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Host Anthony Desiato and guest Bernie Gerstmayr (Aw Yeah Comics - Skokie) dig into Karl Kesel & Tom Grummett's first run on the 90s SUPERBOY solo series. They discuss issues #0-30, which established Superboy's Hawaii setting, supporting cast (Tana Moon, Rex & Roxy Leech, Dubbilex, and Agent Makoa), and rogues gallery (including Knockout, Scavenger, King Shark, Silver Sword, and Sidearm). PLUS! In a special bonus segment, guest Mike Sangregorio tags in to talk about writer Ron Marz's short tenure on the title, which introduced the Agenda and evil clone Match; escalated, then concluded, the Superboy/Tana/Roxy love triangle; and rendered Superboy unable to age for a time. The "Reign of Tomorrow" is at hand!Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato, including the spinoff podcasts BEYOND METROPOLIS and DIGGING FOR JUSTICE!Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies. FACEBOOK GROUP: Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan GroupFACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepodINSTAGRAM: @diggingforkryptonitepodTWITTER: @diggingforkrpodEMAIL: flatsquirrelproductions@gmail.comWEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.com Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Isaiah Simmons (2020-2024 version by Gregg Schigiel). Theme music by Basic Printer.Mentioned in this episode:Hang On To Your Shorts Film FestivalFat Moose ComicsAlways Hold On To Smallville

Dr. Gerry Carr, Emeritus Professor of Botany at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa has studied and taught the evolution of plants in the Silversword alliance, a unique group of Hawaiian plants encompassing an extraordinary diversity of forms and habitats. In this episode, we talk about the importance of plant taxonomy in understanding the interrelations between seemingly disparate species and get into harrowing and fun stories of his fieldwork--from Haleakalā, Maui to Ohikilolo in the Wai`anae mountains of O`ahu. His passion for photographing the unique features of plants spans many decades and can be found here: https://s10.lite.msu.edu/res/msu/botonl/b_online/vascular/default.htm

Tour guides from Hungary discuss their country's love of paprika and set us straight on what makes for good goulash. Then the literary director of the Library of Congress and bicultural author Marie Arana examines the cultural divide between the US and Latin America, and explains its thousand-year-old historical roots. And we learn why the lesser-known region of Galicia, in Spain's northwest corner, is where Spaniards go to escape from heat (and tourist crowds). For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

Kyle shares his opinion on the final batch of chapters of the prequel book in The Witcher Saga, Season of Storms. This brings his coverage of The Witcher Saga to an end. "Silver Sword" by Paweł Błaszczak. The Witcher; CD Projekt Red 2007 If you wish to read Kyle's and his good friend Claudia's (who appeared on this podcast before) opinions on Season of Storms as a whole, you can read it in two parts ⁠here⁠ and ⁠here⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kyle-scher/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kyle-scher/support

This is a bumper episode as we weren't able to record in June. In this episode we discuss our book of the month ‘The Silver Sword' by Ian Serraillier. For more information on Ian Serraillier go to https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/people/ian-serraillier We also take a look at the latest BBC list of 100 Greatest Children's Books of All Time which you can explore here https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230522-the-100-greatest-childrens-books-of-all-time For all the books we mentioned in this episode please go to our bookshop at https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/ian-serraillier-s-the-silver-sword-and-children-s-classics You can find more information about Bookylicious and how to contact us here www.bookylicious.com

