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Thyroid Talk with Dr. Angela Mazza, DO Show Notes Episode 34; Recorded: 10-18-2024; Blue Zones & Healthspan: Longevity Part 1; Host: Dr. Angela Mazza, DO; Co-host: Dawn SheffieldHere's some of what we covered today, not necessarily in this order: Blue Zones, Lifespan, and Healthspan; Benefits of the Mediterranean meal plan; Social isolation and chronic stress can be deadly; The importance of sleep, exercise, and having a purpose; And best of all, we learned that we CAN impact our thyroid health!  My book, Thyroid Talk: An Integrative Guide to Optimal Thyroid Health, is available on Amazon.  For information on the related Webinar and online master course, see thrivethyroid.com.  Send your comments, show ideas, and questions to thyroidtalk.mazza@gmail.com.  See the website at metaboliccenterforwellness.com, our YouTube channel at: Dr. Angela Mazza; as well as Facebook and Instagram.  The topic of our next episode, number 35, is cellular longevity--Part 2 of this longevity series. Citations, references, additional information:Alimujiang A, et al.  JAMA Netw Open.  2019 May;3;2(5):194270.Antza C, et al. J Endocrinol.  2021 Dec 13;252(2):125-141.Boyajian, JL, et al.  Nutrients.  2021 Dec. 18; 13(120:4550.Buettner D., Skemp S. Blue Zones: Lessons From the World's Longest Lived.  Am J Lifestyle Med. 2016 Jul 7;10(5):318-321.Comhaire F. Andrologia.  2016 Feb;48(1):65-8.D'Onofrio G, Kirschner J, Prather H, Goldman D, Rozanski A.  Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2023 Mar-Apr; 77:25-36.Di Daniele N, et al. Oncotarget. 2017 Jan 31;8(5):8947-8979. Dominguez LJ, et al.  Nutrients.  2021 Jun 12;13(6):2028.Freire ADNF, Barbosa JFS, Pereira DS, Gomes CDS, Guerra RO. Arch Gerontol Geriatr.  2020 Mar-Apr; 87:104006.Garasto S, et al.  Mech Ageing Dev. 2017 Jul: 165(Pt B):98-106.Garcia H, Miralles F.  IKIGAI The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.  Copyright 2016 Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles.  Translation Copyright 2017 by Penguin Random House LLC.  Hill PL, Turiano NA.  Psychol Sci. 2014 Jul;25(7):1482-6.Kim S, Jazwinski SM.  Gerontology.  2018:64(6):513-520Kromhout D, Menotti A, Blackburn H (Eds). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2002.Mazza A.  Longevity & Cellular Aging: An Integrative Approach to Healthy Aging.  Pure Encapsulations Webinar; September 18, 2024.Mazza A.  Thyroid Talk: An Integrative Guide to Optimal Thyroid Health.  Available now on Amazon.O'Keefe EL, et al.  Mo Med.  2020 Jul-Aug; 117(4):355-361Paganini-Hill A, et al.  Menopause.  2018 Nov;25(11):1256-1261.Sapolsky Robert M.  Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers.  Holt Paperbacks, 3rd Edition; 2004Yin J, et al.  Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Sep 9;6(9):e005947.Zimniak P.  Ageing Res Rev. 2008 Dec; 7(4):281-300.Don't forget to ask your healthcare provider about any specific questions regarding your wellness.  This podcast is meant for educational purposes only. Copyright 2024 Dr. Angela Mazza DO.  Thyroid Talk with Dr. Angela Mazza, DO.  All rights reserved. Check out our YouTube channel - Dr. Angela Mazza, our website at Metabolic Center for Wellness, our FaceBook and our Instagram page.

There was a boat load of news that occurred over the last few days and in this episode I cover them off for you! We talk about the latest regarding Tamra Judge as Ryan sued her after her WWHL Appearance, Vicki and Kelly Dodd want a class action lawsuit against Tamra which seems like reach! We finally got the RHOSLC taglines and I give you my thoughts on them. Joel Kim Booster calls out Shannon Beador after working with her on the new Peacock Show "Love Hotel". We Need To Talk About This! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the latest episode of the Real Housewives of Orange County, Tamra Judge discusses the podcast episode that Jennifer Pedranti's fiancee Ryan Boyajian did with us. We thought we would re-upload our podcast episode to refresh everyones mind and allow newer listeners to hear what Ryan had to say  The interview came after the Real Housewives of Orange County reunion that Ryan politely declined on attending. He speaks for the first time and calls out Tamra Judge's lies that were made up about him and answers all of listeners burning questions As you know - we are doing our best to get our Instagram account, #AllAboutTRH back but in the mean time please support us by following @AllAboutTRHpodcast & @AllAboutTRH_ Be sure to join us and support us on AllAboutTRH Patreon Follow us on Instagram @AllAboutTRHpodcast Check out AllAboutTRH.com for everything Real Housewives and Bravo TV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Boyajian's star, a faint and unprepossessing presence in the constellation of Cygnus, attracted astronomers' attention when it began to flicker alarmingly.We will discuss explanations for its behaviour, from disintegrating comets to alien megastructures, and consider how modern astronomy hunts for the truly unusual objects in the Universe.For this task, the involvement of large numbers of volunteers - citizen scientists - is essential, for example via the Zooniverse platform, which invites you to participate in classifying galaxies and discovering planets.This lecture was recorded by Chris Lintott on 29th April 2024 at Conway Hall, LondonThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/alien-starGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: https://gresham.ac.uk/support/Website:  https://gresham.ac.ukTwitter:  https://twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: https://facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: https://instagram.com/greshamcollegeSupport the Show.

Luisteraar Christijn vraagt zich af of er inmiddels nog wat nieuws te vertellen valt over die mysterieuze ster van Tabby. Verpakt in sneeuw en gelardeerd met zoetsappige kerstmis geluiden is dit dan de kerst-aflevering van "Zimmerman en Space".2757 - Understanding the origin of Boyajian's Star occultations:https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/2757.pdfA Search for Analogs of KIC 8462852 (Boyajian's Star): A Second List of Candidates:https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.01208.pdfJames Webb Telescope Discoveries Tracker:https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/KIC 8462852 in Simbad database:https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=KIC+8462852Tabby's Star:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabby%27s_StarKepler space telescope:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_space_telescopeWhere's the Flux?https://www.wherestheflux.com/De Zimmerman en Space podcast is gelicenseerd onder een Creative Commons CC0 1.0 licentie.http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0

