Podcast appearances and mentions of markus schmidt

Markus Schmidt, senior Virginia politics reporter and deputy editor at The Virginia Mercury, breaks down the latest on Virginia's gubernatorial race on election day, where Democratic nominee and former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger has maintained a lead in polls since very early in the race over Republican nominee Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears.

Today's sponsor is Piedmont Master Gardeners: Now accepting applications for their 2026 training class. Apply by December 1, 2025No study of American history or macroeconomics would leave out the impact played by the Great Crash of the New York Stock Exchange of 1929 which culminated on Black Tuesday, 96 years ago today. Stock prices had continued to increase throughout the Roaring Twenties but would generally decline until 1932, marking the era of the Great Depression. This edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement does not have the time or resources to delve into the causes of a financial panic that transformed the United States. I'm Sean Tubbs, and I think people should look back on their own time.In this edition:* Earlier this year, President Trump asked officials in Texas to redraw the Congressional maps to give the Republican Party an advantage in the 2026 midterms* Other states with Democratic majorities such as California have countered with redistricting proposals of their own* This week, the Virginia General Assembly is meeting in a special session to take a first step to amend the state's constitution to allow for a mid-Census redistricting* The podcast version features an audio version of yesterday's story on 530 East Main Street (read the story)Charlottesville Community Engagement is the work of one person and that one person sometimes neglects the marketing. You can help fill the gap by sharing with friends!First-shout: The new WTJU mobile app is here!WTJU is pleased to announce our brand new mobile app! You can download a version from either the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Here are the links to both:* iPhone version* Android versionThe WTJU app is the place to tune in and listen live to WTJU, WXTJ, and Charlottesville Classical. Aside from the live stream, listen to archived shows, view recent songs, playlists, and program schedules, check out videos of live performances, stay up-to-date on WTJU's most recent news and articles, and more!Live chat with your favorite hosts, share stories with your friends, and tune into your community all in the palm of your hand.Virginia General Assembly takes up redistricting amendment during special sessionThe second presidency of Donald Trump has introduced many novel approaches to governance in the United States, including pressure on legislators in Texas to break from precedent to redraw Congressional districts in advance of the 2026 mid-term elections.Traditionally redistricting happens every ten years as mandated in Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. States can determine the method of how they draw districts but for many years Southern states were required to submit boundaries for review to ensure compliance with civil rights legislation such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965.The Republican Party currently holds a narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives with 219 members to 213 Democrats with three vacancies. One of those vacancies has been filled in a special election in Arizona won on September 23 by Democrat Adelita Grijalva but Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has so far refused to swear her in until he calls the full House of Representatives back into session.According to the Texas Tribune, redistricting in Texas is expected to create five additional safe seats for Republicans. The state's delegation of 38 Representatives consists of 25 Republicans, 12 Democrats, and one vacancy. Governor Greg Abbott signed the new Congressional map on August 29 with no need for voters to approve the measure.In response, California Governor Gavin Newsome, a Democrat, suggested legislation called the “Election Rigging Response Act” in direct response to the new maps in Texas, and a voter initiative to redraw maps in the nation's largest state mentions efforts underway by Republicans to redistrict in Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nebraska, and South Carolina. Proposition 50 is on the ballot on November 4.Last week, the Virginia Political Newsletter reported that Democrats who control a narrow majority in the General Assembly are seeking to follow California's lead. On Monday, the House of Delegates agreed to take up House Joint Resolution 6007 which would amend the Virginia Constitution to allow the General Assembly to make a one-time adjustment.The General Assembly is able to meet because a special session from 2024 was never technically adjourned. To allow consideration of the Constitutional amendment, the joint resolution that sets the rules for the special session had to be changed and agreed to by both the House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate.One adopted on February 22 of this year lists six items of acceptable business including memorials and resolutions commending people or businesses. A seventh was added to House Joint Resolution 6006 which was introduced by Delegate Charniele Herring (D-4) on October 24. This would allow a “joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia related to reapportionment or redistricting.”Both the House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate convened on Monday, October 27.As the debate in the House of Delegates began, Delegate Bobby Orrock (R-66) made a parliamentary inquiry.“My first inquiry would be given that special sessions have by their very nature only occurred for specific reasons. Ergo, we have resolutions controlling what can be considered during them. And subsequently, to my knowledge and experience here, they've never extended for more than a one year period.”Orrock said the 2024 Special Session was continued to allow progress toward adopting a budget that year. He said that had taken place and the stated reason for the special session was moot.The amendment itself was not made available until Tuesday afternoon. More on that later.Delegate Jay Leftwich (R-90) read from §30-13 of the Virginia Code which lays out what steps the Clerk of the House of Delegates has to take when publishing proposed amendments to the Constitution.“It goes on to say, Mr. Speaker, the Clerk of the House of Delegates shall have published all proposed amendments to the constitution for the distribution from his office and to the clerk of the circuit court of each county and the city two copies of the proposed amendments, one of which shall be posted at the front door of the courthouse and the other shall be made available for public inspection,” Leftwich said.Delegate Herring countered that that section of code predates the Virginia Constitution of 1971 which does not have those requirements. Leftwich continued to press on this note but Speaker of the House Don Scott ruled that his questions were not germane to the procedural issue.Delegate Lee Ware (R-72) said the move across the United States to redraw districts mid-Census to gain partisan advantage was a bad idea no matter what party was proposing it.“Just because a bad idea was proposed and even taken up by a few of our sister states such as North Carolina or California, is not a reason for Virginia to follow suit,” Ware said. “ For nearly two and a half centuries, the states have redistricted following the decennial census, responding to the population shifts both in our country and in the states.”A motion to amend HJ6006 passed 50 to 42.The House of Delegates currently only has 99 members due to the resignation of Todd Gilbert. Gilbert had been named as the U.S. Attorney for Western Virginia but lasted for less than a month. Former Albemarle Commonwealth's Attorney Robert Tracci was appointed to the position on an interim basis.Charlottesville Community Engagement is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Second-shout out: Cville Village seeks volunteersCan you drive a neighbor to a doctor's appointment? Change an overhead lightbulb, plant a flower, walk a dog for someone who is sick, visit someone who is lonely? If so, Cville Village needs you!Cville Village is a local 501c3 nonprofit organization loosely affiliated with a national network of Villages whose goals are to help seniors stay in their own homes as long as possible, and to build connections among them that diminish social isolation. Volunteers do small chores for, and have gatherings of, professors and schoolteachers, nurses and lawyers, aides and housekeepers. Time and chance come to all – a fall, an order not to drive, failing eyesight, a sudden stroke. They