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2 episodes with Keene State College
2 episodes with Keene State College
Episode 457 / Emily Noelle Lambert received her MFA in Painting from Hunter College in NYC and her BA in Visual Art from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Lambert has shown nationally and internationally including solo exhibitions at Freight+Volume Gallery (NYC), Denny Gallery (NYC), Lu Magnus Gallery (NYC) Art in Buildings (NYC), now defunct Thomas Robertello Gallery (IL), Gravity Gallery (MA) and IMART in South Korea. Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions including at the Ringling Museum of Art (FL), The University of Michigan in Kalamazoo (MI), Torrance Art Museum(CA), Asya Geisberg (NY), Underdonk (NY) Katherine Markel Fine Art (NYC) and Alice Gauvin Gallery (ME). She has completed public art projects for the Department of Transportation in NYC and elementary schools in NYC and New Hampshire. Lambert has been awarded fellowships from MacDowell (NH), The Yaddo Foundation (NY), Fountainhead Residency (FL), Vermont Studio Center (VT), Dieu Donne (NY), The Alfred and Trafford Klots International Artist Residency (France),Lower East Side Printshop (NY), DNA Residency (MA), Edward Albee Residency (NY), Momozozo AIR (run by artist Paula Wilson) (NM) and Woodstock Byrdcliffe AIR(NY), Virginia Center for Creative Arts (VA) and Cushing Collaborative (organized by artist Maureen Cavanaugh) (ME). Lambert's work has been reviewed in The International New York Times, The Observer, The Brooklyn Rail, Modern Painters, Art News, Two Coats of Paint, Greenpointer, Art in America, and artforum.com. Lambert is currently an Associate Professor of Drawing and Painting at Keene State College in New Hampshire.
On today's show, North Central College Political Science Professor William Muck fills in for Joan; his guests are: – Bill Adair, founder of PolitiFact, Knight Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University, and author of the new book, Beyond the Big Lie: The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans Do It More, and How It Could Burn Down Our Democracy – Philip Barker, professor of political science at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire – North Central College Political Science Professor Suzanne Chod Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/live-local-progressive). "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" now has its very own podcast. Two, in fact: "Joan Esposito Full Episodes" and "Joan Esposito Featured Interviews." You can subscribe to one or both! Just search for Joan Esposito wherever you get your podcasts, or get links to the podcasts by visiting heartlandsignal.com/programs/live-local-progressive.
On today's show: - Jake Lahut, campaign reporter covering the election for The Columbia Journalism Review and the Straight from the Hut newsletter - Suzanne Chod: professor of political science at North Central College - Phil Barker, professor of political science at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire Catch “The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820
The former endowed chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College, Keene, NH, Dr. Dr. Elisa von Joeden-Forgey is the co-founder and executive director of the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention. In Part II of her conversation with Margot Patterson, she discusses what the Lemkin Institute identifies as genocide not just in Gaza but throughout Palestine and the assault on democracy that Western support for Israel's genocide in Palestine involves.
Genocide scholar Dr. Elisa von Joeden-Forgey discusses what constitutes genocide, how and why she and international human rights lawyer Irene Victoria Massimino came to found the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention to avert it, and why the West is supporting genocide in Palestine. Dr. von Joeden-Forgey is the former Endowed Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College, Keene, NH, and the Dr. Marsha Raticoff Grossman Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Stockton University, NJ.
If you're looking at your paid media campaign performance and have a feeling something's not quite right… trust your gut. That's Jeff Holeman's advice, and the same instinct he followed for UF's Warrington College of Business paid media efforts. After asking questions and working closely with his vendor and platform partners, he uncovered using first-party data and in-platform lead forms on LinkedIn could make a big difference. And it did: After using first-party data to target his audiences and implementing in-platform forms, Jeff saw 196% increase in leads, double the clicks/engagement, and a drastic 60% reduction in cost. The best part? You can do this too!Guest Name: Jeff Holeman, UF Warrington College of BusinessGuest Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsholeman/Guest Bio: Jeff Holeman leads marketing at the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business, where his focus is strengthening the brand among the college's 7,000 students and 90,000 alumni, while also building an enrollment pipeline for the college's portfolio of graduate and undergraduate programs. Jeff has previously led marketing, communications or enrollment at the University of California, Berkeley, Arizona State University, Keene State College, and the University of Rochester, as well as several healthcare systems serving Arizona, Colorado, California, Nevada, Wyoming, and Nebraska. Jeff has more than 25 years of experience in marketing and branding and is focused on the impact that artificial intelligence or the simplest of best practices can have in driving marketing results. - - - -Connect With Our Host:Dayana Kibildshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dayanakibilds/About The Enrollify Podcast Network:Talking Tactics is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too! Some of our favorites include Mission Admissions and Higher Ed Pulse.Enrollify is made possible by Element451 — the next-generation AI student engagement platform helping institutions create meaningful and personalized interactions with students. Learn more at element451.com. Connect with Us at the Engage Summit:Exciting news — many of your favorite Enrollify creators will be at the 2024 Engage Summit in Raleigh, NC, on June 25 and 26, and we'd love to meet you there! Sessions will focus on cutting-edge AI applications that are reshaping student outreach, enhancing staff productivity, and offering deep insights into ROI. Use the discount code Enrollify50 at checkout, and you can register for just $200! Learn more and register at engage.element451.com — we can't wait to see you there!
Amy is joined by Dr. Lisa DiGiovanni to discuss the histories of state violence in Spain and Chile, the critical concept of 'militarized masculinity', and how everyday people can resist the rise of militarism and hyper-masculinity.Dr. Lisa DiGiovanni is a professor of contemporary Spanish and Larin American literature and film at Keene State College. She has a joint appointment as Chair for the Department of Modern Languages and Culture and as a professor int he Holocaust and Genocide Studies Department. her area of expertise is the twentieth-century dictatorial violence in Spain and Chile. As a professor, she teaches introductory to advanced level courses that integrate language, literature, and film and studies state violence as social control.
In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with artist Brendan McCormick!Brendan is a digital artist who lives, works, and creates in New Hampshire. A product of the 90's and early 2000's, Brendan draws inspiration from his childhood playing video games, reading comics, making movies, and skateboarding. After graduating college in 2009 with a Bachelor's degree in Film Production from Keene State College, Brendan worked in television. A few years ago, he rediscovered his love for creating artwork and since then has been selling his work to people all over the country and in stores around New England as a full-time artist.Brendan's work and style can be described as colorfully dark with a sense of humor and sarcasm. He strives to make that one odd piece in your home that warrants a double-take or a chuckle.Check out Brendan's work at www.bmccormick.com and on Instagram www.instagram.com/bmccormick86. Listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or on our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. Be friends with us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/CreativeGutsPodcast and Instagram at www.Instagram.com/CreativeGutsPodcast. A special thank you to Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter for providing a space where Creative Guts can record! This episode is sponsored in part by the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts. Thank you to our friends in Rochester for their support of the show.If you love listening, consider making a donation to Creative Guts! Our budget is tiny, so donations of any size make a big difference. Learn more about us and make a tax deductible donation at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.
De las reformas borbónicas a los mercados abiertos en California, 1801-1821, publicado en el dossier de Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business (Volume 8, Number 1, 43-80, January-June2023) El Consulado de México fue el gremio mercantil que operó como centro neurálgico comercial del Imperio Español en las Américas. Entre 1801 y 1821, uno desus miembros, Pedro González de Noriega, influyó en el crecimiento económico de California al situar a su sobrino, José de la Guerra y Noriega, en la línea de abastecimiento militar de la colonia. ¿Con qué propósito De la Guerra y Noriega fue a California? Fuera cual fuese su intención, sus planes vitales cambiaron en 1810, cuando la insurgencia estalló en Nueva España, y el situadodejó de llegar a California. ¿Cómo se adaptó a este cambio estructural De la Guerra y Noriega, entre 1811 y 1821, en sus negociaciones con comerciantes internacionales de Manila a San Blas y Lima para abastecer California? En el contexto de desmoronamiento del Imperio Español, seguimos la microhistoria de la red mercantil de Noriega, que se adaptó al contexto macroeconómico generado por la transformación política en la cuenca del Pacífico y por la independencia mexicana de España. La De la Guerra Collection en la Biblioteca-Archivo de la Misión Santa Bárbara revela que el centro emergente de México para el comercio del Pacífico fue Guadalajara, con San Blas como su puerto principal. Con la independencia de México en 1821, De la Guerra había establecido Santa Bárbara, en California, como el centro de negocios de su familia, en lugar de la Ciudad de México. Incluso cuando los comerciantes de Manila se relocalizaron a Tepic, mantuvo sus lazos con ellos. También comerció con los británicos en el Callao de Perú, gracias a lo cual pudo enviar a su hijo a educarse en Liverpool con la familia Brotherston. Link al artículo https://doi.org/10.1344/jesb20... Marie Christine Duggan has a PHD in economics and is Professor of Business Management at Keene State College in New Hampshire. Presenta Paula de la Cruz-Fernández. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
De las reformas borbónicas a los mercados abiertos en California, 1801-1821, publicado en el dossier de Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business (Volume 8, Number 1, 43-80, January-June2023) El Consulado de México fue el gremio mercantil que operó como centro neurálgico comercial del Imperio Español en las Américas. Entre 1801 y 1821, uno desus miembros, Pedro González de Noriega, influyó en el crecimiento económico de California al situar a su sobrino, José de la Guerra y Noriega, en la línea de abastecimiento militar de la colonia. ¿Con qué propósito De la Guerra y Noriega fue a California? Fuera cual fuese su intención, sus planes vitales cambiaron en 1810, cuando la insurgencia estalló en Nueva España, y el situadodejó de llegar a California. ¿Cómo se adaptó a este cambio estructural De la Guerra y Noriega, entre 1811 y 1821, en sus negociaciones con comerciantes internacionales de Manila a San Blas y Lima para abastecer California? En el contexto de desmoronamiento del Imperio Español, seguimos la microhistoria de la red mercantil de Noriega, que se adaptó al contexto macroeconómico generado por la transformación política en la cuenca del Pacífico y por la independencia mexicana de España. La De la Guerra Collection en la Biblioteca-Archivo de la Misión Santa Bárbara revela que el centro emergente de México para el comercio del Pacífico fue Guadalajara, con San Blas como su puerto principal. Con la independencia de México en 1821, De la Guerra había establecido Santa Bárbara, en California, como el centro de negocios de su familia, en lugar de la Ciudad de México. Incluso cuando los comerciantes de Manila se relocalizaron a Tepic, mantuvo sus lazos con ellos. También comerció con los británicos en el Callao de Perú, gracias a lo cual pudo enviar a su hijo a educarse en Liverpool con la familia Brotherston. Link al artículo https://doi.org/10.1344/jesb20... Marie Christine Duggan has a PHD in economics and is Professor of Business Management at Keene State College in New Hampshire. Presenta Paula de la Cruz-Fernández. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
De las reformas borbónicas a los mercados abiertos en California, 1801-1821, publicado en el dossier de Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business (Volume 8, Number 1, 43-80, January-June2023) El Consulado de México fue el gremio mercantil que operó como centro neurálgico comercial del Imperio Español en las Américas. Entre 1801 y 1821, uno desus miembros, Pedro González de Noriega, influyó en el crecimiento económico de California al situar a su sobrino, José de la Guerra y Noriega, en la línea de abastecimiento militar de la colonia. ¿Con qué propósito De la Guerra y Noriega fue a California? Fuera cual fuese su intención, sus planes vitales cambiaron en 1810, cuando la insurgencia estalló en Nueva España, y el situadodejó de llegar a California. ¿Cómo se adaptó a este cambio estructural De la Guerra y Noriega, entre 1811 y 1821, en sus negociaciones con comerciantes internacionales de Manila a San Blas y Lima para abastecer California? En el contexto de desmoronamiento del Imperio Español, seguimos la microhistoria de la red mercantil de Noriega, que se adaptó al contexto macroeconómico generado por la transformación política en la cuenca del Pacífico y por la independencia mexicana de España. La De la Guerra Collection en la Biblioteca-Archivo de la Misión Santa Bárbara revela que el centro emergente de México para el comercio del Pacífico fue Guadalajara, con San Blas como su puerto principal. Con la independencia de México en 1821, De la Guerra había establecido Santa Bárbara, en California, como el centro de negocios de su familia, en lugar de la Ciudad de México. Incluso cuando los comerciantes de Manila se relocalizaron a Tepic, mantuvo sus lazos con ellos. También comerció con los británicos en el Callao de Perú, gracias a lo cual pudo enviar a su hijo a educarse en Liverpool con la familia Brotherston. Link al artículo https://doi.org/10.1344/jesb20... Marie Christine Duggan has a PHD in economics and is Professor of Business Management at Keene State College in New Hampshire. Presenta Paula de la Cruz-Fernández. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
EPISODE #77 - We just finished Week 1 of our newest 4-week Studio Circle called Internal Family Systems for Your Daily Life, facilitated by Yes Collective cofounder, IFS practitioner, and podcast cohost Justin Wilford, PhD.In this podcast episode, Justin talks with lead trainer for the IFS Institute, Sue Richmond, LCSW. If what you hear makes you want to dive deeper, then you can still hop into the Yes Collective network with this 7-day free trial and join the IFS Studio Circle. If you're already a member of the Yes Collective then click here. Through out the four weeks, we'll:Learn about the paradigm-shifting model of Internal Family SystemsDiscover how all of your parts inside work to protect and defend you (and how there are NO bad parts)Connect more deeply with your True Self and all your partsPractice noticing, listening, witnessing, holding, and caring for every part of youLearn tools to help parts relax, trust, flow, and connect with each otherOpen up opportunities to bring IFS into your relationships, personal projects, career, and spiritualityIf you're really into IFS or you've just heard about, you're going to love this interview with Sue Richmond. She's a licensed clinical social worker and lead trainer with the Internal Family Systems Institute. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Keene State College, and her Master's of Social Work degree from the University of Connecticut, with a specialization in social group work and casework. She works with people living with a wide range of disorders including depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and a variety of stress-related disorders. She's also taught social work and individual and group psychotherapy at a variety of institutions. Show notes:Sue's official websiteMariel Pastor's IFS Unburdened System MandalaThe Internal Family Systems Institute, where Sue is a lead trainerYes Collective is co-hosted by Justin Wilford, PhD and Jenny Walters, LMFT.Justin Wilford, PhD, is a co-founder of Yes Collective, an educator, a writer, and an emotional health coach. He earned doctorates from UCLA (cultural geography) and UC Irvine (public health), and specializes in translating complex, scientific ideas into actionable programs for mental and emotional health. Jenny Walters, LMFT, is a licensed marriage family therapist and senior expert contributor to the Yes Collective. She is a graduate of the Pacifica Graduate Institute and is the founder and director of Highland Park Holistic Psychotherapy in Los Angeles, California.
