Michigan, and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Michael Morales is Professor of Biblical Studies at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and the author of The Tabernacle Pre-Figured: Cosmic Mountain Ideology in Genesis and Exodus(Peeters, 2012), Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?: A Biblical Theology of Leviticus(IVP Academic, 2015), and Exodus Old and New: A Biblical Theology of Redemption (IVP Academic, 2020). He can be reached at mmorales@gpts.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/language

Welcome to our Podcast #1,131! We appreciate your listening and hope you find the time to go through the 100's of episodes that we have recorded already. They're short, so listen to a few every day! I promise you will learn all you need to know about one of the happiest countries on the planet! Here's some links that will get you started in learning more about Costa Rica! Become a "COSTA RICA PURA VIDA" Brand Ambassador & Share the LIFESTYLE with EVERYONE! Here's the link: https://www.costaricagoodnewsreport.com/brandambassador.html Here's a link to the US Embassy here in Costa Rica: https://cr.usembassy.gov/ For more information on acquiring your legal status here in Costa Rica, visit our website at: https://www.costaricaimmigrationandmovingexperts.com Apostilling Your Documents is a Very Integral Part of the Residency Process. Click through on this link for more information: https://www.apostillewilliamedwardlicht.com Our email address is costaricagoodnews@gmail.com We'd love to hear from you! Our short stories / blog postings are located at our Costa Rica Good News Report website. Lots of stories about the life here in paradise! We think you'll really enjoy these: https://www.costaricagoodnewsreport.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/costa-rica-pura-vida/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/costa-rica-pura-vida/support

Welcome to our Podcast #1,132! We appreciate your listening and hope you find the time to go through the 100's of episodes that we have recorded already. They're short, so listen to a few every day! I promise you will learn all you need to know about one of the happiest countries on the planet! Here's some links that will get you started in learning more about Costa Rica! Become a "COSTA RICA PURA VIDA" Brand Ambassador & Share the LIFESTYLE with EVERYONE! Here's the link: https://www.costaricagoodnewsreport.com/brandambassador.html Here's a link to the US Embassy here in Costa Rica: https://cr.usembassy.gov/ For more information on acquiring your legal status here in Costa Rica, visit our website at: https://www.costaricaimmigrationandmovingexperts.com Apostilling Your Documents is a Very Integral Part of the Residency Process. Click through on this link for more information: https://www.apostillewilliamedwardlicht.com Our email address is costaricagoodnews@gmail.com We'd love to hear from you! Our short stories / blog postings are located at our Costa Rica Good News Report website. Lots of stories about the life here in paradise! We think you'll really enjoy these: https://www.costaricagoodnewsreport.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/costa-rica-pura-vida/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/costa-rica-pura-vida/support

REGISTER NOW for:Sound Healing Through Humming & Tuning ForksIn today's episode of HighVibeTribeRadio.com on the podcast and HighVibeTribeTV.com on our YouTube channel  I want to introduce you to the notion of sound healing and sacred vibrational frequenciesIs it all just woo woo?Well according to consciousness calibrations it is NOT all woo woo, but a powerful healing modality in consciousness. So today…how would you like to discover simple but powerful sound-healing approaches you can do on your own and how humming (yes, humming!) can literally rearrange your molecular structure?I will talk a little bit about tuning forks as wellAdditionally, I am going to introduce you to Jonathan Goldman who is a leading pioneer in sound healing and  vibrational medicine, and provide you access to a free introductory webinar about sound healing calledSacred Vibrational Frequencies- sound healing thru humming and tuning forksHere's more about the free introductory webinar on sound healing, tuning fork healing, and humming:You may not be aware of the profound healing that certain vibrational frequencies can provide…For example, a gong or tuning-fork “sound bath” has deeply calming, rejuvenating effects that can raise your vibrational frequency, elevate your consciousness, and promote optimal wellbeing. There are also simple sound-healing approaches you can do on your own that can have powerful healing effects on your entire system — one of which is humming.Yes, humming…Jonathan Goldman, the foremost pioneer in the field of harmonics, will share the powerful vibrational medicine of the tuning fork — and how self-created sounds such as humming can transform stress into self-empowerment REGISTER NOW for:Sound Healing Through Humming & Tuning ForksIn this transformative hour of tuning fork healing, you'll discover: The basic principles of why sound healsHow to access powerful, vibrational medicine through both tuning forks and hummingA step-by-step process to activate heart-brain coherence and raise your own vibration and the vibration of the planetThe healing vibrational resonance of tuning forks through an experiential exercise to raise your vibrational frequencies and level of awarenessIf you can hum, you'll discover that you hold a powerful non-pharmaceutical prescription for self-healing that has only positive side effects, including better health, more happiness, and deeper spiritual awareness!REGISTER NOW for:Sound Healing Through Humming & Tuning ForksSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Z7GC46DF4BQ7G)

What a  joy it is to see the rising number of episode downloads as YOU listen to the life-changing meaning of the passages we are studying together. Thank you so much. You are making a great investment in your life, the life of your family and friends and the life of your local church.Our launch Episode, Episode One, Season One, of The Eden Podcast has been downloaded many more than a thousand times. Listeners have gone on to download the equivalent of 10 more times each, downloading more than 15,000 episodes! Listening to Seasons One through Four is equivalent to your taking a year's Introductory Course in Bible Content and Practical Theology on Genesis 3:16 and the related Old Testament and New Testament passages! Congratulations!!!Now that you have listened and learned so much what comes next?** Most listeners will be a basic learner. Maybe that's you. You have been learning in order to apply what you have learned. God is helping you have confidence in the Bible and to boldly live out in your daily life what you have been learning. And that's great! Please try to listen to all of the first four Seasons of The Eden Podcast where we think again about the key passages on women and men in the light of a true understanding of Genesis 3:16. We learn that in Genesis 3 God didn't curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any way. You can now get and study the books in The Eden Series. There are Study Guides that go with each chapter to help you go deeper! Book One in the Series is The Book of Eden, Genesis 2-3 by me, Bruce C. E. Fleming.** Some listeners, perhaps every listener, will be gifted by God to help others. Maybe this is you?? In what ways can you help others? Pray for those who are listening to The Eden Podcast, including you. Pray for others who need to find out about The Eden Podcast and the books in The Eden Series. Refer them to episodes of The Eden Podcast that interest them. Refer them to a book in The Eden Series that interests them.Engage with others in informed, loving conversation. Point them to the website of the Tru316 Project with its blog, shop, products, transcripts of the podcast episodes, links to the YouTube Channel and more.Refer them to a Tru316 Project mentor who can answer their questions.** Some listeners will be called by God to do more. To take action. Maybe this is you? In what ways can you take action?Organize a listening group or a book club to go through an episode or a chapter.Apply to be a Mentor with the Tru316 Project to answer questions on the content of The Eden Podcast. Attend live, or by replay, the Monthly Mentoring Meetings.Be an activist encouraging translation committees, authors, pastors and educators to update their materials in light of the correct understanding of Genesis 3:16. This action is the very reason I founded the Tru316 Project! This is what I pray for!** One or more listeners will join the team of the Tru316 Project part- or full-time. Maybe that's you. What skills could you bring to the Tru316 Project that would strengthen the ministry of the people just described? What will happen if you go deeper with the Tru316 Project? More will happen! Much more! You already know what happens on The Eden Podcast. You share our love and respect for the Bible, even in the so-called difficult passages, which turn out to be full of good news. For whatever level of engagement you choose to make, make it a good one. Pray about it. Keep listening to The Eden Podcast. Keep reading your Bible.  Refer others to the podcast and the books. Step up and start making monthly financial support to the Tru316 Project as an e-patron over on patreon. Above all - take action!GO DEEPER

