Podcasts about Populus

Mientras la primavera viene llegando con fuerza a través de las regiones templadas del hemisferio norte, te invito a pasar unos minutos sumergiéndote en los sonidos y acontecimientos de un bosque primaveral de álamo negro (Populus balsamifera) cerca del Río Clark Fork por Missoula, Montana, EU. Esto es la segunda parte en una serie de tres partes siguiendo la anidación de una pareja de picamaderos norteamericanos (Dryocopus pileatus). En este episodio, te cuento la historia desde completar la excavación del nido a finales de abril hasta alimentar a su pichón a mediados de junio.Esta historia destaca a las fotógrafas de la vida silvestre Lea Frye (https://leaf-images.com/) y Rachel Ritacco (https://www.ritaccophotography.com/), que me acompañaron en una de mis visitas al nido de los picamaderos norteamericanos. Como siempre, el podcast incluye una selección abundante de audio que grabé en el campo, incluso varias grabaciones de los picamaderos norteamericanos además de sonidos del mirlo primavera (Turdus migratorius), golondrina bicolor (Tachycineta bicolor), gorrión cantor (Melospiza melodia), carpintero nuca roja (Sphyrapicus nuchalis), chipe charquero (Parkesia noveboracensis), saltapared común norteño (Troglodytes aedon), el viento por los álamos y la lluvia de mayo. Como siempre, dependo del apoyo de mis oyentes para seguir con este proyecto. Favor de compartir estos podcasts, dejarme un rating y (si puedes) hacerme una cooperación a través de Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wildwithnature. Muchísimas gracias!!!Puedes encontrar la versión escrita con la historia aquí, con muchas fotos del campo: https://wildwithnature.com/2025/05/01/anidacion-picamaderos-norteamericanos/

As spring arrives in full force across the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, I invite you to take a few minutes to immerse yourself in the sounds and happenings of a spring black cottonwood (Populus balsamifera) forest along the Clark Fork River near Missoula, Montana, USA. This is part two in a three-part series following a pair of nesting pileated woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus). In this episode, I track them from the end of cavity excavation in late April through the nestling stage in mid-June.This story features wildlife photographers Lea Frye (https://leaf-images.com/) and Rachel Ritacco (https://www.ritaccophotography.com/), who accompanied me on one of my visits to the pileated woodpecker nest. As usual, the podcast includes an abundance of audio I recorded in the field, including various cuts of pileated woodpeckers as well as sounds of American robin (Turdus migratorius), tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), song sparrow (Melospiza melodia), red-naped sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis), northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis), northern house wren (Troglodytes aedon), wind in the cottonwoods, and May rain.As always, I depend on the support of my listeners to continue doing this work. Please share these podcasts, leave a rating, and, if you're able, support me through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wildwithnature. Thank you!!!You can find the written, illustrated version of this story here: https://wildwithnature.com/2025/05/01/pileated-woodpecker-nest/

In this episode i sit down with Founder of Circulate clothing Brand COREY POPULUS. We discuss his upbringing in Los Angeles, his internship with Diamond Supply Co. and learning the ropes where eventually began his clothing brand Circulate, collaborating with NFL, hobbies, advice, plus much more

¿Qué tienen las polillas que ver con los búhos? Pregúntale a Mat Seidensticker. Después de pasar casi una década estudiando búhos a través de Montana y Alaska, EU, Seidensticker enfocó sus investigaciones en una de las especies de búhos más crípticas y pequeñas que existe en Montana, el tecolote ojos oscuros (Psiloscops flammeolus). Pronto resultó imposible ignorar las polillas—unos insectos que este tecolote caza extensamente durante el verano.  Esta historia tiene que ver con las polillas de Montana, Estados Unidos, pero también se trata de las polillas en todos los ecosistemas de nuestro planeta: una celebración de su importancia y diversidad, una invitación a aprender.  Como siempre, incluye muchas grabaciones que hice de los sonidos de la naturaleza, esta vez todas en Montana: tecolote ojos oscuros, tapacaminos pandeagua (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii), chotacabras zumbón (Chordeiles minor), grillos de árbol (Oecanthus sp.), el sonido del álamo temblón (Populus tremuloides) en el viento, zorzal de anteojos (Catharus ustulatus), bajopalos pecho blanco (Sitta carolinensis), pinzón serrano (Haemorhous cassinii) y carbonero cabecinegro (Poecile atricapillus).  Dependo del apoyo de mis oyentes para seguir con este proyecto. Favor de compartir estos podcasts, darme un rating y (si puedes) hacer una cooperación a través de Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wildwithnature. ¡Muchas gracias! Aquí puedes ver la versión escrita de esta historia, con mis fotos: https://wildwithnature.com/2025/02/01/por-que-importan-las-polillas/Para aprender más sobre el Montana Moth Project, ve a https://www.montanamothproject.org/.

What do moths have to do with owls? Just ask Mat Seidensticker. After nearly a decade spent studying owls across Montana and Alaska, Seidensticker focused his research on the flammulated owl, one of Montana's smallest and most cryptic species. Soon, it became impossible for him to ignore the moths—insects that this owl hunts extensively during the summer.  This story is about moths in Montana, but it's also about moths in ecosystems anywhere: a celebration of their importance and diversity, an invitation to learn. As usual, it includes lots of ambient sound recordings that I made, all of these ones in Montana: flammulated owl, common poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii), common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), tree crickets (Oecanthus sp.), aspen (Populus tremuloides) rustling in the wind, Swainson's thrush (Catharus ustulatus), white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis), Cassin's finch (Haemorhous cassinii), and black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus).  I depend on the support of my listeners to continue doing this work. Please share these podcasts, leave a rating, and, if you're able, support me through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wildwithnature. Thank you!!! You can find the written, illustrated version of this story here: https://wildwithnature.com/2025/02/01/why-moths-matter/To learn more about the Montana Moth Project, go to https://www.montanamothproject.org/.

Reflection by Desire Litaay on Acts 18:1-17.

Sermon for the second Sunday in Advent, Populus Zion, on Romans 15:4-13.

