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Planet Philadelphia is a radio show about our environment – where we all live, work, and play – produced and hosted by Kay Wood. You will hear a mix of environmental news, interviews, music, poetry, and reporting on community events. Planet Philadelphia is for the many Philadelphians who care about our planet. There are a lot of important and interesting issues to explore – and this show is the place to do that. Tune in every 1st and 3rd Friday from 4:00-5:00pm. Learn more about the host here.
Today! New Planet Philadelphia Friday June 2nd streams online! GTown Radio 4-5:00pm 6/2/17
Hear from an award-winning sea level researcher on efforts to limit climate change and what current government funding cuts might mean for the future for such research.
Professor Benjamin Horton is currently at Rutgers University but is relocating to Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He will talk about doing research on rising sea levels in the wake of climate change. He has been trying to understand and integrate the external and internal mechanisms that have determined sea-level changes in the past, and which will shape such changes in the future. Dr. Horton has won a number of awards for his research. He has deep concerns about the affects of government research funding cuts on the US maintaining it's current lead in climate research.
Todd Rogers, of Energy Training Solutions and who is an environmental educator and energy auditor for buildings, will discuss a human-centered approach using group motivational strategies to lower the use of energy. This approach contrasts with approaches that give information only, deliver external rewards such as bonuses, or focus on lowering costs. In mid-May, Todd was working in Philadelphia schools using this approach.
Also, individuals involved in the Power Local Green Jobs march including Bill McKibben, Eileen Flanagan, George Lakey, and people at the POWER Philadelphia organization who cosponsored the march and the campaign will be commenting on the recent march.
Tune in to Planet Philadelphia at our wonderful local radio station G-Town Radio 4:00pm www.gtownradio.com to hear these illuminating interviews and more.
Planet Philadelphia's listener comment line is: (484) 278-1846. Record a comment or event announcement anytime to be broadcast on the next Planet Philadelphia radio show. Planet Philadelphia streams on the internet at http://www.gtownradio.com/ 4:00-5:00 p.m. the 1st and 3rd Fridays each month. The next great Planet Philadelphia will be Friday June 2nd on http://www.gtownradio.com/ for more informative interviews about to live and thrive our beautiful world.
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Podcast available now: Real solutions to global warming, Planet Philadelphia streamed 5/19/17
On this Planet Philadelphia Katharine Wilkinson, Ph.D. tells us what Project Drawdown has discovered about the best evidence-based solutions to solve our climate crisis. Drawdown is a coalition of scholars, scientists, entrepreneurs, and advocates from across the globe that are measuring and documenting solutions to global warming currently in use that will reach the drawdown point, the point when greenhouse gases consistently decline. Dr. Wilkinson is the senior writer of their book "Drawdown" disseminates this information. Drawdown is currently collaborating with the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, which represents a population close to one third of humanity.
Also hear from people in our community who are very concerned about our climate crisis, 350 Philly activist Katie Blumberh and Rabbi Arthur Waskow Director of the Shalom Center.
Today: Evidence-based solutions to global warming! Planet Philadelphia streaming on wonderful GTown
On today's Planet Philadelphia!
Katharine Wilkinson, Ph.D. will tell us what Project Drawdown has discovered about the best evidence-based solutions to solve our climate crisis. Drawdown is a coalition of scholars, scientists, entrepreneurs, and advocates from across the globe that are measuring and documenting solutions to global warming currently in use that will reach the drawdown point, the point when greenhouse gases consistently decline. Ms. Wilkinson is the senior writer of their book "Drawdown" disseminates this information. Drawdown is currently collaborating with the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, which represents a population close to one third of humanity.
Also on today, hear from people in our community who are very concerned about our climate crisis, 350 Philly activist Katie Blumberh and Rabbi Arthur Waskow Director of the Shalom Center. Tune in to Planet Philadelphia at our wonderful local radio station G-Town Radio 4:00pm http://www.gtownradio.com to hear these illuminating interviews and more.
Planet Philadelphia's listener comment line is: (484) 278-1846. Record a comment or event announcement anytime to be broadcast on the next Planet Philadelphia radio show. Planet Philadelphia streams on the Internet at http://www.gtownradio.com/ 4:00-5:00 p.m. the 1st and 3rd Fridays each month. The next Planet Philadelphia will stream on-line June 2nd; so do tune back in to hear fabulous interviews about our world. To listen to shows after they've aired, check out the podcast page on Planet Philadelphia website, http://planetphila.weebly.com/podcasts.
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Today - 4-5:00pm - New Planet Philadelphia Hear about all sorts of things green.
Darryl Pollicia, founder of Ivys Inc. will discuss the importance and implications of hydrogen fuel for cars. Ivy's innovative zero emission hydrogen fueling station for cars, developed in collaboration with an area company PDC Machines, won a $1M Department of Energy H-Prizezero.
Cyane Gresham, a professional gardener with decades of experience, talks about the place and importance of native plants in our environment and how to work with native plants.
In addition, hear about the Climate Change march on 4/29 and World Asthma Day 5/2. Listen to excerpts from marchers and speakers.
Tune in to Planet Philadelphia at our wonderful local radio station G-Town Radio 4:00pm today at www.gtownradio.com to hear these illuminating interviews and more.
Planet Philadelphia's listener comment line is: (484) 278-1846. Record a comment or event announcement anytime to be broadcast on the next Planet Philadelphia radio show. Planet Philadelphia streams on the internet at http://www.gtownradio.com/ 4:00-5:00 p.m. the 1st and 3rd Fridays each month. To listen to shows after they've aired, check out the podcast page on Planet Philadelphia website, http://planetphila.weebly.com/podcasts.
