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6000 de CAPE, c'est un podcast qui parle d'orages, de tornades, et d'autres phénomènes météo agités comme on les aime. Avec un peu de science, beaucoup d'expérience, et parfois des mauvaises blagues. Ce quatrième épisode se penche sur la relation indissociable de la photo avec la chasse à l'orage, et de l'envie permanente d'élever notre niveau artistique. Je suis accompagné de Bruno Meignien, gérant de la Galerie des Photographes à Paris, et Basile Ducournau, avec qui il a organisé beaucoup d'expositions. On profite de l'une d'entre elles pour discuter de tout ça au cœur du sujet. L'exposition Cieux Ephémères a lieu du 10 au 27 Mars.Le site de la galerie de Bruno : https://www.lagaleriedesphotographes.fr/Le blog de photo/voyage de Bruno : http://blog.bruno-meignien.fr/Le site de Basile : https://www.cieuxsoustension.com/ et sa chaîne Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8bEVef1D4OkCsFo4jyFUrw 36:10 Clin d'oeil à Jean-Jacques Kelner aka JJK, qui a d'ailleurs accompagné Bruno et Basile dans leur trip aux Etats-Unis en 2015 ! Sa galerie Flickr : https://www.flickr.com/photos/132811323@N04/albums/72157662436656842/with/24156525281/ Bruno recommande l'imprimeur Picto Online pour sortir vos tirages : https://www.pictoonline.fr/Leur site vous permet de simuler très simplement le coût des fabrications, en fonction des dimensions, des supports choisis... Une bonne première étape dans la réflexion !

6000 de CAPE, c'est un podcast qui parle d'orages, de tornades, et d'autres phénomènes météo agités comme on les aime. Avec un peu de science, beaucoup d'expérience, et parfois des mauvaises blagues. Ce quatrième épisode se penche sur la relation indissociable de la photo avec la chasse à l'orage, et de l'envie permanente d'élever notre niveau artistique. Je suis accompagné de Bruno Meignien, gérant de la Galerie des Photographes à Paris, et Basile Ducournau, avec qui il a organisé beaucoup d'expositions. On profite de l'une d'entre elles pour discuter de tout ça au cœur du sujet. L'exposition Cieux Ephémères a lieu du 10 au 27 Mars.Le site de la galerie de Bruno : https://www.lagaleriedesphotographes.fr/Le blog de photo/voyage de Bruno : http://blog.bruno-meignien.fr/Le site de Basile : https://www.cieuxsoustension.com/ et sa chaîne Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8bEVef1D4OkCsFo4jyFUrw 36:10 Clin d'oeil à Jean-Jacques Kelner aka JJK, qui a d'ailleurs accompagné Bruno et Basile dans leur trip aux Etats-Unis en 2015 ! Sa galerie Flickr : https://www.flickr.com/photos/132811323@N04/albums/72157662436656842/with/24156525281/ Bruno recommande l'imprimeur Picto Online pour sortir vos tirages : https://www.pictoonline.fr/Leur site vous permet de simuler très simplement le coût des fabrications, en fonction des dimensions, des supports choisis... Une bonne première étape dans la réflexion !

Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway[1] (October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011)[1] was an American actor and singer, known for playing Kenickie in the movie Grease and for his roles in two American television series: struggling actor Bobby Wheeler on Taxi and security officer Zack Allan on Babylon 5. Conaway was also featured in the first and second seasons of the reality television series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. PICTURE BY: By Mumofthreedevils - https://www.flickr.com/photos/52696926@N04/5123999772, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15270543 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support

V Zeliščarnici tokrat spoznavamo zdravilne moči ozkolistnega trpotca. Sanja Lončar nam je zaupala tudi recept za pripravo domačega trpotčevega sirupa. (foto: Harry Rose, https://www.flickr.com/photos/73840284@N04/14919755666)

On this week's episode, we discuss the benefits of using instructional videos in a self-paced class, best practices for building instructional videos, and strategies educators can use to build engagement with their video lessons Show Notes Graphic on research-based best practices for instructional videos, which we were referencing during recording https://www.flickr.com/photos/191556970@N04/50763268171/in/dateposted-public/ (if the image doesn't appear, click here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191556970@N04/shares/98F0u6)) Kareem’s Screencasting Piece in Cult of Pedagogy (https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/screencast-videos/) Screencast-o-matic (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10JtgTDkzE6hnxhcHoSEPVi7QWSA2SXlJ2xwtQdDtyHg/edit?usp=sharing) Screencastify (https://learn.screencastify.com/hc/en-us/sections/360008793034-User-Guide-Getting-Started) Explain Everything (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16f8bXojkYnK06I06zNKt5J9Z0Hqqz8vYkTRCpvwCSX0/edit?usp=sharing) Edpuzzle (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1z8sWGDotmEoG82ZK_5alaANSDutj0dxJ6Bf2zAfnqSw/edit?usp=sharing) Playposit (https://knowledge.playposit.com/article/213-building-a-bulb-in-playposit-3-0) Nearpod (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lUn6W78ulJn01lDf8CbadxxrGUjhcqfFihplKmSYHdU/edit?usp=sharing) Desmo (https://www.desmos.com/) The Cornell Note Taking System (http://lsc.cornell.edu/how-to-study/taking-notes/cornell-note-taking-system/) Follow us online and learn more: Apply to become a Distinguished Modern Classroom Educator (https://modernclassrooms.org/distinguished-educators) Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter Kate: @gaskill_teacher on Twitter Zach: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach (https://www.learningtoteach.co) The Modern Classroom Project (www.modernclassrooms.org) Modern Classrooms Online Course (learn.modernclassrooms.org) Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom!

Should Jenna broaden her horizons by moving away for medical school? Photo by merra marie [This episode is sponsored by Panacea Financial, a Division of Sonabank, Member FDIC. Please support our sponsor by visiting https://panaceafinancial.com/] Listener Jenna got into Carver College of Medicine! But she's worried–should she go to a new place to study medicine instead, or should she stay in comfy, cozy Iowa City where she's been the last few years? Sit tight, Jenna, because M1 Lola Lozano (Texas), M1 Albert Pedroza (Nebraska), MD/PhD student Aline Sandouk (lots of places) and M1 Nicole Hines (Iowa) are here to look at the options with you! Bun Bun writes in to complain about what they saw as our unfair treatment of Ivy League schools…although, if they'd listened verrrrry carefully, they'd see that's not something we actually did. Dave loses his cool about the pandemic complainers. Yes, it's frustrating to have to stay home and avoid family over the holidays. But this is war. And yet…he immediately proves the point by forgetting you can't play the Whisper Challenge without a mask on. So the crew braces themselves against the disappointment–damn you, COVID!–and soldier on. Brave podcasters, all. We Want to Hear From You How'd we do on this week's show? Did we miss anything in our conversation? Did we anger you? Did we make you smile? Call us at 347-SHORTCT anytime  or email theshortcoats@gmail.com.  It's always a pleasure to hear from you!…

Photo by brianna.lehman Listener Soma let us know that the AAMC has released an interview app for medical schools to collect videos of applicants answers to some standard questions. Their website says the tool addresses the needs expressed by its member schools during the upcoming interview season. Soma wondered, what do we think? Of course, that no matter what we think, it seems like applicants will probably have to do it anyway. But M2s Mariam Mansour, Greta Becker, Kayla Kruse and Nikitha Pothireddy are on hand to consider. Hmm…what DO we think of a new item for applicants to put on their to-do list in order to apply to medical school? What DO we think of a set of what appear to be screening questions that could be asked in some other interview format, such as a live virtual interview? What DO we think of a tool which seems to add another item to med schools' to-do list? What DO we think of a tool which seems at a glance to be similar to another tool that was tried and cancelled for Emergency Medicine residency applications due to lack of interest from programs and applicants? Also, in light of a surge of COVID-19 cases that seem to be driven by young people eager to discard social distancing and masks to hang out with their buds in bars, we discuss the fairness of asking a screening question during interviews about whether the applicant has been doing the right thing to protect others. This Week in Medical News The first person to be treated for sickle cell disease with CRISPR in the US has gotten great news. On the other hand, investigators using fMRI to look at brain function have gotten some bad news. We Want to Hear From You Obviously, our discussion on questioning applicants on their bar-hopping habits might have other viewpoints we didn't cover. What did we miss? Call us at 347-SHORTCT anytime or email theshortcoats@gmail.com.  …

