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Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents exclusive interviews with 2024 Tribeca Festival (www.tribecafilm.com) selected films' creators and actors! This week we talk to the Duplass Family, Mark Duplass, his wife Katie Aselton and their daughter Ora Duplass who star together in the short Holiday film "Oh Christmas Tree" Ora talks about her acting debut acting alongside her father Mark and being directed by her mother Katie. Mark also talks about the screenplay he wrote for the film "The Knife" which also has a premiere at Tribeca. Mark talks about his upcoming Hulu mini-series with Ellen Pompeo formerly titled "Natalia", now called "Good American Family" and Katie talks about her film "Magic Hour" and her upcoming series Government Cheese. This is an entertaining interview not to be missed!

Sometimes you buy a house... with a Christmas tree already in it.  A tree that doesn't like it when you take off its ornaments... better watch out Santa... remixed with some new music, sounds and 12 days of Christmas outtake! ** Music by Josef Surikov from Pixabay Music by Sergio Prosvirini from Pixabay

Hear about the National Christmas Tree's big adventure to the Capitol.  I bet you didn't know where and how it all comes to be.SUPPORT THE SHOW: We would love your support so we can keep the episodes coming!For bonus content join our Patreon!patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGridFor a one time donation:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotgFor more information about the podcast, check outhttps://crimeoffthegrid.com/Check out our Merch!!  https://in-wild-places.square.site/s/shopFollow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/crimeoffthegridpodcast/ and  (1) Facebook

The final tree that we will look at is the Cross of Jesus. Peter writes the following words: He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. During this message we will look at the redemptive work of Jesus on the cross. We will learn that everything lost from the tree of knowledge can be regained through the cross of Jesus. This is the tree that God celebrates! The cross is the tree that leads us back to the tree of life!

If Christmas commemorates the birth of Jesus, and we celebrate it on December 25, then Jesus must have been born on that day, right? Not so fast! We actually have no good idea when Jesus was born. And besides, the observance of his birth on December 25 is a 4th century contrivance. But why December 25 of all days? In today's episode, professor and author Michael Foley joins Brian to make sense of it all. Music in this episode"Stress Relief Piano" — PianoAmor, via Pixabay"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" — Don Maue, shared directly by the artist"Neatly Folded" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Oh Christmas Tree" — Kevin MacLeod, via Incompetech"First Snow" — Scott Buckley, via scottbuckley.com.auConnect Facebook page Facebook group Instagram Bluesky Twitter / X Email: christmaspastpodcast@gmail.com Website BookChristmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday's Traditions makes a great gift for all the Christmas lovers in your life. Available in hardcover and audiobook. Find it wherever books are sold, like Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

For centuries scholars have tried to answer the question: Why did God put that tree in the garden? Skeptics bring that question up frequently. During this message we will examine the tree of knowledge and see that God allowed it to be put there so that we would have a choice. Love is not love without a choice.

We see the tree of life in the Garden of Eden and then we see it again in “The New Creation” aka heaven. The tree of life teaches us that God came to give us life. In creation God made us to be eternal beings and God desires for us to be part of His New Creation where we will gather around the tree of life!

1st December 2024 | Fraser Hannam | Oh Christmas Tree - How Lovely Are Your Branches

Quoi de plus fun que de faire des Activités créatives avec ses enfants pour Noël ? Avec eux ou pour les laisser en autonomie quelques minutes, on vous propose des DIY accessible et créatifs pour les occuper pendant ce mois de festivités. Nous suivre

Comme l'an dernier nous épluchons ensemble le carnet des tendances 2024-2025 pour les loisirs créatifs ! Cet épisode est en collaboration avec le salon CSF (création et savoir-faire/aiguilles en fête) qui nous permet de vous faire gagner des places pour le salon qui aura lieu du 27 novembre au 1er décembre. Nous suivre

Quoi de plus farfelu que de faire nous même une comédie romantique de Noël en format audio ! C'est notre challenge de ces mois de novembre et décembre et on espère qu'il va vous plaire. Écoutez notre épisode pour comprendre comment vous pouvez participer à ce projet de fin d'année ! Nous suivre

Duplass co-stars with daughter Ora in this compelling story that explores mental health and the ever-changing landscape of family dynamics

Duplass co-stars with daughter Ora in this compelling story that explores mental health and the ever-changing landscape of family dynamics

ASMR Oh Christmas Tree! -Tapping, Crinkling and WhisperingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Tritones at Duke Karsh Alumni Center. Our yearly gig for the Duke Orthopaedic department holiday party. This is the best set list and the best put-together we have been, musically, in all the years we have been doing it. We really got organized on the set list and on the arrangements this year. Everybody played really well and there were really only one or two major mistakes. As usual, Ben had issues with his Zoom H4n batteries and so we only got part of the first set and started recording partway through the second set as well. Some of the songs are also partial recordings because the Zoom H4n ran out of batteries.

