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https://www.patreon.com/seekingderangements ------------------------------------------------------------------- Last November we sat down and watched this movie about a pinkpilled forcefemmed assassin for the mob who's turned trans by the direct opposite of Ben Carson - a crazy surgeon with no hands! michelle rodriguez telegraphed her performance in, while tony shalhoub and sigourney weaver delivered probably some of the most electric scenes in cinema history. intro/// Kiyoshi Sugamoto - Yeh! Boogie (1980) outro/// Raney Shockne - Tomboy (Main Title Sequence) (2016)

In 2019, prime minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize. The committee noted that he had given amnesty to thousands of political prisoners, discontinued media censorship, fought against corruption, and legalized previously outlawed opposition groups. Ahmed also received attention for his religious reconciliation work which included mending a split in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and bringing together Christians and Muslims. The son of a Muslim father and Orthodox mother, Abiy is a Protestant Pentecostal, or “Pentay,” like many Ethiopian politicians. But, as of late, things have been tense. Last November, CNN reported that scores of people were murdered by whom survivors believe are soldiers from nearby Eritrea, whose presence they blame on the Ethiopian government. The massacre occurred in the Tigray region, the northern part of the country and one which shares a border with Eritrea. It came just weeks after the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front attacked Ethiopian military forces and the central government responded violently in return. Ethiopia has a long and extensive Christian history. The second country in the world to officially adopt Christianity, for 15 centuries, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has survived estrangement from Rome, the spread of Islam, and repeated colonialization attempts. There’s also millions of people, like Abiy, who identify as Protestant. Desta Heliso was born and raised in Ethiopia and has served as lecturer and director of the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology. He currently resides in London but continues to coordinate the Centre for Ancient Christianity and Ethiopian Studies at EGST in Addis Ababa. He is also a fellow of the Center for Early African Christianity and a visiting lecturer at the London School of Theology. Heliso joined global media manager Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen this week to discuss this tragic and fraught conflict and to offer a robust picture of what Christianity looks like where more than 40 percent of the country identifies as Ethiopian Orthodox and nearly 25 percent as Protestant. What is Quick to Listen? Read more Rate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Twitter Follow our hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Ted Olsen Follow our guest on Twitter: Desta Heliso Music by Sweeps Quick to Listen is produced by Morgan Lee and Matt Linder The transcript is edited by Yvonne Su and Bunmi Ishola Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two Indian women recently received one of the country’s highest civilian awards for their efforts to rescue women branded as witches. However, recent ritual killings eclipsed the Independence Day honours, which had been intended to send a powerful official message against the occult and wizardry. Chhutni Mahato of Jharkhand state and Birubala Rabha from Assam were awarded the Padma Shri on 26 January, as India celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the republic. They were honored for their campaign against witch hunting, prohibited by law in only eight of India’s 28 states. “From 2000 I have been fighting their battle,” said 62-year-old Mahato, a rape attempt survivor who has rescued some 100 women declared as sorceresses in tribal-majority Jharkhand state. Assam’s 72-year-old Rabha is credited with the 2015 passage of a state law against the wicked narrative, where witch-hunters allegedly killed 23 people since 2016, media reported. Some experts believe witch-hunting is a cover to grab land owned especially by widows. Some2,500 people, mostly women, have been killed in organised witch hunts between 2000 and 2016, according to the government-run National Crime Records Bureau. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship policies include a tray of welfare programs for women and the girl-child. India’s possessed killing fields But a string of reported human sacrifices cast a shadow on the 26 January award ceremony which was hailed as an effort to fight ignorance and superstitions. Just days before the national event, a college principal and his wife, a teacher, bludgeoned and speared to death their two adult daughters in southern Andhra Pradesh state. Police said the couple were delusional and killed in the belief their children would bounce back to life the next morning. Social analysts such as Manisha Priyam argued the double killings cannot be just dismissed as a result of blind faith. “When you harbour an Idea wherein you decide to smother the lives out of your own daughters; it is a deliberate act,” Priyam said.  And earlier this month, a pregnant woman confessed killing her six-year-old son in Kerala state to seek divine favours. Last November in Assam, two men were held for plotting to kill four boys in the belief the sacrifice would lead them to a treasure trove buried in a garden. Absence of public education Nirmal Chandra Asthana, a former state police chief of Kerala, said he believed people in “a large part of India” harboured fanatical beliefs. “Many more people are capable of such behavior. They do not do it simply because they have got their own constraints,” he told Mirror Now TV. Others blamed such acts on the “lack of public education on human psychology” in India. “These are not only to be seen as influenced by the Babas and Gurus but also as psychotic reactions,” added Sanal Edamaruku,” President of Indian Rationalist Association. “Some people are so vulnerable, so superstitious that they are ready to go into such things,” he said. Delhi’s house of horror In 2018, eleven members of a family were found hanging in their working class home in capital Delhi. Ten of them were found blind-folded with their hands tied. One had been fatally strangled. “The family committed suicide in a thankful gesture to god,” newspapers quoted the police as saying.  

Last November, the FDA released an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the use of monoclonal antibody therapy for adult and pediatric patients with mild to moderate COVID-19. Currently, there is some confusion about the availability and access issues to these treatment options. In this episode, part two of a three-part series, we will address questions and concerns about the distribution and availability of these therapies. Guest speakers:Azra Behlim, PharmD, MBASenior DirectorPharmacy Sourcing and Program Services Vizient Steve Rudner, PharmD, MSDirectorPharmacy Network ContractingVizient Moderator:Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHMAssociate Vice PresidentClinical ResourcesVizient Show Notes:[02:05] Access to the monoclonal antibody therapies[03:51] No lack of supply[05:07] Infusion options[09:59] Misconceptions and challenges around distribution[11:40] Every idea worth exploring Links | Resources:Press release and information from FDA Click hereInformation from FDA on EUA for monoclonal antibody therapy Click hereASPR’s portfolio of COVID-19 medical countermeasures (HHS site) Click here[ For more information, contact: ASPRstakeholder@HHS.gov ]JAMA article: “An EUA for Bamlanivimab—A Monoclonal Antiboey for COVID-19” (Dec. 11, 2020) Click here Subscribe Today!Apple PodcastsSpotifyAndroidGoogle PodcastsStitcherRSS Feed 

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken about his desire to turn over a new leaf with Europe, but that might not happen without repairing the damage he’s done to Turkish democracy. Last November was when Erdogan first showed any openness to improving relations with the European Union (E.U), stating “We see ourselves nowhere else but in Europe.” In a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on January 10, the two discussed improving relations in what the E.U President called a “good exchange.” Among the topics covered according to a readout from Erdogan’s office was a discussion on how to move forward on Turkey’s stalled bid to join the bloc. Behind any negotiations about improving relations is deep disagreements over the state of Turkish democracy after two decades under Erdogan. In December, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Turkey must release opposition leader Selahattin Demirtas from custody over what it considered politically-motivated terrorism charges. A year earlier, the ECHR also ordered the release of civil society activist Osman Kavala from custody on similar grounds, but Erdogan has refused in both cases to respect either ruling. Kati Piri, a member of the European Parliament from the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), does not believe that Erdogan should be obliged to his “new leaf” if that means ignoring his continued erosion of human rights in Turkey. “I do not understand how Ankara thinks it will reset the agenda with the European Union,” Piri tol Ahval in a recent podcast interview. “They know what they have to do in order to reset relations, but I haven’t seen any of that seriously examined in Turkey.”

Bryde on her lonesome this week! Send some healing vibes to your favourite CF patient, Jeremie. Last November, the hosts chatting with therapist and writer Jake Ernst about trauma therapy, routes to safety, and somatic work. Follow Jake on Instagram @mswjake.Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/turnmeonFollow us on Instagram - @turnmeonpodcastThis episode and more have been transcribed thanks to Thisten: https://thisten.co/event/wmu9l See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I think when it comes to the vaccine and its rollout here, the PM's words are going to catch up with her as reality starts to bite. You can only promise so much for so long, until the facts start getting in the way.Last November we were told New Zealand was front of the queue for the vaccine, remember that?"We're front of the queue." Embarrassingly, that's now been proven completely false. Likewise, telling us its approval is coming any day now puts a live clock on it - let's hope this is true, but don't hold your breath. Ardern said this week that 'progress was being made', which tells us virtually nothing.She also said New Zealand would take delivery of the vaccine.. as soon as Pfizer could send them.. again, no detail there whatsoever. And even once it's delivered, the rollout won't be immediate. The PM says rolling it out will happen about two to three weeks after the vaccine arrives. In fact, any mass vaccination campaign is unlikely to start before the middle of the year. So is that June? What happened to March? I thought they said March? Arden also said the rollout 'will take time'.. understatement of the year.. but "the most important thing," she said, "is not when we start but when we finish."But hang on, don't you need to make a start to get to the finish? How do you finish if you haven't started? Surely starting is paramount.It's this sort of lack of urgency and push that is perhaps holding us back. Are we hustling hard enough for vaccines? It doesn't feel like it. Have we got set times and dates from pharmaceutical companies on delivery? Again, no.So why not?And then, there's actually rolling it out. Israel as we know, is moving at lightning pace but they're working from stadiums from 8am til 10pm.. jabbing up a storm. Can you see us working those sorts of hours to vaccinate? Given testing stations shut at 4pm, I don't really see us putting in the big hours working with any real urgency, even when the vaccine gets here.Singapore aims to do its entire population by the middle of the year - 17,000 this week alone. They'll be finished before we even start.So although we have lots of words on the vaccine, and lots of promises and maybes and soons.. we don't actually have any hard and fast facts. There's only so long New Zealanders can be fed phrases and promises and empty words surely?We deserve some facts and some details. And our frontline and border workers more than anyone, deserve some surety sooner rather than later.

