Podcasts about biographical sketch

A new MP3 sermon from Plenteous Redemption Podcast is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Ruth | Chapter 1 | Ruth: A Biographical Sketch Subtitle: Ruth Speaker: Thomas Irvin Broadcaster: Plenteous Redemption Podcast Event: Sunday Afternoon Date: 7/30/2024 Bible: Ruth 1 Length: 48 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Fellowship Church Lubbock is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: A Northern Light of Glory: A Biographical Sketch of Sweden's Greatest Reformer Subtitle: CORE Lecture Series Speaker: Colin Lundstrom Broadcaster: Fellowship Church Lubbock Event: Teaching Date: 7/12/2024 Length: 57 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Fellowship Church Lubbock is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: A Northern Light of Glory: A Biographical Sketch of Sweden's Greatest Reformer Subtitle: CORE Lecture Series Speaker: Colin Lundstrom Broadcaster: Fellowship Church Lubbock Event: Teaching Date: 7/12/2024 Length: 57 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Fellowship Church Lubbock is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: A Northern Light of Glory: A Biographical Sketch of Sweden's Greatest Reformer Subtitle: CORE Lecture Series Speaker: Colin Lundstrom Broadcaster: Fellowship Church Lubbock Event: Teaching Date: 7/12/2024 Length: 57 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Fellowship Church Lubbock is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: A Northern Light of Glory: A Biographical Sketch of Sweden's Greatest Reformer Subtitle: CORE Lecture Series Speaker: Colin Lundstrom Broadcaster: Fellowship Church Lubbock Event: Teaching Date: 7/12/2024 Length: 57 min.

A discussion between Dewey Dovel, Ken Glisch, Jimmy Johnson, and Austin McCormick. This episode originally appeared on the Covenant Podcast.

A discussion between Dewey Dovel, Ken Glisch, Jimmy Johnson, and Austin McCormick. This episode originally appeared on the Covenant Podcast.

In this inaugural episode of #GillGroup Austin McCormick, Dewey Dovel, Jimmy Johnson, and Ken Glisch discuss the significance of John Gill. Additionally, Jimmy Johnson provides a biographical sketch of Gill.   The Covenant Podcast drew inspiration to create this "show within a show" by profiting from the Reformed Forum's "Vos Group."   Listen to previous episodes of the Covenant Podcast here: https://covenantpodcast.podbean.com/   For more information about Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary, visit: https://cbtseminary.org  

In this inaugural episode of #GillGroup Austin McCormick, Dewey Dovel, Jimmy Johnson, and Ken Glisch discuss the significance of John Gill. Additionally, Jimmy Johnson provides a biographical sketch of Gill.   The Covenant Podcast drew inspiration to create this "show within a show" by profiting from the Reformed Forum's "Vos Group."   Listen to previous episodes of the Covenant Podcast here: https://covenantpodcast.podbean.com/   For more information about Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary, visit: https://cbtseminary.org  

A discussion between Dewey Dovel, Ken Glisch, Jimmy Johnson, and Austin McCormick. This episode originally appeared on the Covenant Podcast.

As far as anyone has been able to establish, Will Clemens was NOT related to Sam Clemens (Mark Twain), though they did become acquaintances. The 200-page biography Will Clemens wrote and published himself may have been the earliest full-length study of MT. It was published July 1,1892 as "No. 1" in a paperback series called "The Pacific Library," price 25¢, and did well enough to be republished in 1894 by a publisher in Chicago. Throughout the book Clemens relies mainly on other writers' previously published work. (summary by John Greenman) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/librivox1/support

In this portion of my Writers' Room interview with author Kathy Mexted about her book Australian Women Pilots, she talks about learning to trust her voice, put herself into a story, and present a subject in longer form to write this collection of ten biographical sketches of pioneering women pilots throughout the last hundred years of Australian aviation history. Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date on book releases, author events, and Aviatrix Book Club discussion dates with the Literary Aviatrix Newsletter. Visit the Literary Aviatrix website to find over 600 books featuring women in aviation in all genres for all ages. Become a Literary Aviatrix Patron and help amplify the voices of women in aviation. Follow me on social media, join the book club, and find all of the things on the Literary Aviatrix linkt.ree. Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening!-Liz Booker

Father Ed Broom, OMV, serves as Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens, California. He is a member of the Religious Order, Oblates of the Virgin Mary, and was ordained by Saint John Paul II in St Peter's Basilica on May 25, 1986. Fr. Ed is a Retreat Master and teaches Catholic […] The post BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SAINT LUKE appeared first on Fr. Ed Broom, OMV.

Let's trip back in time two years ago (!!) and relax with this newly remastered paean of praise from one transcendentalist to another. We should all be so lucky to be spoken of like this.   Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW   Read “Excursions” at Project Gutenberg here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9846   Music: "Boring Books for Bedtime,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com   If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, http://www.boringbookspod.com.

Mr. Edwin Fesche of Westminster, Maryland, was commended to the work of the Lord 54 years ago. Now an octogenarian, he continues to preach and write, being the valued and appreciated author of “The Current Scene” column, which appears in each issue of “Food for the Flock.” The Writings of Edwin Fesche. Eighty-nine papers were written by Edwin, which includes 72 entitled "The Current Scene." I will sort these 72 into their own playlists on YouTube.

Happy Thanksgiving! Dianne and Jennie explore Old Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts. This is Plymouth's second oldest burial ground and the possible final resting place to some of the Mayflower passengers as well as many of their descendants. They delve into the true story of the relationship between the Wampanoag tribes and the settlers who came from Europe who in time became known as the Pilgrims. They also share the Ordinary Extraordinary stories of those who rest in the cemetery; stories of lost love, a cursed man who acted out of selfishness and even America's first school teacher. To donate $5 to the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Historic Fund, please click here: https://gofund.me/062c87d8Resources used to research this episode include:Melville, Greg. Over My Dead Body Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries. 1st ed., 2022. New York , Abrams Press, 2022, pp. 23-35.Burbank, Theodore P. A Guide to Plymouth's Old Burial Hill . Mills, Salty Pilgrim Press, 2006.Brooks, Rebecca Beatrice . "Burial Hill Cemetery in Plymouth, Mass ." https://historyofmassachusetts.org. 12 Feb. 2021. historyofmassachusetts.org/burial-hill-plymouth/. Accessed 20 Nov. 2022.Plymouth , Town Of. "Burial Hill Cemetery." https://www.plymouth-ma.gov. www.plymouth-ma.gov/cemetery-and-crematory-management/pages/burial-hill-cemetery. Accessed 20 Nov. 2022. "Cole's Hill." https://en.m.wikipedia.org. 21 Aug. 2022. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole%27s_Hill. Accessed 20 Nov. 2022.Legacy , Plymouth 400. "“OUR”STORY: 400 YEARS OF WAMPANOAG HISTORY ." https://www.plymouth400inc.org. www.plymouth400inc.org/our-story-exhibit-wampanoag-history/#:~:text=The%20Wampanoag%20have%20lived%20in,Plymouth. Accessed 20 Nov. 2022.Harrison, Michael R. "Biographical Sketch of Joseph W. Plasket ." https://nha.org. nha.org/research/nantucket-history/history-topics/biographical-sketch-of-joseph-w-plasket/. Accessed 20 Nov. 2022.

