Podcasts about Robert Lowe

This event was the launch of Dr Marouf Cabi's latest book 'Iranian Kurdistan Under the Islamic Republic: Change, Revolution, and Resistance' published by I.B. Tauris. Cabi presents a social, political, cultural, and socioeconomic history of Iranian Kurdistan since the 1979 Revolution. In this study, Marouf Cabi shines a spotlight on the modern history of Iranian Kurdistan – an area of Greater Kurdistan understudied in comparison to its regions in Syria and Iraq. The book provides a historical narrative and analysis of Kurdistan since the Revolution. It addresses key changes and events in detail, such as the participation of the Kurds in the Revolution, the reinvigoration of the Kurdish movements and the emergence of the women's movement, the armed struggle of the 1980s, socioeconomic and political change of the 1990s, and the emergence of civil society since 2000. Cabi draws on extensive primary sources, including oral history, various newspapers, journals, and books published during the period. Meet our speakers and chair Marouf Cabi is a Visiting Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre. He received his PhD in History from the University of St Andrews, UK, and is a social and cultural historian of modern Iran. He is author of 'The Formation of Modern Kurdish Society in Iran: Modernity, Modernization, and Social Change 1921-1979' (2022). Kamran Matin is a Reader in International Relations in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex where he teaches international history, international theory, and Middle East politics. He is the author of 'Recasting Iranian Modernity: International Relations and Social Change' (Routledge, 2013) and co-editor of 'Historical Sociology and World History: Uneven and Combined Development over the Longue Durée' (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2016). Robert Lowe is Deputy Director of the LSE Middle East Centre and Co-editor of the Kurdish Studies Series, published by I.B. Tauris. His main research interest is Kurdish politics, with particular focus on the Kurdish movements in Syria.

Join Justin as he chats with vocalist Robert Lowe about trouble making in his youth in Texas, growing up on horror movies, the origins of Solitude Aeturnus, landing the gig singing for Candlemass, Manowar, and more!Robert Lowe bio:Robert Lowe is an American singer. Lowe was brought into the band Solitude Aeturnus by his friend Lyle Steadham in 1988, replacing Kris Gabehardt. He is also the main lyricist on later albums. Lowe also appeared as a session singer on the first Last Chapter album. In 1996, he sings on the debut album by trio out of Arlington, Texas: Liquid Sound Company: "Exploring the Psychedelic".On January 22, 2007, Leif Edling announced Lowe to be the main vocalist for the band Candlemass, and Lowe recorded the albums King of the Grey Islands (2007), Death Magic Doom (2009), and Psalms for the Dead (2012). He also appeared on EP Lucifer Rising (2008). He was the band's longest serving vocalist after Messiah Marcolin. On June 2, 2012, Lowe left Candlemass.Monsters, Madness and Magic Official Website. Monsters, Madness and Magic on Linktree.Monsters, Madness and Magic on Instagram.Monsters, Madness and Magic on Facebook.Monsters, Madness and Magic on Twitter.Monsters, Madness and Magic on YouTube.

In this occasional series exploring modular synthesis and live performance, William Stokes talks to Tony Rolando, electronic musician and founder of modular company Make Noise. Tony talks about his beginnings in the industry and how Make Noise has relaunched in 2025 with a new team and a brand new module release, which he then showcases in an exclusive performance alongside four additional modules.Chapters00:00 - Introduction05:22 - Creating Social Media Posts12:10 - Recent Innovations In Modular14:02 - Revisioning Jettisoned Music Technology21:08 - Module 1: Maths 30:17 - Module 2: Morphagene47:42 - Module 3: Qpas 57:57 - Module 4: Bruxa01:12:52 - Module 5: New Universal Synthesizer System01:27:40 - The PerformanceTony Rolando BiogTony Rolando is a self-taught musician and electronic musical instrument designer who started his career building electronics for artists, such as the light controlled mixer for Simon Lee's “Bus Obscura,” working for Moog Music and playing in bands. He has recently released music with Important Records and the Asheville, NC based Ceremony of Seasons.Tony is the founder, lead designer and co-owner of Make Noise, a modular synth company launched in 2008, known for modules such as the Morphagene and 0-Coast, popular with artists like Thom Yorke and Robert Lowe, aka Lichens. They operate out of Asheville, NC and have global distribution through a number of music tech dealers.https://tonyrolando.bandcamp.com/www.makenoisemusic.comWilliam Stokes BiogWilliam Stokes is a producer, writer and artist in three-piece avant-psych band Voka Gentle. As well as being a critic and columnist for Sound On Sound, conceiving the popular Talkback column and heading up the Modular column, he has also written on music and music technology for The Guardian, MOJO, The Financial Times, Electronic Sound and more. As an artist in Voka Gentle he has made records with producers from Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Grizzly Bear, Nick Cave) to Sam Petts-Davies (Radiohead, The Smile, Roger Waters), has had songs featured on franchises from FIFA Football to The Sims and has toured across the UK, Europe and the USA, playing festivals from Pitchfork Avant-Garde in Paris to SXSW in Austin, Texas. He has collaborated with artists including the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, Morcheeba, Panda Bear and Sonic Boom. Alongside being a guitarist and pianist, he is a synthesis enthusiast with a particular interest in sampling and explorative sound manipulation. As a producer and engineer, he has made albums with acclaimed avant-garde musicians from composer Tullis Rennie to Mute Records artist Louis Carnell. “I'm always seeking out the most ‘out-there', experimental, risk-taking musicians I can find to work with,” he says, “to capture vibrant, detailed recordings and create three-dimensional mixes of music that might otherwise struggle to know where to begin in the studio environment.” Stokes currently lectures in Music Production at City, University of London.https://www.vokagentle.com/Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts

•Curtis (C. Barry) Martin remembers...when Gospel music...was the stepchild in modern music of all the genres!  It was his team's task to put our line of artists in every chain, Distributor/ One Stop/record store/bookstore in America and worldwide! •C. Barry called the major chain stores; Tower Records, Turtles, Strawberrys, Musicland, and others! As BeBe & CeCe began to break, The Winans, Richard Smallwood, The Clark Sisters, Tramaine Hawkins, Darly Coley, The Hawkins Family, Kurt Carr, Trin-nit-tee 5:7, A-1 Swift, PID, Ron Kenoly, West Angeles...Saints In Praise Series, 1, 2 and 3. Gospel Gangtaz, Mom & Pop Winans, Vickie Winans, Norman Hutchins to name a few; the Game Changed.  •Vicky Mack Lataillade came to Nashville talked with C. Barry about two artists she was considering, she was just beginning their labels, Claude & Vicki's, Gospo-Centric Records / B-Rite Records. She could only choose 1 artist...Kirk Franklin.  Elroy Smith on V103 in Chicago an Urban station played “Why We Sing” once, the phones lit up.....and the rest is History - 18 Gold Albums and 3 Platinum Albums/CD'S! •Now...The Orchard Promotional Firm...C. Barry's company of 28 years.  Our biggest Hit..."Falling In Love With Jesus" "Run And Tell That" "Don't Let The Devil Ride." Making history with The Bowmans, Tim Sr. & Jr., The Williams Brothers, Rev. Robert Lowe & The MoriahCity Singers, Tiffany Bynoe and I will stop right there because there is so much more! •Please send Let's Talk: Gospel Music Gold an email sharing your thoughts about this show segment also if you have any suggestions of future guests you would like to hear on the show. Send the email to ⁠⁠letstalk2gmg@gmail.com⁠⁠ •You may Subscribe to be alerted when the newest episode is published. Subscribe on Spotify and we will know you are a regular listener. All previous Seasons of guests are still live; check out some other Podcast Episodes •LET'S TALK: GOSPEL MUSIC GOLD RADIO SHOW AIRS SATURDAY MORNING 9:00 AM CST / 10:00 AM EST ON INTERNET RADIO STATION WMRM-DB AND WJRG RADIO INTERNET RADIO STATION 12:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM CST •Both the Podcast and Radio shows are heard anywhere in the World on the Internet! •BOOK ENTITLED •"Legacy of James C. Chambers And his Contributions to Gospel Music History " Available on Amazon.com!