assist folks continue living at home, with a little help from their friends.Cville Village volunteers consult software that shows them who has requested a service and where they are located. Volunteers accept only the requests that fit their schedule and their skills.Volunteering for Cville Village can expand your circle of friends and shower you with thanks.To learn more, visit cvillevillage.org or attend one of their monthly Village “meet-ups” and see for yourself. To find out where and when the next meetup is, or to get more information and a volunteer application, email us at info@cvillevillage.org, or call them at (434) 218-3727.Virginia Senators pre-debate the amendment on TuesdayThe Virginia Senate took up the matter on Monday as well. Democrats have a 21 to 19 majority and were unable that day to suspend the rules to immediately consider an amendment to HJ6006. They had a second reading on Tuesday.The initial discussion of the Constitutional amendment took place during a portion of the meeting where Senators got to speak on matters of personal privilege. As with the House of Delegates, many inquiries from Republican legislators happened because the document itself was not yet available for review.Senator Bill Stanley (R–20) rose to remind his colleagues that the General Assembly passed a bipartisan Constitutional amendment to require that redistricting be conducted by a nonpartisan committee.“We listened to Virginians who were tired of the gerrymandering,” Stanley said. “In 2019, polls showed 70 percent of Virginians supported redistricting reform. Not 51 percent, not 55 percent, [but] 70 percent. The Mason Dixon poll showed 72% support. And crucially, over 60 percent of Republicans and Democrats alike supported this amendment. Equally when it came to a vote in the Commonwealth. This was not partisan.”Senator Mamie Locke (D-2) served on the bipartisan redistricting committee and reminded her colleagues that the process broke down in October 2021, as I reported at the time. The Virginia Supreme Court ended up appointing two special masters to draw the current boundaries.“There was constant gridlock and partisan roadblocks,” Locke said. “[Those] Were the reasons why the Supreme Court ended up drawing the lines because the commission ended up discussing things as tedious as which university could be trusted to provide unbiased data.”Locke said the proposal in Virginia would still have a bipartisan commission draw new maps after the 2030 Census and that voters in Virginia would still have to approve the amendment.Senator Scott Surovell (D-34) said the amendment is intended to step in when other branches of government are not exercising their Constitutional authority to provide checks and balances. He echoed Locke's comment that the redistricting commission would continue to exist.“There's no maps that have been drawn,” Surovell said. “There's no repeal of the constitutional amendment. The only thing that's on the table or will be on the table later this week is giving the General assembly the option to take further action in January to then give Virginia voters the option of protecting our country.”Senator Richard Stuart (R-25) said he thinks President Trump is doing a job of bringing manufacturing back to the country and dismissed Surovell's notion that democracy is at threat.“I'm not seeing any threat to democracy,” Stuart said. “I heard the word king, and I would remind the Senator that if he was a king, he would be beheaded for what he just said. But in this country, we enjoy free speech. We get to say what we want to say, and that is a valued right and privilege.”Senator Barbara Favola (D-40) said many of her constituents are concerned about cuts to federal programs due to the recent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill including threats to Medicaid. She explained why she supports her Democratic colleagues in Congress in the current state of things.“We are in a shutdown situation because the Democrats are standing up and saying we must extend the tax credits that are available on the health marketplace so individuals can afford their insurance,” Favola said. “Health insurance. This is not going unnoticed by the Virginians we represent.”Senator Mark Peake (R-22) said Republicans were entitled to govern how they want because they are in control of the federal government.“The current president won an overwhelming majority in the Electoral College and he won the popular vote by over 4 million or 5 million votes,” Peake said. “That is called democracy. That is what we have. And the Republicans won the Senate and they won the House of Congress. We will have another election next year and it will be time for the citizens to vote. But we are going under a democracy right now, and that's where we stand.”The points of personal privilege continued. Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-72) said elections are a chance for citizens to weigh in on a presidency that started the process of mid-Census redistricting.“The key point is this,” VanValkenburg said. “The president's ideas are unpopular. He knows it. He's going to his ideological friends, he's asking them to carve up maps, and now the other side is upset because they're going to get called on it in elections.”The Senate adjourned soon afterward and will take up a third reading of HJ6006 today.Democrats file Constitutional Amendment for first referenceEarly discussions about a potential constitutional amendment in the House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate this week did not include a lot of details about how a mid-Census Congressional redistricting would take place.House Joint Resolution 6007 was filed with the Virginia Legislative Information System on Tuesday, October 28. As of this publication it is in the House Privileges and Elections Committee because the Senate has not yet given itself permission to take up the matter.The amendment would amend Article II, Section 6, of the Virginia Constitution to insert language into the second paragraph.Here is the full text, with italicized words indicating new language.The Commonwealth shall be reapportioned into electoral districts in accordance with this section and Section 6-A in the year 2021 and every ten years thereafter, except that the General Assembly shall be authorized to modify one or more congressional districts at any point following the adoption of a decennial reapportionment law, but prior to the next decennial census, in the event that any State of the United States of America conducts a redistricting of such state's congressional districts at any point following that state's adoption of a decennial reapportionment law for any purpose other than (i) the completion of the state's decennial redistricting in response to a federal census and reapportionment mandated by the Constitution of the United States and established in federal law or (ii) as ordered by any state or federal court to remedy an unlawful or unconstitutional district map.Take a look at the whole text here. I'll continue to provide updates. Stories you might also read for October 29, 2025* Charlottesville Ale Trail brings people to craft beverage makers, Jackson Shock, October 27, 2025* U.Va. leaders defend Justice Department deal in letter to Charlottesville legislators, Cecilia Mould and Ford McCracken, Cavalier Daily, October 28, 2025* Council agrees to purchase $6.2 million office building for low-barrier shelter, Sean Tubbs, C-Ville Weekly, October 29, 2025* Republican legislators slam Virginia redistricting proposal, Colby Johnson, WDBJ-7, October 27, 2025* Democrat Abigail Spanberger backs Virginia legislature's redistricting push, Steve People and Olivia Diaz, Associated Press, October 27, 2025* Va. Democrats roll out redistricting amendment to counter GOP map changes in other states, Markus Schmidt, October 28, 2025* Virginia Republicans Sue to Block Democratic Redistricting Push, Jen Rice, Democracy Docket, October 28, 2025* Redistricting session to resume Wednesday, WWBT, October 29, 2025Back to local again shortly after #947This is a unique version based on me wanting to go through the General Assembly recordings myself. I have a lot of local stories to get back to in the near future and I'm working extra this week to make sure I get back to them.They include:* Coverage of the discussion of 204 7th Street at the October 21, 2025 Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review* Coverage of last night's Albemarle Planning Commission public hearing on Attain on Fifth Street* Coverage of two discussions at last night's Greene County Board of SupervisorsAs expected, I work longer hours when I'm out of town on family business because I don't have the usual places to go. This is okay. Summer is over and it's time to hunker down and get to work. Today's end video is The Streets: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

