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Many U.S. farmers have evolved under free trade and grown dependent on exporting food. With tariffs already impacting the cost of U.S. exports, how will farmers handle renewed changes in trade policy?This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, and national correspondent Kirk Siegler.The podcast is produced by Bria Suggs & Kelli Wessinger and edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Many U.S. office workers have gotten used to hybrid or remote work in the past few years. These arrangements changed where people live and added flexibility to their schedules. But now, the trend seems to be reversing – some companies are wanting people back in the office five days a week, and President Trump said federal employees need to end remote work, too. Drew Goins, Molly Roberts and Heather Long discuss how the balance of power between employers and their workers is shifting, and whether our cities and our lives can really go back to the way they were. Additional reading by Post columnists: Heather Long: Who will follow Amazon back into the office?Catherine Rampell: Return-to-work mandates are an invisible pay cut Subscribe to The Washington Post here.
Now that President Donald Trump has retaken the White House and is shaking up Washington with an onslaught of executive orders and controversial nominees for his Cabinet, correspondent Lesley Stahl profiles the longest-serving Senate party leader, Mitch McConnell, on his life, legacy and what he will do next since stepping down from Senate leadership. Tariffs were a signature of President Trump's campaign and are now part of his economic agenda promising to protect American trade and recover manufacturing jobs. Correspondent Scott Pelley interviews Robert Lighthizer, the top trade negotiator during Trump's first term who continues to be an informal advisor and confidant of the president. Last year, the Veterans Administration announced it would begin funding clinical trials to explore the use of psychedelic drugs for treating post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and addiction. However, these trials are small, and even if successful, it will likely be years before veterans can access psychedelics at the VA. Many U.S. veterans struggling with PTSD aren't waiting. Thousands of veterans are traveling overseas seeking relief at psychedelic retreats where these substances are legal to use, mostly in indigenous ceremonies. Correspondent Anderson Cooper follows nine veterans on a psychedelic journey to the west coast of Mexico, where they hope to find healing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 5 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Mercedes Schlapp: Airport officials say Reagan Airport will be closed at least until 11 am today. Dulles & BWI are not impacted.U.S. Figure Skating confirms several team members were aboard American Airlines Flight 5342 Many U.S. Figure Skating Championship contestants and coaches are believed to have been on the crashed jet (The Star)American Airlines flight 5342 midair crash Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Thursday, January 30, 2025 / 5 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, you'll learn the answer to the eighteenth possible question on your U.S. Citizenship Civics Test, "How many U.S. Senators are there?" In addition to the question and answer, Andrea will provide a brief history lesson as well to help you understand the question and answer.As you prepare for your U.S. Citizenship Test, you can download my "Audio Pack", which includes all 100 civics lessons, a Citizenship Guide, and Audio Flash Cards for easy memorization of all 100 questions & answers at StudyWithAndrea.com/USA.#USCitizenship, #CitizenshipTest, #NaturalizationTest, #USHistory, #CivicsTest, #USGovernment, #CitizenshipPreparation, #ImmigrationServices, #NewAmericans, #USCitizenshipTestQuestions, #USCitizenshipStudyMaterials, #CitizenshipTraining, #USALearning, #CitizenshipResources, #AmericanHistory, #USConstitution, #BranchesOfGovernment, #RightsAndResponsibilities, #USSymbols,Join our exclusive webinar on November 21, 2024, to learn proven strategies for acing the TOEFL test! Discover expert tips on mastering each section, improving your test-taking skills, and boosting your confidence. Whether you're aiming for a high score or looking for last-minute advice, this session has you covered. Register now at www.EnglishEveryDay.com/TOEFL and take your TOEFL prep to the next level! Join us on November 21, 2024, for an exclusive webinar packed with strategies to help you ace the TOEFL test! Gain valuable insights on each section, boost your confidence, and refine your test-taking skills. Whether you're aiming for a top score or seeking last-minute guidance, this session is for you. Secure your spot today at www.EnglishEveryDay.com/TOEFL and elevate your TOEFL prep! Support the show
In some cases, people may forgo food or medicine to pay their energy bills. Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/
This Day in Legal History: Great Chicago FireOn October 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire ignited, marking one of the most devastating urban disasters in U.S. history. The fire burned for two days, fueled by dry conditions and wooden structures that dominated the cityscape. It destroyed over three square miles of Chicago, killing around 300 people and leaving 100,000 residents homeless. In the aftermath, the catastrophe highlighted the dangers of poor urban planning and inadequate fire-prevention measures.The devastation led to a complete overhaul of building codes and fire safety regulations. Chicago introduced stricter fire-resistant building requirements, mandating the use of materials like brick, stone, and iron instead of wood for new construction. The city also improved its firefighting infrastructure, investing in modernized equipment and more efficient water systems.These reforms had a ripple effect across the country, influencing urban development nationwide. Many U.S. cities adopted similar codes, fundamentally reshaping fire safety standards. Today, much of modern building regulations, including fire codes that require sprinkler systems and fireproof materials, can trace their origins back to the lessons learned from the Great Chicago Fire of October 8, 1871. The event is a lasting reminder of how disasters can drive lasting legal and regulatory changes.The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments over whether a federal court can continue to oversee a consumer class action against Royal Canin and Purina after the plaintiffs amended their lawsuit to remove federal claims. The case involves claims from pet owners who argue that the companies misled them into believing prescription pet food was required and conspired to inflate prices. Initially filed in Missouri state court, the case moved to federal court after Purina's request. The companies' attorney, Katie Wellington, argued that federal jurisdiction should remain despite changes to the lawsuit, citing Congress's codification of supplemental jurisdiction principles. However, justices like Elena Kagan and Chief Justice John Roberts expressed skepticism, questioning whether a prior version of the lawsuit, no longer relevant, should dictate jurisdiction. Both seemed to support the companies argument initially but appeared to reconsider after hearing from the consumers' attorney, Ashley Keller, who maintained that the Eighth Circuit correctly returned the case to state court.The case's procedural history, including its back-and-forth between courts, complicates the jurisdictional question. The justices appeared to struggle with balancing precedents and whether altering the claims should impact the court where the case is heard. The broader question hinges on civil procedure and jurisdiction when a lawsuit is amended post-removal from state to federal court.The concept of supplemental jurisdiction, which allows federal courts to retain jurisdiction over state law claims if a case initially involves federal claims, even if the federal issues are later removed is central to the companies' argument.Supreme Court Wrestles With Venue in Prescription Pet Food FightFTX has received court approval to begin repaying billions of dollars to customers after its bankruptcy plan was approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Dorsey. The plan allows FTX to use up to $16.5 billion in recovered assets to repay customers affected by the crypto exchange's collapse. Under the plan, 98% of customers with claims of $50,000 or less will be repaid within 60 days of the plan's activation. FTX's bankruptcy was triggered by founder Sam Bankman-Fried's misappropriation of customer funds to cover risky bets made by his hedge fund, Alameda Research. Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison, and FTX has been recovering assets ever since.FTX will prioritize customer repayments over claims from U.S. government agencies like the IRS and Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The company has worked with global liquidators and settled various disputes to move forward with repayments. Some customers, however, are unhappy with the repayment structure, citing the rise in cryptocurrency prices since 2022, which they feel should be reflected in their recovery amounts. Despite these objections, FTX argues that it is not feasible to return the same crypto assets, as they were largely misappropriated.FTX cleared to repay billions to customers after bankruptcy plan approval | ReutersThe EPA has finalized the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), mandating an accelerated replacement of lead service lines in drinking water systems. The new rule requires replacing 10% of lead pipes annually over a decade, up from the previous 3%, with the process beginning in 2027. The EPA estimates that up to 9 million lead pipes remain in use across the U.S., posing significant health risks, especially to children. The rule also lowers the lead action level in drinking water from 0.015 to 0.010 milligrams per liter, triggering faster public notifications and filter distribution when lead is detected.The effort is backed by $15 billion from the 2021 infrastructure law, along with additional funding from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. It closes loopholes allowing extended replacement times and pressures homeowners to replace privately owned lead pipes. The rule reflects the Biden administration's emphasis on clean water as a priority, though legal challenges to the LCRI are expected. EPA Administrator Michael Regan reiterated that no level of lead in drinking water is safe due to its severe health impacts.EPA to Finalize Mass Lead Drinking Water Pipe Replacement PlanAnd in my column for Bloomberg this week, I talk a bit about a favorite bugbear of mine: film production tax incentives.California is losing its dominance in the film industry as productions move to other states and countries offering more attractive tax incentives. While expanding California's film tax credits might seem like an immediate solution, this approach could worsen the competition among states, leading to a "race to the bottom" in offering incentives. Instead, the state should focus on long-term solutions such as investing in infrastructure, green initiatives, and workforce development. These investments would create lasting economic benefits, rather than the temporary boosts provided by film tax credits.Tax credits for film productions have proven costly, with minimal sustained economic impact. Jobs created during productions are often short-lived, and sometimes the credits are sold, benefiting entities with no connection to the state. In contrast, California could use tax incentives to build shared production facilities and promote eco-friendly practices, lowering production costs and attracting filmmakers.Additionally, tying tax credits to workforce development through partnerships with educational institutions could create a skilled labor force within California. This would help sustain the industry locally while reducing the state's reliance on temporary incentives to compete with other regions. By investing in long-term infrastructure and labor, California can rebuild its film industry more sustainably. California Should Look Beyond Film Tax Credits to Boost Industry This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe
Mike explains how the southern border crisis has stretched to cities far away from it.
In this episode, you'll learn the answer to the eighteenth possible question on your U.S. Citizenship Civics Test, "How many U.S. Senators are there?" In addition to the question and answer, Andrea will provide a brief history lesson as well to help you understand the question and answer.As you prepare for your U.S. Citizenship Test, you can download my "Audio Pack", which includes all 100 civics lessons, a Citizenship Guide, and Audio Flash Cards for easy memorization of all 100 questions & answers at StudyWithAndrea.com/USA.Support the Show.
In this episode, you'll learn the answer to the eighteenth possible question on your U.S. Citizenship Civics Test, "How many U.S. Senators are there?" In addition to the question and answer, Andrea will provide a brief history lesson as well to help you understand the question and answer.As you prepare for your U.S. Citizenship Test, you can download my "Audio Pack", which includes all 100 civics lessons, a Citizenship Guide, and Audio Flash Cards for easy memorization of all 100 questions & answers at StudyWithAndrea.com/USA.Support the Show.
Randy Tift, Former USAID Chief A&A Policy Officer, joins Mike Shanley as co-host, along with guest Michael Metzler, Executive Director of USAID's Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Hub. As the first formalized private sector engagement office, USAID is the longest running donor in the space. USAID's influence continues to evolve, especially as more U.S. foreign assistance professionals are shifting their focus towards the local development of communities and engaging in the private sector space. With this shift comes the need for new policies and strategies necessary to streamline future projects and to support complex relationships between USAID and private sectors. This impactful discussion focuses on USAID's Private Sector Engagement's (PSE) priorities and progress, learning from PSE USAID projects, PSE and localization, and USAID and impact investing. IN THIS EPISODE: [3:53] Michael Metzler gives a rundown of the history of USAID's Private Sector Engagement. [7:00] What inspired USAID to shift their focus to the commercial interests of their private sector partners and how has this shift benefited USAID and their private partners? [12:44] Michael touches on why USAID is such a great resource for private sectors and local partners trying to establish themselves to tap into. [15:00] Randy introduces PSE Modernize, the overarching term for several initiatives that USAID has launched to track the agency's private sector partnerships, and to bring data to bear for USAID planners, both in the missions and in DC. This has brought more order to managing PSE partners, resulting in a real system for customer relationship management and knowledge management. Michael shares his thoughts on the launch. [23:00] Michael discusses Compass, the Salesforce-based enterprise customer relationship management system that USAID is preparing to launch. He also touches on the staff that will be running and implementing Compass. [28:25] Randy asks Michael how USAID will engage with companies that work through supply chains, that cross borders, or work across sectors and industries? How will USAID incentivize the support for those complex relationships with their workforce? [34:00] Discussion of the A&A Strategy and the Private Sector Engagement Policy, both launched in December of 2018. What has been accomplished and learned throughout the years since these launches? [42:00] Michael touches on the Unlock Aid Organization. [45:43] How has USAID developed and updated their systems to better assist local partners and private sectors? [52:38] Randy inquires about the continuing role of nongovernmental organizations and nonprofits in private sector engagement and relationships with the Development Finance Corporation. [58:30] Michael touches on the Edge Fund and why it was created. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Many U.S. foreign assistance professionals disagreed on the importance of engaging with multinational corporations, and even local firms, whose primary motive is mere profit. But there's really been a major shift in terms of the development community and engaging the private sector. USAID founded the first formalized private sector engagement office in 2000 with the intention to formalize an approach and its thinking around engaging with the private sector. The Private Sector Engagement Policy and the A&A Strategy, both firsts of their kind, were both released in December of 2018. Michael reflects on that time period and what the resulting awards have accomplished. When the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) was created, there was a significant hole in the agency in terms of its ability to transact. Thus, the Mission Transaction Unit was created to allow for the transaction that USAID brings into the DFC. QUOTES: “Focusing on the actual commercial interests of our private sector partners is not only a good thing to do, it's an absolutely necessary thing to do. In fact, we went further than that and said, it's actually a history of how we are going to do development into the future. So out of that recognition came the first ever PSE policy for the agency, and, if you read the policy, you will see that it presents a very bold vision.” - Michael Metzler “USAID has one of the best networks in the business community, as well as a wide team of experts in all technical areas. These are areas that private sectors would like to tap into. USAID has some of the best reputations and the best connections with government officials that can be leveraged. For a company that's coming from the outside that is trying to establish themselves, that is gold.” - Michael Metzler “It's remarkable for partners to know that for any private sector engagement concern, they can find out who those people are. For various reasons, including security, most technical leads for health or food security are not listed, you have to do research to find out who they are. But with PSE, you know who they are, it's public.” - Randy Tift “Localization, I also read as not just localized within the countries themselves, but actually engaging these smaller businesses that do struggle to break into larger contracts.” - Michael Metzler RESOURCES: Aid Market Podcast Mike Shanley - LinkedIn Randy Tift - LinkedIn BIOGRAPHIES: Michael Metzler, Executive Director, USAID Private Sector Engagement Hub: Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator Michael Metzler oversees IPI's Private Sector Engagement Hub, the Center for Economics and Market Development, and manages the Agency's relationship with the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. Mr. Metzler was previously the Executive Director of IPI's Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Hub. Previously, Mr. Metzler was the Director of USAID's Development Credit Authority (DCA) in which he successfully led efforts that mobilized over $6 billion of new financing for development projects in over 80 countries. He was also a leading Agency voice on the development of the BUILD Act, which created the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and managed the successful merger of the DCA office and program into the DFC. Prior to his DCA work, Mr. Metzler served as the Director of USAID's Economic Growth Office in Serbia, where he managed a diverse portfolio of projects focused on regulatory reform, local economic development, agriculture, enterprise competitiveness and economic security. Mr. Metzler has also served as a special assistant and adviser to several USAID administrators on issues related to financial markets, macroeconomic policy and regulatory reform. Before joining USAID, he was the director of a national house-building program for Habitat for Humanity International and served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Nepal. Mr. Metzler is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, where he studied development finance and economics. Randy Tift, Former USAID Chief A&A Policy Officer: J. Randall (Randy) Tift is an advisor / consultant to international development organizations. He led a USAID reform initiative in 2017-21. Previously, he served on US Congressional staff, in field-based operations in global development, and as a policy manager in international affairs focused on relief and development, democracy, human rights, and national security. At USAID Randy served as Chief Acquisition and Assistance Policy Officer and as Senior Leader Champion for USAID's Effective Partnering and Procurement Reform (EPPR). EPPR established reforms in program cycle, partnering approaches and delivery mechanisms for more than $20 billion in annual USAID funding. Through EPPR and the New Partnerships Initiative, USAID continues to advance locally-led development, adaptive and collaborative programming, and diversification of the USAID partner base. From 2006-2017, Randy was Senior Adviser and Senior Director for Policy at World Vision. In this role, Randy managed WV policy engagement with US executive branch agencies in crisis response, operational risk, program effectiveness in fragile states, civil society strengthening, human rights, counter-terrorism, and other issues affecting WV brand, mission, and message. He coordinated US donor support for field programs promoting local advocacy and policy change as a critical driver of development outcomes in over 40 countries. From 1995-2006, Randy managed international development programs in the Balkans. As Chief of Party in Serbia, he managed the $50 million USAID Community Revitalization through Democratic Action (CRDA) program, supporting post-conflict civic participation, economic growth and income generation, stabilization and reconstruction assistance to Serbia. Randy also served as USAID Senior Adviser for Democracy and Governance in Romania, managing a portfolio of a dozen US and local implementing partners building coalitions for reform, promoting programs to remove barriers to free enterprise and economic growth, supporting independent media, and strengthening Romanian democratic institutions. Earlier, Randy served as coordinator of the US Congressional assistance program in the Romanian Parliament.