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content note: This episode features two books about experiences of war. The first is about a family of Polish refugees trying to reunify at the end of WW2, and the second is about a young Navajo boy sent to residential school and later drafted to create a code for the US Marines.   Our books this month are both about experiences of people who lived through World War II, and the theme that connects them is Trauma. Our chapter book is a classic and favourite from Matt's childhood, The Silver Sword, by Ian Serraillier. It's the story of a journey of three children, plus one adopted pickpocketing jack-the-lad, wending their way through post-war Europe in 1946, trying to reunite with their parents in Switzerland. There are always soldiers, be they German, Russian, British or American, and sometimes they help, and sometimes they don't. It's a book that really breaks down the simplistic Goodies vs Baddies narrative about WW2 and we highly recommend it.   Our picture book is Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code-Talker's Story, by Joseph Bruchac and illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes. It's a non fiction account of the life of Betoli, or Chester, as he comes to be called, being sent away from his people and parents, to residential school at Fort Defiance. At school he is taught that the Navajo way is wrong, Navajo language is wrong, and is taught English and how to pray the Catholic way. In spite of this, Chester holds on to his home culture and spirituality. Years later, when the US join WW2, they need an unbreakable code, and enlist Chester and a few other young Navajo men to use Navajo to create an unbreakable code. It works, and helps the US to win the war. Chester returns from the front, traumatised, but the Navajo people take care of him using a ceremony called the Enemy Way, which sets him back on the right path, the way of beauty. This is a part of history neither of us knew about until we read this book, and it's incredibly clear and beautiful. We recommend seeking it out.   Here's an episode of the Stuff You Should Know podcast all about the Navajo code talkers: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-the-navajo-code-talkers-worked/id278981407?i=1000424660224   Chester Nez's autobiography: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9780425247853?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=Cj0KCQjwk5ibBhDqARIsACzmgLSeIeqicyJQAe5Z7rQzRMqivUQY3s148nwsX-CjS2mTbv6CzFst0B8aAjQHEALw_wcB   Here's an article about Ian Serraillier's experience as a conscientious objector in Quaker magazine The Friend: https://thefriend.org/article/once-upon-a-war-time   What A Wonderful Day is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com

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Sector 2814 Ep #68: Green Lantern/Superboy - Idol Worship Welcome back to Sector 2814, the Green Lantern podcast. In this episode Phil and Will review Green Lantern #93 (December 1997) featuring a Halloween tale guest starring Deadman and “Idol Worship” from Green Lantern #94 & Superboy #47 (January 1998) featuring Green Lantern and Superboy vs Silver Sword and the goddess Pele. Show notes: Sector 2814 Ep #68: Green Lantern/Superboy - Idol Worship Check out all of our social media here: https://linktr.ee/CapesandLunatics Check out Will's website: willallred.com Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Will Allred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wallred Follow Matt Kona on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattKona Produced by: Capes and Lunatics Sidekicks Podcast Production Team: Phil Perich Support the Capes and Lunatics Podcast on Patreon www.patreon.com/capesandlunatics Cash App: $CapesandLunatics

Asylum-seeking refugees at the southern border often dominate national headlines and ignite contentious debates on how to address the crisis. But why and what are they fleeing? Award-winning author Marie Arana examines the critical forces—including exploitation, violence, and religion—that have shaped Latin America for the past millennium and continue to reverberate today. Recorded on July 23, 2020 

In this episode, we take a deep dive into the wild world of the Hawaiian silversword alliance. This group of daisy relatives represents one of the most remarkable adaptive radiations on the planet and is comprised of three genera: Wilkesia, Argyroxiphium, and Dubautia. From tiny cushion plants to woody trees and vines, these unique plants have done amazing things on the Hawaiian Archipelago. Even more amazing is the fact that all of them can trace their origins back to a single seed of a daisy relative called a tarweed growing in California. Against all odds, that seed made it across the Pacific and the rest, as they say, is history. Joining us to talk about that history is Dr. Bruce Baldwin, a professor at UC Berkeley and curator of the Jepson Herbarium. Dr. Baldwin has spent his career trying to unravel the evolutionary mysteries of this group and has made some important insights into the processes of evolution along the way. This episode was produced in part by Chellie, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Liam, Ario, Nathan, Laura, Cari, Laura, Kali, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Melody, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Cynthia, John, Ashley, Peter, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Grif, Jules, Joan, Les, Marabeth, Ali, Margaret, Southside Plants, Robert, Keiko, Bryce, Brittany, Helen, Amanda, Mikey, Rhiannon, Michelle, Kate, German, Joerg, Alejandra, Cathy, Jordan, Judy, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Dana, Chloe, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Vaibhav, Kendall, Christina, Brett, Jocelyn, Kathleen, Ethan, Kaylee, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Donica, Chris, Shamora, Alana, Laura, Alice, Sarah, Rachel, Joanna, Griff, Philip, Paul, Matthew, Clark, Bobby, Kate, Steven, Brittney, McMansion Hell, Joey, Catherine, Brandon, Hall, Vegreville Creek and Wetlands Fund, Kevin, Oliver, John, Johansson, Christina, Jared, Hannah, Katy Pye, Brandon, Gwen, Carly, Stephen, Botanical Tours, Moonwort Studios, Liba, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, doeg, Clifton, Stephanie, Benjamin, Eli, Rachael, Plant By Design, Philip, Brent, Ron, Tim, Homestead Brooklyn, Brodie, Kevin, Sophia, Mark, Rens, Bendix, Irene, Holly, Caitlin, Manuel, Jennifer, Sara, and Margie. Episode image by Forest & Kim Starr licensed under CC BY 2.0

