We are going to teach you how to defend yourself against cybercrime, privacy abuse, vehicle hacking, bomb drones and cyber warfare, REGARDLESS of your proficiency with computers. Because you don't have to be technical to survive the Digital Age!
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Prometheus Podcasts
A journey through the ever-expanding universe of the Alien media franchise hosted by two xenodorks.
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An irregular podcast for the Marxist left from the editors of Prometheus Journal - prometheusjournal.org
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Prometheus Consulting, Inc. introduces Layer Eight podcasts. Providing valuable information for IT technicians and executive management to efficiently deliver IT services to internal and external clients. Come along with Greg Sasso and Victor Cora Nazario as they relate stories to facilitate the sharing of their knowledge with the audience.
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Welcome to the Romeo Prometheus podcast, here I want to share how I really FEEL and my opinions with regards to my perspective of the current society
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Modem Prometheus is a podcast of modern folktales. These are the stories of the kerbside, the transmitter mast, the shadows between buildings. http://twitter.com/modemprometheus http://modemprometheus.com CREDITS Kate Ashford - Narration Neil Murton - Writing @Namtao - Production Carl Huber - Art
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Welcome this. I made the podcast for. You. All. So that way you understand how to relaxing you mind. It mostly property but it also. Help spossed to help you relaxes you minds
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Welcome to the live reading of "Prometheus Rising" – Book One of the Prometheus Dystopian Trilogy. Enjoy the ride with me, the author, as I read the book chapter by chapter.
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Created by If Media (a Prometheus Digital Studio company). If: Imagination and Fantasy is a collection of Fantasy and Science Fiction stories that inspire and allow our listeners to escape into a world of imagination. Come join us on a journey through fantastical worlds of imagination and wonder.
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A new podcast about all things Frankenstein! Hosted by two literature nerds obsessed with Mary Shelley's creation. We delve irreverently into the 1818 edition of Frankenstein and sprinkle in reviews of Frankenstein adaptations of dubious quality.
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Prometheus Radio Theatre, a group of experienced Baltimore-area Fan actors, writers and directors, is embarking on what we like to think is a bold, new path (then again, maybe we're just deranged!) We're bringing original, SF radio dramas to Fan audiences at area conventions, and we plan to offer said dramas via CD and streaming audio in the near future. Our current project is an episodic series, The Arbiter Chronicles, which author Steve Wilson describes as "a sort of Hornblower the Vampire ...
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The Prometheus Podcast The Prometheus podcast series aims to empower people to bring the 'fire' back into their lives. Knowledge is power, but powerless if unacknowledged. We aspire to transform insight into practical steps which we’ve implemented into our own lives. There is a pattern of winning traits, evident in the lives of successful people, but unfortunately not everyone is aware of the small details which can provide a substantial advantage. Follow us on our journey to uncover these s ...
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Delve into the strange and wonderful world of the Prometheus Unbound Broadcast Initiative! Part real life videocast, part sci-fi fantasy adventure. Follow the efforts of the heroic men and women of the Grand Union of Nation States as they fight for their very existence against a seemingly endless hoard of terrifying foes. Abandon the woke comic book super-zeros, and the tired sci-fi universes corrupted by mega corporations and dare to *LIVE UNBOUND*
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Part of the MxM (movies by minutes) network. This series analyses the Alien prequels Prometheus and Alien:Covenant, one minute at a time.
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How you live defines who you are. Here we talk about life,experiences and society from an authentic Italian point of view...and more! Lifestyle, society and culture from Italy...in English! That's not a common podcast! we talk about emotion and feelings connected with facts! SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE! And you? How do YOU live? What's your best experience? Leave an audio comment using the link below or comment the episode using #braveitalianworld on Twitter
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The podcast about everything and nothing. Jason Hui is a maker and founder of Prometheus Lights. Ben Hardy is a writer, content marketer, and former editor of Bobvila.com. Join their deep dives into topics in which they have much interest ... and no expertise.
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Interviews with Mathematicians about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/mathematics
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We will be talking about Frankenstein and it’s relation to Romanticism, Prometheus, Jurassic Park, and Sci-fi.
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The Weekly Planet covers all things movies, TV shows and comics. Often considered the first and worst podcast on the Planet Broadcasting Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Informative and entertaining Doctor Who podcast, typically discussing two linked stories, one from each of the Classic and New series
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Single Serving Cinema looks at one critical scene in a movie every other week. We explore how the scene is constructed, what the scene achieves, and what it can tell us about the movie as a whole. Hosted by Tim & Tay.
