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Podcast Ruined by a Software Engineer
Multichain Orchestration with Rowland Graus | Ep. 56

Podcast Ruined by a Software Engineer

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 79:26


Rowland Graus is a Director of Product at Agoric, a startup developing open-source software to help create a better experience building applications across multiple blockchain networks.Listen to Rowland talk about what it was like studying at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, how his business development skills transferred into product management, how, after sensing the wave of innovations in DeFi applications, he knew he had to be part of the blockchain space, and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu.Episode Links:• Agoric: https://agoric.com• Rowlands's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rowlandgraus• Rowlands's Twitter: https://x.com/rowlandgraus—Interested being on the show? contact@perrytiu.comSponsorship enquiries: sponsor@perrytiu.comFollow Podcast Ruined by a Software Engineer and leave a review• Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3RASg8x• Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RBAXEw• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@perrytiuMore Podcast Ruined by a Software Engineer• Website: https://perrytiu.com/podcast• Merch: https://perrytiu.com/shop• RSS Feed: https://perrytiu.com/podcast/rss.xmlFollow Perry Tiu• Twitter: https://twitter.com/perry_tiu• LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/perrytiu• Instagram: https://instagram.com/doctorpoor

The Complete Guide to Horror Movies
#86 - Cherry Falls (1999) Retrospective and Review

The Complete Guide to Horror Movies

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 27:00


Join BP, Justin and your host Coop as we discuss the 1999 American slasher film directed by Geoffrey Wright, and starring Brittany Murphy, Jay Mohr, and Michael Biehn. The plot focuses on a small Virginia town where a serial killer is targeting teenaged virgins. After being submitted to and rejected by the MPAA numerous times, Cherry Falls was screened at several film festivals in some countries in late 1999 and early 2000, but did not have a theatrical release in the United States. Finally, it was purchased by USA Films, who telecast it on the USA Network on October 20, 2000. SHOP OUR STORE https://completeguidetohorror.threadless.com/collections/new/ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:18 Title Sequence 00:55 Introducing Cherry Falls 01:23 Overall Thoughts 06:05 Favourite Parts 11:02 What We Disliked 18:18 Trivia 23:17 Ratings 26:14 Thank You 26:40 Class Dismissed! Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below. ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop our Store!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tip us $5⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠ Production In October 1998, Variety announced Geoffrey Wright as director. Wright promised an intelligent script full of irony. In 1999, the filmmakers began scouting locations in Virginia, using the town square in Warrenton; the high school used in the film was Thomas Jefferson High School, located in Richmond. The residents of Richmond lambasted the making of the film because of its brutality. The film's set was described as "tense" by writer Ken Selden, due to the thirty-day production schedule falling behind, which led to budget issues from October Films. Director Geoffrey Wright kept Selden's original script relatively unchanged, but re-wrote the film's final "orgy scene", which had originally been conceived by Selden as featuring the teenagers having a mass sex party under a giant white sheet. Wright opted to shoot the scene with the cast nude, which resulted in much of the scene being cut in order to avoid an NC-17 rating. Release Cherry Falls was shopped at the Cannes film market in 1999, and was sold for theatrical distribution in all international territories across the world. The film had a tentative theatrical release scheduled for November 2000. However, the film was troubled by censor disapproval in the United States, and the distributors' relationship with USA Films led the company to make the decision to release it as a television movie in the United States, syndicated on the USA Network. As a result, it became (and remains) the most expensive television film ever made, with a production budget of $14 million. The film shown at the in May 1999 at Marché du Film in France. Cherry Falls was released in the United States on October 20, 2000. The film had successful theatrical runs in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe. It opened in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2000. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 63% of 19 surveyed critics gave it a positive review. Doug Brod of Entertainment Weekly rated it A− and wrote that "it might just be the wittiest, most subversive teen thriller since Heathers". AllMovie gave it a favorable review: "Of all the teen slasher flicks that premiered after the wildly successful Scream series (Urban Legend, etc.), Cherry Falls will possibly go down as one of the most creative, but sadly unseen ones in the bunch". Derek Elley of Variety called it "a semi-successful spin on familiar material that could build minor cult status". Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club wrote: "Smart at times but not nearly smart enough, and peppered with good ideas it doesn't really know how to exploit, Cherry Falls is just good enough to make you wish it were far, far better". Chris Parcellin of Film Threat rated it 3/5 stars and wrote that "it aspires to be another Heathers or Rivers Edge, but doesn't make it". Total Film rated it 3/5 stars and wrote: "If you're not already sick to death of the teen horror genre, you might want to give this a look". Matt Serafini of Dread Central ranked Cherry Falls number seven in a list of the top ten high school horror films from 1996 to the present. #cherryfalls #brittanymurphy #jaymohr #horror #blood #virgin #tv #urbanlegends #mulhollanddrive #davidlynch #blockbuster #mtv #2000s #1990s

Mornings on the Mall
Luke Rosiak Interview

Mornings on the Mall

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 11:55


Vince speaks with Luke Rosiak, Investigative Reporter for the Daily Wire and author of the book “Race to the Bottom; Uncovering The Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education” about a Fairfax County public school selling China a handbook to clone Thomas Jefferson High School.    For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.     To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese.      Executive Producer: Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mornings on the Mall
Fairfax School Sells Out to China

Mornings on the Mall

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 35:06


10/11/24 Hour 1     Kamala Harris adopts a Hispanic accent during her Univision townhall and promises mass amnesty for illegals.  An anchor baby tells Kamala a story about her illegal alien mother who wasn't able to get health insurance.  Univision promoted its audience as “undecided voters” but it turns out, that may not have been the case.  Vince speaks with Luke Rosiak, Investigative Reporter for the Daily Wire and author of the book “Race to the Bottom; Uncovering The Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education” about a Fairfax County public school selling China a handbook to clone Thomas Jefferson High School.    For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.     To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese.      Executive Producer: Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday Moms
Obituary - Douglas Wayne Noel

Monday Moms

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 1:07


Douglas Wayne “Pookie” Noel, 82 of Henrico, Virginia passed peacefully at home Thursday, September 19, 2024. Pookie was predeceased by his mother and father, Margaret and William C. Noel. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Betty Britton Noel; his son, Deron W. Noel (Melissa); and daughter Kimberly N. Martin (Ricky). Pookie grew up in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1961. Pookie joined the Richmond Bureau of Fire on August 26, 1967, and retired with 30+ years of service on September 1, 1997, following in his father's footsteps. Pookie loved to surf fish...Article LinkSupport the show

Monday Moms
Obituary - Herbert H. Eades Jr.

Monday Moms

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 1:59


Herbert H. Eades, Jr., 83, of Richmond, Virginia, passed away on September 3, 2024, after a battle with heart and lung disease. Herb was born on April 14, 1941, to Herbert Senior and Christine Crews Eades in Richmond. After graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1959, he married the love of his life, Linda Hepburn Eades in 1962. Herb attended The University of Richmond (University College) and Graduated June 8, 1970. While going to college he started his career during the day working his way up from Mail-Boy in 1959 at DuPont in a progressively advancing career in Accounting....Article LinkSupport the show

Malik's First Job Podcast
Key Steps to Launching a Clothing Brand

Malik's First Job Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 27:09


Send us a textIsaiah King is the founder of 1 Motion Apparel. He is a recent graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond, VA, and will be playing football at Elizabeth City State University this fall.  He has been in business for over an year, and has seen over $70K in sales, so far. He expects to make over $250K, next year Connect with Isaiah King:Instagram:       https://www.instagram.com/1motionapparel.coWebsite:          https://1motionapparelll.myshopify.com  Get a Greenlight Debit Card for Your Children:https://share.greenlight.com/96453721 Register for Free Online Financial Literacy Courses:https://maliksfirstjob.banzai.org/wellness/collections/teaching-kids-finances Purchase Malik's First Job: Financial Principles for Teens:www.maliksfirstjob.com Start your podcast on Buzzsprout:https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1847701 Follow Malik's First Job on Social Media Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/maliksfirstjobInstagram:       https://www.instagram.com/maliksfirstjobTwitter:            https://www.twitter.com/maliksfirstjob

The Jiggy Jaguar Show
Ep. 7/12/2024 - The Jiggy Jaguar Show Hung Cao wins Virginia Senate GOP primary, will Take on Democrat Tim Kaine

The Jiggy Jaguar Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024


Hung Cao, author of Call Me an American, is a candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia. Cao came to the US in 1975 after escaping Vietnam days before the fall of Saigon. He and his family moved to West Africa, where he spent most of his youth, before he returned to the States at the age of twelve to pursue an American education, later earning acceptance to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. He went on to graduate from the Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering. He has received his master's degree in Applied Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School and fellowships at MIT and Harvard. A Bronze Star recipient, Deep Sea Diver, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer, Hung conducted high-profile salvage operations including the recovery of John F. Kennedy Jr., the Civil War Ironclad USS Monitor, and servicemembers killed during military operations. Hung retired after twenty-five years of service to his beloved adopted country and is currently a Vice President at a Fortune 500 company. Hung became the GOP nominee for Virginia's tenth congressional district in May 2022 after sweeping a crowded eleven-way primary. He is the proud father of five children and has been married to his wife, April, for over twenty-five years

Monday Moms
Obituary - Cornelia Nichols Deyerle

Monday Moms

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 1:16


Deyerle, Cornelia “Connie” Nichols, 71, passed away on June 1, 2024. She was born in Richmond, Virginia on June 18, 1952 to the late Richard Wilton Deyerle and Cornelia Nichols Deyerle. Connie graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, Longwood College with a BS in Mathematics and Virginia Commonwealth University with a Masters in Education and Administration. Survivors include her brother, R. Wilton Deyerle, Jr., cousin, Whitney Deyerle of Roanoke and dear friend, Brenda Brickley of Jacksonville. She was also survived by her beloved cockapoo, Eloise. Connie retired as department chair of the Mathematics Department at Byrd Middle School. She was...Article LinkSupport the Show.