Deep Energy 2.0 - Music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage and Yoga
Background Music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage, Yoga, Studying and Therapy …… Hi everyone, this is Jim Butler and welcome to the Deep Energy Podcast - 1352 and 1353 - Live at the Thorne Art Gallery at Keene State College - Parts 1 and 2 My live gig at the Thorne Art Gallery at Keene State College on 06.16.16. …………………….. I have a brand new podcast. ‘Slow Piano for Sleep' A semi-weekly podcast of my own solo ambient piano pieces. Available wherever you listen to podcasts and at the link below https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slow-piano-for-sleep/id1626828397 https://open.spotify.com/show/5BD3upRDysHNAKctGODPKT?si=18ca97b89ccb4d39 ……….. If you would like to find out more about me and my music, head on over to www.jimbutlermusic.com or you can e-mail me at jimbutlermusic@gmail.com. On the website you will find links to all of my social media including FB, FB fan page, IG and Twitter and any live appearances I am making in the Keene, NH area. ……. My YouTube page has all of the podcasts if you like listening that way, plus various other videos. https://www.youtube.com/user/JimButlerMusic ……… I now have a merchandise store with a collection of mugs, t-shirts, tote bags, hoodie's and a ton more… you can find it at www.deepenergy.threadless.com ……… This podcast is ad supported, if you would like to listen to the podcast without ads or speaking, please go to my Bandcamp page and most of the podcasts are there. If you would like a podcast and you don't see it, just send me an e-mail and I will get it uploaded ASAP. www.jimbutler.bandcamp.com ……. Please share, subscribe, rate and review (helps more people find the podcast) through however you listen to the podcast including: Spreaker, Stitcher, Apple Podcast App, Castbox, Pandora, Spotify, Soundcloud, Luminary, iHeart Radio, Radio.com, Deezer, YouTube, Alexa and Siri and many other podcast providers. ……. Thank you for listening. Until the next time, please be kind to one another, peace, bye… …….. Original AI Image by Dream App (Not Sponsored)This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4262945/advertisement
Background Music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage, Yoga, Studying and Therapy …… Hi everyone, this is Jim Butler and welcome to the Deep Energy Podcast - 1352 and 1353 - Live at the Thorne Art Gallery at Keene State College - Parts 1 and 2 My live gig at the Thorne Art Gallery at Keene State College on 06.16.16. …………………….. I have a brand new podcast. ‘Slow Piano for Sleep' A semi-weekly podcast of my own solo ambient piano pieces. Available wherever you listen to podcasts and at the link below https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slow-piano-for-sleep/id1626828397 https://open.spotify.com/show/5BD3upRDysHNAKctGODPKT?si=18ca97b89ccb4d39 ……….. If you would like to find out more about me and my music, head on over to www.jimbutlermusic.com or you can e-mail me at jimbutlermusic@gmail.com. On the website you will find links to all of my social media including FB, FB fan page, IG and Twitter and any live appearances I am making in the Keene, NH area. ……. My YouTube page has all of the podcasts if you like listening that way, plus various other videos. https://www.youtube.com/user/JimButlerMusic ……… I now have a merchandise store with a collection of mugs, t-shirts, tote bags, hoodie's and a ton more… you can find it at www.deepenergy.threadless.com ……… This podcast is ad supported, if you would like to listen to the podcast without ads or speaking, please go to my Bandcamp page and most of the podcasts are there. If you would like a podcast and you don't see it, just send me an e-mail and I will get it uploaded ASAP. www.jimbutler.bandcamp.com ……. Please share, subscribe, rate and review (helps more people find the podcast) through however you listen to the podcast including: Spreaker, Stitcher, Apple Podcast App, Castbox, Pandora, Spotify, Soundcloud, Luminary, iHeart Radio, Radio.com, Deezer, YouTube, Alexa and Siri and many other podcast providers. ……. Thank you for listening. Until the next time, please be kind to one another, peace, bye… …….. Original AI Image by Dream App (Not Sponsored)This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4262945/advertisement
Deep Energy 2.0 - Music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage and Yoga
Background Music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage, Yoga, Studying and Therapy …… Hi everyone, this is Jim Butler and welcome to the Deep Energy Podcast - 1352 and 1353 - Live at the Thorne Art Gallery at Keene State College - Parts 1 and 2 My live gig at the Thorne Art Gallery at Keene State College on 06.16.16. …………………….. I have a brand new podcast. ‘Slow Piano for Sleep' A semi-weekly podcast of my own solo ambient piano pieces. Available wherever you listen to podcasts and at the link below https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slow-piano-for-sleep/id1626828397 https://open.spotify.com/show/5BD3upRDysHNAKctGODPKT?si=18ca97b89ccb4d39 ……….. If you would like to find out more about me and my music, head on over to www.jimbutlermusic.com or you can e-mail me at jimbutlermusic@gmail.com. On the website you will find links to all of my social media including FB, FB fan page, IG and Twitter and any live appearances I am making in the Keene, NH area. ……. My YouTube page has all of the podcasts if you like listening that way, plus various other videos. https://www.youtube.com/user/JimButlerMusic ……… I now have a merchandise store with a collection of mugs, t-shirts, tote bags, hoodie's and a ton more… you can find it at www.deepenergy.threadless.com ……… This podcast is ad supported, if you would like to listen to the podcast without ads or speaking, please go to my Bandcamp page and most of the podcasts are there. If you would like a podcast and you don't see it, just send me an e-mail and I will get it uploaded ASAP. www.jimbutler.bandcamp.com ……. Please share, subscribe, rate and review (helps more people find the podcast) through however you listen to the podcast including: Spreaker, Stitcher, Apple Podcast App, Castbox, Pandora, Spotify, Soundcloud, Luminary, iHeart Radio, Radio.com, Deezer, YouTube, Alexa and Siri and many other podcast providers. ……. Thank you for listening. Until the next time, please be kind to one another, peace, bye… …….. Original AI Image by Dream App (Not Sponsored)This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4262945/advertisement
Background Music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage, Yoga, Studying and Therapy …… Hi everyone, this is Jim Butler and welcome to the Deep Energy Podcast - 1352 and 1353 - Live at the Thorne Art Gallery at Keene State College - Parts 1 and 2 My live gig at the Thorne Art Gallery at Keene State College on 06.16.16. …………………….. I have a brand new podcast. ‘Slow Piano for Sleep' A semi-weekly podcast of my own solo ambient piano pieces. Available wherever you listen to podcasts and at the link below https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slow-piano-for-sleep/id1626828397 https://open.spotify.com/show/5BD3upRDysHNAKctGODPKT?si=18ca97b89ccb4d39 ……….. If you would like to find out more about me and my music, head on over to www.jimbutlermusic.com or you can e-mail me at jimbutlermusic@gmail.com. On the website you will find links to all of my social media including FB, FB fan page, IG and Twitter and any live appearances I am making in the Keene, NH area. ……. My YouTube page has all of the podcasts if you like listening that way, plus various other videos. https://www.youtube.com/user/JimButlerMusic ……… I now have a merchandise store with a collection of mugs, t-shirts, tote bags, hoodie's and a ton more… you can find it at www.deepenergy.threadless.com ……… This podcast is ad supported, if you would like to listen to the podcast without ads or speaking, please go to my Bandcamp page and most of the podcasts are there. If you would like a podcast and you don't see it, just send me an e-mail and I will get it uploaded ASAP. www.jimbutler.bandcamp.com ……. Please share, subscribe, rate and review (helps more people find the podcast) through however you listen to the podcast including: Spreaker, Stitcher, Apple Podcast App, Castbox, Pandora, Spotify, Soundcloud, Luminary, iHeart Radio, Radio.com, Deezer, YouTube, Alexa and Siri and many other podcast providers. ……. Thank you for listening. Until the next time, please be kind to one another, peace, bye… …….. Original AI Image by Dream App (Not Sponsored)This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4262945/advertisement
The Letters and the Law: Legal and Literary Culture in Late Imperial Russia (Northwestern UP, 2022) explores the fraught relationship between writers and lawyers in the four decades following Alexander II's judicial reforms. Nineteenth-century Russian literature abounds in negative images of lawyers and the law. Literary scholars have typically interpreted these representations either as the common, cross‑cultural critique of lawyerly unscrupulousness and greed or as an expression of Russian hostility toward Western legalism, seen as antithetical to traditional Russian values. The Letters and the Law is the first book to frame the conflict in terms of the two professions' competition for cultural authority. Anna Schur combines historical research and literary analysis to argue that the first generations of Russian trial lawyers shaped their professional identity with an eye to the celebrated figure of the writer and that they considered their own activities to be a form of verbal art. A fuller understanding of writers' antipathy to the law, Schur contends, must take into account this overlooked cultural backdrop. Laced with the better‑known critique of the lawyer's legalistic proclivities and lack of moral principle are the writer's reactions to a whole network of explicit and implicit claims of similarity between the two professions' goals, methods, and missions that were central to the lawyer's professional ideal. Viewed in this light, writers' critiques of the law and lawyers emerge as a concerted effort at protecting literature's exclusive cultural status in the context of modernization and the rapidly expanding public sphere. The study draws upon a mix of well-known and rarely studied nineteenth-century authors and texts—with particular attention paid to Fyodor Dostoevsky and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin—and on a wide range of nonliterary sources, including courtroom speeches, guides to forensic oratory, legal treatises, and specialized press. Anna Schur is a professor of English at Keene State College in New Hampshire. She is the author of Wages of Evil: Dostoevsky and Punishment (Northwestern University Press). Yelizaveta Raykhlina is a historian of Russia and Eurasia and holds a PhD from Georgetown University. She is a faculty member at New York University. To learn more, visit her website or follow her on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
The Letters and the Law: Legal and Literary Culture in Late Imperial Russia (Northwestern UP, 2022) explores the fraught relationship between writers and lawyers in the four decades following Alexander II's judicial reforms. Nineteenth-century Russian literature abounds in negative images of lawyers and the law. Literary scholars have typically interpreted these representations either as the common, cross‑cultural critique of lawyerly unscrupulousness and greed or as an expression of Russian hostility toward Western legalism, seen as antithetical to traditional Russian values. The Letters and the Law is the first book to frame the conflict in terms of the two professions' competition for cultural authority. Anna Schur combines historical research and literary analysis to argue that the first generations of Russian trial lawyers shaped their professional identity with an eye to the celebrated figure of the writer and that they considered their own activities to be a form of verbal art. A fuller understanding of writers' antipathy to the law, Schur contends, must take into account this overlooked cultural backdrop. Laced with the better‑known critique of the lawyer's legalistic proclivities and lack of moral principle are the writer's reactions to a whole network of explicit and implicit claims of similarity between the two professions' goals, methods, and missions that were central to the lawyer's professional ideal. Viewed in this light, writers' critiques of the law and lawyers emerge as a concerted effort at protecting literature's exclusive cultural status in the context of modernization and the rapidly expanding public sphere. The study draws upon a mix of well-known and rarely studied nineteenth-century authors and texts—with particular attention paid to Fyodor Dostoevsky and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin—and on a wide range of nonliterary sources, including courtroom speeches, guides to forensic oratory, legal treatises, and specialized press. Anna Schur is a professor of English at Keene State College in New Hampshire. She is the author of Wages of Evil: Dostoevsky and Punishment (Northwestern University Press). Yelizaveta Raykhlina is a historian of Russia and Eurasia and holds a PhD from Georgetown University. She is a faculty member at New York University. To learn more, visit her website or follow her on Twitter. 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
The Letters and the Law: Legal and Literary Culture in Late Imperial Russia (Northwestern UP, 2022) explores the fraught relationship between writers and lawyers in the four decades following Alexander II's judicial reforms. Nineteenth-century Russian literature abounds in negative images of lawyers and the law. Literary scholars have typically interpreted these representations either as the common, cross‑cultural critique of lawyerly unscrupulousness and greed or as an expression of Russian hostility toward Western legalism, seen as antithetical to traditional Russian values. The Letters and the Law is the first book to frame the conflict in terms of the two professions' competition for cultural authority. Anna Schur combines historical research and literary analysis to argue that the first generations of Russian trial lawyers shaped their professional identity with an eye to the celebrated figure of the writer and that they considered their own activities to be a form of verbal art. A fuller understanding of writers' antipathy to the law, Schur contends, must take into account this overlooked cultural backdrop. Laced with the better‑known critique of the lawyer's legalistic proclivities and lack of moral principle are the writer's reactions to a whole network of explicit and implicit claims of similarity between the two professions' goals, methods, and missions that were central to the lawyer's professional ideal. Viewed in this light, writers' critiques of the law and lawyers emerge as a concerted effort at protecting literature's exclusive cultural status in the context of modernization and the rapidly expanding public sphere. The study draws upon a mix of well-known and rarely studied nineteenth-century authors and texts—with particular attention paid to Fyodor Dostoevsky and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin—and on a wide range of nonliterary sources, including courtroom speeches, guides to forensic oratory, legal treatises, and specialized press. Anna Schur is a professor of English at Keene State College in New Hampshire. She is the author of Wages of Evil: Dostoevsky and Punishment (Northwestern University Press). Yelizaveta Raykhlina is a historian of Russia and Eurasia and holds a PhD from Georgetown University. She is a faculty member at New York University. To learn more, visit her website or follow her on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies
The Letters and the Law: Legal and Literary Culture in Late Imperial Russia (Northwestern UP, 2022) explores the fraught relationship between writers and lawyers in the four decades following Alexander II's judicial reforms. Nineteenth-century Russian literature abounds in negative images of lawyers and the law. Literary scholars have typically interpreted these representations either as the common, cross‑cultural critique of lawyerly unscrupulousness and greed or as an expression of Russian hostility toward Western legalism, seen as antithetical to traditional Russian values. The Letters and the Law is the first book to frame the conflict in terms of the two professions' competition for cultural authority. Anna Schur combines historical research and literary analysis to argue that the first generations of Russian trial lawyers shaped their professional identity with an eye to the celebrated figure of the writer and that they considered their own activities to be a form of verbal art. A fuller understanding of writers' antipathy to the law, Schur contends, must take into account this overlooked cultural backdrop. Laced with the better‑known critique of the lawyer's legalistic proclivities and lack of moral principle are the writer's reactions to a whole network of explicit and implicit claims of similarity between the two professions' goals, methods, and missions that were central to the lawyer's professional ideal. Viewed in this light, writers' critiques of the law and lawyers emerge as a concerted effort at protecting literature's exclusive cultural status in the context of modernization and the rapidly expanding public sphere. The study draws upon a mix of well-known and rarely studied nineteenth-century authors and texts—with particular attention paid to Fyodor Dostoevsky and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin—and on a wide range of nonliterary sources, including courtroom speeches, guides to forensic oratory, legal treatises, and specialized press. Anna Schur is a professor of English at Keene State College in New Hampshire. She is the author of Wages of Evil: Dostoevsky and Punishment (Northwestern University Press). Yelizaveta Raykhlina is a historian of Russia and Eurasia and holds a PhD from Georgetown University. She is a faculty member at New York University. To learn more, visit her website or follow her on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies
The Letters and the Law: Legal and Literary Culture in Late Imperial Russia (Northwestern UP, 2022) explores the fraught relationship between writers and lawyers in the four decades following Alexander II's judicial reforms. Nineteenth-century Russian literature abounds in negative images of lawyers and the law. Literary scholars have typically interpreted these representations either as the common, cross‑cultural critique of lawyerly unscrupulousness and greed or as an expression of Russian hostility toward Western legalism, seen as antithetical to traditional Russian values. The Letters and the Law is the first book to frame the conflict in terms of the two professions' competition for cultural authority. Anna Schur combines historical research and literary analysis to argue that the first generations of Russian trial lawyers shaped their professional identity with an eye to the celebrated figure of the writer and that they considered their own activities to be a form of verbal art. A fuller understanding of writers' antipathy to the law, Schur contends, must take into account this overlooked cultural backdrop. Laced with the better‑known critique of the lawyer's legalistic proclivities and lack of moral principle are the writer's reactions to a whole network of explicit and implicit claims of similarity between the two professions' goals, methods, and missions that were central to the lawyer's professional ideal. Viewed in this light, writers' critiques of the law and lawyers emerge as a concerted effort at protecting literature's exclusive cultural status in the context of modernization and the rapidly expanding public sphere. The study draws upon a mix of well-known and rarely studied nineteenth-century authors and texts—with particular attention paid to Fyodor Dostoevsky and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin—and on a wide range of nonliterary sources, including courtroom speeches, guides to forensic oratory, legal treatises, and specialized press. Anna Schur is a professor of English at Keene State College in New Hampshire. She is the author of Wages of Evil: Dostoevsky and Punishment (Northwestern University Press). Yelizaveta Raykhlina is a historian of Russia and Eurasia and holds a PhD from Georgetown University. She is a faculty member at New York University. To learn more, visit her website or follow her on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history
The Letters and the Law: Legal and Literary Culture in Late Imperial Russia (Northwestern UP, 2022) explores the fraught relationship between writers and lawyers in the four decades following Alexander II's judicial reforms. Nineteenth-century Russian literature abounds in negative images of lawyers and the law. Literary scholars have typically interpreted these representations either as the common, cross‑cultural critique of lawyerly unscrupulousness and greed or as an expression of Russian hostility toward Western legalism, seen as antithetical to traditional Russian values. The Letters and the Law is the first book to frame the conflict in terms of the two professions' competition for cultural authority. Anna Schur combines historical research and literary analysis to argue that the first generations of Russian trial lawyers shaped their professional identity with an eye to the celebrated figure of the writer and that they considered their own activities to be a form of verbal art. A fuller understanding of writers' antipathy to the law, Schur contends, must take into account this overlooked cultural backdrop. Laced with the better‑known critique of the lawyer's legalistic proclivities and lack of moral principle are the writer's reactions to a whole network of explicit and implicit claims of similarity between the two professions' goals, methods, and missions that were central to the lawyer's professional ideal. Viewed in this light, writers' critiques of the law and lawyers emerge as a concerted effort at protecting literature's exclusive cultural status in the context of modernization and the rapidly expanding public sphere. The study draws upon a mix of well-known and rarely studied nineteenth-century authors and texts—with particular attention paid to Fyodor Dostoevsky and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin—and on a wide range of nonliterary sources, including courtroom speeches, guides to forensic oratory, legal treatises, and specialized press. Anna Schur is a professor of English at Keene State College in New Hampshire. She is the author of Wages of Evil: Dostoevsky and Punishment (Northwestern University Press). Yelizaveta Raykhlina is a historian of Russia and Eurasia and holds a PhD from Georgetown University. She is a faculty member at New York University. To learn more, visit her website or follow her on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies
The Letters and the Law: Legal and Literary Culture in Late Imperial Russia (Northwestern UP, 2022) explores the fraught relationship between writers and lawyers in the four decades following Alexander II's judicial reforms. Nineteenth-century Russian literature abounds in negative images of lawyers and the law. Literary scholars have typically interpreted these representations either as the common, cross‑cultural critique of lawyerly unscrupulousness and greed or as an expression of Russian hostility toward Western legalism, seen as antithetical to traditional Russian values. The Letters and the Law is the first book to frame the conflict in terms of the two professions' competition for cultural authority. Anna Schur combines historical research and literary analysis to argue that the first generations of Russian trial lawyers shaped their professional identity with an eye to the celebrated figure of the writer and that they considered their own activities to be a form of verbal art. A fuller understanding of writers' antipathy to the law, Schur contends, must take into account this overlooked cultural backdrop. Laced with the better‑known critique of the lawyer's legalistic proclivities and lack of moral principle are the writer's reactions to a whole network of explicit and implicit claims of similarity between the two professions' goals, methods, and missions that were central to the lawyer's professional ideal. Viewed in this light, writers' critiques of the law and lawyers emerge as a concerted effort at protecting literature's exclusive cultural status in the context of modernization and the rapidly expanding public sphere. The study draws upon a mix of well-known and rarely studied nineteenth-century authors and texts—with particular attention paid to Fyodor Dostoevsky and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin—and on a wide range of nonliterary sources, including courtroom speeches, guides to forensic oratory, legal treatises, and specialized press. Anna Schur is a professor of English at Keene State College in New Hampshire. She is the author of Wages of Evil: Dostoevsky and Punishment (Northwestern University Press). Yelizaveta Raykhlina is a historian of Russia and Eurasia and holds a PhD from Georgetown University. She is a faculty member at New York University. To learn more, visit her website or follow her on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law
Bill Edson joins us to talk about his unique journey in the coaching profession which includes an extensive stint in the US Army. It's there, and by examples of his high school coaches, that he began a great curiosity on the role of leadership in life and in sports. Bill eventually goes on to get undergrad and graduate degrees in Leadership Organization. Today he talks about how he uses that in his coaching and how it increases the buy in from the team and individual. WATCH ON YOUTUBE Want to have an exploratory conversation about YOUR track equipment needs? Connect with us: Host Mike Cunningham on Twitter: @mikecunningham Email: sales@gillathletics.com Phone: 800-637-3090 Twitter: @GillAthletics Instagram: @GillAthletics1918 Facebook: facebook.com/gillathletics LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/gillathletics/
The Lachin corridor, the lifeline road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia, has been blocked by Azerbaijiani protesters since December 12. With supplies of food and medicine in the blockaded region running low, 120,000 Armenian residents find themselves in a precarious situation, leading UNICEF to issue a statement warning about the deteriorating humanitarian situation. The blockade also risks scuppering the fragile peace process between the Republic of Armenia and Azerbaijan, which have fought two wars in the past three decades. Speakers: - Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Endowed Chair, Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College, and Co-founder of the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention. - Robert Avetissian, Representative of the Republic of Artsakh in the United States. - Gregory Stanton, Founding president and chairman of Genocide Watch. This live discussion took place on Twitter Space and was moderated by Marie Lamensch, MIGS's Project Coordinator
Leaf Seligman is a writer, teacher, and itinerant preacher who creates healing spaces in collaboration with others. Among other things, she is an adjunct professor at Keene State College in New Hampshire
On this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap, NHPR's Rick Ganley is in the Monadnock Region broadcasting live from Keene State College. We're in the final stretch ahead of Election Day, and NHPR has been reaching out to voters all election season to understand what's on their minds and what questions they have before heading to the polls. Many of our listeners expressed concerns about the state of American democracy. We talk about what the outcome of this election could mean for democracy in the U.S. and how the topic has come up on the campaign trail.
Episode 12: Emily Schiavoni - North Adams Public Schools by Mackenzie Liddle & Michael Brassard NOTE: This episode was recorded in Spring 2021, so some information may be dated. Today's episode is hosted by Mackenzie Liddle, a senior and arts management major at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and Michael Brassard, a senior at BART Charter. In this episode of Thinking Like a Region, Liddle and Brassard interview Emily Schiavoni, the Community and Family Engagement Coordinator at North Adams Public Schools. The three discuss how Schiavoni's art degree led her to her career in education. This episode focuses on the creative capacities of communication, presentation skills, collaboration and perseverance. You can find the transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/ES-TLAR Thinking Like A Region is a production of the C4 Initiative, Berkshire County's Creative Compact for Collaborative and Collective Impact, based at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA, and grant-funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. This podcast is produced by Lisa Donovan and Leslie Appleget. Additional technical podcast support by Audrey Perdue. For more information about the show or the C4 Initiative, visit brainworks.mcla.edu/c4. THIS EPISODE'S VOICES: Emily Schiavoni is the Community and Family Engagement Coordinator at North Adams Public Schools in North Adams, MA. Schiavoni received her B.A. in Studio Art at Keene State College and her Master of Education at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Mackenzie Liddle is a graduate of the arts management major at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Michael “Mikey” Brassard is a graduate of BART Charter Public School.
Part 1, we talked to youth about how the overturning of Roe v Wade impacts them. In this second part, we speak with Dr. Karen Cangialosi about the elimination of the Women and Gender Studies Program as a major at Keene State College in New Hampshire. We also discuss the dangers of historical amnesia without such programs and its impact on resistance.
Tonight's guest, Karac St. Laurent, considers himself to be a cryptozoology researcher, but he majored in Anthropology, at Keene State College, in New England. Soon, he's going to be teaching cryptozoology courses, at the Housatonic Valley Regional School, in Connecticut too. Karac's been researching cryptozoology, seriously, for about 15 years now. While he's interested in learning what he can about cryptids and the experiences eyewitnesses have with them, all over the world, he's particularly interested in cryptid accounts from Africa and Australia. He's produced 3, feature-length, cryptid documentaries, but he's here to talk about his most recent project. It's called The Manwolf Files. The Manwolf files is a docuseries, that's available on YouTube, that takes an objective look at whether Dogmen are really out there or not. On Episode 1 of The Manwolf Files, Karac takes a close look at 1 of the most well-known photographs, purportedly showing a real Dogman. It's called the Barnyard Dogman Photo. What were Karac's findings? Is the photo genuine? Does it really show an actual Dogman? We hope you'll tune into Episode 1 of The Manwolf Files and find out. Here's a link to it…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP82hHEWaTIHere are links to the 3, feature-length documentaries referenced in tonight's show...1. The Legend of the Marlborough Monkeyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyJjdOeCgnk2. Wildmen of the Wampanoaghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPL_IT0mb7c3. Release The Bodette Filmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_gXJdbgH3wIf you'd like to help support the show, by buying your own Dogman Encounters t-shirt, sweatshirt, tank top, or coffee mug, please visit the Dogman Encounters Show Store, by going to https://Dogman-Encounters.MyShopify.com If you've had a Dogman encounter and would like to speak with me about it, whether you'd like to keep your encounter confidential or be interviewed on a show, please go to https://DogmanEncounters.com and submit a report. If you've had a Sasquatch sighting and would like to be a guest on My Bigfoot Sighting, please go to https://MyBigfootSighting.com and submit a report. I produce 3 other podcasts. Below, you'll find links to them.My Bigfoot Sighting... https://spreaker.page.link/xT7zh6zWsnCDaoVa7Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio... https://spreaker.page.link/WbtSccQm92TKBskT8My Paranormal Experience... https://youtube.com/channel/UCyxVu8_b4yxLHcZ1fNPmRkAThanks for listening!
We welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience! It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, President Series #153, YOUR guest is Dr. Chuck Lloyd, President of White Mountains Community College, YOUR guest cohost is Erika Liodice, Executive Director at the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation (AFIT), YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio, & YOUR sponsor is Commencement: The Beginning of a New Era In Higher Education, coming fall 2022. Want to know how Chuck & his team were able to start a new program to meet the local workforce demand & shaved off years worth of the accreditation process? Listen in to find out! Dr. Chuck Lloyd is currently the President of White Mountains Community College. In addition to his role in administration, he crosses over to the faculty side of the college by teaching in the Business Department. Chuck was recently selected as one of New Hampshire's “Forty under 40” by the Union Leader & was previously awarded the NHTI Service Learning Award & Commissioner's Award for Service Excellence. In addition to administration & teaching, he maintains a strong passion for leadership & service. In the past few years, Chuck has offered dozens of workshops & presentations both internationally & in the States on a variety of leadership & management-focused topics. Chuck prides himself on relationship-building & actively participates in numerous community organizations. Originally from Franklin, New Hampshire, Chuck graduated from Keene State College with a Bachelor of Science, earned his Master's Degree in Education & Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from Plymouth State University, & Chuck's Doctorate is in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edup/message
In this episode of The Safety Struggle, Dr. Martin sits down with Justin DeFlumeri, the Owner of Optimal Safety providing safety, training, and development throughout the New England area. Linda and Justin met as Professor and Student, respectively, at Keene State College. Justin talks about what brought him to professional safety practice and the things that drive him forward in the profession. One of the things that Justin and Dr. Martin have in common are careers in consulting. They share the pros and cons of consulting (and a few stories) with The Safety Struggle listeners in this episode. This episode is sponsored by Veriforce, the world's premier Supply Chain Risk Performance Network. Veriforce helps your organization stay ahead of risk. Check them out at www.veriforce.com
So you made that New Year's resolution: shed some pounds, improve your overall physical health, look better come swimsuit season, etc... But without realistic goals or a plan for how to achieve them, these resolutions were probably abandoned after only a few months because they became overwhelming and, thus, seemingly unattainable. In this show Rick Hersom of Club Pilates/Avon and Billy Pratt of Fitness Together/Avon sit down with co-hosts Dan Callahan of Acadia ActionCOACH and Gena Hamilton of Exact Digital Media to discuss how to do a 'resolution reset' to reinvigorate your fitness goals to achieve long-term success. Billy and Rick share ideas as to how to stay motivated on your exercise journey, along with various exercise options available -- no matter your fitness level -- to improve your overall physical health. Resources: Club Pilates Blog | Fitness Together/Avon Blog - Diving Into 2022 With Intention | Fitness Together/Avon Blog - Should I Still Work Out When I'm Sick | Fitness Together/Avon Blog - The Dreaded 'D' Word _______________________________________________ Bios: Rick Hersom is the General Manager of Club Pilates/Avon. Rick is a Husband, Father of 3, Grandfather of 5. He exercises 4 days a week, hikes local trails 1 day a week, and enjoys local breweries! He is a Fitness and Wellness Industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience helping people reach their fitness goals, reduce stress, and live happier and healthier lives. Rick holds a BS in Business Management and Sports Management from Keene State College and a Masters Degree in Physical Education and Sports Management from Springfield College. Billy Pratt is the Owner of Fitness Together in Avon. Billy has a Bachelors from UCONN and is a Certified Personal Trainer, Golf Injury Prevention Specialist, Postural Analysis Specialist, Certified Functional Movement Screening Professional, and Precision Nutrition practitioner. Having been in the fitness business since 1997 in an administrative capacity, he became certified in 2003 and has worked with a wide range of clientele including a Team USA figure skater, New York fashion models, elderly, youth, and many more across the age & health spectrum. He currently focuses his efforts on helping people find the right "fitness fit" for them, and in mentoring other fitness professionals on ways to overcome challenges many business managers & owners face.
This week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei we will be talking with journalist Adrian Dater. Dater covered the Colorado Avalanche for 20 plus years for The Denver Post, before moving on to become the lead NHL columnist of Bleacher Report and now currently heading up Colorado Hockey Now.Dater, born in Barre, Vt., Daughter attended Mascoma Valley Regional High School in Canaan, N.H., and Keene State College, where earned a degree in journalism.Dater, who started out at the Concord Monitor in 1988, also was a lead NHL writer for Sports Illustrated and its website from 2011-13. He is the author of seven books, including the forthcoming "100 Things Avalanche Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die.We will talk with Adrian about his journey as an NHL journalist and the transformation and changes he's seen the game evolve into. We will discuss his current job covering Colorado Hockey Now and all things related to the Avalanche. How he sees the season playing out for them, what they will need to do to take the next step in terms of not only being a cup contender on paper but also on the ice and what he thinks the Western Conference will shake out like with a lot of teams displaying strong performances early in the season. For our “We Just Gotta Know” segment we will ask Adrian to share with us the top three games he has covered over his long, illustrious journalistic career. You can find Adrian Instagram @dateradrian on Twitter @adetar on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/Adrian-Dater-324371644310768/You can also check out Adrian's coverage of the Avalanche online at Colorado Hockey Now and all social media sites under Colorado Hockey Now.=========================== CONNECT WITH US =========================== Check out our websites, apps and much more: https://www.originalsportspodcast.com/ Like our Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/OSPwithMMJoin the conversation on Twitter https://twitter.com/OSPwithMMFollow us on Instagram pics https://www.instagram.com/originalsportspodcast Reach out to us on Snapchat at: OSPwithMMWatch our Tik Tok at: OriginalSportsPodcastSubscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVZuudj681oIAbnscyHBa0g?view_as=subscriber=========================== Feel free to let us know if you have any comments or questionsBy emailing us at: OriginalSportsPodcast@gmail.comAudio Engineer: Shawn AntkowiakVideo Engineer: Angela AntkowiakVoice intro: Matt NobleIntro and outro music provided by Ryan Benton and Preston HarperSocial Media Manager: William FranciscusWebMaster : Terri MaradeiJoin us each week to Experience the “O” on the Original Sports Podcast!!!
Hi!I'm super excited to bring my interview with author Jane Yolen to you today. Jane is 82 years young, has published over 400 books, and in my book, she is a true storyteller and an inspiration to writers of all stages. Enjoy!Here's Jane Yolen's full bio:Beloved children's book author Jane Yolen has been writing and publishing since the early sixties when she sold her first book (about women pirates) on her twenty-second birthday. But she began her publishing career as a journalist (short-lived) and as an editor (longer-lived) for Knopf and Harcourt in the children's department.She is a graduate of Smith College in Northampton, MA, with an Med (master of education) from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has six honorary doctorates for her body of work: Smith College, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Keene State College, College of Our Lady of the Elms, Westfield State University, and Bay Path College.She was the first Western Massachusetts author to win a Public Radio's Arts & Entertainment Award, and the first woman to give the Andrew Lang lecture at St. Andrews University in Scotland in a series that began in 1927. She has won awards from both the Jewish Book Council and the Catholic Book Council, making her very ecumenical.Jane was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America for two years, and on the board of the Society of Children's Book Writers for forty-five years.Her books and stories have won three World Fantasy Awards, two Nebulas, three Mythopoeic Awards, two Christopher Medals, three SCBWI awards, the Massachusetts Book Center award, two Golden Kite awards, and a Caldecott Medal. She was nominated in 2020 for the Astrid Lindgren Award, plus many others. Her award from the Boston Science Fiction Association set her good coat on fire which she takes as a lesson about the dangers of awards.Yolen lives in Western Massachusetts and St. Andrews, Scotland.Jane YolenThe SlantJane Yolen BooksArch of Bone, Jane Yolen Ursula K. Le Guin, Books Adam Stemple, author Heidi Stemple, author Jason Stemple, photographer Gregory Maguire, author Deathless, Catherynne M. Valente In Calabria, Peter S. Beagle Support the show
How can chaplains support faculty and staff in higher education, especially to build resilience in the face of public health crises? Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Director of Programs Michael Skaggs speaks with Cynthia Cheshire, campus minister to Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire, about her project and how she answers this question. They focus especially on restorative circle practices and communal acknowledgements of COVID-19 losses. This webinar will be of particular interest to higher education chaplains, but also all chaplains concerned for staff in their institutions.
In 2019 the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported there were 190,000 slip and fall events that resulted in time away from work. 60% of those were falls on the same surface. Any surface is the interface with our shoes and together they provide stability for our base of support while moving. The surface composition and condition are key to the efficiency of our movements. A stable surface compatible with the work being done is a good place to start when trying to prevent Slip and Fall events. On this episode of the MEMIC Safety Experts Podcast, I speak with Patrick Dooley, CSP and Senior Environmental Health and Safety Specialist for LL Bean. We are going to get under the surface of slip and fall injuries and discuss how understanding your surfaces can help reduce slip and fall events. Peter Koch: [00:00:04] Hello, listeners, and welcome to the MEMIC Safety Experts podcast, I'm your host, Peter Koch. I expect many of you listening out there have had the chance to walk on the beach. Well right now I want you to think back. What was it like? Was it Rocky where the rocks big or the little pebbles? Was the sand hard or was it really loose the surface move underneath your feet when you walked when we expected a surface like soft beach sand or the gravel around where the surf breaks can be just what we want. But when that surface changes to something we aren't expecting, it can cause us to stumble or at the very least break stride. Think about it. So when our foot or shoe interacts unexpectedly with the surface, our base of support changes as our foot, knee or hip moves farther to the side or four and a half feet. So when we're walking or working, most of the time our base of support is our feet. So right now, if you can [00:01:00] safely do it, stop and put your feet about shoulder width or maybe just a little wider and then steady yourself and keeping both feet on the ground, shift your weight from one side to the other side and then back again should feel pretty stable, balanced. Even if you shift your weight pretty far to one side, you're still going to feel pretty balanced as long as your feet are going to be on the floor. Peter Koch: [00:01:23] When you move side to side, I want you to think about how far your center of gravity and that's right around where your belly button or your belt buckle is, how far that moves from side to side before you might feel like you're going to tip over. So depending on how far apart your feet are, your center of gravity can move quite a bit from that center position. You can move it almost all the way to the outside of that foot, to the side that you're standing on now. And again, only if you can safely do it, move your feet closer together with your toes or your shoes touching or maybe almost touching. Now shift your weight from side [00:02:00] to side again. And do you feel the difference? You should even see the difference in how far your center of gravity moves before you feel unstable, because the closer your feet are, the smaller that base of support is. We fall when our center of gravity moves outside of our base of support. The larger or faster the movement and the smaller our base of support is, the more likely we are to fall. It's just physics. You really can't get around it. And we take for granted the surfaces that we walk on during the day. That's really neither good nor bad. It just is like you're going to walk across the tile floor in the bathroom or you're going to walk across the rug in your home, or you're going to walk across the concrete at work and you take it for granted. Peter Koch: [00:02:45] However, the surface is an important piece. It's the interface with our shoes. And together that surface in our shoes provide a platform of stability for our base of support while we walk, move, lift, reach, roll or whatever [00:03:00] motion or ambulation that we're engaged in at the time. That surfaces composition and condition are key to the efficiency of our movement. So it's reasonable to think that a stable surface compatible with the work being done is a good place to start when you're trying to prevent slip and fall events. But how do you know what that surface is? How do you know how stable it is? How do you know how slip resistant it is? And unless you're fortunate enough to have built a custom facility, most of us have inherited the surface that came with the building. And even if you did build a new facility, some of the walking working surfaces may have been specked out by the architect and not the safety engineer. They may look good, but they're not compatible with the work, meaning that they don't have enough inherent friction to keep you from slipping or too much and may cause you to stumble. This is where a thorough surface or floor care and maintenance program really comes into play. So understanding all the components that go into [00:04:00] keeping us upright when we're walking and working around the business. Peter Koch: [00:04:04] And there's a lot that goes into one of those programs. And I don't know if you're like me. When I first started out, I was thinking, I don't need one of those. Our floors are just fine. And then if you look back at some of your statistics, it might show a different story. And if you look at it nationally and the Bureau of Labor Statistics has some stats that should make you look down at the floor a little more closely, because in 2019, BLS reported that there were more than 190,000 slip trip fall events that involve days away from work, and 60 percent of those were events that were a fall to the same level. So not a fall from a height, like a ladder or a vehicle, but a slip and fall on the same surface. So gaining insights to where to start and the pitfalls that you might look out for are key no matter what you're doing, if you're just starting out to create your own slip and fall program or if you're really evaluating an existing program [00:05:00] for your company. So that said on the podcast. With me today is Patrick Dooley, CSP, and senior environmental health and safety specialist with L.L. Bean. And we're going to get under the surface of slip and fall events and what steps L.L. Bean has taken to manage the surfaces its staff work on at their facilities. So, Patrick, welcome to the podcast today. Patrick Dooley: [00:05:21] Well, thank you very much, Peter. Happy to join. Peter Koch: [00:05:24] That's great. And, you know, you and I and a couple of others from MEMIC, we ended up doing a podcast, not a podcast, but a webinar a few weeks back on Slip and Falls and talking a little bit about Libyan's experience managing slip and falls at their store. So I wanted to have you on and just maybe take a little deeper dive into some of the things that you did, what you learned from your experiences, some of the challenges that you ran into and what maybe some actions that you took. So I'm hoping that we can get into some of those conversations today as we move forward. Patrick Dooley: [00:05:58] Absolutely. Peter Koch: [00:06:00] Before [00:06:00] we jump into the bean’s plan or process, tell us a little bit about your background. So what got you started in safety and how long have you been in the field? And maybe how long have you been at L.L. Bean? Patrick Dooley: [00:06:12] Well, thank you. So as of right now, I am lucky enough to be in the field of safety for the last 20 years, have a degree in safety studies from Keene State College. And I've been lucky enough to be with L.L. Bean the last 14 years. Peter Koch: [00:06:29] That's pretty awesome. And Keene State's got a pretty long history of having of putting out quite a few really good safety professionals with their safety studies programs out there. So were you able to jump right from Keene State to beans, or did you have a couple of places that you stopped in between? Patrick Dooley: [00:06:49] So in between the year 2001 and leading up to L.L. Bean, I was able to hold a couple of different positions within safety included lead in asbestos abatement [00:07:00] and consulting, as well as working for a temporary agency and doing safety for all of their temp hires and working with actually MEMIC to help with our lost control. And then I was fortunate enough to land a job with L.L. Bean, and I've been there ever since. And the best part about L.L. Bean is that it's not singularly focused into just the retail division. We have a manufacturing division, we have our fulfillment centers, we have our facilities. So it's a lot more expansive than what people might think of LLB. Peter Koch: [00:07:37] Yeah, it's not just a store. And, you know, we were talking before the podcast. Neither you nor I are native to Maine. We're actually both native to Connecticut and then moved to Maine for our wives, which is kind of cool. And, you know, I had known of L.L. Bean while I was there in Connecticut and had come to Maine and actually shopped at the flagship store. But I had no [00:08:00] idea the extensive facilities that L.L. Bean has between, you know, research and design and manufacturing and then shipping storage besides the retail facilities. So that's pretty, interesting. You get but you get to see a lot of interesting things just within the L.L. Bean ecosystem. Patrick Dooley: [00:08:21] So the L.L. Bean as a whole, when you look at it with all the different divisions that we have from a safety perspective, you're able to apply all the knowledge you've learned over the years and gain knowledge as you go along. It kind of opens the doors for a lot of folks. It's eye opening. Most folks in our profession get kind of siloed into manufacturing or transportation or construction. And, you know, here at the L.L. Bean, we've been afforded the opportunity as safety professionals to explore all of those avenues. And it's been great. Peter Koch: [00:08:58] You even have I mean, even [00:09:00] at the retail store, you even have hospitality. So you have there's a little food outlet there, a restaurant that you have at the flagship store. People wouldn't think of that either. So when you explore L.L. Bean from a safety perspective, it's like almost working in a little city because you have all these different nooks and crannies that have different needs. And then you have the connection with the public. So it's not just workplace safety, as you might have in manufacturing or you might have in an office building or someplace else. But you have a pretty strong connection with the public that you're going to have guests and staff encountering different exposures together. Even so, you're planning on both sides, which from my perspective, I always think that there is a definite overlap between what you might do for guest safety and what you're going to do for workplace safety. There's a definite overlap there. Patrick Dooley: [00:09:56] And I would even extend it even further to guests, to [00:10:00] the community, because majority of the. Places where we reside throughout the country right now. We expand our offerings into the community from our outdoors discovery programs, so things are available to folks and it's not just the branding thing, but we want people to be outside and be in the outdoors. They're not just our guests, we are actually the guests to the outdoors. Right. I mean, that's the whole point. But how we do it and how we make people be safe and do things is I mean, that's what we've been very successful in, even through this whole pandemic. Peter Koch: [00:10:33] So that's pretty cool. And not just all of the different facilities that you have, that do different things. But you have locations across the country as well, which is something that didn't exist back in the 70s. Right. It's you've expanded across the United States. So you have 54 locations or something like that across the United States. Patrick Dooley: [00:10:56] Now we're across 19 different states [00:11:00] and there is roughly 54 locations with soon to be a couple more opening this year. But within this past year, those 54 locations in 19 states offered up many different challenges throughout the pandemic, as anyone could imagine. Peter Koch: [00:11:18] So I'm sure they have. And in all those different states, there are you know, there's different like you said before, there's different cultures that you have to work through and within there's different facilities, challenges. There's different perceptions from the public that you might have to manage as you go through there. All of these things kind of fit into that overall safety puzzle. And I would imagine, like one of the common things that you have for exposures across all of the different facilities and no matter what they do is slip and falls or slip and falls. So slip and fall exposures, how different are they across the different facilities and how different are they maybe [00:12:00] in different states or maybe in the different areas that you would have work going on, whether it be a public facing or outdoor center or manufacturing and warehousing? Patrick Dooley: [00:12:13] Yeah, I mean, if you look at it from a retail standpoint, I'll start with that is we are in those 19 different states. So what is the environment that we're in? You know, where we're not in sunny Florida where we may get a little bit of rain. We're in Park City, Utah. We're going to go for the big end of town that's known people their ski and we're in the Adirondacks and in New York. Same thing. Hopefully it's snow season and the rain events and everything else that comes along with New England. So a lot of the things that go into planning and engineering and thinking about how we build out our stores, slips trips and falls have to be kind of in the forefront, not just from our customers, not for our employees. It's things [00:13:00] that we need to think about. And those are things that maybe when we're building out these stores 10 years ago, we didn't have so much forward thinking. But now as we're, you know, 10 years later, we're trying to figure it out and say, oh, you know, we need to look at more of what's the impact to not only the customer or the employee, but sustainability to floor care and maintenance programs. What does that all look like? Peter Koch: [00:13:30] Yeah, it's all one big puzzle, really. And if you just, I remember in some of my past experiences or other working with clients at MEMIC or working outside of MEMIC before I came to MEMIC thinking about the flooring or the surfaces that you're going to have people walking and working around. It sometimes started with the idea of what's it going to look like? And we never really talked about how are we going to maintain it, what [00:14:00] type of footwear is going to be on it, how much traction is going to be there? Basically, they figured, well, we're going to put it in and then if we have to replace it, we’ll replace it in 10 years. But frankly and historically, those products, especially in those high traffic areas, never lasted the time that they expected to because of either increased traffic levels or, you know, I can tell you, you talked about Park City, Utah. I was the question that rolled through my head, when you're saying that was I wonder if you got anybody in ski boots walking through one of those stores. And I think from a slip trip and fall standpoint, ski boot on any surface is one of the most difficult things to try to figure out, because there isn't really anything that's going to be great, because you can find something that works for the ski boot, but then it's near impossible to keep it clean. Patrick Dooley: [00:14:52] For sure and one of the things that architecturally what was looked at when stores are being built, not just L.L. Bean, but other places [00:15:00] is. Does it look how does it feel? Is it on Brand in what ended up happening from. And from our standpoint is we were having like four or five different floor textures within one building. So now your floor care and maintenance program becomes a little bit crazy and the costs are a little bit different because you're vacuuming one space, you're mopping in another and you're dry mopping in another. So it just adds to a lot of the confusion. And like you said, it's, you know, depending on the area your in, that may not be the way to go. So 2021, let's revisit that and see how we can make improvements on that. Not only impacts our employees, but the general public that comes in to visit L.L. Bean. Peter Koch: [00:15:46] Sure. So we're going to talk about the refurbishment program that you guys went through and specifically about some of the flooring. But I think it's worthwhile talking a little bit about some of the challenges with slip and fall prevention and [00:16:00] kind of how they affect the big picture. I think some of the big ones are in and you alluded to this in our webinar, perception is one of those things. Visibility is another. And then surface traction. I think those three are pretty sizable. And we can address some of those as we go. So let's really start with surface traction and what it is. And why is low traction a problem? Patrick Dooley: [00:16:26] I think it is an easy question to answer. But at the same token, it