Grab your hot chocolate (or mulled wine!) and get into the festive spirit with our Christmas special as we meet some reindeer, talk Christmas trees and explore a small but mighty wood with huge value for nature in the snowy Cairngorms National Park. We discover fascinating reindeer facts with Tilly and friends at The Cairngorm Reindeer Centre, and step into a winter wonderland at nearby Glencharnoch Wood with site manager Ross. We learn what makes a good Christmas tree, how the wood is helping to recover the old Caledonian pine forest of Scotland, why the site is so important to the community and which wildlife thrive here. You can also find out which tree can effectively clone itself, and is so tasty to insects that it developed the ability to shake them off! Don't forget to rate us and subscribe! Learn more about the Woodland Trust at woodlandtrust.org.uk Transcript You are listening to Woodland Walks, a podcast for the Woodland Trust presented by Adam Shaw. We protect and plant trees for people to enjoy, to fight climate change and to help wildlife thrive.  Adam: Well, today I'm in the Cairngorms in Scotland. In Scottish Gaelic, the area is called – I'm going to give this a go - Am Monadh Ruadh. Apologies for my pronunciation there, but we are in the midst of a mountain range in the Highlands, of Scotland obviously. Generally we're about 1,000 metres high here but the higher peaks I'm told get to about 1,300 metres odd, which is going on for, I don't know, 4,500 foot or so. So this is a very dramatic landscape. We have rocky outcrops, boulders, steep cliffs. It's home to bird species such as the dotterel, snow bunting, the curlew and red grouse, as well as mammals such as mountain hare. But the reason of course we are here this Christmas is because it is also home to Britain's only herd, I think, of reindeer. Now, the reindeer herder is Tilly. She is the expert here and I've been braving, I am braving the snow and icy winds to be introduced to her and the herd. And from there after that, we're going to take a drive to what I'm told is an amazing wooded landscape of Caledonian pine to talk all things pine, and of course, all things Christmas trees. But first of all, let's meet Tilly, who looks after the reindeer.  Adam: OK, we are recording.  Tilly: That's good. OK. I'd better not say anything naughty then.  Adam: I'll cut out any naughtiness, that's fine.  Tilly: This is a bit of a rustly bag. It's more rustly than normal but never mind.  Adam: What do the reindeer actually eat?  Tilly: Well, so. We're now up in their natural habitat and we're looking across a nice heathery hillside with sedges as well. You can just see them poking through the snow and they'll pick away at the old heather of the year and the sedges.  Adam: Right.  Tilly: But we manage the herd and we like to feed them. So what I've got in my bag is some food for them, which they love.  Adam: Right. And what's in your Santa sack of food now?   Tilly: Oh, that's a secret.   Adam: Oh, you can't tell me. Oh, God.  Tilly: No, no. I can tell you. So it's a cereal mix and there is something similar to what you would feed sheep. Bit of barley, bit of sheep mix.  Adam: That's awesome. So not mince pies and carrots? That's only reserved for Christmas Eve. That's probably not very good for them, I would have thought.  Tilly: Yeah, no, I hate to say this, but reindeer don't actually eat carrots.  Adam: Oh right okay, well, that's good to know.  Tilly: But if ever children bring carrots for them, I never turn them away because we're very good at making carrot soup and carrot cake.  Adam: Santa's helpers get the carrots.  Tilly: And I'm absolutely certain that Santa eats all the mince pies, so all good. So anyway, come on through here. We're going now into a 1000-acre enclosure. It just hooks on there, that's perfect, it goes right across. We could actually once we get close to these visitors are coming off from a hill visit this morning. So you'll be pleased to hear that I am the boss. I'm Mrs. boss man and I've been with the reindeer for 43 years. Now, their lifespan is sort of 12 to 15 years, so I've gone through many generations. I've known many lovely reindeer and there's always a favourite and you would have seen some real characters there today. And you couldn't see them in better conditions. Anyway, do get yourself down and warm yourselves up. Oh, you've done very well to bring a little one like that today.  Walker: He did pretty well until now!  Tilly: You've done extremely well. Of course they have. He's got very red, a bit like Rudolph. The thing is there's just that wind, and it's the wind that drops the temperature, that chill factor.  Adam: Yeah. So where are we going, Tilly?  Tilly: So we're heading out towards what we call Silver Mount. They're not in here all year. Different times of year, sometimes they're all free range, some of them are free ranging, some are in here.  Adam: When you speak about free range, literally they can go anywhere?  Tilly: Yes they can.  Adam: And they come back because they know where the food is?  Tilly: Yes they do. They know where the food is, they sort of know where the home is, but they do wander out onto the high ground as well, more in the summertime.   Adam: Right. And is that, I mean Scotland has different rules. There's a right to roam sort of rule here. Does that apply to reindeer? Is that the issue?  Tilly: That is a moot point.  Adam: Oh, really? We've hardly started and I've got into trouble.   Tilly: No. Well, we lease 6000 acres, right? So we lease everything out to the skyline.  Adam: So that's an extraordinary range for them.  Tilly: It is an extraordinary range, but they know no bounds. I have to say reindeer sometimes do just pop over the boundary.  Adam: And that causes problems with the neighbours?  Tilly: Well, some like it, some aren't so keen. And we herd them as well, so we can herd them home. And we herd them by calling them.  Adam: I was going to say, do you have a skidoo, or?  Tilly: No, no. Absolutely no vehicular access on the hill. It's all by Shanks's pony, everywhere.  Adam: Really. So you walk, and then you just ring a bell to herd them, or what do you do?  Tilly: And you ‘loooooow, come on now!' and they come to us.  Adam: Right. And so what was the call again?  Tilly: ‘Looow, come on now!'  Adam: Come on now, is that it? OK, very good. OK, I now move.  Tilly: Yes. But hopefully they won't all come rushing from over there.  Adam: I was going to say, yes, we've now called out the reindeer.  Tilly: We've just joined a cow and calf here, who have just come down to the gate, and you can see just for yourself, they're completely benign. They're so docile and quiet. There's no sort of kicking or pushing or anything. They're very, very gentle creatures.  Adam: And is that because they've been acclimatised because tourists come, or would that be their natural behaviour?  Tilly: It is their natural behaviour, bearing in mind that reindeer have been domesticated for thousands of years. We're not looking at a wild animal here that's got tame. We're looking at a domesticated animal.  Adam: Right.  Tilly: It's probably more used to people than some of the reindeer up in the Arctic. So we have domestication embedded in their genetics.  Adam: So what we're saying is, genetically, they're actually more docile. It's not because this particular reindeer is used to us. But originally then, if one goes back far enough, they were wilder?  Tilly: Yes so, it's a really interesting process of domestication of reindeer, which happened in the Old World, so Russia, Scandinavia, inner Mongolia, outer Mongolia. And that is reindeer and many, many reindeer in these Arctic areas, are domesticated. They're not wild.  Adam: And that started happening, do we have an idea when?  Tilly: Probably about 10,000 years ago. But if you go to the New World, to Alaska and North Canada, exactly the same animal is called a caribou. Caribou are never domesticated. The indigenous people of these areas never embraced the herding and enclosing of reindeer, which was caribou, whereas in the Old World it became very, very important to the men, the people's survival.  Adam: And then the caribou, do they have a different character?   Tilly: Yes, they're wilder. And it's a little bit difficult to show today – you see quite strong colour variation in reindeer, which you don't see in caribou, and colour variation is man's influence on selecting for colour. So you'd get very light coloured ones, you'd get white ones in reindeer, you'd get very dark ones, but in caribou they're all the same, brownie-grey colour. Yeah, they felt that the white reindeer were important in the herd for whatever reasons, Germanic reasons or whatever. Interestingly, the Sámi - and I'm not sure if there could be a white one up in the herd here at the moment - describe them as lazy reindeer, the white ones.  Adam: Why?  Tilly: Well, I didn't know why until I worked out why white reindeer are often deaf. So they sleep, they don't get up when everybody else gets up and moves, and this white reindeer doesn't realise that the herd has left them. So they're not all deaf, but certain white ones are.  Adam: Very important question, obvious but I didn't ask it to begin with because I'm a fool. Why are reindeer connected to Christmas?  Tilly: Well, that's a really good question, because actually they think it stems from a poet called Clement C Moore, who wrote a poem in America, he had Scandinavian Germanic connections, called The Night Before Christmas, where Donder, Blitzen, Cupid, Comet, fly through the air with Saint Nick in the sleigh, the little Santa.  Adam: Yeah.  Tilly: But, so that really set the scene of eight reindeer and the sleigh, and that was based on the Norwegian God Odin, who had eight legs and strode through the sky with these eight legs and eight reindeer. Then we have Rudolph, who turns up, but he doesn't turn up until the time of prohibition in America.  Adam: So Rudolph isn't in the original poem?  Tilly: Absolutely not. Rudolph is an impostor.  Adam: I didn't know that!  Tilly: He, so he, it was a marketing exercise for a department store during alcohol prohibition. And it was Rudolph with his red nose, and his red nose is because of alcohol.  Adam: Because he drank too much? So was it in favour of alcohol or was it going ‘what terrible thing happens to you when you drink'?  Tilly: I'm not terribly sure. But anyway, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was the song, so that adds to it. And then along comes Coca-Cola who used a red and white Santa to promote Coca-Cola at Christmas time. So the red and white Santa is Coca-Cola.  Adam: Right. And the red-nose reindeer is from alcohol and reindeer comes from an actual American poem, of which Rudolph wasn't part of anyway. That's all simple to understand then!  Tilly: Exactly. Perfect.  Adam: Well, we're moving up to some of the more exposed slopes. Tilly has gone ahead. I'm just going to catch up back with her, and ask how she started as one of UK's first reindeer herders. Well, certainly, one of our few reindeer experts.  Tilly: I came up to volunteer and I met the keeper who was looking after the reindeer for Dr Lindgren, who was the lady who brought them in with her husband, Mr Utsi, and he was quite good looking.   Adam: Is this a revelation you wish to make to them?  Tilly: And the reindeer were endearing, and the mountains were superb, and so I married the keeper.  Adam: Right, you did marry him! I thought you were telling me about another man other than your husband.  Tilly: So I married Alan. We married in 1983 and I've been here ever since.  Adam: And so the purpose of having reindeer here originally was what?  Tilly: Ah, good question. Mr Utsi came here and was very taken by the landscape and the environment, the habitat, because it was so similar to his own home country of north Sweden. And he begged the question where are the reindeer? Why are there not reindeer here? And it was on that notion that he and his wife, Dr Lindgren, devoted the latter half of their lives to bringing reindeer back to Scotland.  Adam: So that's interesting. So, it raises the difference of ecological or sort of natural question, of whether these are indigenous animals.  Tilly: Yes. So it's an interesting idea. Certainly, the habitat's available for them and they live in their natural environment. But when they became extinct, or not extinct, but when they weren't in Scotland, some people say as recently as 600 years ago and some people say as long as 2,000 years ago. If it's 2,000 years ago, they're described as a past native.  Adam: So OK, I didn't realise that, but is there any debate around whether they were originally - whatever originally is –  Tilly: They were definitely here.  Adam: So they are native? They're not sort of imported, they have died out and been brought back here.  