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Perils for Pedestrians

Submitted by John Z Wetmore on Wed, 10/16/2019 - 11:37am
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We visit Silver Spring, Maryland.

The Dale Drive Safety Coalition wants sidewalks and crosswalks.

We look at pedestrian problems along Georgia Avenue in Montgomery Hills.

Forest Glen is also divided by Georgia Avenue.

16th Street needs sidewalks.

Perils for Pedestrians

Submitted by John Z Wetmore on Wed, 10/16/2019 - 11:35am
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We visit Boston, Massachusetts.

We talk with the chief engineer about sidewalks,

We learn about WalkBoston and pedestrian advocacy,

We drop in on the Liveable Streets Alliance,

We look at the Smoot and the nature of distance.

Strata: Portraits of Humanity - Oct'19

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 10/15/2019 - 11:41am
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(1)  Dr. Chloe Duckworth, in her “ArchaeoDuck” vlog series, expounds on a glossary of archaeological terms, in this episode from Archaeometry to Geophysics.  (2) This film recounts the curious history of a 1st Century BC Egyptian mummy, covered in semi-legible hieroglyphs, which wound up in the “Library-Museum” of the village of Cazenovia in Madison County, New York.  The film covers the transport of this mummy to a nearby hospital for a series of CT scans, which determined the probable cause of death of the 19-25 year-old male named “Hen.”

Strata: Portraits of Humanity - Sep'19

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 2:39pm
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(1)  Dr. Chloe Duckworth, in her “ArchaeoDuck” series, suggests what to take when you're packing for archaeological fieldwork.  (2) In the mountains of northern Iraq, researchers from Heidelberg University employ drones and photogrammetry to document ancient Mesopotamian rock art, rock-hewn tombs and reliefs of ancient kings.  (3) Conductor Arash Fouladvand, historian of Persian Music, leads a London-based branch of the Bahar Peace Choir.  We follow Arash as he takes the choir through an 1100-year-old poem by the famous Persian poet, Rudaki.

Sci-fi Journal - Oct'19

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 10/15/2019 - 11:26am
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Sci-Fi Journal for October 2019 with hosts James Hinsey, Ian Kingston, Maddy Kingston, Marc Morisseau, Adam Tuchman,and Calvin Watts III. Ian does Popcorn Previews with trailers for ''Gemini Man'', ''Maleficent: Mistress of Evil'', and ''Doctor Sleep''. Calvin does Game Over with the latest news in home video releases and video games. From Pintastic New England Calvin interviews Gabriel D'Annunzio of Pintastic New England. Sci-Fi Journal crew member Adam Tuchman talks about the H.P. Lovecraft convention Necronomicon which happened in Providence, RI in August 2019.