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There are moments when a plan is more than a plan. It becomes a promise—a promise to protect what matters, even when the truth is dangerous and the path ahead is uncertain.As the pieces begin to fall into place, Martha and the Siren realize that leaving will require more than courage. It will require trust. Some secrets must remain hidden. Some truths must wait for the right moment to be revealed. And some people must be protected from a world that may not yet understand who the Siren truly is.Together, they prepare quietly, carefully, knowing that once they leave, nothing will be the same.The ocean has always protected the Siren in its own mysterious way, calling her back whenever the world became too loud. Now, as she and Martha prepare for a new journey, they must trust that same unseen force to guide them.Because protection does not always look like a wall.Sometimes it looks like a woman standing beside you.Sometimes it looks like a secret kept.Sometimes it looks like knowing when it is time to leave.And sometimes, protection means following the tide into the unknown.As the Siren and Martha finally walk away from everything they have known, they carry only what they need—and the quiet knowledge that whatever waits beyond the horizon, they will face it together.The journey is beginning.And this time, the Siren is not leaving alone.

Dr. Ari Brown joins host Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez to talk about childhood vaccines. They share the latest updates about the measles outbreaks in the U.S., how parents can protect their kids during respiratory virus season and how changes in federal policy could affect access to the COVID vaccine. For resources go to healthychildren.org/podcast.

Welcome to this Come to Jesus Daily Devotional (currently posted on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday) as we continue our 9-week series: Fresh Vision From Jesus' High Priestly Prayer from John 17. For a full written version of this study go to: www.communitychurchputney.com/post/fresh-vision-from-jesus-prayer

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Sean Combs founded Bad Boy Records and spent three decades as one of the most powerful men in hip hop. Now he's serving a federal prison sentence. Rolling Stone reporter Cheyenne Roundtree spent years talking to the people who worked for him, many of them trying to break into the music business. In her new book, Bad Boy for Life: The Rise and Fall of Sean Combs, she lays out what those jobs actually required. "This was supposed to be their jobs and careers... keeping their boss' domestic violence of his girlfriends a secret,” she tells Tonya Mosley. Also, film critic Justin Chang reviews the new action thriller Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother.Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our YouTube channel Check out the Fresh Air ArchivesSee pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

Fitch's Deborah Murnin and Wunmi Adekanmbi explore how AI may impact media subsectors. While AI isn't expected to drive negative rating actions near term, it adds uncertainty. 

In 2014, just two years after California finished its statewide network of marine protected areas, a marine heatwave known as The Blob settled over the Pacific coast and stayed for two years. Kelp forests collapsed up and down the state, and sea star wasting disease wiped out sea stars on a scale few scientists had seen. For a network built partly to protect kelp habitat, it was the worst possible first test. Andrew Lewin walks through what the state learned when it checked. California's first Decadal Management Review pulled together long-term monitoring across kelp forests, rocky reefs, the intertidal, sandy beaches, and more, producing seven technical reports plus an independent synthesis from the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis so the state wasn't grading its own work. A UCLA-led study in the Journal of Applied Ecology then used nearly four decades of satellite imagery to show that kelp inside MPAs recovered better after the heatwave than similar unprotected coastline, most clearly in Southern California. The reason comes down to predators. Inside MPAs, California sheephead and spiny lobster were protected from fishing and kept urchins in check, so recovering kelp beds weren't mowed down into urchin barrens. Andrew covers the 2023 recommendations that came out of the review, how the Ocean Protection Council is folding them into California's 30x30 commitment, and why he'd like to see these assessments happen every five years instead of every ten. Thursday, the series turns to who gets heard in what happens next. Takeaways: The 2014 to 2016 marine heatwave (The Blob) and El Niño hit two years after California completed its MPA network, collapsing kelp forests statewide. California's first MPA Decadal Management Review, released by CDFW in January 2023 with the Ocean Protection Council, drew on long-term monitoring across multiple habitats. The review produced seven technical reports and one synthesis report, with the synthesis led by an outside group, NCEAS, for independent perspective. A UCLA-led study in the Journal of Applied Ecology used satellite imagery from 1984 to 2022 and found kelp inside MPAs recovered better after the heatwave than matched unprotected sites, most clearly in Southern California. The likely mechanism is a trophic cascade: protected sheephead and spiny lobster keep urchin populations from exploding into kelp-eating barrens. CDFW's recommendations are organized around MPA governance, the MPA management program, and overall network performance. The network covers 16% of state waters across 124 MPAs, and the Ocean Protection Council is treating it as a foundation for California's 30x30 goal. Regular, checkable assessments show where protection is working and make the case for expanding it. Support Independent Podcasts: https://www.speakupforblue.com/patreon Need help with your ocean non-profit, company, or project? Get the help you need with Pisces Oceans Inc.: https://www.piscesoceans.ca Connect with Speak Up For Blue Website: https://bit.ly/3fOF3Wf Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rIaJSG TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speakupforblue Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rHZxpc YouTube: www.speakupforblue.com/youtube  

He Lied For Months While Everyone Protected His Affair With AuroraBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cheat-stories-official--5689182/support.#CheatingStories #RelationshipDrama #Infidelity #Storytime #Betrayal #cheatstoriesThis episode includes AI-generated content.