"Das Biest", so nennt unser heutiger Gast Sabrina Teuber ihren Dienstwagen liebevoll, besser gesagt "the beast", denn es handelt sich um ein britisches Modell, den Jaguar Daimler Double Six aus der dritten Serie. Im Podcast-Interview berichtet sie unseren Gastgebern Oli, Frank & Ron aus erster Hand von diesem Non-plus-ultra der Englischen Autobaukunst, das bereits vor 40 Jahren alles an Ausstattungsfeatures hatte, die man sich selbst heute noch in einem Fahrzeug der absoluten Oberklasse wünschen würde. So vollgepackt, dass man, so berichtet Sabrina, ihn regelmässig an den Batterietrainer hängen muss, da die ganzen Features soviel Strom saugen. Kämpften die ersten Serien des "duhble sicks", wie man ihn aristokratisch offiziell ausspricht, noch mit erheblichen Qualitätsmängeln, haben die letzten Exemplare der Baureihe wohl alle Kinderkankheiten überwunden, wie Sabrina aus eigener Erfahrung berichten kann. Gekrönt wird das Ganze von einem 5l V12 Aggregat mit stolzen 300 PS, das den 2 Tonnen Luxusliner in knapp 8 Sekunden auf 100 km/h beschleunigt - Respekt. "Damit kann man auch mal richtig schnell fahren", schwärmt Sabrina, die beim Thema Spritverbrauch jedoch die Aussage verweigert. Wer Sabrinas Daimler Double Six einmal selber fahren will, kann das tatsächlich tun, denn Sabrina ist im Hautptberuf Geschäftsführerin der Lord George GmbH die eine Flotte fast 40 Old- und Youngtimern vorhält mit denen man einfach nur ausfahren, aber auch an ihren historischen Rallyes und Ausfahrten teilnehmen kann. Zudem ist Sabrina Teuber auch Host des neuen Formats "Classic Talks", das regelmässig auf ihrem Facebook Profil bereitstellt - schaut mal vorbei, ab dem 13. Juni findet ihr da auch das Team von Classicpodcars im Interview! (Link in den Shownotes!) Wenn euch unser Podcast gefällt, dann liked uns, teilt & shared uns, gebt uns 5 Sterne bei Apple- und Google-Podcasts- Wenn ihr, so wie Sabrina, Wünsche habt, welches Auto wir besprechen sollen, wenn ihr konstruktive Kritik oder auch Lob loswerden oder euch für Werbeschaltungen im Podcast interessiert, dann schickt uns bitte eine eMail an nettemenschen@classicpodcars.de Ihr findet unser Oldtimer Magazin auch auf den Sozialen Medien wie Instagram, Facebook oder tiktok unter dem Handle @classicpodcars - bitte dort auch folgen, liken, kommentieren! Vielen Dank für euren Support! Bildquelle: Lord George GmbH, vielen Dank! Shownotes Lord George GmbH Webseite mit Bildern der Flotte und den Terminen der Rallyes https://www.lord-george.de Sabrinas Classic Talk auf Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lordgeorgerallyes/ Testbericht Auto Motor und Sport: https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/geheimtipp-daimler-double-six-ab-15000-euro-maximum-an-stil-und-komfort/ Fotos der Top Gear Folge mit den Kleinwagen auf dem Dach ;-) https://www.flickr.com/photos/50415738@N04/5963665726/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/50415738@N04/5963106969/

This podcast summarizes ideas discussed in a book chapter written by Grazzia Maria Mendoza. Enjoy! Photographic credit: Sebastian Vital (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155754835@N04/35289443363) Song by Jonesbrt (https://freesound.org/people/Jonesbrt/sounds/209644/)

Love isn’t what they think it is. Truer Love’s Kiss by Eliezer Yudkowsky https://www.facebook.com/yudkowsky/posts/10157928403149228 They think it’s all a game. Waves of Stone Cascading by u/vi-fi https://vi-fi.github.io/Waves%20of%20Stone%20Cascading.html The authors have granted me permission to narrate. This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by Jeremy Arcarola https://www.flickr.com/photos/49414448@N04/6616219315/ Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)

There’s eight ways this casino heist can go wrong. Cedric’s Eight written by reddit user u/vi_fi https://vi-fi.github.io/Cedric's%20Eight.html Author has granted permission to narrate. This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by J Mu https://www.flickr.com/photos/133947562@N04/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/133947562@N04/26970174971/ Public Domain Mark 1.0

There’s eight ways this casino heist can go wrong. Cedric’s Eight written by reddit user u/vi_fi https://vi-fi.github.io/Cedric's%20Eight.html Author has granted permission to narrate. This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by J Mu https://www.flickr.com/photos/133947562@N04/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/133947562@N04/26970174971/ Public Domain Mark 1.0

The conclusion to "The Last Christmas" where a new Santa Claus learns some uncomfortable truths. And a Magical examination of cooperation vs competition. "The Last Christmas" was written by Alexander Wales. https://alexanderwales.com/the-last-christmas-chapter-5-2/ "Collaboration" was written by reddit user u/blasted0glass https://archiveofourown.org/works/18686869 This episode was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by Ian Sane https://flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/38523529135/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

A new Santa Claus learns some uncomfortable truths. This story was narrated by David Jondreau. www.rattlefiction.com Intro / outro music by the Latin Bros. https://soundcloud.com/latinbros All Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The Last Christmas was written by Alexander Wales. https://alexanderwales.com/the-last-christmas-chapter-3-2/ https://alexanderwales.com/the-last-christmas-chapter-4-2/ Text is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by Ian Sane https://flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/38523529135/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

A new Santa Claus learns some uncomfortable truths. Audio version of the beginning of the rational story "The Last Christmas” by Alexander Wales read by David Jondreau. Audio is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 This story was written by Alexander Wales. https://alexanderwales.com/the-last-christmas-chapter-1-2/ https://alexanderwales.com/the-last-christmas-chapter-2-2/ Text is licensed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Episode Image by Ian Sane https://flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/38523529135/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

A recent study uses multiple imputation to develop an analysis that implies falling marriage rates to be a result of too few (economically) marriageable men. We discuss the idea that a "shortage of marriageable men" is a strong explanation of falling marriage rates. Victoria Reyes is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. She recently published the widely acclaimed Global Borderlands: Fantasy, Violence, and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines with Stanford University Press. Photo Credit By LearningLark - https://www.flickr.com/photos/44282411@N04/6738328799/, CC BY 2.0, Link

Welcome, welcome, friends! To The Bargain Den! You'll never guess what we watched this week... Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! Ooohh, ahhh... Will year 4 be frugal? Will it not? Let's find out! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330373/?ref_=nv_sr_3 ...Ciera Simon took some photos for us, and you can find her work at: www.flickr.com/photos/139996947@N04/ ...You can contact us at: TheBargainDenCast@gmail.com ...You can find The Lounge Kittens at: www.theloungekittens.com/ ...Sara Anastasia did our cover art and you can find her at: sawoowoo.bigcartel.com/ ...Become a supporter of this podcast: anchor.fm/the-bargain-den/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-bargain-den/support