TNT Radio
Andrew Langer, Kate Monroe & Hung Cao on State of the Nation - 11 June 2024

TNT Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 55:05


GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Andrew Langer is a long-time activist for free-market and limited-government principles, and a well-recognized analyst of politics and public policy. He currently serves as the President the Institute for Liberty, the Host of the Andrew Langer Show on WBAL NewsRadio1090. A long time fighter for small business, Andrew came to IFL from NFIB, where he headed that organization's regulatory practice for six years. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Kate Monroe is a retired United States Marine, wife, mother, veteran activist, multi-business owner, startup specialist, published author, decorated sales trainer for multiple industries, and just announced her run for Congress. Kate's ventures stem from her passion for creating a positive impact for the disenfranchised. She is the founder of VetComm GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: Hung Cao, is author of Call Me an American, is a candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia. Retired Navy Captain. Cao came to the US in 1975 after escaping Vietnam days before the fall of Saigon. He and his family moved to West Africa, where he spent most of his youth, before he returned to the States at the age of twelve to pursue an American education, later earning acceptance to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. He went on to graduate from the Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering. He has received his master's degree in Applied Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School and fellowships at MIT and Harvard

The Jiggy Jaguar Show
Ep. 5/29/2024 - The Jiggy Jaguar Show GOP US Senate candidate in Virginia and author of the new book, Call Me An American. ..

The Jiggy Jaguar Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024


Hung Cao, author of Call Me an American, is a candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia. Cao came to the US in 1975 after escaping Vietnam days before the fall of Saigon. He and his family moved to West Africa, where he spent most of his youth, before he returned to the States at the age of twelve to pursue an American education, later earning acceptance to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. He went on to graduate from the Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering. He has received his master's degree in Applied Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School and fellowships at MIT and Harvard. A Bronze Star recipient, Deep Sea Diver, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer, Hung conducted high-profile salvage operations including the recovery of John F. Kennedy Jr., the Civil War Ironclad USS Monitor, and servicemembers killed during military operations. Hung retired after twenty-five years of service to his beloved adopted country and is currently a Vice President at a Fortune 500 company. Hung became the GOP nominee for Virginia's tenth congressional district in May 2022 after sweeping a crowded eleven-way primary. He is the proud father of five children and has been married to his wife, April, for over twenty-five years

TNT Radio
Lembit Opik, Hung Cao & Sal Greco on The Pelle Neroth Taylor Show - 18 May 2024

TNT Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 55:21


GUEST HOST: Basil Valentine filling in for Pelle Neroth Taylor.  GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Cao came to the US in 1975 after escaping Vietnam days before the fall of Saigon. He and his family moved to West Africa, where he spent most of his youth, before he returned to the States at the age of twelve to pursue an American education, later earning acceptance to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. He went on to graduate from the Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering. He has received his master's degree in Applied Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School and fellowships at MIT and Harvard. A Bronze Star recipient, Deep Sea Diver, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer, Hung conducted high-profile salvage operations including the recovery of John F. Kennedy Jr., the Civil War Ironclad USS Monitor, and servicemembers killed during military operations. Hung retired after twenty-five years of service to his beloved adopted country and is currently a Vice President at a Fortune 500 company. Hung became the GOP nominee for Virginia's tenth congressional district in May 2022 after sweeping a crowded eleven-way primary. He is the proud father of five children and has been married to his wife, April, for over twenty-five years.  GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Salvatore “Sal” Greco is a Former 14 year New York Police Department (NYPD) veteran, and a Sicilian-American. Being a strict fitness enthusiast, food connoisseur, and cigar aficionado Sal is no stranger to the Good and Evil in our lives. His origin story began with food industry work and a love for how it brought everyone together.

TNT Radio
Gene Valentino, Amy Peikoff & Hung Cao on State of the Nation - 15 May 2024

TNT Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 55:11


GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: The GrassRoots TruthCast, created by former Escambia County Florida Commissioner Gene Valentino, is a weekly broadcast from Pensacola, Florida. Gene, an investment entrepreneur and avid pilot, is a founding member of VeriJet charter aviation and serves on the company's Board of Directors. When he's not in studio, Gene can usually be found in the skies over the Gulf of Mexico piloting his ICON A5. Twitter/X: @GeneValentino GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Amy Peikoff serves as the Chief Policy Officer of BitChute, a video sharing platform serving millions of U.S. users. She is closely monitoring the developments in the House and Senate regarding the potential reauthorization or reform of FISA Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. Section 702 permits warrantless interception, collection, storage, and queries of communications related to "foreign intelligence information," allowing the government to conduct warrantless surveillance of both foreigners and Americans. GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: Hung Cao, is author of Call Me an American, is a candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia. Retired Navy Captain. Cao came to the US in 1975 after escaping Vietnam days before the fall of Saigon. He and his family moved to West Africa, where he spent most of his youth, before he returned to the States at the age of twelve to pursue an American education, later earning acceptance to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. He went on to graduate from the Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering. He has received his master's degree in Applied Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School and fellowships at MIT and Harvard. A Bronze Star recipient, Deep Sea Diver, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer, Hung conducted high-profile salvage operations including the recovery of John F. Kennedy Jr., the Civil War Ironclad USS Monitor, and servicemembers killed during military operations. Hung retired after twenty-five years of service to his beloved adopted country and is currently a Vice President at a Fortune 500 company. Hung became the GOP nominee for Virginia's tenth congressional district in May 2022 after sweeping a crowded eleven-way primary. He is the proud father of five children and has been married to his wife, April, for over twenty-five years

TNT Radio
Hung Cao on Unleashed with Marc Morano - 15 May 2024

TNT Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 55:11


GUEST OVERVIEW: Hung Cao, is author of Call Me an American, is a candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia. Retired Navy Captain. Cao came to the US in 1975 after escaping Vietnam days before the fall of Saigon. He and his family moved to West Africa, where he spent most of his youth, before he returned to the States at the age of twelve to pursue an American education, later earning acceptance to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. He went on to graduate from the Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering. He has received his master's degree in Applied Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School and fellowships at MIT and Harvard. A Bronze Star recipient, Deep Sea Diver, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer, Hung conducted high-profile salvage operations including the recovery of John F. Kennedy Jr., the Civil War Ironclad USS Monitor, and servicemembers killed during military operations. Hung retired after twenty-five years of service to his beloved adopted country and is currently a Vice President at a Fortune 500 company. Hung became the GOP nominee for Virginia's tenth congressional district in May 2022 after sweeping a crowded eleven-way primary. He is the proud father of five children and has been married to his wife, April, for over twenty-five years. 

I Hate Politics Podcast
I Hate the News Mar 12

I Hate Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 15:40


The weekly news analysis from I Hate Politics: ​​Washington DC and Maryland pass controversial public safety bills that respectively relaxes restrictions on chokeholds and lowers the age of those who can be charged for non-violent crimes to include fifth graders. New report looks at how DC schools did in 2022-23; and the Supreme Court refuses to hear a case of Asian discrimination in Thomas Jefferson High School in Northern Virginia. Music from Baltimore jazzman Seth Kibel: https://sethkibel.com.

