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Port Canaveral advances a $95 million upgrade of Cruise Terminal 10 — expanding security and luggage handling, fixing the trench-drain failures that caused sinkholes, and readying the building for ships up to 6,700 guests like Disney Wish and MSC Seashore — as the record-setting homeport handles 8.6 million passenger movements a year. And Holland America expands its Single Barrel Series to 13 bourbons and ryes in the Ocean Bar, from Blanton's and Weller to WhistlePig, sourcing collector-grade barrels straight from distilleries alongside its Jefferson's ocean-aging program.

The UFC is bringing a historic event to the White House lawn, and we're breaking down every fight on the upcoming UFC Freedom card. Despite featuring only seven bouts, this card is stacked from top to bottom with high-stakes matchups and big names.In the main event, Ilia Topuria puts his lightweight championship on the line against interim champion Justin Gaethje in a fight that promises violence from the opening bell. The co-main event sees Alex Pereira attempt to make history by capturing a title in a third weight class when he faces Ciryl Gane for the heavyweight championship. We give our picks for the entire card, discuss the matchups, and look at what this event could mean for the future of multiple divisions.Outside the cage, Bill recaps his recent cruise vacation to Mexico and pours a glass of Blanton's Bourbon while Matt tries to keep the conversation on track.

CHECK, PLEASE — Thanks for tuning in. Just a note before we get going: This is the 50th episode of The Full Bleed, and I, along with the team here at Magazeum, truly appreciate the time you spend with us. Waiting is what I consider a perfect magazine. Not because of its design or the writing, though both are stellar. But mostly because it functions as a closed loop. How? The subject and the audience are one and the same. Waiting, you see, is a magazine about creatives in New York's service industry. And it is a magazine for creatives in New York's service industry. That's a neat trick and also makes me wonder why no one had done this before founder, editor-in-chief, and complete magazine neophyte Adele Blanton hit upon the idea. Adele has done the math: 10 percent of the estimated 700,000 people working in the food and beverage industry in New York are artists of some kind. Artists, actors, writers, dancers. You name it. And that number is a healthy baseline for any publication. Waiting has published three well-received issues and now she and the team behind it has to figure out how to maintain and grow the media. That's one of the many things we talk about on the show. Did we tell you this is our 50th episode? Because it's our 50th episode. — This episode is made possible by our friends at Freeport Press. A production of Magazeum LLC ©2021–2025

On today's episode of the Illumination by Modern Campus podcast, podcast host Shauna Cox was joined by Edwin Blanton to discuss how institutions can design education around career outcomes and embed experiential learning throughout the learner journey.

This week I sat down with the cutest, most multi-layered human I've ever met — Mia Blanton. She's a recent SMU Kappa grad, content creator, woman of faith, biohacking girlie, and the founder of the Mia Method. And honestly?? She came in and completely delivered.We talk about going from a Christian ranch girl who had never heard of a sorority to full-on SMU baddie, her journey with faith, quitting Adderall, social anxiety, hyperbaric oxygen chambers, and what it really means to figure out who you are in your early 20s.Oh, and we opened the episode with a prayer. Because that's just who we are now.Send this to your friend who just graduated and has no idea what they're doing with their life. They'll feel so seen.Subscribe, leave a review, and comment why YOU'RE literally not OK