Tilly: Absolutely. Yeah, yeah, they were reintroduced, but how, what that time span is, some people say sooner than later, and Mr Utsi certainly identified this as a very suitable spot for them.  Adam: Any idea why they might have died out? Do we know?  Tilly: Probably a bit of climate change and also probably hunting. Very easy animal to hunt. Are you OK with this chitter chatter going on?  Adam: Yes, it's all good, and a bit of, do you call it mooing?   Tilly: Oh no, the reindeer aren't making any noise, they're clicking.  Adam: Someone was mooing!  Tilly : I think it was the people.  Adam: I thought it was the reindeer making that noise.   Tilly: Not at all. They're very silent.   Adam: They'd have left this podcast thinking reindeer moo.  Tilly: They would have. Exactly. No, they are really, really silent animals.  Adam: There's a very large reindeer there coming down the road.  Tilly: Oh, that's OK, that's Akubra, he'll do nothing to you at all. He's an absolute genuine reindeer. He's lovely. But he listened to the clicking as they walk. You can't hear it because of your headphones.  Adam: OK, so I guess later on I'll put a microphone on a reindeer. That will be a first. One other thing I always imagined when you saw a set of antlers on a sort of grand Scottish mansion, I thought, oh well, they've killed that the reindeer. And actually, that's not true, is it? They fall off.  Tilly: They do. You're absolutely right. Having it depends how you see the antlers. If the antlers are still on a skull, that animal has been killed and there's nothing wrong with that. There is a, you know, the animals need to be controlled. But you're also right. Antlers are lost every year and regrown again, so they cast their antlers and they regrow their antlers. So in a reindeer's life, if a reindeer is 10 years old, he will have just grown his 11th set of antlers.  Adam: And the purpose of antlers is fighting? I'm a big girl, I'm a big boy, whatever.   Tilly: Yeah, mainly for fighting, a weapon. So for the big breeding males, it's for claiming harem for females, so in the breeding season. And those big breeding bulls will actually lose their antlers around about now, their antlers will fall off and then they won't regrow their antlers until next spring, right? The females, little females like this, keep those boney antlers all winter and they use them for competing for food, so they can jab another reindeer and push it off and they can get into the food as a result.   Adam: The other thing I can notice about some of them, but not the reindeer in front of us, but I think the one walking away, although this looks very bony, the other one has sort of felt on it, and what looks like blood. So what's going on there?  Tilly: Yes. So they are the velvet antlers on the Christmas reindeer that have finished growing, but they don't lose the velvet properly and there is still potentially blood in the bone, as it were.  Adam: So there's this sort of capillary underneath the felt.  Tilly: Yes, exactly, because the antler's a really interesting appendage because it grows from the tip. It doesn't grow from the base, so the blood supply has to go all the way to the tip to grow. And the velvet skin carries that blood supply.  Adam: Right. I see. So now the reindeer in front of us has no velvet so that can't grow.  Tilly: And no blood supply. Exactly. And the only way she can grow, get more antlers or bigger antlers, is to lose the whole thing and grow it again next year. Yes.  Adam: So any other serious facts we should note, to inform ourselves about reindeer?  Tilly: Oh, lots of serious facts. So they're the only deer species where the males and the females grow antlers. Every other deer species, it's only the males that grow the antlers. They are the only deer species that's been domesticated by man. All the other species of deer, we're talking about 40 different species, are all truly wild animals. They can survive in the coldest parts of the world, so in the middle of Siberia, the temperature can go down to -72 and reindeer are still living there quite happily.  Adam: It's cold today, but it's probably -2 or something.  Tilly: Exactly. Yeah, yeah. Man cannot live in the Arctic without an animal to live by, and it's reindeer that he lives by. Man would never have gone into these areas. Obviously now they're all digging up, you know, getting the oil and the gas and everything. But indigenous man can only survive in these areas if he has reindeer as his farm animal of the north, so they're really important to the indigenous people of the north.  Adam: And in that sort of role, then, you can clearly eat reindeer. Then what else does it provide us?  Tilly: Absolutely. So it provides with meat. There are indigenous people that milk them in season. They have these tremendous coats that are used for covering tents and for people's, you know, clothing. And the antlers? Not now, but the antlers would have been used as tools in the past.  Adam: And have you ever had reindeer milk?  Tilly: I have tried, yes, we have milked the odd reindeer for one reason or another. It's very rich, very rich.  Adam: You have! Rich, is that good or quite fatty? Is it drinkable?  Tilly: That's good. Yeah, it's totally drinkable. Totally nice.  Adam: Yeah, I think yaks or a drink made from yaks, which was disgusting, I found in Mongolia, but I really found it difficult. It wasn't my thing.  Tilly: But it wasn't the fermented one, was it? Because in Mongolia they're into fermented mare's milk.   Adam: That might be what I had.  Tilly: And that is revolting.   Adam: Yes, OK, that's maybe what I had. How unusual is reindeer milk then?  Tilly: Yeah. It's got a very high fat content. They produce very little milk, because if you had a great big swinging under in in freezing conditions, you'd have ice cream, you wouldn't have milk.  Adam: The other thing I noticed that we haven't talked about is their hooves which look quite large and they look, I mean just from a distance, quite mobile.  Tilly: Yes. They are very, very, very flexible animals and their feet, their hooves are very big. Of course, for snow. Walking on the snow, spreading the weight, but also great shovels for digging. So they dig. You know, if you're in two feet, three feet of snow in north Sweden, you've got to get to the food underneath and to get to it, they need to dig. So they're great diggers.  Adam: And your life now here. It's quite a change from where you grew up, I appreciate.  Tilly: Certain years, a very rural life I had then. I have an equally country-wise life now. I will go to my grave with reindeer. They are my complete nutter passion. They are the most wonderful animals to be amongst, they put a smile on your face. They live in a beautiful area. They're just, they're just lovely animals and they give me a lot of pleasure. Yeah, yeah.  Adam: Fantastic. And if people are in the Cairngorms and want to have their own trip to see the reindeer, they call the what?  Tilly: They call the Cairngorm Reindeer Centre. You could do it on the website, you can ring us up and they need to dress up. I'm sure you appreciate you, are your feet cold yet?  Adam: No, look, I stopped off and bought extra thermals on my way.  Tilly: Very good.  Adam: Well, thank you very much. It's been a real treat, thank you very much.  Tilly: Brilliant. Oh, well, thank you for coming.  Adam: Well, I'm afraid I'm having to leave the reindeer behind because we're now heading to a little lower ground to see what I'm told is an amazing forest of Caledonian pine. And to learn a bit more about the trees and their relative, the other pine, which we all know as the Christmas tree. And we're off to meet a guy who looks after the Glencharnoch Wood in Carrbridge, near the River Spey and Dulnain. And now, despite it, it's a quite a small forest, I think. But despite that, it's quite well known for being really important, really big on biodiversity. And it's home to a number of species including, but not just them, but including the red squirrel and the crested tit.  Ross: My name's Ross Watson. I'm the site manager for North Scotland for the Woodland Trust.  Adam: Brilliant. Ross, we have come on an extraordinary day. It has snowed. It looks picturesque, chocolate box, shortbread box maybe, type stuff, so fantastic. So just tell me where we are.  Ross: Well, we're in Glencharnoch wood. It's a wood that the Woodland Trust owns and it's part of a series of little woodlands on the back of Carrbridge between Carrbridge and the railway. And the Woodland Trust has had it for a number of years. It's a little site, only 36 acres, but it's a pine wood site and a really important pine wood site at that, in that it's a small part of much bigger Caledonian forests.  Adam: OK. Well, I want to talk to you about pine wood, because I think it just sort of gets dismissed – ‘oh this pine wood, not important, not interesting'. Apart from Christmas, perhaps, when suddenly it becomes really important, but I want to unpack all of that with you, but just explain to you we're going to go on a little walk. Hopefully you know where you're going. Good. All right, so just explain a bit about where we're going, give me a sense of the pattern of where we're going.  Ross: Absolutely. We're going to take a circular walk around the woodlands. The woodlands here, it's all about community. Everything we do here is around that tree. We're going to walk through a piece of land that's owned by the local authority and then go through our own land and onto privately owned land and then come back to our own land. And it really shows the connectivity of all these different habitats, all the different landowners. But really the path network is there for the community that's here and they are involved in practice as well.  Adam: So. Pine wood. Yeah, it sort of gets bunched all together, and especially the Scots pine I hear a lot about. But there are there are big, big differences and varieties are there? Tell me a bit about them.  Ross: The Scots pine we are walking through are really special species. That's the only native conifer in the UK, right? And that's why they're so special here. Really these Scots pine provide their own habitat all of their own. They're incredibly threatened. As a habitat in Scotland, we've got just a number of Caledonian pine inventory sites. We've got ancient woodlands, designated sites.  Adam: Sorry, just to stop you - Caledonian pine, Scots pine, interchangeable words?  Ross: Yeah, good point. The Great Wood of Caledon was the reference of the name of the forest that was here, the old, the original boreal forest that gradually reduced in size. Partly through climate change as the country became cooler and wetter, but also through human intervention through felling, fires, grazing, all that kind of thing. So now we tend to talk about Scots pine and Cally pine which can be fairly interchangeable, but the Cally pine tends to be the bigger, grander kind of granny pines, these really lovely old things you see in some of the landscapes.  Adam: But that's sort of just the way people use the word. Technically, they're the same thing, but we refer to the Caledonian pine as the big grand ones, and it comes from… so I just want to make sure I understood what you said. The word Caledonian pine then comes from a Caledonian, a forest called Caledonia?   Ross: Yeah, the Great Wood of Caledon.   Adam: Isn't that a brilliant name? So mystical and it sort of talks of Tolkien and other worlds. Wow, wow. OK. So we have the great Scots pine, the Caledonian pine. If people have a general thing in their mind about pine trees, what is special about Caledonian pine? How that distinguishes from pines in other parts of the world.  Ross: Well, Scots pine, as we're walking through this woodland, just now as you look up the trunks of the trees, as you look up the bark tends to go from a kind of grey-brown to a real kind of russety red, like a red squirrel colour. And that's a lot of the red squirrel camouflage comes from that, that rusty colour. So they're skittering around these treetops and they can be jumping around and they're nice and camouflaged because of that colour. So is that redness that you really see? But what we can see in here, a lot of these trees are very even age, it has been quite heavily thinned in the past, but then you come across a tree like this that's got a very deep crown. So you see there's live branches more than halfway down that tree, whereas there's a lot of these other trees -  Adam: Yes, I was going to say it's weird that they've got no foliage until very high.  Ross: Yeah, so this tree here, and foresters may call this a wolf tree, a tree that has occupied a space and it's just sat there and doesn't allow anything around it.   Adam: It's called a wolf tree?  