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In this episode of our BryghtCast edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast for the week of August 19th, 2019,  Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Consultant Bray Wheeler take a look at three current risks and upcoming events: Washington Post:  British government braces for economic, social chaos in event of a 'no-deal Brexit,' leaked memo shows South China Morning Post:  As it happened: Estimated 1.7 million people attend peaceful Hong Kong anti-government rally UK Independent:  Northern Ireland: Police 'lucky to be alive' after fake bomb lures them to explosion A discussion on targeted violence, rhetoric, and the run up to the 2020 elections NPR:  22 Texas Towns hit with ransomware attack in 'New Front' of Cyberassault Related Episodes & Articles Protect your Employees & your Business with an active shooter plan Managing Uncertainty Episode #2: The McDonald's Radar Screen Top 12 Global Risks of 2018 Managing Uncertainty Episode #26:  The Top 12 Global Risks of 2018 Active Shooter 101 Introductory Course //static.leadpages.net/leadboxes/current/embed.js Episode Transcript Bryan Strawser: Hello, and welcome to the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, BryghtCast edition for the week of August 19th, 2019. This is Brian Strawser, principal and CEO here at Bryghtpath. Bray Wheeler: This is Bray Wheeler, consultant at Bryghtpath. So we start out this week talking about Brexit. You know, a light subject to start with. Bryan Strawser: Very light. There are no details for Brexit at all. Bray Wheeler: No, no. So the thing I think we wanted to touch on with Brexit here this week is really kind of the state of the states of where it's at, and where we likely think it's going to go. It's looking like no-deal Brexit is really the course of action, the pathway that they're pursuing. And I think the implications for companies right now is really being prepared for that. Bray Wheeler: There's a lot of economic and other kinds of issues associated with that, but there are some practical challenges with that too. Some of which include hard borders, the ability to travel and requiring different paperwork to be able to do that. Citizens of the EU who live in London, if you have employees that are- Bryan Strawser: Or anywhere in the UK, but yeah. Primarily in London, I would think. Bray Wheeler: That if they're EU citizens, there's been some conversation around some hard immigration enforcements when no-deal Brexit occurs and they don't ... Nobody really knows what that looks like. Bryan Strawser: It's interesting that we're talking about this now. Here we are in August 2019. because when we created our first global risk report for 2018, which we wrote in December 2017, we listed Brexit as one of the top 12 global risks of 2018. And here's what we said. The United Kingdom is still negotiating the terms and timetable for its departure from the European Union, a supremely political event that has already led to the downfall of one prime minister and may yet cost Theresa May her government as well. The ongoing uncertainty of the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union is what defines this as a top global risk for the coming year. Bryan Strawser: Theresa May is not the prime minister anymore. It's Boris Johnson. Bray Wheeler: She is not. It did cost her her job. Bryan Strawser: It did. Her entire premiership was dominated by Brexit and really nothing else. Bray Wheeler: Really nothing else. Bryan Strawser: Really nothing else. So we are on the precipice of what, about eight weeks from now, a potential no-deal of Brexit starting at the end of October, 1st of November. And to your point, it could mean that there is a hard border. The hard border question is really about the separation of Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland. Bray Wheeler: Right. Bryan Strawser: Because there is no border there right now because Northern Ireland is part of the UK, and the Republic of Ireland is part of the EU. They're all in the EU. So there's no hard border there today. And there would probably have to be one under a no-deal Brexit agreement. Bray Wheeler: There would be. And I think that kind of leads into kind of part two of this sort of conversation around Brexit. Really why that border matters for Northern Ireland and Ireland is that was kind of the representation of the violence that was occurring there for decades between those two sides of ... Bryan Strawser: Between partisans involved in the fight anyway, the IRA and others. Bray Wheeler: That there is a real worry that the hardening of that border will re-institute some of those feelings and that violence, which that kind of openness of that border has really ... People say has gone a long way to kind of diminish the violence and kind of hard feelings for the majority of people. Certainly, they're still kind of diehards on both sides, but you know, there's a real concern. And we're starting to see a little bit of that kind of start to pop up in conversations. Now, how much it's directly tied to Brexit isn't really clear. Bray Wheeler: But we have seen kind of reports of violence. So most recently in the last 24 hours, there was an explosion in Northern Ireland where there was kind of a deliberate, what they think is a deliberate targeting of law enforcement by setting off one explosion to draw them in, and then setting off a secondary device with the intent to hurt/kill law enforcement. Now, fortunately, it didn't- Bryan Strawser: There were no injuries, as I understand. Bray Wheeler: There were no injuries, but it comes on the heels of a bombing in July, and then kind of a booby-trapped explosive on a police officer's car in Northern Ireland in June. So we've seen a few months in a row of some explosive kind of incidents within Northern Ireland. Bryan Strawser: Well, there's a number of other... To your point, there's been a number of other similar kinds of situations. This one in particular kind of set out to us and we learned of this when they first through some new sent around by US law enforcement about a potential threat to law enforcement. But we agreed that this is probably more tied to the Brexit fight or some other issue in Northern Ireland. The interesting part of this is that there was some type of hoax device that attracted the attention of law enforcement. And law enforcement as we understand it right now, established a secure perimeter and began on this host device when a secondary device inside that secure perimeter was detonated. And obviously it was real, it did detonate. We don't know much more than that, but it reminded us of situations, exercises we've been involved with previously. Bray Wheeler: Yup. Bryan Strawser: With US law enforcement, where part of the exercise was to get law enforcement or fire EMS personnel to gather any specific location for staging or investigative purposes and then having a simulated explosive device. This is an exercise, we're not trying to really kill people. Bray Wheeler: Right. Bryan Strawser: Then detonates and remove individuals from play for the remainder of the day, because they're dealing with injury to them. So this is a very common terrorist tactic is to have a primary device, get attention to [inaudible] personnel, and then detonate a secondary device that impacts the first responders. And this felt and read like a textbook case of that. Bray Wheeler: Yes. Yeah. And I think it's not a great sign overall, but it also contributes I think to just the broader kind of narrative that's going on. You know, just in general around escalating violence and getting into copycats and all that kind of inspiration type stuff too. Which I think is kind of our next kind of topic as well. Bryan Strawser: Yeah. Our second topic of the day is about targeted violence in the United States, so there's a couple of incidents here I think we want to mention that have all been in the news. But I think we're going to draw a connection here that's important. The first is we've had a number of mass shooting incidents in 2019, and even going back a couple of years that you could describe clearly as having an ideological motive. And that motive is targeted violence towards a specific group of people. In a couple of cases in the United States, it's been targeted based on religion and that has been aimed at the Jewish community. We saw what is the Synagogue of Life shootings in Pittsburgh. Those have been echoed by some more attempts or actual shooting incidents at a number of ... Again, targeted at the Jewish community, persons of the Jewish faith. Bryan Strawser: Second, we see this targeting of immigrants, particularly Hispanic immigrants. Appears to be the ideological motive in the El Paso, Texas, Walmart mass shooting. And to some extent, at the garlic festival in California. And so we've seen a number of instances, and these are just two of the recent ones. I think if you go farther back, there's been a number of instances of targeted violence with an ideological motive. I think there's still some question about Dayton in what the motivation was for the shooting in the bar district in Dayton, Ohio. But we have these clear examples where we have violence aimed at the Jewish community. We've got violence aimed at- Bray Wheeler: Muslim community. Bryan Strawser: At the Muslim community. We've got these shootings now in New Zealand. And then the shooting that happened in Norway, where I think that was an attempted shooting. Where that one was thwarted by a retired Pakistani air force officer that tackled the guy. Bryan Strawser: But the point here is that there are some clear instances of targeted violence in some cases coming from what the media would describe as white supremacists, or what law enforcement would describe as white supremacists aimed at different minority communities here in the United States, or in locations like New Zealand and Norway. The other warning that I think we've seen is, and we've seen this on a smaller scale, it hasn't evolved to this mass shooting level of incident yet. But we're seeing there's the threat of ... We think there'll be more of these types of attacks, particularly as the rhetoric around the issue of immigration in the United States in the 2020 presidential and congressional elections. I only see the rhetoric getting worse. And with that, I think we would expect to see additional violent acts along these lines aimed at targeted groups. Bryan Strawser: We also think that the opposite is going to happen. And that is particularly around individuals who believe that or know that someone or a group of individuals are white supremacists. Or they think that they're white supremacists because of some action or comments that they've made, or because of their political affiliation, will engage in violence against those individuals. And so we only see this as becoming more disruptive and uncertain going into the 2020 election season. I think it gets worse than what we have seen over the last couple of years. Bray Wheeler: Yeah. I think just the environment and the national narrative right now kind of lends itself to this escalation of not just rhetoric anymore, but into action and then eventually into counteraction against those groups or that perception. That the white supremacists, white nationalists, whatever you want to call them, that narrative. The more frontal that gets, likely the louder the counter-voice is going to be. Bray Wheeler: And because we've moved beyond simply just discourse, even uncivil discourse around it into action, that it's very likely that the environment is just one of action by these groups. And we'll likely see more and more. And you know, Joe Q. Public is going to be caught kind of in that swirl. Bryan Strawser: So the challenge here for organizations, and even for individuals [inaudible] here is how do you take this possibility of increased risk of more of these types of incidents, and how do you factor that into your planning knowing that ... We can take the El Paso Texas incident as a good example of this. We know a lot of folks at Walmart. They run an excellent global security program, but this is not an attack that you could have foreseen happening in that environment, right? The target was not Walmart. It's just the location that the shooter went to get to the targeted audience that he wanted to commit violence against. So for the organization, what advice can we give to the folks listening on the podcast? What can you start to factor into your own planning and preparedness based on what we've witnessed here lately? Bray Wheeler: Well, I think first off you have to just assume that something like this could happen. It's reality. Now, whether or not it's intentional or not, the risk is there. You know, it could just as easily be an accident. Someone goes into diabetic shock and the car they're driving goes through the front vestibule and keeps going. It's the same type of response that you'll likely have to provide in the moment, regardless of what the nature of the ... You know, the motivation or the context of the situation is. It's being prepared for that possibility and assume that it could happen to you, and have that hat on as you're thinking through these things. I