How do we protect ourselves from a corrupt Supreme Court? How can the gerrymandering crisis be stopped? What were the Founding Fathers thinking? Can the American Experiment survive? Ari Berman of Mother Jones stops by Gaslit Nation to discuss his new book Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It. Berman shares insights into the troubling compromises that made the U.S. Constitution, the Koch-funded far-right plan to turn America into a dictatorship, GOP laboratories of autocracy in swing states like Wisconsin, what an American dictatorship would look like, and how to avoid that fate this November and beyond. This week's bonus show includes a look at the growing campus protests over Israel's genocide in Gaza, Republican "free speech" hypocrisy, the need for radical self-care to build movements, and Ari Berman's take on the Gaslit Nation Self-Care Q&A, leading to some surprising answers. 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Show Notes: Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People--And the Fight to Resist It by Ari Berman https://bookshop.org/p/books/minority-rule-ari-berman/19994801?ean=9780374600211 Opening Clip: Historian Timothy Snyder schools Marjorie Taylor Greene https://twitter.com/rshereme/status/1781337606808060042 Clip: Medhi Hasan to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: "What do you say to a young progressive or an Arab-American who says to you, 'I just can't vote for Biden again after what he's enabled in Gaza.'?” https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1781120448186462407 Havana Syndrome evidence suggests who may be responsible for mysterious brain injuries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdPSD1SUYCY Havana Syndrome mystery continues as a lead military investigator says bar for proof was set impossibly high https://www.cbsnews.com/news/havana-syndrome-culprit-investigation-new-evidence-60-minutes-transcript/ Havana syndrome: Report links mystery illness to Russian intelligence unit https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68706317 Havana Syndrome: The History Behind the Mystery https://www.fpri.org/article/2024/04/havana-syndrome-the-history-behind-the-mystery/ Russia Is Buying Politicians in Europe. Is It Happening Here Too? A former CIA officer explains how a vast, pro-Putin corruption network uncovered in Europe is a warning sign for the U.S. https://newrepublic.com/article/180630/russia-corruption-network-europe-buying-politicians-america Europe—but Not NATO—Should Send Troops to Ukraine To Halt Russia's Advance, Kyiv Needs More Boots on the Ground https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/europe-not-nato-should-send-troops-ukraine Anne Applebaum: “The pro-Russian caucus inside the GOP was defeated on Saturday, and with it Putin's dream of quickly occupying Ukraine. Now the US and Europe need to seize the moment to win, and end, the war” https://twitter.com/anneapplebaum/status/1782206525144015039 Netanyahu Resists U.S. Plan to Cut Off Aid to Israeli Military Unit: After months of inaction, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is poised to bar U.S. aid to an Israeli unit accused of human rights abuses https://www.propublica.org/article/netanyahu-resists-blinken-plan-sanction-against-israeli-military-unit More than 200 bodies found in mass grave at Nasser Hospital in Gaza https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/more-than-200-bodies-found-in-mass-grave-at-nasser-hospital-in-gaza With Whom are Many U.S. Police Departments Training? With a Chronic Human Rights Violator – Israel https://www.amnestyusa.org/updates/with-whom-are-many-u-s-police-departments-training-with-a-chronic-human-rights-violator-israel/ What to know about the U.N. vote on whether to admit Palestinians as full members https://www.wpr.org/news/what-to-know-about-the-u-n-vote-on-whether-to-admit-palestinians-as-full-members David Rothkopf of Deep State Radio: “I'm a Jew-loving Jew. Anti-Semitism is never ok. Here's what is not anti-Semitism: Peaceful protest, criticism of the Israeli government, calling for an independent Palestine, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, using the term apartheid to describe Israel, questioning Zionism.” https://twitter.com/djrothkopf/status/1782406544287482221 How Johnson came to embrace Ukraine aid and defy his right flank https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/21/politics/ukraine-aid-mike-johnson-house-speaker-israel-taiwan/index.html These 112 House Republicans voted against Ukraine aid https://www.businessinsider.com/which-house-republicans-voted-against-ukraine-russia-aid-2024-4 US House passes $95 billion Ukraine, Israel aid package, sends to Senate https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-vote-long-awaited-95-billion-ukraine-israel-aid-package-2024-04-20/ Congress passes bill that could unlock billions in frozen Russian assets for Ukraine More than $6 billion of the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets are sitting in U.S. banks. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/house-vote-billions-dollars-russian-government-money-sitting-us-banks-rcna148671 Mike Johnson's Campaign Contributions From Company Tied to Russia https://www.newsweek.com/house-speaker-mike-johnson-donations-russia-butina-1838501 CIA chief Pompeo met with sanctioned Russian spies, officials confirm https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/politics/pompeo-russian-spies-meeting/index.html#:~:text=CIA%20Director%20Mike%20Pompeo%20did,direct%20knowledge%20of%20the%20meetings. Pompeo on releasing 5,000 prisoners in Afghanistan in deal with the Taliban https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/567924-pompeo-says-trump-administration-didnt-take-the-words-of-taliban/ Mike Pompeo is a Russia hawk, which could be a problem for his friend Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/editorial/opinion--mike-pompeo-is-a-russia-hawk-which-could-be-a-problem-for-his-friend-trump/2018/03/15/138aae70-288b-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bc_video.html Father of Koch Brothers Helped Build Nazi Oil Refinery, Book Says https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/us/politics/father-of-koch-brothers-helped-build-nazi-oil-refinery-book-says.html
In this episode, you'll learn the answer to the eighteenth possible question on your U.S. Citizenship Civics Test, "How many U.S. Senators are there?" In addition to the question and answer, Andrea will provide a brief history lesson as well to help you understand the question and answer.As you prepare for your U.S. Citizenship Test, you can download my "Audio Pack", which includes all 100 civics lessons, a Citizenship Guide, and Audio Flash Cards for easy memorization of all 100 questions & answers at StudyWithAndrea.com/USA.Support the show
Is your money making you more money? If it's not, you are harnessing the power of our next financial term, "compound interest." In this episode, we brought in book author and financial expert Brian Feroldi to explain to us how compound interest works. Not understanding this term could cost us all big bucks down the road. Don't miss out and listen in to find out how money, makes money, makes money in this episode of the Cash Kid Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Transcript Welcome back Cash Kids! Alright, I’m going to get serious… listen up. We’ve hit on many financial terms this season already. But today. Today’s term is one that many, many, lose lots of money without even realizing it because they don’t understand how it works. If we Cash Kids can understand the power of “compound interest” early in life… guess what, we’ll have more later in life. And I’ve got a great financial expert and book author here to break it all down for us. Brian Feroldi is the author of the book, “Why Does the Stock Market Go Up?” We loved this book in our house and Brian agreed to come on the show to talk about it. Stay tuned, please… it’s a matter of big bucks down the road. The Cash Kid Podcast is underway! Intro tease: So you’ve got some cash. Maybe from an allowance, or that money your grandma gave you for your 7th birthday. Here you go, sweetie. Thanks, Grandma. Whatever it is, what are you going to do with it? Spend it, hide it away… or maybe invest it? Let’s start learning how to make that money grow. Time to learn how to be a cash kid. So joining us today is Mr. Brian Feroldi. Brian is a financial educator, podcaster, YouTuber, speaker, writer and author. Mr. Brian’s vision is to spread financial wellness, which is exactly what us Cash Kids need. Welcome to the show Brian. And first off, tell us a little bit about yourself. Brian Feroldi: Well, thank you for having me. It is a true honor to be here. I myself graduated from college in 2004 and I really put that down as the mark of the start of my money journey. Prior to that, I was taught absolutely nothing about about money growing up, despite graduating with a degree in business. I was taught next to nothing about personal finances. I was taught next to nothing about the stock market, about compound interest, about the basic principles of spend less than you earn, invest the difference, and grow your wealth. Now, after college, my dad handed me a copy of a very popular book back in 2004 called The Rich Dad Poor Dad, by Robert Kiyosaki. And that book was the first book I ever read that opened my eyes up to the idea that anybody can build wealth. Anybody can become wealthy in one generation. And importantly, rich people think differently about money than middle class people, and poor people do. And that book opened my eyes to the power of compound interest, introduced me to people like Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch. And that really kickstarted a love affair with everything related to money, personal finance and investing that continues to this day. So for the last 20 years since I launched that book, I have been doing everything in my power to educate myself and take that information, to educate other people about how to do better with their money. Cash Kid: All right. That's amazing. So first off, tell us about your book, “Why does the stock market go up?” Brian Feroldi: So I have been voraciously reading books about money and investing for, again, the last 20 years. One question that I always had about investing in the stock market is that lots of books I read essentially said the same thing. The stock market is the greatest wealth creation machine ever. The stock market grows at a compound annual growth rate of about 10% per year. And every time the stock market crashes, don't worry, that's the time to buy. The stock market will always come back. I bought that hook line and sinker. However, I didn't understand a fundamental question despite reading those great books. And that was I could see the long term chart that showed the U.S. stock market going up and to the right continually for decade after decade. But it was never explained to me why that happens. And I was always taught as a kid, what goes up must come down. So every time the stock market crashed, as it did in the year 2000, as it did in the year 2008, as it did in the year 2020, I always thought, Well, that's it. It's crashing. Why on earth would this stock market come back and continue on to a new high? So I wanted to answer that question fundamentally for myself and really get into the crux of why. Why does the stock market go up? So that was the that was the reason that I wrote the book, is that no such book like that existed. Cash Kid: Yeah. You cover a lot of topics in your book, but today we want to refocus on the financial term, compound interest. What would be the basic definition for compound interest? Brian Feroldi: Well, I think Benjamin Franklin has the best definition of compound interest ever. And he said money makes money, and that money makes money. And that money makes money. That's the simplest way to describe compound interest. It's the idea that if you can invest your money and grow it on a percentage basis over time, the interest that you earn on your money earns interest itself, which earns interest itself. And the net effect of that is that the total amount of wealth that you have grows at a faster and faster rate over time. To take a really simple example, let's pretend we invested $1,000 in the stock market and we earned 10% per year. Well, after one year we'd have $1,000 of our initial principal, plus $100 in gains. Then if we did that one more year, we would have $1,210 in gains. That extra $10 is interest on our interest from year one. And if you play that forward year after year, the interest that you earn on your interest actually becomes a bigger figure than the initial amount that you invested. Cash Kid: Yeah. So what do you think people most likely misunderstand about this topic? Brian Feroldi: Yeah, it's one of the hardest things for our brains to wrap their head around is the long term effects of compound interest. One of the most famous investors of all time is a guy named Warren Buffett. If anybody has ever heard of him, Warren Buffett is one of the ten richest people on Earth. He's worth over $100 billion. And what makes Warren Buffett so unique? He's the only one of the only people on the rich list of the richest 100 American people in the world that got there primarily through investing. Warren Buffett is 93 years old. And again, he's worth over $100 billion. And what's so fascinating about that is that 99%, 99% of his net worth came after he turned 55. 99%. So when he was 30 years old, he was probably only worth a couple of million dollars. A lot of money in absolute terms, but that's not a hundred plus billion dollars. So humans have a hard, hard time conceptualizing how big numbers can get after you multiply them out over a period of time. I have a really quick riddle to showcase this in principle. Centuries ago in China, somebody asked the King for a very simple, very simple favor. He said, Take out a chess board. Okay. And on the first and the first checker, I want one grain of rice. And all I want you to do is double the grains of rice for each piece on the chess board. And the king thought about it for a second, and he didn't agree to it because while it started out one grain of rice that doubled the two, that doubled to four, that doubled to eight. By the time you got to the end, it was more than all of the all of the rice in the entire world could produce combined. So that's really hard for our brains to conceptualize that things get bigger over time when they compound. Cash Kid: Yeah. So how does the stock market compound? Brian Feroldi: Yeah. So if you look back historically at the returns of the United States stock market, as represented by something called the S&P 500, the long term returns of the market are about 10% per year, meaning that your money compounds at about 10% per year. How does how does that happen? There's a couple of factors that cause that 10% compounding to occur. Thing number one is population growth. Each year the population of the United States and the world grows by about 1 to 2% percent. Not an absolute number like a million or 10 million. On a percentage basis, the population gets 1 to 2% bigger. That means that there are 1 to 2% more consumers each year around the globe that are buying goods and services from companies. Second, each year, American companies get 1 to 2% more productive. Product productivity is an interesting word. What that basically means is that we can produce the same or more goods or services with fewer and fewer inputs. So think about 40 years ago. Were there any robots or were there any computers in manufacturing? No. But if you look at factories today, here's lots of robots and there's lots of computers. Which makes productivity go up dramatically. So we can create more and more goods with fewer and fewer inputs in any given year. It's the differences are subtle. 1 to 2%. But when you grow that over a period of years, that leads to huge gains in the profit of profits of companies. The third thing is something called inflation, and that is just when products and services get more expensive on a dollar basis over time, that that's about a1 to 2 percent. And the final one I'll throw out there is global expansion. Each year, hundreds of millions of people go around the world, go from being in the poverty state or being very, very poor to being middle class. As their wealth increases, they can buy more and more goods from companies around around the world. So that increases the total pie that companies can go after. So each of these things are small, very, very small, almost in imperceptible in any given year. But when you add them up together and when you grow them over a long periods of time, that increases company profits at a compounding rate, which in turn increases the stock market at a compounding rate. Cash Kid: Couldn’t have said it better myself. Let's bring in another term and that's a dividend. What is a dividend? Brian Feroldi: Dividends are a wonderful thing to to to learn about. Every year, American businesses or lots of businesses around the world. They make a profit. A profit is simply what revenue you make minus all of your costs of the business. Businesses exist primarily to generate profits. What those companies do with those profits is entirely up to the companies. There's lots of things that they can do with the profits that they make. They can reinvest in themselves and hire more engineers, build more factories, open up new new geographies. They can pay off debt if they've borrowed money. They can reduce the amount of debt that they have. They can buy other businesses. That's called an acquisition. They can repurchase their own stock from the investors. The final thing they can do is if they have no better use of that money, they can just give it directly, give that cash that profits back to their shareholders. And when they do that, that is that is called a dividend. And you can think of a dividend. Kind of like the way you think of the interest rate on a bank account. You put your money into a bank and the bank pays you 5% interest. Well, if you have $100 in there, you're going to make $5 per year in an interest income with a stock instead of calling it the interest rate. We call it the dividend yield, and that is the cash payments that you get for every every hundred dollars that you have invested in a stock. So a dividend is very similar to interest from a bank. Cash Kid: Yeah. Now, how do dividends play a role in compound interest? Brian Feroldi: If you look back historically, dividends have played a huge role in how the stock market returns that 10% per year. Those other factors that I listed before, such as inflation, productivity, population growth and premiumization around the world, those account for about 6 to 8% of the 10% that investors earn on their money over time. Dividends have historically accounted for about 2 to 4% of that total return. So dividends are actually a really critical component of a way that investors can get that 10% compounded return as the cash comes in through owning dividend paying stocks. Those dividends are reinvested back into the company to buy more shares. So dividends are a really, really important way to generate compounding wealth in the stock market. Cash Kid: In your book you said like I forgot the guy's name, but it's like he invested 400. Was it per month? Brian Feroldi: Absolutely. I have a really simple example of a guy named Aaron. It's a fictional character in my book who invests $100 per week into the stock market. And you're right. The difference between if Aaron took the money out, if he spent the dividends that he had versus reinvested the dividends. It doesn't seem like that much in any given year, just like 2 to 3% spending versus reinvesting. But over a long period of time, it actually leads to millions, millions of extra dollars in your bank account. Cash Kid: Yeah. What should kids my age understand about the impact of compound interest in early investing? Brian Feroldi: Yeah. I am a huge fan of teaching. Teaching these kind of concepts in school. I would highly suggest that every kid out there go to the internet and type in compound interest calculator and do a simple calculation of what $100 invested in the stock market $100 a month could become if you invested it for ten years, for 20 years. For 30 years, for 40 years and more. A lot of people's eyes really open up when you showcase that a small amount of money invested consistently into an asset that compounds can literally become millions of dollars in their lifetime. And the best way to take advantage of that is to start shen you are young. T he younger you can start the, the more time you have on your side and the bigger your wealth can grow. So I wish that I could teach every kid in America or every kid in the world the power of compound interest. Cash Kid: Yeah, you say on the front cover of your book that this book has everything you should have been taught about investing in school, but weren’t. So what's your thought on the access of the amount of financial education or information provided right now? Brian Feroldi: When I was a kid. I was in school primarily in the eighties and nineties. Financial literacy or teaching these basic concepts was essentially nonexistent. And to be fair, it was never part of the school's criteria. So a lot of the teachers out there themselves weren't taught these basics financial concepts. I think it should absolutely be mandatory. Mandatory that you should learn about basics of personal finance, basics of investing before you graduate from high school. And I think you should be taught these basic principles starting in elementary school. They should be reinforced in middle school, and they should be really reinforced in high school and throughout college. Now, the good news there is that there is progress on this front. Many U.S. states now require that people take personal finance lessons before they graduate from college in my home state of Rhode Island. This bill, this was actually introduced just a few years ago that high school students must take a personal finance class before they can graduate. Dozens of other states have also followed suit. I would love it if it was instituted at the federal level, but until that happens, it's every parent's responsibility to make sure their kids are taught sound investing and money principles before they head off on their own. Cash Kid: Yeah, I mean, like, that's why we're here right now doing this interview, just to be able to reach more kids and teach them about compound interest. Is there anything we haven't asked you that you want to share with our audience? Brian Feroldi: Well, I think that you've done a fabulous job reading the book, researching and answering questions. And I think that what you are doing with the Cash Kids podcast is really, really fantastic. So I would say you did an excellent job covering the covering the basics, and I would really encourage people to go back and listen to your other podcasts too, so they can educate themselves. Cash Kid: And maybe last and a quick answer. What's at stake by not understanding compound interest? Brian Feroldi: The answer there is unfortunately, your financial future. If you can understand the power of compound compound interest, you can in one generation go from being born poor or middle class to ending as ending as a rich a rich person. And like it or not, money affects every aspect of our lives. It affects where you live. It affects the education you can get. It affects whether you can go on vacation. What kind of life experiences you have, what kind of automobile you can have if you can have health insurance or not. So money is the fuel that enables you to have a great life. So money impacts your life whether you want it to or not. And if you can learn about compound interest in harness is power. You can make money. You can have all the money you will ever need in your life. Cash Kid: Yeah. Mr. Brian Feroldi we appreciate your time and expertise. Please check out his book called “Why Does the Stock Market Go Up?” on Amazon. And Brian has created a website called https://stockinvesting.school/. And if you go there, he has a free five-day email-based course that you can enroll in. And over the course of five days he’ll teach you a lot of the basics that are covered in his book for free. Cash Kids, we have more terms, discussions, and skills to learn. Thank you for tuning in to this episode. If you have a question, please, reach out to me at cashkidspodcast@gmail.com and I’ll answer it in a future episode. You can also reach out via our website at cashkidpodcast.com. Follow us on Instagram and wherever you are listening, leave a review! We need your help reaching a larger audience and building the financial skills of the next generation. Cash Kid, out!
