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Det är den hittills värsta flygkatastrofen i svensk inrikesflygs historia.Linjeflygs Metropolitan SE-CCK kraschade under inflygning till Ängelholm och 31 människor miste livet. Vad var det egentligen som gick så fruktansvärt fel? Och vem eller vilka bär skulden?Wikpedia säger sitt om Linjeflyg Flight 277. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hillary and Tina discuss the final days of the Harris and Trump campaigns leading into the 2024 election. Disclaimer: This podcast is a conversational discussion of current events, informed by various news stories we've encountered throughout the week. We don't rely on one specific source, and while we aim for accuracy, we encourage listeners to seek out reliable sources for in-depth information. This podcast is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. Sources: Sun Sentinel Florida stopped being a swing state slowly, then all at once (https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/10/29/florida-stopped-being-a-swing-state-slowly-then-all-at-once/) Photos Kamala Harris (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Kamala_Harris_Vice_Presidential_Portrait.jpg/1024px-Kamala_Harris_Vice_Presidential_Portrait.jpg)--official portrait from the public domain via Wikpedia Donald Trump (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/1024px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg)--official portrait from the public domain via Wikpedia
A stork story - by Jasmina Al-Qaisi radio play, docufiction, 55 min in English, Romanian and Spanish, premiered in December 2021 at Lucia Festival in Florence and broadcasted in Radiophrenia on 10 February 2022; A new edit won at Berliner Hoerspiel Festival Sept 2022 Cover of the radio work by the artist Covrig Right: Greater Adjutant, Assam, India In search of a main character for an untold sci-fi story: empirical knowledge and personal experiences, myths and my own delirium, knit together a story of storks which transcends taxonomy and care for bodies and becomes a curious evolutionary journey of birds and births. Like a science fiction in the making, this story speculates on possibilities of togetherness and it takes the power of fiction as a fuel for real-life changes. Voices: biology teacher and self thought fitoteraphist Nicolae Ioana, obstetrics gynecology nurse Consuelo Ferreira Rey, conservationist and wildlife researcher Dr. Purnima Barman, collective animal behaviour and movement ecology researcher Dr. Andrea Flack, women's rights and sexual, reproductive health advocate Adriana Radu, and various voices of storks. Song: Hargila Army - Naan Song Translation in German: Andreea Bellu Bird knowledge: Rudi Guricht Drawing: Covrig Sounds of storks: Xeno-Canto Online Archive Literary references: “Killer Storks Eat Human Babies (Perhaps)” January 25, 2011 by Robert Krulwich published on NPR, Birds and People by Mark Cocker, Vintage Publishing 2013, Wikpedia page about Storks Editing suggestions and translation in Italian: Radio Papesse Work supported by Yass! Mentorship by Radio Papesse and Alessandra Eramo Folge direkt herunterladen
The Possibility Club podcast: Practical Bravery - MUSICAL POLITICS! Can artists change the world? Should they? And should it be through their art, or through their activism? In this episode we're charting the course of a journeyman whose guitar has graced stages worldwide, and whose convictions have spotlighted the corridors of change. From the euphoric highs of indie rock stardom with his band Gomez, capturing hearts and the Mercury Prize in 1998, to the critical acclaim and UK Top 40 albums, his artistry has been undeniable. But it's his transition from artist to advocate and activist that makes him stand out. Elected as the Chair of the Ivors Academy and sitting on the council of the Performing Rights Society, he's not just playing tunes; he's setting the tempo for change. And in 2024 (after we recorded this interview), he's seeking a place in the mother of all parliaments. Our guest is rockstar, campaigner and - who knows - maybe a future prime minister, Tom Gray. ---------- “I always saw myself as a side man, I was the guy stood next to the guy, I loved writing songs. I never saw myself as being a leader.” Tom Gray via Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Gray_(activist) Tom Gray via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-gray-8a084328/?originalSubdomain=uk “Actually music wasn't my goal at all, hilariously, music was just my way of slowing down my racing brain.” "I actually had a choice: do I get on a plane and work for a senator, which is what I wanted to do — I wanted to be a speechwriter — or do I get Madonna's private jet? A ridiculous thing to choose between.” Gomez the band https://www.gomeztheband.com/ Gomez the band via Wikpedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomez_(band) "By the time I was twenty-four or twenty-five I felt like I was on my third thing.” “I realised there were all kinds of problems facing my friends in music and a lot of the organisations representing them, although heartily trying, weren't necessarily getting there.” “I had this curious superpower which was that I understood politics, I'd grown up in politics, I knew loads of people in politics. If didn't do something, who was?" Featured Artists Coalition https://thefac.org/ The Ivors Academy (formerly British Association of Songwriters and Composers) https://ivorsacademy.com/ “I realised they didn't have a policy unit, helped them build a policy unit, helped them develop a public affairs strategy, actually employ people to do policy, which they didn't have. They were kind of shaking their fists in the air but not doing this stuff.” Musicians Union https://musiciansunion.org.uk/ “So, end of February 2020 I became a one man campaign, called Broken Record. And three months later the MU and Ivors