In this episode of the BulkLoads Podcast, guest Steve Perryman talks about explosive trucking company growth, sharing insights from his tenure at Prime and Christensen. Steve emphasizes strategic financial monitoring, the value of executive coaching, and the importance of understanding business metrics. The conversation also covers Prime's disciplined growth strategy and the relevance of having a strong business plan. Watch this episode on YouTube & Subscribe! https://youtu.be/fO4YsBmdmwM Free Video Shoot From BulkLoads? https://links.bulkloads.com/widget/form/bfbbWKvA8xQZJKKYfc2Z   2025 Bulk Freight Conference   2025 BulkLoads Calendar Submission   Steven Perryman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sperrycpa/   How can we pray for you? Email us: prayer@bulkloads.com Check out our companies!  BulkLoads - https://www.bulkloads.com/ Insurance - https://www.bulkinsurancegroup.com/ Factoring - https://www.smartfreightfunding.com/  Transportation Management (TMS) - https://www.bulktms.com/ Permitting- https://www.bulkloads.com/tools/permitting/ Timestamp 00:00 Frank oversees purchasing; shared successful trucking practices. 08:53 Moved to Springfield for Smitty supermarkets job. 14:44 Robert Lowe's success: dump truck to trucking business. 20:54 Successful people rely on private, honest confidants. 23:33 Real-time financial tracking ensures timely strategic decisions. 27:26 Small trucking companies benefit from strategic planning. 36:01 Time for growth and giving back initiatives. 41:06 Clarify goals and readiness for strategic growth. 46:53 Comprehensive business analysis including customers, operations, insurance. 51:41 Entrepreneurs need a trustworthy advisor for balance. 55:11 Seeking support to make better business decisions. 01:01:30 Prayer in workplace encouraged, became a practice. 01:04:43 Support, subscribe, and share Bulk Loads podcast.

This event, as part of the LSE Middle East Centre's Kurdish Studies Series, was the launch of Mustafa Kemal Topal's latest book 'Women Fighters in the Kurdish National Movement: Transforming Gender Politics and the PKK' published by I.B. Tauris. This book examines how the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has become a platform for shifts in gender politics through its women fighters. Based on fieldwork undertaken in Iraq, Syria and Europe - including in-depth interviews and participant observation within women's camps - the book examines Kurdish women fighters' motivations to join the PKK, as well as their personal life stories and views on gender, patriarchy, and ethnic minority experiences. This is the largest ethnographic study on the PKK to date and the book argues that in addition to seeking their nation's struggle for survival and a democratic society, Kurdish women fighters are driven by the prospect of improving conditions for themselves and for women across the entire region. Meet the speaker Mustafa Kemal Topal is Assistant Professor at the Roskilde University in Denmark, where he also received his PhD. He is a fellow at the Bergen University in Norway, having been awarded the Independent Research Fund Denmark International's Postdoctoral Grant for his new project ‘Kurdish Women's Democratic Experiment in Post-Conflict Northern Syria'. This event was moderated by Robert Lowe. Robert Lowe is Deputy Director of the LSE Middle East Center and Co-Editor of the LSE Middle East Centre's Kurdish Studies Series published by I.B. Tauris. His main research interest is Kurdish politics, with particular focus on the Kurdish movements in Syria.

Today's poem (from an oft-maligned poet) makes frequent appearances in poetry anthologies for children, but hides a satisfying subtlety.Colley Cibber (6 November 1671 – 11 December 1757) was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate. His colourful memoir An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber (1740) describes his life in a personal, anecdotal and even rambling style. He wrote 25 plays for his own company at Drury Lane, half of which were adapted from various sources, which led Robert Lowe and Alexander Pope, among others, to criticise his "miserable mutilation" of "crucified Molière [and] hapless Shakespeare".He regarded himself as first and foremost an actor and had great popular success in comical fop parts, while as a tragic actor he was persistent but much ridiculed. Cibber's brash, extroverted personality did not sit well with his contemporaries, and he was frequently accused of tasteless theatrical productions, shady business methods, and a social and political opportunism that was thought to have gained him the laureateship over far better poets. He rose to ignominious fame when he became the chief target, the head Dunce, of Alexander Pope's satirical poem The Dunciad.Cibber's poetical work was derided in his time and has been remembered only for being poor. His importance in British theatre history rests on his being one of the first in a long line of actor-managers, on the interest of two of his comedies as documents of evolving early 18th-century taste and ideology, and on the value of his autobiography as a historical source. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

This event, as part of the LSE Middle East Centre's Kurdish Studies Series, was the launch of 'Voices That Matter: Kurdish Women at the Limits of Representation in Contemporary Turkey' by Marlene Schäfers, published by the University of Chicago Press. In Turkey, recent decades have seen Kurdish voices gain increasing moral and political value as metaphors of representation and resistance. Women's voices, in particular, are understood as a means to withstand patriarchal restrictions and political oppression. By tracing the transformations in how Kurdish women relate to and employ their voices as a result of these shifts, Schäfers illustrates how contemporary politics foster not only new hopes and desires but also create novel vulnerabilities as they valorize, elicit, and discipline voice in the name of empowerment and liberation. Marlene Schäfers is Assistant Professor in Cultural Anthropology at Utrecht University. Schäfers' research focuses on the impact of state violence on intimate and gendered lives, the politics of death and the afterlife, and the intersections of affect and politics. She specializes in the anthropology of the Kurdish regions and modern Turkey. Robert Lowe is Deputy Director of the LSE Middle East Centre. He is Co-Convenor of the Centre's Kurdish Studies Series, as well as Co-Editor of the Kurdish Studies Series, published by I.B. Tauris. His main research interest is Kurdish politics, with particular focus on the Kurdish movements in Syria.

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Carleen Patterson welcomes Seth Cole and Robert Lowe, Alliant, to discuss the emerging risks and challenges within the water and sewer insurance market. The team examines quasi-governmental entities and the benefits and challenges their structure.

Dental podcast: Welcome to DentalTalk. I'm Dr. Phil Klein. Today we'll be discussing clinical considerations and the benefits for using warmed composites when placing direct bonded dental restorations. Our guest is Dr. Robert Lowe, who maintains a part time private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina. He publishes and lectures internationally on aesthetic and restorative dentistry.

This event, as part of the LSE Middle East Centre's Kurdish Studies Series, was the launch of Francis O'Connor's latest book 'Understanding Insurgency: Popular Support for the PKK in Turkey' published by Cambridge University Press. No insurgent movement can survive without some degree of popular support, but what does it mean to support an armed group? Focusing on the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), which has come to global attention in recent years for its efforts in resisting ISIS in Iraq and Syria, but has been present and active in the region for much longer, Francis O'Connor explores the first three decades of the PKK's insurgency in Turkey. Looking at how the relationship between armed groups and their supporters should be conceptually understood, how this relationship varies spatially and what role violence has in their relationship, O'Connor draws on Civil War, Social Movements and Rebel Governance literatures to outline how the PKK survived a military coup in 1980 and slowly won popular support through incipient forms of rebel governance, the targeted use of violence and a nuanced projection of its ideology and objectives. In doing so, the book provides an historical narrative to an organisation which has managed to successfully resist NATO's second largest army with limited weapons for decades and has become a key player of Kurdish rights in the wider region. Francis O'Connor is a Marie Curie Skłodowska Post-Doctoral Fellow in Rural Sociology at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. His research addresses the grey-area between violent and non-violent mobilization. He particularly focuses on the relationship between insurgent movements and their supporters: his current project Routinised Insurgent Space looks at the spatial dynamics of insurgent support in the cases of the PKK in Turkey and the M-19 in Colombia. He is a member of the Centre of Social Movement Studies at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, Italy, a member of the International Expert Network for the Right-wing Terrorism and Violence in Western Europe Dataset and sits on the Advisory Academic Board for The Commentaries. He has published on insurgent movements in Turkey, Mexico and Colombia, anti-austerity protest in Europe, lone-actor radicalisation and social movement mobilisation in secessionist referendums. Robert Lowe is Deputy Director of the LSE Middle East Centre and Co-Editor of the Kurdish Studies Series published by I.B. Tauris. His main research interest is Kurdish politics, with particular focus on the Kurdish movements in Syria.