John was an ordinary man who fell in love with an extraordinary man named Jesus. He shows us Jesus was a real man who really loved us and made a way for us to dwell with him forever.

John was an ordinary man who fell in love with an extraordinary man named Jesus. He shows us Jesus was a real man who really loved us and made a way for us to dwell with him forever.

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Bu bölümde Lacan'ın en önemli kavramlarından birisi olan "Ayna Evresi" ele alınmaktadır. Toplam 2 bölüm sürmesi planlanan bu başlığın bir sonraki bölümü 19 Aralık Pazar günü yayımlanacaktır. Konuşmada sözü edilen kaynakları bahsedilme sırasına göre aşağıda bulabilirsiniz: Freud, S. (2012). Narsizm Üzerine ve Schreber Vakası, çev. B. Büyükkal, S. M. Tura, İstanbul Metis Yayınları. Lacan, J. (1991). The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: Book 2, The Ego in Freud's Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis, çev. Sylvana Tomaselli, New York: Norton. Lacan, J. (2011). Özne-Benin İşlevinin Oluşturucusu Olarak Ayna Evresi, İdeolojiyi Haritalamak içinde, çev. Nilüfer Kuyaş, Ankara: Dipnot Yayınları. Darwin, C. (1877). A Biographical Sketch of an Infant: http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Darwin/infant.htm Wallon, H. (1931). Comment se développe chez l'enfant la notion de corps propre, Journal de Psychologie içinde, Kasım-Aralık, s.705-48. Lacan, J. (1938). Family Complexes in the Formation of the Individual: http://www.lacaninireland.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/FAMILY-COMPLEXES-IN-THE-FORMATION-OF-THE-INDIVIDUAL2.pdf Fink, B. (2019). Lacan'da Aşk, çev. Z. Oğuz, E. O. Gezmiş, İstanbul: Kolektif Kitap. https://www.oguzhannacak.com/

The Book Of Haggai | A Biographical Sketch Of Haggai The Prophet Plenteous Redemption Podcast Judah and Benjamin prospered under the preaching of Haggai and Zechariah. The Lord sent Haggai the prophet to correct Judah's lack of concern for the house of God. This lack of concern for the house of God highlights deeper trouble, namely a lack of concern for the God of the house. But Judah responded in a positive manner to Haggai's intense preaching.    This is a biographical sketch of Haggai the prophet.    Plenteous Redemption Podcast: www.plenteousredemption.com   www.plenteousredemption.media   www.youtube.com/c/PlenteousRedemption   www.facebook.com/plenteousredemption     Missionary Thomas Irvin Plenteous Redemption Podcast  

Spurgeon, Joseph. It’s Good to be a Boy. Large type / Large print edition. 5 Solas Press, 2020. 26pp. $14. Purchase here. Biographical Sketch of the Author (From Amazon) Joseph Spurgeon is the husband of a beautiful and godly woman named Rowina, father to six children, and pastor/church planter of Sovereign King Church in Southern […] The post It’s Good to Be a Boy by Spurgeon — Children’s Book Review appeared first on Things Above Us.

The Book Of Haggai | Zerubbabel - A Biographical Sketch   When Judah was taken into captivity, the time of the Gentiles was in full effect. Judah's subsequent return to Jerusalem seventy years later was accomplished under the guidance and direction of the Gentile king of Persia, Cyrus. From this point forward Israel would be dominated by Gentile powers, until the return of Jesus Christ at his second coming.  Cyrus appointed Zerubbabel, as governor over Judah, but Israel would remain many days without a king. A brief look through the Old Testament at the word “governor” will reveal its typical use refers to Gentile powers appointing someone as head over a region or a people. The point here is that Israel will not be establishing a new king, they are subject to the Gentiles until the Lord himself comes to set this matter straight. www.plenteousredemption.com www.plenteousredemption.media www.youtube.com/c/PlenteousRedemption www.facebook.com/plenteousredemption   Missionary Thomas Irvin Plenteous Redemption Podcast

Thanks for listening. If this podcast has touched you or if you have any questions, we would love to hear from you at (281) 399-3030 or on our website at https://ERBCTexas.org/ We'd also like to welcome you to view our Live and Recorded sermons at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChOddUwjodKf8k33clndZug/ Of course, we'd Always Love to have you join us in person for a service too! Psalms 122:1 (A Song of degrees of David.) I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. Have A Blessed Day, East River Baptist Church

Plenteous Redemption Podcast The Book Of Haggai | Darius The King - A Biographical Sketch Haggai 1:1 - In the second year of Darius the king   This podcast will serve as a biographical sketch of Darius, the king. At times called Darius the Persian or Darius the Median. As we discussed in the previous podcast, the book of Ezra details the return of Judah to Jerusalem. Upon arrival they began to rebuild the temple, only to be forced to stop by the decree of Artaxerxes the king. In time God raised up Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet to stir the hearts of the people. The time in which they prophesy is dated by the reign of Darius the king. Darius also played a special role in further assisting Judah in their completion of the temple.   Who is Darius the king, and why was he so zealous to assist Judah in the completion of God's temple? www.plenteousredemption.com www.plenteousredemption.media www.youtube.com/c/PlenteousRedemption www.facebook.com/plenteousredemption   Missionary Thomas Irvin Plenteous Redemption Podcast

Presenting: A reading of Julius Klengel's biographical sketch in English and German from the German publication out of Hamburg (1903), "Violoncellisten der Gegenwart, In Wort und Bild" To listen to the music you hear playing in the background go to my Youtube Channel and Facebook Page: 1. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpWQ5BLhtXdyeJOlGJ8MyqQ 2. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TravelingCello/?view_public_for=131560840278870 To get updates on my projects see above links and also Instagram and LinkedIn: 3. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelingcello/?hl=en 4. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-sinnett-85731888/ To read about the projects in more depth and get some of my thoughts about these compositions see my blog in Wordpress: 5. Wordpress: https://travelingcellojourney.com/ To help out financially, go to my Patreon or Paypal and make any size of donation you wish: 6. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelingcello?fan_landing=true 7. Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=7KNGGPE7TEQKE --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/forgottencellomusic/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/forgottencellomusic/support

Let's relax and sleep with a lengthy paean of praise written after the death of Thoreau by his contemporary, friend and worshipful admirer, Ralph Waldo Emerson. As obituaries go, it's...a lot. Want to support us and help us stay ad-free? Neat! Patreon: www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me A Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read "Excursions" at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9846 Music: “Boring Books for Bedtime,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, boringbookspod.com.

In this sermon, Tony presents a biographical sketch of his favorite open-air preacher, Robert Annan of 1860s Dundee, Scotland.

John G. Paton was a missionary to the New Hebrides Islands. He encountered many trials dealing with the cannibals, the loss of his first and second wives, and religious persecution. However, he remained faith to the call to bring the gospel to those who were lost.

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The writer introduced Melchizedek, and then rebuked and exhorted his readers out of concern that they wouldn't be able to grasp the things he wanted to convey to them. But having done so, and hopeful that they'd heed his exhortation, he returned to the topic of Melchizedek, first providing a biographical sketch of him from the one passage in the Scripture where he appears.

