Month: December 2011

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Healthy Bites With Rita Smith: Losing Weight After the Holidays

Hi! I’m Rita Smith, a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator. I’ve been working in the field of nutrition and disease prevention for over 35 years, and currently work at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, VA. I look forward to chatting with you each week on various nutrition topics – from using dietary approaches for cholesterol reduction to managing the painful symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.

Nutrition is ever-changing and can even be confusing. I hope to make sense of current nutrition topics and provide reasonable, healthy-eating tips for you and your family to be well and stay well. Of course, for medical advice, diagnosis, treatment and care, be sure to work with your own health care provider.

For more great tips check out Rita Smith’s blog: http://www.marthajefferson.org/nutrition/

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Virginia History with Rick Britton: Civil War Christmas

Virginia History with Rick Britton

Airing on the second and fourth Sundays of each month, CPN’s Dan Gould talks with local award-winning historian and cartographer, Rick Britton about a wide range of subjects from Virginia’s colorful 18th and 19th centuries.

In this, our special Christmas day episode, Dan talks to Rick about Christmas and the American Civil War and how some of the iconic Christmas images we know today were created during this period. Learn how soldiers looked forward to receiving a Christmas package from home and how they were sometimes disappointed.

Rick’s book, “Jefferson, A Monticello Sampler”, described in this podcast, is available here.

Click here to listen to all the episodes in this series.



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12-22-11 “RunCast” A Weekly Forum of Everything Running

A weekly forum of everything running. With your host Mark Lorenzoni, a community running expert who has been directing hundreds ofarea “not-for-profit” footraces and coaching thousands of runners for the past 30 years.

This week’s edition of “RunCast” was brought to you by The Ragged Mountain Running Shop. Central Virginia’s Community running and walking family partner since 1982. Convenietly locatd on the historic UVa Corner with free parking at their doorstep. Visit them at www.raggedmountainrunning.com or friend them on Facebook

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Healthy Bites With Rita Smith: Healthy Prep Tips for the Holidays

Hi! I’m Rita Smith, a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator. I’ve been working in the field of nutrition and disease prevention for over 35 years, and currently work at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, VA. I look forward to chatting with you each week on various nutrition topics – from using dietary approaches for cholesterol reduction to managing the painful symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.

Nutrition is ever-changing and can even be confusing. I hope to make sense of current nutrition topics and provide reasonable, healthy-eating tips for you and your family to be well and stay well. Of course, for medical advice, diagnosis, treatment and care, be sure to work with your own health care provider.

For more great tips check out Rita Smith’s blog: http://www.marthajefferson.org/nutrition/

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Meditation, Music and Wellness: Choosing Your Life’s Soundtrack

Join Cara and Erin for an exploration of music and a way of listening to it more consciously as a way to orchestrate your life’s soundtrack! In this podcast, we share some music from Michael Hoppe a wonderful contemporary composer and encourage you to listen to you own collection to find what inspires, questions, and informs your life at this time. We also refer to the book Communing with Music by Matthew Cantello for more ideas on incorporating music listening into your life and invite you to visit our website www.integrativemusicinstitute.com or email us at info@integrativemusicinstitute.com for more information about our workshops and trainings

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Santa Run 2011

Since 2005, the Seminole Trail Volunteer Fire Department has joined forces with the North Pole to show Santa Claus around the neighborhoods it serves. This year, starting Tuesday December 20th, they will bring Santa to 24 neighborhoods in Albemarle County. There will be candy for the children.

A Seminole Trail Volunteer Fire Department engine decked out for Santa’s Run

This year Santa’s motorcade will include the department’s brand new Engine 82, a state-of-the-art fire engine that includes side air bags, stability controls, anti-lock breaks and hydraulic tools to help with car accidents.

New for this year will be a food drive. Residents wishing to contribute to the food drive are asked to gather at major intersections in their neighborhood to make their non-perishable food donation. Food items can also be dropped off at the STVFD station on Berkmar Drive.

