Podcasts about Lake Constance

Exploring the wine regions around Lake Constance in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. We find grapes on an island, and wine aged under the lake. Resources from this episode: Books: The Oxford Companion to Wine [5th Edition, Kindle Edition], Harding, J., Robinson, J., Thomas, T. (2023) Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours [Kindle Edition], Robinson, J., Harding, J., Vouillamoz, J. (2013) Websites: Austrian Wine: The Bergland Winegrowing Area https://www.austrianwine.com/our-wine/winegrowing-regions/the-bergland-winegrowing-area#c22248 Britannica: Lake Constance https://www.britannica.com/place/Lake-Constance Lindau Bodensee: Wine from Lindau Lake Constance https://www.lindau.de/en/experience-lindau/culinary-delights/wine/#/ Moëth: Projekt Tiefenrausch - Eine Einzigartige Weingeschichte https://www.moeth.at/projekt-tiefenrausch Radurlaub-Bodensee: Wine on Lake Constance https://www.radurlaub-bodensee.de/en/wine-lake-constance?language=en Reichenau: https://www.reichenau.de/willkommen Swiss Wine: Sankt Gallen https://www.swisswine.com/en/swiss-wine-regions/german-speaking-switzerland-wine-region/sankt-gallen-en Swiss Wine: Schaffhausen Wine Region https://www.swisswine.com/en/swiss-wine-regions/german-speaking-switzerland-wine-region/schaffhausen-en Swiss Wine: Thurgau Wine Region https://www.swisswine.com/en/swiss-wine-regions/german-speaking-switzerland-wine-region/thurgau-en Vitis International Variety Catalog (VIVC): Pinotin https://www.vivc.de/index.php?id=19994&r=passport/view Vorarlberg: Weinkultur in Vorarlberg https://www.vorarlberg.travel/aktivitaet/wein-souvenir/ Wein.Plus: Bavarian Lake Constance, Tischelmeyer, N.F.J. (5 July 2023) https://glossary.wein.plus/bavarian-lake-constance Wines of Germany: Our Regions https://www.winesofgermany.com/our-regions/growing-area/65/baden Wines of Germany: The Wine Island of Reichenau https://www.winesofgermany.com/our-regions/highlight-of-wine-culture/261/the-wine-island-of-reichenau World Atlas: Lake Constance https://www.worldatlas.com/lakes/lake-constance.html Glass in Session Episodes Relevant to this Episode: S9E5 Swiss Wine, Sweet Stories https://glassinsession.libsyn.com/s9e5-swiss-wine-sweet-stories S16E1 Austrian and German Sekt https://glassinsession.libsyn.com/austrian-and-german-sekt-s16e1   Glass in Session® swag mentioned in this show: https://www.teepublic.com/user/glass-in-session   Glass in Session® is a registered trademark of Vino With Val, LLC.  Music: “Write Your Story” by Joystock (Jamendo.com cc_Standard License, Jamendo S.A.)

I am joined in this podcast by Barbara Ludwig to discuss her experience of CJD, the disease that her husband Jürgen died from, and which she narrated in her excellent memoir No Time To Cry. She explained how and why she was able to assume and convey her husband's perspective of his illness experience, and how she used the title of the book to convey the importance of time in context of illness.Barbara explored Jürgen's early symptoms with walking difficulty and anxiety, and how this progressed to disorientation and paranoid jealousy. She also captured the uncertainty that trailed his early diagnostic process as all investigations initially failed to confirm a diagnosis, and the uncertainty of how long he had to live. She discussed how he was initially thought to have multiple sclerosis and then a psychological disorder, and how the diagnosis of sporadic CJD was eventually confirmed by spinal fluid analysis, and later by post-mortem examination.Barbara also explored the burdensome care that Jürgen required, initially provided by her, but eventually by a nursing home where his terminal illness played out. We also discussed how she has coped since the death of Jurgen.Barbara Ludwig grew up in the western part of Berlin. She met Jürgen during her training in local government. They went to Australia after their wedding, and then to Lake Constance in the south of Germany near the border to the Swiss. She worked at the university there whilst Jürgen studied. They then moved to Munich where she worked for many years at the Goethe Institute as head of human resources. Today she writes Mallorca crime novels with passion, and she has been living for five years with her new partner in Bad Orb in the Spessart, near Frankfurt. Her latest book is 'Do You Love the Sea?'

In 1524, no wait, 153 BC, or maybe it was 1691, someone invaded somewhere near Lake Constance. The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you'd like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact sales@advertisecast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He was born in Ireland to wealthy parents, who sent him to be educated at the Monastery of Bangor. There he embraced the ascetical life and became a monk. He was one of the twelve monks who traveled with his spiritual father St Columbanus (November 23) as missionaries to Gaul. In time some of the group traveled into pagan lands, up the Rhine river to Lake Zurich. The monks settled on Lake Constance around a chapel dedicated to St Aurelia, which had been taken by the pagans as a shrine; they cleansed and reconsecrated the chapel, which became the center of their new monastery. Saint Gall lived as a hermit, serving the brethren by making nets and catching fish. In 612 St Columbanus went on to Italy with most of his disciples, leaving St Gall and a few others to continue their life. When St Gall delivered Frideburga, the daughter of a local duke, from a demon, he offered the saint a tract of land on the shores of Lake Constance; here was founded the monastery that in later times bore St Gall's name.   At various times, the holy Gall refused calls to become a bishop, or to take over the abbacy of the great monastery at Luxeuil. To all such requests he answered that he would rather serve than command. He continued living in his isolated monastic community until he reposed in peace in 640, at the age of ninety-nine. In later years, and continuing well into the middle ages, the Monastery of St Gall became famed for the holiness of its monks and for its library.

Annette Kehnel joins Jana Byars to talk about The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability (Brandeis University Press, 2024). A fascinating blend of history and ecological economics that uncovers the medieval precedents for modern concepts of sustainable living. In The Green Ages, historian Annette Kehnel explores sustainability initiatives from the Middle Ages, highlighting communities that operated a barter trade system on the Monte Subiaco in Italy, sustainable fishing at Lake Constance, common lands in the United Kingdom, transient grazing among Alpine shepherds in the south of France, and bridges built by crowdfunding in Avignon.  Kehnel takes these medieval examples and applies their practical lessons to the modern world to prove that we can live sustainably--we've done it before! From the garden economy in the mythical-sounding City of Ladies to early microcredit banks, Kehnel uncovers a world at odds with our understanding of the typical medieval existence. Premodern history is full of inspiring examples and concepts ripe for rediscovery, and we urgently need them as today's challenges--finite resources, the twilight of consumerism, and growing inequality--threaten what we have come to think of as a modern way of living sustainably. This is a stimulating and revelatory look at a past that has the power to change our future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Annette Kehnel joins Jana Byars to talk about The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability (Brandeis University Press, 2024). A fascinating blend of history and ecological economics that uncovers the medieval precedents for modern concepts of sustainable living. In The Green Ages, historian Annette Kehnel explores sustainability initiatives from the Middle Ages, highlighting communities that operated a barter trade system on the Monte Subiaco in Italy, sustainable fishing at Lake Constance, common lands in the United Kingdom, transient grazing among Alpine shepherds in the south of France, and bridges built by crowdfunding in Avignon.  Kehnel takes these medieval examples and applies their practical lessons to the modern world to prove that we can live sustainably--we've done it before! From the garden economy in the mythical-sounding City of Ladies to early microcredit banks, Kehnel uncovers a world at odds with our understanding of the typical medieval existence. Premodern history is full of inspiring examples and concepts ripe for rediscovery, and we urgently need them as today's challenges--finite resources, the twilight of consumerism, and growing inequality--threaten what we have come to think of as a modern way of living sustainably. This is a stimulating and revelatory look at a past that has the power to change our future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Annette Kehnel joins Jana Byars to talk about The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability (Brandeis University Press, 2024). A fascinating blend of history and ecological economics that uncovers the medieval precedents for modern concepts of sustainable living. In The Green Ages, historian Annette Kehnel explores sustainability initiatives from the Middle Ages, highlighting communities that operated a barter trade system on the Monte Subiaco in Italy, sustainable fishing at Lake Constance, common lands in the United Kingdom, transient grazing among Alpine shepherds in the south of France, and bridges built by crowdfunding in Avignon.  Kehnel takes these medieval examples and applies their practical lessons to the modern world to prove that we can live sustainably--we've done it before! From the garden economy in the mythical-sounding City of Ladies to early microcredit banks, Kehnel uncovers a world at odds with our understanding of the typical medieval existence. Premodern history is full of inspiring examples and concepts ripe for rediscovery, and we urgently need them as today's challenges--finite resources, the twilight of consumerism, and growing inequality--threaten what we have come to think of as a modern way of living sustainably. This is a stimulating and revelatory look at a past that has the power to change our future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

Annette Kehnel joins Jana Byars to talk about The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability (Brandeis University Press, 2024). A fascinating blend of history and ecological economics that uncovers the medieval precedents for modern concepts of sustainable living. In The Green Ages, historian Annette Kehnel explores sustainability initiatives from the Middle Ages, highlighting communities that operated a barter trade system on the Monte Subiaco in Italy, sustainable fishing at Lake Constance, common lands in the United Kingdom, transient grazing among Alpine shepherds in the south of France, and bridges built by crowdfunding in Avignon.  Kehnel takes these medieval examples and applies their practical lessons to the modern world to prove that we can live sustainably--we've done it before! From the garden economy in the mythical-sounding City of Ladies to early microcredit banks, Kehnel uncovers a world at odds with our understanding of the typical medieval existence. Premodern history is full of inspiring examples and concepts ripe for rediscovery, and we urgently need them as today's challenges--finite resources, the twilight of consumerism, and growing inequality--threaten what we have come to think of as a modern way of living sustainably. This is a stimulating and revelatory look at a past that has the power to change our future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Annette Kehnel joins Jana Byars to talk about The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability (Brandeis University Press, 2024). A fascinating blend of history and ecological economics that uncovers the medieval precedents for modern concepts of sustainable living. In The Green Ages, historian Annette Kehnel explores sustainability initiatives from the Middle Ages, highlighting communities that operated a barter trade system on the Monte Subiaco in Italy, sustainable fishing at Lake Constance, common lands in the United Kingdom, transient grazing among Alpine shepherds in the south of France, and bridges built by crowdfunding in Avignon.  Kehnel takes these medieval examples and applies their practical lessons to the modern world to prove that we can live sustainably--we've done it before! From the garden economy in the mythical-sounding City of Ladies to early microcredit banks, Kehnel uncovers a world at odds with our understanding of the typical medieval existence. Premodern history is full of inspiring examples and concepts ripe for rediscovery, and we urgently need them as today's challenges--finite resources, the twilight of consumerism, and growing inequality--threaten what we have come to think of as a modern way of living sustainably. This is a stimulating and revelatory look at a past that has the power to change our future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