In this episode of This Week@Work, business and HR leaders will learn how a recent Texas court ruling could reshape the conversation around AI, confidentiality, attorney-client privilege, and attorney work product. We'll explore when AI chats might receive legal protection, when they could become discoverable evidence, how courts are taking different approaches, and what employers should consider when employees use AI for investigations, employee relations, or litigation-related matters. The critical takeaway: Before employees put sensitive workplace or legal information into an AI tool, they need to know when to stop prompting and call counsel. Join Phil Brandt, CEO of AAIM Employers' Association, and Burt Garland, Shareholder with Ogletree Deakins, as they discuss the potential impact in the workplace. EP373

Send us a text and chime in!Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with the Town of Chino Valley, Prescott Climbers Coalition, and Yavapai County, announced the permanent protection of Upper Sullivan's Canyon— a unique outdoor recreation area in central Arizona and a culturally and ecologically significant segment of the upper stretch of the Verde River. Located in the Chino Valley area north of Prescott, Arizona, Upper Sullivan's Canyon is a landscape shaped by time, water, and human history—a canyon offering adventure and discovery in every direction. The area began attracting climbers in the mid‑1970s, gaining recognition for its striking basalt formations and dramatic canyon vistas....   For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/chino-valley-adds-10-5-acres-of-protected-open-space/ Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

It is Child Passenger Safety Week and this episode I am joined by Suzanne Johansson, General Motors lead engineer for child passenger safety to talk about the changes in technology to vehicles and restraints that focus on child safety as well as the safety of adults in the same vehicle. All that and more on the Driving You Crazy Podcast.    Contact: https://www.denver7.com/traffic/driving-you-crazy 303-832-0217 or DrivingYouCrazyPodcast@Gmail.com Jayson: twitter.com/Denver7Traffic or www.facebook.com/JaysonLuberTrafficGuy  WhatsApp: https://wa.me/17204028248 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denver7traffic   Suzanne Johansson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanssonsuzanne GM Child Passenger Safety: https://news.gm.com/home.detail.html/Pages/news/us/en/2026/sep/0921-child-passenger-safety-week.html   Production Notes: Open music: jazzyfrenchy by Bensound Close music: Latché Swing by Hungaria

⚖️ Can an Inheritance Be Protected in a California Divorce? | Los Angeles Divorce ⚖️ Can an inheritance be protected in a California divorce? An inheritance may be treated as separate property depending on the circumstances. However, how the inheritance was handled during the marriage can affect how it is addressed during divorce. Keeping inherited assets separate and maintaining clear financial records can be important when documenting the history and treatment of an inheritance.

Air Date - 16 September 2026Between global uncertainty, constant digital overstimulation, and the heavy emotional toll of the collective climate, today's mystics are running on empty. Many in the magical community know how to cast a circle or perform a manifestation ritual, but they struggle with a foundational requirement of the craft: how to maintain their own energetic boundaries and avoid spiritual burnout.My guest this week on Destination Unlimited, acclaimed mystic, activist, and intuitive healer, Michelle Cassandra Johnson, says with a robust “spiritual hygiene plan,” You Are Protected. Michelle Cassandra Johnson is a beloved teacher, activist, and clinical social worker with a background of over two decades of practice. She has led dismantling racism work in many settings and her work centers on healing from individual and collective trauma, coming back into wholeness, and aligning the mind, body, spirit, and heart. She is the author of several books, including Illuminating Our True Nature.Her website is https://www.michellecjohnson.com/, and she joins me this week to share her path and new book, YOU ARE PROTECTED: Invoking Spiritual Support to Sustain Your Energy.#MichelleCassandraJohnson #VictorFuhrman #DestinationUnlimitedConnect with Victor Fuhrman at https://victorthevoice.com/Visit the Destination Unlimited Show Page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/destination-unlimited/Subscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmTimes/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omtimes/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2798417/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/omtimes/

God Told Her to Close Her Business and "Just Be a Mom" | A Story of Debt, Loss RestorationCass Brown had an eating disorder, a lost scholarship, and a voice in her head saying she'd never be good enough to be a mom. Kevin walked into a nightclub in red pants, and she told her best friend, "That's my man — I'm going to marry him."What followed was an unplanned pregnancy, a restaurant opened four months before COVID against her husband's counsel, four years of zero profit, mounting debt in her name, and the loss of a baby. Then, while brushing her teeth one morning, Cass heard the Lord say: close the restaurant, and for one year, just be a wife and a mom.What happened next — a landlord forgiving a year of back rent, a son healed of a six-year bowel disorder in a single week, a "restoration baby" named Olivia, and a bike crash that should have been excruciating but wasn't — is the reason this family can say God's definition of success is better than theirs ever was. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL DISCOVER: How condemnation can block healing — and the one verse that broke it What it looks like to hear God and get the timing wrong (and be loved anyway) Walking through miscarriage together instead of blaming each other Why honoring your husband's "not yet" is not weakness Praying over a child's pain in real time — and watching swelling go down Why God wants your family prosperous before He wants your bank account prosperous Breaking generational cycles of depression through prayer as a household"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." — Romans 8:1If you're a parent buried in a business, a debt, a diagnosis, or a season you didn't choose, this one is for you. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1493/29?v=20251111