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Riverside Readings - A Dramatic Audio Drama by Trent Mylie
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Frankie Boyle presents volumes one, two three, four and five of his eight volume Promethiad
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Podcast of veteran, husband, father, and Christian, Mike Glover.
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On The Stranger Side of Crazy I will be interviewing different authors, editors and people in the book "biz" to learn tips and tricks on a variety of different topics that concern the modern writer. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thestrangersideofcrazy/support
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Standing at the intersection of conflict and belief to better understand the human condition.
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Interviews with historians of science about their new books
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Join actor Idris Elba ("The Wire," "Luther," "Prometheus") as he discusses his new film, "Pacific Rim." Directed by Guillermo del Toro, the action thriller starts with legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, rising from the sea to begin an apocalyptic war with humans. The world’s only hope is a special type of weapon: massive robots, called Jaegers, simultaneously controlled by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge.
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In this podiobook: Dal Timgar always wanted to be a doctor. As a Garvian and the first non-human to study medicine on Hospital Earth, he must face enormous adversity from classmates, professors, and some of the highest ranking physicians on all of Earth. Will his efforts be enough to earn him the Silver Star of a Star Surgeon.Star Surgeon is the 1959 novel by Alan E. Nourse (1928-1992) and is currently in the public domain in the U.S.Read by Scott D. Farquhar of Prometheus Radio Theatre
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This is a free feed featuring previous games club episodes from Super NPC Radio, the independent comedy focused podcast network. Visit https://patreon.com/superNPCradio to support the contributors and hear bonus video game podcasts including their current games club.
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Welcome to OAT! Join us to discuss ideas and tools that make our software and development processes faster, more efficient, and healthy! We talk about performance improvements and valuable optimizations to software development processes like testing, debugging, running in production, open-sourcing or collaborating. Learn from experts how they improved their products, engineering processes or life habits and apply those in your work! Hosted in the UK by two software engineers: Ivan Valkov, th ...
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Interviews with Biographers about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography
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Welcome to the Glass Cannon Podcast! In the spirit of old-school D&D, a collection of comedians, actors and super-nerds come together to create what is widely considered to be the gold standard of actual play podcasts. Interweaving immersive storytelling with irreverent, improvised humor, the Glass Cannon Podcast delivers, like no other, the experience of what it's really like to sit around a table rolling dice and busting chops with your best buds. Here you will find our original 326 plus e ...
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Shonky Lab is a topic based talk show where you, the listener, get to join in and have your say. If you wish to join in there are a few ways… 1) You can email [email protected] and recommend a topic. Do this and KABLAMO! you’re on a whole episode. 2) The shows are now LIVE on Mixlr, you know like Saturday morning TV used to be. During the show Skype is open and you’re free to call in at any point, whether it’s about the topic at hand or something completely different. It’s up to you. Skype ...
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Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
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Since 2017, we've watched films both good and bad and discussed them while also sharing our stories and experiences with the films. We joke, sometimes it gets serious, but we always do it in our special way. We rate movies based on how entertained we are, so you may hear some controversial opinions. Follow us on pretty much every social media outlet and even better, show us some love on Patreon.
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Embark on an epic journey with Anthony and Dakota as they delve into the vast realms of geek culture, from cherished classics to cutting-edge creations. Join us for an exhilarating adventure of exploration and nostalgia, as we unearth hidden gems and reminisce about the moments that have shaped us. Welcome to the ultimate celebration of all things geeky!
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The Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast is a monthly (and often more) podcast devoted to the Alien, Predator, Alien vs. Predator and Prometheus franchises. Our episodes include interviews with people involved in the franchises, discussions about the latest releases and commentary on the latest news.
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Actors Idris Elba (“Prometheus”) and Naomie Harris (“Skyfall”), along with director Justin Chadwick discuss their new film, “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” based on South African President Nelson Mandela’s autobiography of the same name. Starring Elba and Harris as Nelson and Winnie Mandela, the movie chronicles Mandela’s early life, as well as his anti-apartheid struggle, his imprisonment, and his efforts to rebuild the country’s once segregated society.
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Husband and wife team discuss, evaluate, and justify their DVD collection. From no-brainers, to "someone's got some 'splaining to do" Diane and Sean will go through over 300 DVDs over the course of this podcast.