Listen to Zooming In at The UnPopulist in your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | RSSAaron: Welcome to Zooming In, a project of The UnPopulist. I'm Aaron Ross Powell. Repressive regimes don't like critics, and they aren't satisfied to let their repression stop at the border. When they set their sights on threatening, coercing, or even killing critics who have fled to other countries, it's called transnational repression. My guest today is Annie Boyajian, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy at Freedom House, which tracks instances of transnational repression and helps governments prevent it.A transcript of today's podcast appears below. It has been edited for flow and clarity.Aaron: What happened to [Saudi Arabian journalist] Jamal Khashoggi?Annie: Great question. We would say that the murder of Jamal Khashoggi is an emblematic case of transnational repression, which is when governments reach beyond their own borders to target critics in an effort to silence dissent. For Mr. Khashoggi, he was lured into a consulate in Istanbul where he was suffocated and dismembered in what is still one of the most shocking cases of transnational repression that we have heard. He was, of course, lured into the Saudi consulate as he was a citizen of Saudi Arabia and a well-known journalist and regime critic.Aaron: The response to this, I think, speaks to a lot of the issues that you raise in the article that you wrote for The UnPopulist because there seemed to be a lot of anger about this from U.S. citizens, shocked that someone who was a U.S. resident, that this would happen to them from journalists because he was a Washington Post journalist. Then nothing really happened. The perpetrators, the ultimate perpetrators, skated. There were no consequences. Why not?Annie: I would say it's the age-old answer to why things don't happen to other human rights abusers or corrupt actors, and it's because there are politics at play. On the one hand, I would say you did see something happen that was unusual, right? The FBI did an investigation and report that you had senators talk about publicly. That is certainly unusual. There were sanctions of varying levels of strength that were imposed on some of the individuals involved. To your point, the Crown Prince himself, the well-known architect of this, according to reports, nothing has happened to him and he's continued to be a player on the world stage.I think part of the reason that this issue shocked people and captured everyone's focus and attention is, one, it was incredibly egregious, but two, it really showed how human rights abuses in a country can have an impact, a global impact, in a way that other human rights issues don't necessarily show. It's just so evident because of the reaching into another country, because of the violation of sovereignty, how the security and human rights issues interact and interplay here. I think that's part of what was so shocking about it.Aaron: How often does this sort of thing happen?Annie: We have a database that looks at instances of physical transnational repression. That's things like assassinations, so the Jamal Khashoggi case, but also assaults, detentions, deportations. We have tracked, since 2014, 854 incidents of transnational repression committed by 38 governments in 91 different countries around the world. That is just a drop in the bucket. Our database does not include the indirect tactics, and that's things like spyware, and the use of spyware is so widespread right now, digital harassment, coercion by proxy.We do think that the database paints a clear picture of the threat posed by transnational oppression and what is happening. We do see additional governments engaging in transnational oppression as we track information in our database. In 2022, I think we saw two additional governments added.Aaron: You said 38 countries in the current date. How spread out is that? Is this something where there's a lot of it's happening across a lot of countries, or is it heavily concentrated among a small handful of regimes?Annie: Great question. I would say the majority of countries engaging in transnational repression are countries that are rated as not free in our Freedom in the World Report. Our top 10 offenders are responsible for 80% of all of the incidents we have in our database. That is China, Turkey, Egypt, Russia, Tajikistan—I'm probably not remembering them all in order—but it's also Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Rwanda, Iran, that's the top 10. And 80% that's significant, but it's global. It's in Asia, it's in Latin America, it's in the Middle East, it's everywhere.This is partly because we are such a globalized world. We have tracked at Freedom House 17 consecutive years of decline in democracy around the world. That has been driven, in part, by worsening repression at home. Because we're so globalized, we see people flee, and it's easier sometimes for people to flee now than previously. It's also a lot easier for governments to engage in transnational repression. You can get spyware very cheaply. The digital age, where everyone needs to be online, and everyone is connected has made it very easy for governments to target dissidents and critics, even after they've fled abroad.“We have tracked at Freedom House 17 consecutive years of decline in democracy around the world. That has been driven, in part, by worsening repression at home. Because we're so globalized, we see people flee, and it's easier sometimes for people to flee now than previously. It's also a lot easier for governments to engage in transnational repression.”Aaron: Just staying for a moment on definitional questions, how narrowly tied to, I guess, the state does it need to be to count? What I'm thinking of is you can have an instance where the state leadership basically hires people or sends its own people off into another country to assassinate someone. It's like a very direct tie. Then you might have something like the Salman Rushdie situation, where it's more just we're going to foment a lot of anger at a given person and then hope violence against them falls out of it. Does that count as well?Annie: Great question. We do look at non-state actors who are tied to governments. For our definition, there would need to be some sort of clear linkage between the government and the actor. For example, when a government hires private investigators to surveil, technically, whether those investigators know it or not, they would be engaging in transnational repression. You also have instances where governments have been linked pretty clearly to organized crime or other individuals who are, thugs for hire who will go intimidate and beat people up. That would count.I think it gets a lot more tenuous if it's just anger fomented at someone like Salman Rushdie. That's less clear for the purposes of our database. There are indeed non-state actors who have been involved.Aaron: Can you talk a bit about the link between this and accusations of terrorism? I found that an interesting part of the argument of basically claiming critics are terrorists.Annie: Yes, absolutely. We see governments around the world copy laws or arguments made by democracy for their own purposes all the time. We definitely see this in the case of terrorism. The pervasive use of the term terrorist following the 9/11 attacks by the U.S. and other democracies made it easier. I'm not saying here we should not have called those individuals terrorists. I'm not speaking to that at all.There are a lot of governments now who the first thing they will do when you try to say, "Excuse me, you are targeting someone because they are a critic." They'll say, "No, I'm not. This person is a terrorist." They will toss all sorts of spurious charges at them. This in the case of Russia, of China, of Iran. The government of China is responsible for 30 percent of all the cases in our database. They'll say, "Oh, they're inciting violence or a national security threat. They're a terrorist."“The government of China is responsible for 30 percent of all the cases in our database. They'll say, "Oh, they're inciting violence or a national security threat. They're a terrorist."“It's one of the top things we see, one of the top excuses that governments use in going after critics. One of the things we talk about with policymakers is just being really aware and not taking some of these charges at face value, particularly when the government's making the allegations are ones we have documented as engaging in transnational repression.Aaron: Is the audience for this terrorist label? If I'm a repressive regime that wants to target a critic overseas and I am now publicly labeling that critic a terrorist. The people that I'm doing that labeling for, you've mentioned, to some extent, it's an excuse you can give to other countries. I was not just targeting a critic. This person was dangerous and I was therefore within my rights or justified. Is there also an element of talking to their own people in doing that? Even in authoritarian regimes, if you can convince the people that you're doing these things for their own good, that's an easier sell?Annie: Absolutely. Transnational repression is one of a wide array of tactics that governments use when they're trying to repress, and control, and manipulate their population. Particularly for individuals who only have access to state propaganda. Or only consume state propaganda for a variety of reasons, it's a very effective argument to make for their domestic audience. It's part of the reason why they do it. Definitely, in terms of the countries that do engage in propaganda, I think, the propaganda arm goes hand in hand with any charges of transnational or any allegations of terrorism.“Transnational repression is one of a wide array of tactics that governments use when they're trying to repress, and control, and manipulate their population.”Or any of the other charges they lob at individuals. We see this, in Hong Kong and mainland China all the time in the way that Chinese state-owned publications talk about human rights lawyers and activists and others.Aaron: Why do they care so much? If I'm in a repressive regime, everybody in my country is, reading and listening to and watching state-run media. I have a pretty strong hold on power. I know that murdering this random journalist or college professor or whatever they happen to be on foreign soil, it might not get me thrown out of power. The United States is not going to go in and like have regime change in Saudi Arabia because of this murder, but it's going to cause me trouble on the world stage. Why not just ignore these critics? If they fled the country, maybe they're not that much of a threat anyway.Annie: It's a great question. It's something that, so I've been in D.C. policy circles for 20 years, which, I don't know, does that mean I'm doing something right or doing something wrong? That's a whole other conversation for another day. If you were thinking logically as an authoritarian, and then this is where you start wildly speculating about just the dynamics of human psychology. If you're thinking logically, you just do only a little bit of repression, right? Not enough to catch international attention, not enough to outrage your population. Some of these really more dramatic acts, I think there are a variety of reasons.Certain regimes are very sensitive to their public image. Definitely, this is true in the case of the People's Republic of China. Sometimes I do really wonder if it is a function of some of these leaders just not having anyone brave enough to be a critical voice and tell, are you sure? You sure you want to do this? In some cases, it really has pushed public opinion too far. I think Saudi Arabia, they're obviously very engaged on the political stage, but it took a long time and this still comes up as an issue, as it should. There's still a lot more accountability that is needed there.Aaron: How do we get that accountability, especially given that often these repressive regimes, Saudi Arabia has a lot of oil and a lot of connections throughout, say, the US. China is an enormous market. It's a manufacturing powerhouse. There seem to be a lot of incentives to find excuses to look the other way on this behavior, especially among the people who are actually in a position to potentially do something about it. The Washington Post journalists can gripe all they want to, but they're not going to be able to depose the head of Saudi Arabia or impose sanctions.Annie: I think that is why education on this topic is so important, because it is a violation of sovereignty and it does directly impact the security of individuals in democracies. In the United States, we saw the Iranian regime try to kidnap a women's rights activist, and their plot was that they were going to kidnap her from her home in Brooklyn and stick her on a boat, take her to Venezuela, and then from Venezuela back to Iran. Then when that didn't work, they tried to assassinate her, I think twice now.A friend of mine is an activist from Hong Kong. He's at home in his apartment in LA, and heard a strange noise and looked outside, and there was a drone hovering outside his apartment trying to take pictures. Okay. He didn't run out and tackle the drone. How can we prove who's operating it? This is a real violation of U.S. law. It's a violation of the 91 countries where it has occurred. For us, how to get the accountability, you're right. It's not an easy answer. There will always be political realities at play, but education around this issue and then codification of a definition in law.Unfortunately, there's a mix of governments [that engage in transnational repression], so I don't want to paint the picture that only authoritarians are doing this, but it is certainly mostly countries that we rate as not free.What transnational oppression is, is the key first step because that definition, everything stems from that. Do you need additional criminal law? Do you need training for government officials? Do you need to adjust immigration law to allow quick, easy entry for people who may be targeted? We would certainly say yes. Do you need additional resources and support for people who have been targeted once they reach your shores? We would say yes, but all of that starts with a definition and then coordination among governments that want to address the issue, which we're starting to see.The G7 has talked about this issue and is continuing to work on it. There were some statements released alongside the Summit for Democracy and it's not only authoritarian regimes engaging in this. Unfortunately, there's a mix of governments, so I don't want to paint the picture that only authoritarians are doing this, but it is certainly mostly countries that we rate as not free. Democracies are really going to have to work together because we see the non-democracies working together, and so we don't want to be caught flat-footed on this one.Aaron: What would defining it clearly, narrowly within the scope of law accomplish if these are either lawless regimes or—I guess let me ask it this way. It seems like if I am one country and I assassinate someone within the territory of another country, I've committed murder. That's already illegal. I have potentially violated the sovereignty. That's defined in different ways. What do we gain from carving out a specific legal standard about this thing?Annie: There are actually two areas of law where I think you would want the definition. One would be Title 22, which is all the foreign affairs stuff, right, where you can have that broader, more expansive definition that really describes all the ways that transnational oppression manifests. Things we haven't talked about yet like coercion by proxy, where here I am in the US, I have family back home somewhere, they are getting threats and pressure and harassment from the government. Codifying it there will let you, as I mentioned, train government officials who might come in contact with it so that they're less susceptible to, for example, seeing an arrest warrant and picking someone up just based on the fact that it's an arrest warrant, whereas if they've gotten training and they know, aha, this is coming from a government that engages in transnational oppression, let's turn a more critical eye. Which in the US, I do think that there is already wide awareness and growing awareness at the federal level, a lot more to be done at state and local, so that's one whole basket. Then there's Title 18, which is criminal law, and I think there's plenty of robust discussion and good debate that could happen around should we, if we do criminalize, what should it look like?If you look at the cases that have been prosecuted already, Department of Justice is having to get really creative in what they are using. Murder is pretty straightforward, obviously, that is illegal, but in the case of some individuals who were surveilling and harassing folks here in the US, they had to use stalking charges or conspiracy to commit stalking. In the case of the Ryan Air flight that Belarus forced down so that they could apprehend a blogger, there were some Americans on that plane, and so the United States used a law that I, until that moment, did not know existed, which was conspiracy to commit air piracy.I think we have heard repeatedly, there's a real gap in law, and I think this is where you want to make sure you're protecting civil liberties, and where robust debate and discussion from lawyers is well warranted of, okay, if we are adding, what does it look like? There's also the advocacy value, telling the People's Republic of China, "These people are being convicted in the United States on conspiracy to commit stalking" does not have the same ring to it as saying they're being charged on engaging in transnational repression. There's real value in a democracy being able to say, "No, can't do that here. It's a crime here."“There's also the advocacy value, telling the People's Republic of China, ‘These people are being convicted in the United States on conspiracy to commit stalking,' does not have the same ring to it as saying they're being charged on engaging in transnational repression. There's real value in a democracy being able to say, ‘No, can't do that here. It's a crime here.'“We are, of course, not so naive as to think that fixing laws in different democracies will stop this from happening completely, but it's an important step. I think coordination of democracies over time will send a very clear message that this is not tolerable. You got to follow that up with other actions, which we could talk about all day long.Aaron: I was actually going to ask about those other actions.Because it seems like if I'm China and I hire some people to harass you because you've been criticizing China or I hire someone to take you out because I really want to escalate things, those people, it's not like I'm sending senior government officials or people of I guess consequence in the regime's eyes to go and do this stuff. It almost looks like the mob takes out a hit and so you throw the person who carried out the hit in jail but the mob boss doesn't really suffer any consequences. What meaningful kinds of consequences other than democracy saying, "No, we really mean it. You shouldn't do that."Annie: Yes, fair question. Listen, I actually think most folks would be really surprised about the level of officials who are directly engaging in this. I will say I was speaking to a journalist from a country in the Middle East, she's wanting to be under the radar for now so I won't name the country, not Saudi Arabia, different country, and is living in Germany. She was beaten up in Germany by a diplomat from the embassy in Germany. There is a level of hubris that goes into this and we have seen in some countries it really does seem like certain diplomats are traveling around with their portfolio almost being transnational oppression.I think this is a foreign policy issue. It is also a domestic policy issue and you really to be effective have to address it as both. On the foreign policy side of things, there are sanctions that should be imposed on individuals engaging in this but also on individuals directing transnational oppression. This should be an issue that is routinely raised publicly and privately with the government. It should be an issue at multilateral bodies as it is starting to be because you can't just get at this obviously with one simple law.We have talked a lot about the conditioning of foreign assistance which if we did it could be effective if we didn't allow loopholes. The GAO for your readers who want to dig in more actually released a very good report about a month ago that looks at some of the options within the US context. Say that they were talking about do you bring in arms control policy? Do you bring in other existing measures that have not been fully deployed? There is a lot more room on the targeted sanctions front quite frankly.Aaron: On the technology front because the technology is making this—It's either easier to find the people you want to find or easier to track them, or easier to harass them. Should we as liberal regimes be cracking down on the use of spyware and the sale of these tools? I ask about that again in this question of incentives because while the United States government might not be participating in targeted assassinations overseas, we do buy and use spyware. Other liberal regimes do as well. What do we do about that considering that the countries that might want to crack down are the same ones who are also good consumers of these products?Annie: It's a huge problem. I would say the short answer is yes, and. You already have companies like NSO Group which is the purveyor of the famous Pegasus [spyware software that allowed governments who bought it to hack the phones of dissidents, journalists and other critics] which actually Jamal Khashoggi had on his computer. Also, it's popped up with dozens of human rights defenders who we know. That's already on the entity list for exports. You can't buy that. There are plenty of purveyors of cheap spyware, and many of those companies are not in the United States. It used to be that just a handful of companies existed and now there is to your point a proliferation.If companies in democracies stop exporting, that can help in the sense that at least economically it can make it more expensive. Maybe somehow there you limit it. You also need to make sure and this goes to my earlier point about you want a definition so you can provide training. You need to make sure that people who may be targeted are receiving training in digital hygiene. How do you stay safe and secure online? When you see violations, you need to be able to prosecute it. In the US, we need a comprehensive privacy law. It's a very complex web and quite frankly, some of this is going to be very difficult to walk back.In that sense, a lot of the human rights defenders we work with, it is the informed risk on their end and people needing to do things these days like go out and have conversations in fields. Particularly with the government of China and the way that they're exporting some of these technologies to countries around the world. We just need to be very aware and have eyes open and raise these as issues if you're a policymaker. Back to my earlier point, when you see misuse, impose targeted sanctions and make sure that you are prohibiting export when you can.Aaron: You also mentioned immigration as a way to help this, to make it easier for people to get out of these repressive regimes and seek some degree of protection in other countries. How do we define regime critics for that purpose? If we're going to carve out special exceptions to immigration laws because I'm going to assume that we can't just radically liberalize immigration laws because that seems to be an uphill battle constantly. Probably made more complicated by the fact that the countries that Americans seem to be most skeptical about letting people in from are often the most repressive regimes. But if I come to you as an agent of the state and say, "I'm a regime critic, let me in." How do you know? What's the standard for regime criticism?Annie: Yes, great question. I am not an immigration lawyer, so we're going to rapidly be in territory that I have no business speaking in detail about. I would say, actually, there's legislation that was introduced by Senator Menendez that was a visa for human rights defenders. I think the way they got at that it was for human rights defenders at urgent risk. They were describing the risks faced and perhaps not the definition. There would certainly need to be vetting. You don't want someone to claim something inaccurately.We do think that we work with folks under threat all the time, and there are actually some European countries that have some interesting emergency visa options for folks. Obviously, in the EU context, it's easier. Some of the European countries have been welcoming folks not from the EU. We have talked with policymakers in the US about whether that can be educational and informative for what it can look like here in the US. Can we expand some of the existing categories?Aaron: This is very clearly a big problem, and one that will be challenging to address because of complexities, because of incentives, lots of reasons that we can't just wave a wand and fix it tomorrow. If there was one concrete step that we could take, we say, like the policy level, could take right now to make things better for people who are in real danger because they've been criticizing repressive regimes. What would be that one like, "Let's do this?"Annie: This is a great question. As a policy person, I'm going to be like, "No, don't make me pick one." In terms of like, what will save a life tomorrow, it would be, let's get an emergency visa. If you're talking about pick one thing that would be most effective, I would say, let's do the definition so that we can start mandating training and outreach. That is, to the great credit of the U.S. government, that is happening pretty extensively, at least as compared to other democratic countries. The FBI, for example, has a whole webpage dedicated to transnational oppression. You can call the FBI hotline and report it. They are trying to do outreach to potentially targeted communities.“In terms of like, what will save a life tomorrow, it would be, let's get an emergency visa. If you're talking about pick one thing that would be most effective, I would say, let's do the definition so that we can start mandating training and outreach. That is, to the great credit of the US government, that is happening pretty extensively, at least as compared to other democratic countries.”There are some good-faith efforts already happening there. I think it's going to take years of work. This, it's going to sound strange that I say, this is an issue that makes me feel hopeful in a way that 20 years of other work doesn't. That is for two reasons. Number one, as I mentioned earlier, this is an issue where it so clearly shows the link between human rights abuses abroad and security and rights in your own country. The interest in this and the work on this is so bipartisan. That is not a small thing in this environment, as you at The UnPopulist know well.The other thing about this that makes me so hopeful is the human rights defenders themselves. They have been through things we cannot fathom and they are still going. They have family members who have disappeared because of their work back in their home countries, or who are actively getting threats. They are actively getting threats and they are still going. To me, who am I to throw in the towel if they haven't? In that sense, it's going to take years, but here we are. We're ready to keep going.“The other thing about this that makes me so hopeful is the human rights defenders themselves. They have been through things we cannot fathom and they are still going. They have family members who have disappeared because of their work back in their home countries, or who are actively getting threats. They are actively getting threats and they are still going. To me, who am I to throw in the towel if they haven't? In that sense, it's going to take years, but here we are. We're ready to keep going.”Aaron: Thank you for listening to Zooming In at The UnPopulist. If you enjoy this show, please take a moment to review us and Apple Podcasts and also check out ReImagining Liberty, our sister podcast at The UnPopulist, where I explore the emancipatory and cosmopolitan case for radical social, political, and economic freedom. Zooming In is a project of The UnPopulist. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theunpopulist.net