The Craig Silverman Show
Episode 199 - Dani Newsum

The Craig Silverman Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2024 112:39


Rundown -   Dani Newsum in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 12:34   Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:40:38   "Billy B and the Fair Skinned Girl" by Dave Gunders - 01:44:34   Craig's Lawyers' Lounge opens wide to welcome Dani Newsum. She's a trained civil rights attorney, who spent decades as a formidable panelist on Colorado Inside Out where she often argued with Craig and David Kopel and many others. Dani can be feisty.   Nowadays, Dani Newsum is the director of strategic partnerships at Cobalt, a Colorado pro-abortion rights group that had a friendly split from NARAL Pro-Choice America in January 2020 to focus on state-level battles and reproductive rights advocacy within Colorado. OMG, the battles now, post-Dobbs.   Dani explains what Donald Trump has meant for female reproductive freedom and how Cobalt is fighting back with Ballot Initiative 89 which will place women's right to choose enshrined in Colorado's Constitution. https://coloradansforreproductivefreedom.com/   Dani Newsum was raised by the remarkable Fitzroy “Buck” Newsum who has a substantially correct Wikipedia page but for his birth date and the picture of him as a young airman. A decorated Tuskegee Airman, Colonel Newsum was a Congressional Gold Medal recipient. Dani's mom Joan is special too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzroy_Newsum   Learn how Dani Newsum decided to be an attorney, and then a civil rights advocate. She attended Denver's Thomas Jefferson High School and then became a lawyer and a talk show host on 630 KHOW. Find out some behind-the-scenes' stories about Colorado Inside Out back in the day.   We discuss the awful decline of the Colorado Republican Party, as embodied by Lauren Boebert. We review the latest with respect to Colorado's embarrassment in Congress. The modern media and legal landscape gets reviewed. So does Dani's fascinating life story. https://images.app.goo.gl/FcHoTXxSgAbYkzh98   Show Troubadour Dave Gunders entertains with a song reminiscent of America's less-than-honest justice system given the recent MAGA-friendly delay moves made by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Billy B and the Fair Skinned Girl, the wise narrator sings a story of an unfair justice system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLoy0P2NdKo

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
James Biden and Tony Bobulinski Testify to the House

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 28:35


The impeachment inquiry of Joe Biden digs into business dealings by his family, as investigators interview his brother, James Biden, as well as Tony Bobulinski, a former associate of the President's son Hunter. Do Republicans have the evidence? Plus, the Supreme Court declines a case on racial admissions policies at Virginia's selective Thomas Jefferson High School. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mornings on the Mall
Republican Registrations Update

Mornings on the Mall

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 34:16


2/20/24  Hour 2     Vince speaks with Scott Presler, Founder and Executive Director of Early Vote Action to discuss his efforts to register voters and how volunteers can get involved. Vince speaks with Asra Nomani, Senior Fellow at Independent Women's Network and author of the book “Woke Army: The Red-Green Alliance That Is Destroying America's Freedom” about the SCOTUS declining to hear Thomas Jefferson High School's racist admissions case.           For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.     To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese.      Executive Producer: Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mornings on the Mall
Asra Nomani Interview

Mornings on the Mall

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 15:52


2/20/24  Hour 2     Vince speaks with Asra Nomani, Senior Fellow at Independent Women's Network and author of the book “Woke Army: The Red-Green Alliance That Is Destroying America's Freedom” about the SCOTUS declining to hear Thomas Jefferson High School's racist admissions case.      For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.     To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese.      Executive Producer: Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mornings on the Mall
Scott Presler Interview

Mornings on the Mall

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 10:36


2/20/24  Hour 2     Vince speaks with Scott Presler, Founder and Executive Director of Early Vote Action to discuss his efforts to register voters and how volunteers can get involved. Vince speaks with Asra Nomani, Senior Fellow at Independent Women's Network and author of the book “Woke Army: The Red-Green Alliance That Is Destroying America's Freedom” about the SCOTUS declining to hear Thomas Jefferson High School's racist admissions case.             For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.     To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese.      Executive Producer: Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday Moms
Obituary - Barbara Hurt Stone

Monday Moms

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 2:11


Barbara Hurt Stone, age 81, of Glen Allen, Virginia passed away on Friday, February 9, 2024. She is the daughter of the late Dorothy Arnall Hurt and William Marvin Hurt Sr. She is preceded in death by her brother, William Marvin Hurt Jr. She was born in Richmond Virginia and attended Thomas Jefferson High School and Braxton Business School. She worked many years in the real-estate business with Louise Williams Realty and Napier Realtors. When she wasn't working, she enjoyed spending time on the Piankatank River, boating with her kids and grandkids and great grandkids. She also enjoyed playing cards...Article LinkSupport the show

Charter Moms Chats
International Baccalaureate In SAISD, With Yareli Melendez

Charter Moms Chats

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 46:02


International Baccalaureate (IB) aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who will help create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. San Antonio ISD has a partnership with the Texas Council for International Studies to offer IB at seven SAISD Choice Schools, including Jefferson and Burbank High Schools, Fenwick and Woodlawn Academies, Harris Middle School, and Briscoe and Woodlawn Hills Elementary Schools. Yareli Melendez, Diploma Programme Coordinator at Thomas Jefferson High School, joins us to discuss the IB curriculum at her school and share how it is helping her students become more active, compassionate learners.

Monday Moms
Obituary - Henri Isadore Maizels

Monday Moms

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 2:39


MAIZELS, Henri Isadore, of Henrico County, Virginia, one of Central Virginia's last Holocaust survivors, passed away after a long illness on November 26, 2023, at age 83. Born on December 4, 1939, in Paris, France to Charles and Sara Maizels, Henri was orphaned during World War II. His American family members located him after the war and brought him to the United States. Henri was raised by his Uncle and Aunt, Nathan and Miriam Maizels, in Richmond, Virginia. After graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1959, Henri enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he played saxophone in the U.S....Article LinkSupport the show

City Cast DC
Why a NoVa School Might Go to the Supreme Court

City Cast DC

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 18:32


Thomas Jefferson High School, the math and science magnet school in Northern Virginia, is one of the most famous public schools in the country — and one of the toughest to get into. But some parents say the school's new admissions process — which aims to improve diversity — actually discriminates against Asian students. They want the Supreme Court to get involved. Karina Elwood from the Washington Post brings us up to speed.  Listen to our episode about the John Falcicchio scandal in the Mayor's office.  Want some more DC news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter Hey DC. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE And we'd love to feature you on the show! Share your DC-related thoughts, hopes, and frustrations with us in a voicemail by calling 202-642-2654. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MoneyBall Medicine
How to Build a Medtech Startup in High School

MoneyBall Medicine

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 40:16


Building any kind of startup is hard. Starting a business in healthcare or medical technology is even more challenging, given the long timelines for product development and all the regulatory requirements companies have to meet. But imagine how much harder it would be to start a company if you were still just a senior in high school! Recently Harry learned about a company called Vytal that's building eye-tracking technology to measure brain health, and he knew he wanted to have the co-founders on the show. Not just because the technology is interesting, but because CEO Rohan Kalahasty and the CTO Sai Mattapali are both 18 years old, and both entering their senior years at Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia. Very few teenagers have ten employees and over a million dollars in seed capital. But that's exactly where Rohan and Sai are right now. Some of the challenges they've faced have been absolutely typical—like how to build a network of partners and how to meet government standards for new medical devices. And others have been a little unusual, like how to get time off from school to meet with investors and how to convince their parents that the business won't take too much time away from their studies. Listen in to hear their whole startup story.For a full transcript of this episode, please visit our episode page at http://www.glorikian.com/podcast Please rate and review The Harry Glorikian Show on Apple Podcasts! Here's how to do that from an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch:1. Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. 2. Navigate to The Harry Glorikian Show podcast. You can find it by searching for it or selecting it from your library. Just note that you'll have to go to the series page which shows all the episodes, not just the page for a single episode.3. Scroll down to find the subhead titled "Ratings & Reviews."4. Under one of the highlighted reviews, select "Write a Review."5. Next, select a star rating at the top — you have the option of choosing between one and five stars. 6. Using the text box at the top, write a title for your review. Then, in the lower text box, write your review. Your review can be up to 300 words long.7. Once you've finished, select "Send" or "Save" in the top-right corner. 8. If you've never left a podcast review before, enter a nickname. Your nickname will be displayed next to any reviews you leave from here on out. 9. After selecting a nickname, tap OK. Your review may not be immediately visible.That's it! Thanks so much.

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
The Supreme Court's Next Racial Admissions Case?

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 23:09


Virginia parents ask the Justices to strike down new admissions rules at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, which they say are intended to block Asian students. Plus, listener emails on Mike Pence, a 2024 rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and Trump's plan for a 10% universal tariff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed
The Federalist Society's Teleforum: Litigation Update: Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2023


Fairfax County, Virginia's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology – commonly known as TJ – is the #1 ranked public high school in the country. In 2020, the Fairfax County School Board enacted measures intended to increase racial diversity in TJ's student body. These policies changed the school's admissions process and drew criticism […]

Teleforum
Litigation Update: Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board

Teleforum

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2023 47:50


Fairfax County, Virginia's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology – commonly known as TJ – is the #1 ranked public high school in the country. In 2020, the Fairfax County School Board enacted measures intended to increase racial diversity in TJ's student body. These policies changed the school's admissions process and drew criticism from some TJ parents, locals, and national observers. The changes included discontinuing the admissions test, allowing race-consciousness, and capping the number of students allowed admission from each of the district's 23 middle schools. In the end, the new system led to a reduction in the number of Asian-American students admitted to TJ. In March 2021, Coalition for TJ sued the Fairfax County School Board over the new admissions policies alleging discrimination against applicants of Asian heritage. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Coalition for TJ's motion for summary judgment in February 2022. Fairfax County School Board then appealed the District Court's permanent injunction to the Fourth Circuit. The Fourth Circuit stayed the District Court order. The Coalition for TJ filed an emergency stay application to the U.S. Supreme Court but was denied; the case was remanded to the Fourth Circuit and heard in September 2022. In May 2023, the Fourth Circuit reversed the District Court allowing the new admissions plan to be enacted. Coalition for TJ's legal representation, Pacific Legal Foundation, is now planning to file a cert petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the lead up to filing, Erin Wilcox will join us to discuss the case and offer an update on the latest events.