The Dudes dive into the non-fiction book, Hope of the Wicked: The Master Plan to Rule the World by author Ted Flynn. This book is 550 pages of information about the multi-century development of the politically charged and often cited New World Order. There is a spiritual battle going on throughout our world that has been happening since the dawn of time and is culminating in our global political theater. In Chapter 5, The Dudes discuss the mysterious Council on Foreign Relations' origins, spin-offs, control over the mainstream media and power base. Many people have called the Council a "Secret Government" that is actually running the United States of America. Founded in 1921, the roots of the Council date back to major US political players during the World War I era. Many U.S. Government leaders were involved in it's creation. The same influential families are well connected throughout the history of the Council. What a tangled web they weave.Follow us on Social Media! Like/Subscribe/Share!MerchandiseSponsor: Warriors for Freedom[INTRO/OUTRO]“Stomp It Away” by Silent Partner is licensed under CC-BY-NC 2.5“Ever Felt pt 2” by Otis McDonald is licensed under CC-BY-NC 2.5
In this episode, you'll learn the answer to the eighteenth possible question on your U.S. Citizenship Civics Test, "How many U.S. Senators are there?" In addition to the question and answer, Andrea will provide a brief history lesson as well to help you understand the question and answer.As you prepare for your U.S. Citizenship Test, you can download my "Audio Pack", which includes all 100 civics lessons, a Citizenship Guide, and Audio Flash Cards for easy memorization of all 100 questions & answers at StudyWithAndrea.com/USA.Support the show
Many U.S. military establishment bigwigs are pushing the development of automated and autonomous weapons systems. Roberto González questions whether this robo-fanaticism, as he calls it, is justified. He also describes efforts to address human warfighters' distrust of machines. (Encore presentation.) Roberto J. González, War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future University of California Press, 2022 The post Automated Warfare appeared first on KPFA.
A former British soldier awaiting trial on terror charges who appears to have escaped from a London prison by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery truck remained at large Thursday as police stepped up security checks across the United Kingdom amid concerns he may try to flee the country. Opposition parties linked the escape to years of financial austerity, while Britain's Conservative government said an independent investigation will take place “in due course” into how Daniel Abed Khalife managed to slip out of the medium-security Wandsworth Prison, which opened in 1851 during the reign of Queen Victoria. His escape has prompted extra security checks at major transport hubs, particularly in and around the Port of Dover, the main boat crossing from England to France. Britain's justice secretary told lawmakers that “no stone must be left unturned in getting to the bottom of what happened” as he confirmed an “independent investigation into this incident.” Alex Chalk also said “urgent” reviews into prison categorization would be carried out as questions remained over how Khalife wasn't being held at a maximum-security facility such as Belmarsh Prison in east London. Khalife, 21, is accused of planting fake bombs at a military base and of violating Britain's Official Secrets Act by gathering information “that could be useful to an enemy.” He was discharged from the British army after his arrest earlier this year and had denied the allegations. His trial is set for November. Chalk said Khalife, who had been working in a kitchen at the prison, escaped at around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, when a vehicle that had made a delivery left. Shortly afterward, he said, contingency plans for an unaccounted prisoner were activated and police were informed. The vehicle, he added, was subsequently stopped and searched by police after the alert was raised. “Strapping was found underneath the vehicle which appeared to indicate that Daniel Khalife may have held onto the underside of it in order to escape,” Chalk said. More than 150 investigators and police staff are on the case, according to Metropolitan Police Commander Dominic Murphy, who is the lead investigator. “We have issued a nationwide alert that has resulted in increased security at our ports and borders, however currently there have not been any confirmed sightings," he said. Opposition politicians have sought to pin the blame on the Conservative government, which has been in power since 2010. Many U.K. prisons, including Wandsworth, are over capacity and short of staff. The escape could hardly have come at a worse time for a government that is already scrambling to get all schools to reopen for the new academic year amid concerns over crumbling concrete. “It simply beggars belief that a man being held on suspected terror charges was able to escape a prison by clinging to the bottom of a food delivery van,” said Shabana Mahmood, the justice spokesperson for the main opposition Labour Party. “How is such an escape even possible?” Charlie Taylor, who scrutinizes detention facilities in England in his role as the chief inspector of prisons, said staff shortages are “the source of many problems” at Wandsworth. Taylor said it “should be standard practice” for vehicles entering and leaving the prison to be checked and a prisoner has to earn a “certain level of trust” in order to be allowed to work in a kitchen. “But the issue that we are particularly concerned about is there are too many prisoners in Wandsworth for the amount of staff who are there," he said. "And that ultimately is the source of many of the problems in the jail.” In an annual review, published in July, Wandsworth Prison was deemed to be a “serious concern." The prison, which is in the middle of a residential area, holds around 1,600 defendants appearing at London courts and offenders due to be released in five wings. - by Pan Pylas, APSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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In 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. said, “It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is 11 o'clock on Sunday morning.” Not much has changed since. However, if the Church is supposed to be a place where we learn how to empathize with others, if it's supposed to reflect Heaven, then the Church ought to be the most integrated institution? In continuation of our series on “One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church,” Justin Hibbard surveys the broad diversity of the Catholic Church. Subscribe to Why Catholic? wherever you get your podcasts.Check out the Why Catholic Etsy shop (all proceeds support this podcast).Become a free subscriber or a patron of Why Catholic? and get the next episode and a discount code to the Why Catholic Etsy shop in your email inbox.Follow Why Catholic on Instagram.Subscribe to Why Catholic on YouTubeLike what you hear? Leave a 5-star rating and a comment on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.SHOW NOTES:* Full body cam footage of George Floyd arrest (Viewer Discretion Advised)* Demonstrations and Political Violence in America: New Data for Summer 2020 - ACLED* Martin Luther King Jr. on Meet the Press (1960)* Many U.S. congregations are still racially segregated, but things are changing - Pew Research* List of Popes by Country* Who Will be the Next Pope? 8 Main Candidates - Italy Start* World Youth Day 2023* Catholic Religious Orders* Hope for the Future of Ecumenicism by John Coleman - America, the Jesuit Review* Black Catholics' Experience of Segregation - Catholic Standard* What Must Never Be Forgotten by Shannen Dee Williams, PhD. - USCCB* Open Wide Our Hearts: US Bishops Pastoral Letter on Racism * A Brief History on the Catholic Church's Fight Against Racism Get full access to Why Catholic? at whycatholic.substack.com/subscribe
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Hey Smarties! Make Me Smart is taking a little summer vacation this week. We'll be back in your feeds soon. But for now, enjoy a rerun of one of our favorite episodes of the year so far. To reach the Joe Biden administration's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, the country's energy infrastructure needs a massive overhaul, and fast. But many communities are not on board with the idea of a massive wind or solar farm in their area. Some counties are banning renewable energy developments before the planning can even begin. “All those wind turbines and solar panels, and then all the transmission lines that you need to build … it has a big footprint. And that creates lots of land-use conflicts,” said Ted Nordhaus, founder of The Breakthrough Institute. On the show today, Nordhaus breaks down climate NIMBYism, the threat it poses to our green-energy economy and what it might take to keep the green transition moving forward. In the News Fix: Work as we know it is changing. Many U.S. companies are already using ChatGPT in one way or another, and the artificial intelligence chatbot is replacing jobs. Plus, workers in Asia and Europe are going back to the office at much higher rates than American workers. Then, we'll hear from listeners about how later school start times have improved their family's mornings, the debate about what to call mocktails, and why Americans keep eggs in the fridge. Here’s everything we talked about today: “Decarbonization and its Discontents” from The Breakthrough Institute “Will NIMBYs sink new clean energy projects? The evidence says no – if developers listen to local concerns” from The Conversation “The Environmentalists Undermining Environmentalism” from The Atlantic “America needs a new environmentalism” from The Economist “Should I Learn Coding as a Second Language?” from Wired “1 in 4 companies have already replaced workers with ChatGPT” from Resume Builder “As Americans Work From Home, Europeans and Asians Head Back to the Office” from The Wall Street Journal “What's happened to the lunch places in office neighborhoods?” from Marketplace “Why do we refrigerate eggs and other countries don't?” from the Egg Safety Center What have you been wrong about lately? We want to hear your answer to the Make Me Smart question! Leave us a voice message at 508-U-B-SMART, and your submission may be featured in a future episode.
Hey Smarties! Make Me Smart is taking a little summer vacation this week. We'll be back in your feeds soon. But for now, enjoy a rerun of one of our favorite episodes of the year so far. To reach the Joe Biden administration's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, the country's energy infrastructure needs a massive overhaul, and fast. But many communities are not on board with the idea of a massive wind or solar farm in their area. Some counties are banning renewable energy developments before the planning can even begin. “All those wind turbines and solar panels, and then all the transmission lines that you need to build … it has a big footprint. And that creates lots of land-use conflicts,” said Ted Nordhaus, founder of The Breakthrough Institute. On the show today, Nordhaus breaks down climate NIMBYism, the threat it poses to our green-energy economy and what it might take to keep the green transition moving forward. In the News Fix: Work as we know it is changing. Many U.S. companies are already using ChatGPT in one way or another, and the artificial intelligence chatbot is replacing jobs. Plus, workers in Asia and Europe are going back to the office at much higher rates than American workers. Then, we'll hear from listeners about how later school start times have improved their family's mornings, the debate about what to call mocktails, and why Americans keep eggs in the fridge. Here’s everything we talked about today: “Decarbonization and its Discontents” from The Breakthrough Institute “Will NIMBYs sink new clean energy projects? The evidence says no – if developers listen to local concerns” from The Conversation “The Environmentalists Undermining Environmentalism” from The Atlantic “America needs a new environmentalism” from The Economist “Should I Learn Coding as a Second Language?” from Wired “1 in 4 companies have already replaced workers with ChatGPT” from Resume Builder “As Americans Work From Home, Europeans and Asians Head Back to the Office” from The Wall Street Journal “What's happened to the lunch places in office neighborhoods?” from Marketplace “Why do we refrigerate eggs and other countries don't?” from the Egg Safety Center What have you been wrong about lately? We want to hear your answer to the Make Me Smart question! Leave us a voice message at 508-U-B-SMART, and your submission may be featured in a future episode.
#caribbeanmedicalschool Welcome to another episode of the Med School Minutes podcast. Today, we will talk about the differences between the Caribbean medical school vs U.S. medical school. Many U.S. and Canadian students often wonder whether the Caribbean is a good choice for medical education and in this episode we talk about some of the stigma as well as benefits of choosing the Caribbean over U.S. or Canadian medical school.Host: Mr. Kaushik Guha- Executive Vice President- SJSMGuests:Dr. Youssef Majed- Dr. Deena Mohammed- Clerkship Director- SJSM-----------------------------------------------------------www.sjsm.orghttps://www.facebook.com/mdsjsmhttps://www.linkedin.com/school/saint...https://www.tiktok.com/@sjsm.medicals...---------------------------------------------------------#medschool #studyabroad #medstudent #sjsm #travel #caribbean #doc #usmle Caribbean school medicine USMLE EFCMG ACGME hospital doctor patient study kaplan education professor dean cadaver stethoscope online lab research podcast drugs pills pharmacy surgery internal medicine family pediatrics
NATO leaders welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Lithuania this week, 16 months after Russia's invasion. President Zelenskyy voiced his frustration with the lack of a clear timeline for his country's entry into the alliance. Many U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns regarding the possibility of Ukraine's membership in NATO, fearing it will only escalate tensions with Russia and bring the alliance closer to conflict. Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova discusses her takeaways from the NATO summit, concerns over the use of controversial cluster munitions, and bipartisan support she's received from lawmakers for U.S. budget assistance to Ukraine. After a four-year term, United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley will retire in the fall of 2023, leaving a vacant spot to be appointed by the President and passed by the Senate. However, this position along with many other military positions is held up in the Senate by one Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who is protesting the Pentagon's policy that helps reimburse servicemembers for abortion costs if they traveled to a legal state to access one. FOX News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin reveals what we know about the possible new Joint Chief of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, details what other military positions that have been on hold, and explains what needs to happen in order to fill these senior spots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
NATO leaders welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Lithuania this week, 16 months after Russia's invasion. President Zelenskyy voiced his frustration with the lack of a clear timeline for his country's entry into the alliance. Many U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns regarding the possibility of Ukraine's membership in NATO, fearing it will only escalate tensions with Russia and bring the alliance closer to conflict. Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova discusses her takeaways from the NATO summit, concerns over the use of controversial cluster munitions, and bipartisan support she's received from lawmakers for U.S. budget assistance to Ukraine. After a four-year term, United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley will retire in the fall of 2023, leaving a vacant spot to be appointed by the President and passed by the Senate. However, this position along with many other military positions is held up in the Senate by one Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who is protesting the Pentagon's policy that helps reimburse servicemembers for abortion costs if they traveled to a legal state to access one. FOX News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin reveals what we know about the possible new Joint Chief of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, details what other military positions that have been on hold, and explains what needs to happen in order to fill these senior spots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
NATO leaders welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Lithuania this week, 16 months after Russia's invasion. President Zelenskyy voiced his frustration with the lack of a clear timeline for his country's entry into the alliance. Many U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns regarding the possibility of Ukraine's membership in NATO, fearing it will only escalate tensions with Russia and bring the alliance closer to conflict. Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova discusses her takeaways from the NATO summit, concerns over the use of controversial cluster munitions, and bipartisan support she's received from lawmakers for U.S. budget assistance to Ukraine. After a four-year term, United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley will retire in the fall of 2023, leaving a vacant spot to be appointed by the President and passed by the Senate. However, this position along with many other military positions is held up in the Senate by one Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who is protesting the Pentagon's policy that helps reimburse servicemembers for abortion costs if they traveled to a legal state to access one. FOX News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin reveals what we know about the possible new Joint Chief of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, details what other military positions that have been on hold, and explains what needs to happen in order to fill these senior spots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Best Christian Podcast in the Metaverse Canary Cry News Talk #644 - 07.10.2023 - Recorded Live to Tape BIDAMIN D | Climate Martyrs, Cluster Munitions, Akkadian AI, Covid Confessions Deconstructing Corporate Mainstream Media News from a Biblical Worldview We Operate Value 4 Value: http://CanaryCry.Support Join Supply Drop: http://CanaryCrySupplyDrop.com Submit Articles: http://CanaryCry.Report Join the Tee Shirt Council: http://CanaryCryTShirtCouncil.com Resource: Index of MSM Ownership (Harvard.edu) Resource: Aliens Demons Doc (feat. Dr. Heiser, Unseen Realm) All the links: http://CanaryCry.Party This Episode was Produced By: Pre-Show Prayer LittleOwen Executive Producers Anonymous*** Dustin H*** Producers Lady Knight Little Wing Sir Marti K Knight of the Wrong Timeline Sir Ely P of the Amateur Martial Artists and Aspiring LARPers Sir Darrin Knight of the Hungry Panda's Sir LX Protocol V2 Knight of the Berrean Protocol Veronica D Sir Casey the Shield Knight Sir Scott Knight of Truth Sir Morv Knight of the Burning Chariots CanaryCry.ART Submissions LittleOwen Sir Darrin Knight of the Hungry Panda's Sir Dove Knight of Rusbeltia Microfiction Stephen S - Mercenary tycoon, Prigozhin, received a call from VictorBorg9, “Prigo-baby! I have deep discounted inventory for your march to Moscow. Have you considered my recent line of products: Angels from Heaven, Kangaroo Cyborgs, and Robo-rhinos?” CLIP PRODUCER Emsworth, FaeLivrin, Joelms, Laura TIMESTAPERS Jade Bouncerson, Christine C, Pocojo, Morgan E CanaryCry.Report Submissions JAM, Sir Ike, Nancie REMINDERS Clankoniphius SHOW NOTES HELLO, RUN DOWN 9:14 V / Prayer 4:41; Intro 3:12 P CLIMATE CHANGE/ECO TERRORISM/GLONINGER 11:46 V / Prayer 7:13; Intro 5:44 P Harassment of TV Meteorologists Reflects Broader Anti-Science, Anti-Media Trends (VOA) → NBC meteorologist cites UN study, claims US south will become unlivable by humans (Fox) BIDEN/UKRAINE 37:32 V / Prayer 32:59; Intro 31:30 P Biden Weighs Giving Ukraine Weapons Banned by Many U.S. Allies (NY Times) Clip: Joe Biden soaks up with the sun with First Lady…after rough work week (NY Post) DAY JINGLE/V4V/EXEC./supply/ 55:26 V / Prayer 50:53; Intro 49:24 P FLIPPY 1:13:17 V / Prayer 1:08:44; Intro 1:05:15 P Some US schools deploying robots that surveil campuses and confront intruders (Yahoo/Insider) COVID 1:25:59 V / Prayer 1:21:26; Intro 1:19:57 P Covid Censorship Proved to Be Deadly (WSJ Oped) AI 1:50:28 V / Prayer 1:45:56; Song 1:44:26 An ancient language, undeciphered texts just got translator, does job in seconds: A.I. (Fortune) → Why Learn Akkadian? (2010) → For Those Who Want to Study Akkadian (2012) CYBERPANDEMIC (next time) EV Charger Hacking Poses a ‘Catastrophic' Risk (Wired) TREASURE/SPEAKPIPE/TALENT 2:10:07 V / Prayer 2:05:34; Intro 2:04:05 P ANTARCTICA 2:38:17 V / Prayer 2:33:44; Intro 2:32:15 P June 28: Long-Lost Remnants Of Ancient Continents Still Lurk Beneath Antarctica (IFL Science) July 5: Did Russia Ban Chess In Antarctica After Scientist Murdered His Opponent? (IFL Science) July 7: What's Actually Beneath All The Polar Ice? (IFL Science) July 7: The Mystery Of Why Antarctica's Blood Falls Oozes Red Has Been Revealed (IFL Science) V4V/TIME 2:47:12 V / Prayer 2:42:39; Intro 2:41:10 END
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Apply to fall policy internships (we can help), published by Elika on July 3, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Many U.S. congressional internship applications are closing in the next few weeks for Fall (Sep- Dec) internships. This is a relatively low-effort, high reward thing to do if you you're interested in testing your fit for policy. I (Elika) interned in my congressional office for a semester just from off-the-cuff applying to test my fit and build my resume. This experience has been incredibly helpful (I now work for the US government and it gives me some more credibility in D.C). Many applications are closing within the next 1-2 weeks. We're offering to support anyone considering applying. This is a particularly good fit if you're: Interested in working in policy, politics, or governance solutions to problems An undergraduate student Able to work part-time (10+ hours per week) If you think this could be a good opportunity, we recommend: Reading this guide to internships which has information on which offices to choose from and how to apply and more (including this helpful link of all the Congressional office internships) Making a list of offices you think you'd be a good fit for Applying! When in doubt, apply - there's no harm in applying if you're serious about exploring this opportunity. We're offering to support if you're interested. Sign up to get support applying here Things we can help with: Whether or not you'd be a good fit for the positions Review your resume, cover letter & offices you're interested in Accountability for submitting applications by the deadline Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org
You may be subject to green card abandonment or green card cancellation without even knowing it. Many U.S. permanent residents travel yearly without knowing they risk losing their lawful permanent resident (LPR) status. In this Podcast, you will learn about green card abandonment, a re-entry permit, Form I-407, and how to reinstate a green card after abandonment. You will also learn about serious green card abandonment consequences and how to avoid them.