Annette Kehnel joins Jana Byars to talk about The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability (Brandeis University Press, 2024). A fascinating blend of history and ecological economics that uncovers the medieval precedents for modern concepts of sustainable living. In The Green Ages, historian Annette Kehnel explores sustainability initiatives from the Middle Ages, highlighting communities that operated a barter trade system on the Monte Subiaco in Italy, sustainable fishing at Lake Constance, common lands in the United Kingdom, transient grazing among Alpine shepherds in the south of France, and bridges built by crowdfunding in Avignon.  Kehnel takes these medieval examples and applies their practical lessons to the modern world to prove that we can live sustainably--we've done it before! From the garden economy in the mythical-sounding City of Ladies to early microcredit banks, Kehnel uncovers a world at odds with our understanding of the typical medieval existence. Premodern history is full of inspiring examples and concepts ripe for rediscovery, and we urgently need them as today's challenges--finite resources, the twilight of consumerism, and growing inequality--threaten what we have come to think of as a modern way of living sustainably. This is a stimulating and revelatory look at a past that has the power to change our future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Annette Kehnel joins Jana Byars to talk about The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability (Brandeis University Press, 2024). A fascinating blend of history and ecological economics that uncovers the medieval precedents for modern concepts of sustainable living. In The Green Ages, historian Annette Kehnel explores sustainability initiatives from the Middle Ages, highlighting communities that operated a barter trade system on the Monte Subiaco in Italy, sustainable fishing at Lake Constance, common lands in the United Kingdom, transient grazing among Alpine shepherds in the south of France, and bridges built by crowdfunding in Avignon.  Kehnel takes these medieval examples and applies their practical lessons to the modern world to prove that we can live sustainably--we've done it before! From the garden economy in the mythical-sounding City of Ladies to early microcredit banks, Kehnel uncovers a world at odds with our understanding of the typical medieval existence. Premodern history is full of inspiring examples and concepts ripe for rediscovery, and we urgently need them as today's challenges--finite resources, the twilight of consumerism, and growing inequality--threaten what we have come to think of as a modern way of living sustainably. This is a stimulating and revelatory look at a past that has the power to change our future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your hosts are Paul Marden and Oz Austwick.If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website rubbercheese.com/podcast.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this podcast.Competition ends on 25th September 2024. The winner will be contacted via Twitter. Show references: https://www.monkey-forest.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-torlop-261a10119/ Josh is a passionate marketer and PR professional currently working at Trentham Monkey Forest in Staffordshire. As the sole member of the Marketing & PR team, he manages, oversees, and delivers all communication strategies for one of the UK's most fascinating woodlands. This unique role requires him to wear many hats, as he strives to create best-in-class campaigns across multiple fronts.Trentham Monkey Forest is unlike any other place in the UK. It's a 60-acre woodland where 140 Barbary macaques live freely, mirroring their natural habitat. This distinct feature is the heart of the attraction, and Josh is driven to share this "sparkle" with as many people as possible, all while working within a modest budget. A visit to the forest, which Josh first experienced with his aunt in 2007 as a child, left a lasting impression on him. Now, he aims to ensure that visitors create similarly special and lasting memories at this remarkable destination, all for an affordable entry fee—an essential element of his marketing strategy.In 2024, Monkey Forest reached a record-breaking year for footfall, and as the year draws to a close, Josh has been collaborating with Oz on creating 'out of the box' campaigns that break the 'fourth wall' between the brand and the consumer. Reflecting on a PR stunt he strategized and executed in 2022, which went globally viral and reached hundreds of millions worldwide, Josh considers it a personal career highlight. His enthusiasm for being a one-man marketing team at such a unique destination continues to fuel his innovative and ambitious approach. Transcription:  Paul Marden: Welcome to Skip the Queue, a podcast for people working in and working with visitor attractions. I'm your host, Paul Marden. So welcome to Season 6. Oz Austwick: Yeah, welcome back. Paul Marden: How are we back already? Because it feels like only yesterday were recording the tail end of season five. So where's my summer break? It just seems to have gone. Oz Austwick: It does seem a little bit like we've not really had much time off. We must have. Must have had a bit of a break. Paul Marden: Yes, absolutely. Because I've got a list. As long as you are, of all the places that I've been over the summer holidays, where have you been? Oz Austwick: Like you? Lots of places. Lots of castles, a few stately homes and one or two more unusual places. But I think if I had to pick one, I went to Highclere. Oz Austwick: Okay. I love it. I'm a massive Downton Abbey fan. I tried so hard not to like Downton Abbey and just utterly failed and got sucked into this wonderful world of 1920s stately home. The lives going on upstairs and down. And you know what? It's just such a good series and to go and experience the place and see all these wonderful familiar areas with my 15 year old daughter, who is even more of a fan than me, was just amazing. Paul Marden: Brilliant. Oz Austwick: We might just have been blaring theme music out of the car on the way down the drive. How about you? Paul Marden: So where have I been? We went to We The Curious back in Bristol, which has just reopened after two years of being closed. And that was just amazing. I took my daughter there with two of her friends and we had a whale of time wandering around there. We've been to the Roman Baths down in Bath. That was quite fun. That was a very hot day, but we had a lovely time just wandering around in the baths. We really enjoyed that. The one standout thing that I did that does not come around very often, where it comes around once every four years. We went to the Olympics, so went and experienced handball of all games. Never watched a handball game in my life, but it was amazing. It was just so much fun. Oz Austwick: I don't think I know anything about handball. Paul Marden: Well, I was expecting something a bit like basketball or netball. No, not at all. No. This was full on contact sport. It's like rugby, but inside and throwing people around. It was awesome. It was so fast paced. We saw it was France v Germany, so it was absolutely stacked in the stadium. But they captured the spirit of London 2012. It felt just like the part, the atmosphere that we felt when went to the main stadium, the athletic stadium during 2012 but with a french twist. Oz Austwick: Not your first Olympics, then? Paul Marden: No, not my first. But I didn't see Usain Bolt this time. I did see him 2012. He was only about a spec on the other side of the stadium at the time, but no, we had a great time and there was just so much about the way that they organised it. It's a feat of human engineering, isn't it, to put that on for two weeks stint. But they organised it so well and yeah, it was thoroughly enjoyable. Oz Austwick: So, speaking of events, we're going to one pretty soon, aren't we? I mean, it's not quite on the scale of the Olympics, but it's going to be glorious all the same. Paul Marden: Yes. So this will be my third National Theme Park Awards. I promise this year not to scream quite so loudly if I actually go one of the roller coasters whilst we're there. Oz Austwick: Well, I'm going with you, so I will record it. Paul Marden: I promise you. I screamed like a marine last year. Oz Austwick: Yeah. So we'll be there. We're there officially as Rubber Cheese, aren't we? So, yes, if you're there, come over and say hi, we've got a stall, I think a stand and we might have some freebies. We'll definitely have some chocolates because it's a good excuse to have some chocolates. So come and find us and have some chocolates with us. Paul Marden: Yeah, absolutely. But, you know, it's an in real life experience, so come over and talk to us, give us your ideas. What can we do this season and what would you like us to talk about? Can we come to see ewing at your theme park? Oz Austwick: Yeah, because we're doing a bit of that this season, aren't we? We've got a few lined up. Paul Marden: We do. We do. It was something that you said last at the end of Season 5 that you wanted to do differently, that we work in this attraction sector which is all about going and doing experiences and we spend the whole of the podcast sat in a square room with nothing much going on and without actually meeting people in real life. And wouldn't it be wonderful if we could actually record in real life with people? Oz Austwick: It's crazy not to. We're talking to people at these amazing places and I just get to sit in my own dodgy little converted office. But not this time. No. So you met a chap a little while ago at a conference, didn't you? Paul Marden: Yeah, I met Josh from Trentham Monkey Forest, and he was presenting. I think if I'm right in saying this, it was the first time h. e's done a presentation at conference before, but I was blown away by him and his presentation, and he's a one man marketing machine for Trentham from his own slide. He tells this story about being the CMO and the social media executive and the website editor and all of these different hats that. That you have to wear when you're running marquee in a small business. That's Josh, and I just loved it. And I was really impressed with the way he was talking about the outcomes of what he had achieved as a result of the work that he was doing. It wasn't just about the activities that he was doing. Paul Marden: It was what difference that made to the organization as a result of him doing it, which I found really impressive. So I really wanted him on the podcast, and I jumped on a call with him and. And his first idea was, why don't you come and record it in the Monkey Forest? So here we are at the start of Season 6, and you've had a chance to go up there, haven't you? Oz Austwick: Yeah. I mean, it is a little ironic that my favorite podcast. Sorry, my second favourite podcast, because obviously this is my favourite. My second favourite podcast is the Infinite Monkey Cage. So to get to go and record in what is essentially a cage with monkeys in itheme seemed like way too good an opportunity to pass up on. It was an amazing day. I try not to say too much about it because we've got the whole interview to come. Paul Marden: Absolutely. But I'm assuming that everything went slickly and it was a well oiled machine and it's got the same production values as we would normally expect. Oz Austwick: No, not at all. I mean, I realised that there was potentially an issue when we. I got there and I found the place really easily. It was great. It was nicely signposted. I found the right place. The people in the car parks were hugely helpful. They sent me there. I parked up, a lovely lady took me to Josh. We got all the gear. We walked quite a long way into a forest full of monkeys, and then I realised I didn't have a camera with me. And of course, it's not an easy thing to go because we couldn't just leave all the gear with the monkeys and both walk back. But because I wasn't wearing official Trentham Monkey Forest clothing, they didn't want people to see me walking around in the woods off the path. So it became quite. Oz Austwick: So we figured it out, got the camera, got back, started setting everything up, and of course, because we're not sitting at desks I've got a lovely microphone that I wanted to put out in front of us, but you can't string a cable across a large open area where there are monkeys. Paul Marden: Health and safety issues with monkeys. Oz Austwick: Yeah, well, absolutely. The fact is, I mean, we could have done it, but the monkeys would have probably just taken the microphone away. So there is, if I'm being honest, a little bit of wind noise because the microphone's slightly further from us than I hoped it would be. I've got Josh miked up, so it's only me that you struggle to hear. But that being said, I mean, what an amazing experience if you haven't been to Trentham Monkey Forest, go. We've talked about this a little before, but there's this kind of period, 100, 120 years ago when all of the great historic homes, these are amazing estates, suddenly started having to find other ways of making money. And you can look around and some of them have survived and some of them haven't. Some of them have just gone completely. Oz Austwick: Some were turned into flats and one was turned into a monkey forest, which just feels a little bit random. But, yeah, I mean, Josh is a really smart guy, very switched on, very articulate and very knowledgeable, and he's got his own monkey army. So. Paul Marden: I've got nothing to say to that other than we desperately got to listen to the rest of this interview. It's going to be so interesting. Oz Austwick: Yeah, well, absolutely. But before we do, if you're listening and you have a thing going on and you'd like us to come and be part of it and record there, please do get in touch and let us know if you're doing something interesting in the visitor attraction sector. We'd love to talk to you. Or if there's just a pressing issue that you think isn't getting the exposure that it should be, then, yeah, let us know, because this isn't really about us, it's about the sector. And if we can help, then that would be amazing. Paul Marden: Yeah. So we've got lined up for this season. We're going to do some in real life at conferences. So we're going to go to ASDC conference and do some in real life interviews there. We've been invited to some attractions already. So, you know, if you've got a conference and you'd love us to come along and do something in real life for the podcast, let us know if you'd like us to come to your attraction because you're running an event for Halloween or Christmas or whatever it is then let us know. We will chuckle the gear in the back of a car. We promise we will better prepared if we meet monkeys again. Can't promise that we'll better prepared for other animals or small children or whatever, but, you know, we'll do our best. Oz Austwick: Yeah, I mean, I'd be hesitant and promising I'd be more prepared, to be honest with you, but, you know, we'll do our best and we'll come up. Oz Austwick: With something on at the end of it, I'm sure. Paul Marden: Yeah, exactly. So, without any further ado, shall we get on to listening to the interview that you did with. With Josh athlete at Trenton Monkey forest? Oz Austwick: So welcome, Josh. Thanks very much for joining us. Regular listeners will probably be aware of a bit of wind noise on this one because for the first time, we're recording on location in a monkey forest. Josh Torlop: Yeah, it's the first time for me to be honest, because I'm just looking across our forest here and we've got three or four monkeys surrounding us. Oz Austwick: Yeah, I must admit it's a little bit odd, if I'm being honest. I'm used to sitting in an office, at a desk, and today I'm leaning on a tree surrounded by monkeys. Josh Torlop: It's giving me a little bit of power here. I'm not the host and I'm making you feel uncomfortable with these monkeys around us, but no, yeah, we're perfectly fine. The monkeys have their natural weariness intact of humans, so they won't bother us too much. They will simply live their monkey life around us. Oz Austwick: If you're listening to this on Spotify or through iTunes or anything like that, then please check out the YouTube video and you'll be able to see some of the monkeys that are currently watching us. So, as always, we tend to start with a couple of icebreaker questions. And now we're in Season 6, that's not going to change anytime soon. So I've got a couple of kind off the wall questions for you. Josh Torlop: Oh, here we go. Oz Austwick: What's the biggest animal that you think you could carry up a flight of stairs? Josh Torlop: Oh, that's a good question. So, when I was younger, I had a Labrador called Tommy who had a bit of a gut. Oz Austwick: Okay. Josh Torlop: So I'd say I'd carry Tommy, and that might be a very boring answer, but he could eat anything. We had two labradors, one called Blake and one called Tommy. And Tommy used to finish his food and eat Blake's food, so I would say Tommy. Oz Austwick: Okay, cool. Yeah, I reckon. I think you could carry a labrador. The next one is what film should be remade by the Muppets. Josh Torlop: Oh, that's an interesting one, isn't it? Oz Austwick: Yeah. Josh Torlop: The Wolf of Wall Street. I'd love to see Kim the frog take on Wall street. How good would that be? Oz Austwick: That would be amazing. Josh Torlop: Yeah, that would be perfect. Because Margot Robbie's blonde. Miss Piggy was blonde. Not to say that Margot Robbie looks at all like Miss Piggy, but that's. Yeah, that'd work. Oz Austwick: I doubt she's a listener, if I can. So one of the things I really want to talk to you about, other than that this venue, which is quite unique, at least in the UK, is the challenges of being a one man marketing team. Oz Austwick: Let's start off. Just tell me a little bit about the monkey forest and how it became a thing. Josh Torlop: Yeah, certainly. So, Trentham Monkey Forest is one of four parks protecting Barbary macaques. That is a highly endangered species of primate. So there's less than 8000 in the wild. So we have two parks in France, one in Germany and one here in Staffordshire. Stokend Trentham Monkey Forest. And it started all the way back in 1969 in Kinzheim in the Alsace region. Listeners might remember Beauty and the Beast. That's where the town was famously sort of depicted. Oh, yeah, there we go. Yeah. Back to the Muppets. Well, yeah. But in terms of our journey, if you will, it was two french chaps, one called Jack Trinau and one called Gilbert de turquine, that basically sought this mission to protect this incredible species, monkey called Barbary macaques. Josh Torlop: So they wanted to create this fantastic concept where around 100 monkeys, 100 to 150, could simply be themselves in a forest completely, no interference from humans, in a way where it would be able to preserve the natural behaviours in order to facilitate possible reintroduction. Oz Austwick: Okay. Josh Torlop: So it was an incredible forward thinking concept. And you fast forward 40 years, they had to basically have to open two parks, another one in France in Rocamadour, and then another one in Germany in the sort of Lake Constance area, basically, because they sort of made the mistakes before us, basically. So they realised that once you have a lot of monkeys in a forest living how they would. They'd mate and they'd make. You'd end up with more monkeys. So they had to open more parks came this incredible conservation project for this one species, which makes us incredibly different, because their passion was engaging people with this primate in particular, by letting visitors to the area marvel at the incredible behaviours right in front of them from 2 meters away. Josh Torlop: But also, the monkeys having this, you know, this separation between human and primate, so their natural behaviours weren't deteriorated. So it was an incredible concept that here we are, 2005, we'll say we opened in Trentham, Stoke, and here we are, 2024, 19 years later, thriving, surviving, and I'm doing the marketing for it, which is incredible. Oz Austwick: Absolutely. So how do you end up as the marketing and pr manager of a monkey forest? Josh Torlop: So what you do is the year was, what, 2021? And I was looking for a role in marketing and I was scrolling through LinkedIn and Indeed, as you do when you're searching for a job. And I saw an advertisement for a marketing and PR officer at Trentham Monkey Forest. And it brought me back to when I was seven years old, my auntie and my mum coming to visit Monkey Forest for the first time and being absolutely amazed at the fact that there was a primate right in front of me, acting as if I wasn't there and it was just being a monkey, I thought it was magnificent. And that visit always stuck with me. And for me, as a visitor attraction, I always talk about, now I'm marketing at a visitor attraction. Is the sparkle what excites your visitors to come to you? Josh Torlop: And that is it. That moment of thinking, wow, that's incredible, there's a monkey right there acting exactly how it would in the wild. That's always stuck with me. And that inspired me to apply for that role because I wanted to share that sort of memory maker with thousands of people to visit the park and have that same experience. And thankfully, we're doing that quite well. We're hitting all the right noises on TikTok. Oz Austwick: Absolutely, yeah, you're doing a great job. Does it ever get normal? Because I have to say, it's really weird to be stood here in a perfectly normal british bit of woodland. And, yeah, there are monkeys. Josh Torlop: Well, if you look to your left, you'll see a statue of a man in the distance. So that man is the Duke of Sutherland. He once owned this land, a bit like lion king, you know, everywhere the light touches, I own. Basically, in the victorian times, he owned the Trentham estate. So everywhere we're looking now, that was Duke Sutherland's land. And people of that time actually enjoyed this forest for leisure. So not much has really changed because people still enjoy it. It's just there's monkeys here, which I love to imagine if we just brought him back for just a day and I would be like, what do you think of this use for your land, mister Duke, Sir Duke? Oz Austwick: I think it's fascinating. And one of the things that we see a lot, because we talk to and work with a lot of old historic estates and the kind of, I guess maybe 100 years ago or so, there was a real issue where they had to suddenly start doing something to survive. They couldn't just have the land and keep it, they had to actually make some use of it or lose it. And it's really interesting how some places in their safari parks or golf courses or hotels and spas, and there we have a load of monkeys. Josh Torlop: Yeah, I mean, 60 acres, about the equivalent of 40 football pitches. For any football fans listening, that's a lot of space. And the visitors see a very small proportion of that, which is nice in a way. I'd love for visitors to see all our forest, but for the monkeys, they have such a huge, vast amount of forest space to live exactly how they would in the wild, to a point. That's incredible. So we invited last year, for example, a David Attenborough producer called Rosie Thomas to do a members evening. We obviously have members, and she had literally just been filming in the Algeria, Morocco, a region where these monkeys are native to. Josh Torlop: And she was absolutely bowled over by the fact that it was bringing her back to filming with David Attenborough, which was crazy to think, but so rewarding, in a sense, for us, as an organisation, to think we're doing the right things. And, yeah, that was probably a moment where I thought, wow. Well, I always think, wow. But that, for me, sums up Monkey Forest. To see that a David Attenborough producer could be amazed, and the environment. Oz Austwick: So, yeah, so how do you market it? Josh Torlop: How do I market it? Oz Austwick: It's not like there's a playbook that already. Josh Torlop: That's probably the beauty of it. But is there a playbook for marketing? I mean, TikTok, I feel like if you ever see the Royal Society Protection of Birds, RSPB, they're amazing. They are so hilarious with TikTok. But for us, I think we stick to our unique. Oh, gosh, USP Unique Selling Point of, you walk amongst the monkeys. We have a little bit of fun with it, but also, we know our audience quite well, in a sense, that we know which channels suit certain content types. Pr. We do a lot of story pushing, storytelling features, like a huge part of our marketing activity. We tend to go viral quite often with user generated content. Josh Torlop: So we try and, you know, push that to make sure that visitors want to take a TikTok here, get excited about that, because it could go viral, it could blow up. Anyone can make content nowadays, so we tap into that. But, yeah, I think the key in everything is knowing your audience, knowing what we are and what we do best, which is the walking amongst the monkeys and the conservation behind it. And also being organic. I think I'm being authentic. I think some brands tend to forget that their audiences are human and they don't want to be sold to. They want to see organic content, digest it, consume it, otherwise they're going to swipe up or they're going to swipe across. Josh Torlop: So for us, it's all about having that tongue in cheek element, hitting all noises, having those serious conservation messaging, whether it's a blog or whatever, but marrying that up with some funny content. I mean, do you remember the Aurora, the Northern Lights? One silly thing I did on social media was I superimposed a monkey, transparent monkey in the sky here, and we said, "Oh, the Aurora looked a bit different and still contract", and that got a bit of traction. But, yeah, things like that, you know, showing a bit of personality. I mean, Ryanair do it, a lot of brands are starting to do it now. Curries. I find them hilarious when they chuck a chicken into a air fryer, like from a viral meme video. I don't know if you've seen, Oz, but that's hilarious. Yeah, that's brilliant. Oz Austwick: I mean, there are some companies that are really smashing social media. I'm a huge fan of Gregg's social media. And there's one of the big London department stores that does a world famous Christmas display in their windows every year. And there's a Gregg's opposite the road, opposite them, on the other side of the road. And they literally, they reversed their sign so that every time somebody took a picture of the Christmas display, it said Gregg's. Josh Torlop: Oh, brilliant. Oz Austwick: What a fantastic thing. Josh Torlop: You're making me hungry for a cheese and onion pasta. I love it. Gregg's. There is a drive through one in Stoke by Trent Bale. Oz Austwick: I might check that out. Josh Torlop: For me, I think TikTok in particular, I think every marketer's worked out that each post you do on TikTok you're following is the lowest percentage of who will see that. So it's always a new audience for every post that you do on TikTok. So for us coming in three years ago, we didn't have a TikTok, which I found incredible. We should have TikTok was my answer in my job interview, and that's probably what landed me the job because, you know, three years on we've got 12.7 thousand followers, which is quite a good growth. Josh Torlop: I'm always my biggest critic, so I'd want more, but I think every marketer or PR would say that. But in terms of the TikTok content that we put out is just making sure that we're doing it on a consistent basis, because we know that organic nature of the organic post, reaching a new audience each time, that's probably not going to be there forever. So it's sort of using that now to our advantage because, say, if we do ten posts a week and yeah, all those ten posts didn't get a million views, but if each one of those got a thousand views, that's 10,000 people that wouldn't have seen our content. And also that our unique element will be embedded in that content, or it'll be me in a monkey costume dancing to It's Raining Men. That wasn't me, by the way. Josh Torlop: I've just, I'm just like, that slipper wasn't me. Lots of fun. Oz Austwick: I'll see if I can get a link for that and pop it in the show notes. I mean, I think it's really interesting that social media kind of gives us this really odd view when it comes to numbers. And you say you've got what, say, twelve and a half thousand followers. Josh Torlop: Yeah, I think it's 12.7 now. 12.7 thousand. Oz Austwick: And those people who are really into social media will look at that and think, oh, that's not very many. Josh Torlop: No. Oz Austwick: But put them all in a room. Josh Torlop: Well, that's quite an awful lot for a small organisation. But also zero pounds spent. Oz Austwick: Absolutely. Oz Austwick: If you got twelve and a half thousand people through the gates, that wouldn't come through the gates otherwise, then that's a massive step. Josh Torlop: Yeah. Well, absolutely. I think for us, we have a quite high awareness campaign yearly campaign. We just want to drive awareness to us. Because I live and die by you put this in front of eyes. Feet are going to certainly follow because of how incredible it is. So that's what molds our strategy. But that's obviously one small element is social media. I mean, we did a PR stunt in 2022 that went globally viral. It reached 900 million people. So we're talking about 12.7 thousand not being the biggest, but that's huge. Yeah. James Corden was talking about little old Trent and monkey forest a few years ago. Because you'll love this, we hired a Marvin Gaye impersonator to serenade our monkeys, saying, "Let's get it on." Oz Austwick: I saw. Josh Torlop: Yeah. Oz Austwick: And that was a Valentine's Day thing. Josh Torlop: It was a Valentine's Day PR stunt, yeah. And it went absolutely viral. I dine out on it every week now at dinner, because I don't think I'm ever going to live that down. Oz Austwick: So, I mean, did it work? Do you have baby monkeys now? Josh Torlop: We had twelve that year, I believe. I think twelve. So. Oz Austwick: So, from a conservation point of view, getting Marvin Gaye involved was a good move. Josh Torlop: Well, that's it, yeah. We aim between six and seven babies, so if we have twelve that year, then it's work. Oz Austwick: I'm impressed. Josh Torlop: Yeah. Oz Austwick: So what are some of the challenges? Because obviously it's just you that does all of this and I've worked in house as a marketer and you've got to do everything, which inevitably means that you've just got to decide which bits you're going to do and which bits you're not. Oz Austwick: How's that work in the visitor attraction industry? Josh Torlop: For me, I hate the saying jack of all trades. I prefer swiss army knife because each part of a swift army knife is very useful and that's each part of the communication strategy f For me, every bit of it is vital for the success of your marketing and pr strategy. And one of the challenges is, obviously, managing time. Not to be boring, but it is. For example, this morning I've had a BBC radio stoke interview come straight speak to you. But, yeah, it's a case of making sure that you don't bite off more than you can chew, not having a skatcon approach, having quite a strategic straight line, knowing what you wanted to achieve. or me. Every bit of it is vital for the success of your marketing and pr strategy. So, yeah, that feeds into our strategy, really. Josh Torlop: It's not biting off more than we can chew, but also being as impactful as we can with the resource given. So I take all the photography that many people probably don't know, and Monkey Forest, we don't outsource photography, I take it. So I feel like, yes, it can be taxing having just one person to do all these roles, but then ensures consistency, because if it's wrong, it's the wrong consistency. But I like to think I'm doing quite well here. So in terms of what we're doing and what we're putting out, it's all consistent, we're brand cohesive because we haven't got a lot of chefs in the room giving off opinions, which can be good, can be useful, but still, I think that's why we get stuff done quite quickly. Josh Torlop: Say, if I want bit of content, I take my camera in and get the content, whatever it needs to be. But I do say, "Oh, yeah, it's a marketing team of one", but I have a great support network around me. For example, the director, Mark, best boss you'll ever work for. He is such a good guy and he trusts me to execute the pr and marketing strategy well. And then we've got Lisa, the part manager, who helps me a lot as well with radio interviews. They're all superb in front of the camera. Not a lot of people would say that, but media training wise, everyone is fantastic here in front of media, which is great. So everyone was willing to muck in. Josh Torlop: The Marvin Gaye PR event, for example, that was a roaring success because the guides were on board, they knew what, even though it sounded ridiculous. And all of our guides have science based, of course, being Barbary macaque experts. And they thought, what the earth is Josh playing at here? They saw the impact of raising the profile of the endangered species and they were really with me on that. But that was because we did a team brief. We explained the strategy behind it, what we wanted to achieve. The reason I actually said, the reason why I like to do this high awareness campaign is because I go into the pub with my mates to celebrate getting this job and I'm from a little town called Norfolk in Cheshire, which is probably on the sort of cross county border of Staffordshire. Josh Torlop: And I said, "Oh, I've got a job at transome monkey forest." And they went, "Oh, part of my transom gardens." " No", that's not the case. So we didn't have that profile in place. That was only the people that knew about us, by the way. So half the table didn't even know what Transponkey forest was, which I found baffling 20 minutes up the road. Oz Austwick: Absolutely. So, yeah, so, I mean, you get quite a lot of user generated content, your social media, obviously full of monkeys, but most people's isn't. So when they come, it's quite special being to put that out. But you mentioned earlier when were chatting about the fact that your most recent success has been TripAdvisor. Josh Torlop: Yeah, it's quite the timing, to be fair. So we've gone viral again this week because someone did a review on Tripadvisor and this sums up our marketing strategy to a team because obviously we try and be as lighthearted as possible and resonate with our audiences. So someone did a review about Monkey Forest and they were upset that we had monkeys. So, yeah, primarily it was monkeys. So we responded. I respond to every review because I find the feedback so useful, because we have the luxury that a lot of businesses who are listening or people are from organisations going to be jealous of this. We're closed over winter, so November to February. We have a strategic analysis of the business for me as well, marketing activity. I do all my strategy over winter, implement it spring and summer. Josh Torlop: So anyway, we love our feedback, we love receiving the feedback. And this week, it's the first time in nearly four years where I've been stumped for words. I didn't know what to say to this person because we have got monkeys. So our response went viral. We said something along the lines of, "Yes, we're a monkey forest. So primarily there are monkeys. Sorry, don't know how to answer this." Oz Austwick: It just leaves me wondering how they found you. Josh Torlop: Yeah, because if you. Oz Austwick: Our SEO must be formed pictures of monkey and the website site is covered in pictures of monkeys and it's called monkey forest. Josh Torlop: Can't please everyone. Right. I'm not sure, to be fair, I'd love for him to reach out because, yeah, it has gone viral. I feel bad for the chap who's done the review because he must be a bit upset with all the attention he's got from a review because he's a paying visitor at the end of the day and he probably had a great time, but. Oz Austwick: You'd hope so, but not if you don't like monkeys, I guess. Josh Torlop: Yeah. So. But, yeah, it was in the mail, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, all the national news pretty much this week. So it kept me on my toes and busy. And that's when it's hard as a team of one, is to manage things that go viral. Oz Austwick: I guess at that point you're getting a lot of people trying to contact you and get comments from you for their articles. So what they're putting out is a little bit different. Josh Torlop: Well, no, to be fair, everything's been consistent so far, but it is a lot of marketing, and PR is controlling narratives and making sure that the content or whatever's being put out is in line with what you're trying to achieve. And obviously PR has that challenge and I like to think that PR is sort of my bag. So I love to do PR. It's something that I've always been interested in. I did a journalism degree at university, so I love the PR element of the job and storytelling. So from that, I'm sure fellow PRs that are listening will understand. When something goes viral, it's a little dreaded demon in the back of your mind where you're like, "Oh, God, it's gone viral." Oz Austwick: It's probably good. Josh Torlop: Probably good. But I've got a lot of answers to come up with. But, yeah, it's great for the business and we're a lovely bunch here. So if anyone does something great, people do tell you, and it's really nice, and it's such a wonderful place to work. Even the head guides, they have a bit of bands with me. I like to call them Anton Deck, the two head guides. So it's Aliya, the Venice, and it's daydream. 20 years. Well, 19 years, but yeah. So Aliyah gave me a lot of banter. Scene. What has he done now? He's made it busy for bank holiday. We're gonna be knackered. But, yeah, it's all good fun. It's all good banter. Oz Austwick: So what's next? Where do we go at Trentham Monkey Forest? What's the future look like? Josh Torlop: I want to do another Valentine's Day PR stunts. I want to do Netflix and chill, so I want to set up play screen for the monkeys. May play a bit of Titanic or love, actually. But, yeah, I just want to carry on going, getting as much awareness of the park as possible, hitting the right noises, bringing a load of visitors in who have a great time and do more things like this, because this is brilliant and I've really appreciated you coming in, having a chat. Oz Austwick: It's a joy. It feels a little bit like it's not work. I'm feeling very lucky today, so thank you very much for having me. Josh Torlop: Thank you. I think I've bored the monkeys because they've all gone. They've all legged it. Oz Austwick: I am wondering where they've gone. Before we wrap it up, we try and finish every episode with a book recommendation. Josh Torlop: Brilliant. I think I need to be on brand here, even though there are monkeys here and they're not apes, but I'm gonna recommend the Chimp Paradox. Can't remember who it's by, but it's a great book. It's all about controlling your inner chimp as a human and controlling your emotions and making sure you don't react emotionally too much to things. Because I like to think I wear my heart on my sleeve and it's good to make sure that you're keeping control of your emotions and making sure that you know, if anything happens, you're doing a great job, everything's going well in life. Chill out. And not being too hard on yourself. Oz Austwick: Amazing. Well, if you'd like a copy, head over to X and retweet us and say that you would like Josh's book. Josh Torlop: I didn't write it. Josh's book. Josh's book. Oz Austwick: We call it Josh's book. Yeah. Thanks so much. I really appreciate having you on board.  And for letting me come and hang out with your monkeys. Josh Torlop: There you go. Thanks very much. Appreciate you coming down. Paul Marden: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. It really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned. Skip The Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes and transcriptions from this episode and more over on our website, rubbercheese.com/podcast. The 2024 Visitor Attraction Website Survey is now LIVE! Help the entire sector:Dive into groundbreaking benchmarks for the industryGain a better understanding of how to achieve the highest conversion ratesExplore the "why" behind visitor attraction site performanceLearn the impact of website optimisation and visitor engagement on conversion ratesUncover key steps to enhance user experience for greater conversionsFill in your data now (opens in new tab)