Send us Fan MailWe taste and score Weller 12 bottle by bottle, then zoom out to why Buffalo Trace keeps winning even as the bourbon market cools. We dig into the $1.2B expansion, the aging-time reality behind “scarcity”, and how marketing and mindset shape what we think we taste.• Weller 12 barrel-to-bottle breakdown across nose, body, taste and finish• proof talk and why 90 proof changes the experience• Buffalo Trace expansion details and what they actually change• why allocated bourbon stays tight despite more production• 2026 to 2032 outlook for availability, lines and secondary prices• Eagle Rare lineup talk and what Eagle Rare 12 signals• Chicago vs Ohio distribution stories and bottle-hunting reality• Traveler debate and how blind tasting flips assumptions• why exclusivity and packaging can matter as much as flavour• a deep dive on ultrasonic-in-barrel maturation ideas with American Metal Whiskeywww.scotchybourbonboys.com for all things Scotchy Bourbon Boys. Make sure that you follow us on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and X, and also on Apple, iHeart, and Spotify, and if you're on Apple, leave really, really good five-star reviews with a review, and if you're on YouTube, become a member.Buffalo Trace just finished a massive expansion and yet Weller, Blanton's, Eagle Rare, and E.H. Taylor still feel like they vanish the moment they hit a shelf. We get honest about why that contradiction isn't really a contradiction at all, and what it means for anyone chasing allocated bourbon over the next few years.We start with a full Weller 12 tasting and score it the Scotchy Bourbon Boys way: nose, body, taste, and finish. Expect straight talk on the buttery butterscotch profile, the dusty oak and cherry notes, and the big question that always comes up with Weller 12: does 90 proof hold it back, or is that softness exactly why it works? From there we connect the glass to the bigger market, including why some Buffalo Trace releases drink “premium” even when the proof looks modest on paper.Then we zoom out to the bourbon industry trends heading into 2026 and beyond: the $1.2B Buffalo Trace expansion, the unavoidable aging lag that keeps demand ahead of supply, and why secondary prices and lotteries still rule access. The roundtable brings heat too: Eagle Rare 12 chatter, Chicago availability stories, the Traveler whiskey debate, and a reminder that blind tasting can embarrass even confident palates. We also welcome Greg to unpack a wild concept: ultrasonic sound waves inside a barrel to enhance maturation for American Metal Whiskey.If you care about Buffalo Trace, allocated whiskey, Weller, Eagle Rare, and where the bourbon market is heading, this one's for you. Subscribe, share with a bourbon friend, and leave us a five-star review so more people can find the show.voice over Whiskey Thief If You Have Gohsts Support the showhttps://www.scotchybourbonboys.comThe Scotchy bourbon Boys are #3 in Feedspots Top 60 whiskey podcasts in the world    https://podcast.feedspot.com/whiskey_podcasts/

In Podcast Episode 163 of Victory Vision we interview with Josh and Natalie Blanton

How do you build a 3-time GABF-medal winning craft brewery from scratch in 10 years with no investors, and one brewer with no sense of smell?Brandon and Amanda Wright, co-owners of Werk Force Brewing Company in Plainfield, Illinois, trace the 10-year arc of how Chicago Brew Works — the homebrew supply shop they opened in 2012 — evolved into one of Chicagoland's most influential breweries, with multiple GABF medals to show for it. They cover what it's like to build a brewery as a married couple, the next big beer trend, the whole-bean coffee technique behind their stout series, and how Brandon brews award-winning beer without a sense of smell. 0:00 Intro0:45 Welcome to Werk Force Brewing in Plainfield, Illinois2:53 How Werk Force Started as a Homebrew Supply Store in 20123:27 From OfficeMax to a Winery to Homebrewing Full-Time4:45 Brando's House of Awesomeness (And Why Amanda Said No)5:32 How They Started Chicago Brew Works on a Kitchen Table5:59 Building Chicagoland's Biggest Homebrew Supply Store8:37 Why Werk Force Never Took an Investor9:06 Where the Name Werk Force Comes From11:16 What's It Like to Run a Brewery With Your Spouse?15:28 Designing the Taproom (No TVs, Communal Tables)17:07 The Six Degrees of Werk Force Brewing19:15 What Was Werk Force's First Beer?19:55 Why You Can't Call This West Coast IPA Pineapple Express21:57 How West Coast IPAs Have Changed in 12 Years24:10 The Next Big Beer Trend: Under 4.5% ABV25:42 Really Decent: A 3.9% All-Malt Lager27:04 Beer Break27:47 Welcome Back: Meet Brandon's Brewing Team29:36 How Werk Force Won 3 GABF Medals in 2 Years32:38 What Are the Best Bourbon Barrels for Aging Beer?34:44 Where Sleepy Bear Got Its Name35:39 Polar Bear: A Two-Year Bourbon-Barrel Coffee Stout36:24 How Werk Force Designs Sleepy Bear Labels39:16 The Whole-Bean Coffee Trick That Avoids Off-Flavors40:57 How to Decide on Sleepy Bear Variants Each Year44:15 Brian Doesn't Have a Sense of Smell45:37 How Brandon Brews Award-Winning Beer Without Smelling It48:24 What's the Hardest Part of Brewing Without a Sense of Smell?50:18 Does Werk Force Use AI to Design Recipes?53:26 What Makes a Great Oktoberfest Beer?56:08 Marzen vs. Fest Beer: What's the Difference?56:52 Inside the Barrel Den: Werk Force's Event Space58:09 What's Next for Werk Force Brewing?59:43 Final Four: The Beer They'll Never Brew Again62:00 Brandon and Amanda's Off-the-Clock Beer Picks62:33 Final Four: Best Food and Beer Pairing65:11 Final Toast: Calm Down, Have a Beer, Hit the RoadAbout Werk Force Brewing Company: A three-time GABF medal winning craft brewery in Plainfield, Illinois, known for the Sleepy Bear barrel-aged imperial stout series, classic West Coast IPAs, and lower-ABV lagers. Learn more on their website at https://www.werkforcebrewing.com/ —Learn more about Crafty Brewers at https://craftybrewerspod.com Support Crafty Brewers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/craftybrewers Crafty Brewers is a production of Quantum Podcasts, LLC, an enterprise podcast growth consultancy. If your brand would like to capture a loyal audience to drive business results with the power of podcasting, then visit https://quantum-podcasts.com/Our executive producer and editor is award-winning podcaster Cody Gough. He insists that we tell you that in this episode, you'll learn about: Werktoberfest, Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels for beer, Blanton's barrel-aged stout, Weller bourbon barrels, 10 Drops Coffee Roasters Outsiders Blend, Vireman malt, Rocky Reef Brewing collaboration, Metal Monkey Brewing, Goose Island barrel aging legacy, Bell's Two Hearted Ale, Pineapple Express TTB label rejection, DDH double dry hop IPA, Madagascar vanilla and cacao nibs in stout, diacetyl off-flavor detection, wax-dipped 375ml limited release bottles, and U.S. Open Beer Championship gold.