November isn't even quite over yet but Jessamyn and I are entirely done with it, and document a bunch of the good bits and some of the not so great ones in this episode of the MeFi monthly podcast. Also there is a very clever bird and some nude cats. Also I make a pretty solid joke about clouds. It's actually not very solid. The joke I mean. Also obviously not the clouds, they're made of vapor, c'mon. Yes. Okay. Hello.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadMisc - the number 147 is a superpermutation I guess - man we maybe need some podcast archives, anywhere here's the very first one - flowers for Algernon, more like flippies from Jim - y'all it's still Moshow the Cat Rapper - like, I mean Jobs - Clinical Research Operations Specialist- IT oriented by tangaroo - 3D Conversion Artist by Construction Concern Projects - fcc-git-nomic: A game of Nomic played via Github by man down under - The Toronto Film Map by avocet - Playlists from The Site by bendy - A game that teaches kids 20 years of investing in 20 minutes by missjenny (MeFi Post) - We Sacrificed Imaginary Kitties to Help People Avoid Real-Life Financial Disaster by missjenny - The Brexit Twitter Project by garius MetaFilter - SF Writer Greg Egan & Mystery Math Whiz Advance Permutation Problem by cgc373 - Let your need guide your behaviour by Johnny Wallflower - "Sluggo is lit" by Doktor Zed - The Competitive Book Sorters Who Spread Knowledge Around New York by cynical pinnacle - Attention Chess Nerds! by OHenryPacey - 52,438 High-Definition Images of Artworks Into the Public Domain by WCityMike - Before envelopes, there was letterlocking by zeptoweasel - slurp gulp crunch smack by Fizz - The "Talk" for 45-year old women by bunderful - Take another puzzle piece of my art by Atom Eyes - I Was At One Point Informed By A Person by BiggerJ Ask MeFi - How should I begin selling my underwear in NYC? by crocodiletsunami - What is the weirdest, most obscure national organization you know of by Ms Vegetable - Is the fruit from Harry and David really more amazing ? by TestamentToGrace - How to deal - when family member did the worst thing by Anonymous - How did you deal with seeing your partner in pain during labor? by Fister Roboto - Help me get my photos off of Flickr by melodykramer (of which also Jess hunts for Creative Commons answers) - Considering getting a Sphynx by hepta MetaTalk - rtha in hospice by cortex - RIP Samizdata by Johnny Wallflower - Metatalktail Hour: Open Holiday Thread! by Eyebrows McGee - MeFi Cookie Swap 2018 by chara - It's the $5 noob anniversary! by octothorpe - the holidays are upon us sooner than usual by jessamyn - Chrisish? Greenmear? by greenish - Everybody needs a hug by lazuli - Direct your gopher client to gopher://gopher.metafilter.com by cortex MeFi Music Track featured in this episode: - Scheme by srednivashtar - Third Song, by Bulbs for Leonard by not_on_display - Nothing but the Rain by Bluebird Wine - Dance46 by CarrotAdventure FanFare - The Good Place continues to be a very good show

Welcome, welcome, friends! To The Bargain Den! This week, jump into a magical world of made-up words with us in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban! In this episode, we discuss the frugality of being a rat, breaking crystal balls, and keeping track of your cycle! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304141/ ...Ciera Simon took some photos for us, and you can find her work at: www.flickr.com/photos/139996947@N04/ ...You can contact us at: TheBargainDenCast@gmail.com ...You can find The Lounge Kittens at: www.theloungekittens.com/ ...Sara Anastasia did our cover art and you can find her at: sawoowoo.bigcartel.com/ ...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-bargain-den/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-bargain-den/support