The front of the frontline of the NHS is the ambulance service. They are the first responders, on the scene dealing with incidents up and down the country. With COVID-19 adding to the usual pressures they face this winter, the pressures on these skilled crews is greater than at any time.Last November, in the midst of the second lockdown in England, I spoke with Simon King, founder of the Christian Ambulance Association (CAA) about being a Christian in the ambulance service, and the challenge of helping Christians working there to connect with and support one another. This interview was conducted before the height of the winter pressures and the third lockdown in January.To find out more about CAA, visit their website at CAA UK - Home, and you can follow them on Facebook and Twitter.Support the show (https://cmf.li/Give)

Last November, Karen talked with FOY Superfoods owner Liz Garza about the origins of Mobile, Alabama's first and only Juicery and Fresh Eats Restaurant, how she is managing her 2 locations during COVID, and how she and her husband kept the store open while they had to quarantine. Plus, Liz shares her insights on innovating, creating new revenue streams, leading by example, and preparing her staff to keep FOY running in any crisis. Check out the healthy and fresh eats at FOY SUPERFOODS >>> Key Takeaways - Train and trust your staff to be able to run your business without you having to be there 24/7. - Create systems and processes not to let your business "work you." - Work to build a stronger local community around your business and ask locals to support you when you're in need.   Resources: Liz Garza  -  Facebook  |   LinkedIn FOY Superfoods   -   Facebook  |  Instagram   Cheers To: We need to get stay at the top of people's minds. When they think of health food, I want them to think of FOY. - Liz Garza I don't know how long we can sustain of operating at a loss like this, but it's a dream and it's a passion project. And it's something that I am going to take out kicking and screaming. - Liz Garza If you do your job, you should not be needed as a business owner. It should want be able to run without you. - Karen Simmons If everything is dependent upon the business owner, and if you go down, the business is done. - Karen Simmons

Last November, I presented a series of episodes based on an article by Bob Pike in the September/October issue of Training Magazine.  In the November/December issue, he continued with an additional set of tips. In this the final episode, I will focus on: (1) The Sounds of Silence; and (2) Choosing Group Leaders. 

Last November, President Donald Trump gave back five states he carried in 2016, as a normally urban-centric Democratic Party made inroads into America’s suburbs. David Brady and Douglas Rivers, Hoover Institution senior fellows and Stanford University political scientists, discuss America’s post-Trump political landscape and whether a genuine realignment occurred in 2020, or if the 45th President’s impact won’t be all that lasting. 

Last November, I presented a series of episodes based on an article by Bob Pike in the September/October issue of Training Magazine.  In the November/December issue, he continued with an additional set of tips.In this episode, we will take a brief look at the following tips:  (1) Be Early; (2) The Back-up Plan; and (3) Start and End on Time. 

Last November, Matthew Fox had a riveting (and too brief) Awakin Calls conversation, hosted by Rahul Brown and Aryae Coopersmith, on the topic of "Fidelity vs Faith: Bowing to the Heart Over Authority." Matthew is a spiritual theologian and scholar of mystic spirituality whose theology of creation spirituality was systematically singled out and denounced by two successive Popes, only to see a third Pope incorporate it into Church doctrine. Now he returns, this time in conversation with Pavi Mehta and Cynthia Li, for a deeper exploration of his powerful views on the divine feminine. His most recent book, Julian of Norwich: Wisdom in a Time of Pandemic--and Beyond, is about a female medieval mystic who lived through the plague of the Black Death, drawing out timeless wisdom relevant to our modern COVID-19 era. "A theologian way ahead of her time," he writes, "Julian develops a feminist understanding of God as mother at the heart of nature’s goodness." As Matthew said during his November call: "Wisdom is different from knowledge. It doesn't exclude knowledge, but wisdom is bigger. First of all, she's feminine. ... Patriarchy and the reptilian brain are very aligned, maybe something to do with testosterone. The divine feminine is so important to balance things .... So when we get into the right side of our brains -- that hemisphere that is about intuition and creativity -- that balances the rational. Then you get a healthy dynamic. ... I don't think we're going to survive [as a species] without the feminine reasserting itself and the masculine cleaning itself up. I think that we men have been deceived with pseudo versions of masculinity, and we need to get more real. After all, the people we admire -- Gandhi or a Mandela or Martin Luther King -- these people have dealt with their inner selves. They've dealt with fear, disappointment and enemies; not by lashing back like the reptilian brain does, but by processing and trying to turn anger into love." Join Pavi Mehta and Cynthia Li in continued conversation with this fascinating thinker and theologian.

Last November, I presented a series of episodes based on an article by Bob Pike in the September/October issue of Training Magazine.  In the November/December issue, he continued with an additional set of tips.  This episode will focus on the first two: (1) Project More Energy; and, (2) The Countdown Timer.

When you buy a house and decide to gut renovate it, you are suddenly in contact with a lot of strangers you have to learn to trust. Last November, I hired upstate contractor Andy Kane from Peak Builders, and he began to work on the fixer-upper we'd purchased in Elka Park, NY. It has been 10 months since then, and there have been an amazing cast of characters Andy has brought in do the plumbing and electrical, to tile the bathrooms, fix the roof, deliver the wood, to paint and help him with all the massive amount of carpentry. Despite wanting these guys to fix up my house as fast as possible (throughout a pandemic as well as all the normal disruptions that make a renovation last far longer than one thinks it should), I often stop to chat with them about...well, about whatever's on my mind, or theirs. It is a lovely bunch up on the mountain, and it has been fascinating to get to know them. On this day last February, I must have been thinking as usual about how much to trust or distrust others, how much people can count on other people, and the guys were more than happy to jump in with their thoughts. It is fitting that the walls were literally down around in the gutted master bedroom as we chatted about the walls we put up with one another as humans, and how in charge we are of what happens between us...right down to how much we can control ourselves from going to all-out war. A huge hearty thank you to Andy and his amazing team (including Jerry and Jesse chatting here, from Batavia Kill Plumbing & Heating) for all the good mojo they brought in to this crazy house we bought, for all their hard work on our behalf, and for their humanity. It has been a pleasure. Talking to the strangers you hire to help renovate, understanding them as humans and having them understand you, is a beautiful thing.

As the people of Bougainville head to the polls again, they are choosing the President and parliament that will be negotiating with the PNG government for their independence. Last November the people voted almost unanimously for independence from PNG, but the PNG government seems in no hurry to enact the necessary legislation. And how is the coronavirus is affecting life across PNG including during the Bougainville election.

Last November, we spoke with Michael J. Bobbitt, Artistic Director of New Repertory Theatre, about approaching major change in an organization. He shares ways to identify organizational culture, support staff work/life balance, and keep a board focused. Michael J. Bobbitt is the Artistic Director of New Repertory Theatre. He is an arts leader, director, choreographer, … Continue reading "Episode 109: To Change an Org’s Culture, Rip Off the Band-Aid"

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at MCLA, Mohamad Junaid and Lafayette College Assistant Professor, Hafsa Kanjwal join the WBI show to discuss the the acceleration of the settler colonial project in Kashmir and the continued fight for Azadi or self-determination. The Indian BJP government’s recent passage of the domicile law in Jammu and Kashmir is a move towards ethnically cleansing the occupied territory. Last November, Indian Consul General in New York, Sandeep Chakravorty advocated for this law in order to introduce “Israeli model” settlements into Kashmir.“I don’t keep calm, I’m continuously in outrage, I don’t have any spiritual solace, I don’t have any calm, everyday is like a new mourning.” Junaid shares- yet finds hope in Kashmiri writers, activists and artists a generation removed from state sanctioned illiteracy now documenting the desire and struggle for national liberation to the rest of the world.“Bollywood is India’s kind of wet dream...Initially kind of creating this desire for the beautiful landscape without any regard for the local ‘ignorant people they needed to modernize’”- Kanjwal provocatively comments, drawing out the sophisticated ways in which Hindu nationalist culture legitimizes the state sanctioned erasure and potentially the extermination of the Kashmiri people.For full show notes and cited works, please navigate to The American Assembly

In 2015, the husband-and-wife team of James Jones Jr. and Kristina Jones founded Court Buddy, a service that matches consumers with vetted lawyers at affordable prices. Last November, the couple stepped aside from the business to pursue other interests. In their time running the company, they had raised $7.1 million and won numerous awards and honors.  Achieving success as a legal tech startup is notable in itself, but James and Kristina Jones also were among the few Black founders in an industry with a striking diversity problem. One survey of the legal tech industry found that only 2.3% of founders were Black and 3.1% were Latinx.  Among the milestones they achieved, Court Buddy was named the winner of the American Bar Association’s Brown Select Award for Legal Access in 2017, a winner of the inaugural American Entrepreneurship Award in 2016, and a winner of a Webby Award in 2018. When they raised their first financing round in 2017, Kristina was recognized as only the 14th African-American woman ever to raise $1 million or more. Last year, Black Enterprise named the couple as its Techpreneurs of the Year.  In this episode of LawNext, James Jones, a former practicing lawyer, joins host Bob Ambrogi to share their story of starting, building and ultimately stepping away from Court Buddy, and of how being a Black entrepreneur in legal tech presented certain obstacles he otherwise would not have encountered.  NEW: Comment on this show: Record a voice comment on your mobile phone and send it to info@lawnext.com. We are now on Patreon! Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

Mobile operator MTN Group will launch its 5G commercial network in South Africa next week, joining Vodacom Group and Rain in the race to expand fifth-generation technology in the country. The firm said it is hosting a virtual launch event on June 30, where MTN South Africa CEO Godfrey Motsa will be present with other officials. Last November, Swedish mobile telecoms equipment maker Ericsson announced that it had been selected by MTN South Africa to build its new 5G core mobile and radio network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last November, we brought you the story of Manuel and Olga Jimenez . They’re a Woodlake couple who created a mile-long community botanical garden in their town to inspire and teach kids. Hundreds of young people have volunteered at the Bravo Lake Botanical Garden since it was started 17 years ago. They earn community service hours for their work but that’s often just the tip of their involvement. Many spend years working in the dirt here; some choose to go into agriculture because of it. Last Saturday, I checked back in with Manuel and Olga to see how they are doing during the pandemic. Right now the garden is closed due to safety concerns about COVID-19 and they said they both really miss working with young people, teaching them the discipline and joy of growing fruits and flowers. But without so much human activity, wildlife has moved in, Olga said. “The raccoons, the killdeer, the fox,” she said. “Once in a while the coyote comes and cleans up all the rabbits.” And there’s more

