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With the increase of misinformation online, the Together Against Disinformation campaign is on a mission to connect with everyday people. Montreal drag queen Barbada will be hosting a panel to discuss misinformation. They spoke to Andrew Carter about it.

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In school to become a dietitian, I was struggling massively in my relationship with food.   Weekly binge episodes that felt like an addict getting their fix - lying, stealing and hiding so I could eat, then crying and feeling depressed for days after.   Intense anxiety in any situation that was off my “usual routine” with food - holidays, parties, restaurant meals.   I distinctly remember one day, sitting in lecture and learning about eating disorders.   The words “Anorexia Nervosa” plastered across the big projector in front of class.   Pictured was an emaciated woman standing in front of a mirror that reflected a larger bodied lady back at her.   I resonated with all the big 3 eating disorders, but not fully.   I had the extreme fear of weight gain of anorexia, but I was never clinically under weight.   I had at times fasted, exercised more, or used laxatives after a binge - but not frequently enough to be classified as bulimic.   I struggled with the binge eating episodes described in binge eating disorder - but I DID compensate sometimes after a binge.   “So”, I reasoned, “I don't have any eating disorder. It must really just be a will power issue then.”   And I went back on my not-so-merry way, reading articles from my favorite fitpros every night with advice on how to stick to your plan with food to reach your physique goals.   If you can relate, I want you to know these 3 things:   ➡️ Relationship with food is a spectrum from normal, healthy eating to a full blown eating disorder.   ➡️ “Disordered eating” has serious mental and physical health consequences and requires specific solutions to heal from (hint: not general advice from fit pros or wellness influencers).   ➡️ The vast majority of disordered eating involves food restriction, and you can be unhealthily restricting food while still being at a “healthy weight”.   The sooner you take your issues seriously, the sooner you can be free from them.   This episode of The Binge Eating Dietitian Podcast unpacks eating disorders vs disordered eating and gives you resources for healing!   Learn more about my group program + book a free discovery call: bit.ly/normaleater   Contact me: DM me on Instagram @elenakunickird      Email me at elena@elenakunicki.com   Eating Disorder Helplines:   Australia  The Butterfly Foundation: Phone: 1800 334 673 | Email: support@thebutterflyfoundation.org.au InsideOut Institute: Phone: (02) 8627 5690 | Email: admin@insideoutinstitute.org.au   Eating Disorders Victoria: Phone: 1300 550 236 | Email: hub@eatingdisorders.org.au  Eating Disorders Queensland: Phone: (07) 3844 6055  Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders: Phone (AU): +61 491 134 289 | Phone (NZ): +64 9 887 0552 | Email: anzaed@anzaed.org.au  New Zealand Canopy Eating Disorder Support Services: Email: info@canopyeds.co.nz  EDANZ: Phone: 0800 233 269 | Email: info@ed.org.nz  United States National Eating Disorders Association: Phone: 1-800-931-2237 | Email: info@nationaleatingdisorders.org  National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders: Phone: 1-888-375-7767 | Email: hello@anad.org  The Alliance for Eating Disorders: Phone: 1-866-662-1235 Canada Body Brave: Phone: 1-905-312-9628 | Email: info@bodybrave.ca  National Eating Disorder Information Centre: Phone: 1800 866 NEDIC 20 (1-866-633-4220) | Email: nedic@uhn.ca  National Initiative for Eating Disorders: Email: info@nied.ca  United Kingdom BEAT Eating Disorders: Phone: +44 (0)808 801 0677 | Email: help@beateatingdisorders.org.uk Ireland Bodywhys: The Eating Disorders Association of Ireland: Phone: 01 – 2107906 | Email: info@bodywhys.ie Denmark LMS: The National Association against Eating Disorders and Self-Harm: Phone: 7010 1818 | SMS 7710 1818 | Email: info@lmsos.dk Norway Norwegian Society for Eating Disorders: Email: therese.f.mathisen@hiof.no The Eating Disorders Association: Phone: 22 94 00 10 | Email: post@spisfo.no  Middle East Middle East Eating Disorders Association: Email: info@meeda.me  South Africa Eating Disorders South Africa: Phone: (+27) 073 593 2722 | Email: info@edsa.co.za Project HEAL: https://www.theprojectheal.org/what-program-is-right-for-you Citations: Types of Eating Disorders: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorder-resources/find-resources/show/issue-13-dsm-5-overview-of-changes Eating Disorder Statistics: https://anad.org/eating-disorder-statistic/ DSM 5 binge eating disorder: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK338301/table/introduction.t1/ DSM 5 anorexia nervosa: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519712/table/ch3.t15/ DSM 5 bulimia nervosa: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519712/table/ch3.t16/  

As part of our series on the 2024 NICE Conference, we turn our focus to the Business Roundtable. This year's conference theme “Strengthening Ecosystems: Aligning Stakeholders to Bridge the Cybersecurity Workforce Gap” highlights the collective effort to strengthen the cybersecurity landscape. By joining forces with key partners, we can foster a more robust cybersecurity ecosystem to bridge the workforce gap. Business Roundtable is an association of chief executive officers of America's leading companies working to promote a thriving U.S. economy and expanded opportunity for all Americans through sound public policy. The Business Roundtable launched its Cybersecurity Workforce Corporate Initiative in December of 2022. In coordination with its members and inputs from experts at Department of Commerce's National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), it recently released a Cybersecurity Workforce Playbook to help employers create entry points to cybersecurity careers and strengthen cybersecurity talent pipelines across various industries and sectors. Simone Petrella, N2K President, speaks with Erin White, Business Roundtable's Senior Director, Corporate Initiatives, about the Cybersecurity Workforce Corporate Initiative, the recently released Cybersecurity Workforce Playbook, key takeaways for the private sector, and how the Business Roundtable and NICE are working together to support these initiatives. Find out more about the The Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) (NIST Special Publication 800-181, revision 1). Stay tuned for our coverage of the 2024 NICE Conference.

In this episode: Jon's chosen paper discusses the quality of blogs and podcasts used by residents - now that text books are in the process of becoming extinct. Length: 23:47 min.  Authors: Lin M, Joshi N, Grock A, Swaminathan A, Morley EJ, Branzetti J, Taira T, Ankel F, Yarris LM.  Publication details: Approved Instructional Resources Series: A National Initiative to Identify Quality Emergency Medicine Blog and Podcast Content for Resident Education. J Grad Med Educ. 2016 May;8(2):219-25. PubMed Link

The Talk of Fame Podcast got to chat with Joshua Bell!! Joshua is a community leader and mental health advocate from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada currently attending McMaster University for Political Science with a specialization in judicial studies and public law. Always being an active member within his community, Joshua is passionate about mental health and the well-being of others and has worked to help not only raise awareness but also push for changes to improve the mental health of everyone - including with a main focus on suicide prevention. Joshua currently sits on the National Youth Advisory Council of the Mood Disorders Society of Canada, the National Initiative for Eating Disorders, as well as is a member of Frayme as a Groundbreaker for mental health, in addition to much more. FOLLOW ME:  INSTAGRAM:  Officialkyliemontigney  Talkoffamepod  Facebook:  Officialkyliemontigney  Talkoffame  Twitter:  Kyliemontigney4  ABOUT ME:  Hi, I am Kylie! I love sports, spending time with my family, traveling, and meeting people that inspire me. I love listening to other people's stories and sharing their journeys.

Today we're continuing the four-part series highlighting the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. This episode focuses on the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies, commonly referred to as NICCS. Antonio Scurlock is the Deputy Chief Learning Officer and oversees the online platform. Visit NICCS: https://niccs.cisa.gov/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The SHIELD Training Initiative is focused on helping police respond to the national overdose crisis. In August, instructors brought their evidence-based approach to Nevada.

Dr. Bodie Pennisi is an Extension Horticulture Specialist at the University of Georgia. She has statewide responsibilities for the Georgia landscape industry and conducts applied research with emphasis on sustainable outdoor and indoor landscapes which includes plant, water, nutrient, and soil interactions. Dr. Pennisi also teaches online university level courses titled: Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants; along with a Plant Physiology course.She also teaches Master Gardener training classes on landscape installation and maintenance, WaterSmart landscapes, interiorscapes, herbaceous and woody ornamental plant selection, plant propagation and plant physiology.Dr. Pennisi serves as educational advisor to the Georgia Green Industry Association (GGIA), the Urban Agriculture Council (UAC), and the national organization Green Plants for Green Buildings (GPGB). She serves on the environmental committee of the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH). Dr. Pennisi is a Co-Editor-in-Chief of Scientia Horticulturae.This is an encore and remix of episode 006.

Sean chats with one of the newest members of the SHAPE America team, Kaitlyn Gaddis-Thompson! They discuss her career, about her role as SHAPE America Project Director for the National Initiative to Advance Health Equity in Schools, #SHAPEseattle & more! Catch Kaitlyn at the following sessions in Seattle:Coffee Talk: Gaining Support From School Administrators (Wednesday & Friday): https://shapeamerica.confex.com/shapeamerica/2023/meetingapp.cgi/Session/6947 & https://shapeamerica.confex.com/shapeamerica/2023/meetingapp.cgi/Session/7035Coffee Talk: Enhancing Community-Based Support for District Wellness Committees (Thursday): https://shapeamerica.confex.com/shapeamerica/2023/meetingapp.cgi/Session/6946

February 16, 2023 Everything Co-op continues its commemoration of Black History Month with an interview of Pastor Keith Davis, President and CEO of the Camden Dream Center's Technology Training School in Camden, New Jersey and Julian D. Miller, Esq., founding Executive Director of the Reuben V. Anderson Center for Justice, at Tougaloo College in Mississippi. Vernon and his guests will discuss Black Food Sovereignty. Reverend Keith Davis is a pastor and community leader, technologist, and thought leader in technology and workforce development. He is President and CEO of the Camden Dream Center's Technology Training School, and co-chair of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Educations (NICE) working group to promote career discovery and multiple pathways to high-paying cybersecurity jobs. Julian D. Miller, Esq., is the founding Executive Director of the Reuben V. Anderson Center for Justice and the co-founding Director of the Reuben V. Anderson Institute for Social Justice at Tougaloo College in Mississippi, where he also serves as an assistant professor of political science. He is a lawyer and community activist who is committed to economic, social, and racial justice through grassroots-led efforts to shift policy in a direction that uplifts all poor and working people. The 2023 theme for Black History month is Black Resistance. The theme explores how “African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial profiling, and police killings.” As societal and political forces escalate to limit access to and exercise of the ballot, eliminate the teaching of Black history, and work to push our country back into the 1890s, we can only rely on our capacity to resist.