In der 149. Episode des Ruhrpodcasts spricht Podcast-Host Zepp Oberpichler mit Professor Dr. Med. Markus Schmidt, Chefarzt der Frauenklinik am Sana-Klinikum Duisburg über aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Schwangerschaftsmedizin. Im Kontext der Gesundheits.Messe.Duisburg betont Schmidt die wichtige Rolle von Krankenhäusern in der Gesundheitsversorgung und die Notwendigkeit von Präventionsarbeit, um das Gesundheitsbewusstsein in der Bevölkerung zu fördern.

Nicht nur für Europas Klimaziele sind Rohstoffe wie Seltene Erden, Kupfer oder Lithium unverzichtbar. Die deutsche Wirtschaft ist aber noch stark auf Importe aus China angewiesen. Ein neuer Fonds der Bundesregierung soll die Abhängigkeit reduzieren. Wolf, Markus/Schmidt, Nico www.deutschlandfunk.de, Hintergrund

Ist VMware wirklich alternativlos? In dieser spannenden Episode haben wir Markus, den Leiter der Consulting-Abteilung von interface systems, zu Gast. Gemeinsam beleuchten wir den aktuellen Markt für Servervirtualisierung, die Rolle von VMware und die realistischen Alternativen. Von der Architektur, über Abhängigkeiten, hin zu möglichen Ersatzlösungen – wir werfen einen kritischen Blick auf die Optionen, die Unternehmen heute haben. Zum Abschluss diskutieren wir den Strategiewechsel und seine Bedeutung für die aufstrebende Multi-Cloud-Welt. Lust auf noch mehr tiefgehendes Know-how? interface systems bietet regelmäßig erkenntnisreiche Workshops an. Jetzt den Newsletter abonnieren oder für On-Premise-Unterstützung direkt Kontakt aufnehmen:

Die Wahl des Geburtsmodus hängt von vielen Faktoren ab. Neben den Wünschen der Mutter gilt es, medizinische Indikationen und Risiken zu beurteilen und abzuwägen. Mit Geburtsmediziner Prof. Dr. Markus Schmidt sprechen wir in dieser Folge darüber, wie werdende Mütter beraten werden müssen, um gemeinsam – partizipativ – eine Entscheidung zu treffen.

