This week, we celebrate The Moth’s launch in the UK and Ireland with stories about an eventful vacation in Greece and a positive pregnancy test. This episode is hosted by Sara Barron.

Host: Sara Barron

Storytellers:

Catherine Brophy

Charlotte Mooney

The story Sara Barron mentioned in the intro was Michael Such’s “Waiting To Go“: https://themoth.org/stories/waiting-to-go

In this special episode, we celebrate the 55th anniversary of the moon landing with some of our favorite stories all about space. Hosted by educator, storyteller, and astronaut Leland Melvin, we'll visit NASA training camp, the Hubble telescope, Pluto, and everywhere in between.

Host:

Leland Melvin

Storytellers:

Mike Massimino details his high stakes mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

Cathy Olkin must troubleshoot a problem more than 4 billion miles away.

Leland Melvin suffers a devastating injury that seemingly cuts short his dream of flying in space.

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Since 2012, Dr. Fübi has served as CEO for RWE Technology.

Through its memberships in America Makes, WMT&R joins other leading member organizations from industry, academia, government, non-government agencies, and workforce and economic development resources that are working together to innovate and accelerate additive manufacturing and 3-D printing.

The importance of plastics was on full display in Orlando this week.

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BAE Systems on Friday said it signed a contract with the Netherlands to provide eight new Bofors 40 Mk4 40mm naval guns for the Royal Netherlands and Belgian Navies. The […]

The Navy on Nov. 8 awarded Textron Systems [TXT] a $394 million modification to build nine more Ship to Shore Connectors (SSC) hovercraft. The SSCs are 100-class Landing Craft Air […]

As a heating and air conditioning company owner; where do I get leads from today? Where do I put my money today?

Private equity funds managed by Blackstone Private Equity will purchase Emerson’s 40% common equity ownership in the joint venture, while Copeland will repurchase the seller’s note.

The Markham District Energy facility differs from standard applications because instead of relying on conventional energy sources, it captures waste heat from sewage, which enters at about 5°C and is converted into 95°C usable heat.

Ross B. Shuster, CEO, Copeland, discusses Blackstone’s investment into the company, how the transaction will impact the company’s HVAC offerings, and more.

Demand is changing the landscape of coils and condensers. Efficiency, refrigerant, and market demands are adjusting to a global cooling marketplace.

These new programs and reactivations include occupations such as machinist, HVACR technician, electrician, plumber, cement mason, ironworker, operating engineer, and a new occupation in certified cyber analyst operator.

The honor complements the Energy Star Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence award, which was announced earlier this year in the U.S.

When the Woosh air quality monitor and smart air filter are paired with a Sensi smart thermostat, users can transform an HVAC system into an air purifier for the entire home.

Hulland is the associate director of strategic planning and market intelligence for residential and light commercial HVAC at Carrier.

Edaena Salinas talks with Pat Helland about Web Scale. Pat is a Principal Software Architect at Salesforce where he works on a cloud based multi-tenant database technology. The discussion covers: Datacenters and hardware, DevOps, developing at scale, stateless vs stateful services, preparing a system for failures and sql vs nosql databases.

Pat Helland talks to host Akshay Manchale about Data Management at scale in a Microservices world. Pat talks about trends in managaging data in a distributed microservices world, immutability, idempotence, inside and outside data, descriptive...

Rowland Savage, author of How to Stick the Landing: The M&A Handbook for Startups, discusses how company acquisitions work, the three types, and why it is so important for software engineering startups to know the details to make an acquisition happen.

Jonathan Crossland, software architect, author, and business owner, joins host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about the AMMERSE framework of design principles. They start by discussing the agile manifesto as a statement of values, and Jonathan shares his perspective based on his experience as a software developer and business owner. They then explore the three layers of the AMMERSE framework and how they help business and engineering leaders to align their values, thereby improving their ability to collaborate and reach common goals. Brought to you by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine.

British Columbia affirms Indigenous ownership of the 200 islands the Haida have stewarded for millennia, marking a new path toward reconciliation.

After a 19th-century treaty left them landless, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians are reclaiming their ancestral lands—and their traditional wildfire management practices.

From the U.S. to Palestine, Indigenous people have been pushed off their land in the name of conservation. It’s time we decolonize our relationships—with the Earth and each other.

Author and activist Brea Baker explores why Black land ownership is a critical aspect of reparations for Black Americans.

Exploring the history of land theft in the U.S., Brea Baker argues that the Black reparations and Indigenous Landback movements are stronger together.

The largest and most advanced wave pool is opening in Scotland giving surfers the chance to ride the waves no matter what the weather.

First Onsite, a leading disaster recovery provider in North America, has expanded its New England presence by recruiting a seasoned team of restoration professionals. Led by industry veterans Gary Grout and Jason Green, the team brings decades of experience in water, fire, and mold mitigation, enhancing First Onsite's ability to serve clients across Massachusetts and beyond.

Sasser Restoration, a commercial restoration company, has expanded its operations and opened an office in California’s Inland Empire. Through this expansion, Sasser Restoration aims to provide high-quality restoration services to commercial businesses experiencing water, fire, and mold disasters throughout Riverside and San Bernardino counties. 

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In recent days, multiple landslides have been triggered by intense rainfall in South Korea. killing many people.

Over the weekend, quite a large mudflow occurred on the banks of Loch Broom in the Wester Ross area of northern Scotland

The 19 July 2023 landslide at Irshalwadi in Khalipur, in western India, which has killed at least 16 people.

An update on the 19 July 2023 Irshalwadi landslide in India and the 20 July 2023 debris flow at Ungar in Bhutan

On 30 July 2023 a one million tonne rock slope collapse occurred close to Bisisthal in Switzerland. It was captured on several videos, which show the initial pillar collapses and the transition to a rapid rock avalanche.

The Landslide Blog will move to a new location from 7 August 2023, becoming part of AGU EoS.

Planetary scientists are using a volcanic flow field in New Mexico to puzzle out how long past volcanic eruptions on Mars might have lasted, a finding that could help researchers determine if Mars was ever hospitable to life. People don't usually think of New Mexico as a volcanically active place, but it has some of the youngest (geologically speaking) large lava flows in the continental United States.

The post New Mexico badlands help researchers understand past Martian lava flows (video) appeared first on GeoSpace.

AMERIPEN’s Dan Felton lauds both Maryland and Illinois for fostering productive discussions and collaboration among industry, environmental groups, and the government with respect to EPR and any future laws.

The refill system consists of a removable 75 ml refill pack made of recyclable PP that needs to be replaced approximately every three months.

The dairy product manufacturer’s ambitious sustainability goals include making packaging 100% recyclable and closing material loops by 2027.

“Taking Nomadic’s iconic bowl design and almost literally turning it on its head took some clever engineering, but with sustainability always top of mind for Greiner, being able to create new packaging using less energy is a positive benefit."

Ardagh Metal Packaging and Crown Holdings finance AI and robotic technology for a California recycling facility with a 50% revenue share.

Restel, a Finnish restaurant and catering company, kicks off a pilot with reusable cups made of biobased and recyclable Sulapac® material in selected restaurants, including two Burger King outlets.

0900 GMT / 0400 US Eastern time: Olli Rehn, Governor of the Bank of Finland, and Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill speak on a panel at a conference organised by UBS in London

As Governor of the Bank of Finland Rehn is a member of the European Central Bank monetary policy board, the Governing Council.

Thus we'll get policy/economy comments relevant for the ECB and BoE for this one.