Do tune in to the second great Planet Philadelphia in May, Friday the 19th 4:00 to 5:00 pm for more informative interviews about to live and thrive our beautiful world.
Podcast: Great Guests on the Earth Day Planet Philadelphia streamed on GTown Radio 4/21/17
Celebrate our earth by learning about our environmental and climate crisis on Planet Philadelphia streamed live on-line at our wonderful local radio station G-Town Radio 4:00pm www.gtownradio.com.
https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/earth-day-planet-philadelphia-environmental-radio-show-on-gtown-radio-42117/
On today's show we'll be hearing about the climate crisis and the challenges we face with in today's political and economic conditions, Richard Whiteford, Climate Change Adviser and Board Member of the UN World Information Transfer NGO, Rabbi Julie Greenberg on the Power Local Green Jobs campaign addressing the intersection of climate issues, race, and extreme economic inequality, Lindsay Meiman - the Peoples Climate Movement and the April 29th march in Washington, Doug Wechsler on his new children's book, The Hidden Life of a Toad, and Damali Rhett, will tell us about The Energy Co-op, renewable energy co-op.
Today – New Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm at www.gtownradio.com. Lot's of great guests.
Celebrate our earth by learning about our environment on Planet Philadelphia streaming live on-line today at our wonderful local radio station G-Town Radio 4:00pm www.gtownradio.com.
On today's show we'll be hearing about the climate crisis and the challenges we face with in today's political and economic conditions:
Richard Whiteford, Climate Change Adviser and Board Member of the UN World Information Transfer NGO
Rabbi Julie Greenberg on the Power Local Green Jobs campaign addressing the intersection of climate issues, race, and extreme economic inequality
Lindsay Meiman - the Peoples Climate Movement and the April 29th march in Washington
Doug Wechsler on his new children's book, The Hidden Life of a Toad
Damali Rhett, will tell us about The Energy Co-op, renewable energy co-op.
Podcast: Climate change and US national security, energy and transportation on Planet Philadelphia l
Informative vital stories on this edition of Planet Philadelphia (streamed on-line at Gtown Radio 4/7/17) Hear about threats to US national security and other climate change challenges with host Kay Wood and fabulous guests taking on this and more.
David W. Titley, Rear Admiral USN (ret.) now a professor, Penn State School of International Affairs. He will speak about the great risk climate change poses for our national security and just what we can do to make our lives far safer.
New reporter debuts today! Linda Rosenwein reports on what's new in energy engineering.
Urban planner, David Heller, on transportation planning in the age of climate change.
Listen to a great new Planet Philadelphia streaming on G-Town radio today!
A great Planet Philadelphia today! (Friday 4/7/17) Listen at 4:00 online to host Kay Wood and fabulous guests on G-Town Radio.
David W. Titley, Rear Admiral USN (ret.) now a professor, Penn State School of International Affairs will speak about the great risk climate change poses for our national security and just what we can do to make our lives far safer.
Podcast: Environmental and Climate Justice? Planet Philadelphia, streamed 3/17/17
President Trump wants to get rid of programs that protect us from pollution of all sorts. In today's Planet Philadelphia host Kay Wood speaks with Jacqueline Patterson, the Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. Ms Patterson talks about the heavier burden placed on people of color by pollution right now from using fossil fuels. If the Trump administration gets it's way, it will have a devastating impact on communities that already suffer an out-sized toxic burden.
Also on Planet Philadelphia today we get an update from the courts. Nate Bellinger, Staff Attorney and State Program Manager of Our Children's Trust lawsuit, discusses the government's breach of trust with climate change. Lots more interesting environmental news, as well.
https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/environmental-and-climate-justice-planet-philadelphia-streamed-on-g-town-radio-31717/
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Environmental and Climate Justice? Planet Philadelphia
President Trump wants to get rid of programs to protect us from fossil fuel pollution. This will have a devastating impact on communities that already suffer an out-sized toxic burden.
In today's Planet Philadelphia host Kay Wood speaks with Jacqueline Patterson, the Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. Ms Patterson talks about the heavier burden placed on people of color by toxic facilities and other pollution based health risks right now from fossil fuel use.
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Every day you are faced with many decisions, both long term, and short term. Things go smoothly for some time but eventually, you get stuck on something. You've probably pushed that thing aside or even turned a blind eye to it. But it's back knocking at your door with a vengeance, seeking resolution.
Do you want to know if you should stay at your current job or if it's time change your job or even your career path?
Do you feel like there's something missing and ask yourself there must be more to life than this, right?
Are you a parent is worried about your child and are asking yourself is there anything out there that is better?
In a world that's constantly changing, there's a lot we don't know what we don't know.
We certainly don't know what kind of jobs our kids will have in 2030 or beyond.
How do you prepare ourselves and your kids when you are working with so many uncertainties?
You can better at navigate change and you can help your children be better at navigating change if you can constantly feel the change and also be ready to forge your way forward.


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Has ad blocking peaked? Fewer people annoyed by ads
Fewer people are annoyed with the ads they are exposed to and that fewer people are using ad blockers, according to a new study.
The study, from Audience Project, study looked into attitudes towards advertising and use of ad blocking in the US, UK, Germany and Nordics, and raises the question if ad blocking has reached its peak.
Despite this, the report indicates that irrelevant ads are still a big issue. The majority finds that the online ads they are exposed to are irrelevant to them, and ad relevance (or the lack of it) remains one of the main reasons for blocking ads.