Securing and protecting your organization also takes a village to make happen, so cybersecurity awareness and training become very important; there's so much technology can do to protect against phishing and its infinite variations, including the most efficient one, the Business Email Compromise (BEC); the FBI calls it “one of the most financially damaging online crimes.”The NIST Framework addresses awareness and training in its Protect function under the category PR.AT, and it is also one of the top goals of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). However, cybersecurity awareness has been a challenge for every organization because training individuals with several different skill levels and interest is complex.The diffusion of innovation principle tells us that the adoption rate of an innovation or idea is compatible with the values, beliefs, and past experiences of individuals in the social system. So, are you connecting to your audience? Here is what the diffusion of innovation principle tells us as well; On the bell curve, all population sits in the standard deviation; you will always have high, low, and average performers. The first 2.5% will be innovators, the big idea people; the next 12 to 13% will be the early adopters; these individuals will be excited with a new idea, process, or product that aligns with their own values and beliefs; the next approximately 68% are the early majority, late majority, which is your average individuals, with the last about 16% being the lagging performers, these individuals will adopt the idea or process because they don't have a choice. You need to gain the majority's attention to achieve cybersecurity training penetration. To do that, you need to aim for your innovators and early adopters because most will not try something new if someone else hasn't tried it. You need to understand your audience.========*** FREE GUIDE ***https://www.execcybered.com/asset-managementBlog: https://www.execcybered.com/blogTraining: https://www.execcybered.com/iso27001foundationcourseLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/exceccybered/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBillSouzaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbillsouza/Youtube: https://bit.ly/3BGOtPAThanks.Dr. Bill SouzaCEO | Founderwww.execcybered.com

Securing and protecting your organization also takes a village to make happen, so cybersecurity awareness and training become very important; there's so much technology can do to protect against phishing and its infinite variations, including the most efficient one, the Business Email Compromise (BEC); the FBI calls it “one of the most financially damaging online crimes.”The NIST Framework addresses awareness and training in its Protect function under the category PR.AT, and it is also one of the top goals of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). However, cybersecurity awareness has been a challenge for every organization because training individuals with several different skill levels and interest is complex.The diffusion of innovation principle tells us that the adoption rate of an innovation or idea is compatible with the values, beliefs, and past experiences of individuals in the social system. So, are you connecting to your audience? Here is what the diffusion of innovation principle tells us as well; On the bell curve, all population sits in the standard deviation; you will always have high, low, and average performers. The first 2.5% will be innovators, the big idea people; the next 12 to 13% will be the early adopters; these individuals will be excited with a new idea, process, or product that aligns with their own values and beliefs; the next approximately 68% are the early majority, late majority, which is your average individuals, with the last about 16% being the lagging performers, these individuals will adopt the idea or process because they don't have a choice.  You need to gain the majority's attention to achieve cybersecurity training penetration. To do that, you need to aim for your innovators and early adopters because most will not try something new if someone else hasn't tried it. You need to understand your audience.========*** FREE GUIDE ***https://www.execcybered.com/asset-managementBlog: https://www.execcybered.com/blogTraining: https://www.execcybered.com/iso27001foundationcourseLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/exceccybered/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBillSouzaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbillsouza/Youtube: https://bit.ly/3BGOtPAThanks.Dr. Bill SouzaCEO | Founderwww.execcybered.com

In this week's podcast, Kerry Allen welcomes a new member to the NACCHO Government Affairs team, Lauren Mastroberardino. Kerry and Lauren provide an update on mid-term election outcomes and implications for the upcoming year, which will see divided government in Washington. Congress is back for a lame-duck session, and Kerry and Lauren cover ongoing Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations considerations. They also discuss NACCHO's advocacy to pass the Public Health Loan Repayment Program in end-of-year legislation, including how members can take action to urge their members of Congress to support the program. They celebrate the CDC's recent announcement of over $3 billion in first-of-its-kind funding directly to local, state, and territorial jurisdictions to support public health workforce and infrastructure. Finally, the team encourages listeners to save the date for NACCHO's Virtual Hill Week, which will be held March 6-10.    Later in the program, Hassanatu Blake, NACCHO's Director of Health Equity and Social Justice, speaks with Dr. Simbo Ige, Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of Health Equity and Capacity Building at the New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene about the continued need to push health equity in practice despite the wind down of federal funding for COVID programming. As our country continues to reflect on the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hassanatu and Dr. Ige discuss how local health departments are rethinking how health inequities are addressed in public health practice.  They also talk about the $2.25 billion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities Among Populations at High-Risk and Underserved, Including Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations and Rural Communities monumental grant and how it has supported New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's systematic approaches to addressing health inequities. Lastly, Dr. Ige shares with listeners crucial information to follow and support New York City Department of Health's equity work.  

ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman speaks with Colonel Angelo “Tony” Riddick, Chief Information Officer for the New York State Office of Information Technology Services and Director of the Office for Technology, about the important role of state CIOS and the need to diversify the tech workforce through programs such as the ITI and Morehouse College's National Initiative to Increase Diversity in Technology.

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The launch of the National Initiative to Advance Building Codes and implementation of the FEMA Building Codes Strategy have created an opportunity to discuss building codes and their importance for creating a more resilient nation. In this episode, we will discuss “resilience” through the lens of building codes and the potential impact of the National Initiative and the FEMA Building Codes Strategy.

How do building codes affect disaster safety and resilience? Can we affordably build structures that withstand the test of time? Everyone deserves a safe place to live, so how do building codes help achieve that goal? In this episode, Leslie Chapman-Henderson, President and CEO, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH), and John Ingargiola, Lead Physical Scientist at Founding and Legacy Partner FEMA, tackle these questions and more. Topics Include: ● John's educational and professional background (00:52) ● Building Science Guidance: Stronger codes and standards (10:11) ● Five Reasons: Why building codes are important: (10:53) ● How can stakeholders get consumers to support building codes? (13:17) ● Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT) Program (20:22) ● The Recipe Book: Consensus standards inform key design considerations (22:50) ● Innovation: How can we expedite building code improvements? (24:03) ● FEMA's Building Codes Strategy (32:18) Editors Note: This podcast was recorded prior to the landmark National Initiative to Advance Building Codes announcement. Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) Leslie Chapman-Henderson Email: info@flash.org Toll-free: (877) 221-SAFE (7233)

SHAPE America – Society of Health and Physical Educators has received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Healthy Schools Branch for the National Initiative to Advance Health Equity in K-12 Education. SHAPE America CEO Stephanie Morris chats with Health Resource in Action's (HRiA) Dr. Brittany Chen, Vice President of Health Equity, about working on this exciting project together to support school administrator capacity-building to advance health equity and promote healthy schools.More info: https://www.shapeamerica.org/pressroom/2022/shape-america-awarded-funding-for-national-initiative-to-advance-health-equity-in-k-12

On today's episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, the National Initiative on Cybersecurity Education has a list of 52 different defined cybersecurity roles. Richard Spires, principal at Richard A. Spires Consulting and former chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security, discusses how this organized approach can help address the federal cybersecurity skills shortage. Ed DeSeve, coordinator of the Agile Government Center at the National Academy of Public Administration and former deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget, discusses what data is and should be available to government in order to define success and cost savings during the shift to telework and remote work. Dave Peters, associate chief information officer, Digital Infrastructure Services Center, Department of Agriculture, discusses how his organization is using the cloud to drive innovation. This interview is part of FedScoop's “Cloud-Driven Innovation in Federal Government” video campaign, underwritten by AWS. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every weekday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

Si chiama Homomorphic Encriprion, cifratura omomorfa, ed è un tecnica di cifratura estrema che permette, in buona sostanza, di elaborare, analizzare, manipolare dati cifrati senza mai decifrarli.Per esempio immaginate di voler sapere, in un database crittato che contiene i dati sanitari di un milione di persone, quante di queste soffrono di diabete. Con la cifratura omomorfa potreste interrogare il database e ottenere una risposta senza che mai, in alcun momento della procedura, i dati sanitari dei pazienti vengano decifrati.Solo da pochi anni si è scoperto come implementare questo tipo di crittografia e gli algoritmi omomorfici, per il momento, sono ancora molto lenti, ma la comunità dei matematici è al lavoro per accelerarli. Ospite Massimiliano Sala, Professore di Algebra e Direttore del Laboratorio di Crittografia dell'università di Trento; Direttore della National Initiative in Cryptography

Some say that nobody wants war, and yet here we are. They are different because technology has changed, but they still suck. Is there a clear distinction between cyber and kinetic warfare? Does it even matter? What can we learn about it from this war in Ukraine?Despite the distinction between different kinds of war for headlines and panel conversation, war is war. Under that horrible word, you can line up as many strategies, tools, and methodologies as you like, but once something is used as a weapon against others, it all sounds like war. In today's conversation with Grant Gibson, we discuss what is happening in Ukraine and how what we are observing is unique, either in the techniques used or in how those are used. An underground cyberwar is going on, which is part of a larger war. Tinder reveals troop locations; amateur drones are taking part in the action discovering and helping to destroy vehicles on convoys, civilian hackers take up arms, and Microsoft and other tech companies play support roles. All the while, leaders try to strategize cyber protocols in wartime theaters.This will be a moment that defines cyber warfare — well, warfare.Spoiler alert, you can call war what you want; it is still something that shouldn't exist — in any form.____________________________GuestGrant GibsonCISO | News Contributor | CIBR Ready CyberSecurity Evangelist Working Group Member at National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) [@NISTcyber]On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantgibson1/On Twitter | https://twitter.com/gibsongrantm____________________________Resources ____________________________This Episode's SponsorsBugcrowd

In this episode of Cyber Security Inside, Camille and Tom chat with ​​Abhilasha Bhargav-Spantzel, Partner Security Architect, about introducing cybersecurity to kids as well as making it more accessible to all. The conversation covers: -  Different ways to get kids interested in cybersecurity from an early age, including competitions and education opportunities. -  How cybersecurity is a very holistic field that takes knowledge and skills from many disciplines. -  How perspectives on technology and cybersecurity have changed throughout the generations. -  How organizations are working to increase diversity across gender, race, socioeconomics, and disabilities. ...and more. Don't miss it!   Here are the links for cybersecurity opportunities that were talked about in the episode: National Cyber League: https://nationalcyberleague.org/ Norcal Cyber: Mayors Cup (norcalcyber.org) Cyber Patriot: AFA CyberPatriot Website (uscyberpatriot.org) National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) | NIST   The views and opinions expressed are those of the guests and author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Intel Corporation. Here are some key takeaways:   -  With how important cyber security work is, and how much it is growing, how do we get the people to do the jobs? And how does someone get into the industry? How do we introduce younger kids to the topic? -  Abhilasha loved math as a kid, and had some great opportunities to connect those to technology and security early on.  -  Cybersecurity combines many areas and topics. It is math and technology and computing, but it is also psychology and knowing how people might be manipulated. It's a combination of many fields, all in one. -  Thinking holistically is an important part of bringing in kids and helping them learn cybersecurity. They already have curiosity and ingenuity and energy. It is about sparking their interest to learn some of the technical pieces.  -  One way to get kids interested is to gamify the learning. Hold competitions, provide courses, and make it fun. There are many platforms doing this already. Another thing that works very well is older kids teaching younger kids. -  Abhilasha can see differences between generations of people because of how fast technology grows. There is so much knowledge of systems and structures in some generations, but that can also come with less of an ability to try something new or look at something in a new way. -  Younger generations might lack the technical knowledge and perspective of how technology has changed, but they will also go at something fearlessly and tirelessly until they really understand it. Working together across generations can be the best way to tackle these problems! -  Because the younger generation grew up with technology as a part of life, and didn't have to integrate it into their lives, there is sometimes a lack of understanding of how things work. That is why exposing young people early is important. -  Because of how the internet has connected people, kids are collaborating with and communicating with people all over the world. They feel a bit differently about something like nation state attacks, because they have friends in those countries. -  Kids now are very worried about privacy. They often think they are being recorded, or like their information is being documented quite frequently. This is something that needs to be addressed, not only because it is important, but also because they have trouble moving on from that idea to the next. -  Focusing on diversity, in gender, race, and more, is very important and a big focus on many organizations right now. This could be focusing on kids, but also on people who are in other industries and offering training to these women.  -  There is a digital divide, and access is incredibly important. Making courses and resources available to many different communities is part of this. During COVID, this was seen in a more urgent, obvious way. Trying to get diversity in these cyber jobs also means starting early in underserved communities to provide resources and education. -  Accessibility means not only technological accessibility but also for people with disabilities, who are blind, who might need to access it in a different way. Access is a big focus for many organizations rights now.   Some interesting quotes from today's episode: “Someone asked me just a few days back on what gives me hope. Because we deal with unrelenting headlines, we deal with serious cyber security attacks across the globe. You've seen the rise in nation, state attacks, organized crime, ransomware, you name it. It can be exhausting… And what gives me tremendous hope is when I work with the kids, and I see the light at the end of the tunnel.” - Abhilasha Bhargav-Spantzel    “And the kids don't know these boundaries, you know? They are just working together to see how they can protect themselves.” - Abhilasha Bhargav-Spantzel    “The future is both, right? Not just red and blue, the ability to know both sides of it, some adversarial thinking. I think the kids love this model of ‘think bad, do good.' So think what can go wrong, and then do what you can to protect against the wrong.” - Abhilasha Bhargav-Spantzel    “It's not a type of kids or type of people who are working on computing. As we talked about earlier, it's so multidisciplinary. Anybody from any field has something to offer. And your diverse mindset is so, so important.” - Abhilasha Bhargav-Spantzel    “For girls, even for certain underserved communities, making compute options available in different manners is a part of ongoing work. So it's not just say Minecraft, or certain types of cyber competitions. Now you'll see that these competitions are getting more inclusive and making sure they choose those majors.” - Abhilasha Bhargav-Spantzel    “Give them a fighting chance to get that cyber security job, which will help role model for other girls or their kids to take up that. So we need to do it in both angles as part of the education pipelines, but also for the gap that we have today - get more women, get more diversity in those.” - Abhilasha Bhargav-Spantzel    “One thing that we also want to work on is the kids who may be needing more of the accessibility; the kids who may be blind or have other aspects. Accessible cybersecurity education is something that we're also working on to make it available for even broader communities. And they do brilliantly, by the way.” - Abhilasha Bhargav-Spantzel 

