Podcasts about northern new england

Rabbi Dr. Shira Stern, BCC, serves as Disaster Spiritual Care Manager for the American Red Cross and as ARC Division Advisor for the Northeast and Lead for Massachusetts and Northern New England.  Her ARC deployment to the 2025 LA Fires was featured in the Berkshire Eagle.  She previously appeared on NeshamaCast in Episode 2 . She served as Consulting Editor for Mishkan Refuah: Where Healing Resides. Rabbi Stern is a Past President of NAJC. Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner, BCC, serves as the senior rabbi and director of the Spiritual Care Department at Cedars-SInai in Los Angeles and as Rabbi of Knesset Israel Synagogue of Beverlywood. Among his many publications are: A Jewish Guide to Practical Medical Decision Making, Care and Covenant: A Jewish Bioethic of Responsibility, and a Guide to Observance of Jewish Law in a Hospital.   Special thanks to Henry Bernstein, Allison Atterberry and Gabe Sniman for on site technical production. About our host:Rabbi Edward Bernstein, BCC, is the producer and host of NeshamaCast. He serves as Chaplain at Boca Raton Regional Hospital of Baptist Health South Florida. He is a member of the Board of Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains. Prior to his chaplain career, he served as a pulpit rabbi in congregations in New Rochelle, NY; Beachwood, OH; and Boynton Beach, FL. He is also the host and producer of My Teacher Podcast: A Celebration of the People Who Shape Our Lives. NeshamaCast contributor Rabbi Katja Vehlow was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary and is Director of Jewish Life at Fordham University. She trained as a chaplain at Moses Maimonides Medical Center in New York. Previously, she served as Associate Professor of Religious Studies at University of South Carolina. A native German speaker, she is planning a forthcoming German-language podcast on the weekly Torah portion with a focus on pastoral care. NeshamaCast contributor Chaplain David Balto is a volunteer chaplain at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. and Western Correctional Insitution, Maryland's maximum security prison. He coordinated the annual National Bikur Cholim Conference. Support NeshamaCast and NAJC with a tax deductible donation to NAJC. Transcripts for this episode and other episodes of NeshamaCast are available at NeshamaCast.simplecast.com and are typically posted one week after an episode first airs. Theme Music is “A Niggun For Ki Anu Amecha,” written and performed by Reb-Cantor Lisa Levine. Please help others find the show by rating and reviewing the show on Apple Podcasts or other podcast providers. We welcome comments and suggestions for future programming at NeshamaCast@gmail.com. And be sure to follow NAJC on Facebook to learn more about Jewish spiritual care happening in our communities.

For Yahweh is righteous;   he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face. - Psalm 11:7   This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 01:28 – Introduction 08:04 – My Commentary on Psalm 11 27:55 – The Woman Who Fears the LORD – Proverbs 31, Logos Bible Study 55:16 – Wives, Submit to Your Own Husbands – Ephesians 5, Logos Bible Study 1:19:34 - ‘Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750' by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich – Goodreads 2:05:07 - Liberal Justice Dismisses Risks Of Trans Surgeries For Minors: Aspirin Has Side Effects, Too – Virginia Kruta, DW

Send us a textThe compact disc hits middle age. Wacky fast food fails of the disco era. More sights from a Northern New England road trip.Episode 163 kicks off autumn by falling into some fun nostalgia.It begins with Part 2 of a recent 3-day road trip into New Hampshire, Vermont, and Western Massachusetts. We'll get into more places that are worth visiting including a spot on my morbid Bucket List. What places might need to be skipped? We'll uncover all of them. For many Gen-Xers, the compact disc was the definition of high-tech when it came to music media. Now as the CD hits its 40th anniversary we go way Back In the Day to look at how the CD changed music and how consuming music has changed over the decades.The 1970s were a unique time, with disco music, Pet Rocks, and odd choices by fast food establishments. This week's Top 5 looks at 1970s fast food fails including some by giants of the industry.The new This Week In History and Time Capsule gets meta as we look back at a time capsule buried in New York City as part of the World's Fair in 1939.For more great content become a subscriber on Patreon!Helpful Links from this EpisodeThe Lady of the Dunes.comPurchase My New Book Cape Cod Beyond the Beach!In My Footsteps: A Cape Cod Travel Guide(2nd Edition)Hooked By Kiwi - Etsy.comWear Your Wish.com - Clothing, Accessories, and moreDJ Williams MusicKeeKee's Cape Cod KitchenChristopher Setterlund.comCape Cod Living - Zazzle StoreSubscribe on YouTube!Initial Impressions 2.0 BlogUPDATE: Bonnie Bickwit and Mitchel Weiser Case - Rolling Stone.comVermont Maple MuseumMohawk TrailHoosac Tunnel - Atlas ObscuraListen to Episode 162 here Support the show

Witches, Episode #3 of 4. The Salem witch trials lasted from late February 1692 to May 1693 in eastern Massachusetts Bay Province. This event resulted in the arrest and imprisonment of at least 155 individuals. Of these people, thirty were found guilty, with nineteen meeting their end by hanging. One man suffered a gruesome death by crushing under stones, while five others perished in jail due to harsh conditions. Although modest in scale compared to the extensive witch-hunts in 17th-century Europe, the Salem episode stands as the most severe witch-hunt in American history. It surpassed all previous New England witchcraft trials in terms of accusations and executions. The aftermath of the Salem trials marked a turning point. No further witchcraft convictions occurred in New England after this event. Moreover, the Salem crisis ultimately contributed to the downfall of the Puritan government in Massachusetts, signaling a significant shift in the region's political and social landscape. Bibliography Kamensky, Jane. Governing the Tongue: The Politics of Speech in Early New England. Oxford University Press. 1997. Moyer, Paul. Detestable and Wicked Arts: New England and Witchcraft in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Cornell University Press. 2020. Norton, Mary Beth. In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692. Vintage Books. 2003. Ray, Benjamin C. Satan and Salem : The Witch-Hunt Crisis Of 1692. University of Virginia Press, 2015. Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher. Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750. Oxford University Press. 1980. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us a textDetails from a breathtaking road trip to Northern New England. 1980s diet and exercise fad fails. Another Top 5 with an AI challenger. Episode 162 runs the gamut of past, present, and future.It begins with Part 1 of a recent 3-day road trip into New Hampshire, Vermont, and Western Massachusetts. What places are worth visiting? What places might need to be skipped? We'll uncover all of them. It is common the 'fall into fitness' at this time of year. Whatever you do make sure you don't try any of these 1980s diet and exercise fad fails. Some are harmless. Some are bizarre. Some are downright dangerous. All will be discussed. This week features the return of Me v. AI Top 5. It will be a battle between man and machine to see what were the best TV shows of the 1990s. Whose list will be better?Of course, there is a brand new This Week In History and Time Capsule featuring the discovery of Otzi the Iceman.For more great content become a subscriber on Patreon!Helpful Links from this EpisodeThe Lady of the Dunes.comPurchase My New Book Cape Cod Beyond the Beach!In My Footsteps: A Cape Cod Travel Guide(2nd Edition)Hooked By Kiwi - Etsy.comWear Your Wish.com - Clothing, Accessories, and moreDJ Williams MusicKeeKee's Cape Cod KitchenChristopher Setterlund.comCape Cod Living - Zazzle StoreSubscribe on YouTube!Initial Impressions 2.0 BlogShelter of the Monument Book - Yvonne DeSousa.comUPDATE: Bonnie Bickwit and Mitchel Weiser Case - Rolling Stone.comPemi CabinsKancamagus HighwayWhite Mountain Bagel Co.Listen to Episode 161 here Support the show

This week we have Danielle Cyr on the podcast to discuss weighted pull and canine fitness.  Daniel has a number of titles and certificates including Judges' Liaison and Treasurer for United Dog Sports of Northern New England, Founder/President of Dirigo Working Dogs, UKC Weight Pull Judge, APA Weight Pull Judge, Iron Dog Weight Pull Judge, W3PO Weight Pull Judge, CGC Evaluator, SPOT Evaluator, ATTS Tester and Certified Canine Athlete Specialist.  Danielle got involved in the sport of weight pull when she needed to provide her shy dog an outlet to build confidence.  It ended up being such a success that she started providing a training outlet to other dogs who suffered from behavioral issues. Danielle gives us an overview of the sport including one rule of weight pull that stands out, which is that dogs are never allowed to fail. If a dog is failing the human behind the cart will help push the cart to ensure the dog succeeds in moving the cart.  Additionally, a lot of care is put into avoiding injuries including a specialized harness that ensures the dogs comfort and safety. The movements are very controlled and deliberate, much like in human weightlifting.  There should not be jumping or alligator rolling since those movements increase the dog's risk of injury.  The sport is open to all breeds, and Danielle has even seen Chinese Crested compete in this sport.  While the sport was actually created by the Malamute Club, there can be a stigma associated with pitbulls/dog fighting.  However, the sport is a straight slow walk with weight, which is much more controlled than a lot of other sports or even everyday play that we do with our dogs.  Additionally, the sport provides a great way for responsible owners to strength train with their dog. Danielle works in the veterinary field and sees a lot of injuries and is now a certified canine athlete specialist, which is comparable to a canine fitness instructor. Much like human athletes, dogs need to have cross training days as well as warm up and cool downs depending on the sports they participate in.  Danielle gives us a great overview of how she keeps her dogs and other dogs safe and healthy in a variety of sports. If you've ever been curious about weight pull for dogs, we think you are going to love all the insights Danielle provides us.  Don't forget to review, subscribe, and share! Follow us on IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@sometimestheressideeye | Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Contact Danielle "Dani" Cyr: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/danielle.cyr.7 IG https://www.instagram.com/cyrius_knls/ Email: dlynne1123@yahoo.com More information about this episode: Dirgo Working Dogs http://www.dirigoworkingdogs.com/ United Dog Sports of Northern New England https://www.facebook.com/share/chFi23GjUrd9cZr1/ World Wide Weight Pull Organization/W3PO http://www.worldwideweightpull.net/ UKC Home | United Kennel Club (UKC) (ukcdogs.com)

Why some experts say parts of Vermont would benefit from dredging to reduce flood risk, but it's not a panacea. Plus, Sen. Bernie Sanders says he'll campaign for Kamala Harris in her presidential bid, Goddard College now appears to have a buyer for its shuttered campus, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England warns of a major budget shortfall that could threaten services for patients, Dog Mountain in St. Johnsbury is forced to cancel its annual summer dog party due to flood damage, more than 20 homes have been destroyed in parts of the Northeast Kingdom by recent flooding, and Sen. Sanders says FEMA must streamline its process for getting federal financial aid into the hands of folks who need it following natural disasters.