SPONSOR:Burn the PageLINKS:Pod Virginia | PatreonLearn more about Jackleg MediaMarkus Schmidt of Cardinal News joins the show to break down the interesting Republican Primary in Virginia's 5th Congressional District, as Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good is facing a challenge from John McGuire. Good might be vulnerable after initially endorsing Ron DeSantis for president last year, and now faces accusations of being insufficiently loyal to Trump. What's likely to come from this race, and do Democrats have a chance at taking the seat?

In der neuesten Podcast-Episode tauchen wir in die Welt der Notfallvorbereitung ein und enthüllen, wie die Kombination von VMware und AWS eine robuste und zuverlässige Lösung bietet. Unser Gast, Markus Schmidt von der interface systems GmbH, teilt wertvolle Einblicke und Erfahrungen aus erster Hand zu diesem Thema. Wir beleuchten auch die finanziellen Facetten dieser Lösung und präsentieren, wie Sie durch geschicktes Ressourcenmanagement nicht nur die Sicherheit erhöhen, sondern auch erhebliche Kostenersparnisse realisieren können. Für interessante Datacenter Workshops (Berlin & Dresden + Remote) zu diesem und anderen spannenden Themen am besten zum interface systems Newsletter anmelden: https://www.interface-systems.de/kontakt/anmeldung-newsletter Kommt gerne mit Feedback und Wünschen auf uns zu, am besten per Mail oder direkt über LinkedIn. Es wäre Echt cool, wenn Du uns folgst und bei Apple oder Spotify bewertest. Am liebsten natürlich mit fünf Sternen, denn dadurch pushst Du nicht nur unser Selbstvertrauen, sondern mit den Bewertungen geht unser Algorithmus ein wenig hoch. Dadurch werden wir in den Podcast Plattformen präsenter und von anderen Hörern leichter gefunden. Danke für Deine Unterstützung! Cover, Logo, Schrift und unsere Gesichter als Cartoon sind von dem überaus talentierten Christian (https://www.herrjakob.de/) Gebt uns gern Feedback / Wir freuen uns auch auf eure Fragen: linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/burn-4-it Team: team@burn-4-it.de JP: jp@burn-4-it.de Nico: nico@burn-4-it.de Daniel: daniel@burn-4-it.de Donations: https://ko-fi.com/burn4it

Markus Schmidt of Cardinal News joins the show to discuss a busy week for Southside Virginia. Delegate Matt Farris of Campbell County is facing two felony charges after a woman accused him of hit and run with his 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe on U.S. 501. Meanwhile, a judge says the commonwealth "fell short" of proving Delegate Marie March's misdemeanor assault allegations against Delegate Wren Williams. What do those stories mean for the upcoming primary elections and the future of Southwest VA?Learn more at http://linktr.ee/JacklegMediaSponsored by the Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance of Virginia