Academy ran my more traditionally designed campaign called Fix Streaming.” “I was the guerrilla ground offensive, and then the air attack came later.” Broken Record campaign via Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Record_campaign Mixmag article on the Broken Record campaign to fix streaming https://mixmag.net/feature/brokenrecord-music-industry-streaming-labels-artists-exploitation-equitable-renumeration Tom Gray's evidence via the UK Parliament https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/10156/pdf/ Twitter/X — @MrTomGray Instagram — https://instagram.com/automatoms “There's a series of levers, there's a series of relationships, there's a way to change the world, there's a path and, boringly, that's how you do it." "We got all major labels agreeing to forgive debt of artists who'd been in debt for more than twenty years, which was huge.” “We've got an industry-wide transparency agreement that is about to be signed.” “My entire thing is, hold the industry in a headlock and force them to improve. People will say government process takes you out of that campaigning mode, it takes you out of holding their feet to the fire. That's true but you've also got the institutional grip. They have to keep saying the right things, there's no easy exit for them.” Labour List — “Meet Labour Brighton Pavilion candidate Tom Gray as Eddie Izzard falls short” https://labourlist.org/2023/12/brighton-pavilion-candidate-tom-gray-labour-eddie-izzard/ “Music isn't the arts, are you mad? It's one of our most basic forms of communication!” Possibility Club interview with Crystal Asige https://www.alwayspossible.co.uk/podcast-practical-bravery-crystal-asige/ Pete Wishart of Runrig via Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Wishart "We are one of three music net exporters on the planet. We have this huge benefit of our language and our unbroken history of music learning, conservatories, the Beatles, you wouldn't have the Beatles without the Education Act, that's clear. Public policy changes the world. John Lennon going to art school was a profoundly important thing that needed to happen, in order for the world to experience the Beatles.” "Resilience is 100% the lesson of being a musician, because it's been pretty hard, the past twenty years, working in that sector. There's always someone who's making a buck out of everybody but for me I think these fights can be won, still. And if that's optimism, that's optimism.” ------ This episode was recorded in September 2023 Interviewer: Richard Freeman for always possible Editor: CJ Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts For more visit www.alwayspossible.co.uk
Updates for you fine folks as we build this thing back with more losing, more wormholes, more content. Please enjoy wiKPedia, a weekly side project my girl and I have put together going down wild wikipedia wormholes. Once a month the crew Ming, Kahuna, South Beach Larry and Myself will be live at A Shared Universe to give you more episodes of the show you helped us take from a dream to a success... and enjoy the reels we keep making...they're pretty dam fun.
Today, we'll be discussing Episode 3 of Gyeongseong Creature, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Park Seo-joon as Jang Tae-sang, Han So-hee as Yoon Chae-ok, Wi Ha-jun as Kwon Jun-taek, Kim Soo-hyun as Lady Maeda, Jo Han-chul as Yoon Joon-won, Ji Woo as Myeong-ja, Jo Han-chul as Yoon Joon-won, and Kim Hae-sook as Nawol daek. We discuss:The song we feature during the recap: Time by Baek A, the acoustic versionWhether or not we think Jang Tae-sang had an affair with Lady MaedaJang Tae-sang's plan to re-enter Ongseong HospitalThe game mahjongThe drawing of Yoon Chae-ok's mom and how it landed in Jang Tae-sang's hands through the tailorJang Tae-sang's encounter with the samurais who beat him upHow Sachimoto helped Jang Tae-sang and Kwon Jun-taek re-enter the hospitalHow Yoon Chae-ok doesn't hesitate to kill the doctor when she saves the childrenThe significance of fireworks to the Korean military and Korean cultureThe amazing cinematography in this episode, particularly during the fireworks sceneHow Dr. Ichiro is trying to train the creatureWhat anthrax is really is and Joanna's anthrax storyWhat we thought about the title of this episode: Signal, Between Obsession and PerseveranceThe amazing and beautiful Han So-heeReferencesRules of MahjongFBI Investigation into Amerithrax CaseHan So-hee in Wikpedia
We're coming back at ya with three more battles on this episode! First up is the battle of Honey Springs on July 17th, 1863 which was the largest confrontation between the north and south in the state of Oklahoma. It was also unique in that the battle was made up mostly of African American and Native American troops, which was a first. Up next we have the Second Battle of Fort Wagner on July 18th, where a second attempt to capture Fort Wagner failed. This is most notable for the involvement of the 54th Massachusetts that became the focus of the movie "Glory" We end the episode with the Second Battle of Charleston Harbor or the Siege of Charleston Harbor on July 18th-September 7th. After being repulsed twice at Fort Wagner the Union decides to siege Charleston Harbor and bombard the fort for 60 days before the Confederates finally abandon the fort.Be sure to check out our new podcast "According To Wikipedia" where we read popular Wikpedia articles so you don't have to!https://www.spreaker.com/show/according-to-wikipedia