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Kaiser Friedrich, a vessel steeped in history, was built in 1886. It recently marked its return to service with a ceremonial christening in central Berlin. In a bid to preserve its legacy, its owners refitted the historic 30-meter vessel with a modern, emission-free electric drive system by the world leader in electric mobility on the water, Torqeedo. Kaiser Friedrich, Berlin's oldest passenger vessel goes green The Kaiser Friedrich, a twin-screw steamship, plied Berlin's waters for almost 80 years before it was decommissioned in 1967 and converted into offices and residential space. In 1986, the German Museum of Technology purchased the 100-ton boat and restored it to its original appearance. For several years, the Kaiser Friedrich once again delighted guests with historical city tours until its engines, which used over 150 liters of diesel per hour, made operation both ecologically and economically unviable. The museum reclaimed the boat in 2012 and started the search for Kaiser Friedrich's next chapter. In 2022, Volker Marhold and Julius Dahmen, who both have experience converting historic boats to electric propulsion, purchased the Kaiser Friedrich. In close collaboration with Torqeedo's Customized Solutions team, the conversion to an ultra-efficient electric drive system with twin Deep Blue 50 kW inboard motors and a 400 kWh Deep Blue battery bank was expertly completed by the Tangermünde Shipbuilding and Development Company in Genthin, Germany. Starting on 13 May, Berliners and visitors to the "Athens on the Spree" can enjoy an eco-friendly city tour on board this legendary passenger vessel. At night, the city's most famous boat transforms into a floating beer garden during the 3.5-hour Old Berlin Beer Evening. Online booking is available at www.kaiserfriedrich.berlin. Mr. Dahmen, co-owner of the 138-year-old vessel and operator of Berliner Welle, a company that provides a variety of historic boats for excursions and events, said: "Whisper-quiet, environmentally conscious and free of local emissions, the Kaiser Friedrich will again be available to the people of Berlin. This is the third Berliner Welle excursion boat that we have converted to Torqeedo electric drives, and we look forward to continuing our collaboration." "The Kaiser Friedrich is a longtime maritime landmark of the city," said Mr. Marhold. "And now it is also a symbol of transformation towards the mobility of the future. And what a wonderful future for Berlin's oldest passenger vessel, which can now once again welcome passengers to celebrate life with them while enjoying breathtaking views of our beautiful city." "Torqeedo's electric drive and energy management systems for commercial vessels are transforming the world's waterways," said Fabian Bez, CEO of Torqeedo GmbH. "Major cities like Berlin are taking measures to reduce boating and shipping's ecological, health and climate impacts. But it's not just happening in urban areas: Lake Constance is working toward a holistic decarbonization strategy, and we see similar efforts implemented around the globe." "An electrification project of this size and historical significance is an important step forward," continued Bez. "Commercial vessels of all sizes can be cleaner, quieter, and healthier for our natural and human environments. The technology is here today. It's time to go electric." About Torqeedo: Torqeedo is the market leader for electric mobility on the water. Founded in 2005 in Starnberg, the company develops and manufactures electric and hybrid drives from 0.5 to 100 kW for commercial applications and recreational use. Torqeedo products are characterized by an uncompromising high-tech focus, maximum efficiency and complete system integration. www.torqeedo.com See more breaking stories here.