In May, 1855, Miss Nightingale decided to go to the Crimea, to inspect the hospitals there. In the six months spent at Scutari, she had brought its hospitals into excellent condition; now she felt that she must see what was being done and what still needed to be done elsewhere. Accordingly she set sail in the ship Robert Lowe, accompanied by her faithful friend Mr. Bracebridge, who, with his admirable wife, had come out with her from England, and had been... #story #kidstory AcreSoft Story Classic ✝️❣️

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This webinar, as part of the LSE Middle East Centre's Kurdish Studies Series, was the launch of Marouf Cabi's latest book 'The Formation of Modern Kurdish Society in Iran: Modernity, Modernization and Social Change 1921-1979' published by Bloomsbury Publishing. Although the Kurds have attracted widespread international attention, Iranian Kurdistan has been largely overlooked. This book examines the consequences of modernity and modernisation for Iran's Kurdish society in the 20th century. Marouf Cabi argues that while state-led modernisation integrated the Kurds in modern Iran, the homogenisation of identity and culture also resulted in their vigorous pursuit of their political and cultural rights. Focusing on the dual process of state-led modernisation and homogenisation of identity and culture, Cabi examines the consequences of modernity and modernisation for the socioeconomic, cultural, and political structures as well as for gender relations. It is the consequences of this dynamic dual process that explains the modern structures of Iran's Kurdish society, on the one hand, and its intimate relationship with Iran as a historical, geographical, and political entity, on the other. Using Persian, Kurdish and English sources, the book explores the transformation of Kurdish society between the Second World War and the 1979 Iranian Revolution, with a special focus on the era of the 'White Revolution' during the 1960s and 1970s. Marouf Cabi is a historian focusing on Iran and its ethnic structures from World War II to present day. His most recent articles include “The Roots and the Consequences of the Iranian Revolution: A Kurdish Perspective” (2020) and “The Duality of Official and Local: Historical and Intellectual Foundations” (2021) both published in Middle East Studies. His PhD (2019) thesis explores the impact of the modernisation of Iran on twentieth-century Kurdish society. He has taught both undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Introduction to Middle Eastern History and Middle Eastern Cultural and Literary Contexts at the University of St Andrews. He also regularly presents his research in Kurdish and Iranian communities in Europe. For more on his works see https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7259-4504. Robert Lowe is Deputy Director of the Middle East Centre and co-convenor of the Centre's Kurdish Studies Series. His main research interest is Kurdish politics, with particular focus on the Kurdish movement in Syria. Robert was Manager and Research Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House from 2001–2010. He held a Research Fellowship from The Leverhulme Trust from 2008 to 2010 and was an Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, from 2008 to 2010.

Dental podcast: Welcome to DentalTalk. I'm Dr. Phil Klein. Today, in the second and final part of this series, we'll be discussing how to handle challenges with management of the soft tissues during master impression, placement of direct restorations, and cementation of indirect restorations. Facilitating a consistent post operative homecare regimen will also be discussed. Our guest is Dr. Robert Lowe, who maintains a part time private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina. He publishes and lectures internationally on aesthetic and restorative dentistry.

On this episode: Henry Cavill will be busy for the next decade, the return of Hayao Miyazaki, and The Matrix returns bigger than ever. Plus! Hideo Kojima tests the waters of a Hollywood production, and are Millennials killing the medieval epic film industry? Ridley Scott thinks so. Also, move over Martin Scorsese, a real Blackfoot movie is in the works, and eat your heart out, Jared Leto critics… the Leto-sance is upon us. In news: Henry Cavill, The Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski, Game of Thrones, book nerds, LOTR video game, Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man playstation 2 games, Hayao Miyazaki, How do You Live, Genzaburo Yashino, The Rolling Stones, Matrix Resurrections, The Matrix in IMAX, Dune, Oshkosh Wisconsin, The Red Museum, Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear Solid, Death Stranding, Bandersnatch, Stones at the MAX, Fantasia 2000, Ridley Scott, WTF with Marc Maron, The Last Duel, Adam Driver, Matt Damon, Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon, woke check, Blackfoot tribal movie, Stormee Kipp, Sooyii, Reservation Dogs, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Apocalypto, Mel Gibson, Woody Harrelson, Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Kevin Spacey, Jared Leto, House of Gucci, 30 Seconds to Mars, Robert Pattinson, The Little Things, Fight Club, Mobius, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Robert Downey Jr, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man, Robert Lowe, Rob Lowe, Jon Favreau, Parks and Recreation, Wayne's World, Macaulay Culkin, Marlon Brando, Dennis Quaid, Tim Allen, Randy Quaid, James Woods,  http://www.MCFCpodcast.comEmail us at MCFCpodcast@gmail.com    Leave us a voicemail (209) 730-6010Joseph Navarro    Pete Abeyta   and Tyler Noe    Streaming Picks:Tommy Boy - NetflixKnives Out - Amazon PrimeLast Action Hero - NetflixLeon the Professional - NetflixBerserk (series) - YoutubeDexter: New Blood - ShowtimeThe Bourne Supremacy - HBO MaxGone Girl - HuluHorns - Tubi, PlutoThe Princess Bride - Amazon PrimeDaughters of Darkness - Tubi, ArrowPaths of Glory - DirecTV YouTube $3.99 rental

In the forty-fourth episode of Season 4 (The Horror, The Horror) Kyle is joined by fellow podcaster Robert Lowe (of the 30-Year-Old Boomer Cast) and multi-instrumentalist Ben Childs to discuss the immersion into puritanical realities and fears in Robert Egger's highly detailed and fully realized period piece The Witch.

This event, as part of the LSE Middle East Centre's Kurdish Studies Series, was a launch for Cengiz Çandar's latest book 'Turkey's Mission Impossible: War and Peace with the Kurds'. The founding of a Turkish nation-state in Asia Minor brought with it the denial of the distinct Kurdish identity in its midst, giving birth to an intractable problem that led to intermittent Kurdish revolts and culminated in the enduring insurgency of the PKK. The Kurdish question is perceived as a mortal threat for the survival of Turkey. In this book, Çandar weaves an account of the encounter between Turkey and the Kurds in historical perspective with special emphasis on failed peace processes. Providing a unique historical record of the authoritarian, centralist and ultra-nationalist—rather than Islamist—nature of the Turkish state rooted in the last decades of the Ottoman period and finally manifested in Erdoğan's “New Turkey,” Çandar challenges stereotyped and conventional views on the Turkey of today and tomorrow. This book combines scholarly research with the memoirs of a participant observer, revealing the author's first-hand knowledge of developments acquired over a lifetime devoted to the resolution of perhaps the most complex problem of the Middle East. Cengiz Çandar is a distinguished visiting scholar at the Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies. He is a scholar and journalist, and a leading expert in Turkey on the Middle East. As President Turgut Özal's advisor in the 1990s, Çandar was the main architect of the Turkish-Kurdish rapprochement initiative. Robert Lowe is Deputy Director of the Middle East Centre and co-founder of the LSE Middle East Centre's Kurdish Studies Series. He joined the Centre when it opened in 2010. Robert is responsible for running the Centre's operations, research activities, fundraising and development. He oversees the events and publications programmes, research projects and public outreach. His main research interest is Kurdish politics, with particular focus on the Kurdish movement in Syria.

What do ancient Etruscans, Aikido, and seeing new things in familiar places all have in common? They're all part of The Improv Mind. In part 2 of our interview with Robert Lowe we talk about the importance of being present, honest, and Chip's childhood performances.

Dental podcast: Welcome to DentalTalk. I'm Dr. Phil Klein. This is part 1 of a two part series that will explore tissue management techniques for the dentist and patient with the goal of optimizing dental prosthetic outcomes. Today, we will discuss preprosthetic tissue management regimens for the patient, diagnosis and periodontal evaluation, and biologic provisionalization as a key to optimize tissue health.Our guest is Dr. Robert Lowe, who maintains a part time private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dental podcast: Welcome to DentalTalk. I'm Dr. Phil Klein. This is part 1 of a two part series that will explore tissue management techniques for the dentist and patient with the goal of optimizing dental prosthetic outcomes. Today, we will discuss preprosthetic tissue management regimens for the patient, diagnosis and periodontal evaluation, and biologic provisionalization as a key to optimize tissue health.Our guest is Dr. Robert Lowe, who maintains a part time private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Chip and John are joined by a pioneer of improv in Atlanta, Robert Lowe. Robert teaches us his four tenets of improv and how Atlanta's very first improv workshop and live show came to be.