Melody is behind the FCL News desk to keep you up to date (all the links she discusses are below). Then Jesse let's you know about next week's episode with Author Emilie-Noelle Provost. We hope you'll tune in next week to hear the full episode! Links to follow Emilie - Website - https://www.emilienoelleprovost.com FB - https://www.facebook.com/emilienoelleprovostauthor Insta - https://www.instagram.com/emilienoelle2018/ X - @Emilie_Noelle Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6557102.Emilie_Noelle_Provost News Links - Articles: QTP, Franco-American Politics in Northern New England: https://querythepast.com/franco-americans-northern-new-england/ Franco-American News and Culture, A Time Traveler Monument remembered on Memorial Day: https://francoamerican.bdnblogs.com/2024/05/23/franco-american-news-and-culture/a-time-traveler-monument-remembered-on-memorial-day/ Podcasts: Franco-American Pathways, episode 18: https://francopathwayspod.wordpress.com/ Events: June 7: Josée Vachon House Party, contact lisam@umaine.edu for event info. June 22: Leominster French-Canadian Festival: https://fb.me/e/59AG4vcTL You can support Melody on Patreon - https://patreon.com/modernefrancos or Substack - https://modernefrancos.substack.com/

Seth Goldstein; Recorded February 22, 2024 - Historian Seth Goldstein discussed the economic ties between Maine and the luxury-producing plantations of the West Indies and explored the various commodities, such as lumber, draft animals, and salt cod, that Maine supplied to West Indian plantations. Concurrently, enslaved Africans in the Caribbean labored in horrific conditions to produce sugar, molasses, rum, and other goods that were consumed in Maine. Seth explained how the West Indies Trade was significant to the forced migration of enslaved Africans to Northern New England and how the West Indies Trade left a lasting mark on the city of Portland and the state of Maine.

Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution establishes guidelines by which the United States Congress can admit new states to the American Union. It clearly states that “no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State…without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.” Five states have been formed from pre-existing states: Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Maine. How did the process of forming a state from a pre-existing state work? Why would territories within a state want to declare their independence from their home state? Joshua Smith, the interim director of the American Merchant Marine Museum in Kings Point, New York, and author of the book Making Maine: Statehood and the War of 1812, leads us on an exploration of Maine's journey to statehood. Show Notes:https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/384 Sponsor Links Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Juneteenth at Colonial Williamsburg Complementary Episodes Episode 030: Northern New England's Religious Geography Episode 057: Money and the American State Episode 098: Birth of the American Tax Man Episode 103, James Monroe and & His Estate Highland Episode 134: Pulpit and Nation Episode 309: Merchant Ships of the Eighteenth Century Listen! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Amazon Music Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App Helpful Links Join the Ben Franklin's World Facebook Group Ben Franklin's World Twitter: @BFWorldPodcast Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter

Join Ben for his discussion with attorneys Taylor Asen and Trevor Savage about their recent $2.4 million verdict in Bangor, Maine in a case involving a surgical mal positioning that caused an arm injury and CRPS.  Taylor and Trevor explain how they worked closely with the client to get her to the right specialist who could diagnose her medical condition.  They talk about the challenges of presenting a CRPS injury at trial.  They discuss how they resisted the defense effort to stipulate to liability and were able to present compelling evidence of corporate indifference and system failure in the lack of safeguards or systems to make sure that the surgery was done safely, and the lack of follow through, investigation, or changes that came out of this incident.  They discuss how they responded to the defense's 11th hour surprise surveillance video, which the judge allowed into evidence over objection.  They used the surveillance to further polarize the case and show the lie in the hospital's claim to be taking responsibility for its actions.  They discuss the use of data analysis to recognize the true value of the case and to formulate the amount asked for in closing. About Taylor Asenwww.gideonasen.com Taylor specializes in medical malpractice cases, trucking accident cases, and other complex personal injury cases. He has recovered tens of millions of dollars for his clients. Taylor possesses a unique combination of intellect, competitive drive, and human empathy that makes him a powerful advocate for his clients. Taylor has dedicated his career to championing the interests of individuals who have suffered harm or injury from corporate misconduct, individual negligence, and bad medical care. Taylor's efforts on behalf of injured Mainers have resulted in several of the largest case settlements in Maine history. Recently, Taylor and his colleague Meryl obtained one of the largest jury verdicts in a child sex abuse case in Maine's history. Taylor has been recognized as one of Maine's leading plaintiff's attorneys. He is only one of two lawyer from Northern New England listed in Lawdragon's list of the top 500 plaintiff's attorneys in the nation—the other lawyer from Northern New England is his partner, Ben Gideon. Taylor is also included in Best Lawyers – Ones to Watch and Super Lawyers Rising Stars; these designations are given to attorneys that distinguish themselves during their first decade of practice. “Nobody is more committed to his clients than Taylor,” said Ben Gideon. “His mind is always working. It's not unusual for me to receive a call after midnight from Taylor, wanting to brainstorm about a thorny problem or about case strategy. Taylor is also a gifted legal writer, enabling our clients to gain the upper hand in motions and briefs submitted to the courts. When it comes to the full range of personal qualities and skills needed to achieve extraordinary client results, there are few lawyers I've met who can match Taylor.” Taylor is on the Board of Governors of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association and has served as Co-Chair of the MTLA's Legislative Committee for the past three years. Taylor has testified in the Maine Legislature on numerous occasions, and played a critical role in the fight to raise Maine's cap on wrongful death damages in 2019. Taylor also has experience litigating class action cases on behalf of employees, consumers, and victims of civil rights abuses. From 2019 to 2020, he co-counseled a class action on behalf of Maine prisoners who were denied treatment for Hepatitis C. That lawsuit resulted in a historic settlement with the Maine Department of Corrections, under which the DOC agreed to treat all incarcerated individuals who have chronic Hepatitis C. Taylor is an Adjunct Professor at Maine Law School, where he co-teaches Trial Advocacy. A native of Maine, Taylor is a graduate of Yale Law School. At Yale, Taylor worked in the Veterans Legal Services Clinic, representing veterans who were improperly denied disability benefits. After graduating from law school, Taylor clerked for federal judges in New York City and Newark, New Jersey. Taylor began his career at a law firm in New York, before returning to Maine to represent individual plaintiffs in personal injury lawsuits. Taylor's wife, Becca, is the Director of Recruiting and Professional Development at Bernstein Shur. Taylor and Becca live in Cumberland County with their three children, Davida, Vivienne, and Leon. What Clients Say About Taylor“The most fantastic Lawyer I have ever met. Caring considerate and great results.” – Hilarie B. “Taylor went above and beyond during the entire case. I felt valued, respected and as if I was the #1 and only client he had.” – Adam D. “Taylor was there, step by step, fighting for what is right and just, making sure we understood each process. He helped my family get the best outcome to move forward with our lives without regret.” – Cheri H. “Taylor Asen was everything we needed in a lawyer: professional, communicative, straight forward and determined. He also was everything we didn't expect: personable, always available, kind and thoughtful. We highly recommend his services.” – Arianna S. “Taylor Asen is the ultimate professional. He navigated us through the toughest time in our lives and handled our medical malpractice case with mastery. . . Most of all, he was human. His confidence and his friendly demeanor put us at ease and his empathy towards our situation made us feel like we wanted to win this case not just for us, but for him.” – Lisa H. EDUCATIONJ.D., Yale Law School, 2012M.A., Columbia University, 2007B.A., George Washington University (summa cum laude), 2006 RECOGNITIONSLawdragon's 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, 2022The Best Lawyers in America ― “Ones to Watch,” 2021 – presentSuper Lawyers ― “Rising Star,” 2017 – presentAVVO – Rated 10/10 MEMBERSHIPSBoard Member, Maine Trial Lawyers AssociationCo-chair, Legislative Committee, Maine Trial Lawyers AssociationMember, Academy of Truck Accident AttorneysMember, American Association for JusticeMember, Right to Know Advisory Committee, Maine State Legislature, 2019-2022Member, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine Selection Advisory Committee (2021)Chair, Maine Supreme Judicial Court IOLTA Working Group (2020) ADMISSIONSMaine (2016)U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (2014)U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (2014)U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (2014)New York (2013) CLERKSHIPSLaw Clerk, Hon. Julio Fuentes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2014Law Clerk, Hon. J. Paul Oetken, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2013  About Trevor Savagewww.gideonasen.com Trevor is a skilled trial attorney who represents clients in claims involving medical malpractice, wrongful deaths and other complex personal injury cases. After completing a clerkship with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Trevor began his career at a large firm in Portland, representing medical providers, businesses, and insurance companies. Trevor's experience as a defense attorney gives him a unique perspective that he uses to give Gideon Asen's clients an advantage during litigation with insurance companies. A native of Maine, Trevor is a graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and then the University of Maine School of Law. At Maine Law, he served as Managing Editor of the Maine Law Review and as a legal writing teaching assistant for first-year students. During law school—alongside his then-classmate and current colleague, Meryl Poulin—he distinguished himself as one of two “Prize Arguers” of their class and argued before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. He and Meryl Poulin—another Gideon Asen attorney—later competed nationally as teammates on the Maine Law Moot Court Team, finishing in the top three of a competition of more than forty teams. While at law school, Trevor interned with the Appellate Division of the United States Attorney's Office and then with Judge Kermit V. Lipez of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He also worked as a Student Attorney at the Cumberland County District Attorney's Office (winning his first two jury trials as a second-year law student). Trevor lives in North Berwick, Maine, with his wife, Amy, and two children, Jacob and Will. EDUCATIONJ.D., Maine Law School (cum laude), 2017B.S., Emerson College (summa cum laude), 2013 RECOGNITIONSSuper Lawyer's: Rising Star 2022- present MEMBERSHIPSAmerican Bar Association, MemberMaine State Bar Association, MemberMaine Trial Lawyers Association, MemberEdward Thaxter Gignoux Inn of Court, MemberManaging Editor, Maine Law Review (2016-2017)Maine Law Class of 2017 Prize ArguerFaculty Significant Achievement Award, 2017 ADMISSIONSMaine (2017)United States District Court for the District of Maine (2018)United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (2018) CLERKSHIPSLaw Clerk, Hon. Joseph M. Jabar, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 2017-2018

As part of the New England News Collaborative, reporters spoke with several viewers across Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. They captured the joy, awe and emotion of the rare celestial event. 

Northern New England remains the best location for clear viewing of thetotal solar eclipse this afternoon......Lingering wet snow across the Northern Plains expected to taper offlater today while locally moderate rain moves across the Upper Midwest......Heavy rain, flash flooding and severe weather threat emerging acrossthe Southern Plains to the lower Mississippi Valley on Tuesday......Critical fire danger shifts southward into western Texas by Tuesday...As the long-anticipated total solar eclipse scheduled to take place thisafternoon, the weather pattern across the U.S. is entering a transitionperiod from one that consists of a winter storm across the North to heavyrain and severe thunderstorms across the South.  The low pressure systemthat has brought snow, high winds, and severe weather to various locationsacross the northern and central U.S. will continue to weaken and tracknortheast across the upper Midwest today, and then move into southernCanada on Tuesday.  Lingering wet snow across the Northern Plains isexpected to taper off later today while locally moderate rain moves acrossthe Upper Midwest.Monday morning will feature showers and embedded thunderstorms across theGreat Lakes down into the Ohio Valley, Tennessee Valley and the lowerMississippi Valley well in advance of the low pressure system and near thetrailing cold front.  Meanwhile, moisture from the Gulf of Mexico isbeginning to return to the western Gulf states.  Southern Texas willlikely wake up to fair conditions this morning but will likely followed bya rapid untimely increase of clouds this morning into the afternoon priorto the arrival of the solar eclipse.  In contrast, northern New Englandremains to be the region where cloud cover will likely be minimized alongthe path of totality this afternoon as the nor'easter moves farther outinto the Atlantic.  It appears that other locations in between will have afair chance of cloud covers at various levels, although locations acrossArkansas to the Midwest could see breaks in the clouds or high thin clouds during the time of totality.  Monday night into Tuesday will likely see the threat of heavy rainblossoming across the South from eastern Texas/eastern Oklahoma expandingeastward into the lower Mississippi Valley in response to a potent uppertrough approaching from the southern Rockies that will interact with theinflux of Gulf moisture.  A few inches of rain will likely be common fromnorthern Louisiana into southern Arkansas through Wednesday morning withthis setup.  In addition, severe thunderstorms are also expected todevelop within the heavy rain area from Tuesday morning onward intoWednesday morning when a low pressure system is forecast to develop overTexas.  The heaviest rains and severe storms should begin to head farthereast by Wednesday morning into the Mid-South as the low pressure systemintensifies and tracks toward the east-northeast.