Judah and Benjamin prospered under the preaching of Haggai and Zechariah. The Lord sent Haggai the prophet to correct Judah's lack of concern for the house of God. This lack of concern for the house of God highlights deeper trouble, namely a lack of concern for the God of the house. But Judah responded in a positive manner to Haggai's intense preaching. Unshackled Testimony:https://unshackled.org/program/thomas-irvin-pt-1/https://unshackled.org/program/thomas-irvin-pt-2/Missionary Thomas Irvin

Plenteous Redemption PodcastUpon Judah's return, the people assembled themselves together as one man unto Jerusalem. Someone needed to take charge and lead this newly assembled congregation of God's people. Jeshua stood, and set forward the work of God. As such, the altar was built, worship to God was reestablished, the Levites were set in their place, and the foundation of the temple was laid. All this was accomplished because one man stood, in proper leadership, to set forward the work of God.This podcast is a sketch of Jeshua the High Priest Unshackled Testimony:https://unshackled.org/program/thomas-irvin-pt-1/https://unshackled.org/program/thomas-irvin-pt-2/‎Deputation, Part One: Interview with Thomas IrvinGreat Commission Conversations - with Lee Cadenhead - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deputation-part-one-interview-with-thomas-irvin/id1524477392?i=1000486696780Deputation, Part Two: Interview with Thomas IrvinGreat Commission Conversations - with Lee Cadenhead - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deputation-part-two-interview-with-thomas-irvin/id1524477392?i=1000487403760Plenteous Redemption Podcast: Website: https://plenteousredemption.com/ Plenteous Redemption Podcast: https://www.plenteousredemption.media/ Missionary Thomas IrvinPlenteous Redemption Podcast

The Book Of Haggai | Darius The King - A Biographical SketchHaggai 1:1 - In the second year of Darius the kingThis podcast will serve as a biographical sketch of Darius, the king. At times called Darius the Persian or Darius the Median.As we discussed in the previous podcast, the book of Ezra details the return of Judah to Jerusalem. Upon arrival they began to rebuild the temple, only to be forced to stop by the decree of Artaxerxes the king. In time God raised up Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet to stir the hearts of the people. The time in which they prophesy is dated by the reign of Darius the king. Darius also played a special role in further assisting Judah in their completion of the temple.Who is Darius the king, and why was he so zealous to assist Judah in the completion of God's temple?Unshackled Testimony: https://unshackled.org/program/thomas-irvin-pt-1/https://unshackled.org/program/thomas-irvin-pt-2/Deputation, Part One: Interview with Thomas IrvinGreat Commission Conversations - with Lee Cadenhead - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deputation-part-one-interview-with-thomas-irvin/id1524477392?i=1000486696780Deputation, Part Two: Interview with Thomas IrvinGreat Commission Conversations - with Lee Cadenhead - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deputation-part-two-interview-with-thomas-irvin/id1524477392?i=1000487403760Plenteous Redemption Podcast: Website: https://plenteousredemption.com/ Plenteous Redemption Podcast: https://www.plenteousredemption.media/ Missionary Thomas IrvinPlenteous Redemption Podcast

When Judah was taken into captivity, the time of the Gentiles was in full effect. Judah's subsequent return to Jerusalem seventy years later was accomplished under the guidance and direction of the Gentile king of Persia, Cyrus. From this point forward Israel would be dominated by Gentile powers, until the return of Jesus Christ at his second coming. Cyrus appointed Zerubbabel, as governor over Judah, but Israel would remain many days without a king. A brief look through the Old Testament at the word "governor" will reveal its typical use refers to Gentile powers appointing someone as head over a region or a people. The point here is that Israel will not be establishing a new king, they are subject to the Gentiles until the Lord himself comes to set this matter straight.Plenteous Redemption Podcast:Website: https://plenteousredemption.com/ Plenteous Redemption Podcast: https://www.plenteousredemption.media/ Plenteous Redemption YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PlenteousRedemption/featured Plenteous Redemption Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/plenteousredemption/ Plenteous Redemption Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sireofages Unshackled Testimony:https://unshackled.org/program/thomas-irvin-pt-1/https://unshackled.org/program/thomas-irvin-pt-2/Missionary Thomas Irvin