Subscriber-only episode A father's love knows no bounds. André Bamberski would have moved heaven and earth for his daughter Kalinka....a fact that became clear after her mysterious death.Kalinka Bamberski suddenly died in July 1982 while living with her mother, Danielle, and stepfather, Dr. Dieter Krombach, at Lake Constance in southern Germany. She was found in her bed one morning with needle marks on her arms and an injury to her genitals.Krombach said the death was an accident after he injected her with a substance used to combat anaemia and help her tan faster. Bamberski was sure it was not an accident.  He set off on a relentless hunt for the truth that lasted 30 years, cost him his job, his family, and friends.What would this grief-stricken father do to the man who presumably raped and killed his 14-year-old daughter? How far would YOU go to bring your daughter's killer to justice?Sources available upon request. Thanks for listening! Subscribe here: For Bonus Friday Episodes in Judgy After Dark! (You'll also get a shout out on the show, a handwritten thank you from your ladies, and 20% off our merch! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

The new Electric Sense episode 097 is a spontaneous, live-recorded DJ set that originated in Arbon, Switzerland, by the beautiful Lake Constance in the Eastern part of the country, at the studio of Mja (Markus), a talented DJ and a good friend of our Labelboss Bynomic. Over 1 hour and 40 minutes of the finest deep progressive house, mixed back-to-back by Bynomic and Mja. Enjoy this journey and leave a comment letting us know how you liked it. 00:00 - Pedro Luu - Going My Way (Original Mix) [Future Avenue] 06:43 - Tommy Orellano - Blossom (Agustin Pietrocola Remix) [Another Life Music] 13:21 - Lena Storm - Askeza (Original Mix) [SLC-6 Music] 19:05 - Dowden & Ric Niels - Coil (John Cosani Remix) [Mango Alley] 24:59 - Denis Njord - Another Planet (Vitaly Shturm Remix) [Massive Harmony Records] 31:40 - Forty Cats - A Barrel Of Tar (Rodrigo Lapena & Mayro Remix) [Mango Alley] 36:55 - Guy J - Cosmos (Original Mix) [Dantze] 43:21 - Mindlancholic - Lost In A Dream (Poli Siufi Remix) [AH Digital] 49:07 - Mind Echoes - Imagination (Original Mix) [Transensations Records] 54:54 - STEREO MUNK & Zawar K - Dancing Lanterns (Facundo Sosa Remix) [Another Life Music] 1:01:57 - Redspace - Unknown Planet (Paul Hamilton Remix) [Digital Emotions] 1:07:14 - L Georges - Euphoria (EMPHI Remix) [Balkan Connection] 1:12:53 - Andrewboy - Leave It All (Dub Mix) [LW Recordings] 1:18:01 - Arnold T. & Alain Pauwels - Cosmic Spices (Hobin Rude Remix) [3rd Avenue] 1:23:49 - Paul Thomas & Chris Bekker - Apex (Santiago Luna Extended Remix) [UV Noir] 1:29:13 - Rauschhaus - Mindworm (Digital Mess Remix) [Mango Alley] 1:34:21 - Second Sine - Emerald Green (Original Mix) [Univack]

Markets Editors Stephanie Wix and Marta Fern discuss their key takeaways and market outlook for acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and nylon respectively from Fakuma 2023, while ICIS Plastics Recycling Analyst Alexandra Tomczyk reflects on the sustainability angle from this year's event.The 28th Fakuma show was held in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance in Germany from 17-21 October 2023. 

He was born in Ireland to wealthy parents, who sent him to be educated at the Monastery of Bangor. There he embraced the ascetical life and became a monk. He was one of the twelve monks who traveled with his spiritual father St Columbanus (November 23) as missionaries to Gaul. In time some of the group traveled into pagan lands, up the Rhine river to Lake Zurich. The monks settled on Lake Constance around a chapel dedicated to St Aurelia, which had been taken by the pagans as a shrine; they cleansed and reconsecrated the chapel, which became the center of their new monastery. Saint Gall lived as a hermit, serving the brethren by making nets and catching fish. In 612 St Columbanus went on to Italy with most of his disciples, leaving St Gall and a few others to continue their life. When St Gall delivered Frideburga, the daughter of a local duke, from a demon, he offered the saint a tract of land on the shores of Lake Constance; here was founded the monastery that in later times bore St Gall's name.   At various times, the holy Gall refused calls to become a bishop, or to take over the abbacy of the great monastery at Luxeuil. To all such requests he answered that he would rather serve than command. He continued living in his isolated monastic community until he reposed in peace in 640, at the age of ninety-nine. In later years, and continuing well into the middle ages, the Monastery of St Gall became famed for the holiness of its monks and for its library.

He was born in Ireland to wealthy parents, who sent him to be educated at the Monastery of Bangor. There he embraced the ascetical life and became a monk. He was one of the twelve monks who traveled with his spiritual father St Columbanus (November 23) as missionaries to Gaul. In time some of the group traveled into pagan lands, up the Rhine river to Lake Zurich. The monks settled on Lake Constance around a chapel dedicated to St Aurelia, which had been taken by the pagans as a shrine; they cleansed and reconsecrated the chapel, which became the center of their new monastery. Saint Gall lived as a hermit, serving the brethren by making nets and catching fish. In 612 St Columbanus went on to Italy with most of his disciples, leaving St Gall and a few others to continue their life. When St Gall delivered Frideburga, the daughter of a local duke, from a demon, he offered the saint a tract of land on the shores of Lake Constance; here was founded the monastery that in later times bore St Gall's name.   At various times, the holy Gall refused calls to become a bishop, or to take over the abbacy of the great monastery at Luxeuil. To all such requests he answered that he would rather serve than command. He continued living in his isolated monastic community until he reposed in peace in 640, at the age of ninety-nine. In later years, and continuing well into the middle ages, the Monastery of St Gall became famed for the holiness of its monks and for its library.

He is considered the last great writer of post-war Germany. Martin Walser died on July 30 at the age of 96. We talk to the director of the Goethe-Institut Australia, Christoph Mücher, about the controversial chronicler from Lake Constance. - Er gilt als letzter großer Schriftsteller Nachkriegsdeutschlands. Martin Walser ist am 30. Juli im Alter von 96 Jahren gestorben. Mit dem Leiter des Goethe-Instituts Australien, Christoph Mücher, sprechen wir über den streitbaren Chronisten vom Bodensee.

Prof. Dr. Dirk Baecker is a sociologist and holds senior professorship for organization theory and theory of society at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen at Lake Constance. He studied systems theory with Niklas Luhmann. He has been recognized as one of the most prominent German sociologists with important works on cultural theory, sociological theory, economic sociology and organizational sociology. He is the author of numerous books, including KATJEKTE, published at Merve. In this conversation we talk about Luhmanns system theory and his media theory in context of Internet, digitalization and AI as well as how we can meaningfully differentiate between construction of media as a system property and fake news. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message

This is not the first time that Morell Westermann visits this podcast. Those of you that were around in 2020, when we were just taking off, might remember how Morell Westermann and Malik Aziz explained here their record-setting electric flight across the whole length of Germany.Well, Morell is back at record setting, this time, at aeroFriedrichshafen, in Southern Germany. Europe's largest general aviation show, will have a special opening act with the arrival of what is intended to be the largest formation of electrically-powered aircraft ever to fly together.Electric aircraft from all over Europe will gather at an airfield in the canton of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, and cross the water of Lake Constance to make a coordinated arrival at the show.This will be a remarkable feat in itself, but I thought that was also a good excuse to invite Morell back to the podcast in order to take the pulse of the electric aviation industry from a pilot's perspective. In addition to his work as a technology and innovation consultant and key note speaker, Morell is a keen and experienced aviator and a very active member of the, still small, but growing electric aviation community. We may even call him an evangelist of electric flight!So, tune in for an overview of a movement that is starting to transform the way people fly!

Have you tried fasting before? On this episode of The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show, Liz chats to Dr Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, head of research and medicine at the Buchinger Wilhelmi wellness clinics, to take a deep dive into the world of fasting.Françoise shares the history behind the renowned clinics, the benefits this practice can have for our health and what the research says. Liz and Françoise cover who fasting may or may not be suited to and how you can safely try at home, if you would like to.Liz also shares her own personal experience of fasting and her time spent at the Buchinger Wilhelmi clinic in Lake Constance, Germany.Please note, this episode contains discussion of disordered eating.Links mentioned in the episode:Learn more about the Buchinger Wilhelmi clinicsVisit the Buchinger Wilhelmic clinic YouTubeSubscribe to Liz Earle Wellbeing Magazine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike and Andrew join the history's trail in Europe on this episode of Kiwi Tripsters, They take a dabble with the storied town of Bregenz in Lake Constance and head to Vilnius in Lithuania, where the shadow of Stalin can still be felt. They talk about Tombstone tourism and the most famous graveyards in the world? And we hit the road on some scenic drives from Whangarei.

He was born in Ireland to wealthy parents, who sent him to be educated at the Monastery of Bangor. There he embraced the ascetical life and became a monk. He was one of the twelve monks who traveled with his spiritual father St Columbanus (November 23) as missionaries to Gaul. In time some of the group traveled into pagan lands, up the Rhine river to Lake Zurich. The monks settled on Lake Constance around a chapel dedicated to St Aurelia, which had been taken by the pagans as a shrine; they cleansed and reconsecrated the chapel, which became the center of their new monastery. Saint Gall lived as a hermit, serving the brethren by making nets and catching fish. In 612 St Columbanus went on to Italy with most of his disciples, leaving St Gall and a few others to continue their life. When St Gall delivered Frideburga, the daughter of a local duke, from a demon, he offered the saint a tract of land on the shores of Lake Constance; here was founded the monastery that in later times bore St Gall's name.   At various times, the holy Gall refused calls to become a bishop, or to take over the abbacy of the great monastery at Luxeuil. To all such requests he answered that he would rather serve than command. He continued living in his isolated monastic community until he reposed in peace in 640, at the age of ninety-nine. In later years, and continuing well into the middle ages, the Monastery of St Gall became famed for the holiness of its monks and for its library.

He was born in Ireland to wealthy parents, who sent him to be educated at the Monastery of Bangor. There he embraced the ascetical life and became a monk. He was one of the twelve monks who traveled with his spiritual father St Columbanus (November 23) as missionaries to Gaul. In time some of the group traveled into pagan lands, up the Rhine river to Lake Zurich. The monks settled on Lake Constance around a chapel dedicated to St Aurelia, which had been taken by the pagans as a shrine; they cleansed and reconsecrated the chapel, which became the center of their new monastery. Saint Gall lived as a hermit, serving the brethren by making nets and catching fish. In 612 St Columbanus went on to Italy with most of his disciples, leaving St Gall and a few others to continue their life. When St Gall delivered Frideburga, the daughter of a local duke, from a demon, he offered the saint a tract of land on the shores of Lake Constance; here was founded the monastery that in later times bore St Gall's name.   At various times, the holy Gall refused calls to become a bishop, or to take over the abbacy of the great monastery at Luxeuil. To all such requests he answered that he would rather serve than command. He continued living in his isolated monastic community until he reposed in peace in 640, at the age of ninety-nine. In later years, and continuing well into the middle ages, the Monastery of St Gall became famed for the holiness of its monks and for its library.

Natalie Dietl, and Cornelia Stahr, who represent Southwest Germany and the spa city of Baden-Baden, describe their favorite things about this special area.They cover cities including Heidelberg and Stuttgart; natural beauty in and around the Black Forest and Lake Constance; historical sites; outdoor activities, arts, and festivals; summer and winter pleasures -- and their personal special memories._____Natalie Dietl is team manager of international marketing of the State Tourist Board, Southwest Germany. Cornelia Stahr is  Head of Global Marketing at the Baden-Baden Tourism Board. _____Podcast host Lea Lane blogs at forbes.com, has traveled to over 100 countries, written nine books, including Places I Remember, and contributed to many guidebooks. Contact Lea!  @lealane on Twitter; PlacesIRememberLeaLane on Insta; on  Facebook, it's Places I Remember with Lea Lane. Website: placesirememberlealane.com.  New episodes drop every other week, on Tuesdays. Please tell  travel lovers about us, and follow, rate and review this award-winning travel podcast!

All through the long history of Buddhism, women have played a very important role. They received full ordination from the Buddha himself, were teachers, healers, great masters, founded lines of transmission and achieved enlightenment. The equality of women and men is an basic principle of the European and international legislation. Unfortunately we have to observe a big gap between the legislation and the experience of everyday life. In this episode we talked with Vajramala about her early childhood, about famous female Buddhist practitioners of the past and present and where we stand regarding the equality of woman in 2022. Vajramala, whose real name is Sabine Thielow, is a longtime and personal student of Lama Anagarika and was ordained in 1977 and received her teaching authorization in 1984. She is a teacher and has been running a Buddhist study and meditation center on Lake Constance. https://www.buddhistwomen.eu

You surely must have heard of Lake Constance, the Bodensee! If not, this is your sign to learn more about this wonderful body of turquoise waters situated between Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Not only can you swim in this lake but you can also enjoy the buzzling atmosphere while gazing at the spectacular Alps on the other side of the lake. Follow Mayer and Niko exploring the different towns of the Bodensee and learn more about easy border-crossing while taking a round-trip by bike. Did you know you that the Rheinfall, the waterfalls of the Rhine, is just around the corner? Need more info: visit https://www.bodensee.eu/en. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/news4internationals/message

Julia Redl is a landscape photographer from Lake Constance in Germany. Julia has become one of my favourite landscape photographers over the last year or so for her minimalist landscapes, her thoughtful, intimate, close ups and her photographs of moving water. Julia's images always create some kind of mood and her use of composition almost creates a sense of motion, causing your eye to move around the frame.  We talk about her recent trip to Lofoten in Norway, photographing in the rain, photographing in the desert, what she learned from tailoring that applies to her photography, persistance and so much more. There's a lot to take way from this thoughtful photographer who has a really unique eye. Here's my conversation with Julia Redl. Show Notes Thank you to our sponsor, MPB. Get a quote for your unwanted camera gear here: https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/sell-or-trade/ (https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/sell-or-trade/)  Follow this week's guest at the following links:  Website - https://www.juliaredl.de (https://www.juliaredl.de)  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/allessoschoen_bunt/ (https://www.instagram.com/allessoschoen_bunt/)  Connect with View Finders here: Episodes - http://www.viewfinderslive.com/podcast (www.viewfinderslive.com/podcast)  Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/viewfinderspodcast (www.instagram.com/viewfinderspodcast)   Tickets for the next View Finders Live Event - https://viewfinderslive.com (https://viewfinderslive.com) To save 10% off tickets for View Finders Live events, use the code VF10 Connect with me at: http://www.grahamdargie.co.uk (www.grahamdargie.co.uk)  http://www.grahamdargie.com (www.grahamdargie.com)  http://www.youtube.com/5minutephotography (www.youtube.com/5minutephotography)  Photography equipment: Nikon D500 - https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-digital-slr-cameras/used-nikon-digital-slr-cameras/nikon-d500/ (https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-digital-slr-cameras/used-nikon-digital-slr-cameras/nikon-d500/)  Sony Alpha A7RIII - https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-mirrorless-cameras/used-sony-mirrorless-cameras/sony-alpha-a7r-iii/ (https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-mirrorless-cameras/used-sony-mirrorless-cameras/sony-alpha-a7r-iii/)  Tamron 17-28mm - https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-lenses/used-sony-lenses/tamron-17-28mm-f-2-8-di-iii-rxd-sony-fe-fit/ (https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-lenses/used-sony-lenses/tamron-17-28mm-f-2-8-di-iii-rxd-sony-fe-fit/)  Sigma 100-400mm - https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-lenses/used-sony-lenses/sigma-100-400mm-f-5-6-3-dg-dn-os-contemporary-sony-fe-fit/ (https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-lenses/used-sony-lenses/sigma-100-400mm-f-5-6-3-dg-dn-os-contemporary-sony-fe-fit/)  Sony 24-105mm - https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-lenses/used-sony-lenses/sony-fe-24-105mm-f4-g-oss/ (https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-lenses/used-sony-lenses/sony-fe-24-105mm-f4-g-oss/)  Samyang 14mm - https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/search/?www-product-search=samyang+14mm&www-department=all (https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/search/?www-product-search=samyang+14mm&www-department=all)  Kase Magnetic Filters - https://kasefilters.com/kase-wolverine-magnetic-circular-filters (https://kasefilters.com/kase-wolverine-magnetic-circular-filters)   Additional show links Double Exposure: Wave - https://www.instagram.com/p/CbHXrUPIVfu/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/CbHXrUPIVfu/)  Waterfall - https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca-KjS9oDnr/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca-KjS9oDnr/)  Other links: Kai Hornung -...