Major Winter Storm through Tuesday over the Central Plains into theUpper Mississippi Valley...The major winter storm continues through Tuesday over the Central Plainsinto the Upper Mississippi Valley. Snow and strong winds will continuefrom the Central Plains to northern Minnesota through Monday night, alongwith sleet and freezing rain in parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley.In addition, hazardous impacts will be snow, icing, and wind. Blowing andfalling snow will significantly reduce visibility, and blizzard conditionswill persist into Tuesday across portions of the Plains and northernMinnesota. Travel may be very difficult or impossible at times. Poweroutages and tree damage are possible in some areas due to heavy snow,icing, and strong winds. Also, plan on slippery roads.Meanwhile, the front associated with the storm extends from the MiddleMississippi Valley/Southern Plains and moves eastward to the lower GreatLakes into the Central Gulf Coast by Wednesday evening.The system will create showers and severe thunderstorms over the LowerMississippi Valley. Therefore, the SPC has issued an Enhanced Risk (level3/5) of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Lower Mississippi Valleythrough Tuesday morning. The hazards associated with these thunderstormsare frequent lightning, severe thunderstorm wind gusts, hail, and a fewtornadoes. Additionally, there is an increased threat of EF2 to EF5tornados over the area.In addition, the showers and thunderstorms will produce heavy rain overparts of the Middle/Lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys. Therefore,the WPC has issued a Slight Risk (level 2/4) of excessive rainfall overparts of the Middle/Lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys throughTuesday morning. The associated heavy rain will create mainly localizedareas of flash flooding, with urban areas, roads, and small streams themost vulnerable.By Tuesday, the threat of severe thunderstorms decreases slightly to aMarginal Risk over parts of the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley, with a SlightRisk of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Central Gulf Coast.Therefore, the SPC has issued a Slight Risk (level 2/5) of severethunderstorms over parts of the Central Gulf Coast from Tuesday throughWednesday morning. The hazards associated with these thunderstorms arefrequent lightning, severe thunderstorm wind gusts, a few tornadoes, and aminimal threat of hail.Similarly, the showers and thunderstorms will create heavy rain over partsof the Central/Eastern Gulf Coast. Therefore, the WPC has issued a SlightRisk (level 2/4) of excessive rainfall over parts of the Central/EasternGulf Coast on Tuesday through Wednesday morning. The associated heavy rainwill create mainly localized areas of flash flooding, with urban areas,roads, and small streams the most vulnerable.On Wednesday, the threat of severe thunderstorms ends. However, the threatof excessive rainfall continues over parts of the Eastern Gulf Coast andSoutheast. Therefore, the WPC has issued a Slight Risk (level 2/4) ofexcessive rainfall over parts of the Eastern Gulf Coast and Southeast onWednesday. The associated heavy rain will create mainly localized areas offlash flooding, with urban areas, roads, and small streams the mostvulnerable.Elsewhere, from Tuesday evening into Wednesday, moisture from the Atlanticwill move onshore over New England, bringing warmer temperatures andtrapping cold air in the interior of Northern New England. The warm, moistair will create rain/freezing rain over parts of Northern New England fromTuesday evening into Wednesday.

Heavy Snow over portions of Northern New England; Significant WinterStorm likely across parts of the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest...There is a Sight Risk of excessive rainfall over parts of the NorthernMid-Atlantic to Southern New England.There is a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of theCentral/Southern Plains on Sunday.A Significant Winter Storm will develop over the Northern High Plains andmove into the Northern Plains, upper Mississippi Valley, and Upper GreatLakes from Saturday evening into Monday. The winter storm will behigh-impact and an extensive system producing widespread heavy snow andgusty winds that will persist over parts of the Northern Plains and UpperMidwest through Monday. Widespread heavy snow will spread across much ofcentral and eastern Montana by Saturday night, expand into the NorthernPlains/Upper Midwest on Sunday, and continue into Monday. There is a highchance (greater than 70%) of at least eight inches of snow extending fromcentral South Dakota northeastward to northeastern Minnesota andnorthwestern Wisconsin.In addition, the storm will create hazardous impacts from heavy snow, snowload, and wind. Moreover, heavy snow and gusty wind will produce areas ofblowing/drifting snow and possible blizzard conditions on Sunday intoMonday. Hazardous travel and road closures are expected late Saturday intoMonday. Strong winds and heavy, wet snow on trees and power lines maydamage trees and cause power outages.Furthermore, strong wind gusts over 50 mph on Sunday may result in poweroutages, blowing dust with reduced visibility, difficult travel, andproperty damage as High Wind Watches and Warnings are over theCentral/Southern Plains.Meanwhile, low pressure over Southern New England moves northeastward intothe Canadian Maritimes by Sunday. The storm will aid in producing heavysnow over parts of Northern New England through late Sunday morning.Additionally, heavy rain will develop over parts of the northernMid-Atlantic and Southern New England through late Saturday night.Therefore, the WPC has issued a Slight Risk (level 2/4) of excessiverainfall over the northern Mid-Atlantic/Southern New England throughSunday morning. The associated heavy rain will create mainly localizedareas of flash flooding, with urban areas, roads, and small streams themost vulnerable. On Sunday, the threat of excessive rainfall ends over theNortheast. The snow will continue through late Sunday morning overNorthern New England.Moreover, a front over the Great Basin/Southwest moves inland to theCentral/Southern High Plains by Sunday afternoon and continues eastward tothe Middle/Lower Mississippi Valley by Monday evening. The energyassociated with the boundary will create higher-elevation snow andlower-elevation rain over parts of the Pacific Northwest, California,Great Basin, Southwest, and central/Southern Rockies through Mondaymorning.Further, as the front and dryline move out of the Rockies on Sunday,showers and severe thunderstorms will develop over the Central/SouthernPlains. Therefore, the SPC has issued a Slight Risk (level 2/5) of severethunderstorms over parts of the Central/Southern Plains from Sunday intoMonday morning. The hazards associated with these thunderstorms arefrequent lightning, severe thunderstorm wind gusts, hail, and a fewtornadoes.On Monday, the front moves into the Lower Mississippi Valley, creatingshowers and severe thunderstorms. Therefore, the SPC has issued a SlightRisk (level 2/5) of severe thunderstorms over parts of the LowerMississippi Valley on Monday morning. The hazards associated with thesethunderstorms are frequent lightning, severe thunderstorm wind gusts,

Heavy snow likely across northern New York northern New England onSaturday.A wet weekend ahead for the East and West Coasts.A significant winter storm is in store for the northern Plains bySaturday night into Sunday morning.Quite an active weather pattern is quickly emerging across the country aswe head into the weekend.  A high pressure system from Canada will set thestage for sustaining the cold air that is already in place across thenorthern tier states.  Meanwhile, a trough of low pressure currentlysliding eastward into the western Gulf Coast region at the upper levelswill be instrumental in developing a low pressure system that willgradually intensify and track up the East Coast during the weekend.  Inthe near term however, the upper trough will mutually interact with amesoscale front and plenty of warm/moist air in the Gulf of Mexico tobring a round of heavy rain mainly across southern Florida throughtonight.  The heavy downpours are expected to be accompanied with strongto severe thunderstorms and possibly squalls as the core of the systempasses through.  By Saturday, the heavy rain will likely taper off toscattered showers behind a cold front across Florida.  Meanwhile, theheavy rain is expected to overspread much of the Eastern Seaboard onSaturday where widespread 1-3 inches of rainfall will likely result inflooding concerns along the I-95 corridor as a low pressure wave isforecast to track up the East Coast along a sharp coastal front.Farther north, the low pressure system will interact with the cold airmass in place across the northern tier states to bring a round of heavysnow from northern New York across northern New England on Saturday whereone foot to locally 20 inches of new snow is anticipated.  It appears thatthere will be a narrow zone of transition across central New England tocoastal Maine where heavy freezing rain and sleet can be expected Saturdaynight as the low pressure wave approaches.  The precipitation will thenrapidly change over to snow before ending early Sunday morning as thesystem exits into the Canadian Maritimes.Meanwhile, another upper trough and surface low pressure system from theeastern Pacific are heading toward the West Coast.  This system will bringwidespread mountain snow and lower-elevation rain into the PacificNorthwest and California on Saturday where a couple inches of rain ispossible near the coast, and up to a couple of feet of heavy snow for theSierra Nevada.  The system will reach into the Great Basin, theIntermountain region and into the northern Rockies Saturday night.  FromSaturday night into early Sunday, a low pressure system is forecast todevelop and intensify over the central High Plains.  This system will theninteract with the cold air mass already in place across the northern tierstates to deliver a significant winter storm across the northern Plains bySunday morning. 

Early Spring heavy snows expected from the Upper Mississippi Valleyinto the Great Lakes, northern NY State into Northern New England.Widespread wet weather expected from East Texas, across the South, muchof Florida and the Eastern Seaboard.The beginning of a wet pattern for the Pacific Northwest, south intonorthern to central California.Winter weather will continue to dominate the northern tier of the nationduring this first week of spring 2024.  In the wake of heavy snows thathave fallen across portions of northern New England over the past 24hours, additional heavy snow is expected to spread eastward Thursday nightinto Friday from the Northern Plains, across the Upper Mississippi Valleyand into the Lower Great Lakes.  This heavy snow will then push eastwardinto Northern NY State and Northern New England on Saturday.  Across theseareas, snowfall accumulations of 8 to 12 inches are possible.  During theday on Saturday, yet another round of wintry weather with accumulatingsnows will begin to develop across the Northern High Plains and spreadeastward through the remainder of the Northern Plains Sunday and into theearly part of next week.  In addition to the potential series of snowevents across the northern tier, temperatures will remain well belowaverage for the end of the work week and into the weekend.At the same time that snows spread eastward across the northern tier ofthe nation, a widespread rain event will continue to expand from thewestern Gulf coast Thursday afternoon, eastward across large portions ofthe South and Florida Thursday night into Friday.  This widespread heavyrain will then push northward along much of the Eastern Seaboard Fridayinto Saturday.  Some of the heaviest rainfall totals are expected acrossSouth Florida Friday afternoon into early Saturday, with the potential forurbanized flash flooding, especially along the southeast coastal areas ofthe state.  Localized flash flooding also possible along the Mid-Atlanticcoast, including the urban corridor from DC to Boston where rainfalltotals of 2 to 3 inches are possible.An active wet weather pattern will also to begin along large portions ofthe West coast from the Pacific Northwest, south into northern to centralCalifornia.   Precipitation will begin to push inland on Friday acrossthese areas, with rounds of additional precipitation expected into theweekend, with heavy snows in the 1 to 3 foot range expected through theSierra.  While there may be a break to the wet west coast pattern earlynext week, the overall wet winter pattern that has affected the west coastwill continue later next week as additional storm systems push inland.