Today we celebrate an English poet who didn't want gardens to be monetized. We'll also learn about the 8th generation seedsman of a beloved Boston company. We remember the naturalist who followed the seasons up and down the country. We also recognize the exuberant botanist, who created the Dot Map. We welcome the new month with some poems about "the Queen of the Ripe Season" - August. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that was created by one of the world's best garden photographers. It's a beauty. And then we'll wrap things up with a little Q&A about the origin of Plant Names.   But first, let's catch up on some Greetings from Gardeners around the world and today's curated news.   Subscribe Apple|Google|Spotify|Stitcher|iHeart   Gardener Greetings To participate in the Gardener Greetings segment, send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org And, to listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to play The Daily Gardener Podcast. It's that easy.   Curated News Double Coconut: The Largest Seed in the World | Kew Here's an excerpt:: “On the beautiful islands of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean grows a legendary palm. Lodoicea maldivica (“LOW-DOE-ah-SEE-ah MAHL-div-eh-cah”) , also known as the double coconut, or coco-de-mer, is renowned for producing the largest and heaviest seeds in the world. With their rather suggestive shape and weighing up to an impressive 25kg, (about 55 pounds!) while measuring up to half a meter long, these spectacular seeds are attractive to scientists, tourists, and poachers alike. Legend has it that the double coconut possesses medicinal properties [and] single nuts currently sell for £500-£2,000. Sadly, due to overharvesting, there are now only around 8,000 wild mature Lodoicea palms on just two islands. To protect them from going extinct, seeds in the wild and in botanical gardens worldwide that have managed to grow them, are carefully guarded, sometimes even placed in cages, to prevent poaching.”   Weather Update August really begins to set the stage for fall and fall-like weather. But, remember, the most significant change that is affecting your plants right now is the reduction in daylight. We are not as sensitive to it, but believe me, our plants notice even the most subtle changes in the amount of daylight. All through August, the length of daylight starts to rapidly decline as the calendar approaches the autumnal equinox, with 12 hours of day and night, approaches in September. In the northern half of the United States, we lose 2 to 3 minutes of daylight every single day in August. For example, today, in NYC, the sun will set at 8:11 pm. But, already by the end of the month, the sun will set around 7:30 pm. And, in Seattle tonight, the sun sets at around 8:45 pm. By the end of the month, it will set almost a full hour earlier. The last full month of summer brings many changes in the weather.  Hurricanes begin to get active later in August. In a typical year, August brings triple the number of named storms compared to July. If you look at the number of storms during the summer, August's total would be greater than June and July combined. The Rockies and Alaska usually get their first snows in August. August brings average cooler temperatures, and the length of daylight decreases. Although you may not be noticing the decrease in light, your houseplants are certainly making adjustments - especially African Violets (Saintpaulia species), Christmas Cactus, and Cyclamens.   Are you growing, Gladiola? The plants are also sometimes called the Sword Lily. Gladiola is Latin for a small sword. In Victorian times, the Gladiola meant, "You pierce my heart." And the next time you see a Gladiola, take a closer look: Members of this family produce parts in multiples of three. There are three sepals, colored to look like petals, and three true petals, and three stamens.   Alright, that's it for today's gardening news. Now, if you'd like to check out my curated news articles and blog posts for yourself, you're in luck, because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There's no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events 1743 Today is the anniversary of the death of the English poet Richard Savage. Richard once wrote about a practice among the wealthy, allowing their servants to show their gardens in exchange for money. Even the Queen let her Richmond garden and cave to be viewed for a sum. It was a practice that distressed Richard. Richard wrote: But what the flowering pride of gardens rare, However royal, or however fair, If gates, which to access should still give way, Open but, like Peter's paradise, for pay? If perquisited varlets frequent stand, And each new walk must a new tax demand? What foreign eye but with contempt surveys? What Muse shall from oblivion snatch their praise? Richard wisely withheld these lines from publication while the Queen was alive. But after her death, he published his work in its entirety.   1900  Today is the anniversary of the death of the seedsman Charles Henry Bass Breck. Charles was the 8th generation heir to Joseph Breck & Sons, a wholesaler, and retail company located in Boston, Massachusetts. Breck & Sons specialized in seed, flowers, and agricultural tools and was founded by Joseph Breck - who was a descendant of one of the first puritan families in the country. Charles' father, Joseph, amassed a botanical publishing empire after he acquired the New England Farmer, and later Horticultural Register and Gardens magazine. For decades, the Breck's catalog, which featured many plant engravings, served as the primary educational reference for east coast farmers. Charles served as vice-president of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for over twenty years until his death on this day in 1900. And here's a little-known fact about Charles - he was an accomplished flutist, and he was a generous patron of the arts in Boston. Forty years after Charles died, Breck & Sons had two locations at 85 State Street and 85 Franklyn Street in Boston. One of their most famous customers was Beatrix Farrand. Beatrix Farrand bought seed and roses from the Brecks for her estate Dumbarton Oaks Gardens in Washington, D.C.   1923   The botanist Edwin Way Teale married Nelly Imogene Donovan. Edwin and Nelly met in college. After they married, they moved to New York so that Edwin could continue his education at Columbia University. Edwin's first job was writing for the magazine  Popular Science. On the side, Edwin began taking pictures and specializing in nature photography. When Edwin was 42, he left Popular Science and became a freelancer. By 1943, his book  By-ways to Adventure: A Guide to Nature Hobbies won the John Burroughs Medal for distinguished natural history writing. During World War II, Teale's son, David, was killed in Germany. Edwin and Nelly began traveling across the country by automobile, and the trips help them cope with their grief. The trips became not only a catharsis but also an integral part of Edwin's writing. Their 1947 journey, covering 17,000 miles in a black Buick, following the advance of spring, led to Edwin's book north with the spring. Additional road trips lead to more books: Journey Into Summer, Autumn Across America, and Wandering Through Winter. Wandering Through Winter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1966. And, it was Edward Way Teale who said: For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. Any fine morning, a power saw can fell a tree that took a thousand years to grow. Nature is shy and noncommittal in a crowd. To learn her secrets, visit her alone or with a single friend, at most. Everything evades you, everything hides, even your thoughts escape you when you walk in a crowd. Our minds, as well as our bodies, need the out-of-doors. Our spirits, too, need simple things, elemental things, the sun and the wind and the rain, moonlight, and starlight, sunrise and mist and mossy forest trails, the perfumes of dawn, and the smell of fresh-turned earth and the ancient music of wind among the trees.   1927   Today is the birthday of the botanist Franklyn Hugh Perring who is born in London on this day. Franklyn was the best kind of botanist, possessing the eagerness of an amateur and the training of a true professional. He also had an outstanding field botanist with a phenomenal memory for plants. At heart, he was a conservationist. In 1962, Franklyn, along with Max Walters, wrote The Atlas of the British Flora, which some called the most important natural history book of the 20th century. After getting his Ph.D. at Cambridge, Max Walters, the director of the University herbarium, invited Franklyn to map the distribution of all the wildflowers trees and ferns of England and Ireland. The year was 1954, and it was a very ambitious and groundbreaking project; Franklyn said, "yes." And, that's how Franklyn Perring was the first person to create a Dot Map. Thanks to the help of countless citizen scientists, Max and Franklyn successfully mapped all of Britain's plants in under five years - and that fact is even more impressive after learning the entire country was divided into 10 km squares. Frank once wrote, "The amateur naturalist or the professional can make a significant contribution to biological knowledge by volunteering to collect data in the field." When Franklyn finished his project, he went on to help David Webb map the plants of Ireland. And he also encouraged fellow scientists, to make similar atlases of distribution; for example, zoologists could map the distribution of mammals, butterflies, and other life forms. Franklyn adored leading groups of people on field trips by any means available - bicycle, train, or on foot. He was excellent with volunteers and little details - like dots - but he wasn't considered to be a sharp strategist. In an unpublished 1965 Biographical Sketch, Frank said, "[I] Rarely if ever relax [and I] read perhaps two novels a year – at Christmas and during the summer holiday – nearly always spent abroad ... [My] favorite reading is Jane Austen and Dickens: take one of the latter on each long journey. I remember reading Pickwick in the Pickwick Hotel, San Francisco. [I'm also] very fond of music, especially Mozart and Britten. Britten's Spring Symphony and Elgar's Introduction and Allegro and Violin Concerto spell out for me the Englishness of England which I want to see preserved." And here's a charming little snippet about Franklyn's personality that was captured in a recent twitter exchange. On September 14th, 2018 the fanatical botanist Mick Crawley posted that he was, "Botanizing from the train. Some species are so distinctive that you can identify them with confidence, even at high speed. The triffid-like climber that scrambles over so many rail-side fences, covered with masses of tiny white flowers, is Fallopia baldschuanica ("Fa-LOW-PEE-ah Bald-shoe-AYE-nick-ah:)." (aka The Silver Lace Vine) Mick's tweet drew the attention of the Chief Exec of the Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Stephen Trotter, who replied, "Reminds me of the late Franklyn Perring who when botanizing from a car defined species as being 30mph, 50mph or 70mph plants!" To which, I replied, "Ha! Love this insight - Plant ID at high speeds. What a concept!" Thank you, Franklyn Perring, for the new botanical sport! And, it's something we can actually safely do during the pandemic.   Unearthed Words August 1st is Lammas Day ("La-MA-ss"). Lammas was a festival that celebrated the annual wheat and corn harvest. After Lammas Day, corn ripens as much by night as by day. And, Lammas is a cross-quarter day - a day between an equinox (when the sun sets due west) and a solstice. In this case, Lammas is the mid-point between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox. Here are some poems to welcome August. Fairest of the months!  Ripe summer's Queen  The hey-day of the year  With robes that gleam with sunny sheen  Sweet August doth appear.  — R. Combe Miller, English poet and clergyman, Fairest of the Months   The brilliant poppy flaunts her head  Amidst the ripening grain,  And adds her voice to sell the song  That August's here again.  ― Helen Winslow, American editor and journalist   Buttercup nodded and said good-bye, Clover and Daisy went off together, But the fragrant Waterlilies lie Yet moored in the golden August weather. The swallows chatter about their flight, The cricket chirps like a rare good fellow, The asters twinkle in clusters bright, While the corn grows ripe and the apples mellow. — Celia Laighton Thaxter, American writer and poet, August   Note: The poet Celia Laighton Thaxter grew up on Appledore Island. Celia's dad built a hotel on the island, and it became a hub for creatives and a muse for many. Along with creating a lovely cut flower garden, Celia wrote a book called  An Island Garden. Grow That Garden Library In Bloom by Ngoc Minh Ngo("Nah-OW-P min NO") This book came out in 2016, and the subtitle is Creating and Living With Flowers. "The first reason to buy the book is Ngoc Minh Ngo is one of the best garden photographers at work these days. She is as hypnotized as anybody by the heartbreaking simplicity of a dogwood blossom as its petals unfurl. But what sets her apart is her ability to convey with a camera how much that moment means to her." "The photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo celebrates people who make beauty their life’s work with the gorgeous IN BLOOM: Creating and Living With Flowers (Rizzoli, $45). The textile and wallpaper designer Neisha Crosland covers the walls of her London house with chinoiserie-style flowers. The potter Frances Palmer imprints clay vessels with the vivid dahlias from her Connecticut garden. The horticulturalist Umberto Pasti celebrates Morocco’s rich floral history in tile and fabric. The painter Claire Basler rings rooms with floral murals in her French chateau, while in the Bronx, Livia Cetti cuts, dyes, crimps, and folds paper into exquisite flower arrangements. Each place is wondrous; for those not lucky enough to have friends around to enhance life with such magic, Ngo’s enchanting photographs invite us in." —New York Times Book Review   "Oh, the dahlias. Oh, the aged Moroccan tiles. Oh, the coppery-brown irises. In Bloom is about creative types whose work life revolves around flowers. For most of them, their lives, period, revolve around flowers. Certain flowers, all flowers, fresh flowers, dead flowers." —Dallas Morning News   This book is 224 pages of floral inspiration from one of the best botanical photographers of our time. You can get a copy of In Bloom by Ngoc Minh Ngo and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for under $30    Today's Botanic Spark 1950  The Ithaca Journal out of Ithaca New York published a question from a reader. The reader wanted an answer to this question: Please list a few plants that are named for people.   Here is the answer: The poinsettia was named for Joel R. Poinsett, a famous statesman. Wisteria is named in honor of Caspar Wistar, ("Wiss-Star") a distinguished physician, and scientist of Philadelphia. Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist, discovered the plant known as fuchsia, while William Forsyth, a Scotch botanist, is responsible for the name of forsythia. The name of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, a French soldier and explorer, is perpetuated in the bougainvillea. The Paulownia is named for the Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna, daughter of Czar Paul I.