isn't because it's one of these things that people don't see. Right. It's invisible. So problems with these surfaces cause what the majority of the slip trips and falls for the most part, if we see a puddle on the floor or something that looks slick or, you know, gum or leaves or whatever, we can kind of focus on that. Right. But if we're not wearing proper footwear, you're not going to get the right amount of traction. [00:17:00] And the amount of traction depends on what kind of flooring you have. So if you go see not only attraction's really invisible, but it also isn't immediately obvious how to quantify and tell when to do something about it. So how much water makes it so slippery or, you know, is it the snow and ice on the sidewalk? It's slippery or, you know, is it snow melt or calcium chloride that we're putting outside and tracking? And that makes it slippery. So there's so many different environmental factors that can come in that can give you this low traction effect. But then there's this underlying thing of what's our perception of slippery? Your perception is going to be different than mine. You know, a perception of someone at a younger age, a toddler. Their perception is that we're going to be way different than someone who is probably a little bit older. So where [00:18:00] they may walk fast, someone may walk slower. So perception is kind of this undefined thing when it comes to slips trips and falls and how to figure out what it's not slippery and what is slippery. Peter Koch: [00:18:12] And I think that's a really good point. And it's perception is one of those things that you really it's hard to control outside of yourself. Like one of the first things that people do to help prevent slip and fall injuries are to put signs up. We're going to put a sign up and help make people aware. You've all seen the yellow wet floor signs or maintenance in progress or something sign. And they're fairly ubiquitous. I can't tell you. Well, before all the travel restrictions happens, you know, you walk through the airport and guaranteed if you're walking through early in the morning, you're going to see a number of those along the walkways. And after a while, you don't even see him anymore. So, like, they're not even they don't even create additional perception. [00:19:00] You just see them as part of the background. You might not even process it. So that's one of the challenges with perception. But the other challenge, too, is like it's all it's different. You said what might be slippery to you or hazardous to you and your perception is going to be different for me, my perception of what the hazard is and then it changes what you do with it for sure. Patrick Dooley: [00:19:20] Right? I mean, we all have unique gates. Our strides are all different. Our footwear choices are all different. Now, the type of shoe that you wear that we have an on our footwear all adds into what can be slippery and what isn't slippery because you and I could be wearing the same shoe. But your shoe could be six months older than mine. But I'm sticking to the floor and know you're falling on your behind. It's very different. Peter Koch: [00:19:47] So and if I'm taken if I'm taking a six or eight inch longer stride than you are in our legs or the same length. So there's a different amount of force placed on the heel and the sole to generate [00:20:00] friction when it lands. So. It's a there's so many different things that go into that to drive perception, and they're all a lot of them are habits. I mean, we're many of us don't put on shoes in the morning in order to prevent a slip and fall unless, of course, you're going out into a hazardous environment. And then you might put, you know, ice cleats on or micro spikes or something. That is going to be a traction enhancer for a pair of shoes that you're going to have. But typically, when you get up in the morning, go to work, you put on the shoes that either match the outfit or they're going to be comfortable for what you're going to do or required for what you're going to do that day. Patrick Dooley: [00:20:40] Right. And I think that from an employee standpoint, because you're in the same workspace day in and day out, you recognize those areas that can be slippery or not slippery. And so you can adjust the footwear that you're going to wear or you're recommended the footwear. So [00:21:00] if I'm a line cook in a restaurant, I know that it's going to be slippery back there. So I'm going to wear footwear that translates to that environment, similar to the fact that if I'm outside shoveling in the middle of winter in ice and snow, I'm going to wear footwear to that effect. But if I'm shopping inside of a store, for the most part, it's fair game. You don't know what people are going to wear and come in and come out from. So from a general liability standpoint, we can't anticipate what their perception is going to be of a floor and whatnot. We can coach our employees. We can do certain things to lower the risk, but the general public is open to us so they can come in and they're at the risk of the environment that they're in. Right. Peter Koch: [00:21:46] Flip flops to steel toes, really, I'm sure you've seen it all come through the door. Patrick Dooley: [00:21:52] Absolutely. Peter Koch: [00:21:53] So perception exacerbates the problem of low friction. If you have a flooring or a surface, whether [00:22:00] it be inside or outside, that could be generally slippery. But your perception and how you see that surface can change how you interact with it. What other factors play into reducing the traction on a floor. Patrick Dooley: [00:22:17] So let's think about the kind of the five biggest things that you see for a slip trip and fall events. Right. It's slip resistance on walking surfaces. So we've talked a little bit about that. The walking surface conditions, visibility is another one poor condition of either handrails or guardrails that are in the area. And the accessibility can be a major factor, too. So is it too crowded? There's too many things going on for us to be like fixtures? Let's think about having fixtures in aisles and you're offering up an area where people are aware of their surroundings and can slip trip or fall or something. So [00:23:00] I think those are probably the five biggest things that we would look at in order to kind of reduce the risk of a slip trip fall. Peter Koch: [00:23:09] And when we start to look at those different factors, a lot of it's going to come down to what the flooring is at its base. Like what material, what's the composition of that particular floor that you're on? And then what? What are you going to do with it? And that's the fixtures. That's the maintenance. That's the way it's going to be used. The number of people that are going to be on it. All of those things contribute to it. But there's a base slip, resistance or traction that flooring is going to have when it comes from the manufacturer. So if we start there, because again, let's start at the base and let's really get down to the nitty gritty of this whole thing. How do you know how slippery a floor actually is even before [00:24:00] you start putting things on top of it and people on top of it? Patrick Dooley: [00:24:03] Right. So fortunately, we're lucky enough, right. There's there is some sort of scientific method that we can apply to looking at the coefficient of friction, which is objective. Now, the standards on coefficient of friction are all over the place for flooring, but there is a threshold that people can use or benchmark against that says that is your floor more slippery or less slippery. So OSHA doesn't define it. The National Flooring Institute, they have their own standard, but you can benchmark it. So when you're buying something off the shelf from, let's say, Home Depot and you're buying tile and you're putting in your bathroom, there is a COF coefficient of friction label on it that says this meets blah blah blah. From our standpoint, we would bring in someone like MEMIC to sample the floor. So we do try Bomaderry. Right. So basically it is science of measuring friction. So we're going to use [00:25:00] a device. And in this particular one, we're using a binary tribometer or output tribometer that measures the coefficient of friction, the floor sideways, frontwards, backwards, wet, dry. And he gives us an idea of where we're at and what risk measures do we need to take to lower the risk of a slip and fall inside the workplace? Or is the flooring in to match the environment we're putting it in? So obviously, if we're putting flooring in Freeport, Maine may be different than what we put in Virginia. Virginia is not going to have snow and they're going to have snow melt. They're not going to have, I should say, that could knock on wood after this year. Anything can happen. But, you know, generally speaking, they're floor conditions. They look different than what we're going to have in Freeport. So let's define that and let's come to a conclusion of what's happening to the environment, basically is what it is. Peter Koch: [00:25:56] Yeah. So how do you understand first understanding of the environment [00:26:00] and then getting some information about the floor and how those two things would match up and compare to each other? Because certainly, you know, like you talked about like in a food service standpoint, a hard, hard core tile with a real polished surface isn't going to be great if you're going to get grease on it from your fryolator. Not a great combination. And that same combination wouldn't be great to have, say, in Freeport, where you're going to have outside, where you're going to have snow and sand because it's going to wear really poorly and wet shoes. Wet slick shoes on that surface is going to be crazy slippery. Patrick Dooley: [00:26:43] Absolutely. And also, what is the location? What do you where you're at? So it's easy for us because it's our campus. It's our store. But outside of Freeport, you know, we're leasing spaces inside of malls. And, you know, we may be just a pass through. [00:27:00] Into the mall. So, you know that the parking is convenient. So people are walking in and out. So what happens is that they're dragging stuff in and out of the store. So we need now what we didn't know then is to match the flooring to the traffic that's going to happen inside of the store, Peter Koch: [00:27:19] Traffic patterns and volume are especially for your situation it was pretty critical as you started to look at what do we use when we start when we get into that refurbishment project? I also think that that's a pretty important thing to think about, no matter where you are. I mean, traffic patterns, whether you're in a doctor's office, hospitality situation, manufacturing, I don't think it really matters. Even a grocery store traffic patterns are a big deal because depending on where they're coming from, like you said, you think about a grocery store, if you're coming from the butcher area or you're coming from the back of the house space where we're [00:28:00] storing things or you're coming from front of the house as people are walking in through the entryway, how much what's the possibility of having a contaminant on the bottom of your shoe that you're dragging in? And how do you treat for that? How do you plan for that? How do you manage that? And there's some definitely some strategies there. Sure. Patrick Dooley: [00:28:19] Right. And then the interrogation of the surface. So obviously the middle of your walkways inside of a store or a building or what have you are going to have less traffic than your main entrances. So do you have a specific plan for now resurfacing those? Peter Koch: [00:28:37] So I guess this is a good time to sort of jump into the refurbishment project as you started to look at your facilities. It was time to replace some flooring and to refurbish some of those facilities that needed to have needed it. So when you started to do that, I know we had talked about before that you had used tribometry to learn [00:29:00] what the coefficient of friction was about some of those surfaces. Talk to me a little bit about the refurbishment project that you did and then what part sampling the surfaces, either before or after played to you making decisions about flooring. Patrick Dooley: [00:29:16] So when we kicked this off, let's say, three years ago, the question came up from our store operations, the facilities, teams that we hate. We're thinking about getting rid of all this different floor textures and going with a singular floor texture inside of our stores. What impact would that have on not only the general public, but on our employees? And that posed a great question for us. How do we gauge that? How do we figure that out? Luckily enough for us, at the time we had this great big expansive space that was getting ready to be refurbished that allowed us to take some concrete and [00:30:00] create sample areas. So the goal was to come up with a concrete surface for the store the goal on top of that was to have our floor care and maintenance program. The cost reduce it would look clean it would be singular. But in order to get to that point, how do we know it's not just safe? Because I don't think safe's a good word to use. But I mean, is it slippery? Does it work? Can we drag fixtures across of it? Does it need to be mopped? Do we need to use a machine so we are able to create this space and use four different textures? And we partner with MEMIC and said, hey, bring your tribometer here, to L.L. Bean, let's do some testing. We're going to wear it on the floor. We're going to make it where we're going to make it dirty. Patrick Dooley: [00:30:53] So that way it's not like you're getting a fresh floor when you come in and it gives us a little bit of wear patterns and such. Take the readings and then [00:31:00] from the readings, we will determine what would be the best option to replace in the flooring that we currently have in our stores. And with that, we came to the conclusion, let's use a flooring that has some texture in it, has a urethane finish. It'll look nice. It’ll look uniform and has a high coefficient of friction. Little did we know that the environment dictated kind of what would happen in the future for one of our stores. But for the most part, it was the right decision. And if you look at major retailers right now, you look at your Wal-Mart, you look at your Hannaford's, you look at Shaws, and they're all going to this rough surfaced concrete slab. And really, it's because your floor care and maintenance programs are really less than what they would have to be if you had tile. The agent deterioration factors kind of go down. You don't have to have as much floor care repairs than you have now. And aesthetically, it actually looks good, removed four textures from the floor. [00:32:00] You know, for us, you go from a wood floor to a carpet to a court floor to a carpet in our demographics for our customers. Unfortunately, that created more of a hazard than anything else. Peter Koch: [00:32:16] Let's take a quick break. Safe for S.A.F.E is an acronym for many different things. But when talking about slip and fall events, Safe represents the four areas that you can focus on at your facility to prevent slips and falls, surface awareness, footwear and environment. Look at the surface as it relates to its composition, condition, changes and contamination. Evaluate how your facility layout and pace of work may affect the awareness of your staff to slip and trip hazards. What is your footwear policy and how is that compatible with the type of work and the surfaces at your facility? And last, how [00:33:00] does the lighting and weather in and around the work environment compound or create slip and trip hazards? If you're interested in learning more about how to prevent slip and fall events at your workplace, check out the resources at www.MEMIC.com/workplace safety. Or if you're a policy holder with MEMIC, you can sign into the MEMIC safety director and find more resources there. Now let's get back to today's episode. Yeah, that kind of ticks into that whole perception and visibility, too, like if I'm on one type of surface and it has a lot of traction to it and I'm not really understanding what the next surface is going to bring, I might know that it's not there or it's going to be different, like going from carpet to cork because it's fairly easy to see that difference. But you have no idea how it's going to react under foot. So they might continue their gait the same way and [00:34:00] their feet might still be wet from tracking in from the outside. And all of a sudden it's a slightly different coefficient of friction and down they go at end. Lighting must play some difference in that to being able to see changes in elevation, changes in surface texture that might cause someone with a low gait, more of a shuffling gait to maybe even trip on some of those higher traction surfaces or maybe uneven like cobbled surfaces. Patrick Dooley: [00:34:28] So the majority of our refreshes, not only do we look at the flooring, but all the lighting was changed and all of our fixtures were changed. So we eliminated not only a lot of heavy fixtures, but also our stores were a lot more adequately lit than they were in the past. I can't tell you what the foot candles were, but I can tell you that it made the product look a lot better. Peter Koch: [00:34:57] It's kind of amazing how something small like that, you know, [00:35:00] you might even change something for a product, get the product to look better, increase the lighting so you can see better. But visibility makes a huge difference and slips and falls. When you can see the surface. It helps you with your perception. It helps you with understanding the exposure, especially in those crowded areas. Some of the things that we talk to our clients about, too, is as you go through your facility, some of the areas that you should pay a lot of attention to are those low-lit areas where your employees are going to be like your trash handling spaces, the back of the house spaces that typically aren't as well-lit as some of the front of the house spaces. Those are always areas. If you go back and look at what your trends are or your injury or your near miss trends, you're going to find that they're going to happen in those spaces just because you can't really see what's on the floor. Patrick Dooley: [00:35:51] And those are the areas that we tend to lose focus on, right? They're not selling areas for us. So Backhouse is a good [00:36:00] example. Your employee entrance. No employees enter from the front door, right? It's always the back door. The back door has one little light, usually on top of it. You know, lighting is a is a big factor in what we do. Peter Koch: [00:36:12] Yeah, yeah. And you have some complex needs because you are you're not only trying to develop flooring that's going to help you reduce the overall maintenance and replacement costs. But it had to look good. It had to match, I guess, the branding, you could say, for L.L. Bean and had had to draw people into the space and make them feel comfortable. And it needed to be functional not only for traffic walking, but also for moving your fixtures over the floor, too. And I think it's something that we forget. And when you're talking about moving a fixture, what do you, I think I understand what you're talking about. You're moving racks and carts and things across the floor. What else would be considered a fixture [00:37:00] that you might have to plan for Patrick Dooley: [00:37:02] Going from back of the house to the front of house or using dollies are used in pallet jacks or, you know, you're moving over stuff, Xerox, anything that would be product movement. And not just that. There's stuff that we sell that, you know, you have one person that needs that kind of move it along in a customer needs to pick it up or do it. So how can we make it easier for them? One is it is the flooring work for them? Is it going to damage the product as they’re dragging it across? Is it going to damage the texture as they're dragging it across? So is it going to be agent deterioration factor on that? So I think there's a lot of different things to think about. And you could probably go way down a rabbit hole on that. But, you know, in general, what's going to work best for that environment and how do you how do you figure it out? And I think we've only done a really good spot, because if I look at my employee injuries that have occurred over the last ten years, you [00:38:00] know, there was a significant push pull was a big one. Patrick Dooley: [00:38:05] You know, they're moving fixtures around. We did floor set changes monthly, which is crazy, right? I mean, did you force that change? It's massive. So now we've gone to quarterly and that has made a significant difference in how we handle product, how we move product, you know, tag product change, all of it. It just has a little trickledown effect. Our store injuries have. Gone from pretty significant to pretty insignificant over the last. So if we look at I did 13 years, my 14 years over the last three, we've seen a dramatic dip in retail store injuries. And a lot of it has come from our process changes our front of house changes, flooring, fixtures, lighting mannequins, handling mannequins, you know, bringing them upstairs, downstairs, dragging them across floors, [00:39:00] all that stuff. So it's had a huge impact. So people think I'm making a floor change or I'm making a fixture change. It may seem very insignificant, but if you look in the long, broader lens to it, it really does have a huge impact. It has a huge impact on how people play with the landscape of what their store looks like or what their environment is. Peter Koch: [00:39:23] And those changes prevent exposures. But it also allows you to do more like when you when you have good flooring, good lighting, good changes, good processes in place. It allows you from a retail perspective to have your associates interacting with your guests, which is going to be a huge part of the experience when they come to L.L. Bean or they come to any retail establishment like you don't want your staff always focused on how am I moving all this stuff around and what's going to happen if it's a complex process or a big deal. You want them interacting and then when they're not interacting, then they can start to move different things. It's just part [00:40:00] of that. So some of these changes can, like you said, have far, far reaching effects. But there is a lot that goes into it. Did you have a team of people that worked together to make these floor changes or decide on the floor changes? Or was it kind of just you and your notebook? Patrick Dooley: [00:40:18] No, absolutely no. We had we had to definitely have a team. So in the past, it was more of a facility planning and operations lens on what the store is going to look like and how we're going to interact. And aesthetically, was the approach right. Let's make the store beautiful and have that environment. When you walk in, you're like, oh, wow, this is L.L. Bean. Now, 20 years later, like no we want it to be shoppable. We want it to be yes, we do want it to look nice, but we want our customers to interact. We want our employees to be able to interact. We want to do in a safe manner. And, you know, is it functional? Is it flooring? [00:41:00] Does the fixtures, is it all meet what we're trying to do here and is it on Brand? And I think we have achieved that. And I will say, you know, we're having a store opening here in May and it's probably going to be one of the probably one of the nicest stores that I've seen. And it's going to have all these different components that we're talking about today wrapped up into it, which is going to be great to see. Peter Koch: [00:41:23] Yeah, that's really cool to kind of see it all happen in one particular space and then start from scratch and see how they kind of move going forward. That's pretty cool. So when you when you were making these changes going through and I know it's a process of understanding, installing, observing, making some more changes. Was there anything unexpected that you found when you were when you were testing flooring or after you installed some flooring that you hadn't expected? Patrick Dooley: [00:41:59] Yeah, [00:42:00] I think, you know, there are unknowns. I mean, you try to do as best you can to replicate situations and environments when you do sample areas inside of what we tried to do. But then when you get it into the actual environment, they're going to be putting it in. There are certain unknowns. They're going to happen. There's obviously external environmental factors that are out of control. A good example is, you know, one of our stores in upstate New York, they're using a different type of snowmelt. So we typically use salt and sand mixtures. They were using a calcium chloride based product that was being trapped in through the store. And this store was a pass through into a mall. So, you know, a lot of our traffic isn't even shopping. They're going into the mall. They're dragging the calcium chloride in. So the further and further they're bringing it in to more slip trips and falls that we were having from not only customers, but from employees. Because now remember, back to the perception thing, employees [00:43:00] already knew where the hot spots were. Right. But as these as this calcium chloride is being tracked to the store, those hotspots changed. And so this particular store, which usually only has a handful of slips trips and falls a year, we had upwards of 50 within two months. And it was something that we didn't plan for. Now, we had the same flooring in some in two other stores earlier in the year, but. You know, winter came and we found out that maybe this flooring wasn't the best, so we had to go back and kind of think about, all right, why is this happening? Do we know what some of the root causes are of it? And what do we do to kind of fix it? And luckily for us, within a short time frame, we're able to come to a lot of big conclusions and pivot to, [00:44:00] you know, getting a new floor care and maintenance program in place because we knew that the machine that was there wasn't working properly. Patrick Dooley: [00:44:07] We knew that the landlord was using a different product on the sidewalks that was being tracked into the store. So, you know, we worked with the landlord to change that product. So that way the calcium chloride was, you know, the problem with calcium chloride that sticks to these surfaces. And it's a it's a real pain to clean. And actually, it broke the machine that was supposed to clean the floor. So we asked the landlord to go to a different product for the store. We also found our floor mats are terrible in this particular store. So a water hog mat, which is something that we sell, is wonderful from a household standpoint. But from a commercial standpoint, maybe not the best product to use in a store that has a very large traffic volume. So we changed out our floor mats. This particular store, you would walk in and you would see the yellow floor. What signs up and down the aisles. [00:45:00] Now you walk in the store and you don't see them anymore because we did make those changes. Patrick Dooley: [00:45:04] The floor care maintenance program is way more robust. The matting program is now included in that floor maintenance program, which it wasn't in the past. The changes were made to the salting and sanding and calcium chloride