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Back in the day, people were partying in an underground nightclub inside a cave... and when the city tried to shut it down, they got creative. Let's just say bourbon still found its way in

Send us Fan MailA jalapeno lime ale with zero heat should not work this well, but it does and we prove it sip by sip. We start with North High's Halalime and break down why the jalapeno flavor reads fresh and crisp instead of spicy, how the lime builds as you drink, and what makes a “weird” craft beer ingredient feel intentional instead of forced. If you like craft beer reviews, tasting notes, and honest ratings, this one gets right to the point.Then we go down the rabbit hole of bottle hunting: a trip to World Wines, rows of bourbon that make you freeze up, and the wild sight of “wine of the sea” bottles that come back from ocean aging covered in barnacles. From there we jump to Kentucky bourbon country and talk Buffalo Trace, release day luck, Blanton's pricing, and the reality of how fast a bottle can swing from reasonable to absurd depending on where you buy it. We also share a simple tradition we heard at a tasting that turns a great bourbon into something more meaningful: write the open date, have friends sign it over time, and let that bottle become a timeline.We close with food talk and a dessert pour that earns a perfect score: Decker Brewing Company's Slang Du Jour Key Lime Pie, a smoothie style sour that legitimately smells and tastes like the real thing. Hit play, then subscribe, share the episode with your favorite drinking buddy, and leave us a review. What is the most surprising beer you have ever rated a 10?Support the showwww.anotherreasontodrink.com

When the world feels like it's breaking apart in a million places and even more pieces, I find myself wanting to learn from folks who are leaning into curiosity about the other, people who believe we can promote peace through what Sister Cities founder Dwight D. Eisenhower called “people-to-people diplomacy.” Fred Blanton is one of those people. He serves as the Virginia/West Virginia Coordinator for Sister Cities International and on the SCI Board. He has a lifetime of involvement in citizen diplomacy and is as champion and clearly-cherished shepherd for Sister Cities, an organization that seeks to promote peace one community at a time. Sister Cities: https://sistercities.org Theme music by Sean Balick; “Town Market” by Onesuch Village, via Blue Dot Sessions.

When you think of bourbon royalty, names like Taylor, Blanton, and Stagg usually come to mind. But there is a modern titan walking the grounds of the Buffalo Trace Distillery today who has earned his place right alongside those legends. Today we will be discussing Harlen Wheatley, on this… Bourbon Brief. Have you thought about supporting our podcast?  Head on over to our website at https://www.bourbonhunters.com  where you can, by purchasing Bourbon Hunters products, and sign up for our Patreon, which includes exclusive access to single barrel announcements from our Private Single Barrel Club. --Tags-- #punkrockandcocktails #thebourbonenthusiast #bourbonhunters #bourbonlover #breakingbourbon #bourbondrinkers #bourbonporn #kentuckystraightbourbon #kentuckybourbon #thebourbonalliance #bourbon #bourbonlife #bourbonlifestyle #bourbonenthusiast #bourbonwhiskey  #bourboncountry #deckpour #bourbongram #instabourbon #yourbourbonyourway #yourbourbonroad #blantons #pappyvanwinkle #vodkasucks #bourbonpodcast #columbuspodcast #bourbonneat #smokewagonbourbon #woodinvillewhiskey   -- Tags -- the bourbon enthusiast  bourbon hunters  bourbon lover  breaking bourbon  bourbon drinkers  bourbon porn  kentucky straight bourbon  kentucky bourbon  the bourbon alliance  bourbon 