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Check out our dank discussion of Spinoza in the context Western Philosophy, Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah. We'll talk about his Metaphysics, his take on God, about the possibility of seeing him as a Mystic and at the end we'll reconsider his Cherem (excommunication). #ReclaimingSpinoza #ProjectUnity 01:55 Biographical Sketch 06:19 Spinoza's Fans 10:08 Philosophical Influences 12:22 Spinoza's Metaphysics 29:32 Spinoza's God 33:22 Atheist, Pantheist or Panentheist? 44:45 Perceptions of Spinoza 48:11 Spinoza and Judaism 54:06 Spinoza and the Love of God 56:25 Spinoza and Kabbalah/Mysticism 1:17:39 Reconsidering the Cherem Being novice enthusiasts, we're bound to have made plenty of mistakes, please call us out in the comments, thx, much love. Also, comment your thoughts about whether Spinoza should be taken out of Cherem. We'll take a tally at the end and pass it on to big rabbis. Check out my good-looking friend's sick poetry at ShaulSolomon.com Subscribe for more epic content. Lmk your thoughts on this vid in the comments

Violence Series #4 of 4. Though they’re rarely at the fore of the story, the women of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising were essential to the rebellion. They carried messages and supplies, provided cover fire in battles, and served on the front lines. In this episode Averill and Sarah dive into the historical treatment of the women of the Easter Rising, and the failure of the Free State after Ireland gained its independence to adequately honor the sacrifice of those women. Get the transcript and Further Reading recommendations at digpodcast.org Bibliography Mary McAuliffe and Liz Gillis, Richmond Barracks 1916: we were there: 77 women of the Easter Rising, (Dublin City Council, 2016). Edited by Ruán O'Donnell, Mícheál Ó hAodha, Voices from the Easter Rising, (Merrion Press, 2016) Richard Grayson, Dublin's Great Wars : The First World War, the Easter Rising and the Irish Revolution, (Cambridge University Press; 2018) Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid, “Schooling the National Orphans: The Education of the Children of the Easter Rising Leaders,” The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, 2016, Vol.9(2), pp.261-276 Marian Eide, “Maeve’s Legacy: Constance Markievicz, Eva Gore-Booth, and the Easter Rising,” Éire-Ireland, 2016, Vol.51(3), pp.80-103 Fearghal McGarry, The rising : Ireland--Easter 1916, (Oxford University Press, 2010). Constance Gore Booth Markievicz, Prison Letters of Countess Markievicz (Constance Gore-Booth), Also Poems and Articles Relating to Easter Week by Eva Gore Booth and a Biographical Sketch by Esther Roper, with a Preface by President de Valera, (Longmanns, Green, 1934) Margaret Skinnider, Doing my Bit for Ireland: A first-hand account of the Easter Rising, (Luath Press Ltd, 2017) Margaret Ward, Unmanageable revolutionaries: women and Irish Nationalism, (Pluto Press, 1995) Helen McBride, “Eirebrushed: Erasing Women from Irish History,” Nursing Clio Maria Luddy, “Women and the COntagious Diseases Acts, 1864-1886,” History Ireland (Spring 1993) Brittany Columbus, “Bean na h-Éireann: Feminism and Nationalism in an Irish Journal, 1908-1911,” Voces Novae, vol. 1, iss. 2, (2018) Cal McCarthy, Cumann na mBan and the Irish Revolution, (Cork, Ireland: Collins Press, 2007) Cumann na mBan Archives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we celebrate the botanist who made his mark in human anatomy and the botanist who lost his civil war specimens to a confederate raider. We'll hear the most popular poem about trees written by a poet who was killed in WWI. We Grow That Garden Library with a self-published humorous garden book by one of my favorite garden authors. I'll talk about a garden gift that you can split - one for you and one for a gift - and in the perfect price point for holiday gift exchanges and then we'll wrap things up with a story about the protection of the work done by botanists over a century ago. But first, let's catch up on a few recent events.     Today's Curated Articles:   Clove-Pink (Dianthus caryophyllus) syrup recipe | Quebec Terre a Terre by Sylvain Pilon & Bonnie Kerr Dianthus Syrup! In the past, Clove-pink was esteemed equally with the rose in mixtures. Regarded as "exceedingly cordial" and "wonderfully above measure comforts the heart." Clove-pink petals w/ verbena infused in alcohol was a refreshing bath liqueur.     A third of Africa's tropical flora threatened with extinction: study | @physorg_com The "Red List" is the go-to for birds and mammals but only covers ~10% of plants. A new study's preliminary estimate found a third of Africa's tropical flora (~7000 species) are likely/potentially threatened with extinction       The Potato Shines in New Missouri Botanical Garden Exhibit | @MobotMuseum You say Potato, I say Potato Exhibit! Just in time for the Holidays, the exhibit @MobotMuseum is called “Potato (Solanum tuberosum): Apple of the Earth" & will be on display through March 17. The potato is the most important non-cereal food crop in the world. Galleries feature contemporary artists Seamus O. Hames, Dornith Doherty, and Corina Kennedy. Each artist has interpreted the unique story of the potato, especially the historic impact of the late potato blight that devastated the potato crop in Ireland in the mid-19th century.     Now, if you'd like to check out these curated articles for yourself, you're in luck - because I share all of it with the Listener Community on Facebook. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, just search for the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.     Brevities #OTD Today is the birthday of Johann Gottfried Zinn who was born on this day in 1727. Zinn died at the age of 32, but he accomplished much in his short life and he focused on two areas of science: human anatomy and botany. From an anatomy standpoint, in his early twenties, Zinn wrote an eye anatomy book and became the first person to describe the anatomy of the iris in the human eye. There are a number of parts of the eye named in his honor including the Zinn zonule, the Zinn membrane, and the Zinn artery. It's fitting that Zinn wrote about the iris - which of course is also the name of a flower - and so there's some charming coincidental connection between his two passions of anatomy and botany. In Greek mythology, Iris was a beautiful messenger - a one-woman pony express - between the Olympian gods and humans. Iris was the personification of the rainbow. She had golden wings and would travel along the rainbow carrying messages from the gods to mortals. In the plant world, the iris is a genus with hundreds of species and is represented by the fleur-de-lis. When Zinn was 26 years old, he became director of the University Botanic Garden in Göttingen (pronounced “Gert-ing-en”). He thought the University was going to put him to work as a professor of anatomy, but that job was filled and so botany was his second choice. Nonetheless, he threw himself into his work. When Zinn received an envelope of seeds from the German Ambassador to Mexico, he described the blossom in detail and he published the first botanical illustration of the zinnia. He also shared the seeds with other botanists throughout Europe. Like most botanists in the 1700s, Zinn corresponded with Linnaeus. No doubt Zinn's work as a bright, young garden Director and the fact that he tragically died young from tuberculosis, spurred Linnaeus to name the flower Zinn received from Mexico in his honor. And so, Zinn lives on in the name Zinnia - a favorite flower of gardeners, and for good reasons: They come in a variety of vivid colors, they can be direct sown into the garden, they attract pollinators like butterflies and they couldn't be easier to grow. And, if meditation is something you struggle with, you can still become a Zinn Master, if you enjoy growing Zinnias. :) And, I'd like to think Zinn would be pleased being remembered by the Zinnia because, like the Iris, the Zinnia has a connection to the eyes. We've all heard the phrase beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Well... in the case of the Zinnia, the Aztecs were clearly not a fan. In fact, the Aztecs had a word for zinnia which basically translated to the evil eye or eyesore. The Aztecs didn't care for the zinnia flower - but don't judge them because it was not the hybridized dazzling version we've grown accustomed to in today's gardens. (You can thank the French for that!) The original plants were weedy-looking with an uninspired dull purple blossom. This is why the blossom was initially called the crassina which means "somewhat corse" before Linnaeus changed the name to remember Zinn. Over time, the gradual transformation of zinnias from eyesores to beauties gave Zinnias the common name Cinderella Flower. And here's a little factoid: the zinnia is Indiana’s state flower. I like to imagine when it came time for Indiana legislators to vote in favor of the zinnia, Zinn was looking down from heaven and smiling as he heard these words: "All in favor of the zinnia, say aye."       #OTD On this day in 1852, the Harvard botanist Asa Gray wrote to Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Gray wrote the letter because he couldn't lecture at the Smithson due to his demanding schedule. But he also sent his reassurance in that Smithsonian was establishing itself as the scientific adviser to the United States Government and not to worry about any more negative media coverage of the Institution.       #OTD Today is the anniversary of the death of the Quaker doctor and botanist Jeremiah Bernard Brinton who died 125 years ago today in 1894. During the civil war, Brinton served as an assistant surgeon and on September 14, 1863, he was promoted to Medical Purveyor. It's hard to imagine, but Brinton managed to continue botanizing during the civil war. It's true. One time he was going to collect a specimen and he made a friend in Major General Gouverneur K. Warren. That little connection was a happy recollection for Brinton through the years. During the Civil War, there was a man named John Singleton Mosby who was a Confederate raider. Mosby and his men conducted raids on union soldiers and communications over the span of two years. On May 12, 1864, Mosby and his men captured a group of supply wagons. Dr. Brinton narrowly escaped, but his collection of botanical specimens from Virginia were destroyed when Mosby burned the wagons. After the war, Brinton founded the Philadelphia Botanical Club. The highlight of his botanical life was guiding Harvard's Asa Gray and the Linnaean Society's William Caruthers on a visit to the pine barren region of New Jersey. His successfully showed them an extremely rare plant - the Schizaea pusilla or the little curly-grass fern. In the final years of his life, Brinton dedicated himself fully to botany. He loved to entertain friends in his botanical workroom known as "the Den." In 1895, when Brinton was 60, he died from a heart attack and was found sitting in his chair in the Den. A Biographical Sketch of Brinton in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club reported that on the last night of his life, Brinton visited a friend and they discussed a German poem called "Good night." Over the quiet pathway Comes clear the bell-ring sound; Good night thy heart now sleep may And 'morrow a day comes round. Once more then let us whisper A good evening and good night. The moon shines o'er the housetops, Our Lord keeps us in sight.     Unearthed Words Today is the birthday of the journalist, poet, and World War I soldier Alfred Joyce Kilmer who was born on this day in 1886. Kilmer was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and he was killed in action on July 30, 1918, while serving as a sergeant in the 165th Infantry regiment. Every year, Kilmer's childhood home at 17 Joyce Kilmer Ave. in New Brunswick, the city holds it's annual Open House is held from 10 am to 4 pm. Kilmer is best remembered for his poem, Trees: I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in Summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.         It's Time to Grow That Garden Library with Today's Book: Plants Are Terrible People by Luke Ruggenberg I had the pleasure of interviewing Luke a few years ago and his love of plants and his sense of humor make for a delightful combination. Luke has worked in horticulture for quite some time. This book gives you another crack at reading Luke’s hilarious take on his favorite pastime: gardening. Personally, I love following Luke on twitter because his perspective is so original. He draws on the downright funny aspects of growing plants. Despite (or perhaps because of) a childhood spent dodging falling apples in his Dad's orchard, Luke harbored a dormant love of all things horticultural until college, when his brother showed him how to germinate an avocado pit. That experience inspired Luke to change his major to Botany and the rest is history. This is Luke's second book and it's a series of essays that offer another hilarious and heartfelt look at Luke's life with THE MOST terrible people on earth: plants. I love what IndieReader said about this book, "It reads like the kind of far-flung ruminations a wacky mind might ponder during the mundane processes of working on a garden." Luke's book would make a lovely gardener gift for the holidays for yourself or for someone else - because it's the kind of book you can pick up and just read a funny story or two and then go about your day with a little boost of garden happiness and humor. Best of all, it's Luke's passion for gardening and for life that makes his stories especially connect with those of us who give gardening our all. Don't forget, you can get a copy of Luke's book and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for under $14.         Today's Recommended Holiday Gift for Gardeners: Fiskars Non-stick Softgrip Micro-Tip Pruning Snip, 2 Pack Make quick, precise cuts when deadheading, trimming and shaping small plants with easy-to-use pruning snips Easy Action spring-action design gently opens blades after each cut to help reduce hand fatigue Fully hardened, precision-ground stainless steel blades stay sharp, even through heavy use Non-stick coating helps reduce jamming and buildup of sticky resin Full lifetime warranty You can get the 2 pruning snip set for gifts or give one and keep one for yourself and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for under $23.99.       Something Sweet Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart Last year on this day on a post on IDigBio we learned that the over 100,000 specimens that make up the University of Cincinnati's botany collection were going digital thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation. In the post, the herbarium curator Eric Tepe, "... opened a folder on his desk to reveal a flower that was plucked on a spring day in 1884. He said, 'This is running buffalo clover. It does really well when there’s some disturbance in the soil. So in bison tracks, it would have been abundant.' Running buffalo clover began to disappear across much of the West with the wide-scale slaughter of buffalo. Today, the clover is federally protected as an endangered species. So UC’s specimen is especially valuable for researchers.” In the article, Eric pointed out that the single specimen of Running Buffalo Clover was shipped to two separate researchers over the past few decades - one in Kansas and once to Miami. Digitizing specimens means that everyone can have access and shipping won't always be necessary. That's a great thing because we learned just last year Australian customs purposely destroyed a herbarium collection because they were worried about bringing in invasive species. They were not aware that what they were intercepting was a priceless 200-year-old French collection on it's way to the herbarium in Queensland. Those kinds of tragedies can be avoided by going digital. And, if something does happen to the original, at least there is a digital copy - which is better than nothing at all. In the Cincinnati herbarium, like so many herbariums around the country, these collections have been waiting, largely undisturbed for over a century. And, I think, it's tremendous that the valuable long-ago work of botanists can be seen and referenced by all of us - at any time and any place - as long as you have wifi.     Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."  