Jam Notes: Our yearly gig for the Duke Orthopaedic department holiday party. This is the best set list and the best put-together we have been, musically, in all the years we have been doing it. We really got organized on the set list and on the arrangements this year. Everybody played really well and there were really only one or two major mistakes. As usual, Ben had issues with his Zoom H4n batteries and so we only got part of the first set and started recording partway through the second set as well. Some of the songs are also partial recordings because the Zoom H4n ran out of batteries. Jam Notes: " "

Jam Notes: This is the same evening as the other Nash Street recording on Dec 9. This one was recorded by the local sound engineer Rainbow, who runs multiple mixes at the same time. The vocals are a lot easier to hear on these, as is every single little mistake. Note that this is the Christmas episode, meaning there are some unusual things on this recording. Also we ran out of CD space, as we often do, and so the last take of Lean on Me into 1-2-3 is cut short. Jam Notes: " "

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Oh Christmas Tree! Rob Elliott and Jason Mack Tell Us How They Built the World's Tallest Glass Tree!

The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Season 15, Episode 11 "Make Ups, Slip Ups and Cover Ups"The Real Housewives of New York City: Season 14, Episode 2 "Oh Christmas Tree!"Luann & Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake: Episode 4 "The Belles of the Balls"Hello besties!The ladies of Atlanta continue their adventures in Portugal, and some get uplifted by doing pottery while Kenya falls.. literally.. The ladies of NY head to The Hamptons to enjoy the crisp air of fall out East. Jessel reveals she hasn't had sex in a year and the girls are shocked! Ubah's love for Provision and Coconut cream is part of the drama, as we move away from Cheesegate and enter CaviargateAnd LuAnn and Sonja continue the search of talent for their follies and a very interesting and ballsy festival helps them to get to know the locals even more. So grab your drink, sit back and let's spill some teaSupport the showYou can find more TEA on MarTEAnis With Eddy social media platforms. Website: https://www.marteaniswitheddy.com YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@marteaniswitheddy Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/MarTEAnisEddy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marteaniswitheddy/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marteaniswitheddy

For Inquiries: bravobreakingnews@gmail.com Shop Bravo Breaking News on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BravoBreakingNews Kim (@bravobreakingnews) and Lisa (@lisanotrinna) are back to break down this week's episode of Real Housewives of New York, Oh Christmas Tree! The ladies are headed to Erin's house in the Hamptons, and are bringing quite a bit of baggage with them. Jenna opens up about her past, Jessel reveals a shocking bombshell about her sex life, and a dramatic reaction to a gift leaves the ladies reeling. Will the aftermath leave the ladies' friendships in tact or is this the start of a major feud? Watch to find out, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss any Bravo Breaking News! Want more Bravo Breaking News? Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bravobreakingnews Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bravobreakingnews Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bravobreaking Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bravobreakingnews

LENZI and I recap the second episode of S14 of RHONY — which was weirdly titled, "Oh Christmas Tree!" — I'm not sure why though, because obviously it wasn't Christmas yet, they hadn't even gotten through Halloween, and it was still fall in NYC. I guess maybe they thought that it was a fitting title because the episode ended with Jessel going on a rant about a green lingerie that Jenna gifted the girls during their weekend stay-cation to Erin's Hampton house in Sag Habor. I'm not even sure why Jenna gifted the women lingerie at all... but Jessel did go on a rant claiming the green lingerie made her look like the Grinch though. Listen to "NYC GAL OUT" wherever you get your podcasts. All topics are for entertainment purposes only. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to leave a review and rating!

What do you get when you mix Puritan values, Goonie level booby traps, and Bob Villa Carpentry skillz, that's right you get the bungalow on the bough, the lifted loft, Adventureland's own deciduous dwelling. An experience proving that; you can take the château out of Switzerland, but you cant take the family out of this flophouse. You guessed it, were hugging bark at Swiss Family Treehouse. The attraction based on a movie that came out when you weren't yet a twinkle in your granny's eye, and speaking of old folks homes; Today were climbing steps and singing "Oh Christmas Tree" like our grand pappy did; while hiding from tigers, pirates, and their annoyingly precocious son Francis up in a big softwood sapling. This is the first walkthrough attraction for us drunkards at The Dark Ride, so tie them laces, you really don't want to trip over your Keds and plunge down from this six story concrete conifer. Will the additional steps make our hearts soar with the promise of views to tommorowland, or will all this extra exercise make us want to stay grounded next time? ....There is only one way to find out. Drunk Distory, The Dark Ride, Funny, Comedy, Comedians, Adult Disney Podcast, Adult Universal Podcast, Adult Themepark Podcast, walk through attraction, trees, treehouse, movie, Swiss Family Robinson, Rides, History, booze, Theme Park Podcast, Orlando, Amusement Park, Drinking Game Podcast

Ho Ho Ho now Christmas is over, should I put my old Christmas tree in my lake or pond? In today's episode we talk about...Does  my old Christmas tree help the fish?Where do I place my old Christmas Tree in my pond?Springtime is coming and so we are answering your questions about  liming a pond.  What does liming do for my lake?Should I lime my pond?How does one know if they need to lime a lake?How do i put lime out in my lake?and more...Come sit with us on Sitting Dockside.We hope you love this podcast as much ae we did.  If so will you hit the 5 stars button.Have questions or want to tell us your thoughts on this subject? Join our Facebook Community:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/PWNRA/  Want help with in your area with your pond or lake Aquatic vegetation and more?  Check out our trusted industry sponsors at our P.W.N.R.A Sponsor Directory .Golden Sponsor Society of Lake Manegment Professionalshttp://www.lakeprofessionals.org    Support the show