Ryan Boyajian is exposing the lies! Following the RHOC reunion that Ryan refused to attend - he is now speaking out for the first time and exposing Tamra Judge for all the lies made up about him and his relationship with new RHOC housewife Jennifer Pedranti. He answers it all and doesn't hold back plus gives us some behind the scenes tea!  Sponsors: Go to HelloFresh.com/50trh and use code 50trh for 50% off plus 15% off the next 2 months! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ChatGPT is an impressive piece of tech. But what impact could it have in the world of content marketing? Lindsay joins us to discuss what's likely to stay the same, what could change, and how you need to adapt as a marketing leader.Key talking pointsShould you be seriously thinking about using Ai and ChatGPT to produce all of your content?What skill sets are likely to be important for content marketers in the future?A look at the big picture and how generative Ai could impact organic search and inbound marketing as a whole.

Lindsay Boyajian Hagan and host George B. Thomas discuss what marketing strategies to lean on during economic uncertainty, including listening to customers, optimizing old content, and aligning siloed teams.

 Alex Boyajian (Chaotically Intolerant, Gridiron Chaos) returns to discuss whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie, our thoughs on Mike Leach, the post-Xander Bogaerts Red Sox, free agency's ebb and flow, an article from Rolling Stone magazine and the pros and cons of getting mixed up with the Kardashian family. Alex was our guest in Episode 122 and we were happy he agreed to return to talk baseball and more. The Rolling Stone article is: Andy Greene, "The Fifty Worst Decisions in Music History," Rolling Stone, November 28, 2022.Errata: Mike Leach was 9-3 against Texas A&M. Since 2019, Stephen Strasberg has 8 starts, a 1-4 record, a 6.68 ERA. He has been paid $105M (before the Covid-19 short season adjustment) and has $140M to go on his contract the next four seasons. Jose Abreu hit 30 home runs in 2021, not 33; and he hit 15 home runs in 2022, not 15. Great White and Whitesnake played Rice Stadium in Houston TX in July 1988. Elvis Presley died August 16, 1977. Reggie Bush is an on-air football analyst for Fox Sports - he dated Kim Kardashian at one time. The new Kardashian TV show is called "The Kardashians."Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.comHooks & Runs on TikTok -  https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandrunsHooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hooksandrunspcCraig Estlinbaum on TwitterLink: https://twitter.com/CraigEstlinbaumAndrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok (it's true!)Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffestRex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)This podcast and this episode are copyright Craig Estlinbaum, 2022, all rights reserved 

Join the Hooks & Runs Discord CommunityAlex Boyajian from Chaotically Intolerant joins us this week to discuss all things baseball including the ideal playoff format for baseball, the just completed divisional series, the upcoming league championship series, the Judge vs Ohtani debate and more.Chaotically Intolerent podcast on:Anchor: https://anchor.fm/chaoticallyintolerantYouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMc4gN53W3MjC8C4BjNWLug Alex Boyajian on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/boyajianalex29Errata: Coming SoonCheck It Out:Rex - Loose Helmet's Demo on Bandcamp (NSFW, you are warned)Alex - Man of Steel, Black Adam, The Simpons.Andrew - Nothing More's new album "Spirits;" this is the band's official video for "Best Times."Craig - Preoccupations' new album "Arrangements," released September 9, 2022. This is the song "Slowly."Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.comHooks & Runs Discord -  https://discord.gg/RS46RfFjKQHooks & Runs playlists on Spotify - https://tinyurl.com/hooksspotifyHooks & Runs on TikTok -  https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandrunsHooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hooksandrunspcCraig Estlinbaum on TwitterLink: https://twitter.com/CraigEstlinbaumAndrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok (it's true)Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffestRex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)This podcast and this episode are copyright Craig Estlinbaum, 2022, all rights reserved