Minimum Competence
Tues 8/22 - Law Firm of the Future, NJ Needs Judges, Activision Sells Cloud Gaming to Ubi, SCOTUS May Review HS Diversity Program and Column Tuesday on Hydrogen

Minimum Competence

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2023 8:56


On this day in legal history, August 22 1996, welfare as we knew it was ended and millions of folks living in precarity had the rug ripped out from under their feet.The so-called "Welfare to Work" bill signed by President Bill Clinton in August 1996 was a contentious piece of legislation that aimed to move individuals from welfare to employment, premised on the flawed notion that those unable to work were simply unwilling to work. The downsides of this reform were significant. Critics, including three assistant secretaries at the Department of Health and Human Services who resigned in protest, argued that the law destroyed the federal safety net, leading to increased poverty and lower income for single mothers. Some individuals were moved into homeless shelters, and states were left free to eliminate welfare entirely. Specifically, while the intention was to shift mothers from welfare to work, many found that they were not earning enough to thrive, and others were pushed off welfare rolls due to logistical challenges such as lack of child care or failure to receive notification. Despite a decline in welfare and poverty rates in the late 1990s, the negative impacts of the reform on the most vulnerable populations raised serious concerns about the true success of the legislation.In the light of history, it is clear the reform didn't achieve its stated goal of ending poverty – not by a long shot. While the reform initially seemed to be working, with unemployment dipping and poverty falling, later research has cast doubt on its efficacy. The reform reduced welfare rolls and increased employment, but it also reduced the incomes of the poor, especially the poorest of the poor. Transitioning from welfare to work may have gotten people jobs, but those people didn't actually come out ahead monetarily, as welfare would have paid better than work did. There was an increase in deep poverty, the fraction living below 50 percent of the poverty line. The availability of money as a kind of slush fund for states created an incentive for states to discourage potential beneficiaries from applying. Critics argue that the legislation got virtually every technical detail wrong, giving states too much flexibility and creating perverse incentives for states to seek alternative spending routes for money earmarked for the poor. Even many conservatives have expressed concerns about the state incentives created by the block grant. The initial assessments of the reform were overly optimistic, and there's a broad consensus outside the law's core supporters that something went deeply wrong. The failure to allow people to apply for aid, the atrophy of work programs, and the diversion of funds to other programs were unintended consequences that have led to a call for change.Jill Nelson - Apocalypse Now, The Nation (1996)"If the goal was to get rid of poverty, we failed": the legacy of the 1996 welfare reform - VoxThe law firm of the foreseeable future will be different in three critical ways: working with AI, evaluation and education, and structure. First, AI will be embedded at every level of an attorney's work, augmenting individual tasks and transforming the delivery of legal services at the practice level. This will radically optimize tasks, allowing attorneys to focus on unique work and create opportunities to scale. Second, AI will change the skills that clients expect from legal counsel, emphasizing complex problem-solving and strategic thinking over research and writing. It will also refine how lawyers are trained, calling for better mentoring and teaching, and will be central to how both attorneys and clients consume information. Third, the structure of law firms may change, with exceptions to the prohibition of ownership by non-lawyers pointing to forces that may lead to significant changes in the future. Law firms' limited ability to invest in technology may be a disadvantage, but unlocking efficiencies with AI could change the landscape. The future law firm may be able to deliver services at scale with high leverage, potentially transforming the traditional structure and approach of legal practices. These changes reflect a future shaped by current forces, particularly the integration of AI into the legal field.A pure editorial note here, I myself am always skeptical of claims that technology will radically disrupt entrenched power structures. If I had to put money on how AI changes law firm culture and the legal field, it will be to redound to the benefit of those in power now, and benefits to labor will take a long time to trickle down to junior attorneys and paralegals. Law Firms of the Future Will Be Different in Three Critical WaysNew Jersey is facing a severe judge shortage, freezing nearly 4,000 divorce proceedings and around 4,700 other family law cases. Some counties are entirely blocked from holding any divorce trials due to the lack of judges. The delays for contested divorces are sometimes measured in years, far exceeding the state's guideline of resolving cases within 12 months of filing. The shortage has persisted due to New Jersey's unique "courtesy" appointment system, where any senator can block the appointment of a judge in their home county, and accelerated retirements have worsened the situation. New Jersey currently has 57 vacancies, nearly double the system's manageable limit of 30. The backlog has broad spillover effects, affecting other civil litigants and leading to dire consequences for the injured and elderly. Political obstacles, including the "courtesy" appointment system and increased partisanship, have contributed to the dearth of judges. Despite recent confirmations, the situation is described as a "judicial crisis," and a resolution appears unlikely until at least November. The shortage has led to human tragedies, including difficulties in securing child passports, enrolling children in school due to custody battles, and forced cohabitation with abusive partners.New Jersey Judge Shortage Freezes Couples in Messy Divorce CasesActivision Blizzard, the maker of "Call of Duty," will sell its streaming rights to Ubisoft Entertainment to gain approval from Britain's anti-trust regulator for its $69 billion sale to Microsoft. The original acquisition, announced in early 2022, was blocked by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over concerns that Microsoft would dominate the emerging cloud gaming market. The CMA maintained its decision to veto the deal, leading to a restructured agreement. Under the new terms, Microsoft cannot release Activision games exclusively on its Xbox Cloud Gaming service or control licensing terms for rival services. Ubisoft will acquire cloud streaming rights for Activision's existing and new games for the next 15 years, except in Europe. The CMA will review the new proposal, with a Phase 1 process ending on Oct. 18, possibly followed by a longer Phase 2 examination. The deal marks a significant concession by Microsoft and a win for the CMA, reflecting its tough stance on tech deals since Brexit. Ubisoft's shares were up more than 7% following the news.Microsoft, Activision to sell streaming rights to secure biggest video gaming dealA parents group, backed by a conservative legal organization, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether an admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology in Virginia is racially discriminatory. The policy, adopted in 2020, was aimed at diversifying the student body and was considered race-neutral. It eliminated a standardized test, capped the number of students from each middle school, and guaranteed seats for top students from each. Following these changes, the percentage of Asian-American students fell, while the share of Black and Hispanic students increased. A group called Coalition for TJ sued, claiming the policy violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. While a U.S. District Judge sided with the parents, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision. The Supreme Court's response is pending.U.S. Supreme Court asked to hear high school admissions case concerning race | ReutersThe Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes provisions for transitioning industry away from coal and natural gas, also introduces a 45V tax credit for hydrogen produced with low greenhouse gas output. This means that the hydrogen must be produced by clean electricity to qualify for the tax credit. While some advocate for maintaining or enhancing this restriction, others worry that it may stifle the hydrogen industry's growth. In my column I suggest that the solution lies in better funding and streamlining the clean electricity sector and its related tax credit regime. The EU has already implemented a renewable hydrogen regulatory framework that emphasizes connecting new hydrogen generation systems to new renewable energy systems. The U.S. must also recognize that clean hydrogen's fate is tied to clean energy systems like solar and wind. Uncertainty in the clean energy sector, particularly regarding tax credit eligibility, may be slowing down the production of clean electricity systems. To foster the renewable hydrogen industry, the U.S. must streamline and clarify the clean electricity tax credit system, possibly aligning with the EU's approach. The policy should focus on locating and clarifying bottlenecks in existing regulatory frameworks and tax incentives, redirecting investments earmarked for hydrogen to grow the clean economy.Funding Clean Electricity Will Help Grow the Hydrogen Economy Get full access to Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast at www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

City Cast Denver
Why Aren't Denver Teens Working Anymore?