The new Realme Narzo series phone has a matte plastic finish design at the back, which you might mistake for metal at first glance. I got the Silver Sword colour variant, which is a very subdued colour and a bit boring. Realme does bundle a case in the box, which you can use to hide the back panel design. There is a Black Sword colour option too, which looks more attractive and is not flashy. The overall design of the phone is quite similar to the Realme Naro 20 Pro. But this time you get triple rear cameras and a different gradient paint job. The side-mounted fingerprint scanner continues, which is a better placement for unlocking the phone. The volume button is located on the other side of the device and is easily reachable. Bharat bandh today: Traders, transporters to protest against GST, fuel price rise US carries out airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria: Pentagon People celebrating freedom from Cong misrule in Puducherry: PM HomeTechnologyTech Reviews Realme Narzo 30 Pro review: 5G capability gets more affordable in India Rs. 16999 Realme Narzo 30 Pro 5G review: The latest Realme Narzo is an all-rounder 5G device and is a good buy for those budget-conscious users who won't be able to spend more money on Mi 10i or Realme X7 Pro. Written By Ankita Garg | Mumbai | Updated: February 25, 2021 2:12:23 pm realme narzo 30 pro, realme narzo 30 pro review, realme narzo 30 pro 5g, realme narzo 30 pro 5g review, realme narzo 30 pro rating, realme narzo 30 pro price, realme narzo 30 pro price in india, realme narzo 30 pro specifications, realme narzo 30 pro specs review, realme narzo 30 pro camera review, realme narzo 30 pro display review, realme narzo 30 pro performance review, realme narzo 30 pro, realme narzo 30 pro review, realme narzo 30 pro 5g, realme narzo 30 pro 5g review, realme narzo 30 pro rating, realme narzo 30 pro price, realme narzo 30 pro price in india, realme narzo 30 pro specs,realme narzo 30 pro specifications, realme narzo 30 pro specs review, realme narzo 30 pro camera review, realme narzo 30 pro display review, realme narzo 30 pro performance review Realme Narzo 30 Pro review: 5G phone gets more affordable in India Realme’s latest phone, the Narzo 30 Pro is one of the most affordable 5G offerings that one can buy in the Indian market at the moment. While actual 5G connectivity might still be sometime away in India, brands like Realme continue to launch products which are ready for the next generation of mobile connectivity. And with the Realme Narzo 30 Pro, the company is not only offering support for 5G, but also an all-rounder phone at a reasonable price. Priced at Rs 16,999 in India, Realme Narzo 30 Pro runs the MediaTek Helio 800U 5G processor, which is also powering the more expensive Realme X7 from the brand. But, how does the Realme Narzo 30 Pro perform in real-life? Here’s our review. Realme Narzo 30 Pro review: What is good, what’s not so good? realme narzo 30 pro, realme narzo 30 pro review, realme narzo 30 pro 5g, realme narzo 30 pro 5g review, realme narzo 30 pro rating, realme narzo 30 pro price, realme narzo 30 pro price in india, realme narzo 30 pro specs,realme narzo 30 pro specifications, realme narzo 30 pro specs review, realme narzo 30 pro camera review, realme narzo 30 pro display review, realme narzo 30 pro performance review The Realme Narzo 30 Pro 5G comes in a boring Sword Silver colour. (Image source: Ankita Garg/ Express image) The new Realme Narzo series phone has a matte plastic finish design at the back, which you might mistake for metal at first glance. I got the Silver Sword colour variant, which is a very subdued colour and a bit boring. Realme does bundle a case in the box, which you can use to hide the back panel design. There is a Black Sword colour option too, which looks more attractive and is not flashy. The overall design of the phone is quite similar to the Realme Naro 20 Pro. But this time you get triple rear cameras and a different gradi