Det är den hittills värsta flygkatastrofen i svensk inrikesflygs historia.Linjeflygs Metropolitan SE-CCK kraschade under inflygning till Ängelholm och 31 människor miste livet. Vad var det egentligen som gick så fruktansvärt fel? Och vem eller vilka bär skulden?Wikpedia säger sitt om Linjeflyg Flight 277. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Do you sometimes get out of bed and wonder why you do what you do? Maybe you're wondering about your 'why' or 'purpose'? Are you so passionate about what you do that maybe a simple 'why' statement is just not enough? Well most likely then, it's time to write your Manifesto!! What's a manifesto? According to Wikpedia, a manifesto is "A published declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group.....A manifesto is often political, social or artistic in nature, sometimes revolutionary, but may present an individual's life stance." In this episode, John and Simon read out a manifesto that fluffing fires them up from https://gfda.co/ and they explore why we should all get a little more passionate about what we do, why we do it, and why it matters The Occupational Philosophers hope you enjoy the show (they really enjoyed making this episode of their not-so-serious business podcast.) And as The Occupational Philosophers always say: stay curious, make stuff, play more, have fun, and date life. FYI: The Inbetweeners episodes are just that - smaller episodes 'in between' the longer format episodes designed to give a little kickstart to enable you to be the most curious, creative, and imaginative cat you can be - and have some fun in the process. Links https://gfda.co/ (Good f#*king design advice - we love this site!) Say Hello to the OP's www.occupationalphilosophers.com Their day jobs JOHN: https://www.bowlandconsulting.com/ SIMON: www.simonbanks.com.au SIMON SHOWREEL: https://youtu.be/YZQdJI6qGvg
Det är den hittills värsta flygkatastrofen i svensk inrikesflygs historia.Linjeflygs Metropolitan SE-CCK kraschade under inflygning till Ängelholm och 31 människor miste livet. Vad var det egentligen som gick så fruktansvärt fel? Och vem eller vilka bär skulden?Wikpedia säger sitt om Linjeflyg Flight 277. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Did you realize every President since Warren G. Harding has had the ability to choose a person to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget? The Office of Management and Budget or (OMB) as it is commonly referred to, is an essential part of our American Government we supervise or watch over every day of our lives. This central part of a President's administration or government is responsible for overseeing the placement of a President's agenda stretching all over the Executive Branch. Within this department of the federal government, OMB watches and oversees any cabinet level department budget and plan for executing and using their stated money within their fiscal year's money allocated to them from Congress. Office of Management and Budget though according to Wikpedia is the biggest office in the Executive Office of the President of The United States. Without OMB, any given President would not have a system of checks and balances with regards to his administration's usage of budgeting and regulations along with using money allocated to him by Congress or OMB. Don't forget to keep subscribing to this podcast!. And always remember Politics at every level impacts you and others in any given city. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nrodyunknown/message
In our August Podcast, we talk with a true grognard, Don Perrin, a Canuck who now calls Las Vegas his home. Since Don and James met as cadets and barrack mates many years ago, Don went on to graduate from Royal Military College and serve in the Canadian Army in the RCEME Corps. Don's done practically everything there is to do in the hobby. He's worked with giants like Frank Chadwick, run a games store, published (and killed!) wargames magazines, manufactured lead figures and now is doing cutting edge work in 3D printing as you'd expect from his extensive technical background. He's also a published fiction author, and the only guy we know personally to have a Wikpedia entry! In our discussion, Don shares his thoughts on what happened to North American wargames magazines, the pros and cons of 3D printing, and the future of our gaming hobby. Don Perrin on Twitter: @dbsperrin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Perrin Don's Websites: https://donperrin.com https://historicalminis.com Don's Stuff on War-game Vault (The Courier, MWAN, etc): https://www.wargamevault.com/browse/pub/3610/Don-Perrin?page=2 Don's 3D Printing Website: https://home3dprints.com Don's Virtual Bookshelf Contributions: Operation Warboard' By Gavin & Bernard Lyall. Adam and Charles Black, 1976 ISBN 0 7136 1646 6 https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01N7E9PBN/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Operation Husky: The Canadian Invasion of Sicily, July 10–August 7, 1943 By Mark Zuehlke. Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd., 2009 ISBN: 1553653246 Stuff We Mentioned In Our Conversation: First Clash: Combat Close Up in World War Three, by Kenneth Macksey, 1998. https://www.amazon.com/First-Clash-Combat-Close-Up-World/dp/0425107566 Sound Officers' Call Blog: https://soundofficerscall.blogspot.com The Sentry Box (Calgary, Alberta games store): https://sentrybox.com Canadian Content Corner: Brad St. Croix and Alex Fitzgerald-Black on Operation Husky: https://youtu.be/xkiWFlDpD9w Alex Fitzgerald Black on The Air Support Rollercoaster: Air Power and its Contribution to the Morale of the Canadian Army in Normandy: https://youtu.be/6YpFVLtIRtc Alex Fitzgerald-Black, Eagles Over Husky: The Allied Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign, 14 May to 17 August, 1943. https://www.amazon.ca/Eagles-over-Husky-Sicilian-Campaign/dp/1912174944/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=eagles+over+sicily&qid=1628977961&sr=8-1 Arthur Gullachsen, An Army of Never-Ending Strength: Reinforcing the Canadians in NW Europe, 1944-45. UBC Press, 2021. https://www.amazon.ca/Army-Never-Ending-Strength-Reinforcing-Canadians/dp/0774864818/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=arthur+gullachsen&qid=1628976179&sr=8-1 Closing Music: The Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers March Past: https://rcemecorpsgemrc.ca/our-history/rceme-marches/ Our Contact Info: Mike's email: madpadre@gmail.com Mike's Twitter: @MarshalLuigi Mike's blog: www.madpadrewargames.blogspot.com James' email: jamsmanto@gmail.com James' Twitter: @JamesManto4 James' blog: www.rabbitsinmybasement.blogspot.com