U.S. universities educate thousands of foreign-born students. They graduate with skills the U.S. needs, and they want to stay here. The immigration system makes it hard for them to stay. Jon Marcus and Nicolas Rollason join Meghna Chakrabarti.
On this week's show, Jay and Jeremy go through more AI news, trade tech stories and answer you questions!Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.org.Artificial intelligence was given control of a satellite and immediately began tracking Japanese and Indian military basesGulp.Many U.S. Facebook Users Can Now Claim Share of Historic $725M Settlement come get your pennies! Google Authenticator finally syncs one-time codes in the cloudThe EARN IT Act will be introduced to Congress for the third time give up your encryption, it's for CSAM, we promise! Tile's latest accessory helps track your cat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What has been the impact on trade and the trade deficit since the U.S. implemented tariffs on steel, aluminum, and goods made in China?Topics covered include:Has the shipping backlog been reduced at U.S. portsWhat are the dangers of running too high of a trade deficitHow large is the U.S. trade deficitWhat has been the impact of U.S. tariffs on trade, domestic production, and pricesHow Chinese direct-to-consumer retail companies Shein and Temu are driving prices of goods ever lowerWhy consumers should demand greater visibility on how products they purchase are madeFor more information on this episode click here.SponsorsUse code MONEY10 to get 10% off on your NAPA online order.NetSuite – the leading integrated cloud business software suiteShow NotesThe ‘ship backup has ended' at Los Angeles, Long Beach ports by Alejandra Salgado—Supply Chain DiveAmerica's Trade Deficit Surged in 2022, Nearing $1 Trillion by Ana Swanson—The New York TimesIndustry study tracks China tariffs' added costs to importers and consumers by Ben Unglesbee—Supply Chain DiveCosts of Trade Wars: The Distributional Consequences of US Section 301 Tariffs Against China by Kara M. Reynolds—SSRNCertain Effects of Section 232 and 301 Tariffs Reduced Imports and Increased Prices and Production in Many U.S. Industries by USITC—United States International Trade CommissionEconomic Impact of Section 232 and 301 Tariffs on U.S. Industries by USITC—United States International Trade CommissionThe other Chinese apps taking the US and UK by storm by Chelsea Bailey—BBCSecretive Shein Founders Build $40 Billion Fortune in Rapid Fashion by Venus Feng and Pei Yi Mak—BloombergShein sets ambitious revenue target ahead of IPO by Rachel Douglass—Fashion UnitedShein copycats chase its explosive growth by Eleanor Olcott, Qianer Liu, and Gloria Li—The Financial TimesTemu's Big Haul by Ella Apostoaie—The Wire ChinaThe High Price of Fast Fashion by Dana Thomas—The Wall Street JournalStealing More than Just Designs: Utilizing Environmental Law as a Remedy to Design Piracy by Fast Fashion Brands by Spencer Kluth—SSRNShein's Cotton Tied to Chinese Region Accused of Forced Labor by Sheridan Prasso—BloombergWorn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser—Penguin Random HouseMore than ever, our clothes are made of plastic. Just washing them can pollute the oceans. by Brian Resnick—VoxRelated Episodes212: Trade Wars Increase Prices and Poverty413: What if the World Stopped Shopping?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: St. Patrick's Day this year has fallen on a Lenten Friday. Many U.S. Bishops have issued dispensations for their dioceses, so the faithful can enjoy corned beef instead of the Friday fish fry. News Contributor, Catherine Hadro, has more on this. And, Ireland shares a proud Catholic heritage but cultural changes seem to be causing a shift. Correspondent Colm Flynn sat down with Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan to discuss the plans for the Catholic Church in Ireland and its strategy for engaging the youth. Also, we speak with Professor Philip Freeman, author of "St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography," whose biography sheds light on Saint Patrick's faith journey, his two extant childhood letters, and his lasting legacy. When Ireland legalized abortion in 2018, a dark shadow came over the country. Patrick McCrystal of Human Life International joins us to share his reflections on his work in opening a pregnancy care center and his hopes for a pro-life Ireland. Two miles from the Vatican is the Church of St. Patrick in Rome, the parish of the American community living in the city. EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief, Andreas Thonhauser, has more. Finally this evening, we speak with Representative Stephanie Bice who has served Oklahoma's Fifth Congressional District and is committed to protecting American families and granting more paid family leave. Capitol Hill Correspondent, Erik Rosales, reports. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn
Included in this episode: 1. Our Relationship With Time Is Changing—Maybe for the Better 2. Column: Queer People Must Use History as a Guide to Fight Hate 3. Why There Are No Houses to Buy in Many U.S. Metro Areas
To reach the Joe Biden administration's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, the country’s energy infrastructure needs a massive overhaul, and fast. But many communities are not on board with the idea of a massive wind or solar farm in their area. Some counties are banning renewable energy developments before the planning can even begin. “All those wind turbines and solar panels, and then all the transmission lines that you need to build … it has a big footprint. And that creates lots of land use conflicts,” said Ted Nordhaus, founder of The Breakthrough Institute. On the show today, Nordhaus breaks down climate NIMBYism, the threat it poses to our green-energy economy and what it might take to keep the green transition moving forward. In the News Fix: Work as we know it is changing. Many U.S. companies are already using ChatGPT in one way or another, and the artificial intelligence chatbot is replacing jobs. Plus, workers in Asia and Europe are going back to the office at much higher rates than American workers. Then, we’ll hear from listeners about how later school start times have improved their family’s mornings, the debate about what to call mocktails, and why Americans keep eggs in the fridge. Here’s everything we talked about today: “Decarbonization and its Discontents” from The Breakthrough Institute “Will NIMBYs sink new clean energy projects? The evidence says no – if developers listen to local concerns” from The Conversation “The Environmentalists Undermining Environmentalism” from The Atlantic “America needs a new environmentalism” from The Economist “Should I Learn Coding as a Second Language?” from Wired “1 in 4 companies have already replaced workers with ChatGPT” from Resume Builder “As Americans Work From Home, Europeans and Asians Head Back to the Office” from The Wall Street Journal “What’s happened to the lunch places in office neighborhoods?” from Marketplace “Why do we refrigerate eggs and other countries don’t? from the Egg Safety Center What have you been wrong about lately? We want to hear your answer to the Make Me Smart question! Leave us a voice message at 508-U-B-SMART, and your submission may be featured in a future episode.
To reach the Joe Biden administration's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, the country’s energy infrastructure needs a massive overhaul, and fast. But many communities are not on board with the idea of a massive wind or solar farm in their area. Some counties are banning renewable energy developments before the planning can even begin. “All those wind turbines and solar panels, and then all the transmission lines that you need to build … it has a big footprint. And that creates lots of land use conflicts,” said Ted Nordhaus, founder of The Breakthrough Institute. On the show today, Nordhaus breaks down climate NIMBYism, the threat it poses to our green-energy economy and what it might take to keep the green transition moving forward. In the News Fix: Work as we know it is changing. Many U.S. companies are already using ChatGPT in one way or another, and the artificial intelligence chatbot is replacing jobs. Plus, workers in Asia and Europe are going back to the office at much higher rates than American workers. Then, we’ll hear from listeners about how later school start times have improved their family’s mornings, the debate about what to call mocktails, and why Americans keep eggs in the fridge. Here’s everything we talked about today: “Decarbonization and its Discontents” from The Breakthrough Institute “Will NIMBYs sink new clean energy projects? The evidence says no – if developers listen to local concerns” from The Conversation “The Environmentalists Undermining Environmentalism” from The Atlantic “America needs a new environmentalism” from The Economist “Should I Learn Coding as a Second Language?” from Wired “1 in 4 companies have already replaced workers with ChatGPT” from Resume Builder “As Americans Work From Home, Europeans and Asians Head Back to the Office” from The Wall Street Journal “What’s happened to the lunch places in office neighborhoods?” from Marketplace “Why do we refrigerate eggs and other countries don’t? from the Egg Safety Center What have you been wrong about lately? We want to hear your answer to the Make Me Smart question! Leave us a voice message at 508-U-B-SMART, and your submission may be featured in a future episode.
[00:30] Biden Administration Ignores East Palestine Disaster (26 minutes) The train derailment and subsequent chemical contamination in East Palestine, Ohio, might end up being the worst environmental disaster in United States history. The Biden administration is still ignoring the catastrophe, focusing instead on creating a UFO task force. [26:00] Now the COVID Vaccine Saves You From Everything (9 minutes) The New York Post reports that people who did not get the COVID vaccination are at a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes, suggesting that people should get vaccinated to avoid multiple health problems. Meanwhile, CBS News ran an entire segment blaming the rise of heart attacks in young people on COVID instead of the COVID vaccines. [34:50] Breaking News: Marijuana Is Bad For You (4 minutes) Politico has finally admitted that marijuana is making people sick. Many U.S. states legalized marijuana before there were any real studies about how it affects people's health, but data now irrefutably shows the negative impacts of this $13.2 billion dollar industry. The Atlantic warns, “America Has Gone Too Far in Legalizing Vice.”
Social media platforms have evaded heavy regulation on their content moderation practices so far, but the jig may very well be up. Many U.S. states are considering enacting laws to rein platforms in. To date, two states—Florida and Texas—have passed laws that significantly limit social media companies' ability to moderate their platforms, and the measures look very likely to be up for Supreme Court review soon. Guests Alex Abdo—litigation director of the Knight Institute—and Brian Willen—one of the lawyers representing platforms challenging these laws—discuss these immensely important Supreme Court cases. The debate around if and how to regulate social media grows increasingly fierce, and the future of the internet hangs in the balance.Views on First is brought to you by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. Please subscribe and leave a review. We'd love to know what you think. To learn more about the Knight Institute, visit our website, knightcolumbia.org, or follow us on Twitter at @knightcolumbia or on Mastodon at the same handle.
AP correspondent Walter Ratliff reports on US-Antisemitism Report.
Canada and the United States are each other's major commercial partner. Many U.S. companies have Canadian customers and collect and process personal information about Canadians. They must therefore understand Canada's and its provinces' regulation of personal data privacy. The Canadian regulation of data privacy is very complex, with a maze of the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and provincial laws and regulations. In this conversation with Lyndsay Wasser, a Toronto-based attorney at the Canadian law firm McMillan LLP, the Data Privacy Detective asks what cross-border businesses should know about privacy and data security in Canada, as well as looming changes on the U.S.'s northern horizon. Time stamps: 01:05 - What is the general state of data privacy and security law and regulation within Canada? 02:33 - What does Quebec do differently? 03:18 - Do foreign companies need to consider individual provincial laws in addition to the federal laws? 05:27 - How is the Canadian privacy regime similar to the EU's GDPR? How is it different? 07:14 - What should a US company know if it collects data from Canadian users? 08:16 - How does Canada address data localization? 09:43 - What does the future look like for data privacy law in Canada? 13:06 - What advice would Lyndsay give on the type of guidance companies should seek regarding Canadian data privacy?
In this episode, you'll learn the answer to the eighteenth possible question on your U.S. Citizenship Civics Test, "How many U.S. Senators are there?" In addition to the question and answer, Andrea will provide a brief history lesson as well to help you understand the question and answer.As you prepare for your U.S. Citizenship Test, you can download my "Audio Pack", which includes all 100 civics lessons, a Citizenship Guide, and Audio Flash Cards for easy memorization of all 100 questions & answers at StudyWithAndrea.com/USA.Support the show
The topic of inflation is in the news daily. As the cost of consumer goods increases, this impacts household spending and, more broadly, the cost of living. Location matters when measuring the cost of living because it is subjective, unlike inflation, which measures change over a period of time. In this episode, Nimo and Jas explore what matters most when deciding where to live and how much it costs. Press play to hear:Methodology discussion on RentCafe.com report: The Best Places to Live in for Renters in 2022History and definitions of “cost of living” measurementsNet migration in the last decade and personal experiences in different cities Thank you for listening and tune in every other Tuesday where Nimo and Jas keep it Four Degrees to the Streets.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @the4degreespod.Or send us an email to connect with us!RESOURCESThe Best Places to Live in for Renters in 2022What Does 'Cost of Living' Really Mean and Why Does it Vary By State?Annual Average 2021 Cost of Living Index ReleasedHousing + Transportation Fact SheetsNet Domestic Migration Increased in Many U.S. Counties in 2021The Importance of the Cost of Living and Policies to Address It
Many U.S. military establishment bigwigs are pushing the development of automated and autonomous weapons systems. Roberto González questions whether this robo-fanaticism, as he calls it, is justified. He also describes efforts to address human warfighters' distrust of machines. (Encore presentation.) Roberto J. González, War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future University of California Press, 2022 The post Automated Warfare appeared first on KPFA.
This week Britbox (October 25 th ) will introduce U.S. viewers tothe ITV hit crime, drama series Karen Pirie and the title role isplayed by (Outlander), star Lauren Lyle who drew both criticalpraises from the media while also landing big ratings for thenetwork. Many U.S. fans are already excited about the showbecause it comes from the same producers of mega hits Line ofDuty and Bodyguard.So, what is the show about?DS Pirie is put in charge of reopening a murder investigationthat has been the subject of a controversial true crime podcast.The case focuses on a teenage barmaid by the name of RosieDuff who was found brutally murdered in a St. Andrew'sgraveyard in 1996, suspicion fell on the three male studentswho discovered her body.DS Pirie is driven to solve the cold case and prove her worth as top detective.Britbox can be found on all the streaming platforms Lauren Lyle on Instagram - laurenlyle7Lauren Lyle on Twitter - @LlaurenLyleHere podcast - She's a REC- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shes-a-rec/id1504240641Promotional consideration for Stream On with Jim Williams comes from Sling TV. They are far and away, the best live streaming service on the planet.Cord cutters and cord nevers want a place to keep up with live TV with sports or news? Well, we have the best possible option at the best cost in the business.Check them out at https://www.sling.com/It doesn't matter if you like sports, or news, or entertainment they have it all in one place at a price that will have you cutting the cord today! Have questions or comments?We at Stream On welcome your interaction so stay tell us what is on your mind?No problem just as on social media Twitter @JWMediaDCInstagram: @jimwilliams200Email- jimwilliamsmedia@gmail.com
The homelessness in Los Angeles seems much worse than the numbers suggest - might it be time to figure out a new way to generate a census? Many U.S. veterans land behind bars, but a unique new law may change that. California is facing a shortage of mental health workers. And speaking of California, it's awash with renewable energy...in all the wrong places.