think that's just baseline. Assume that it could happen to you. And what do you have in place to prevent or mitigate or help respond to those situations? Bryan Strawser: I think it changes the narrative a little bit on the ... When you're thinking about what are those top risks that you need to plan for and what are the worst-case scenario events going to be. I think in my career, I thought about individualized acts of violence that were aimed at an individual. Or like I knew in my previous life, corporate life, that a homicide that happened at a location that I was responsible for was probably pure criminal activity, not of a targeted violence type of ... Like I've got a gang issue that bled into the workplace, and we just happened to be the place where that happened. Or it was a domestic violence situation, which was what we typically saw that came into the workplace as the location where that act was going to be committed. Bryan Strawser: I don't know that I really thought about ... It's much more likely that I was going to deal with this kind of situation than one of those two previous ones, like a mass shooting versus the other. So I think it's kind of like the pre-911 state of thought that it's time to start thinking that these kinds of things could be a reality in your place of business. Bray Wheeler: Or I think even as we get closer to election season and candidates become solidified, and lawn signs are out and commercials are out. And the narrative really starts to pick up that- Bryan Strawser: And it gets a lot more personal. Bray Wheeler: It gets a lot more personal and it feels a lot more personal to people. And I think that's where businesses, whether or not you're a retailer that's open to the public or a restaurant or something like that. Or just a closed off kind of office building, you really need to start thinking about what could happen at your location, but also what's happening in your neighborhood and being prepared for protest activity. Bray Wheeler: Violent marches, general just acts of violence, criminal activity, things like that. Just everything seems to kind of heat up, and it doesn't have to be a convention location or a speech or something like that. It could just be the Tuesday afternoon, Tuesday evening commute that groups are taking issue with. So I think it's just having that mindset of being prepared and feeling in a state of where you feel like you can be nimble but also prepared to what's happening. Bryan Strawser: We're going to do an upcoming episode specifically on kind of recent targeted violence. More to get into the details of what's happened, and what do we see from that, and what are some specific things companies should do. But we thought this was a good topic to include for today, given that we saw this targeted attack in Northern Ireland. And we've seen these other recent attacks. And we think there's going to be more to come, so this definitely kind of filters in as a big risk for organizations. Bray Wheeler: I think the one piece that kind of tied those two back together as well as it's not ... We're seeing a lot in the US and it feels very US-centric. It's also happening in Europe and other places too. Australia, there's been these things in recent years. So really kind of Western democracies, this kind of narrative and this political instability, if you want to call it that, of just these kind of countering ideas. You know, the nationalism, the white supremacy, whatever it is. That it's true kind of across those countries. So companies that are operating in those places, if you're global in that sense, don't just assume it for the US. Think about it for Europe as well. Think about it for Australia, et cetera. Bray Wheeler: So next topic we have really is kind of more recent too. Obviously, but we have reports, there's been some kind of news coverage around 23 Texas towns have been struck by a coordinated ransomware attack according to the state's department of information resources. So this kind of comes on the heels. It started sounds like Friday morning, kind of through the weekend in Texas where 23 towns were hit with these attacks. No authorities have been able to determine that one threat actor. They've stated they believe there's been one threat actor responsible for all 23. They don't yet know who's responsible. But really, this kind of comes on the heels of some other recent attacks in Maryland, New York, Louisiana, Florida. More locally for us, there was a town in Minnesota that was hit with that as well and I believe paid the ransom for it. But really, we're starting to see kind of these more bigger ransomware attacks directed at kind of state local governments. Bray Wheeler: We don't know how successful in terms of actually getting ransoms paid to that. There have been reports that ransoms have been paid, but I think just more broadly, the financial impact of those two just to shut them down, respond to them, investigate them is obviously there. Aside from just paying the ransom, there's kind of a monetary impact there. And the fact that they're kind of going there obviously could impact business activity, given that these governments are shut down right now. Kind of offline, so to speak, but also lends itself to just the general environment of ransomware and the success that one actor is having. Bryan Strawser: This conversation has come up here in Minnesota a couple of times because I think there are about 375 individual municipalities in Minnesota. Of course, there's like six cities over a hundred thousand, Minneapolis and St Paul by far being the largest. But almost all of this IT work in the state, although there are some shared services through some associations, every city kind of does their own thing, right. And some of these cities are smaller towns that have like a city manager and three or four staff members. And somebody there is in charge of information security who probably is like the water bill collector, or what have you. And I'm not casting aspirations on anybody, but I know like here in Minnesota, because we just saw media around this a few weeks ago, they've had some ransomware attacks. And at least one city coughed up $175,000 to get their computers un-encrypted. Which surprisingly they paid it, and it did get un-encrypted. Bray Wheeler: We've heard narratives through news and white papers and discussions with just various people that there really is kind of a ... There's almost a cost of doing business attitude towards some of these things lately. Or at least that's kind of where people are starting to kind of trend mindset that if, "Hey, I'm a multibillion-dollar company. If I can pay $100,000 to make this go away, well, it's a lot cheaper than trying to investigate and notify and do all these other things." Pay the $100,000 the data back, get the access back, whatever, and move on. That is a cost of doing business that's probably not sustainable, nor is it probably the right thing to do at the end of the day. But you know, that's the question that companies have to face. It is a real question now for companies on the ransom. Bray Wheeler: Do you pay it? Do you not pay it? A lot of times they come through as Bitcoin. Do you even have a Bitcoin account system set up to be able to transact that? A lot of companies don't. Bryan Strawser: Well, I'm going to be very un-hip for a minute. I didn't have a Bitcoin account of any type, but there's a website that I wanted to support that was kind of independent media. And the only way that this guy took donations was via Bitcoin. And so I had to figure out like how do I send him, you know, the $50 donation that I want to give him for the yeah if I don't have a Bitcoin account. And it was a frustrating experience to figure out like how to do that without diving into the whole Bitcoin experience. Bray Wheeler: One, it's quite the process as I understand it, to be able to even do that should the ransomware come up and should that come through. I mean, just logistically that's a challenge. Aside from just the question of to pay it, not to pay it. Being prepared to do so becomes challenging. Bryan Strawser: And in my mind, these kind of low hanging attacks are only going to become more common. To me, like cities and townships is the frontline of government. I probably shouldn't assume this, but I would think a large city like Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Bloomington, Duluth. If I'm picking cities here in Minnesota, probably have relatively robust information security capability. But like I live in a town of 25,000 people. Is that town secure? I don't know. I hope my mayor's not listening. But like is it secure? And could somebody get in there and ransomware the city? And our office is in an even smaller town next to where I live, and it could be the same situation. So I think this risk continues to be in place and is definitely something companies and public sector agencies should continue to look at. Bray Wheeler: Well, you know, kind of back to the other point. Is the $100,000,000 ransom worth the investment, rather than spending multimillion dollars trying to beef up security for a town of 2,500 people? Where's the cost-benefit there for some of these cities? I think this risk, especially because of just the inherent vulnerabilities likely in a lot of these places, just given size and resource constraints and things like that. That, you know, this will be a thing. And certainly, we can see it with smaller businesses, midsize businesses. It's the same challenges they have, is the resource constraint and the ability to constantly monitor, challenge back, mitigate. Things like that. You know, more resource-heavy corporations still face. They just have kind of a greater pool of capability to defend it, offer, rectify it. Bryan Strawser: So our last topic for this podcast is one that we've talked about several times, so we're not going to get into a lot of detail here. But the unrest in Hong Kong continues. This weekend on Sunday there was about ... It was estimated 1.7 million people came out and protested peacefully. There was no airport disruption. I don't think there's any other kind of broad disruption. It was a very peaceful protest. Bray Wheeler: Yeah, I think purposely so. Bryan Strawser: Very purposely so. They've learned some lessons from some nonviolent movements of the past. Bray Wheeler: Lots of umbrellas. Bryan Strawser: Lots of umbrellas. This protest again was quite peaceful. And I think there's no sign here that this is going to let up. This is going to continue. Their demands are the same. They want Carrie Lam to resign. They want China to keep their mainland policies on the mainland and not to interfere in the home government authority of Hong Kong. And so the dispute goes on. I think it's important to note that there's the Hong Kong population is right at about 8 million people, and 1.7 million of them came out to protest. I mean, the numbers are just incredible. Bray Wheeler: Yeah. If you see pictures and video that's come out over the weekend, I think Ian Bremmer from Eurasia Group, he's quite the Twitter person. Posted a video of ... He called it parting of the protester sea or something like that, where a fire engine was coming down the streets, but otherwise, it's full of people just covered in umbrellas. And all of a sudden, you see the gap. And then moving aside for the fire engine and just closing. Bryan Strawser: Yeah, [crosstalk] at a protest, it was an ambulance that you saw on the video doing the same thing, that the crowd parted so the ambulance could get through. And then took the street back over. Bray Wheeler: Yeah, I mean just the images of these protests. And I think certainly it was raining over the weekend at Hong Kong, so that's part of the reason for the umbrellas. The other part is likely due to the facial recognition challenges that protesters are trying to counteract. If it's just a bunch of umbrellas you can't tell, but they're pretty stunning in terms of just the scale and scope of some of the ... I mean, stretches of city blocks, stretches of roadways, full of people. So it's 1.7 million people participating. That is a sizeable group of people. It's not your couple of hundred protesters. This is a fifth of the population, a quarter of the population of Hong Kong participating in this. Bryan Strawser: We expect these kind of protests are going to continue in Hong Kong. I would assess that the protesters are definitely going to continue their move towards ... Or kind of back to where they started in terms of nonviolent protests. Bryan Strawser: I mean, we may see them occupy other facilities. I know there's a court order prohibiting them from blocking the airport, but who knows where some of that goes over time. But we certainly expect that it's going to be an ongoing challenge for some time to come between Hong Kong and China. Bray Wheeler: They've been fairly creative throughout this in finding ways to kind of create disruption and do different things. So as one door closes, they tend to have a couple more ready to open up or already open. Bryan Strawser: So that's it for this week's edition, the BryghtCast edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast. We'll be back on Monday with a new topical podcast. Until then, be well.