Ross: Some people would refer to it as a wolf tree. What we would refer to that is it's a deep crown tree, not very imaginatively named, but a deep crown tree is really important here because of capercaillie. Now, capercaillie, you imagine a capercaillie's a big bird, a turkey-sized bird, almost waist height, a male capercaillie. And in the winter it will walk out across these branches and it will nibble away at some of the needles, and it will sit there and it will rely on that during deep snow for shelter, security, food. So without these deep crown trees, there isn't anywhere for them to go. So if you imagine a plantation, a very dense pine that are much denser than this and they don't have the chance for any deep crown trees. Then the opportunity for capercaillie here is much reduced.  Adam: Right. So there's sort of, I mean, look the elephant in the room. Well, it's Christmas around the corner. People have Christmas trees. Sort of most people know anything about pine, it's because they have it in their house at Christmas. That's not a Scots pine.  Ross: No, your traditional Christmas tree is a Nordmann fir. A fir tree tends to hold onto needles a little longer than a pine tree. And if you look after the pine, it will retain its needles, but quite often the pine trees will grow slightly too quickly, so it'll be a bit bare as a Christmas tree, whereas a fir tree is kind of hairy enough to be a good Christmas tree.  Adam: Right. And do we have, do we have them planted in the UK as well? I mean just for commercial cropping?  Ross: Yes, as a Christmas tree.  Adam: Right. So the other thing, look, we're in a really lovely forest at the moment. We're the only ones here. But Scotland, the iconic pictures of Scotland, are bare, bare mountains, aren't they? They're not wooded, and yet I've always read that that's not how it used to be. It used to be a wooded part of the country. Why did it lose so much of its woodland?  Ross: Well, it's looking back to, what, centuries ago as the climate became cooler and wetter, the tree line reduced in height. But more recently in the 1800s the Cultural Revolution created huge periods of felling where they needed this timber for industrialization. Trees from the woodlands near here were cut down, they were floated down to the river Spey and then out to Spey Bay and the Moray coast. They were used for underground water piping for ship's masts. Because these trees are, as you can feel today it's a cold place to be, they've grown very slowly. So because they're nice and straight as we can see, they are, the rings are very close together, so they're very sturdy. They're an ideal timber source. But then we start to look at deer numbers increasing and sheep numbers increasing. The more mouths on the hill meant that once you cut these trees down, it was much harder for the trees to come away again. And really, that's the landscape we're in now really. And when we're talking about those very large, deep crowned trees on open hillsides, these kind of granny pines are so picturesque, and really a lot of these trees, there was no timber value in them because they were already so crooked and they were left, and this is almost a remnant that's showcasing the old forest that once was standing there.  Adam: A lot of times, site managers, they're trying to keep things steady in a way, I suppose. Just trying to maintain what's going, keep that going, that's hard enough. Is that the job here or do you have bigger plans? Are there, you know, times are changing?  Ross: Well, this is one of eight woodlands I look after across the north of Scotland. Whenever we're doing anything, no matter what the scale of it, it's not just how do we keep the site going and kind of steady. It's about when we are doing work, how do we add value to that to make it better for the people that are living here? And how do we use that to continue to showcase these sites as the shop window for the Woodland Trust?  Adam: And is the idea here to try and remove the non-Scots pine, so you'd have a pure Scots pine forest?  Ross: Well, the Woodland Trust works on a on a threat basis really. So any tree is better than no tree, right? But if you have got a lot of spruce regeneration that's threatening this ancient wood then we need to begin to remove that. And that's been the case here.  Adam: Sorry I'm pausing because there's a lovely spaniel who I can see wants me to throw a stick, but I won't throw the stick. Very cool dog. There we are. Sorry, we were saying yes, so any tree is better than no tree. But are the other trees a threat then or not?  Ross: Well, the Norway spruce here has been seeding regeneration into the woodland areas and over the last few years we've cleared a lot of that and in some of these nice young spruce, we've been able to provide to the community for Christmas trees, which has been really handy. But all of that is gone now and we're left with this core of, of mature Norway spruce, that a number of them have started to snap so are becoming a safety issue for members of the public using footpaths next to it. But also there's an opportunity there where before that timber dies, we can extract it and it can be useful for the community.  Adam: And you'd replace it with Scots pines.  Ross: No, we're going to replace it predominantly with hazel and aspen. Because one of the slight concerns in having a single species stand, like we have here, where it's all Scots pine, is that there's only one species for the likes of red squirrels or the crossbills. And on a day like today we might hear crossbows coming over. There's only one species here for them, whereas if we're planting hazel, which is under-represented species here, that provides a different food for red squirrels in a different part of the woodland. And aspen is one of the most biodiverse species that we would have in this part of the world. And there are very, very few aspen.  Adam: When you say it's the most biodiverse species, you mean it attracts biodiversity?  Ross: Absolutely yes. In terms of the lower plant assemblage that's on there specifically and insects. And aspen, their Latin name is Populus tremula and the tremula comes from the oval shape on the leaf. Just in the slightest breeze, it's adapted that to try and shake off the insect burden because the leaves are so palatable for insects.  Adam: So the shape of the leaf in wind -  Ross: The shape of this stock of the leaf is oval.  Adam: And that helps shift any insects.   Ross: Yeah, yeah.   Adam: It's interesting because aspen, in my ignorance, I associate with aspen in America, but it's a native UK tree.  Ross: It is, yeah. And it will be one of the first colonisers after the Ice Age. That's, an aspen will have, the seed will have blown down as the ice is receding. But some of the aspen that are here now will be some of the oldest trees that exist in the UK and aspen generally now grows rhizomatously, so you'll see the roots through the forest and all of the suckers will pop out. And the aspen that we can see in the woodland today, they could have been here for hundreds, maybe thousands of years, and they've just, as the clone has marched through the landscape, it's just it's moved and colonised these different areas. They're fascinating trees. So when you look at some of the images in North America, you might see entire hillsides of aspen and that could all be the same tree essentially, they're amazing organisms.  Adam: That's amazing. So it's sort of cloning really.   Ross: Yeah, absolutely.  Adam: That's amazing. And also I can see right on the Scots pine behind you, beautiful lichen, which is just a real sign of the air quality here, isn't it? I mean, it doesn't grow and it's just often further south. We do see lichen, obviously, but often I see a bit. This is everywhere. It's a real sign this is good land.  Ross: Absolutely, yeah.  Adam: Good land, good air. Wonderful. Well, I'm going to take another shot of our colleague down below. Hello. Wearing a lovely red hat, almost looks like Santa. And then we'll move on. So we're going uphill a bit, you might just hear the snow crunching under my boots. So this is amazing. A wolf peeking out from the woods, which adds to the fairy tale quality of all of this forest walk. This is not a real wolf. This is carved in wood. It looks really beautiful and it's covered in snow at the moment, which maybe is why I didn't spot it at first. So what's the story here?  Ross: Well, the story here is that Carrbridge hosts the Scottish chainsaw carving competition every year at the end of August, and there are chainsaw artists coming from all over the world to compete here to do some incredibly elaborate carvings. They do benches and three-to-four-metre statues and it's absolutely incredible.   Adam: This is very delicate that I'm surprised this would be done with a chainsaw.  Ross: Yeah, it's a very specialist skill as you can see, and people have to be very artistic. You have to be very good with the saw, but also the bar of the saw is a specialist carving tool. But then they also can use all sorts of other implements to try and refine the artwork itself. And this is just one part of that much larger chainsaw carving trail that's in Carrbridge that really commemorates this annual event.  Adam: Amazing. Well, we'll leave the wolf. It's got even a little dark nose. Amazing. A little dog, a real dog this time. Well, yes, just to prove it. We've just seen some reindeer. Obviously they're a type of deer. Are they as much of a problem as the normal red deer that we know about? So what's your view on them?  Ross: Well, red deer, the numbers are extremely high in some places and in the Cairngorms, they're generally much better managed. But in other places where there just isn't that, that integration or the objectives are yet to be aligned with protected areas, the numbers in those places need to come down, but recognising that there are different objectives, there are different landowners who want to do different things with land. So in recognising and respecting those objectives, but generally, ideal numbers need to come down and they need to come down a lot in order for trees and woodland to recover.  Adam: But that's deer in general, just because it's Christmas, I just have reindeer on the mind. You don't see many reindeer here. Or any reindeer here?  Ross: No, you see them up in the Cairngorms, right?   Adam: Right. Another pitstop. I see some lichen with some snow on it. I should turn them into Christmas cards. I won't, but that's what I should do. So if there was a sort of a final thought you wanted people to take away about this forest or about Caledonian pines you're trying to protect and grow here, what might that be?  Ross: Well, for this woodland, and as I say, it's only 36 acres in size, it's a fairly small wood. But it's not to discount that, and we talk about the hundreds of ants nests, the crossbills, the crested tits, it's woodlands like this can punch way above their weight. But also woodlands like this connected together provide a much larger, integrated robust habitat. And it's just thinking along these lines that this, this woodland, although it has the A9 on one side, it's got roads on two other sides, it's got a forest adventure park there and to the other side, it feels like a woodland that could be squeezed, but it can also feel like a woodland that is a part of this much larger landscape and contributing to that. And I suppose in part it depends on how you view that, yeah. But the woodland is connected to its woodlands round about, so it's definitely playing its part and part of that recovery of the old Caledonian pine forest of Scotland, as small as it is.  Adam: It's been a real treat for you to guide us through it on such a special snowy Christmas-y day. So thank you very much indeed.   Ross: No problem.   Adam: Well, it's been a fantastic day. Which leaves me just say from the land of reindeer and Caledonian pine, can I wish you a very happy, peaceful and joyous Christmas and New Year? And I do hope that wherever you are, you are able to share the joy of this season and that you'll join us in the New Year for lots more podcasts and tree adventures. Until then, from all of us in the Woodland Trust podcast team, to all of you, can we wish you a happy Christmas and a great New Year and of course, happy wanderings.  Thank you for listening to the Woodland Trust Woodland Walks. Join us next month when Adam will be taking another walk in the company of Woodland Trust staff, partners and volunteers. And don't forget to subscribe to the series on iTunes or wherever you are listening. And do give us a review and a rating. If you want to find out more about our woods and those that are close to you, check out the Woodland Trust website. Just head to the visiting woods pages. Thank you. 