It's the eleventh day of the eleventh month, marking the time 104 years ago when Armistice ended the First World War One. Today we mark it as Veterans' Day and local government is closed. This is the first edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement after a brief break to get ready for all that is yet to come. Today, though, is a good day to look back and all of those who have done so much to get us to this point. On today's show:* A round-up of election results from the area * Albemarle County recognized veterans Day* Charlottesville City Council gets a report from Interim City Manager and discusses recent violence downtown and possible solutions Sign up to get all of the free newsletters and podcasts and considering paying to help support the work!First shout-out: Free jazz concerts coming up week of November 15In the first subscriber-supported shout-out, the Charlottesville Jazz Society wants you to know about an upcoming series of free concerts by Professor Bill Cole and the Untempered Ensemble. The Untempered Ensemble are artists in residence at the University of Virginia Department of Art and will give three free concerts the week of November 15th. The group includes members of Indigenous American (Wabanaki and Nipissing), Asian-American, and African-American descent. The musicians play a wide variety of wind, string and percussion instruments from six different continents offering audiences the opportunity to form a world view of sound.The shows:* Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 5:00 pm | Memorial to Enslaved Laborers, UVA Grounds | FREE* Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7:30 pm | The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center | FREE* Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 pm | The Dome Room of the Rotunda, UVA Grounds | FREEFor more information about Professor Bill Cole and the Untempered Ensemble, visit arts.virginia.edu. Election results across the planning districtThe results are now more or less in for Election 2022 in Virginia but let's go through some of the details. Republican Bob Good defeated Democrat Joshua Throneburg to win a second term representing Virginia's Fifth Congressional District. With 354 precincts of 378 reporting, the Virginia Department of Elections lists Good with 57.86 percent of the vote. He carried 21 of  the 24 localities in the Fifth District. Throneburg only won in Albemarle County, Charlottesville, and Danville. Nearly 87 percent of voters in Charlottesville cast a ballot for Throneburg, compared with 66.1 percent in Albemarle, and 53.2 percent in Danville. Just under a dozen Albemarle residents voted in the 7th District due to the small sliver. Fourteen people voted for Republican Yesli Vega and seven people voted for Democrat Abigail Spanberger. Overall, Spanberg was re-elected to a third term with around 52 percent of the vote. The only other election on the ballot in both Albemarle and Fluvanna was for Scottsville Town Council. Two candidates were on the ballot, and several people made a write-in bid. Final votes won't be counted on Monday but incumbents Meredith Hynes, Dan Gritsko, and Bill Hyson were all re-elected. Turning to Greene County, Vega won the county with 60.8 percent of the vote. Kimberly Breeden Tate won an uncontested race to be Commissioner of Revenue. Rebecca Roach won an uncontested race to be on the School Board representing the Stanardsville District. Michael A. Payne won an uncontested race to be Mayor of Stanardsville. Three people were on the ballot for four seats on the Stanardsville Town Council and all three made it as did a write-in. There was a contested School Board race in Louisa County, where Lloyd Runnett defeated David Harold Rogers in the Mineral District with 67.8 percent of the vote. R. Garland Nuckols remains the Mayor of the Town of Louisa in an uncontested race. In the Town of Mineral , Ed Jarvis leads Pamela Harlowe with 98 votes to 70 votes with slightly more votes to be counted. For information on Town Council races in Louisa County, visit the Virginia Department of Elections webpage. Albemarle Supervisors mark Veterans' DayToday is Veterans Day and nine days ago, the Albemarle Board of Supervisors passed a resolution honoring the occasion. Donna Price, Chair of the Board of Supervisors, read from a proclamation. “WHEREAS, the United States of America, founded on the principles of liberty and justice for all, has called on her men and women in uniform to protect our national security,” Price said.* The preservation of our national interests, our rights and our freedom, has been ensured by the service of these individuals* On Veterans Day we remember and pay tribute to the millions of patriots whose courage and sacrifice have secured our freedom and defended our values both at home and abroad* Over one hundred veterans continue to serve their country in public schools and government as teachers and other professionals providing services to the students and citizens of Albemarle County* These veterans employed by Albemarle County Public Schools and Local Government deserve recognition for their continued service.“NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors hereby recognizes all veterans and the men and women that are currently serving in our armed forces around the world; an BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors hereby appreciates and honors the continued contributions and sacrifices of the Armed Forces veterans employed by local government and public schools,” Price read. Price herself is a retired U.S. Navy Captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. Albemarle Police Lieutenant Elizabeth Gomez accepted the proclamation. She enlisted in the Army National Guard in September 1991 and served as a combat medic and ambulance driver, becoming a police officer in 2000. “We do what we do now based on our choices earlier on in life to serve and protect our community,” Gomez said.While local and state government may be closed today, information about resources is available on the internet. A good place to start is the Virginia Department of Veterans Services and the Central Region. Second shout-out: UVA Helps Ensure Climate Resilient Buildings, Landscapes, & CommunitiesIn today's second subscriber supported shout-out, UVA Lifetime Learning, Office of Engagement, has an event this Saturday morning for readers following climate action and resilience planning. At the UVA School of Architecture, faculty, staff, and students are leading innovative research on climate resilient buildings, landscapes, and communities — from the coastal landscapes of Virginia's Eastern Shore and the Chesapeake Bay region to community development in the Arctic; from renewable biomaterials for building construction to new planning methods for restorative urbanism. Join Dean Malo André Hutson this Saturday morning at 10 a.m. for an opportunity to learn more about this exciting work, the diverse methods of community-centered design research it employs, and the actionable ways it addresses the future health of our built environment. This takes place at Alumni Hall as part of the More than the Score program or watch online! Register on Eventbrite for Designing for Climate ResilienceCharlottesville