Diese Woche im Tech Briefing:20 Jahre Wikipedia. Ein Gespräch über die Vergangenheit und Zukunft der Welt des Wissens mit Pavel Richter, ehemaliger Geschäftsführer des deutschen Trägervereins Wikimedia.Zwischen denkenden Displays und wischenden Saugrobtern: Die Trends der CES.Wie der Lieferdienst Wolt dem Platzhirsch Lieferando Konkurrenz machen möchte.Moderation: Daniel Fiene.Sie hören mit dem Tech Briefing Express die Kurzfassung des Tech Briefings. Die komplette Fassung gibt es für alle Pioneers nicht nur auf thePioneer.de, sondern auch in gängigen Podcast-Apps. Wenn Sie bereits Pioneer sind, können Sie die Komplettfassung des Podcasts einmalig auf dieser Webseite freischalten. Klicken Sie einfach auf den Button "Hier hören". Eine detaillierte Anleitung haben wir für Sie hier.Wenn Sie noch kein Pioneer sind, können Sie sich direkt hier anmelden. Unterstützen Sie unabhängigen Journalismus und halten Sie unsere Angebote werbefrei. Sie erhalten sofort Zugriffe auf die kompletten Inhalte unserer Homepage ThePioneer.de, unserer Newsletter (u.A. das Hauptstadtbriefing), unsere Podcasts (u.A. Der Achte Tag) und Events.Haben Sie Fragen zum Abruf der kompletten Episode? Schreiben Sie uns gerne eine Mail an kontakt@mediapioneer.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What exactly happened in the Ural Mountains of Russia in February of 1959 is still uncertain. All that is known for sure is that 9 hikers were killed. How? Aliens, a Yeti, sound waves... Strider explores all angles leaving no stone upon, 'Dead Mountain,' unturned.Sources:Onthisday.com, Wikpedia.org, Telegraph.co.uk Article by Yuri Yudin , Snopes.com ‘Dyatlov Pass Incident’ by David Emery, ‘Dead Mountain’ by Donnie Eicher
Chris Castle, a developer advocate at Salesforce, is joined by Evan Grim, a software architect at Salesforce responsible for the Salesforce Authenticator mobile app. Salesforce Authenticator is a component of a two-factor authentication flow. After a user signs in to their Salesforce organization, the mobile app will generate a secure code which is used to provide additional verification. This guarantees that even if a user's password is compromised, a hacker won't be able to login unless they have access to your phone, too. Experiencing a flow like this has become commonplace, with banks and other websites taking a security-first approach to their user experience. What's starting to change is the way these 2FA apps work. For example, Evan has built a flow where the Salesforce Authenticator uses geolocation to identify where you are. If you log in to a website from the same location enough times to establish a pattern, the app can send the security code automatically, without you needing to type anything in. Evan is very interested in exploring further trends where safety is not compromised for the sake of usability. For the remainder of the episode, Chris and Evan discuss the fundamentals of the technologies and systems used to build the app. Evan believes that keeping things simple is paramount to any software project. For many years, the Salesforce Authenticator backend was situated in one region, and it served them well. Now that the app has become more popular, they are considering the complexities of multi-region support, including sharding their Postgres database. Their trade-off for focusing on adoption over sophistication has paid off, as it often does. Now that their idea has been validated, they can plan to rearchitect their app to support increased volume from a growing security-conscious user base. Links from this episode Wikpedia's article on Multi-factor authentication Salesforce Authenticator is an intelligent two-factor authentication app Let's Encrypt provides free and automated SSL certificates for any website Securing the Web with Let's Encrypt podcast Heroku Postgres
Stephanie and Michael discuss an experiment that seeks to find altruist birds. That's right, good birds. Or are we just projecting? Should we build giant good bird robots? The computer algorithm Michael was talking about is literally called Bees algorithm. It's a population-based search algorithm, basically it's a way to efficiently find and focus on an important section of your data set and it mimics how bees search for food. The Panda porn comment is pretty searchable on your own, but it even has a Wikpedia page. Please follow the subscription links below and rate/review us on the appropriate podcast platforms. It's the only way to get the algorithms to like us. You can reach out by email at YouDidWhatNowPodcast@gmail.com or on Twitter at YDWN_Podcast. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: Friends s5e4, The Matrix, Pinky and the Brain
Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam episode 26 (25 in the US), "Char Returns," discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on: war balloons, top secret information, the battle of Sekigahara, naval mines, and possible aesthetic influences for mobile suit design.- Overview of the history of military ballooning, and of incendiary balloons specifically.- More detailed information about the Civil War-era Balloon Corps.- Explanation and photo of barrage balloons.- Overview of Japan's Fu-Go balloon program, and the news story detailing the 2014 discovery of an unexploded incendiary from a Fu-Go. CORRECTION: I stated that I thought this happened in Oregon. It actually happened in British Columbia, Canada.- Great explanation of how images can be sent via radio waves.- Wikpedia page on classified information (levels, differences between different countries, etc.), and an article which discusses what happens when people reveal classified information.- The US National Archive FAQ on identifying and handling classified records.- Two overviews of the Battle of Sekigahara (the second includes lots of images of art depicting the battle).- Wikipedia pages on Kikkawa and Kobayakawa.- Detailed information on naval mines, including their history, types, and the technology and mechanisms involved, from the Minewarfare & Clearance Diving Officers' Association, NavWeaps (Naval Weapons, Naval Technology and Naval Reunions website), and the Worldwide Independent Inventors Assoication (archive).- Pictures of E. Honda's "Sumo Torpedo" headbutt attack and a real one, another sumo photo, and a photo of the 'Spear' attack in pro wrestling.You can subscribe to the Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, follow us on twitter @gundampodcast, check us out at gundampodcast.com, email your questions, comments, and complaints to gundampodcast@gmail.com.Mobile Suit Breakdown wouldn't exist without the support of our fans and Patrons! You can join our Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, extra out-takes, behind-the-scenes photo and video, MSB gear, and much more!The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, both licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. Both have been edited for length. Mobile Suit Breakdown provides critical commentary and is protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. All Gundam content is copyright and/or trademark of Sunrise Inc., Bandai, or its original creator. Mobile Suit Breakdown is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Sunrise Inc. or Bandai or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates and makes no claim to own Gundam or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it. Copyrighted content used in Mobile Suit Breakdown is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to gundampodcast@gmail.comFind out more at http://gundampodcast.com
Today's Commexis Cast discusses the best stories of the week! We talk Chatbots, YouTube using Wikipedia to fight conspiracies, and an eMarketer report on A/B testing. First, YouTube announced at SXSW that the company will be embedding excerpts of Wikipedia articles underneath videos that discuss, or are related to, popular conspiracy theories. It seems Wikipedia wasn't made aware of the decision, however. Katherine Maher, the Executive Director at Wikimedia, said in a tweet thread this morning (you can read the first tweet in the thread below) that the decision was made independently by YouTube. Wojciki said the Wikpedia articles, along with some other third-parties, will begin rolling out in the coming weeks. Secondly, latest eMarketer report on a surveyed 500 marketers, and only 7% of which say they're currently using AI Chatbots for the brands. The survey was performed by Freedman International and ClickZ, and in addition to the 7%, the report says, "another 27% reported that they're looking into using chatbots, most respondents said their company was either not ready or didn't have the budget to develop them." Finally, Google is testing a visual update to the Google mobile search results page. Today's cast: Phillip Brooks (Commexis Lead Strategist) and Matthew McGrorty (Commexis Videographer/Podcaster). Join the Commexis team as we add context to these stories for the busy CMO. All the news you need to know–from our inbox to yours.
Today's Commexis Cast discusses YouTube's announcement at SXSW that it will be including Wikipedia excerpts alongside conspiracy videos on the platform in an attempt to offer more objective information. The efforts come in response to growing criticism of the platform and it's suggestion algorithm, which made a conspiracy video falsely accusing the Parkland survivors of being "crisis actors" the #1 Trending video on YouTube. YouTube CEO Susan Wojciki on a panel at South by Southwest Interactive festival said boxes with so-called "information cues" will begin popping up in the next few weeks. On an interesting note, it seems Wikipedia was not made aware of the inclusion of their excerpts. Katherine Maher, the Executive Director at Wikimedia, said in a tweet thread this morning that the decision was made independently by YouTube. Some are questioning whether Wikipedia is a correct choice for this kind of fact-checking, especially given it's use by Facebook to fight fake news which we know, alongside many other factors, didn't accomplish the goals Facebook set out. Maher tweeted about the scraping of Wikipedia content for this kind of use, stating, "And frankly, we don't want you to blindly trust us. Sure, we're mostly accurate - but not always! We want you to read @Wikipedia with a critical eye. Check citations! Edit and correct inaccurate information! You can't do that in a simple search result." Wojciki said the Wikpedia articles, along with some other third-parties, will begin rolling out in the coming weeks. Secondly, The Cast discussed eMarketer's latest report shows A/B test do not create significant statistical results. The report continued that, "According to a survey of 3,900 professionals worldwide by UserTesting, fewer than 20% of respondents reported that their A/B tests produce significant results 80% of the time." However, despite this small portion of statistical success, A/B tests can have huge positives. Jonathan Donahue, chief product officer of programmatic platform Sonobi, told eMarketer that "In some instances, A/B testing call-to-action features and ad headlines can save marketers 40% of their media budget on ad platforms like Facebook." Today's cast: Phillip Brooks (Commexis Lead Strategist) and Matthew McGrorty (Commexis Videographer/Podcaster). Join the Commexis team as we add context to these stories for the busy CMO. All the news you need to know–from our inbox to yours.