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Hello Interactors,[This is a repost from last Christmas eve. It's a great story worthy of another share!]For all you Christmas celebrators out there, happy Christmas Eve. Since many will be gathering ‘round a Christmas tree, I thought I'd tell the story of its origin. And like so much of American history, it has ties to immigrants and slavery; but in this case — anti-slavery.As interactors, you're special individuals self-selected to be a part of an evolutionary journey. You're also members of an attentive community so I welcome your participation.Please leave your comments below or email me directly.Now let's go…A TREE SO YEE MAY BE FREE“If the morning drives are extended beyond the city, there is much to delight the eye. The trees are eased in ice; and when the sun shines out suddenly, the whole scene looks like one diffused rainbow,—dressed in a brilliancy which can hardly be conceived of in England. On days less bright, the blue harbour spreads in strong contrast with the sheeted snow which extends to its very brink.”These are the words of Harriet Martineau. She was a English writer, journalist, and social theorist who pioneered observational methods that came to influence the field of sociology. One of her more popular books came at the end of her travels through the United States in the 1830s titled, Retrospect of Western Travel. The passage above describes what she saw as she left the Boston city limits in the snow the winter of 1835.You may have images of her bundled up in a one horse open sleigh, over the hills she went, dashing all the way. But according to Martineau, you can let go of any such romantic inclinations. Here's her take on sleighing.“As for the sleighing, I heard much more than I experienced of its charms. No doubt early association has something to do with the American fondness for this mode of locomotion; and much of the affection which is borne to music, dancing, supping, and all kinds of frolic, is transferred to the vehicle in which the frolicking parties are transported. It must be so, I think, or no one would be found to prefer a carriage on runners to a carriage on wheels,—except on an untrodden expanse of snow. On a perfectly level and crisp surface I can fancy the smooth rapid motion to be exceedingly pleasant; but such surfaces are rare in the neighbourhood of populous cities. The uncertain, rough motion in streets hillocky with snow, or on roads consisting for the season of a ridge of snow with holes in it, is disagreeable, and provocative of headache. I am no rule for others as to liking the bells; but to me their incessant jangle was a great annoyance.”And if that's not enough to convince you, she offers up a quote from unknown source that puts a finer touch on the realities of sleighing.“Do you want to know what sleighing is like? You can soon try. Set your chair on a spring board out in the porch on Christmas-day: put your feet in a pail full of powdered ice: have somebody to jingle a bell in one ear, and somebody else to blow into the other with the bellows,—and you will have an exact idea of sleighing.”Martineau was on her way to a Christmas evening celebration at the home of a former Harvard German language professor, Charles Follen. Although, due to scheduling conflicts the event was actually on New Years Eve and not Christmas Eve. The cozy holiday scene that Martineau proceeds to unfold came to be the most, though not the first, read articulation of what came to be the center piece of American Christmas celebration – the Christmas tree.Follen was a German immigrant so perhaps it's not that surprising that a Christmas tree would feature prominently in her story. It's been a long held belief that German immigrants brought their time-honored Christmas tree tradition with them. Though, as we'll soon see, the evolution of the Christmas tree tradition in America paralleled that of Germany.Martineau's account of that evening, while factual, leaves out important historical details as to why she was celebrating Christmas with Follen and his family that night. These were two radical Unitarian abolitionists who bonded over their insistence that slavery be eradicated totally and immediately. Northerner's, and New England Unitarians, were split on the matter of abolition. Follen's convictions are what got him fired from Harvard a year prior.As for Martineau, she was a well known and respected journalist but not yet a public activist. But after attending a women's abolitionist meeting that November, she was convinced she needed to act. She was asked at that meeting to write publicly avowing her beliefs. Being one of the only women writers of her time to sustain herself through writing and still requiring access to America's mainstream elite for her book, she faced an ethical dilemma.Later she wrote, “I foresaw that almost every house in Boston, except those of the abolitionists, would be shut against me; that my relation to the country would be completely changed, as I should suddenly be transformed from being a guest and an observer to being considered a missionary or a spy.…”News leaked of her position on slavery and Boston newspapers ridiculed her. Their headlines spread across the country and she was forced to alter her itinerary. The event she was attending at Follen's home wasn't just a Christmas celebration, but an anti-slavery strategy session. That spring, she (in the company of Charles Follen) took to the road not as journalist, but as an activist.CHRISTKINDLE AND BELSNICKELHistorians and folklorists have determined that the first Christmas tree in America was most likely in the home of a German immigrant in Pennsylvania. But it's unlikely to have occurred anytime before 1810. The first known sketch of a family celebrating Christmas, featuring a small tree atop a table, was not printed until recent decades but dates to either 1812 or 1819.Recall from my November posts on the origins of Thanksgiving, this was also the time when St. Nicholas was also entering the picture in New York. The Christmas tree tradition was also just emerging in Germany at this very same time. The Christmas tree, like Santa Claus himself, wasn't a long held German tradition but a story told by a select group of elites who latched on to a small, isolated, and obscure holiday event that was occurring in what was then Strasbourg, Germany but is now part of France.It was established sometime in the 17th century as a quasi-religious way of judging children on the basis of them being naughty or nice. If you were nice you got a visit that night from Christkindle (i.e. the Christchild) and if you were naughty you got a visit from Hanstrapp; Strasbourg's equivalent of what became known as Belsnickle (roughly translated: St. Nicholas in Fur). This character has echo's of behavior seen by Wassailers during Thanksgiving celebrations where men, often of lower class, would dress up and go door to door, often times even welcoming themselves in. Perhaps this offers a clue into how Santa became a home invader. Though, should Belsnickle determine a child in the home had been naughty, he gifted the parents with a stick with instructions to whip the poor child.The Christmas tree tradition expanded beyond Strasbourg around 1750. Its spread may have been accelerated by a young up and coming writer, naturalist, and