Taken from First English Lutheran Church's Soundcloud account.    While recovering from flooding on June 22nd, Christ the King will be worshipping with and at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer until we at Christ the King can return to our building. In the meantime, since First English uses the three-year lectionary, that is what we will use as well.    Rev. Kaldahl's (FELC) Sermon on Luke 3:1-20; the Scripture text can be read here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%203%3A1-20&version=ESV  

Song of Solomon 2:8b-14Romans 15:4-13Luke 21:25-33

What hope would we have without this holy sacrament of the Lord's Body and Blood? Our Lord came in His first Advent, born of Mary, before he departed gave us this holy meal. We have a taste of His presence with us as we await for His return. We can say that wherever and whenever we live, we are entering that continuity between the Last Supper in the Upper Room on Maundy Thursday and the Final Wedding Feast of the Lamb when Christ returns in Glory. Of these two feast, Christ promises to continue to give us a bite, so we can press on in this world which is filled with despair. 

Luke 22:25-36

Among other things, Nick and Tim uncover a remarkable piece of chant scholarship connected with the feast that falls on the day of the broadcast, St Nicholas, and go on to look at the the chants of the 2nd Sunday of Advent. THE LITURGICAL LOOKING GLASS is a programme that looks at the liturgy of the week ahead and music that is inspired by it either directly or indirectly. It is written by Nick Swarbrick and co-presented by Tim Hutchinson. It airs every Friday at 10am and is rebroadcast at 10pm. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

In Bodegraven, aan de rand van een nieuwbouwwijk, ligt de Hortus Populus. Dit is een Romeinse pluk- en oogsttuin waar duurzaam leven wordt gepromoot. Om een plek te creëren voor vrijwilligers en het organiseren van workshops, is ervoor gekozen om een Romeinse soldatenbarak te bouwen. In het centrum van Bodegraven heeft namelijk een Romeins Castellum gestaan. Alleen de hoofdpoort is terug gevonden. Ik spreek architect Gert-Jacob de Graaf, de initiatiefnemer van de bouw.

Plants might not run around, bark at us or seem very active in general, but they are complex organisms with needs, goals, and ways to achieve them. In this episode of "Weird Species", Prof. Dr. Julia Sigwart talks to Dr. Liam Langan about the fascinating strategies that plants use, especially his favorite species Populus tremula, or quaking aspen. How do plants develop over time to adapt to their environment? And what kinds of models do scientists like Liam use to better understand these changes in ecosystems?Follow Senckenberg onFacebookInstagramTikTokXYouTube

Our guest this week has over 30 years of hospitality experience in international operations, capital markets, and strategic development. Please welcome to the show, CEO and Owner of Olson Kundig, Hemanshu Parwani!Hemanshu joins Host Dan Ryan to dive into the importance of showing up with intent. Hemanshu shares why designers should chase meaningful work rather than all out growth, the need to take care of those who take care of others, and how mountaineering inspires his work. Takeaways: Hospitality for many, comes close to being a religion. Built out of a devotion to caring for others, hospitality is about how you make someone feel in a space, and how you build memories with them. When in a space, people are either thinking about what memories this space reminds them of, or how the space will build new memories for them. Building spaces around the formation of memories will leave guests with unforgettable experiences. A guaranteed way to make your guests remember your experiences is by making them feel as if they were one of your group. Allowing your guests to feel like they can be their authentic selves creates satisfaction.The ethos of being an innkeeper is taking care of people. Care extends not just to your guests, but the people who are taking care of your guests. A team that is well cared for will provide even better service to guests. Everything you do should be with intent. Knowing why you are doing something is the foundation to any action. Good design comes from an intimate understanding of why you are designing. While growth is good, it should not be the end all to your pursuits. Chase aspirational, meaningful work in design, and growth will follow. Instead of simply seeking to grow, seek a challenge that forces you to work creatively.Mutual learning is an important aspect of design, and helps you be more intentional about what you do. Keeping an open mind and showing genuine interest in other's work allows you to learn quickly. Quote of the Show:“Growth is not something that we are chasing. We are chasing aspirational, meaningful work in design.” - Hemanshu ParwaniLinks:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hemanshuparwani/ Website: https://olsonkundig.com/ Shout Outs:1:22 - ALIS: https://www.burba.com/ALIS 18:20 - Bill Marriott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwmarriottjr/ 20:49 - Harvard Business School: https://www.hbs.edu/ 21:56 - Ian Schrager: https://www.instagram.com/ianschrager/ 21:58 - Adrian Zecha39:59 - Bashar Wali: https://www.linkedin.com/in/basharwali/ 48:55 - Barry Sternlicht49:29 - W Hotels: https://w-hotels.marriott.com/ 50:02 - 1 Hotels: https://www.1hotels.com/ 51:18 - HD Expo: https://hdexpo.hospitalitydesign.com/ 52:24 - Populus: https://populusdenver.com/ 53:06 - Sonu Shivdasani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonu-shivdasani-obe-a46217/ 54:34 - Bermanfalk: https://www.bermanfalk.com/ 59:07 - Ed Viesturs: https://www.instagram.com/ed_viesturs/?hl=en 1:02:05 - Aggie Zamir: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aggie-zamir-a750982b/ Ways to Tune In: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0A2XOJvb6mGqEPYJ5bilPXApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/defining-hospitality-podcast/id1573596386Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGVmaW5pbmdob3NwaXRhbGl0eS5saXZlL2ZlZWQueG1sAmazon Music: ​​https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8c904932-90fa-41c3-813e-1cb8f3c42419

24-26 IV 2024. Translationum COMPLURES a Luis Pesquera SUNT. ‘NUNTII IN LINGUA LATINA’ ‘IN LINGUA LATINA ET ANGLICA’ ‘AUDIS’! DE BELLO ISRAËLIANO-HAMASIANO ANNI DOMINI BIS MILESIMO VICESIMO TERTIO ET QUARTO. Usquequo manebit? TRANSLATIONES duae proximae a Netzahualcóyotl Lara SUNT. /// Dux militaris intelligentiae renuntiat in die septimo Octobris. Aharon Haliva primus in summum imperium est quid sumit 'conclusiones personales' ex defectio. /// Hezbollah altissimum impetum in Israelem movet ab initio belli Gazae. Protestatio tumultuantium Collegiorum US increbrescit cum evinciis, novis castris et clausuris /// ‘HAMAS’ ‘pelliculam’ ‘ex obside’ [‘quod suam libertatem PETIT’] ‘DIFFUNDITT’. /// ‘ISRAEL’ ‘novum assultum’ ‘contra Hizbullah’ ‘in Libano’ ‘IACTAT’. /// ‘Fere ducenti Gazae HABITANTES’ ‘FUGIUNT’ ‘a Rafah’ [quoniam ‘Copiarum ad Israelem Defendendum (abreviatione ‘I-De-eF’)’ ‘INVASURI SUNT’]. IN CANADA. ‘Canadae STATISTICA’ ‘casum ex septem centesimis in producto domestico grosso per capita’ ‘ADNUNTIAT’. IN CIVITATIBUS FOEDERATAE AMERICAE. ‘Civitatum Foederatarum CONGRESSUS’ ‘legem ad pecuniam dandum’ ‘pro Ucraina, Israele et Taivania’ ‘APPROBAT’. /// ‘In Universitas Columbiae’, ‘RECLAMATORES’ ‘in tentoriis campii’ ‘HABITANT’ [ut ‘contra Israelem’ ‘et pro Palestina’ ‘RECLAMENT’]. /// ‘Americae INDEX fertilitatis’ ‘ad cifram minimam’ ‘DIMINUIT’. /// ‘Americae AËR’ ‘peior’ ‘in viginti quinque annis’ ‘EST’. /// ‘INCREMENTUM oeconomicum’ ‘DIMINUIT’, et ‘INFLATIO monetalis’ ‘AFFIRMATUR’. IN BRITANNIÁRUM REGNO. TRANSLATIO proxima ab Israel García Avilés EST. /// Britanniarum regnum multum ad munitamenta consummit. 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Hour 2 - Walmart has been removing self check outs from various locations around the country. The company says it is to have a more human presence in the store, but many are speculating its to try and cut down on theft. The TikTok ban passed the senate yesterday. Now the president is just waiting for the bill to reach his desk. A new hotel is opening downtown called Populus. The outside is designed to look like the bark from an Aspen tree. Jamie think its super ugly. An American couple is facing up to 12 years in jail for accidentally traveling with bullets in their luggage. A record number of woman have been getting BBLs. Caitlyn Clark signed a huge deal with Nike. 

A new hotel is opening downtown called Populus. The outside is designed to look like the bark from an Aspen tree. Jamie think its super ugly. 

Carson went out to get a burger yesterday and an AI took his order! Kim was on Kimmel and she confirmed some weird rumors about herself. Tom Brady fans are pissed at the HoF QB after they say he defaced their merch. Walmart has been removing self check outs from various locations around the country. The company says it is to have a more human presence in the store, but many are speculating its to try and cut down on theft. The TikTok ban passed the senate yesterday. Now the president is just waiting for the bill to reach his desk. A new hotel is opening downtown called Populus. The outside is designed to look like the bark from an Aspen tree. Jamie think its super ugly. An American couple is facing up to 12 years in jail for accidentally traveling with bullets in their luggage. A record number of woman have been getting BBLs. Caitlyn Clark signed a huge deal with Nike. A new women's sports bar (that only shows women's sports) will be opening up in Denver in June! Are you gonna go? Jamie has a list of the top 5 things we consume with the most micro plastic. Some of these foods are very surprising. Reports have come out indicating Apple will cut back production of the vision pro due to low demand. 

Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Mario Tricoci got the entrepreneurial bug at an early age, watching his parents revolutionize the salon world and invent the day spa concept. He saw what they created and wanted to emulate it, but with his own spin. When he opened the Simeone Deary Design Group-crafted Elysian hotel in Chicago in 2009, it changed the hospitality landscape as a refined luxury hotel that put community first and offered approachable service. The project was short-lived (they sold it in 2011), but Tricoci was just getting started, launching Aparium Hotel Group in 2012. Today, the hotel owner and operator counts 11 properties in its portfolio, with four more slated to open this year. Here, the CEO and founder shares how his philosophy of finding the right partner, place, and product has led to Aparium's decade-plus of success.This episode is brought to you by American Leather. For more information, go to americanleather.com.Thank you for listening! For more of our great interviews, find us at hospitalitydesign.com.