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Nassredean Nasseri This week on My Ruby Story, Chuck talks with Dean who is a senior software engineer at VTS, Inc. in New York City. Dean uses Ruby and is an advocate for the software. He and Chuck discuss his background, current projects, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: 1:00 – Dean: Hi, Everyone! 2:07 – Chuck: E363 of Ruby Rogues is your past episode. 1:13 – Dean: I am a Ruby developer and out in NY City. I have been developing Ruby for the past 6 years now. 1:42 – Chuck: What made you want to do something like Fir? 1:50 – Dean: I love developing developer tools and using something that I can use in my day-to-day work – I like that. I am constantly debugging and trying new things. That’s how I operate. I wanted to build a tool that would take the concepts that were missing from IRB and...put in a shell like FITCH. That was the motivation to that project. 2:42 – Chuck: Check out his past episode to get into the nitty gritty. Let’s roll back – how did you get into programming? 3:10 – Dean: I started programming in 2009/2010. I was a senior in High School and I wanted to make a social media website. I knew about HTML and other things but databases and servers I had no idea about. I downloaded WAMP – you familiar? It stands for: WINDOWS APACHE, MYSQL, and PHP. 4:19 – Chuck: What about programming that got you started? 4:27 – Dean: To build the thing that was in my head. My motivation was I wanted to see this THING to get built. I had a UI and I used jQuery. I got further and further; I realized that I was enjoying it. I liked the feeling and I spent 6 hours and I felt rewarded. 5:12 – Chuck: I played with programming as a younger person but in college I was introduced to...and I liked something coming together. Programming felt like a toy for me. I built a platform for people to find an apartment with their amenities that they wanted. It never came to light but it was fun to build. 6:00 – Dean. 6:12 – Chuck: I was a software consultant for a while. They spent 10’s of thousands of dollars on this project and me. You get into PHP and how did you come to Ruby? 6:40 – Dean: I didn’t study computer science in college. My friends who had a “background” and they said that I needed to use Python. Python held me back b/c of the 2 to 3 split and the server getting up on my machine b/c certain tendencies needed x, y, and z. That drove me away from Python but I did like the language. My friend told me to try Ruby and I read a book (Ruby on Rails by Michael, 2nd ed.) and I got Ruby. That was really cool to me. I went through the tutorial and that was powerful for me. Motto: Keep things fun and simple and then build on things later. 8:59 – Chuck: I hear people complain about Ruby. Can you still do that? 9:13 – Dean: Yes, I think so. The thing that stands out to me is action cable. Maybe a beginner doesn’t want to have to think about. Rails is the best way to get up and running with minimum friction. 9:45 – Chuck: I worked through a company and I was their tech support – so I can relate to that. Other things that people worry about: Action Cable, etc. you don’t have to worry about that until later. That makes sense. What have you done that your proud of? 10:24 – Dean: I worked at a company and proud of the certain features I have built and shipped. I am proud of learning more and more about Ruby internals. I am proud of FIR, too. 11:43 – Chuck: Yeah, FIR does sound interesting. I hear people say that often: I built this thing and it makes a difference in this way. What are you working on now? 12:11 – Dean: Tech Ops; it’s a hybrid between DevOps and... We have worked on projects like migrating CAM CAM CAM to PUNDIT. That was the last huge Ruby project we’ve worked on. Our ongoing mission is to make sure things are up to date. I have been migrating from our former CI provider to Circle CI. It’s been a challenge. It requires DOCKER and it was important for us to use... (Dean goes into more detail.) Dean: We have been working on flaky tests, which was more Ruby focused. (Dean goes into more detail.) 15:42 – Chuck: I am curious to see what those tips are? 15:49 – Charlie McMillan – check out his blog post: Tips to Fixing Flaky Feature Specs. There is a real art to it. 16:06 – Chuck: Anything else? 16:16 – Dean: That’s pretty much the good stuff. 16:24 – Chuck: Over the course of your career what is an overarching theme? 16:42 – Dean: From the technological side – not really – but important to my development is empathy. Develop empathy for your colleagues, and customers. I love the tech stuff, but I made mistakes. I was so tech focused that maybe at the expense of my team. The soft skills are really important to this business. Being empathetic in this field and this is equally as important to being a really good empathetic person. 18:03 – Chuck: As we continue to see things grow – you can build small applications on your own. But when you are building a Facebook or something complex – then at that point your ability to work with people trumps your technical abilities. Once your past that can you work with other people? 19:06 – Picks! 19:14 – Advertisement – Fresh Books! Links: Ruby Elixir Rails Rust Dean’s Medium Dean’s Website Dean’s GitHub Dean’s Flickr Sponsors: Get a Coder Job Cache Fly Fresh Books Picks: Charles Get A Coder Job Book: Scourged by Kevin Hearne Down? Depressed? Try taking care of other people! Dean VTS b/c we are hiring Book: Iran Awakening – By Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Nassredean Nasseri This week on My Ruby Story, Chuck talks with Dean who is a senior software engineer at VTS, Inc. in New York City. Dean uses Ruby and is an advocate for the software. He and Chuck discuss his background, current projects, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: 1:00 – Dean: Hi, Everyone! 2:07 – Chuck: E363 of Ruby Rogues is your past episode. 1:13 – Dean: I am a Ruby developer and out in NY City. I have been developing Ruby for the past 6 years now. 1:42 – Chuck: What made you want to do something like Fir? 1:50 – Dean: I love developing developer tools and using something that I can use in my day-to-day work – I like that. I am constantly debugging and trying new things. That’s how I operate. I wanted to build a tool that would take the concepts that were missing from IRB and...put in a shell like FITCH. That was the motivation to that project. 2:42 – Chuck: Check out his past episode to get into the nitty gritty. Let’s roll back – how did you get into programming? 3:10 – Dean: I started programming in 2009/2010. I was a senior in High School and I wanted to make a social media website. I knew about HTML and other things but databases and servers I had no idea about. I downloaded WAMP – you familiar? It stands for: WINDOWS APACHE, MYSQL, and PHP. 4:19 – Chuck: What about programming that got you started? 4:27 – Dean: To build the thing that was in my head. My motivation was I wanted to see this THING to get built. I had a UI and I used jQuery. I got further and further; I realized that I was enjoying it. I liked the feeling and I spent 6 hours and I felt rewarded. 5:12 – Chuck: I played with programming as a younger person but in college I was introduced to...and I liked something coming together. Programming felt like a toy for me. I built a platform for people to find an apartment with their amenities that they wanted. It never came to light but it was fun to build. 6:00 – Dean. 6:12 – Chuck: I was a software consultant for a while. They spent 10’s of thousands of dollars on this project and me. You get into PHP and how did you come to Ruby? 6:40 – Dean: I didn’t study computer science in college. My friends who had a “background” and they said that I needed to use Python. Python held me back b/c of the 2 to 3 split and the server getting up on my machine b/c certain tendencies needed x, y, and z. That drove me away from Python but I did like the language. My friend told me to try Ruby and I read a book (Ruby on Rails by Michael, 2nd ed.) and I got Ruby. That was really cool to me. I went through the tutorial and that was powerful for me. Motto: Keep things fun and simple and then build on things later. 8:59 – Chuck: I hear people complain about Ruby. Can you still do that? 9:13 – Dean: Yes, I think so. The thing that stands out to me is action cable. Maybe a beginner doesn’t want to have to think about. Rails is the best way to get up and running with minimum friction. 9:45 – Chuck: I worked through a company and I was their tech support – so I can relate to that. Other things that people worry about: Action Cable, etc. you don’t have to worry about that until later. That makes sense. What have you done that your proud of? 10:24 – Dean: I worked at a company and proud of the certain features I have built and shipped. I am proud of learning more and more about Ruby internals. I am proud of FIR, too. 11:43 – Chuck: Yeah, FIR does sound interesting. I hear people say that often: I built this thing and it makes a difference in this way. What are you working on now? 12:11 – Dean: Tech Ops; it’s a hybrid between DevOps and... We have worked on projects like migrating CAM CAM CAM to PUNDIT. That was the last huge Ruby project we’ve worked on. Our ongoing mission is to make sure things are up to date. I have been migrating from our former CI provider to Circle CI. It’s been a challenge. It requires DOCKER and it was important for us to use... (Dean goes into more detail.) Dean: We have been working on flaky tests, which was more Ruby focused. (Dean goes into more detail.) 15:42 – Chuck: I am curious to see what those tips are? 15:49 – Charlie McMillan – check out his blog post: Tips to Fixing Flaky Feature Specs. There is a real art to it. 16:06 – Chuck: Anything else? 16:16 – Dean: That’s pretty much the good stuff. 16:24 – Chuck: Over the course of your career what is an overarching theme? 16:42 – Dean: From the technological side – not really – but important to my development is empathy. Develop empathy for your colleagues, and customers. I love the tech stuff, but I made mistakes. I was so tech focused that maybe at the expense of my team. The soft skills are really important to this business. Being empathetic in this field and this is equally as important to being a really good empathetic person. 18:03 – Chuck: As we continue to see things grow – you can build small applications on your own. But when you are building a Facebook or something complex – then at that point your ability to work with people trumps your technical abilities. Once your past that can you work with other people? 19:06 – Picks! 19:14 – Advertisement – Fresh Books! Links: Ruby Elixir Rails Rust Dean’s Medium Dean’s Website Dean’s GitHub Dean’s Flickr Sponsors: Get a Coder Job Cache Fly Fresh Books Picks: Charles Get A Coder Job Book: Scourged by Kevin Hearne Down? Depressed? Try taking care of other people! Dean VTS b/c we are hiring Book: Iran Awakening – By Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Nassredean Nasseri This week on My Ruby Story, Chuck talks with Dean who is a senior software engineer at VTS, Inc. in New York City. Dean uses Ruby and is an advocate for the software. He and Chuck discuss his background, current projects, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: 1:00 – Dean: Hi, Everyone! 2:07 – Chuck: E363 of Ruby Rogues is your past episode. 1:13 – Dean: I am a Ruby developer and out in NY City. I have been developing Ruby for the past 6 years now. 1:42 – Chuck: What made you want to do something like Fir? 1:50 – Dean: I love developing developer tools and using something that I can use in my day-to-day work – I like that. I am constantly debugging and trying new things. That’s how I operate. I wanted to build a tool that would take the concepts that were missing from IRB and...put in a shell like FITCH. That was the motivation to that project. 2:42 – Chuck: Check out his past episode to get into the nitty gritty. Let’s roll back – how did you get into programming? 3:10 – Dean: I started programming in 2009/2010. I was a senior in High School and I wanted to make a social media website. I knew about HTML and other things but databases and servers I had no idea about. I downloaded WAMP – you familiar? It stands for: WINDOWS APACHE, MYSQL, and PHP. 4:19 – Chuck: What about programming that got you started? 4:27 – Dean: To build the thing that was in my head. My motivation was I wanted to see this THING to get built. I had a UI and I used jQuery. I got further and further; I realized that I was enjoying it. I liked the feeling and I spent 6 hours and I felt rewarded. 5:12 – Chuck: I played with programming as a younger person but in college I was introduced to...and I liked something coming together. Programming felt like a toy for me. I built a platform for people to find an apartment with their amenities that they wanted. It never came to light but it was fun to build. 6:00 – Dean. 6:12 – Chuck: I was a software consultant for a while. They spent 10’s of thousands of dollars on this project and me. You get into PHP and how did you come to Ruby? 6:40 – Dean: I didn’t study computer science in college. My friends who had a “background” and they said that I needed to use Python. Python held me back b/c of the 2 to 3 split and the server getting up on my machine b/c certain tendencies needed x, y, and z. That drove me away from Python but I did like the language. My friend told me to try Ruby and I read a book (Ruby on Rails by Michael, 2nd ed.) and I got Ruby. That was really cool to me. I went through the tutorial and that was powerful for me. Motto: Keep things fun and simple and then build on things later. 8:59 – Chuck: I hear people complain about Ruby. Can you still do that? 9:13 – Dean: Yes, I think so. The thing that stands out to me is action cable. Maybe a beginner doesn’t want to have to think about. Rails is the best way to get up and running with minimum friction. 9:45 – Chuck: I worked through a company and I was their tech support – so I can relate to that. Other things that people worry about: Action Cable, etc. you don’t have to worry about that until later. That makes sense. What have you done that your proud of? 10:24 – Dean: I worked at a company and proud of the certain features I have built and shipped. I am proud of learning more and more about Ruby internals. I am proud of FIR, too. 11:43 – Chuck: Yeah, FIR does sound interesting. I hear people say that often: I built this thing and it makes a difference in this way. What are you working on now? 12:11 – Dean: Tech Ops; it’s a hybrid between DevOps and... We have worked on projects like migrating CAM CAM CAM to PUNDIT. That was the last huge Ruby project we’ve worked on. Our ongoing mission is to make sure things are up to date. I have been migrating from our former CI provider to Circle CI. It’s been a challenge. It requires DOCKER and it was important for us to use... (Dean goes into more detail.) Dean: We have been working on flaky tests, which was more Ruby focused. (Dean goes into more detail.) 15:42 – Chuck: I am curious to see what those tips are? 15:49 – Charlie McMillan – check out his blog post: Tips to Fixing Flaky Feature Specs. There is a real art to it. 16:06 – Chuck: Anything else? 16:16 – Dean: That’s pretty much the good stuff. 16:24 – Chuck: Over the course of your career what is an overarching theme? 16:42 – Dean: From the technological side – not really – but important to my development is empathy. Develop empathy for your colleagues, and customers. I love the tech stuff, but I made mistakes. I was so tech focused that maybe at the expense of my team. The soft skills are really important to this business. Being empathetic in this field and this is equally as important to being a really good empathetic person. 18:03 – Chuck: As we continue to see things grow – you can build small applications on your own. But when you are building a Facebook or something complex – then at that point your ability to work with people trumps your technical abilities. Once your past that can you work with other people? 19:06 – Picks! 19:14 – Advertisement – Fresh Books! Links: Ruby Elixir Rails Rust Dean’s Medium Dean’s Website Dean’s GitHub Dean’s Flickr Sponsors: Get a Coder Job Cache Fly Fresh Books Picks: Charles Get A Coder Job Book: Scourged by Kevin Hearne Down? Depressed? Try taking care of other people! Dean VTS b/c we are hiring Book: Iran Awakening – By Nobel Peace Prize Winner