Council discusses gun violence; many governance details in written report The Charlottesville City Council had a full meeting on Monday, and one I'm finally able to get to after taking a couple of days off from a deadline. We start the coverage with the consent agenda, which included an extension of the contract for the Robert Bobb Group for the services of Interim City Manager Michael C. Rogers. According to a staff report, that will give enough time for a new police chief to be hired as well as for Council to adopt a strategic plan. Then there's also the matter of the budget. No one spoke during the opportunity to comment about the contract extension. Next, there was a review of the written city manager report followed by comments about recent shootings in the area. Let's go through the report first: (read the report) * Rogers said a new executive director for the Police Civilian Oversight Board will be hired as soon as possible. The Board's operating procedures will be reviewed by Council at their meeting on December 5. * New procurement rules adopted by Council in October will make it possible to use private dollars to help pay for energy savings projects in large capital projects. (story on InfoCville)* New employee Ben Chambers is now the transportation planner for the Department of Neighborhood Development Services. The position is intended to help address a backlog of stalled projects. Council was briefed on a “reboot” for transportation planning this past May. (story on InfoCville)* More people are seeking out the services of the Office of Human Rights with 2022 volumes higher than all of 2021. We'll hear more about a proposal to hire two more staff for the office in a future installment of the program. * The average review time for a building permit is now below is now down below 40 days according to a chart provided in the report. That's because the city sought help from the University of Virginia with a backlog and hiring two people to serve as both a new building code official and a support services manager. The new goal is to bring reviews down to 14 days, which the report states will take hiring more personnel. In City Manager Rogers addressed the recent shootings on the Downtown Mall. “A week or so ago there was a violent incident on the mall at one of our establishments that resulted in the death of someone and two bystanders being hit by stray bullets,” Rogers said. Rogers convened a meeting with Friends of Downtown Cville to discuss the incident and steps to improve security.  “When there is violence in the community in a concentrated period, naturally people are going to be upset and people are going to fear being in the location where those things are occurring,” Rogers said. “By and large when you consider the statistics in our community, it's still safe.”  Interim Police Chief Latroy Durrette offered some statistics about responses to calls for services related to gunfire. (view the data)There were 185 such calls in 2017 and 181 calls in 2018. “A slight decrease in 2019 with 172,” Durrette said. “In 2020, we started to see an increase of 298 and a greater increase in 2021 with 322.As of October 23, there have been 211 calls for service for shots fired. Durrette said shots fired incidents are not common on the mall and he showed maps showing where they are focused. For this year, that's the Tenth and Page neighborhood as well as the Orangedale-Prospect area according to one of the images. He said he has increased patrols on the Downtown Mall. City Councilor Brian Pinkston said he was more concerned about reducing gun use in the parts where it is concentrated. “Whenever I talk to folks, people remind me that this is complicated, the causes and how we try to effect change is complicated too because there are unintended consequences,” Pinkston said. Vice Mayor Juandiego Wade was at that Friends of the Downtown Cville event which was attended by a wide variety of stakeholders.“People came together from all sides of the community to talk about a very serious issue and I think we had some really good discussions,” Wade said. “Some of those discussions included de-escalation. I think that there was some understanding that when police arrive at these scenes, a lot is going and they want to preserve the scene. Part of it is that we wanted to talk about de-escalation,”Rogers said the city has been speaking with law enforcement at the University of Virginia about sharing information and resources. “We'll be following up on that and I think that there's opportunity for the city, the county, and the University law enforcement to join forces and approach this as a truly regional issue,” Rogers said. During matters from the public, several people addressed the issue including Emily Morrison of the Front Porch, a music training entity with space on 3rd Street SE.“My staff would  benefit from de-escalation trainings in the event of a conflict near our building so that we can know what to do in the event of an emergency,” Morrison said. More from this City Council meeting in future installments of the show. Articles you may have missed from other outlets:* Charlottesville and Albemarle County get bluer, Alice Berry, Daily Progress, November 9, 2022* Youngkin to propose new agency for workforce development, Markus Schmidt, Cardinal News, November 10, 2022* Maybe it's not just ‘the economy, stupid': winners and losers from the 2022 midterms, Bob Lewis, Virginia Mercury, November 11, 2022 (commentary)An inventory of end notes for #458We begin the end with a humbling confession. I got the beginning of the November 8 newsletter wrong by writing without actively engaging my brain. Election Day is the first Tuesday of the month unless it's the first day of the month, or something like that. I won't correct this error but will lead people to this blurb. These blurbs come at the end of a lot of writing. Is it possible I made this error just to bring new readers to this point? Possibly. The point of this section is to thank subscribers and point out that Charlottesville Community Engagement is a service of Town Crier Productions, a company formed to write as much as possible. Sometimes that does mean taking a quick break which I did Wednesday and Thursday. If you want to know when the next edition may come out, do consider joining the Chat function in Substack. It's still a work in progress, but I'm exploring non-Twitter alternatives. All of this work is paid for by many of you readers and listeners via Substack, in addition to the various individuals and entities who pay me through Patreon. More details on that later, as you don't need to read that every time. But, I do want you to know I appreciate the one in four who pays to keep my attention focused on a wide variety of things. You support my beat reporting which allows me to see patterns and incongruities. Ting match Substack subscriptions, though. I have to mention that! And even if you don't sign up for a paid subscription to this newsletter, Ting wants your business, and if you sign up through a link in the newsletter you will get free installation, a $75 gift card to the Downtown Mall, and a second month for free. Just enter the promo code COMMUNITY. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