Professor, Attorney and Expert in Cybersecurity Policy & Governance, Kevin Powers joins Jerich Beason & Whitney McCollum to discuss where the law stands on “Hacking Back”. Everyone at some point wants to be Batman. During this Cyberside Chat they will answer questions such as: Is it ok to do whatever it takes to protect data or is it like breaking back into a thief's house to steal your items back? What could go wrong? How does the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act apply? What are the civil and criminal ramifications to the company executives and board of directors? How do you advise as internal counsel or outside counsel on corporate vigilantism? Where should law and regulation go in regard to the ever-changing landscape of cyber threats? Kevin Powers also speaks about the need for legal professionals to learn cybersecurity law, the programs available, and how you can add CLE's on the subject.Articles & Links for Reference:https://www.justice.gov/jm/jm-9-48000-computer-fraudhttps://blog.malwarebytes.com/ransomware/2022/03/nvidia-the-ransomware-breach-with-some-plot-twists/https://www.wired.com/story/north-korea-hacker-internet-outage/Note: “The statements of the guest speakers and hosts in this podcast should not be construed as legal advice.  They represent their views only and not those of Epiq or their respective employers.”BIOGRAPHYProfessor Kevin R. Powers, J.D., Founder and Director, Master of Science in Cybersecurity Policy and Governance Programs, Boston College  Kevin is the founder and director of the Master of Science in Cybersecurity Policy and Governance Programs at Boston College, and an Assistant Professor of the Practice at Boston College Law School and in Boston College's Carroll School of Management's Business Law and Society Department. Along with his teaching at Boston College, Kevin is a Cybersecurity Research Affiliate at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and he has taught courses at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was also the Deputy General Counsel to the Superintendent.   With over 20 years of combined cybersecurity, data privacy, business, law enforcement, military, national security, higher education, and teaching experience, he has worked as an analyst and an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Defense, law firms in Boston and Washington, D.C., and as the general counsel for an international software company based in Seattle, Washington. Kevin also is an expert witness and consultant with the Analysis Group and serves as a Director for the Board of Reading Cooperative Bank, a Trustee for the Board of Boston College High School, an Advisory Board Member for HYCU, Inc. (Backed by Bain Capital Ventures) and CyberSaint Security, and as a Member of the Boston College Law School Business Advisory Council. From 2016-2017, he was the Panel Lead for the Collegiate Working Group for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). Kevin, a Navy Veteran, regularly provides expert commentary regarding cybersecurity and national security concerns for varying local, national, and international media outlets.Find us on LinkedIn or email us at cyberside@epiqglobal.com.

Today's guests: Jim Hanson(U.S. Army, ret.), former Green Beret, President of the Security Studies Group. Former Missouri Senator Jim Talent, senior fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center. Dr. Michael Oren, former Israeli deputy prime minister for diplomacy. Chuck Devore, V.P, National Initiative and the policy director, Election Protection Project at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Jesse Binnall, partner, Binnall Law Group. Jim Geraghty, senior political correspondent, National Review. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this "Throwback Tuesday" HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Dr. Shannon Prince about using metrics to support diversity, equity, and inclusion. See the video here: https://youtu.be/IAgPZKFEqKc. Dr. Shannon Prince (linkedin.com/in/shannon-prince-04573a211) is an attorney and legal commentator. She earned her doctorate in African and African American Studies and her master's degree in English from Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, her law degree from Yale Law School, and her bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College. She drafted best practice language on policing policies for the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice, represented plaintiffs in CCJEF v. Rell, a high-profile landmark education adequacy lawsuit, and is currently representing the Cherokee Nation in their lawsuit against pharmaceutical distributors and pharmacies for their role in the opioid crisis that the tribe is suffering. She is a member of her firm's Firm Diversity Council and is a Legal Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinder. Her writing has been published in The Hill, Transition Magazine, Science, and Jezebel among other venues, and she has a book on antiracism forthcoming from Routledge called Tactics for Racial Justice. Please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts! Check out the LinkedIn Alchemizing Human Capital Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/alchemizing-human-capital-6884351526333227008/. Check out Dr. Westover's book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/bluerthanindigo. Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy. Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine. Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/  Ranked #6 Workplace Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/  Ranked #7 HR Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/  Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/  Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/  Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hcipodcast/support

Do you want to better understand ways to create diverse, equitable, inclusive and anti-racist cultures and organizations? Are you looking for practical tools to achieve this objective? Are you ready to take on the challenges of diversity, equity and inclusion in your organization?   Our special guest Dr. Shannon Prince answers these and other questions about leadership, diversity, equity and inclusion, world crafting, and creating anti-racist cultures and organizations.   Shannon Prince is an attorney, legal commentator, and speaker. She earned her doctorate in African and African American Studies and her master's degree in English from Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, her law degree from Yale Law School, and her bachelor's degree magna cum laude from Dartmouth College.    She drafted best practice language on policing policies for the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice, represented plaintiffs in CCJEF v. Rell, a high-profile landmark education adequacy lawsuit, and is currently representing the Cherokee Nation in their lawsuit against pharmaceutical distributors and pharmacies for their role in the opioid crisis that the tribe is suffering. She is a member of her firm's Firm Diversity Council and is a Legal Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinder. Her writing has been published in The Hill, Transition Magazine, Science, and Jezebel among other venues, and she's the author of Tactics for Racial Justice due out in January 2022.   The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Moving beyond words and getting into diversity, equity and inclusion action Differently understanding systemic racism (getting beyond the idea that racism is about bad people) Understanding the realities of racism in business today Using metrics to track disparities in impact Making changes in diversity, equity and inclusion requires a focus on practices more than intentions Understanding intersectionality in biases Fundamentals of DEI training Training doesn't work in the absence of other diversity initiatives Navigating the “we hire the best people” concept in light of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (understanding the role of unconscious biases) The reality that more diverse companies outperform less diverse companies Different practices you can use to increase your diversity, equity and inclusion The importance of hiring for diversity, equity and inclusion mindsets The of recruitment changes to build a more diverse, equitable and inclusive organization Understanding the role of bias interrupting in creating more diverse and inclusive organizations The importance of being more aware of your biases and assumptions (cultural metacognition) Exploring ways that bias has an unintended impact on the lack of diversity Ways that anti-racism initiatives are needed beyond diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives Ways to amplify your communication and conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion issues What you can do to create a safe place for your team to have open conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion The role of vulnerability in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and conversations Practicing world crafting by thinking like an ancestor … what future will you help create Resources: Shannon Prince Boies Schiller Flexner Law Firm Website Tactics for Racial Justice: Building and Anti-Racist Organizations and Community book by Dr. Shannon Prince (due out in January 2022) (LEADERSHIP JUNKIES DISCOUNT CODE: FLY21) The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Dr. Shannon Prince about using metrics to support diversity, equity, and inclusion. See the video here: https://youtu.be/IAgPZKFEqKc. Dr. Shannon Prince (linkedin.com/in/shannon-prince-04573a211) is an attorney and legal commentator. She earned her doctorate in African and African American Studies and her master's degree in English from Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, her law degree from Yale Law School, and her bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College. She drafted best practice language on policing policies for the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice, represented plaintiffs in CCJEF v. Rell, a high-profile landmark education adequacy lawsuit, and is currently representing the Cherokee Nation in their lawsuit against pharmaceutical distributors and pharmacies for their role in the opioid crisis that the tribe is suffering. She is a member of her firm's Firm Diversity Council and is a Legal Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinder. Her writing has been published in The Hill, Transition Magazine, Science, and Jezebel among other venues, and she has a book on antiracism forthcoming from Routledge called Tactics for Racial Justice. Check out Dr. Westover's new book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/bluerthanindigo. Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy. Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine. Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ Ranked #6 Workplace Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ Ranked #7 HR Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

It's Cybersecurity Awareness Month. In this episode of the Work in Progress podcast, Mark Ouellette, program manager for the Cybersecurity Youth Apprenticeship Initiative (CYAI), joins me to talk about a unique learn-and-earn program that is exposing youth adults to opportunities and careers in the cybersecurity workforce. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, there was a shortage of cybersecurity workers. With the increase in remote work and the increase in cyber attacks such as ransomware that need for workers has grown exponentially. Right now, there are at least 465,000 open cybersecurity jobs in the U.S., according to Cyberseek.org—a joint project of Emsi Burning Glass, CompTIA, and the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education—which tracks employment in the field. Ouellette says there is a need for experts in the field from entry level upwards in every industry. "The thing about cybersecurity is that it's really industry-agnostic. I mean, you're going to need cybersecurity folks in government, in schools, in banks, in hospitals now," explains Ouellette. "If you have a problem—something all of a sudden is going haywire and you don't know why—and you make a phone call and you have your IT help desk. Those are all cybersecurity professionals. But it's also medical records in the hospital field, making sure that the data that you collect from all these COVID tests is secure and safe so someone doesn't hack into it and get your data and share it." The need is not going away any time soon, so CYAI was created to encourage teens and young adults to enter the field and help fill some of the open roles. It's a registered apprentice program administered by ICF, a global consulting firm which acts as an intermediary on behalf of the U.S. Department of Labor. CYAI is only in its second year with a relatively small footprint and is open to people aged 16-to-21. "The employment and training administration within Department of Labor has funded ICF to go in and support or register 900 youth apprentices in IT and cybersecurity by 2024. As of now, we're about 500 that we've been able to place. We work with high schools, community colleges, community-based groups that are saying we see a need for better training. What curriculum is out there? We help them identify curriculum," he tells me. "We are a bridge to combine those entities that are interested in providing training. We help them align their training to their local employer needs, we help raise awareness with employers, and then we also fund programs. We actually have money from the Department. It doesn't cover the entire cost of an apprenticeship, but it does cover some expenses. And so, if you're a registered apprenticeship, we do give you funds per participant." Ouellette says CYAI and ICF raise awareness through "capture the flag" events, so-called ethical hackathons in which young people can show their skills. "We encourage employers to come see what they're doing, see how qualified these individuals are, and that really is a match. You see light bulbs going off with employers all the time. 'Wow, that person has that skill? How do I get them on my team?'" Employers range from small entrepreneurs to big companies such as IBM and Google. Depending on the part of the country and the size of the business, starting salaries range from $12 an hour to $21 an hour. "I would say the majority of them are in about the $15 range. But as you show more skills through your apprenticeship, and you're able to demonstrate expertise in the skill, that wage goes up. So by the time you exit the apprenticeship program you're on par with what an entry-level person in the field would be getting. Depending upon where you're located, what actual apprenticeship you're in, it could potentially be a six-figure salary," he explains. CYAI is just one of the ways teens and young adults can get exposed to cybersecurity as a career path.

Marian Merritt, Deputy Director for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), addresses the talent shortage gap, explores the root causes, and suggests how to close the gap in this week's episode of Reimagining Cyber “Closing the cyber workforce gap.”