In this week's episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Inês Azevedo, an associate professor of energy resources engineering at Stanford University, a senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, and a fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy. Azevedo publishes on a very wide range of topics, but the conversation in this episode focuses on her work that examines the effects of particulate matter emissions from the power sector and how those emissions affect public health. Azevedo describes where the emissions come from, how the pollution affects different parts of the country, how effects vary across racial and demographic characteristics, and much more. References and recommendations: “Fine Particulate Air Pollution from Electricity Generation in the US: Health Impacts by Race, Income, and Geography” by Maninder P. S. Thind, Christopher W. Tessum, Inês L. Azevedo, and Julian D. Marshall; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.9b02527 “Optimizing Emissions Reductions from the U.S. Power Sector for Climate and Health Benefits” by Brian J. Sergi, Peter J. Adams, Nicholas Z. Muller, Allen L. Robinson, Steven J. Davis, Julian D. Marshall, and Inês L. Azevedo; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.9b06936 “Energy Efficiency: What Has Research Delivered in the Last 40 Years?” by Harry D. Saunders, Joyashree Roy, Inês M. L. Azevedo, Debalina Chakravarty, Shyamasree Dasgupta, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Angela Druckman, Roger Fouquet, Michael Grubb, Boqiang Lin, Robert Lowe, Reinhard Madlener, Daire M. McCoy, Luis Mundaca, Tadj Oreszczyn, Steven Sorrell, David Stern, Kanako Tanaka, and Taoyuan Wei; https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-environ-012320-084937 Collaborative late-night show episodes about climate change; https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/23/arts/television/late-night-climate-change.html Many recent blog posts from Resources for the Future about fuel economy standards, machine learning, smart thermostats, and the Clean Electricity Performance Program on the Resources website; https://www.resources.org/

In the premiere of Season 4 (The Horror, The Horror) Kyle is joined by fellow podcaster Ben Thelen (of the Dead Reckoner podcast) and new guest Robert Lowe (of the 30 Year Old Boomercast) to discuss the first official full length narrative Horror, Robert Wiene's twisted artifice of German post-war anxiety in the maddening The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Last month, the Senate passed a $250 billion bipartisan tech and manufacturing bill aimed at countering China. The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act is not only one of the largest industrial bills in U.S. history, but it could be also be one of the last major bipartisan bills of 2021. While this amount of investment may be impressive, serious questions are being raised about whether America has the infrastructure in place to drive tangible results and if much of the investment will just be wasted. Robert Lowe is the CEO of Wellspring and he joined the podcast to discuss why this investment is much needed and what steps can be taken to avoid it becoming an albatross.

La Tienda De Biblioteca Del Metal: Encontraras, Ropa, Accesorios,Decoracion, Ect... Todo Relacionado Al Podcats Biblioteca Del Metal Y Al Mundo Del Heavy Metal. Descubrela!!!!!! Ideal Para Llevarte O Regalar Productos Del Podcats De Ivoox. (Por Tiempo Limitado) https://teespring.com/es/stores/biblioteca-del-metal-1 Candlemass es una reconocida banda de doom metal proveniente de Estocolmo, Suecia, fundada en 1984 por el bajista y principal compositor Leif Edling. Es considerada la banda progenitora del estilo epic doom, por implementar voces limpias y operáticas entre tenores y barítonos, gracias a los principales cantantes que han sido parte de la agrupación, como Johan Längqvist, Robert Lowe y especialmente Messiah Marcolin. Tras varios cambios en su formación, finalmente se unieron a la banda los guitarristas Lars "Lasse" Johansson, Mats "Mappe" Björkman y el baterista Jan Lindh, quienes junto a Leif Edling y el vocalista Messiah Marcolin completaron la formación clásica de Candlemass, la cual grabó los álbumes Nightfall (1987), Ancient Dreams (1988), Tales of Creation (1989) y Candlemass (2005). Candlemass es, además, el séptimo mejor artista en ventas proveniente de Suecia, vendiendo hasta 2010 más de 15 millones de álbumes alrededor del mundo. Originalmente la agrupación solía llamarse Nemesis cuando en 1982 Leif Edling, quien por entonces también se desempeñaba como cantante, reclutó a los guitarristas Anders Wallin y Christian Weberyd junto al baterista Mats Ekström. Fue en 1984 después de haber publicado un demo y un EP, que Leif Edling decide cambiar el nombre de la banda por Candlemass, en el proceso Anders Wallin abandona la banda y al año siguiente Christian Weberyd también se retira, es entonces cuando Leif y Mats Ekström deciden reclutar en 1985 al guitarrista Mats "Mappe" Björkman para comenzar a trabajar en su álbum debut Epicus Doomicus Metallicus. El primer álbum de Candlemass, publicado en 1986 es considerado ampliamente como un hito en la escena del doom metal, cuyo título no solo bautiza al nuevo estilo creado por ellos, sino también al doom metal en general, pues si bien ya se había estado gestando desde 1970 gracias a Black Sabbath, no fue sino hasta más de una década después que recibió un nombre propio. Fue el padre de Mats Ekström quien diseñó la característica portada del disco y que ha servido como el logo de la banda desde entonces. La formación del grupo en dicho disco consistía en Leif Edling en el bajo, Mats Ekström en la batería, Mats "Mappe" Björkman en la guitarra y Johan Längqvist como cantante. La voz del barítono Johan Längqvist sirvió para que la banda comenzara a forjarse una identidad única en el mundo del heavy metal, a pesar de ello y del rápido ascenso de la reputación del grupo, nunca hizo parte formalmente de la banda aún después de la insistencia y del esfuerzo de los músicos para que permaneciera con ellos, por tal motivo Candlemass se vio en la obligación de buscar un nuevo cantante de tiempo completo, poniendo su atención en el joven Bror Jan Alfredo Marcolin, mejor conocido como Messiah Marcolin, quien recién había dejado la banda Mercy en donde aparte de cantar y escribir también tocaba la batería. En lugar de audicionar frente a ellos, cantó algunos temas del Epicus Doomicus Metallicus por teléfono mientras la madre de Marcolin sostenía el auricular, impresionados por su desempeño inmediatamente le ofrecieron el puesto como nuevo cantante mientras el guitarrista líder Lars "Lasse" Johansson también era reclutado junto al nuevo baterista Jan Lindh, dando así inicio a la formación clásica de la banda. El siguiente álbum que grabaron fue Nightfall (1987), reconocido como uno de los mejores discos de doom metal jamás realizados y el cual dio una nueva dimensión al grupo debido al cambio en la formación. Los siguientes álbumes fueron Ancient Dreams (1988) y Tales of Creation (1989). En 1990 un disco en directo vio la luz. Por esa época, las diferencias comenzaron a surgir entre los miembros del grupo, terminando en la decisión de Messiah Marcolin de abandonar la banda. Después de la salida de Marcolin, Candlemass reclutó al futuro cantante de Therion, Thomas Vikström, para grabar el disco Chapter VI (1992). El disco no tuvo mucho éxito, y tras poco tiempo el grupo se disolvió, principalmente por la decisión de Leif de formar otro proyecto llamado Abstrakt Algebra. El proyecto no salió todo lo bien que Leif hubiera deseado, resultando ser una gran pérdida de dinero. Por ello Leif resucitó el nombre de Candlemass, junto a una formación completamente nueva para grabar dos nuevos discos de estudio: Dactylis Glomerata (1998) (al parecer es el nombre científico de una planta a la que Leif Edling es alérgico) en donde contó con el apoyo del guitarrista Michael Amott y From the 13th Sun (1999). Sin tener el éxito de anteriores álbumes, estos discos fueron muy bien recibidos por la crítica y el público, a pesar de que la voz más "sucia" y "rasposa" del vocalista Björn Flodkvist había ofrecido un cambio de estilo notorio. En el año 2002, la formación clásica de Candlemass decidieron reagruparse, lanzándose a una gira por Europa que tuvo un gran éxito entre los fanes, resultando en la grabación de un disco en directo. Sus primeros discos fueron remasterizados (Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, Nightfall, Ancient Dreams y Tales of Creation), junto con el lanzamiento de un DVD, titulado Documents of Doom, con material nunca visto de uno de los conciertos de la banda. Finalmente, la formación clásica reunida una vez más con Messiah Marcolin trabajó en un nuevo disco de estudio, y tras muchos problemas, en los que el grupo se declaró disuelto un par de veces, lanzaron en 2005 el álbum homónimo Candlemass, con el cual ganaron un Grammy sueco ese mismo año pero Marcolin abandonó la banda una vez más al año siguiente. También existe una edición especial de dicho disco que cuenta con la participación del exvocalista de Black Sabbath, Tony Martin en algunas canciones. En reemplazo de Messiah Marcolin entró el cantante Robert Lowe, líder de los también pioneros del epic doom Solitude Aeturnus en 2006, con quienes grabó los aclamados álbumes King of the Grey Islands (2007), Death Magic Doom (2009) y Psalms for the Dead (2012), considerado el disco final de la agrupación. No obstante y después de 6 años como miembro de la agrupación, Robert fue expulsado de la banda en el 2012 por la tensión que provocaba sobre los demás al no memorizar las letras de las canciones, llegando incluso a leerlas de un cuaderno mientras aún se encontraba sobre la tarima, ​ a pesar de que él mismo afirma ser el mejor cantante que la banda ha tenido. Como reemplazo de Robert entró a la agrupación el vocalista Mats Levén, antiguo integrante de la banda de Yngwie Malmsteen, y quien estuvo presente en la banda en 2006 después de la salida de Messiah Marcolin mientras se definía el futuro de la banda. Actualmente se desempeña como el principal cantante de las giras de la agrupación, quienes en el 2016 decidieron por primera vez embarcarse en un tour por América Latina, una región poco explorada por el doom metal en donde se presentarán en el mes de abril por México, Colombia, Perú, Chile, Argentina y Brasil. El 3 de junio de este año (2016) salió un EP de cuatro canciones titulado "Death Thy Lover" a través de Napalm Records. El pasado mes de abril su antigua discográfica (Peaceville Records) lanzó al mercado un triple álbum recopilatorio que incluye también dos DVD titulado "Behind The Wall Of Doom" exactamente el 28 de abril salió a la venta.