Lucy and Marian talk about the many options you can choose from while living in Stuttgart: Bus, U-Bahn, S-Bahn or the Zacke? What's the difference, where do they go, what do they cost? Where do you get tickets from and are there special prices for students? What if you want to visit Heidelberg or Lake Constance and don't want to pay for an ICE? And why would you ever want to book an ICE? Let's find out! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/news4internationals/message

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss two airplane crashes - Air France 447 where pilots failed to manage with mechanical failures, and the Lake Constance mid-air collision where two planes crashed due to a conflict between air traffic control and plane systems. I discuss how the hand off between technology and humans is becoming increasingly important with the rise of AI. Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod , on twitter at @itgoeswrongpod or email with your feedback and ideas to whenitgoeswrongpod@gmail.com.Sources:Cognition, technology and organizational limits: lessons from the Air France 447 Disaster - Nick Oliver, Thomas Calvard, Kristina Potocnik > Andrew Maclarenhttps://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a3115/what-really-happened-aboard-air-france-447-6611877/https://hbr.org/2017/09/the-tragic-crash-of-flight-af447-shows-the-unlikely-but-catastrophic-consequences-of-automationhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-5708409099% invisible - children of the magentahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447https://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/jul/07/theairlineindustry.observerfocushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Kaloyevhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/253226187_Identifying_the_Factors_that_Contributed_to_the_Ueberlingen_Midair_Collisionhttps://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/world/europe/killer-of-air-traffic-controller-barred-from-crash-memorial.htmlhttp://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~johnson/Eurocontrol/Ueberlingen/Ueberlingen_Final_Report.PDF

I was born on 23rd Feb 1962 in Stuttgart, Germany. Having a very imaginative mind I was reading books from a very young age. I´m still reading a lot and I love watching movies. I started traveling when I was a teenager and learning about other countries and cultures opened my mind very much. After school I worked as an au-pair in Winchester and went to a language school studying English. I wanted to be a vet but didn´t get into vet school. I studied Agrobiology at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart instead. My studies enabled me to travel as well: I worked on farms in Switzerland, New Zealand, Germany and participated in a student exchange program with the University of Georgia, Athens, USA After University I didn´t do my PhD - as everyone expected - but went on a trip around the world as a backpacker for almost 1 1/2 years. When I came back to Germany I was broke but happy. I didn´t feel like pursuing an academic career. Instead I found a job at a little publisher´s at Lake Constance. I worked as an editor, secretary, translator, horse handler etc. We published a working horse magazine. That´s where I met Henry (not his real name). When I turned 30 I wanted to start a family and have a little farm in the country :) Before that I actually never imagined myself as being a mother. Henry wanted the same and I felt he was my soul mate. Yeah. Love bombing here we come ..... Our dating was insane, intense and crazy - I´ve never felt more loved. I got pregnant and we got married. He got more abusive. After son no. 2 life with him was hell - but not always. We had good times too. When my youngest said: I wish Daddy was dead I knew something was very wrong. he moved out in 2002, we got divorced in 2005, financial abuse stopped in Oct 2020. After he had moved out my sons and I had a great family life. I started working as an English teacher and later on as a Biology and Health Care teacher as well. I work in adult education and at a vocational college. I live in the Black Forest right now, near Freudenstadt. (That´s the northern part of the Black Forest) My sons are wonderful grown up men of 28 and 25. One lives in Munich, the other in Gießen (near Frankfurt) I am no contact with Henry I´ve written my story „I wish Daddy was dead". I want to finally get it published and that´s what I´m researching at the moment: how to get a book published. Besides reading and watching films I love training dogs. I have got two dogs. George is a certified search and rescue dog and Loony is an apprentice search and rescue dog. George is a Border Collie and Loony is a Spanish Waterdog. *** Abuse Talk Podcast currently offers a series of interviews with those that work in the domestic abuse sector. Getting an inside feel for what its really like in their job role and sharing it with all of you. Now mixing with survivor stories. Don't forget you can respond to this episode by leaving a voice message on Anchor, get in touch if you have any queries. Our website: www.abusetalk.co.uk My website: www.jennifergilmour.com @TeacherSusanUte (UteSusanWeiss) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/abusetalk/message

Baden-Württemberg is the second most popular state with tourists from overseas. Highlights include Heidelberg and Baden-Baden, as well as the Black Forest and Lake Constance.

We live a fast-paced life and our body and life needs rest, and what is better than fasting to accomplish that. The question is what is fasting and is how long we should we fast. We hear so many opinions , information that we might get lost. My guest Leonard Wilhelmi, Managing Director of Buchinger Wilhelmi Clinic on Lake Constance in Germany will join me today to answer all your questions. His family is the pioneers of fasting, with 100 years' experience. His great grandfather, Dr. Otto Buchinger has developed his therapeutic fasting method in 1920; and since than four generations of doctors have continued to honor the method and helped countless patients Today Leonard Wilhelmi said Yes to join me and it is your turn to say Yes and learn about fasting.

Andreas Seltmann was born at Lake Constance in Germany. He studied electrical Engineering and also holds degrees as a business economist and business moderator.  Via product management responsibilities he transformed himself into a sales and marketing expert.  For more than a decade, as a member of the executive board, he led the marketing, customer academy and corporate communications of Hekatron, the German unit of a large Swiss family-owned building and security company. The company has received several awards for its employer branding, including one from the Great Place to Work Institute as one of the 100 best employers in Germany. Today, the passionate father, family man and book author works as a management consultant focused on employer branding and HR-Marketing.  He advises successful companies on their way to become a Top employer. He also builds up Väternetze (father networks) in enterprises and is active as speaker & moderator.    You can find Andreas on Social Media at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-seltmann-839614a8/ https://www.facebook.com/aseltmann https://www.instagram.com/special4dads/   More about Andreas' book under: (in German) www.neuseesohnland.de   More about Andreas' Initiative „Dads around the world: (in English) https://www.neuseesohnland.de/dads-around-the-world/    What we spoke about: 4:11 Andreas' professional background  6:47 Hand, Heart and Attitude make us Leaders & Dads 9:08 Framework in business & family 10:32 Book "Neusohnland" 14:48 Transferable skills (from family life to work) 20:28 Transferable skills (from work to family life) 24:42 Boys and Girls Days 28:34 Supporting dads at work   If you would like to support the podcast: Ko-fi Account: Ko-fi.com/karintischler Buy me a coffee Account: https://buymeacoffee.com/KarinTischler   How to connect with Karin Tischler, producer and podcast host of "Job Sharing and Beyond", and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC): Website: https://emilyspath.ca/  LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-tischler/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jobsharingandbeyond/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JobsharingByond Twitter: https://twitter.com/karin_tischler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karintischlerbc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emilyspathca/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilysPathConsulting    

十月的第一個週末，適逢德國統一日，法輪功學員在博登湖周邊的九個城市舉辦了信息日和汽車遊行活動。 更多內容請見：https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/21/10/9/n13292756.htm 大纪元,大纪元新闻,大紀元,大紀元新聞,博登湖（Lake Constance）, 法輪功真相, 中共迫害法輪功, 中共活摘器官, 法輪功 Support this podcast

In this episode, Ada and Marian discuss ideas about a nice summer day's trip to Lake Constance. We talk about how to get there, what you can do there and what to take with you! Marian shares her own experience visiting the city of Constance. Catch up with more of the summer series on the blog: news4internationals.wordpress.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/news4internationals/message

At times personal, occasionally philosophical, hopefully though, a wryly amusing uplifting piece about legs, distances, landscapes, tall towers, overcoming challenges, and the importance of  the journey.

Three entries from a 200km ride

Airships had flown since the 1850s, but the first rigid airship to comfortably carry passengers - the Zeppelin - had its maiden voyage at Lake Constance on 2nd July, 1900.The passion project of German aristocrat Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the ‘golden age' craft were freezing cold on-board, and precarious: the majority of them eventually crashed. Nonetheless, his pluckiness captured the German imagination, raising millions of Reichsmarks, and inspiring Hitler to co-opt the machines for political and military means.In this episode, Rebecca, Olly and Arion consider how Zeppelin's connections to Daimler saved his start-up; explain why the Hindenburg (fatefully) ended up being filled with hydrogen, rather than helium; and reveal the plans of a Bedfordshire-based business to bring blimps back to Britain's skies...Further Reading• ‘A History of German Airship Aviation' at Google Arts & Culture:https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/the-dream-of-flight-a-history-of-german-airship-aviation-zeppelin-museum-friedrichshafen/cQJywRaJSvazIw?hl=en• ‘The Hindenburg Disaster in 1937' from PennLive (2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b94SPaP7mU• The Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10 - from their official website: https://www.hybridairvehicles.com/our-aircraft/airlander-10/For bonus material and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/RetrospectorsWe'll be back on Monday! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/RetrospectorsThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sponsored by Tierra Farm. Music by Aaron Dessner. Hawthorne Valley Executive Director Martin Ping chats with Herbert Dreiseitl (see bio below) about the nature of creativity, the role of beauty in our lives, and the gifts of Waldorf Education. Herbert joined Martin in conversation this past February over Zoom from his home on the shores of Lake Constance in Germany when the country was still in the throes of the pandemic and in a state of strict lockdown. 3:00 Herbert talks about the changes he's seen in the city where he lives during the pandemic – both from nature-based and social perspectives: incredible how nature is taking back lost spaces; less hectic life; have stopped looking elsewhere for beauty – we've had to find it on our own doorsteps.6:45 Role of beauty – beauty is a kind of spiritual awareness we have as humans; healthy social connections often connected to a certain balance, and aesthetic/beauty of the surrounding environment.7:40 Herbert's work with water in built environments; what we feel inside is reflected outside, and what's outside is always reflected back to us and the bridge for this is beauty = flow. 9:00 The pandemic has highlighted hopeful signs that maybe we're overcoming the story of human beings' separation from the natural world, and finding our way back to an understanding of our integral place as nature in nature.9:45 Insights we might glean by appreciating water – how might this transform our thinking.11:35 Herbert's views on/experiences with the gifts of Waldorf education; key to Herbert's biography and what he does now.https://www.dreiseitlconsulting.com | https://hawthornevalley.org/donateHerbert Dreiseitl is a renowned landscape architect, urban designer, water artist, interdisciplinary planner, and a professor in praxis.He is an internationally highly respected expert in creating liveable cities around the world with a special hallmark on the inspiring and innovative use of water to solve urban environmental challenges, connecting technology with aesthetics and encouraging people to take care and establish a sense of ownership for places.Herbert is a Harvard GSD Loeb Fellow, and Fellow of the Center of Liveable Cities in Singapore. He lectures worldwide and has authored many publications including three editions of “Recent Waterscapes, Planning, Building, and Designing with Water.”He has received many awards for his work in the United States and around the world. He founded Atelier Dreiseitl in 1980 (today Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl), a globally integrated design firm with a long-standing history of excellence in urban design, landscape architecture, and resilient ecological planning. During the last 5 years, he developed the “Liveable Cities Lab” (LCL), a think-tank at the Ramboll Group International, now based in Boston.Herbert is always asking how to bring the best value to society, to create a culture of inspiration, and implement better-integrated solutions to humanize cities. He has also  been a member of Hawthorne Valley's Board of Trustees. 

DJ LeStraight is from Lake Constance, Germany. He holds a residency at the online radio station "RauteMusik Jam" and is part of the "Soulcrew Deejays" collective from Heilbronn. You can catch them live every week on Twitch. Follow DJ LeStraight on Instagram: @iam.djlestraight See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Blissful Hiker discovers the difference between loneliness and solitude, appreciating the camaraderie crossing a difficult mountain pass.In this episode:Blissful joins six determined friends to cross Waiua Pass in high winds and squalls on the Te Araroa. It's not so bad up and down around Lake Constance then up again on loose scree over the pass with a tricky downclimb on a crumbling cliff into a wonderland of mountains and waterfalls in Nelson Lakes National Park, the view coming in and out of swirling mist. Blissful faces her first tricky river crossings and breaks down in tears, and one friend tells her, "Remember, no one walked this for you."Along Waiau River, a cowboy tells her to hide in the thorn trees until wild horses stampede by. She's surprised by another hiker's asking her if she's ok and what her plans are, the first time any hiker had asked in nearly three months. MUSIC: Poema del Pastor Coya by Angel Lasala as played by Alison Young, flute and Vicki Seldon, pianoSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/blissfulhiker)

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K071: About Germany - German pilot makes point with syringe in the sky   German pilot Samy Kramer has traced a giant syringe in the sky, flying 200 kilometers to remind people about the start of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Europe. 德國飛行員薩米‧克拉馬在空中勾勒出一個巨大的注射器，飛行200公里提醒民眾，2019冠狀病毒疾病疫苗接種運動在歐洲起跑。 The 20-year-old pilot mapped out the route he would need to take on a GPS device before taking to the skies near Lake Constance in southern Germany. The syringe-shaped route showed up on internet site flightradar24. 這位20歲的飛行員在德國南部康士坦茲湖附近起飛前，已規劃出需用到全球定位系統裝置的路線。注射器狀的航線出現在「航班雷達24」網站。 "There are still relatively many people opposing the vaccination and my action may be a reminder for them to think about the topic, to get things moving", Kramer told Reuters TV on Sunday. 克拉馬週日告訴路透電視，「仍有相對多的人反對施打疫苗，我的行動可能提醒他們思考這話題、動起來」。 "Perhaps it was also a bit of a sign of joy, because the aviation industry has been hit pretty hard by the pandemic", Kramer said. 克拉馬說，「或許它也算是個令人開心的符號，因為航空業受這場全球大流行病打擊甚深。」   Next Article A university in Germany is offering 'Scholarships for Doing Nothing' 德國大學提供「無所事事獎學金」 One university is offering students from around the world the opportunity to win a $1,900 scholarship for doing nothing at all. 一所大學提供全世界學生，不用做任何事，就能贏得1900美元獎學金的機會。 The unique scholarship program — called "Scholarships for Doing Nothing" — is offered by the HFBK University of Fine Arts in Hamburg, Germany. 這個特別的獎學金計畫名為「無所事事獎學金」，由德國「漢堡美術學院」提供。 Friedrich von Borries, a design professor at HFBK, created the scholarship to challenge social perceptions of achievement and success. 弗里德里希．馮波里斯，漢堡美術學院的設計教授，創立這項獎學金，挑戰成就與成功的社會認知。 "The world we are living in is driven by the belief in success, in growth, in money. This thinking was leading us into the ecological crisis — and social injustice — we are living in," Borries told CNN. 「我們生活的這個世界，被成功、成長、金錢等信念驅使。這種思考導致我們生活的環境出現生態危機與社會不正義」，波里斯告訴美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）。 Borries said that his idea was partly inspired by the lack of activity during COVID-19 lockdowns. 波里斯說，他的想法部分受到武漢肺炎封鎖期間活動減少所啟發。 Source article: https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/paper/1422914 ; https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1399829   每日英語跟讀Podcast，就在http://www.15mins.today/daily-shadowing 每週Vocab精選詞彙Podcast，就在https://www.15mins.today/vocab 每週In-TENSE文法練習Podcast，就在https://www.15mins.today/in-tense

It may be a lesser-known part of Switzerland to international visitors but the authentic and unspoilt scenery of Appenzellerland makes it the ideal destination for a relaxing vacation.In this episode, I'm joined by Andreas Frey of Appenzellerland Tourism to chat about the region and to learn more about the centuries-old customs and traditions that are still proudly practiced by the locals today.Plan your visit to Appenzellerland with helpful tips and advice from Andreas Frey of Appenzellerland Tourism. Learn about local customs, plus what to do and where to stay when you visit Appenzellerland.