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“Don’t deny bread and money to anyone when you can give it. Because you don’t know when what you have today will be gone tomorrow." Mama Yeya has become the corner stone of a well-developed family of much character and integrity. This is the most influential story that I've heard, I hope you get perspective by listening to the history of my grandmother.  Support the Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/javiermercedes www.javiermercedes.com Follow me social: Host: @JavierMercedesX Show: @PassionInProgress

Jennifer Gardy talks about whole-genome sequencing as a technique to address public health issues using genomic epidemiology. She talks about her research on TB and new DNA sequencing technologies, including her vision for microbial genetic sequencing as one piece of the puzzle in the future of public health. Julie’s Biggest Takeaways: Whole-genome sequencing technologies are replacing older DNA technologies to identify relatedness between microbial isolates. The genome sequences help to identify epidemiological questions such as the origins of an outbreak. A pathogen’s genome being passed person-to-person accrues small changes, similar to children playing telephone - except those children are scattered around the room, and you have to logically deduce the order in which the information was passed. DNA sequencing has moved forward faster than the upstream genomic preparation and downstream sequence analysis areas; Gardy expects advances in these ‘bookend’ areas to be breakthroughs of the future. The Ebola and Zika outbreaks were test cases for portable DNA sequencing technologies, but informative based on the different disease presentation: Ebola patients have high viral loads and thus a lot of genomic material, but Zika patients have much lower viral loads and it was much harder to get samples. Based on pathogen characteristics, DNA sequencing can identify the end of an outbreak. Gardy used sequencing to find that patients with TB, which can take years to develop into fulminant disease, had been infected years previous, and was able to see that transmission was no longer ongoing. Featured Quotes: “Genomics is really cool because instead of interviewing people about what happened in an outbreak, we’re interviewing the pathogen!” “[Working at BCCDC] is a really nice ecosystem, where you can really see the results of your research changing public care policy and practice in real time, and that is incredibly rewarding.” “The only prediction you can make about DNA sequencing is there’s always going to be something new and different.” “Depending on your use-case, sometimes you need to go after the whole genome and other times a targeted approach is more than enough.” “I’m excited to see how this [microbial DNA sequencing] work fits in into an overall public health landscape. It’s cool to sequence genomes and make some reports about transmission networks, but that’s just one small part of a very big public health system that is trying to keep populations healthy. It requires so many different people, from nurses and doctors on the frontline to policy makers behind the scenes to social scientists who are interacting with patients or care providers to people that are understanding the economics of these things... when you start to see how these different pieces of the puzzle fit together, I think there’s a lot of opportunities in the future for making microbial genomics just one piece of a large interdisciplinary puzzle of people that are working together across different fields to address a disease from multiple different angles.” Links for This Episode: Jennifer Gardy’s website Jennifer Gardy at UBC Nanopore Minion Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science Banff Science Communications HOM Tidbit: Albrecht Kossel, a Biographical Sketch

In 1835, settlers in Australia discovered a European man dressed in kangaroo skins, a convict who had escaped an earlier settlement and spent 32 years living among the natives of southern Victoria. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll review the extraordinary life of William Buckley, the so-called "wild white man" of colonial Australia. We'll also try to fend off scurvy and puzzle over some colorful letters. Intro: Radar pioneer Sir Robert Watson-Watt wrote a poem about ironically being stopped by a radar gun. The programming language Ook! is designed to be understood by orangutans. Sources for our feature on William Buckley: John Morgan, Life and Adventures of William Buckley, 1852. R.S. Brain, Letters From Victorian Pioneers, 1898. Francis Peter Labillière, Early History of the Colony of Victoria, 1878. James Bonwick, Port Phillip Settlement, 1883. William Thomas Pyke, Savage Life in Australia, 1889. Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke, Stories of Australia in the Early Days, 1897. John M. White, "Before the Mission Station: From First Encounters to the Incorporation of Settlers Into Indigenous Relations of Obligation," in Natasha Fijn, Ian Keen, Christopher Lloyd, and Michael Pickering, eds., Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies II, 2012. Patrick Brantlinger, "Eating Tongues: Australian Colonial Literature and 'the Great Silence'," Yearbook of English Studies 41:2 (2011), 125-139. Richard Broome, "Buckley, William," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Sept. 23, 2004. Marjorie J. Tipping, "Buckley, William (1780–1856)," Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1966. Reminiscenses of James Buckley Who Lived for Thirty Years Among the Wallawarro or Watourong Tribes at Geelong Port Phillip, Communicated by Him to George Langhorne (manuscript), State Library of Victoria (accessed Jan. 28, 2018). "William Buckley," Culture Victoria (accessed Jan. 28, 2018). Jill Singer, "Here's a True Hero," [Melbourne] Herald Sun, June 8, 2001, 22. "Australia's Most Brazen, Infamous Jailbreaks," ABC Premium News, Aug. 19, 2015. "Extraordinary Tale of Our Early Days," Centralian Advocate, April 6, 2010, 13. Bridget McManus, "Buckley's Story Revisited: Documentary," The Age, April 8, 2010, 15. Albert McKnight, "Legend Behind Saying 'You've Got Buckley's'," Bega District News, Oct. 21, 2016, 11. David Adams, "Wild Man Lives Anew," [Melbourne] Sunday Age, Feb. 16, 2003, 5. Leighton Spencer, "Convict Still a Controversial Figure," Echo, Jan. 10, 2013, 14. "Fed: Museum Buys Indigenous Drawings of Convict," AAP General News Wire, April 23, 2012. The drawing above is Buckley Ran Away From Ship, by the Koorie artist Tommy McRae, likely drawn in the 1880s. From Culture Victoria. Listener mail: Yoshifumi Sugiyama and Akihiro Seita, "Kanehiro Takaki and the Control of Beriberi in the Japanese Navy," Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 106:8 (August 2013), 332–334. Wikipedia, "Takaki Kanehiro" (accessed Feb. 9, 2018). Yoshinori Itokawa, "Kanehiro Takaki (1849–1920): A Biographical Sketch," Journal of Nutrition 106:5, 581–8. Alan Hawk, "The Great Disease Enemy, Kak’ke (Beriberi) and the Imperial Japanese Army," Military Medicine 171:4 (April 2006), 333-339. Alexander R. Bay, Beriberi in Modern Japan: The Making of a National Disease, 2012. "Scott and Scurvy," Idle Words, March 6, 2010. Marcus White, "James Lind: The Man Who Helped to Cure Scurvy With Lemons," BBC News, Oct. 4, 2016. Jonathan Lamb, "Captain Cook and the Scourge of Scurvy," BBC History, Feb. 17, 2011. Wikipedia, "Vitamin C: Discovery" (accessed Feb. 9, 2018). This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Miles, who sent this corroborating link (warning -- this spoils the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Music or via the RSS feed at http://feedpress.me/futilitycloset. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- on our Patreon page you can pledge any amount per episode, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