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Dr. Jason Fung is a bestselling author and world-renowned expert on fasting. He joins JJ in today's podcast episode to reveal the powerful benefits of fasting and how you can incorporate fasting into your routine to take back your health! Listen as Dr. Fung explains why the calories in-calories out method of dieting doesn't work, as well as why fasting is a better option for lasting weight loss. Dr. Fung also busts common myths about fasting, plus he shares the incredible advantages that fasting has to offer, including how it can help slow aging, fight disease, increase energy levels and burn away stored fat. Find out about the different types of fasting and grab Dr. Fung's free introductory course so you can start reaping the rewards of fasting today!   Freebies From Today’s Episode Get Dr. Jason Fung’s free Introductory Course on Fasting by going to jjvirgin.com/fasting.   Main Points From Today’s Episode The calories in-calories out dieting method doesn’t work! Dr. Fung explains why fasting is a better option for weight loss. Dr. Fung busts common myths about fasting around hunger, muscle mass, and metabolic rate. Plus, find out about the powerful benefits of fasting, including how it can help slow aging, fight disease, increase energy levels, and burn away stored fat. Dr. Fung talks about different types of fasting such as time-restricted eating and the one meal a day approach. Grab Dr. Fung's free introductory course on fasting to get started today!   Episode Play-By-Play [2:10] Dr. Jason Fung’s career briefing [3:05] Listener shout-out [4:15 ] If you’re struggling with gas and bloating, food intolerance, or any other digestive unrest, try JJ’s Leaky Gut Support!  [5:34] How Dr. Fung became an expert on fasting  [7:40] The calories in-calories out dieting method doesn’t work!  [10:05] Busting the myth that you have to eat all day long to lose weight  [11:10] If you don’t have diabetes or other health issues, your body tends to keep your blood sugar at stable levels. [12:30] After diving into the medical literature, Dr. Fung realized that fasting is actually a really good idea.  [12:58] Billions of people around the world have used different types of fasting regimens for thousands of years. [13:45] Dr. Fung has seen patients reverse type 2 diabetes with fasting [14:52] Overcoming common concerns about fasting  [16:45] Studies on fasting and lean body mass [18:23] How fasting increases energy levels and sends the signal to your body to burn stored fat [19:32] Changing up your exercise and eating routine has metabolic benefits.  [20:20] Putting small amounts of stress on your body in the form of fasting or exercise can actually be good for you. [22:30] The top benefits of fasting [23:21] Fasting boosts the process of autophagy, which has powerful anti-aging effects.  [24:09] The impact of fasting on hunger levels  [26:30] How fasting reestablishes your relationship with food  [27:30] Why eating 6 small meals a day makes you hungrier   [29:30] Different types of fasting protocols and Dr. Fung’s top recommendations on how to incorporate fasting into your routine [31:41] How to step into fasting [33:05] Listener’s question: I know you’re not a fan of snacking, but I have low blood sugar. What should I do? [34:02] Start by improving your food quality and eating the trifecta of fiber, protein, and healthy fats. [34:59] Then, begin to extend the time between meals.    Mentioned in this episode: The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting , by Dr. Jason Fung The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss, by Dr. Jason Fung Leaky Gut Support Become part of JJ’s community JJ Virgin Official Facebook page JJ Virgin on Instagram JJ Virgin on YouTube