In this episode we learned a few things about Ravensburg. As always Steven got to read some German sentences about it and tried to translate them into English. Here are the sentences again: Ravensburg ist die Kreisstadt des Landkreises Ravensburg. Ravensburg is the district town of the district of Ravensburg. Ravensburg liegt in Oberschwaben, Baden-Württemberg. Ravensburg is located in Upper Swabia, Baden-Württemberg. Das ist in der Nähe vom Bodensee. That is near Lake Constance. Ravensburg hat eine alte Burg, die Veitsburg. Ravensburg has an old castle, the Veitsburg. Zur Veitsburg kann man hochlaufen. You can walk up to Veitsburg. Ravensburg hat viele Türme aus dem 14. und 15. Jahrhundert. Ravensburg has many towers from the 14th and 15th century. Auf zwei Türme kann man steigen. You can climb up two towers. Die Firma Ravensburger kommt aus Ravensburg. The company Ravensburger comes from Ravensburg. Sie stellt Gesellschaftsspiele und Puzzles her. They produce board games and puzzles. 1959 erschien das Spiel ‘memory’, das über 50.000.000-mal verkauft wurde. In 1959 the game ‘memory’ was published, which has been sold over 50,000,000 times.

Andy and Rick talk about 4G on the moon, tiger stripes on Enceladus, Hoth, Radio 1 and Blue Moons! Show Notes ------------------- Talking Points ------------------- 00:00:25 - General Chit Chat 00:08:47 - 4G on the Moon - https://tinyurl.com/yyhgaoaq 00:19:55 - Earth may have 'lost 60% of its atmosphere' via Giant Impact Theory - https://tinyurl.com/y2n8ftde 00:23:06 - Lost Rocket may return as a Temporary Mini-moon - https://tinyurl.com/yxnozepw 00:31:24 - Yutu-2 Update - https://tinyurl.com/y2jzz4bx 00:35:56 - Asteroid Moon named “Queta” after Olympic athlete - https://tinyurl.com/yyd43rtr 00:41:29 - Juno team planning close flybys of Jupiter's moons - https://tinyurl.com/yxmt5zak 00:46:50 - NASA Finds “Fresh Ice” on Enceladus - https://tinyurl.com/y52u5gb3 00:53:06 - Very Local Moon News - https://tinyurl.com/y3fedjnh 00:54:33 - Full Moon of the Month 01:00:29 - And the next moon is… Callisto - https://tinyurl.com/m632hnm -------------------------------------- Miscellaneous Show notes -------------------------------------- 00:01:37 - A Deep Dive into Miranda - https://youtu.be/NTkAAj_df6g 00:02:17 - Andy on Radio 1 - https://tinyurl.com/y2t7pxfq - This will expire on the 12 Nov - listen from 1:43:10 onwards for Moon things 00:07:54 - CGP Grey Videos on Voting - https://tinyurl.com/jmblp6j 00:11:42 - Lake Constance - https://tinyurl.com/jhwbvzl 00:17:07 - Sierra Nevada Beer (please give us money) - https://tinyurl.com/y3nfcsmy 00:17:59 - NASA Tipping Point - https://tinyurl.com/y693xrwr 00:19:00 - Tipping Point Game Show - https://tinyurl.com/y4vw8h66 00:24:23 - Surveryor-2 - https://tinyurl.com/y4erbuc6 00:28:46 - What happened to Sputnik? - https://youtu.be/tMzrbzYWA1U 00:30:13 - Orbit of Temporary Moon - https://tinyurl.com/y58zcwys 00:32:50 - IAF World Space Award - https://tinyurl.com/y424ok8a 00:38:58 - Enriqueta Basilio - https://tinyurl.com/y5a6ml62 00:47:27 - Cassini Photo of Enceladus - https://tinyurl.com/y2jsxd55 00:52:27 - Andy's Article about Real Moons and Star Wars - https://tinyurl.com/y6g8zhdq 01:03:40 - Valhall Crater on Callisto - https://tinyurl.com/y3n3ct7r 01:04:16 - Bigger crater (maybe) on Ganymede - (1 hour 13 mins into the last episode) ------------------- Show Credits ------------------- Sting between topics from: freesound.org/people/newagesoup/sounds/339343/ Show theme courtesy of MusicManiac301: https://soundcloud.com/musicmaniac301/tv-theme-style-the-winner

During the Buchinger Wilhelmi Mindfulness Meditation Week, Lharampa Tenzin Kalden was teaching classes like Gentle Tibetan Lu Jong Yoga and Meditation, Mindfulness and Metta Meditation, and held lectures in the clinic at Lake Constance. Dr Francoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, the scientific director of the Buchinger Wilhelmi clinics, had the chance to interview Lharampa Tenzin Kalden about Fasting, Buddhism, and Meditation. Lharampa Tenzin Kalden is a Buddhist monk and meditation instructor who teaches traditional mindfulness meditation methods and Tibetan Lu Jong yoga. Born in Tibet and raised in Europe, he studied at the Sera Monastic University inSouth India for 17 years, where he graduated in the five great sciences of Buddhism. He was awarded the title of Rabjampa and achieved the highest scholastic level of Lharampa. For the last nine years, Lharampa Tenzin Kalden has organized training courses in Buddhist philosophy and meditation retreats in Europe. He teaches and practices Lu Jong and Tsa Lung Yoga, which he learned in India from Tulku Lama.

How the Pandemic has Disrupted B2B Marketing We venture overseas once again in this episode and have a thought-provoking conversation with B2B marketing veteran Michael Meier (Managing Director, Schindler Parent), who is based in southern Germany. In this episode, Michael talks about the importance of paranoia in order to stay competitive, how the current disruption motivates him, and how B2B marketers must be agile, embrace change, make every step they take measurable, and inject creativity into their work in order to reboot for growth post-pandemic. Topics discussed in this episode: Why brand matters in B2B businesses? What does ‘brand to people’ mean? [06:42 / 8:35] One advice to B2B is to find a solution to transform the traditional sales process to conduct global businesses with a smaller budget [17:26] How German government’s crisis management could potentially be applied to B2B marketing? [24:43] The new norm is to make every step trackable and measurable so that we can act on the analytics and insights [29:31] Resources & links mentioned in this episode: Michael Meier on LinkedIn Schindler Parent E3 Network Vorwerk Sappi Transcript SPEAKERS Christian Klepp, Michael Meier Christian Klepp  00:08 Hi and welcome to the B2B Marketers on a Mission podcast. I'm your host Christian Klepp, and one of the founders of EINBLICK Consulting. Our goal is to share inspirational stories, tips and insights from B2B marketers, digital entrepreneurs, and industry experts that will help you to think differently, succeed and scale your business. Christian Klepp  00:29 Hi, everybody, and welcome to this episode of the B2B marketers mission podcast. I'm your host Christian Klepp, and today I am thrilled to have Michael Meier, good friend of mine and a fellow colleague in the B2B marketing industry. Joining us from one of the most picturesque locations in Europe, Lake Constance in southern Germany. Michael, Gruß Gott am Bodensee, und herzlich willkommen! Welcome to the show. Michael Meier  00:53 Thank you, Christian. It's a great pleasure to be on your podcast and I'm looking out of my conference room window and see the lake in front of me. So I think your description is quite right and I'm happy to be here. Christian Klepp  01:09 Thank you so much for joining us. So why don't we just get started? Tell us some listeners a little bit about yourself and what you do. Michael Meier  01:18 I'm Michael Meier, I'm managing director and owner of Schindler Parent - 41 years old B2B agency in the south of Germany. If I say in the south of Germany, we are really in the south of Germany. I can see Austria and Switzerland from where I'm sitting here at the moment. But we work nationally and basically globally as well for a lot of our customers. Then on the side, I'm president of the E3 Network have been that for nearly 10 years now and I'm Associate Professor, both of Germany and Switzerland teaching digital marketing. Apart from that I'm married three children, two of them still in university, one is just out. So it's an interesting phase in my life. Christian Klepp  02:11 That's quite the list of credentials, Michael. It's really interesting. Tell me what are you currently working on that you're very passionate about. I'm basically referring to the projects because you are clearly a very passionate person, but what's something that you've been working on lately, that's been very motivating. Michael Meier  02:30 We've just released a new website for our customer Vorwerk carpeting. They are one of the leading carpet manufacturers in Germany and they belong to the Vorwerk group. You might know Thermomix and some other products that they sell worldwide. And we've just built a new website for them, which is based on the principles of lead generation. We call it a lead generation engine and we have included a lot of interesting, little gimmicks for architects, interior designers and so on.

Jeanette Winterson, who is a famous writer from England comes to the Buchinger Wilhelmi Fasting Clinic at Lake Constance since many years for fasting. During her last time at Buchinger Wilhelmi, we had the opportunity to record an interview with her and our Director of Research and Medicine, Dr Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo. Winterson has won a Whitbread Prize for a First Novel, a BAFTA Award for Best Drama, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the E. M. Forster Award, the St. Louis Literary Award, and is a two-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award. She has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

In a somewhat late start to The Aid Station this week we head to Pregens, Austria where we meet Gunter Ernst, Race Director of the 3 Country Marathon. Another example of someone following his passion in the Mass Participation industry with his Race Director role being an addition to his day job of running a sports medicine laboratory looking after both professional and amateur athletes. The Three Country Marathon takes in Austria, Germany and Switzerland with much of it around Lake Constance and is scheduled to take place in October but with approvals from three countries is probably more complex than many but "right now we are on". Lockdown has recently ended after two months and a few smaller events of a few hundred people have started. It was a challenging time of not being able to work or earn any money for over two month although it did create an opportunity for Gunter to spend time with his children Maja, Rosa and Nico. Make sure you listen to the end to hear the inspiring story of the person who approached Gunter weighing in at 160kg two years ago with the goal of running a marathon. He now weights 95kg and will run in the 3 Country Marathon in October. Watch my talk with Gunter here https://youtu.be/85PoFzvCPXY

Trans-Ost-Expedition – Teil 1/2 - 3.000 km Radabenteuer - Deutschland, Österreich, Slowakei, Ungarn, Serbien, Rumänien Mit dieser Radreise beginnt für uns ein neues Abenteuer, dessen Ausmaß wir von Beginn an nicht abschätzen können. Die ersten 3.000 Radkilometer führen uns um den wunderschönen Bodensee und entlang der mächtigen Donau nach Österreich, in die Slowakei, nach Ungarn, Serbien und Rumänien bis kurz vors Schwarze Meer. Einer der regenreichsten Sommer, Zeckenbisse, ein Sturz vom Rad, lebensgefährlicher Schwerlastverkehr, Verletzungen, Straßendiebe aber auch die unbeschreibliche Schönheit der so abwechslungsreichen Donaulandschaft und viele liebenswerte Menschen unterschiedlichster Volksgruppen lassen den Trip zu einem einmaligen Erlebnis werden. In diesem Podcast berichten wir über bedrohliche Hochwasser an der Donau, über Kamelreiten in Österreich, dem skurrilen Kontakt zu Elefanten und Löwen, warum die Innereien von Schweinen vegetarisch sind und der Übernachtung im Hotel Dracula. Aber hört selbst was wir erlebt haben. Mit unserem Lebensprojekt „Die große Reise“ möchten wir als Botschafter von Mutter Erde ein Zeitdokument unseres Planeten schaffen. Wir wollen einen Gegenpol zu einer Welt bilden, die sich jeden Tag ein bisschen schneller überholt. Mit dem Motorrad durch Indien, zu Fuß und mit Kamelen durchs Australische Outback, mit dem Fahrrad von Deutschland in die Mongolei und nun die längste E-Bike Expedition der Welt, sind nur einige der vielen Expeditionsreisen. Bisher 432.000 Kilometer ohne Flüge, über 10 x um die Erde / einmal zum Mond. Das ist die bisherige Bilanz. Viel Spaß beim Eintauchen in das Leben der Urwaldbewohner. Hier geht´s zu den Podcasts: https://anchor.fm/diegrossereise Blog: https://denis-katzer.de/de/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tanjadeniskatzer/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deniskatzer/ Trailer zur Trans-Ost-Expedition Teil 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywTbpiYFDFk&t= Englisch Trans-East Expedition - Part 1,2 - 3,000 km of cycling adventures - Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania This cycle tour starts a new adventure for us, the extent of which we cannot estimate from the start. The first 3,000 kilometers by bike take us around beautiful Lake Constance and along the mighty Danube to Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia and Romania until just before the Black Sea. One of the rainiest summers, tick bites, a fall from the bike, life-threatening heavy goods traffic, injuries, street thieves but also the indescribable beauty of the varied Danube landscape and many endearing people from different ethnic groups make the trip a unique experience. In this podcast we report on threatening floods on the Danube, camel rides in Austria, the bizarre contact with elephants and lions, why the innards of pigs are vegetarian and the overnight stay in the Hotel Dracula. But hear for yourself what we have experienced. Sorry, this podcast is at the moment only in German language. With our life project "the great journey" we want to create a contemporary document of our planet as an ambassador from Mother Earth. We want to form a counterpoint to a world that is overtaking itself a little faster every day. By motorcycle through India, on foot and with camels through the Australian outback, by bike from Germany to Mongolia and now the longest e-bike expedition in the world are just some of the many expedition trips. So far 432,000 kilometers without flights, over 10 times around the earth / once to the moon. That is the result so far.

July 10, 1982. Lindau, Germany. The morning after enjoying the waters at Lake Constance, 14 year old Kalinka Bamberski remained in her room. Her stepfather, Dieter Krombach, went to check on her before he left to go horseback riding. He found her deceased. Authorities accepted Dieter's account of what happened as did his wife, But Kalinka's father was not convinced that foul play wasn't involved and as troubling details came to light of what had happened to his daughter, Andre Bamberski set out to ensure that no matter the cost, her death would not go unpunished.