scientist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1771. Recall from my October post, that by the dawn of the 18th century Goethe had established himself as the go-to guy by the German government for writing, organizing, and evangelizing his opinions and observations on everything from gardening, to parks management, to economics.He had spent some time in Strasbourg and “discovered in this city a new sense of “German” identity that transformed his larger cultural vision.” His 1774 novel, The Sufferings of Young Werther, is a story of a love triangle that ends tragically. And in the lead up to this tragedy, Goethe writes how young Werther “spoke of the pleasure the children would feel and remembered how in times long past he had himself been transported to paradise by the surprise opening of a door and the appearance of the decorated tree with its candles, sweets, and apples.”It wasn't until 1810 that the Christmas Tree tradition made it's way to Berlin. It was introduced in Munich in 1830 by the Queen of Bavaria. Goethe had inspired a string of writers publishing stories of Christmas trees that were disseminated throughout Europe and the United States. And it was all happening at the same time of the first recorded evidence of a Christmas tree in America – 1820.And then, in 1836, came the first printed image of a Christmas tree in America. It was titled “Christmas Eve” and was featured in a story called The Stranger's Gift. It was written, as you might expect, by a German immigrant. But not just any German immigrant. It was written by Herman Bokum, the professor who replaced Follen after Harvard let him go for his public opposition to slavery just one year earlier.YOUR BOUGHS CAN TEACH A LESSONAfter Follen lost his job at Harvard he was hired by a family to home school their two children. Follen strictly followed a progressive teaching method derived from a Swiss educational reformer named Johann Pestalozzi. Pestalozzi had a child-centered and directed educational philosophy. He believed every child is born with inherently good qualities and it's the teachers role to find them and cultivate them. It's unclear whether Follen's enemies convinced the family to reconsider, the family themselves had a change of heart, or Follen, ever dogmatic in his principles, refused to budge on his teaching approach, but two weeks before Christmas of 1835 he was terminated.It is in this context that Harriett Martineau attended the Christmas celebration in Follen's newly built home on the corner of Follen Avenue outside of Boston. Martineau did not mention Follen by name in her retelling of their Christmas tree celebration, only Follen's son who everyone called “Little Charley.” She writes,“I was present at the introduction into the new country of the spectacle of the German Christmas-tree. My little friend Charley, and three companions, had been long preparing for this pretty show…I rather think it was, generally speaking, a secret out of the house; but I knew what to expect…The tree was the top of a young fir, planted in a tub, which was ornamented with moss. Smart, dolls, and other whimsies, glittered in the evergreen; and there was not a twig; which had not something sparkling upon it… Charley looked a good deal like himself, only now and then twisting himself about in an unaccountable fit of giggling. I mounted the steps behind the tree to see the effect of opening the doors. It was delightful. The children poured in; but in a moment, every voice was hushed. Their faces were upturned to the blaze, all eyes wide open, all lips parted, all steps arrested. Nobody spoke; only Charley leaped for joy.”It was two years before Martineau's book was published. She continued her friendship with Follen until his tragic death in 1841. He was killed when a steamship he was traveling on exploded. His photograph hung on the wall of her home until she died in 1876.And in the intervening years of her book being published, a writer friend of theirs, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, wrote a fictional story called “New Years Day” that included a brief mention of a Christmas tree celebration akin to what actually took place at the Follens. It was published that same year, 1835, making it the first piece of American literature to mentioned a Christmas tree.It's unfortunate America's Christmas tree origin story doesn't start with the telling of Charles Follen and Harriett Martineau and their New Years Eve anti-slavery strategy meeting around the Christmas tree. Not only is their relationship full of intrigue, but the idea of the Christmas tree immortalized as an historic symbol of freedom from slavery seems an appropriate American Christmas tale. Perhaps the story of Follen and Martineau is what we should be reading to children every Christmas eve and not just T'was the Night Before Christmas.Both the story of the Christmas tree as a time-honored German cultural tradition and America's favorite Christmas time fable, T'was the Night Before Christmas, were largely fabricated and perpetuated by a select group of elites on both sides of the Atlantic.Clement Clark Moore, the author of T'was the Night Before Christmas, — and his reactionary New York Episcopalian Knickerbocker friends — were interested in imbuing their Christmas tales with aristocratic authority. In contrast, Bollen and his Unitarian Christmas tree literary acquaintances used the Christmas tree to add momentum to the swelling progressive reformist movement of the 1830s.Stephen Nissenbaum, in his book The Battle for Christmas, explains the similarities between the unfolding of these two events, American traditions, and these two men,“There were important similarities between the antislavery sensibility and the new attitude toward children. Abolitionists and educational reformers shared a joint empathy for people who were powerless to resist the wrath of those who wielded authority over them—slaves and children, respectively. (Both types of reformers had a particular abhorrence of the use of the lash as a form of punishment.)”He continues,“In fact, what Charles Follen did in 1835 is similar in that sense to what Clement Clarke Moore had done more than a decade earlier, although his reasons—Moore was a reactionary, Follen a radical—were profoundly different. But both men had reason to feel alienated from their respective communities, and both responded by turning inward, to their own children, and using Christmas as the occasion for doing so.”And in both cases, literature, and access to it, played a starring role. Nissenbaum, writes,“As it turns out, the most important channels through which the ritual was spread were literary ones. Information about the Christmas tree was diffused by means of commercial literature, not via immigrant folk culture—from the top down, not from the bottom up. It was by reading about Christmas trees, not by witnessing them, that many thousands of Americans learned about the custom. Before they ever saw such a thing, they already knew what Christmas trees were all about—not only what they looked like, but also how and why they were to be used.”It seems another mythical folk tradition is still propagated from the top down more than experienced from bottom up. Recalling Harriet Martineau's American observation that “As for the sleighing, I heard much more than I experienced of its charms.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