Tour guides from Hungary set us straight on their country's love of paprika and what a good goulash is supposed to be. Author Marie Arana looks at how a thousand years of history can help explain the differences between the countries of Latin America and the US. And we'll explore why Galicia — a lesser-known corner of Spain — is where Spaniards like to escape from the heat and the crowds. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

In this episode, Hall welcomes Ziad Moukheiber, President & CEO of Boston Harbor Angels. Founded around 2005, Boston Harbor Angels, like a lighthouse, helps entrepreneurs navigate and grow their startup businesses through the treacherous waters of an increasingly competitive environment in our global economy. Boston Harbor Angels is a group of proven business leaders interested in investing a portion of their assets in high-growth, early-stage companies. Since 2004, they have made investments in companies in medical devices, IT, consumer products, business products, specialty materials, Internet, aviation, etc. They believe they contribute more than money to the companies they fund and welcome the opportunity to work with entrepreneurs who are open to taking advice, yet have the smarts and determination to make their company successful. Ziad is the President and CEO of Boston Harbor Angels and is also Managing Partner at EQX Fund LLC, an angel and early-stage investment fund based in Boston, Massachusetts, focusing on Life Sciences and IT. A business leader with over two decades of experience in building scalable organizations and advising companies in sales, marketing, operations, IT, service delivery, and customer service, Ziad founded SilverSword in 1998. He and his team built SilverSword into a leading IT consulting company that provides an outstanding customer service experience for their New England area clients. Silversword was acquired in 2015 by NSK Inc. Ziad is an active angel investor and is on the board of businesses and nonprofit organizations with a special interest in technology. Ziad is also a mentor with BUILD, a nonprofit organization using entrepreneurship to help at-risk students in the Boston area. Ziad earned his BA at the American University of Beirut (1992) and his Master's degree at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (1996). Founded in 1979 as the first graduate education program in alternative media, ITP is internationally recognized as a unique and vital contributor of new ideas and talented individuals to the professional world of multimedia and interactivity. Ziad speaks with Hall about how he sees the industry evolving for angel groups and angel networks, the biggest challenge he faces, and he shares some beneficial criteria for entrepreneurs. He explains the investment thesis of Boston Harbor Angels and cites some companies which fit their thesis. You can visit Boston Harbor Angels at .   Ziad can be reached via LinkedIn at and via email at . 

The Neighbourhood Watch is a narrative of five disenfranchised people on their quest for survival on the margins of society. We use the music of Hugh Masekela, Salif Keita, Yemi Alade, Lady Smith Black Mambazo - as selected by Rémy to unpack the intricacies of the story. We address poor representations of female characters in fiction written by men, while Rémy opens up about the triumphs and challenges of spearheading DoekLitMag.com, a literary journal expanding the reach of Namibian literature.We continue our special one-to-one interview with the shortlisted writers for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing with Remy Ngamije, a Rwandan born, Namibian writer, editor and photographer whose story, The Neighbourhood Watch is vying for the £10,000 prize.Listen to Remy's playlist on Deezer, Spotify and YouTubeGet in touch with us via email: BooksAndRhymes@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram and Twitter: @BooksAndRhymesShare your thoughts on this episode using #BooksAndRhymesThe song you heard in the intro and outro of this podcast is titled: Reset by Meakoom the song is available on BandcampBooks referenced in this episode:The Silver Sword by Ian SerraillierAfrican Book of Short Story Writing – edited by Helon HabilaLittle Family – by Ishmael BeahLiterary Journals Referenced:Doek Lit Mag, Lolwe, Bakwa Magazine, Brittle Paper, Johannesburg Review of Books, Songs referenced this episode:Tomorrow – Salif KeitaSound Check - The MuffinzStimela – Hugh MasekelaMbube - Ladysmith Black MambazoAfrica – Salif KeitaAfrica – Yemy Alade ft. Sauti SolMake The Road by Walking - The Menahan Street Band See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Knockouts back and SB is still trying to make up that history class. The Silver Sword gets a helicopter ride? Last Sunday was fathers day.  Call your dad. 