After 9News anchor Kyle Clark discussed the increasingly popular (and controversial) instagram @DoBetterDNVR with us last Friday, the anonymous posters behind the account sent a brigade of their followers to share their thoughts with us. So we're opening up the mailbag and talking about all the comments, questions, and feedback. And we're not just addressing the instagrammers posting photos of unhoused people in crisis without their consent, but also listeners' thoughts on private members clubs, the legal dispute between two Mexican restaurants, and those two ‘green' new buildings, The Populus and One River North.  If you missed any of those episodes, here are the links to find them: ‘Inevitable' Shelter Deaths, Poop in the Park, and Kyle Clark! Private Member Clubs Are Thriving. Are You Cool (And Rich) Enough to Join? Inside the Two 'Green' New Buildings Rising in Denver Mexican Food on Trial, Banning Assault Weapons, and Casa Bonita Is 50 Bree mentioned a show at MCA Denver featuring nonconsensual photography and this piece on the crime data by Chase Woodruff. Paul mentioned this Colorado Polling Institute poll from last August For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter Hey Denver at denver.citycast.fm. Follow us on Instagram: @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver Support us by becoming a member: membership.citycast.fm What do you think? Text or leave us a voicemail with your name and neighborhood, and you might hear it on the show: 720-500-5418‬ Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: Colorado Wine Board Urban Bush Women at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Mittelmeer könnte nach und nach tropisch werden +++ Musikerinnen mit offenem Brief gegen KI +++ Besser Schlafen durch regelmäßige Bewegung +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:The dawn of the tropical Atlantic invasion into the Mediterranean Sea, PNAS, 01.04.2024200+ Artists Urge Tech Platforms: Stop Devaluing Music, Medium, 01.04.2024Association between physical activity over a 10-year period and current insomnia symptoms, sleep duration and daytime sleepiness: a European population-based study, BMJ Open, 26.03.2024Data and trained models for: Human-robot facial co-expression, Dryad, 05.03.2024Eurasian aspen (Populus tremula L.): Central Europe's keystone species ‘hiding in plain sight', PLOS ONE, 27.03.2024Alle Quellen findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: Tiktok und Instagram.

There are two very distinctive, very green buildings being built in Denver right now — maybe you've seen them? One purports to be the country's first “carbon positive” hotel with a facade reminiscent of an aspen tree, and the other has got a giant crack down the middle that's going to be filled with native plants and tenants doing yoga. So what does this architectural mini-movement say about Denver today? Denverite senior reporter Kyle Harris recently toured both The Populus and One River North, and he's on today with host Bree Davies and producer Paul Karolyi to give us the inside story. Oh, and we've got pics of both of these buildings on our Instagram so you can see them for yourself. For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter Hey Denver at denver.citycast.fm. Follow us on Instagram: @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver What do you think? Text or leave us a voicemail with your name and neighborhood, and you might hear it on the show: 720-500-5418‬ Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: Denver Health Rocky Mountain PBS Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This passed weekend I was able to go out tracking with folks at Wiijindamaan where I once again notice the Poplar Vagabond Aphid Gall. And last week, I was having another conversation with folks about the Spruce Pineapple Adelgid Gall. Galls persist through the Winter and into Spring when many of the insects which have created them will begin to emerge. Since now is the time to be keeping an eye out for the insect emergences, I figured I would share my excitement for these two galls. Not only are they beautiful and unusual, but they also highlight my growing feelings on what I call “biology 202”, a deep appreciation for the complexity of life beyond our cultural assumptions. It'll make more sense when you hear it. To Learn More : Petiolegall Aphids : Swollen or disfigured leaves of poplars (pdf)First record of antipredator behavior in the gall-forming aphid Mordwilkoja vagabundaPoplar Vagabond Gall Aphid (Aphididae: Mordwilkoja) video on youtube.com by Carl BarrentineInfluentialPoints.com entry on Mordwilkoja vagabundaLife History and Gall Development of Mordwilkoja vagabunda (Homoptera: Aphidae) on Populus deltoidesLife History and Gall Development of Mordwilkoja vagabunda (Homoptera: Aphidae) on Populus deltoides. Part II—Gall DevelopmentThe Insects and Arachnids of Canada part 22 : The Genera of the Aphids of Canada - Homoptera : Aphidoidea and Phylloxeroidea : pg 472 (pdf)Influential Points entry on Adelges abietisINTRA- AND INTER-CROWN DISTRIBUTION OF THE EASTERN SPRUCE GALL ADELGID, ADELGES ABIETIS (L.), ON YOUNG WHITE SPRUCE

Then came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying:Tunc accesserunt ad eum ab Jerosolymis scribae et pharisaei, dicentes :  2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread.Quare discipuli tui transgrediuntur traditionem seniorum? non enim lavant manus suas cum panem manducant.  3 But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said:Ipse autem respondens ait illis : Quare et vos transgredimini mandatum Dei propter traditionem vestram? Nam Deus dixit :  4 Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death.Honora patrem, et matrem : et, Qui maledixerit patri, vel matri, morte moriatur.  5 But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee.Vos autem dicitis : Quicumque dixerit patri, vel matri : Munus, quodcumque est ex me, tibi proderit :  6 And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition.et non honorificavit patrem suum, aut matrem suam : et irritum fecistis mandatum Dei propter traditionem vestram.  7 Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying:Hypocritae, bene prophetavit de vobis Isaias, dicens :  8 This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me.Populus hic labiis me honorat : cor autem eorum longe est a me.  9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.Sine causa autem colunt me, docentes doctrinas et mandata hominum.  10 And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand.Et convocatis ad se turbis, dixit eis : Audite, et intelligite.  11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.Non quod intrat in os, coinquinat hominem : sed quod procedit ex ore, hoc coinquinat hominem.  12 Then came his disciples, and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalized?Tunc accedentes discipuli ejus, dixerunt ei : Scis quia pharisaei audito verbo hoc, scandalizati sunt?  13 But he answering them, said: Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.At ille respondens ait : Omnis plantatio, quam non plantavit Pater meus caelestis, eradicabitur.  14 Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit.Sinite illos : caeci sunt, et duces caecorum; caecus autem si caeco ducatum praestet, ambo in foveam cadunt.  15 And Peter answering, said to him: Expound to us this parable.Respondens autem Petrus dixit ei : Edissere nobis parabolam istam.  16 But he said: Are you also yet without understanding?At ille dixit : Adhuc et vos sine intellectu estis?  17 Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?Non intelligitis quia omne quod in os intrat, in ventrem vadit, et in secessum emittitur?  18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man.Quae autem procedunt de ore, de corde exeunt, et ea coinquinant hominem :  19 For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.de corde enim exeunt cogitationes malae, homicidia, adulteria, fornicationes, furta, falsa testimonia, blasphemiae :  20 These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.haec sunt, quae coinquinant hominem. Non lotis autem manibus manducare, non coinquinat hominem.

In this episode of the Metaverse Podcast, we welcome Tobias Batton, founder and CEO of Ex Populus, the first Web3 games developer to contribute to Xai.   Tobias is known for his Signal Zero publishing platform which drove nearly 1 billion installs for mobile games from companies like MZ, Supercell, and many others.  Tune in to:   - Learn about the gaming industry trends and Tobias' experience building multiple gaming startups over 20+ years - Understand the challenges of deploying blockchain games and how Ex Populus worked to solve them through technologies like layer 3 scaling - Discover how the XAI network testnet saw massive adoption through reduced friction and account abstraction - Get an overview of the partnerships, games, and deal flow for the XAI ecosystem post-mainnet launch - Gain advice for founders on bootstrapping effectively, focusing on customers over VCs, and achieving consistent success ----- Whether you're a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

Researchers at NREL have utilized a multidisciplinary approach to quantitatively define the arrangement of polymers in Populus wood, offering insights crucial for biomass conversion to fuels, chemicals, and materials. The study presents a novel computer model detailing the intricate structural configuration of the wood's secondary cell wall, advancing our understanding beyond previous incomplete techniques and offering potential breakthroughs in bioenergy research.NREL's role in assisting startups is underscored by its cutting-edge technology and expertise, facilitating transformative innovations in the clean energy sector. Through collaborative programs and strategic partnerships, NREL empowers startups to navigate early-stage challenges, secure funding, and accelerate the development and adoption of groundbreaking technologies, driving the transition to a sustainable energy future.NREL is building a groundbreaking 127,000-square-foot Energy Materials and Processing at Scale (EMAPS) laboratory in Golden, Colorado. The facility, set to achieve LEED Gold certification, will provide state-of-the-art research capabilities in energy storage, advanced manufacturing, and grid modernization, fostering multidisciplinary collaboration and advancing NREL's mission of driving renewable energy and energy efficiency technologiesThis episode was hosted by Kerrin Jeromin and Taylor Mankle, written and produced by Allison Montroy and Kaitlyn Stottler, and edited by Joe DelNero and Brittany Falch. Graphics are by Brittnee Gayet. Our title music is written and performed by Ted Vaca and episode music by Chuck Kurnik, Jim Riley, and Mark Sanseverino of Drift BC. Transforming Energy: The NREL Podcast is created by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. We express our gratitude and acknowledge that the land we are on is the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute peoples. Email us at podcast@nrel.gov. Follow NREL on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Facebook.

Old Testament: Malachi 4:1–6 Psalm: Psalm 50:1–15; antiphon: v. 15 Epistle: Romans 15:4–13 Gospel: Luke 21:25–36 Introit: Psalm 80:1, 3, 14, 17; antiphon: Isaiah 62:11b; 30:30, 29 Gradual: Psalm 50:2–3a, 5 Verse: Luke 21:26b–27 The Lord Comes on the Last Day   The day on which our Lord returns will be a “great and awesome day” (Mal. 4:5). For He will come in a cloud with great power and glory. To the wicked and the proud, it will be a Day of judgment that will “set them ablaze” (Mal. 4:1). The signs preceding this Day will bring them fear and fainting. But to those who believe, who fear the name of the Lord, this Day is one to look forward to and rejoice in: “. . . straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near” (Luke 21:28). Christ our Redeemer is coming; the Sun of Righteousness will bring healing in His wings. Let us, then, give attention to the words of the Lord, which do not pass away. Let us “through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures” (Rom. 15:4) be strengthened in our hope by the Holy Spirit and watch diligently for Jesus' coming. Then, by God's grace, we shall escape all these things that will come to pass and stand before the Son of Man. Lectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship

Midweek Homily

Bulletin: http://tinyurl.com/MWAdvent2-2023

rWotD Episode 2413: Phyllonorycter sagitella Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.The random article for Tuesday, 12 December 2023 is Phyllonorycter sagitella.Phyllonorycter sagitella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Great Britain to southern Russia.The wingspan is 8.5-9.5 mm. There are two generations per year, with larvae in June and again from August to October, and adults on wing in May and again in July and August.The larvae feed on Populus tremula. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower surface oval tentiform mine without a fixed position on the leaf. The mine is yellowish, sometimes tinged with red and turns black when old. The frass is stacked in one corner of the mine. The pupa is almost black and made in a very flimsy cocoon.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:12 UTC on Tuesday, 12 December 2023.For the full current version of the article, see Phyllonorycter sagitella on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Arthur Neural.