This week on HR's most dangerous podcast, Chad and JT are cutting through the seasonal slush and corporate spin. The BLS Fairy Tale: The White House is hailing a "golden age" of job growth, but we're pulling back the curtain on a report filled with striking workers returning to payrolls and construction crews finally seeing the sun. The Agentic Takeover: Paylocity acquires Grayscale as the industry pivots from simple SMS pings to full-blown AI orchestration. Is this a high-value play or just an "aqua-hire" to survive the tech-debt race?. Uncle Sam's Playbook: Healthcare startup Clasp raises $20M by dusting off a 100-year-old military model to trade student loan debt for employee tenure. The Dorsey Doctrine: We dive into Jack Dorsey's "heady" vision of a remote-first world where AI maintains a company's "world model," effectively flattening the hierarchy and making middle management obsolete. Is the economy actually booming, or is it just a "two-week" soundbite on loop?. Grab a whiskey (preferably Blanton's) and find out.

This podcast we smoke LFD Andelusian Bull, Blanton's Bourbon & a look at the best movies of 2001, along with our typical sophomoric behavior.   Follow @TheCigarDungeon  On twitter/Instagram/facebook

Hey Everyone! Danielle Stead Blanton, an amazing friend, attorney, and member of The Friday Society Membership, joined me to discuss common legal questions I hear from my clients all the time.I can't say enough about Danielle and her expertise in the fitness industry. I recommend her to literally all of my clients for legal counsel because she understands this industry backwards and forwards. In this episode we discussed; should your instructors be employees or independent contractors? Are non-competes even valid? What to consider with a non-solicitation. Compensation considerations and so much more! This episode is incredibly applicable to business owners, studio employees, or independent contractors. Listen to episode 55 - 'Is Your Business Legally Sound' HERE.Check out Danielle HERE.Connect with Danielle on Instagram HERE.Download my app! It's a free marketing coach in your pocket. To keep up with me on instagram, follow me @alexagrowmybusinessTo join the The Friday Society Membership, click here To join my newsletter for free marketing advice, click hereTo view all of my free resources, click here! 

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Save 10% on a Las Vegas Advisor 2026 membership and book with code MTM.   https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/shop/products/lva-membership-platinum/?ref=MTM Episode Description Vegas is full of surprises this week — some good, some expensive, and one that should probably be illegal. Shawn and Mark break down Metallica's insane Sphere residency fees, a $5 top shelf cocktail deal at M Resort (yes, Blanton's), ice cream that looks like fried chicken at Area 15, a beautiful Fontainebleau suite tour, a 90s video store pop-up coming to Vegas, and a slot machine screenshot that exposes an 83.96% payback setting. Plus — a wild conspiracy theory about Bally's, Boyd, and the old Tropicana site that just might be true. 0:00 Best Vegas street performer? 0:47 The real Rambo lived in Vegas area 1:55 Metallica's high prices & additional shows 3:31 More shows = easier tickets @ Sphere? 4:30 303 In the Cut - Clever social media attempt 5:23 Ice Cream fried chicken & psychodelic carousel at Area 15 6:38 Four Queens Hugo Cellar social media menu 7:40 M Resort launches $5 top shelf cocktails 9:35 Fontainebleau Noble Suite tour 11:38 90's video store speakeasy coming soon 13:17 INSANELY low slot return to player 14:45 Should casino return to player settings be disclosed to players? 16:05 Bally's buys Sam's Town Shreveport 17:10 Bally's Vegas conspiracy - Dumping the A's site? 18:20 Boyd has tried to build on the Strip before Each week tens of thousands of people tune into our MtM Vegas news shows at http://www.YouTube.com/milestomemories. We do two news shows weekly on YouTube with this being the audio version. Never miss out on the latest happenings in and around Las Vegas! Enjoying the podcast? Please consider leaving us a positive review on your favorite podcast platform! You can also connect with us anytime at podcast@milestomemories.com.  You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or by searching "MtM Vegas" or "Miles to Memories" in your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to check out our travel/miles/points podcast as well!