City Cast Denver

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 20:23


To the chagrin of many summer lovers, Denver's public pools are once again operating with limited hours, due to — you guessed it — staffing problems. And that's after they raised wages last summer! So why, as the Colorado Sun recently reported, are Denver teens increasingly skipping out on summer jobs? Host Bree Davies sits down with our official teen correspondent Shana Saint-Phard, who just graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and is not working this summer, to ask the big question: Why aren't teens working anymore? Before she graduated, Shana was a reporter with The TJ Journal. Check out her work here.  Bree mentioned the end of toll-free travel on I-70's new express lane and the reduced toll program for neighbors affected by the highway expansion.  Who do you think should be in a Colfax Hall of Fame? We're collecting nominations ahead of our live Colfax event on July 20, and we want to hear from you! We're looking for true Colfax icons -- be they people, places, or things that embody everything Colfax. Leave us your name, neighborhood, and nomination in a text or voicemail, and you might hear it on the show: 720-500-5418 For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter Hey Denver by texting “Denver” to 66866 Follow us on Twitter: @citycastdenver Or instagram: @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: Regional Air Quality Council Colorado Wine Board The Denver Art Museum's new exhibit “Desert Rider” Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FLF, LLC
Daily News Brief for Friday, June 30th, 2023 [Daily News Brief]

FLF, LLC

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 10:24


This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, June 30th, 2023. Page50 ad read concepts: Page50 is a distinctly Christian marketing company striving to help Christian-owned businesses grow and succeed in our digital age. They don’t want to just make a paycheck, they want to change the world, and that means building it alongside you. The mission is bigger than just Sunday. Page50 wants to help Christians recapture the work week, economic and political influence, and the public square. Page50 doesn’t work with just anybody, but if you’re a believer they want to work with you. Visit pagefifty.com (ya gotta spell it out, because i don’t own the page50.com domain) and see what they can do for you. That’s pagefifty.com. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/supreme-court-affirmative-action-race-conscious-college-admissions Supreme Court bans affirmative action in ruling against race-conscious college admissions The Supreme Court ruled to ban the consideration of race as part of admissions decisions at colleges, including Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, ending the decadeslong practice known as affirmative action. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the six-member majority to undo the lasting impacts of the landmark 1978 case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which upheld race-conscious admissions at universities. "Harvard’s and UNC’s admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment," the majority held in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented and was joined by Justice Elena Kagan. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented in the UNC case, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan. Jackson recused herself from the Harvard case due to her past service on the university board. Justices have been mulling since November over two cases brought by the nonprofit group Students for Fair Admissions, headed by conservative legal strategist Edward Blum, a staunch critic of affirmative action policies. The majority held that "nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant's discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise. But, despite the dissent's assertion to the contrary, universities may not simply establish through application essays or other means the regime we hold unlawful today." Justice Clarence Thomas added that he would "highly doubt" universities could carry on with considering race in admissions policies with the new test that was established Thursday. “In the future, universities wishing to discriminate based on race in admissions must articulate and justify a compelling and measurable state interest based on concrete evidence. Given the strictures set out by the Court, I highly doubt any will be able to do so." During oral arguments in October 2022, the court's inclination to ban affirmative action was evident. The court's six conservatives expressed skepticism toward the practice, even as attorneys for Harvard and UNC, along with U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, implored the court to permit the practice to continue. Another case filed in 2014 alleged the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill unlawfully discriminates against white and Asian American applicants. That suit accused the university of violating the Constitution's 14th Amendment promise of equal protection under the law. Banning the use of affirmative action will force elite colleges to reinvent their policies and find new ways to ensure diversity in their student populations without using race as a consideration. Several universities have expressed concerns in legal briefs that a decision to overturn affirmative action could result in fewer minority students on campuses. But ahead of the high court's opinion release, legal experts speculated colleges might attempt to maintain a superficial vision for diversity on campus without taking race into consideration. The matter of race-neutral admissions policies that are implemented for racially conscious ends could find its way to the Supreme Court soon. A group of parents, alumni, and community members at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax, Virginia, sued the school for changing its admissions process to increase the number of black and brown students and decrease the number of Asian students. The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the school's new process did not violate federal law. The case's next stop would be the Supreme Court. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/29/1185087587/google-says-it-will-start-blocking-canadian-news-stories-in-response-to-new-law Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law Google said on Thursday that it will block all links to Canadian news articles for people using its search engine and other services in the country in response to a new law that would compel tech companies to pay publishers for content. It comes a week after Meta vowed its own blackout of Canadian publishers on Facebook and Instagram, calling the law "fundamentally flawed." The two tech giants have been battling the Canadian government over the law that would force them to negotiate compensation deals with news organizations for distributing links to news stories. The law, called the Online News Act, passed last week. But it could take months for it to take effect. Once it does, Google and Meta say they will start removing news articles by Canadian publishers from their services in the country. Supporters of the legislation have argued that it could provide a much-needed lifeline to the ailing news industry, which has been gutted by Silicon Valley's ironclad control of digital advertising. Under the law, platforms like Meta and Google would have to come to the negotiating table with news organizations and hammer out compensation deals. Government estimates predict that the law would result in a cash injection of some $329 million into the Canadian news industry, which has been beset by news staff layoffs and other downsizing in recent years. Canada's law was modeled on a similar effort in Australia, where Meta did block news articles for nearly a week before tense negotiations led Meta and Google to eventually strike deals with news publishers. A bill to force tech companies to pay publishers is also advancing in California, where the tech industry has levied similar blackout threats. In Canada, both tech platforms have long been against the law, saying the companies are already helping news companies by directing web traffic to their sites. On Facebook and Instagram, news represents a tiny fraction — on Facebook, it's about 3% — of what people see every day. Google, too, does not consider news articles as essential to its service. So both companies have wagered that it is simply easier to block links to news articles than to start paying news organizations. While most major publishers in Canada back the new law, outside media observers have not been so sure. Tech writer Casey Newton has argued that a tax on displaying links would "effectively break the internet" if it was applied to the rest of the web. Other critics have pointed to the lack of transparency over who actually would receive cash infusion from the tech companies. Some fear the programs could be hijacked by disinformation sites that learn how to game the system. Yet press advocates insisted that tech companies retaliating by threatening to systemically remove news articles will be a blow to civil society and the public's understanding of the world. "At a moment when disinformation swirls in our public discourse, ensuring public access to credible journalism is essential, so it's deeply disappointing to see this decision from Google and Meta," said Liz Woolery, who leads digital policy at PEN America, an organization that supports freedom of expression. Woolery continued: "As policymakers explore potential solutions to the challenges facing the journalism industry, platforms are free to critique, debate, and offer alternatives, but reducing the public's access to news is never the right answer." https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-06-28/taiwan-russia-warships-passage-china-10574003.html Taiwan tracks pair of Russian warships off island’s eastern coast Taiwan scrambled aircraft and dispatched ships late Tuesday to monitor the passage of two Russian warships off its eastern coast, according to the island’s Ministry of National Defense. Two Russian frigates traveled northward along the coast toward the East China Sea around 11 p.m. Tuesday, the ministry said in a news release Tuesday. It did not specify how far offshore the ships were. In response, Taiwan’s military used “joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance methods” and “dispatched mission aircraft, ships and shore-mounted missile systems to closely monitor” the Russian vessels, according to the release. The ships continued on course and left Taiwan’s “response area” southeast of Suao, a city on the island’s northeastern edge that is also home to a logistics support naval base, according to the Defense Ministry. While Taiwan reports near-daily activity from the Chinese military off its western coast in the Taiwan Strait — 49 Chinese aircraft and 20 ships have been reported in the waterway since Sunday — Russian activity is less common. The warships’ passage comes less than a week after the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary outfit, organized a brief, two-day rebellion against the Russian government that began Friday with the group taking over military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don and concluded Saturday after they stood down and withdrew from the city. It also comes just over a week after Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Beijing to meet with high-level Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping, which Blinken described as “candid and constructive” but failed to secure the United States’ top priority of renewed communication between the two countries’ militaries. Beijing considers Taiwan, a functionally independent democracy, to be a breakaway province and aims to reunite it with the mainland. China and Russia remain close allies, with the two countries regularly coordinating military exercises together, although Beijing has not openly endorsed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Daily News Brief
Daily News Brief for Friday, June 30th, 2023