Leonard Wilhelmi, the managing director of the Buchinger Wilhelmi Fasting clinic at Lake Constance talks with Dr Francoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, the Scientific Director of the clinics about the different forms and definitions of fasting such as Caloric Restriction, Intermittent Fasting, Alternate Day Fasting, 5:2, 18:2, Periodic Fasting, Fasting Mimicking Diets Life can be stressful, challenging and exhausting. It is easier to master day-to-day challenges with a healthy body and a strong mind. Fasting creates the ideal conditions for restoring inner balance and offers various health benefits. However, this is only one component you need for a long and fulfilled life. Therefore, this podcast covers additional topics such as integrative medicine, inspiration, mindfulness and health-conscious nutrition from the Buchinger Wilhelmi AMPLIUS Programme. Buchinger Wilhelmi Science Department: https://www.buchinger-wilhelmi.com/en/wissenschaft/ World's largest Fasting Study: https://www.buchinger-wilhelmi.com/en/wissenschaft/ Fasting, integrative medicine and inspiration - The Buchinger Wilhelmi Amplius Programme: Where Tradition meets Innovation. FOLLOW US ➤ YouTube http://www.youtube.com/c/BuchingerWilhelmiFasting ➤ Instagram https://instagram.com/buchingerwilhelmi ➤ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Buchinger.Wilhelmi.Bodensee ➤ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Buchinger.Wilhelmi.Marbella This Episode is produced by https://www.Image-Sells.de (Image-Sells Podcast Media)

During the Rotary Program of Youth Enrichment (RYPEN) young people develop increased motivation, improved life skills, better self image, pride in themselves and an understanding of setting and achieving goals. In this episode of Rotary Matters we meet Beau Seale from Empire Bay who not only attended RYPEN 2018 in the Blue Mountains near Sydney but went on to spend 2019 as a Rotary Youth Exchange student, in Austria with a host family, meeting other young Rotarians and even cycling 500 km in five days from Lake Constance back to Vorarlberg in Austria! Amanda Barnes local RYPEN coordinator and International Service Director for Rotary District 9685 tells us how RYPEN is structured, the application process and the benefits. She also explains the emergence of Rotary E-Clubs and reasons for their popularity. www.rotarydistrict9685.org.au Here is an edited version of the program

Welcome and enjoy this set of TECHNO music! #elmarquesmusic #techno Recorded on 2nd Jan 2020 in Lochau, Austria at Lake Constance.

Welcome and enjoy this set of TECHNO music! #elmarquesmusic #techno Recorded on 2nd Jan 2020 in Lochau, Austria at Lake Constance.

Welcome and enjoy this set of TECHNO music! #elmarquesmusic #techno Recorded on 2nd Jan 2020 in Lochau, Austria at Lake Constance.

I visit the Ham Radio Show, Friedrichshafen, located in beautiful Lake Constance region. Fantastic 3 Day event for anyone interested in any aspect of Ham Radio. A great opportunity to try out the latest gear and find bargains in the massive flea market. WAE CW contest this weekend and general comment on band conditions from VK6

Well once again we have an amazing show for your entertainment, DJ brings us news of a new anime series, Buck has news about brain circuits, good and bad decision making, and finally the Professor brings us news about fraud and scams. But first up we wish to just say welcome ad thank you for joining us once again. Now the new anime series is called Dr Stone, set in a post-apocalyptic world where everyone has been turned into… Statues and society is to be rebuilt using science. So the premise is looking interesting, the promo gives some comedic content to look forward to. It looks like it will be worth checking out for a laugh. We wish to advise that no DJ’s were harmed during the recording of this and he was ok, just a bit stranger than normal. Which in itself is quite remarkable really, but we digress. Dr Stone has 24 episodes at this point and aired from 5th July on Crunchyroll. So, check it out and let us know what you think. Now, have you ever wondered why people continue to make the same silly decision repeatedly? For example, people repeatedly using harmful drugs, voting once again for moronic politicians, and reality television shows still being watched. Seriously who watches that stuff, can they just stop it please so we can get better content that doesn’t make us want to claw our eyes out! Umm, yes, bad decisions, well a recent study has been conducted and shows support for the hypothesis that three particular regions of the brain are involved. That’s right, it is not just the frontal lobe, it bounces between various sections and is actually quite involved. If one section is not working right then the result is an individual with a predilection for bad choices, like the foolish nut job mumble rappers like lil stump, or is that bump, whatever, no one cares really. This is when Buck starts to get technical with some of his explanation and has to pause to calm down. Professor tells us that game developers would rather we pirate games from something called file sharing, whatever that is. They urge this be done instead of using G2A due to a constant amount of fraudulent activity causing problems for both consumers and developers alike. That’s right folks, game developers are apparently tired of nasty vermin cheats who are ripping off everyone, this is a very interesting topic that has a number of issues involved and hits at the heart of our gaming recreation. So check it out and see what exactly is happening. As usual we have the shout outs, remembrances, birthdays and special events of interest for the week. We also wish to say that a surprise mechanism is a trap, and so are loot boxes, so please EA, stop treating us as morons. But other than that, please remember to take care of yourselves, look out for each other and stay hydrated. Also check out the folks at Off with the Fairies and tell them we said hello. We will return next week at the same Nerd time, on the same Nerd podcast channels, and at the same Nerd place (preferably over a cup of Earl Grey, hot). Catch you next time.EPISODE NOTES:Dr Stone anime Series - https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/06/30/dr-stone-anime-tv-promo/Brain Circuits - https://scitechdaily.com/three-distinct-brain-circuits-lead-us-to-make-bad-and-good-decisions/G2A piracy - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-07-02-developers-call-for-players-to-pirate-their-games-rather-than-buy-from-g2aGames currently playingBuck– Mafia 3 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/360430/Mafia_III/Professor– Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy - https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/crash-bandicoot-n-sane-trilogy-switch/DJ – Apex Legends- https://www.playstation.com/en-au/games/apex-legends-ps4/Other topics discussedMannequin Challenge (viral Internet video trend)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannequin_ChallengeNeon Genesis Evangelion (1995 anime series)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_EvangelionMobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans (2015 anime series)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam:_Iron-Blooded_OrphansTartarus Sunspot- https://matthewreilly.fandom.com/wiki/Tartarus_SunspotSelf-Fulfilling Prophecies (Psychology term)- https://study.com/academy/lesson/self-fulfilling-prophecies-in-psychology-definition-examples.htmlThe Secret (2006 book)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_%28book%29Mozart Effect- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_effectOprah Winfrey moments- Oprah shuts down her book club - https://ew.com/article/2002/04/08/oprah-shuts-down-her-book-club/- Oprah gives everyone a car - https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/how-oprahs-iconic-you-get-a-car-moment-ended-on-a-sour-note/news-story/46646a3fbf54acc210354304c9910490- Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah’s couch - https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/11-years-ago-tom-cruise-jumped-on-oprahs-couch-lost-his-mind_n_57436ab1e4b0613b512b05adYou Wouldn’t Steal A Car (Anti-piracy advertisement)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Wouldn%27t_Steal_a_CarTake Two CEO: Loot Boxes are freedom of speech- https://segmentnext.com/2019/06/27/take-two-ceo-look-boxes-are-freedom-of-speech/EA’s CEO Andrew Wilson’s take on loot boxes- https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2019/06/20/ea-loot-boxes-discussed-by-the-companys-ceo-andrew-wilson/Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014 game)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth:_Shadow_of_MordorSpyro Reignited Trilogy (2018 game)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyro_Reignited_TrilogyMario (Nintendo character)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MarioDonkey Kong Country (1994 Super Nintendo game)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_CountryMonkey island (adventure game series)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_Island_(series)Wattson (Apex Legends character)- https://apexlegends.gamepedia.com/WattsonShoutouts2 Jul 1839 - Slaves aboard a Spanish schooner La Amistad revolt to secure their freedom while being transported from one Cuban port to another - https://www.history.com/news/the-amistad-slave-rebellion-175-years-ago2 Jul 1900 – LZ-1 (Luftschiff Zeppelin 1) made its maiden flight, the first flight lasted about 18 minutes and covered about 3-1/2 miles over Lake Constance at Friedrichshafen in Southern Germany, not far from the Swiss border. The first flight of LZ-1 was the culmination of years of planning by its creator Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. - https://www.airships.net/zeppelins/4 Jul 1776 - Independence Day (colloquial: the Fourth of July) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States on July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies were no longer subject to the monarch of Britain and were now united, free, and independent states. The Congress had voted to declare independence two days earlier, on July 2, but it was not declared until July 4. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)Remembrances2 Jul 1850 - Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was a British statesman and Conservative Party politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and twice as Home Secretary. He is regarded as the father of modern British policing by founding of the Metropolitian Police Service leading to a new type of officer known in tribute to him as "bobbies" and "peelers”. He is also reforming and liberalising the criminal law. He died from a horse-riding accident at 62 in Westminster, Middlesex. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Peel2 Jul 1999 - Mario Gianluigi Puzo, was an Americanauthor,screenwriter and journalist. He is known for his crime novels about the Italian-Americanmafia, most notably The Godfather, which he later co-adapted into a three-part film saga directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and Part II in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 Superman film. His final novel The Family was released posthumously in 2001. He died of heart failure at 78 in West Bay Shore, New York. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Puzo2 Jul 2008 - Elizabeth Spriggs, was an English character actress. Sprigg's roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company included Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Gertrude in Hamlet and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. In 1978, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for Arnold Wesker's Love Letters on Blue Paper. She received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the 1995 film Sense and Sensibility. Her other films included Richard's Things, Impromptu, Paradise Road and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. She died at 78 in Oxford, Oxfordshire. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_SpriggsFamous Birthdays2 Jul 1877 – Hermann Hesse, German-born poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include Demian,Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in Calw, Württemberg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hesse2 Jul 1908 - Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer, serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice. Prior to his judicial service, he successfully argued several cases before the Supreme Court, including Brown v. Board of Education which held that racial segregation in public education is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause. He was born in Baltimore,Maryland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall3 Jul 1935 - Harrison Schmitt, American geologist, retired NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and, as a crew member of Apollo 17, the most recent living person to have walked on the Moon. As Apollo 17 was the last of the Apollo missions, he also became the twelfth and second-youngest person to set foot on the Moon, and the second-to-last person to step off of the Moon. Schmitt also remains the first and only professional scientist to have flown beyond low Earth orbit and to have visited the Moon. He was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_SchmittEvents of Interest2 Jul 1843 - An alligator falls from sky during a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina - https://www.onthisday.com/photos/the-day-an-alligator-fell-from-the-sky2 Jul 1956 – Elvis records hound dog & Don’t Be Cruel during an exhaustive recording session at RCA studios in New York City - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Be_Cruel3 Jul 1938 – World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58 km/h) - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/only-in-britain/mallard-set-world-speed-record/IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comTwitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rss

Previously in Europe, €8000. This week we discuss the utility of giving the far right exactly what they want as a fun tactic for beating them. We now have a website that you can find here! Feel free to send us an email at PreviouslyInEurope@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @PrevInEurope If you can please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and if you can't do that tell a friend, this stuff really helps us out Also have you considered Matteo Renzi? Show Notes: Nonsense Section Ireland thinks Poland's courts are okay I guess After we discussed how they were potentially not going to send him back to Poland... they have (https://euobserver.com/tickers/143429) The ECJ basically said they need to decide on a case by case basis. The Irish high court decided it's okay in this case (https://www.thejournal.ie/poland-extradition-4346908-Nov2018/) "It is important to state that it is the courts in Poland and, perhaps if he were to be convicted and have that conviction upheld on appeal, the European Court of Human Rights, that will have to decide whether any trial of this respondent (Mr Celmer) actually meets the Polish and ECHR standards respectively of right to a fair trial before an independent and impartial judiciary." His lawyers are planning to appeal from the sounds of it but this is possibly the beginning of the end for Poland's judicial wranglings with the EU (https://www.eurotopics.net/en/210406/poland-suspends-forced-retirement-of-judges), though pro government news outlets seem to think this is just a minor setback for their "reforms" Brexit Dealz? So there's been a Brexit deal approved by the EU! So... Well nothings happened because the UK parliament may vote against it. We don't know when the vote will be (https://inews.co.uk/news/brexit/brexit-deal-when-parliament-vote-theresa-may-draft-agreement/) The deal has a lot of concessions for the UK but also the EU... the backstop for the Northern Ireland border is probably the most interesting bit (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/25/may-brexit-deal-explained-eu-withdrawal-agreement-trade-backstop-citizens-rights) Whether she'll have to face a no confidence vote is still up in the air because the process for calling one is a secret letter from MPs based system... AfD is in trouble https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/13/afd-co-leader-faces-calls-to-resign-over-campaign-donations Alice Weidel’s (AfD Co-leader) office received €130,000 from non-EU donor before last year’s election Alice Weidel’s office near Lake Constance, in southern Germany, received a total of €130,000 (£110,000) in individual payments of 9,000 Swiss francs between July and September 2017. She tried to return the money but returned €8000 - https://www.dw.com/en/afd-donor-scandal-weidel-under-official-investigation/a-46384979?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf Topic 1 Hilary is wrong and bad The garbage opinion piece that broke twitter Or maybe more specifically like my twitter: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/22/hillary-clinton-europe-must-curb-immigration-stop-populists-trump-brexit Hillary Clinton: Europe must curb immigration to stop rightwing populists "Europe must get a handle on immigration to combat a growing threat from rightwing populists, Hillary Clinton has said, calling on the continent’s leaders to send out a stronger signal showing they are “not going to be able to continue to provide refuge and support”." Europe's pretty fuckin' brutal to migrants as it is https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/nov/14/didnt-give-a-damn-refugees-film-croatian-police-brutality-bosnia "As screams ring out through the cold night air, Sami, hidden behind bushes, begins to film what he can. “The Croatian police are torturing them. They are breaking people’s bones,’’ Sami whispers into his mobile phone, as the dull thumps of truncheons are heard."

A thousand years ago, the Benedictine abbey on the island of Reichenau was a center of scholarship. The monks created some of the finest illuminated manuscripts ever produced. But in the early 19th century, the religious community was expelled. In spite of secularisation, the islanders struggled to preserve the monks’ legacy and today Reichenau is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Mobile DJing setup at Lake Constance, Austria. iPad with TraktorDJ, power bank connected to TRAKTOR Z1 and 2 active battery powered 40W monitors in the back. What a fantastic sunset!

Mobile DJing setup at Lake Constance, Austria. iPad with TraktorDJ, power bank connected to TRAKTOR Z1 and 2 active battery powered 40W monitors in the back. What a fantastic sunset!

Mobile DJing setup at Lake Constance, Austria. iPad with TraktorDJ, power bank connected to TRAKTOR Z1 and 2 active battery powered 40W monitors in the back. What a fantastic sunset!