My guest for this episode is Lynn Sanders. Lynn is a Story Empowerment Expert and Founder of Difference Makers Media, with a mission to help cause-driven entrepreneurs, authors, speakers and nonprofit leaders tell their stories effectively to build their impact, make a difference and grow their revenue.  Lynn has worked with nonprofit organizations for 20 years as a publicity and marketing consultant, a video scriptwriter, an author and fundraising strategist for the nonprofit sector. She provides strategic empowerment coaching, writing, video interviews and social media marketing to achieve results for clients across the country.  Over the past 30 years, through her award-winning writing, producing, interviewing and coaching, Lynn has achieved results for a wide spectrum of clients – from attracting a 6-figure donation from a front-page story to doubling memberships from a video and more.  Lynn is media host of “The Difference Makers,” a program that share the inspiration, wisdom and advice from today’s innovative business leaders.  Her writing has helped clients craft their stories in a compelling and engaging way – from trade shows, articles and commercials to video scripts, lyrics and speeches.  She was the writer behind the WGN-TV theme, “Chicago’s Very Own, Channel 9,” featuring Lou Rawls, and the creative force behind the nationally award-winning patient safety video, “Things You Should Know Before Entering The Hospital.”  She is also the author of two children’s books: “Social Justice:  How You Can Make A Difference,” and the best-seller, “Dancing With Tex:  The Remarkable Friendship To Save The Whooping Cranes.”  Last November, Lynn self-published “Roland’s Story: Inspired By A Stroke,” the memoir of her dear friend and colleague who passed away from a fourth stroke.  The story has been highly praised and considered to be “must-reading” for those who face physical challenges.  Lynn and I talk about using your personal story and how story is an asset for nonprofits. You can contact Lynn at www.DifferenceMakersMedia.com  where she offers her free 7-Step Story Guide and you’ll learn how to connect with her as well.   Be sure to subscribe to Inspired Nonprofit Leadership so that you don’t miss a single episode, and while you’re at it, won’t you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!   Let me know the topics or questions you would like to hear about in a future episode. You can do that, and follow us, on Facebook. To get the free guide I created for you go to: 6 Steps You Must Know To Unleash The Potential of Your Nonprofit Board.

Last November, Wes Lefroy and Lachlan Monsbourgh attended AgriTechnica – the world's leading machinery and AgTechnology field days in Germany. In our latest podcast, Wes and Lachlan review their key takeways, share what has happened since, and share their views on how these key trends will impact farmers in the future.

This week our guest is the NRL player Joel Thompson. Joel grew up in a remote community in NSW around domestic violence, unstable housing, and drug and alcohol abuse. This led to self-destructive behaviour in adulthood which threatened to destroy his professional rugby career and personal relationship. After struggling for years with his mental health and seeking professional help in 2011, it wasn’t until 2019 that Joel started to question his relationship with alcohol. Last November an accident at a party left Joel in hospital in intensive care - and it was there that he vowed to stop drinking for a year. In this chat we talk about Joel's difficult upbringing and how it’s given him resilience, strength and a passion to help inspire a new generation of Indigenous men to reach their potential. He talks about the effect that removing alcohol has had on his life, how he’s approached sobriety surrounded by a macho drinking culture and what he hopes for the future. Joel’s story is powerful, honest and inspirational. We really hope you enjoy listening to Joel and take away some of his resilient spirit. You can find Joel on the socials and through his work with The Mindset Project. Instagram: @_joel.thompson_ @the_mindset_project https://themindsetproject.com.au/

Part TWO of a conversation with the ministers of Beargrass Christian Church. Last November we did two episodes on Church in the 21st century - "Shifting Ideas About What It Means To Be The Church" and "Necessary Ingredients for Church in the 21st Century." Little did we know that just four months later a global pandemic would force us to re-examine and re-evaluate those ideas. Part two of the conversation focuses on the Table, community, connection, and "electronic evangelism." Support the show (https://tithe.ly/give?c=529518)

Last November we did two episodes on Church in the 21st century - "Shifting Ideas About What It Means To Be The Church" and "Necessary Ingredients for Church in the 21st Century." Little did we know that just four months later a global pandemic would force us to re-examine and re-evaluate those ideas. In this episode of a new series, "Pandemic Ponderings", I sit back down with all four ministers of Beargrass to chat about their experiences since the onset of social isolation. What does sacred space look like these days? How do you minister when you don't gather in a building weekly? Have they figured out a virtual connection? And what about the on-line church, is it here to stay and what could that mean for Beargrass?Support the show (https://tithe.ly/give?c=529518)

Last November the crew took on their first DIY out of state hunt as they headed to SW Wisconsin. Hunting Michigan all of our lives this was something we've all been wanting to do. On Part II we get into the hunts that capped the week as Cody and Donny punch their tags. The guys reminisce as to what this hunt meant to them, and how they look forward to the next one. Find Us On the Webhttps://tkzoutdoors.comhttps://www.facebook.com/TKZOutdooors/https://www.instagram.com/tkzoutdoors/https://www.youtube.com/TKZOutdoorsSubscribe and Review on iTuneshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tkz-outdoors-podcast/id1458294147

Congressman Ami Bera is a Democrat from California who serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and is chair of the subcommittee on Asia and Pacific. He is also a medical doctor who has long championed global health issues. Last November he served on a commission on pandemic preparedness convened by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC that issued a series of recommendations that looks rather prescient today.   We spoke just a day after President Trump announced that the United States was freezing funding for the World Health Organization and, needless to say, Congressman Bera strongly disagrees with that move. He explains the WHO's critical role in preventing clusters of COVID-19 from taking hold in poorer countries to secure the US homeland. We cover other ground too, including what the trajectory of the outbreak looks like here in the United States, and how that trajectory might shape US politics and foreign policy. https://www.undispatch.com/

Last November the crew took on their first DIY out of state hunt as they headed to SW Wisconsin. Hunting Michigan all of our lives this was something we've all been wanting to do. To challenge ourselves physically and mentally as hunters. With OnX are our guide, we came home with memories and venison. This is Part I of our DIY Wisconsin bow hunt.Find Us On the Webhttps://tkzoutdoors.comhttps://www.facebook.com/TKZOutdooors/https://www.instagram.com/tkzoutdoors/https://www.youtube.com/TKZOutdoorsSubscribe and Review on iTuneshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tkz-outdoors-podcast/id1458294147

Last November, CFO Bob Feller achieved a career milestone of sorts when he celebrated his fifth anniversary as Workforce Software’s finance leader. “Prior to this, the longest that I have ever stayed anywhere has been four years,” explains Feller, who says that the cadence of his CFO career transitions is normally in step with those of other tech sector CFOs, who are known to job-hop every three to four years. Still, Feller mentions his recent anniversary to draw our attention to his resolve to help build Workforce into a formidable SaaS challenger inside the realm of workforce management software. “It reminds me of when I started at Salesforce and we were up against Siebel—which was then acquired by Oracle—and everyone thought that we didn’t have a chance,” says Feller, who held controller and VP of finance roles during a four-year stint at Salesforce. Feller says that Salesforce’s singular focus as a SaaS company allowed it to overstep its merged rivals, who—while many times the size of Salesforce—failed to exploit all of the maturing advantages of the SaaS model. Feller believes that this rivalry was similar to one that Workforce has today with HR software behemoth Kronos, of Lowell, Massachusetts. “With every deal that we close, we pretty much take market share from Kronos,” says Feller, while naming the widely known rival that is roughly 15 times the size of Workforce. Says Feller: “We like to say that we’re ‘Zeus to Kronos’—and if you don’t know your Greek mythology, just search on ‘Zeus, son of Kronos’ and you will discover just what Zeus ended up doing to Kronos.” Needless to say, there’s a reason that Zeus, and not his father, was known as ruler of the gods. –Jack Sweeney   CFOTL: Tell us about your arrival at Workforce and what this career chapter means for you? Feller: How has my career evolved? I tend to be a builder and a fixer. I come into situations when some kind of a transformational event either has happened or is about to happen. This obviously goes back to Salesforce, where I had to build a team as we were building the company and prepping for an IPO, and has continued on to Workforce, where the company was founder-led for a number of years. You know, the founder did a great job in building the company, but it was really his first job out of business school. His first job out of business school was being our CEO. This happens all the time. The company did a lot of things well, but on the administration side, there was a lot of work to be done. When we were acquired by Insight Venture Partners in 2014, I was the first hire that they made. They were looking for an experienced SaaS CFO who really knew how to put together not just a team but also the appropriate SaaS company metrics—the KPIs—and who knew how to work with a private equity firm and build a team to support that. Yes, this took time, but this is part of what I do to transform an organization. It’s not like I come in and aim to replace everybody. There’s a lot of great talent in these companies. It’s really putting them in the right place and in a position to succeed and then making sure that they know what they’re in for when they’re coming out of what the company used to be and going through the transformation into what it’s going to be. The way we think about community is important. It’s not just our employees—our employee community— but also the greater communities that we’re part of. We’re a global company. We’re part of the Michigan community. We’re part of the Sydney, Australia, community. We’re part of the London, UK, area community. We try to do a lot to support community activities everywhere.

Last November, Tom Hallman and I went to a military funeral for two veterans who died with no family to claim their bodies. Crystal Purdy-Newland, the funeral director who oversees military honors for Portland-area veterans whose bodies are unclaimed. Often, these men and women have died with no known family, or only distant family. Many of them were homeless. But, she says, unclaimed does not mean unloved. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the re-launch of MintCast, the official weekly MintPress News podcast hosted by Mnar Muhawesh and Whitney Webb. MintCast is an interview podcast featuring dissenting voices, independent researchers and journalists who the establishment would rather silence.One such voice is independent Bolivian-British journalist Oliver Vargas. He joins MintCast to discuss his exclusive on the ground coverage of the post-coup crisis in Bolivia, including the country's upcoming elections scheduled to take place on May 3.Last November, the democratically-elected government of former Bolivian President Evo Morales was removed in a U.S.-backed coup that forced him to flee to Mexico and then to Argentina. Morales and his party MAS have since faced persecution, with several political allies and former Morales ministers now imprisoned. Other former ministers and officials have been forced to seek refuge in the Mexican embassy in the Bolivian capital of La Paz in order to avoid arrest. In addition to the threats faced by Morales' political allies, his supporters have also faced aggression from the far-right post-coup government that has killed scores of unarmed protesters and wounded even more, especially in the early days that followed the coup.Despite this, Morales’ successor, Luis Arce, has emerged as the election frontrunner according to recent polls. Bolivia’s so-called “interim” president Jeanine Áñe, however, has vowed to “fight” to stay in power, a move that has fragmented Bolivia’s pro-coup right, which has failed thus far in uniting in their effort to prevent Morales’ MAS party from retaking power. This backdrop has led many to worry that Bolivia’s upcoming election could be marred by fraud and manipulation.Earlier this year, Morales himself -- despite being in exile in Argentina -- announced his plans to run for Bolivia’s Senate. Following the announcement of his candidacy, Morales said he received numerous threats from the United States and was recently barred by a Bolivian court from running, a decision that Morales and his allies argue was orchestrated by the Trump administration. Morales has said he plans to appeal the court’s decision.Oliver Vargas joins us to discuss the latest election news from post-coup Bolivia.This program is 100 percent listener supported! You can join the hundreds of financial sponsors who make this show possible by becoming a member on our Patreon page. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Please leave us a review and share this segment. Support the show (https://www.mintpressnews.com/donations/)

Last November, in New York City, the Manhattan editors workshop held its fifth consecutive evening entitled sight sound and story the art of cinematography.  Jim Kamp was invited to moderate a chat with acclaimed cinematographers Claudia Raschke, DP on such docs as “Mad Hot Ballroom” and “RBG”, and Tom Hurwitz, ASC who was DP on such notable docs as the Oscar-winning “Harlan County, USA” and “The Queen of Versailles”   In part one, Claudia and Tom discussed their perspective on how they approach telling each story visually.