Key highlights from the study:
More than half (54%) of Brits have a negative attitude towards ads on websites – decreased from 57% in 2018
Almost three-quarters (72%) of Brits have a negative attitude towards ads in online video clips – decreased from 74% in 2018
Ads shown next to relevant and trustworthy content has a positive effect on brand perception for 37% of Brits
Ads shown next to offensive and/or controversial content has a negative effect on brand perception for 59% of Brits (highest level among surveyed countries)
60% of Brits feel that the online ads they receive are irrelevant to them – only 11% feel that they are relevant to them
36% of Brits use ad blockers – decreased from 41% in 2018
British ad blocking users primarily use ad blockers because 'websites are more manageable without banners' (70%), and secondly to 'avoid offensive or irrelevant images/messages' (50%)
15% of sessions on computers in the UK are blocked by ad blockers – decreased from 25% in 2018
6% of sessions on mobile in the UK are blocked by ad blockers – decreased from 8% in 2018
Brand perception is increasingly affected by where brands are advertising. More people are positively affected if ads are shown next to relevant content, while more people are negatively affected if ads are shown in non-safe environments.
View the full report here
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When clients come to me for estate planning, we often discuss their burial plans. Many people wish to be cremated or buried in a traditional setting. However, I recently had a client request that his documents reflect a desire for a green burial. In the spirit of Earth Day, I want to share few options with you for some after-death options available to those who want "green" burial arrangements.
A basic green burial includes foregoing some of the usual steps that are taken in regards to caring for your body prior to and during your burial. You could forego embalming as a way to reduce the release of toxic chemicals as the body decomposes. You could choose an alternative to a vault, such as only a shroud or a casket with a lid that will collapse. The care and keeping of your green burial choices are important to make clear to your loved ones and the place you choose to be buried.
A conservation burial is like a green burial except that you commit burial fees to pay for land acquisition, protection, restoration, and management. It is a way to help protect land and to allow the land that you are buried on to return to it's natural state. It is a way to stay close to nature in death and to ensure that land is preserved for the future.
One aspect of a green burial is to use an alternative casket to usual choices. Often, caskets are made with harmful chemicals, harvested wood (such as wood from clear cut forests), or they may have been shipped a long distance (in some cases over 3,000 miles!) You can ask about the material that your casket or shroud would be made out of and ensure that it will decompose at roughly the same rate as your body. There are options like a wicker casket or a cotton shroud that can be made by local craftspeople.
One of the first green options that people think about is using cremated ashes to help plants grow. Cremation is a process that uses a lot of energy (it is equivalent to taking a 500 mile plus road trip) so using ashes to help plant life is a way to help create a more sustainable future. There are other options as well for those who wish to be cremated such as having your ashes help to create a coral reef to help encourage the growth of sea life and preservation of coral reefs.
In the end, there are plenty of environmental and personal reasons to opt for eco-friendly choices regarding your after-death preferences. However, it is deeply personal decision. As a planning firm, we aim to supply clients with all of the options so that they can make a decision that is best for them, their family, and their future. For more information about green burial options check out the Green Burial Counsel, Eternal Reefs, and Bios Urn for more information about some of your options.


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Q: Merge two datasets according to cell value in Python I have two datasets. One with multiple observations in as shown below:
Name | Obs 1 | Obs 2 | Obs 3 |                                                                                AX     0.04    ...      ...                                                                               BX     1.2     ...      ...                                                                                CX     0.5     ...      ...                                                                               DX     ...     ...      ...                                                                               EX     ...     ...      ...                                                                                FX     ...     ...      ...                                                                               GX     0.05    ...      ...
I have a second dataset lets call it x with fewer rows than the dataset above and I would like to create a new column in the above dataset and fill in the values for the appropriate columns while leaving the rest black or with n/a as shown below.
Name | Obs 1 | Obs 2 | Obs 3 | x |                                                                           AX     0.04    ...      ...   0.02                                                                                BX     1.2     ...      ...   n/a                                                                             CX     0.5     ...      ...   n/a                                                                          DX     ...     ...      ...   n/a                                                                          EX     ...     ...      ...   -0.5                                                                           FX     ...     ...      ...   .004                                                                        GX     0.05    ...      ...   n/a
How do I manage this with Python and Pandas? I imagine Python can search the name column for similarities which is fairly straight forward but I'm not quite sure how to create the appropriate new column.

A: You can use merge function with a subset of columns you need from the second df :

df_merged = df_1.merge(df_2[['Name','X']], on='Name')

You can find more detailed help in the documentation:
https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame.merge.html

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If you haven't yet experienced the taste and goodness that is Yerba Mate, you are missing out. Yerba Mate is a plant that is a rich source of powerful antioxidants, offering up an antioxidant capacity that has been shown to be even higher than green tea. Today we get a look at a stunning, simple drink recipe that is packed with flavor and punch, as well as some Yerba Mate.
This time around we get a look at a drink known as Yerba Mate Horchata. This recipe is quite easy, offering a unique twist on a Mexican classic. The recipe is dairy-free, yerba mate infused and, thanks to a little-spiced rum, it's the perfect cocktail for those who like their beverages on the sweet side. The recipe is indeed not one to sleep on.
Check out the full recipe below and give us your thoughts in the comments. Keep it locked for many more great drinks and drink recipes coming soon.
Shake all ingredients over ice until nice and frothy.
Pour into an ice-filled highball glass and garnish with a dash of cinnamon and a cinnamon stick. Add your spiced rum.


YEREVAN (Noyan Tapan)–The Armenian Parliament and the International Monetary Fund could not reach an agreement concerning the package of tax administration arrangemen's. The IMF's Yerevan Office reported that the package is needed to ensure a 15 percent GDP level of budget revenues in 2002.
The IMF Yerevan Office says that "Armenia cannot constantly rest upon foreign sources of funding. To maintain the present level of expenditures–the government must collect the necessary taxes." The IMF believes that the tax administration reforms must be," expanded and accelerated. "Tax liabilities must be established according to the law and not by negotiations between the Parliament and the tax-payer which leads to the loss of revenues and corruption.