In today's Christmas episode, I'm simply going to share a few life lessons to be learned from the Christmas decoration that holds the most central place in our homes during the Christmas season…and that's a Christmas Tree.

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You have heard it! The Christmas tree is Pagan. But is it really? Discover what you've likely never heard about the origin of the Christmas tree, and how it represents far more than we've been taught.

The ornaments of our lives. Photo by Vladislav Murashko.

Hello Interactors,As winter solstice nears in the northern hemisphere, this week brings a close to my explorations of economics. Next up is human behavior. I decided to stitch together this season's economics posts into a single composite narrative. Upon reflection, I see a path my posts tend to take though it's never premeditated. At least to my knowledge! In keeping with the theme of this post, it seems the uncertain path my essays take is a form of emergence.As interactors, you're special individuals self-selected to be a part of an evolutionary journey. You're also members of an attentive community so I welcome your participation.Please leave your comments below or email me directly.Now let's go…THE TREE OF MORAL SYMPATHY‘Tis the season to be jolly, and with it comes this decision to volley. Real tree or fake tree? Or no tree at all. Such is the dilemma many find themselves in, at least in those places dominated by Christian tradition or influenced by Christian culture. The ‘real or fake' Christmas tree analysis is how I was first introduced to ideas related to a circular economy.It came through a class called “Sustainable Transportation from a Systems Perspective” as part of my master's degree program. We were introduced to a 2009 study titled, “Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Artificial vs Natural Christmas Tree”. It came from a sustainable development consultancy in Montreal. Life Cycle Analysis looks at the environmental impact of the full lifecycle of a product or service from ‘cradle to grave.'While the United Nations' International Standardization Organization has determined a standard for how to conduct an LCA (ISO 14040), the interpretation of results can often include creative interpretations and conclusions.This is particularly true if the LCA is conducted by a corporation or industry that may benefit from favorable LCA results. And you probably won't be surprised to learn most LCAs are conducted or funded by private companies. LCA's started popping up in the 1960s, but now they're commonplace as companies jostle to present themselves as being environmentally sustainable and socially just through responsible and ethical governance – ESG. But measurements, evaluations, and analysis to determine an ESG score, like LCA's, are also open to interpretation and manipulation. Consequently, ESG has lost its luster.Sadly, the concept of a ‘circular economy' is following a similar path. Circular economies take limited raw materials used to make goods and loops them back into the economy instead of throwing them away. The idea is to reduce, reuse, and recycle the inputs of an LCA and then repair the outputs to extend their lifecycle. But the term and practice of ‘circular economy', like ESG, has also become diffuse and trendy.A group of Industrial Ecologists, people who track the physical resource flows of industrial and consumer systems at different spatial scales, wrote in 2021,“In seeking to maintain a growth-based economy, critics argue, the circular economy ‘tinkers with the current modus operandi' of “consumerism, extractivism and (liberal) capitalism, while bearing the unrealistic expectation that the individual consumer will be able to mobilize largescale change. The circular economy is considered to encourage a reboot for capitalism that requires no radical change to institutions, infrastructures, and markets.”Calls for radical change concerning capitalism are strewn throughout history. The naturalist and scientist Alexander von Humboldt warned in 1800 of human induced climate change. He observed widespread systemic negative ecological impacts originated with infectious colonialism fueled by European and American profit seeking capitalists and imperialists. Between the abduction and trade of human slaves from Africa and local Indigenous populations to the overworking of soils to grow monocultural crops, Humboldt would not have been handing out top ESG scores to those very institutions who funded his explorations around the world.Humboldt remained critical of colonialism and the brand of capitalism that came with it until the day he died. Ten years after Humboldt died another future critic of capitalistic colonialism was born, Mahatma Gandhi. By the time he was 76, in 1945, he called on his economist friend, Joseph Kumarappa, better known as J. C. Kumarappa, to further his ideas on Gandhian economics – a kind of circular economy.Like Humboldt and other naturalists, Kumarappa observed the cyclical patterns in nature and sought economic practices that echoed them. He advocated for maintaining an economy of continuity and circularity with nature. Using the bee as a metaphor, he wrote,“The bees etc. while gathering the nectar and pollen from these plants for their own good, fertilize the flowers and the grains, that are formed in consequence, again become the source of life of the next generation of plants.”Kumarappa studied at Columbia University under the progressive economist Edwin Seligman – a critic of exploitive forms of capitalism himself. Seligman encouraged Kumarappa to further his own ideas and critiques of traditional capitalistic economic orthodoxy. And he did. He wrote, “The Western plans are material centred. That is to say, they want to exploit all resources.”Kumarappa and Gandhi also observed Western plans are to exploit all human resources for labor as well. In this regard, Kumarappa found inspiration in elements of Marxism. Marxism also provided a sociological explanation for why some Indians, Kumarappa included, rose to higher social class more than others. Though I suspect the passivist Gandhi probably would not approve of Marxist calls for civil disobedience. Marx himself was hardly socially obedient.SHUN THE VICES OF PRODUCTIONSWEISEWhen Karl Marx was a freshman at a university in Bonn, Germany he was thrown in jail for drunken disorderly behavior. He joined a poetry club that was a front for a group of young radical's intent on overthrowing the local government. There was also class conflict. Marx, the son of a modestly wealthy Jewish father, was considered a ‘plebian' by the so-called ‘true Prussians and aristocrats.' It got personal and led to a dual resulting in a bullet glancing the forehead of Karl Marx.Marx went on to study law and philosophy in Berlin and was a prolific writer. After leaving college, Marx became a journalist exposing elements of power structures present in the Christian led Prussian government. He believed their oppression suppressed the individual's right to reason, engage, and speak with freedom of thought. His writing was radical enough to get him kicked out of the country.He fled to Paris but was soon kicked out of France as well. He settled in England writing as a European correspondent for the New York Daily Tribune. He immersed himself in the work of the Scottish moral philosopher Adam Smith in the reading room of the British Museum. He also witnessed the negative working conditions and poverty in burgeoning London factories that he attributed to Adam Smith's single publication on economics, The Wealth of Nations.Marx's primary critique was summed up in a single German word: Produktionsweise. This can be translated as "the distinctive way of producing" or what is commonly called the capitalist mode of production. Marx believed this system of capitalism distinctly exists for the production and accumulation of private capital through private wealth. Private wealth