The sword, which is housed at the Medieval Museum, was gifted to Waterford by the then King of England, Edward IV, in the 15th century. Eamonn tells the story behind it.

Marie Arana is the award-winning Peruvian-American author of Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story, a book about a whole continent that manages not to be a thousand pages long—even though it covers about a thousand years of history. She makes the compelling case that there are really three driving forces behind the entire region: exploitation and extraction; violence; and religion. Of course, all of these forces are deeply interrelated—and that’s the point. To drive home how tangled the past is with the present, Arana weaves the stories of three contemporary Latin Americans together with a millennium of history to ultimately show why you can’t really explain the rest of the world without first understanding the story of Latin America.Go beyond the episode:Marie Arana’s Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American StoryRead Richard Moe’s review on our website (“a long-overdue and persuasive corrective”)Here’s a less blood-soaked tale from the cloisters of Peru: librarian Helen Hazen on a clutch of rare books tucked away in an Andean conventTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! Our theme music was composed by Nathan Prillaman.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Marie Arana’s sweeping saga of the influence of economic exploitation, violence, and religion on the history of Latin America, SILVER, SWORD, & STONE, she uses those three themes to tie the past to the present. Fusing history with journalism, she tells the stories of three contemporary Latin Americans whose lives represent the three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region. Marie Arana, a Peruvian-American author of nonfiction and fiction, is also literary director of the National Book Festival.

Marie Arana’s Silver, Sword, and Stone takes the readers from pre-Columbian times through the region’s conquest, independence movements, dirty wars, and right down to the present. In doing so, the book explores three driving forces in the region’s history: mining—and particularly mining, violence, and religion through the tales of three contemporary Latin Americans. In this episode, the award-winning author tells AS/COA’s Carin Zissis why she wrote this sweeping history now. Find out more about her work at www.mariearana.net.

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Innerhalb unser Podcast-Reihe ergreife ich auch hin und wieder die Chance, um über Dinge etwas außerhalb der SuperKreuzBurg zu sprechen. In diesem Fall habe ich mit Steven von ZG Games (Homepage) über sein aktuelles Spiel "Angel: The Silver Sword" gequatscht, wobei der Fokus auch auf seinem Werdegang lag. Zu "Angel: The Silver Sword" existiert auch ein Video, in dem ich mich grob mit der Demo und Indiespielen im Allgemeinen beschäftigt habe.  Wer mehr über das Spiel erfahren möchte - hier ein paar Links:  Demo zu "Angel: The Silver Sword" Steven auf Twitter ZG Games auf Twitter ViolinGamer auf Twitter