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U.S. brokerage and IRA accounts are spread across multiple funds, managers, and financial institutions. But having more investments does not necessarily mean you have better diversification. A portfolio can look sophisticated while still containing overlapping holdings, concentrated risk, unnecessary fees, and investments that do not work well together. Understanding what you own, why you own it, and how each piece fits into your overall investment strategy can help you build a portfolio that is easier to manage and better aligned with your financial goals. For Americans living in Israel, portfolio complexity can also create cross-border tax issues and make financial decisions more difficult for your family. Certain U.S. investments may create additional reporting requirements or unexpected tax consequences under U.S. and Israeli rules. A well-organized portfolio should provide genuine diversification while remaining clear enough for you and your family to understand. Simplifying your investments can make it easier to identify risk, coordinate your U.S. brokerage and IRA accounts, and make informed financial decisions across borders. Key Takeaways Review your real diversification. Look across all of your accounts to determine whether your investments provide different types of exposure or simply overlap. Understand every part of your portfolio. Know what you own, why you own it, and how each investment contributes to your overall strategy. Consider cross-border tax consequences. Make sure your investments are appropriate for an American living in Israel and review complex structures with the relevant professionals. Make your finances easier for your family to manage. Organize your portfolio so your spouse or family could understand the strategy and accounts if they needed to take over. Schedule your free introductory call to see if we're a good fit: https://profile-financial.com/call 

Land banking means owning the ground before development reaches it, and Marcella Silva has spent nearly two decades doing exactly that. A former software engineer at a national laboratory, Marcella rolled over her 401(k) into a self-directed IRA and bought her first parcel in early 2008. She joins the Alternative Investing Advantage podcast, with host Alex Perny, to explain how the strategy works, what qualifies an area, and why she treats it as very different from raw land investing.Key Points:- Land banking means buying predeveloped land in the path of growth. - Marcella separates it from raw land investing, which she calls far riskier without research.- She looks for multiple economic trends, not one. A single driver, like entertainment, in Las Vegas leaves the area exposed in any downturn.- California's green mandate drives her current focus. State law requires 100 percent alternative energy by 2045, which she says is creating enormous demand for land.- Infrastructure comes before the parcel. She tracks where utilities are investing in high-tension power lines, since land without grid access cannot transmit energy.- Protected land is an automatic no. Williamson Act farmland in the Central Valley is off limits, and she avoids parcels within a mile of it.Chapters:00:00 Introduction: land banking and raw land investing02:00 From software engineer to land banking05:28 What land banking actually means07:49 How to identify the path of growth12:36 Why she only invests in California17:15 Ports, manufacturing, and industrial demand22:02 What a land banking parcel looks like25:48 Green energy and the new land rush28:56 Solar, battery storage, and green hydrogen32:13 Power lines, protected land, and what to avoid41:44 Where to start and what makes land risky46:23 How to connect with Marcella SilvaSubscribe to our YouTube channel and join our growing community for new videos every week.If you are interested in being a podcast guest speaker or have questions, contact us at Podcast@AdvantaIRA.com.Learn more about our guest, Marcella Silva: https://dirtisgold.com/Learn more about Advanta IRA: https://www.AdvantaIRA.com/ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/advanta-ira https://www.linkedin.com/company/Advanta-IRA/ https://twitter.com/AdvantaIRA https://www.facebook.com/AdvantaIRA/ https://www.instagram.com/AdvantaIRA/#LandBanking #SelfDirectedIRA #RealEstateInvesting

In this episode, we explore how sacred geometric shapes can help you create an energetic container that supports your focus, grounding, and empowerment. Many of us move through the world without energetic boundaries, which leads to exhaustion, scattered energy, and a sense of being unsupported. This simple daily practice uses shapes like the cube, pyramid, and sphere/orb to anchor your energy and elevate your vibration as you navigate your day.   What You'll learn:-  Why energetic containers are essential for focus and emotional stability-  How sacred geometry influences your consciousness-  A simple daily energetic protocol you can use anywhere-  How to choose the right shape for what you're moving through-  Practical examples for integrating this practice into your everyday life Follow along on social media for more insights and updates!

Tranchau (Kris) T. Nguyen of the U.S. Government Accountability Office explains how retirement plan providers may be collecting, using, and sharing participants' personal data in ways many workers do not expect.

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A high-level, closed-door meeting on Jeffrey Epstein was reportedly being organized by Senator JD Vance and others on the Hill, intended to address lingering questions around Epstein's federal connections, financial enablers, and the failures of law enforcement and intelligence oversight. However, the meeting was abruptly postponed without public explanation, sparking speculation that political pressure or institutional interference may have played a role. For those hoping this signaled a real appetite for accountability, the delay reads less like scheduling logistics—and more like the first crack in another whitewashed attempt at “review.”Next up...Despite renewed calls for congressional accountability in the Epstein case, it's now been confirmed that none of the key DOJ figures tied to the 2007 Non-Prosecution Agreement—Alex Acosta, Michael Mukasey, or Mark Filip—will be subpoenaed. Their absence is not just conspicuous; it's damning. These are the men who greenlit, signed off on, or shielded the original sweetheart deal that let Epstein walk. If they're off-limits, what exactly is this investigation meant to uncover? Without their testimony, any so-called committee is little more than political theater—built to simulate scrutiny while protecting the architecture of the original cover-up.Next up...Following her transfer to the minimum-security Bryan Federal Prison Camp in Texas, Ghislaine Maxwell's conditions have reportedly changed—again. In contrast to the relatively relaxed environment that defines most federal prison camps, security around Maxwell has now been discreetly beefed up. Additional staff rotations, restricted movement during certain hours, and tighter monitoring protocols have been quietly implemented. The shift raises the question: If she's just another inmate serving time, why the sudden extra layers? Either she's not as low-risk as advertised, or someone's nervous about what—or who—might come calling.source:Congress doesn't want to talk to Alex Acosta, Epstein's 'sweetheart deal' makerVP Vance meeting to discuss Epstein fallout canceled, source says | ReutersGhislaine Maxwell's Texas ‘Club Fed' prison ups security after taking in Epstein sex trafficker | The IndependentBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

The University of Tasmania is reviving its heritage-listed orchard at Newnham, which dates back to the 1800s.