Meanwhile–the IMF Yerevan Office says that in spite of the unfavorable development in the world economy in the fourth quarter of 2001–Armenia's GDP grew by 7.5 percent in 2001.


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The Light from the TV Shows: A Chat with Maurice LaMarche ("Futurama")
Posted by Will Harris (06/27/2012 @ 11:51 pm)
Maurice LaMarche has been my Facebook friend for several years, but I'd never actually met him, talked to him, or even traded email with him until a few days ago…which means, of course, that he really wasn't my friend at all. I mean, not really, anyway. After I found out that he and I would be chatting in conjunction with the return of "Futurama," however, I decided I'd tag him on my status update about our upcoming conversation. In turn, I drew Mr. LaMarche's attention at long last…or, at least, one of my "likes" did.
Eh. Either way, Maurice LaMarche kinda sorta knew who I was when I got on the phone. I'm chalking it up as a win.
Maurice LaMarche: Now, I'm looking here on your Facebook page, and…who are your likes? Because I see you've got "The Newsroom," and then you've got this guy with really tightly cropped hair, but then when I go into your page, you've got something like 1,200 "likes," so I can't tell who he is. Do you know who I'm talking about?
Bullz-Eye: Yeah, he's…I'm blanking on his name right this second, but he's part of the cast of USA's "Suits."
MLM: Hmmm. Because he looks like a guy who used to be on a show that I loved that got cancelled, a show called "Jake In Progress." He played a magician, I think, but…God, that's gonna drive me nuts now. I've got to look up "Suits" now! [Laughs.] Sorry! Then we can start. I'm a little compulsive…
BE: Well, look, I'll help you out: that's the same guy. His name is Rick Hoffman.
MLM: Yes! I love him! He's so good. So funny. I love that guy.
BE: Yeah, I think I first saw him on "Samantha Who?"
MLM: Okay, so you never saw him on "Jake in Progress," then…? Oh, "Jake in Progress" was my favorite show, and it just was treated so… [Puffs up his voice.] …ignominiously by ABC. Reminiscent of the way they treated a certain futuristic cartoon show, one might say.
BE: I'm sure I don't know what you're referring to.
MLM: I'm sure I don't, either. [Laughs, then puffs up voice again.] But Comedy Central has treated us much better.
BE: Yes, "Futurama" continues to be the gift that keeps on giving. It's like a zombie: Fox tried to kill it, but they couldn't get rid of it.
MLM: That's right. We just keep coming back at you. And we'll try not to do any zombie storylines, so…thank you for your patronage. [Laughs.]
BE: So when you first came into the mix for "Futurama" way back when, was it as an all-purpose player, or did they envision you for a particular part from the beginning?
MLM: No, I was really supposed to be the utility voice guy. Billy (West) was actually supposed to be that. They had a different Fry in an unaired pilot, and they just felt both the Fry and Leela they had hired weren't working. So they got Katey (Sagal), and they thought, "Well, Billy's default voice, if he just talked a little higher, would be good for Fry." So with him being all through the show, not only as the Professor and Zoidberg, which were parts that he already had, but as Fry, they just felt that they needed another guy, because maybe Billy's superpowers might be stretched a little thin. [Laughs.] So I came onboard in Episode 2, and…I had done a good audition, but when I heard they went ahead with the pilot, I kind of shrugged and just went, "Okay, I guess I didn't get this one." And so when I came onboard in Episode 2, they said, "Okay, so you're the utility voice guy, and just do everything we tell you. Just be there and be ready to create a whole mess of characters." So I was just ready to be that guy.
But then round about the fourth episode or so, along came this character, Kif, that Matt (Groening) seemed to have a particular interest in. He came to the session and just directed me and really wanted this dynamic between Zapp (Brannigan) and Kif to really work, to really be kind of another story in the show. Kind of a duo: the bumbling blowhard who doesn't know he's a blowhard, and the meek little guy who probably knows more but can't do anything about it. An impotent little fellow. So it was good. He told me he wanted something that had some of the arrogance of Jon Lovitz… [Laughs.] You know, when Lovitz gets a little pissy. But, y'know, something that also sounded weaker. I thought, "Weaker than Jon Lovitz? You want a weaker voice than Jon Lovitz…?" So I folded in that Truman Capote little flavor, and that's where Kif came from.
BE: So what does it say in the script when Kif offers up his shuddering sigh?
MLM: Actually, this is nice – it's actually become a trademark – but it actually just says, "Kif sigh." It says Kif's name, and then underneath it'll say "Kif sigh." So I know that's when it's time to do the patented Kif sigh. [Laughs.] At one point, in the initial scripts, it said something like "sigh of resignation," and I just…I knew that sound, because I'd been married, so I just went… [Offers a Kif sigh.] And for some reason, they really just clung onto that and the way I sighed, because that became a trademark. They'd actually say, "I just love the way you sigh. It just sounds so…downtrodden." [Laughs.] So it became a thing. The sigh became a thing.
BE: One of your other regular contributions to the show is the voice of Calculon, which I admit is one of my personal favorites.
MLM: [Launches into his Calculon voice.] I thank you. You know, normally I'm programmed to be very, very busy, Will, but today I've made time for you. Anybody who would post on their Facebook that they're interviewing me, Calculon, and my alter-ego, Maurice LaMarche, deserves my time.
BE: [Laughs.] That's very kind of you. I should also add that my daughter has become an equally obsessive "Futurama" fan.
MLM: Nice.
BE: Although I have to admit that, when we sat down to watch the season premiere together, I…well, actually, I tagged John DiMaggio on this status update, but the questions about how Bender managed to impregnate the soda machine, I deferred to him.