This week i get together with online sensation and fellow moustache man Will Boyajian. Will is an a writer, actor, creator, musician and overall champ as during this chat he was quite sick so double shout out for him!But more importantly he's a huge proponent in hopeful cases, A NYC based philanthropic group in which subway performers open up their hats, and cases and allow anyone with need or otherwise to take as much as they need. With a very simple message "If you've got extra to share, share it". Will has a fascinating background and is mostly known online for being the life and soul or RPAN on Reddit with his musical stylings and has been featured many a time for what people see as the madness of giving away money. Something I can relate to.So if you would, check him out and his work and lets settle down to let the madness of "free" reign.Find him at these placeshttps://www.willboyajian.com/https://soundcloud.com/wileyboyajhttps://twitter.com/hopefulcases?lang=enhttps://www.hopefulcases.org/abouthttps://www.instagram.com/hopefulcasesmusicItuneshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yelling-at-concrete/id1238765054Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/3T2OhYE07edgaBDXrm86saAcasthttps://shows.acast.com/yellingatconcreteYou can support the show and Graham by visitingwww.instagram.com/yellingatconcretewww.yellingatconcrete.bigcartel.comwww.ko-fi.com/yellingatconcrete Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lindsay Boyajian Hagan, Vice President, Marketing at Conductor, shares valuable marketing information. Particularly in the digital space, marketing has changed; planning ahead is essential for success. An example is SEO. In the 2000s and early 2010s, companies could show up on the first page with keywords and strategic baits. Today, the Google algorithm is much more intelligent and places the best content up top. According to Lindsay, this is vital since about 93% of searchers click on the first two links that show up.This focus on valuable content has placed product marketing in the limelight. Product marketing is an essential component of product-led growth. It highlights and communicates what is vital to the customers and prospects. Product marketers sit at the nexus of functions, having a connection with every vital area in the business.Lindsay shares useful leadership insights on assembling the right marketing team. She says it's vital to get a diversity of perspectives and approaches. She also thinks the right hire is someone who is hungry and cares for their work. They also need to be humble enough to receive feedback and adjust to the team's culture.Business leaders looking to up their marketing game, especially in product marketing, will find Lindsay's experience a source of inspiration. Founders looking to build a solid team will benefit from the conversation, too.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsayboyajian/Website - https://www.conductor.com/ This episode is brought to you by Content Allies.Content Allies helps B2B tech companies launch revenue-generating podcasts. Build relationships that drive revenue through podcast networking. We schedule interviews with your ideal prospects and strategic partners so that you can build relationships & grow your business. You show up and have conversations, we handle everything else. Learn more at ContentAllies.com

In this episode, we speak with Ed Boyajian, President and CEO of EDB, a global data software company serving over 4,000 customers, including leading financial services, government, media and communications, and information technology organizations. EDB is backed by Great Hill Partners. Ed has steered the company through 45 consecutive quarters of recurring revenue growth. A pioneer of the open source software business model, Ed was previously the GM of Red Hat North America. Ed is an Army veteran and a board member for Project Citizenship, a nonprofit that helps permanent U.S. residents become citizens. We hope you enjoy the show.