outside the stratification inside of the vestibule was turned up. So that way and you're getting it was drying as you're walking in instead of staying white all the time. So those are things that you don't really necessarily think about when you're sitting inside of a box sampling flooring. Right. You have all these wonderful ideas of what you want that's going to be and how you're going to work with it. But then, you know, you don't know what someone's bringing in. You don't know if, you know, that site had recently been paved. So if it had been recently paved and it's wet, you're dragging all those oils into the store, which would cause a similar effect to what calcium chloride had done. So while it may be temporary, you're still going to scratch your head and figure out why am I having all these trips [00:46:00] and falls? So there's a lot of unknowns that happen with this. You can only focus on the things that you can focus on when you're trying to make a decision like this. But, you know, I think is always going to be that little level of uncertainty that you have to have. And that's the risk that you need to be either willing to accept or not accept. Peter Koch: [00:46:25] Yeah, I don't think there's any perfect solution for slips, trips and falls, except, you know, maybe carting people everywhere they go, pushing them around. But that, you know, creates other hazards, other places that you bring up some interesting problems that you wouldn't find unless you're doing one or two things, one, paying attention to your injury trends or near miss trends. Right. So what are people reporting? What's going on? And are you seeing clustering happening in a particular location, whether you have one [00:47:00] facility or multiple facilities? And then the other part would be paying attention to the surface in the maintenance process itself? Because, you know, how did you find out that the floor care machine was gummed up and not working as well? How long had it been there in that condition or how long had someone been using it in that condition thinking that they were cleaning the floor when it really wasn't working as well as it should have? Well, it starts smoking on you and blows up in one spot. They're typically gradual, like they're going to work really well. And then over time, it's going to be a reduction in the quality that for the surface that the machine leaves afterwards. And unless you're really paying attention, you're not going to see it. So I think there's a value in checklists and like, what are you paying attention to locally? And then your position kind of globally, overseeing safety for multiple areas is checking in on those spaces and seeing what's really happening [00:48:00] on the ground. And those are always going to be great indications that something's either working or something might not be working for you. Patrick Dooley: [00:48:08] Yeah, the biggest thing is really, you know, from an employer standpoint is to really encourage employees to report stuff. So the earlier that you report something, you know, the more data you're going to have. So we talk about what leading and lagging indicators, right. So lagging indicator. Someone's already fallen. Someone's gotten hurt. But the leading indicator as well, someone slipped there yesterday, but they got hurt today, but it wasn't reported yesterday, so we couldn't we didn't have the opportunity to take a look at that and fix it, you know, or what's the trend look like inside of a different store or stores that have similar flooring, similar fixtures. You know, what's the trend look like? How can we match those apples and apples and apples to oranges and figure out, you know, do [00:49:00] we need to pivot and make a change in how each fixture or the flooring in a different store? So, yeah, I think data is just absolutely necessary. Stuff doesn't get lost in data. If you're tracking the right things, you're going to be able to get ahead of a lot of different risks then you would have if you've didn’t, because you I think we've all heard it and especially with some of your policyholders and I've seen it in some of our buildings. Well, that spots been slippery for 10, 15 years. Right. Well, why don't you tell me for 10, 15 years ago, I would have fixed it and want to be slippery anymore. But yet over those 10, 15 years, how many different people have crossed that spot and had a little bit of a slip without a fall? But all it takes is that one person to have a catastrophic incident. And everyone says, well, I knew about it 15 years ago so. Peter Koch: [00:49:57] And then you scratch your head and why didn’t you tell me, why don't you tell [00:50:00] me? And I think that's a whole other podcast. Like, why don't people say something? That's a whole other topic. But it's really important. And that culture of employees being able to have a conversation with the safety guy or gal or the supervisor or the manager about some of those things is really important. Like you said, it's critical and then not forgoing that information, like following up on that information, because I would expect that this is my experience, because I've had that same thing happen to me where you go to someplace, you're investigating a big slip trip and fall injury that happened and you talk to the employees and they say the same thing. Oh, yeah, it's been like that forever. Well, how come you didn't say anything? Patrick Dooley: [00:50:45] Absolutely. And the thing is, like as a safety professional, I think one of the biggest misconceptions that people have, especially if you look at people from an employee perspective, a safety professional isn't just a [00:51:00] pocket protector and a clipboard. You know, we're there to really help and do things and have the conversations and learn about your job. And we're excited to learn about your job. Right. So if there's challenges in flooring, if there's challenges in your how you do your work, well, we just want to know about that so that it's not nothing that's negative. It's all positive. And that's kind of the environment we live in now. But 10, 15 years ago, I don't think the safety professionals kind of looked like they were clipboards and pocket protector people and telling people no, whereas now we're like, no, but the risk of doing it is this. And the risk of not doing it is that. So there's a nice conversation that happens. And that's kind of how we landed on, you know, some of the different things that we've done inside of our store reverbs. It was a conversation that just didn't happen. So now those conversations do happen. And I think we all land [00:52:00] in a great spot and we have less things to do. And in the end run, Peter Koch: [00:52:03] That's pretty cool. So we're coming towards the end of the podcast here. Do you have any recommendations for companies or maybe a safety person at a company that's looking to do some refurbishment, that's looking to do some floor replacement or maybe even creating their own floor care and maintenance plan? Any recommendations? Patrick Dooley: [00:52:26] Yeah, I have a few. I mean, if we're looking at specifically with flooring, so know your environment. Right. So select flooring materials that that match that environment. So when you build and expand remodel facilities, make sure this little resistance meets that environment, know what the out of box stuff is. So if you're purchasing something at a Home Depot, it may not be the best thing you may have to really look at the literature that comes along with it specifications and say, is this the best flooring? Make sure your floor care and maintenance programs are up to speed. Make sure whatever you're using matches [00:53:00] the flooring material that is laid. So even mopping is great, but some flooring and says don't mop with detergents and cleaning products. It could just be water and rinse off and or people think floor care machinery you're cleaning, it's meant to clean. It doesn't need that. Machinery does not need to be cleaned. Right. So there is a preventative maintenance program for that piece of machinery. So make sure that's up to speed. Yeah. You use a dirty old mop, you put in dirty old water back on the dirty old floor, right? Peter Koch: [00:53:35] And you know, that's a topic we didn't even get into today and which has its own nuances. The cleaning the floor itself. And you alluded to a little bit with the calcium chloride, but the product that you choose, how you apply the product, how it interacts with the floor, there are some subtleties there that not everybody knows. And, you know that old rule of thumb, that more is better is not always where [00:54:00] you want to go when you're trying to clean your floor. Patrick Dooley: [00:54:02] Yeah, right. I mean, a bottle of old English is not going to work on a tile floor, right? Peter Koch: [00:54:06] No, not at all. Patrick Dooley: [00:54:08] I mean, you really have to match the cleaning product to the flooring and what's coming in. So, you know, the calcium chloride. It's a tough thing to clean. So you want to make sure you're matching the cleaning product to what the environment is, as long as it matches, as long as the manufacturer's recommendations are match as well. The other couple of things would be like make sure your MAP program is part of your floor care maintenance program. So that would include like any of your runners. And I would also expand even further to like if you have rugs in the facility, you take a look at your rugs. Is the age of deterioration of certain areas of your rugs pretty sorry? So do they need to be replaced? Do they need to be repaired? Those are things to think about. And maybe is that the right product for that type of area when you go to replace it? And then, you know, I think we just touched upon it regularly [00:55:00] review your incident reports, you know, what is happening, what are the trends? Are there things that are happening that you can't anticipate? Encourage near miss reporting? Get that leading indicator in there. Make your employees report those near misses. It may seem laborious at first because I think what ends up happening is we encourage all this leading indicator stuff and you get a ton of reports. But they're significant. They're significant to the person reporting it. So let's pay attention to it and chart it and map it and put the data to it. And then finally, from a floor care maintenance program and an employee thing, make sure folks are trained in just cleaning up spills like a from our standpoint, we have a retail store. We don't have a janitorial staff on site all the time. So they're trained in how to clean up spills, make sure that if you do have [00:56:00] a custodial staff that they're trained and respond to spills appropriately. I think those probably would hit the big beats. Peter Koch: [00:56:09] Yeah, I think so, too. And that last point is very interesting. You know, you would think that cleaning up a spill is a skill set that everyone should have. I mean, all of us here. And if you're not raising your hand, you're lying. All of us here have spilled something. Doesn't matter if it's a glass of milk, glass of water, whatever, that something has spilled and you've cleaned it up at home. Great. But in the workplace, you might not be dealing with it. Like how many of us have actually spilled something, maybe off the stove that's a little greasy and you're using an off the shelf cleaner to clean that up? And how many of us have gone back to that spot? And it's still a little greasy. It's not as clean as it should be because we might not have used the right cleaner. We hadn't had the skill set or the training. [00:57:00] So making sure that your staff, who aren't your custodial staff, have some understanding of what they should be using to clean up the potential things that they're going to encounter when they're in their workplace. And then your custodial staff needs to have another whole level of training so that they can deal with anything that comes in and understanding the products and understanding the process, understanding the potential risks of using this the wrong way. Understanding limitations, I think is huge. Patrick Dooley: [00:57:28] Right. And use and use things like the yellow, floors wet signs everywhere. Right. But if they're not used appropriately, it can actually create a hazard. Right. Because now you have people that are anticipating perceive a slip, trip or fall and there isn't. So they've changed their gait, they change their stride and now they're actually tripping. Because they're their perception is changed. So, you know, making sure that things that you do [00:58:00] are in line with the environment, what they need to be doing it use them appropriately. And I guess that's the key. Peter Koch: [00:58:07] One last thing I kind of want to end on here, and you said it as the second to last thing of the recommendations, reporting those near misses and especially for slips and falls. That's huge. So, you know, you've got the ability to map things. Everyone has it. If you're working in a space, you have a facility. And even if you can't draw, you can still draw a box with a couple of places where things are in your facility, so you think about all that data that you have, sorry, do you encourage people to talk about their near misses? And in a month, out of the 10 employees that you have, you have 50 near misses, one that should tell you that there's a problem inherent there. But two, what are you going to do with all that data? Well, you might not have to respond to everyone individually at first, but maybe take that data and at least put those near misses on the map and then see where they cluster. And that can open your eyes [00:59:00] to, hey, maybe we need to look more in that area, because out of those fifty twenty-seven of those reports were in this particular area. So then you can look at what's your floor care process there? What's the flooring there, what does it look like, what's the condition, what's the kind, what are the changes all of those parts for then you as the owner of the business, if you're a small company or if you have a safety person, maybe they can be the person that goes to do a little more investigating so that that mapping process as a hugely powerful tool with those lagging indicators and in even the leading indicators. So you flip it around and start looking at the hazards that are out there in your facilities, inspection and mapping those. Patrick Dooley: [00:59:41] And just communicating back to the person that did report it. So you have to because you want to make sure that you encourage the effort to put that in and you want them to do it again. Even if it's insignificant. But that's just a data point that you have and you could utilize [01:00:00] in the future. And, you know, I tell folks all the time, I encourage them to report anything. You know, I'd rather see my email flooded. Then no have one email at all. Peter Koch: [01:00:13] Because, you know, if you get one email, it's going to be that email. Patrick Dooley: [01:00:18] Right. And, you know, and if someone took the time to report it, it's an important it's important enough to them that I should respond and make sure that they know that we're going to work on we're going to take a look at it, that it's not just a data point. That is something that we encourage. And, you know, it leads into other things in the long run. Peter Koch: [01:00:39] Yeah, encouraging that communication, Patrick Dooley: [01:00:42] Leading indicators are just huge. And I think, you know, majority of safety professionals and in the environments we work in that we don't see enough of them. They're hard to judge. They're hard to go by. But they play a huge role in how you determine how [01:01:00] we lower risk in certain different areas and different areas of our business. So, yeah, Peter Koch: [01:01:05] And it's that one cool thing. You know, if you think about all the rest of the measurements that we have in business and most of the measurements we have in business are lagging indicators. It's the measurement of your income versus outflow for the monetary side of your business. How many employees do you have this month versus last month? Most of those are lagging because you're looking at a report of something that happened historically where the leading indicators are its information right now. It's that dashboard of real time information that it's enormously helpful from a safety standpoint because there's a human factor about it. Like to be able to respond in kind in time with something that's coming from another person is huge for your culture. Patrick Dooley: [01:01:56] Yeah. I mean, literally, the lagging indicators are the last thing that a safety person [01:02:00] wants to talk about. The Debbie Downer of a meeting. Right. I mean, you're going into a meeting and you're talking about things that have already happened, the cost to the company. You know, the things that happened to me, G.L standpoint, comp standpoint. I don't want to talk about it. I want to talk about. No, here's the things that we've done that we reported ahead of time. And these are the things that we fixed. So that way we're not injuring someone or we're not having an incident with a vehicle or PPT like this is what's happening because we're able to have these leading indicators. And I'm not standing here and talking about, you know, someone being injured because someone didn’t, you know, take the grease off the floor. Peter Koch: [01:02:37] So that's cool. And all about kind of understanding the surface. I mean, that's what we started with today is, you know, talking about slips and falls. And there's lots of things that go into the puzzle of preventing slip and fall events. But really, where to start is understanding your service, how people interact with it, what goes on it, how it's cleaned, your maintenance program, all that stuff. Understanding the surface really gives you the best [01:03:00] idea of how to manage the other things that go towards preventing slips and falls. So that's pretty cool. And really, we've now hit the end of the podcast here today. And I really appreciate you spending some time with us, Patrick, and sharing your expertise and your experience with us. So thank you for that. Patrick Dooley: [01:03:19] I thank you for having me. And this has been great. And now I look forward to working with MEMIC and some of your policyholder's in the future. Peter Koch: [01:03:28] Yeah, I hope so. That'll be great. We will have you on again, and there's you know, like we talked about at the beginning, L.L. Bean is multifaceted when it comes to the different industries or the different safety aspects that are involved with L.L. Bean. So I'm sure we'll have you on again. Maybe we can talk fall protection or we can talk personal protective equipment or something else would be kind of cool to have a chat about. Patrick Dooley: [01:03:50] Awesome. I look forward to it, Peter. Peter Koch: [01:03:52] Very good. Well, thanks again for joining us. And to all of our listeners out there, appreciate your listening today. Today on the MEMIC Safety Experts podcast, [01:04:00] we've been speaking about slip and fall prevention with Patrick Dooley, CSP and senior environmental health and safety specialist with L.L. Bean. If you have any questions or I'd like to hear more about a particular topic on our podcast, e-mail me at podcast@MEMIC.com. Also, check out our show notes at MEMIC.com/podcast, where you can find additional resources, links to other podcasts, as well as the entire podcast archive. And while you're there, sign up for our Safety Net blog so you never miss any of our articles or safety news updates. 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Out in the Open Radio Hour, Episode 33, Lucy Webb talks with Patricia Pedroza Gonzalez, Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies and American Studies at Keene State College, Keene, NH. Patricia talks deeply about the practices of spirituality in relationship to decolonization, indigenous connection, queerness, and community. The connection that all humans are love and asking ourselves how are we showing up to practice love? Sit and listen to this wonderful conversation with Lucy and Patricia and let us know your connections to rural queerness and your spirituality! Show Notes mentioned in the episode: https://www.eckankar.org/
Darryl Konicki, who is the associate commissioner for the Little East Conference (LEC), and Paxton Blanchard, a senior on the Keene State College men's lacrosse program and the league's current NCAA Division III SAAC Representative, joined Matt Noonan to discuss their weeklong fundraising event with the HEADstrong Foundation. All three discuss how the LEC and HEADstrong were able to team-up to encourage numerous members of the conference to assist with their fundraising goal of $20,000. For more information on this week's initiative by the LEC, please visit the conference website: https://littleeast.com/news/2021/3/30/general-headstrong-teams-up-with-little-east-conference-for-diii-week-challenge.aspx To learn more about the HEADstrong Foundation and how you can make a donation, please visit their website: https://headstrong.org/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noontime-sports/support
What if you were offered the chance to speak with a lost loved one? New technology, namely the app Replika, is offering the chance to upload someone's data to recreate them in the digital form. Joshua and Jordan chat with journalist with Protocol, Mike Murphy, who has written extensively about the subject of recreating the digital self using data. Replika came into the public eye when founder Eugenia Kuyda shared the story of her friend Roman Mazurenko who passed away. Eugenia uploaded Roman's thousands of texts to the Replika software to create a chatbot that converses like Roman. Eugengia believes that this technology could help keep the spirit alive of someone who has died. Conversely, Jordan and Joshua also speak with Professor at Keene State College, Amber Davisson, who warns of how this burgeoning technology could be exploited for the vast amount of user-submitted data it requires. So is this the modern answer to grieving or is this yet another dangerous step towards perfecting deep fakes and having it fall into the wrong hands? Follow Wild Wild Tech Love Wild Wild Tech, but hate the ads? Subscribe to the ad-free version here!: https://wildwildtech.supercast.tech/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildwildtechpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wildwildtechpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Laurie O'Hara is a Social Media Specialist in the Marketing and Communications Department at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire. In her Talks with Thompson, she discusses her path from public relations to marketing and communications, getting her MBA, and offers great advice on storytelling.
The past year for Ndeye Badiane, who goes by Khady, is not at all what she thought it would be - and not just because there’s a pandemic going on.
In this pop-up episode, we are joined by various guests from Keene State College to discuss the role of the arts in social and racial justice issues. Guests include KSC faculty Kirstin Riegler, Patricia Pedroza Gonzalez, KSC student Marnie Anair, and KSC Alumnus Alexander Davis.
Today my guest is Lauren Hakala. Lauren shares with the listener tips and tools for supporting parents after they have chosen their childcare center. Lauren is not only a long time Educator for the Young Child she has done this work in many different Settings. These setting include the Lab Schools of Keene State College where she earned her BS, and The University of New Hampshire where she enjoyed completing 14 graduate courses in ECE, she worked at The Orchard School where she learned the value of stewardship and community. She was an Administrator and Child Care Director at the Vermont Center for the Deaf before beginning her work at Sophias Hearth family center as child care director and teacher. She is now a consultant for Joyful Beginnings as well as the Child’s Librarian, at her local Library. She is an Artist, and Maker and enjoyed living off grid with her husband in the deep woods of New England. In this episode she shares with the us what she refers to as the golden keys to help find quality child care during these challenging times and beyond. To find out more about Lauren and all things Joyful Beginnings, click here https://www.instagram.com/joyful_beginnings/ Our website is in the works as you read this, so stay in close touch as we create this bountiful online resource, just for you!! I have so much gratitude for everyone who has been listening to the Joyfull Parenting Podcast and joining the community of supporters at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=40232525 ! If you haven’t already, please subscribe to the podcast. It’s also super duper helpful to me if you rate it, review it and share it with others! If you are looking to work with me one-on-one as your parenting/caregiving coach you can do so by clicking on this link with https://www.patreon.com/user?u=40232525. You can also find me on Facebook and IG @joyfullparenting
In this episode Lauren Hakala shares with us what she refers to as the golden keys to help find quality child care during these challenging times and beyond. Lauren is not only a long time educator for the young child she has had the opportunity to do this work in many different settings. Some of the settings include, The Lab Schools of Keene State College where she earned her Bachelors and The University of New Hampshire were she enjoyed completing fourteen graduate courses in Early Childhood Education. She worked at The Orchard School where she was grateful to learn the value of stewardship and community. She was an Administrator and Child Care Director at theVermont Center for the Deaf before beginning her work at Sophias Hearth Family Center as child care director and teacher. She is now a consultant for Joyful Beginnings as well as the Child’s Librarian at her local Library. She is an artist and maker and enjoys living off the grid with her husband in the deep woods of New England. To find out more about Lauren and all things Joyful Beginnings, click here https://www.instagram.com/joyful_beginnings/ Our website is in the works as you read this, so stay in close touch as we create this bountiful online resource, just for you!! I have so much gratitude for everyone who has been listening to the Joyfull Parenting Podcast and joining the community of supporters at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=40232525 ! If you haven’t already, please subscribe to the podcast. It’s also super duper helpful to me if you rate it, review it and share it with others! If you are looking to work with me one-on-one as your parenting/caregiving coach you can do so by clicking on this link with https://www.patreon.com/user?u=40232525. You can also find me on Facebook and IG @joyfullparenting
Today, Don Baldini speaks about how he changed courses from playing the classical violin to pursuing jazz bass. He also gives advice to younger students, including a "million-dollar piece of advice." Mr. Don Baldini is an accomplished bass player. He has worked with many groups and big names such as Frank Sinatra, The Tonight Show Band, and Johnny Mathis. Once being a professor at Keene State College and a faculty member at Dartmouth College, Baldini also has much experience in teaching.