MLM: [Laughs.] I think you must. Oh, but as far as Calculon goes, he's a favorite of mine, too. And I say that at the risk of sounding like Calculon. But as far as the stable I've gotten to build up over the years on "Futurama," he's the most fun, because he's got all this bombastic, but he's…unlike Zapp, he's harmless. He doesn't command a space fleet with laser beams that can slice planets in half. He's just an actor. So, you know, we can laugh at the huge ego and realize that the worst he can do is yell at a production assistant. [Laughs.] That's the most harm he can do. So I have a lot of fun with him, and this season…I think it's the first half of Season 7. Or Season 7A, as we're now calling it. I think it's in Season 7A, as opposed to 7B, in which he faces his greatest acting challenge ever. So we're gonna have fun with that.
BE: Yes, as soon as I told my daughter I was talking to you and tried to clarify which characters you play, I described Calculon, and she hesitated for a second, but then she asked, "Is he the one who made the movie with Zoidberg's uncle?"
MLM: [Laughs.] "If I don't win this Oscar, you're cat food!"
BE: One of the greatest things about "Futurama" is that it has the ability to be incredibly dumb and smart at the same time, I guess is the best way to phrase it.
MLM: Just like Fry. I mean, that's…the dichotomy of Fry. The why of Fry, which they explored in the episode "The Why of Fry," is part of the appeal. He's this incredibly dumbed-down character who occasionally says incredibly insightful things or figures out exactly the right thing to do. And, y'know, it's apparently to do with being his own grandfather…which I hope you haven't had to explain to your daughter yet, but…
BE: Actually, we watched the episode the other night, and I basically shrugged it off by saying, "Let's just say that this could only happen because of time travel and move on."
MLM: [Laughs.] There you go. So, yeah, we've got some of the smartest writers in the business. We've got PhDs on our writing staff, MAs, MSCs…half the writing staff is Harvard-educated science geeks, and the other half are from a stable of real seasoned sitcom writers or have written for stand-up comics. And those two coming together…you've really got something funny. So it's great.
BE: The standard reply is that they're all like your children, I know, but are there any particular episodes that really stand out for you as favorites?
MLM: Hmmm. Over the course of the entire series, or just this upcoming season?
BE: I guess over the course of the entire series, since it gives you more to work with.
MLM: Well, I'll tell you, my standard line has become, "How can you not love an episode that won you an Emmy?" So "Lrrreconcilable Differences" really stands out, first of all because I had no idea going in that day that it was going to be anything other than a lot of fun and that I was going to meet Katey Sackhoff. But it ended up being a really hilarious script, and then seeing it animated and showing it at Comic-Con…the first time anyone ever laid eyes on it was at Comic-Con, and here the very first shot was this perfect rendering of the San Diego Convention Center in the year 3010. Well, perfect except it's future-y, so things are floating where they shouldn't be able to float, because of all the anti-gravity devices. [Laughs.] But there are so many little things, like when he tromps down that ramp and takes the microphone and it's not close enough. I mean, how many times has that happened at Comic-Con, you know? You've seen it. There are so many nice moments in there.
Lrrr is like Kif. Kif, Calculon, and Lrrr are my favorites, in terms of my stable of characters. Lrrr is so…he's just so messed up. [Laughs.] He's supposed to be this ruler of planet Omicron Persei VIII, and yet he gets nothing right in his personal life. And I think a lot of people can relate to that. They have a professional face that makes it seem as though they've got it all together, and then they get it home and their face hit them in the face with a skillet. [Laughs.] Or yells at them for never taking them anywhere. He's impotent, you know? He's facing all these things that certainly the older segment of our audience can relate to. This season, we've got…again, I don't know if it's 7A or 7B, but there's a nice Lrrr episode where we explore his relationship with his teenage son, which is exactly where I am in life. I've got a teenage son, and sometimes we connect and sometimes we're on completely different levels. So that one's a favorite script coming up.
You know, just a comment on the writing, it's always smart, but I'd have to say that in the first couple of seasons, the shows weren't…they were a little snarkier and not terribly deep, at least to my mind. I don't mean this as a slight on the writers. But as all of us have gone on in life…there's a core group that's stayed with the show…the show's developed a real heart and a real moral center, and I just think the shows keep getting better and better. I'm sure David (X.) Cohen could talk to you more about that, but…you know, there are just different ways that we love our fellows, and we can explore those things by taking them to other places, other planets, other times. But at the core of at all, the message of "Futurama" is that technology may change, the face of the world may change, but people are still flawed. I think that, although they have these eccentricities, these foibles, whatever travails they may go through, that's what the message will always be. But I feel like it's sometimes even more effective to tell those stories the way we tell them, in that science-fiction-y way.
BE: I wanted to ask you about a couple of non-"Futurama" things as well. I've always been curious: I know that you did the voice of Orson Welles for that scene in "Ed Wood," but what did Vincent D'Onofrio think of the fact that they had you do that?
MLM: Um…I don' t know. I've never, ever met the man. The word through the grapevine was that he wasn't terribly pleased at having his voice replaced. I don't think he has anything against me. I don't even think he knows I exist. But it spurred him to actually do his own Orson Welles short, which can be found on YouTube. It's called "Five Minutes, Mr. Welles," it's a 30-minute long short where he reprises the role of Welles, and he does an excellent job of it. He actually does try to make the voice right in this one. When he did "Ed Wood," and I'm one of the handful of people who saw the dailies, 'cause they sent them to me so I could learn the timing, he chose to do this kind of high-pitched, reedy read. And it was kind of… [Imitates voice.] "How do you do? I'm Orson Welles." And it almost sounded effeminate. And it was just wrong coming out of that perfect face, the way they'd lit him, the way he…he got down the way Welles pursed his lips before and after taking a puff on his cigar! I mean, it was just…he had every physicality down. And then there was this jarring departure where he did this [Imitates voice again.] "How do you do? Follow your dreams, Ed!" So Burton being, of course, an animator as his background, he still kept his eyes on all things animation and was aware of "Pinky & The Brain," and just said… [Bellowing.] "Get me the guy that does The Brain!" Oh, yeah, and he sounded like he was in a '30s madcap comedy about a newsroom, obviously. [Laughs.] But that was the feeler that went out, and when he found out it was me, they put me on a plane to San Francisco, and I recorded it up there with him in the room.