Heavy snow over parts of Central Rockies Thursday night into Friday andsnow over northern Maine.There is a Slight Risk of excessive rainfall over parts of Southern NewEngland and northern Mid-Atlantic through Thursday morning.There is a Slight Risk of excessive rainfall over parts of the LowerMississippi Valley/Southeast/Southern Appalachians on Friday.There is a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of theSouthern Plains into the Lower Mississippi Valley Thursday into Friday.A front extending southward along the East Coast moves eastward off theEast Coast by Thursday evening. Moisture pooling along the front will aidin developing heavy rain over parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.Therefore, through Thursday morning, the WPC has issued a Slight Risk(level 2/4) of excessive rainfall over parts of Southern NewEngland/northern Mid-Atlantic. The associated heavy rain will createmainly localized areas of flash flooding, with urban areas, roads, andsmall streams the most vulnerable. Rain will continue over parts of NewEngland into the Mid-Atlantic Coast on Thursday evening. Snow will alsodevelop over northern Maine and patches of rain/freezing rain over partsof northeastern New York State into parts of Northern New England.  Moreover, a second front extending from the Upper Midwest to SouthernCalifornia will move eastward to the Great Lakes to the Southern Plains byFriday evening. The system will produce snow from the Upper MississippiValley to the Central High Plains and a broader region of snow over partsof the Great Basin/Southwest/Central Rockies and Northern IntermountainRegion through Thursday evening. Additionally, rain will develop overparts of California through Thursday evening.Furthermore, a wave of low pressure over Southern California on Wednesdayevening moves eastward to the Central/Southern Rockies by Thursdayevening. The circulation around the low will aid in creating heavy snowover the Central Rockies through Friday evening. Additionally, snow willdevelop over parts of the higher elevations of the Southwest and SouthernRockies.By Thursday evening, the front will move into parts of the SouthernPlains, producing showers and severe thunderstorms. Therefore, the SPC hasissued a Slight Risk (level 2/5) of severe thunderstorms over parts of theSouthern Plains on Thursday into Friday morning. The hazards associatedwith these thunderstorms are frequent lightning, severe thunderstorm windgusts, hail, and a few tornadoes.On Friday, the associated front moves to the Middle Mississippi Valleyinto the Southern Plains. Moisture will pool along the boundary, producingheavy rain over parts of the Lower Mississippi/Tennessee Valleys,Southeast, and Southern Appalachians. Therefore, the WPC has issued aSlight Risk (level 2/4) of excessive rainfall over parts of the LowerMississippi/Tennessee Valleys, Southeast, and Southern Appalachians onFriday. The associated heavy rain will create mainly localized areas offlash flooding, with urban areas, roads, and small streams the mostvulnerable.Also, on Friday, the front will create showers and severe thunderstormsover parts of the Southern Plains, Lower Mississippi Valley, and CentralGulf Coast. Therefore, the SPC has issued a Slight Risk (level 2/5) ofsevere thunderstorms over parts of the Southern Plains, Lower MississippiValley, and Central Gulf Coast on Friday. The hazards associated withthese thunderstorms are frequent lightning, severe thunderstorm windgusts, hail, and a few tornadoes.Elsewhere, on Friday, an approaching front will create rain over parts ofthe Pacific Northwest Coast.

This week we're sharing another recent episode of the "Owner to Owner" podcast. Host Jesse Tyler is joined by three great co-owners at 100% ESOP and B-Corp ReVision Energy [https://www.revisionenergy.com/] , Malcolm Sonnett, Solar Design Team Manager, Amy Farnham, Solar Design Specialist, and Thomas Tutor, Residential Sales Manager. Founded in 2003, ReVision Energy is a mission-driven, employee-owned solar company operating in Northern New England. Guided by its mission and 5 core values, they are rewriting the way solar business is done. Prioritizing people over profit, community over competition, and sustainable growth over rapid expansion, they're on a mission to build a better world though solar power. Each guest shares personal insights on what ownership means to them; how they describe ownership when talking to family, friends, and strangers; why being both employee-owned and a B-Corporation work so well for them, their EO A-ha moments; and why anyone seeking work should consider a career at or through ReVision Energy. The goal of the "Owner to Owner" podcast is to have actual employee owners discuss a wide range of ownership experiences and culture topics, and to bring more insight into the individual ownership experience. Listen to all of the great episodes of the "Owner to Owner" podcast here: www.ownertoownerpodcast.com/

Heavy snow and rain/freezing rain over parts of Northern New Englandand snow over parts of the Appalachians on Sunday.There is a Slight Risk of excessive rainfall over parts of theCentral/Southern Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic on Saturday.There is a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of theSoutheast on Saturday.A wave of low pressure over the Lower Mississippi Valley movesnortheastward to the Mid-Atlantic by Sunday, then out over the WesternAtlantic by Monday. Moisture will surge northward over the Southeast intothe Mid-Atlantic, producing heavy rain. Therefore, the WPC has issued aSlight Risk of excessive rainfall over parts of the Central/SouthernAppalachians and Mid-Atlantic through Sunday morning. The associated heavyrain will create mainly localized areas of flash flooding, with urbanareas, roads, and small streams the most vulnerable. Moreover, light snowwill fall over parts of the Lower Great Lakes along the northern edge ofthe precipitation shield.Additionally, showers and severe thunderstorms will develop over parts ofthe Southeast. Therefore, the SPC has issued a Slight Risk of severethunderstorms over parts of the Southeast through Sunday morning. Thehazards associated with these thunderstorms are frequent lightning, severethunderstorm wind gusts, few tornadoes, and a minimal threat of hail.On Sunday, rain will continue over the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic andshowers and thunderstorms will develop over parts of Coastal Mid-Atlanticinto Florida. However, the threat of severe thunderstorms and excessiverainfall will end on Sunday.Also, as the precipitation shield moves into colder air on Sunday, snowwill develop from parts of the Ohio Valley/Lower Great Lakes to NewEngland. Heavy snow will develop over parts of Northern New England, whilepockets of rain/freezing rain will develop from parts of eastern New YorkState into Southern New England. Snow will also develop over parts of theCentral/Southern Appalachians. By Monday morning, the area of low pressurewill be over the Western Atlantic.Meanwhile, moisture will stream into the Pacific Northwest and NorthernCalifornia, mainly producing rain and highest-elevation snow in a fewplaces. The rain will continue over the Pacific Northwest through earlySunday afternoon. The rain will be over by Monday morning. 

In this episode, the guys are joined by DCG colleague Keri Crooks for a discussion with Greg Dufour, the outgoing President and Chief Executive Officer of Camden National Bank. Greg talks about his 20 plus years with the bank and his stewardship of an institution which has grown from $2 billion (2009) to the largest publicly traded bank in Northern New England. Greg talks about the critical importance of hiring great people, the value of strong culture, and what his future might hold.For more insights and ideas, visit DCG at DarlingConsulting.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

This week, NHBR editors discuss the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program with Carol Recchio, executive director 10K Small Businesses with the Community College System of NH; Toutou Marsden, owner of Dell-Lea Weddings & Events; and Matt Cookson, president & CEO of Cookson Communications. This episode of Down to Business is brought to you by Sabbeth Law: challenging insurance giants in trucking and all personal injury cases throughout Northern New England. Your fight becomes ours; justice awaits. Visit Sabbethlaw.com to learn more about how we can help you today.

AccuWeather Daily brings you the top trending weather story of the day - every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode features co-founder of Launch NH, Jamie Simchik, about how the organization creates an entrepreneurial ecosystem that helps support startups in the state. This episode of Down to Business is brought to you by Sabbeth Law: challenging insurance giants in trucking and all personal injury cases throughout Northern New England. Your fight becomes ours; justice awaits. Visit Sabbethlaw.com to learn more about how we can help you today.

On a bluebird day, in April of 2019, Snow Ranger Frank Carus set out to investigate a reported avalanche in the backcountry of Mt. Washington. He found a lone skier, buried several feet under the snow. He was severely hypothermic but alive.Wilderness EMTs can work for decades and never encounter this particular situation. And what happened next was an attempted rescue that people in Northern New England are still learning from. What happens when a rescue goes wrong? And how do first responders cope when an opportunity to save someone's life slips through their fingers?Editor's Note: This episode first aired in May of 2022, and was later honored with a National Edward R. Murrow Award for News Documentary. Featuring: Denise Butler, Frank Carus, Jeff Fongemie, Nicholas WeinbergSUPPORTOutside/In is made possible with listener support. Click here to become a sustaining member of Outside/In. Talk to us! Follow Outside/In on Instagram and Twitter, or discuss episodes in our private listener group on Facebook. Submit a question to our Outside/Inbox. We answer queries about the natural world, climate change, sustainability, and human evolution. You can send a voice memo to outsidein@nhpr.org or leave a message on our hotline, 1-844-GO-OTTER (844-466-8837).LINKSLearn more about avalanche safety here.Read the Wilderness Medical Society Journal article about this incident here.CREDITSHost: Nate HegyiReported and produced by: Jessica HuntMixer: Taylor QuimbyEditing by Taylor Quimby and Nate Hegyi, with help and feedback from Rebecca Lavoie, Justine Paradis, Felix Poon, Erika Janik, Sam Evans-Brown, Jimmy Gutierrez, and Christina Philips.Rebecca Lavoie is our Executive ProducerSpecial Thanks to: Matt Dustin, Ty Gagne, Frank Hubbell, and Andrew Parrella. Music for this episode by Blue Dot Sessions.Outside/In  is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio.

Stomp's complete House/Progressive set from White Mountain Endurance & Aravaipa Running's '2023 Race the Cog' event. This EDM set includes actual audio from the event, including the pre-race briefing, comments from Delta Dental's Tom Raffio and interviews with this year's top finishers, Joseph Gray, Amber Ferreira and Eric Blake (time stamps below).  Be sure to check out 'Stories From the Starting Line,' a book co-authored by Tom Raffio, Ellen Raffio, with Erica Alison Cohen. Proceeds from the book go to Northeast Delta Dental Oral Health Foundation to improve access to dental care and also to the Tom Walton scholardship fund. Stories From the Starting Line Aravaipa Running White Mountain Endurance Delta Dental Northeast Tom Raffio The Cog Railway Stories From the Starting Line: 'There are people who run occasionally or run as part of another sport, and there are people who need to run for their mental wellbeing. Tom Raffio and Ellen Raffio address the latter group in Stories from the Starting Line. The couple, who met running, runs more than 100 races a year in New Hampshire and Northern New England and uses this depth of experience to write about the diverse runners they meet at races. The runners who share their stories are parents running pushing jogging strollers, men and women still running strong in their seventies, women who had to fight for their right to run, professional runners chasing wins and many more just looking for an adventure on their feet. Tom and Ellen talk with runners including 1984 Olympic Marathon Winner Joan Benoit Samuelson; Jacqueline Gareau, the real winner of the controversial 1980 Boston Marathon; and elite mountain runner Joseph Gray along with dozens of others. The bookincludes runners of all ages and abilities who run all kinds of distances and terrain from 5Ks on the road to marathons, ultramarathons and triathlons. It highlights the nationally recognized Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race, a 7.6 mile race up the auto road to the Mount Washington Summit in Northern New Hampshire, along with the numerous local road races that both raise money for charity and bring area runners together to do what they love. This includes the story of Millennium Running, a New Hampshire running events company that reimagined road racing so that when COVID-19 hit, the races could go on, which was not the case in most of the country. All these stories, and more, are part of Stories from the Starting Line.'   EDM set timestamps: 00:00:00 EDM set 1 with 'Thunderbirds' intro 14:40 Kristina Folcik Introduction 18:30 Stomp intro comments 33:20 Pre-race briefing warning 36:00 Pre-race briefing 1:03:00 1st call to line-up for race start 1:06:00 Cog departs 1:07:30 Cog Whistle for race start 1:10:43 Tom Raffio comments 1:11:00 2nd EDM set 1:49:00 Tom Raffio announces winners 2:20:00 First finishers return back to starting line, on-trail 2:29:00 Tom Raffio comments regarding Cog winners and 'Stories From the Starting Line.' 2:54:00 Tom Raffio interviews the winners, Joesph Gray, Amber Ferreirra and Eric Blake. 3:00:00 3rd EDM set; House 3:39:00 Stomp comments 4:08:00 Stomp's closing comments    

In this episode of Your Day, Doug Clay speaks with Dan Abbatiello; superintendent of the Northern New England district of the Assembly of God; about his spiritual journey, ministry journey, and the status of the church in the northeast US. To connect with Dan about being involved in ministry in the northern New England district, visit https://nnedaog.org/ today!  **This podcast was originally recorded in October 2022.**

This episode is out for blood, Creep Street! On this episode Maureen and Dylan explore a ghastly legend from Northern New England! Dr. Tom Benton was gifted man, said to be able to master almost any discipline. But when his heart was broken, the good doctor turned to more infernal interests. Many say he sought the secret to eternal life, and perhaps he found just that. Yet to accomplish this, he committed unspeakable deeds, and in the process, became something truly evil! Citizens of the Milky Way, prepare yourselves for The Vampire of the White Mountains!