Let the games begin! Let your friends compete. Let the best team win! It's all part of a European strategy to attract, train, and nurture the next generations of cybersecurity professionals.Join Sean Martin, and he connects with our on-the-ground reporter and founder of the US Cyber Games, Jessica Gulick, as we discuss this year's European Cyber Security Challenge being held in Prague by Prague's cybersecurity challenge team of competitors and volunteers. What does it take to put this event together? Who is competing? Who is winning? And what does it mean to compete and win? And, why is Canada participating in a European challenge? There's a compelling and meaningful reason, trust us.Join us as we connect live with the team (watch the video) and then root on your favorite team as they compete for this challenge and then make their way on to the international cybersecurity challenge.____________________________About the European Cyber Security ChallengeEuropean countries host their national cybersecurity competitions. The winners of the national contests represent their countries in the ECSC. Similar to the ECSC, the national cybersecurity competitions consist of security-related challenges from domains such as web security, mobile security, crypto puzzles, reverse engineering, and forensics, which the participants have to solve in order to collect points. The individuals with the most points win the competition and secure a place in their national team, which will go on to compete in the ECSC finals.About the International Cybersecurity ChallengeIn the first International Cybersecurity Challenge, teams from across the globe will compete in a series of challenges such as web application and system exploitation, cryptography, reverse engineering, hardware challenges, forensics and escape rooms.About the US Cyber GamesThe US Cyber Games was founded by Katzcy, in cooperation with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The program will run from April to October 2021 and consist of the US Cyber Open, the US Cyber Combine Invitational, and the selection of the first-ever US Cyber Team™ to represent the United States at the 2021 International Cyber Security Challenge (ICSC) held in Athens, Greece in December.About the European Cybersecurity ChallengeThe European Cybersecurity Challenge (ECC) is an annual competition, coordinated by the European Union Agency for cybersecurity. The event offers a platform for young cyber talents across Europe to gather and engage in networking over a unique opportunity to experience cooperation in trying to resolve a cybersecurity problem.The ECC is intended to encourage young people to pursue a career in cybersecurity, by challenging and developing the participants' skills needed in such extreme situations and connecting them with industry.____________________________GuestsIaonnis Agrafiotis, ENISA, ICCAdvian Belmonte, PM ECSC EnisaPedro Adão, Coach Team Portugal and EuropePetr Jirasek, Chairperson ECSC, ENISA Steering Committee, Chairman Czech National Cybersecurity Competition (led the day)Mario Polino, Italy Coach, Team Europe, TrainerTom Levasseur, Coach and Organizer for Cyber Team CanadaJessica Gulick, Founder US Cyber Games____________________________This Episode's SponsorsDevo

The Cincinnati Police Department has announced it is joining the 30x30 Initiative in an effort to make sure women make up 30% of its workforce by the year 2030.

Everyone likes to quote De Coubertin, the visionary founder of the modern Olympic Games: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part." But let's face it, when we compete, we all try to win.The US Cyber Games is no different; it is about competing and winning, but it is also about learning and promoting a different way of educating the future generation of cybersecurity professionals.  Everyone who participates in such an innovative event has something to learn, even the coaches themselves: from other teams, each other, and the competitors.The InfoSec complexity requires diversity and a wide variety of skills that no single individual can master on their own. And, just like in any other team sport, each one has a role to play to bring their nation to the highest step on the podium. And if that doesn't happen, yes, the important part rolls back yo taking part and, in this case, helping to fill the infamous workforce gap in cybersecurity. It is a win for society, no doubt about it.Enjoy this podcast.____________________________About the International Cybersecurity ChallengeIn the first International Cybersecurity Challenge, teams from across the globe will compete in a series of challenges such as web application and system exploitation, cryptography, reverse engineering, hardware challenges, forensics and escape rooms.About the US Cyber GamesThe US Cyber Games was founded by Katzcy, in cooperation with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The program will run from April to October 2021 and consist of the US Cyber Open, the US Cyber Combine Invitational, and the selection of the first-ever US Cyber Team™ to represent the United States at the 2021 International Cyber Security Challenge (ICSC) held in Athens, Greece in December.About the European Cybersecurity ChallengeThe European Cybersecurity Challenge (ECC) is an annual competition, coordinated by the European Union Agency for cybersecurity. The event offers a platform for young cyber talents across Europe to gather and engage in networking over a unique opportunity to experience cooperation in trying to resolve a cybersecurity problem.The ECC is intended to encourage young people to pursue a career in cybersecurity, by challenging and developing the participants' skills needed in such extreme situations and connecting them with industry.____________________________GuestsJasmine JacksonOn Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/thefluffy007/On Twitter | https://twitter.com/thefluffy007On TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@thefluffy007On YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTiJrj32RNZ87lbv0mEF9uQDr. TJ OConnorOn Twitter | https://twitter.com/tj_oconnnor____________________________This Episode's SponsorsDevo

CyberSecurity is a really cool profession, there is room for many to join in, and the skills required are numerous and diverse. So why aren't we attracting enough people into this massively understaffed field? The answer likely sits in the industry's elitism and inability to reach the audience with the right message, early enough and with the proper training mechanisms. However, that's about to change.We'd like to introduce you to the first International Cybersecurity Challenge, which is destined to be held in Athens, Greece, and tentatively scheduled for December 7-12, 2021.The adventure started a few months ago, but the excitement is far from over. At this stage, The US team has selected their coaches, the team is trying out as part of the Cyber Combine selection process, and several critical milestones are ahead of us.What is also happening is that this unique and innovative competition is making the news, interesting the public, and bringing new players to join the ranks of those supporting this initiative.Today we talk about this and much more.Ready, Player One? Two? Three? Four? Let's go!____________________________About the International Cybersecurity ChallengeIn the first International Cybersecurity Challenge, teams from across the globe will compete in a series of challenges such as web application and system exploitation, cryptography, reverse engineering, hardware challenges, forensics and escape rooms.About the US Cyber GamesThe US Cyber Games was founded by Katzcy, in cooperation with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The program will run from April to October 2021 and consist of the US Cyber Open, the US Cyber Combine Invitational, and the selection of the first-ever US Cyber Team™ to represent the United States at the 2021 International Cyber Security Challenge (ICSC) held in Athens, Greece in December.About the European Cybersecurity ChallengeThe European Cybersecurity Challenge (ECC) is an annual competition, coordinated by the European Union Agency for cybersecurity. The event offers a platform for young cyber talents across Europe to gather and engage in networking over a unique opportunity to experience cooperation in trying to resolve a cybersecurity problem.The ECC is intended to encourage young people to pursue a career in cybersecurity, by challenging and developing the participants' skills needed in such extreme situations and connecting them with industry.____________________________GuestsJessica GulickOn Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicagulick/On Twitter: https://twitter.com/CyberRiskLadyRoland CloutierOn Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rolandcloutier/On Twitter: https://twitter.com/CSORoland____________________________This Episode's SponsorsDevo

#leadingindia.ai #bennettuniversity #ai #aiskilling #airesearch #ResearchatBennett #artificialintelligence Deepak Garg is the director of leadingindia.ai, Head of Computer Science and Engineering at Bennett University plus the Director at NVIDIA-Bennett Center of Research on Artificial Intelligence where he leads the largest Skilling and research initiative in AI and deep learning in the country. He has done his Ph.D. in algorithm design in 2006. His active research interests are designing efficient deep learning algorithms. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Senior Member of ACM, and Life Member of CSI, IETE. He is an in-demand speaker, chief consultant for algorithmguru.com, a resource for algorithms and Deepak is considered as one of the Algorithm and Deep Learning Gurus in India. He is also an active Blogger with Times of India under the nickname “Breaking Shackles”. https://in.linkedin.com/in/deepakgarg1 https://www.gdeepak.com/ https://www.bennett.edu.in/faculties/dr-deepak-garg/ https://www.leadingindia.ai/directorcv https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/author/deepakgarg/ https://twitter.com/deep108

The power utility said that the current meter software will expire in 2024, with the initial phase of the upgrade project set to begin in Gauteng from 1 September Amanda Qithi – Spokesperson for Eskom Gauteng See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As our nation grows increasingly diverse, it is also growing increasingly polarized and inequitable. Mark Joseph believes there is a solution, and it lies in the work of intentionally fostering inclusion and equity.rnrnDr. Joseph is the Leona Bevis and Marguerite Haynam Professor of Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University and the founding director of the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities. He and his colleagues lead work in Cleveland and around the country in inclusive community building, which is, he says, increasingly centered on antiracism. If this work is sometimes hard to talk about, it's even harder to do.rnrnAs the City Club returns to live, in-person forums, join us on Public Square for a conversation about how we can each help our organizations and communities--and our beloved Cleveland--do the everyday work of antiracist community building.

What if we could turn cybersecurity training learning into a game? What if that game not only taught the skills necessary for a career in cybersecurity, but also inspired young adults from around the world to take part in the ever-growing field? Perhaps we can.We'd like to introduce you to the first International Cybersecurity Challenge which is destined to be held in Athens, Greece and tentatively scheduled for December 7-12, 2021.The teams don't magically arrive in Athens, mind you. They have to earn their way there. That's where the European Cybersecurity Challenge and US Cyber Games come into play, bringing the best of the best from Europe and the United States together, along with other countries from around the world. So who are the other countries? Stay tuned... we will be chatting with them as we join them on the road to Athens ourselves.____________________________About the International Cybersecurity ChallengeIn the first International Cybersecurity Challenge, teams from across the globe will compete in a series of challenges such as web application and system exploitation, cryptography, reverse engineering, hardware challenges, forensics and escape rooms.About the European Cybersecurity ChallengeThe European Cybersecurity Challenge (ECC) is an annual competition, coordinated by the European Union Agency for cybersecurity. The event offers a platform for young cyber talents across Europe to gather and engage in networking over a unique opportunity to experience cooperation in trying to resolve a cybersecurity problem.The ECC is intended to encourage young people to pursue a career in cybersecurity, by challenging and developing the participants' skills needed in such extreme situations and connecting them with industry.About the US Cyber GamesThe US Cyber Games was founded by Katzcy, in cooperation with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The program will run from April to October 2021 and consist of the US Cyber Open, the US Cyber Combine Invitational, and the selection of the first-ever US Cyber Team™ to represent the United States at the 2021 International Cyber Security Challenge (ICSC) held in Athens, Greece in December.____________________________GuestsJessica GulickOn Linkedin

Karol Mason is a powerhouse in the legal field, having served as United States Assistant Attorney General and head of the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs during the Obama Administration. Today Mason is the president of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and oversees the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice, a partnership between John Jay and other academic institutions across the country.

  Dr. Bodie Pennisi is an Extension Horticulture Specialist at the University of Georgia. She has statewide responsibilities for the Georgia landscape industry and conducts applied research with emphasis on sustainable outdoor and indoor landscapes which includes plant, water, nutrient, and soil interactions. Dr. Pennisi also teaches online university level courses titled: Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants; along with a Plant Physiology course. She also teaches Master Gardener training classes on landscape installation and maintenance, WaterSmart landscapes, interiorscapes, herbaceous and woody ornamental plant selection, plant propagation and plant physiology. Dr. Pennisi serves as educational advisor to the Georgia Green Industry Association (GGIA), the Urban Agriculture Council (UAC), and the national organization Green Plants for Green Buildings (GPGB). She serves on the environmental committee of the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH). Dr. Pennisi is a Co-Editor-in-Chief of Scientia Horticulturae.  

According to recent estimates, around 85% of AI projects fail to move from conceptualization to implementation. Why are these failures happening, and how can we prevent them? AI engineering is an emergent discipline focused on developing tools, systems, and processes to enable the application of artificial intelligence in real-world contexts. The SEI is leading the national initiative to create an AI engineering discipline to operationalize human-centered, robust and secure, and scalable AI.

WABE reporter Emil Moffatt joins "Closer Look" to discuss why a group of Georgia-based Black pastors is calling for a boycott of Home Depot. Plus, Sara Hamilton, the president of the Korean American Bar Association of Georgia, and Angela Hsu, the president of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association, talk with Rose about a new national initiative to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans and share how their organizations are partnering together to help the families of the victims killed in the Atlanta-area spa shootings. Lastly, Dr. Dhaval Desai, the director of hospital medicine at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, and Dr. Lily Immergluck, a pediatrician and professor at Morehouse School of Medicine, discuss the importance of combating COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy to reach herd immunity.

The National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture is a great resource for retailers to leverage their marketing. I've spoken many times about the need to communicate the benefits of plants, and the folks at NICH have some great, free infographics for you to download and use online or in the retail space. The bright folks at NICH did the hard work for you, so this is a great place to leverage your marketing efforts on indoor foliage plants, pollinator plants, and much more.