This time around Nick and Graham discuss photographs they have taken and how they inform the cameras that they build and how the cameras that they build allow for photographs that are different from the ones they can take with off-the-shelf models. Nick’s photo is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/51834204@N07/42317986574/in/dateposted/ Graham’s photo is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/129971511@N04/41391598034/in/pool-3976524@N23/ Graham starts talking about his point and shoot sheet film camera that he designed and printed though to start he refers to it as a 2-1/4 by 2-1/4 when it is actually 2-1/4 by 3-1/4 (27:30). Nick’s build for this episode is the PinBlad Deluxe, a pinhole camera made from a Hasselblad and an Ilex No. 3 shutter (42:50). Project Save the Scameras from Graeme’s Hammer gets an update (52:00) with Graham’s project of putting an SLR lens on the front of his Olympia. This episode’s book is, The Complete Nikon System: An Illustrated Equipment Guide by Peter Braczko (https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Nikon-System-Illustrated-Equipment/dp/1883403855/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536246746&sr=8-1&keywords=the+complete+nikon+system). Graham corrects a shoutout from the last episode where he gives credit to Panomicron on Instagram for building an XPan type of camera using 3D printing when he should have credited it to Cody (https://www.instagram.com/james__irvin/). It is still worth looking at Panomicron’s work too as he’s building some cool cameras (https://www.instagram.com/panomicron/). Graham was confused as one of Cody’s images appears in Panomicron’s timeline. Also, take the time to look at Ethan from Cameradactyl’s timeline on Instagram as he’s been doing some crazy-fun shit lately (https://www.instagram.com/cameradactyl/). Nick also mentions an image posted by Dirk Fletcher’s ultralight 4X5 camera on our Flickr feed: (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dirkfletcher/44439938251/in/pool-3976524@N23/) Nick also mentions Walker Cameras (http://www.walkercameras.com/) whose website is worth taking a look at.  

E08 Materials Graham and Nick start off by talking about light and what kind of light they like to have for taking photographs. They then launch into a discussion of materials from paper to metal, glass and plastic. Discussions include sources of various materials and tools. The continued adventures of the Save the Scameras from Graeme’s Hammer campaign are chronicled with the dismantling of the Olympia Scamera (1:22:50). Video of the shutter function can be seen here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/129971511@N04/29082589757/in/dateposted-public/. Photo of the two aperture blades from the lens: https://www.flickr.com/photos/129971511@N04/42353408860/in/dateposted-public/  Graham explains why a Ninoka is almost identical to a Leica (1:48:50). Nick’s book for this Episode is On Street Photography and the Poetic Image by Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb: (https://www.amazon.com/Rebecca-Norris-Street-Photography-Poetic/dp/1597112577/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535128945&sr=8-1&keywords=on+street+photography+and+the+poetic+image) (1:50:00)

In this episode I feature two active members in the Assyrian community of Chicagoland, Joe Hermiz and Joseph Tamraz, who share about the Assyrian Genocide in the early 20th century and how the local Assyrian diaspora has created a unique memorial space dedicated to this often-forgotten chapter in modern history. The existence of this memorial space promises a more inclusive narrative in the discussion of mass violence and fights for human rights. Click link below to view photos of the memorial: https://www.flickr.com/photos/152379511@N04/albums/72157694209642350 Here are some additional resources for learning about the Assyrian Genocide: Seyfo Center http://www.seyfocenter.com/ Modern Assyrian Research Archive http://assyrianarchive.org Yacoub, Joseph. Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide, A History. Trans. James Ferguson. London: Hurst & Company, 2016. https://www.amazon.com/Year-Sword-Assyrian-Christian-Genocide/dp/0190633468/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533862786&sr=8-1&keywords=joseph+yacoub+year+of+the+sword

  The viewfinder and Scameras. Graham mentions a trip around St. Simons Island where he took a picture (https://www.flickr.com/photos/129971511@N04/36592696526/in/datetaken/) with a camera he hates that got 84,000 views on Flickr for some reason he cannot figure out (1:25) as he and Nick discuss cameras they don’t like. Neither of them likes the Minolta Weathermatic Dual.  Nick talks about issues with parallax in viewfinders (13:45) and the solutions to address the issue in cameras. Graham grabs a couple of cameras off his shelf to verify what Nick says. They take a moment to revel in Voigtlander fandom (20:05) and then get back to business. They move on to SLR through-the-lens viewfinders and their advantages and disadvantages (23:45) along with the advantages of the pentaprism on SLRs (29:30). Some viewfinders have very little information and some have an overload of information and this balance can affect the shooting experience (36:20). They discuss “viewfinder” cameras like the Trip 35, cameras with little or no information in the viewfinder (30:30).  Filter effects are discussed and how to use them without seeing the actual taking image (44:38). They eventually make their way to large format cameras and viewfinder issues with view finding (53:25). Finally, Nick and Graham start talking about how to make, adapt and scavenge your own viewfinders for homemade camera projects (1:02:54). They mention an article in 35MMC about salvaging a viewfinder from a broken camera (1:08:29) (https://www.35mmc.com/01/07/2018/35mm-accessory-viewfinder-budget-conscious-wonders-3d-printing/ With the subject of viewfinders completed, our fearless hosts moved on to poking the bear (Graeme of Sunny 16 Podcast) and his call for the smashing of all Scameras on sight. Nick and Graham (note how OUR Graham spells his name correctly) have responded to this heinous call with a call to action of their own: Modify these cameras into worthwhile photographic tools (1:26:20).    This episode’s book is The Ansel Adams Guide: Basic Techniques of Photography - Book 1 (https://www.amazon.com/Ansel-Adams-Guide-Techniques-Photography/dp/0821225758/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533591609&sr=8-1&keywords=the+ansel+adams+guide) (2:03:55). Graham read one email talked about two Kickstarter campaigns for 4X5 cameras, the Standard (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/144867732/the-standard-4x5-a-3d-printed-4x5-view-camera) that was ending in just an hour and a half and the Camradactyl (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/416154634/cameradactyl-4x5-field-camera) that still had 16 days to go as of the recording. Both efforts had reached their goals.  