BE: What are your recollections of working with Rodney Dangerfield and Sam Kinison when you were doing "The 9th Annual Young Comedians Special" for HBO?
MLM: [Hesitates.] Well…okay, first of all, no one's ever been as supportive or kinder to me than Rodney Dangerfield. That said, I don't know if you've heard the podcast where I told the real story of how Sam Kinison got on the Young Comedians…
BE: I have not.
MLM: Oh, okay. Well… [Starts to laugh.] Basically, I talked Rodney into putting Sam on the show. Now, this is gonna come off all bitter, but the truth is the truth: in Rodney's book, he tells the story as he had to talk Sam into going on the show, but if you read the conversation in the book, every line he gives himself is a line I said to him, and every line he gives to Sam, where Sam's, like, "I don't know if I'm ready, Rodney, I can't cook in five minutes," is actually what Rodney said to me. And I'm sitting there on the tour bus, coming back from a gig with him, 'cause I used to be his opening act, saying, "I'm telling you, Rodney, he can cook in five minutes, he's got a hugely hilarious opening bit…" So I actually…I didn't twist his arm, but I got him to take another look. And ultimately the decision was his to put Sam on "The Young Comedians," which was the most meteoric rise I've ever seen since Howie Mandel did the "Make Me Laugh" show.
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Kinison was a friend for years. I knew Sam when he was managing the Weston Comedy Store and sleeping in the club, 'cause he didn't have money for an apartment. And I'd take him out for food. I was only nominally making a living, but I was doing better than him, so I'd take him to Art's Delicatessen, and we'd eat and talk about, "Someday it won't be like this…" And then, y'know, VOOM! "Hey, what was that whoosh?" "Oh, that's Sam passing me on the fame-and-fortune superhighway." [Laughs.] But it was great. I couldn't have been happier for him. And, of course, I couldn't have been more saddened by his death. Y'know, that's…that to me was a huge tragedy. And I did try to help Sam to get sober. It was just…he managed to do so for about 88 days, and then I guess something about it being the same number as the number of keys on a piano…? He decided he already owned a keychain and didn't want to get any more of those chips, and he started up again. But I loved him, he was a dear friend, and I remember him fondly. Every April 10th, I take a moment to think about him. That was the day he died, in 1992. Yeah, he was a dear friend. And an amazing talent. Changed the face of the game, as they say.
BE: Do you have a favorite project you've worked on over the years that didn't get the love you thought it deserved? Excluding "Futurama," I guess, since Fox obviously didn't respect that quite as much as they should've.
MLM: Oh, we got our love, though. [Laughs.] And, listen, 20th Century Fox Television is incredibly supportive of the show. It's the network that didn't see its potential. But 20th Century TV and Gary and Dana have been champions of the show, along with Doug Herzog over at Comedy Central. So, yeah, we've definitely gotten the love. [Does Hedonism Bot voice.] It's merely taken awhile for the cream of "Futurama" to rise to the top!
I'll tell you a show that I thought, "Wow, that really should've gone longer," which was a show I did back in the early '90s called "Taz-Mania." That was sort of the brainchild of Art Vitello, the idea of taking Taz – a three-shot character, really, when all was said and done with the classic Looney Tunes – and giving him a home life, showing that he has this sort of Bing Crosby dad… [Adopts Bing Crosby voice.] "Well, what are you doing there, son? Blah, blah, blah, yakity smakity. That's a dog…? Well, he's got stinky breath, that's normal for a dog, but it looks like a turtle!" So I got to play the dad, and we even brought in an uncle character who sounded like Bob Hope. And I did an entire episode as Hope and Crosby doing this "Road" picture where basically the whole script was me, except for, like, five lines. [Laughs.] And it was really clever, and we had so much fun making the show. And it just kind of did nothing on television. I don't know why it never garnered a following. I think it was sandwiched between "Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toons" and "Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs," and "Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky & The Brain." All shows that I had the extreme pleasure of working on, but…right in the middle was this thing that was just, y'know, "Warner Brothers Presents Taz-Mania." It had no "Steven Spielberg Presents." So I don't know if they didn't push it hard enough or it didn't have that Spielbergian flavor, but…I always felt it never got its due. I thought it was a great show.
BE: Over the course of your career, you've stepped into roles that were obviously established by other voice actors. Do you get intimidated by that, or do you just see it as a challenge?