Old Test: Mal. 4:1-6 Epistle: Rom. 15:4-13 Gospel: Luke 21:25-36

 Bulletin: https://tinyurl.com/Advent2-23   Congregation at Prayer: https://tinyurl.com/CaP-231210   CTK Substack: https://ctkspencer.substack.com/

"Heads in the Clouds" Luke 21: 25-36

This is the sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church on Sunday, December 10th, 2023, which was Populus Zion, the 2nd Sunday of Advent.   Text: Luke 21:25-36

Seguimos escuchando los cantos del Proprium Missæ, esta vez del 2º Domingo de Adviento en la versión melódica del Graduale Novum y la Schola Gregoriana Monacensis. Completaremos el programa con algunas piezas dedicadas a santa Lucía cuya fiesta celebraremos el próximo miércoles.Escuchar audio

Learn to sing the Introit with a step by step approach using solfege with repetitions at sections and clauses then applying the texts. Suitable for beginners.Liber Usualis 1961, page 327 for the score.

Last year, Colorado voters decided that grocery stores could sell wine along with beer, which had many independent liquor store owners nervous. With the holiday season in full swing, how are those mom and pop shops doing now with more competition? Host Bree Davies, producer Paul Karolyi, and newsletter editor Peyton Garcia discuss the liquor store conundrum, and talk about competitive eater and social media star Raina Huang's recent trip to Colorado — she downed 14 pounds of food in one day. Oh and of course, our recs for your weekend! Here are some links to our picks for your weekend: Christmas Beer and Cookies Tour (RiNo) Baby Rave (Five Points) Drive or bike past the Populus and One River North Peyton mentioned Greeley-raised competitive eater Mary Bowers. Paul wants you to know he found a database purporting to include every food challenge currently on offer in the Denver metro area. For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter Hey Denver at denver.citycast.fm. Follow us on Instagram: @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver What do you think? Text or leave us a voicemail with your name and neighborhood, and you might hear it on the show: 720-500-5418‬ Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: Savio House Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17-XI-2023. IN ISRAEL. In die Martis. In ‘THE JERUSALEM POST’ ‘LEGITUR’: ‘COPIAE ad Israelem Defendendum (abbreviatione anglica ‘I-De-eF’)’ ‘cellam ad obses captos et ad armas custodire’ ‘in Shifa nosocomio’ ‘REVELAT’. /// ‘COPIAE ad Israelem Defendendum (abbreviatione ‘I-De-eF’) et Hizbullah’ ‘missa’ ‘PERMUTANT’. /// ‘COPIAE ad Israelem Defendendum (abbreviatione ‘I-De-eF’)’ ‘decem ex viginti quattuor ‘Hamas phalanges’ ‘DECIMAT’. In die Mercurii. In ‘THE JERUSALEM POST’ ‘HAEC PROPAGANDA’ ‘IN PRIMA PAGINA’ ‘LEGITUR’: [‘Gratias AGIMUS’ ‘pro clamore’ ‘de ex fere ducentis quinquaginta milibus personas’ ‘contra antisemitismum et pro obsidum liberatione’] [[ut Israelem SUPERSIT]]. In die Iovis. In ‘THE JERUSALEM POST’ ‘LEGITUR’: ‘COPIAE ad Israelem Defendendum (id est ‘I-De-eF’)’ ‘activitatem procursum terroris’ ‘in Shifa’ ‘REVELAT’. /// [‘Brett McGruk, Civitatum Foederatum Secretarius pro Oriente Medio’ ‘ad Israelem’, ‘ADVENIT’] [[ut quinquaginta obsides liberare’ ‘CONETUR’]]. /// ‘ISRAEL’ ‘petitiones ad pacem promovendum’ ‘ab orbe terrarum’ ‘ACCIPIT’. IN CIVITATIBUS FOEDERATAE AMERICAE. ‘Milia milium et milia milium’ ‘ex stupefactivorum medicamentorum utentibus’ ‘in Civitatibus Foederatae Americae’ ‘SUNT’. ‘DEPENDENTIA magna’ ‘in Anglice America’ ‘EST’. /// ‘CAMERA Representatium Civitatum Foederatum’ ‘ad pecuniae rationis clausuram vitandum’ ‘actionem’ ‘PROPONIT’. /// ‘CIVITATES Foederatae America et SINAE’ ‘ad militarem cooperationem redintegrandum’ ‘CONVENIUNT’. /// ‘Pretiorum INFLATIO’ ‘DIMINUIT’ et ‘RECESSIO OECONOMICA’ ‘non PRAEVIDETUR’. IN BRITANNIARUM REGNO. [SUNAK Cameron REVOCAT] et [Braverman EXPELLIT]. IN INDIA. ‘Quadraginta operarios metallicos’ ‘suvenire’ ‘CONANTUR’. /// ‘Triginta octo mortui’ ‘in Laphori casu’ ‘FUERUNT’. IN SINAE. ‘Xi JINPING, secretarius generalis Factionis Communistae Sinensis et praeses rei publicae popularis Sinarum (ex Vicipaedia), et Iopsephus BIDEN, praeses Civitatum Foederatarum’, ‘CONVENIUNT’. IN IAPONIA. ‘Iaponiae MINISTER a rebus oeconomicis’ ‘ABDICAT’. /// ‘Non REIECTIO SOCIALIS (id est ‘bullying’)’ ‘in Tazarazuka suicidium’ ‘FUIT’. IN ISLANDIA. ‘PERICULUM EST fortasse volcanus’ ‘in Islandia’ ‘ERUMPAT’. IN EUROPA. [‘ORGANIZATIO securitati cooperationique in Europa favendis (abbreviatione anglica ‘O-eS-Ce-E’) DICIT’] [[‘a die septimo mensis Octobris’ ‘antisemitismum’ CRESCERE]]. IN UCRAINA. [‘Pugnae vehementes’ ‘in Donetsk [[quae urbs ad Istrianum fluvium in oriente Ucrainae regione sita]]’ ‘SUNT’]. // ‘ASSULTUS russicus’ ‘contra Zaporizhiam’ ‘FUIT’. IN ITALIA. De vehiculorum operistitio in Italia. In die martis: [‘GARANTE’ ‘DICIT’: ‘non’], sed [‘COLLEGII opificii’ ‘DICUNT’: ‘ita vero’]. /// In die mercurii: [‘SALVINI’ ‘operistitium ex quattuor horis’ ‘MANDAT’], sed [‘Confoederatio Generalis Laboris Italiana’ (abbreviatione italica ‘Ce-Ge-I-eL’) et Confoederatio Laboris Italiana (abbreviatione ‘U-I-eL’) cum operistitio ‘PROCEDUNT’]. /// In die Iovis: ‘Confoederatio Generalis Laboris Italiana’ (abbreviatione italica ‘Ce-Ge-I-eL’) ‘CEDIT’. IN IRAQUIA. ‘Tres MINISTRI’ ‘in Iraquia’ ‘ABDICANT’. IN PAKISTANIA. ‘AFANICI’ ‘a Pakistania’ ‘in patriam’ ‘REVOCANT’. IN BIRMANIA. ‘Milia et milia hominum’ ‘pugnis’ ‘a Birmania’ ‘ad Indiam’ ‘FUGANTUR’. IN REPUBLICA POPULARI CONGENSIS. ‘GLOBUS armatorum nominatus ‘eM-Viginti tres’ (id est ‘Martii mensis Viginti tres’) ‘vicum Kishishe in oriente Rei Publicae Democraticae Congensis’ ‘RECUPERANT’. IN MADAGASCARIA. ‘Sex oppositioni politicae CANDIDATI’ ‘pro Comitiis pro Praesidente’ ‘in Madagascaria’ ‘ABDICANT’. IN FRANCIA. ‘Reclamationis TUMULTUS’ ‘de ex centum octogina milia hominum’ ‘contra antisemitismum’ ‘in Francia’ ‘FUIT’. // ‘Circa novem milia milium pauperorum’ ‘in Francia’ ‘SUNT’. // ‘Circa Trecenti nonaginta milia domorum’ ‘in Francia’ ‘cum convectris solaribus’ ‘SUNT’. IN CISIORDANIA. ‘In Cisiordania’ ‘bellum modestum’ ‘a septimo die Octobris mensis’ ‘propter Israelis incursiones’ ‘EST’. IN CYPRO. ‘CYPRUS’ ‘ostium’ ‘pro pecunia ex Russia ad Europam’ ‘EST’. IN ORBE TERRARUM. [‘NATIONES Unitae’ ‘MONET’] [[quod ‘orbis terrarum’ ‘ad clima protegendum’ ‘DEEST’]]. IN UCRAINA. Europa tela Ucrainae dimunuit. IN GERMANIA. ‘Centum milia ADMISSI illegitimi’ ‘hoc anno’ ‘in Germania’ ‘FUERUNT’. // De traminorum aurigarum operistitio in Germania. In die martis: ‘traminorum aurigarum OPERISTITIUM’ ‘in die Martis’ ‘ERIT’. // ‘Operistitii CAUSA’ ‘salarium’ ‘EST’. // ‘Vixdum unus ex octo germanici’ ‘ad ecclesiam’ ‘ASSISTUNT’. // ‘Semaphori COALITIO’ ‘domorum aedificationem’ ‘PROMOVET’. // ‘Sexaginta miliardum eurorum’ ‘pro climatis fisco’ ‘DESUNT’. // ‘OCCASIO LABORIS’ ‘in Germania’ ‘in cifra maxima’ ‘EST’. IN HISPANIA. Legatorum populi dignitatem Sánchez conferet. // Postridie, Sáncehz vincit. IN MEXICO. TRANSLATIONES ex Casandra Freire SUNT: Ebrad benevolentiam Sheinbaum praestat. Ille anterior cancellarius voluit manere apud Morenam. // Impugnant responsum removere fiduciarios. // Regimen quaerit habere quindecim milia decies. // Consilium "vaccinationis cum Patria deficit"; Non est paratum. ‘Xi Jinping et Andreas Emmanuel López Obrador’ ‘CONVENIUNTUR’. IN CILIA. ‘LEGATIONES’ ‘in Ministerio tributorum (abbreviatione hispanica ‘eS-I-I’)’ et ‘Commisione pro bursa’ (abbreviatione ‘Ce-eM-eF’) INVESTIGANT. IN ARGENTINA. ‘Inflationis monetalis DISCRIMEN’ ‘ad Massa’ ‘AFFICIT’. // ‘Dollarium’ ‘LIBERANT’. IN PARAGUAIA. ‘RAPINA ferox’ ‘contra Petropar’ ‘quinque annis’ ‘FUIT’. IN URAQUARIA. ‘Petrolei PLAUSTRARII’ ‘in operistitio’ ‘SUNT’. IN LUSITANIA. ‘Lusitani FILIA superstes’ ‘a Gaza’ ‘nondum’ ‘ERIPITUR’. IN BRASILIA. ‘Circa quadraginta sex centesimas’ ‘domuum in Brasilia’ ‘insalubres’ ‘SUNT’. IN MOZAMBICO. ‘Milia milium et milia milium puerorum’ ‘in orbe terrarum’ ‘sine vaccinus’ ‘contra morbullum’ ‘SUNT’. IN PROMUNTORIO VIRIDI. ‘POPULUS’ ‘nuntios’ ‘de terraemotu’ ‘in Brava’ ‘EXIGUNT’.