accumulation allows for the purchase of land, buildings, natural resources, or machines, to produce and sell goods and services. This creates a wealth asymmetry between those who accumulate the wealth and capital and those laborers needed to produce the goods. This asymmetry yields profits that contribute to more private wealth accumulation which allows for the purchase of more capital. The rich get richer, while the poor get poorer.But a closer reading on the moral philosophies of Adam Smith suggests Marx may have exaggerated the emphasis Smith had on the negative effects of industrial age economics. Reading the work of Adam Smith, and of his teacher and mentor Francis Hutcheson, reveals a good amount of the importance of sympathy for others who have suffered injustice. Smith writes, “All men, even the most stupid and unthinking, abhor fraud, perfidy, and injustice, and delight to see them punished.” He goes on to articulate the importance of justice for a society, and its economy, to be healthy and wealthy while recognizing few in power act to remedy injustices. He says, “But few men have reflected upon the necessity of justice to the existence of society, how obvious soever that necessity may appear to be.”Smith envisioned, as he wrote in Wealth of Nations, that “No society can surely be flourishing and happy of which by far the greater part of the numbers are poor and miserable.” A great deal of emphasis has been placed on two words that appear in a single instance in Smith's popular book – “invisible hand”. But they first appeared in his earlier book The Theory of Moral Sentiments where he describes a selfish landowner's moral decision to share a portion of his crop yield with the farmers who produced it. He writes, “They are led by an invisible hand to make nearly the same distribution of the necessaries of life…”Economics soon took a turn from Smith's more prosaic philosophical economic interpretations. Instead of Smithonian ruminations on the moral justice of the state, liberty of free markets constrained by government, and the benevolent necessity of a cooperative societal collective, attention turned to the quantitative measuring of economic growth amidst a growing global British political economy. In 1862 W. S. Jevons published an essay titled "Brief Account of a General Mathematical Theory of Political Economy" and declare in an 1872 essay on principles of economics that its study "must be mathematical simply because it deals with quantities". Soon economics reduced complex human behavior, like the subjectivity of the value of a good or service, to a simple variable in an algebraic expression.THE ONLY THING CERTAIN IS UNCERTAINTYThe atomization, classification, mechanization, and quantification of complex naturally occurring phenomena had long been popular with European Enlightenment thinkers. Isaac Newton believed in preformation – the idea that a Christian god had preformed every past, current, and future living being and packaged them up in miniature form into the male sperm. Every organ, limb, and joint were like components of a watch packed neatly in a microscopic vessel waiting to be released through the mystical act of intercourse.He, Rene Descartes, and others believed everything in the universe could be explained mathematically. The quest for certainty came both from these influential thinkers, but also religious authority. This came at a time of social revolutions, debates, and contestations over human rights, freedoms of religion, and ‘we the people.' Mechanists married the certainty of mathematics with the certainty of their Christian god to explain the world. If nature and society lacked the linear precession of clocks, compasses, and mathematical calculations, they feared such uncertainty would unravel societal order and unleash chaos.This video shows Richard Feynman lecturing on the importance of solving complex problems though a ‘Babylonian' approach. This is in contrast with pure mathematics, as derived by Descartes and Euclid, that yields universally consistent solutions within the context of an abstracted world.This love affair with mathematical algebraic abstraction and certitude seduced economists of the last three centuries. But one prominent British economist in the 1930s questioned this classical approach, John Maynard Keynes. Keynes was no stranger to mathematics; he was awarded a scholarship to study it at Cambridge. But he believed it was being dogmatized, misused, and misconstrued to bolster the legitimacy of economics by wrapping it in perceived certainty, logic, and accuracy. In his 1936 groundbreaking book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, he offers this criticism of traditional economics:“our criticism of the accepted classical theory of economics has consisted not so much in finding logical flaws in its analysis as in pointing out that its tacit assumptions are seldom or never satisfied, with the result that it cannot solve the economic problems of the actual world.”Instead he called for “at least a partial attempt to incorporate the fact of uncertainty into an economic theory.”He must have been on to something. Every capitalistic government in the world suffering from the 1930s depression instituted his policies until the 1950s. After World War II dominant economic theory shifted to the United States and the work of Milton Friedman and away from the recently deceased Keynes. Friedman erased the progress Keynes had made by embracing uncertainty in his economic models and returned to classical economic theory that deceptively models certainty. These theories assume humans act rationally and possesses perfect information that inform predictable decisions. These ‘new' or neo-classical economists reduced the complexity and uncertainty of life to satisfy their calculations.Economics cannot be explained with simple algebraic formulas. Complex economies call for an understanding of complexity. Enter complexity economics. Complexity economics is the application of complexity science to economics. Instead of assuming reductionist states of equilibria not found in the real world, complexity economics treats economics as a complex system of interdependent interactions. Out of these nested relationships emerge spontaneous uncertain outcomes that then loop back into the system in unpredictable ways.One of the pioneers in complexity economics, Brian Arthur, writes, “Complexity economics thus sees the economy as in motion, perpetually “computing” itself – perpetually construction itself anew.” This approach is reminiscent of John Maynard Keynes, but also of Alexander von Humboldt and other naturalists of the Enlightenment. It seems the history of the study and embrace of complex natural systems and spontaneous emergence of uncertain actions from an ‘invisible hand' also perpetually constructs itself anew. Perhaps the looping nature of complexity in economics over time should be the central focus of what we now call ‘circular' economy.Still, the attraction of certainty never escapes us. Nature always seeks efficiencies, and we humans are part of nature. Perhaps this explains why many people are attracted to fake Christmas trees. These take the essence of a complex natural organism and reduce it to atomized parts that can be predictably assembled on a yearly cycle. A neo-classical Christmas tree. But as it happens, at least according to that 2009 LCA, like neo-classical economics, the fake tree has the bigger negative environmental footprint. Not by a lot, and certainly not compared to a daily driving habit, but it seems when it comes to getting a Christmas tree, we're best to embrace the uncertainties and imperfections that come with finding that ‘perfect' tree. Our family chooses to be like the naturalists and marvel at the complexity of the branches of a real tree and embrace its imperfections and uncertainties. Perhaps it's time our economic models do the same. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