In this episode of Bold Dominion: guns and gun policy. On May 31st, 2019, a disgruntled city employee in Virginia Beach shot and killed twelve people in a mass shooting at a Virginia Beach municipal building. Weeks later, Virginia’s Democratic governor Ralph Northam called a special summer session of the General Assembly -- specifically to consider new gun safety measures. But the Republican controlled Assembly voted to close that session within just a few minutes. No new gun laws passed. Last November’s elections changed all that. With new Democratic majorities in both houses, Governor Northam vowed to reintroduce some of these gun safety measures. But that has led to its own kind of blowback.

Crystal Salinas is only 17 years old, but you would NEVER know that if you spent five minutes with her.  She is incredibly driven - more so than pretty much anyone I’ve ever spoken with. Not only is she an activist on many levels and for many causes, she is also deeply involved in her community and in school.  We touch on all the things that she is passionate about and what led her to become the activist and leader that she is. The 2016 election is really what prompted her to take action - not just in her own community (my own community of Santa Clarita) - but all over the world.  Last November, she applied to be a Women’s March Youth Empowerment Cohort and was one of the fourteen chosen - out of hundreds. She was flown to NYC to meet the others who were chosen and to collaborate with each other, not only on the cause that brought them together but also on other ways they could make a difference.   That training enabled her to come up with her own mentorship program Girls Reflect, which is a nonprofit she runs here in Santa Clarita at MacGrath Elementary School for the fifth and sixth graders. Growing up in a low-income community herself, this school and the teachers there made a huge impact on her and she very much wanted to do something to give back.  Girls Reflect is a mentorship program that provides support for young girls of color BY older girls and women of color. High Schoolers mentor the younger girls and support them, while guest speakers are brought in to show the girls who they can be and the steps they need to take to do that. By bringing in women of color as guest speakers, the kids can see themselves in those leaders, which is something lacking in that community.  Crystal has a go fund me that YOU can donate to as well to make sure this project gets all the funding it needs. Because she is the daughter of an immigrant, she is extremely passionate about the immigration movement and being an advocate for her community. She understands at a deep level the sacrifices her mother makes on a daily basis as a factory worker and doesn’t take anything for granted.  This is a big part of why she is so driven. People are naturally drawn to her - she is truly a natural leader; I can see her becoming President easily !  I’d vote for her! I have spoken to many MANY young people over the years, but this girl blew me away! You are going to love her! Crystal Salinas on Instagram Girls Reflect on Instagram Girls Reflect GO FUND ME Renee Bowen on Instagram  Where Are You Now Podcast Instagram Get more info on our podcast Apply to be a guest on our podcast Check out this episode!

Last November 7 I had a coffee talk with some friends in Eastwood in Quezon City and a similar talk in Cafe Garage in Cagayan de Oro last November 16. Here is an excerpt of that talk. Here I explained what people should consider when they are choosing a business to pursue and what they should do to prepare for their business. Happy listening, and God bless. Dodong Cacanando Attend Our Business Events : https://www.facebook.com/dodongcacanando/events Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dodongcacanando Website: http://www.dodongcacanando.com/ SUBSCRIBE for MORE! Language: English, Filipino. Categories: Christian, Millennial, Philippines, Startup, Business, , Mindanao Farm, Keynote Speaker ,Agriculture, Character, Bible, Farm, --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dodongcacanando/message

The effects of human-made noise on the natural world has been surprisingly little studied. Hanjoerg Kunc at Queen's University in Belfast has collected all experimental data on the effects of anthropogenic noise on wild animals and found it to be overwhelmingly harmful., And Cambridge University's PhD student Sophia Cooke is looking at the impact of roads, including road noise on British birds, and the impact could be huge. Last week we spoke to Jane Rickson at Cranfield University about how healthy soils are a good defence against the effects of, and indeed the process of, flooding. Many farmer listeners emailed in to tell us about their experiences with no till and minimum disturbance agriculture. Simon Jeffery at Harper-Adams University takes Adam through some of the points raised. Last November, drilling began in Redruth, Cornwall to see if geothermal heat could be tapped from the hot rocks below. Graihagh Jackson went to catch up with the project and met with Lucy Cotton – the project geologist for the United Downs Deep Geothermal Power project. Producer: Fiona Roberts

This episode of the Animation Industry Podcast features Toronto Stop Motion Department Inc. Founders Philip Eddolls and Evan DeRushie, and Production Manager Annick Counihan. They share how the studio came to be and how they’ve managed to grow the business over the last year. You’ll also learn: *3 opportunities you have to get into stop motion in Toronto right now *The most difficult part about starting a stop motion focused studio *What a budget break-down looks like for a stop motion project ~[Sponsored Message]~ This episode is sponsored by Bloop Animation, which is an animation learning platform packed with premium online video courses for aspiring animation filmmakers. They have courses for all major animation programs like Maya, Animate CC, Toon Boom, Blender, TVPaint, and many others, as well as some non-software courses like a storyboarding course, Animation foundations course, and even one about making graphic novels, which covers absolutely everything you need to know from start to finish. The courses are all in video-form, so there’s no deadlines or application process, you simply pick a course and start learning in seconds. They even offer a free ebook titled “Making an animated short”, which covers their entire process, step-by-step, of how they made one of their films, from coming up with the idea, to storyboarding, animation and all the way to exporting the film. You can get that book for free at www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry. You can check out their complete course library at www.bloopanimation.com/courses. *Free ebook on making a short film: www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry *Bloop Animation’s course library: www.bloopanimation.com/courses ~~ More about Stop Motion Department: Stop Motion Department is a Toronto based studio founded by two stop-motion creators: Philip Eddolls and Evan DeRushie. Philip and Evan have individually created award winning short films, music videos and commercials, but together they worked as character animators for broadcast series with Cuppa Coffee Animation, and notably on the major motion picture "The Little Prince" (2015). Then after wrapping on “The Little Prince”,they formed the idea for a functional stop-motion studio in Canada and in October 2018, Stop Motion Depo Inc. was founded. Last November they moved into a 2000 sqft. warehouse studio space with multiple shooting stages, workshop, office and bathroom. Since then, SMD has produced and directed five interstitials for the PBS Kids show “Lets Go Luna!”, a three spot campaign for HSBC, and numerous other commercial spots for social media, all while ramping up their crew to begin production on a 20-minute short film in March of 2019. Animation for the film is ongoing, with a release planned for the year 2020. Check out Stop Motion Dept.’s website: https://www.stopmodept.com Follow Stop Motion Dept. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stopmotiondept/ Learn more about this podcast: https://terryibele.com/animation-industry-podcast/

In the second installment of the immensely successful  film series, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley must solve a mystery and not die, and they have to do it all with limited help from their ever-resourceful friend, Hermione Granger. Wait, what? A movie where Hermione has almost nothing to do? What the hell, J.K. Rowling?! Last November, Old Millennials Remember Movies covered the first "Harry Potter" movie, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." We showed it to our kids and tried to a. scare them and b. get them excited about a franchise we love. Neither goal really worked out, but here we are this November trying it again. When "Chamber of Secrets" arrived in theaters in 2002, Old Millennials Tyler and Angie were just finishing high school and still pretending to be cooler than kids who like "Harry Potter" movies. Still, we generally liked this movie when it came out, but time hasn't been kind to this particular installment. Though based on the shortest book, "Chamber of Secrets" is the longest movie, and it takes a lot of time on side-adventures that factor little into the plot of a beast petrifying cats and ghosts and kids around Hogwarts. Plus there's more Quidditch, this time with better-but-still-lousy CGI, and here's your annual reminder that Quidditch doesn't make any GD sense. Also, for several examples of gross negligence committed by teachers at a private school, look no further than "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"! In this Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets podcast episode, Tyler and Angie discuss the good stuff (Jason Isaacs! Kenneth Branagh! Giant spiders!) alongside some of the reasons why the franchise needed a new direction for "Prisoner of Azkaban." We also discuss the 35-year-old playing teenage ghost Moaning Myrtle, Roger Ebert's creepy review of the movie, why young Dumbledore doesn't look like Jude Law, and Dobby, an elf that repeatedly makes the correct decision to bash himself in the head. Hit it harder, dummy. Find our Old Millennials podcast episode on "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" HERE. It was episode 23, and it was brilliant, probably. Also discussed this episode: The Lighthouse (2019) Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) Forever (TV series)

In the second installment of the immensely successful  film series, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley must solve a mystery and not die, and they have to do it all with limited help from their ever-resourceful friend, Hermione Granger. Wait, what? A movie where Hermione has almost nothing to do? What the hell, J.K. Rowling?! Last November, Old Millennials Remember Movies covered the first "Harry Potter" movie, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." We showed it to our kids and tried to a. scare them and b. get them excited about a franchise we love. Neither goal really worked out, but here we are this November trying it again. When "Chamber of Secrets" arrived in theaters in 2002, Old Millennials Tyler and Angie were just finishing high school and still pretending to be cooler than kids who like "Harry Potter" movies. Still, we generally liked this movie when it came out, but time hasn't been kind to this particular installment. Though based on the shortest book, "Chamber of Secrets" is the longest movie, and it takes a lot of time on side-adventures that factor little into the plot of a beast petrifying cats and ghosts and kids around Hogwarts. Plus there's more Quidditch, this time with better-but-still-lousy CGI, and here's your annual reminder that Quidditch doesn't make any GD sense. Also, for several examples of gross negligence committed by teachers at a private school, look no further than "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"! In this Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets podcast episode, Tyler and Angie discuss the good stuff (Jason Isaacs! Kenneth Branagh! Giant spiders!) alongside some of the reasons why the franchise needed a new direction for "Prisoner of Azkaban." We also discuss the 35-year-old playing teenage ghost Moaning Myrtle, Roger Ebert's creepy review of the movie, why young Dumbledore doesn't look like Jude Law, and Dobby, an elf that repeatedly makes the correct decision to bash himself in the head. Hit it harder, dummy. Find our Old Millennials podcast episode on "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" HERE. It was episode 23, and it was brilliant, probably. Also discussed this episode: The Lighthouse (2019) Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) Forever (TV series)