KGO evening host John Rothmann relates Queen Elizabeth's interactions with no less than 13 U.S. presidents through the yearsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
KGO evening host John Rothmann relates Queen Elizabeth's interactions with no less than 13 U.S. presidents through the yearsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hello once again everyone I'm your host Ray Shasho and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends. Founded in 1966, Canned Heat rose to fame because their knowledge and love of blues music was both wide and deep. Canned Heat attained three worldwide hits with their rock anthems “On The Road Again,” “Going Up The Country,” and “Let's Work Together.” They secured their niche in rock ‘n roll history with their performances at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and a headlining slot at the original Woodstock Festival in 1969. Now, more than fifty years later and with forty albums to their credit, Canned Heat is still going strong. They have been anchored throughout the past fifty-three years by the steady hand of drummer/band leader and historian, Adolfo “Fito” de la Parra. Fito has also written a book "LIVING THE BLUES" with his personal story and Canned Heat's, available on the band's website cannedheatmusic.com, Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. As "Keeper of the Flame" he has remained the band leader, rhythmic and spiritual force behind Canned Heat's music for over four decades. Canned Heat remains committed to delighting their fans with creativity and musical energy as they continue to play “live” throughout the U.S. and around the world. Please welcome the legendary drummer for CANNED HEAT …ADOLFO “FITO” DE LA PARRA to Interviewing the Legends … PURCHASE LIVING THE BLUES By Fito De La Parra Join Fito de la Parra, producer and drummer of Canned Heat, for a wild ride in a world of Music, Drugs, Death, Sex and Survival in his autobiography” Living The Blues”. Find out what happened to the world-famous band when Woodstock was over and the '60s ran out. Discover how Fito survived the wildly eccentric, deliberately chaotic, and fabulously excessive lifestyle of a rock star to become one of today's most important artists interpreting the blues. Filled with over 100 rare and collectible photographs, and artwork images from the '60s, '70s and '80s, it is available for purchase below, or through our Merchandise Page. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT Fito De La Parra and CANNED HEAT VISIT www.cannedheatmusic.com Official website www.facebook.com/dontforgettoboogie Facebook CANNED HEAT TOUR DATES Saturday, September 17 5:00pm WARREN COUNTY CELEBRATION Sunday, September 18 8:00pm DARYL'S HOUSE CLUB Monday, September 19 8:00pm RAMS HEAD ON STAGE Tuesday, September 20 8:00pm CITY WINERY Wednesday, September 21 2:00pm THE BIG "E" / COURT OF HONOR STAGE Thursday, September 22 2:00pm THE BIG "E" / COURT OF HONOR STAGE Friday, September 23 8:00pm THE MUSIC ROOM / GALLERY & WINE BAR Saturday, September 24 8:00pm TOWN HOUSE CONCERT HALL (TOWN HALL) Saturday, October 1 8:00pm WATSEKA THEATRE CANNED HEAT HAS PERFORMED AT MORE MOTORCYCLE & MUSIC FESTIVALS THAN ANY OTHER BAND IN THE WORLD. Over 100 European Tours, 20 Tours to Mexico, 15 to Australia, New Zealand & Canada. Tours to Singapore, the Philippines and Colombia / South America. Many U.S. Air Force and Army / Navy Bases around the world. WOODSTOCK ATLANTA POP FESTIVAL HARLEY DAVIDSON 90TH ANNIVERSARY TEXAS INTERNATIONAL POP FESTIVAL STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RUN, U.S.A. FILLMORE AUDITORIUMS (San Francisco & NYC, NY) MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (New York) ROYAL ALBERT HALL (London, England) BROADFORD, PONDE & HUNTER VALLEY – MOTORCYCLE FESTIVALS (Australia) 20th ANNUAL RIVER RUN (Laughlin, NV) MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL BATH POP FESTIVAL (England) HOLLAND FESTIVAL OF MUSIC KENT CYCLE SHOW (England) THE OLYMPIA (Paris, France) THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE (Mexico City) CARNEGIE HALL (with John Lee Hooker) BIKE WEEK, DAYTONA, FLORIDA 24 HOUR BIKE RACE, LE MANS (France) CANNED HEAT DISCOGRAPHY Canned Heat (1967) Boogie with Canned Heat (1968) Living the Blues (1968) Hallelujah (1969) Future Blues (1970) Vintage (1970) Historical Figures and Ancient Heads (1971) The New Age (1973) One More River to Cross (1973) Human Condition (1978) Kings of the Boogie (Dog House Blues) (1981) Reheated (1988) Internal Combustion (1994) Canned Heat Blues Band (1996) Boogie 2000 (1999) Friends in the Can (2003) Christmas Album (2007) Support us!
Brian visits alternate Cleveland, E forgets the Alamo, and Ed needs a better D-pad.
Many U.S. prisons are trade schools for crime. High recidivism rates underscore the failure of the current criminal justice system. Released and rearrested inmates pass through an expensive revolving door. The Texas prison used to be called the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC), but there was little evidence that it corrected bad behavior. In Texas, nearly one-fourth of the prisoners released return within three years. Nationally, half of the prisoners released return within three years. However, the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP), an independent nonprofit organization in Texas, puts inmates within one to three years of parole eligibility on the path to jobs and even running a business. Less than 7% of its graduates return to prison within three years. 500 participants are chosen yearly out of more than 10,000 eligible inmates. The screening process, which is more selective than prestigious universities, includes a 20-page application, three exams, and an interview with PEP staff members. Death row inmates or those convicted of sex crimes are not eligible. The program exposes them to PEP's ten driving values: fresh-start outlook, servant-leader mentality, love, innovation, accountability, integrity, execution, fun, excellence, and wise stewardship. The entrepreneurship program starts with a three-month Leadership Academy that teaches character development and computer skills. Next, they take a rigorous six-month “mini-MBA” course taught by staff, volunteer business executives, and college students. Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business has worked with PEP since 2007. It awards certificates of Entrepreneurship at the program's graduation ceremonies. All of the inmates who have graduated get a job within 90 days of walking out of prison. More than 1,500 PEP graduates have launched 300 businesses. Six of those companies generate more than $1 million in annual sales. Nearly half of the grads own homes within three years of their release. Bryan Kelley, the CEO of PEP, has “walked the line” in the prison system. Kelley served 22 years of a life sentence for a drug-related murder. (note: In this context, "walk the line" refers to the white lines painted on the floors of prison cellblocks. Inmates must stay inside the white line and against the wall as they walk in both directions.) Investigative reporter Robert Riggs spent a decade in every corner of the prison system, exposing corruption in the Texas parole system. Riggs interviews Kelley about the life-changing Prison Entrepreneurship Program. FOLLOW the True Crime Reporter® Podcast SIGN UP FOR my True Crime Newsletter THANK YOU FOR THE FIVE-STAR REVIEWS ON APPLE Please leave one – it really helps. TELL ME about a STORY OR SUBJECT that you want to hear more about
Many U.S. prisons are trade schools for crime. High recidivism rates underscore the failure of the current criminal justice system. Released and rearrested inmates pass through an expensive revolving door. The Texas prison used to be called the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC), but there was little evidence it was correcting bad behavior. In Texas, nearly one-fourth of the prisoners released return within three years. Nationally, half of the prisoners released return within three years. But the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP), an independent nonprofit organization in Texas, puts inmates who are within one to three years of parole eligibility on the path to jobs and even running a business. Less than 7% of its graduates return to prison within three years. 500 participants are chosen yearly out of more than 10,000 eligible inmates. The screening process, which is more selective than prestigious universities, includes a 20-page application, three exams, and an interview with PEP staff members. Death row inmates or those convicted of sex crimes are not eligible. The program exposes them to PEP's ten driving values: fresh-start outlook, servant-leader mentality, love, innovation, accountability, integrity, execution, fun, excellence, and wise stewardship. The entrepreneurship program starts with a three-month Leadership Academy that teaches character development and computer skills. Next, they take a rigorous six-month “mini-MBA” course taught by staff, volunteer business executives, and college students. Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business has been working with PEP since 2007. It awards certificates of Entrepreneurship at the program's graduation ceremonies. All of the inmates who have graduated get a job within 90-days of walking out of prison. 300 businesses have been launched by more than 1,500 PEP graduates. Six of those companies generate more than $1 million in annual sales. Nearly half of the grads own homes within three years of their release. Bryan Kelley, the CEO of PEP, has himself “walked the line” in the prison system. Kelley served 22 years of a life sentence for a drug-related murder. (note: In this context "walk the line" refers to the white lines painted on the floors of prison cellblocks. Inmates must stay inside the white line and against the wall, as they walk in both directions.) Investigative reporter Robert Riggs spent a decade in every corner of the prison system exposing corruption in the Texas parole system. Riggs interviews Kelley about the life-changing Prison Entrepreneurship Program.
Many U.S. prisons are trade schools for crime. High recidivism rates underscore the failure of the current criminal justice system. Released and rearrested inmates pass through an expensive revolving door. The Texas prison used to be called the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC), but there was little evidence it was correcting bad behavior. In Texas, nearly one-fourth of the prisoners released return within three years. Nationally, half of the prisoners released return within three years. But the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP), an independent nonprofit organization in Texas, puts inmates who are within one to three years of parole eligibility on the path to jobs and even running a business. Less than 7% of its graduates return to prison within three years. 500 participants are chosen yearly out of more than 10,000 eligible inmates. The screening process, which is more selective than prestigious universities, includes a 20-page application, three exams, and an interview with PEP staff members. Death row inmates or those convicted of sex crimes are not eligible. The program exposes them to PEP's ten driving values: fresh-start outlook, servant-leader mentality, love, innovation, accountability, integrity, execution, fun, excellence, and wise stewardship. The entrepreneurship program starts with a three-month Leadership Academy that teaches character development and computer skills. Next, they take a rigorous six-month “mini-MBA” course taught by staff, volunteer business executives, and college students. Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business has been working with PEP since 2007. It awards certificates of Entrepreneurship at the program's graduation ceremonies. All of the inmates who have graduated get a job within 90-days of walking out of prison. 300 businesses have been launched by more than 1,500 PEP graduates. Six of those companies generate more than $1 million in annual sales. Nearly half of the grads own homes within three years of their release. Bryan Kelley, the CEO of PEP, has himself “walked the line” in the prison system. Kelley served 22 years of a life sentence for a drug-related murder. (*note: In this context "walk the line" refers to the white lines painted on the floors of prison cellblocks. Inmates must stay inside the white line and against the wall, as they walk in both directions.) Investigative reporter Robert Riggs spent a decade in every corner of the prison system exposing corruption in the Texas parole system. Riggs interviews Kelley about the life-changing Prison Entrepreneurship Program. We want to become your favorite true crime podcast. Please leave a review wherever you listen. Join our true crime community and follow us here. The True Crime Reporter® podcast features stories about serial killers, mass murderers, murder mysteries, homicides, cold cases, prisons, violent criminals, serial rapists, child abductors, child molesters, kidnappers, bank robbers, cyber criminals, and assorted violent criminals. True Crime Reporter® is a @2022 copyrighted and trade-marked production by True Crime Reporter®, LLC, in Dallas, Texas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
An obscenity is any utterance or act that strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time. It is derived from the Latin obscēnus, obscaenus, "boding ill; disgusting; indecent", of uncertain etymology. The word can be used to indicate strong moral repugnance and outrage, in expressions such as "obscene profits" and "the obscenity of war". As a legal term, it usually refers to graphic depictions of people engaged in sexual and excretory activity, and related utterances of profane speech. United States obscenity law. In the United States, issues of obscenity raise issues of limitations on the freedom of speech and of the press, which are otherwise protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Federal obscenity law in the U.S. is unusual in that there is no uniform national standard. Former Justice Potter Stewart of the Supreme Court of the United States, in attempting to classify what material constituted exactly "what is obscene," famously wrote, "I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced ... but I know it when I see it...." In the United States, the 1973 ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Miller v California established a three-tiered test to determine what was obscene—and thus not protected, versus what was merely erotic and thus protected by the First Amendment. Delivering the opinion of the court, Chief Justice Warren Burger wrote: The basic guidelines for the trier of fact must be: (a) whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest, (b) whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law; and (c) whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. Non image-based obscenity cases in the U.S. While most recent (2016) obscenity cases in the United States have revolved around images and films, the first obscenity cases dealt with textual works. The classification of "obscene" and thus illegal for production and distribution has been judged on printed text-only stories starting with Dunlop v U.S. (1897), which upheld a conviction for mailing and delivery of a newspaper called the Chicago Dispatch, containing "obscene, lewd, lascivious, and indecent materials", which was later upheld in several cases. One of these was "A Book Named John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v Attorney General of Com. of Massachusetts, "(1966)" wherein the book "Fanny Hill", written by John Cleland in 1760, was judged to be obscene in a proceeding that put the book itself on trial rather than its publisher. Another was Kaplan v California, (1973) whereby the court most famously determined that "Obscene material in book form is not entitled to any First Amendment protection merely because it has no pictorial content." In 2005, the U.S. Department of Justice formed the Obscenity Prosecution Task Force in a push to prosecute obscenity cases. Red Rose Stories, a site dedicated to text-only fantasy stories, became one of many sites targeted by the FBI for shutdown. The government alleged that Red Rose Stories contained depictions of child rape. The publisher pleaded guilty. Extreme pornographer Max Hardcore served 30 months of a 46-month prison sentence for obscenity. Many U.S. states have had bans on the sale of sex toys, regulating them as obscene devices. Some states have seen their sex toy bans ruled unconstitutional in the courts. That ruling leaves only Mississippi, Alabama, and Virginia with current bans on the sale of obscene devices. Literature (non-fiction) communicating contraceptive information was prohibited by several states. The last such prohibition, in Connecticut, was overturned judicially in 1965. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/law-school/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/law-school/support
There is startup grant money for small business grants - and by far the biggest programs I'm aware of are the SBIR and STTR programs which provide tech startup grants. Many U.S. government agencies provide grants, including USDA, Department of Defense (DOD), HHS, NASA. More than $2.5 billion in SBIR grants and more than $300 million in STTR grants are awarded each year. SBIR/STTR provides R&D grants - research and development grants. There are SBIR Phase 1 and STTR Phase 1 grants that are typically $100,000 to $275,000. SBIR Phase 2 and STTR Phase 2 grants are typically from $750,000 to $1.8 million.
Protester Zoe Warren tells MSNBC that Democrats fundraising off the reversal of Roe is some bullshit. President Joe Biden was rebuked Saturday for doubling down on his opposition to expanding the U.S. Supreme Court even after its deeply unpopular right-wing majority spent the past week ending the constitutional right to abortion care, weakening gun restrictions, undermining the separation of church and state, and eroding hard-won civil rights. Video shows LAPD officers shoving “Full House” actress Jodie Sweetin to the ground during protests for abortion rights. A Republican lawmaker called the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the nationwide right to abortion established nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade a “victory for white life,” which was met with cheers at a rally held by former president Donald Trump. Many U.S. companies are planning to pay travel costs for employees seeking abortions. Rudy Giuliani got someone arrested for assault and described what the man did as a slap. Video surveillance captured something else.***The largest online progressive news show in the world. Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET.Help support our mission and get perks. Membership protects TYT's independence from corporate ownership and allows us to provide free live shows that speak truth to power for people around the world. See Perks: ▶ https://www.youtube.com/TheYoungTurks/joinSUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE: ☞ http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theyoungturksFACEBOOK: ☞ http://www.facebook.com/TheYoungTurksTWITTER: ☞ http://www.twitter.com/TheYoungTurksINSTAGRAM: ☞ http://www.instagram.com/TheYoungTurksTWITCH: ☞ http://www.twitch.com/tyt
Many U.S. companies are keeping quiet about the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, but some have spoken up. We take stock of some of the mounting financial obstacles that await people trying to access abortion services. Wage gains for some workers could stop as a result of the Fed’s ongoing battle against inflation.
Many U.S. companies are keeping quiet about the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, but some have spoken up. We take stock of some of the mounting financial obstacles that await people trying to access abortion services. Wage gains for some workers could stop as a result of the Fed’s ongoing battle against inflation.