On the In Vino Fabulum (#InVinoFab) podcast, episode no. 14 we tantalize your taste buds with a wine pairing lesson from a certified sommelier and educator, Cheryl S. Stanley. We figure out how to best differentiate wine by color, taste, and learn how she wants to being a culture of care to restaurants and the service industry with her own consulting business.Cheryl is a lecturer in food and beverage management at The Hotel School, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. She received her Master of Science degree from Texas Tech's College of Human Sciences in Hospitality and Retail Management and her Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. Stanley's primary area of teaching is Beverage Management within food and beverage operations. She is also founding partner in a consulting company which focuses on beverage menu development, service standards, and employee training. Her previous work experience includes managing restaurants and beverage programs for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and independent restaurants, as well as a wine retail store in California. Stanley is a Certified Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers, Level 3 with Honors from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust, Bar Smarts Advanced from Bar Smarts, and a Certified Specialist of Wine from the Society of Wine Educators. She is the faculty advisor for Cornell Cuvee, the blind wine tasting competition team, which has won first place at multiple international wine competitions. In 2017 she was selected as one of Wine Enthusiast Magazine's 40 under 40 Tastemakers.Website: https://sha.cornell.edu/faculty-research/faculty/css14 CU Article: Cheryl Stanley's winning Ways with wine https://sha.cornell.edu/businessfeed/2018/03/08/cheryl-stanley-winning-wine/ WineEnthusiast 40 Under 40 Tastemakers of 2017 https://www.winemag.com/40under402017/ The Court of Master Sommeliers https://www.mastersommeliers.org/ Interested in becoming a Sommelier? Here's the Introductory Course & Examination https://www.mastersommeliers.org/courses/introductory-course-examination About the Cheryl's Course: HADM: 4300: Introduction to Wines https://sha.cornell.edu/admissions-programs/undergraduate/academics/courses/course.html?ps_course_id=351839  Reflection from a student: http://blogs.cornell.edu/lauren/2014/11/16/hadm-4300-intro-to-wines/  Test your own wine knowledge with this HADM 4300 Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/127819427/hadm-4300-intro-to-wines-prelim-1-flash-cards/  Follow the HADM 4300 on their social channels: Course Twitter handle: @cuha4300 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cuha4300/   The Hotel School https://twitter.com/CornellSHA  “I hope that [my students] leave my course with just an appreciation for life and food and wine.” ~ Cheryl StanleyHow to Gain Some Knowledge on Wine for Select & Discuss Wine for a Meal:-- Wine Folly https://winefolly.com/ and blog: https://winefolly.com/blog/ -- HADM 4300 Textbook: Wines for Dummies https://www.dummies.com/food-drink/drinks/wine/ & cheat sheet  https://www.dummies.com/food-drink/drinks/wine/wine-for-dummies-cheat-sheet/-- How to Order Wine When Meeting with Business Clientshttps://www.winemag.com/2015/07/15/the-business-of-wine-pairings/ -- How to Pick Wine for a Party http://guides.wsj.com/wine/entertaining-and-celebrating-with-wine/how-to-pick-wine-for-a-party/-- The Best 5 Wine Books for Beginners https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-five-best-wine-books-for-beginners-1449168856 -- BONUS LISTEN: #InVinoFab podcast episode no. 8 to learn about the world of viticulture and enology with Dr. Justine VandenHeuvel (a.k.a. @TheGrapeProf) https://3wedu.wordpress.com/2018/06/15/invinofab-podcast-no-8-learning-about-viticulture-with-thegrapeprof/ Wine Myth Busting: Q: Price of Wine - Is More Expensive Always Better?A: No. More expensive does not mean it is always better. People can be tricked into taste. Drink what you like -- that is Cheryl's rule. Here's more about the study she mentionedWhy expensive wine appears to taste better: It's the price tag https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170814092949.htmHow context alters value: The brain's valuation and affective regulation system link price cues to experienced taste pleasantness. Scientific Reports, 2017; 7 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08080-0BONUS READ: Cheryl's Master's Thesis: Alcoholic Beverage Costing Practicesin the Hospitality Industry from Texas Tech University [PDF] https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/ttu-ir/bitstream/handle/2346/47487/STANLEY-THESIS.pdf?sequence=2 Q: To decant or not decant wine? When and why do you decant wine?A: Yes IF:  it's a young red wine that is from a moderate to warm climate that would benefit from air in order to soften the mouth feel If the wine in unfined and unfiltered, it could have sediment if the wine is old -- it depends on the type of grape: cabernet sauvignon, nebbiolo, merlot, some syrahs, etc. or a pinot that is old might throw sediment so you can decanter to remove the bitter chunks. If the wine is young and their reds do well with decanting for air, e.g. local Cornell University alumni vineyard: Turley Wines: http://www.turleywinecellars.com/  How to Serve Wine 101: Why and When to Decant https://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/how-to-serve-wine-decanting Why and When Do We Decant Wine https://vinepair.com/wine-101/wine-decanting-guide/ Length of Time to Decant, suggestions from Wine Folly: https://winefolly.com/tutorial/how-long-to-decant-wine/ Q: Can you bring your own bottle of wine to a restaurant and just pay the corkage fee? A: It depends. Some restaurants allow this, whereas it may not be legal to bring your own alcohol due to local, state, provincial or regional laws. It's always best to ask the restaurant the following questions: (1) Do they allow corkage (if you bring your own bottle)? And (2): Are there any restrictions to corkage? Some might restrict you from bringing a bottle on the restaurant's wine list. Often you can do this in a number of wine regions and areas, but it's always good to ask when in a new area.  Some food places do this to enjoy the local wine countries, for example FLX Wienery https://flxwienery.com/ is one in IthacaSome of Cheryl's Favorites:WINE: Based on her own origins and the emotional connection, she likes California Zinfandel; 2015 "three" Zinfandel Old Vines Contra Costa County http://www.threewinecompany.com/zinfandeloldvines.html CURRENT WINE IN HAND: Cotes de Provence rosé http://www.domaine-des-tournels.com/en/cotes_de_provence/vignoble/cotes-de-provence-rose MOVIES: Sideways (2004) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375063/ Big Night (1996) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115678/ BOOKS: The Sign of the Grape and Eagle by Daniel Deckers http://www.frankfurt-academic-press.de/2018/04/18/daniel-deckers-the-sign-of-the-grape-and-eagle/Wine and War: The French, the Nazis and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure https://www.amazon.com/Wine-War-Frances-Greatest-Treasure/dp/0767904486 Top Producers of Wine in the US: https://www.winesandvines.com/template.cfm?section=widc&widcDomain=wineries Core Winery http://www.corewine.com/ Finger Lakes Wine Country  http://www.fingerlakeswinecountry.com/ The Society of Wine Educators http://www.societyofwineeducators.org/ Interested in learning online about wine?eCornell Wine Course to be developed here soon: https://www.ecornell.com/ Is there something else you'd like to learn about wine? Do you have someone we should interview next for the pod? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you about whose story we should share on a future #InVinoFab episode. Send us love, suggestions, and comments to: invinofabulum@gmail.com Connect with the #InVinoFab Podcast: Hosts: Patrice (@profpatrice) & Laura (@laurapasquini); pronouns: she/her Twitter: https://twitter.com/invinofab Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/invinofab/ 