THIS IS BOB'S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I'M BOB WELCH WHEN WE THINK OF CLASSIC TV.. WE MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT SHOWS LIKE GUNSMOKE FOR NEWS, WE MIGHT ENVISION THE MOMENT WALTER CRONKITE TOOK HIS HORNRIM GLASSES OFF TO TELL THE NATION THAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY HAD BEEN ASSASINATED. BUT.. WHAT ABOUT THE ARCHIVES OF LOCAL NEWS… MAINE HAS HAD AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION FOR DECADES. WE GO UP THE COAST.. GET OFF I-95 AND DRIVE UP US-1… TO BUCKSPORT IN A MINUTE.. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bobwelch/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bobwelch/support

THIS IS BOB'S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I'M BOB WELCH IN VERMONT… DOGS ARE GETTING SICK AND IN SOME CASES DYING FROM A MYSTERY RESPIRATORY ILLNESS… SOMETHING YOU NEED TO KNOW … IN A MINUTE.. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bobwelch/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bobwelch/support

VP of New England Operations, Doug Morrison and Operations Manager for Northern New England, Tim LePage sit down with Superintendent, Garret Graves to talk about his project, what he does in his free time, and his beefy arms. The crew also gives an update on weekly shout-outs and another reminder to stick with the latest wellness challenge, the ABCs of Healthy Eating.

Does fostering equity at work lead to 100% job satisfaction? Listen to learn the answer to this question and also, why organizations with diverse leaders are more financially successful with improved employee retention and engagement. Give WISEcast some monthly listener support or make a one-time donation →Paypal. Our goal is to create a community that inspires and engages all women in the life sciences and STEM. Check out our partner Women In Bio – an organization dedicated to the promotion of diversity and inclusion for all women, in life sciences and beyond! From the classroom to the boardroom, WIB has something for everyone. Being a WIB member has incredible benefits; virtual and in-person events, access to professional growth opportunities, and an unmatched community of support and engagement. Visit womeninbio.org for more information. Dr. Lori Banks is an Assistant Professor of Biology whose work focuses on novel antimicrobial development, representation in STEM curriculum, and and increasing diversity in STEM careers. She holds a B.S. in Biology from Prairie View A&M University and a Ph.D. in Molecular Virology and Microbiology from Baylor College of Medicine. She also participates in a number of local community service organizations around Northern New England, including Girl Scouts of Maine and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. You can connect with Lori on LinkedIn, and follow her lab group on Twitter and Instagram as well. WISEcast is featured as one of the top 10 podcasts from the 60 Best Women in STEM Podcasts by Feedspot! Check out The Wisest Children on YouTube and see how our young scientist proteges are making science accessible and fun through some STEM activities for kids! You can connect with us on: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn or by email at thewisestwomen@gmail.com . --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewisestwomen/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thewisestwomen/support