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About EdEd Boyajian, President and CEO of EDB, drives the development and execution of EDB's strategic vision and growth strategy in the database industry, steering the company through 47 consecutive quarters of recurring revenue growth. He also led EDB's acquisition of 2ndQuadrant, a deal that brought together the world's top PostgreSQL experts and positioned EDB as the largest dedicated provider of PostgreSQL products and solutions worldwide. A 15+ year veteran of the open source software movement, Ed is a seasoned enterprise software executive who emphasizes that EDB must be a technology-first business in order to lead the open source data management ecosystem. Ed joined EDB in 2008 after serving at Red Hat, where he rose to Vice President and General Manager of North America. While there, he played a central leadership role in the development of the modern business model for bringing open source to enterprises.Links:EDB: https://enterprisedb.com TranscriptAnnouncer: Hello, and welcome to Screaming in the Cloud with your host, Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, Corey Quinn. This weekly show features conversations with people doing interesting work in the world of cloud, thoughtful commentary on the state of the technical world, and ridiculous titles for which Corey refuses to apologize. This is Screaming in the Cloud.Corey: This episode is sponsored in part by Honeycomb. When production is running slow, it's hard to know where problems originate: is it your application code, users, or the underlying systems? I've got five bucks on DNS, personally. Why scroll through endless dashboards, while dealing with alert floods, going from tool to tool to tool that you employ, guessing at which puzzle pieces matter? Context switching and tool sprawl are slowly killing both your team and your business. You should care more about one of those than the other, which one is up to you. Drop the separate pillars and enter a world of getting one unified understanding of the one thing driving your business: production. With Honeycomb, you guess less and know more. Try it for free at Honeycomb.io/screaminginthecloud. Observability, it's more than just hipster monitoring. Corey: This episode is sponsored in part by our friends at Jellyfish. So, you're sitting in front of your office chair, bleary eyed, parked in front of a powerpoint and—oh my sweet feathery Jesus its the night before the board meeting, because of course it is! As you slot that crappy screenshot of traffic light colored excel tables into your deck, or sift through endless spreadsheets looking for just the right data set, have you ever wondered, why is it that sales and marketing get all this shiny, awesome analytics and inside tools? Whereas, engineering basically gets left with the dregs. Well, the founders of Jellyfish certainly did. That's why they created the Jellyfish Engineering Management Platform, but don't you dare call it JEMP! Designed to make it simple to analyze your engineering organization, Jellyfish ingests signals from your tech stack. Including JIRA, Git, and collaborative tools. Yes, depressing to think of those things as your tech stack but this is 2021. They use that to create a model that accurately reflects just how the breakdown of engineering work aligns with your wider business objectives. In other words, it translates from code into spreadsheet. When you have to explain what you're doing from an engineering perspective to people whose primary IDE is Microsoft Powerpoint, consider Jellyfish. Thats Jellyfish.co and tell them Corey sent you! Watch for the wince, thats my favorite part. Corey: Welcome to Screaming in the Cloud. I'm Corey Quinn. Today's promoted episode is a treasure and a delight. Longtime listeners of this show know that it's not really a database—unless of course, it's Route 53—and of course, I don't solve pronunciation problems with answers that make absolutely everyone hate me. Longtime listeners of the show know that if there's one thing I adore when it comes to databases—you know, other than Route 53—it is solving pronunciation holy wars in such a way that absolutely everyone is furious with me as a result, and today is no exception. My guest is Ed Boyajian, the CEO of EDB, a company that effectively is the driving force behind the Postgres-squeal database. Ed, thank you for joining me.Ed: Hey, Corey.Corey: So, I know that other people pronounce it ‘post-gree,' ‘Postgresql,' ‘Postgres-Q-L,' all kinds of other things. We know it's decidedly not ‘Postgres-squeal,' which is how I go for it. How do you pronounce it?Ed: We say ‘Postgres,' and this is one of the great branding challenges this fantastic open-source project has endured over many years.Corey: So, I want to start at the very beginning because when I say that you folks are the driving force behind Postgres—or Postgres-squeal—I mean it. I've encountered folks from EDB—formerly EnterpriseDB—in the wild in consulting engagements before, and it's great because whenever we found an intractable database problem, back at my hands-on keyboard engineering implementation days, very quickly after you folks got involved, it stopped being a problem, which is kind of the entire point. A lot of companies will get up there and say, “Oh, it's an open-source project,” with an asterisk next to it and 15 other things that follow from it, or, “Now, we're changing our license so the big companies can't compete with us.” Your company's not named after Postgres-squeal and you're also—when you say you have people working on it, we're not talking just one or two folks; your fingerprints are all over the codebase. How do you engage with an open-source project in that sense?Ed: First and foremost, Postgres itself is, as you know, an independent open-source project, a lot like Linux. And that means it's not controlled by a company. I think that's inherently one of Postgres's greatest strengths and assets. With that in mind, it means that a company like EDB—and this started when I came to the company; I came from Red Hat, so I've been in open-source for 20 years—when I came to the company back in 2008, it starts with a commitment and investment in bringing technology leaders in and around Postgres into a business like EDB, to help enterprises and customers. And that dynamic intersection between building the core database in the community and addressing customer needs in a business, at that intersection is where the magic happens. And we've been doing that since I joined EDB in 2008; it was really an explicit focus for the company.Corey: I'd like to explore a little bit, well first and foremost, this story of is there a future for running databases in cloud environments yourself? And I have my own angry, loud opinion on this that I'm sure we'll get to momentarily, but I want to start with yours. Who is writing their own databases in the Year of our Lord 2021, rather than just using whatever managed thing is their cloud provider of choice today is offering for them?Ed: Well, let me give you context, Corey, because I think it matters. We've been bringing enterprise Postgres solutions to companies now, since the inception of the company, which dates back to 2004, and over that trajectory, we've been helping companies as they've done really two things: migrate away, in particular from Oracle, and land on Postgres, and then write new apps. Probably the first ten of the last 13 years since I've been in the company, the focus was in traditional on-prem database transformations that companies were going through. In the last three years, we've really seen an acceleration of that intersection of their traditional deployments and their cloud deployments. Our customers now, who are represented mostly in the Fortune 500 and Global 2000, 40% of our customers report they're deploying EDB's Postgres in the cloud, not in a managed context, but in a traditional EC2 or GCP self-managed cloud deployment.Corey: And that aligns with what I've seen, a fair bit. Years ago, I wound up getting the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification—did a whole blog post on it—not because it was opening any doors for me, but because it let me get into the certified lounge at re:Invent, and ideally charge a battery and have some mostly crappy coffee. The one question I got wrong was I was honest when I answered, “How long does it take to restore an RDS database from snapshot backup?” Rather than giving the by-the-book answer, which is way shorter than I found in practice a fair bit of the time. And that's the problem I always ran into is that when you're starting out and building something that needs a database, and it needs a relational database that runs in that model so all the no SQL options are not viable for whatever reason, great, RDS is great for getting you started, but there's only so much that you can tune and tweak before you start to run into issues were, for particular workloads as they scale-out, it's no longer a fit for a variety of reasons.And most of the large companies that I work with that are heavily relational-database-driven have either started off or migrated to the idea of, “Oh, we're going to run our own databases on top of EC2 instances,” for a variety of reasons that, again, the cloud providers will say, “Oh, that's not accurate, and they're doing the wrong thing.” But, you know, it takes a certain courage to tell a large-scale customer, “You're doing it wrong.” “Well, why is that?” “Because I have things to sell you,” is kind of a terrible answer. How do you see it? Let's not pick on RDS, necessarily, because all of the cloud providers offered managed database offerings. Where do those make sense and where do they fall down?Ed: Yeah, I think many of our customers who made their first step into cloud picked a single vendor to do it, and we often hear AWS is been that early, early—Corey: Yeah, a five-year head start makes a pretty compelling story.Ed: That's right. And let's remember what these vendors are mostly. They are mostly infrastructure companies, they build massive data centers and set those up, and they do that beautifully well. And they lean on software, but they're not software companies themselves. And I think the early implementation of many of our customers in cloud relied on what I'll call relatively lightweight software offerings from their cloud vendor, including database.They traded convenience, ease of use, an easy on-ramp, and they traded some capability in some depth for that. And it was a good trade, in fact. And for a large number of workloads it may still be a good trade. But our more sophisticated customers, enterprise customers who are running Postgres or databases at scale in their traditional environments have long depended on a very intimate relationship with their database technology vendor. And that relationship is the intersection of their evolving and emerging needs and the actual development of the database capabilities in support of that.And that's the heart of who we are at EDB and what we do with Postgres and the many people we have committed to doing that. And we don't see our customers changing that appetite. So, I think for those customers, they've emerged more aware of the need to have a primary relationship with a database vendor and still be in cloud. And so I think that's how this evolves to see two different kinds of services side-by-side, what they really want is a Database as a Service from the database vendor, which is what we just announced here at Microsoft Ignite event.Corey: So, talk to me a little bit more about that, where it's interesting in 2021 to see a company launching a managed service offering, especially in the database space, when there's been so much pushback in different ways against the large cloud providers—[cough] Amazon—who tend to effectively lose sleep at night over the haunting fear that someone who isn't them is making money, somehow. And they will take whatever is available to them and turn it into a managed service offering. That's always been the fear, so people play games with licenses and the rest. Well, they've been running Postgres offerings for a long time. It is an independent open-source project.I don't think you can wind up forcing a license change through that says everyone except big companies can run this themselves and don't do a managed service with it because that cat is very much out of the bag. How is it that you're taking something to market now and expecting that to fare competitively?Ed: So, I think there's a few things that our customers are clearly telling us they want, and I think this is the most important thing: they want control of their data. And if you step back, Corey, look at it historically, they made a huge trade to big proprietary database companies, companies like Oracle, and they made that trade actually for convenience. They traded data to that database vendor. And we all know the successes Oracle's had, and the sheer extraordinary expense of those technologies. So, it felt like a walled garden.And that's where EDB and Postgres entered to really change that equation. What's interesting is the re-platforming that happened and the transformation to cloud actually had the same, kind of, binding effect; we now moved all that data over to the public cloud vendors, arguably in an even stickier context, and now I think customers are realizing that's created a dimension of inflexibility. It's also created some—as you rightly pointed out—some deficiencies in technical depth, in database, and in software. So, our customers have sorted that out and are kind of coming back to middle. And what they're saying is, “Well, we want all the advantages of an open-source database like a Postgres, but we want control of the data.”And so what control looks like is more the ability to take one version of that software—in our case, we're worrying about Postgres—and deploy the same thing everywhere they go. And that opens the door up for EDB to be their partner as a traditional on-prem partner, in the cloud where they run our Postgres and they manage it themselves, and as their managed service, Postgres Database as a Service Provider, which is what we're doing.Corey: I've been something of a bear on the idea of, “I'm going to build a workload to run everywhere in every cloud provider,” which I get. I think that's generally foolish, and people chasing that, with remarkably few exceptions, are often going after the wrong thing. That said, I'm also a fan of having a path to strategic Exodus, where Google's Cloud Spanner is fascinating, DynamoDB is revelatory, Cosmos DB is a security nightmare, which is neither here nor there, but the idea that I can take a provider's offering that even if it solves a bunch of problems for me, well, if I ever need to move this somewhere else for any reason, I'm re-architecting, my data model and re-architecting the built-in assumptions around how the database acts and behaves, and that is a very heavy lift. We have proof of that from Amazon, who got up on stage and told a story about how much they hate Oracle, and they're migrating everything off of Oracle to Aurora, which they had to build in order to get off of Oracle, and it took them three years to migrate things. And Oracle loves telling that story, too.And it's, you realize you both sound terrible when you tell that story? It's, “This is a massive undertaking that even we struggle with, so you should probably not attempt it.” Well, what I hear from that is good God, don't wind up getting locked into a particular database that is only available from one source. So, if you're all-in on a cloud provider, which I'm a fan of, personally—I don't care which one but pick a cloud provider—having a database that is not only going to work in that environment is just a reasonable step as far as how I view things. Trading up that optionality has got to pay serious dividends, and in many database use cases, I've just don't see it.Ed: Yeah, I think you're bringing up a really important point. So, let's unpack it for a minute.Corey: Please.Ed: Because I think you brought up some really prominent specialty database technologies, and I'm not sure there's ever a way out of that intersection and commitment to a single vendor if you pick their specialty database. But underneath this is exactly one of the things that we've worried about here at EDB, which is to make Postgres a more capable, robust database in its entirety. A Postgres superpower is its ability to run a vast array of workloads. Guess what, it's not sexy. It's not sexy not to be that specialty database, but it's incredibly powerful in the hands of an enterprise who can do more.And that really creates an opportunity, so we're trying to make Postgres apply to a much broader set of workloads, from traditional systems of record, like your ERP systems; systems of analysis, where people are doing lightweight analytic workloads or reporting, you can think in the world of data warehouse; and then systems of engagement, where customers are interacting with a website and have a database on the backend. All areas Postgres has done incredibly well in and we have customer experience with. So, when you separate out that core capability and then you look at it on a broader scale like Postgres, you realize that customers who want to make Postgres strategic, by definition need to be able to deploy it wherever they want to deploy it, and not be gated or bound by one cloud vendor. And all the cloud vendors picked up Postgres offerings, and that's been great for Postgres and great for enterprises. But that corresponding lock-in is what people want to get away from, at this point.Corey: There's something to be said for acknowledging that there is a form of lock-in as far as technology selection goes. If you have a team of folks who are terrific at one database engine and suddenly you're switching over to an entirely different database, well, folks who spent their entire career working on one particular database that's still in widespread use are probably not super thrilled to stick around for that. Having something that can migrate from environment to environment is valuable and important. When you say you're launching this as a database as a service offering, how does that actually work? Is that going to be running in your own cloud environment somewhere and people just make queries across the wire through standard connections to the database like they would something locally? Are you running inside of their account or environment? Is it something else?Ed: So, this is a fully-managed database as a service, just like you'd get from any cloud vendor or DBAAS vendor that you've worked with in the past, just being managed and run by EDB. And with that, you get lot of the goodies that we bring, including our compatibility, and all our deep Postgres expertise, but I think one of the other important attributes is we're going to run that service in our clients' account, which gives them a level of isolation and a level of independence that we think is really important. And as different as that is, it's not heroic; it's exactly what our customers told us they wanted.Corey: There's something to be said for building the thing that your customers have said that they want and make sense for you to build as opposed to, “We're going to build this ridiculous thing and we're sure folks are going to love it.” It's nice to see that shaping up in the proper order. And I've fallen victim to that myself; I think most technologists have to some extent. How big is EDB these days?Ed: So, we have over 650 employees. Now, around the world, we have 6000 customers. And of the 650 employees, about 300 of those are focused on Postgres. A subset of that are 30-odd core team members in the Postgres community, committers in the Postgres community, major contributors, and contributors in the Postgres community. So, we have a density of technical depth that is really unparalleled in Postgres.Corey: You're not, for lack of a better term, pulling an Amazon, insofar as you're, “Well, we have three people working on open-source projects, so we're going to go ahead and claim we're an open-source company,” in other words. Conversely, you're also not going down the path of this is a project that you folks have launched, and it claims to be open-source because we love it when people volunteer for for-profit entities, but we exercise total control over the project. You have a lot of contributors, but you're also still a minority, I think the largest minority, but still a minority of people contributing to Postgres.Ed: That's right. And, look, we're all-in on Postgres, and it's been that way since I got here. As I mentioned earlier, I came from Red Hat where I was—I was at Red Hat for a little over six years, so I've been an open-source now for 20 years. So, my orientation is towards really powerful, independent open-source projects. And I think we'll see Postgres really be the most transformative open-source technology since Linux.I think we'll see that as we look forward. And you're right, though, I think what's powerful about Postgres is it's an independent project, which means it's supported by thousands of contributors who aren't tied to single companies, around the world. And it just makes the software—we develop innovation faster, and I think it makes the software better. Now, EDB plays a big part in there. Roughly, a little less than a third of the last res—actually, the 13 release—were contributions that came from contributors who came from EDB.So, that's not a majority, and that's healthy. But it's a big part of what helps move Postgres along and there aren't—you know, the next set of companies are much, much—next set of combined contributors add up to quite small numbers. But the cloud vendors are virtually non-existent in that contribution.Corey: This episode is sponsored in part by something new. Cloud Academy is a training platform built on two primary goals. Having the highest quality content in tech and cloud skills, and building a good community the is rich and full of IT and engineering professionals. You wouldn't think those things go together, but sometimes they do. Its both useful for individuals and large enterprises, but here's what makes it new. I don't use that term lightly. Cloud Academy invites you to showcase just how good your AWS skills are. For the next four weeks you'll have a chance to prove yourself. Compete in four unique lab challenges, where they'll be awarding more than $2000 in cash and prizes. I'm not kidding, first place is a thousand bucks. Pre-register for the first challenge now, one that I picked out myself on Amazon SNS image resizing, by visiting cloudacademy.com/corey. C-O-R-E-Y. That's cloudacademy.com/corey. We're gonna have some fun with this one!Corey: Something else that does strike me as, I guess, strange, just because I've seen so many companies try to navigate this in different ways with varying levels of success. I always encountered EDB—even back when it was EnterpriseDB, which was, given their love of acronyms, I'm still somewhat partial to. I get it; branding, it's a thing—but the folks that I engaged with were always there in a consulting service's capacity, and they were great at this. Is EDB a services company or a product company?Ed: Yeah, we are unashamedly a product technology company. Our business is over 90% of our revenue is annually recurring subscription revenue that comes from technical products, database server, mostly, but then various adjacent capabilities in replication and other areas that we add around the database server itself. So no, we're a database technology company selling a subscription. Now, we help our customers, so we do have a really talented team of consultants who help our customers with their business strategy for Postgres, but also with migrations and all the things they need to do to get Postgres up and running.Corey: And the screaming, “Help, help, help, fix it, fix it, fix it now,” emergencies as well.Ed: I think we have the best Postgres support operation in the world. It is a global 24/7 organization, and I think a lot of what you likely experienced, Corey, came out of our support organization. So, our support guys, these guys aren't just handling lightweight issues. I mean, they wade into the gnarly questions and challenges that customers face. But that's a support business for us. So, that's part and parcel. You get that, it's included with the subscription.Corey: I would not be remembering this for 11 years later, if it hadn't been an absolutely stellar experience—or a horrible experience, for that matter; one or the other. You remember the superlatives, not the middle of the road ones—and if it hadn't been important. And it was. It also noteworthy; with many vendors that are product-focused, their services may have an asterisk next to it because it's either a, “Buy our product and then we'll support it,” or it's, “Ohh, we're going to sell you a whole thing just to get us on the phone.” And as I recall, there wasn't a single aspect of upsell involved in this.It was, “Let's get you back up and running and solve the problem.” Sure, later in time, there were other conversations, as all good businesses will have, but there was no point during those crisis moments where it felt like, “Oh, if you had gone ahead and bought this thing that we sell, this wouldn't happen,” or, “You need to buy this or we won't help you.” I guess that's why I've contextualized you folks as a services company, first and foremost.Ed: Well, I'm glad you have that [laugh] experience because that's our goal. And I think—look, this is an interesting point where customers want us to bring that capability to their managed DBAAS world. Step back again, go back to what I said about the big cloud vendors; they are, at their core, infrastructure companies. I mean, they're really good at that. They're not particularly well-positioned to take your Postgres call, and I don't think they want that call.We're the other guys; we want to help you run your Postgres, at scale, on-prem, in the cloud, fully managed in the cloud, by EDB, and solve those problems at the same time. And I think that's missing in the market today. And we can step back and look at this overall cloud evolution, and I think some might think, “Gee, we're into the mature phase of cloud adoption.” I would tell you, since the Red Sox have done well this year, I think in a nine-inning baseball game—for those of your listeners who follow American baseball—we're in, like, the top of the second inning, maybe. Maybe the bottom of the second inning. So, we've been able to listen and learn from the experiences our customers have had. I think that's an incredible advantage as we now firmly plant ourselves in the cloud DBAAS market alongside our robust Postgres capabilities that you experienced.Corey: The world isn't generating less data, and it's important that we're able to access that in a bunch of different ways. And the last time I really was playing with relational databases, you can view my understanding of it as Excel with a weirder interface, and you're mostly there. One thing that really struck me since the last time I went deep into database-land over in the Postgres-squeal world has been just the sheer variety of native data types that it winds up supporting. The idea of, “Here's some JSON. Take this and store it that way,” or it's GIS data that it can represent, or the idea of having data types that are beyond just string or var or whatever other somewhat limited boolean values or whatnot. Without having just that traditional list, which is of course all there as well. It also seems to have extensively improved its coverage that just can only hint to my small mind about these things and what sort of use cases people are really putting these things into.Ed: Yeah, I think this is one of Postgres' superpowers. And it started with Mike Stonebraker's original development of Postgres as an object-relational database. Mike is an adviser to EDB, which has been incredibly helpful as we've continued to evolve our thinking about what's possible in Postgres. But I think because of that core technology, or that core—because of that core technical capability within Postgres, we have been able to build a whole host of data types. And so now you see Postgres being used not just as the context of a traditional relational database, but we see it used as a time-series database. You pointed out a geospatial database, more and more is a document-oriented database with JSON and JSONB.These are all the things that make Postgres have much more universal appeal, universal appeal to developers—which is worth talking about in the recent StackOverflow developer survey, but we can come back to that—and I think universal applicability for new applications. This is what's bringing Postgres forward faster, unlike many of the specialty database companies that you mentioned earlier.Corey: Now, this is something that you can use for your traditional CRUD app, the my first hello world app that returns something from a database, yeah, that stuff works. But it also, for example, has [cyter 00:25:09] data types, where you can say, give me the results where the IP range contains this address, and it'll do that. Before that, you're trying to solve a whole bunch of very messy things in application logic that's generally awful. The database now does that for you automatically, and there's something—well, it would if I were smart and used it instead of storing it as strings because I make terrible life choices, but for sensible people, it solves a lot of those problems super well. And it's taken the idea of where logic should live in application versus database, and sort of turn a lot of those assumptions I was starting my career with on their head.Ed: Yeah, I think if you look now at the appeal of Postgres to developers, which we've paid a lot of attention to—one of our stated strategies at EDB is to make Postgres easier. That's been true for many years, so a drive for engineering and development here has been that call to action. And if you measure that, over time, we've been contributing—not alone, but contributing to making Postgres more approachable, easier to use, easier to engage with. Some of those things we do just through edb.com, and the way we handle EDB docs is a great example of that, and our developer advocacy and outreach into adjacent communities that care about Postgres. But here's where that's landed us. If you looked at the last Stack Overflow developer survey—the 2021 Stack Overflow developer survey, which I love because I think it's very independent-oriented—and they surveyed, I think this past year was 80,000 developers.Corey: Oh yeah, if Stack Overflow is captured by any particular constituency, it's got to be ‘Big Copy and Paste' that is really behind them. But yeah, other than the cabal of keyboard manufacturers for those copy-and-paste stories, yeah, they're fairly objective when it comes to stuff like this.Ed: And if you look at that survey, Corey, if you just took and summed it because it's helpful to sum it, most used, most loved, and most wanted database: Postgres wins. And I find it fascinating that if you—having been here, in this company for 13 years and watch the evolution from—you know, 13 years ago, Postgres needed help, both in terms of its awareness in the market and some technical capabilities it just lacked, we've come so far. For that to be the new standard for developers, I think, is a remarkable achievement. And I think it's a representation of why Postgres is doing so well in the market that we've long served, in the cloud market that we are now serving, and I think it speaks to what's ahead as a transformational database for the future.Corey: There really is something to be said for a technology as—please don't take this term the wrong way—old. As a relational database, Postgres has been around for a very long time, but it's also not your grandparents' Postgres. It is continuing to evolve. It continues to be there in a bunch of really interesting ways for developers in a variety of different capacities, and it's not the sort of thing that you're only using in, “Legacy environments,” quote-unquote. Instead, it's something that you'll see all over the place. It is rare that I see an environment that doesn't have Postgres in it somewhere these days.Ed: Yeah, I think quite the contrary to the old-school database, which I love that; I love that shade because when you step away from it, you realize, the Postgres community represents the very best of what's possible with open-source. And that's why Postgres continues to accelerate and move forward at the rate that it does. And obviously, we're proud to be a contributor to that, so we don't just watch that outcome happen; we're actually part of creating it. But I also think that when you see all that Postgres has become and where it's going, you really start to understand why the market is adopting open-source.Corey: It's one of those areas where even if some company comes out with something that is amazing and transformatively better, and you should jump into it with both feet and never look back, yeah, it turns out that it takes a long time to move databases, even when they're terrible. And you can lobby an awful lot of accusations at Postgres—or Postgres-squeal—but you can't call it terrible. It's used in enough interesting applications by enough large-scale companies out there—and small as well—that it's very hard to find a reason not to explore it. It's my default relational database when Route 53 loses steam. It just makes sense in a bunch of ways that other things really didn't for me before.Ed: Yeah, and I think we'll continue to see that. And we're just going to keep making Postgres better. And it gets better because of that intersection, as I mentioned, that intimate intersection between enterprise users, and the project, and the community, and the bridge that a company like EDB provides for that. That's why it'll get better faster; the breadth of use of Postgres will keep it accelerating. And I think it's different than many of the specialty databases.Look, I've been in open-source now for 20 years and it's intriguing to me how many new specialty open-source databases have come to market. We tend to forget the amount of roadkill we've had over the course of the past ten years of some of those open-source projects and companies. We certainly are tuned into some of the more prolific ones, even today. And I think again, here again, this is where Postgres shines, and where I think Postgres is a better call for a long-term. Just like Linux was.Corey: I want to thank you for taking so much time out of your day to talk to me about databases, which given my proclivities, is probably like pulling teeth for you. If people want to learn more, where can they find you?Ed: So, come to enterprisedb.com. You still get EnterpriseDB, Corey. Just come to enterprise—Corey: There we go. It's hidden in the URL, right in plain sight.Ed: Come to enterprisedb.com. You can learn all the things you need about the technology, and certainly more that we can do to help you.Corey: And we will, of course, put links to that in the [show notes 00:31:10]. Thank you once again for your time. I really do appreciate it.Ed: Thanks, Corey. My pleasure.Corey: Ed Boyajian, CEO of EDB. I'm Cloud Economist Corey Quinn, and this is Screaming in the Cloud. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice, whereas if you've hated this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice along with a long angry comment because you are one of the two Amazonian developers working on open-source databases.Corey: If your AWS bill keeps rising and your blood pressure is doing the same, then you need The Duckbill Group. We help companies fix their AWS bill by making it smaller and less horrifying. The Duckbill Group works for you, not AWS. We tailor recommendations to your business and we get to the point. Visit duckbillgroup.com to get started.Announcer: This has been a HumblePod production. Stay humble.