Andrew Gordon, chief executive officer and founder of Diversity Abroad, leads the conversation on the importance of providing equitable access to global education. CASA: Hello, and welcome to CFR's Higher Education Webinar. I am Maria Casa, director of the National Program and Outreach at CFR. Thank you all for joining us. Today's discussion is on the record, and the video and transcript will be made available on our website, CFR.org/academic if you would like to share them with your colleagues after today. As always, CFR takes no institutional positions on matters of policy. We are delighted to have Andrew Gordon with us to discuss the importance of providing equitable access to global education. Mr. Gordon is the founder and chief executive officer of Diversity Abroad, an organization focusing on topics pertaining to access, diversity, inclusion, and equity in international education. He works with higher education institutions, nonprofit and for profit organizations, and government agencies for developing strategies for increasing access to international education for diverse, first-generation, and high financial needs students. Mr. Gordon is a member of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, the Association of International Education Administrators, the European Association for International Education, the National Association of Black Accountants, and the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting. He is an alum of INROADS and the Association for the International Exchange of Students in Economics and Commerce. Welcome, Andrew. Thank you very much for speaking with us today. GORDON: It's great to be here. Thank you. CASA: Can you begin by giving us an overview of what equitable access to global education means and its importance in higher education? GORDON: Yeah. Absolutely. First, just want to say thank you, Maria, for the invitation to speak and to CFR Academic for hosting this session, particularly, this important topic. As I delve into my remarks, I'll give a little bit of background as to the—where my remarks are going to come from. As Maria mentioned, I founded an organization, Diversity Abroad, that centers diversity, equity, inclusion in global education. And over the last sixteen years had an opportunity to work with higher-education institutions, everything from community colleges to liberal arts, R-1s to Ivy Leagues, on this question of what does equitable access to global learning and global education mean. And we get this question often and, usually, when I get this question sitting in meetings with academic professionals, I, in some ways, put the question back and I say, well, what's the benefit of global education and global learning. Why do our campuses invest in infrastructure for global education and global learning, whether that's sending students abroad, supporting international students, ensuring that global themes are embedded into the curriculum? We often hear in the field of international education the term campus internationalization. Why are we investing in that in the first place? Well, when we think about global education and global learning and the students that engage in it, one of the organizations that many on the call may be familiar with, AAC&U, puts global learning and global education as a high impact practice, the kind of opportunities that help our students excel academically, grow interpersonally, and also be positioned that much better to thrive professionally once they leave school. And so taking a step back and thinking of the benefits of global education, we talk about students who engage in global learning opportunities. Many times this helps open their—broaden their perspective of the world as a whole. If they're participating in a physical—or education abroad program, many times it helps them in building resilience, a deeper sense of self, having more empathy for those who are, if you will, “different” than they are, embracing difference, something I think we can all appreciate we need that much more so in our society. So when we think—and we could probably, Maria, spend the entire time that we have talking about the benefits of global education and global learning. But the thing is that we know that—those of us who work in higher education know that and in many ways we are the gatekeepers to the kind of experiences inside the classroom, outside the classroom, that we say will fall under the umbrella of global learning. So if we know the benefits of these opportunities, we know how it can impact our students, then it is—well, the onus is on us to ensure that all of our students have equitable access to the benefits of global learning. We can't, on one side, say these are all the benefits of these phenomenal opportunities and so on and so forth, and then on the other side be OK with only certain students having access to global learning opportunities because, essentially, what we're saying is, well, this is a great thing that we have but only certain students are able to. And when we think about what—I would say, for many folks, when we talk about global learning, I would say one of the first things we often go to is study abroad. Study abroad is a phenomenal, phenomenal experience, and we'll talk about other forms in a moment. When we think about that particular opportunity that, I would say, is very high profile on many campuses, students graduating from high school going into university, the percentage is that eightieth, ninetieth percentile of students who are interested in study abroad. We know that is one of the global—one of the experiences that would fall under global education. We also know that, traditionally, study abroad has not reached a vast—too many of our students, we'll say, particularly our students of color, those who are first generation, those who are coming from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. And so I think, in many ways, we'll get students who we say are—the growing population of students on our campuses are also those that study abroad has not supported, and even when campuses have been more successful in getting students to study abroad they haven't necessarily been as—we haven't necessarily been as successful in supporting the success of our students while they're there. So, when we think back to study abroad, if you will, being an aspect of global learning, which is a high-impact practice, you know, high-impact practice is only a high-impact practice if it's properly administered. So we send students but we're not prepared to really support our students in a very holistic way, in an inclusive way. Great, we've sent them but we're not really giving them equitable access to the benefits of a global education. And, likewise, global education exists in different parts of the campus as well. Think about what happens in our classrooms. In the curriculum we have a variety of different area—academic areas of focus. Frankly, how we support our incoming international students—our international students—every student is not going to study abroad, but our campuses are globally diverse environments where our students from all backgrounds exist and our international students and how they acclimate to U.S. culture, how we prepare them to engage with students from a variety of different backgrounds, Americans from a variety of different backgrounds. That's also part of the global learning that happens. And so when we take a step back and just, again, think about why is it that we invest in global education and global learning, it's because we know the benefits of it. We are 5 percent of the world's population, and I think if anything in the last two years, sort of two and a half, three years, we—it is very clear and currently as well is very clear how incredibly interconnected we are as a globe, even as their call—you hear the pundits and otherwise say, like, oh, well, globalization is dead, and so on and so forth. It was, like, regardless of what those conversations are, we know that as a world we are all reliant on each other, and the world that the students, particularly the younger students, if you will—younger age college students—are going to inherit is going to be that much more interconnected. And so for us, as a country, the United States, to be able to take on the challenges and the opportunities that the twenty-first century puts before us and to be successful in taking on the—both challenges and opportunities that has to be a global approach because we're not on this globe by ourselves, and for our future leaders to be prepared to do that it's incredibly important for them to appreciate the importance of global learning and global education, have equitable access to a variety of those opportunities. And, frankly, we are shooting ourselves in the foot if we only allow our—maybe we say not intentionally but structurally the situation is such that only a certain population of students has access, real access, to these kind of learning opportunities. And so, I think, as higher education institutions we have to ask ourselves, what does that mean, yes, for the International Education Office, but also what does that mean for our academics in the classroom? What does that mean for our senior administrators who are deciding where to invest funds and otherwise of an institution? What does it mean for our chief diversity officers, for our VP of student affairs, and otherwise, who also were tasked with ensuring equitable access to a variety of opportunities that are available on campus? And so, when we think about these questions at Diversity Abroad, I think being in association and being able to work with the three hundred-plus institutions that we do on these topics, we really do look at it holistically. What does that mean—global education, equitable access, and education abroad? Global learning at home, what happens in and outside the classroom domestically? Support for our international students? But also how are we also ensuring that the professionals—faculty, staff, and otherwise who are engaged in global educational opportunities or experiences in and outside the classroom—that those faculty members and those staff are reflective of the rich diversity that our students embody? CASA: Thank you. Thank you for that introduction. Now let's open it up to questions. As a reminder, please click the raise hand icon on your screen to request to ask a question. On an iPad or Tablet, click the more button to access the raise hand feature. When you are called upon, accept the unmute prompt and please state your name and affiliation, followed by your question. You may also submit a written question via the Q&A icon or vote for other questions you would like to hear answered in your Zoom window at any time. We do have a raised hand from Basilio Monteiro, associate dean and associate professor of mass communication at St. John's University. Basilio? (No response.) You could accept the unmute prompt. Q: Thank you very much, Mr. Gordon, for your introductory remarks. You know, this internationalization of education—oftentimes what happens is I find that students go and stay within the one small bubble instead of mixing up with other students from the country where they go to. That interaction is not there, and oftentimes, it's not even promoted to go. They will go—they go as tourists. They don't go as learners to learn, and that seems to be the kind of trend, so I find. And I talk to the students. They'll say, OK, oh, I went here. I went there. I saw this and I saw that, and that's it. So that is—what is your overall national experience at this point on this particular context? GORDON: Yeah. Thank you for that comment, and you're right. I think that as the field of international education we have not been as intentional as we could be in ensuring that once we've put in the investment dollars, human capital, and otherwise that helps get students overseas that we're really creating kind of an environment where our students are going to have the kind of experiences that they come back and they really have been able to develop deeper empathy, embracing difference, and so on and so forth. We think about it here in the U.S., right. The students at our campus, a lot of them are having a good time but they're still learning. They're still having very, in some cases—I hate to overuse the word transformative, but experiences that are shaping who they are becoming as people. That doesn't have to change when our students go abroad, and so whether we're talking about programs that are led directly by faculty, I'm thinking about how are we intentionally finding opportunities for our students to engage in the host community; what are opportunities of reciprocity when they're in country in a certain location so that our students don't just have a stamp on their passport but they'd have the kind of experience that is changing how they view themselves, how they view the world, and, frankly, how they view both the challenges and the opportunities that lie before all of us. What is incumbent on, I think, institutions as well as the organizations, institutions that work with a lot of third party organizations to help facilitate study abroad, it's incumbent on those organizations as well to say, we know our students want to have a good time. They're going to have a good time. That's excellent. We want that. But we also—the core reason why our students are engaging in these opportunities needs to be academic, self-development, and otherwise. The fun is going to happen, but that other piece needs to be there because if it's not then, frankly, we become glorified travel agents, taking students from point A to point B. I don't think if you asked anyone in international education what their role is that we would say that's what our role is because it's not. But we need to be intentional about ensuring that the kind of outcomes that we want, that we say our students can gain—we've built the structure to be able to—for our students to be able to achieve those outcomes. Thank you for that question. CASA: Our next question comes from Beverly Lindsay from the University of California system. Q: Thanks to both of you for your introductory comments, Maria and Andrew, for your statement. As a former member of NAFSA and a number of other professional organizations, I actually have several questions, but I will limit them. One is, as you know, throughout higher education, particularly in comprehensive research universities, there is an emphasis on the African diaspora, the Latino diaspora. So many of the undergraduate students tend to go to those countries that are African, the Caribbean, or South America, for example. How do we encourage students, regardless of demographic background, to go anywhere in the world because they would get more experience? For example, when I was the international dean at Hampton we set up a program where the undergraduates could go and do internships at the British parliament, which was really innovative. The second question I would ask you is to what extent do you involve graduate students through your organization? Now, I realize that they're often focused on their thesis or, in rare cases, we don't think of study abroad. We think of research opportunities for our doctoral students. But to what extent do you involve students from different levels? Because I know in community colleges there is considerable emphasis now in terms of having the Los Angeles Community College system, the Dade County students in the community colleges, go abroad. So, as I said, I had many but I'll just focus on those right now. But thank you for your forthcoming answer. GORDON: Yeah. Thank you for that, Beverly. I think when it comes to destination, where our students go, again, unfortunately, I think, that our field has an opportunity to go in a different direction as far as a narrative about certain places. I think, unfortunately, in the U.S., when we think of Africa, when we think of the Global South as a whole, it's often positioned through the lens of deficit of the people, of the governments, health care systems, and so on and so forth. And, without question, there's work to be done. But there's a lot that's happening of innovation in—I mean, Africa, the continent, I mean, obviously, the different countries. Same thing in Latin America. But if we position these locations as you go here to help, you go here almost in a savior type mentality, whereas if we position locations like Europe and Australia and otherwise, like, well, you go here, this is where you're going to learn, this is where you go on internships and this is where you're going to prepare yourself professionally, really, seems like amplifying this narrative of parts of the world are important for learning, growth, innovation. Other parts of the world are more focused on philanthropy, giving, and so on and so forth. And I think that puts us, frankly, as a nation in peril. There was a recent survey that came out—I want to say it was in the last couple weeks—and it—they surveyed youth in Africa. I can't remember which countries. But it asked—the question was who has a more positive impact on your country, China or the U.S., or maybe it was a variety of countries. But China eked out ahead the U.S. So the continent with the youngest population in the world, and we know what that means for the future, of future work and otherwise, views of different countries having a positive impact. We don't see a lot of study abroad programs on the African continent, for example, or Latin America that are focused on innovation and technology. I can—I can go on and on. And so I think we have to take a step back as a field of international education—I think, higher education as a whole—and push back against narratives of how certain regions of the world, certain countries, are viewed so that our students are encouraged to want to engage anywhere in the world as they're looking to deepen their understanding, grow interpersonally, be that much better positioned for their post-degree careers, and so on and so forth. So that—I think that onus is on us as institutions, as organizations, to increase that perspective. But I also think that that also has an aspect to deal with incoming international students as well. With the incoming international students how are we helping them have opportunity to tell more their story about the countries they come from, the contributions their countries make to the U.S., to other parts of the world, and so on and so forth. As to the other question as far as how we engage with graduate students, we were—I would say primarily graduate students who are working in higher education programs, international education programs, that are interested specifically in this work will engage with Diversity Abroad in a variety of ways, either participating in one of the communities of practice that we have, coming to our annual conference, Global Inclusion, in a kind of variety of different ways from that perspective. As far as specifically looking at mobility-based programs for graduate students, that's not our focus at this time. CASA: Our next question comes from Hemchand Gossai, associate dean of humanities and social sciences at Northern Virginia Community College. Q: Maria and Andrew, thank you very much for your comments and also for providing this opportunity. My institution is very large with a multi-campus sort of setting with seventy-five thousand students. It's almost ubiquitous among institutions of higher education, particularly in their admissions process, to extol the importance of how many countries are represented at the college or university, and that's a great thing. We have that as well, and we have a large contingent of international students. One of the things that has struck me and that you have sort of alluded to, Andrew, has to do with the role of our international students as they arrive on our campuses, and I'm wondering if you can reflect a little bit about how best our large contingent of international students might not only be integrated but might actually interact and shape our local community of first-generation students, of students of color, and so on. If you would, I'd appreciate it. Thanks. GORDON: Yeah. Excellent, excellent question. Let me start off by saying, for us, when we think of international students—well, not when we think of international students—but the process of the experience that our international students have operationally, if you will, in many ways it's the flip of our students going abroad. We had a question earlier about how do we better ensure our domestic students are integrating once they're in country. We're just flipping that and saying that for our international students. So what we're saying is that we want the same for both. We don't want our international students to be seen as, hey, this is a revenue source. You're here on campus. Now we're done. No. We want them to be successful, and our international students embody the same identities that our domestic students do. They're students of color. They're first-gen, disabilities, come from different religious backgrounds, LGBTQI. They embody all these same identities that we're trying to support with our domestic students and we want to do the same thing for international students. So and thinking of what that means is really asking the question is what does holistic support look like for our international students. Too often, our international students once they get on campus, they're seen as that international student. I mean, simply, that's their passport. That's where you're actually born. They need the same support, and then some additional at times, as our domestic students. Are we asking them, what contributions do you want in the classroom? Are we appreciating that our international students are coming from a different perspective during certain discussions and are we giving them space to be able to share those perspectives and honor the fact that it comes from a different perspective but that's still important? Because that's part of global learning that our domestic students benefit from as well when you have those rich discussions in the classroom, when you have a variety of different perspectives that are being shared, and we think about being able to hear that, analyze what's being said, and develop your own sense of, OK, this is my thought on this topic or otherwise. But when we just have a conversation, for example, in the classroom that's focused on domestic, even though we have a wide or very diverse population of students that—of international students in our classroom we're really missing an opportunity to both engage with the international students, help them have a deeper sense of belonging on our campus and, frankly, for our domestic students and all students to be to be able to learn that much more so. The other part of the question I mentioned, and kind of tying back to what I mentioned a second ago of how our international students embody so much of that—so many of the identities of our domestic students, you know, when we have programs for first-generation college students are we just thinking about our domestic first-generation college students? Our international students can be the same way. When we think about our disability services, when we think about programs that are maybe related to race in ways, are we thinking intentionally about that? Yes, an African American and an international student from Africa who's from Africa and who's Black and has grown up in Africa their entire life very well are—some shared experiences, but very different. Are we thinking about opportunities for learning and growth from that way? So as I would say it's the intentionality in the programming and the intentionality in thinking of what is our role in—and, obviously, helping our students be successful, but particularly from an equitable access to global education, we have all the ingredients to the salad, if you will. What's our role in making sure that this comes together and this works in a way that serves our students, our domestic, our international students—frankly, serves the institution. And so there's broader goals that we have in higher education around learning but also preparing a generation of citizens that are thoughtful not just about home but thoughtful about the relationship between home and abroad and how our world is broadly interconnected and reliant on each other. CASA: Thank you. Our next question comes from Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome, associate professor in the department of political science in Brooklyn College. Q: Good evening. I'm calling from Nigeria now. And I'm a professor, not associate. I was wondering if there is a two-way stream in terms of the way in which international education is conceived of thinking about students coming from foreign countries as exchange students, and I'm particularly interested in this from an African perspective. It's unbelievably difficult for many African students to come to the U.S. as exchange students. They face formidable visa barriers, and for many of them that are from socioeconomic backgrounds where they are not flush with money it is actually an impossibility. So, I mean, is there any kind of thinking about how skewed the pool is that the educational institutions in the U.S. is joined from, given all the constraints that are put in the way of students from the Global South, especially Africa— GORDON: Yeah. Q: —who want to just come to the U.S. just like our students go to those places? GORDON: Yeah. Yeah. No. Wonderful, wonderful question, and I'd kind of bifurcate my answers. I think with respect to visas, I think that's a question—offices handle that at State and I think there has to be a broader question of are we creating enough opportunities for students or making it easy enough for students or talented students that want to come take advantage of the rich diversity and the academic opportunities, some professional opportunities that exist in the U.S. Are we making it easy enough for those students to come to our shores? And I think that's a question that—State has to continue to be evaluated from that aspect. I'm not by any means an expert with visas, so I'm going to—I'm going to stay in my lane to an extent. But I think, broadly speaking, is we do—I think as a nation have welcomed and want to continue to welcome talented folks from all over the world to be able to come. And then I think the second part of the question, what's the role of institutions, I think similar to our—to domestic students, we know who our students