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to our first episode of QueerBait! In today's lesson, we learn the origins of the podcast and the awkward awakenings of our sexual identities. We'll be posting a new episode of the podcast every Wednesday, so stay tuned! 

August is here - time to cancel everything! Just kidding... BUT still a good heads up that this month is filled with many planets in retrograde, so be prepared to slow down and adjust throughout the weeks ahead. Mercury is retrograde in Leo and Uranus stations retrograde at 2 degrees Taurus on August 8, which can be jolting and shocking to our energy systems. We are still in eclipse season with the third one coming up on August 11th at 18 degrees Leo. A lot going on, so let's dive in and see what is coming up as we move through the month.   Your Zen Summer: 8 Retrograde Planets During Summer 2018   Astrology 101 Introductory Course: https://www.mollymccord.online/p/intro-astrology-course   Join bestselling author, consciousness teacher, intuitive and astrologer Molly McCord for this lively weekly show! Molly shares inspiring cosmic messages, astrological updates, spirituality insights, and timeless wisdom to add empowering awesomeness to your life - and have some fun along the way! Molly's spiritual awakening began in 2002, and she delightfully offers her years of growth and experiences in each episode to inspire, uplift and upLIGHT your journey.

Soul contracts are expiring and soul tribes are shifting with the July 27 Full Moon Lunar Eclipse at 4 degrees Aquarius. We've been feeling these energy changes for a few months already, but this lunation is powerful because of the added boost of a Mars conjunction to the Moon and South Node in Aquarius - wowzers! Take a moment to come back to your solar plexus and heart for the truest answers that you need right now. Spoiler Alert! The Lesson Is Always Love.    Your Zen Summer: 8 Retrograde Planets During Summer 2018   Astrology 101 Introductory Course: https://www.mollymccord.online/p/intro-astrology-course   Join bestselling author, consciousness teacher, intuitive and astrologer Molly McCord for this lively weekly show! Molly shares inspiring cosmic messages, astrological updates, spirituality insights, and timeless wisdom to add empowering awesomeness to your life - and have some fun along the way! Molly's spiritual awakening began in 2002, and she delightfully offers her years of growth and experiences in each episode to inspire, uplift and upLIGHT your journey.

