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When you see people walking around covered head to toe with magenta, green, blue, orange and yellow powder, it has to be a special day. Reporter Deepak Singh has more on the Indian festival of colors.
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On the April 14 Wake Up Call, Host Rick Moore talks with Rene Bond, Bereavement Counselor, Hospice of the Piedmont and Margaret Edwards, Trauma Counselor, UVA Women’s Center, to discuss managing grief; the difference between grief, depression and sadness; and, coping with expected vs. unexpected death. Rick’s guests also discuss how friends and loved ones may help those who are grieving.
Delegate David Toscano provided his perspective on the issues that came before the 2013 Virginia legislature at the Wednesday meeting of the Senior Statesmen of Virginia. Delegates Steve Landes, Rob Bell and Matt Fariss were also invited to speak but were unable to attend.
Delegate David Toscano is serving his fourth term in the Virginia General Assembly. He represents the 57th District (Charlottesville and part of Albemarle County) in the House of Delegates and, since 2011, has served as House Democratic Leader.
David is a member of the Courts of Justice; Transportation; and Science & Technology committees. He also a member of the Disability Commission and has served on the special Joint Subcommittee to Study Land Use Tools in the Commonwealth and the Joint Committee to study Math, Science, and Engineering. He is also a member of the United Way Board. The Virginia League of Conservation Voters has named David a “Legislative Hero” five consecutive years for his work on environmental issues.
An attorney with Buck, Toscano & Tereskerz, Ltd., David specializes in family law, real estate transactions, and estate planning.
Delegate Toscano spoke at the Wednesday, April 10, 2013 meeting of the Senior Statesmen of Virginia. The meeting was held at the Senior Center in Charlottesville. Following the presentation, questions were taken from the audience. The program was moderated by SSV board member Bill Davis.
On the April 7 Wake Up Call host Rick Moore talks with Walter Heinecke, professor of research, statistics, and evaluation at the Curry School of Education; and Peter Norton, professor at UVa’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and vice president of the UVa AAUP chapter, to discuss the why the AAUP is still important, the issues with Helen Dragas being reappointed to the Board of Visitors, and the imagery of UVa across the collegiate landscape.
On the Easter Wake Up Call host Rick Moore talks with local intuitive analyst Lee Channing to answer your phone calls and questions about about relationships with partners, friendships, pets, careers, and health, as well as talk about how different seasons and energies affect your life.
On the March 24 Wake Up Call host Rick Moore and special co-host Ren Hinchey talk with Peter Thompson, executive director of the Charlottesville Senior Center, about the Senior Center and what it offers to the Charlottesville community, as well as raise money for the Spring Fund Drive.
On the March 17 Wake Up Call host Rick Moore talks with Rennie Johnson and Abigail Turner, two task force members of the Charlottesville Human Rights Commission, to discuss the efforts, goals and realities of a politically appointed commission and the argument about why, or why not, to assemble it.
“We will never, ever run out of oil,” says Deborah Gordon in this interesting podcast on the future of fossil fuels.
Deborah Gordon is a nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Energy & Climate Program), where her policy research focuses on oil, climate, and transportation issues in the United States, China, and globally.
Since 1996 she has been a policy consultant specializing in transportation, energy, and environmental policy for non-profit, foundation, academic, public, and private-sector clients. From 1996 to 2000 she founded and co-directed the Transportation and Environment Program at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and from 1989 to 1996 she founded and then directed the Transportation Policy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Additionally, Gordon has worked at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (1988-1989), under a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Gordon began her career as a chemical engineer with Chevron (1982-1987). Ms. Gordon also authors a blog on the topic of unconventional oil.
Ms. Gordon spoke at the Wednesday, March 13, 2013 meeting of the Senior Statesmen of Virginia. The meeting was held at the Senior Center in Charlottesville. Following the presentation, questions were taken from the audience. The program was moderated by SSV board member Grace Zisk.
On the March 10 Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore speaks with Dr. Carl Bowman, Faculty member and Director of Survey Research at U.Va.’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and Megan Juelfs-Swanson, doctoral candidate in Sociology as they discuss “The Culture of American Families Project.”
The project is a multi-year study comprised of on-line surveys and face to face interviews, examining the treasured hopes, deepest fears, and most pressing challenges of today’s parents. The goal is to understand the climate in which children are being raised today. Some topics covered: What does it mean to be a “good parent” or a “good child” in this era. What challenges exist in parenting and how is parenting different now than in previous decades.
*Due to technical difficulties only the first forty minutes of the program were recorded.
From inclement weather decision-making, to realignment and budgeting, to strategic planning and staff hiring, the public is aware of the outcomes but not always of the internal process. This is an opportunity to hear about decision-making from our local leaders, regardless of your school system.
And now, our final podcast of winners from previous Big Blue Door events is Jude Silveira, who told his story in November 2012. The first annual Big Blue Door Slam is tonight at 8:00 pm at the Black Moto Saloon.
Tonight’s the big night! The Big Blue Door Slam will be held at the Black Moto Saloon and will feature stories from previous winners of the monthly storytelling event.
Now we bring you Browning Porter, the winner of the September 2012 event.