Tonight we discuss Wichita State and the Shockers' potential move to the AAC, tackle Arkansas State's resume, and welcome 2016 Silver Sword champion Sean Bock to talk about the Hoosiers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we gather our liquid strength and courage to work our way through two chapters of Origin of Species, Chapter XII - Geographical Distribution and Chapter XIII - Geographical Distribution continued.  Although Sarah predicted the podcast would last 3 hours we luckily were able to restrain ourselves to 1 hour and 28 minutes.We do have two corrections to make-#1  Although Josh declared that Noah's Ark came to rest on the top of Mt. Sinai the general view is that it actually settled on Mt. Ararat.#2 James mentioned the relationship between flightless birds (ratites) and the breakup of paleocontinent of Pangea when he should have said Gondwanaland instead.Chapter XII-XII These two chapters have been present in OoS since the first edition and it is in these chapters that Darwin defends his model against the prevailing view of the time - special creation. To make his argument Darwin uses modern distribution patterns of plants and animals on continents and islands, the success of introduced species to new habitats, experiments he conducted at Down House and data he collected from citizen scientists. Geographical Distribution  There is hardly a climate or condition in the Old World which cannot be paralleled in the New—at least as closely as the same species generally require....Notwithstanding this general parallelism in the conditions of the Old and New Worlds, how widely different are their living productions!Sarah discussed the idea of the monkeys from Africa (Old World Monkeys) are quite different from the monkeys found in South America (New World). In Madagascar are found the prosimians "almost monkeys" like lemurs, aye-aye, and sifakas.By Joseph Meyer - MKL online at Retro Bibliothek, work 149, 2009, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2598452On the continent of Africa are a large diversity of primates that range from leaf-eating species like the colobus monkeys to the generalist species like the vervet monkeys and baboons.  In addition gorillas and chimps which are tail-less apes are also in Africa (we realize that these are not monkeys but they needed to be mentioned none-the-less).www.discovery.comThe New World monkeys are quite different in form, long limbed with many species having a prehensile tail which they can use as a 5th limb.http://www.wildernessclassroom.com/students/archives/2005/03/spider-monkey.htmlJosh talked about the rich diversity of marsupial mammals found in Australia, the most striking is(was) the Tasmanian Wolf, a marsupial carnivore that looks like a dog but it is more closely related to a kangeroo! Here is a haunting silent 1936 film of the last known living Tasmanian wolf filmed in captivity. James discussed Darwin's interest in the flightless birds like the ostrich, cassowary, rhea, emu, tinamou and kiwi and Josh reminded us of the extinct Moa. This picture shows the relative sizes of the kiwi, ostrich and moa with the eggs. Notice how large the egg of the Kiwi is relative to its body size. It is the largest egg per body size while the ostrich egg is one of the smallest relative to the body size!Until recently the prevailing view of flightless bird evolution was that the early flightless bird evolved before the continent of Gondwana broke up into the separate continents and then each lineage of flightless bird evolved on their prospective continents - Rheas in South America, ostrich in Africa, Emu in Australia and Kiwi and Cassowary in New Zealand. Recent molecular evidence has challenged that view and actually argues that "flightlessness" evolved independently three times.We discussed the various experiments Darwin conducted with seed dispersal in salt water or in the guts of birds and fish as well as insects and seeds being dispersed on the feet of duck, swans and other semi-aquatic birds. James was reminded of a childhood story in a Dr. Dolittle book, Doctor Dolittle's Garden in which a beetle recounts being brought to England on the foot of a duck.http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0603431h.html#d5_THE_WATER_BEETLESarah brought up the idea of endemics, and how unique species with limited geographic distributions are often found on islands or high elevation habitats which supports Darwin's model of isolation and speciation. Sarah used the Silversword as an example, a beautiful plant that is found only on the high elevations of Halaekala on the island of Maui in Hawaii. James exposed the beauty and elegance of the plant so here is a picture he took last May 2015.Flowering silversword - photo by James WagnerThe opening and closing theme to Discovering Darwin is "May" by Jared C. Balogh. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Balogh/Revitalized_Eyes/MAY interlude music Octopussy by Juanitos. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Juanitos/

Ok the kid is sick and just wants to get back to Cadmus but no, the Silversword is attacking the Navy and causing the kids transport to be on hold. So the Kid suits up and does what the Kid does best. Punches problems in the face! WAM BAM POW!  

Merry after Christmas (if there is such a greeting), and welcome back to another episode of Just One of the Guys. This time out we're covering a couple of books that will be certain to make you forget about being in the middle of winter, unless you are listening to this in the future or in an country where it's not winter now, in which case, this doesn't apply. Regardless, this week we've got Green Lantern #94 where Kyle meets his overly sexually aggressive talent agent, flies to Hawaii for a "job", and gets thrown in to a volcano by an island goddess. And as a bonus, the story continues in Superboy #47, where the Kid of Steel helps our Emerald Hero save the island while embodying all the traits one would ascribe to Superman himself (and I thought he was just that jerk kid from the Reign of the Supermen storyline). And to school me on why Superboy is such an amazing character, I've called upon fellow Okie and podcast genius Charlie Niemeyer (host of Superman in the Bronze Age and co-host of The Starman Observatory) to guide me through my blind spot in the legacy of the Superman family. So grab your leis and rum filled coconut drinks, as well as your mp3 player of choice, download the show, and get to listening!Feedback for this show can be sent to: justoneoftheguyspodcast@gmail.comJust One Of The Guys is a proud member of the Two True Freaks! (http://twotruefreaks.com/main.php) family of podcasts, the best place on the internet to find shows about Star Wars, Star Trek, Comics, Movies, and anything else that the modern geek could ever want. If you are downloading the show through iTunes, be sure to leave a rating, hopefully a FIVE STAR RATING, because every rating we get helps grow the shows on the network! Thanks for listening, and be sure to come back next Friday for another episode of Just One Of The Guys: A Green Lantern Podcast.