It was with great sadness we learned that Amy passed away a few weeks after this podcast was published.  We have retained it here in her memory.  This Episode is an Interview with Amy Oestreicher Jenni Munday interviews Amy Oestreicher. She is an Audie award-nominated playwright, performer, and multidisciplinary creator. A singer, librettist, and visual artist, she dedicates her work to celebrating untold stories, and the detours in life that transform communities. PTSD A PTSD specialist, artist, author, Huffington Post columnist, international speaker, RAINN representative, and disability advocate, she's given three TEDx Talks on transforming trauma through creativity, and has shared her story on NBC, CBS, ABC, and contributed to 70+ publications on arts and community transformation. Touring Amy has toured her musical, Gutless & Grateful, to 200+ venues from 54 Below to Barrington Stage Co since its 2012 NYC debut, and premiered her multimedia musical, Passageways (original lyrics, music, book and artwork) at HERE Arts Center with the release of her memoir, My Beautiful Detour: An Unthinkable Journey from Gutless to Grateful. Publications Her plays have been published by Eddy Theatre Co, PerformerStuff, Narcissists Anthology, New World Theatre's “Solitary Voice: A Collection of Epic Monologues,” finalists in Manhattan Repertory's Short Play Fest, NYNW Theatre Fest, #MeTooTheatreWomen,"Women in the Age of Trump," & performed across the country by students for immigration festivals, academic projects. Founder of "LoveMyDetour," a campaign creating performances designed to entertain, educate, and engage on the intersection of arts and social justice, is part of the National Initiative for Arts and Health in the Military. The ICWP Centre Stage Podcast was named as one of the Top 20 Playwriting Podcasts on the web by Feedspot.

When Amy reached out to me to be a guest on my podcast, I was gobsmacked by her story. We had so many parallels in our stories. Amy’s passion is being a performing artist and like Amy, My first love and passion is music, singing and songwriting. Yet, it was during a very intense performing arts program I experienced a major event in both my mental and physical health. Although Amy’s story around mental health was slightly different than mind, she has found a way to beautiful intertwine art and healing at the same time.   Amy Oestreicher is an Audie award-nominated playwright, performer, and multidisciplinary creator. A singer, librettist, and visual artist, she dedicates her work to celebrating untold stories, and the detours in life that can spark connection and transform communities. Amy overcame a decade of trauma to become a sought-after PTSD specialist, artist, author, writer for The Huffington Post, international keynote speaker, RAINN representative, and health advocate. She has given three TEDx Talks on transforming trauma through creativity, and has contributed to NBC’s Today, CBS, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen Magazine, The Washington Post, Good Housekeeping, and MSNBC, among others. Amy has toured her multi-award-winning musical, Gutless & Grateful, to over 200 venues from 54 Below to Barrington Stage Company since its 2012 NYC debut, and developed her full-length play, Flicker and a Firestarter, with Playlight Theatre Co. Her multimedia musical, Passageways (original lyrics, music, book and mixed media artwork) has been performed at HERE Arts Center, Dixon Place, and the Triad Theater. Her plays have been published by Eddy Theatre Company, PerformerStuff, Narcissists Anthology, New World Theatre’s “Solitary Voice: A Collection of Epic Monologues,” and were finalists in Manhattan Repertory’s Short Play Festival, NYNW Theatre Fest, #MeTooTheatreWomen, "Women in the Age of Trump," and Tennessee Williams’s New Orleans Literary Festival, and performed across the country by students for immigration festivals, academic projects, and Sexual Assault Prevention Month. She is founder of "LoveMyDetour," a campaign creating seminars, workshops, curriculum, books, music, and performances designed to entertain, educate, and engage on the intersection of arts and social justice, is part of the National Initiative for Arts and Health in the Military. Her memoir, My Beautiful Detour: An Unthinkable Journey from Gutless to Grateful. was awarded 2nd Place Winner of Best Memoir/Autobiography for the 2019 CT Press Awards, and she is currently recording the audiobook. She is in the process of creating a performance combining puppetry, Butoh, and site-specific theatre on environmental justice, ecofeminism, and sacred feminine mytholofgy to encourage women to claim their role in preserving our planet and has launched a series of workshops, Step Into Joy, inspiring people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to claim a walking practice that inspires connection with their environment and respect for various ecosystems. See more at www.amyoes.com.   5 Takeaways from Amy’s Episode: Creativity can help you release trauma.  Do what feels good to you. We have the power and the energy to make a difference just by inhaling and exhaling. Believe in your vision. Being vulnerable to really learn what you need.    AMY’S RESOURCES:   Www.amyoes.com/book   OKIKI RESOURCES: Need to Optimize your LinkedIn Profile? Try my new LinkedIn Profile Optimization Course! Video Editing  and Subtitle Programs I use (affiliates links are included): Subtitles: Happy Scribe Subtitles and Headers: ClipScribe Need high-quality virtual assistants? Mine is amazing and I met him through iWorker. Pivo App to create amazing video content: Want to create 360 Virtual Tours? Insta360 ONE R Camera Insta360 ONE X Camera Insta360 ONE R Virtual Tour Kit FREEBIES: FREE DOWNLOADABLE PDF: www.okikiconsulting.com/resources My Top 14 Resources for Entrepreneurs and Solopreneurs PDF contains: My Top 4 Free Resources for Creating Content My Top 4 Phone Apps for Creating Video Content My Top 3 Desktop Apps for Creating Video Content My Top 4 Recommended tools for Solopreneurs ABOUT FIYIN: Fiyin Obayan is the founder of Okiki Consulting, where she helps business owners communicate their personal brand or company brand stories through video content, in order to communicate to their target audience. She has been participating in video storytelling for 9 years starting with her previous Myspace Channel, and to her personal YouTube Channel. As an entrepreneur, She has learned to develop that skill for the social media and now specialized in using it for the LinkedIn platform. Through posting regular content from September 2019, She has gone from 1000 connections to 8000 connections on the platforms and gained clients and she wants to empower others to do the same. Contact Fiyin: Website: www.okikiconsulting.com Email: info@okikiconsulting.com Phone: (306)716-0324 Instagram: @Okikiconsulting Facebook: @Okikiconsulting LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiyinfoluwaobayan/ Business: https://www.linkedin.com/company/okiki

In the last two episodes, we talked about flipping the talent funnel and using the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework to customize your company's security training. Today, the guests of those two episodes, Danielle Santos, program manager at the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, Leo Van Duyn, Cybersecurity & Technology Workforce Development Strategy at JPMorgan Chase, and Karl Sharman, Head of Cyber Solutions & Consultancies at Stott & May, answer some questions related to those discussions. Danielle, Leo, and Karl discuss mentoring as a method to upskill less experienced members of your team, the unseen training costs of employee churn and a lot more.For twelve days in November, Cyber Work will be releasing a new episode every single day. In these dozen episodes, we'll discuss career strategies, hiring best practices, team development, security awareness essentials, the importance of storytelling in cybersecurity, and answer some questions from real cybersecurity professionals and newcomers. – Enter code “cyberwork” to get 30 days of free training with Infosec Skills: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/skills/– View transcripts and additional episodes: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/podcastAbout InfosecAt Infosec, we believe knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with certifications and skills training. We also empower all employees with security awareness training to stay cybersafe at work and home. Driven by smart people wanting to do good, Infosec educates entire organizations to defend themselves from cybercrime. It's what we do every day — equipping everyone with the latest security skills and confidence to be safe online. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

ABOUT ANDREA LAMARRE:Andrea LaMarre has always been social-justice-minded: one of her earliest forays into eating disorder research was an exploration of how one might understand eating disorders as a social justice issue, due to the many barriers to care that exist for those who do not fit the expected presentation of eating disorders (i.e., those who are marginalized along the lines of their ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, body size, etc.). As Andrea has become increasingly engaged with the eating disorder advocacy and activism community, however, she has been galvanized by the real stories of those who are let down by our current continuum of care for eating disorders.Andrea’s research centers around recovery, which may seem a lesser concern in the face of these serious issues with access to care for eating disorders. However, Andrea has seen how hope for the future can be a powerful thing through engagement with various advocacy efforts over the years. She strongly believes that understanding recovery in a more complex, situated, systemic, and relational way can help to build supportive systems of care that are accessible, timely, and appropriate for the complexities of the people who seek them. In Andrea’s research, she aims to better understand what recovery means to diversely embodied (i.e., people from different ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, genders, body sizes, etc.) sufferers and their families. Andrea contends that by sharing lived experiences of recovery in the form of digital stories (short films about lived experience created in a facilitated workshop) one can create spaces for engaging in productive dialogue between healthcare providers, policymakers, and those with lived experience. This dialogue can help to understand what people and their families need in order to reach recovery.Andrea’s overall goal in all of her work is to increase access to health and wellness for diversely embodied people who have experienced eating distress. Approaching eating disorders with a systemic, social justice lens allows people to look beyond a perspective that positions them as issues of individual responsibility and vanity; it allows people to begin to understand how individuals interact with social and political systems and how this impacts their health. Research, to Andrea, is about more than simply producing scholarly knowledge. It is about deeply engaging with communities to work toward a world that honors diversity and breaks down barriers to access. It is about hearing the stories of those who are being let down, and, rather than being immobilized, working to create alternative possibilities.Andrea obtained her Ph.D. in 2018 at the University of Guelph, where she used qualitative and arts-based approaches to explore eating disorders recoveries from the perspectives of people in recovery and their chosen supporters. Andrea is a member of a number of organizations for eating disorder professionals, including the Academy for Eating Disorders and the Eating Disorders Association of Canada, and volunteers for the National Initiative for Eating Disorders in Canada.In her spare time, Andrea watches really bad TV, reads young adult fiction, and spends entirely too much time on Twitter. She can also be found hiking with her husband or attending too many conferences.CONNECT WITH ANDREA LAMARRE: • Visit AndreaLaMarre.com for more on Andrea’s activism, speaking, academia• Read Andrea’s recent article “Imperfect Recoveries and the Role of the Supporter”• See, hear, and read more from Andrea in the media, the Science of Eating Disorders blog, and her personal blog• View Andrea’s published academic work• Follow Andrea on TwitterABOUT KARIN LEWIS:Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS has been recovered from Anorexia Nervosa for over 20 years and has been specializing in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders since 2005. To learn more about Karin and her center’s services, please visit Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center. You can connect with Karin on social media by following her on Facebook and Instagram.If you enjoyed the podcast, we would be so grateful if you would please consider leaving a review here. Thank you!Are you interested in becoming a guest on the Recovery Bites podcast? If so, please fill out our brief application form to start the process.

In this episode, I chat with Randy Pestana, Director of Education and Training for Cyber Security and Assistant Director for the Institute of Public Policy at FIU. Randy tells us about how he entered the field of cybersecurity and the programs that FIU offers. He explains what the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) framework is and how this system can be an asset for HR and cybersecurity professionals.   Episode Outline [00:40] Randy's background and what got Randy into the field of cybersecurity policy [03:52] FIU's cyber training programs [06:50] The NICE framework and conference [12:27] The diversity of roles and skill sets within the field of cybersecurity [16:27] Industry participation with NICE [20:37] How the  NICE framework can be an invaluable resource for HR and cybersecurity professionals [25:10] The new, updated NICE framework coming soon [26:01] Exposing K-12 to the field of cybersecurity   Resources Mentioned Learn more about the NICE Conference here: https://niceconference.org Read the NICE Framework here: https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nice/nice-framework-resource-center Learn more about FIU here: http://gordoninstitute.fiu.edu Learn more about Cybersecurty at FIU here: https://cybersecurity.fiu.edu   Connect with Randy LinkedIn Twitter  

The demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals continues to grow, and effectively closing that gap requires a shared set of expectations around common work roles, core competency areas and upskilling employees.Join Leo Van Duyn, Cybersecurity & Technology Workforce Development Strategy at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Bill Newhouse, Deputy Director of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) to learn how your organization can use the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (soon to be renamed the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity) to establish a common language around skill development, provide targeted role-based training, create custom role profiles to match your organization, and better identify, hire and cross-train employees.– Enter code “cyberwork” to get 30 days of free training with Infosec Skills: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/skills/– Watch the video version of the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW__T7PIHr4– View the presentation's slides: https://www.slideshare.net/InfoSecInstituteEdu/nice-cybersecurity-workforce-framework-close-your-skills-gap-with-rolebased-training– View transcripts and additional episodes: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/podcastAbout InfosecAt Infosec, we believe knowledge is the most powerful tool in the fight against cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with a full regimen of certifications and skills development training. We also empower all employees with security awareness and training to stay cybersecure at work and home. Founded by smart people wanting to do good, Infosec educates entire organizations on how to defend themselves from cybercrime. That’s what we do every day — equipping everyone with the latest security skills so the good guys win.