On this installation we sit down with Rob Lowe who was recently appointed as the Medical Director for The Columbus Division of Fire. We get an insightful look into his background as an emergency care physician as well as his previous career with NASA. Dr. Lowe has a passion for emergency pre-hospital care and we touch on his goals for the division of EMS in the future. 

In today's episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Rob Lowe, head of Value Creation and Marketing at LEGO Ventures. See the full episode at https://wp.me/p6pllj-1tN  We speak about what innovation and creativity mean at Lego, and how they look for partners to invest in. Topics covered in today's episode: 00:01:00 - What is LEGO Ventures and its purpose: Play can be a great basis of learning 00:03:20 - How creativity and innovation is a part of the culture at LEGO 00:05:00 - What makes an investment interesting for LEGO 00:08:30 - The reason why the Ventures team is separate from the core business 00:10:00 - What "value" means for LEGO, going beyong ROI 00:11:00 - The link between the idea and the team in how investment choices are made 00:14:00 - The dangers of diversifying innovation too far from the core business 00:18:00 - What LEGO has learned about venture building so far. In order to be excellent, you need to narrow your focus Links mentioned in today's episode: LEGO Ventures website: https://legoventures.com/ Rob Lowe's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roblowe3/ Bonus: This episode was made possible by our premium innovation and creativity training. Take your innovation and creativity capabilities to the next level by investing in yourself now, at https://www.ideatovalue.com/all-access-pass-insider-secrets/ * Subscribe on iTunes to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/idea-to-value-creativity-innovation/id1199964981?mt=2 * Subscribe on Spotify to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4x1kANUSv7UJoCJ8GavUrN  * Subscribe on Stitcher to the Idea to Value Podcast: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=129437&refid=stpr * Subscribe on Google Podcasts to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9pZGVhdG92YWx1ZS5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw  Want to rapidly validate new ideas and innovative products and GROW your online business? These are the tools I actually use to run my online businesses (and you can too): * The best email management and campaigns system: ActiveCampaign (Free Trial) http://www.activecampaign.com/?_r=M17NLG2X  * Best value web hosting: BlueHost WordPress http://www.activecampaign.com/?_r=M17NLG2X  * Landing pages, Sales Pages and Lead collection: LeadPages (Free Trial) http://leadpages.pxf.io/c/1385771/390538/5673  * Sharing & List building: Sumo (Free) https://sumo.com/?src=partner_ideatovalue  * Payments, Shopping Cart, affiliate management and Upsell generator: ThriveCart https://improvides--checkout.thrivecart.com/thrivecart-standard-account/  * Video Webinars for sales: WebinarJam and Everwebinar ($1 Trial) https://nickskillicorn.krtra.com/t/lwIBaKzMP1oQ  * Membership for protecting content: Membermouse (Free Trial) http://affiliates.membermouse.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=735  * eLearning System for students: WP Courseware https://flyplugins.com/?fly=293  * Video Editing: Techsmith Camtasia http://techsmith.z6rjha.net/vvGPv  I have used all of the above products myself to build IdeatoValue and Improvides, which is why I can confidently recommend them. I may also receive affiliate payments for any business I bring to them using the links above. Copyright https://www.ideatovalue.com

Tyrant trålet Sunset Strip sammen med Guns'n'Roses, Slayer, Mötley Crüe og Metallica lenge før de ble store. Gruppa startet som et coverband, men ble lei av at folk ropte på Maiden når det tross alt var dem selv som rigget utstyr og spilte. Dermed var det bare å kle seg i lær og skrive egen musikk. Bassist Greg May forteller Jernverket om kultklassikerne "Legions of the Dead" og "Too Late to Pray", da grungen (heldigvis) sørget for hårmetallens død, James Hetfields dametrøbbel, piss på Gatorade-flasker og et skuelystent Slayer. 24 år etter forrige utgivelse er Tyrant aktuelle med "Hereafter", et album de valgte å fremføre i sin helhet lenge før det kom ut - uten å ha øvd og uten at publikum var forberedt. Tyrants nye vokalist Robert Lowe, kjent fra blant annet Solitude Aeternus og Candlemass, hadde ikke en gang møtt bandet før han gikk ut på scenen og sang låter han knapt hadde hørt. Guttene har, om ikke annet, mot! "Hereafter" gis ut på Shadow Kingdom Records den 15. mai. Du kan høre Tyrants spilleliste ved å følge Jernverket på Spotify. Spilleliste (tekst) Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell Black Sabbath - Into the Void Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave Judas Priest - Sinner UFO - Lights Out Scorpions - He's a Woman - She's a Man Scorpions - We'll Burn the Sky Rainbow - Stargazer Tyrant - Warriors of Metal Tyrant - Hereafter Scorpions - In Trance Black Sabbath - Falling off the Edge of the World Solitude Aeternus - Eternal Solitude Aeternus - Seeds of the Desolate Cheap Trick - Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School UFO - Doctor Doctor Iron Maiden - Brighter than a Thousand Suns Tyrant - When the Sky Falls Støtt Jernverket økonomisk via Patreon eller Vipps-nummer 567438. Det er også hyggelig om du legger igjen en anmeldelse der du lytter. NB! Jernverket har byttet publiseringsplattform. Det vil sannsynligvis føre til en del døde lenker i episodebeskrivelsene. Jeg jobber med å få ordnet dette, men si gjerne fra dersom du oppdager noe "rart". 