Ryan talks with ABC News Law Enforcement Contributor Don Mihalek about the Secret Service's role in protecting President George W. Bush during the September 11 attacks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode is so special because you get to listen to a sneak peek of the introduction to You Are Protected: Invoking Spiritual Support to Sustain Your Energy. The book comes out on September 15th. Pre-order it today, and you'll receive special gifts. And sign up for the Year of Rituals at a discounted rate. Between now and September 15th, you will receive a discount on this special series! All the details can be found here:Many blessings, and blessed be.Podcast music by Charles Kurtz+ Read transcript

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Look Forward covers the deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos, a rare ICE action even critics of the agency find themselves agreeing with. A federal judge ruled that AI-generated child sexual abuse material is protected under the First Amendment, a genuinely alarming decision we break down in full. New reporting suggests Trump is secretly planning to extend the Iran war timeline specifically to influence November's midterms and somehow, the administration is already positioning this as something that will end up being blamed on Democrats. Meanwhile, 33 Democrats joined with Republicans to push through a bill in the House to smash down free speech on college campuses if the college refuse to work with Israel because of the Gaza genocide.In corruption news: a whistleblower reveals the Trump administration is attempting to implement it's mail-voting scheme despite an active court stay blocking USPS from carrying it out. The DOJ blocked an ICE agent from facing charges in a shooting death despite prosecutors' own objections. RFK Jr. was personally behind the effort to scrub Pennsylvania measles deaths from the CDC's public tally. Trump's own super PAC hasn't spent money on key midterm races, with Republicans privately fearing it never will.Plus: Conservative Cubans, and a judge telling RFK Jr.'s HHS to stop using fake AI-generated studies to justify teen pregnancy policy, and the FBI lowering its standards in a very weird yet highly specific way.Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).

In this podcast, Greg Voisen sits down with author, mystic, and activist Michelle Cassandra Johnson to explore her transformative book, You Are Protected: Invoking Spiritual Support to Sustain Your Energy. In a world filled with constant digital noise, emotional burnout, and psychic overwhelm, how do we keep our inner light from being drained? Michelle reframes protection not as heavy armor or defensive hostility, but as a practice of deep love, energetic alignment, and honoring ourselves as sacred vessels. Drawing from her work as a shamanic healer and yoga teacher, she shares practical rituals to help you setting healthy boundaries, release absorbed negativity, and call on spiritual support to remain centered—no matter what the world throws your way.

Would SCOTUS uphold the federal machine-gun ban? Mark Walters and Epoch Times reporter Sam Dorman examine the Third Circuit ruling, government-created scarcity, AR-15 protections and America's exploding demand for suppressors.

Read, Dana, and Nathalie Rodriguez discuss a Florida Walmart shopper who killed an Army veteran in a parking lot and will not face charges after authorities determined the state's “Stand Your Ground” law applies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After Dark with Hosts Rob & Andrew – That is the real scandal. Not just the drugs, not just the chaos, not just the sleaze. It is the media's willingness to protect one side while destroying the other. It is a political class that expects voters to accept dysfunction as normal so long as the correct party is in charge. It is the use of compassion as camouflage. Americans know the difference...

Send us Fan MailNonprofit leadership decision making can suffer when speed, productivity, email, technology, and constant activity leave little room for strategic thought. Evermay founding CEO Kate Goodall joins us to explore a counterintuitive leadership idea: sometimes the smartest way forward is to slow down.Evermay is creating what Goodall calls an “embassy for the future” in historic Georgetown, a place designed to give thinkers time, physical space, diverse peers, and fewer everyday distractions while they work on ideas with potentially generational impact.For nonprofit executives, board members, funders, and managers, the larger lesson goes well beyond Evermay.  “The productivity and the speed at which it happens doesn't necessarily mean that we're heading in the right direction,” Goodall explains.That distinction matters in organizations where leaders can spend entire days responding, approving, meeting, emailing, and producing without ever getting enough distance to ask whether the organization is actually heading where it intends to go.Evermay's Future Fellows model also challenges another familiar organizational habit: surrounding experts with people who think like they do. Fellows come from different disciplines and are deliberately exposed to people who can challenge assumptions. As one applicant described the appeal, “I just really would like to be with people who are different than me, who can spot the holes in my argument.”The Fellows can stay for three, six, or nine weeks. Their schedules intentionally balance limited programming with substantial independent time, peer discussion, meditation and embodiment work, informal collaboration, and shared dinners. The objective isn't inactivity. It's concentrating attention on work that normal routines can squeeze out.Goodall also describes why some potentially transformative ideas struggle to find support: they may be too early, too cross-sectoral, or not yet structured in a way philanthropy considers fundable or investors consider investable.Key Takeaways:Speed and productivity are not substitutes for strategic direction.Protected thinking time can improve the quality of organizational decisions.Cross-disciplinary peers can expose weaknesses insiders may overlook.Not every high-potential idea fits traditional funding structures.Reducing routine decision friction can preserve attention for higher-value work.Unprogrammed time can be deliberately designed into leadership and innovation work.00:00:00 The Power of Slowing Down 00:02:28 Evermay: An Embassy for the Future 00:06:50 When Productivity Works Against Better Decisions 00:10:14 Why Physical Space Changes Conversation 00:13:03 Giving Big Ideas Time and Space 00:15:33 Removing Daily Friction to Create “Explosive Time” 00:16:31 Creating Space for Difficult Negotiations 00:18:20 The Future Fellows and Ideas That Don't Fit 00:19:26 Why Cross-Sector Thinking Makes Ideas Stronger 00:21:11 How the 3-, 6- and 9-Week Fellowships Work 00:22:36 Healthy Debate, Shared Dinners and Peer Challenge 00:24:13 The Real Cost of Stepping Away to Think Find us Live daily on YouTube!Find us  Live daily on LinkedIn!Find us Live daily on X: @Nonprofit_ShowOur national co-hosts and amazing guests discuss management, money and missions of nonprofits!  12:30pm ET   11:30am CT  10:30am MT  9:30am PTSend us your ideas for Show Guests or Topics: HelpDesk@AmericanNonprofitAcademy.comVisit us on the web:The Nonprofit Show