National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement.... Let's get started...!!!

On today's episode, we've invited an amazing group of thought leaders who work at the nexus of education and cyber security:Davina Pruitt-Mentle, Academic Lead for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE).Kelvin Coleman, Executive Director of the National Cybersecurity Alliance.Heather Ricciuto, Academic Outreach Leader for IBM andRichard Guerry, CEO of the Institute for Responsible Online and Cellphone Communication. (IROC2.ORG)We'll discuss the future of online education and answer some important questions, such asHow do we navigate the transition to online learning?How do we best protect children while they're online?What can we do to address online learning needs in under-served communities?What is the best way to inspire students to pursue STEM classes and careers in cybersecurity?How do we, as the cybersecurity community, address the need for more diversity and inclusion?Here are some great resources...www.ibm.com/academichttps://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nice/resources/online-learning-content     

Seeing a launch from a young age inspired a clear goal for Debi Tomek: a calling to work at NASA and help enable a sustainable human presence in space beyond Earth. Working towards this goal is exactly what Debi Tomek is doing, serving as the Deputy Director of the Space Technology and Exploration Directorate where she leads the formulation of the National Initiative for On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM).   NASA has needed to shift and change just like everyone else, being innovative and flexible is NOT a new concept for NASA- The NASA ability to innovate and bring space-based solutions to us on Earth is what keeps Debi and the NASA teams going. Applying ways to help solve the current COVID problem for humanity -whether it be using NASA’s super computers and coders, algorithms, and understanding models, to the ways NASA implements new technologies that can help with everything from ventilators to computation of fluid dynamic to study  penetrating different materials in the masks that folks are wearing.    Learn what OSAM stands for and why it will CHANGE the future of space and the Mars Perseverance rover mission launched later this summer The many ways Aretims IS SO different from Apollo “If you’re life’s work can be accomplished in your lifetime, you’re not thinking big enough” is a quote that fuels Debi and her work to think beyond the Moon, Mars and even further!  NASA HAS TECHNOLOGY READY TO GO. Right now today- ready to be used on the surface of Mars, and the Moon- working with commercial partners to develop the technologies- is EXACTLY the business model NASA’s has been planning for!     About how NASA is working within the COVID-19 challenges: “At NASA, we're used to having to figure out how to operate and live around constraints. Think of space, think of everything we've got to do up there. You can't go outside on the space station very easily without any kind of being suited up and being protected. We can't get ourselves under the surface of the moon or to Mars, without having the proper constraints and limitations and understanding risk. So even though that's extreme sense, I think our ability at NASA to innovate and just think like that is helping us with the folks that are healthy, with COVID.  How can we think out of the box, what innovations do we have in our way of thinking and how can we apply that to helping solve this problem for humanity whether it be our super computers and our coders, in the algorithm, and us understanding models, whether it be in our ability to innovate new technologies that can help with everything from ventilators to other areas, and they're actually using a lot of our computation through a dynamic spokes to do computer modeling of flow through masks that folks are wearing to understand how much is actually penetrating different materials.    We're shifting like everybody else, but we're really trying to take how we think, how we innovate and how we've addressed challenges in space and how can we apply that thinking to here on Earth to help with this problem. Right now, that is a little glimmer of hope that's really kept us going.”-Debi Tomek from Casual Space Podcast  About Debi Tomek:  Deborah (Debi) Tomek began her career with NASA in 1997 at Langley Research Center. Ms. Tomek has over 20 years of research and technical management experience at NASA and Lockheed Martin.  Throughout her career Ms. Tomek has served numerous roles inclusive of researcher, principal investigator, test engineer, and technical manager on numerous cross-Agency projects and programs. Ms. Tomek’s research in flight vehicle dynamic stability characterization was instrumental in the development of numerous flight vehicle aerodatabases inclusive of the NASA Orion Crew Module and Launch Abort System (LAS).  During the Space Shuttle Program, Ms. Tomek managed the Hypersonic Thermodynamic Infrared Measurements (HYTHIRM) Project that was responsible for obtaining high resolution spatially resolved temperature measurements of the Shuttle Orbiter as it re-entered the earth’s atmosphere. Ms. Tomek also served as the HEOMD Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Space Radiation manager and the STMD Advanced Radiation Project manager leading teams in the development of passive radiation shielding systems, space weather forecasting codes, and integrated space vehicle hardware in support of long duration human spaceflight. Ms. Tomek spent nearly four years with NASA Headquarters leading cross-Agency technical capability assessments for the NASA Associate Administrator in support of the development of the Capability Leadership Model and the new Agency operating model. Since her return from Headquarters she has served as Chief of Staff at NASA Langley Research Center working to promote, collaborate, and evolve the projects and capabilities of the Center before moving into her current role as Deputy Director of the Space Technology and Exploration Directorate (STED). In this role Ms. Tomek is currently leading the formulation of the National Initiative for On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM). Ms. Tomek holds a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from Auburn University in Auburn, AL, and a Master’s degree in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering from the George Washington University in Washington D.C.  Learn More about OSAM  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP4_Q7iIlb0 NASA Technologies https://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/index.html NASA Mars Perseverance Mission: https://www.nasa.gov/perseverance/overview

The National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice began just a year after Ferguson. The Initiative aimed to improve criminal justice outcomes and police-community relations in six cities. Now the results are in. Did it work? And what can we learn as we look for ways to improve our whole system? Jesse Jannetta is a Senior Policy Fellow in the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute, where he leads projects on prison and jail re-entry, community-based violence reduction strategies, and community supervision. He co-authored a report assessing the Initiative’s implementation phase. Support Criminal Injustice at $5/month to unlock extra bonus episodes and more on the Members feed: patreon.com/criminalinjustice

Today we celebrate fall through the eyes of a writer and naturalist from the year 1855 and the botanist honored with building on the University of Glasgow. We'll learn about the Indian botanist who bred a new species of sugar cane and the Arizona Palm - yes, it does exist! We'll hear some November Poems.   We Grow That Garden Library with a book that helps us savor the garden through our five senses. I'll talk about the task some gardeners regret forgetting and then share a little story about the botanist who ended up becoming one of the most prolific orchid hunters.     But first, let's catch up on a few recent events. Saturday morning, I woke up to a snow-covered garden. Winter is gaining on us... but don't despair. I found a lovely video clip from Katie Rushworth @queenofspades00 over at Silverline Tools, who shares that there are plenty of ways to add color to your winter garden. You can watch along in her video as she plants a colorful border and uses evergreens and semi-evergreens.  She adds a lovely heuchera and huecherella.  Next, she uses a beautiful false bamboo or Nandina and pittosporum for interest and texture. Then, she incorporates a Pyrrhus into the back of the border as well as a Sibirica dogwood. Katie points out that the more exciting foliage you can source, the more dynamic your border will become.   Next up, Mary Ellen Ellis @gardenknowhow shared a great post over the weekend called How Many Kinds Of Ginkgo Are There? Well, the answer is lots! I love the Fairmount, the Majestic Butterfly, and the  Lacy Ginkgo.   "Fairmount. This is a columnar ginkgo, meaning its growth habit is narrow and upright. This is a good choice for narrow spaces with plenty of vertical room. Majestic Butterfly. This type has variegated leaves, green streaked with yellow. It is also a smaller tree at just 10 feet (3 meters) high at maturity.   Lacy Ginkgo. The lacy cultivar is so-called for its leaves, which have a textured edge that gives the appearance of lace."   Finally, as trends go, Houseplants are Hot! I found a great post that was reshared from last Dec by @batesbn and featured in the blog Greenhouse Management called Houseplant Comeback.The subtitle was: Tech-savvy Millennials are reviving the houseplant market. How will the latest indoor foliage trends affect growers and retailers in 2019 and beyond? The article featured @gardenmedia Katie Dubow: “Whether we’re doing it consciously or subconsciously, we’re putting more greenery in our homes because we’re spending more time inside.” "[Last year], the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH) developed a series of infographics to promote the proven health and wellness benefits of houseplants. The #PlantsDoThat campaign illustrated how indoor plants can improve test scores in classrooms, lower blood pressure in hospitals and increase productivity in the workplace. “We started the #PlantsDoThat campaign to show people what houseplants actually do in their everyday lives,” says Day, who is also the chair of the commercial council for NICH. “These benefits resonate with Millennials because they want something that does more than just look pretty.”   Now, if you'd like to check out these curated articles for yourself, you're in luck - because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community.  So there’s no need to take notes or track down links - the next time you're on Facebook, just search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group. Brevities #OTD  On this day in 1855, Henry David Thoreau wrote in his journal: "The winter is approaching. The birds are almost all gone. The note of the 'dee de de' sounds now more distinct, prophetic of winter, as I go amid the wild apples on Nawshawtuct. The autumnal dandelion sheltered by this apple-tree trunk is drooping and half-closed and shows but half its yellow, this dark, late, wet day in the fall... Larches are now quite yellow, — in the midst of their fall... When I look away to the woods, the oaks have a dull, dark red now, without brightness. The willow-tops on causeways have a pale, bleached, silvery, or wool-grass-like look."   #OTD   On the same day Thoreau was recording his autumnal observations, the English botanist Frederick Orpen Bower was born (in 1855). Bower became the Regius chair of botany at the University of Glasgow, "Glass-go." When he arrived, the department consisted of two rooms and a small attic space for the herbarium. When Bower lectured, he had to vie for a lecture hall with other departments and faculty. In 1901, the University completed a new botany building, which was technically Britain's first botanical institute. As part of the University's 450th-anniversary celebration, Sir Joseph Hooker opened the building. It was renamed in the 1990s to honor Bower and became known as the Bower Building. On October 24, 2001, the Bower building was significantly damaged by a fire. The losses included first editions of Darwin's Origin of the species, as well as works from both Hooker and Bower. Many of the oldest botanical manuscripts and books were impacted because they were stored on the third floor under the roof space. After almost four years of continuous work, the building reopened in November 2005.       #OTD   Today is the birthday of the Indian botanist EK Janaki Ammal who was born on this day in 1897. She was born in Kerala and studied in numerous colleges in India and received her masters and doctorate at the Unversity of Michigan.  Before Ammal's work, the sugar cane grown in India didn't grow well and wasn't sweet. After her schooling, Ammal worked at a sugar cane breeding station, and she began experimenting with varieties of sugar cane. Although she faced significant jealousy and discrimination from her male counterparts, Ammal managed to create a variety of sugar cane that grew well in the climate of India and it was sweet. It made India a significant grower of sugar cane.       #OTD On this day in 1984, the Arizona Republic newspaper shared an article by Vic Miller, a professor of agriculture at Arizona Stale University, about the history of the native palm of Arizona. The article starts this way: "Yes, we do have a native palm. Seeds of it were collected in Arizona; taken to Belgium and grown in a nursery; [observed] and named by a German botanist, but it is called the California fan palm."   The mystery about the California Fan Palm was not whether it existed but where it came from - California or Arizona. The article continued: "In 1976, ... researchers published an article ... stating that there was [an area where] native palms [grew naturally] in Arizona... on Castle Creek, about a mile north and west of Castle Hot Springs. This discovery helped solve a 100-year-old mystery. [Here's the backstory:] In 1879, a German botanist, Herman von Wendland, named our [Arizona] palm Washingtonia filifera in memory of George Washington. He had seen the plants growing in a nursery in Belgium. Seeds from which these were grown had been collected in America.  But from which state had the seeds been collected?  Three years earlier, in 1876, the German botanist Georg Drude wrote that the seed was collected in Arizona, along the Colorado River. Then, the [Italian botanist, Dr. Francesco Franceschi, also said that the seed was] from Arizona.  But the Stanford botanist and herbarium curator, Samuel Parish, disagreed because the area where the seeds were collected was supposedly near Prescott. According to Parish, this was "a region of pines rather than of palms." Thus he insisted that the seeds had to come from California. Now, what Parish didn't realize, was that there actually were groves of Arizona palms - only 38 miles from Prescott  - at Castle Creek. So how did the Arizona Palm seeds end up in Belgium? Well, it turns out, the 1870's stagecoach line went right along Castle Creek to Prescott Arizona and then onto Santa Fe New Mexico. In September 1872, the Czech botanist and Extreme Orchid Hunter Benedict Roezl was in that part of the Southwest on his way to Mexico. He likely bought some of the ripe purple fruit of those Castle Creek Arizona Palms when fellow travelers were selling them. Then, he sent the fruit on to Germany with his other specimens.         Unearthed Words "November's sky is chill and drear, November's leaf is red and sear." - Sir Walter Scott   "Listen ... With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break free from the trees And fall." - Adelaide Crapsey, 1878-1914, November Night       Today's book recommendation: The Garden in Every Sense and Season by Tovah Martin I am a huge Tovah Martin fan, and this book does not disappoint. First, I have to share what Michelle Slatalla of Gardenista wrote about this book (it's so good - it's printed right on the cover!) "Reminds us that the best way to get to know a garden is through our senses. Don't expect to make it through many pages before you feel an urge to run outdoors to reintroduce yourself to your own landscape."  This book is one of my favorites, and I'm thrilled to share it with you today - at the start of November - a month where we count our blessings and are thankful. Martin's book is about that - being present and aware - as well as so genuinely grateful for our gardens. Gardens are so much work. But don't forget they are the muse to so many of our dreams. We get so much joy from them and, if your in a Northern Garden like I am, the time we get to spend in them is so minimal. In Tovah's book, she shares 100 essays that are divided into the four seasons; but then each season is divided into the five senses - sight, smell, sound, touch, and taste. Let me share a few excerpts from her section on autumn: Sight "Gone to Seed" "Look closely, and you'll realize that seed heads are fascinating. Also, they aren't usually as glam as flowers. They're intricate little packets carefully designed to ensure tomorrow for whatever sedum, mountain mint, aster, marigold or echinacea they plan to disperse."   Sound "Crunch Time" "You might say my affinity for rakes is just the sour grapes of a 90-pound weakling unable to pull a ripcord effectively. And you might be right. But there is something infinitely fulfilling about unearthing the herbaceous peony with its tawny blush leaves still intact and rejoicing because I will be enjoying its color for another few weeks."   Touch "Get a Grip" "Some women have an arsenal of shoes at their beck and call. A stack of gloves placed by the door is more my speed.  The collection includes mud gloves, leather gloves, lined gloves, driving gloves, gauntlets, and wool gloves... Wear the wrong gloves in autumn, and your hands are going to suffer. "    Touch "Underground Assets" "I have a conspiracy theory linking chiropractors to the autumn planting bulbs trend."   Tovah Martin is such an excellent writer - conversational and witty - and the photography in this book is beautiful.     Today's Garden Chore Don't forget to shut the water off to your spigots; you don't want frozen water to burst your pipes.    Disconnect the garden hoses from the spigots and bring the spray nozzles into a warm space so that they can be used next year.      Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart You might be wondering what happened to Benedict Roezl, the botanist who sent the Arizona Palm seeds back to Germany and then Belgium. Here's the rest of his story: Once he got to Mexico, Roezl started a business out of growing a nettle called the Boehmeria nivea, which produces a fiber that can be harvested. He had built a machine to extract the fiber from the Boehmeria and brought it to an exhibition. When someone asked if his machine could to extract fiber from an agave, Roezl attempted to try it. Tragically, his hand got caught in the machine and was crushed. The accident changed his life. Roezl left his business and began collecting plants full-time. Roezl collected over 800 orchids from Mexico and South America, along with thousands of other plants like agaves and cacti. In Columbia, he discovered the Zambia Roezlii; the tallest and oldest orchid of all. Even though Roezl was 6‘2“ tall, and used an imposing iron hook for a hand, during his collecting days, Roezl was robbed 17 times and, once, even attacked by a jaguar. Roezl collected for a nurseryman named Sander for 40 years.   At the end of his life, Roezl returned to Czechoslovakia. His country welcomed him home with open arms, and the Russian czar honored him. After he died at home in his bed, his funeral was attended by the Austrian emperor.   Today, there is a handsome statue of Roezl in Prague. It’s located on the southern end of Charles Square.       Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Join us as we explore some of the most common eating disorders: anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder. Learn everything from the development, management and recovery - to the physical, social and emotional impacts that an eating disorder can have on a person and their loved ones. Featuring special guest Dr. Ostolosky, a psychiatrist and program director for the Eating Disorders Program at the University of Alberta Hospital.  Resources: National Eating Disorder Information Centre: http://nedic.ca/ Eating Disorder Support Network of Alberta: https://edsna.ca/ Canadian Mental Health Association (Eating Disorders): https://cmha.ca/mental-health/understanding-mental-illness/eating-disorders National Initiative for Eating Disorders: http://nied.ca/ Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders (F.E.A.S.T.): https://www.feast-ed.org/ Government of Canada (Mental Health Services): https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/mental-health-services.htm Summary Sheet:EatingDisordersSummarySheet.html