Populus is going to be the first carbon-positive hotel in America when it opens in Denver in 2024, which basically means it leaves the planet in a better place than before it existed because it's removing carbon dioxide (C02) emissions from the air. In this episode, we're going behind the scenes with the developer of the incredible project, Jon Buerge of Urban Villages, to hear all about how it got started and the opportunity it presents for all of us in hospitality.Follow Jon on LinkedInLearn more about Urban VillagesLearn more about the Populus from Studio Gang and dezeen What did you think about this episode? Join the Hospitality Daily community on LinkedIn and share your thoughts. If you care about hospitality, check out the Masters of Moments podcast where Jake Wurzak interviews top leaders in hospitality. His conversations with Bashar Wali and Matt Marquis are a great place to start, but also check out his solo episodes such as how he underwrites investment deals and a deep dive into GP fees you know about. Music by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands

On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Mel Mallinak, Executive Director of Business Development at The Populus Group. The Populus Group specialises in workforce management solutions for small, medium to Fortune 100 companies, including payroll, IC compliance, MSP, recruiting and foreign national sponsorships.During the episode Connor & Mel discuss:Mel's storySacrifices & work-life balanceWhat challenges The Populus Group solvesGrowth in payroll & IC compliance in the market – why?The situation with independent contractor compliance misclassification in the USATalent scarcity – the reason for it & how it can be solvedTax arbitrationIR35 for independent contractors – is anything similar in the USA?Talent screeningAutomation & AI – a force for good than more harm?Remote working – curse or cure?High investment in HR tech platforms and services in recent years – why? Predictions for future of workConnect with Mel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mel-mallinak-4572548/ Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/Visit The Populus Group's website: https://www.populusgroup.com/ Visit CXC's website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/

The West Texas sky island mountains sustain wondrous biodiversity, but there's one particularly graceful being concealed here: Populus tremuloides, the trembling aspen. New research into West Texas aspens could shed light on their history, and on the continent-wide story of this iconic species.

May the 4th be with you!  This week my good friend Jeff Munowitch of Populus is joining the show to talk about Star Wars! We talk about the top five transportation modes and our top five cities in a galaxy far far away.  Which ideas from science fantasy could be in our future? OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!  And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

While many swoon over its amber balsamic scent, the cottonwood tree (Populus spp.) is more than just a pretty smell. For thousands of years, cottonwood has been used as medicine and to make a variety of tools. I honestly can't imagine my life without this powerful tree and cottonwood bud oil (also called Balm of Gilead oil), which I use in practically all of my herbal salves, creams, and body butters. With this episode you'll also receive FREE access to a downloadable recipe card you can refer to again and again for how to make cottonwood bud oil of your own. After listening in, you'll know:► How to work with cottonwood bud oil medicinally► How I discovered that cottonwood is an amazing preservative► The super-cool way researchers studied Poplar trees as a potential treatment for warts… and the intriguing results► What you need to know to ethically harvest cottonwood Show snippet: “Cottonwood trees are water sentinels that offer healing gifts to all those around them including bees, mammals, fish, birds, and even the soils and waters they grow in.”----Get full show notes and more information at: herbswithrosaleepodcast.comFor more behind-the-scenes of this podcast, follow @rosaleedelaforet on Instagram!The secret to using herbs successfully begins with knowing who YOU are. Get started by taking my free Herbal Jumpstart course when you sign up for my newsletter.If you enjoy the Herbs with Rosalee podcast, we could use your support! Please consider leaving a 5-star rating and review and sharing the show with someone who needs to hear it!On the podcast, we explore the many ways plants heal, as food, as medicine, and through nature connection. Each week, I focus on a single seasonal plant and share trusted herbal knowledge so that you can get the best results when using herbs for your health.Learn more about Herbs with Rosalee at herbswithrosalee.com.----Rosalee is an herbalist and author of the bestselling book Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods & Remedies That Heal and co-author of the bestselling book Wild Remedies: How to Forage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine. She's a registered herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and teaches many popular online courses. Read about how Rosalee went from having a terminal illness to being a bestselling author in her full story here.

Today's episode with Bobby is packed with great nuggets, I took two pages of notes! He is full of wisdom and I enjoyed every minute of our conversation. We talk about how he views “Team 1” verse “Team 2” and how that helps him win at home. Along those same lines, he doesn't call his employees “employees” but Climbers! And how he describes that is pretty darn powerful. I hope you have a pen handy because I'm definitely glad I did. Enjoy.   In this episode, you'll discover…  What is the key trait to win at home and at work? (1:06) How do you filter things you say ‘yes' to? (5:30) How do you personally merge faith and business? (14:14) Bobby describes his story with struggle. (18:47) Your identity is not tied up in perfect marriage, parenthood, or company. (25:45)   Bobby's Bio:  Bobby Herrera is the author of The Gift of Struggle, a book about leadership and the life-changing lessons we learn through our struggles. He is also the co-founder and president of Populus Group. With a passion for building strong culture and communities through trust and storytelling, his leadership style is about empowerment, connections, and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to succeed. Bobby grew up in a big family with parents who immigrated to America without much. While this is not an uncommon story, the leadership style and company culture that it inspired is. The belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to succeed is at the core of Bobby's philosophy in business and in life. Everyone has struggles and business leaders are no exception. Bobby's passion is helping others understand how their individual struggles can help them connect with their communities and inspire others is what will ultimately transform their leadership style. Bobby is a proud Army veteran and currently lives in Portland, Oregon.   What's Next?  Rise and Go is HERE!

Recommend this show by sharing the link: pod.link/2Pages When I first published The Advice Trap back in 2022, it was accompanied by a bonus course I created called ‘The Year of Living Brilliantly.' Fifty-two different teachers, each teaching one powerful lesson on video. If you've been a participant, you'll know today's guest because his episode is one of the most popular. If you haven't taken the course yet, you're in luck - you're about to meet one of its brilliant faculty members.  Bobby Herrera is the author of The Gift of Struggle, a short, excellent book on leadership, and the co-founder and President of Populus Group. Populus is Latin for ‘people,' and that is absolutely where Bobby's focus is. Get‌ ‌book‌ ‌links‌ ‌and‌ ‌resources‌ ‌at‌ https://www.mbs.works/2-pages-podcast/  Bobby reads two pages from ‘The Wisdom Pyramid' by Brett McCracken. [reading begins at 8:44]   Hear us discuss:  Discerning what knowledge should be applied. [12:36] | “I've simply stopped focusing on anything that I can't control.” [16:18] | How to both stand out and fit in. [18:39] | The art of surrendering power. [21:02] | Learning to sit with betrayal: “I've come to expect disappointment.” [23:30] | Remaining whole while being committed to giving: “Two's a trend.” [27:08]

Chase and Remmington go over things happening around the world that you should know about and get started talking about the last part of Creativity Inc.

This week we have our work cut out for us. The black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) is our tree of topic, and there's no getting around it: it's an emotional roller coaster that pulls us in every direction at once. Listen in and make your own opinions on this complicated tree, and stick around for the second round of the Tournament of Champion Trees, with Tobin Mitnik as our guest. Completely Arbortrary is produced by Alex Crowson and Casey Clapp Artwork - Jillian Barthold Music - Aves & The Mini Vandals Join the Cone of the Month Club patreon.com/arbortrarypod Follow our Instagram @arbortrarypod --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/completely-arbortrary/support