In this episode of Real Talk, KJK Student Defense Attorneys Susan Stone and Kristina Supler are joined by Katherine McLaughlin, the Founder, CEO and Director of Training at Elevatus.  Elevatus provides training for People With Intellectual Disabilities in Sex Education.  Topics that they discuss are related to.  The conversation revolves around people with intellectual disabilities in three main areas: the importance of sex education, how sex education plays a role in parenting, why educators and trainers with intellectual disabilities make the best trainers for others with disabilities. Links: Elevatus Website https://www.elevatustraining.com/ A Change to Parent Website https://achancetoparent.net/ Show Notes: (02:14) What is Elevates and What is the Curriculum (03:48)  How a Life-Changing Accident Lead to Elevatus (07:41)  People with Intellectual Disabilities and Sex (09:19)  Teaching How to Deal with Sexual Feelings (10:44)  Is there a Minimum IQ For People to Access Elevatus' Curriculum? (13:04)  Different Types of Sex Education Training for Education, Parents and Staff (14:37)  How do Values Fit Into Sexual Education (16:54)  Restrictions on Abortion: How Does This Fit Into Sexual Education? (17:55)  What if People With Intellectual Disabilities Want to Become Parents? (20:31)  How People with Intellectual Disabilities Can Talk With Their Protective Parents (21:49)  What is AASECT?  How can it Help People with Intellectual Disabilities? (23:04) “Nothing About Us Without Us” - How this Phrase Has Created A Movement Susan Stone: We deal every day with students with disabilities and we talk a lot to those clients about sex. Obviously, most of the time that's how they find us. They were accused of sexual misconduct and. . What we find when we talk to our clients is that despite their disability, they are, those students are the same in their desire for companionship and sexual experiences. Susan Stone: What we also find when we talk to educators, Especially for K through 12 is that this population is often overlooked when it comes to sex education and there are specific challenges with students with disabilities in getting the education that they need.  Kristina Supler: That's right, Susan, and we're so pleased to be joined today because this is such an interesting. issue that comes up in so many of our cases, whether they're campus Title IX cases, special education cases, even some of our criminal cases. We're dealing with people in the this population and this lack of sex education is a recurring theme. So we're really pleased to be joined by today's guest, Katherine McLaughlin, who is the founder, c e o, and lead trainer for Elevatus Training.. Kristina Supler: As a national expert on sexuality and intellectual and developmental disabilities, she trains professionals, parents, and individuals to become sexual self-advocates. She's the author of Sexuality Education for People with Developmental Disabilities Curriculum, and as a person in a wheelchair, Katherine is disabled herself and has her own experiences that I'm sure undoubtedly inform her work. Susan Stone: So welcome Katherine.  Katherine McLaughlin: Thank you. Great to be here.  Susan Stone: So that was a big intro to talk about elevatus, and now it's time to break it down for our listeners. So let's start really broad. Tell us about Elevatus in your curriculum.  Katherine McLaughlin: Yeah, so we are a, basically an education service. So we have many different kinds of training, some in person, some online, as well as curriculum and tools that people can use to teach about sexuality education. Susan Stone: What does that mean? Help us, I'm sorry. I don't understand. Help me when you say tools, can you Yeah. Specific, yeah. Help us understand.  Katherine McLaughlin: Absolutely. Yeah. So the, for example, the sexuality education curriculum that I developed years ago with a group of self-advocates, so people with intellectual developmental disabilities. Katherine McLaughlin: And there's 22 lessons in that curriculum, and it really helps people, go through, there's a script, there's handouts, because that's the, that's the hard thing is it, it, it's hard enough to talk about this topic. But then you have to go find pictures and tools. And so how can we make it easier for people by, by creating these tools that they can then use to have these classes or discussions? Susan Stone: You know, I just have to. Remark. I have a really good friend who's starting a curriculum on cooking. Mm-hmm. and is doing pictures and videos and using computer software imaging to even explain things like how to make a peanut butter jelly sandwich. How to make a tuna fish salad sandwich. So I can only imagine how complicated it is to make a curriculum around sex  Susan Stone: education. Kristina Supler: Yeah. Katherine, I have to ask cuz I'm, I'm quite curious what brought you to this work.  Katherine McLaughlin: Hmm. Yeah. Well, as you mentioned in my intro, I, in my twenties experienced an, an accident and started using a wheelchair. I have a spinal cord injury, so I just having that experience and. . I was really the same person the day before the accident as I was the day after, but yet I was being treated differently. Katherine McLaughlin: And so I started to become more aware about disability and how people treat people with disability. So that was happening and at the same time, I was working for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and special educators and. Developmental disability agencies reached out to me saying, can you help us with this? Katherine McLaughlin: So both of those things happened at the same time. And so I just started working with this population and, and has taken off some from there.  Kristina Supler: When, when you say this population, I mean, disability can be a very broad term at ranging from perhaps someone with a spinal cord injury or blindness autism. Kristina Supler: So what disabilities does your curriculum cover or who's your sort of target?  Katherine McLaughlin: Yeah. So, um, there's so many different terms. But I would say people who with neurodiversity, uh, so it could be someone with autism but it could also be someone with down syndrome. But it's usually intellectual developmental disability. Katherine McLaughlin: Sometimes there's physical as well. But this is a population that needs very concrete, like you were saying around cooking. Very concrete. Skills and, and descriptions and to really understand. So apps, taking abstract concepts and breaking them down and making them very concrete.  Susan Stone: Does it cover students with blindness? Susan Stone: Do you have a curriculum in braille or. Other physical disabilities.  Katherine McLaughlin: Yeah, it's not intended for that population. But we do have some people that might need the curriculum in large print. We haven't had anyone requested in braille yet, so we haven't done that. But we have had quite a few people who have attended who are deaf. Katherine McLaughlin: And so we have interpreters on our training, you know, on Zoom with us. . So, I mean, I think what you're bringing up is this idea of access and how do we, you know, people with disabilities, whether they're blind or deaf or they have an intellectual disability, are, are, don't have the same access that other people do. Katherine McLaughlin: And it could be to buildings or it could be to education. And so I'm really trying to eliminate those barriers. And you know, to be honest, I was, I am very interested in physical disability and sexuality, but there was less interest in. I mean, I'm not sure that people with physical disabilities have less interest, but as far as as a culture, we tend to look at things as problems, right? Katherine McLaughlin: So we're not proactive about anything. So, people with intellectual disabilities might be, um, charged with a sex crime or might do something publicly, you know, that you're supposed to do in private. And so it tended to be a population where people were looking for help. Where people with physical, I think people are interested, but there's less of an urgency maybe around that. Susan Stone: Yeah. Urgency or. Yeah, I would like to say that you don't, Kristina and I have worked on a lot of cases where on criminal cases. Mm-hmm. , where there have been intellectual disabilities. But you're right, we have not worked on a case where it was more of a physical disability, like a spinal cord injury. Susan Stone: Right. But let's take the spinal cord injury, let's talk about it. . Mm-hmm. , tell us about your curriculum in terms of what are the sexual needs of that population and what do you communicate with them? Do you go as granular as physicians in sex, how to have sex?  Katherine McLaughlin: Yeah, so, so this, the po, the population I'm focused on is not spinal cord injury. Katherine McLaughlin: That's what I have . But the ones I'm talking to are people with intellectual disabilities. So we do talk about what is sex, different kinds of sex, and what does that mean? A big piece that I work on with this population is bodily autonomy as well. Like it's your body and your life and you get to decide what's right for you. Katherine McLaughlin: So not only is it talking about sex and, but it's also like you get to decide what you want in your life or don't want in your life as well. But yeah, it's not like a how to, but it's more of a, these are the different types of sexual acts that people do with, with one. Well, but  Susan Stone: I'm gonna challenge you a little bit on this because I think that there are a lot of, um, students in that population, or young people who are confused. Susan Stone: They don't know what it means to masturbate, where to masturbate. How to  Katherine McLaughlin: masturbate. Mm-hmm. , when to masturbate, when to masturbate. We've had a case, we've had  Kristina Supler: many cases involving masturbation gone wrong, let's put it that way.  Katherine McLaughlin: And  Susan Stone: we find that sex education will talk a lot about bodily autonomy, but it neglects the big issue. Susan Stone: I'm having these feelings, which every human has. How? How do I satisfy that?  Katherine McLaughlin: Yeah, yeah. Well, well, first thing is not everyone has sexual feelings, which. , you know, kind of a new thing for us to think about that there are people that really do feel asexual. And I'm not talking about people with disabilities, just the general population. Katherine McLaughlin: So some people don't. But I do teach. Yeah. But I do teach, um, what are sexual feelings? What are those feelings? Now I. . I do get into detail and I say, okay, so if you have those sexual feelings, what are your choices around those sexual feelings? So first you can try to stuff 'em and ignore 'em, and most people say that doesn't work. Katherine McLaughlin: You can acknowledge that you feel those sexual feelings for someone. Just keep it to yourself, keep it private. or you can masturbate, which is touching your sexual parts, but you have to do it in a private place and really concrete about what private means. Or you could be sexual with another person. Katherine McLaughlin: That also would have to be in private and you'd have to get consent from the other person. am I talking specifically how you touch this or that? Not necessarily. But there we have lots of resources too that people can learn more about. Like for example, masturbation. There's a video that people can watch to learn how to masturbate that have intellectual developmental disabilities. Katherine McLaughlin: It's not something I would show in a class, but it's a resource that I would tell someone about, or I, you know, parents have said to me, can I, do you have access to that so I can show it to my son or my daughter, or so I do think we're getting to some of those deeper issues, like you're talking about beyond bodily autonomy. Katherine McLaughlin: But yeah, so maybe that, I don't know if that, if that satisfies your curiosity.  Susan Stone: Well, this is real talk, so we gotta get real with each other. It real, keep it real. Is there a minimum IQ you need to have to access your curriculum?  Katherine McLaughlin: Yeah, so I don't really base it on IQ as much as maybe certain skills or if somebody were there to assist the person. Katherine McLaughlin: Prompt them, guide them you know, as a support for learning. Then that's the group. But that we also took the curriculum, the 22 lessons, and we created commu communication boards and cards so that people who are non-speaking. Are also able to participate in the class. I find that people who are non-speaking can do thumbs up and thumbs down, but they're not engaged in the same kind of way. Katherine McLaughlin: So we worked with a special educator and she created these tools now we're taking all the lessons and we're making them for people who might have more significant disabilities and adapting them for that population as well. So I think in the beginning I was starting out, no one with a disability or an intellectual disability is receiving sexuality education. Katherine McLaughlin: So here we go. Let's start with a group that can have discussions and, you know, learn at a. Certain way now we're gonna add these communication boards and cards, and now we're gonna learn for people that might not be able to graph some of those concepts so that everyone has access because people with more profound disabilities are at higher, much higher risk of being taken advantage of as well, because they're dependent on people for care. Katherine McLaughlin: Yeah.  Kristina Supler: So that's very interesting. I, I, Theme you've mentioned of access and providing access. Let's face it, talking about sex is often difficult for a lot of people. Susan and I in our law practice, we end up talking about sex inevitably every single day. It's, it's every day. It's part and parcel with our work, and I'm, I'm sure the same is true for you. Kristina Supler: So yeah, it, it's something that we're very comfortable doing. But I know parents in particular, With even neurotypical children struggle with the sex talks, and I say talks plural because I think there should probably be more than one. Let's face it. So my question for you is tell us about how you create the curriculum to, uh, Help train parents to have conversations with their children and other individuals  Susan Stone: with disabilities? Susan Stone: Or is it a separate curriculum that Elevatus, can ha you can spy or purchase?  Katherine McLaughlin: Yeah, so it is a separate curriculum. So we have a three day training that has three curriculum. One is the sexuality education, one that I've been talking. One is for leading parent workshops and one is for training other staff because it does seem like you have to have all these pieces in place. Katherine McLaughlin: Or you're gonna get these mixed messages from parents, you know, and compared to the class. So how do we train everyone to be able to address this? And in the parent training, it's a lot around, you know, just what's typical human sexual development. How do you answer questions that your child might have? Katherine McLaughlin: How do you bring up the conversation? How do you address sexual behaviors as well? Like some of the, the issues you're talking about, but from the parent perspective. So they're in a restaurant, they go to use the restroom, they come out and their child is. masturbating in public, right? What do you do so that you're not shaming the child, but you also are, are teaching them about public and private at the same time? Katherine McLaughlin: Um, so it helps parents answer questions, respond to behaviors and then the staff training, it's a lot of that as well. But for staff, there's more of a focus on. What are your values around sexuality? And it's okay to have values. It's important to have values, but in your professional role, you have to set them aside because a lot of staff don't have the skills to talk about this. Katherine McLaughlin: And all they have is their values. So they rely on values to teach versus information and skills. And so you mean I just  Susan Stone: wanna challenge you Yeah. Values or. .  Katherine McLaughlin: It's kind of both. Yeah, so for example so we have a list of s scenarios and staff look at that and it's how are you, you know, is it okay for a 16 year old to have sexual intercourse? Katherine McLaughlin: Is it okay for, uh, Uh, person with a penis to refuse to use condoms. Is it okay for someone to have three abortions? Right? So those kinds of topics, and it's okay to have, um, uncomfortable feelings, gut feelings for yourself personally. You wouldn't do that or that. But when we're in a professional role, we have to learn to set those aside and be there for the individual because it's not our, it's not our role to share our values. Katherine McLaughlin: So that's another piece of it is just getting clear about what yours are, cuz then you're less likely. For them to come up, you know, or you're at least more aware of what your values are. And then if someone says, I'm 16 and I wanna have sex, that we don't say, oh my God, you're too young. Yes or  Kristina Supler: no, don't, you know, put a stamp of approval on it or, you know, dismiss it as something that's wrong, inappropriate, whatever it might be. Kristina Supler: But  Susan Stone: Katherine, have you changed the curriculum at all with the abortion issue in some states now? Putting. Deep restrictions on access. And I can't imagine, have you dealt with people who tell you or report pregnancies with people who, uh, women who are girls who are severely intellectually disabled? Kristina Supler: I, I, I think it's such a challenging landscape to navigate, to begin with. And then if you are a member of the, you know, if you have a disability and in navigating it can be. So difficult.  Susan Stone: Yeah, we don't talk about this. Everybody's talking about abortion as it relates to unpr unplanned pregnancies for typical women, and we talk about how you can always access the next day, plan B or emergency contraception. Susan Stone: Well, what do we do when someone who's severely disabled probably doesn't even know? About, I I, right? My, all of a sudden I'm thinking about this topic and this issue and my mind is going p  Katherine McLaughlin: Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Because if you're not, if you don't have sexuality education you might have to rely on things like abortion if you're not ready to have a child. Katherine McLaughlin: Right. And so you can't even prevent it, um, when you don't have the information. And then some of the laws are really connected to is it okay for the life of the mother or inces or rape? And if there's a higher rate of sexual abuse for this population? And they're not allowed to in their state access abortion. Katherine McLaughlin: It's back to access, but I haven't heard anything specifically yet cuz I feel like it's just starting to unfold. But to me it just, i i, it makes me wanna do more sexuality education, so at least people have the tools to make decisions before something happens that they can't terminate a pregnancy because of their state. Susan Stone: Have you dealt with situations where young couples come to you or education about they want to be parents and whether they're capable of being parents?a Katherine McLaughlin: Oh, that's a great question. Yeah. So there's a group now. And it's the website is www.achancetoparent.net. And it is for people with intellectual developmental disabilities that are wanting to become parents or our parents and many of the self-advocates work and give advice to other parents that have, they have children themselves. Katherine McLaughlin: And what they've done is some research. They provided support for people with intellectual developmental disabilities in being parents, and they found that they were less likely to lose their children because they had the support. And the, it's the same thing as sexuality, right? If you don't have the education, you're not gonna be as successful. Katherine McLaughlin: And so this is a new group, so I know, I mean, I've been doing this work for a long time. There wasn't anything for people with intellectual developmental disabilities around parent and learning about parent education or very little, and so a lot of them did lose their children. .  Kristina Supler: Ah, Katherine, you talk a lot about sexual self-advocacy, so tell us more about what that, what does that really mean? Susan Stone: Yes. Especially in, in, now we're talking about maybe people with disabilities wanna be mommies and daddies. Mm-hmm. . So what.  Katherine McLaughlin: Right. So sexual self. So if you think of self-advocacy just on its own, you know, it's speaking up to change your story, um, support others you know, make decisions, problem solve. So if we add sexuality or sex to that or, um, sexual. Katherine McLaughlin: Then we're talking about things within relationships as well as about relationships. So I, it's two parts for people with disabilities because the general population, we assume that most people will be in some kind of sexual romantic relationship at some point, right? Parents and. teenagers might disagree on when, but we sort of assume that, but for people with disabilities, they have to speak up for their right. Katherine McLaughlin: Their right and their desire to be in relationships. I mean, you started it off saying a population  Kristina Supler: that's particularly vulnerable to abuse as well,  Katherine McLaughlin: correct. . Mm-hmm. . Yes, yes, yes. So, yeah. But, so speaking up that you wanna be in a relationship and then speaking up if someone is saying, asking you to do something that you don't wanna do and you feel uncomfortable being able to speak up. Katherine McLaughlin: So not only, it's sort of two parts, right? It's within relationships. And then it's just about relationships. So how do you,  Susan Stone: as a parent, you wanna protect? Could it even be self-advocacy saying, I want a boyfriend or a girlfriend or a partner just like everyone else. You need to let me be like everyone else. Susan Stone: Yes,  Katherine McLaughlin: yes, yes. Because what happens is a lot of self-advocates say when people deny or restrict. They work around them and so they sneak right, like, like most of us would do if we were restricted from doing things we wanted to do. We sneak. and then if something bad happens, we can't go to that person. So wouldn't we want to be involved in helping them sort all this out? Katherine McLaughlin: Rather than trying to control or restrict, and many self-advocates say to their parents, let me make mistakes. I know it's hard, but let me make mistakes because it then I'm, I'm alive and I'm growing and I'm changing.  Susan Stone: We, um, love certificates. Kristine and I are, have a certificate in restorative justice, positive discipline, crisis communication. Susan Stone: You name it. You  Kristina Supler: name it. We've done it.  Susan Stone: We've learned about it. We are lifelong learners and we're always looking to add different tools to make. , better people, better parents, better lawyers, just to enrich our knowledge. Mm-hmm. , and I noticed you are a certifi. Sexuality educator by A A S E C T AASECT. If I butchered that, help me tell us about the organization, what it stands for, and about your certification. Susan Stone: Heck, maybe we need to do that too.  Katherine McLaughlin: You might, you know,  Kristina Supler: I'm hearing next year's  Katherine McLaughlin: certificate. . I, I can feel it. Yes. So AASECT is, American Association for Sexuality, educators, counselors, and therapists. And in order to get certified by AASECT, you have to teach a certain number of hours for an educator or, or council, a certain number of hours for a counselor or therapist. Katherine McLaughlin: And you also have to learn some core knowledge as well. So it's both. So are we out, Kristine?  Susan Stone: What's that? Are we out? We can't do.  Katherine McLaughlin: You'd have to teach a lot more, but I don't know. That's a really interesting question. Could you get certified by them? It takes teaching. I  Susan Stone: would say we're teaching on this podcast. Kristina Supler: Well, and we're right there you go. Working with clients in crisis every day with, you know, various. Sexuality issues that are tied into legal issues. But at any rate, I digress. ?  Susan Stone: Yeah, it's always about us ,  Katherine McLaughlin: right? Right. No, but I think, so first you could come to the three day training and what we have is we do an assessment at the end and people get a certificate of completion. Katherine McLaughlin: So it's, it's not being a certified, cuz you haven't necessarily applied to AASECT yet, but you would learn an awful lot about teaching, talking to parents, talking. self-advocates talking to other staff. So that might be the first step.  Kristina Supler: And you have a saying on your website, nothing about us without us. Kristina Supler: Tell us, tell our listeners what does that mean and who  Susan Stone: coined  Katherine McLaughlin: that phrase? Yeah, so it's part of the self-advocacy movement and when I first started doing this work, I thought, Okay. I'm an educator. I'm gonna create these lessons and I'm gonna teach 'em. And I went to work with Green Mountain Self Advocates there in Vermont. Katherine McLaughlin: And they said right out of the gate they said nothing about us without us. Which means, whoever you're gonna teach, we need to be involved in creating the materials. And so they reviewed all the curriculum lessons and made, we made edits based on their, their input. And then they said, oh yeah, and we also wanna be one of the teacher. Katherine McLaughlin: Of the curriculum. So it's actually designed because of Green Mountain self-advocates and them saying nothing about us without us. It's designed to be team taught with a self-advocate, someone with an intellectual developmental disability and a professional team. And they teach classes. So for example, there's a project in Michigan and they have 28 teams at this point. Katherine McLaughlin: So pretty much anywhere in Michigan you can access sexuality education. And one of the teachers is someone with an intellectual developmental disability. So it's  Susan Stone: nothing about us. Us without us. Exactly. Oh, light bulb  Katherine McLaughlin: moment. Yes, yes, yes. Right. Yeah. Katherine, it's been  Kristina Supler: a real pleasure speaking with you today, and I think you've offered so much for our listeners. Kristina Supler: I'm just wondering before we wrap this up, do you have any final tips or thoughts you wanna share with our listeners or  Susan Stone: anything we didn't ask you that you wish we would've?  Katherine McLaughlin: Ah, yeah. I think, you know, just kind of one, one little bit of advice is, is sort of thinking about the messages that we give in our culture about sexuality. Katherine McLaughlin: And, many of us, when we think about growing up, got like, don't do that. Or, or do you, I don't know if you saw the mean girls movie when the physical education teacher Oh yeah. . Oh yeah. Right. You're gonna, if you have sex, you'll get chlamydia and you'll die. Like these fear-based messages and that, why do we do that? Katherine McLaughlin: And to have people really think like, why do I give negative messages? This is supposed to be a positive part of people's lives, and yet we're so anxious and fearful about it. You know? What would it be like if we just switched that and said, Like people do in Denmark. This is part of people's life. Let's educate early. Katherine McLaughlin: And so I just, I would say think about the messages you're giving around sexuality and are you giving positive messages or not, and why not?  Susan Stone: Did you hear that Everyone out there .  Kristina Supler: Well, thank you again. It's been a real treat chatting with you today and, uh, we're so pleased you're able to  Susan Stone: join us. This has been a eye-opening conversation and I'm gonna forever think about that inclusivity in the concept about nothing, about us without us. Susan Stone: I love that inclusivity. Thank, thank you, Katherine. Thank you. And to everyone out there, really look at that Elevatus website. There's some good stuff out. 