How does a fast-growing county protect its farms, parks, and historic places before they disappear? Carlton Owen of the Greenville County Historic and Natural Resources Trust explains how $7 million in local tax dollars leveraged $43 million in protected land, and how landowners and residents can get involved.Episode Resources:Greenville County Historic and Natural Resources Trust & Newsletter SignupInteractive Map of GCHNRT ProjectsSouth Carolina Conservation BankUpstate Forever's Guide to Land ConservationEpisode on the Foothills TrailEpisode on ReWaEpisode on State ParksSimple Civics:Simple Civics: Greenville County is a project of Greater Good GreenvilleGet in touchSupport Simple Civics with a tax-deductible contributionSign up for the Simple Civics newsletter.View our entire catalogueSimple Civics: Greenville County is produced by Podcast Studio X.

In June, the Supreme Court cleared the way to end temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians living in the U.S. The Trump administration let that TPS expire last month, and about 350,000 Haitians became at risk of deportation. The impact is now hitting the small city of Springfield, Ohio, long a political flashpoint in the debate around immigration. Stephanie Sy reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

With the deaths of three icons in their 80s last week, we took a look at some older celebrities who need to be protected

Join Unbothered Woman WaitlistWatch Detach: My 3 Day Intensive MasterclassYou have been warm to everyone. And it has exhausted you.In this episode Margarita brings back an ancient Slavic wisdom she nearly lost to western society and makes the full case for yourice queen era. Not cold for the sake of it. Not emotionally shut down. Just deeply discerning about where your warmth actually goes.Because warmth given to everyone is worth nothing.And warmth given to the right people changes everything.In this episode:1. Warmth is valuable because it is limited2. Coldness gives you enough distance to see reality3. An ice queen does not react on impact4. Being colder means you stop explaining the verdict5. Stop mothering people who disappoint you6. You can love someone without giving them access7. Colder women are harder to manipulate8. Protected softness is intimacy, unprotected softness is self abandonment9. The cool girl and the ice queen are not the same thing10. The goal is not to be Elsa forever, it is to be discerningIf you give your warmth to everyone and get nothing back, if you over explain every boundary until it loses its power, or if you keepperforming warmth even when you are genuinely hurt, this one is for you.Welcome to the ice queen era.Being Her is your no filter space for woman empowerment, relationship advice, confidence, feminine energy, and living life completely on your own terms.Love you lots like jelly tots xxCheck out HingeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on Red State Update, Jackie and Dunlap wail in grief about: Dolly Parton, the only person left who could bring this country together, and her work with the oppressed, the underprivileged, and Porter Wagoner. Plus her movies, her songs, Tim Curry, and why Dolly's legacy goes beyond singin, actin, Dollywood, and Straight Talk. Plus Whorehouse, Jim Nabors, and how everyone's Mom's kitchen used to look like the Trio album cover. Friendships with Canada never last, but Lake America is forever Supreme Court don't seem to mind what Trump does with mail-in ballots, elections, democracy.  DOJ hires a lawyer once convicted of election-site hacking Wild horses couldn't keep Trump away — Protected wild horses are sold for slaughter while Trump lets beef imports come in from wherever, American farmers be damned, even if we got to do a Beef recall — 30,000 pounds of Argentine beef recalled after sale in Florida and Texas. ABC / Rosie / FCC — ABC is airing Rosie O'Donnell and suing Trump's FCC after previously kissin trump ass Secret Service is reportedly alarmed by Natalie Harp's letters. Trump will tear down the Kennedy Center if they don't put his name on it. Michael Cohen: still terrible Our health and what's left of it: RURAL Michigan hospitals closing or cutting services after Medicaid cuts. o   Measles — U.S. measles cases are at their highest level since 1991, with two deaths reported. RFK Jr. is tied to conspiracy-tinged comments about measles deaths. Byron Donalds blames spread on illegal immigration. ICE arrests — ICE arrests surged—they're arrestin people with no criminal convictions to make their dumb damn quotas.   More folks in immigrant camps  than ATL population Deaf migrants — Deaf migrants deported without sign-language interpreters A mile of border infrastructure in Big Bend reportedly costs more than the park's annual budget. Asylum visas — Administration actions include revoking visas for asylum seekers. Texas / Musk / Paxton — Elon Musk reportedly plans to spend $200 million to help Ken Paxton in Texas. Ohio Sleazebag Max Miller threatens his father-in-law with blackmail Georgia / Mike Collins — Mike Collins has another aide linked to racist stuff Alabama / Tuberville — Tuberville says he will not debate Doug Jones because he don't understand what debates are Gary / Memphis power Hegseth / Pentagon Hegseth hires trolls to go after enemies & critics while firing Stars and Stripes staff USS Doris Miller — They may name a carrier after Trump instead of Black WWII hero Doris Miller. USS Lincoln finally returning after a nine-month deployment. A sailor who jumped from a ship is reportedly facing discipline. Hegseth fired Gen. Randy George after Kid Rock flyover investigation. Sean Duffy show — nobody watchin this youtube crap. Finally something I identify with Sean Duffy about Spider-Man vs. Jake Lang in Minnesota. Jeffries / Kushner get together. These are the only two people left who will get along now that Dolly is gone. Trump approval — Trump approval stands at 35%, disapproval at 61%, net -26. That's real bad and yet should be worse. Darlene Graham, IRAN vs Economic D-Day, Mad Farmers Kehinde Wiley painting: State Dept takes down a painting of Dominicans in the Dominican embassy by the artist of Obama's presidential portrait. They called the paining "very woke" and "aesthetically terrifying." They took it down but first they hid it behind a tarp with a US flag on it. Leah Campos, Rachel Campos-Duffy's sister and Sean Duffy's sis-in-law, is the U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic, called it an example of "globalist and woke ideologies."  What is woke ideology? I know it when I see it. For more Dolly mourning, go get 20 Extra Minutes with Jackie and Dunlap at http://www.patreon.com/redstateupdate Art by Yoni Limor Photos by Robyn von Swank Music by William Sherry Jr. Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, BlueSky    