Tim Herbert, vice president of research and market intelligence for CyberSeek, joins us to discuss something we're very excited about at Infosec, the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education’s CyberSeek model. The CyberSeek model helps aspiring and experienced infosec professionals progress through their career by providing clearly defined career pathways, an interactive job map, a list of skills and certifications most requested by employers for different roles, and a variety of other helpful data points that are backed by research into the information security job market. Check out the CyberSeek platform: https://www.cyberseek.org/pathway.html. Join us in the fight against cybercrime: https://www.infosecinstitute.com. Special offer for Infosec Cyberspeak listeners: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/podcast.

Rodney Petersen, director of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, discusses his organizations missions, roles and partners. The Annual NICE Conference and Expo is a major Cybersecurity Education event. Follow the Festival on Twitter @mdstemfest, Instagram @mdstem, Facebook @marylandstemfestival and on our website www.marylandstemfestival.org. You can e-mail your thoughts and comments to us at mdstemfest@gmail.com Follow NICE at https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nice/about

In Timbs v. Indiana, after Tyson Timbs pled guilty to drug charges, the State of Indiana civilly forfeited his vehicle on the theory that he used the vehicle to transport drugs. A state trial court ruled that forfeiture of the $42,000 vehicle for the crime of selling less than $400 worth of drugs was “grossly disproportionate” to his wrongdoing and would violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on excessive fines. The Indiana Supreme Court reversed, holding that the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause did not even apply to the states. On November 28, 2018, the Supreme Court will hear argument on whether the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against excessive fines applies to states, just as it has applied to the federal government since 1791. Darpana Sheth, Senior Attorney with the Institute for Justice, which represents Tyson Timbs, and Director of IJ’s National Initiative to End Forfeiture Abuse, will discuss the oral arguments in this teleforum. Featuring: Darpana Sheth, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice Teleforum calls are open to all dues paying members of the Federalist Society. To become a member, sign up here. As a member, you should receive email announcements of upcoming Teleforum calls which contain the conference call phone number. If you are not receiving those email announcements, please contact us at 202-822-8138.

In Timbs v. Indiana, after Tyson Timbs pled guilty to drug charges, the State of Indiana civilly forfeited his vehicle on the theory that he used the vehicle to transport drugs. A state trial court ruled that forfeiture of the $42,000 vehicle for the crime of selling less than $400 worth of drugs was “grossly disproportionate” to his wrongdoing and would violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on excessive fines. The Indiana Supreme Court reversed, holding that the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause did not even apply to the states. On November 28, 2018, the Supreme Court will hear argument on whether the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against excessive fines applies to states, just as it has applied to the federal government since 1791. Darpana Sheth, Senior Attorney with the Institute for Justice, which represents Tyson Timbs, and Director of IJ’s National Initiative to End Forfeiture Abuse, will discuss the oral arguments in this teleforum. Featuring: Darpana Sheth, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice Teleforum calls are open to all dues paying members of the Federalist Society. To become a member, sign up here. As a member, you should receive email announcements of upcoming Teleforum calls which contain the conference call phone number. If you are not receiving those email announcements, please contact us at 202-822-8138.

Hello everyone and welcome back to the show. Thank you all for the continued support. We continue to grow because of you. Please take a moment and rate and review the podcast on iTunes. We would appreciate it! Special thanks to all the brave men and women who work in the Criminal Justice field. You have much support, and keep up the great work. In this episode Patrick welcomes back Tracie Keesee, Ph.D. Tracie is currently the Deputy Commissioner of Equity & Inclusion at NYPD. She is also the Co-Founder of the Center for Policing Equity. She is also the Project Director of the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice, a Department of Justice project led by the National Network for Safe Communities at John Jay College. The initiative is designed to improve relationships and increase trust between minority communities and the criminal justice system, as well as advance the public and scholarly understandings of the issues contributing to those relationships. Dr. Keesee is a 29 year police veteran. She retired as a captain of the Denver Police Department, where her final assignment was as deputy director of Colorado Information Analysis Center (CIAC), the State of Colorado's fusion center. In this interview, Patrick and Tracee talk about the challenges that law enforcement face now and in the future, as well as other important topics. A great interview. Check out Dr. Keesee's TED Talk about keeping neighborhoods safe through a collaboration between the police and the public. https://www.ted.com/talks/tracie_keesee_how_police_and_the_public_can_create_safer_neighborhoods_together?language=en Find Dr. Keesee here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracie-keesee-2057291b/ Do you love coffee? We do too! Check out the great products from Four Sigmatic. Get 15% off purchases using the promo code CJEVO. www.cjevolution.com   Stay tuned for more great content and great guests. Patrick  

Kelly speaks with Tonya Salomons, social worker at the National Initiative for Care of the Elderly, about their new HomeShare initiative that pairs older people with millennials looking for a place to live. 

Salin Geevarghese currently serves as Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) as well as the founding Director of the Mixed-Income Strategic Alliance and its Innovation and Action Network. The Mixed-Income Strategic Alliance is a collaboration of CSSP, the National Initiative on Mixed Income Communities at Case Western Reserve University and Urban Strategies, Inc. Before that, from April 2014 to January 2017, Salin served in a senior appointed leadership post as HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of International and Philanthropic Innovation (within the Office of Policy Development and Research) during the Administration of President Barack Obama. He is a recognized expert, leader, consultant, and speaker. Salin has written widely on open records laws and transparency, public education issues, civil rights and equity issues, community and economic development, sustainable urbanization, civic innovation, and engagement efforts. More importantly to me, he is my cousin and older brother, and I am stoked that he has finally caved in and said yes to coming on the show. We talk about family, why representation matters, and of course, mental health, since May is Mental Health Awareness month. His son Sanjay also joins us for the conversation, so let’s get right to the conversation. Being a Leader, Paving the Way So what does your family say about YOU? Salin says he was always known as the “big mouth” in his family, but he never dreamed his career path would take him where it has. He was commonly described as a leader, and was the first in his family to go to law school. Seeing his parents as role models shaped his early thinking, which focused on helping those in poverty and making an impact on others. Because Salin’s mother taught elementary school in Chattanooga, Salin was able very early to realize that not everyone has the same background and experiences. He says that seeing his parents serve others were character-molding moments in his life. TWEET: I was aware very early that what I had and what others had were very different. #ChasingDreams The Question Salin was asked EVERY Day Can you imagine what it’s like to work for the President of the United States? Salin was privileged to work for HUD as his father entered the early stages of dementia. Every day his father would ask if he would see the president today. Every day Salin would answer, “Not today, Daddy.” Even though his HUD post didn’t mean day-to-day contact with President Obama, he knew he had to figure out how to get a picture of himself with the president, so he could give it to his father. Salin didn’t think it would ever happen, until 2016, when he was nominated for an award and was invited to the ceremony where he would meet President Obama. It was the culmination of a 6-year dream and the answer to the question his father asked so often. TWEET: The route into public policy, poverty, and non-profit was all “in the sauce.” #ChasingDreams The Letter that Means So Much When is a letter more than just a letter? How about when the letter is from the President of the United States? Salin was able to share briefly with President Obama the story of his immigrant parents and their story. The president wrote a quick note of thanks for him to pass along to his father, along with the picture of Salin and the president. Salin was so grateful for the president’s humble leadership that he wrote a note of thanks for the time and attention shown to his family. It wasn’t long before a letter--yes, a “Thank You” for the “Thank You”-- arrived at Salin’s house from President Obama, acknowledging the contribution made by their family. It was a small gesture that wasn’t about politics, but became a meaningful symbol of pride and honor in this Indian family. It’s just one example of what can happen when you think of others, especially in showing kindness and grace to someone suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, like Salin’s beloved father.  TWEET: The question was always, “How might I serve?” #ChasingDreams   OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE: [2:41] Born in America [5:52] Giving back and serving the poor [9:38] How you can be influenced by seeing others give back [12:56] Leading a life of service [13:16] Getting “fired” while on vacation--only to be called to serve in the Obama administration [23:13] The rest of the story and the new purpose behind a 6-year dream [34:54] The note from President Obama and what happened next [43:22] The meaning behind the president’s kind note [46:31] The moment that no one thought would happen [47:39] The importance of embracing time [50:16] Changing your dream in light of mental illness   RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE: Center for the Study of Social Policy Washington Post Article - "As my father battled Alzheimer’s, I rushed to create one last memory: Meeting President Obama”   TWEETS YOU CAN USE: TWEET: President Obama acknowledged what my parents as immigrants had done and said his thoughts and prayers were with us. #ChasingDreams TWEET: Alzheimer’s robs people of a lot, but there is nothing to be ashamed of. #ChasingDreams  