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! En 1964 el astrfísico soviético Nicolai Kardashov ideó una escala para clasificar a las civilizaciones tecnológicas del universo. En 2015 fue descubierta una anomalía en la luminosidad de una estrella que trae de cabeza a los astrónomos. ¿Qué tienen que ver estos dos hechos? Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Billy and Dagny are joined by Anthony Boyajian to talk all things Table Top Role Playing Game. They discuss some of their all time favorites before Anthony leads the hosts in a TTRPG that he makes up ON THE SPOT! Don't miss this hilarious Snakes on a Plane RPG, as well as discussions about The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Girls5eva, Peacock, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, The Expanse, and ttrpgs Horrified, Betrayal at House on a Hill, Here to Slay, and the exceptionally well named Thirsty Sword Lesbians. Hosts: Billy McCartney and Dagny McCartney Guest: Anthony Boyajian Logo: Nina Howard Music: Someone Your Own Size by RW Smith

Chad and Jon talk about the Med-tail commercial real-estate space

On today's episode, Kerrie and Victoria are joined by owners Nick and Amy Boyajian of the super popular sexual wellness boutique "Wildflower", where you can find anything and everything you might need or want in the bedroom. It's about as sexy as you can be in a podcast.

Will was inspired to start performing music in New York City subways, but with a twist — instead of playing for money, he told his listeners to leave money if they had it and to take it directly from his guitar case if they needed it. He’s expanded this simple concept online during the pandemic, where he’s now able to help people in need from all around the world via live streaming his music and donating all proceeds. Follow me on Instagram: @therosspalmer

KIC 8462852 (also Tabby's Star or Boyajian's Star) is an F-type main-sequence star located in the constellation Cygnus approximately 1,470 light-years from Earth. Unusual light fluctuations of the star, including up to a 22% dimming in brightness (FLUX), were discovered by citizen scientists as part of the Planet Hunters project.

Much like cloud computing, open source technologies have changed the game. When I think about it, it's unlikely that VentureFizz would exist if it wasn't for open source software. There's no way I could have gotten it off the ground if I had to purchase an expensive content management system. It took many years for open source to become commonplace and especially to the point where you could build a successful tech company around an open source project. Ed has been involved in the open source technology industry for 20 years, so he's witnessed firsthand how things have evolved and how open source has propelled technology forward, which we discuss in detail. He's currently leading EDB, which provides products, services, and support to over 5,000 customers who are using PostgreSQL, an open source database. The company is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts and has 16 offices worldwide. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: * Ed's background studying business at Boston University on an ROTC scholarship and how his experience in the Army helped him as a leader. * How he got into the tech industry and the rapid growth years at Red Hat. * All the details on EDB, including their record growth from last year and what the culture is like working there. * Advice on building out pricing and go-to-market models in the tech industry. * When is the right time to bring in a Chief Revenue Officer and how the position is different from a VP of Sales. * And so much more. If you like the show, please remember to subscribe and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.