This event launches the book Methodological Approaches in Kurdish Studies: Theoretical and Practical Insights from the Field. It is a volume that presents thirteen contributions that reflect upon the practical, ethical, theoretical and methodological challenges that researchers face when conducting fieldwork in settings that are characterized with deteriorating security situations, increasing state control and conflicting inter-ethnic relations. More precisely, they shed light to the intricacies of conducting fieldwork on highly politicized and sensitive topics in the region of Kurdistan in Iraq, Syria and Turkey as well as among Kurdish diaspora members in Europe. Bahar Baser is associate professor at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University. Yasin Duman is a Ph.D. candidate at the Center for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations (CTPSR), Coventry University. His research focuses on the role of intergroup relations in the integration of Syrian refugees in Turkey. Begüm Zorlu is a PhD candidate and a teaching assistant in the department of International Politics at City, University of London. Her research focuses on political parties and contentious politics in Latin America and the Middle East. Francis O’Connor is a post-doctoral researcher at the Peace Research Institute in Frankfurt. His research focuses on social movements and civil wars. Marc Sinan Winrow is a PhD candidate in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Zeynep Kaya is a Research Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre. She is part of the UK DFID-Funded Conflict Research Programme and is leading projects on gendered drivers of conflict in Iraq, the impact of genocide on the Yazidi community, responses to internal displacement in Iraqi Kurdistan, This event is part of the Kurdish Studies Series at the LSE Middle East Centre. Convened by Zeynep Kaya and Robert Lowe, the series will encourage dissemination and discussion of new research on Kurdish politics and society and provide a network for scholars and students with shared research interests. Public lectures and research seminars will be held regularly during term-time. If you wish to join the mailing list for the series, please contact Robert Lowe: r.lowe@lse.ac.uk Join the conversation on Twitter using #LSEKurds

Please note that this event involved a translator, as a result there may be some background noise in parts of the recording where translation is taking place. This event will analyse current developments on the ground in Northern Syria with Ilham Ehmed, co-president of the Executive Council of the de-facto autonomous region of North and East Syria. Following the recent Turkish incursion and US withdrawal, the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) have stated that they are ready to negotiate with Damascus. This event will take a look at a general overview of what led up to this decision, what the future holds for the Kurdish project in North and East Syria and how these negotiations will impact the future of Syria in all it's regions. Ilham Ehmed is a Syrian-Kurdish politician. Until July 2018, she was a co-chair of the SDC, the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. She is a senior member of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and a member of the executive committee of the Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) coalition. Ahmed is an active member of the Syrian Women’s Initiative for Peace and Democracy (SWIPD), a network of civil society organizations from inside and outside of Syria. Robert Lowe is Deputy Director of the Middle East Centre. Join the conversation on Twitter using #LSEKurds

Robert Lowe is lovingly referred to as The Godfather of Improv in Atlanta. During his thirty-nine-year engagement in Improvisation Robert has been a player, an Improv dancer, a teacher, a director, a producer, and a pioneer in the uses of Improvisation for purposes other than performance. He has taught Improvisation, and stand-up comedy, public speaking, and presentation, and community, and personal advocacy in a variety of venues. He has also been a management consultant, a public speaker, an adjunct professor at Georgia State University, a corporate vice president and a U. S. Navy officer.

This event launches The Kurds of Northern Syria: Governance, Diversity and Conflicts, written by Harriet Allsopp and Wladimir van Wilgenburg and published by Bloomsbury in July 2019. Based on unprecedented access to Kurdish-governed areas of Syria, including exclusive interviews with administration officials and civilian surveys, The Kurds of Northern Syria sheds light on the socio-political landscape of northern Syria. The first English-language book to capture the momentous transformations that have occurred since 2011, the authors move beyond idealized images of Rojava and the PYD to provide a nuanced assessment of the Kurdish autonomous experience and the prospects for self-rule in Syria. The book draws on unparalleled field research, as well as analysis of the literature on the evolution of Kurdish politics and the Syrian war. The event is the first in the LSE Middle East Centre Kurdish Studies Series programme for 2019–20. Wladimir van Wilgenburg is an analyst of Kurdish politics and a journalist living in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. Robert Lowe is Deputy Director of the Middle East Centre. He joined the Centre when it opened in 2010. Robert is responsible for running the Centre's operations, research activities, fundraising and development. This event is part of the Kurdish Studies Series at the LSE Middle East Centre. Convened by Zeynep Kaya and Robert Lowe, the series will encourage dissemination and discussion of new research on Kurdish politics and society and provide a network for scholars and students with shared research interests. Public lectures and research seminars will be held regularly during term-time. If you wish to join the mailing list for the series, please contact Robert Lowe: r.lowe@lse.ac.uk

Dental podcast hosted by Dr. Phil Klein: This Viva Podcast will discuss the most important features in a crown and bridge cement. Our guest is Dr. Robert Lowe, an expert in the field of esthetic dentistry and composite restorative materials and procedures. Dr. Lowe received the 2004 Gordon Christensen Outstanding Lecturers Award and in 2005 was awarded Diplomat status on the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry. Currently in private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina, Dr. Lowe lectures internationally, is a regular speaker for Viva Learning and publishes in a variety of dental journals on esthetic and restorative dentistry.