This episode will feature two stories of Christmas tree hunting gone wrong, and might just inspire you to get a fake one in the future.

Gato Maestro at Ben's House. We had a last-minute gig at Nash Street Tavern on the 17th and so this was our warm up. Paul had to bail at the last minute cause he had COVID, so partly we were checking out what songs we would be able to do without saxophones, but partly we were also trying to add some Christmas songs in as well since it was so close to the holiday. We also wanted to run Feelin Good with Lisa to make sure we had it solid and could do it properly in the lower key to match Lisas range.

Bonta and Shasky preview the Warriors matchup with the Bucks plus debate whether fake or real trees are best. 

Today on Boston Public Radio: We began the show by asking listeners for their thoughts on Brittney Griner's homecoming. Shirley Leung discussed her latest columns on fighting homelessness and “not in my backyard” sentiments as well as local ties to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Leung is a business columnist for the Boston Globe. Callie Crossley gave her thoughts on the latest in culture: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez being investigated by the House ethics committee, and Bill Cosby being sued for sexual assault and drugging. Crossley is the host of GBH's Under the Radar and Basic Black. Sue O'Connell talked about Brittney Griner's release from prison, and the recent affair between the hosts of Good Morning America. O'Connell is the co-publisher of Bay Windows and South End News, and contributor to Current on NBC LX and NECN. Jacques Pepin chatted about his career, and gave us some insight into the process behind his new book “Art of the Chicken.” Pépin is a chef, author and PBS contributor. Chad Stokes and Sybil Gallagher joined us for Live Music Friday ahead of a benefit show on Saturday for Calling All Crows, an organization that mobilizes music fans to feminist activism. Stokes' band, ‘Chad Stokes & The Pintos,' played us some music. Stokes and Gallagher are co-founders of Calling All Crows. We ended the show by asking listeners if inflation is affecting their holiday cheer.