Click here to learn more about this year’s STVFD Santa Run.

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12-15-11 “RunCast” A Weekly Forum of Everything Running

This week in “RunCast” we get some tips to use in the cold, look at the weeks races up ahead and recap the top performers in the area.

A weekly forum of everything running. With your host Mark Lorenzoni, a community running expert who has been directing hundreds ofarea “not-for-profit” footraces and coaching thousands of runners for the past 30 years. This week’s edition of “RunCast” was brought to you by The Ragged Mountain Running Shop. Central Virginia’s Community running and walking family partner since 1982. Convenietly locatd on the historic UVa Corner with free parking at their doorstep. Visit them at www.raggedmountainrunning.com or friend them on Facebook

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April Ristau of Armillary Coaching

April Ristau

Do you want to improve your sales and service results? Do you have a vision you can’t seem to focus on? Are there goals you aren’t reaching?

Professional coaching may be what you need to achieve success.

Armillary Coaching will help you name your goals, understand why you want to reach them, and identify the skills you will need. You’ll walk away with a renewed sense of confidence and capability, ready to take strides toward the future you envision.

Our business is helping companies and individuals to reach and exceed their goals, especially in sales and service. I have personally turned low performers into top performers. I’ve also helped top performers get to their next level – the next level of sales, the next level of their career, or a personal goal.

  • Practical experience. During my career with a major U.S. corporation, I coached all levels of management and non-management. As an area sales manager, I also coached my team to meet their sales and service goals – being recognized for achieving results. I can do the same for you.
  • Creativity. When you have to break through a barrier in order to reach a goal, you can rely on my creative ability to help you find a way.
  • Intuition. My job is not just to understand what makes you tick, but to help you understand yourself better. I’ll challenge you to push beyond quick answers and superficial objectives to imagine what you really want.
  • Training. I’m a graduate of Newfield Network Coach Training, one of the premier ontological coaching and transformational companies in the world. In addition, I have had extensive training over the years through companies such as Cohen-Brown, Richardson, and DDI.



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Healthy Bites With Rita Smith: Holiday Parties, Healthy – Style

Hi! I’m Rita Smith, a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator. I’ve been working in the field of nutrition and disease prevention for over 35 years, and currently work at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, VA. I look forward to chatting with you each week on various nutrition topics – from using dietary approaches for cholesterol reduction to managing the painful symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.

Nutrition is ever-changing and can even be confusing. I hope to make sense of current nutrition topics and provide reasonable, healthy-eating tips for you and your family to be well and stay well. Of course, for medical advice, diagnosis, treatment and care, be sure to work with your own health care provider.

For more great tips check out Rita Smith’s blog:http://www.marthajefferson.org/nutrition/

 

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Pippin Hill Chef Amalia Scatena is up next on Chew the Fat!!!

Talented Vineyard Chef Chews the Fat with Chef Craig.

Listen in to hear from a chef who is living the dream of so many young chefs. Trained in Florence, Italy, Amalia has worked in some of the country’s finest establishments. Now Chef Scatena is at the helm of Pippin Hill Farm and Vineyard and she is churning out some of the finest events and wine friendly food to be found anywhere. Find out what it’s like to spend your day on a vineyard – Farm and utilize your own ingredients as well as take in the peaceful surroundings. Learn how to prepare oneself to hold such a position and what kind of challenges come with the post. Tune in to Chew the Fat to find out the answers and more!

Produced and recorded in the studios of Charlottesville Radio Group, in conjunction with Chef Craig Hartman, Chew the Fat is the podcast that gives you totally raw interviews with leading chefs, restaurateurs, wine makers and other food artisans. These interviews are unscripted and outside the realm of publicists, conducted by accomplished Chef Craig Hartman. Hartman delivers these interviews with ease, sensitivity and a sense of insider savvy. The goal of these interviews is to expose the heart and soul of these sensitive, artistic and driven people. This podcast is for anyone who loves food and wine, especially those that want to know every aspect about who is behind the artisan food and wine.