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Business Compass LLC is an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner and Well-Architected Partner. We have been recognized as APN Certification Distinction. We specialize in cloud migration, serverless solutions, AI/ML, IoT, DevOps, data and analytics, web development, media services, and Well-Architected Framework Reviews. We provide high-performance applications, scalable infrastructure, and cost-optimized deployments with expertise in Generative AI, Data Analytics, Live Streaming, Pay-Per-View, Vid ...
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Join Academy Award nominated writer and director Dan Mazer (Borat, Brüno), Simon Baker (The Mentalist, The Devil Wears Prada) and Rafe Spall (The Life of Pi, Prometheus) as they discuss their new film, I Give it a Year.Starting where other romantic comedies finish, I Give it a Year follows the trials and tribulations of a pair of newlyweds, Josh (Spall) and Nat (Rose Byrne), during their turbulent first year as a married couple.
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Radio Silence continues with the premiere of Michael Rakowitz's highly anticipated radio series. This special radio event will be broadcast on WPPM PhillyCAM radio and other community radio stations across the country, and distributed nationally by PRX (Public Radio Exchange). Radio Silence, produced by Mural Arts Philadelphia, first launched with a live performance on Independence Mall in Philadelphia on July 30, 2017 and a simulcast on PhillyCAM TV. The project can be seen as an alternativ ...
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Classic lit with a modern tone, every other week. From the creators of Myths and Legends, comes an altogether same-but-different podcast set in the world of classic lit. These are the stories of Dracula, The Time Machine, The Three Musketeers. They're stories written by Jane Austen, Shakespeare, and H.P. Lovecraft, but with a casual, modern tone. Listen as Jason and Carissa Weiser breathe new life into the classics and tell the stories of some of the greatest books ever written.
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Speaking to those at the forefront of the digital assets and technology sectors, telling real life stories, considering the growth and growing pains of the industry, and exploring how blockchain and other technology has made an impact on people’s lives. With guests including household names like BitGo, Coincover, Grant Thornton, Lockton and Crystal Blockchain, to more specialised enterprises like fractional mining farms for NFTs, to authors, artists and developers, from stable coin issuers b ...
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Deploying a Production-Grade Prometheus and Grafana Stack on Kubernetes
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Deploying a Production-Grade Prometheus and Grafana Stack on Kubernetes https://knowledge.businesscompassllc.com/deploying-a-production-grade-prometheus-and-grafana-stack-on-kubernetes/ Setting up reliable Kubernetes monitoring isn’t just nice to have—it’s essential for keeping your applications healthy and your users happy. When your production wo…
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Al Posamentier, "Math Makers: The Lives and Works of 50 Famous Mathematicians" (Prometheus, 2020)
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Today I talked to Alfred S. Posamentier, a co-author (with Christian Spreitzer) of Math Makers: The Lives and Works of 50 Famous Mathematicians (Prometheus, 2020). This charming book is more than just mathematics, because mathematicians are not just makers of mathematics. They are human beings whose life stories are often not just entertaining, but…
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Cyber Apocalypse Survival:Join us to learn how people with no technicality can defend themselves from cybercrime, privacy abuse, government overreach and cyber warfare: https://www.youtube.com/@CyberApocalypseSurvival Cyber Security For ALL: How Non-Technical People Can Survive The Digital Apocalypse:And grab a copy of our book, for the blueprint t…
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We have questions. You have answers. Take our brief survey: https://forms.gle/pbhUCFyBBfiayAx38 Access exclusive podcasts, ad-free episodes, and livestreams with a 30-day free trial with code "GCN30" at jointhenaish.com. For more podcasts and livestreams, visit https:…
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This episode features Stephanie Larivee, a director at Cork Gully, who deals with, amongst other corporate recovery matters, distributions of crypto assets following insolvency of exchanges and trading platforms. Cork Gully's website is https://corkgully.com In this recording Matt and Stephanie consider: - Liquidator's roles when dealing with insol…
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Have you ever felt that you keep making the same mistakes or that you have fallen into a pattern that could be Exhibit A as proof of reincarnation? The Beast (2023) uses all kinds of world-building and three different timelines to explore these ideas–and does so while faithfully adapting a 1903 story by Henry James. It’s the kind of film in which o…
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Concetta Principe, "Disorder" (Gordon Hill Press, 2024)
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In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Concetta Principe about her poetry collection, DIsorder (Gordon Hill Press, 2024). Disorder, the newest collection of poetry from Concetta Principe, explores the metaphorical relationship between the home and the mind, where a home should be place of sanctuary but can have its safe borders destab…
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Amie Thomasson, "Rethinking Metaphysics" (Oxford UP, 2025)