Background Music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage, Yoga, Studying and TherapyPlease wear a mask, wash your hands and practice social distancing. I want everyone to be around to enjoy my music for a long time! Thanks.Hi everyone my name is Jim Butler and welcome to Deep Energy Podcast 469 - Live at the Thorne - Part 2This was a live show I was commissioned for, for an art show on the campus of Keene State College. It was recorded on 06.06.16 and hour 2 has been unreleased. Enjoy.If you would like to find out more about me and my music, head on over to www.jimbutlermusic.com or you can e-mail me at jimbutlermusic@gmail.com. On the website you will find links to all of my social media including FB, FB fan page, IG and Twitter and any live appearances I am making in the Keene, NH area. I now have a merchandise store with a collection of mugs, t-shirts, tote bags, hoody's and a ton more… you can find it at www.deepenergy.threadless.com This podcast is ad supported, if you would like to listen to the podcast without ads or speaking, please go to my Bandcamp page www.jimbutler.bandcamp.com and most of the podcasts are there. If you would like a podcast and you don't see it, just send me an e-mail and I will get it uploaded ASAP.Please share, subscribe, rate and review (helps more people find the podcast) through however you listen to the podcast including:Spreaker, Stitcher, Apple Podcast App, Pandora, Spotify, Luminary, iHeart Radio, Radio.com, Deezer, YouTube, Alexa and Siri and many other podcast providers.Thank you for listening. Until the next time, please be kind to one another, peace, bye….Image by: @kenneth.siscon via Twenty20https://www.twenty20.com/photos/934f3fbc-8d94-4947-bccd-0a5d38f1c086I am a sponsored runner from Rabbit clothing and you can get 10% off of your first Rabbit order using the link below. Thanks!!https://go.referralcandy.com/share/NZDZHD2
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Background Music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage, Yoga, Studying and TherapyPlease wear a mask, wash your hands and practice social distancing. I want everyone to be around to enjoy my music for a long time! Thanks.Hi everyone my name is Jim Butler and welcome to Deep Energy Podcast 469 - Live at the Thorne - Part 2This was a live show I was commissioned for, for an art show on the campus of Keene State College. It was recorded on 06.06.16 and hour 2 has been unreleased. Enjoy.If you would like to find out more about me and my music, head on over to www.jimbutlermusic.com or you can e-mail me at jimbutlermusic@gmail.com. On the website you will find links to all of my social media including FB, FB fan page, IG and Twitter and any live appearances I am making in the Keene, NH area. I now have a merchandise store with a collection of mugs, t-shirts, tote bags, hoody’s and a ton more… you can find it at www.deepenergy.threadless.com This podcast is ad supported, if you would like to listen to the podcast without ads or speaking, please go to my Bandcamp page www.jimbutler.bandcamp.com and most of the podcasts are there. If you would like a podcast and you don’t see it, just send me an e-mail and I will get it uploaded ASAP.Please share, subscribe, rate and review (helps more people find the podcast) through however you listen to the podcast including:Spreaker, Stitcher, Apple Podcast App, Pandora, Spotify, Luminary, iHeart Radio, Radio.com, Deezer, YouTube, Alexa and Siri and many other podcast providers.Thank you for listening. Until the next time, please be kind to one another, peace, bye….Image by: @kenneth.siscon via Twenty20https://www.twenty20.com/photos/934f3fbc-8d94-4947-bccd-0a5d38f1c086I am a sponsored runner from Rabbit clothing and you can get 10% off of your first Rabbit order using the link below. Thanks!!https://go.referralcandy.com/share/NZDZHD2
Background Music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage, Yoga, Studying and TherapyPlease wear a mask, wash your hands and practice social distancing. I want everyone to be around to enjoy my music for a long time! Thanks.Hi everyone my name is Jim Butler and welcome to Deep Energy Podcast 468 - Live at the Thorne - Part 1This was a live show I was commissioned for, for an art show on the campus of Keene State College. It was recorded on 06.06.16 and released as Deep Energy 63 on 07.16.16. Enjoy.If you would like to find out more about me and my music, head on over to www.jimbutlermusic.com or you can e-mail me at jimbutlermusic@gmail.com. On the website you will find links to all of my social media including FB, FB fan page, IG and Twitter and any live appearances I am making in the Keene, NH area. I now have a merchandise store with a collection of mugs, t-shirts, tote bags, hoody's and a ton more… you can find it at www.deepenergy.threadless.com This podcast is ad supported, if you would like to listen to the podcast without ads or speaking, please go to my Bandcamp page www.jimbutler.bandcamp.com and most of the podcasts are there. If you would like a podcast and you don't see it, just send me an e-mail and I will get it uploaded ASAP.Please share, subscribe, rate and review (helps more people find the podcast) through however you listen to the podcast including:Spreaker, Stitcher, Apple Podcast App, Pandora, Spotify, Luminary, iHeart Radio, Radio.com, Deezer, YouTube, Alexa and Siri and many other podcast providers.Thank you for listening. Until the next time, please be kind to one another, peace, bye….Image by: @kenneth.siscon via Twenty20https://www.twenty20.com/photos/934f3fbc-8d94-4947-bccd-0a5d38f1c086I am a sponsored runner from Rabbit clothing and you can get 10% off of your first Rabbit order using the link below. Thanks!!https://go.referralcandy.com/share/NZDZHD2
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Background Music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage, Yoga, Studying and TherapyPlease wear a mask, wash your hands and practice social distancing. I want everyone to be around to enjoy my music for a long time! Thanks.Hi everyone my name is Jim Butler and welcome to Deep Energy Podcast 468 - Live at the Thorne - Part 1This was a live show I was commissioned for, for an art show on the campus of Keene State College. It was recorded on 06.06.16 and released as Deep Energy 63 on 07.16.16. Enjoy.If you would like to find out more about me and my music, head on over to www.jimbutlermusic.com or you can e-mail me at jimbutlermusic@gmail.com. On the website you will find links to all of my social media including FB, FB fan page, IG and Twitter and any live appearances I am making in the Keene, NH area. I now have a merchandise store with a collection of mugs, t-shirts, tote bags, hoody’s and a ton more… you can find it at www.deepenergy.threadless.com This podcast is ad supported, if you would like to listen to the podcast without ads or speaking, please go to my Bandcamp page www.jimbutler.bandcamp.com and most of the podcasts are there. If you would like a podcast and you don’t see it, just send me an e-mail and I will get it uploaded ASAP.Please share, subscribe, rate and review (helps more people find the podcast) through however you listen to the podcast including:Spreaker, Stitcher, Apple Podcast App, Pandora, Spotify, Luminary, iHeart Radio, Radio.com, Deezer, YouTube, Alexa and Siri and many other podcast providers.Thank you for listening. Until the next time, please be kind to one another, peace, bye….Image by: @kenneth.siscon via Twenty20https://www.twenty20.com/photos/934f3fbc-8d94-4947-bccd-0a5d38f1c086I am a sponsored runner from Rabbit clothing and you can get 10% off of your first Rabbit order using the link below. Thanks!!https://go.referralcandy.com/share/NZDZHD2
The episode winds down the fall season at the Redfern, offering a brief recap of some highlights from this fall and a look forward to 2021. Guests include Dr. John Hart, assistant professor of music at Keene State College and conductor of TubaChristmas; and Associate Professor in the Theatre and Dance program, Kirstin Riegler.
Jaqueline Cedar was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1985 and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. In 2009 she received an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at Carroll House, Keene State College, (2019), Cat Head Press, Indianapolis (2019), Marsh Gallery, Indiana University (2017), Crush Curatorial, Chelsea (2016), Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston (2016) and 106 Green Gallery, Brooklyn (2014). She has also been included in exhibitions at Hesse Flatow, New York (2020), Drawer NYC (2020), David Risley Gallery Velvet Ropes, Copenhagen (2018), Zero Zero Velvet Ropes, Los Angeles (2018), Underdonk, Brooklyn (2018), The Hole Velvet Ropes, New York (2017), and Ortega y Gasset, Brooklyn (2017). Press includes Huffington Post, New American Paintings, Gorky's Granddaughter, Painters' Table, and The Boston Globe. Cedar's paintings and drawings address uncanny scenarios where characters engage themselves and one another with sincerity and purpose. Moments of desire, self-reflection, and lack of control motivate postures filled with bravado and vulnerability. jaquelinecedar.com / @jaquelinecedar Good Naked (Brooklyn, NY) is an exhibition space curated by Jaqueline Cedar. Projects hover around the intimate and awkward with a focus on work that engages tactility, humor, movement, and play. goodnakedgallery.com / @good_naked Ashley Ekstrum is a painter and multimedia artist based in Knoxville, TN. She received her BA in Studio Art with a minor in Multimedia Design from Pepperdine University in 2017 while working as a Director’s Assistant at the Weisman Museum. She is currently working as Associate Director of Gallery 1010 and a Graduate Teaching Associate while pursuing her MFA in Painting and Drawing at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. ashleyekstrum.hotglue.me / @ashleyekstrum Sound and editing by Andy Demczuk Andydemczuk.com / @andydemczuk
Cara Poalillo and Dr. Fitni Destani, a professor at Keene State College who specializes in mental performance in athletes, talk about all things mindset and gender in ninja. We discuss how we can empower girls and women in our sport to reach their full potential in training and competition. When should we be training and competing coed? Should we separate by gender? How can we best set female athletes up for success? www.propellolife.com 10% off and free shipping code: NINJABABES
For twenty years, Anni Luneau has focused her passion for the performing arts in non-profit management through planned and individual giving, with an emphasis on strategic planning. Her background includes working for institutions such as New York City Ballet, the 92nd Street Y, The Joyce Theater, PEN America, and now as CEO of her own consulting firm assisting small non-profits and philanthropists in making sound donor decisions. She is also an adjunct professor at Baruch College. Additionally, she serves on the Board of Directors of Pilobolus. This episode shares her path into non-profit management, from receiving her B.A. in English and Dance at Keene State College, completing her Juris Doctor at The University of Connecticut School of Law, working as a teacher and establishing her expertise in fundraising. Anni shares her wisdom for anyone curious about considering a career in non-profit management or for young artists making decisions about hiring individuals to join their leadership team.
For the season one finale, discover the secret origins of Brian and Alec as they share their influences, discuss why they became entertainment journalists and revisit their early days together at Keene State College's student newspaper, The Equinox. In the process, they go off on several tangents because, of course they do, and return to past subjects from over the season. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Perry Langill is the co-host of Working Film Title by NAFCo. In this episode Perry interviews him and listeners will get an insight into his own projects as well as small aspects of his life. Perry hails from the imaginary land of New Hampshire, now living in DuBois, PA, and has a degree in film from Keene State College. Currently he is the President of the Norther Appalachian Film Collective. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nafco/support
In this episode, I interview three teachers ranging in their experiences from kindergarten to college! We will hear how they pivoted as teachers, maintained a high level of positivity for their students, as well as what their classrooms struggled with and perhaps things they excelled at as well. I also share Marisa Imon's meditation music bundle which is a super deal and a great opportunity for anyone who records guided meditations, hypnosis sessions, healing music, and more. Her special deal for the bundle can be found HERE. Joining me are: Emily Benson, Associate Professor of Management at Keene State College, Caryl Pawlusiak of the Hooksett School District, and Sharon Mattingly, former highschool entrepreneurship and technology teacher at Marlborough High School. A, B, C, 1, 2, 3... let's get to class!
I interview Liv Teixeira, a young entrepreneur and life coach in LA about how she got started in coaching, her style of coaching and what she is doing to stay positive and innovative during this time of COVID-19. Liv was a past student of mine at Keene State College. She originally was going to be a nurse, but decided to reinvent herself, found coaching, moved to a huge city and is thriving. Support the show (https://visionarycoachingnh.com/tools)
There is currently a lot of discussion about the mental health impact COVID 19 is having on individuals - increased stress, grief, loss of control, rising rates of suicide and depression, problems of addiction, fear, anxiety...The list goes on.In this conversation we hear about what the impact is at the level of the community. Having grown up in Northern Ireland during The Troubles that saw sectarian violence fracture the community, Peter McBride has spent decades in mental health services, becoming an acknowledged authority on post conflict mental health. Taking mental health impacts of The Troubles and other conflict as a starting point, Peter explores what we might expect to see as the threat of Covid 19 recedes and people emerge from self isolation into face to face interactions at work, for leisure and the day to day business of getting on with life. This presents a different dimension over and above the individual impact on mental health.Peter will shortly be leaving Northern Ireland to continue his work in a new role at Keene State College in New Hampshire
City girl gone country! I moved to Alstead Center, NH from MA, in the fall of 1980. You have to be creative to “make it” here. Learning to; unfreeze plumbing pipes, get out of 18 inches of mud, drive up or down an icy hill with a rear wheel drive car, get lost and then found, has kept me here, and I am happy. The natural highs are plentiful and the neighbors are terrific, they come with a tractor to pull you out of that mud. I raised my family here, met the love of my life, finished my Art degree at Keene State College, retired from cooking at Cheshire Medical Center and am currently working to revive our old organic farm. I have always grown plants and gardened. Scaling up to farming is not an easy progression, but I’m getting there! https://www.facebook.com/cookhillfarmorganic/ View photos from Cook Hill Farm Some of Jean's favorite sites: www.Johnnyseeds.com www.JLHudsonSeeds.net www.nh.gov/nhnursery www.florediem.com www.gilbertwild.com
Vincent is under attack by college administration for being critical of the college on-the-air. So, of course he had FTL's Ian on to talk about freedom of speech and call out the corrupt Keene State College even further. Also discussed, Ian's path to activism and migration to New Hampshire.
We talk about Keene State Campus and how we met each other --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lifeislife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lifeislife/support
Free Talk Live's main host Ian Freeman is interviewed by Vincent Moore on "Wake Up Call", his show on WKNH-FM, the Keene State College radio station.
On this episode of the podcast I speak with University of North Carolina history professor, Christopher Cameron, about his new book, Black Freethinkers: A History of African American Secularism.Buy the book: http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/black-freethinkersFollow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccamrun2Visit Chris's website: https://pages.uncc.edu/christopher-cameron/Dr. Christopher Cameron is an Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is also the founder and past president of the African American Intellectual History Society. He received his B.A. in History from Keene State College and his M.A. and Ph.D. in American History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research and teaching interests include early American history, the history of slavery and abolition, and American religious and intellectual history. Cameron’s first book, entitled To Plead Our Own Cause: African Americans in Massachusetts and the Making of the Antislavery Movement, was published by Kent State University Press in 2014. His second book, Black Freethinkers: A History of African American Secularism, was published by Northwestern University Press in September 2019. His current book project, entitled Liberal Religion and Race in America, explores the intersection of race and liberal religion dating back to the mid-18th century and the varied ways that liberal theology has informed African American religion and politics in the 20th and 21st centuries.Please support the podcast by becoming a patron - www.patreon.com/lifeaftergod
In this episode of Motivational Mentors, we're joined by fellow Entrepreneur and Podcaster Briae Robillard as we discuss Briae's journey so far and how entrepreneurship isn't all sunshine and rainbows. Briae who is the founder of non-profit Project InspiHER aims to help teen girls become financially free and hosts a 5-star podcast called "Slay in Your Lane". Briae also is a social media consultant and marketer for small businesses and has recently graduated from Keene State College and majored in Geology, Chemistry, and Physics. At the time of recording the podcast, Briae was also preparing to speak at TEDx Keene 2019 and launching her first book - all of which we dive into in this episode of Motivational Mentors. If you find this episode helpful please subscribe and leave a review. Connect with Briae on Instagram here Check out Briae's website here Follow Motivational Mentors online: Our Website On Facebook On Instagram
Salt Lake City-based artist Stacy Phillips shifts effortlessly between sculpture and painting. In part, this is because her studios for each discipline lie under one roof. In part, it is because she has mastered the ability to adapt as the result of moving 49 times in her life. (Her family relocated frequently while her father worked for Campbell Soup Company.) A change-filled life also helps explain the wide range of Stacy’s artistic toolbox: She works in sculpture, ceramics, painting (on canvas, wood, and ceramics), and jewelry; teaches acrylic painting/collage and monoprinting; and actually enjoys “the business part” of being a career artist. “I majored in fine arts [at Keene State College in New Hampshire] and minored in business and graphic design,” Stacy says. “My father, being in the corporate world, said I should have something to fall back on. In the long run, it suited me, because I can dance between left and right brain.” Among Stacy’s sculptures are torsos — some bronze and some painted ceramic — with beaded skirts of monochromatic crystal and pearl or multicolored beads. She takes the bead concept to an oversize scale in her series of painted wood disks (with center holes), 16 to 18 inches in diameter and 2 to 3 inches thick, cradled in a metal stand). Also in ceramics, she creates brightly colored, abstract sculptures on wood bases. For walls, she makes flowers (some painted and some fired with gold luster) that can be mounted randomly or in one’s chosen pattern. Stacy credits her grandmother, a full-time artist, as an early influence. “Then in high school, I had an art teacher who encouraged me,” she says. “I didn’t know what it meant to be a professional artist; I just knew that’s what I wanted to do.” After earning a bachelor’s degree and working a couple of years for an ad agency in Nebraska, Stacy moved to Park City, Utah, where she bought a frame shop and converted it into a gallery, exhibiting the work of other artists. After years of that, she yearned to get back to “the creating side” of art, she says. “I wanted to explore more in different materials.” With that goal in mind, Stacy pursued graduate work at the University of Miami from 1999 to 2000 before determining that she possessed what was needed to make a living as an artist. “[College] was too academic for me in my late 30s, so I took a sabbatical and went to Mexico,” she says. “I had a friend who had a studio with a connected apartment. I rented the apartment and just made art.” After three months in Puerto Vallarta, she returned to Park City and put together a body of work for the Sun Valley Arts Festival. At that time, Connie and David Katz owned a CODA Gallery in Park City, as well as in Palm Desert, California, and New York City, New York. “CODA was the gallery I wanted to be represented in, so I invited Connie to come see my work,” Stacy says. “She came and bought my whole show.” Now residing in Salt Lake City, where she rents space in an arts complex encompassing studios for some 50 artists, Stacy maintains three rooms: one for sculpture, one for painting, and one that serves as her office for paperwork and art supplies. In addition to working on her own art, she teaches painting and monoprinting and gives lectures and demonstrations throughout the state as the Working Artist of Utah for Golden Paints. Stacy does not sketch but lets herself “respond to the work” as she goes. “The inspiration is the mystery of it,” she says. “You can only do so much in your brain. I love the discovery, the idea of ‘what if.’ The dance between intuition and intention motivates me to be in the studio every day.” http://stacyphillipsart.com/
If you are thinking about a career as a school counselor, you will definitely want to listen to our conversation with Nancy Simard, Director of School Counseling at MSAD60. She has years of experience in this field and she shares with us details on what a career as a school counselor is all about. Find out what she loves about her job, what traits she thinks you need to be happy and successful in this field and what the biggest challenges are for school counselors today. Where Nancy started out and where she ended up is a great story. She is funny and smart and you will enjoy hearing all about her career path! If school counseling is not in your career plans...you still might want to give this podcast a shot. Nancy's story just may inspire your own career journey!Join Our Podcast Email List! Follow Our Podcast:Website: Listen To Our Podcast HereYouTube Channel Twitter LinkedIn Facebook InstagramAll Things College and CareerMeg's LinkedIn Bobbie's LinkedIn Music Production: Lena Keller: lena.m.keller@gmail.comTechnical Production: Richard BarnettSHOW NOTES:Keene State CollegeThe Barr CenterAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)Lake Region Vocational CenterSkills USAUniversity of Southern Maine Counselor EducationNational Counselor Examination For Licensure and CertificationSanford Regional Technical CenterSomersworth Community Technical CenterGoing Merry
In This Episode You Will Learn About: Seeing the vision even in difficult times Moving forward after realizing a change needed to be made Overcoming traumas Katrina’s solid partnership with her husband What balance actually means Asking the community what they want, then creating it New challenges with new growth Being extremely sensitive The commitment of female friendships Resources: Learn more: toneitup.com (use code: EARNYOURHAPPY) Instagram: @toneitup ; @karenadawn ; @katrinaascott Popsugar Playground Tone It Up! App Show Notes I am so unbelievably excited for today’s episode because I am joined by the co-founders of Tone It Up!, Karena Dawn and Katrina Scott! These women are so inspirational, and this episode is filled with juicy goodness– you’re going to LOVE it. Today, we dive straight into the good stuff and talk about what it’s been like building an empire together, how I met them right at the start of their incredible creation, and so much more. This is one you absolutely won’t want to miss! Question Highlights: Were you able to see the vision of your life even when times were bleak? How did you slowly progress once you knew you needed to make a change? What do you wish more people would ask you? What do you do to really share your journey? What does balance actually mean to you? Is there something that’s really challenging you right now? How do you move through the darkness? How do you maintain your solid friendship? How do you work through any uncertainties? Karena Dawn, Tone It Up Co-Founder: Tone It Up co-founder, Karena Dawn is a spirited entrepreneur and lifestyle celebrity whose passion for healthy living, fitness, and wellness has placed her at the forefront of the health and fitness industries. Fate first introduced the triathlete and former sports model and host to then, personal trainer, Katrina Scott, at a Manhattan Beach gym in 2008. Inspiration and passion collided, and the girls started filming fitness videos for YouTube. The channel gained increasing attention from women across the country who became dedicated to their new trainers. Taking the world by storm with their fresh, fun, and friendly approach, Dawn and Scott built the Tone It Up lifestyle brand and community, a large and loyal network of like minded women. This inspiring, energetic “friend-to-friend" approach to fitness has made Tone It Up the go-to, one stop destination for women seeking a fun, unique approach to achieving their best self. Originally from Indiana, Dawn fell in love with sports and fitness at a young age. She completed her first half-marathon at 12-years-old and some of her earliest memories include watching her mom workout to Jane Fonda videos in their living room – she even filmed her own workout video on VHS for a 1st grade class project. After her youth became full of turmoil due to her mothers mental illness, Dawn went through 10 years of severe depression and escape into drug abuse. In her early 20's she was ready to regain her life and live in love rather than fear. She rediscovered fitness and the memories of how it made her feel. Dawn began using triathlon as her therapy. She continued to compete in triathlons, became a personal trainer and made a name for herself in the sports modeling world, in addition to becoming spokesperson for brands like Oakley, Adidas and New Balance and appearing in Shape, Self and Women's Health magazines. In her free time Dawn volunteers for organizations such as Girls on the Run and National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), a case close to her heart. Dawn is also certified as a yoga instructor through Yoga Alliance, as a nutrition coach, a personal trainer, and is currently studying under The Chopra Center for meditation teacher certification. Dawn is also a co-author to The New York Times Bestselling book “Tone It Up: 28 Days to Fit, Fierce” and Fabulous” and 2018 book “Tone It Up: Balanced and Beautiful: 5-Day Reset for Your Body, Mind, and Spirit.” Dawn starred on Bravo reality series “Toned Up” in 2014. Katrina Scott, Tone It Up Co-Founder: Personal trainer turned creative visionary, lifestyle celebrity and new mom, Katrina Scott is the co-founder of Tone It Up, whose passion for fitness, a healthy lifestyle, and wellness has placed her at the forefront of the health and fitness industries. Fate first introduced the then, personal trainer to triathlete and former sports model and host, Karena Dawn, at a Manhattan Beach gym in 2008. Inspiration and opportunity collided, and the girls started filming fitness videos for YouTube. The channel gained increasing attention from women across the country who became dedicated to their new trainers. Taking the world by storm with their fresh, fun, and friendly approach, Dawn and Scott built the Tone It Up lifestyle brand and community, a large and loyal network of likeminded women to lean on throughout the process. This inspiring, energetic “friend-to-friend" approach to fitness has made Tone It Up the go-to, one stop destination for women seeking a fun, unique approach to achieving their best self. Born and raised in New Hampshire, Scott found fitness at a young age, which shaped her life. After being teased in elementary school for her weight, Scott, wanting to feel healthy and confident, turned to her parents for support who then transformed her home basement into a gym fully equipped with weights, a bench, treadmill and music. Scott began creating workouts and meal plans from magazines and nutrition books before beginning her career at a vitamin store. Learning about nutrition and exercise inspired her to earn her bachelors degree her degree in Health Promotion and Fitness from Keene State College, where she studied Exercise Science, Sports Nutrition, Pre and Postnatal Wellness, and also earned her first certification in Group Fitness. After graduating, she worked as a Master Trainer and Fitness Instructor in Boston and started creating fitness videos. Scott then moved to California to pursue her dreams of creating fitness videos on the beach. Scott has also received certifications in personal training, yoga, and is currently studying for Pre and Postnatal nutrition and fitness. Scott is a co-author to The New York Times Bestselling book “Tone It Up: 28 Days to Fit, Fierce” and Fabulous” and 2018 book “Tone It Up: Balanced and Beautiful: 5-Day Reset for Your Body, Mind, and Spirit.” Scott starred on Bravo reality series “Toned Up” in 2014. Follow me on social media @LoriHarder on Instagram and Lori Harder on Facebook
Dr. Dottie Morris, associate vice president for institutional diversity and equity at Keene State College, is our guest as she talks about her work, her background and the presidential primary.