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It's time to put the fossil, I mean star, on top of the Ceratopsian frill!! This dinosaur genus known as the “Ornament Horned Face” is decorated with the most horns of any dinosaurs, but even though it has 15 horns they might have only been for display rather than to fight off carnivores. Let's string up our lights and hang up our ornaments as we find out where this Christmas tree-like dinosaur will fall on the official Dinosaur Review for Kids fossil scale!!

This week, we get a call to action from Darin A. Lahners...Do you have what it takes to write for the Midnight Freemasons? Then, WB:. Patrick Dey joins us once again for his acclaimed segment, Masonic Mythbusters. In this continuing special burst of Christmas-themed myths and curiosities, Patrick gives us the truth behind the Christmas Tree. Is it Pagan? Is it Christian? Does it matter? Then we'll hear another inspiring article about democracy and the rights of the people in a short essay from WB:. Andy Albright. What should we think about in regard to civil disobedience? Finally, a contemplative segment related to our successes and how we play them off. Maybe it's time to own them and say, "Thank You!." All this and more! Stay tuned! Gothic Tarot https://amzn.to/3UDg7TB We Want You! http://www.midnightfreemasons.org/2022/12/we-want-you.html Craftsman+ FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftsmanplus/ WCY NFT https://wcypodcast.com/nft Get a Tarot Reading by RJ http://www.wcypodcast.com/tarot Masonic Curators https://www.youtube.com/c/MasonicCurators WCY Podcast YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/WhenceCameYou Ancient Modern Initiation: Special Edition http://www.wcypodcast.com/the-Shop The Master's Word- A Short Treatise on the Word, the Light, and the Self - Autographed https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop Get the new book! How to Charter a Lodge https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop Truth Quantum https://truthquantum.com Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.com/support-the-show Get some swag! https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop Get the book! http://a.co/5rtYr2r

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Tis the season for Christmas trees! In The Garden Host Ron Wilson joins The Brandon Boxer Show to dish on some final fall tips and the yearly special Christmas Tree segment!

In today's Christmas episode, I'm simply going to share a few life lessons to be learned from the Christmas decoration that holds the most central place in our homes during the Christmas season...and that's a Christmas Tree. Follow Josh on Instagram Follow the Daily Drive on Instagram Sign up for Josh's News Letter Visit the Daily Drive Website Email Josh at josh@joshdowns.com

Pour a cup of nog and settle in to this Holiday Classic from Nick Brunacini detailing his "first fire" after he and his brother John were given the task of disposing of the Brunacini family Christmas tree.The full story is here.... http://tinyurl.com/bshifterchristmastreeHave a happy and safe holiday season from B Shifter!

In this special edition mini-sode, I'm debuting a brand new segment called, "Laugh- A-Long". Instead of singing a song, come laugh-a-long with my buddy Lisa Sanphillipo and me. We're doing a medley of Xmas songs, " Oh Christmas Tree", "Do You Hear What I Hear", and "Deck the Halls". Enjoy! Got an embarrassing story to share that inspires your silliness? Email us any time at letsgetsillypodcast@gmail.com. Produced by Cj Merriman. Audio Engineered by Pam Cameron. Music by T.S. Grooves. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letsgetsilly/support

Week 2 of our sermon series "Oh! Christmas Tree" brought to you by Pastor Joe. For more information on Living Hope Columbus, see the links below! --- Website: www.livinghopecolumbus.com Email: info@livinghopecolumbus.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/LivingHopeColumbus Instagram: @lhc_online

We spent time with the ABC Christmas tree lot in Burlingame with a local family as they picked out the perfect tree for their home. And just like most things right now, Christmas trees aren't immune from inflation and high gas prices. Hosted by Matt Pitman with KCBS Radio reporter Margie Shafer. Subscribe to Bay Current on the Audacy app, Google podcasts or Apple podcasts. Bay Current is on the KCBS Radio YouTube page. Follow Bay Current on Twitter! We'll follow you back :)

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I few years ago I entered a Christmas tree contest thinking I was creative and artistic. Turns out people are boring and only like traditional Christmas trees. Now each year my tree is the most hated. --- 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/selina-lopez2/message

The Rightly Divided crew with Pastor Duane Harney answers your questions! * Should Christians put up and decorate Christmas trees? * Were the wise men actually at the manger scene at the time of Jesus' birth? * What will happen to those who never hear the Gospel? * Casey's Randoms: The segment of the show where Casey asks random questions :). Thanks for listening! Be sure to tune in next week as we answer more of your questions! To ask a question, please visit http://communityharvest.church/ask. Rightly Divided Crew: Casey Coffman, DeWight Smith and Sr. Pastor Duane Harney Executive Producer: Allen Miller