A storm‑tossed blockade‑runner, a satchel of Confederate gold, and a woman whose secrets shaped the early days of the Civil War—this episode uncovers the life of famed spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow. From Washington parlors to prison cells to the dark waters off Fort Fisher, her story reveals the hidden world of Southern espionage and the final choice that bound her to the cause she refused to abandon. Join the Community on Patreon: Want more Southern Mysteries? You can hear the Southern Mysteries show archive of 60+ episodes along with Patron exclusive podcast, Audacious: Tales of American Crime and more when you become a patron of the show. You can immediately access exclusive content now at patreon.com/southernmysteries

Good evening! In case you couldn't make it to church earlier today, here is the message from our service! Has your faith felt dry? Give this a listen!Message: DroughtDonate to our ministries:https://www.theremnant.life/giveCheck out our Sermons:https://www.theremnant.life/sermonsHave a great week! God bless!

Carla Blanton with Lexington for Everyone joins Kruser to talk about the city's plan to increase the amount of affordable housing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good evening! In case you couldn't make it to church earlier today, here is the message from our service! Have a great week!Message: A World Full of Broken CartsDonate to our ministries:https://www.theremnant.life/giveCheck out our Sermons:https://www.theremnant.life/sermonsHave a great week! God bless!CCLI #11220832, CCLI Streaming #20141713

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2897: Brooke Blanton explores the quiet power of touch in moments of distress, sharing how something as simple as holding hands with a loved one can offer profound emotional relief. Backed by research on interpersonal synchronization, her story reveals how physical connection can literally align brainwaves, reduce pain, and deepen emotional bonds. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.gottman.com/blog/holding-hands-synchronization/ Quotes to ponder: "You might be surprised at the kinds of emotional connection you can experience together through a small gesture of physical connection." "When the couple was sitting next to each other holding hands, the brainwave sync was the strongest." "We spend years building connections with the people in our lives, romantic partners, close family members, best friends, so consider the importance of physical touch." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2897: Brooke Blanton explores the quiet power of touch in moments of distress, sharing how something as simple as holding hands with a loved one can offer profound emotional relief. Backed by research on interpersonal synchronization, her story reveals how physical connection can literally align brainwaves, reduce pain, and deepen emotional bonds. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.gottman.com/blog/holding-hands-synchronization/ Quotes to ponder: "You might be surprised at the kinds of emotional connection you can experience together through a small gesture of physical connection." "When the couple was sitting next to each other holding hands, the brainwave sync was the strongest." "We spend years building connections with the people in our lives, romantic partners, close family members, best friends, so consider the importance of physical touch."

October 30, 2026 Vernon speaks with Alison Powers of Capital Impact Partners and Mary Alex Blanton of the National Cooperative Bank (NCB). Together, they will discuss the partnership between their organizations to present the 2025 Co-op Innovation Awards, which recognize creative cooperative models that expand economic opportunities nationwide. Alison Powers is the Director of Economic Opportunities at Capital Impact Partners, a national Community Development Financial Institution dedicated to helping communities overcome barriers to success. In her role, she advances economic and wealth-building opportunities through cooperative development, small business growth, and equitable food systems. Alison also leads the Nourish DC Collaborative, which supports locally owned food businesses, expands access to healthy food, and fosters vibrant, job-creating neighborhoods. Through her work, she champions the cooperative model by providing funding, technical assistance, and financing that empower communities to thrive. Mary Alex Blanton is Senior Vice President and Director of Strategic Marketing at National Cooperative Bank (NCB), where she leads the bank's marketing strategy, advertising, brand identity, corporate communications, and public relations. In her role, she supports NCB's mission of empowering cooperatives and member-owned organizations – particularly in underserved communities. The Co-op Innovation Award honors organizations that strengthen food, housing, and worker co-ops. Each year, recipients receive up to $50,000 to expand cooperative development, drive shared prosperity, and build lasting community impact through innovative collaboration. This year's recipients include: Farm Generations Cooperative of Cooperstown, New York, which helps farmers sell directly to their communities and improves access to healthy food through programs like SNAP and WIC. Fideicomiso Comunitario Tierra Libre in Los Angeles, California, creating East LA's first housing cooperative to promote collective ownership and long-term affordability. Nashville Equitable Housing Cooperative of Tennessee, developing the state's first large-scale affordable housing co-op and a playbook to expand similar projects statewide. Prospera Community Development in Oakland, California, expanding its Spanish-language program, Comunidades Prospera, to empower cooperative entrepreneurship and financial independence. The U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, based in Chicago, Illinois, launching the Win-Win Child Care Initiative to connect unions and worker co-ops in building quality, sustainable childcare businesses.  Together, these awardees are advancing food access, affordable housing, and worker empowerment through innovative cooperative models that strengthen communities nationwide.