Episode 4) This is the story of an 18-year-old woman who is very smart and intelligent. Her name is Raquel Kadin, she loves to read and study, but her conditions of ADHD, Depression, and Anxiety causes her to have difficult moments, and she still in the process to know her self better. Last November in 2018 she almost took her life and now she has the chance to realize that taking her life was not the solution to her problems. Her dream is to be a writer and I know she will be one day because she describes her self us a tough woman. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eramia Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mamaeramia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mamaeramia Tumblr:https://eramia.tumblr.com/ This Episode is to support Mental Health because breaking the silence makes us Unbreakable! Fallow Autor on : Follow me on IG https://www.instagram.com/gloriagold13/ Follow me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gloriagoldberg13 Sing up for our email list https://mailchi.mp/9414ec32c919/unbreakablelife --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gloria-goldberg/support

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Last November we discussed the updated lipid guidelines. We wanted to revisit the treatment options for dyslipidemia and discuss some of the updated data that has been recently released. We review pathophysiology, as well as statin and non-statin therapy options. We walk through the algorithms for secondary prevention for patients with ASCVD, treatment for hypercholesterolemia, primary prevention, and statin use in patients with diabetes. We also review the recently published REDUCE IT trial from the New England Journal of Medicine.  Below is the link for the ASCVD Risk Plus calculator: http://tools.acc.org/ASCVD-Risk-Estimator-Plus/#!/calculate/estimate/ Below is the link to the summary written by Wiki Journal Club for the REDUCE IT trial: https://www.wikijournalclub.org/wiki/REDUCE-IT If you have any questions, reach out to us on any of the following: Mike - mcorvino@corconsultrx.com Cole - cswanson@corconsultrx.com Instagram and other social media platforms - @corconsultrx This podcast reviews current evidence-based medicine and pharmacy treatment options. This podcast is intended to be used for educational purposes only and is intended for healthcare professionals and students. This podcast is not for patients and not intended as advice or treatment.

It’s never fun to hear the sound of your own voice. But that’s part of the job for Adele Willie, Jennesa Hinge Moli and Lavenia Yalovi.Or at least it is now. A year ago, they were recruited to be among the first generation of female sports commentators from the Pacific Islands. Willie and Hinge Moli are from the archipelago nation of Vanuatu. Yalovi is from Fiji. “What I like is the tone of my voice,” Hinge Moli responds shyly during a listening exercise. Hinge Moli and her colleagues are in a cramped hotel room on the outskirts of Montpellier, preparing for their final game of the Women’s World Cup (WWC). Their mentor, Aaron Kearney, has asked them to listen back to their first commentary, a match between New Zealand and the Netherlands. From left: Willie, Yalovi and Hinge Moli prepare for their final Women’s World Cup commentary from their hotel room in Montpellier, France. Credit: Rebecca Rosman/The World “Now remember the word we were using was ‘crispness,’” Kearney tells them. “You got to get in with your idea, communicate it crisply and fade out.” While there’s still studying to be done, the women are already making history. Not only are they the first female sports commentators from the Pacific Islands to commentate the Women’s World Cup, but they are also doing it in their native languages. Hinge Moli and Willie broadcast in Bislama, a type of Creole and an official language of Vanuatu, while Yalovi commentates in Fijian. “I am very proud that this year is the first time ever for doing commentary in our indigenous languages,” says Willie. “We are not here just to promote ourselves, we are here to promote our countries and also our indigenous languages.”For Lavenia Yalovi, her commentating is an opportunity to connect with her native Fiji.“It’s bringing the connection back to my country, my language and culture,” says Yalovi. “It enables those far away from the cities to tune in and say ‘Oh! I know this one! This one comes from Fiji!’”Yalovi has played on three of Fiji’s national sports teams. But she had never thought of turning that experience into a commentating career. Then she received a call from Kearney, who was looking to put a team together.Related: Chile’s historic first World Cup appearance tells a much larger story of women’s soccerShe said she would give it a try. Yalovi was introduced to Hinge Moli and Willie, who both came from media backgrounds but had less experience in sports.Together, they’ve been able to complement their combined sports and media skills.“It can be a bit difficult to know the technical terms because I don’t come from a soccer background,” says Willie. “But that’s why we have Lavenia.”Related: A #MeToo moment for Afghanistan's women's soccer: 'It happened so many times'Last November, the fledgling commentators made their debut at the Oceania Nations Cup. Their broadcast attracted the attention of FIFA (Federal International Football Association) which organizes the World Cup tournaments, who then invited them to come to France for the WWC. While in France, they have been calling the New Zealand matches. New Zealand beat Fiji late last year to become the Pacific champions to qualify for the WWC. Being here, Willie says she can’t stop pinching herself. “[In Vanuatu] women don’t do commentating,” she says. “Soccer is a male-dominated sport, so I’m very proud that we’ve made it as far as we have. It’s amazing that Bislama has taken us to the other side of the world.”While the commentators were recruited a year ago, the idea for the project started long before that.About ten years ago, Kearney, the project’s creator, came up with the idea for a program called “Commentary for Good.”The goal: train people from around the world to do sports commentary in underrepresented languages. He also wanted to use sports commentary as a way to deliver messages that promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as gender equality or access to health care. The pioneering commentators enjoy the view before a match.  Credit: Courtesy of Aaron Kearney “The SDGS can only be achieved if people hear and act upon them,” he says. “All across the world, you have people who say, ‘We have sexual health clinics, but it’s hard to get people to turn up; we have vaccinations but don’t know how to get the message out.'”Kearney wanted to intertwine these kinds of messages with sports commentary.“Sport is a universal language, everybody understands sports and everybody is enthusiastic about it,” he says.Related: How soccer became multilingualEventually, Kearney teamed up with a group called Women in News and Sport (WINS) to create the program that exists today. Kearney eventually plans on expanding the program by recruiting more female commentators speaking underrepresented languages from around the world. When asked if they’ll be back for the next WWC in 2023, Yalovi nods encouragingly.“Or see other women coming on board and do this in the next WWC,” she says enthusiastically. “Even if I’m not there, I’ll say yeah, we did it! In 2019 we started it off. And look at what it’s become.”

This week, the US House Antitrust subcommittee announced a probe into the mainly-unchecked power of tech giants like Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon. The investigation could include public hearings and subpoenas toward antitrust intervention into the businesses of Silicon Valley leviathans. The news came on the same day that The Wall Street Journal reported that the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department are expanding their oversight into Facebook and Google's anti-competitive practices. Last November, Brooke spoke with Stacy Mitchell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, about Amazon’s domination over industry after industry and where we stand in the arc of antitrust regulation. In 2018, Mitchell wrote an article for The Nation called “Amazon Doesn't Just Want to Dominate the Market — It Wants to Become the Market.” 

In this episode we dive into the messy middle of what happens after you sell a company and don’t know what happens next. Last November, tech entrepreneur Kristen Hamilton sold her latest company. As the funds crossed the wire, she shut her laptop and froze, asking herself: “what do I do now?” What followed was a period of pressing the reset button in a way she had never done before. She realized that after this intense change, she needed to be still in order to determine what was next. She entered a period of blank space — one that gave her complete panic, but became a period that was so important. As a high achiever with her identity wrapped up in tech entrepreneurship and as a CEO, Kristen needed to get super clear on her value moving forward. Listen in as we dig into what this process looked like and empathize with Kristen’s assessment that self-love is so f-ing hard. Connect with Kristen Hamilton on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristenm/

Social Jack™ Influence Factory Episode 58: Brian Jenkins - "Blockchain Simplified - from CNN to Tech" Air Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 HAVE QUESTIONS? - Leave a comment below and we will get back to you within 48 hours. The Influence Factory is a LIVE webcast that airs every Wednesday at NOON Central (via Zoom and Facebook LIVE). In the #InfluencerNewsUpdate segment… During the Influencer News Update, the team discusses “LinkedIn Begins Rolling Out its Own Version of Reactions for Posts”, an article by Andrew Hutchinson via Social Media Today. Here is what we discussed: - Last November, social media code hacker Jane Manchun Wong spotted LinkedIn’s first tests of its own version of Reactions. - This is similar to Facebook’s emoji response tool which allows you to express more emotions that the original “thumbs up”. - LinkedIn has officially announced the arrival of the tool which looks slightly different to the test version, but its functionality is exactly like Facebook’s. - As of right now, LinkedIn has yet to give it another name. Once Facebook stole stories from Snapchat, it was open season for functional replication. - Facebook started the “News Feed” and now all platforms have a variation of it. - Once Facebook stopped trying to cover up the fact that they had taken the idea for stories from Snapchat, everyone realized that it is okay to share great ideas for new features. - Since the test, they have decided to replace some of the emojis with other, more popular, ones. They have also provided a full overview of their process in choosing the reactions. - Eventually they settled on the five that are currently available: Like, Celebrate, Love, Insightful, and Curious. - Now you can react to LinkedIn posts in the mobile app just like on Facebook. View the full article at https://bit.ly/2Gv7J5y This week’s #PowerMove segment was focused on “Getting in the News”. In the #InfluencerInterview… This week’s Influencer guest, Brian Jenkins, was 24 when he started at CNN, making him the youngest full-time correspondent to ever serve that network.During a span of just over four years, starting in 1989, Brian covered: the funeral of Emperor Hirohito in Japan; the demonstration and massacre on Tiananmen Square in Beijing; the rescue operations following the massive earthquake in San Francisco; the Persian Gulf War and the liberation of Kuwait, along with countless other significant events in history. Connect with Brian: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brian.jenkins.31508 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-jenkins-b728b063/ Register for the LIVE webcast: http://myifluencefactory.com/ EXCLUSIVE Facebook LIVE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BusinessInfluencerAlliance/ View the materials discussed in this episode at https://app.socialjack.com/podcast/ Connect with Dean: Twitter: https://twitter.com/deandelisle LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deandelisle/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deandelisle1/ Connect with Cait: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaitHassett LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caithassett/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caitno8/ Connect with Jackson: Twitter: https://twitter.com/JacksonDelisle LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacksondelisle/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jacksondelisle/ Theme Music Produced by Sonixphere Video Production by Social Jack™ Productions Social Media Engagement by Social Jack™ Influencer Team Voice-Over by Laila Wenrich Brought to you by Social Jack™ Are you ready to be an Influencer? Visit us at https://www.SocialJack.com