Kelley Szany from the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie joins me as we walk through the building's commemorative spaces and reflect on their particular uses and advantages for incorporating Jewish religious motifs into a learning environment. You can see photos of the memorial rooms in this Flickr album (photos taken by Sean Jacobson): https://www.flickr.com/photos/152379511@N04/albums/72157700937838994/with/42808258760/ Check out IHMEC's website: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/ Other Resources on Holocaust Memory in America: BOOKS: Linenthal, Edward. Preserving Memory: The Struggle to Create America’s Holocaust Museum. New York: Viking, 1995. https://www.amazon.com/Preserving-Memory-Struggle-Americas-Holocaust/dp/0231124074 Novick, Peter. The Holocaust in American Memory. Boston: Houghton Miflin Company, 1999. https://www.amazon.com/Holocaust-American-Life-Peter-Novick/dp/0618082328/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529682713&sr=1-1&keywords=novick+holocaust+in+america&dpID=41SRM9Z%252BHRL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch Young, James. The Texture of Memory: Holocaust Memorials and Meaning. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. https://www.amazon.com/Texture-Memory-Holocaust-Memorials-Meaning/dp/0300059914/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529682737&sr=1-3&keywords=james+young+memory&dpID=51hco1BahkL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch ARTICLES: Koenig, Wendy. “Motion and Sound: Investigating the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Centre.” In The Transcultural Turn: Interrogating Memory Between and Beyond Borders, edited by Lucy Bond and Jessica Rapson: 165-190. Vol. 15 of Medien und kulturelle Erinnerung, edited by Astrid Erll and Ansgar Nünning. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2014.

"In the morning (17th) we landed on Chatham Island, which, like the others, rises with a tame and rounded outline, broken here and there by scattered hillocks, the remains of former craters. Nothing could be less inviting than the first appearance. A broken field of black basaltic lava, thrown into the most rugged waves, and crossed by great fissures, is everywhere covered by stunted, sunburnt brushwood, which shows little signs of life. The dry and parched surface, being heated by the noonday sun, gave to the air a close and sultry feeling, like that from a stove: we fancied even that the bushes smelt unpleasantly." Chapter XVII - Voyage of the BeagleFrom Darwin and the Beagle, A. Moorehead 1969In this podcast Josh, Sarah and James talk about Darwin's visit to the Galapagos Island and how that experience ultimately contributed to Darwin rejecting the notion of the fixity of species and developing his theory of the evolution and the process to create new species.  The Galapagos islands are a chain of volcanic islands that poke out of the Pacific ocean over 500 miles off the coast of Ecuador.  Although many of the islands are relatively close to each other, Darwin was struck by how the plants, insects, birds and reptiles on each of the islands were distinctly different from the other islands.Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Travel ChannelAlthough most people associate Darwin and his experience with the Galapagos finches in developing his theory of evolution, we make the argument that it was the Galapagos tortoises that first intrigued and befuddled Chuck and stimulated him to begin pondering "...that mystery of mysteries—the first appearance of new beings on this earth."In the Voyage Darwin writes-"I have not as yet noticed by far the most remarkable feature in the natural history of this archipelago; it is, that the different islands to a considerable extent are inhabited by a different set of beings. My attention was first called to this fact by the Vice-Governor, Mr. Lawson, declaring that the tortoises differed from the different islands, and that he could with certainty tell from which island any one was brought. I did not for some time pay sufficient attention to this statement, and I had already partially mingled together the collections from two of the islands. I never dreamed that islands, about fifty or sixty miles apart, and most of them in sight of each other, formed of precisely the same rocks, placed under a quite similar climate, rising to a nearly equal height, would have been differently tenanted; but we shall soon see that this is the case."DARWIN RIDING TORTOISE, HEROES SCULPTURE GARDEN, by MARJAN WOUDAwww.marjanwouda.co.ukJosh talks about Darwin's experiences with these cyclopean creatures, drinking from their bladder and riding them like a horse, and about recent efforts to determine how many different species of tortoises actually exist and the current conservation efforts to protect them.The image of Darwin riding a tortoise reminded us of the old sketch a friend of Darwin's made showing Charles Darwin riding a beetle.Sarah talked about the marine and terrestrial iguanas found on the islands and how Darwin would throw the marine iguana into the ocean for it to rapidly return to shore wherein Darwin picked it back up by the tail to fling it back in the ocean. Darwin repeated this "experiment" until he was convinced that although the marine iguanas were perfectly adapted to swimming in the oceans they preferred to stay on shore, where it was safe.Looking out to sea - https://www.flickr.com/photos/45325473@N04/page2We finished the conversation about the role of the Mockingbirds and Finches found on the Galapagos islands in convincing Darwin that different species of the same type of animal could be found on different islands, although the islands themselves were not remarkably different from each other in habitat and geology. In addition, these islands were not significantly different from volcanic islands of Cape Verde Darwin visited 3.5 years earlier off the coast of Africa, and yet the species found in each of these archipelagos were more closely related to their neighboring continents than they were to each other.Sarah told us about her recent guest appearance on  The Common Descent which is an excellent podcast that discusses the diversity of life, past and present. Check it out!The opening and closing theme to Discovering Darwin is "May" by Jared C. Balogh.Interlude music Big Beats Alternative by Sunserarcher http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sunsearcher/

In the podcast this week... Some of our picks from the Ubuntu 16.10 wallpaper contest submissions. We recorded the episode on September 29 and some of the images we picked have been removed from the group for one reason or another.AG's PicksStorm is coming by toomoonstreamJardin -7226 (2) by Jesús A. Reyeslarung gar by night by Geza Radics160903et04-stn-YY by Pierre CanteFrançois CANTE mubutestJoao's PicksView of City from Ellis Island by Joseph Bylund Swan_Mono by Mike OUnder Sunset by 如月.飛羽IMG_6990_1 by Eric Gbarn door by Timothy FordNever Surrender by Julian Fernandes---Download the episode here. Support us on Patreon (pretty please).---Listen and Subscribe...  we're @thirdworldlinux and @chFourteen on twitterwe're also on Google+but if you're oldschool, email uscontact@channelfourteen.com linux@channelfourteen.com --- 