What is nanotechnology? An invitation to enter a new field of physics: A lecture on nanotechnology that Richard Feynman gave in 1959 (Zyvex) (http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html) Definition of 'nano' (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano-) Nanotechnology (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology) The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) (http://www.nano.gov) @NNInanonews: Twitter feed of NNI (https://twitter.com/NNInanonews) Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN) (http://crnano.org/whatis.htm) The billion year technology gap (The Daily Galaxy) (http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/11/the-billionyear-technology-gap-could-one-exist-the-weekend-feature.html) The Fermi death sentence (Nanotechnology Now) (http://www.nanotech-now.com/columns/?article=149) Explaining nanotechnology to a 5th grader (YouTube) (https://youtu.be/DAOFpgocfrg) Your fingernail grows a nanometre every second (NNCI) (http://www.nnci.net/what-nano) Bottom-up versus top-down approaches (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology#Bottom-up_approaches) Meet the nanomachines that could drive a medical revolution (Phys.org) (https://phys.org/news/2016-04-nanomachines-medical-revolution.html) Nanoparticles (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoparticle) Scanning electron microscope (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning_electron_microscope) How to move an atom (IBM Research) (https://www.ibm.com/blogs/research/2013/05/how-to-move-an-atom/) 20 years of moving atoms one by one: Including how they made the IBM logo out of 35 xenon atoms (Wired) (https://www.wired.com/2009/09/gallery-atomic-science/) Scientists measure how light affects individual atoms for the first time (nanowerk) (http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news/newsid=33617.php) Current applications of nanotechnology (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology#Applications) How nanotechnology is changing the future of medicine (MUO) (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/nanotechnology-changing-future-medicine/) Applications of nanotechnology in medicine (Australian Science) (http://www.australianscience.com.au/biology/applications-of-nanotechnology-in-medicine/) Convergence Science Network (http://www.convergencesciencenetwork.org.au) Stentrode (ABC, Catalyst) (http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4519966.htm) The world's first international race for molecular cars, the Nanocar Race (Phys.org) (https://phys.org/news/2017-03-world-international-molecular-cars-nanocar.html) Nanoparticles & sunscreen (Cancer Council Australia) (http://www.cancer.org.au/preventing-cancer/sun-protection/nanoparticles-and-sunscreen.html) Titanium dioxide (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium_dioxide) Nanoparticles are all around us: Naturally-occurring vs man-made (sustainable nano) (http://sustainable-nano.com/2013/03/25/nanoparticles-are-all-around-us/) Nanoparticles in nature: Toxic or harmless? (EarthSky) (http://earthsky.org/human-world/nanoparticles-in-nature-toxic-or-harmless) Gold nanoparticles can be red or blue/purple (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloidal_gold) "Properties such as melting point, fluorescence, electrical conductivity, magnetic permeability, & chemical reactivity change as a function of the size of the particle" (NNI) (https://www.nano.gov/nanotech-101/special) Buckminsterfullerene, or buckyballs (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene) Have buckminsterfullerenes (buckyballs) been put to any practical uses? (Scientific American) (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/have-buckminsterfullerene/) It doesn't seem that any real use has been found for buckyballs yet (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene#Applications) Carbon fibre (Wikpedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_fibers) Carbon nanofibre (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanofiber) Did Bucky Fuller really design a soccer ball? (treehugger) (https://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/did-bucky-fuller-really-design-soccer-ball.html) How can graphite & diamond be so different if they are both composed of pure carbon? (Scientific American) (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-can-graphite-and-diam/) Spiders sprayed with carbon nanotubes spin superstrong webs (Phys.org) (https://phys.org/news/2015-05-spiders-carbon-nanotubes-superstrong-webs.html) Spiders ingest nanotubes, then weave silk reinforced with carbon (MIT Technology Review) (https://www.technologyreview.com/s/537301/spiders-ingest-nanotubes-then-weave-silk-reinforced-with-carbon/) Space elevator (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator) Sorry Johnny, carbon nanotubes may be too weak to get a space elevator off the ground