The Sun in Cancer invites us deeper into our receptive energies that support our inner needs. The outer world may make us hard, but our internal spaces are built on our conscius choices, and the strength of our Feminine expression. We are approaching the powerful July 12th New Moon Solar Eclipse at 20 degrees Cancer, which coincides with an opposition to Pluto in Capricorn. Change is here and happening now! Jupiter stations direct on July 11 at 13 degrees Scorpio, adding a boost of wisdom, strength, and deeper faith for the road ahead.   *No show next week because this lady is going on vacation AGAIN!* Your Zen Summer: 8 Retrograde Planets During Summer 2018   Astrology 101 Introductory Course: https://www.mollymccord.online/p/intro-astrology-course   Join bestselling author, consciousness teacher, intuitive and astrologer Molly McCord for this lively weekly show! Molly shares inspiring cosmic messages, astrological updates, spirituality insights, and timeless wisdom to add empowering awesomeness to your life - and have some fun along the way! Molly's spiritual awakening began in 2002, and she delightfully offers her years of growth and experiences in each episode to inspire, uplift and upLIGHT your journey.

The solstice on June 21 is a shifting of energies and seasons as we move from the busyness of Gemini to the receptivity of Cancer. Neptune just turned retrograde on June 19, slowing us down and inviting our energies to be experienced more internally. Mars is moving very slowly as he prepares to station retrograde on June 26 at 9 degrees Aquarius, and will move backwards until August 26. Numerous planets will be retrograde this summer and we are feelin' it now! We'll discuss more in this show. *No show next week because this lady is going on vacation!* Your Zen Summer: 8 Retrograde Planets During Summer 2018   Astrology 101 Introductory Course: https://www.mollymccord.online/p/intro-astrology-course   Join bestselling author, consciousness teacher, intuitive and astrologer Molly McCord for this lively weekly show! Molly shares inspiring cosmic messages, astrological updates, spirituality insights, and timeless wisdom to add empowering awesomeness to your life - and have some fun along the way! Molly's spiritual awakening began in 2002, and she delightfully offers her years of growth and experiences in each episode to inspire, uplift and upLIGHT your journey.

Many retrogrades this summer means we are bringing our energies 'inside' to ensure we are trusting, honoring, and respecting who we truly are in this cycle. Neptune stations retrograde on June 19 at 16 degrees Pisces. Venus entered Leo on June 14, strenghtening courage, confidence and going for what we want, especially as she moves across the North Node in Leo. More in this week's show!   Astrology 101 Introductory Course - 6 online classes, self-paced, available now   Your Zen Summer ~ 8 Retrograde Planets During Summer   Twin Flame Healing Journey Teaching Series   Join bestselling author, consciousness teacher, intuitive and astrologer Molly McCord for this lively weekly show! Molly shares inspiring cosmic messages, astrological updates, spirituality insights, and timeless wisdom to add empowering awesomeness to your life - and have some fun along the way! Molly's spiritual awakening began in 2002, and she delightfully offers her years of growth and experiences in each episode to inspire, uplift and upLIGHT your journey.

Comrade Tiberius rides solo to catch up with James and fellow worker Ruth from the Kansas City IWW to discuss anti-prison activism and their current campaign to get adequate feminine hygiene supplies for those caged by the state. (Tiberius' recording was corrupted by state agents, but they're confident the quality of the content makes up for the resulting poor audio quality) To find out more and get involved: Facebook: https://facebook.com/kansascity.iww/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/gkciww Web: https://kciww.org/ IWOC: incarceratedworkers.org Email: greaterkciww@gmail.com

Happy! Joy! Nice to meetcha! It's finally friday! Yes my friends...it's finally here. I feel utterly refreshed, like I put on a new pair of underwear on New Year's Day! Why? Because this is the first Manga Mavericks of 2017, and the first installment of JoJo's month, our celebration of the 30th anniversary of the monolithic manga franchise JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Am I excited? YES I AM! JoJo's makes my heart resonate, with heat enough to burn, and my blood razor sharp with excitement! Even Colton is excited! Especially since we've brought back JoJo's superfan VlordGTZ to the show to help us rundown the history of this insanely long and awesome series. We might not be able remember how many breads we've eaten in our lives, but we can talk for hours about JoJo's. Which we do! We delve into each and every part of the series, from Phantom Blood to JoJolion, in a nearly three hour discussion that still couldn't cover everything we wanted to say about the series! Yare Yare Daze. But hold up! Next you're going to say "wait, what about the news?" Don't worry, we've got a bunch of news to cover too. From Rightstuf's highest-selling manga of 2016 list, to the conclusion of the RWBY manga, to USC offering a course on magical girls, there's plenty of newsbits to catch up on. But seriously, we all know you're all here for the JoJo's, and also probably to hear us answer some Q&As. Well, you're going to have to wait on that. Because this episode went on so long, the Q&As will be answered on a separate episode to be released on January 27th. I feel you! I feel you deeply! Your feeling I can feel deeply! You want those Q&As now, I get it. But I refuse. One of the things I, LumRanmaYasha, like the most is to find someone who thinks they're hot stuff, and saying "No" right to their faces! You thought the Q&As would be answered on the 13th, but instead it was the 27th! Arguing is MUDAMUDAMUDA! After all, when I have to repeat something that only needs be said once...that means the listener is unintelligent. What, you think I'm being meaner than all FIVE DIOS combined? The way I see it, if I provide you guys with entertainment, and THEN kick your (figurative) asses, I won't be "bullying the weak" then, now will I? Was that entire paragraph a JoJo's reference? YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT IT WAS! And you better get used to it, because like the Toriko Manga Fight, these JoJo's episodes are going to be chock full of quotes, references, and meme that might make you get a feeling so complicated. But for now, enjoy this beautiful Duwang of a retrospective we've put together for you guys and look forward to more JoJo's goodness ORAORAORA-ing your way in the weeks to come! As Josuke would say: Great! Podcast Breakdown: 00:25 - Announcements! News: 4:50 - NYT List Best Selling Manga List: Week of Dec 25th - Jan 1st 9:22 - Rightstuf’s Top 10 Manga of 2016 12:28 - Shirow Miwa’s RWBY Manga Will End on January 19th 22:28 - RWBY Will Receive "Red Like Roses" Manga Anthology in Spring 23:28 - Psycho-Pass' Writer Makoto Fukami Launches New Manga 25:00 - Fate/Zero Manga Will End with 14th Volume in 2017 26:00 - I Am a Hero Manga Resumes for the Final 7 Chapters 28:30 - 21st Century Boys Gets New Ending in the Complete Edition 33:00 - The University of South Carolina Now Offers an Introductory Course on Magical Girls 33:50 - Moto Hagio Wins Asahi Prize 34:40 - Viz Media invests in Anime Recommendation/Community Platform Kitsu JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Discussion: 36:36 - The Origins of JoJo's 48:20 - Part 1: Phantom Blood 1:07:45 - Part 2: Battle Tendency 1:23:18 - Part 3: Stardust Crusaders 2:01:30 - Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable 2:31:30 - Part 5: Vento Aureo 2:49:05 - Part 6: Stone Ocean 3:03:35 - Part 7: Steel Ball Run 3:16:22 - Part 8: JoJolion 3:28:30 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks and on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha and special guest VlordGTZ at @VlordGTZ. JoJo's month continues next week with our JJBA-centered Manga Fight featuring returning guest Maxy Barnard, host of the Shonen Jump-centric podcast Friendship! Effort! Victory, as well as VlordGTZ, which will come out on Friday, January 20th. VlordGTZ will also be joining us for our JoJo's Q&A special, which will be released on Friday, January 27th. Please make sure to fill out our year-end survey, which will be available to take until our 1st-year anniversary date on January 27th 2017. If you have any additional questions, comments, suggestions, or anything you want to ask that’s too big to tweet, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Arrivederci! Links: The Manga Mavericks 1st Annual Year-End Survey