Daily News Brief

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 10:24


This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, June 30th, 2023. Page50 ad read concepts: Page50 is a distinctly Christian marketing company striving to help Christian-owned businesses grow and succeed in our digital age. They don’t want to just make a paycheck, they want to change the world, and that means building it alongside you. The mission is bigger than just Sunday. Page50 wants to help Christians recapture the work week, economic and political influence, and the public square. Page50 doesn’t work with just anybody, but if you’re a believer they want to work with you. Visit pagefifty.com (ya gotta spell it out, because i don’t own the page50.com domain) and see what they can do for you. That’s pagefifty.com. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/supreme-court-affirmative-action-race-conscious-college-admissions Supreme Court bans affirmative action in ruling against race-conscious college admissions The Supreme Court ruled to ban the consideration of race as part of admissions decisions at colleges, including Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, ending the decadeslong practice known as affirmative action. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the six-member majority to undo the lasting impacts of the landmark 1978 case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which upheld race-conscious admissions at universities. "Harvard’s and UNC’s admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment," the majority held in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented and was joined by Justice Elena Kagan. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented in the UNC case, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan. Jackson recused herself from the Harvard case due to her past service on the university board. Justices have been mulling since November over two cases brought by the nonprofit group Students for Fair Admissions, headed by conservative legal strategist Edward Blum, a staunch critic of affirmative action policies. The majority held that "nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant's discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise. But, despite the dissent's assertion to the contrary, universities may not simply establish through application essays or other means the regime we hold unlawful today." Justice Clarence Thomas added that he would "highly doubt" universities could carry on with considering race in admissions policies with the new test that was established Thursday. “In the future, universities wishing to discriminate based on race in admissions must articulate and justify a compelling and measurable state interest based on concrete evidence. Given the strictures set out by the Court, I highly doubt any will be able to do so." During oral arguments in October 2022, the court's inclination to ban affirmative action was evident. The court's six conservatives expressed skepticism toward the practice, even as attorneys for Harvard and UNC, along with U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, implored the court to permit the practice to continue. Another case filed in 2014 alleged the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill unlawfully discriminates against white and Asian American applicants. That suit accused the university of violating the Constitution's 14th Amendment promise of equal protection under the law. Banning the use of affirmative action will force elite colleges to reinvent their policies and find new ways to ensure diversity in their student populations without using race as a consideration. Several universities have expressed concerns in legal briefs that a decision to overturn affirmative action could result in fewer minority students on campuses. But ahead of the high court's opinion release, legal experts speculated colleges might attempt to maintain a superficial vision for diversity on campus without taking race into consideration. The matter of race-neutral admissions policies that are implemented for racially conscious ends could find its way to the Supreme Court soon. A group of parents, alumni, and community members at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax, Virginia, sued the school for changing its admissions process to increase the number of black and brown students and decrease the number of Asian students. The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the school's new process did not violate federal law. The case's next stop would be the Supreme Court. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/29/1185087587/google-says-it-will-start-blocking-canadian-news-stories-in-response-to-new-law Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law Google said on Thursday that it will block all links to Canadian news articles for people using its search engine and other services in the country in response to a new law that would compel tech companies to pay publishers for content. It comes a week after Meta vowed its own blackout of Canadian publishers on Facebook and Instagram, calling the law "fundamentally flawed." The two tech giants have been battling the Canadian government over the law that would force them to negotiate compensation deals with news organizations for distributing links to news stories. The law, called the Online News Act, passed last week. But it could take months for it to take effect. Once it does, Google and Meta say they will start removing news articles by Canadian publishers from their services in the country. Supporters of the legislation have argued that it could provide a much-needed lifeline to the ailing news industry, which has been gutted by Silicon Valley's ironclad control of digital advertising. Under the law, platforms like Meta and Google would have to come to the negotiating table with news organizations and hammer out compensation deals. Government estimates predict that the law would result in a cash injection of some $329 million into the Canadian news industry, which has been beset by news staff layoffs and other downsizing in recent years. Canada's law was modeled on a similar effort in Australia, where Meta did block news articles for nearly a week before tense negotiations led Meta and Google to eventually strike deals with news publishers. A bill to force tech companies to pay publishers is also advancing in California, where the tech industry has levied similar blackout threats. In Canada, both tech platforms have long been against the law, saying the companies are already helping news companies by directing web traffic to their sites. On Facebook and Instagram, news represents a tiny fraction — on Facebook, it's about 3% — of what people see every day. Google, too, does not consider news articles as essential to its service. So both companies have wagered that it is simply easier to block links to news articles than to start paying news organizations. While most major publishers in Canada back the new law, outside media observers have not been so sure. Tech writer Casey Newton has argued that a tax on displaying links would "effectively break the internet" if it was applied to the rest of the web. Other critics have pointed to the lack of transparency over who actually would receive cash infusion from the tech companies. Some fear the programs could be hijacked by disinformation sites that learn how to game the system. Yet press advocates insisted that tech companies retaliating by threatening to systemically remove news articles will be a blow to civil society and the public's understanding of the world. "At a moment when disinformation swirls in our public discourse, ensuring public access to credible journalism is essential, so it's deeply disappointing to see this decision from Google and Meta," said Liz Woolery, who leads digital policy at PEN America, an organization that supports freedom of expression. Woolery continued: "As policymakers explore potential solutions to the challenges facing the journalism industry, platforms are free to critique, debate, and offer alternatives, but reducing the public's access to news is never the right answer." https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-06-28/taiwan-russia-warships-passage-china-10574003.html Taiwan tracks pair of Russian warships off island’s eastern coast Taiwan scrambled aircraft and dispatched ships late Tuesday to monitor the passage of two Russian warships off its eastern coast, according to the island’s Ministry of National Defense. Two Russian frigates traveled northward along the coast toward the East China Sea around 11 p.m. Tuesday, the ministry said in a news release Tuesday. It did not specify how far offshore the ships were. In response, Taiwan’s military used “joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance methods” and “dispatched mission aircraft, ships and shore-mounted missile systems to closely monitor” the Russian vessels, according to the release. The ships continued on course and left Taiwan’s “response area” southeast of Suao, a city on the island’s northeastern edge that is also home to a logistics support naval base, according to the Defense Ministry. While Taiwan reports near-daily activity from the Chinese military off its western coast in the Taiwan Strait — 49 Chinese aircraft and 20 ships have been reported in the waterway since Sunday — Russian activity is less common. The warships’ passage comes less than a week after the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary outfit, organized a brief, two-day rebellion against the Russian government that began Friday with the group taking over military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don and concluded Saturday after they stood down and withdrew from the city. It also comes just over a week after Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Beijing to meet with high-level Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping, which Blinken described as “candid and constructive” but failed to secure the United States’ top priority of renewed communication between the two countries’ militaries. Beijing considers Taiwan, a functionally independent democracy, to be a breakaway province and aims to reunite it with the mainland. China and Russia remain close allies, with the two countries regularly coordinating military exercises together, although Beijing has not openly endorsed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Fight Laugh Feast USA
Daily News Brief for Friday, June 30th, 2023 [Daily News Brief]

Fight Laugh Feast USA

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 10:24


This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, June 30th, 2023. Page50 ad read concepts: Page50 is a distinctly Christian marketing company striving to help Christian-owned businesses grow and succeed in our digital age. They don’t want to just make a paycheck, they want to change the world, and that means building it alongside you. The mission is bigger than just Sunday. Page50 wants to help Christians recapture the work week, economic and political influence, and the public square. Page50 doesn’t work with just anybody, but if you’re a believer they want to work with you. Visit pagefifty.com (ya gotta spell it out, because i don’t own the page50.com domain) and see what they can do for you. That’s pagefifty.com. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/supreme-court-affirmative-action-race-conscious-college-admissions Supreme Court bans affirmative action in ruling against race-conscious college admissions The Supreme Court ruled to ban the consideration of race as part of admissions decisions at colleges, including Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, ending the decadeslong practice known as affirmative action. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the six-member majority to undo the lasting impacts of the landmark 1978 case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which upheld race-conscious admissions at universities. "Harvard’s and UNC’s admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment," the majority held in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented and was joined by Justice Elena Kagan. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented in the UNC case, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan. Jackson recused herself from the Harvard case due to her past service on the university board. Justices have been mulling since November over two cases brought by the nonprofit group Students for Fair Admissions, headed by conservative legal strategist Edward Blum, a staunch critic of affirmative action policies. The majority held that "nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant's discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise. But, despite the dissent's assertion to the contrary, universities may not simply establish through application essays or other means the regime we hold unlawful today." Justice Clarence Thomas added that he would "highly doubt" universities could carry on with considering race in admissions policies with the new test that was established Thursday. “In the future, universities wishing to discriminate based on race in admissions must articulate and justify a compelling and measurable state interest based on concrete evidence. Given the strictures set out by the Court, I highly doubt any will be able to do so." During oral arguments in October 2022, the court's inclination to ban affirmative action was evident. The court's six conservatives expressed skepticism toward the practice, even as attorneys for Harvard and UNC, along with U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, implored the court to permit the practice to continue. Another case filed in 2014 alleged the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill unlawfully discriminates against white and Asian American applicants. That suit accused the university of violating the Constitution's 14th Amendment promise of equal protection under the law. Banning the use of affirmative action will force elite colleges to reinvent their policies and find new ways to ensure diversity in their student populations without using race as a consideration. Several universities have expressed concerns in legal briefs that a decision to overturn affirmative action could result in fewer minority students on campuses. But ahead of the high court's opinion release, legal experts speculated colleges might attempt to maintain a superficial vision for diversity on campus without taking race into consideration. The matter of race-neutral admissions policies that are implemented for racially conscious ends could find its way to the Supreme Court soon. A group of parents, alumni, and community members at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax, Virginia, sued the school for changing its admissions process to increase the number of black and brown students and decrease the number of Asian students. The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the school's new process did not violate federal law. The case's next stop would be the Supreme Court. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/29/1185087587/google-says-it-will-start-blocking-canadian-news-stories-in-response-to-new-law Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law Google said on Thursday that it will block all links to Canadian news articles for people using its search engine and other services in the country in response to a new law that would compel tech companies to pay publishers for content. It comes a week after Meta vowed its own blackout of Canadian publishers on Facebook and Instagram, calling the law "fundamentally flawed." The two tech giants have been battling the Canadian government over the law that would force them to negotiate compensation deals with news organizations for distributing links to news stories. The law, called the Online News Act, passed last week. But it could take months for it to take effect. Once it does, Google and Meta say they will start removing news articles by Canadian publishers from their services in the country. Supporters of the legislation have argued that it could provide a much-needed lifeline to the ailing news industry, which has been gutted by Silicon Valley's ironclad control of digital advertising. Under the law, platforms like Meta and Google would have to come to the negotiating table with news organizations and hammer out compensation deals. Government estimates predict that the law would result in a cash injection of some $329 million into the Canadian news industry, which has been beset by news staff layoffs and other downsizing in recent years. Canada's law was modeled on a similar effort in Australia, where Meta did block news articles for nearly a week before tense negotiations led Meta and Google to eventually strike deals with news publishers. A bill to force tech companies to pay publishers is also advancing in California, where the tech industry has levied similar blackout threats. In Canada, both tech platforms have long been against the law, saying the companies are already helping news companies by directing web traffic to their sites. On Facebook and Instagram, news represents a tiny fraction — on Facebook, it's about 3% — of what people see every day. Google, too, does not consider news articles as essential to its service. So both companies have wagered that it is simply easier to block links to news articles than to start paying news organizations. While most major publishers in Canada back the new law, outside media observers have not been so sure. Tech writer Casey Newton has argued that a tax on displaying links would "effectively break the internet" if it was applied to the rest of the web. Other critics have pointed to the lack of transparency over who actually would receive cash infusion from the tech companies. Some fear the programs could be hijacked by disinformation sites that learn how to game the system. Yet press advocates insisted that tech companies retaliating by threatening to systemically remove news articles will be a blow to civil society and the public's understanding of the world. "At a moment when disinformation swirls in our public discourse, ensuring public access to credible journalism is essential, so it's deeply disappointing to see this decision from Google and Meta," said Liz Woolery, who leads digital policy at PEN America, an organization that supports freedom of expression. Woolery continued: "As policymakers explore potential solutions to the challenges facing the journalism industry, platforms are free to critique, debate, and offer alternatives, but reducing the public's access to news is never the right answer." https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-06-28/taiwan-russia-warships-passage-china-10574003.html Taiwan tracks pair of Russian warships off island’s eastern coast Taiwan scrambled aircraft and dispatched ships late Tuesday to monitor the passage of two Russian warships off its eastern coast, according to the island’s Ministry of National Defense. Two Russian frigates traveled northward along the coast toward the East China Sea around 11 p.m. Tuesday, the ministry said in a news release Tuesday. It did not specify how far offshore the ships were. In response, Taiwan’s military used “joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance methods” and “dispatched mission aircraft, ships and shore-mounted missile systems to closely monitor” the Russian vessels, according to the release. The ships continued on course and left Taiwan’s “response area” southeast of Suao, a city on the island’s northeastern edge that is also home to a logistics support naval base, according to the Defense Ministry. While Taiwan reports near-daily activity from the Chinese military off its western coast in the Taiwan Strait — 49 Chinese aircraft and 20 ships have been reported in the waterway since Sunday — Russian activity is less common. The warships’ passage comes less than a week after the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary outfit, organized a brief, two-day rebellion against the Russian government that began Friday with the group taking over military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don and concluded Saturday after they stood down and withdrew from the city. It also comes just over a week after Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Beijing to meet with high-level Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping, which Blinken described as “candid and constructive” but failed to secure the United States’ top priority of renewed communication between the two countries’ militaries. Beijing considers Taiwan, a functionally independent democracy, to be a breakaway province and aims to reunite it with the mainland. China and Russia remain close allies, with the two countries regularly coordinating military exercises together, although Beijing has not openly endorsed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A Catholic Take
Communion in the Hand or on the tongue? A Reverence Revolution!