How was the universe made? Briefly. “Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust”, Prof. Laurence Krauss (The School of Life, Vimeo) Pic: BANG! Protons formed after the first millionth of a second; fusion ended after 3 minutes (Wikipedia) Chronology of the universe (Wikipedia) The Big Bang theory (ESA Kids) The Big Bang theory (GCSE, BBC) Everything in the universe came out of the Big Bang (Why-Sci) The initial singularity is proposed to have contained all the mass & spacetime of the universe...then bang! (Wikipedia) So what was there before the Big Bang?...There's no such thing as nothing (Jon Kaufman) What is nothing? Physics debate (livescience) Why is there something rather than nothing? (BBC) The beginning of time (Prof. Stephen Hawking) A mathematical proof that the universe could have formed spontaneously from nothing (The Physics arXiv Blog) Infographic: What is the cosmic microwave background? (Space.com) Protons are made of quarks (Wikipedia) Quark soup: Heavy ions & quark-gluon plasma (CERN) Matter/antimatter asymmetry: The dregs of the universe from whence we came (CERN) Antiprotons & protons (Encyclopaedia Britannica) After ~380,000 years, the universe starts to cool after expanding & also becomes transparent as photons of light can now travel around (Wikipedia) Lego (Lego Australia) Nothing much happened for a while, then stars & quasars started to form about ~150 million to 1 billion years after the Big Bang (Wikipedia) Star formation (University of Oregon) What are stars made of? (Qualitative Reasoning Group, Northwestern University) How are planets formed? (Phys.org) What makes a planet? (Jean-Luc Margot, UCLA) The James Webb space telescope will help us understand the birth of stars & protoplanetary systems (JWST, NASA) How do scientists measure the temperature of the universe? (Science Alert) Astronomers measure the temperature of the universe 7.2 billion years ago (Sci Tech Daily) "The CMB (cosmic microwave background) is a snapshot of the oldest light in our universe, imprinted on the sky when the universe was just 380,000 years old. It shows tiny temperature fluctuations that correspond to regions of slightly different densities, representing the seeds of all future structure: the stars & galaxies of today" (Wikipedia) Big Bang nucleosynthesis: Cooking up the first light elements (Einstein Online) Why did the universe start off with hydrogen, helium & not much else? (Starts with a bang!) The first stars in the universe: A comprehensive article by two guys who actually figured this stuff out (Scientific American) Hydrogen becomes a solid below 14.01 Kelvin (Wikipedia) "The first generation of stars lit up 560 million years after the Big Bang" (Wikipedia) What is E = mc^2 in simple terms (American Museum of Natural History) When was dust invented? 12.5 billion years ago! Along with gas, it helped form the early galaxies (ABC Australia) Stars are element-making factories that use a process called 'stellar nucleosynthesis' (Wikipedia) "We are all star dust": When a star dies all the stuff in it drifts across the universe & kicks things off elsewhere (About, Education) When did the first stars form? (Starchild, NASA) The horse head nebula: One of the beautiful dust clouds that are stellar nurseries (NASA) Once you've got the right ingredients, star formation can be triggered in various ways (Wikipedia) Types of stars (Enchanted Learning) Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams show certain properties of stars (Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO) Interactive Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (Las Cumbres Observatory) What are 'main sequence' stars? Most stars in our galaxy are like this, including the Sun (Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO) What is a red giant? Our Sun will become one eventually (Space.com) What is a brown dwarf? Hint: It's not Thorin Oakenshield at the beach, it's a transition between a star & a giant gas planet (Space.com) Accretion: The gas & dust left over from the Sun's formation clumped together over millions of years to form planets (Wikipedia) Our Sun's lifecycle began ~4.5 billion years ago & has ~4.5 to 5.5 billion to go (Universe Today) What makes a planet different from a star? (UCSB ScienceLine) Nuclear fission confirmed as source of more than half of Earth's heat (Scientific American) Ancient cosmic smack-up may have made Earth's molten core (National Geographic) Gravitational tides: Planets stretch & squash moons & vice versa (Department of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University) Tidal friction: The moon pushes & pulls Earth in different directions, deforming & warming the planet (HyperPhysics, Georgia State University) Formation & evolution of the solar system (Wikpedia) The Oort cloud: A theoretical shell of icy objects in the outermost reaches of the solar system (Space Facts) The Kuiper belt: Contains remnants of the solar system's formation (Space Facts) There used to be many 'planetary embryos', which then gravitationally interacted & collided to form the four terrestrial planets we know today (Wikipedia) Osmos: "Enter the Darwinian world of a galactic mote", Apple design award & iPad game of the year (iTunes) What is the solar system? Including a description of the differences between rocky & gassy planets (HubbleSite) Facts about our solar system's planets, in order (Space.com) Why are planets closer to the Sun more dense? (Space Answers) Pic: The planets in order, Mars is the last rocky planet (Pics About Space) Here's what the Sun looks like from every planet in our solar system (IFL Science) Debating the name of our solar system (Quora) NASA scientist, Jen Heldmann, describes how Earth's moon was formed (SERVI, NASA) How the moon formed: Violent cosmic crash theory gets double boost (Space.com) Bogotá is 2,640 metres above sea level (Wikipedia) Venus has a runaway greenhouse effect (Wikipedia) Mercury is hot & hard (Space.com) New evidence suggests Mars had tectonic activity long ago (IFL Science) Mars has water ice at its poles, the highest mountain in the solar system & two tiny moons, Phobos & Deimos (Space.com) As our Sun dies, what will happen to the planets, especially our own? (The New York