MLM: Oh, no, no, it's very intimidating. I mean, when I had the temerity to read for Popeye back in the 1980s, I just thought, "How do you step into this iconic role?" I'd been watching it since I was a little kid, y'know? Jack Mercer was Popeye for 52 years. There was a guy named Red Pepper Sam – Bill Costello was his name, Red Pepper Sam was his stage name – and he…oh, God, Billy West knows this. He's much more of a cartoon historian than I am, and Tom Kenny is even more of one than Billy West. I'm pretty bad at this stuff. But…I think he only did a handful of episodes, but he was the established voice of Popeye, and then he left for some reason. I can't remember if it was for the war effort or for more money, but Mercer stepped in. He was an animator, but when he pitched a story, he did the voice pretty damned good, so they got him in there, and he was the voice for 52 years. And I just thought, "How am I supposed to take over for this guy that passed away? They created the show 'Popeye and Son' for him!" So when I got it…I thought for sure somebody else would get it…I was stunned. And I think I was intimidated all through that, thinking…I had that voice in my head, saying, "Who are you, thinking you can play an icon like Popeye?" And you know what? It only lasted a season. [Laughs.] So maybe I sucked at the damned thing! Or it could've been the fact that Olive Oyl wore legwarmers and an aerobics outfit. [Laughs.] Hey, it was the '80s…
BE: Lastly, I saw on Wikipedia that, during your stand-up days, you actually served as the opening act for people like Donna Summer and David Sanborn. First of all, this immediately reminded me of Albert Brooks' routine about opening for Richie Havens, but I was just wondering what your experiences were like as a stand-up opening for a musical act.
MLM: Well, first of all, I wish I knew the Richie Havens bit. I love Albert Brooks! [Laughs.] But I really only had great experiences opening for people. I never had a negative one. Donna Summer was lovely to me, God rest her soul. She had me to her dressing room to say "hello" and "thanks for the great job" about midway through my time with her. Sanborn was great. First of all, he was a jazz hero of mine, so…he actually took me on tour with him. I only did a few dates with Donna in Atlantic City, but David took me on tour with him. And when we were off-tour, he called me at my house just to see how I was doing. It was great. And I remember going backstage for another concert…it was Al Jarreau…and David was there, and he came up and just gave me the hugest hug. It impressed the hell out of my date. [Laughs.] It was great.
I've really only had great experiences. (George) Carlin was great. A nice, nice guy. But Rodney really, of all of them, was the most generous. I'll never forget a time where we pulled into Latham, New York, and my name was not on the billboard. He always insisted that I get 50% billing. In Las Vegas, you have to fight for 25% billing, but here I was generously being given 50% letters. My letters were half as tall as his. I have a picture with my father standing in front of my billboard. He couldn't have been prouder. But we pulled up to Latham and my name wasn't on the billboard, and he refused to go on until someone got on a cherry picker. [Laughs.] And the billboard was up on one of these Jetsons-like poles that just shot up as far as you could go, so the guy got up there and did it. Rodney's road manager pulled me out there and said, "Take a look at this," and, sure enough, there as this guy risking his life to put "Maurice LeMarche" on there. I said, "Ah, I wish he hadn't done that. It's okay." He said, "Hey, Rodney knows what it's like to work shit joints all of his career. He's not going on 'til you get what he asked for, because he doesn't want it to be so tough for you." So, y'know, those were my opening-act experiences. I look back it as a very fond time in my life.
BE: And clearly things have gone well for you in the voice acting business as well.
MLM: Yes, that is true. [Laughs.] I do miss stand-up, but I've found this wonderful second career in voiceover, and, y'know, it's been a wonderful ride. And I hope it keeps going on.
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1 kg 'ghee', free ration to poor for 5 years if SP comes to power: Akhilesh Yadav
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RAI BARELI: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday promised a kilo of 'ghee' to the poor along with free ration for five years if his party comes to power in Uttar Pradesh while claiming that the BJP government was set to discontinue its own free-ration scheme.
"The poor, who are availing their rations, will get it till the elections. It will not be available after the elections. Earlier it was to be given till November but when the UP elections were announced, they said they would get it till March," Yadav said.
समाजवादी पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष एवं पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री श्री अखिलेश यादव ने आज रायबरेली, फतेहपुर, कानपुर एवं उन्नाव में जनसभाओं को सम्बोधित करते हुए कहा कि बसपा के लोग बाबा साहेब के रास्ते से भटक गए हैं।https://t.co/dBg2xy9SC1 pic.twitter.com/CAvCsLt4dS
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Addressing an election rally here, he said the funds for ration has not been earmarked in "Delhi's budget as they know that the election will end in March."
"Ration was given by the Samajwadis earlier as well. As long as there is an SP government, we will give ration to our poor. Along with it, we will give mustard oil as well as two cylinders in a year. To see that the health of our poor gets better, one kilogram of ghee will also be given," the Samajwadi Party chief said.
The quality of ration being distributed by the BJP government was bad and there were also reports of glass particles found in the salt, Yadav said and asked whether the salt was not coming from Gujarat.
There are 11 lakh government vacancies in UP and the SP government will provide jobs to the youth by filling up those posts, he said.
Yadav said, "BJP leaders were seeking votes moving from house to house. Their senior leaders were distributing pamphlets… but now that campaign has stopped because when they visited some villages, people showed them empty gas cylinders. From the day empty cylinders were shown, their door-to-door campaigning stopped."
Attacking the state government, the SP chief said the law and order situation under the BJP government has collapsed.
"The highest number of custodial deaths have taken place under the BJP government. Corruption has also doubled in this double engine government," he alleged.
The SP president also made an appeal to the electorate to vote in favour of Samajwadi Party candidates of Rae Bareli.
Source: Press Trust of India
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Last year, beacons were the new kid on the block. Marketers got excited about this new technology which would let them know exactly where customers were in the real world so they could communicate with them in real time. Beacons meant that knowing a customer's location didn't stop upon arrival at a retail store, but that it could also be pinpointed with much greater accuracy in proximity to a specific object, such as a product display.
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These retail marketers are moving past the push offers — to offer real time personalization that's relevant for customer's needs at that place and time.
Beacons have become part of the technology landscape readily available to retailers. By using location data coupled with consumer interaction data, marketers are delivering a more engaging customer experience that truly provides value.
They do this by matching micro-location technology with real-time decisioning and historical data to create a truly individualized in-store experience for shoppers, rather than just sending random offers.