☕ This week on Counsel Brew, we're joined by Vicki Blanton, Assistant VP and Senior Legal Counsel of Tax and Benefits at AT&T, Adjunct Professor at SMU Dedman School of Law, and immediate past President of the Dallas Bar Association. Vicki's career spans some of the most complex in-house environments in the country, touching approximately $150B in plan assets and impacting millions of employees, retirees, and beneficiaries worldwide. But what anchors this conversation isn't the scale of the work; it's how she thinks about responsibility, presence, and leadership over time. For Vicki, there isn't a single summit to reach. Every day is a peak, and each one asks something different of you.Over coffee, properly served, with intention, Vicki reflects on a formative childhood memory of sitting quietly with her grandparents in the early morning hours, listening as they talked and shared a cup together. That memory became her blueprint for connection. Coffee, like leadership, isn't about speed or efficiency; it's about attention, ritual, and making space.As she reflects on her time leading the Dallas Bar, Vicki talks about stewardship rather than accomplishment: guiding a large and diverse legal community through reemergence, honoring tradition while allowing it to evolve. Her approach—old school in a new way—shaped programming that emphasized connection and belonging, including reimagining a long-standing gathering into a more conversational, welcoming space. Our conversation feels fitting for the close of a chapter. And, of course, don't miss out on hearing about Vicki's longtime love of parades and her firsthand experience as a balloon handler in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. And yes—she's a fellow Mustang! 

Blanton's Gold Edition is a higher-proof (103/51.5% ABV), limited-release Kentucky straight bourbon from Buffalo Trace Distillery, known for its richer, spicier, and more complex flavor than the Original Single Barrel, featuring notes of honey, rye, fruit, oak, and vanilla, and is highly sought after by collectors for its intensity and smoothness, offering a bold experience for bourbon enthusiasts. Cheers!

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How do supermassive black holes actually form in the early universe? Is the Cosmological Constant not so constant after all? And what would be on the astrophysical menu at a Cosmic Brunch? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome astrophysicist Thresa Kelly, who is a second year grad student working on her PhD at the Rochester Institute of Technology. As always, though, we start off with the day's joyfully cool cosmic thing, one of the recent studies made using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, aka DESI, located at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. According to the DESI team's research, there is a about a 95% chance that the dark energy levels in the universe have changed over cosmic time. This “Dynamical Dark Energy model” offers the first, tiny hint that the Cosmological Constant may not be so constant after all. Thresa, who is using DESI and other sources for her work putting together a catalog of AGNs, or active galactic nuclei – the supermassive black holes found at the center of galaxies, tells us about what DESI is trying to do and why it's so important. The end goal of Thresa's project is to estimate the black hole masses of AGNs, and she's gotten spectra data on over 2,000 objects that have been observed using DESI. Thresa can't get into the details of her catalog, which hasn't been published yet and includes about 14,000 objects, but Allen and Chuck join her in a discussion of what's going on with black hole masses, accretion discs, Eddington Luminosity, black hole growth, galactic evolution, and more. Our first audience question comes from Kathryn, who asks, “When we look through a standard telescope looking at "past" versions of planets/stars/etc., how far back in the past are we observing?” Thresa explains how we use red shift to measure how long light from a galaxy takes to reach us to help us determine how far in the past the objects are. For instance, an AGN with a red shift of 7 can reach back to the period of “Cosmic Dawn” or, as Thresa puts it, “Cosmic Brunch” taking place 12 billion years ago. Thresa talks about her experience in an REU, or “Research Experiences for Undergraduates,” funded by the NSF, which enabled her to spend time studying at the University of Hawaii and cemented her desire to go to grad school, get a PhD, and become a “real scientist.” She explains how each step of her career brought her from Kansas to where she is today. Our next audience question comes from Walter: “If a quasar's jets are aimed directly away from Earth, would we then not be able to see the supermassive black hole?” Thresa says that depends on how you define “seeing” a black hole, and that even without visible light, you can discern black holes by looking at other wavelengths like x-rays and ultraviolet rays which are generated by different component areas of the black hole like the corona, accretion disk, or the torus. Chuck notices a shelf of games behind Thresa and asks her about them. She pulls out Stardew Valley, a farming simulator she plays with her fiancé and her fellow grad students. It's not long until Chuck, Allen and Thresa are geeking out about Dungeons and Dragons. Finally, Chuck asks Thresa to speculate on a specific scientific discovery that may come out of her PhD thesis work. Her answer: figuring out how supermassive black holes actually form in the early universe. If you'd like to know more about Thresa Kelly, you can find her on LinkedIn. We hope you enjoy this episode of The LIUniverse, and, if you do, please support us on Patreon. Credits for Images Used in this Episode: DESI - The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. – Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld DESI data map of celestial objects from Earth to billions of light years away.. – Credit: Claire Lamman/DESI collaboration. Montage of dwarf active galactic nuclei candidates. – Credit: DESI collaboration. Map of galaxies based on redshift data. – Credit: Creative Commons / M. Blanton and Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Quasar PKS 1127-145, a luminous source of X-rays and visible light. – Credit: NASA/CXC/A.Siemiginowska(CfA)/J.Bechtold(U.Arizona). Model of AGN. – Credit: Creative Commons.