Merry after Christmas (if there is such a greeting), and welcome back to another episode of Just One of the Guys. This time out we're covering a couple of books that will be certain to make you forget about being in the middle of winter, unless you are listening to this in the future or in an country where it's not winter now, in which case, this doesn't apply. Regardless, this week we've got Green Lantern #94 where Kyle meets his overly sexually aggressive talent agent, flies to Hawaii for a "job", and gets thrown in to a volcano by an island goddess. And as a bonus, the story continues in Superboy #47, where the Kid of Steel helps our Emerald Hero save the island while embodying all the traits one would ascribe to Superman himself (and I thought he was just that jerk kid from the Reign of the Supermen storyline). And to school me on why Superboy is such an amazing character, I've called upon fellow Okie and podcast genius Charlie Niemeyer (host of Superman in the Bronze Age and co-host of The Starman Observatory) to guide me through my blind spot in the legacy of the Superman family. So grab your leis and rum filled coconut drinks, as well as your mp3 player of choice, download the show, and get to listening!Feedback for this show can be sent to: justoneoftheguyspodcast@gmail.comJust One Of The Guys is a proud member of the Two True Freaks! (http://twotruefreaks.com/main.php) family of podcasts, the best place on the internet to find shows about Star Wars, Star Trek, Comics, Movies, and anything else that the modern geek could ever want. If you are downloading the show through iTunes, be sure to leave a rating, hopefully a FIVE STAR RATING, because every rating we get helps grow the shows on the network! Thanks for listening, and be sure to come back next Friday for another episode of Just One Of The Guys: A Green Lantern Podcast.

Hosts: Phil and Chad. Phil and Diablo 3 Beta, Wizorb impressions, Angry Birds Space, Silversword, 100 Trials, Delve: The Dice Game, Rune Raiders, Eradicate, Draw Something, Nightfall, Diablo 3 release date and pre-order. (mp3) Length: 22:47, Size: 21987328

Presenting the  Frazer Hines DWPA  interview podcast recorded at whoovers 3 - 2011 Biog taken from his own site http://www.thespeakersagency.com/speakerprofile/189/Frazer%20Hines/ Frazer (born in Horsforth, Yorkshire) is a British actor best known for his roles as Jamie McCrimmon in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and Joe Sugden in Emmerdale Farm (later just Emmerdale). At the age of eight, after studying acting at the Corona Academy, he made his acting debut. He later appeared in the first Hammer horror film X The Unknown (1955) and then Charlie Chaplin's A King in New York (1957) followed by The Weapon, starring Lizabeth Scott, in the same year. By the end of the 1950s he had appeared in twelve films. In 1960 he appeared in the eight-part serial The Young Jacobites for the British Children's Film Foundation. His television roles included Jan in The Silver Sword (1957-8), Tim Birch in Emergency Ward 10 (1963-4), and Roger Wain in Coronation Street (1965). In Doctor Who he played the part of Jamie McCrimmon, a companion of the Second Doctor, from 1966 to 1969 as well as reappearing in The Five Doctors (1983) and The Two Doctors (1985). After his three-year stint as Jamie he resumed the life of a jobbing actor (appearances include The Last Valley (1970) with Michael Caine and Omar Sharif, and Zeppelin (1971) with Michael Yorke) until he was cast in the new soap opera Emmerdale Farm as Joe Sugden in 1972 — a role he played until 1994. In between making episodes of Emmerdale, as it was renamed in the 1980's, he has continued a career in the theatre and made occasional appearances in other TV shows. Hines was a noted amateur horse jockey, and still maintains a great interest in horseracing through his breeders club at Newmarket. Other interests include cricket, fine dining, women and wine. Hines has recorded linking narration for many Second Doctor serials which no longer exist in video form; the soundtracks, along with Hines' narration, have been released on CD by BBC Audio. He has also appeared in several of Big Finish's Doctor Who audio plays. Among his many theatre credits are twenty eight consecutive pantomimes in which he has played everything from Buttons to Fleshcreep. He is an accomplished after dinner speaker and co-owns a record company in Australia with his nephew Clive.

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