Dr. Jenkins sits down with Kiley Briggs to discuss the ‘Big Four' of freshwater turtle conservation in North America. The discussion starts with an overview of the four, Bog, Wood, Blanding's, and Spotted Turtles. They go into particular depth on the ecology and natural history of the Wood Turtle, including many stories from the field. Finally they give an update on Orianne's work to conserve wood turtles in Northern New England.Connect with Kiley on Instagram.Connect with Chris on Facebook, Instagram or at The Orianne Society.Shop Snake Talk merch.

This past fall we hosted our Breakthrough Weekend conference and it featured some great speakers sharing wisdom on finding your breakthrough. Today we wanted to share a keynote session for Pastor Abi Cir. She leads the Network for Women in ministry in Northern New England, and also planted and copastors LIFE Church in New Hampshire with her husband, Joe. Abi is sharing a session called New Song that has great insight that we wanted to share with you.

Next week, Vermont voters could write abortion protections into the state constitution. But 50 years ago, Vermont was a state where most people went elsewhere to end a pregnancy. The Vermont Supreme Court had legalized abortion in 1972, with its decision in Beecham v. Leahy. But while elective abortion was allowed, it remained elusive: The University of Vermont's hospital, which came from a Catholic tradition, said it wouldn't offer the procedure. Vermont hospitals did fewer than 20 abortions per year, and more than 1,000 patients traveled out-of-state annually to terminate a pregnancy. So in just three months, in the short window between the Beecham judgment and the Roe decision, hundreds of people in the Burlington area — activists, faith leaders, hippies, bankers, lawyers — organized and created the Vermont Women's Health Center. It was the first women-run health center of its kind in the United States. The Health Center also created a unique apprenticeship program that enabled women to become physician assistants and to provide abortions. It trained UVM medical students and OB-GYN residents at a time when it was rare for medical schools to train students in abortion. It was written about in major medical journals. It survived a ballot referendum, a fire and an onslaught of out-of-state protesters. The Women's Health Center operated as a worker's collective for years, and this episode includes just some of the women who worked and trained there over its nearly-thirty-year run. Rachel Atkins, Sue Burton, Berta Geller, Cate Nicholas and Janet, all physician assistants, discuss their work at the Health Center, and reflect on this post-Roe era. Allie Stickney, former CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, describes the first call she answered on a pre-Roe abortion hotline.

In this episode, Career Services Specialist Jodi Hammer interviews Albert (Beto) Whitaker (Paraguay, 1979-81), a seasoned professional who has dedicated his 30-year career to advocating for the poor and marginalized, largely in the areas of healthcare equity and access for all. FEATURED GUEST: Albert (Beto) Whitaker  is an advocate for the poor and marginalized. He has worked diligently with various local and national stakeholders in addressing social determinants, utilizing data to improve health outcomes, and promoting a national culture of health. Throughout his 30-year career Beto has heralded health equity and quality health care for all. Currently, Beto serves as Community Impact Director Rhode Island and Northern New England with the American Heart Association. He is also actively engaged with projects that demonstrate both the importance and efficacy of clinical and community linkages. Beto is a voting member of the New England Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council (NECEPAC) of the Institute of Clinical and Economic Review (ICER). He serves on the Committee on Ministry of the MA Conference of the United Church of Christ. Additionally, Rev Whitaker serves as the Senior Pastor at St. Mark Congregational Church in Boston. He holds a master's degree in Urban Ministry from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary and a master's in Public Health. Beto served in Paraguay from 1979 – 1981.PODCAST HOST: Jodi Hammer is an RPCV (Ecuador, 1994–97), Job Coach, and host of the Global Reentry's Jobs with Jodi Podcast. In her role as Global Reentry Career Support Specialist with NPCA, she develops and delivers individual and group programming to foster Global Reentry's mission of providing career and transitional support to RPCVs worldwide.

This Day in Maine for Wednesday, August 10th, 2022.

Ryan Barton is the Founder and CEO of Mainstay Technologies, a full IT and Information Security provider for small and medium sized businesses in Northern New England. And while it has now been 18 years and his team has grown to about 80 people, he says he actually started the business by accident. In our conversation, Ryan shares more about the business and his journey, but we also talk a lot about the role of businesses and business leaders in society at large, the value Ryan sees in using his work to serve others and grow his own wisdom and skills, his goal of Mainstay being a 100-year-old company, and throughout, he shares so much insight and thoughtfulness. Where you can find Mainstay Technologies:- Website: https://www.mstech.com- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mainstaytech- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mainstaytechnologies/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/mstech_nhMentions from the show:- How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie: https://amzn.to/3Q7sBkQ- Predictable Success by Les McKeown: https://amzn.to/3daKNvp- The Heart Aroused by David Whyte: https://amzn.to/3Sx1D7G- David Whyte's TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/david_whyte_a_lyrical_bridge_between_past_present_and_future- Email from the Future: Notes from 2084 by Michael Rogers: https://amzn.to/3bAzjAW- The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson: https://amzn.to/3zZUllKStay in touch with People, Place, & Purpose on Instagram and stay tuned for a new episode every Monday!Links may be affiliate links, which means we would get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through our links, at no cost to you.

Join host John Williams, and his guests this week, Richard Cantz President and CEO of Goodwill Northern New England, and Steve Cox owner of Service Master Fire and Water Restoration in Auburn Maine, for this weeks Business Outreach.

In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and end the constitutional right to an abortion, half of women in the U.S. live in states where they are at imminent risk of losing abortion access.Against this backdrop, Vermont is moving to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. In November, Vermonters will vote on Proposal 5, the Reproductive Liberty Amendment, which states in part that “an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and dignity to determine one's own life course and shall not be denied or infringed.” California voters are also considering a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights this year.How will overturning Roe v. Wade change the landscape of abortion rights in Vermont and New England?For answers, we turned to two people who are on the front lines of the reproductive rights movement locally and nationally: Lucy Leriche, vice president of public policy for Vermont at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, and James Duff Lyall, executive director of the Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.“It's pretty devastating to go to bed feeling like a person and wake up the next day and all of a sudden discover that your country does not consider you a person anymore,” Leriche said. “That you are a vessel. That your function is kind of analogous to livestock in terms of the kinds of rights that you have over your own body. It's very personal. It's devastating, and it's infuriating.”“We can't normalize any of this," Lyall said. Fighting for reproductive rights is "going to take voting. It's going to take organizing. It's going to take local, state and federal activism and engagement, and sustained political engagement. "That's what the right has done for a very long time and very successfully. … That's the only way forward.”Disclosure: David Goodman is a board member of the ACLU of Vermont. 