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Australian John Short was detained inside North Korea after leaving gospel tracts near a Buddhist temple. He was facing years in prison—but he wasn’t afraid. “Fear and faith cannot exist within my heart at the same time,” he says. In the second part of our conversation with Mr. Short, he shares how he prayed—out loud—throughout his captivity, how his captors responded to his faith and how his “letter of confession” and eventual release came about. He’ll also share how, upon landing back in China, he learned that his captivity was international news. He was deeply moved to learn that Christians in many nations were praying for him during his trial, including a group of Chinese house churches that prayed around the clock during his detention. Finally, Mr. Short shares specific ways we can pray for the “hermit kingdom” of North Korea. Photo credit: “Star of the DPRK” by John Pavelka is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/28705377@N04/4610365613)

Update: Susannah Mushatt Jones passed away on May 12, 2016. She was 116 years and 311 days old.  While we sweat it out at spin class in the name of good health, the world’s oldest people drink whiskey, eat bacon, and chug Miller High Lifes with a side of Johnny Walker Blue. At least those are the life secrets we love to hear when we talk about supercentenarians — the exclusive group of people who live to be at least 110 years old. But the science is not that simple, and the lives of these super-survivors are proof. The oldest person recorded in history, a French woman named Jeanne Calment, lived to be 122 years old. Calment, who was born in 1875, lived a fairly easy, stress-free existence, according to Jean-Marie Robine, a French demographer who met her and studied the last years of her life. But the more significant marker of her longevity, he believes, is her direct ancestors who lived, on average, 22 years longer than expected. “So definitely, the gene pool [was] exceptional,” he said. Tom Perls, a physician and researcher who runs the New England Centenarian Study, has studied about 150 supercentenarians. He agrees: living an extremely long life probably has to do more with your DNA than what you drink. “It’s many complicated pathways that feed into what determines your rate of aging and your risk for age related diseases,” Perls said. Today, the oldest known living person in the world is a woman in Brooklyn, New York, and lives a fairly quiet life. At 116 years old, Susannah Mushatt Jones has watched the world go form streetcars to hoverboards; from President William McKinley to President Barack Obama, who is framed in a picture on her wall. Last July, she celebrated her birthday in style with the Brooklyn Nets, local politicians and a gigantic cake topped with (frosting) bacon, a food she eats every day because her doctor says, “why not?” But she doesn’t talk as much as she used to, and spends most of her days with caretakers and family in Brooklyn — waking up to a big plate of grits, eggs and bacon every morning. And she knows better than to credit the bacon for her extraordinary life. “I have no secret,” she said in a video two years ago. “I just live with my family. My family makes me happy.”  

We dedicate this episode of the podcast to Chapter 9 - Hybridism in Darwin's Origin of Species (OoS). We all agree that this chapter is one of the most challenging chapters to read in OoS. In this chapter Darwin force marches the reader through example after example of hybrids while simultaneously admitting his ignorance on why these creatures should exist.It is not inherently obvious to the reader why they are being subjected to this catalog of biological anomaly and minutiae concerning pollination of orchids and other flowers but Darwin is adamant to share his knowledge, like a proud new parent inflicting others to look at numerous photos of their newborn. Darwin , early in Chapter I of OoS, argued against the notion that new species are formed through hybridization of existing species and we expected him to make that point in this chapter, but he never really does.It seems that by the end of the chapter we are exhausted from Darwin's recounting various animal and plant hybrids and admitting his ignorance of sterility in hybrids but that does not dissuade Darwin from concluding he was right all along - “…the facts given in this chapter do not seem to me opposed to the belief that species aboriginally [emphasis added] existed as varieties”. Darwin stays on point.We started off our discussion identifying our favorite hybrids. Josh first suggested mermaids as his favorite hybrid but James required he offer up a "real" hybrid.Mermaids James grew up with in FloridaJosh introduced us to the Liger, a hybrid between a male lion and female tiger both species have 38 chromosomes which also allows for reciprocal mating. Male tigers and female lions create tigons. The hybrid nomenclature is a portmanteau word derived from using the male species as the prefix and the female as the ending of the name hence a liger and tigon being separate types of hybrids.900 lb Hercules Sarah mentioned the Zedonk, a hybrid between a zebra and a donkey. This is another one of the hybrids that are created artificially in captivity. Few people realize that there are actually three different species of zebras - Grevy's, Plains and Mountain zebras - and each species has their own number of chromosomes. Grevy's zebras zebras have 46 chromosomes, Plains zebras have 44 and the Mountain zebra has 32 chromosomes whereas the donkey has 62.Image from Carole Coleman James suggested the Grolar, a hybrid between a grizzly and polar bear, was his favorite hybrid.A grizzly bear with her grolar cubsUnlike the liger and zedonk, the grolar occur in nature when the two species of bears interact. Historically grolar bears were less common since Grizzly bear distribution was further south than Polar bears but the warming of the climate has caused both bears to extend their range, polar bears southward and grolar bears northward, such they now more commonly overlap during the breeding season. Research suggests Polar bears "recently" diverged from brown bear ancestors with the speciation event occurring only 343,000-479,000 years ago. A mere blink of time in terms of the geological record.We discussed the most famous of all hybrids, the mule and how it is formed from the male donkey breeding with a female horse. Pictured below is a horse (left) and a mule (right) showing how the mule is often much larger than either of its parents, an example of Hybrid Vigor. picture by MerleWe noted that the mule hybrid can only be formed from male donkeys and female horses and rarely rarely formed from a male horse and female donkey. Sarah suggested that the reason the mule can only be formed from a male donkey and female horse has to do with the constraints of difference in gestation times between horses and donkeys. It turns out that horse gestation is 11-12 months whereas donkey gestation period is 11-14 months. There is a lot of overlap in gestation time between the two animals but it is an intriguing idea to consider it may influence non-reciprocal successful mating.  We introduced the idea of prezygotic isolating mechanisms and how they would evolve to prevent hybrids from being formed. Behavioral isolation is frequently seen in the complex displays and calls given by a variety of birds species and James mentioned the beautiful flashing patterns exhibited by the different species of fireflies. The image below shows the species-specific color and flash pattern of lightning bugs in Florida.Go here to learn more about firefliesJosh introduced us to the sordid and dark world of duck mating behavior and male duck genital morphology. Here is just one example of the size and complexity of the male duck penis which has evolved in response to female duck vaginas. Female ducks have evolved elaborate shaped vaginas to avoid fertilization from other species of ducks.This interesting topic is covered nicely in this short article here. Sarah spent some time explaining the intricacies of pollination and how pollen is actually greatly reduced multicellular structure that produces sperm - pollen is actually plant testicles. Plants evolve complex pollen grains, much like the extreme duck penis, to create reproductive barriers between species. The forms of inter-specific (between-species) barriers to reproduction would evolve because those individuals who are more discerning in their choice of mates would waste less time/energy fertilizing and producing those hybrid offspring which are often, at best, viable but infertile but more likely enviable. Often it is the female of the species that is the one who evolves the reproductive challenge for the male because she produces fewer, and often more metabolically expensive, gametes (eggs/ova) than her male (sperm) counterpart and therefore has more to lose if she errs on who she mates with than he.  Public domain image (created by the Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility) Ultimately we conclude that hybrids exist because Darwin was correct in his model of speciation, that is new species derive from varieties of preexisting species (see Chapter 4 blog post) so they share many of the common genetic traits with their ancestral or closely related species. Surprisingly Darwin did not recognize that hybrids are his best argument against the special creation model of immutable species since one should not expect hybridism to occur between two immutably formed species that were specially created."That's a Wrap" & "Aces High" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Broadcast originally aired Monday, October 19, 2015 10:10 amThe 1914 murder of Eugene Newman by William V. Cleary and the subsequent murder trial is one of the most intriguing murder cases in Rockland History.  Clare Sheridan interviews the grand-nephew of the murder victim Eugene Newman.  Now living in Chicago, IL, Gene Newman shared the story of what's been called a major scandal involving political and legal corruption in New York State.To read an outstanding article by  Cheryl Slavin, published by the Rockland County Times in 2014, visit:  http://www.rocklandtimes.com/2014/07/24/haverstraw-political-boss-shoots-newspaper-publishers-son/To see related photos and news clippings, visit our flickr album here:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/100479933@N04/albums/72157658442917045Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 10:10 am on WRCR Radio 1700 AM (live streaming at www.WRCR.com). Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. www.RocklandHistory.org