Carole O'Neill's guest today on the Online for Authors podcast is Shelley Blanton-Stroud, author of the book An Unlikely Prospect. Shelley grew up in California's Central Valley, the daughter of Dust Bowl immigrants who made good on their ambition to get out of the field. Recently retired from teaching writing at Sacramento State University, she serves as President of the Board of 916 Ink, an arts-based creative writing nonprofit for children, and serves on the Board of Advisors for the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies at Claremont McKenna College. She also interviews mystery and thriller authors for the Mystery Review Crew. Shelley is the author of the critically acclaimed Jane Benjamin Mystery series, which includes Copy Boy, Tomboy, and Poster Girl. Her writing has been a finalist in the Sarton Book Awards, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards, Killer Nashville's Silver Falchion Award, the American Fiction Awards, and the National Indie Excellence Awards. She and her husband live in Sacramento, surrounded by photos of their out-of-town sons, their wonderful partners, very first grandchild, and a lifetime of beloved dogs.   In her book review, Carole O'Neill stated: An Unlikely Prospect is historical fiction by Shelley Blanton-Stroud. I immediately found myself routing for Sandy Zimmer who inherits the job of publisher of the Prospect newspaper when she becomes a widow at the age of thirty-two. As San Francisco erupts in celebration, the VJ Peace Riot results in eleven deaths and six rapes throughout the city.   While everyone around her celebrates, Sandy is forced to take over her husband's former duties and win the support of her controlling father-in-law. She guides her newspaper to cover the riot by printing the truth of the assaults on the victims. However, her father-in-law tries to use his position on the board to bury the scandal in order to attract the United Nations Headquarters to San Francisco.   She knows she must navigate between the needed reporting and the required votes on her board to keep her job and save the Prospect. Convincing the other newspaper publishers in the city to divide the issues and report the truth results in her finding her voice in the male dominated world of 1945 journalism.   Subscribe to Online for Authors to learn about more great books! https://www.youtube.com/@onlineforauthors?sub_confirmation=1   Join the Novels N Latte Book Club community to discuss this and other books with like-minded readers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3576519880426290   You can follow Author Shelley Blanton-Stroud Website: https://shelleyblantonstroud.com/ FB: @blantonstroudauthor IG: @blantonstroud   Purchase An Unlikely Prospect on Amazon: Paperback: https://amzn.to/48IkFku Ebook: https://amzn.to/4pWLb0D   Teri M Brown, Author and Podcast Host: https://www.terimbrown.com FB: @TeriMBrownAuthor IG: @terimbrown_author X: @terimbrown1   Want to be a guest on Online for Authors? Send Teri M Brown a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/member/onlineforauthors   #shelleyblantonstroud #anunlikelyprospect #historicalfiction #terimbrownauthor #authorpodcast #onlineforauthors #characterdriven #researchjunkie #awardwinningauthor #podcasthost #podcast #readerpodcast #bookpodcast #writerpodcast #author #books #goodreads #bookclub #fiction #writer #bookreview *As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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