are. We know what the challenges they have and being able to access opportunities that we have. And so we say—going back to what I mentioned earlier, we say we know what these—we know the benefits of these kind of opportunities. We're the gatekeepers to that. We know who our students are, and we know the challenges they have and this includes international students that are interested in coming, be it exchange or otherwise. How do we in higher education create more opportunities for talented students to be able to take advantage of these opportunities that we're very clear the benefits to them? And so from an exchange standpoint, looking and saying are we building exchanges—do we have the infrastructure, are we investing in the infrastructure so that we can have more exchanges with the Global South? Because many times exchanges, while not always cost neutral, is usually much more cost neutral than a paid study abroad or otherwise. So are we creating those kind of opportunities? Again, realizing that that benefits the student—the international student, the domestic student. It benefits our campus community and our broader community as a whole when our international students are out and engaging with the broader community around the universities and otherwise. So are we investing in that? And then when it comes to fully matriculated students, whether at the undergraduate, graduate, or doctorate level, are we doing enough? Is there more we should be doing to ensure that if funding is a challenge that the funding is—funding schemes that are available to better create opportunities for students to be able to come, and then also like we've mentioned in the last question is our campus infrastructure—our campus set up in such that our international students feel like they belong, the campus is thinking about them, and this is a place where they want to, frankly, stay and contribute their knowledge or insights, their experience, and otherwise, which, again, benefits them, benefits the campus, and benefits the community and the nation as a whole. Q: Next we have a comment from Pamela Waldron-Moore, a professor at Xavier University of Louisiana. You have touched on this topic but you might want to go a little deeper. She writes, as a professor at Xavier University of Louisiana, I know that this is a helpful conversation. One area of global education that does not seem to have had much exposure is the opportunity for national institutions to provide exchange opportunities that allow low-income students to appreciate diverse education. For example, students can learn much from institutions located in naturally global environments—New York, DC, California, et cetera. Many U.S. institutions are teeming with international students who are happy to interact with a wider body of learners. GORDON: Yeah. I'll just comment on that briefly, and I know Xavier does great work with our national exchange as well as with international. But your point is right on. When we think of the globally diverse cities that exist in the U.S., they're learning labs. I'm from the Bay Area. I like going to San Francisco. I go to places in Oakland and otherwise. These are learning opportunities. I think when you think of the flow of migration to certain areas within the country, there's so much to learn there for our domestic students as well as for our international students. And so when we think of global learning holistically, as much as—I started Diversity Abroad based on study abroad. I'm a fan of study abroad, absolutely. But I think when we think about global learning, we have to get—mobility from the standpoint of getting on a plane, crossing an ocean, and using your passport is not the only way. And when we think about the institutions, where our institutions exist, what does the community look like? How globally diverse is our local community? Are there opportunities for us, thinking of co-curricular activities, to better engage with our local communities as well, because part of the broader goal that we talked about, the benefits of global learning, those benefits can be gained—different benefits, different places, in different ways, but can be gained locally but also can be gained abroad. So, an excellent point. CASA: Again, as a reminder, please click the raise hand icon on your screen if you would like to ask a question, or write it in via the Q&A icon. Andrew, can you talk a little bit about the specific activities that Diversity Abroad engages in as an organization? GORDON: Yeah. Absolutely. Happy to. So Diversity Abroad founded in 2006. We're a member-based consortium, around three hundred and fifty colleges and universities. As I mentioned, it ranges from small liberal arts to community colleges, Ivies to R-1s, and, really, we—our focus is looking at diversity, equity, and inclusion within internationalization and global education. And so what does that mean? We look at four key areas of our work. It's education abroad, international students, global learning at home, and then career and organizational advancement, and we—the actual practices of the work that we do focuses heavy on learning and development. So everything from our annual conference, Global Inclusion, to our DEI certificate for folks who are engaged in global education or are interested in global education, as well as a leadership certificate for student leaders who want to embed DEI, global, into their leadership. We publish a set of good practices called the Global Equity Inclusion Guidelines, it's a set of policy practices for embedding DEI into a campus's global education operation, and then there's a ton of thought leadership that we do, collaboration with organizations. We have a phenomenal team that is always working to continue to push this conversation forward, and maybe more than moving the conversation forward, to push forward resources, learning opportunities, and otherwise to ensure that, frankly, as a field a decade from now we're not having this same conversation but that we've made some real tangible progress in going forward. So, much harder to execute on a daily and weekly basis than to kind of go over in a couple of seconds. But I'm really proud of the work that we're doing and always interested in collaborating with professionals and institutions that share—frankly, share our vision of equitable access to global educational opportunities. CASA: Great. Our next question comes from Krishna Garza-Baker from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She's assistant director of experiential learning. Q: Hello, Maria and Andrew. Thank you so much for this conversation. I'm actually a current member of Diversity Abroad and absolutely love all their resources. I'm there on a daily basis. So I would like to reflect back to the idea on promoting the benefits of global learning. As much as I promote the benefits of global programs to my students—I work specifically with business students at the Alvarez College of Business—what are some ways in which you have seen or experienced navigating the topic of the financial investment into educational experience and what are some other barriers to global learning that you have seen for domestic students? GORDON: Krishna, thank you for that comment and happy to have you as part of the Diversity Abroad community. So finance is interesting. Without question, finances can be a barrier to students engaging in global educational opportunities, particularly mobility-based ones. What's interesting, though, is that at times when you ask a student, are you interested in studying abroad, for example? They say, no, I can't afford it. And I was, like, well, do you know how much it costs? Well, I'm not actually sure. Are you sure how your financial aid works and how your financial aid can support? It was, like, no, I'm not actually sure. So you have students sometimes that see study abroad and there's an interest, but for a variety of other reasons, maybe they're becoming a little bit more hesitant, and finance is an easy one to go to say, oh, I can't afford it. And so I think it's important for, one, us to understand, from a financial standpoint, A, is the students—can they really not afford it? How are we addressing that? Or is this a question of, I'm interested and I'm on the fence and so on and so forth and I'm just kind of saying financial. I think for the aspect of students not being able to afford it, as an institution, again, we have to go back and say what's the value of global educational opportunities. We know that students who are statistically—we're saying that students who study abroad graduate sooner, graduate with higher GPAs as well. So that is hitting part of a broader goal that we have of higher education about persistence and completion. And so as an institution are we investing in the kind of activities like global education opportunities that are supporting the broader goals that we have as an institution around persistence and completion, and that is something that's strategically at institutions that—are questions we have to ask ourselves. We say, you know, yes, global, you know, the importance of all these opportunities to study abroad and so on and so forth. Are we investing in it in a way that any of our students that are interested finance is not going to be the barrier that pushes them back? Now, I think, on the other aspect of it with respect to finance and being able to talk with students and their families, students and their families who are from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. They're on campus, and they're on campus, in a way, because they've seen being a student at your campus as an investment, something that is valuable enough to either, personal finances—going out and fundraising in a variety of different ways because they see the value in that. The question, I think, that we have as—in higher education and particularly in international education are we positioning global education as this is an investment? And this goes back to a comment that was made a little bit earlier about, hey, you know what, we're sending these students abroad. They're not really engaging with the populations. It's kind of like it's just vacation. OK. Well, if I'm a serious student and I'm concerned about finances, and I have to make choices about what I invest in, if study abroad is positioned as, you know, go have fun abroad I'll say, well, listen, I'll go on vacation at another point in my life. I'm focused on getting in school, doing the kind of things that's going to position me to be able to thrive, support family, and otherwise. So in education abroad and study abroad, the onus is on us to make sure that the way we're talking about these opportunities, the way that opportunities are actually taking place, is such that a student that has to make that decision looks at study abroad or other global opportunities and says, you know what, this is where I want to invest my time, my resources, and otherwise because this is something that's going to help me continue to grow with the broader goals that I have. CASA: Our next question comes from Maggie Mahoney, director of global engagement at the University of Houston. Q: Good afternoon, Maria and Andrew. Nice to talk with you. Hello from Houston, Texas. Andrew, my question is about our teams, because we want to bring the best of our teams to our students. We know that burnout is an ongoing issue. We've had the pandemic. We've had the murder of George Floyd that kind of shifted things even more for the bigger focus of DEI and that has become exhausting, not to mention in Texas we face our own Texas state issues and now inflation changing. So there's a lot of stress on our teams, and in institutions of higher ed we should have offices that mirror the diversity of our students. But we don't always have that. Do you have any recommendations for our diverse staff team members and their self care in the face of this burnout and too often being turned to in the support of DEI efforts whenever we should all be doing the work? And do you have any recommendations for team leaders on how to continue doing our work while supporting our diverse team members, as we know they're overwhelmed? GORDON: Yeah. Thank you for that comment. And that's—I think a very important point is that we can't ignore—when we think of—we think of some of the organizations that we've looked AT and say, hey, these are great companies or great organizations that I'll support. The folks who are at the table many times come from incredibly diverse backgrounds, and in international education if we want the work that we do to have the kind of impact, we want to make sure that we're drawing the best and brightest, most diverse folks that say, hey, higher education, international education, specifically, this is a place where I want to go work. Our faculty members who may potentially be leading programs abroad, there's a lot that our faculty members can be doing over the summer when we say, you know what, I want to lead a study abroad program because this is—not only the impact this could have on students, but I know I'm going to be supported by the international office and otherwise as I'm going abroad. So what I would say is a couple of things. One is from a team leader perspective, and I think what you pointed out being something that is really a very salient topic. You know, DEI work cannot fall on folks of color or folks who we look at and say, OK, well, you represent XYZ identity so, yes, diversity worked for you. All that does, as stated, is it leads to burnout and it doesn't lead to us moving the needle. So, organizationally, are the practices or the policies in place. So, operationally, DEI is just embedded into what we do and regardless of what your role is, the DEI tasks that are there, is there for you to do. So regardless of what your background is, whatever the DEI tasks are connected to your role, those are there for you to be able to do. And so that'd be one aspect of it, really looking operationally from that perspective. But then another question is asking ourselves whether it's at the department level within an office, like a global education office or whatever it may be, are we building a climate of belonging. Are we building a climate where our staff that come from historically marginalized backgrounds feel like, hey, we can come—we can come here. We can be ourselves. When we're having challenges we're being supported and otherwise because, again, then we're able to be able to do the work that's needed to increase participation in global educational opportunities, being able to work with the faculty members to think through how do we better embed global themes into the curriculum, being able to support our international students. Which is saying none of this happens automatically. It is run by people, on people power, and we've got to take care of our people. If we don't take care of our people, all the other things that we want to do, ultimately, we won't be as successful as we'd like. CASA: We have a question now from Professor Waldron-Moore from Xavier. She says—she asks, how can we generate interest in study abroad from the classroom? Shouldn't we address seriously ways to motivate students to learn more about diversity in order to raise their awareness about higher education? We need to get the excitement about other countries and people going before we grow an interest in study abroad or a study exchange. GORDON: Yeah. So that's—I would say it's not an either/or but I would say they very much work in tandem. So the more—and to the point, the more that we—the more that global themes are presented to our students, the more interest that will start to generate with our students. If you have a population of students that from the time they set foot on campus they know they're going to study abroad and so and so forth, that's great. We want those students. But you have another population of students who maybe that's not the case, and so how are we embedding global themes into the curriculum regardless of what our fields may be? What are—are we finding opportunities to embed global themes into the curriculum so that, one, we're helping to promote the idea of there's a lot to learn outside of the shores of the U.S. as well, but, two, for our students—and every student's not going to study abroad. For our students who aren't going abroad are we finding opportunities to ensure that they still have access to global learning themes within the classroom. And so they very much play off each other, and I will say that now much more so for the students who, ultimately, decide not to participate in a study abroad or a formal study abroad program it's an opportunity for them to still get access to global learning opportunities. But I will say—one other thing I want to bring up and I started bringing this up in my earlier comments, I think when we're thinking about global education and diversity, equity, and inclusion, definitely thinking of it through, say, two lenses. One is the lens of what we've primarily been talking about of how are we supporting our historically marginalized students, supporting our staff and our faculty, our people, as they're engaged in global education, and that many times, again, are folks in historically marginalized populations. But when we think about learning global DEI competencies, all of our students need to access that. DEI is not just populations to support or competencies to be learned—to learn. So inside the classroom, when they're participating in study abroad or otherwise, are we thinking through how we position our students to learn the kind of competencies that can position them to be better citizens, to be better—that much more thriving in their professional careers and otherwise. And, again, that takes place—many times that takes place in the classroom. CASA: Our next question is also written and comes from Wendy Kuran, associate vice president for development and alumni engagement at Duke Kunshan University. Actually, she has two questions. The first is, following up on the earlier question and Andrew's great answer, is the career and self-development value proposition of study abroad clear to diverse students? Is there credible, accessible research about the value? What could we, at universities, including students, do to help make that case in new ways more effectively? And the second shorter question, do you ever work in secondary education intercultural exchange programs and, if not, are those in your ecosystems? Are there those in your ecosystems who do? GORDON: Yeah. So I'll start with the second question first. We work with some secondary institutions and organizations that support secondary students at that level. I would not say that that has been the traditional group of professionals or organizations or institutions that have come to us. But we are seeing some growing traction there. So I'm always interested in connecting with folks who have interest with that. With respect to career, I would say there are definitely institutions who have been at the forefront of centering the connection between global education and career, and I think as the field of global education that's work that's improving. But there's still work to do, I think, particularly for being able to make the case for students who, for a variety of reasons may be hesitant about study abroad. What we find in engaging with students, yes, research is important. Using more factoids are important. Firsthand experiences being important of students who embody similar identities and otherwise that can say, I had this kind of experience. I went from point A to point B to point Z. I know when I've had an opportunity to go to campuses and speak and otherwise telling a little bit about my own personal trajectory from doing accounting consulting to becoming an entrepreneur and otherwise and how study abroad impacted that, that's one of the things that attract students is really wanting to understand, OK, you look like me. You had a similar experience. How did you do that? So which is to say particularly with that—the part of your question asking about historically marginalized student populations, are we telling the stories of success? Are we telling the stories of how our students from historically marginalized backgrounds have been able to leverage global opportunities to advance in their career? For them to be able to say very concretely, I had this experience and then I'm working in this job and this is how this experience helped me and so on so forth. Again, that is intentional work, yes, by our global education offices but also, frankly, in collaboration with our career centers, our offices that are doing career development on campus. How are we working with them to be able to bring them back to connect with the students, the alum, and otherwise to be able to tell those stories, which, again, is part of the broader ecosystem of what does engagement look like to be able to increase participation and the success of students who are interested in study abroad? CASA: Have you been able to develop dedicated assessment and evaluation tools for success or gauging the success or the results of study abroad programs? GORDON: So we, ourselves, have not. There are some tools out there and some studies that are out there. Gosh, I'm trying to think of his name right now at the University of Georgia. There was a study in the early kind of 2000s called the Glossary Study. It was just recently built—they built upon that with a new study that showed the connection between academic success. I wouldn't say that for me, I'm familiar with a survey or research that goes as deep on the career success aspect of it. But I know there are some resources out there that talk deeper about the connection between career development and—study abroad and career development. CASA: And do you have thoughts on how global education and study abroad contribute to U.S. foreign policy creation and international relations? GORDON: Yeah. Well, in part, I mean, I think there's an aspect of just civics that's connected to every time you get on a plane, you travel, and you flash that green—I always say green—that blue passport, why is that so easy? Because even being able to understand the ability that you have to travel to the vast majority of the world without having a visa, without—and, frankly, other countries aren't able to do that. So almost, certainly, encourage deeper appreciation for the privilege that we have as U.S. citizens, being able to travel as freely as we do for most of the world, but also being able to engage, I think, for students of—U.S. students to be able to engage in other populations, hear their perspective. You know, sometimes there's perspectives that are critical to the U.S. Sometimes there are perspectives that are wildly in love with the U.S., and that's great. It's important to hear all of that, to hear how you're perceived, and then you bring that back home with you. Now you're thinking about your role as a citizen, what that does to you to be able to understand positionality of the U.S. and the rest of the world and what role that you personally want to take with that. And so I—and I guess I say for myself having a deeper appreciation for the, frankly, benefits of being a U.S. citizen by traveling and having had the opportunity to travel as much as I do and interact with folks all over the world. And so I think for all of our populations I think the populations that maybe haven't been as civically engaged or as deeply civically engaged it creates that many more opportunities to have that appreciation for. CASA: Yes. GORDON: And then, frankly, just people-to-people. I would just say—this is the last thing I'll say. It's funny, I mean—I mean, people-to-people exchanges, what they say it's hard to hate someone you know. (Laughs.) I mean, it's true. I mean, and I think that it's easy to turn on the news and hear XYZ about any number of people and locations in the world. I think when you sit down you break bread and you have coffee, whatever it may be, with folks from other parts of the world it does develop, I think, a deeper appreciation, really helping push us down that road of embracing difference and, I think, developing a deeper empathy, which we could all use more of that. CASA: Great. Well, we've come to the end of our time and, Andrew, thank you so much for sharing your insights with us, and to all of you for your questions and comments. You can follow Diversity Abroad on Twitter at @DiversityAbroad. You will be receiving an invitation to our next Higher Education webinar under separate cover. In the meantime, I encourage you to follow at @CFR_Academic on Twitter and visit CFR.org, ForeignAffairs.com, and ThinkGlobalHealth.org for research and analysis on global issues. I hope you're all having a great summer, and thank you again for joining us today. We look forward to your continued participation in the Higher Education Webinar Series. 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This week on “Inside the Economy”, we explore the improving job market and current debt trends during the coronavirus pandemic. Unemployment rates continue to improve as people get back to work and stop collecting unemployment benefits. A combination of spending less and uncertainty surrounding the future has Americans paying down debt. Where are debt delinquencies increasing and where are they decreasing? Many U.S. citizens are sitting on additional cash, but how much cash is currently sitting in the U.S. banking system? Corporations continue to issue new bonds as money remains “cheap” due to low interest rates. Tune in to hear about all of this and more! Key Takeaways: • Unemployment rates and outstanding benefit claims continue to decrease • Unemployment benefits made-up over 30% of U.S. personal income, but has declined • Outstanding consumer debt has reduced as Americans pay off loans • There is currently over $12 trillion in cash sitting in American's savings accounts • Gross corporate bond issuance in 2020 has exceeded years past
Many U.S. farmers are working later in life. “The biggest challenge for most farmers,” says Bill Corcoran, a financial representative for COUNTRY Financial, “is the lack of planning.” That, Corcoran tells Brownfield Ag News, is one of many reasons retirement from the farm is pushed aside.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Many U.S. citizens can't afford expensive surgeries due to regulations & hospital costs. Today Dr. George talks to James Polefut about a safer & more comfortable form of medical tourism.