A CEO’s Virtual Mentor Episode 19 Redefining Leadership in a Traditional Industry with Mary Powell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Green Mountain Power Corporation Welcome to Episode 19. I am joined by Mary Powell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Green Mountain Power in Vermont. This Episode 19 presents a unique CEO profile in Mary Powell. Many of the CEO’s that we have featured in the past have come from science, technology and engineering disciplines or law or finance backgrounds. Mary was raised in an artistic household on New York’s Upper West Side. Her father was a hardworking, constantly auditioning New York actor. Mary attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts made widely famous by the 1980 dramatic film Fame based on student life at the School of Performing Arts. Mary studied art with a particular passion for charcoal drawing with its kinetic form of big, bold, and fast movement. She was graduated with a degree in Liberal Arts from Keene State College in New Hampshire. Her career experience prior to Green Mountain Power included a breath of variety – for a large fund manager specializing in money markets, for state government, and in banking. Through our conversation it will become very apparent how Mary’s creative and liberal arts background and variety of experience renders her as a uniquely effective leader in a utility industry that most often abides by tradition. I’d like to express our special thanks to the clients of Lyceum Leadership Consulting that enable us to bring you this podcast. Thanks for listening. We can’t improve without your feedback – write us through our website www.LeadershipLyceum.com and subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts. See you next time. Informative and Helpful Links An April 3rd 2013 article on architecture website Arch Daily entitled “Can Architecture Make Us More Creative?” by Jonathan C. Molloy posed an interesting lead in question: “What do MIT’s Building 20, the Ancient Greek Agora, 18th Century British teahouses, and early 20th century Parisian cafés have in common?” “They were some of the most creative spaces in the world.” Goes the answer. The Green Mountain Power INSPiRE SPACE. See video link on our program page on the Episode 19 page on our website. Website: https://gmpinspire.com/ From Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist Seneca, “Mihi crede, verum gaudium res severa est.” Epistulae morales, 23, 4 ---- “Believe me, true joy is a serious business.” Program Guide Episode 19 Redefining Leadership in a Traditional Industry with Mary Powell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Green Mountain Power Corporation 0:32 Introduction to Episode 19 and Mary Powell, President and CEO of Green Mountain Power 2:17 Introduction to Green Mountain Power 3:44 Progression of Green Mountain Power accomplishments and award recognition. 6:43 Origins of orientation toward fulfilling ‘customer dreams’ and ‘love’ for customers 7:52 The Tesla Powerwall as an answer to customer dreams and to ridding the dependence on ‘peakers’ in Vermont 10:38 Break 1 11:01 Innovation at Green Mountain Power 13:11 Physical space and its role in innovation and GMP’s INSPiRE SPACE. See video link on our program page on the Episode 19 page on our website. And “Can Architecture Make Us More Creative?” by Jonathan C. Molloy 16:54 Break 2 17:09 Boundaries or lack thereof at GMP 21:24 Break 3 21:46 M&A at Green Mountain Power and 'the ability to soar' 25:13 Final Break 4 25:28 Conclusion: Mary Powell’s leadership that draws upon her upbringing and liberal arts education 27:40 Famous Last Words – Seneca “Mihi crede, verum gaudium res severa est.” Epistulae morales, 23, 4 28:06 Preview of upcoming Episode 20 and Patricia Kampling, CEO of Alliant Energy in Madison Wisconsin. Biographies of Guests Ms. Mary Powell Mary Powell is nationally recognized as an energy visionary, positioning Green Mountain Power as a leading energy transformation company. Delivering clean, cost-effective and highly reliable power to customers all across Vermont, GMP offers cutting-edge products and service to reduce costs and carbon. In 2017, GMP was named one of the top 10 energy companies in the world by Fast Company. GMP has also achieved the top score for mid-sized utilities in the East Region in J.D. Power’s 2016 electric utility residential customer satisfaction study. Mary has served as president and chief executive officer for GMP since 2008. She initiated and implemented a strategic and comprehensive restructuring of the company that dramatically transformed GMP, and she has been the backbone of a cultural transformation and service quality improvement. Fast, fun, and effective is her motto. Under Mary’s leadership, GMP became the first utility in the world to become a member of B Corp, showing a commitment to use energy as a force for good. Mary has delivered on an ambitious energy vision to provide low-carbon, low-cost and highly reliable power to Vermonters. As a result, GMP became the first utility to offer to help customers go off-grid, built Vermont’s largest wind farm, made Rutland, Vermont, the Solar Generation Capital of New England, and installed smart grid technology across GMP’s service territory. In 2012, Mary led the acquisition of Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS), with a promise to generate $144 million in savings for customers. GMP has grown from serving 88,000 customers in 2008 to serving over 260,000 customers, with revenues of more than $640 million and $2 billion in assets. And in 2015, Mary led another partnership with Tesla, with GMP becoming the first utility anywhere to offer customers the Tesla Powerwall battery. In 2014, Mary was recognized by Powergen as the Woman of the Year, in 2015 The Burlington Free Press named her Vermonter of the Year, in 2016 Fast Company named Mary one of the 100 most creative people in business, and in 2017, Mary was named one of the top 25 Most Influential Women of the Mid-Market by CEO Connection. Your host Thomas B. Linquist is the Founder and Managing Partner of Lyceum Leadership Consulting and Lyceum Leadership Productions. Over his 16 years in management and leadership consulting he has served a wide array of industrial clients. This includes leadership assessment and search for chief executive officers, chief financial officers, chief operating officers and boards of directors. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and over his 27-year career has served in a variety of roles: as an engineer with Shell Oil Company, a banker with ABN AMRO Bank, and as treasurer was the youngest corporate officer in the 150+ year history at Peoples Energy Company in Chicago. He is an expert on hiring and promotion decisions and leadership development. Over the course of his search career, he has interviewed thousands of leaders. Thanks for listening. We can’t improve without your feedback – write us through our website www.LeadershipLyceum.com and subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts. Please rate us and spread the word among your fellow executives and board colleagues. Program Disclaimer The only purpose of the podcast is to educate, inform and entertain. The information shared is based on the collection of experiences of each of the guests interviewed and should not be considered or substituted for professional advice. Guests who speak in this podcast express their own opinions, experience and conclusions, and neither The Leadership Lyceum LLC nor any company providing financial support endorses or opposes any particular content, recommendation or methodology discussed in this podcast. Follow Leadership Lyceum on: Our website: www.LeadershipLyceum.com LinkedIn: The Leadership Lyceum LLC Twitter: @LeaderLyceum https://twitter.com/LeaderLyceum Email us: info@LeadershipLyceum.com Thanks for listening. We can’t improve without your feedback – write us through our website www.LeadershipLyceum.com and subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts. Please rate us and spread the word among your fellow executives and board colleagues. This podcast Leadership Lyceum: A CEO’s Virtual Mentor has been a production of The Leadership Lyceum LLC. Copyright 2019. All rights reserved.
On this episode, we speak with Dr. Randy Bartlett on his project of creating a new progressive independent high school named City of Bridges in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Randy is the founder and will serve as Head of School when the school opens in the Fall of 2019. He has three core values at the forefront of the school’s development of real work project-based learning, peace and justice, and student agency. Randy shares why a new high school is needed in the Pittsburgh community and why change-making is an essential education component.Core ValuesThe City of Bridges School will:Have real work project-based learning as a cornerstone of its educational offerings;Be explicit in enacting the values of peace and justice within and outside of the community;Have the student voice and agency in all major decisions related to the operations and curriculum.BiographyDr. Randy Bartlett, M.Ed., Ph.D.Head of School-Humanities TeacherRandy has been working in education and non-profit organizations for two decades. He has been a teacher in small rural schools like the Acworth Center School, a school principal at Propel East and Propel Montour, a designer of the project-based Andrew Street High School, a Director of Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Data and A Senior Director of Research, Reporting and the Arts. He designed and directed the Pittsburgh Urban Teaching Corp and teaches graduate students on their path to becoming teachers at Chatham University. He has served as the president of the Board of Trustees for the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh, and as a curriculum consultant for The Sprout Fund.Most importantly he is a father, husband, a seeker of new experiences and a joyfully curious learner.Randy has a BA in History and Religion from Oberlin College, an M.Ed. in Integrated Learning from Antioch University New England, a post-masters certificate in Educational Leadership from Keene State College and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Change from Antioch University.A utopian at heart, he believes that enriching learning opportunities and supportive communities can transform our worldLinksRandy Barlett Contact: randy@cityofbridgeshighschool.orgCity of Bridges High School Website: www.cityofbridgeshighschool.orgCity of Bridges High School Donations Site: http://cityofbridgeshighschool.org/donate/
For many people, the phrase “military-industrial complex” brings to mind the top 20 weapons manufacturers. Today it might well be called the military-industrial-congressional-almost-everything complex. What does this mean for America going forward? What is the evangelical case against Judge Kavanaugh? Our guest, Minister Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, says his faith compels him to challenge the way reactionary conservatives have hijacked his faith to serve their narrow interests. As an evangelical who cut his teeth in politics during the heyday of the Moral Majority movement in the 1980s, he knows the enthusiasm many conservatives feel at the prospect of culture war victories on the Supreme Court. Many faith leaders oppose Judge Kavanaugh not in spite of their faith commitments, but because of them. This is CBC Week in Washington, DC. The Congressional Black Caucus was founded in 1971 to "positively influence the course of events pertinent to African-Americans and others of similar experience and situation" and for the purpose of "achieving greater equity for persons of African descent in the design and content of domestic and international programs and services." Is it doing this as an organization? GUESTS: Joan Roelofs - Author, political scientist and professor emerita at Keene State College.Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove — Activist and author of Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion.Jackie Luqman — Co-editor-in-chief of Luqman Nation and co-host of the Facebook Livestream Coffee, Current Events & Politics.
paypal.me/politicsproprophey 3-4 News/Audio clips 3:33 The Edwards Notebook (bottom of every hour) 4-5 Pastor David Berman - Rev. Dr. David M. Berman Th.D. is an experienced and effective public speaker; he has presented his viewpoints at Dartmouth College, the University of Massachusetts, and Keene State College, as well as many pro-family rallies. Reverend Berman is particularly interested in affecting the culture with Judeo-Christian principles. He has been a guest on many radio and television shows heard by millions, commenting on various social issues. He has also served as pastoral advisor to the New Hampshire Christian Coalition. A feature story about his life testimony was shown on Pat Robertson's syndicated show, “The 700 Club”. He is a Jewish Christian and is fully ordained with the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, a large denomination with 17,000 churches worldwide. Follow Pastor Dave on twitter @DrDavidMBerman
Dr. Kristene Kelly, AD at Keene State and soon to be Sr. Associate AD/SWA at Dartmouth joins @TaiMBrown to discuss the aspects of her time in the chair that she will bring to her upcoming appointment. Kelly talks about how her department provided creative solutions to campus-wide budgetary problems. She also discusses how making decisions as an AD has helped to sharpen her problem solving and prioritization skills, identifying "expectation management" as a key asset that she'll bring to Dartmouth.
In our first crossover episode, Michael speaks with host of The FitCast, Kevin Larrabee. They talk about the struggles of starting a new business, the rollercoaster of life, and the current state of the fitness industry. Kevin Larrabee graduated from Keene State College with a BS in Health Science in August 2008. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Kevin has had a passion for fitness and nutrition ever since winning his battle with the bulge at the age of 15. After discovering the effects of diet and exercise, Kevin lost 30 pounds in three months. Ever since then he has been striving to learn as much as he can about fitness and nutrition. He recently opened his first training studio, Allied Strength, in Gloucester, MA. Kevin created The FitCast Podcast after looking for a decent fitness and nutrition podcast and coming up empty. He has recorded more than 450 episodes and interviewed some of the best and brightest in the industry. The FitCast was named Best Fitness Podcast by Men’s Health Magazine in 2015.
paypal.me/proprophey 3-4 News/Audio clips 3:33 The Edwards Notebook (at the bottom of every hour) 4-5 Alex Newman - Alex Newman is an American journalist and consultant who writes about economics, finance, banking, business, and politics for diverse publications in the United States and abroad. He studied journalism, economics and political science at the University of Florida. In addition to his own consulting firm, Alex has worked in market research, marketing, strategy, research, information gathering and consulting for international companies, non-profit organizations and various political campaigns. He is also the co-author of a book exposing some of the problems with today's public education system. 5-6 Pastor David Berman - Rev. Dr. David M. Berman Th.D. is an experienced and effective public speaker; he has presented his viewpoints at Dartmouth College, the University of Massachusetts, and Keene State College, as well as many pro-family rallies. Reverend Berman is particularly interested in affecting the culture with Judeo-Christian principles. He has been a guest on many radio and television shows heard by millions, commenting on various social issues. He has also served as pastoral advisor to the New Hampshire Christian Coalition. A feature story about his life testimony was shown on Pat Robertson's syndicated show, “The 700 Club”. He is a Jewish Christian and is fully ordained with the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, a large denomination with 17,000 churches worldwide. Follow Pastor Dave on twitter @DrDavidMBerman
3 - 3:30 News/Audio clips 3:33 - The Edwards Notebook - Ron Edwards host of “The Edwards Notebook” syndicated radio commentary is a talented and gifted commentator with over three decades of experience. He is a well versed journalist with a fiery delivery of humor, information and thought provoking conversation. The “Edwards Notebook” an award winning commentary delivers a wealth of knowledge in an entertaining format. 3:35 - 4 FB Friend Segment - Karen Costello (Testimony) 2ND Hour - Noel Lapere and Harald Zeiger 3RD Hour - Dr. David Berman - Rev. Dr. David M. Berman Th.D. is an experienced and effective public speaker; he has presented his viewpoints at Dartmouth College, the University of Massachusetts, and Keene State College, as well as many pro-family rallies. Reverend Berman is particularly interested in affecting the culture with Judeo-Christian principles. He has been a guest on many radio and television shows heard by millions, commenting on various social issues. He has also served as pastoral advisor to the New Hampshire Christian Coalition. A feature story about his life testimony was shown on Pat Robertson's syndicated show, “The 700 Club”. Over the years, he has been responsible for the planting of two successful churches. He has brought ministry teams with him to Mexico to teach the Bible, work with children, and feed the hungry. He earned his undergraduate degree in pastoral ministry from Atlantic Southern Bible College where he graduated with high honors; he earned his post graduate masters and Doctorate in Theology (Th.D) from Christian Bible College of Rocky Mountain, NC. Reverend Berman has been in active ministry since 1985. He is a Jewish Christian and is fully ordained with the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, a large denomination with 17,000 churches worldwide. Follow Pastor Dave on twitter @DrDavidMBerman
Happy March and National Nutrition Month! This month the podcast will bring conversations about nutrition and body image. (Speaking of: check out MEND, my course on radical self acceptance with author of Beautiful You, Rosie Molinary) Bernie is back this week and we have two guests on the show! You’ll hear fellow dietitian Whitney Hightower talk about what it was like to be complimented for dieting because it made her body smaller and criticized for gaining weight when she stopped dieting. Then our very own podcast producer Shauna Reid comes on as we discuss the perils of being on Weight Watchers numerous times and what it means to offer a program to kids. About Whitney: Whitney Hightower, MS, RDN, LD is the Dietetic Internship Assistant Director/Field Supervisor at Keene State College. She's a Registered Dietitian with seven years diversified leadership experience in community nutrition program development and evaluation, counseling, undergraduate and graduate-level research and instruction. You can find her on LinkedIn. About Shauna: As well as working on the Body Kindness podcast, Shauna Reid is a freelancer writer and the author of The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl. She writes about her life, travels and wellness journey, most recently 'Things I learned from 11 trips to Weight Watchers'. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram. --- Join me for MEND Check out MEND, my course on radical self acceptance with author of Beautiful You, Rosie Molinary. In this 6 week virtual workshop we'll focus on the process of building radical self acceptance. We will have a live call, Facebook group and videos with reflection material to do on your own time. Starts 3/14! Find out more >> --- Support the show Thank you to our generous supporters! We are working toward our goal to fund the full season. Can you donate? Please visit our Go Fund Me page. --- You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1073275062 Are you ready for Body Kindness? Get started today with my free e-course and on-demand digital training. Learn more - http://bit.ly/2k23nbT The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness 'simple and true'. Publisher's Weekly says it's 'a rousing guide to better health.' http://bit.ly/2k228t9 Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V --- Enjoy the show? Please subscribe and rate it. Have a show idea or guest recommendation (even yourself!) E-mail podcast@bodykindnessbook.com to get in touch. Join us on the Body Kindness Podcast Facebook group where you can continue the episode conversations with the hosts, guests, and fellow listeners. See you there! Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.
The topic today is white supremacy and we'll be interviewing Dottie Morris, Chief Officer of Diversity at Keene State College, Christopher Tinson, Professor of Africana Studies and History at Hampshire College, and Carly Fox, History Teacher at Vermont Academy. We will explore how white supremacy manifests in our day-to-day lives and its historical roots.
Ariel, the sprite who serves Prospero in “The Tempest” is the first non-human character featured on Shakespeare’s Shadows. Dr. Brinda Charry — an English professor at Keene State College — and Mark Quartley — currently playing Ariel for the Royal Shakespeare Company — discuss Ariel’s complicated relationship with his master, varying interpretations of the moment he is set free, and how Ariel discovers what it is to be human. Quartley also talks about his unique experience playing Ariel via real-time motion-capture technology in this stage production running at the Barbican Theatre in London through August 18th. He co-stars opposite Simon Russell Beale, returning to the RSC as Prospero after having taken on the role of Ariel in 1993.
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Part of my live gig at the Thorne Art Gallery at Keene State College on 06.16.16. The full show can be found on my Bandcamp page. www.jimbutler.bandcamp.com Thanks and enjoy..
Part of my live gig at the Thorne Art Gallery at Keene State College on 06.16.16. The full show can be found on my Bandcamp page. www.jimbutler.bandcamp.com Thanks and enjoy..