Times) What will happen to our solar system after the Sun dies? (Quora) Will the Sun have enough gravity to keep the planets in orbit after it becomes a white dwarf? (Quora) Book: Diaspora by Greg Egan (Wikipedia) Our Sun will eventually become a white dwarf, not a black hole (Black Hole Encyclopaedia) What is a galaxy? (Space Place, NASA) What is a galaxy? (HubbleSite) How is a galaxy formed? (Wikipedia) What are fractals? (Fractal Foundation) A supercluster is a group of galaxies (Wikipedia) The nearest superclusters (NASA) Our galaxy, the Milky Way, will probably collide & merge with Andromeda, forming 'Milkdromeda' (Futurism) Why are bubbles round? (UCSB ScienceLine) Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why galaxies & solar systems form disks - apparently our galaxy is as flat as a crepe! (Star Talk Radio, YouTube) Spiral galaxy formation (Cosmos, Swinburne University) What is a supermassive black hole? (Wikipedia) Talking mattresses in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker Wikia) Our night sky as the Milky Way & Andromeda galaxies merge (EarthSky) The 'heat death' of the universe (Wikipedia) Deliveroo Want more? The Infinite Monkey Cage podcast: The recipe to build a universe (Overcast) Super cool animation to finish: Warning, this will make you feel VERY SMALL (Kurzgesagt, Devour) Corrections Timeline of the Big Bang: Good summary if you want to know the specifics of what happened when, vs Johnny's rather loose estimates (The Physics of the Universe) Clarifying the definition of plasma: "A plasma can be created by heating a gas or subjecting it to a strong electromagnetic field, this decreases or increases the number of electrons, creating positive or negative ions, & is accompanied by the dissociation of molecular bonds, if present" (Wikipedia) When matter meets antimatter pure energy is released (CERN) It took ~380,000 years for electrons to be trapped in orbits around nuclei, forming the first atoms, not 1 million years (CERN) The core of a star like our Sun consists of gas in the 'plasmic state', no solid hydrogen (Wikipedia) The Sun is 865,000 miles across, not 5,000 miles (Space.com) New evidence may suggest Mars had tectonic activity (IFL Science) There appears to be conjecture about whether superclusters are bound by gravity (Wikipedia) Cheeky review? 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Zen and shiftlessness are often indistinguishable from one anotherRC-2014-102: The Big Lebowski (1998) Your browser does not support this audio Now that the National Film Registry has deemed Lebowski "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," I thought it the perfect time to delve into the Coen's 1998 comedy/noir/half-assed thinkpiece on Reagan-era zeitgeist. I get lost in the beautiful shadow work of Deakins, point out relevant tropes found throughout the Coen's work, and speculate about what people will remember the day John Turturro dies. After explaining exactly what I think the movie's themes are, I decide that it doesn't matter because the Coens don't really mean any of it.Show NotesDocumentary about Lebowski cultureWilliam Kunstler documentaryThe Wikpedia page for Ron Kuby actually mentions his being name-checked in the film (I didn't mention that he and Kunstler were friends)Brunswick actually makes all kinds of shit, not just bowling and billiardsRoger & Gene's original reviewDownload the mp3.iTunes.
"Wikipedia Definitions"We recorded this little episode as a warm up to our last episode and had a lot of fun doing it. It's only 12 minutes long, why not give a listen? Using an app that gives us a random Wikipedia page when we shake it, we got a few titles and told each other what they were all about. A fun game that you can even play yourself! Recorded on 10/22/2013.Download
Los ponentes, María Sefidari, Miguel García y Felipe Ortega (todos pertenecientes a Wikimedia España) presentan el funcionamiento interno de Wikpedia, las oportunidades de este sitio web en el ámbito docente y los proyectos de la Fundación Wikimedia en España. Las charlas destapan algunos de los mitos sobre Wikipedia y reflexionan sobre su aplicación educativa ya que según el ponente Felipe Ortega ‘representa una gran oportunidad para estudiantes de educación superior, que se encuentran en una situación excelente para crear nuevos artículos e incrementar la calidad de los que ya existen’.
Eine Gedächtnis-, Huldigungs- und Rätselsendung zu Ehren meines Großonkels. Danach versteht Ihr, warum ich bin wie ich bin. Das ist eine ebenso fürchterliche wie seltene Erbkrankheit Weiter- und weiter und weiter in die Irre führende Literaturhinweise:Cache zum Thema Umwelt: noch anara sindfluad san ollaweu de fenztabreln fafeut Mein von Wikpedia wegen mangelndem öffentlichen Interesse abgelehnter biographischer, enzyklopädischer Eintrag zu meiner PersonLebensläufe von Persönlichkeiten im öffentlichem Interesse Noch jemand, den man bei Wikipedia für wichtiger als mich hält. Tss, tss tss...
Eine Gedächtnis-, Huldigungs- und Rätselsendung zu Ehren meines Großonkels. Danach versteht Ihr, warum ich bin wie ich bin. Das ist eine ebenso fürchterliche wie seltene Erbkrankheit Weiter- und weiter und weiter in die Irre führende Literaturhinweise:Cache zum Thema Umwelt: noch anara sindfluad san ollaweu de fenztabreln fafeut Mein von Wikpedia wegen mangelndem öffentlichen Interesse abgelehnter biographischer, enzyklopädischer Eintrag zu meiner PersonLebensläufe von Persönlichkeiten im öffentlichem Interesse Noch jemand, den man bei Wikipedia für wichtiger als mich hält. Tss, tss tss... Tags: Sprachkurs, Westbalkanisch