How is our latest market, and what might the future hold? Let’s take a look. Buying a home? Click here to perform a full home searchSelling a home? Click here for a FREE Home Price EvaluationWhen it comes to predicting the future of our market, I think everyone’s crystal ball is a bit foggy right now. Last November, I would have told you that home prices would be flattening or falling. Though I’m seeing the same signs right now, top economists predict we’ll see a 3.6% year-over-year appreciation. There are a lot of factors that come into play, however, so it’s tough to tell. In some Orange County areas, home prices are going up and inventory is low. In other places, the opposite is true.Economist Steve Harney actually believes we’ll be seeing appreciation rates of 4.6%, which is more than what was originally thought. So, what’s going on, exactly? There’s no one-size-fits-all answer. Every homeowner, property, and market is unique. The only way you’ll truly know what your home is worth in our market is to connect with a local Realtor. They’ll have an in-depth knowledge of your area, and they’ll know exactly how to market and price your home correctly.Every homeowner, property, and market is unique. We’ve recently seen an 11% increase in home sales month over month. Now that we’re in spring, I think we’re going to see this trend continue. If you’re a buyer waiting for prices to fall, you could be waiting for something that will never happen. Interest rates are at a 14-month low, so your best bet is to make a purchase and secure a great rate now.Is right now a good time to sell? Again, it depends on your situation. You may want to cash out now while the market’s hot, or you may want to wait and see what happens. Either way, it’s best to speak with a local real estate professional to find out what works for you.If you’re looking to buy or sell or you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Chemical storage facilities exist all over the country and one of them recently caught fire, poisoning the residents Houston, Texas for three days. In this episode, learn about a Department of Homeland Security program - the CFATS program- designed to protect us from terrorist attacks on dangerous chemical storage facilities like the one in Texas and also discover what needs to be done to ensure that CFATS actually protects us from the threats these chemical facilities pose. There is still work to be done. 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House Homeland Security Committee Committee Members How to Contact: For Senators: firstname_lastname@lastnameofsenator.senate.gov (underscore between first and last) For Representatives: firstname.lastname@mail.house.gov Hearings Securing Our Nation's Chemical Facilities: Stakeholders Perspectives on Improving the CFATS Program, House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation, March 12, 2019. YouTube 370 views Witnesses: John Morawetz: Health and Safety Representative ICWUC Health and Safety Representatives International Chemical Workers Union Council Dr. Mike Wilson, Ph.D, MPH: National Director, Occupational and Environmental Health Program, BlueGreen Alliance Pamela Nixon: President, People Concerned About Chemical Safety Kirsten Meskill: Director, Corporate Security, BASF Sound Clips: 13:00 Chairman Cedric Richmond (LA): Since CFATS was established, the number of ‘high risk’ chemical facilities has dropped by half. 13:10 Chairman Cedric Richmond (LA) I believe - and DHS agreed - that there is an opportunity to take the data on how facilities are reducing risk and use it to develop voluntary best practices that other facilities could use to reduce risk. 13:20 Chairman Cedric Richmond (LA) Also, it is not clear to me that CFATS facilities are including employees in the development of site security plans, vulnerability assessments, or inspections – as they are required to by law. 13:30 Chairman Cedric Richmond (LA) Finally, if CFATS is going to be successful, we need to be sure that the program is taking all relevant factors into account to assess risk. Otherwise, we can’t trust that CFATS is truly capturing the nation’s highest risk facilities. For example, right now, DHS does not consider whether the facility is located near a hospital, a school, a residential area, a military base, a power plant, or close to other chemical facilities. Any of these factors could make a facility a more attractive target, or make an event even worse for the surrounding community. 21:00 Dr. Mike Wilson: In the area of emergency response, CFATS gives authority to the secretary to provide information to local governments and I quote "to help ensure that first-responders are properly prepared and provided with the situational awareness needed to respond to security incidents at covered chemical facilities," endquote. This is useful but it's not sufficient if the objective is to give firefighters the ability to respond effectively to an industrial chemical incident. As we know from the experience of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, or EPCRA, firefighters need much more than chemical information. They need to talk to the people who run the facilities in their jurisdiction. They need to get inside those facilities regularly to see how chemicals are stored and processed in order to imagine what could go wrong. They need to train side by side with facility operators. This is pre-fire planning and it's crucial to a safe and effective response and it requires an ongoing commitment by industry. That commitment however needs to be explicitly required under CFATS, more so than what is currently recommended within the non mandatory risk based performance standards because the fact is that except in an emergency, many facilities are reluctant to invite firefighters and other responders in to look around their property, let alone to pull out their equipment and conduct training. I speak to this based on my own 13 years of work as a professional firefighter, EMT, and paramedic. During which time I responded to about 10,000 emergency calls including to industrial chemical releases and fires. I can tell you that to do their job, firefighters need both information and access, and they're like, they're more likely to get these if facilities are required to provide them on a routine basis under CFATS. 22:30 Dr. Mike Wilson Our second recommendation pertains to the role of frontline workers in site security. The existing CFATS language on employee input is helpful but too generic to be effective. Depending on the inclinations of the facility, the term employee input can mean everything from a manager checking the box to get workers sign off on a fully executed site security plan, or it could mean a real seat for workers at management's decision making table. In any case, the right of workers to participate meaningfully in site security decision making needs to be explicit in CFATS because just as they are reluctant to give routine access to firefighters, many facilities are reluctant to seriously involve frontline workers in decision making and yet industry itself recognizes that workers have a great deal of knowledge and experience to contribute. We suggest that you consider language from the 2017 process safety management regulations in California, which require oil refineries to involve workers throughout all phases of process safety decision making. If adopted by CFATS this type of language will help ensure that the insights of frontline workers are genuinely integrated into site security. 23:15 Dr. Mike Wilson Finally, our third recommendation pertains to risk reduction. CFATS is based on a risk management framework, which assumes that dangerous chemicals used at a facility cannot be reduced or eliminated, so they have to be surrounded by layers of protection. Industry is far more innovative and clever than this, of course, and DHS has reported that under CFATS, thousands of facilities have voluntarily taken action to reduce their use of dangerous chemicals by consolidating them from multiple sites into one or two sites, replacing a hazardous chemical with a less hazardous one, reducing the total quantity held on site, or switching to a less concentrated form. These approaches can make a facility much safer, and they have the effect of reducing the desirability of the facility as a target of opportunity. CFATS could do more to encourage or require facilities to implement these types of approaches, and we encourage you to make these changes during reauthorization. 36:45 Kirsten Meskill Over the past four years, the Department of Homeland Security has significantly improved it's administration of the CFATS program and has had a positive impact on enhancing security at chemical facilities. 37:30 Kirsten Meskill While industry was pleased that Congress passed the short term extension in January to avoid a complete shutdown of CFATS, I think we all agreed that it is not the best solution going forward. Longer authorization periods provide important stability for planning security investments and allow DHS to operate the program efficiently and effectively. 38:30 Kirsten Meskill Recently, DHS has been implementing a risk based performance standard at 200 high risk facilities, those that are at tiers one and two. This requires facility operation operators to collect sensitive personal information from thousands of employees and contractors for DHS to vet against the terrorist screening database. DHS is now planning to extend the program to an additional 3000 low risk tier three and four facilities. This will expand vetting to tens of thousands of more employees and contractors. ACC and its members are concerned that was such an expansion is unnecessary and will put personal information at risk. Furthermore, it is unclear what benefit is associated with the additional vetting given the cost. 58:30 Kirsten Meskill At BASF, and I think at many of the companies of our size, many of our facilities, we have worked to reduce our risk. And so we are now down to either three or four tier levels. And so, as I mentioned earlier, this is an enormous number of folks that we have to do the additional screening on, but perhaps the more complicated would be the contractors and visitors that we have on site. And that's where it gets a little bit, a lot more complicated to ensure that all those individuals that are coming onto our site day in, day out, have gone through the screening process. And it's costly. It's very expensive, needless to say for us, as well as for the contractors that support us. 1:07:30 Kirsten Meskill: Our concerns are exposing personal data of thousands more thousands and thousands and thousands of employees and contractors for this terrorist database screening. And whether the value actually is there for the cost and for the, the potential risk of exposing this personal data to cybersecurity risks. Rep. Kathleen Rice (NY): But don't you think that's one of the core ways to ensure security at these facilities? Meskill: Well, we are conducting our own background screening anyway, which includes, you know, criminal background checks also. So it seems duplicative. Yes. Rep. Rice: So have you communicated that? Meskill: Yes. Rep. Rice: And are there any questions that they include in their review or their background check that you do not? Meskill: I cannot answer that question. I don't know the answer to that. Rep. Rice: Okay. Thank you. Mr Chairman. Security Our Nation's Chemical Facilities: Building on the Progress of the CFATS Program, House Committee on Homeland Security, February 27, 2019. YouTube 649 Views Witnesses: David Wulf: Director, Infrastructure Security Compliance Division, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security Nathan Anderson: Acting Director, Homeland Security & Justice, US Government Accountability Office Sound Clips: 2:30 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): Through CFATS, DHS works with chemical facility owners and operators to make sure they have safeguards in place to prevent a bad actor from gaining access to dangerous chemicals stored onsite. In the past, this program has enjoyed broad, bipartisan support on and off the Hill. Officials in the Bush Administration, including former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, were among the first to call for a federal rule to secure chemical facilities. And, officials from the Trump Administration are among the most recent. Last November, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen wrote to Congress urging us to reauthorize CFATS: “[W]e continue to face one of the most serious terrorist threat environments since 9/11. Foreign terrorist organizations are urging recruits to use simple weapons, including toxic chemicals, to target public spaces and events.”Clearly, this threat has not abated. Yet, the Department’s authority to carry out CFATS came very close to lapsing last month that caused this Committee to pass a short-term bill extending the program until 2020. For eight years, CFATS was tied to annual appropriations cycles. Lacking the certainty of a multi-year authorization, DHS struggled to keep staff, develop long-term policies, and work with a regulated community that did not know if the rules would apply the following year. In 2014, Congress worked on a bicameral, bipartisan basis to finally put an end to this pattern by passing a multi-year authorization. I had hoped to work collaboratively in the last Congress, as we did in 2014, to give CFATS a long-term reauthorization. Unfortunately, that did not come to pass, and we once again found ourselves with no alternative but to pass another short-term extension. As Chairman, I do not intend to let that happen again. 5:30 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): Six years ago, there was a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas that caused catastrophic damage and took the lives of first responders who had been called to the scene. On the screen above you is a picture of that scene where volunteer firemen went to that location not knowing what they were going to and they lost their lives. So we need to close that loophole because as a volunteer fireman myself, those public spirited first responders did not know what they were going to until it was too late. So if CFATS had been in place those individuals probably, given the information available, would not have approached it in the same light. 6:45 Rep. Mike Rogers (AL): Now, before I begin, I would like to express my extreme disappointment that the majority staff denied the minority's requests for a witness at today's hearing. Under rule 11 of the rules of the house, the minority is afforded at least one witness at each committee hearing. If denied a witness, the minority is entitled to a separate hearing to take testimony from its witnesses. So pursuant to rules of the house, I'm providing the chairman with a letter signed by the Republican members of the community, formerly invoking our right to a separate hearing of the full committee to hear from minority witnesses. 8:40 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): Consistent with the rules that we adopted for this committee, similar to the rules we've had before, we offered a government witness to this government panel and from my understanding, that was not accepted. But you could have had a government witness and we will respond in writing, but the rules we apply are the same rules that this committee has always operated under. 18:30 Nathan Anderson: I will speak first to the department's efforts to identify high risk chemical facilities. Just identifying the universe of facilities that should even be regulated under CFATS has been and may always be a huge challenge. There's no one complete data source of facilities that have chemicals. In 2014 we found that DHS used self reported and unverified data to determine the risk of facilities holding toxic chemicals that could threaten surrounding communities if released. We recommended that DHS should better verify the accuracy of facility reported data. Dhs implemented this recommendation by revising its methodology so it now calculates the risk of toxic release rather than relying on facilities to do so. 20:15 Nathan Anderson: A key quality assurance function involves actions to ensure compliance. And in 2015 we reported that DHS had conducted compliance inspections at 83 of the roughly 1700 facilities with approved security plans. At that time, we found that nearly half of the respective facilities were not fully compliant with their approved security plans and the DHS did not have documented procedures for managing facilities compliance. We recommended that DHS document procedures for managing compliance. As a result, DHS revise CFATS procedures, which we are currently reviewing to determine if they sufficiently document the processes being used to track on compliant facilities and ensure facilities implement plan measures as outlined in their security plans. On a positive note, DHS recently told us that they have conducted more than 2000 compliance inspections. 23:00 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): You saw the picture on the screen earlier about the 12 first responders in West, Texas who unfortunately lost their lives because they were basically responding to an incident that we could possibly cover under CFATS. Now the law requires DHS to share such information as is necessary so Mr. Anderson, you indicated in your testimony that GAO surveyed first responders and emergency planners last year about whether such critical information is getting shared. Tell us what you found in that survey. Nathan Anderson: Of course. As part of our work, we looked at 13, or interviewed 13 or 15 local emergency planning committees. These committees cover about 373 high risk facilities. And 13 of those 15 local emergency planning committees did not have access to the information in CFATS that could potentially be useful to first responders and emergency planners. 