You've probably heard (possibly on this podcast) about the discrimination "non-native English teachers" can face finding jobs, in being promoted or receiving equal pay. But how does Native-speakerism affect what happens inside the classroom? Ross Thorburn: Welcome back to the podcast, everyone. This episode, our guest is Dr. Marek Kiczkowiak. Marek teaches in Belgium. He runs a TEFL show podcast, as well as the website TEFL Equity Advocates.In this episode, Tracy and I interviewed Marek about native‑speakerism inside the classroom. How do our views and assumptions about native speakers, non‑native speakers influence how we teach students, and how does that influence the students and how they use English. Hope you enjoy the interview.What Does Native‑Speakerism Inside the Classroom Look Like?My first question, I think most of the listeners out there will be familiar with the idea of native‑speakerism outside the classroom and discrimination that maybe non‑native English teachers face when they're job hunting. Can you tell us a bit about the other side of native‑speakerism and how that manifests itself inside the classroom?Marek Kiczkowiak: At the beginning when I got interested in it, obviously the first point that you notice is discriminatory recruitment policies. All the other aspects have a lot to do as well with teaching English.If you look at all the major coursebooks, if you look at the pronunciation syllabus, the aim is either to imitate standard British or general American English. This perpetuates the idea that your students have to speak like a native speaker in order to be successful.Of course, coursebooks have been moving forward with a few artificial non‑native speaker accents, usually recorded by actors. Actors are trained to imitate voices and accents, so there's a reason why coursebooks do that.It's very subliminal, you can call it, or subconscious. It's not overt, but I think if, for a very long time that's how you learn English, it doesn't surprise me that so many students prefer native‑speaker voices. The way we're teaching them leads them to believe that, "Yeah, clearly native‑speaker accents are better than non‑native speaker accents." That would be one example.Tracy Yu: I remember when I was a student from middle school to high school and university, maybe 10 years, definitely it's close to either British accents or American accents. At the end, I don't know which accent I have.Ross: It seems clear then from the point of view of schools employing non‑native teachers that there's an advantage there, that you can get great teachers.If you have students that say, "I want to learn authentic American English," or, "I want to learn British English," I wonder what their business argument is to a publisher for saying, "You need to include more examples of non‑native English."Marek: There's another reason why publishers have been reluctant, let's say, to abandon this model, where they primarily have American and British accents, is that students and teachers might complain.I remember talking, at a conference, to a coursebook author from a very big publisher. He said that they went on a tour to Russia. He was approached by one of the local teachers. The local teacher openly told them that, "We don't like your coursebook because there are all these strange accents in your coursebook. We want the British accent. I won't buy your coursebook."I had spent years persuading the publisher to finally do this, and now I get this. It's probably because those teachers have been educated and teacher trained to believe that, that British accent is the only accent they should aspire to.Accent is just one belief and factor, but there are many others. One example would be culture. A lot of people say the native speakers are better teachers because they know the target culture. If you look at some research by, Ryan Bank, if I remember the names correctly, in these coursebooks, a vast majority of place names, characters, and so on, were Western and the local Chinese students would never be familiar with it.That leads to a situation where in order to be a successful language learner, you need to learn a stereotypical image of British or American culture. That further makes native‑speakerisms seem normal and common sense.Ross: Something that Vivian Cook has written about, about how non‑native speakers should not be considered equals and failed native speakers. He says that you really need a different yardstick to compare those students. I think that's true if you look at the CEFR.Probably, there's an assumption if you're a native speaker, you should be a C2 level. Has there even been any research about a different set of standards that are based around something else that do not hold this final goal as being pretty much the same as a native speaker?Marek: The difference here that we should make is perhaps not between native and non‑native speakers but between monolingual and bi or multilingual users of the language.If you look at second language acquisition research that compares the research into critical period or compares the proficiency and intuitive knowledge of grammar, for example, pronunciation, it's usually a group of monolingual native speakers to which non‑native speakers are compared.That's a bit like comparing apples and pears because your monolingual brain is different from my multilingual brain. I might use the language in a different way. If you were to become, maybe already are a bilingual or multilingual users of English, even if your mother tongue is English, learning those other languages will change your brain.I remember reading a study where all the monolingual speakers performed completely differently on tests of intuitive grammaticality than those who are bi or multilingual, even bi or multilingual from birth. We do have this idea that the monolingual native speaker is at the top, but why should that be?All of our students will be at least bilingual. That's the goal. We're trying to create people who can operate successfully in two languages. Comparison points should be somebody who already speaks two or three languages, not somebody who's a monolingual native speaker.If as a non‑native speaker, for example, you're listening to this podcast and you've never felt confident about your identity because you're a failed copy of a native speaker, you have a foreign accent, and so on, you have to think of yourself as you're a bi or multilingual user of the language. It's absolutely amazing.There are so many people in Britain or the States who have never learned any other foreign language. Equally, if you're a native speaker and you know other foreign languages, I think your selling point should be not that you're a native speaker, but that you're bi or multilingual user of the language.Tracy: I think as a non‑native English speaker, I definitely experienced a lot of the criticism. I totally agree with you, what you just mentioned. Be proud of who you are and what kind of accent you have, and also you can speak more than one language.In reality, there are a lot of negative information or feedback or criticism just around you. It just damage your confident, you always think, "OK, I'm still far away from the standard that people perceive."Do you have any suggestions or something that you think, this could help other speakers, and they can feel more confident or boost their confidence, what kind of suggestion you want to give them?Marek: Absolutely. One suggestion, sales pitch starts, you can join TEFL Equity Academy where I have a course specifically designed to boost your confidence, end of sales pitch.First thing, you have to rethink how you brand, market yourself, think of yourself. You really have to, not just on a superficial level though, but deeply believe in yourself in all the abilities that you have. You have some amazing superpowers. For starters, that you've learned English. That can be used as a great selling point to students.In terms of pronunciation, people will tell you, "Well, you have a foreign accent. That's bad." Why is that actually bad? Ross has an accent as well because that's where he comes from. If we're to be honest, the vast majority of our students will never be able to speak like Ross does, for example because there's...Ross: They probably wouldn't want to, Marek.[laughter]Ross: Yeah, I'm not sure if they would want to. The Scottish accent is not specifically desirable, yet.[laughter]Marek: There is a critical period, right? It's an unrealistic model to present them with. Whereas you are a successful user of English, your students can imitate you, and they can improve themselves. They can imagine themselves speaking English as well as you do.If you're told that, "Well, you've just made a mistake there, clearly you're not proficient enough," but then there's hundreds of examples of native speakers making what we would call "mistakes" by just speaking non‑standard English.Also, you need to understand as well, why native speakers are not better teachers because they are native speakers. A native speaker can be a fantastic teacher, not because of their first language but because of the skills and experience. You need to understand the native speaker myth, its different components, and why it's not true.Ross: I definitely find myself having that cognitive bias. If I'm listening to a non‑native speaker and I hear a mistake, I go, "I heard a mistake there. That's interesting." Whereas if you hear a native speaker making a mistake, you just go, "It's just part of ordinary spoken discourse that we don't always speak according to grammar."To go back to the other thing you were saying about the lack of confidence there, how much of that do you think there is down to not just the attitude of the non‑native speakers but the attitude of the expat, new teacher who just finished, "I'm a native speaker, come and ask me. I'll tell you the answer."What do you think, more generally, teacher education needs to do to reverse those attitude?Marek: There's a lot of truth to that. As non‑native speakers, everything in our profession or industry, industry is probably a better word here, leads us to believe that native speakers are better teachers. We're constantly told that.You go on Facebook and the stuff that you see, you wouldn't believe people telling me sometimes, "Marek, you're still banging on about the same thing? Won't you ever stop? It's over, right?" No, it isn't. Go to Facebook, and stuff that you will see, it's just unbelievable.It's your colleagues, fellow English teachers saying really horrible things about non‑native speakers. You read that.Some of the students might say those things about you like they're surprised to see a Chinese teacher at B2 level. In some cases, native speakers as well, who will have a very condescending attitude, their place of birth and their mother tongue gives them the right to correct you all the time. All of that can really affect your confidence negatively.In terms of teacher training and education, there's a lot that needs to change. At the moment, I can't see how CELTA or Trinity, CEFR could ever incorporate that because the courses are just too short. It's unbelievable. It's a topic for another podcast, that we still have four‑week crash courses and we call the people after them professional English teachers.Ross: Those are the best courses as well, right? That's the irony. They are four weeks.Marek: I think that there should be sessions specifically for non‑native speakers to boost their confidence, to talk about these issues that we've discussed. There should be sessions for everybody to discuss native‑speakerism and discuss how it can negatively affect all of us in the industry, how it makes our industry much less professional than it should be.It devalues your qualification. It devalues your experience. The only reason why you might be hired is because you're a native speaker.Ross: And white. [laughs]Marek: And white. Absolutely. A white, native speaker. You want to be hired because you're a fantastic teacher, and you fit the qualifications.Ross: Oh, and male. I forgot. [laughs]Marek: Sorry?Ross: And male. [laughs]Marek: And male, yeah.[laughter]Ross: It's terrible. Final thing on this topic then, we've been using the term non‑native speakers. I know Vivian Cook suggested L2 users as a term to use instead. What do you think about the terminology that we use? How does that play into the attitude?Marek: I think it's a difficult issue here because none of the other terms capture the same meaning. If we talk about multilingual teachers, that can be both you and me. I think L1 and L2 users perhaps it doesn't have the non‑prefix, perhaps it's slightly better, but in essence, it's still exactly the same.When we were writing the book with Robert Lowe, we were very much aware of the fact that, on the one hand, we are rallying against and showing that these terms are subjective, ideological, but then we are using them. We did try, whenever possible, to use, for example, multilingual users of the language and so on.Sometimes, the terms can be good to draw attention to the problem. They do also reflect how some teachers see themselves. I see myself as a non‑native speaker of English and a multilingual user of English, as well.I do think that perhaps in professional ELT discourse, be it in job ads, in advertising, but also in teacher training, there has got to be a move away from these issues certainly, in recruitments. I've seen absolutely no place for these two terms, in recruitments, in advertising.Ross: Once again, everyone, that was Marek Kiczkowiak. If you'd like to find out about Marek, please visit his website www.teflequityadvocates.com.Thanks very much for listening. We'll see you next time.

Dental podcast hosted by Dr. Phil Klein: This Viva Podcast will discuss a revolutionary new composite formulated to match every smile from A1 to D4 with just one shade of composite. Our guest today is Dr. Robert Lowe, an expert in the field of esthetic dentistry. Dr. Lowe received the 2004 Gordon Christensen Outstanding Lecturers Award and in 2005 was awarded Diplomat status on the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry. Currently in private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina, Dr. Lowe lectures internationally, is a regular webinar speaker on Viva Learning and publishes in well-known dental journals on esthetic and restorative dentistry.

Speaker: Mehmet Kurt, LSE and Yale University Chair: Robert Lowe, LSE Middle East Deputy Director Islam has returned to the Turkish and Kurdish public and political spheres, becoming an effective means to mobilise voters and recruit supporters during the AKP era. In this talk, Mehmet Kurt highlights two distinctive approaches to the Kurdish issue adopted by Kurdish Hizbullah (Huda-Par) and the wider Kurdish movement. While the former relies on an explicitly Islamist political agenda to subsume Kurdish society into part of a pan-Islamist entity, the latter pursues a secular but increasingly pluralist agenda to expand its base among religious Kurds. This in turn determines both groups’ connection to Kurdish political identity. While Hizbullah embraces a form of ‘Kurdishness’ that mainly makes reference to Islam, the wider Kurdish movement incorporates Islam into its pluralist notion of ‘the people of Turkey’. Recorded on 17 December 2018. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr Mehmet Kurt is a Marie Curie Global Fellow at the London School of Economics and Yale University. His research lies at the intersection of political science, sociology, and political ethnography with a specific focus on political Islam and civil society in Kurdish Turkey and among the Turkish diaspora in Europe. Robert Lowe is Deputy Director of the Middle East Centre. He joined the Centre when it opened in 2010. Robert is responsible for running the Centre's operations, research activities, fundraising and development. This event is part of the Kurdish Studies Series at the LSE Middle East Centre. Convened by Zeynep Kaya and Robert Lowe, the series will encourage dissemination and discussion of new research on Kurdish politics and society and provide a network for scholars and students with shared research interests. Public lectures and research seminars will be held regularly during term-time. If you wish to join the mailing list for the series, please contact Robert Lowe: r.lowe@lse.ac.uk Image: 2016, Diyarbakır. The Blessed Birth of Muhammed celebration (Kutlu Doğum) organized by the Hizbullah affiliated organizations each year in April in Diyarbakır. Image courtesy of Mehmet Kurt