While many retailers still think in terms of "campaigns" and pushing information to consumers in a structured way, customers are telling us that they want to be communicated with in a conversation. This is only possible if retailers are responding to customers' actions with relevant messages based on that information, rather than just guessing what they're interested in.
Retailers can use beacons to connect with shoppers individually from the moment they arrive in store. Customers can be greeted with a personalized welcome message, such as push notice with their available loyalty points balance or a coupon for an item they recently viewed online. This delivers real value to customers by ensuring that they don't feel like the retailer is pushing product at them — but instead that the retailer is striving to help the customer accomplish her goals.
Retailers can evaluate internal processes to identify opportunities for beacons to improve efficiency and deepen customer relationships. Take the welcoming push notice — what if the beacon instead notified staff of the customer's pending arrival? This enables the retailer's staff to greet each customer individually by name, and perhaps provide relevant shopping recommendations based on items recently browsed or purchased online.
Micro-location technology also enables retailers to connect customers' real time, in-store location with existing data about their preferences and likely buying behavior. Using real time decision engines and push messaging, retailers can engage customers in an individualized conversation, on their phones, as they move about the store.
For example, retailers can create an "Endless Aisle" by using beacons at in-store displays to provide more information about features for specific products directly to shoppers on their smartphones. Customers can also access additional size, color or model options available online for immediate purchase via the phone app. Retailers can connect with customers in a highly relevant yet non-intrusive way, while still allowing them to shop the way that they want to shop.
Retailers should also consider how beacons can be used to save time and money for themselves and their customers. Look for ways to improve backend internal processes, remove friction and reduce the time needed to complete day-to-day tasks so that the customer has a seamless in-store experience. For example, staff can be notified when a customer arrives at the store to pick up an order so it can be prepared for collection, significantly reducing wait time for the customer. Not only does this give the customer a solid reason to use the retailer's smartphone app, but receiving great service makes a shopper much more likely to be amenable to offers provided in context, such as a coupon for a product that is complimentary to the items being picked up.
By combining beacons with real time individualization and contextually relevant messaging, retailers can now have a true one-to-one engagement with each customer. Steps like these move beacons from shiny new toy status to an integral part of the digital marketer's toolkit.
Nimmity is Head of Sales & Partnerships for Localz. With a broad experience across a range of international markets, Nimmity is passionate about taking the new and exciting innovations in location technology to the world, and believes the collaborative yet competitive nature of working with partners is fundamental to building a scalable business.


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District taking additional steps to combat COVID spread
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As someone who enjoys a good long run there have been a few times when I've reached that point where I wasn't sure if I could push on. They call that "hitting the wall." It's that point when your body feels it can't go any further. There is a physical component that allows you to get past that point and continue, but your mind, your will, your mental determination to overcome plays a much greater part in conquering the wall.
We as a community, as a state and nation, have seemed to hit the wall in our fight against the spread of COVID 19. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of covid cases over the past several weeks and the term "COVID fatigue" has been heard more and more to describe just one of the reasons why this is happening. After eight months of cancelled plans, uncertainty, worry, and continuous efforts to mitigate the spread, we are all just getting tired of "dealing with this." We are all hitting our wall. But now is the time where we must dig deep and conquer the wall. We must help each other, remind each other, and continue to work together to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Last week the District took steps to help mitigate the community spread of the virus by suspending our remaining in-person learning labs. Since infection rates in the community, and in the state, continue to increase we feel the responsible action at this time is to take further steps now rather than later to help slow the spread of this virus.
The District will be reducing the number of staff in buildings and encouraging students, parents, and community members to help support these measures.
School offices will remain open, with minimal staff, during normal school hours. We highly encourage parents and community members to communicate with staff electronically to avoid entering the building. It is understood that in some cases it may be necessary to enter a school in order to address an issue or concern. In these instances please contact the school to set up an appointment.
The Administration building will be open for public access by appointment only during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Please call (313) 827-3005 for Student Services, (313) 827-3002 for Human Resources, (313) 827-3100 for Payroll and Benefits, and (313) 827-3006 for all other questions.
The District has been following very stringent mitigation strategies that have proven to be effective in our schools. We are taking these additional proactive steps to help slow the spread of COVID- 19 and to keep our staff, students and the community safe.
We have been wearing a mask, washing hands, social distancing, and for the most part avoiding large crowds. The increase in the number of cases is driving our decision making on school operations and our concern for the safety of students and staff. Many health experts are attributing part of the increase to extended family and friend gatherings. These events tend to create a false sense of safety and therefore people become more relaxed about following the rules. This may play an even bigger role in the spread of the virus as we move into a holiday season centered around family and friends coming together. I encourage everyone to do their part and remain committed to following safe practices and protocols that we know are effective in slowing the spread of COVID-19 and helping all of us as a community to overcome the wall.
Please avoid large gatherings and Mask Up Dearborn!
Glenn M. Maleyko, Ph.D.


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This Might Be the Most Soulful, Sweet Song of Freedom You've Ever Heard
Lauren Daigle - published on 11/03/16
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You break my chains. You overcome. You gave Your life to give me mine.
The song by Grammy-Nominated singer Lauren Daigle, which won Song of the Year at the 2015 Dove Awards, exalts the gift given by the Creator to every human being: freedom. Daigle reminds us with her soulful voice that apart from God there is only slavery. "You gave your life to give me mine. You say that I am free," the song says.
And how can we experience the fullness of this freedom that was freely offered by God? By breaking free from sin. Freedom is a gift, but it is also choice, and a task. To reach it, the first step is to choose to recognize that which is within us, as St. Augustine says, it is the only thing capable of making us free. The second thing is to realize that the pleasures of the world will never fill us. Freedom is true, and where there is not truth, there is not freedom.
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