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Many U.S. investment professionals and companies pushed back on President Trump's suggestion in August that the SEC consider requiring U.S. public companies to report their financials every six months instead of every quarter. But in the U.K., semi-annual reporting is the norm. CII Deputy Director Amy Borrus interviews Andrew Ninian, director of stewardship and corporate governance at the U.K. Investment Association, about why the U.K. thinks longer intervals for financial reporting are better for investors and companies.
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Time Codes: 00:00:24 - Introduction 00:02:18 - Setup of interview 00:03:49 - Interview with Julian Hanshaw 01:04:39 - Wrap up 01:05:08 - Contact us Many U.S. readers were introduced to Julian Hanshaw through his book Tim Ginger, released in 2015 from Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing. It's the story of man in his later years coming to terms with the decisions he's made, including his choice to remain childless. As Julian discusses in this interview, the text was largely autobiographical in nature. And the same can said of his new book, Cloud Hotel. The story was inspired by a UFO encounter he had as a young boy and the psychological affect such an experience had on him afterwards. As Julian discloses during his conversation with Derek, Cloud Hotelis the second of what will be a trilogy of autobiographical works, beginning with Tim Ginger. But they also discuss some of his earlier works that may not be familiar to American readers, such as The Art of Phoand I'm Never Coming Back. Julian also talks about his upcoming book from SelfMadeHero, I Feel Machine, a collection of six comics stories that he edited with Kent Able, all by different creators and all focusing on how technology has transformed the way we communicate and frame our culture.
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Many U.S. manufacturing jobs have been lost to globalization & technological advancements. Guest Louis Uchitelle says it's too early to give up, stating in his book, “MAKING IT: Why Manufacturing Still Matters,” why a revival of the sector is essential.
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"https://" : "http://"); var lhnScriptSrc = lhnJsHost + 'www.livehelpnow.net/lhn/scripts/livehelpnow.aspx?lhnid=' + lhnAccountN + '&iv=' + lhnInviteEnabled + '&d=' + lhnDepartmentN + '&ver=' + lhnVersion + '&rnd=' + Math.random(); var lhnScript = document.createElement("script"); lhnScript.type = "text/javascript";lhnScript.src = lhnScriptSrc; if (window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener('load', function () { document.getElementById('lhnContainer').appendChild(lhnScript); }, false); } else if (window.attachEvent) { window.attachEvent('onload', function () { document.getElementById('lhnContainer').appendChild(lhnScript); }); } What Do You Get When Legal Drug Dealers Peddle "Heroin-in-a-Pill" to it's "Clientele"? Interactive GraphicsJaclyn Kinkade, a 23-year-old doctor's-office receptionist and occasional model, was a casualty of America's No. 1 drug menace when she overdosed and died, alone, in a tumbledown clapboard house in Dunnellon, Fla. The drugs that killed her didn't come from the Colombian jungles or an Afghan poppy field. Two of the three drugs found in her system were sold to Ms. Kinkade, legally, at Walgreen Co. and CVS Caremark shops, the two biggest U.S. pharmacies. Both prescription drugs found in her body were made in the U.S.—the oxycodone in Elizabeth, N.J., by a company being acquired by generic-drug giant Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., and the methadone in Hobart, N.Y., by Covidien Ltd., another major manufacturer. Every stage of their distribution was government-regulated. In addition, Ms. Kinkade had small amounts of methamphetamine in her system when she died.The U.S. spends about $15 billion a year fighting illegal drugs, often on foreign soil. But America's deadliest drug epidemic begins and ends at home. More than 15,000 Americans now die annually after overdosing on prescription painkillers called opioids, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—more than from heroin, cocaine and all other illegal drugs combined. Rising opioid abuse means that drug overdoses are now the single largest cause of accidental death in America. They surpassed traffic accidents in 2009, the most recent CDC data available. Paradoxically, the legality of prescription painkillers makes their abuse harder to tackle. There is no Pablo Escobar to capture or kill. Authorities must contend with an influential lobby of industry representatives and doctors who argue against more restrictions, saying they would harm legitimate patients. And lawmakers have been reluctant to have the federal government track Americans' prescriptions, leaving states to piece together a patchy, fragmented response.Ms. Kinkade's final days, and the path of the drugs that killed her, were reconstructed from medical and prescription records, police files and interviews. Many records were assembled by Ms. Kinkade's father and stepmother.Shuffling through the documents at their living-room table, Bruce Kinkade, a garage-door salesman, and his wife, Ann, said they don't wish to absolve their daughter of responsibility. "We're not naive and want to say she was a perfect angel," said Ann Kinkade, Jaclyn's stepmother. Tracing the Path of Prescription PainkillersJaclyn Kinkade A family photo of Jaclyn Kinkade as a child with a composite of the prescription records.But the Kinkades say the companies and licensed professionals that supplied her with the drugs must also bear some responsibility. "Jackie didn't wake up one day and say, 'Hey, I'm going to be a drug addict today,'" Ann Kinkade said. "Jackie pretty much got sent there by a doctor, got hooked and continued to go back."There are few easy villains in prescription drug abuse. Companies, physicians and addicts alike are all pieces in a complex puzzle. For some time, regulators have been cracking down on doctors who prescribe to addicts for profit. Now, federal and state officials are starting to move up the supply chain to pursue pharmacies and distributors. On Sept. 12, the Drug Enforcement Administration revoked the licenses of two Florida CVS stores, which it claims sold excessive amounts of oxycodone without ensuring the pills weren't diverted to the black market. CVS is fighting the DEA's order in administrative and federal courts.Two days later, the agency served Walgreen with a suspension order halting sales of controlled substances from its Jupiter, Fla., distribution center, calling it an "imminent threat to public safety." The DEA's regulatory action alleges that the facility—the state's largest oxycodone distributor—"failed to maintain effective controls'' of its narcotic painkillers. Walgreen said it is working with regulators and has tightened its procedures. CVS said it was committed to working with regulators "to reduce prescription drug abuse and diversion while ensuring access to appropriate, effective pain medication for our patients who need them."Participants in the drug-supply chain acknowledge the problems but point to others as the weak link. Doctors involved say pharmacies should be able to tell if patients are secretly using several physicians to obtain more drugs. Druggists say they can't second-guess a valid prescription. Manufacturers and distributors say they are simply delivering products ordered by health-care professionals.What makes this drug scourge different from previous ones, such as heroin in the 1970s and cocaine in the 1980s, is that everyone in the distribution chain is identifiable. The DEA itself controls the supply spigot by setting drug companies' production quotas for opioids like oxycodone and hydrocodone. For years, opioids were reserved mainly for cancer or terminally ill patients because of fears over their safety and addictiveness. But over the past 15 years, many doctors have come to view them as an essential tool to manage chronic pain. Around the same time, drug makers began marketing patented, time-release formulations of the drugs, making it a lucrative category.Today, a growing number of doctors say the pendulum has swung too far, with powerful narcotics being dispensed for even relatively minor complaints. Last year, pharmacies dispensed more than $9 billion in prescription opioid painkillers, more than twice the amount a decade earlier, according to IMS Health, a research firm. The number of prescriptions has risen fourfold. The generic version of Vicodin, a blend of hydrocodone and acetaminophen, is now the most prescribed drug in the country.Opioids come from the same narcotics family as heroin and can produce similar addictions, researchers say. "We're basically talking about heroin pills," said Andrew Kolodny, chairman of the psychiatry department at Maimonides Medical Center in New York.Studies show that opioid addicts come from a surprisingly broad swath of the population: the middle-age, the elderly and, increasingly, young adults. Many U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with physical and mental injuries are also becoming dependent on prescription painkillers, researchers say. In recent decades, researchers have come to view addiction as a disease, rather than just a personal failing. Some people are more predisposed to becoming addicted because of heredity, experience and other factors that have yet to be fully understood. But some drugs are simply more addictive than others.Jaclyn Kinkade Before She Began Taking Drugs.New research suggests that drugs like opioids cause long-lasting changes to the brain, rewiring some areas to crave more drugs while simultaneously damaging the parts that can control those cravings. The drugs can damage the brain's ability to feel pleasure, so regular users eventually need to take them not to get high or help with pain, but just to feel normal. Avoiding unpleasant withdrawal symptoms end up conditioning many drug users' daily lives. One of the most confounding aspects of this latest epidemic is that it blurs the lines between legal and illegal drug use. Some people first take drugs from their family medicine cabinets to get high, then go to doctors to get more. Others are originally prescribed the pills for legitimate reasons, then buy them on the street once they're hooked.Many, such as Ms. Kinkade, end up mixing legal and illegal drugs in ways that can prove lethal.Ms. Kinkade was a lively, talkative woman with blond hair, a fear of caterpillars and a pit-bull terrier, Bentley, that traveled everywhere with her. She was first prescribed an opioid on Oct. 27, 2006, by the doctor who employed her as a receptionist, prescription records show. According to medical records and an entry from her diary, she had been suffering back and neck pain. Thomas Suits, her employer, prescribed 20 pills of Endocet, a drug containing oxycodone. "I'd never taken opioids before," Ms. Kinkade wrote in a diary entry. "But I started the med routine and OMG I felt no pain."Jaclyn Kinkade on vacation when she was 21 years old. She died of an accidental drug overdose about two years later, at age 23.Dr. Suits didn't recall prescribing the medication, said his wife, Irene Machel, a doctor who also works at the clinic. She declined to discuss the matter further. Endo Health Solutions, which made the pills, declined to comment on Ms. Kinkade. "These types of stories are tragic and we obviously take them seriously," said Endo spokesman Blaine Davis. "Our responsibility, as a company that is very dedicated to the field of pain management, is to educate both physicians and patients about appropriate use."Soon Ms. Kinkade was seeking more drugs. On Jan. 5, 2007, she saw Bruce Kammerman, a family practitioner at a clinic in Stuart, Fla., and came away with a generic blend of oxycodone and acetaminophen. A scan taken a month later showed no problems with her spine, according to the medical report. Through his lawyer, Dr. Kammerman declined to say why he wrote the prescription. "That's a sad case," said his attorney, Lance Richard. "Maybe she didn't have justifiable pain but she certainly came in and made complaints about it. At some point the doctor just has to go on the patient's word."Dr. Kammerman was arrested in July at a pain clinic in Vero Beach, Fla., charged with drug trafficking, racketeering and illegally selling controlled substances. The DEA said in a news conference he was prescribing an average of 1,700 oxycodone tablets a day. Dr. Kammerman's lawyer said his client has done nothing wrong and pleaded not guilty.Jaclyn Kinkade In a Mug Shot on May 10, 2010, Two Months Before Her Death.Ms. Kinkade broke up with her boyfriend. She began missing work. One day she was found curled up under her desk, crying. "She always used to be clean-cut, nice makeup," said Susan Cochran, a former colleague. Then "she would come in in sweatpants and it was like: 'Who is this person?'"Ms. Kinkade changed jobs to work at a radiologist's office. There, she had two other scans, in April and July 2008. Neither showed significant spine problems, according to the medical reports. Ms. Kinkade started seeking clinics that asked fewer questions. "Family practitioners hate writing narcotics," she wrote in her diary. "Nowadays—I'll just go str8 to pain docs."During that period, she was prescribed large amounts of oxycodone, her records show, combined with antianxiety drugs and powerful muscle relaxants. Her parents grew increasingly alarmed. "Sometimes you'd be having a conversation with her and her head would just drop," Mr. Kinkade said. "And she'd say: 'Oh, I'm just tired; I was out late.'"After reviewing her records, he said, "We estimated that at one point she was taking 13.4 pills per day, for nothing wrong with her."In May 2009, Mr. Kinkade and his wife asked a judge to have their daughter forcibly admitted to drug treatment under a Florida law. Their request was initially denied because she wasn't a minor. Angered by their efforts, Ms. Kinkade moved out of their home and drove across the state to her biological mother's house. She crashed her car and was found wandering along the highway in a drug-induced daze, her parents said, searching for her pills. Legal records show she was arrested several times for minor crimes such as possessing controlled drugs without a prescription and shoplifting small items, including makeup and cake topping. In each case, she was released and the charges dropped. She started visiting a pain clinic in Tampa called Doctors Rx Us, where she was prescribed oxycodone, methadone, alprazolam and gabapentin, an antiseizure medication, according to records her parents collected. Housed in a rundown strip mall, the clinic today is called Palm Medical Group after a name change in 2011, according to its state records. Ms. Kinkade was prescribed the drugs by two physicians at Doctors Rx Us: Richard Smith and William Crumbley. Dr. Crumbley was arrested in December and charged with operating a nonregistered pain clinic at another location. He has pleaded not guilty.Dr. Smith and the clinic declined repeated interview requests. A lawyer for Dr. Crumbley said he was innocent of any wrongdoing. On May 3, 2010, Ms. Kinkade stopped at a CVS in Crystal River, Fla., and picked up a prescription written by Dr. Smith for 90 tablets of 10mg methadone, along with 90 tablets of alprazolam, an antianxiety drug. "Jaclyn Kinkade's death is a terrible tragedy that highlights the need for a comprehensive national effort to prevent prescription drug abuse," CVS said in a statement.Information provided by the manufacturer suggests that the methadone dispensed to Ms. Kinkade was likely supplied to CVS by Cardinal Health Inc. Cardinal was the only distributor to have sold that particular drug to that CVS branch during that period, according to the manufacturer's records. CVS and Cardinal declined to comment. Last year, the DEA launched a probe of the Florida-based operations of Cardinal Health and CVS Caremark. The agency alleged they dispensed "extremely large amounts" of oxycodone with signs that the drugs were "diverted from legitimate channels." CVS said it has "responded to the DEA's concerns, including implementing enhancements to our policies and procedures for filling controlled substance prescriptions." Cardinal settled with the DEA in May, agreeing to suspend sales for two years at one of its key distribution facilities in Lakeland, Fla. The methadone Ms. Kinkade picked up at the end of her life was made in Hobart, N.Y., by Mallinckrodt, a unit of health-care giant Covidien. "Any death from abuse or misuse of prescription drugs is tragic," Covidien said. "That's why we believe that, as a nation, ending the abuse, diversion and misuse of powerful pain medications is necessary to ensure adequate treatment of pain and access to that treatment for legitimate pain patients."On May 10, 2010, Ms. Kinkade was stopped by police in Levy County, Fla., for having an expired registration. A drug-sniffing dog reacted to her car and she was arrested for possessing a generic form of Xanax without the correct prescription. This time, her parents let her sit in jail for a couple of weeks while they organized a place for her in a rehabilitation program. They bailed her out May 25 and enrolled her in drug treatment.Over the next month, Ms. Kinkade went to the treatment program during the day and seemed to improve, her parents said. Then, the evening of June 24, she climbed out the window at her parents' house. A few days later, on the other side of Florida, she met up with a boyfriend, according to a statement he later gave police. She returned to Doctors Rx Us, where Dr. Smith wrote a prescription for 90 tablets of 30mg oxycodone, according to prescription records. It would be her last. The next day, Ms. Kinkade filled the prescription at a Walgreens in Beverly Hills, Fla. The oxycodone would have come from Walgreen's Jupiter, Fla., distribution center, a company spokesman said. On Sept. 14, the DEA barred that facility from selling controlled substances, alleging that it failed to maintain effective controls to stop large amounts of oxycodone from reaching the black market. "When [companies] choose to look the other way, patients suffer and drug dealers prosper," Mark Trouville, the DEA special agent in charge, said at the time. Walgreen said in a statement it is cooperating with the DEA. The oxycodone came from the New Jersey plant of Actavis, a Swiss pharmaceutical company. In April, Actavis was bought by Watson Pharmaceutical in a $5.8 billion deal awaiting regulatory approval. An Actavis spokesman described Ms. Kinkade's situation as a "tragic occurrence" and called for discussion on "how to prevent such cases in the future." A Watson spokesman cautioned against action that would make it harder to treat legitimate patients. He said the company supported educating patients about the drugs' proper use.The morning of July 4, Ms. Kinkade's boyfriend found her sitting cross-legged and slumped in his room at a white, low-slung house tucked behind a trailer park. The medical examiner said she died from a drug cocktail including oxycodone, methadone and methamphetamine.Ms. Kinkade's physical decline made such an impression on the detective who investigated the case that, two years later, he still recalls the scene. In the living room, he noticed a poster of Ms. Kinkade modeling for a biker magazine."Wow, she's a beautiful young lady," Detective Matthew Taylor remembered thinking. "When I actually saw her, it was as different as night and day." 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