CC licensed flickr image by howard61Download the podcast (1hr 23 min)SynopsisLast podcast of the year for 2013, recorded on 27 Nov 2013. Attendees discuss their conference reflections, and musings on the year that has past and speculate on what 2014 might hold.ParticipantsStephan RidgwayMichael CoghlanAlex HayesAlison MillerMelanie DorieanMichael GwytherRose GrozdanicLinksShow NotesTalkingVTE youtube playlist

Sadhguru takes the example of a game of football and looks at how activity can be a means towards involvement. But activity cannot be sustained constantly. He explains that meditation means to be involved absolutely, without activity. Image courtesy: joarder@flickr

Night Photography Mini Workshops this weekend Saturday is filled up. Sign up for Sunday, August 31st, using the Paypal button below. If you’re coming to either night, check out episodes Open House Chicago is coming soon! Well, kinda soon. But make sure to put it on your calendar. Open House Chicago: October 18th and 19th, 2015 (http://www.openhousechicago.org/)   Interview with Chicago Photographer Michael Salisbury Michael Salisbury on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/67577064@N04/) http://instagram.com/msalisbu VSCO Filters and Lightroom Presets (http://vsco.co/)   Pick of the week Think Tank Retrospective 5 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004XYZI0Q/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004XYZI0Q&linkCode=as2&tag=outofchi-20&linkId=L55OU5PXIURO2XID) If you need to hold an iPad or other tablet, you want the Retrospective 7 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0080F66YQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0080F66YQ&linkCode=as2&tag=outofchi-20&linkId=EXA5WJLLHBLAGXIH)     The post Chicago Through the Eyes of Michael Salisbury: OOC Episode 15 (https://www.outofchicago.com/2014/08/25/chicago-through-the-eyes-of-michael-salisbury-ooc-episode-15/) appeared first on Out of Chicago Photography (https://www.outofchicago.com) .

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Having a bad day? Try this guided meditation to help lift your mood. (Recorded by Karen Gifford.) Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/80901381@N04/7568630428/

Deux invités, une équipe survoltée, beaucoup de vannes pourries : c'est CVT119 ! Un épisode à apprécier, si vous pouvez, tellement il a été compliqué d'aller au bout... Un gros merci à Huile_Smith et à Alex pour leurs compositions ! N'oubliez pas d'aller au Stunfest début Mai parce que c'est cool, et mi-Juin à PodRennes, parce que c'est cool aussi et qu'en plus on y sera ! Rendez-vous le 21 Mai pour CVT120, toujours en live sur BadGeek.fr. Kissou kissou les loulous. Invités : https://www.facebook.com/28HeuresPlusTard http://www.billetreduc.com/110726/evt.htm Actus : http://www.spritzinc.com/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/93699963@N04/with/8519201907/ Web : Starbomb - Rap Battle: Ryu Vs Ken : http://youtu.be/reVaJhAVEsE Starbomb - It's dangerous to go alone : http://youtu.be/0m9QUoW5KnY Smooth McGroove - Menu 1 : http://youtu.be/zJEc29CZNiQ Nan mais allociné : http://hannah-lafargue.tumblr.com Nanar : Vidéo 1 : Ninja Sex Party - If we were Gay : http://youtu.be/f99njZJod2c Vidéo 2 : BABYMETAL - Head Bangya : http://youtu.be/2IzR_ClTE8Y VIdéo 3 : BABYMETAL - Gimme chocolate!! : http://youtu.be/WIKqgE4BwAY Vidéo 4 : BABYMETAL - Iine! : http://youtu.be/qVdBBOpSoN4 Et le délire de Shutan... https://imgur.com/gallery/FUO8R

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We take a break from our regular schtick to bring you something special: Matt & Brett Love Comics! in association with Left Handed Radio present The Sequel Machine. The Sequel Machine recruits 24 writers to write the sequels for film’s biggest franchises, one page at a time. The catch: the writers only get to read the page before theirs in a round-robin, exquisite corpse style. The end result is hilarious, twisted, and about as coherent as any other misguided Hollywood sequel. This is Spider-Man 4. Written by: Brett White, Aaron Burdette, Frank Hejl, Anna Rubanova, Adam Bozarth, Jason Saenz, Taylor Moore, Dan Chamberlain, Beth Appel, Ben Stadler, Ari Scott, Kerry McGuire, Mike Scollins, Dru Johnston, Katey Healy-Wurzburg, John Freiler, Jon Bershad, Chris Schell, Chris Wilkes, Dave Bluvband, Kevin Hines, Will Hines, Erik Tanouye, and Matt Little. Performed live by: Jeremy Bent, Adam Bozarth, Aaron Burdette, Dan Chamberlain, Matt Little, Taylor Moore, Cathryn Mudon, Anna Rubanova, and Brett White. Featuring Michael Hartney as esoteric comic-book comedian Nicky Gold. See the next Sequel Machine show live: Dark Knight 4. UCB Theater East, 3rd Street & Avenue A. Thursday, September 6th, 7:30 PM. Check out more photos from the show by Curtis Retherford. Artwork by MRTIM, creator of webcomic Our Valued Customers. Buy his book! Music: “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” by Tears For Fears “Spider-Man Theme” by Joe Perry “Spydermann” by Another Bad Creation "The Sequel Machine: Spider-Man 4" originally appeared at http://mattandbrettlovecomics.com/podcast/2012/spider-man-4.html

In episode 103 of LAMLradio, Rob Deakin and Matt "Soundbrick" chat with .Tromas about his building and the recent contest he ran, 60 Days of Ma.K. Feedback? Email podcast@laml.org or comment in the blog below.

地震のことを書くのはかなり腰がひけたけど 海外からたくさんの頑張れメールを貰って 嬉しかったもので、「あの、日本は別に 終わった訳じゃないんで。でもありがとう。」 っていう気持ちを表現してみました。

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We are back! And beyond that, we're three weeks late for our "Year in Review" show. Yes, this is the LAMLradio you know (and likely hate)! I'm joined by Aaron Andrews to take a look back at some of the best MOCs of 2009. You won't be happy with our picks, but you might enjoy them. Bionicle Castle Military Technic/Mindstorm Town Train Space Star Wars Pirate Feedback? Email podcast@laml.org or comment in the blog

In Episode #87 James is joined by the "meanest guitarist in the LEGO community" to talk about all the latest news, including newly released LEGO Rockband. We also discuss the troubles one might run into when building a mountain. Clearly, the task of building a mountain has had an adverse mental effect on our cohost. MOCs of the Week Feedback? Email podcast@laml.org or comment in the blog.

In Episode #81 of LAMLradio, James is joined by Magnus and Aaron to talk about the latest news in the LEGO world. From rumors of a LEGO Hobbit to the flickr 2009 LEGO Military Group Build Contest. [display_podcast] News-LEGO Hobbit? -New Brickmaster Sets -New LEGO Books -Board Game Images-New BrickForge items -Flickr Military Contest MOCs of the Week Feedback? Email podcast@laml.org or comment in the blog

Took a recorder into DC for Obama's big day. Craziness. "We just broke through a bus caravan on G Street. We're like locusts, you can't hold us down." I've never seen so many people on a Metro train, heard so many boos for an outgoing president, felt so cold and yet so warm. If you couldn't be there in person, this one's for you. Headphones advised. Also, Patrick was there and took some great photos.