27:30 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): So the majority of the information that was available just was not being shared. Nathan Anderson: I think it's a situation of access. DHS has stood up something called the IP Gateway, which is a forum and a vehicle for communicating that kind of information to first responders. I think this is a situation where the first responders either did not have access or were not familiar with how to use the IP Gateway system. Rep. Thompson: So Mr. Wulf, can you provide the committee with, what do you see as the way forward in this respect? David Wulf: Absolutely, Mr Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity. So obviously, sharing of information with first responders is of the utmost importance and it's something that we highly prioritize as a result. Those who may be called upon to respond to incidents at facilities, high risk facilities or other facilities holding chemicals, need information about those facilities. They need information about the chemical holdings so they know what they are walking into when they attempt to save lives and property. So we have redoubled our efforts over the past couple of years to reach to local emergency planning committees. In fact, in 2018 we visited more than 800 of those local emergency planning committees and we are right now in the midst of a push to reach committees, emergency planning committees, associated with the highest populations CFATS covered facilities in the various counties, the top 25% of those counties across the country. I think another important thing to remember is that CFATS and our chemical security inspectors across the country promote sharing of information with first responders and do that in a way that connects them directly with the facilities. So one of the CFATS risk based performance standards, RPBS nine, was focused on response and it requires that every high risk facility reach out to make contact with their local first responders. And in many cases, our inspectors - our CFATS team - facilitates that contact and that communication. So I think that is another important way in which we are continuing to get the word out and we're pushing, as well, information about that IP Gateway and signing more and more folks up every day to give them access to the portal. Rep. Thompson: Before I lose my time, you know, there was this requirement that at least 25% that you referenced in your comments would be done by the end of March. Where are you percentage wise with hitting that target? Wulf: We're on track to have that done by the end of March. Rep. Thompson: And after that, what's the next target? Wulf: We will continue, you know, circling back and we have, we have met with literally thousands of local emergency planning committees and we're committed to continuing to, to ride that circuit and to ensure that relevant folks, those who have a need to know information about chemical facilities and chemical holdings because they may be called to run into those facilities, have the information. Rep. Thompson: Well, the reason I say that, as I look at the membership of the committee present, a lot of us represent volunteer fire departments in our respective districts. So I think it's really incumbent upon us to push this information out to those departments so that those first responders - who are unpaid doing their civic duty - would not be put at risk simply because the information that's available is not being shared. Can you give the committee some kind of a guesstimate as to when the process can be completed? Wulf: Well, I would say that it's going to be an ongoing, kind of continuing effort. I don't think we will ever stop the outreach, but we will get through those 25%, sort of highest density counties in the next month. I would, I would suspect that, you know, toward the end of this calendar year, we will have gotten to most of the other LEPCs across the country as well. 45:00 Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (NM): In the questions that Chairman Thompson asked, we, I'm glad to hear the DHS is on track for the March 2019 a deadline for doing the outreach to the, uh, high risk chemical facilities. Does that information sharing, uh, include the specific chemical holdings stored, uh, on the sites that the first responders will be responding to? David Wulf: Yes, it does. So first responders who have a facility in their sort of area of jurisdiction can have access and we want them to have access to that information. 47:30 Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (NM): We also discussed a little bit the outreach that's done to employees of facility plans, so the training and exercise and drills that are done, but also limiting access on a need to know basis. I'd like to know a little bit about the input requirement, that there's a requirement to get input from at least one employee, where applicable, or a labor union representative in forming the facility plan. Do inspectors confirm that that input requirement has been complied with? David Wulf: Inspectors will raise that issue during an inspection and will hear from facilities to what extent they have involved employees and or as, as kind of relevant, resident bargaining unit members in the process. So, yup, those discussions happen during inspections. Rep. Torres Small: Are inspectors required to speak with those employees or union representatives? Wulf: It is not a requirement. Rep. Torres Small: And if it is determined, even if they're not speaking with the employees or labor unions that there was not an employee or labor union representative consulted, does that result in disapproving of the security plan? Wulf: It does not. It does not. We sort of leave to the discretion of those who are responsible for the security of the facility, the extent to which it actually is practical to involve, you know, however many employees in the process. Rep. Torres Small: Even though the CFATS Act requires that input? Wulf Well, the CFATS Act talks about involvement to the extent practical. Rep. Torres Small: Thank you. 55:00 Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI): I'm from Michigan and we have a large number of these facilities including two in my district and then just outside my district, in Detroit, we had a big chemical fire in years past. So this one's really of interest to my community. I'm guessing my first question, Mr. Wulf is just on accountability. So how would a member of Congress know after March whether the facilities in his or her district have communicated effectively with local law enforcement that there's a shared understanding of kind of the risks? Like how would I know that after March? David Wulf: Are you talking about the communication with the first responders? Rep. Slotkin: Yeah. Because we had this Detroit fire years ago, years ago, but my understanding is we did not have full awareness by the first responders and we didn't lose anyone, but it certainly was a potential risk. So how would I feel comfort that my local responders have been informed with what they need? Wulf: So I think, um, I can tell you with confidence that all facilities within the CFATS program, all facilities covered by CFATS, will have made connections with their relevant local first responders. It is a, it is a requirement of the of the program. It is the focus of one of our risk based performance standards - number nine of 18. It is something that we verify and facilitate, so you can rest assured that that is happening across the 3,300 highest risk chemical facilities and their relevant first responders across the country. 59:30 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): Mr. Wulf, can you provide the committee with how many actions you've brought on facilities inspected that have been found in noncompliance? David Wulf: Sure. And I guess it's kind of a two part answer because of the way the CFATS program and our enforcement processes work. Of course, you know, we strive to work with facilities to bring them into a compliance and by and large facilities have done a good job and are in compliance with their plans. In upwards of 80 cases we have had to resort to our enforcement authorities and to issue, um, a, an administrative order that per the law, um, gives facilities a certain amount of time, um, to get their act together and, and, uh, alleviate whatever the issue might be. We've gotten to the point with five facilities where we have had to issue a civil monetary penalty. Uh, and that has proven in those cases to be the additional impetus facilities needed to come into compliance. Rep. Thompson: So everybody's in compliance. Wulf: Everybody is currently in compliance. We have, you know, it's, this is a dynamic population, right? So facilities are in different stages of perhaps working on their site security plans, getting them to approval. But facilities against which we have been forced and issued civil penalties have come into compliance. 1:00:15 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): Those two facilities in Ms. Slotkin's district, is there a directory that she can go to or is there a way that she can get with you and you can say these two facilities are compliant? David Wulf: Yes, absolutely. If they're CFATS facilities we're glad to sit down and talk through what exists. Rep. Thompson: That was really what she was trying to get to. Wulf: We're glad to get you that information and talk. Rep. Thompson: Thank you. 1:04:00 Rep. Dan Crenshaw (TX): Director Wulf, back to you. Should the risk based performance standards be modified to reflect the evolving threat from drones or other unmanned aerial vehicles? David Wulf: Yeah, so the, uh, the drones question, uh, is a, is an important one for sure. And it is a continually evolving sort of threat vector. Uh, I think as they stand the risk based performance standards, uh, account for and we certainly engage with facilities, um, on the reporting of significant incidents. Uh, and we do take in, um, you know, a decent number of reports associated with overflight or flights nearby, high risk chemical facilities of unmanned aircraft aircraft system. So I think we have the tools in place from an incident reporting standpoint. Um, our counterparts at the Federal Aviation Administration I know are working toward a broader framework, uh, and we are working with them on that for critical infrastructure. Rep. Crenshaw: Because it's prohibited under federal law to, to, to interfere with the operation of a drone right now. So is that, is that part of the conversation? I mean, to allow essentially facilities to defend themselves. Is that conversation ongoing?. Wulf: That is probably a part of the broader conversation for sure. And you know, it's, it's an issue that, um, that we had the department are, um, are looking at, not just from a chemical facility angle, but across all critical infrastructure, uh, infrastructure sectors. 1:08:30 Rep. Val Demings (FL): Mr. Wulf, my questions are for you. When DHS is considering whether a facility is high risk, do you include in that methodology or whatever process you use, would you factor in if the facility would be located to a elementary school for example, or a nursing home or hospital? David Wulf: Yes, so we factor in - it's a good question - we tier for a couple of major different threat streams, one of which focused on theft and diversion of chemicals, the other which is focused on facilities where there could be a release into a surrounding community. In those cases of release, we absolutely factor in the surrounding population. One of the things we were able to make some significant headway on, as we kind of basked in the stability that was afforded by long term authorization, was a complete retooling of our risk assessment methodology. So we're now more accurately able to model those surrounding populations and tier more accurately. Rep. Demings: Also studies show that chemical facilities tend to be concentrated in low income and minority communities. In determining facility risks, does DHS consider whether a facility is in close proximity to other chemical facilities that could exacerbate the impact of an attack on an already vulnerable population? Wulf: We certainly consider what is in the surrounding area by way of, by way of population as we do our tiering. Rep. Demings: And so when you consider the proximity to those populations, those low income already very vulnerable areas, what do you factor into? What is it exactly that you were considering or looking at? Wulf: Well, we are considering where the population is located in proximity to a facility and we are kind of modeling, you know, were there to be an incident that caused a release of chemicals, what part of that population would be impacted and what number of fatalities could potentially occur as we're thinking about the tiering. Rep. Demings: Okay. So when you say where the population is located, what exactly does that mean? Could you help me with that? Wulf: It means like how many people are located either, you know, during the day or at night in their homes and their businesses and in the schools and how close they are to the facility and then we look at what type of chemical we're talking about, what quantities of chemicals we're talking about, what the prospect is for release of those chemicals, what quantity could be released. And then there's sort of a plume modeling effort designed to get us to a place where we can kind of model what the consequences would be of a release of chemicals caused by a terrorist. 1:30:30 Rep. Max Rose (NY): Moving on in terms of the voluntary participation of the private sector, it seems as if this is actually a great case in which we have been very successful in that regard. What type of lessons learned can we draw out of this to transfer it to issues of cybersecurity, general counter terrorism.... Where we have to involve the private sector but we're often struggling to get them to come forward? What type of lessons learned can we glean from this? David Wulf: In this case, we do have a regulatory framework, so there's, you know, there's an obligation for facilities and companies that operate facilities that have threshold quantities of chemicals of interest in our regulation to report information to us and if they're assessed as high risk, to be part of the program, to develop site security plans and be subjected to inspections. But I would say that on a purely voluntary basis, the chemical industry writ large, and that cuts across a variety of critical infrastructure sectors, has been fully committed and bought in to this program and has helped us to drive forward key improvements to the program. So one of the ways that happens is through something we call the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council Framework. So we bring together, sector councils, of chemical industry or as the case may be, oil and natural gas industry folks, to talk about ways in which we can continue to enhance our respective critical infrastructure protection and or chemicals security efforts and I do think that is a good model and it's one that the department is also using on the cybersecurity front and across other… Rep. Rose: I take it that the best model in this case was that this was mandatory with private sector involvement. That was the pathway to success then. Wulf: The regulatory framework I think has, has helped for sure. Rep. Rose: Thank you. 1:40:30 David Wulf: CFATS is focused, you know, I think appropriately as a risk based program, and it's targeted at America's highest risk facilities. So those facilities at the highest risk of terrorist attack or or exploitation, that's less than 10% of the facilities that submit top screens for risk assessment by us. 1:42:00 David Wulf: Well, you know, CFATS is a non prescriptive program. We can't require any specific measures. 1:48:30 Rep. Al Green (TX): The CFATS Act of 2014, which requires DHS to create an experimental new program. DHS has performed diligently and the program has been implemented and it seems that as of June 2018 only 18 facilities have taken advantage of this program. And my query is, does it make good sense to keep a program that appeals to 18 facilities? I'm sure that there are some other projects that merit our attention. There are some other goals that we should review in the area of Cybersecurity, first responder outreach, and DHS probably has a lot of energy that it has put into this, that may have been used otherwise. So quickly, if you would please give me some sense of why a program that has accommodated 18 facilities at some, some great expense should be maintained. David Wulf: I appreciate the remarks and that is a fair question. You're referring to the expedited approval program that enables, on an expedited basis, the certification of facility security plans where those facilities adhere to a prescriptive list of security measures. I think it is fair to say, as you noted, that a very small number of facilities have taken advantage - have availed themselves of the program. Rep. Green: If I may, just so that we may understand the size of the language. When you say "small", how many could have taken advantage of it and juxtapose that to the number that have. Wulf: Yeah. So it applies to three, tier three and four facilities, so that would be 90% of our regulated universe could have taken advantage. So upwards of 2,500 facilities could have. Rep. Green: And of the 2,500, 18…? Wulf: 18 have. Yes. I think some of that owes itself to the fact that most facilities were well through the process of developing their site security plans a through the normal process at the time the expedited approval program was rolled out, though we certainly, you know, did our best to publicize it's availability and the fact that most facilities appreciate the contact that they're able to have with inspectors throughout the normal process of developing their site security plan. It tends to improve those plans. So, you know, although we've had a few additional facilities since the reach hearing of facilities occurred within the last couple of years that have availed themselves of the program, the overall number is very small. And the fact of the matter is that our online system through which facilities develop their SSPs is now significantly more streamlined, significantly more user friendly, so this is certainly less incentive to use this other program. Rep. Green: I don't mean to be rude and unrefined but I have to ask him because I have another question. Is it time to review this other program so that we can ascertain whether or not it is something that we should continue with? Wulf: I would say yes, certainly time to, to take a hard look at it. Green: Okay. 1:51:30 Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (MO): Because the EPA no longer updates a list of the locations these facilities, chemical facilities, it's difficult for me to just pinpoint exactly where they are. 1:57:45 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): A couple of takeaways. Mr. Wulf, I think based on what I heard, I think it would help us if you could provide us a with a master list of the facilities that have been regulated. I think that would help a lot. Sound Clip Sources Article: The day after Mueller, The Intercept, March 27, 2019. News Report: Timeline: ITC chemical tank fire in Deer Park, KHOU 11, March 25, 2019. 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Tom's guest today is the new Poet Laureate of Maryland, Grace Cavalieri. It would be selling her talents short if we only called her a “poet.” She has indeed published more than 20 books of poetry. But she has also written more two dozen plays, some of which have premiered here in Baltimore, and she’s penned text and lyrics for opera, TV and film productions as well. Grace Cavalieri is also well-known as the host of The Poet and the Poem, a radio interview show she has hosted for 42 years. It began on Pacifica station WPFW in Washington in 1977 and has evolved into a podcast that she produces now with the Library of Congress. Her interviews with poets are also broadcast across the country by more than 40 member radio stations in the Pacifica Network .Grace Cavalieri is the founder of several small-press publishing and printing houses. She teaches and lectures at colleges and universities across the country, and for 25 years, she was the visiting writer at St. Mary’s College in southern Maryland.Last November, she was appointed by Governor Larry Hogan to be the 10th Poet Laureate of Maryland. She joins Tom today in Studio A.