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The word “metaphysics” conjures up thoughts of very hard questions about reality and deep, perhaps unresolvable, metaphysical mysteries. But is that the right way to think about the subject matter of metaphysics? According to Amie Thomasson, very clearly no. In her new book, Rethinking Metaphysics (Oxford University Press, 2025), Thomasson argues t…
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Two Decades On: The African Union, Power, and Africa’s Democratic Future
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When the African Union was founded in 2002, it promised to deliver a more united, prosperous, and people-centred continent. Two decades later, Africa’s political landscape tells a more complex story: one of ambition and frustration, democratic progress and reversal, renewed activism, and enduring inequality. How far has the AU come in shaping “The …
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How Government Made the U.S. into a Manufacturing Powerhouse
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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Colleen Dunlavy, Emeritus Professor of History at University of Wisconsin-Madison, about her recent book, Small, Medium, Large: How Government Made the U.S. Into a Manufacturing Powerhouse. Small, Medium, Large examines the crucial role that the U.S. federal government played in rationalizing and diffus…
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Joseph Stiglitz, "The Origins of Inequality" (Oxford UP, 2025)
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Joseph E. Stiglitz has had a remarkable career. He is a brilliant academic, capped by sharing the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics and the Nobel Peace Prize, and honorary degrees from Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford and more than fifty other universities, and elected not only to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Lett…
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Wolfgang Wagner, "The Democratic Politics of Military Interventions" (Oxford UP, 2020)
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According to a widely shared notion, foreign affairs are exempted from democratic politics, i.e. party-political divisions are overcome-and should be overcome-for the sake of a common national interest. This book shows that this is not the case. Examining votes in the US Congress and several European parliaments, the book demonstrates that contesta…
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In “Pluribus” An America Without Division, But At What Price?
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It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we analyze the first two episodes of Vince Gilligan’s new series Pluribus. The show posits an extraordinary intervention in worldwide politics and culture producing a utopia (that is of course simultaneously a dystopia) of quiescent bliss. Is the show shaping up to be another hit for the showrunner, previously r…
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Ellen Muehlberger, "Things Unseen: Essays on Evidence, Knowledge, and the Late Ancient World" (U California Press, 2025)
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How do you know the nature of another person: who she is, or what she is capable of? In four exploratory essays, a seasoned historian examines the mechanisms by which ancient people came to have knowledge—not of the world and its myriad processes but about something more intimate, namely the individuals they encountered in close quarters, those the…
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Jason A. Higgins, "Prisoners After War: Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration" (U Massachusetts Press, 2024)
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In Prisoners after War: Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration (University of Mass. Press, 2024), Dr. Jason Higgins examines the connections between the military and carceral system through the stories of those most knowledgeable about it: veterans who were incarcerated after their military service. Combining a thorough historical narrative with…
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Ellen Muehlberger, "Things Unseen: Essays on Evidence, Knowledge, and the Late Ancient World" (U California Press, 2025)
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How do you know the nature of another person: who she is, or what she is capable of? In four exploratory essays, a seasoned historian examines the mechanisms by which ancient people came to have knowledge—not of the world and its myriad processes but about something more intimate, namely the individuals they encountered in close quarters, those the…
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System Design Secrets: How Big Tech Handles Double Booking Without Breaking
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System Design Secrets: How Big Tech Handles Double Booking Without Breaking https://knowledge.businesscompassllc.com/system-design-secrets-how-big-tech-handles-double-booking-without-breaking/ Double booking disasters can sink a tech company’s reputation overnight. When Airbnb accidentally lets two guests book the same room or when concert ticketin…
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Designing an MCP Server: Schemas, Capabilities, and Error Handling
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Designing an MCP Server: Schemas, Capabilities, and Error Handling https://knowledge.businesscompassllc.com/designing-an-mcp-server-schemas-capabilities-and-error-handling/ Building an MCP server requires careful attention to schema design patterns, server capabilities implementation, and error handling best practices to create reliable application…
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Real-World Terraform: Automating an AWS VPC the Right Way