With updated boundaries for Bears Ears & Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, the lands outside those boundaries remain public and protected.Rep. Logan Monson, former mayor of Blanding whose district includes both monuments, sits down with Utah Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office Director Redge Johnson to discuss what the new boundaries actually change, what protections remain in place – and how access, wildfire prevention and active management fit into the future of Utah's public lands.

This Day in Legal History: The Murder of Emmett TillOn August 28, 1955, fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was abducted, tortured, and murdered in the Mississippi Delta by two white men, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, after Till—a Black teenager visiting from Chicago—was accused of offending a white woman in a grocery store. His killers beat him, shot him, weighted his body, and threw it in the Tallahatchie River. He was a child, and his murder, and what came after, helped ignite the modern civil rights movement.The legal story is one of justice utterly failing, and then, slowly, refusing to disappear. Bryant and Milam were tried the next month in a segregated Mississippi courtroom. The trial lasted five days; the all-white, all-male jury deliberated for barely an hour before acquitting both men, with one juror later saying it wouldn't have taken that long if they hadn't stopped for a soda. Protected by double jeopardy, the two men then sold their confession to a magazine for a few thousand dollars, describing in detail how they'd killed the boy they had just been acquitted of murdering. It was one of the starkest demonstrations imaginable that the machinery of Southern justice was not built to deliver justice to Black victims.The significance of August 28, 1955 reaches across the decades. Emmett's mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, made the searing decision to hold an open-casket funeral and let the world photograph her son. That act of witness galvanized a generation. And there is a haunting piece of calendar symmetry worth honoring: exactly eight years later, on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood at the Lincoln Memorial and delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech to the March on Washington. The law eventually, partially, caught up—the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and, only in 2022, a federal anti-lynching law that bears Emmett Till's name. It's a reminder that some of the most important developments in American law began not in a courtroom win, but in a courtroom failure so profound that the country could not look away.The brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate were back in a Miami federal courtroom this week, shackled, asking a judge to release them on bond while they fight extradition to the United Kingdom. The two, who have built a massive and controversial online following, have been held in a federal detention center since their July arrest on U.K. rape and sex-trafficking charges. Their lawyers made a pointed argument: if Romania, where the brothers face a separate sex-crimes case, is willing to let them remain free pending those proceedings, then a U.S. court should free them too—especially since, they argue, two of the most recognizable men on the internet can't exactly disappear. Prosecutors pushed back hard, and here the law is decidedly against the Tates. In ordinary criminal cases, release pending trial is the norm. But international extradition is different: there is a strong, long-standing presumption against bail, rooted in the idea that the United States has a treaty obligation to actually produce the person for the requesting country, and that letting an extradition target go free risks a diplomatic and legal failure if they flee. Courts generally require “special circumstances” to grant bail in an extradition case—a demanding standard—and prosecutors noted the brothers have money and have bragged about holding multiple passports. Legal experts quoted in the coverage thought it unlikely they'd win release. The significance is a useful window into a corner of the law most people never see: that fighting extradition is not like fighting ordinary charges, and the presumption of liberty that normally protects defendants is largely flipped when a foreign government is waiting to prosecute.Tate brothers press for release from US jail during extradition fight | ReutersPBS NewsHour · NPRA federal appeals court has cleared a significant hurdle for Bayer's $7.25 billion settlement of tens of thousands of Roundup cancer claims. The Eighth Circuit dismissed a challenge by a group of objecting plaintiffs who were trying to derail the deal—and the fight was about forum, which sounds dry but matters enormously in mass litigation. Bayer structured this as a class-action settlement in Missouri state court, an unusual move: it's using a single state-court proceeding to try to resolve claims nationwide. The objectors argued that a state court has no business fast-tracking a nationwide resolution, and that the whole thing belongs in front of the federal judge already overseeing the consolidated federal Roundup litigation. A federal judge ruled in June that the case could stay in Missouri state court, and now the Eighth Circuit has agreed, dismissing the appeal. Why does the forum matter so much? Because a settlement that binds a nationwide class of people—including people who haven't actively participated—raises real due-process questions about whether a single state court can bind absent claimants across the country, and because plaintiffs and defendants often have strong strategic preferences about which court, and which rules, govern a mega-settlement. This connects to the Bayer story we covered earlier this summer, when the Supreme Court handed the company a big win on failure-to-warn claims; this settlement is the other half of Bayer's campaign to finally contain a decade of Roundup litigation. A hearing to approve the deal is set for September 14, with roughly 65,000 claims hanging in the balance. The significance is that Bayer is close to buying its way out of a liability that has dogged it for years—and the courts just removed one of the last procedural obstacles.US court dismisses appeal over objections to $7.25 billion Roundup deal | ReutersRTÉ · Maryland Daily RecordAnd finally—though this is anything but a footnote—the biggest story of the week, and arguably the summer: Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion and fundamentally change how its apps work for teenagers, settling the landmark case accusing it of designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children. This is the resolution of the very trial we watched begin just ten days ago—the 29-state case in Oakland, with the whistleblower testimony from Arturo Bejar. Rather than let it run to a verdict, Meta settled, and the numbers are staggering: more than $17.6 billion to 48 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the territories, plus another $459 million to resolve privacy claims tied to the old Cambridge Analytica scandal. But the money may be the less important part. For the next decade, Meta has agreed to concrete design changes: teens will be capped at two hours a day on the apps, and blocked from using them between midnight and 6 a.m. without a parent's consent. And in a clever pressure mechanism, part of the payout is contingent on whether YouTube and TikTok adopt similar protections—effectively using this settlement to try to move the whole industry. Everything we've tracked all summer led here: the New Mexico verdict, the Tennessee trial, the bellwether cases, the Ninth Circuit clearing these suits past Section 230. This is the reckoning arriving. It still needs approval from Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who presided over the trial, but if it holds, it's one of the largest consumer-protection settlements in American history—and, more consequentially, the first time a court-supervised deal will reach inside these platforms and re-engineer them for the safety of kids. The era of treating social media's effect on children as an unregulated externality may have just ended, not with a verdict, but with $18 billion and a clock that shuts the app off at midnight.Meta reaches $18 billion of settlements over children's social media addiction | ReutersCNN · Al Jazeera This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