On September 15, 2017 four pro-lifers conducted a "Red Rose Rescue" at Northland Family Planning Centers abortion mill in Sterling Hts, MI, namely Will Goodman, Matthew Connolly, Abby McIntyre and the director of Citizens for A Pro-Life Society, Dr. Monica Miller. The rescue was part of a NATIONAL INITIATIVE. On that day of rescue, two other "Red Rose Rescues" took place in Alexandria, VA and Albuquerque, NM. The rescuers in Michigan faced a maximum of THIRTY DAYS IN JAIL and/or a $250.00 fine. The six person jury FOUND THEM GUILTY OF TRESPASS and sentenced them to TWO YEARS OF PROBATION. The American Freedom Law Center intends to file an appeal. WATCH BELOW as Mark Harrington INTERVIEWS THE RESCUERS right outside of the courthouse where they received their verdict and sentencing. The goals of the Red Rose Rescue are two-fold: 1) to PERSUADE WOMEN TO LEAVE abortion centers before entering, and by doing so give life to their children; and 2) to SHOW A DEFENSE OF THE UNBORN scheduled to be imminently put to death--insofar as the pro-lifers expect the abortion procedures to not take place as long as they maintain a presence in the abortion facility. Dr. Monica Migliorino Miller explains: "Our goal is to reach out to the women scheduled for abortions. Ours will be the last voice they will hear to encourage them to turn away from the violent act of abortion--a violence against them, and against the innocent unborn who have no one to speak for them. We are there to help these moms, but we are also there to abide with the innocent unborn scheduled to be aborted--knowing that as long as there is a pro-life presence in the abortion centers no abortions will take place and the unborn thereby defended." Miller explains: "One of the reasons we decided to do the Red Rose Rescue at Chelian's Northland Family Planning in Sterling Heights was that her remarks indicated a shocking lack of respect for women." You can watch The Mark Harrington Show LIVE every Thursday at 1pm ET on Created Equal Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts. If you can't catch him live, you can subscribe to Mark via podcast to listen any time!See Less

INTRODUCTION: Michael Cassidy, the founder of African Enterprise visited P W Botha in South Africa on October the 8th 1985. ‘It was the time of the National Initiative for Reconciliation, and Michael hoped for signs of repentance and for assurance that apartheid would be dismantled. He was to be bitterly disappointed. This is his account of what happened: ‘I was immediately aware on entry to the room that this was not to be the sort of encounter for which I had prayed. The President began by standing to read me part of Romans 13.’ One of the verses that was read was Romans 13:2 which talks about the responsibility of every person to obey the government. Romans 13:2, ‘Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgement.’ This is one of the more abused verses in the bible. Paul has just given us two positive reasons for why every person should submit to the government in verse 1, God has created government authority; and He has providentially brought even the bad governments to rule. In verse 2 Paul draws the necessary inference and gives a negative reason for everyone to submit. The inference is that if God ordains government, and the ones we are presently under then, by inference, to resist the government is to resist God. And those who do resist God in this way will suffer, in the words of the KJV, ‘damnation.’ Paul has left no doubt as to our responsibility, twice he has emphasised everyone and he has argued for it with both positive and negative motivations. For those of you who are familiar with Puritan history you will know that the English Civil War of the 17th century was fought about how one interprets Romans 13:1-7. There... Read More Source

Bill Newhouse is the deputy director of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education or NICE program. He tells Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller about how the new NICE workforce framework gives agencies a common starting point to improve their workforce capabilities.

When you get rejected from medical school, meditate in silence for 10 days straight, AND have a near-death experience from a run-in with TERRORISTS, you have some pretty good insight into how to persevere. In this episode, we sit down with Rajiv’s cousin, Kavita Narayan, Director of the National Initiative for Allied Health Sciences in India.In plain English, she directs healthcare policy reform for the country of India.We explore:+How rejection from medical school pushed Kavita into healthcare policy+Destiny happens on the margins+Overcoming Commitment Phobia+Incorporating multiple passions into your life+The importance of having a mentor+Treating people you don’t know as friends instead of strangers+Being your authentic self in everything you do+Being okay making mistakes+“A leader means you take responsibility”+Making a choice to either sit on the sidelines and observe your life, or be on the field playing+How going into a situation blind can work to your advantage+Using spirituality to help you on your journey+Detaching from outcomes+“We can do nothing more for ourselves than investing in our personal learning and personal development”+Focusing on human connection+How to properly set goals that are in line with YOU+Understanding the WHY behind what you want+Our failures are what shape us+Taking an Abundance mindset, over a Scarcity mindset+Kavita’s personal awakening from a 10-day silent meditation retreat+Our tendency to subconsciously create chaos so we can make ourselves the hero+Kavita’s near-death experience of landing in the backseat of a car where the drivers were terrorists+Understanding the perspective of others before making judgments+Starting from a place of trust in others, instead of distrust+The impact of just saying “hi” to a stranger+Consciousness is the next frontierReferences:Conversations With God - Neil Donald Walsh - http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Conversations-Neale-Donald-Walsch/dp/0399153292/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1460321986&sr=8-2&keywords=conversations+with+godFind Kavita at:niahs.orgahpsforindia@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Co Host, JoAnn Forrester, Co-Founder Celebrate and Share to speak abou PositivelyPittsburghLive Sponsored Event "Women's Voices,Hear Them Speak." | CULTURAL CLUES: Geri Allen| Pittsburgh Rockin Reunion| Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra BNY Mellon Grand Classics: Bach's Coffeehouse| WQED Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies| Matilda, the Musical| JazzLive International Festival | Earth, Wind & Fire| Pittsburgh Symphony 2015-16 Grand Classics| Pittsburgh Symphony 2015-16 PNC Pops Season| KIDZ KORNER: Computer & Electronic Recycling Day| My Bike; Custom Bikes for Kids| WOMEN AND GIRLS ADVANCEMENT : â??Inspired Women Paying it Forwardâ??! | BUSINESS BUZZ: Pittsburgh Selected for The National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice| Arts & Cultural Employment and Establishments Rise| JoAnn Forrester and Joanne Quinn-Smith each interviewed on Big Pitch Radio in special on Pittsburgh Business Women| NON-PROFIT EVENTS SPONSORED BY BLACKTIE PITTSBURGH: 12th Annual Glass Slipper| The 5th Annual Legacy Awards Luncheon| NEIGHBORHOOD HI-LIGHTS: http://445photography.com/| POSITIVE PITTSBURGHERS: Kribel's Bakery| Patrick Jordan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's 2014 Performer of the Year| ROVING PITTSBURGHER REPORT SPONSORED BY PITTSBURGH TRADE ALLIANCE: How I Learned What I Learned at PPT| NAWBO Networking Event| PITTSBURGH LOCAL SPORTS: Pittsburgh Donnybrook| VETERANS VET and MILITARY METTLE: Feathered Friends program at the VA Medical Center | WWII posters-on display for a limited time in the Gallery of Pew Fine Arts Center| WQED Producer Connects More WWII Veterans and Families Wit Pittsburgh Artist's Sketche in Follow-Up Documentary

Pat grills her guest like a juicy summer steak and asks for one word answers. Tom Dahlborg - CFO of The National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality is happy to submit to the heat. Plus Pat delves into the meaning of the word 'experience' especially as it applies to the patient experience. And for added fun - family members show up to play Shocking News (scream) from Around the World. Fun, fast-paced, and full of healthcare and hospital safety tips and tools.This show is broadcast live on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

Marquette Falbo will be interviewing Dr. Atoosa Kourosh today about Be Our Voice. Dr. Kourosh is a pediatrician with a Masters Degree in Public Health and is engaged in both hospital and outpatient clinical medicine. She enjoys working in clinical pediatrics and public health, and is involved in grass roots volunteer advocacy and public health program development, with special focus on pediatric obesity, maternal and child health, injury prevention, and international health development. Be our Voice is a program of NICHQ, the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality, promoting breastfeeding. http://www.nichq.org/advocacy/   http://txpeds.org/breastfeeding-toolkit

Marquette Falbo will be interviewing Dr. Atoosa Kourosh today about Be Our Voice. Dr. Kourosh is a pediatrician with a Masters Degree in Public Health and is engaged in both hospital and outpatient clinical medicine. She enjoys working in clinical pediatrics and public health, and is involved in grass roots volunteer advocacy and public health program development, with special focus on pediatric obesity, maternal and child health, injury prevention, and international health development. Be our Voice is a program of NICHQ, the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality, promoting breastfeeding. http://www.nichq.org/advocacy/   http://txpeds.org/breastfeeding-toolkit http://txpeds.org/be-our-voice-advocacy-training

Senator Mike Gravel, the Senator who read the Pentagon papers into the congressional record, filibustered to end the draft, and ran for President in 2008 will once again be my guest here on V-RADIO! We will be talking about Mike's take on the Resource Based Economy, his National Initiative for Democracy, and a message from him to Occupy Wall Street! Tune in! 

MEDIA ROOTS- Mike Gravel is a former US Senator and a former candidate in the 2008 presidential election. As Senator, Gravel became nationally known for his attempts to end the draft during the Vietnam War and for putting the Pentagon Papers into the public record in 1971. He is an advocate of direct democracy and the National Initiative. Gravel endorses the 9/11 Ballot Initiative movement across the country, saying the measure would create a "citizens commission rather than a government commission" with subpoena power against top U.S. officials to "make a true investigation as to what happened" regarding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Abby and Robbie Martin interview Gravel about his political history, presidential candidacy, the 9/11 ballot initiative and what citizens can do to make direct change. Find out more about Mike Gravel at his website http://www.mikegravel.us/ http://www.mediaroots.org/interview-with-former-senator-mike-gravel.php http://www.mediaroots.org

3/27/2011Posted by Dan Belforti Former U.S.Senator Mike Gravel Discusses National Initiative, 911 Truth, and more  Mike Gravel served as a U.S. Senator from 1968 to 1981.  Although began his career as a Democrat, his views have correctly evolved toward libertarianism far more than any other present or past Democratic congressman.  Gravel ran for President in 2008 primarily to help raise awareness for the National Initiative for Democracy (http://ni4d.us/) to empower the American people to take back control of their government and their lives.  Mike also correctly promoted term limits to help curb corruption in Washington and The Fairtax.org to help save the economy and environment.  

Mike Gravel was a U.S. Senator from 1968 to 1981.  Although served as a Democrat, his views have evolved to reflect libertarianism far more than the typical Democratic politician.  Mike ran for President in 2008 primarily to help raise awareness of the National Initiative for Democracy (http://ni4d.us) to empower the American people to take back control of their government and their lives.