Last November, Dr. Cat Hicks wrote an essay on Medium called "Reading vulnerable learners' applications to grad school: we need to stop failing them." In this episode of the podcast, University of Minnesota graduate student Becky Rodriguez interviews Dr. Hicks about her essay, her educational and career path, and how our educational system can be stacked against vulnerable learners. She offers some advice for applicants, those who review applications, and others who may just want to help. "A truly inclusive and diverse future will produce way better work, and you only get there by saying, 'we have to be comfortable with letting people be different.'" Our conversation is especially relevant given recent news and discussion about unfairness and fraud in U.S. college admissions. (And if you want to know what any of this has to do with asteroid fields, you'll just have to listen to the episode.) Dr. Cat Hicks (left, photo courtesy of Dr. Hicks) and a tweet about her Medium essay on helping students with grad school applications Want more podcast episodes? You can find them all on our podcast page, or you can subscribe through Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. #### **ABOUT THIS EPISODE** Related links: Dr. Cat Hicks: website, Twitter Reading vulnerable learners’ applications to grad school: we need to stop failing them by Cat Hicks, Medium, Nov 17, 2018 Becky Rodriguez: profile and Twitter Elite Colleges Constantly Tell Low-Income Students That They Do Not Belong by Clint Smith, The Atlantic, March 18, 2019 The subtle ways colleges discriminate against poor students, explained with a cartoon by Alvin Chang, Vox.com, updated Sept 12, 2018. Scott Klemmer, Chinmay Kulkarni, PeerStudio Framing feedback: Choosing review environment features that support high quality peer assessment by C. Hicks et al. 201. doi: 10.1145/2858036.2858195 PeerStudio: rapid peer feedback emphasizes revision and improves performance by Kulkarni et al. 2015. doi: 10.1145/2724660.2724670 Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology Interviewee: Cat Hicks Producer/Host: Miriam Krause Interviewer: Becky Rodriguez Music: PC III and Dexter Britain