A Catholic Take

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 51:42


May 25th, 2023 - We welcome back Brent Haynes to break down Thomas Jefferson High School's controversial admission policy. Then we're joined by Gabriel Castillo to discuss Communion in the hand! TheStationOfTheCross.com/ACT  

Mornings on the Mall
Asra Nomani Interview

Mornings on the Mall

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 14:54


Vince Coglianese speaks with Asra Nomani, Senior Fellow at Independent Women's Network and author of the book “Woke Army: The Red-Green Alliance That Is Destroying America's Freedom” about the federal court ruling that says Thomas Jefferson High School's admissions standards do not discriminate against Asians. For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.   To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mornings on the Mall
5.23.23 - Hour 1: Court Protects Racist Policy, Congress' Debt Battle

Mornings on the Mall

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 37:01


In the first hour of The Vince Coglianese Show, Vince speaks with Asra Nomani, Senior Fellow at Independent Women's Network and author of the book “Woke Army: The Red-Green Alliance That Is Destroying America's Freedom” about the federal court ruling that says Thomas Jefferson High School's admissions standards do not discriminate against Asians. Vince speaks with Debbie Lesko, Congresswoman representing Arizona's 8th Congressional District about the McCarthy/ Biden budget battle  For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.   To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ABCA Podcast
Jennifer Hammond, Assistant Coach, Thomas Jefferson HS

ABCA Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 47:39


Joining us on this week’s ABCA Podcast is Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria Aces, EWBC and DC Girls Baseball coach, Jennifer Hammond. Hammond also works for the Washington Nationals on the game day entertainment side. Hammond spent 5 seasons at Falls Church High School serving as Associate Head Coach of the JV Baseball Team and Varsity Assistant Coach. In this episode we cover catching, in game tips, coaching journey and differences in coaching youth, high school and college players. This is our second installment of our monthly diversity spotlight episodes. The ABCA Podcast is presented by Netting Pros. Netting Professionals are improving programs one facility at a time, specializing in the design, fabrication and installation of custom netting for backstops, batting cages, dugouts, bp screens and ball carts. They also design and install digital graphic wall padding windscreen, turf, turf protectors, dugout benches, dugout cubbies and more.

Full Measure After Hours
After Hours: Top High School in US has ‘Too Many Asians'

Full Measure After Hours

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 36:01


The controversy over Virginia's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology tossing out its merit-based entrance exam so that more blacks and Hispanics are admitted…at the expense of Asian-Americans.Subscribe to my two podcasts: “The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast” and “Full Measure After Hours.” Leave a review, subscribe and share with your friends! Support independent journalism by visiting the new Sharyl Attkisson store.Order “Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism” by Sharyl Attkisson at Harper Collins, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books a Million, IndieBound, Bookshop!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Are You Kidding Me?
Asra Nomani on Preserving Merit in K-12 Education

Are You Kidding Me?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 26:58


In the fall of 2020, the school board of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology unanimously voted to eliminate its merit-based, race-blind admissions process. The school principal then went on record saying that she wanted more brown and black children despite minorities representing 80 percent of the school's students.In this episode, Naomi and Ian are joined by Asra Nomani, author of Woke Army: The Red-Green Alliance That Is Destroying America's Freedom. Asra created the Coalition for TJ—a group of Thomas Jefferson parents, students, and alumni—which filed a legal challenge against the new admissions process in 2021. In February 2022, a federal judge ruled it was unconstitutional because the process discriminates against Asian American applicants.Asra describes how the movement of “racial balancing” at TJ has since infiltrated schools and workplaces around the country. The effort to prioritize equity over equality of opportunity has not only harmed children of underprivileged immigrant families, it also threatens to undermine the ability of American students to compete globally. Parents have rallied to preserve merit and individual achievement, and Asra believes that the next step is to galvanize the parents' movement toward greater political engagement on the local and national level.Resources:• Woke Army: The Red-Green Alliance That Is Destroying America's Freedom | Asra Nomani• Here's Why All Students Need Agency Rather Than Equity | Ian Rowe | New York PostShow Notes:• 01:23 | What's been happening at Thomas Jefferson High School?• 07:10 | Where do things stand at TJ now? • 09:45 | How do we fall short at communicating that we want to create and expand opportunities for children of all races?• 12:42 | Where is public opinion on this nationwide? • 24:00 | What should parents be looking out for next?

The Dallas Morning News
3/24/23: Plano father and son ran one of the largest fentanyl operations in the U.S...and more news

The Dallas Morning News

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 4:18


Plano father and son ran one of the largest fentanyl operations in the U.S.; Twins sue Dallas after being disqualified from running for mayor; LGBTQ activists prepare for legislative fight at Texas Capitol; Why TikTok's security risks keep raising fears; Thomas Jefferson High School staff detail response to on-campus shooting

The Dallas Morning News
3/22/23: Dallas ISD student shot outside Thomas Jefferson High School...and more news

The Dallas Morning News

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 4:11


Dallas ISD student shot outside Thomas Jefferson High School; Student killed at Lamar High School in Arlington is identified; Why some in Dallas are still on the fence about I-345 plan; Most Dallas short-term rental properties would be illegal under proposed rules

City Cast Denver
Is Denver That Great for Gen Z? Plus, 303 Day and an Elusive 'Dream House'

City Cast Denver

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 45:29


It's Friday, and we're rounding up all the local stories that mattered this week. At the top of that list: Denver is the third best place in the country to live if you're Gen Z, according to a recent survey. But what the heck does that mean? We invited Shana Saint-Phard, a young reporter from the TJ Journal, Thomas Jefferson High School's student paper, to give us an inside look at Gen Z life in Denver, swap some overlooked stories of the week, and help us pick the Official City Cast Denver Maybe For Your Weekend. Check out Westword's piece on how to celebrate today — 303 Day. Read Shana Saint-Phard's work in the TJ Journal, from Thomas Jefferson High School.  Subscribe to Hey Denver, our kickass morning newsletter, by texting “Denver” to 66866 Follow us on Twitter: @citycastdenver Or Instagram: @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Entertainment(x)
Anant Das Part 2 ”Manifesting, Gratitude & Inclusion”

Entertainment(x)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2023 19:57


Anant Das (LI:@anantdas)Founder of Broadway Boxed Up, Broadway and Film Producer and Investor, and Financial Valuation Senior Associate at PwC in Manhattan. Interested in the business and production side of Broadway, Tech, Finance, Real Estate, and all things UVA Basketball. Graduate of the University of Virginia -- Studied Commerce (Finance, Management, & Real Estate) and Computer Science. Graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology -- a STEM-focused HS consistently ranked the #1 public high school in the US. Proud to continue to give back to the University of Virginia serving as Secretary of the University's Young Alumni Council, on the McIntire Young Alumni Council, and as a member of the Rotunda Society. Also proud Treasurer of the TJ Alumni Action Group, working to make a more equitable experience for underrepresented students in STEM.