Stacey practices as an integrative nutrition therapist for over 20 years, specializing in helping her clients transform their relationship with food and body by weaving together the best of nutrition science with ancient wisdom traditions. Stacey received a Bachelor of Science from Keene State College, NH and professional dietetic training from Beth Israel Hospital, Boston. In addition to regular advanced training in nutrition and dietetics, Stacey is a certified eating disordered registered dietitian, certified food and spirit practitioner, yoga teacher and energy medicine practitioner. Stacey’s appetite for personal growth and explotation lead her to explore numerous trainings and retreats in yoga, mindfulness and meditation. Stacey enjoys offering her clients and community specialized seminars, retreats, counseling and training programs for people who are looking for a whole person approach to healing body, mind and spirit through her Kind Eating nutrition counseling practice
Listen to RWF26 My guest this week is Kevin Larrabee Kevin Larrabee graduated from Keene State College with a BS in Health Science in 2008. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. … Continue reading →
Our guests have spent their lives coping with learning differences. They have now created an organization to help the next generation overcome the stigma. Follow: @E2ENationol.org, @iplante. @LeapIntoLD @bamradionetwork #edtechchat #edchat #spedchat #specialed #UDL David Flink is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Eye to Eye. Author of Thinking Differently: An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities. Marcus Soutra is Think Different Ambassador Chief Operating Officer, Eye to Eye. He has taught in both middle and high school classrooms. In addition to creating Keene State Disabilities Advocates (KSDA), Marcus is the founder of the Keene State College chapter of Eye to Eye. He also co-founded Camp Eye to Eye, the Eye to Eye summer program.
Hello, and welcome to another Wednesday morning and another great episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES. Today I had the chance to chat with Jennifer Ferrell, Director of Student Involvement at Keene State College. Jennifer and I got connected through a mutual friend at this years ACPA conference, and it was a great opportunity for us […]
The Good Catholic Life is on summer vacation! In the meantime, we're bringing you some of our favorite shows. We will return on August 14 with an all-new show. Summary of today's show: Chuck Hall has had a long journey through just about every Christian denomination until finally landing in the Catholic Church, where he is now preparing for ordination as a deacon. Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O'Connell listen to Chuck tell his tale, from hippy to evangelical Christian to Catholic in 2008, and how he furthered discerned the call to the diaconate. Also the role that G.K. Chesterton played in his conversion. Listen to the show: Today's host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O'Connell Today's guest(s): Chuck Hall Links from today's show: Today's topics: A convert becomes a Catholic deacon with help from Chesterton 1st segment: Scot asked Fr. Mark about the concert by the Three Priests that we did a show about last week. Fr. Mark said they sang all the standards and the concert hall had many priests in it. He said most of the priests were dressed casually, except they all had black pants and black socks and were easily picked out. Scot said this week was a Mass celebrating men who have been ordained for 25 years. Fr. Mark said he was a first year theology student in the seminary when these men were fourth year. Twelve men were present for the Mass, while four more couldn't attend because they are serving outside the archdiocese. Fr. Mark said this week he had his third-year theology seminarians for Mass this week at the Pastoral Center. 2nd segment: Scot welcomed Chuck Hall. He's studying for the diaconate and is a parishioner at Our Lady of Hope in Ipswich. Scot asked him about his preparation for the diaconate. Chuck said it's been an incredible experience and it's being revealed why God led him to this place. He has great affection for the deacon brothers and their families he's in formation with. There are 15 men in his class from a variety of backgrounds. Chuck said he's so busy with formation now, he's not as involved in his parish as he was, but he previously started the Wednesday evening prayer group and has been active in Bible studies. He's also been involved in music in the life of the Church. This is new for him. One of the surprises of formation was that his musical past has a place in his life in the Church. His love for music in the past came flowing back to him in an unexpected way. Scot said Chuck is halfway through the four-year program. He said the first year is a year of discernment. He talked about one of his first classes, which helps with spiritual discernment. Fr. Mark asked about the wives' involvement. Chuck said his wife came to every single activity in the first year, but in the second year she missed a class and broke her perfect attendance. Scot recalled his time in the seminary and having the time to slow down and pray and discern, and that was tough to maintain when he left. Chuck said one of the lessons from a class this year was the understanding of a number of things about the Catholic that he never fully grasped before. As a convert, he doesn't have the reflexive knowledge of the faith that others have. To see it broken out in the class, he understands now the why and how. He's learned for the first time how the Mass is a sacrament, what baptism is about and how it introduces us to the life of God. Chuck says becoming a deacon was not his idea, but when he looked into, all the doors opened, and all the other doors closed. God was telling him he as enough information and God wanted him to have more formation. Chuck said after becoming Catholic he got involved in the parish, helping start a prayer group and responding to an ad in the bulletin for Eucharistic ministers at a local hospital, which has been very fruitful. He went to the pastor and gave him his idea for starting a prayer group in the parish. The pastor said, Ask the pastor and then go do it. He was surprised at the lack of bureaucracy. In the course of that, people he would encounter at the parish or hospital or at the software company he worked at would ask him if he'd thought about the diaconate. One time at the hospital, he visited a patient. When he came in the room, the man was talking on his phone to someone and at the end of the conversation, the man said, “I have to go,. The deacon is here to talk to me.” When he talked to his priest, he told him that God seemed to be calling him. Chuck said the deacon has a particular role in the Church, different from priests or religious or laypeople. They have one foot in the world and one foot in the parish. They are always in places that priests or religious are not. The particular call to the diaconate is a call to be an icon in the world. It involves a deep commitment. Scot said Chuck attended his first Mass in 2006 and only came into the Church in 2008 from Evangelical Christianity. He said one of the misconceptions of people considering the call is that it's all up to them, but instead it's up to both the Church and the person discerning. If the Church decides the deacon candidate is not being call to the ministry, then that's it. Chuck said that as a convert he had a strong sense of the integrity of the Magisterium and believes that the Church isn't going o let him down. The Church wants to help form him and discern for him and he's going to let them do that. Fr. Mark said he read the Chuck defended the Church even before he was Catholic. It happened around the time of the scandals and in conversations with a friend about conspiracy theories surrounding the “DaVinci Code” and gnostic writings. He had suggested that his friend should read some materials, and as he was digging into the early Church fathers, he began to see the evidence for the Church's claims. One of the books he suggested was . As he began to hear about the scandals, despite being a Presbyterian, he began to feel that it was his Church being attacked, that all Christians had a stake in the Church. In most of the world, when people think Christians, they think Catholic. Even Hollywood always equates the two. So there must be something about theChurch is she's always the target and always has this body of wisdom in it. He said G.K. Chesterton is very unusual: It's both too militant and too passive, too much this and too much the opposite. So he picked up a copy of the Catechism and see what the Church really believes. It produced a full picture of his own belief, but opening it all up even further. He began to feel that this is Jesus' Church. Scot said its natural for a Christian man to defend what's important to you. He said a lot of men return to the Church because they feel called to defend it and so they pick up the Catechism and take other steps to lose their faith. Scot said Chuck came of age in the 60s and began to respond to Christ's call in the 70s. He went through a lot of different Christian groups. Chuck said when he filled out his application for the diaconate program he was supposed to fill out a spiritual biography. It was pointed out to him how he zigged and zagged through is life, but from his own viewpoint it's a straight line in how he responded to God at any particular point in time. His first “God moment” was when he was 8 and went to see a friend and she was at Catechism class at her Catholic church. As he was walking home, he thought, “If God exists, that's all that matters.” He recalls thinking that's too big for him, but that it's true. His parents dropped him off at the local Protestant church on Sundays to get a religious education that for a faith they didn't share with him. So there was a lot of input from religion so when his life was beginning to fall apart in the late 60s, it was natural for him to turn to God. There came a moment when he was at a party in 1971 that was next to a church. He saw a friend take drugs and nearly die and he turned to God in the church and told Him he couldn't do it anymore. When he told his friends that, he was directed to a new pastor in town. The pastor found himself sitting with two hippies smoking away, but Chuck was told for the first time that Jesus died for him. At school at University of New Hampshire, Chuck became involved with Campus Crusade for Christ. It took a long time for him to really start changing. He was introduced to a lot of great writers and philosophers, like C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton. His testimony is that he cried out to God and He heard Chuck's cry. God reached out to Chuck. Chuck started with the conservative Baptists, where he learned to love his Bible. Then he took a turn to Reformed theology, including Presbyterian Church in America. He began to sense there was more to the picture, including the corporal works of mercy. He came to understand that these things need to be part of his life. He went to his minister and asked how to discern how to show these things in his life. The minister told Chuck that if he's called to these, the minister will know before Chuck will. Chuck knew that was the wrong answer. When Chuck would take communion at the Presbyterian church (not Catholic communion, they don't believe in the Real Presence) once per month like they did, he would be in tears. This was the beginning of his move to Catholicism. Scot said he read in Chuck's biography of the importance of G.K. Chesterton for those thinking of converting to Catholicism. Chuck said he was introduced to Chesterton through his Father Brown mystery stories. He realized that there was a lot more in the books than just a mystery. At one point, he was at Keene State College studying classical guitar and he met a used book store owner he sold him many Chesterton books. He began to realize while he was reading “Orthodoxy” that he was becoming accustomed to the way the mind works and how one forms a philosophy. Chesterton, who was not a theologian, but a journalist, wrote about what the Catholic mind thinks about. When Chuck finally decided to convert to Catholicism, all that Chesterton he'd read came back to him. Fr. Mark asked where someone should start with Chesterton. Chuck said the Father Brown stories is a good place to start. 3rd segment: Now as we do every week at this time, we will consider the Mass readings for this Sunday, specifically the Gospel reading. The whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, “Would that we had died at the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt, as we sat by our fleshpots and ate our fill of bread! But you had to lead us into this desert to make the whole community die of famine!” Then the LORD said to Moses, "I will now rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion; thus will I test them, to see whether they follow my instructions or not. “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them: In the evening twilight you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread, so that you may know that I, the LORD, am your God.” In the evening quail came up and covered the camp. In the morning a dew lay all about the camp, and when the dew evaporated, there on the surface of the desert were fine flakes like hoarfrost on the ground. On seeing it, the Israelites asked one another, “What is this?” for they did not know what it was. But Moses told them, “This is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.” Gospel for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 5, 2012 (John 6:24–35) When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus. And when they found him across the sea they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” Jesus answered them and said, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled. Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.” So they said to him, “What can we do to accomplish the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.” So they said to him, “What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you? What can you do? Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.? So Jesus said to them, ”Amen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." So they said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.” Scot asked how can you miss the complaints of the Israelites? They're cranky because they're hungry, but even despite that God supplied them materially with the food so they wouldn't be hungry and so they would know he cares for them. Fr. Mark said none of us can excuse ourselves. How often do we grumble against God? But God in the Old Testament says okay, so I will feed you. So now the disciples ask Jesus what he will feed them. More than physical food, he gives the food that feeds our body and soul. Scot said Jesus says they came to him because the disciples at the loaves and are filled. How often do we pray for material things thinking that will be for our good. Jesus instead says do not work for the material things. The apostles had just seen this monstrous miracle of feeding the thousands from a few loaves and fishes. But Jesus says the true bread from heaven is the one that gives life for the world in every possible way. Of course, they ask for it and he says that he is the bread of life. Jesus gives life. Jesus is life. Fr. Mark said after all the ways God has blessed us, our attitude can be “What else you got?” if we're only looking at worldly things. Jesus wants us to keep our eyes fixed on heaven, not on the world. Scot said we say to God, help me get the life you want for me. Fr. Mark said for that to happen, we have to be silent in our prayer to listen for the voice of God.
Summary of today's show: Chuck Hall has had a long journey through just about every Christian denomination until finally landing in the Catholic Church, where he is not preparing for ordination as a deacon. Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O'Connell listen to Chuck tell his tale, from hippy to evangelical Christian to Catholic in 2008, and how he furthered discerned the call to the diaconate. Also the role that G.K. Chesterton played in his conversion. Listen to the show: Today's host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O'Connell Today's guest(s): Chuck Hall Links from today's show: Today's topics: A convert becomes a Catholic deacon with help from Chesterton 1st segment: Scot asked Fr. Mark about the concert by the Three Priests that we did a show about last week. Fr. Mark said they sang all the standards and the concert hall had many priests in it. He said most of the priests were dressed casually, except they all had black pants and black socks and were easily picked out. Scot said this week was a Mass celebrating men who have been ordained for 25 years. Fr. Mark said he was a first year theology student in the seminary when these men were fourth year. Twelve men were present for the Mass, while four more couldn't attend because they are serving outside the archdiocese. Fr. Mark said this week he had his third-year theology seminarians for Mass this week at the Pastoral Center. 2nd segment: Scot welcomed Chuck Hall. He's studying for the diaconate and is a parishioner at Our Lady of Hope in Ipswich. Scot asked him about his preparation for the diaconate. Chuck said it's been an incredible experience and it's being revealed why God led him to this place. He has great affection for the deacon brothers and their families he's in formation with. There are 50 men in his class from a variety of backgrounds. Chuck said he's so busy with formation now, he's not as involved in his parish as he was, but he previously started the Wednesday evening prayer group and has been active in Bible studies. He's also been involved in music in the life of the Church. This is new for him. One of the surprises of formation was that his musical past has a place in his life in the Church. His love for music in the past came flowing back to him in an unexpected way. Scot said Chuck is halfway through the four-year program. He said the first year is a year of discernment. He talked about one of his first classes, which helps with spiritual discernment. Fr. Mark asked about the wives' involvement. Chuck said his wife came to every single activity in the first year, but in the second year she missed a class and broke her perfect attendance. Scot recalled his time in the seminary and having the time to slow down and pray and discern, and that was tough to maintain when he left. Chuck said one of the lessons from a class this year was the understanding of a number of things about the Catholic that he never fully grasped before. As a convert, he doesn't have the reflexive knowledge of the faith that others have. To see it broken out in the class, he understands now the why and how. He's learned for the first time how the Mass is a sacrament, what baptism is about and how it introduces us to the life of God. Chuck says becoming a deacon was not his idea, but when he looked into, all the doors opened, and all the other doors closed. God was telling him he as enough information and God wanted him to have more formation. Chuck said after becoming Catholic he got involved in the parish, helping start a prayer group and responding to an ad in the bulletin for Eucharistic ministers at a local hospital, which has been very fruitful. He went to the pastor and gave him his idea for starting a prayer group in the parish. The pastor said, Ask the pastor and then go do it. He was surprised at the lack of bureaucracy. In the course of that, people he would encounter at the parish or hospital or at the software company he worked at would ask him if he'd thought about the diaconate. One time at the hospital, he visited a patient. When he came in the room, the man was talking on his phone to someone and at the end of the conversation, the man said, “I have to go,. The deacon is here to talk to me.” When he talked to his priest, he told him that God seemed to be calling him. Chuck said the deacon has a particular role in the Church, different from priests or religious or laypeople. They have one foot in the world and one foot in the parish. They are always in places that priests or religious are not. The particular call to the diaconate is a call to be an icon in the world. It involves a deep commitment. Scot said Chuck attended his first Mass in 2006 and only came into the Church in 2008 from Evangelical Christianity. He said one of the misconceptions of people considering the call is that it's all up to them, but instead it's up to both the Church and the person discerning. If the Church decides the deacon candidate is not being call to the ministry, then that's it. Chuck said that as a convert he had a strong sense of the integrity of the Magisterium and believes that the Church isn't going o let him down. The Church wants to help form him and discern for him and he's going to let them do that. Fr. Mark said he read the Chuck defended the Church even before he was Catholic. It happened around the time of the scandals and in conversations with a friend about conspiracy theories surrounding the “DaVinci Code” and gnostic writings. He had suggested that his friend should read some materials, and as he was digging into the early Church fathers, he began to see the evidence for the Church's claims. One of the books he suggested was . As he began to hear about the scandals, despite being a Presbyterian, he began to feel that it was his Church being attacked, that all Christians had a stake in the Church. In most of the world, when people think Christians, they think Catholic. Even Hollywood always equates the two. So there must be something about theChurch is she's always the target and always has this body of wisdom in it. He said G.K. Chesterton is very unusual: It's both too militant and too passive, too much this and too much the opposite. So he picked up a copy of the Catechism and see what the Church really believes. It produced a full picture of his own belief, but opening it all up even further. He began to feel that this is Jesus' Church. Scot said its natural for a Christian man to defend what's important to you. He said a lot of men return to the Church because they feel called to defend it and so they pick up the Catechism and take other steps to lose their faith. Scot said Chuck came of age in the 60s and began to respond to Christ's call in the 70s. He went through a lot of different Christian groups. Chuck said when he filled out his application for the diaconate program he was supposed to fill out a spiritual biography. It was pointed out to him how he zigged and zagged through is life, but from his own viewpoint it's a straight line in how he responded to God at any particular point in time. His first “God moment” was when he was 8 and went to see a friend and she was at Catechism class at her Catholic church. As he was walking home, he thought, “If God exists, that's all that matters.” He recalls thinking that's too big for him, but that it's true. His parents dropped him off at the local Protestant church on Sundays to get a religious education that for a faith they didn't share with him. So there was a lot of input from religion so when his life was beginning to fall apart in the late 60s, it was natural for him to turn to God. There came a moment when he was at a party in 1971 that was next to a church. He saw a friend take drugs and nearly die and he turned to God in the church and told Him he couldn't do it anymore. When he told his friends that, he was directed to a new pastor in town. The pastor found himself sitting with two hippies smoking away, but Chuck was told for the first time that Jesus died for him. At school at University of New Hampshire, Chuck became involved with Campus Crusade for Christ. It took a long time for him to really start changing. He was introduced to a lot of great writers and philosophers, like C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton. His testimony is that he cried out to God and He heard Chuck's cry. God reached out to Chuck. Chuck started with the conservative Baptists, where he learned to love his Bible. Then he took a turn to Reformed theology, including Presbyterian Church in America. He began to sense there was more to the picture, including the corporal works of mercy. He came to understand that these things need to be part of his life. He went to his minister and asked how to discern how to show these things in his life. The minister told Chuck that if he's called to these, the minister will know before Chuck will. Chuck knew that was the wrong answer. When Chuck would take communion at the Presbyterian church (not Catholic communion, they don't believe in the Real Presence) once per month like they did, he would be in tears. This was the beginning of his move to Catholicism. Scot said he read in Chuck's biography of the importance of G.K. Chesterton for those thinking of converting to Catholicism. Chuck said he was introduced to Chesterton through his Father Brown mystery stories. He realized that there was a lot more in the books than just a mystery. At one point, he was at Keene State College studying classical guitar and he met a used book store owner he sold him many Chesterton books. He began to realize while he was reading “Orthodoxy” that he was becoming accustomed to the way the mind works and how one forms a philosophy. Chesterton, who was not a theologian, but a journalist, wrote about what the Catholic mind thinks about. When Chuck finally decided to convert to Catholicism, all that Chesterton he'd read came back to him. Fr. Mark asked where someone should start with Chesterton. Chuck said the Father Brown stories is a good place to start. Now as we do every week at this time, we will consider the Mass readings for this Sunday, specifically the Gospel reading. When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and, falling at his feet, paid him homage. Peter, however, raised him up, saying, “Get up. I myself am also a human being.” Then Peter proceeded to speak and said, “In truth, I see that God shows no partiality. Rather, in every nation whoever fears him and acts uprightly While Peter was still speaking these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the word. The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit should have been poured out on the Gentiles also, for they could hear them speaking in tongues and glorifying God. Then Peter responded, “Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit even as we have?” He ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Gospel for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 13, 2012 (John 15:9-17) Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father”s commandments and remain in his love.” “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy might be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. This I command you: love one another.” Scot said three words jump out from the gospel: love, joy, friends. Love appears often in the Gospels, yet in contemporary society we don't appreciate the love Jesus speaks about here. The love Jesus is talking about is agape, self-sacrificial love. He's willing to lay down our life for us and we respond by being willing to lay down our lives for him. Chuck said he's learned in his study of Theology of the Body is that self-giving love is the love of God for us. God gives himself to us and we do the same for one another. Scot said in the first reading, St. Peter and the apostles are deliberating whether the love of God was for just the Jews or the whole world. Fr. Mark said the conclusion is yes, the whole world, and Peter demonstrates this with Cornelius. Like Peter choose Cornelius, so God chooses us. We're all invited to the table of the lamb. God chooses every single one of us. Scot said God has appointed us to go and bread fruit that will be everlasting. It's not just for us to love Jesus back, but to go and bear fruit. Chuck said one of his great discoveries in becoming Catholic is the appreciation we have for the sense that we participate in the life of God, that he is the eternal exchange of love between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The way we participate in that is by the way go and bear fruit in the world. Scot said as we look to Mother's Day, consider how all our mothers have laid down their lives for us. Scott, Fr. Mark, and Chuck wished Happy Mother's Day to mothers and wives.
Paddy Reagan is singer-songwriter from Burlington, VT in the style of Townes Van-Zandt, John Prine, and the like. He normally plays with the group Paper Castles, which merges traditional folk and country music with noisy yet beautiful free-form jazz. On the program he shares with us some of his influences, and follows it up with an excellent solo-acoustic live set. This was the first segment of our four-hour program on April 16, 2009, which promoted the outdoor concert, "Spring It On!" that we put on in association with WKNH and The Starving Artist at 10 West Street, Keene on Keene State College campus the following evening featuring Jerry Fels and the Jerry Fels, Mark Mandeville (with Raianne Richards and Jerry Fels), Christopher Bell, Paper Castles, and Rusty Belle.
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