What you’ll learn in this episode: Who Antwerp’s Fashion Six were, and how they influenced Sonia and jewelry design in general How jewelry and fashion have a symbiotic relationship How art, travels, and women from history inspire Sonia How the pandemic shifted Sonia’s focus for her business, and why teaching jewelry making is a fulfilling path for some jewelers About Sonia Boyajian Sonia designs pieces of jewelry that help tell the story of the women who wear them. Her pieces strive to bring together texture, material, culture, and mood into harmony, creating personal adornments that become a tangible expression of the individual. From her formative years as an art student in Antwerp, she has carved out a design process that is more connected to the exploration of a sculptor or painter than to the trend-driven mode of many jewelry designers. Every collection is animated by a central theme that allows her to develop a new language of color and material while maintaining at the core a connection to the woman who wears the piece and brings it to life. Although she’s now known for her playful, elegant jewelry, Sonia Boyajian didn’t always consider herself a professional jeweler. Sonia started her career in Antwerp, working with high-fashion designers to blend fashion and jewelry together. She’s made another career pivot during the pandemic, recently opening a new retail space and offering jewelry making classes for kids. She joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about her career path, her inspirations, and why her new mission is to pass her skills onto people through teaching. Read the episode transcript here.  Transcript   Additional Resources: Website Instagram Photos: A few looks from Sonia's latest collection:  THE LADY OF POMPEII

William is the creator of Hopeful Cases, a fantastic organization based around giving back to those in need. He sets up in subways and public places, opens his guitar case, and plays music in a standard busking fashion, yet he does not keep any of the money people place in his case. Rather, he includes a sign with his case, encouraging those in need to take however much money they need from the case. He encourages others to join the cause and look for the good in our fellow neighbors. To learn more about his organization, visit his website: https://www.hopefulcases.org

For the third time, the LoreMasterski tries to show the world he is not a usurper. To do so he decided to take on a new kind of foe. This time around he will be hacking, slashing and pew pewing at a hybrid x-tank stream-caster content provider. No other that the legendary M. Boyajian. Can the Alpha X-Wing Intergalactic LoreMaster 2000, until defeated… manage such an abomination? Do not be confused, when we say abomination, we are referring to the host’s foul mood and the anonymous female robot voice weird glitches… Enjoy. -MCB

This is our first episode in a special mini-series of Career Conversations focused on MBA summer internships. Ann Boyajian ’21, Emily Kling ’21, and Edward Kusell-Zigelman ’21 MBA interns at CariClub this summer. They discuss what it's like to work at the start-up, the pros and cons of a virtual internship, and their big takeaway from their work at the social impact-focused organization.

In this episode Neesa, along with fashion designer and entrepreneur Suzie Boyajian of Avé Don Label get into conversation about the importance of enlightening the people around you. Taking all of the issues happening today and how so many people of all ages can still stand to learn a thing or two even if they're 80! Neesa also gets into her high school eyebrows but that's a whole other issue... just enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sorryifioffendyou/support

Ed Boyajian, CEO joined EnterpriseDB and helped it pivot from a small organization, to one of the leading Postgres database companies. The company has figured out how to run a profitable business, while embracing and respecting the community and open development process that has formed around Postres for more then two decades.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb5golcLnFs Streamed live on Dec 22, 2019. Huge surveys of the sky are finding more and more planets, stars and galaxies. But they're also turning up strange objects astronomers have never seen before, like Boyajian's star. Today we're going to talk about some unusual objects astronomers have discovered, and why this number is only going to go way, way up.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

Huge surveys of the sky are finding more and more planets, stars and galaxies. But they're also turning up strange objects astronomers have never seen before, like Boyajian's star. Today we're going to talk about some unusual objects astronomers have discovered, and why this number is only going to go way way up.

552: Boyajian's star (and other strange stars) Astronomy Cast 552: Boyajian's star (and other strange stars) by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Huge surveys of the sky are finding more and more planets, stars and galaxies. But they're also turning up strange objects astronomers have never seen before, like Boyajian's star. Today we're going to talk about some unusual objects astronomers have discovered, and why this number is only going to go way way up.

Triboluminescence and sparks in candy-eating, Marc's stories about Karma and integrity, a new improv game Musical Press Conference brings big laughs, chicken chips, and singer/songwriter Will Boyajian's amazing charity Hopeful Cases, which involves Will (and others) busking in NYC subway stations for money, all of which is given away to whoever wants it. A live performance in the studio  --- and a huge surprise. With guest host Lois Herzeca.

I'm talking to New York musician and actor Will Boyajian who's doing something so simple to help the homeless (check him out on Insta too @hopefulcasesmusic) PLUS this week’s top 5 stories about celebrities making a difference featuring Kim Kardashian, big sis Kourtney, Matthew McConaughey, Jack Johnson, Brooklyn Decker and James Van Der Beek.For more celebrity news, truth and kindness check out www.celebritykind.comFind out more about our affiliate partner, kinndproject.com and don't forget to use discount code "CELEBRITYKIND" at the checkout. (Disclosure: we get a small commission if you purchase something, so you'll be helping CelebrityKind grow too!)FOLLOW US:Instagram: @celebritykindFacebook: @celebritykindTwitter: @celebritykindAnd if you enjoyed our podcast, please tell your friends, share your favourite episode or leave us a positive review!

Max, the Greatest Living Floridian, and I talk “trilogies” on his very last morning in town. During the interview he starts his own Huey Lewis podcast called The News, we reminisce about his time in Pittsburgh, and his upcoming move to New York City. Here’s to Max, Steel City misses you!

Every now and then scientists hit on something weird - something in the wide world out there behaving not quite as you'd expect. Astronomer Dr Tabetha S. Boyajian discovered one of these weird things: a star with something strange orbiting it. Could it, just possible, be home to super advanced aliens??? We explore the potential (but, in all fairness, not super likely) alien megastructures surrounding KIC 8462852, or Tabby's Star! The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant, proudly brought to you by The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!

Can a man be friends with a woman without any sexual tension? When Harry Met Sally is an iconic film that brings these questions to light that we have been discussing for a VERY long time. This week, we have a very special guest to help us talk about the psychology and social structure of mixed-gender friendships, specifically in relation to When Harry Met Sally. 

With the recent legalization of medical marijuana, Florida is now getting introduced to the burgeoning cannabis industry. But real estate investors and landlords may be unsure of their role and responsibility. From overcoming social stigmas to understanding zoning and licensing, there's a lot that landlords need to know about the retail and medical cannabis industries.

La estrella de Tabby, KIC 8462852, es una misteriosa estrella inicialmente estudiada por Tabetha S. Boyajian, que posee fluctuaciones de luz muy extrañas, ¿por qué se producen?, ¿cómo se estudia?, ¿cómo se detectó? son algunas de las preguntas que Hector Socas, el invitado de hoy, responde. También conversamos sobre la búsqueda de vida inteligente, ¿cómo generamos tecnomarcadores?, ¿qué podemos ver en otros planetas que indiquen la presencia de seres con tecnología?, eso y mucho más es esta nueva entrega del podcast Astronomía y algo más.

Released: 24 April 2018 Duration: 10 minutes, 1 second   Paul Carr talks about today's much more accurate distance estimate to Boyajian's Star from Gaia Data Release 2, and what, if anything, this rules out.   Links: Clemens+ (2018) - Proper Motion of the Faint Star near KIC 8462852 (Boyajian's Star) - Not a Binary System Boyajian+ (2015) - Where's the Flux? Interview with Brad Schaefer Ben Montet Makes a Star Weirder Castelaz and Barker (2018) - KIC 8462852: Maria Mitchell Observatory Photographic Photometry 1922 to 1991 Gaia DR2   Credits: Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: Jason Robinson  

Released: 23 April 2018 Duration:12 minutes, 21 seconds   Paul Carr reviews what has been happening over the Winter and early Spring with respect to Boyajian's Star. We review the Winter observations, the Castelaz and Barker paper, and the two surprise March dips, Caral-Supe and Evangeline. We also talk about the upcoming Gaia Data Release 2 and what it might mean.   Links Burst 24 and Burst 25 KIC 8462852: Maria Mitchell Observatory Photographic Photometry 1922 to 1991 Where's The Flux? Bruce Gary's Boyajian's Star Page Boyajian's R Gaia DR2   Credits Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: Jason Robinson

What a great chat with funny people Max Boyajian & Kate Hagerty.  We started off with an appiteaser of favorite soups talk, then ease into to some favorite ACDC songs talk, then brought it home with a fantastic pairing of truly delicious comedy talk. I do believe this episode was a multi-level, multi-course sit-down of tasteful banter. You be the judge. Bon appétit.

Upon finishing his GPR at  St  Josephs hospital in NJ  Dr Boyajian purchased an exisiting   GP dental practice in Bergen county NJ plus a building.   The practice grew rapidly by utilizing  the proper marketing techniques and applying the latest technology and dental procedures.   His practice was fee for service and accepted high quality dental insurance. He didn't accept PPO insurance.  He felt one of his keyes to success was listening to practice management lectures and tapes by Howard Farran and Rick Kushner  Also clinical information from Gordon Christensen    In subsequent years he opened 2 more dental practices in Fairfield county  CT.    After many successful years as a practicing dentist Dr Boyajian retired.  While he was in the process of selling his three dental offices he found that multiple dental brokers did not take a hands on role in the process, as they were not present when he met with the prospective  buyers  Further more the majority of the brokers did not get involved in the day to day transaction and negotiations as the deal moved forward with contracts, financing and lease negotiations .    As a result of this experience  Dr Boyajian was inspired to start his own  dental brokerage firm that would provide unparalleled  amazing hands on 24/7 service  Health care practice sales  LLC  He is one  of the few dental practice brokers  that is a dentist and also has in house staff consisting of 2 CPA accountants.    They deliver results and make sure your deal goes the the closing table.  They stay in constant contact with every party involved in the transaction including banks, attorneys and accountants.  as a result you will not have to handle any aspect of the deal on your own .  the sale process  will go very smoothly because they  stay on top of everything and are constantly available.   www.dentalpracticeguide.com

We have come to the end of 2017, and we do it in style. This episode includes guest Harout, and we go into some deep stuff. Included in the episode are: happenings in 2017 related to family and personal understanding about who cares about you and who doesn’t some goals for us in 2018 a … Continue reading "61: Harout Boyajian | Life Messages And Closing Out 2017" The post 61: Harout Boyajian | Life Messages And Closing Out 2017 appeared first on The Armen Show.