Entertainment(x)
Anant Das Part 1 ”Broadway Boxed Up”

Entertainment(x)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 20:34


Anant Das (LI:@anantdas)Founder of Broadway Boxed Up, Broadway and Film Producer and Investor, and Financial Valuation Senior Associate at PwC in Manhattan. Interested in the business and production side of Broadway, Tech, Finance, Real Estate, and all things UVA Basketball. Graduate of the University of Virginia -- Studied Commerce (Finance, Management, & Real Estate) and Computer Science. Graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology -- a STEM-focused HS consistently ranked the #1 public high school in the US. Proud to continue to give back to the University of Virginia serving as Secretary of the University's Young Alumni Council, on the McIntire Young Alumni Council, and as a member of the Rotunda Society. Also proud Treasurer of the TJ Alumni Action Group, working to make a more equitable experience for underrepresented students in STEM.

The Adult in the Room
Racing to Mediocrity: Virginia's War on Merit with Asra Q. Nomani & Shawnna Yashar

The Adult in the Room

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2023 34:36


This past December, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology -- a STEAM-centric magnet high school in Fairfax County, Virginia -- made waves after it was revealed that students who had been recognized by the National Merit Scholar program as Commended Students and Semifinalists had not been notified of the awards, costing them precious opportunities for early college admission, scholarships and more. Two parents of affected students, Shawnna Yashar and Asra Q. Nomani, decided to dig deeper and discovered TJ was ground zero for a systemic failure that has its roots in the so-called "equity" movement. Now it's been found that eighteen schools in four northern Virginia counties have similarly failed to notify students. Is it incompetence, or something more sinister? ***** TOP STORIES One Person Inspired an Insurrection, the Other Is Brandon Straka Nancy Pelosi's Exorcism Gavin Newsom's 'Suicide Pact' With the Truth Washington, D.C.'s Vote-Stealing Law Is Treason Another Wave of Joe Biden J-O-B-S Losses ***** MORE INFO VictoriaTaft.com Victoria Taft @ PJ Media --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/victoria-taft/support

The Chris Plante Show
1-2-23 Hour 1 - Equity Versus Merit

The Chris Plante Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2023 37:31


In hour 1, Chris gets caught up on what he missed being off for a week.  Also, more on the Thomas Jefferson High School story about keeping Merit-based awards from students in the name of Equity. For more coverage on the issues that matter to you download the WMAL app, visit WMAL.com or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 9:00am-12:00pm Monday-Friday.To join the conversation, check us out on twitter @WMAL and @ChrisPlanteShow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Larry Elder Show
Top High School Punishes Students for Being Too Smart

The Larry Elder Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 36:10


Topics Include: 1) Students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va we're robbed of earned college scholarships and college admission opportunities because school administrators hid their National Merit awards in the name of “equity”; 2) More than half of states poised to raise minimum wage in 2023 as $15 an hour gains traction. Carl debunks 5 minimum wage myths to prove this is a bad idea, and 3) many states pay families unemployment benefits larger than job salaries disincentivizing work. More: www.TheCarljacksonshow.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carljacksonradio Twitter: https://twitter.com/carljacksonshow Parler: https://parler.com/carljacksonshow http://www.TheCarlJacksonPodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

O'Connor & Company
12.29.22 [Hour 2/6AM] TJ High School's racist admissions policy

O'Connor & Company

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 31:19


Andrew Langer and Liz Sheld in for Larry O' Connor In this first second; Andrew Langer and Liz Sheld discuss the racist admissions policy of Thomas Jefferson High School in which they cheat students in the name of equity. For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 FM from 5-9 AM ET. To join the conversation, check us out on Twitter: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock,  @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Create Your Own Life Show
Sahaj Sharda | Elite College's Collusion, Decadence, Privileges and Power

The Create Your Own Life Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 39:39


About This Episode: In his newest book, 'The College Cartel', Sahaj Sharda is starting an essential debate about the monopolistic greed of the Ivy League colleges and other elite schools. ​​In recent years, elite colleges have been sued for price-fixing, sued for discrimination in admissions, and scandalized by Varsity Blues. Sahaj's book is both an exploration of these scandals and an analysis of the underlying force creating them: an artificial scarcity of elite seats. A graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, America's top-ranked high school, Sahaj noticed early on that plenty of intelligent students who can obviously handle the rigor at elite colleges are rejected every year. Having been an undergraduate student at Georgetown when the Varsity Blues scandal broke out, Sahaj further witnessed a fellow classmate's parents sentenced to jail. ​​Seeing these things, Sahaj was forced to question why. 'Why don't elite colleges want more students?' '​​Why do elite colleges refuse customers?' ​​As Sahaj explains in his book, the answer lies in an elite college seat cartel which has been successful at restricting enrollment across America's top colleges. Against students, this college cartel has falsely increased prices through scarcity and also outright price-fixing. ​​Sahaj is attending Columbia Law School's, where he will focus on antitrust laws so that he can fight the economically abusive use of monopoly power by big companies in higher education and beyond. Find out more about Wylie at: Sahaj's Website: https://sahajsharda.substack.com/ Break the Cartel: https://www.breakthecartel.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hajsharda Check out our YouTube Channel: Jeremyryanslatebiz See the Show Notes: www.jeremyryanslate.com/1015 Unremarkable to Extraordinary: Ignite Your Passion to Go From Passive Observer to Creator of Your Own Life: https://getextraordinarybook.com/ Sponsors: Gusto: This episode is sponsored by Gusto. Run your payroll the easy way, the same way we do at Command Your Brand. You'll get a. $100 Amazon Gift Card just for running your first payroll! http://www.jeremyryanslate.com/gusto MyPillow: Use the promo code: CYOL to get up to 60% off https://www.mypillow.com/ Audible: Get a free 30 day free trial and 1 free audiobook from thousands of available books. Right now I'm reading " Bad News How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy" by Batya Ungar-Sargon www.jeremyryanslate.com/book  

The Create Your Own Life Show
Sahaj Sharda | Elite College's Collusion, Decadence, Privileges and Power

The Create Your Own Life Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 39:40


About This Episode: In his newest book, 'The College Cartel', Sahaj Sharda is starting an essential debate about the monopolistic greed of the Ivy League colleges and other elite schools. ​​In recent years, elite colleges have been sued for price-fixing, sued for discrimination in admissions, and scandalized by Varsity Blues. Sahaj's book is both an exploration of these scandals and an analysis of the underlying force creating them: an artificial scarcity of elite seats. A graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, America's top-ranked high school, Sahaj noticed early on that plenty of intelligent students who can obviously handle the rigor at elite colleges are rejected every year. Having been an undergraduate student at Georgetown when the Varsity Blues scandal broke out, Sahaj further witnessed a fellow classmate's parents sentenced to jail. ​​Seeing these things, Sahaj was forced to question why. 'Why don't elite colleges want more students?' '​​Why do elite colleges refuse customers?' ​​As Sahaj explains in his book, the answer lies in an elite college seat cartel which has been successful at restricting enrollment across America's top colleges. Against students, this college cartel has falsely increased prices through scarcity and also outright price-fixing. ​​Sahaj is attending Columbia Law School's, where he will focus on antitrust laws so that he can fight the economically abusive use of monopoly power by big companies in higher education and beyond. Find out more about Wylie at: Sahaj's Website: https://sahajsharda.substack.com/ Break the Cartel: https://www.breakthecartel.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hajsharda Check out our YouTube Channel: Jeremyryanslatebiz See the Show Notes: www.jeremyryanslate.com/1015 Unremarkable to Extraordinary: Ignite Your Passion to Go From Passive Observer to Creator of Your Own Life: https://getextraordinarybook.com/ Sponsors: Gusto: This episode is sponsored by Gusto. Run your payroll the easy way, the same way we do at Command Your Brand. You'll get a. $100 Amazon Gift Card just for running your first payroll! http://www.jeremyryanslate.com/gusto MyPillow: Use the promo code: CYOL to get up to 60% off https://www.mypillow.com/ Audible: Get a free 30 day free trial and 1 free audiobook from thousands of available books. Right now I'm reading " Bad News How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy" by Batya Ungar-Sargon www.jeremyryanslate.com/book