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(August 26, 2026) Protected wild horses are going to slaughter. Brining your dog to work is a perk for some and annoying to others. Dr. Jim Keany, Chief Medical Officer at Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, joins The Bill Handel Show for 'Medical News'! Dr. Keany speaks on balance and equilibrium being a key metric to living longer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What should you do when a longtime team member can no longer meet the demands of their role? In this episode, Kirk Behrendt talks with Alan Twigg, president of Bent Eriksen & Associates and an HR professional with more than 20 years of experience, about how dental practice owners can address declining performance without making assumptions about age or medical conditions. You will learn how to establish objective job standards, document performance concerns, approach fitness-for-duty situations, involve an employee's treating physician when appropriate, and navigate accommodations or transitions while reducing legal risk. For practical guidance on handling one of dentistry's most difficult HR conversations, listen to Episode 1091 of The Best Practices Show!Main Takeaways:Employers should address an employee's job performance rather than attempt to diagnose or manage the employee's medical condition.Current job descriptions, HR policies, and standard operating procedures provide objective benchmarks for evaluating whether an employee is meeting role expectations.Regular check-ins can uncover performance concerns and give employees an opportunity to explain challenges before problems escalate.Leaders should separate observable facts from assumptions about why an employee's performance has changed.A fitness-for-duty process can involve the employee's treating physician in determining whether the employee can perform essential job duties and what restrictions may be necessary.Employers may have legal obligations to engage in an accommodation or interactive process when an employee discloses a protected medical condition.Documentation of performance expectations, conversations, restrictions, and accommodations is important when a practice may ultimately need to end employment.Episode Chapters:00:00 Intro01:11 Alan Twigg's background and Bent Eriksen & Associates.04:23 Medical, cognitive, physical, and medication-related factors that can affect job performance.06:52 Why employers should not act as an employee's treating physician.08:03 Using policies, job descriptions, and standards to establish performance expectations.11:56 Keeping job descriptions current as technology and practice needs change.15:28 Reviewing changing expectations as a dental practice grows.18:22 Understanding the fitness-for-duty process.21:21 Focusing performance conversations on standards, patients, and the team.22:45 Managing longtime employees who resist changes or plan to retire soon.28:35 Protected medical conditions and employer responsibilities.32:43 Why dental practices benefit from qualified HR guidance.35:00 How Bent Eriksen & Associates supports dental practices with HR issues.Guest Bio:Alan Twigg is the president of Bent Ericksen & Associates. For over 10 years, he has guided thousands of clients and consultants through the ever-changing world of HR and employment compliance. He is a speaker, consultant, and author who is passionate about bringing education and peace of mind to such a confusing topic.As a strong proponent of symbiotic employer-employee relations, Alan is passionate about teamwork and positive work cultures, with an emphasis on long-term personnel retention and employment compliance, where his solutions-oriented outlook excels.Episode Resources:https://bentericksen.com/More Helpful Links for a Better Practice & a Better Life:Contact Gina to learn more about ACT: gina@actdental.comThe Best Practices Show: https://www.actdental.com/podcast/Smile Source Community Hub: https://www.actdental.com/community-hubUpcoming Events & Workshops: https://www.actdental.com/events/Smile Source: https://www.smilesource.com/Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.comSubscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com