Released: 3 December 2017 Duration: 11 minutes 43 seconds   Host Paul Carr covers some recent developments with respect to Boyajian's Star, especially the 4 dips of the Summer of 2017.   Links: wherestheflux.com Burst 23 - Tabby Boyajian discusses Elsie Where Is the Flux Going? The Long-Term Photometric Variability of Boyajian's Star Extinction and the Dimming of KIC 8462852 Optical Polarimetry of KIC 8462852 in May-August 2017 Modelling the KIC8462852 light curves: compatibility of the dips and secular dimming with an exocomet interpretation NEOWISE The script for the episode Credits:  Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: Jason Robinson

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DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT! This edition of #ZOH has Comedian and avid cyclist, MAX BOYALIAN (@pukeandgarbage), to tell us all about his hero, TOM PETTY! The guys discuss Florida weirdness, chill rednecks, and just, like, enjoy the shit out of Tom Petty, man. RIP ZEROES ON HEROES follows the quest of our intrepid hosts, Mike and Will, to interview funny and interesting people about their heroes. In diving into our guests' admiration, respect, and inspiration drawn from their heroes, from any realm of culture, we learn about them and ourselves. Follow our Zeroes: @MikeMercadal & @WilliamAWatkins

Released: 5 June 2017 Duration: 18 minutes 33 seconds   Paul Carr talks with Tabetha Boyajian about the flurry of observations of KIC 8462852 conducted when the star dipped in brightness last month, and what might happen in the near future.   Links:  /r/KIC8462852 The Subreddit FAQ Credits: Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: Jason Robinson

On the first UFO Report… TABBY STAR: Mysterious ‘Alien Megastructure' Star Is at It Again LINK - http://www.nbcnews.com/mach/space/mysterious-alien-megastructure-star-it-again-n763001 Star KIC 8462852, or Boyajian's star (also nicknamed "Tabby's star," for astronomer Tabetha Boyajian, who led the team that first detected the star's fluctuations), has demonstrated an irregular cycle of growing dimmer and then returning to its previous brightness. Scientists have hypothesized that the changes could be due to a swarm of comets passing in front of the star, that they're the result of strong magnetic activity, or that it's some massive structure built by aliens. But no leading hypothesis has emerged, so scientists have been eager to capture a highly detailed picture of the light coming from the star during one of these dimming periods. UFO HUNTER MYSTERY: Questions after 'man who found life on Mars' goes silent LINK: http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ The conspiracist produced several reports claiming to have found creatures which resembled animal species on Earth, including a giant mouse, baboons, a bear, and crabs. The Show Stuff Checkout our new UFO BUSTER RADIO GOODIES!! https://shop.spreadshirt.com/UFOBusterRadio/ Facebook Pages Manny Moonraker: https://www.facebook.com/MannyMoonraker/ UFO Buster Radio: https://www.facebook.com/UFOBusterRadio UFO Buster Radio Merch T-Shirts and stuff: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/UFOBusterRadio Patreon: Become a patron of the show and help us gear up with technology worthy of investigating UFO sightings both historical and new. www.patreon.com/ufobusterradio UFO Buster Radio YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggl8-aPBDo7wXJQ43TiluA To contact Manny: manny@ufobusterradio.com, or on Twitter @ufobusterradio Call the show anytime at (972) 290-1329 and leave us a message with your point of view, UFO sighting, and ghostly experiences or join the discussion on www.ufobusterradio.com For Skype Users: bosscrawler

On the first UFO Report… TABBY STAR: Mysterious ‘Alien Megastructure' Star Is at It Again LINK - http://www.nbcnews.com/mach/space/mysterious-alien-megastructure-star-it-again-n763001 Star KIC 8462852, or Boyajian's star (also nicknamed "Tabby's star," for astronomer Tabetha Boyajian, who led the team that first detected the star's fluctuations), has demonstrated an irregular cycle of growing dimmer and then returning to its previous brightness. Scientists have hypothesized that the changes could be due to a swarm of comets passing in front of the star, that they're the result of strong magnetic activity, or that it's some massive structure built by aliens. But no leading hypothesis has emerged, so scientists have been eager to capture a highly detailed picture of the light coming from the star during one of these dimming periods. UFO HUNTER MYSTERY: Questions after 'man who found life on Mars' goes silent LINK: http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ The conspiracist produced several reports claiming to have found creatures which resembled animal species on Earth, including a giant mouse, baboons, a bear, and crabs. The Show Stuff Checkout our new UFO BUSTER RADIO GOODIES!! https://shop.spreadshirt.com/UFOBusterRadio/ Facebook Pages Manny Moonraker: https://www.facebook.com/MannyMoonraker/ UFO Buster Radio: https://www.facebook.com/UFOBusterRadio UFO Buster Radio Merch T-Shirts and stuff: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/UFOBusterRadio Patreon: Become a patron of the show and help us gear up with technology worthy of investigating UFO sightings both historical and new. www.patreon.com/ufobusterradio UFO Buster Radio YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggl8-aPBDo7wXJQ43TiluA To contact Manny: manny@ufobusterradio.com, or on Twitter @ufobusterradio Call the show anytime at (972) 290-1329 and leave us a message with your point of view, UFO sighting, and ghostly experiences or join the discussion on www.ufobusterradio.com For Skype Users: bosscrawler

Jennifer Boyajian, aftermarket sales manager, Sanhua Intl. Inc., discusses the company's partnership with HARDI, her goals as president of the HALO board, and more. Posted on March 29.

La estrella Boyajian (KIC 8463852), situada en la constelación del Cisne, a unos 1.400 años-luz de la Tierra, es algo más luminosa, aunque bastante más joven, que el Sol. Pero, al contrario de lo que sucede en nuestra estrella, su luminosidad varía de forma sorprendente a lo largo del tiempo. En 2011 su luminosidad cayó un 15%, después recuperó el nivel inicial y volvió a caer un 22% en 2013, para volver, de nuevo, a recuperarse. Ahora, investigadores del Departamento de Física de la Universidad de Illinois, tras analizar la distribución estadística de las variaciones de luminosidad de la estrella, han descubierto que la luminosidad de la estrella Boyajian sigue un comportamiento similar al de las avalanchas.

Exocast-8b In the eighth Exocast episode: • Andrew turns his attention to the weird and wonderful worlds bringing science fiction and fact a little closer together; • Hugh covers the latest developments in the case of the enigmatic Boyajian’s Star; • Hannah reports on the month’s news in exoplanet research; • And we adopt Latham’s Planet (HD 114762 b), arguably the first exoplanet discovered, into our planet family.

Recorded: 14 September 2016 Released: 14 September 2016 Duration:22 minutes, 22 seconds   Astronomer Tabetha "Tabby" Boyajian joined Paul Carr, Roger Wehbe, and Rusty Schweikart in a Google Hangout to talk about the implications of the Gaia Data Release 1 for a better understanding of KIC 8462852.   Links:  Gaia Parallax for KIC 8462852 is 2.554887 mas Jason Wright: What Could be Going on with Boyajian's Star? Part X: Wrap-up and Gaia's Promise   Credits: Producer and Host: Paul Carr Music: Jason Robinson  

La tertulia semanal en la que nos echamos unas risas mientras repasamos las últimas noticias de la actualidad científica. Este audio es un suplemento a nuestro Ep67. contiene la versión original en inglés de la entrevista a la Dra Tabetha (Tabby) Boyajian, descubridora de la misteriosa curva de luz de la "Estrella de Tabby".

La tertulia semanal en la que nos echamos unas risas mientras repasamos las últimas noticias de la actualidad científica. Este audio es un suplemento a nuestro Ep67. contiene la versión original en inglés de la entrevista a la Dra Tabetha (Tabby) Boyajian, descubridora de la misteriosa curva de luz de la "Estrella de Tabby".

La tertulia semanal en la que nos echamos unas risas mientras repasamos las últimas noticias de la actualidad científica. En el episodio de hoy: La Misteriosa Estrella de Tabby... explicada por Tabby! (con exclusiva incluída) ; La Imagen Más Profunda del Cielo; Los Halos Galácticos: Fósiles del Universo; Materia Oscura ¿Fría o Templada? En la foto, de izquierda a derecha: Julio Castro; Ignacio Trujillo; Ricardo García (por videoconferencia); Héctor Socas. Todos los comentarios vertidos durante la tertulia representan únicamente la opinión de quien los hace… y a veces ni eso.

La tertulia semanal en la que nos echamos unas risas mientras repasamos las últimas noticias de la actualidad científica. En el episodio de hoy: La Misteriosa Estrella de Tabby... explicada por Tabby! (con exclusiva incluída) ; La Imagen Más Profunda del Cielo; Los Halos Galácticos: Fósiles del Universo; Materia Oscura ¿Fría o Templada? En la foto, de izquierda a derecha: Julio Castro; Ignacio Trujillo; Ricardo García (por videoconferencia); Héctor Socas. Todos los comentarios vertidos durante la tertulia representan únicamente la opinión de quien los hace… y a veces ni eso.

Released: 10 March 2016 Duration: 18 minutes, 1 second   In Part 1, Paul Carr provides a non-technical explanation of why the star informally known as Tabby's Star (KIC 8462852) is so perplexing after all. What was observed, and why doesn't it fit a conventional explanation? Please see our companion blog post at Dream of the Open Channel.   Written, Produced and Read by Paul Carr Music by Jason Robinson

Released: 14 January 2016 Duration: 62 minutes 4 seconds   Host Paul Carr talks to Dr. Bradley Schaefer about his research showing a dramatic dimming of Tabby's Star over a century. This all but rules out any explanation anyone has put forth so far for the short term dimming of the star found in the Kepler data by Boyajian, et. al.   Links KIC 8462852 Faded at an Average Rate of 0.165+-0.013 Magnitudes Per Century From 1890 To 1989   Credits Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: Dj Spooky, Jason Robinson, Mike Griffin, George Hrab  

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CEO Bill Boyajian interviewed by  Psychologist Dr. Carol Francis. Small business owners, growing companies with tiers of managers, entrepenuers, or project leaders need to understand Human Engineering principles in order to maximizes the productivity of their company, growth, and functionality of their team. How do company leaders become productive and effective?  What business practices sculpt an effective leader so a team can be a winning group?  What are the essential and proven traits of a leader?  How do those traits differ from a manager or an ineffective leader?   With over 40 years of leadership experience and an amazing reputation heralded by his former employees and staff, CEO Bill Boyajian has pragmatically answered these and other questions in his recently released book, "Developing The Mind Of A Leader." Bill Boyajian delineates the 6 C's of a leader's personality and character.  He tackles how to lead a team crippled with complications into functionality.  He explains how to hire the 10's and how to be a 10 too.  Bill Boyajian explains the difference between being a Star and Leading Stars.  You can review his book at http://billboyajianassociates.com/book-preview/ and order his book.   Join Bill Boyajian with Dr. Carol Francis.  Dr. Carol Francis has functioned as a consultant for many companies/Coorporations, CEO's, Project Managers, and Employees to improve the atmosphere of cooperation and the functionality of businesses since 1983. 

As PostgreSQL celebrates 15 years, EnterpriseDB's Ed Boyajian and Robin Schumacher talk about this popular open source database, its engaged community, how it differs MySQL, and where it fits in the world of big data.