This episode brings a 45 minute biography of Max Stirner recorded by none other than libertarian and individualist writer Jeff Riggenbach. In high school, Mr. Riggenbach took his “first steps” towards becoming a libertarian when he read books by Ayn Rand and Frederic Bastiat, and subscribed to The Freeman magazine. He didn’t know it at the […]

Jacob is termed in Jewish literature as the “choicest of the forefathers”. What were his defining character traits? What were the dominant episodes and themes of his life? What does his journey teach us about Jewish history? We answer these questions and ponder the qualities of his illustrious wives and their collective eternal legacies in this […]

The Torah is scant on details regarding the lives of Isaac and Rebecca. Their story does not include a great many anecdotes of their challenges nor does it highlight their accomplishments and greatness. To the contrary, the Torah seems to harshly criticise Isaac as in when it is said that he preferred Esau because he made […]

Abraham and Sarah are the biological, theological and ideological forebears of our nation. The story of their lives and accomplishments is the story of the Jewish people and, more broadly, the story of human progress and morality throughout history. What propelled them to greatness? What methods did they employ to disseminate their message? What is […]

On February 7, 2015, over 100 guests participated in the St. Josemaria Institute’s 2015 inaugural conference “Pope Francis: His Life and Papacy and the Synod of the Family”, which was held at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. Our speaker, Father Mark Mannion, presented three talks on Pope Francis: First Conference-- Francis: A Brief Biographical Sketch in the Context of John Paul II and Benedict XVI 
 Second Conference-- Unpacking the Joy of the Gospel Third Conference-- Post-Synodal Air and the Upcoming Synod of the Family Fr. Mark Mannion is a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei and the chaplain of The Willows Academy in Des Plaines and Midtown Educational Foundation in Chicago. He preaches recollections and gives spiritual direction in Chicago. The conference talks are now available on the St. Josemaria Institute Podcast to help us remain close to the Holy Father in preparation for his historic visit to the United States for the World Meeting of Families, September 26-27, 2015. A GUIDE FOR MEDITATION: We encourage you to write down moments from the meditations that strike you, as well as the thoughts, inspirations and resolutions that arise from your prayer and reflection with our Meditation Journal Sheet. Download it here: http://www.stjosemaria.org/meditations ST. JOSEMARIA INSTITUTE PODCAST: Don't miss new podcasts and additional resources for your spiritual life from the St. Josemaria Institute. Subscribe today at: http://www.stjosemaria.org/subscribe

“From Moshe till Moshe no one arose like Moshe” This epithet which is engraved on the tombstone of Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, the Rambam, sheds light on the enormity of his impact and influence upon the Jewish people. The mere claim that the Rambam’s contributions and leadership was surpassed only by Moshe Rabbeinu is a testament […]

Dames of the Circus: Lillian Leitzel and Millie-Christine McCoyClick to listen in new windowFurther reading:Millie-Christine: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made; Joanne Martell; John F. Blair Publisher (2001)Biographical Sketch of Millie Christine, the Carolina Twin, Surnamed the Two-Headed Nightingale and the Eighth Wonder of the WorldMusic: Little Egypt by the Coasters

Join R. Lee Gordon, host of The Gist of Freedom as Historian Dr. Peter Dalleo shares the life of John W. Tillman. Mr. Tilman traveled via the Underground Railroad to self emancipation. An activist, after the Civil War Mr. Tillman reconnected with family members. Dalleo will use Tillman's Biographical Sketch & his petitions for a pension to teach us how the faithful overcame the wickedness of slavery.

Music 271: 4/2/07II: The post-Romantic Period and the turn towards the 20th century: the generation of 1860:• Hard to differentiate the Nationalistic composition and composer• Beginnings of another break: divide between composers born before and after 1860:• Hugo Wolf, Gustav Mahler, Eduard MacDowell, Claude Debussy, Horatio Parker, Richard Strauss, Jean Sibelius, Amy Cheney Beach, Scott Joplin: all born in the decade of 1860• Mahler, Debussy, and Joplin were all prophetic• Strauss: Symphonic poems, Opera, Art songs• Mahler - Schoenberg - Weber (evolution)• Ragtime was first form of New Orleans JazzIII: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): A: Biographical Sketch1. Polka mit einem Trauermarsch als Einleitung (Polka with a funeral march as introduction): Composed at age 5: Composed after the subsequent deaths of 2 of Mahler’s brothers• Born in Czech Republic (Bohemia)• Dysfunctional family• Direct and indirect references to death (Mahler 1 as an example)• 1880’s found Mahler in Vienna Conservatory• Mentors were 4 individuals: Beethoven (Romantic), Schopenhauer - philosopher, R. Wagner, Nietzsche - argued that 2 aspects of human existence: rational and emotional• Melodies proceed from words, as do tonal centers and other elements in the music (Mahler 2: C minor-Eb Major: Death - Resurrection)• Culmination of philosophical beliefs and musical practices that cover the entire 19th century Germanic domainB: His place in music history: C: Place of song in Mahler’s music:• 9 symphonies - 4 include vocal soloists (2,3,4,8)• Many art songs for voice and piano, which were orchestrated later• Kindertotenlieder: Songs on the Deaths of Children (1901-1904): Full Orchestra setting but used like a chamber group