Speakers: David McDowall and Zeynep Kaya, LSE Middle East Centre. David McDowall’s ground-breaking modern history of the Kurds was first published in 1996. It became a foundation text for the subsequent growth of scholarship on the Kurds and, revised and updated three times, remains an essential part of the literature. David is currently updating the book again and will share his thoughts on developments in the field and, in particular, on areas which have gained in importance and understanding over the last 25 years. David McDowall studied Islamic History under Albert Hourani for his first degree and wrote his post-graduate dissertation on the Druze revolt in Syria, 1925-27. He is a generalist, having worked for the British Council and UNRWA, before becoming a full-time writer, writing on Britain, Palestine, Lebanon and the Kurds. After 20 years writing and self-publishing a series of British landscape books, he has reverted to updating his history of the Kurds. The event marks the launch of the Kurdish Studies Series at the LSE Middle East Centre. Convened by Zeynep Kaya and Robert Lowe, the series will encourage dissemination and discussion of new research on Kurdish politics and society and provide a network for scholars and students with shared research interests. Recorded on 23 October 2018. --------------------------- Image: Book Cover 'Modern History of the Arabs' courtesy of the author.

After a rather wonderful summer break, Creamy’s back with his normal mish-mash of music. There’s a prolonged stay at Westbound Label with Ceasar Frazier, King Errisson, Freddie Wilson, The Detroit Emeralds, Funkadelic, Robert Lowe, The Ohio Players & Spanky Wilson.   We then change the feel a little to Bill Withers, The Staple Singers, Aretha Franklin, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell & Matt Deighton./   Tickets are still available for the Creamy’s House Of Adventures Xmas Party with Matt Deighton & Stephanie Davies & The Super Dynamics. Go to https://www.choa.co.uk/events/choa-xmas-party-with-matt-deighton   You can find us at: Facebook - @creamyshouse Skype - @CreamysHouse Drop us a tweet or email us at mark@choa.co.uk. We would love to hear from listeners, wherever you are and in particular in countries outside of England. Have a beautiful week and ‘Keep It On The One’ Love, Creamy xxx

Speakers: Silvia Quattrini, Minority Rights Group International; Austen Josephs, Alaco Limited; Alexandra Buccianti, BBC Media Action; Jessica Watkins and Robert Lowe, LSE Middle East Centre This talk, jointly hosted by BRISMES and the LSE Middle East Centre, is aimed at students interested in working in or on the Middle East. The panel discussion includes professionals from four different sectors – media, academia, business and not-for-profit. Recorded on 31 January 2018.

We interview Matthew Turner and Rob Lowe from the TEFLology Podcast about how podcast can positively influence teacher development and be help students inside and outside the classroom.

Welcome back to the TEFLology Podcast - a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. In this bonus episode, Rob and Marek Kiczkowiak present an audio version of their recently published duoethnographic study: Native-speakerism and the complexity of personal experience: A duo ethnographic study. Marek is founder of TEFL Equity Advocates and co-host of The TEFL Show podcast. Marek previously appeared on our podcast as a guest host, the episode can be found and listened to here. The article can be viewed for free here. Thanks for listening! Email - Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website - Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast.  iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast, or rate and review us.  Facebook - Like our page, share it with your colleagues or friends. Twitter - Follow us and retweet us. 

In this episode we discuss some exciting happenings at OhioHealth EMS.  Amanda was joined by System Director Holly Herron and System Medical Director Dr. Robert Lowe. Besides discussing OhioHealth EMS, they also discuss the scholarship program developed in conjunction with Medcare Ambulance and the spring 2 day EMS conference.  Thank you for listening.   Stay Safe!!!

During this week’s episode of one of the longest running metal podcasts, your hosts, Cary and Sean welcome aboard a fellow podcaster, Justin from the Comical Podcast! He happens to be not only a major geek, with an affinity for reading every single comic book released, but is also a metal head! We dive into a wide variety of metal topics including our lengthy discussion of the new At The Gates, seeing King Diamond live, the new Bloodbath, Ghost Brigade, seeing Robert Lowe from Solitude Aeturnus/Candlemass live, James Rivera from Helstar covering Iron Maiden, Jeff Loomis is Arch Enemy?, our discussion on Decibel’s top 25 Metal Bands, and so much more! Keep it metal! Give us your feedback at msrcast@gmail.com! We look forward to bringing you many more years of metal, and as always, keep it metal! Playlist: * At the Gates – The Night Eternal * Carcass – Intensive Battery Brooding * Ghost Brigade – Departures * The Skull – Till The Sun Turns Black Pay a visit to www.themetalpigeon.com to read some great insights on the state of metal from our brand new cohost, the metal pigeon himself. Check out our guests website at www.comicalpodcast.com and listen to his show for comedy and comic book discussion! The official MSRcast website is live! Visit us at msrcast.com or www.metalgeeks.net for all of your MSRcast needs, including archives of podcasts, interviews, reviews, and lots  more. Remember to contact us at msrcast@gmail.com, and follow us over on twitter, @msrcast and @themetalpigeon. Come and join Cary G. and Sean (the Metal Pigeon) over on Facebook, and while you are there, like our facebook fan page to keep up! Come find us over on Instagram, @msrcast. If you like the show, let others know about it by tweeting about it, talking about it, and subscribing in itunes and leaving a comment! Enjoy, and keep it metal!

What’s the deal with bulk filled composite materials? Are they ready for prime time? Dr. Robert Lowe is a fan and has used and evaluated them all! How do they work? Why can you bulk fill with them? Dr. Lowe makes sense of this up and coming material type and helps you choose which ones work. The DentalHacks Brain Trust continue their discussion about the worst and best purchases that they’ve bought over the years. This episode spends a little more time talking about what they’re glad they bought! Check out this week’s Brain Trust panel: Dr. Thom Caspers of Seattle, WA, Dr. Tiffany Lee of Torrance, CA, Dr. Dawn Kulongowski of Holly, MI, Dr. Matthew Standridge (aka: Bear Cream) of Eureka, KS and Dr. Tammy Bailey of Wausau, WI.

How often to we see deep decay that's completely asymptomatic? That's just one of the things that host Dr. Alan Mead talks to Dr. Robert Lowe about in today's interview. Dr. Lowe is a general dentist who practices in Charlotte, NC. On top of that, he teaches all over the U.S. and internationally. Dr. Lowe talks about new techniques in caries removal as well as using several new products to treat deep cavities without going right to root canal therapy. The DentalHacks Brain Trust discussion for episode 15 begins a discussion on the worst and best purchases that they've made in dentistry. This episode of the Brain Trust features Dr. Thom Caspers of Seattle, WA, Dr. Tiffany Lee of Torrance, CA, Dr. Dawn Kulongowski of Holly, MI, Dr. Matthew Standridge of Eureka, KS and Dr. Tammy Bailey of Wausau, WI.

Organized by Lebanese artist Tarek Atoui, "Visiting Tarab" will incorporate elements of the world’s largest collection of Classical Arab music as interpreted by 16 musicians and sound artists ranging in expertise from hip hop to electronic and contemporary music. Atoui invited sixteen musicians and sound artists from different origins and practices to Beirut to explore the world’s largest and most extensive collection of Classical Arab music. The result of this research will be the performance in New York City and will feature the artist as well as Anti-Pop Consortium, Uriel Barthelemi, Jonathan Butcher, Mira Calix, DJ Spooky, Lukas Ligeti, Robert Lowe, Raz Mesinai, Zeena Parkins, Ikue Mori, Sara Parkins, Elliott Sharp, Zafer Tawil and Georges Ziadeh.