This week, cohosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman discuss the recent unveiling of the Tesla Optimus bipedal robot at the Tesla AI Days 2022 event. We also learn about the latest in warehouse and logistics automation in an interview with Swisslog USA President, Markus Schmidt.

Markus Schmidt of Cardinal News joins the show to discuss the contentious Republican primary for Virginia's 47th District--where redistricting has pitted incumbent delegates Marie March and Wren Williams against one another. The latest development: this weekend, March filed a criminal complaint alleging that Williams shoved her at a GOP event. Schmidt walks us through the security camera footage and political implications. Cardinal News on the story: https://cardinalnews.org/2022/09/26/surveillance-video-of-march-williams-incident-doesnt-show-confrontation/Learn more at http://linktr.ee/JacklegMediaSponsored by the Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance of Virginia

On this episode, we visit with Kent Mann and Markus Schmidt in Lodi, California about the supply chain side of the wine business. SCMR's Editorial Director...

On this episode, we visit with Kent Mann and Markus Schmidt in Lodi, California about the supply chain side of the wine business. SCMR's Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Die Schiedsrichter:innen auf dem Fußballplatz brauchen ein dickes Fell. Egal ob Spieler:innen, Trainer:innen oder die Fans - irgendjemand ist immer unzufrieden und äußert Unmut. Mit Felix Zwayer und Christian Gittelmann sind in diesem Jahr bereits zwei Schiedsrichter in der Bundesliga massiv angegangen und angegriffen worden. Wie sehen das andere Schiedsrichter:innen und was haben sie erlebt? Markus Schmidt ist 48 Jahre alt und ehemaliger Schiedsrichter der Fußball-Bundesliga, der aktuell als Video-Schiedsrichter aktiv ist. Marco Blösch hingegen ist 24 Jahre alt und pfeift in der Landesliga in Bayern. Mit Ihnen habe ich über ihre Motivation, ihre Erlebnisse und den Druck gesprochen. Sportpsychologe Dr. Christian Heiss gibt zusätzlich noch einen Einblick in die Welt der Sportpsychologie. Redaktion & Moderation: Constantin Klemm Produktion: Finn Widmann Konzept: Antonia Engelhardt & Thomas Jensen ----------- **Die Sportgondel** ist ein M94.5-Podcast. © [M94.5 - ein Angebot der MEDIASCHOOL BAYERN.](https://www.m945.de/) Lust auf mehr junge & frische Formate?

Wir haben Markus Schmidt von interface systems bei uns zu Gast! Markus hat über 15 Jahre Erfahrung darin als Speaker, Moderator und Organisator Workshops auszurichten. Wir sprechen darüber erfolgreiche Workshops zu planen und durchzuführen. Viel Spaß beim reinhören! Hier der Link zum nächsten VMware Workshop am 27.04.2022 vor Ort in Dresden oder per Zoom und am 28.04.2022 in Berlin, für alle die Markus in Aktion erleben wollen: https://www.interface-systems.de/news/n-vmware-workshop-27-04-und-28-04-2022-742112247 Es wäre Echt cool, wenn Du uns folgst und bei Apple oder Spotify bewertest. Am liebsten natürlich mit fünf Sternen, denn dadurch pushst Du nicht nur unser Selbstvertrauen, sondern mit den Bewertungen geht unser Algorithmus ein wenig hoch. Dadurch werden wir in den Podcast Plattformen präsenter und von anderen Hörern leichter gefunden. Danke für Deine Unterstützung! Cover, Logo, Schrift und unsere Gesichter als Cartoon sind von der Lieben Amina (https://aminaabukarim.artstation.com/)

Übertr: Kloster Maria Schutz, Schottwien (Bistum Wien),

„Jede Anstrengung, die ich unternehme, um mich zu entwickeln, bringt auch einen Gewinn für die Beziehung“ ist die Erfahrung von Markus Schmidt, Autor des Buches „Wachstum ist kein Zufall“. Ira hat ihn gefragt, welche Auswirkungen die eigene Persönlichkeitsentwicklung auf die Beziehung hat. Markus Schmidt: https://www.wachstumskatalysator.de/ https://www.instagram.com/meisterwerq/?hl=de https://familylife.de/five/  

Mein heutiger Gast ist Markus Schmidt von der Kapelle Petra. Markus hat mit 24 angefangen Schlagzeug zu spielen, extra für die Kapelle. Wir reden darüber, wie es dazu kam und wie es die Band geschafft hat, vom YouTube-Klamauk-Phänomen zu einer ernsthafteren, ernstzunehmenden Band zu werden. Viel Spaß! Markus's Lieder für die BummZack Spotify Playlist: Kapelle Petra - Eisenbahnromantiker Faith No More - Gentle Art of Making Enemies

The subject of today's podcast is Digital Transformation, one of the hottest, if not the hottest topics in today's corporate world and to address it,and understand the various conceptual and practical implications of Digital Transformation,  I've chosen to speak with the co-author of a very detailed and well structured book titled “ The Digital Transformer's Dilemma. How to energize your core business, while building disruptive products and services.”With my guest Markus Schmidt, I will try to understand how companies can plan and execute strategies to reinforce their core business in the digital age, what Markus calls the S Curve one, and contextually give life to brand new products, services, and perhaps business models, what Markus refers to as the S Curve two, to ensure survival and relevance of their business in the future.We'll talk about technology, philosophy, leadership, people and communication, in a conversation which aims at giving you the information you need to transform your business digitally, while leveraging its precious legacy.

Ein Podcast der FeG Gemeindegründung rund um Menschen, die schon mal was mit Jesu Hilfe bewegen durften und inspirierende Geschichten erzählen können.