If you've ever felt overwhelmed, triggered, or flooded by your emotions and reached for every tool in the book to regulate them, this episode is for me as much as it's for you. As a pastor and counselor, I talk a lot about self-awareness, objectivity, and positive self-talk, and those tools genuinely matter. But in this episode I want to hand you something bigger than a tool: a complete shift in how you interpret the season you're in. I walk through what I imagine an hour-long coaching session with God would sound like, and why a man whose faith has never been tested is a weak man. Using James 1 as a life verse, I break down why endurance, whether physical, emotional, or spiritual, is the only real process for growing into a stronger, more mature man.From there I get into the gym metaphor I use constantly with the guys in my life: nobody goes to the gym and calls themselves weak because the weights feel heavy. Resistance is the whole point. I talk about Jocko Willink's "Good" mindset, why we've been sold propaganda that life is supposed to be easy, and how living from a place of victory beats fighting for victory every single day. Then I get into the second, and honestly more foundational, key: how you see God. I dig into the moment Jesus was baptized and the Father declared, "This is my son in whom I am well pleased," before Jesus had performed a single miracle, and what that means for those of us who think we have to earn God's love through performance.I close out the episode with the great exchange from Philippians 4, trading our anxiety for God's peace, and why rejoicing isn't denial but actually a "cheat mode" that puts us into testimony mode, the spirit of prophecy that gives other people hope. I finish with a prayer over every man and woman listening, especially those carrying wounds from an absent father or a hard past, that this would be a season of breakthrough and restoration. If this episode encourages you, I'd love for you to rate, review, and share it with someone who needs it. Stay brave.Chapters:00:00 – Welcome03:02 – The Life Hack That Beats Every Emotional Regulation Tool 06:11 – Built Up, Not Broken Down09:14 – The Gym Metaphor12:19 – Living From Victory Instead of Fighting for It 15:20 – The Second Key18:23 – What Jesus's Baptism Teaches Us About God's Love 21:25 – Practical Steps to a Deeper Connection With God 24:35 – The Great Exchange27:36 – A Prayer for Breakthrough and RestorationCONNECT WITH BRAVECOJoin Our Free Community for Men (ladies, sign up your man): https://www.braveco.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/braveco.menInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/braveco.men/Shop: https://shop.braveco.org/ABOUT BRAVECO: We live in a time where men are hunting for the truth and looking for the codebook to manhood. At BraveCo, we are on a mission to heal the narrative of masculinity across a generation; fighting the good fight together because every man should feel confident and capable of facing his pain, loving deeply, and leading a life that impacts the world around him.

Same-day PrEP decreases barriers to PrEP uptake, minimizes the number of people lost at early points in the care continuum, and accelerates the onset of protection. Tune in to this podcast featuring highlights from a live webinar to learn how rapid-start PrEP can take your practice from zero to protected with experts Kenneth H. Mayer, MD and Sarah E. Rowan, MD, FIDSA. For more activities on this topic and to download the accompanying slides, visit the program page. Topics covered in this podcast include: Supporting Evidence for Same-Day Prep Recommended Testing and Monitoring PrEP Options for Same-Day Initiation Recommendations for Implementation in Varied Practice Settings nPEP as an Option for Same-Day PrEP Considerations for Paying for PrEP Get access to all of our new podcasts by subscribing to the Decera Clinical Education Infectious Disease Podcast on Apple Podcasts, YouTube Music, or Spotify. Presenters: Kenneth H. Mayer, MD Medical Researcher Director Fenway Health Co-Director The Fenway Institute Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Attending Physician Infectious Disease Division Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Boston, Massachusetts Sarah E. Rowan, MD Director, Division of Sexual Health, HIV, and Viral Hepatitis Public Health Institute at Denver Health Medical Director, Denver Prevention Training Center Associate Director, Mentored Scholarly Activity Program Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases University of Colorado School of Medicine Denver, Colorado Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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When's the last time you looked at your portfolio and felt genuinely confident it could weather a bad year? For most of us, the answer is some version of "I'm diversified — stocks for growth, bonds for safety — so I should be fine." But in 2022, stocks and bonds both posted double-digit losses at the same time, and the "safe" part of the plan turned out not to be so safe after all. That gut-check sent researchers looking for a third option, one that doesn't make you choose between growth and protection, but blends the two. This episode, sponsored by LIMRA, digs into that research with Dr. Wade Pfau, a fellow with LIMRA's Retirement Income Institute and a leading voice in retirement research, and Brad Pistole, President and CEO of the Ozarks Retirement Group and host of Safe Money Radio. We cover: Why 2022 was the wake-up call that made people question the classic stock/bond mix What "protection" actually means as its own asset class, and how fixed index annuities fit in The tax advantages that can help protected assets outperform bonds on an after-tax basis Why there's no universal "right" ratio for stocks vs. protected income, and how to find your own number Ready to take the next step? Get up to speed on annuity solutions that can help you build a more secure retirement by using this guide from LIMRA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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