Today, the Pair-a-Legals come out of hiatus to discuss Roe V. Wade. We recorded this episode shortly after the leak of the Roe v. Wade draft from SCOTUS, when we still felt like we had the option to joke!  Joking aside, today, June 24, 2022, SCOTUS dealt a huge blow to all uterians with their ruling against human rights, which gives states the option to condemn uterians to death. (Yes, if you have an ectopic pregnancy, and you do not receive an abortion, you will die.) And if you're supportive of this overturning, Audrey wants to talk to you about donating some organs. If you need help with accessing safe abortion, look up any one of these organizations: South Dakota Access For Every Woman Fund The Lilith Fund Reclaim MI WIN FundFrontera Fund New River Abortion Access FundWomen's Health and Education Fund of RI Nebraska Abortion and Reproductive Justice Fund Incorporated (NEAR) Iowa Abortion Access Fund Northwest Abortion Access FundWomen Have Options Access Reproductive Care-Southeast Western Pennsylvania Fund for Choice Southern Tier Women's Health Access Fund Silver State Hope Fund Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project Missouri Abortion Fund, Women's Health Specialists Women In Need Fund CA, Tampa Bay Abortion Fund Mountain Access Brigade Chelsea's Fund Clinic Access Support Network Freedom Fund, Inc. Yellowhammer Fund, Safe Abortions for Everyone Maine The Brigid Alliance Wild West Access Fund of Nevada Broward Women's Emergency Fund, Inc New Mexico Religious Coalition For Reproductive Choice The Afiya Center Stigma Relief Fund Options Fund Right By You Florida Access Network Preterm New York Abortion Access Fund Women's Medical Fund Just The Pill Chicago Abortion Fund HOTDISH Militia Women's Health Center of Duluth Abortion Liberation Fund of PA Arkansas Abortion Support Network Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund Women in Need Fund of Cedar River Clinics Holler Health Justice Vermont Access To Reproductive Freedom Women's Health Center of West Virginia Choice Fund Agnes Reynolds Jackson Fund Utah Abortion Fund Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund Alabama Cohosh Collaborative deProsse Access Fund of the Emma Goldman ClinicKentucky Health Justice Network Midwest Access Coalition Oklahoma Religious Coalition For Reproductive Choice Carolina Abortion Fund Planned Parenthood of Northern New England's Laura Fund Hoosier Abortion Fund Abortion Fund of Arizona DC Abortion Fund New Jersey Abortion Access Fund Emergency Medical Assistance The Mariposa Fund Texas Equal Access Fund The Jane Fund of Central Massachusetts Baltimore Abortion Fund Susan Wicklund Fund Tucson Abortion Support Collective Justice through Empowerment Network (JEN) Reproductive Freedom Fund of New Hampshire Colorado Doula Project West Fund Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts Cobalt Abortion Fund, Abortion Access Fund (NE) Blue Ridge Abortion Fund Jane's Due Process Our Justice Kansas Abortion Fund Fund Texas Choice Women's Emergency Network Reprocare Indigenous Women Rising North Dakota Women In Need Abortion Access Fund The Bridge Collective New Orleans Abortion Fund Abortion Care for Tennessee, A Fund Inc. Access Reproductive Justice YWCA Kalamazoo Memphis Center for Reproductive HealthCascades Abortion Support Collective

In this episode, I'll examine the history of railroads in Northern New England, starting with the Class Is, moving towards regionals and shortlines, and ending with a look at some of the most unique small railroads and operations with long-lasting historical significance.

On a bluebird day in April of 2019, Snow Ranger Frank Carus set out to investigate a reported avalanche in the backcountry of Mt. Washington. He found a lone skier, buried several feet under the snow. The man was severely hypothermic, but alive.Wilderness EMTS can work for decades and never encounter this particular situation, and what happened next was an attempted rescue that people in Northern New England are still learning from. What happens when a rescue goes wrong? And how do first responders cope when an opportunity to save someone's life slips through their fingers?Featuring:  Denise Butler, Frank Carus, Jeff Fongemie, Nicholas Weinberg SUPPORTOutside/In is made possible with listener support. Click here to become a sustaining member of Outside/In. Subscribe to our FREE newsletter.Follow Outside/In on Instagram or Twitter, or join our private discussion group on Facebook LINKSRead the Mount Washington Avalanche Center's final report on Nick Benedix's death.Learn more about avalanche safety here.Read the Wilderness Medical Society Journal article about this incident here. CREDITSHost: Nate HegyiReported and produced by: Jessica HuntMixer: Taylor QuimbyEditing by Taylor Quimby and Nate Hegyi, with help and feedback from Rebecca Lavoie, Justine Paradis, Felix Poon, Erika Janik, Sam Evans-Brown, Jimmy Gutierrez, and Christina Philips.Rebecca Lavoie is our Executive ProducerSpecial Thanks to: Matt Dustin, Ty Gagne, Frank Hubbell, and Andrew Parrella. Music for this episode by Blue Dot Sessions.Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.Outside/In is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio

Esther, Cate and Ben talk about the bombshell leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade with Nicole Clegg of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. They also preview veto override day

Esther, Cate and Ben talk about the bombshell leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade with Nicole Clegg of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. They also preview veto override day and talk about the still-uncertain future of the Tribal Sovereignty bill. Share your thoughts on the podcast, ask a question or leave a comment for…

Meet Janna Hartley, who celebrated turning forty with a "Year of No Fear," where she addressed, head on, fears she felt were holding her back. She used the milestone birthday to let go of things from her past. To get out of her own way. To move beyond anxieties and fears. She wanted to say YES more. She says she wanted to start experiencing life in a way where she wasn't so conscious of what other people thought about what she was doing. Even at the grocery store, she says, she felt like people were judging her for what was in her cart. No more! Guest bioCreativity comes from all sorts of places. An artistic mind does not have to be the stereotypical hipster, sipping chai in a Brooklyn coffee shop. An artistic mind is not always a tortured soul who suffers for their work. And, most importantly, it is rarely someone who relies solely on instinct, ignoring the untold outlets of inspiration that exist in our world. Janna Hartley is an artistic mind. One that defies labels, challenges preconceived thinking, and works very, very hard at her craft. Janna is many things: She is a roller-derby diva. She is an outdoor nut. She is an avid sports fan. She has a world-view shaped by triumph and tragedy. She is also one of the top graphic and print designers in Northern New England. A graduate of Syracuse University with a bachelors' degree in graphic design, as well as a masters' degree in business administration with a marketing concentration, Janna combines the bottom-line realities of business with the infinite creativities of art. Even though Janna's bio reads like someone who is chained to a desk 110 hours a week, the reality is that she was well-known and well-respected for her contributions to various New Hampshire non-profit organizations before she relocated to South Carolina. Janna spent many years as a member of the Board of Directors for Volunteer NH, which promotes programs that strengthen the fabric of New Hampshire communities. She was also a longtime member of the Manchester St. Patrick's Parade Committee. She has also been involved active with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, New Hampshire Special Olympics Penguin Plunge, and the American Cancer Society. In her new Southern home, she has volunteered for Vereen Gardens doing trail clean up and maintenance. Her creative and community activities earned her numerous awards, including a Davey and a Communicator Award for design excellence, and a Bell Ringer award for excellence in communications and public relations work in New England. In addition, she was named one of the “20 Outstanding Women You Should Know in NH,” which honors some of the state's most accomplished individuals. She lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with her husband Jody and their dog Tukka. Quarter Life Crisis (1:50)Janna felt like she celebrated her 40th birthday when she was 25. Her twin brother was having his first child and that sent her into a quarter life crisis. He was taking on parenting and she wasn't anywhere near ready for that. There's a certain expectation of parallel life experiences when you're a twin and she was rebelling against them. He had gotten married and was having a baby. Rather than have a kid, she bought a car. When he had his second baby, she bought a motorcycle. Both were conscious decisions in reaction to her brother's major life milestones.  Turning Forty (3:20)Forty became a milestone in terms of letting go of some baggage from her past. She wanted to try to get out of her own way and do a better job of managing anxieties and fears. She wanted to “say yes” more and decided to do a “Year of No Fear” project.  Her fiancé Steve committed suicide in 2006 when she was 31. By forty, she was ready to start releasing that grief, which included selling his guitars. Grief counseling turned into managing some OCD and other anxieties.   She wanted to start experiencing life in a way where she wasn't so conscious of what other...

The winter of 1935-1936 was a severe one with lower than normal temperatures in the eastern half of the United States. As of early March, it was estimated that the snowpack in Northern New England contained an average of about 7.5 inches of water – the equivalent of almost 100” of snow. Deep snow also covered the ground across Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York state. Early in March 1936, a warm, moisture-laden storm moved into the area from the Ohio Valley to New England and stalled producing heavy rainfall. As the snow started to melt and the rains fell, streams and rivers began to fill, and the ground became soggy and saturated. A second moisture laden storm moved into the same region on March 18th and continued into the 20th. Again, the combination of heavy rain and melting snow resulted in more flooding. But this time almost the entire snow cover in New England melted, and with the ground already water-logged and the rivers full, severe flooding ensued. In many locations, this was the most severe flooding that has ever been experienced. The height of the flood, when the waters peaked, was March 22, 1936. The flood in Pittsburgh was more than 6 feet, higher than ever recorded, almost 9 feet higher in Hartford, Conn. and many other locations on that day would see flooding records not surpassed since. 107 lives were lost and $270 million dollars in damage or more than $5 billion in 2022 dollars. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Ben sits down with Alasdair Groves to talk about counseling, soul care and the place this worthy work should take in the life and ministry of the small town pastor. Alasdair Groves serves as CCEF's executive director and was the co-founder of a biblical counseling center in Northern New England. He is the co-author of Untangling Emotions and hosts the podcast "Where Life & Scripture Meet." Small Town Summits are small, local, affordable gatherings of Christians who long for God's glory to spread throughout the small places of New England. We welcome pastors and lay leaders, men and women. Partnering with The Gospel Coalition New England, our Summits provide support, training, encouragement, and connection for New England churches beyond the urban centers. The goal of Small Town Summits is to see the small places of New England filled with healthy, missional, gospel-centered churches and Christian workers, for the glory of God. Learn more about Small Town Summits at www.smalltownsummits.com.

Christy is the General Manager of the W Minneapolis. Rarely do introspective conversations about the evolution of senior level positions in hotels get to be had, so when I had the opportunity to talk with Christy about the state of play for a hotel GM, I jumped at it. The job of a hotel GM is demanding, in many cases all-consuming and constantly changing. But never before has there been a time where those demands feel like they compete, yet sometimes align and at the same time stretch your boundaries to new places.  This conversation tries to shed some light on how the role of a GM is evolving while having to balance the priorities of different stakeholders. Christy shares great insight into leadership, providing purpose and how the hospitality industry is looking to the future. About ChristyChristy held a wide spectrum of leadership roles from Front Desk Manager to Director of Operations across 7 hotels, 4 cities & 2 countries. She has a deep knowledge of various markets incorporating convention, airport, urban & suburban operations including new openings & transitions. Christy assumed her current role as General Manager, W Minneapolis – The Foshay in March of 2020 after moving from Boston where she was Dual General Manager of the Aloft & Element Hotels Boston Seaport District. Christy is knows for “Best in Class” Talent Engagement and, in 2017, Christy was awarded Element General Manager of the Year. Christy has a passion for building culture and creating opportunity. She has been certified as a master service culture trainer and believes that development is an every day opportunity. She is passionate about investing in the next generation with close community connections. She believes in doing good with what she has in her hands and previously served as Associate Board Chair for Junior Achievement of Northern New England and fundraiser / team coach for Girls on the Run. She currently serves as Vice President of the Greater Minneapolis Hospitality Association. Christy holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Christy made her mark in operations early in her career and has vowed since then to never get too far away from the guests she serves. LinksLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christy-loy-19a75b50/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christy-loy-19a75b50/)  W Minneapolis: http://www.wminneapolis.com/ (www.wminneapolis.com) Meet Minneapolis: https://www.minneapolis.org/ (https://www.minneapolis.org/) --- Thank you to Breezeway for sponsoring this episode. If you're looking for an operations software platform that will make an immediate impact on your business, visit http://breezeway.io/provenprinciples (breezeway.io/provenprinciples) to learn more. --- For past episodes, show notes or if you've got a story that might make a great episode, head over to https://www.theprovenprinciplespodcast.com/ (theprovenprinciplespodcast.com). We'd love to hear from you. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts, even on YouTube... and if you haven't already, don't forget to leave us a rating and a review.  Thanks for listening to The Proven Principles Hospitality Podcast.