Are you having a love/hate relationship with your course creation? Creating your first online course can be a challenge. How do you decide which content to keep and which to leave out. I have been there. It’s awful, you have such passion for your topic, but for a plethora of reasons it’s not coming through when you put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). I’ve built FIVE blockbuster courses over the last six years AND I’ve been in the very same struggle you may be feeling right now. Nearly 40,000-enrolled-students later, I’m going to walk you through how to break through the obstacles that can stall your product creation process. I am dedicating this entire special episode to demystifying the product creation process. I’m giving you the you exact steps to take when you feel stuck. (And, what the most common reasons are for getting stuck, so you know what to look for next time around.) There are three questions you should ask yourself before you create any course. These questions will help you find FOCUS. Once you have that, your creative energy will flow. I will also help you decide what content makes the most sense for your business and your audience right now. For example, do you know if you want to create an Introductory Course or a Signature Course? I’m breaking down both of these for you. Listen in to hear how you can get unstuck and create the course you’ve desperately wanted to complete. (The finish line is closer than you think.)

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Taking Jonathan Z. Smith’s much quoted line seriously: “there is nothing that must be taught, there is nothing that cannot be left out,” this workshop with Russell McCutcheon (University of Alabama) focuses on the choices an instructor makes in designing and teaching an introductory course in the academic study of religion. Because such courses serve broad curricular needs (often comprising a General Education or Core Curriculum credit) while also recruiting majors for Departments of Religious Studies, the students taking such course, and their interest in/prior exposure to the material, can vary widely. So the choices the instructor makes—what to include and what to leave out—must take into account such a variety of concerns as to sometimes make designing and teaching such courses surprisingly difficult. This workshop provides an opportunity to think more widely about the intellectual tools that can be used in such courses, so long as the instructor can clearly distinguish a delimited set of skills (e.g., description, interpretation, comparison, explanation) from the innumerable human situations where their scholarly use can be exemplified. For if Smith is correct that the liberal arts and/or the Humanities are concerned with “developing the students’ capacities for reading, writing, and speaking—put another way, for interpreting and arguing,” then teaching skills, used in precise situations, to make sense of human doings, likely ought to be the aim of such courses. The workshop presumes that attendees have read Smith’s essay, “The Introductory Course: Less is Better” (available here). Please also review Prof. McCutcheon's latest introductory syllabus, and read as much as you are able of Prof. McCutcheon’s concise book Studying Religion: An Introduction, this being an example of one way to approach the challenge of an introductory course that is about more than memorizing names and dates. Russell McCutcheon is Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama; his interests have long revolved around the practical implications of classification systems. He has written or edited a variety of books in the study of religion, often focused on methodology and theory, and frequently blogs at his Department’s site or at the blog for Culture on the Edge, a research collaborative of which he is a member. The Craft of Teaching (CoT) is the Divinity School's program of pedagogical development for its graduate students, dedicated to preparing a new generation of accomplished educators in the field of religious studies. We bring together Divinity School faculty, current students, and an extensive alumni network of decorated teachers to share our craft and to advance critical reflection on religious studies pedagogy.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Taking Jonathan Z. Smith’s much quoted line seriously: “there is nothing that must be taught, there is nothing that cannot be left out,” this workshop with Russell McCutcheon (University of Alabama) focuses on the choices an instructor makes in designing and teaching an introductory course in the academic study of religion. Because such courses serve broad curricular needs (often comprising a General Education or Core Curriculum credit) while also recruiting majors for Departments of Religious Studies, the students taking such course, and their interest in/prior exposure to the material, can vary widely. So the choices the instructor makes—what to include and what to leave out—must take into account such a variety of concerns as to sometimes make designing and teaching such courses surprisingly difficult. This workshop provides an opportunity to think more widely about the intellectual tools that can be used in such courses, so long as the instructor can clearly distinguish a delimited set of skills (e.g., description, interpretation, comparison, explanation) from the innumerable human situations where their scholarly use can be exemplified. For if Smith is correct that the liberal arts and/or the Humanities are concerned with “developing the students’ capacities for reading, writing, and speaking—put another way, for interpreting and arguing,” then teaching skills, used in precise situations, to make sense of human doings, likely ought to be the aim of such courses. The workshop presumes that attendees have read Smith’s essay, “The Introductory Course: Less is Better” (available here). Please also review Prof. McCutcheon's latest introductory syllabus, and read as much as you are able of Prof. McCutcheon’s concise book Studying Religion: An Introduction, this being an example of one way to approach the challenge of an introductory course that is about more than memorizing names and dates. Russell McCutcheon is Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama; his interests have long revolved around the practical implications of classification systems. He has written or edited a variety of books in the study of religion, often focused on methodology and theory, and frequently blogs at his Department’s site or at the blog for Culture on the Edge, a research collaborative of which he is a member. The Craft of Teaching (CoT) is the Divinity School's program of pedagogical development for its graduate students, dedicated to preparing a new generation of accomplished educators in the field of religious studies. We bring together Divinity School faculty, current students, and an extensive alumni network of decorated teachers to share our craft and to advance critical reflection on religious studies pedagogy.

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. From the Divinity School's Craft of Teaching in the Academic Study of Religion program. Led by Professors Lucy Pick, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer in the History of Christianity, and Richard Rosengarten, Associate Professor of Religion and Literature. The "Introduction to Religious Studies" course is a cornerstone of most Religious Studies majors, but a review of any syllabus collection will show that there are numerous ways to approach it. Listen to Professors Rosengarten and Pick discuss the syllabi they created for "RLST 10100: Introduction to Religious Studies" at the College at the University of Chicago. They will discuss how they organized their courses and why, what they included and what they left out, and what worked and what didn't.