In this episode, Markus Schmidt explains how seeding in read alignment works. We define and compare k-mers, minimizers, MEMs, SMEMs, and maximal spanning seeds. Markus also presents his recent work on computing variable-sized seeds (MEMs, SMEMs, and maximal spanning seeds) from fixed-sized seeds (k-mers and minimizers) and his Modular Aligner. Links: A performant bridge between fixed-size and variable-size seeding (Arne Kutzner, Pok-Son Kim, Markus Schmidt) MA the Modular Aligner Calibrating Seed-Based Heuristics to Map Short Reads With Sesame (Guillaume J. Filion, Ruggero Cortini, Eduard Zorita) — another interesting recent work on seeding methods (though we didn’t get to discuss it in this episode)

In dieser Episode sprechen wir mit Markus Schmidt, ehemaliger Bosch-Vorstand und jetzt selbstständiger Berater, CEO und Founder von QSID Digital Advisory über seine Veröffentlichung „The Digital Transformer's Dilemma“. Wir sprechen mit ihm darüber, wie man den großen Herausforderungen der digitalen Transformation mit strategischen und praktischen Handgriffen begegnet und erfahren, wie es gelingt, Digitalisierung auch in gewachsenen Strukturen und Organisationen mit langer Tradition einzubringen. Markus Schmidt erklärt, wie man Kerngeschäfte digitalisiert und diese gleichzeitig mit innovativen und disruptiven Ansätzen der Startup-Welt kombiniert. Wir beantworten die Frage, warum man Spannungsfelder zulassen sollte und was man eigentlich tun muss, damit dort, wo „Digitalisierung“ draufsteht, auch Digitalisierung drin ist. Das Buch „The Digital Transformer's Dilemma“: https://www.thedigitaltransformersdilemma.com

Hi liebe BJJ und Grappling community,es wird wieder Zeit für die nächste Podcast-Folge. In dieser Episode haben wir den black belt Markus Schmidt von der Fight Zone aus Berlin zu Gast. Er ist Mitgründer der Fight Zone Berlin, Vollzeittrainer, Referee, Wettkämpfer und erzählt in dieser Folge, wie er zu der Sportart Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gekommen ist. Homepage: https://www.fightzone-berlin.de/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markus.schmidt.779642 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markusschmidtbjj/?hl=de Wenn ihr uns unterstützen möchtet, schaut doch mal bei uns vorbei: Homepage: https://www.greengrapplerjiujitsu.de/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Green-Grappler-Jiu-Jitsu-966931510026018/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greengrappler/?hl=de Music: http://www.davidcuttermusic.com / @dcuttermusic

Im Gespräch mit Dr. Markus Schmidt über Impfstoffe, deren Entwicklung und Sicherheit sowie Möglichkeiten, der Bevölkerung das Thema näher zu bringen. Details zur Episode

Eine Predigt von Markus Schmidt

Markus Schmidt on The Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council and Its Interaction with other Human Rights Procedures

Markus Schmidt on Explaining the Human Rights Treaty-Based Complaints Procedures at the United Nations Level

Eine Predigt von Markus Schmidt

Hochschulen und Politik stehen - so Markus Schmidt aus dem Team von e-teaching.org - in der Verantwortung, geeignete Rahmenbedingungen für den Einsatz digitaler Medien in der Lehre zu schaffen. Doch auch unter optimalen Bedingungen wird Lernen nicht per se einfacher. Weil Lernmaterialien zunehmend auch außerhalb der eigenen Hochschule online gesucht werden, muss außerdem die Kompetenz zur Bewertung von Informationen in Zukunft stärker in den Fokus gerückt werden.

Bio-Fiction is an art-science and film festival that explores the social, cultural and environmental ramifications of synthetic biology. Markus Schmidt, its founder, and Georg Tremmel, a Tokyo-based artist from Austria, are moving it for the first time in Japan. This edition follows a previous workshop (organized and produced by the Bioartsociety) that focused on the topic of exo/xenobiology. http://bio-fiction.com/2014/#home http://bioartsociety.fi/making_life/

In jeder Episode spricht Gastgeber Jöran Muuß-Merholz mit Gesprächspartnern aus Wissenschaft, Praxis und Zivilgesellschaft über Themenfelder, aktuelle Fragen und Projekte rund um frei lizenzierte Lehr-Lern-Materialien. In dier Folge spricht er mit Claudia Bremer von studiumdigitale und Markus Schmidt von e-teaching.org zur Rolle von E-Learning an Hochschulen.

Im Interview spricht Wirtschaftsjournalist Constantin Gillies mit Markus Schmidt über das Präsentationsprogramm Prezi, welches sich inzwischen als Alternative zu PowerPoint etabliert hat. Was sind die Vor- und Nachteile des online-basierten Dienstes, welche Möglichkeiten bietet er, wie und wo sollte er eingesetzt werden?

Markus Schmidt und Joachim Wedekind aus dem e-teaching.org-Redaktionsteam zeigten die Durchführung eines Online-Events mit dem webbasierten Online-Kommunikations-Tool Adobe Connect aus Sicht der Veranstalter und Referenten und gaben Hinweise, was neben der eigentlichen Ausrichtung des Events alles zu beachten ist.

Markus Schmidt vom Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien gab einige Einblicke in die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten von Prezi. Dabei wurden Anwendungsszenarien diskutiert und der Frage nachgegangen, wo der Einsatz des Tools sinnvoll erscheint.

Jesus und Nikodemus Joh. 3,1-21 (Himmelfahrt)