Ahead on Biotechnology Focus Radio : Bellus Health back in the game with a new therapeutic asset, BC Cancer Agency scientists make two breakthrough discoveries, and RepliCel Life Sciences gets by with a little help from its friends. We have this and more in store for you on this week’s show. Welcome to another episode of Biotechnology Focus Radio. I’m your host Shawn Lawrence, here to give you a rundown of this week’s top stories on the Canadian biotech scene.   Our first story this week takes us to CALGARY, AB where a team of Canadian physicians and researchers are believed to be the first in the world to have used gene therapy to treat a patient with Fabry disease, a rare inherited enzyme deficiency that can damage major organs and shorten lifespan. Specifically, people with the disease have a gene called GLA that doesn’t function as it should; as a result their bodies are unable to make the correct version of a particular enzyme that breaks down a fat called Gb3. A buildup of Gb3 can lead to problems in the kidneys, heart and brain. In their experimental trial, the researchers led by Dr. Aneal Khan, a Alberta Health Services medical geneticist and member of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary collected a quantity of a Fabry patient’s own blood stem cells then used a specially engineered virus to augment those cells with copies of the fully functional gene that is responsible for the enzyme. The altered stem cells were then transplanted back into the patient on Jan. 11, 2017. While Dr. Khan says it’s too soon to say whether this therapy will ultimately be a long-term treatment for the disease, based on the team’s success in animal trials, he is hopeful it will be a beneficial to patients Dr. Jeffrey Medin, a researcher with the Medical College of Wisconsin and the project’s principal investigator, adds that the trial is a major step forward in treating inherited genetic diseases in adults. The treatment, which has been approved by Health Canada for experimental purposes, is also believed to be the first trial in Canada to use a lentivirus in gene therapy. In this case, the specially modified virus was stripped of its disease-causing capability and augmented with a working copy of the gene that’s responsible for the missing enzyme. The project is being funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Kidney Foundation of Canada. The Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax and the University Health Network in Toronto are also recruiting people with Fabry disease for the trial. In R&D news, a team of BC Cancer Agency scientists has made two exciting drug discoveries that could potentially allow for new approaches to target various cancers more specifically, through the exploitation of mutations found only in cancer cells and not normal cells. The first discovery, which has already led to a clinical trial, exploits the inability of BRCA1/2 deficient cancers to repair their own DNA. The second discovery is of a drug-like molecule that can alter the way cells translate genetic information into proteins. Both discoveries were made by Dr. Sam Aparicio, head of the Department of Breast and Molecular Oncology, and his research team at the BC Cancer Agency.The first success in this area is a discovery published in Nature Communications, where Dr. Aparicio’s team has discovered that the drug, CX-5461, originally developed for cancers of the blood and lymph system, can be repurposed as a drug treatment for breast cancer. Still early in its clinical development life cycle, CX-5461 has been shown through Dr. Aparicio’s latest work, to bind to the DNA of certain regions of the genome causing it to fold up and interrupt the DNA copying process. Thus, the compound is selectively active in tumours from patients with mutations in the BRCA1/2 gene, known to cause a strong familial predisposition to breast cancer, and account for approximately 15 per cent of the population with the disease. The study is currently in Phase 1 of a multi-centre clinical trial coordinated by Canadian Cancer Trials Group, which began in June of 2016. Phase two will accept even more patients to determine whether the activity found through preclinical studies is reflected in responses in patients. Both Dr. Aparicio and Dr. Karen Gelmon, senior scientist, medical oncologist and the clinical trial lead for the study add that if the trial is successful, they then hope to expand testing to other types of cancer in the near future. In addition to the CX-5461 findings, a second paper published in Nature Communications communicates the discovery of a different prototype drug, a compound called ‘T3’, engineered to alter the way that cells translate DNA, through splicing of RNA, into proteins. According to the researchers, this small, yet highly-potent drug-like molecule, currently in lab-testing, is being used to understand how different breast cancer cells might be susceptible to having RNA splicing interrupted. The drug molecule interferes with the molecular machinery that stiches gene sequences together to make fully functional proteins. Mutations in RNA splicing genes and defects in splicing have been found in diverse cancers, including breast cancer. The prototype drug molecules are allowing Dr. Aparicio and his team to seek out situations where cancer cells are uniquely susceptible to interference with RNA splicing. As alluded to, both drug development studies are currently centered in breast cancer treatment, but hope to expand to other types, including prostate and ovarian. Dr. Aparicio and his team’s work was supported with strategic funding from the BC Cancer Foundation. In Business new, two European firms are teaming up with Vancouver based regenerative medicine company, RepliCel Life Sciences Inc.to assist RepliCel in getting its commercial-grade RCI-02 dermal injector prototypes manufactured and tested. One of the partnering firms, AMI, is an Austrian manufacturer of medical technology based near the shores of Lake Constance, within easy reach of Germany and Switzerland. AMI develops, manufactures and distributes their medical products throughout the world. All of them are made according to the highest quality standards and enable doctors to take even better care of their patients. The second partner, Art of Technology (AoT), is based in Zurich Switzerland and is an independent contract developer specializing in the design, development and miniaturization of complex customer specific electronic devices and embedded systems for use in industrial, medical and space applications. The RCI-02 injector itself was designed with input from dermatologists, industrial designers, and electronic and medical device engineers to improve the delivery of a variety of injectables in a controlled, precise manner, removing the risks and uncertainties of injection outcomes currently resulting from manually operated, single-needle syringes. According to RepliCel president and CEO, Lee Buckler, it is the world’s first motorized injection device with programmable depth and volume, a built-in Peltier element for pre-injection anaesthetising, and interchangeable needle head configurations. It is designed to deliver a variety of injectable substances including cells, dermal fillers, drugs or biologics intradermally (dermis), subcutaneously (fat) or intramuscularly (muscle) via an array of needle configurations ranging from a single needle to a 16 needle configuration (4×4) on one head. Buckler adds that the execution of these agreements covers what RepliCel believes to be the final stages needed to prepare RCI-02 for a market authorization application in the form of a CE mark in Europe. The company hopes to have the device ready for a CE mark application and in the hands of a licensing and commercial partner next year. Our next story takes us to the Maritime provinces where the Terry Fox Research Institute is investing $5-million in support of New Brunswick researchers and their colleagues at other cancer centres in Canada to study how new precision medicine tools could improve, and potentially save the lives of patients diagnosed with the incurable cancer of the blood and bone marrow, known as multiple myeloma. The initiative is known as the Multiple Myeloma Molecular Monitoring (M4) Study, and Dr. Tony Reiman, a medical oncologist and professor at the University of New Brunswick, will lead the team, which comprises researchers and clinicians at multiple sites including Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. Dr. Reiman says that he hopes the five-year study will result in game-changing new approaches to identifying, treating and monitoring the disease in patients, including those who are at high risk of relapse. His team in Saint John will organize all the participating centres as well as conduct its own research and receive and bank specimens (blood and marrow) from the 250 myeloma patients that will participate in the project. Additionally, M4 study team members will use tests based on advanced techniques like immunoglobulin gene sequencing, multiparameter flow cytometry, PET scans, circulating tumour DNA analysis, and novel drug resistance assays to evaluate the patient specimens and other biosamples. Principal investigators at the partner sites are: Drs. Donna Reece and Suzanne Trudel, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Dr. Nizar Bahlis, University of Calgary; and Dr. François Bénard, BC Cancer Agency. Patients will be recruited by the study investigators at their own sites. Principal investigators Drs. Reece and Trudel (PM) explain their role in M4 study in the following audio. BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc., a HACKENSACK, N.J.- based company developing adult stem cell technologies for neurodegenerative diseases, has signed an agreement with CCRM in the hopes of furthering its market authorization request for NurOwn®.  For our new listeners, CCRM is a Toronto-based company focused on developing and commercializing regenerative medicine technologies, specifically cell and gene therapies. Through the agreement, CCRM will help Brainstorm explore opportunities to access Health Canada’s early access pathway for treatment of patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).  If NurOwn® qualifies for Health Canada’s “Notice of Compliance with Conditions” pathway, it could be authorized in Canada for distribution in early 2018. Through the agreement, the company will work Patrick Bedford, manager of clinical translation and regulatory affairs at CCRM. Stacey Johnson (@msstaceyerin) , director, communications and marketing at CCRM and editor of Signals Blog discussed this deal recently via her regular Right Turn column Be sure to check it out at http://www.signalsblog.ca/right-turn-new-stem-cell-product-for-als-seeking-approval-in-canada/. For our final story, nearly a year since it’s failed KIACTA™ Phase 3 trial and subsequently being forced into pulling the plug on its KIACTA program, BELLUS Health is back from the brink as the Montreal-based company announced a new partnership and licensing deal with The NEOMED Institute to take over the development and commercialization activities for a potential new treatment for chronic cough. According to Bellus stakeholders,, this is a transformative transaction as this exclusive worldwide license agreement adds to the company’s pipeline a potentially best-in-class drug candidate, BLU-5937, an asset which was formerly known as NEO5937.  Its development through  the P2X3 antagonist program was initiated by AstraZeneca scientists in Montreal, and assigned to NEOMED in October 2012 when the NEOMED Institute was first launched. It was selected as a drug candidate to advance towards the clinic based on development efforts and extensive pre-clinical work in chronic cough done at NEOMED. According to Roberto Bellini, president and CEO of the company, the drug now going by its new name BLU-5937  will be a core focus of BELLUS’s drug development efforts. About the condition, Chronic cough is a cough that lasts eight weeks or longer and significantly impacts quality of life, with significant social (exclusion, embarrassment, difficulty speaking), physical (sleep deprivation, rib fracture, vomiting) and psychosocial (anxiety, depression) repercussions. It is estimated that in the U.S. alone, more than 2.7 million patients suffer from chronic cough that is not controlled by currently available medications. How BLU-5937 works to treat it, is it acts on a clinically validated target in the chronic cough pathway, the P2X3 receptor. Both the company and NEOMED believe BLU-5937 has the potential to become a best-in-class treatment option because of its superior potency and selectivity for the P2X3 receptor. These properties suggest BLU-5937 will be effective and less likely to cause a problematic side effect seen with less-selective drugs: taste disturbances that are significant enough to affect drug compliance. Under the terms of the agreement, BELLUS Health will pay NEOMED an upfront fee of $3.2 million, consisting of $1.7 million in cash with $1.5 million worth of BELLUS Health common shares (Approximately 5,802,177 shares). NEOMED will also be entitled to receive a royalty on net sales-based revenues. Additionally, in lieu of milestone payments, a certain portion of all other revenues received by BELLUS Health from BLU-5937 will be shared with NEOMED according to a pre-established schedule whereby the shared revenue portion decreases as the program progresses in development. Well that wraps up another episode of the Biotechnology Focus Podcast. We hope you enjoyed it. Be sure to let us know what you think, and we’re also always looking for story ideas and suggestions for future shows, and of course we’d love to hear from you as well, simply reach out to us via twitter @biotechfocus, or by email at the following email address  press@promotivemedia.ca. And remember, you can also listen to past episodes online via our podcast portal at www.biotechnologyfocus.ca . For all of us here at Biotechnology Focus, thanks for listening

In 1921, the Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach, after years of experimenting with different ways to use his artistic interests to expand the potential of psychoanalysis, created a series of inkblot drawings that reveal the unconscious mechanisms of a patient's brain. Six months later, he died, just before the inkblot test became an international phenomenon. Since then, Rorschach's inkblot test has become pop-cultural shorthand for both Freudian psychology and the depths of the human mind. It has become an inescapable reference in art, film and journalism. Damion Searls, author of the first-ever biography of Rorschach, explains how our application and understanding of the test diverge from Rorschach's intentions. In this episode, you'll also find Organist fan fiction from author Elizabeth McKenzie, a “verbal selfie” from Casey Jane Ellison, and the winner of the Sarah Awards' Very Very Short Short Audio Fiction contest. Hermann holding daughter Lisa, 1918. Hermann in his office in the Herisau apartment, cigarette in hand, 1920. Hermann, Lisa, Wadim, summer 1921. Rorschach age 6, in Swiss folk costume, 1819. Rorschach early inkblot. Rorschach notes on printers proof. Rorschach on a hiking trip in the Santis, September 1918. Rorschach rowing on Lake Constance, CA. 1920. Roschach dressed in wizard costume. Soldiers looking at inkblot. Wedding Photo, May 1, 1910. Pictures credit: Archiv und Sammlung Hermann Rorschach, University Library of Bern.

Antje von Dewitz has been at the helm of the Vaude company since 2009. She’s on a mission to make it Europe's most sustainable outdoor equipment brand. On Talking Germany the cultural/business studies graduate and mother-of-four explains why profits and sustainability to not have to me mutually exclusive, and how she manages to get home early twice a week despite her busy schedule. Antje von Dewitz was born in 1972, the second of third daughters to company founder Albrecht von Dewitz. She planned to do something completely different, having majored in culture and business studies. After working as an intern at the family firm, however, she liked the idea of becoming a manager because of the options it meant in terms of bringing about social change. In 2001, for example, she introduced an in-house child care center for working parents. She also took an active role in support of a female staff quota and made it possible for 55% of the workforce to work part-time. In her own home, by the way, it’s her husband who takes care of the kids. The birthrate at her company is 30% above the average for Germany. If any of her initiatives may compromise profit-making, it’s of little bother to the boss; she’s accountable only to her father the owner, and not some outside investors. Albrecht von Dewitz tolerates her commitments on the social and ecological fronts - provided the financial figures add up. His daughter also sees marketing potential in her strategy: a way of standing out from the tough competition in the outdoor equipment sector. Antje von Dewitz lives with her husband and four children in Tettnang, near Lake Constance.

On today's show, I talk to husband and wife writers Harry Mathews and Marie Chaix. Harry Mathews is a writer and poet originally from New York. After a tour in the Navy in 1949, he eloped with a French artist and eventually moved to Europe. There he co-founded the influential literary journal Locus Solus and became the first American member of theFrench writing group OULIPO. Harry is the author of numerous novels including Tlooth, The Conversions and My Life in CIA, and he is also a translator of many people, including his wife Marie Chaix's novels. Marie was born in 1942 in France in the midst of WWII. After her father died, she found out he had been a Nazi collaborator during the war, and his diaries inspired her first book The Laurels of Lake Constance in 1974, and since then, she has penned eight other books. Much of Harry and Marie's work can be found through the Dalkey Archive, one of the best publishers of contemporary fiction.Check out the website for Beginnings, subscribe on iTunes, and follow me on Twitter!

Epidemiological studies on Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (VHS) and Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) in the Southwest of Germany The purpose of this thesis has been to research the epidemiological importance of virus emission from fish farms infected by Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (VHS) or Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis (IHN). In a field experiment rainbow trout were encaged 640 m below a VHS-infected farm. The rainbow trout were infected by the virus identical to the farm isolate. In an other watercourse IHN-Virus was isolated from experimental rainbow trout in water cages 650 m downstream a fish processing plant, which was regularly supplied with infected fish. In an endemic stream the transmission of VHS-Virus to experimental encaged trout succeeded, presumably through wild brook trout (Salmo trutta f. fario), 220 m upstream the discharge position of an VHS-infected fish farm. In the course of eradication of VHS-Infection in a large fish farm, the supplying brook was completely electrically fished in the late summer. A specific VHSV gene sequence could only be detected by means of RT-PCR in feral rainbow trout. By sequencing the virus isolates it was possible to demonstrate mutations of VHSV in infected farms and the connected watercourse-system. Furthermore, during the spawning-fishery epidemiological studies, 300 sexually mature white fish (Coregonus lavaretus), as well as on further organ samples of fished white fish (Coregonus spp.), lake trout (Salmo trutta f. lacustris), pike (Esox lucius) and arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) from Lake Constance were virologically examined. Neither VHSV nor IHNV were detected. Rainbow trout fingerlings were exposed to cleaned and oxygenated sewage effluent for 62 days. Potential infectious waste water from slaughtering of the above-mentioned fish processing plant was introduced to the sewage plant. VHSV or IHNV obviously do not endure the three-stage sewage treatment in infectious condition.

A new strain of the green sulfur bacteria was isolated from the monimolimnion of Buchensee (near Radolfzell, Lake Constance region, FRG). Single cells were rod-shaped, nonmotile and contained gas vacuoles. Typical net-like colonies were formed by ternary fission of the cells. As photosynthetic pigments bacteriochlorophylls a, e, isorenieratene and -isorenieratene were present. Sulfide, sulfur and thiosulfate were used as electron donors during anaerobic phototrophic growth. Besides carbon dioxide, acetate and propionate could serve as carbon sources under mixotrophic conditions in the light. Like all other members of the green sulfur bacteria, the new bacterium is strictly anaerobic and obligately phototrophic. The possession of gas vacuoles and the formation of net-like colonies and the guanine plus cytosine content of the DNA (47.9 mol% G+C) are typical characteristics of the genus Pelodictyon. Because of its photosynthetic pigments which differ from those of Pelodictyon clathratiforme, strain BU 1 represents a new species, P. Phaeoclathratiforme sp. nov.