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Real-World Terraform: Automating an AWS VPC the Right Way https://knowledge.businesscompassllc.com/real-world-terraform-automating-an-aws-vpc-the-right-way/ Setting up AWS infrastructure manually through the console is time-consuming and error-prone. DevOps engineers, cloud architects, and infrastructure teams need a reliable way to build and manag…
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A Cloud Architect’s Guide to IaC-Based AWS Multi-Account Provisioning
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A Cloud Architect’s Guide to IaC-Based AWS Multi-Account Provisioning https://knowledge.businesscompassllc.com/a-cloud-architects-guide-to-iac-based-aws-multi-account-provisioning/ Managing AWS multi-account architecture at scale requires more than just good intentions—it demands a systematic approach using Infrastructure as Code. Cloud architects …
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Predator is back in cinemas for the first time since 2018 with Predator: Badlands. We review that plus we talk about Star Trek 4 being officially dead, The Mummy 4 with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, new trailers for Five Nights at Freddy’s, Michael and potential Avengers: Doomsday trailer date and more! Also happy 600 episodes everyone we did it…
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355. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
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Diane and Sean discuss the canon sequel in the Jumanji series, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Episode music is, "Begin the Climb", by Henry Jackman from the OST. - Our theme song is by Brushy One String - Artwork by Marlaine LePage - Why Do We Own This DVD? Merch available at Teepublic - Follow the show on social media: - BlueSky: WhyDoWeOwnThisDV…
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Preaching to the Choir | Snipers in Faith
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Al Posamentier, "Math Makers: The Lives and Works of 50 Famous Mathematicians" (Prometheus, 2020)
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Thomas Fleischman, "Communist Pigs: An Animal History of East Germany's Rise and Fall" (U Washington Press, 2020)
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The pig played a fundamental role in the German Democratic Republic's attempts to create and sustain a modern, industrial food system built on communist principles. By the mid-1980s, East Germany produced more pork per capita than West Germany and the UK, while also suffering myriad unintended consequences of this centrally planned practice: manure…
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Karine Gagné, "Caring for Glaciers: Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas" (U Washington Press, 2019)
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In her new book, Caring for Glaciers: Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas (University of Washington Press, 2019), Karine Gagné explores how relations of reciprocity between land, humans, animals, and glaciers foster an ethics of care in the Himalayan communities of Ladakh. She explores the way these relations are changing due to climate ch…
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Jorge Coronado, “Portraits in the Andes: Photography and Agency, 1900-1950” (U Pittsburgh Press, 2018)
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In Portraits in the Andes: Photography and Agency, 1900-1950 (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018), Jorge Coronado, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Northwestern University, examines photography to further the argument that intellectuals grafted their own notions of indigeneity onto their subjects. He looks specifically at the Cuzco School o…
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Christopher Ali, "Farm Fresh Broadband: The Politics of Rural Connectivity" (MIT, 2021)
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As much of daily life migrates online, broadband—high-speed internet connectivity—has become a necessity. The widespread lack of broadband in rural America has created a stark urban–rural digital divide. In Farm Fresh Broadband: The Politics of Rural Connectivity (MIT Press, 2021), Dr. Christopher Ali analyzes the promise and the failure of nationa…
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Nerina Rustomji, "The Beauty of the Houri: Heavenly Virgins and Feminine Ideals" (Oxford UP, 2021)
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In her scintillating new book, The Beauty of the Houri: Heavenly Virgins, Feminine Ideals (Oxford UP, 2021), Nerina Rustomji presents a fascinating and multilayered intellectual and cultural history of the category of the “Houri” and the multiple ideological projects in which it has been inserted over time and space. Nimbly moving between a vast ra…
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Clint Smith, "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America" (Little, Brown and Company, 2021)
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How do we narrate history, both the troubling past and what we chose to remember? Clint Smith sets out to wrestle with this question and its relationship to enslavement in his first nonfiction book, How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (Little, Brown and Company, 2021). From Monticello plantation to Angola …
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Michelle Christine Smith, "Utopian Genderscapes: Rhetorics of Women's Work in the Early Industrial Age" (Southern Illinois UP, 2021)
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Utopian Genderscapes: Rhetorics of Women's Work in the Early Industrial Age (Southern Illinois UP, 2021) focuses on three prominent yet understudied intentional communities—Brook Farm, Harmony Society, and the Oneida Community—who in response to industrialization experimented with radical social reform in the antebellum United States. Foremost amon…
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