#Jessica Koch

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Jessica Koch Interview!

Summary  I have the pleasure of interviewing Jessica Koch who shares business marketing tools and techniques to stimulate your business. Take A Listen! Jessica Koch has been a National Sales Professional for more than 25 years. She has worked with Fortune 1000 clients like Disney and Verizon. She has also worked with National Power Utilities, Hospitals, Government and Universities/Colleges. She…

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Lola Curious, Jane Koch and Jessica Picaso

Division 47's bargain bin S.T.A.R.S.

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Momona Tamada, born 2006, Japanese, Canadian

similar faces/older versions requested by @leelestrange:

Jessica Lu, born 1985, Chinese, Japanese

Kiko Mizuhara, born 1990, English, some Scottish, Irish, German, Zainichi Korean

Rina Sawayama, born 1990, Japanese, British

Sakura Heffron, born 1994, Japanese, Norwegian, American

Midori Francis, born 1994, Japanese, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Italian

Adeline Rudolph, born 1995, German, Korean

Yumi Nu, born 1996, Dutch, Japanese

Natalie Nootenboom, born 2000, Dutch, Japanese

Cha Lor, born 2000, Hmong

Jennifer Koch, born unknown, Korean, German

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Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

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Elphabas I’ve Seen Live Appreciation Post

Vicki Noon // Alyssa Fox // Christine Dwyer // Jennifer DiNoia // Mary Kate Morrissey // Emily Koch // Jessica Vosk // Talia Suskauer // Lissa deGuzman

[nasa]

It’s Girl Scout Day! March 12, 2024, is the 112th birthday of Girl Scouts in the United States, and to celebrate, we’re sharing a lithograph of the Girl Scout alumnae who became NASA astronauts.

Girl Scouts learn to work together, build community, embrace adventurousness and curiosity, and develop leadership skills—all of which come in handy as an astronaut. For example, former Scouts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir worked together to make history on Oct. 18, 2019, when they performed the first all-woman spacewalk.

Pam Melroy is one of only two women to command a space shuttle and became NASA’s deputy administrator on June 21, 2021.

Nicole Mann was the first Indigenous woman from NASA to go to space when she launched to the International Space Station on Oct. 5, 2022. Currently, Loral O’Hara is aboard the space station, conducting science experiments and research.

Participating in thoughtful activities in leadership and STEM in Girl Scouts has empowered and inspired generations of girls to explore space, and we can’t wait to meet the future generations who will venture to the Moon and beyond.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

[alexkoch]

This trailer was released 2 years ago and I was never informed???? Sadness

[livinginsideabookshelf]

Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag

I am aware I'm a little late but I still wanted to do this tag!

Best book you've read in 2024 so far?

A Short Stay In Hell By Steven L. Peck

2. Best Sequel you've read in 2024 so far?

Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel

3. New release you haven’t read yet, but want to?

Evocation by S. T. Gibson

4. Most anticipated release for the second half of 2023?

Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

5. Biggest disappointment?

The Dinner by Herman Koch

6. Biggest surprise?

Milk Teeth by Jessica Andrews

7. New favourite author?

David Sodergen (Who wrote Maggie's Grave, the Haar, the Forgotten Island, Night Shoot)

8. New fictional crush?

I couldn't think of any :/

9. Newest favourite character?

The nameless man from the Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

10. Book that made you cry?

The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

11. Book that made you happy?

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

12. Favourite book to movie adaptation you’ve seen so far this year?

Poor things directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

13. What book do you really need to read by the end of this year?

I really need to finish the Arc of a Scythe series by Neil Shusterman because I started it and never finished.

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PIC 1 - The 4 Artemis Astronauts Who Will Fly Around the Moon.

PIC 2 - Artemis II crew mission specialist Christina Koch. She visited the Intern Space Station in 2019, where she participated in the 1st all-woman spacewalk with Jessica Meir. She began her NASA career as an elec engineer at Goddard Space Flight Center.

PIC 3 - Representing the Canadian Space Agency is Jeremy Hansen from London, Ontario. Col. Hansen was a fighter pilot with Canadian Armed Forces before joining the Canadian Space Agency, and currently works with NASA on astronaut training and mission operations. 

PIC 4 -  Victor Glover is our Artemis II pilot. Glover is part of our 2013 class of NASA astronauts and was the pilot for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission. He’s logged 3,000 flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft.

PIC 5 - Artemis II crew mission commander Reid Wiseman. Wiseman lived & worked aboard the Intern Space Station as a flight engineer in 2014. He also commanded the undersea research mission NEEMO21, and most recently served as Chief of the NASA astronauts.

[igotopinions]

Books I Read in 2023

* = Re-read

Check out past years: 2012, 2013 (skipped), 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018,  2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. Follow me on Goodreads to get these reviews as they happen. 1) A Book of Blades: Rogues in the House Presents edited by L.D. Whitney This book, assembled by the great guys behind the premier podcast in the genre, is an excellent way to sample a breadth of contemporary Sword & Sorcery fiction! My favorite story was "The Blood of Old Shard" by John R. Fultz, with Scott Oden and Howard Andrew Jones' tales close behind, and there were no duds in the mix. "The Blood..." really surprised me with a heart and inventiveness which the opening doesn't give away yet, you realize upon finishing, deftly sets up. 2) Fires of Azeroth by C.J. Cherryh Left my big ol’ spoiler-laden review on Goodreads for ya. 3) Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time by Teju Cole 4) The Citadel of Forgotten Myths by Michael Moorcock *5) Neuromancer by William Gibson 6) The Expert System's Brother by Adrian Tchaikovsky 7) The Expert System’s Champion by Adrian Tchaikovsky I confess I finished the first book in this series having enjoyed myself, but wondering if I'd remember what I'd read a year from now. I don't have that concern with its follow-up. Tchaikovsky has enriched the world he set up in the first installment quite nicely, and I hope I get to explore it further in a third. 8) Old Moon Quarterly: Issue 3 9) Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner 10) The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain 11) The Dreamthief's Daughter: A Tale of the Albino by Michael Moorcock 12) Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino Do you think you’d enjoy hearing Tarantino discuss mainly his childhood and adolescence re: movies that meant a lot to him during that period? Congrats, this is extremely that. It could not be more that. 13) The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe 14) Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different by Chuck Palahniuk Roughly 70/30 instructional / biographical. Has a lot of good advice, focusing on a more literary mode than classic genre stylings, all in a voice and coming from a place any Palahniuk fan will be familiar with (I would have been stunned NOT to find something like the "Voice of Authority" snippet in a writing book by Palahniuk). Entertaining and providing what mostly felt like useful, actionable advice, I'd say it can be handy for writers who aren't knowledgeable of the author's works, but knowing at least a couple of his books can help contextualize his advice so you can determine which parts are right for you or not. 15) Death Angel's Shadow by Karl Edward Wagner 16) Night Winds by Karl Edward Wagner 17) Wyngraf Issue #1 Edited by Nathaniel Webb 18) Rakefire and Other Stories by Jason Ray Carney 19) The White Lion by Scott Oden 20) Werner's Nomenclature of Colours: Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Anatomy, and the Arts by Patrick Syme, Abraham Gottlob Werner (Illustrator) 21) Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin 22) Lord of a Shattered Land by Howard Andrew Jones *23) Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 24) Authority by Jeff VanderMeer 25) Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer *26) The Sailor on the Seas of Fate by Michael Moorcock 27) Kundo Wakes Up by Saad Z. Hossain 28) Swords in the Shadows, Edited by Cullen Bunn 29) The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi 30) Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein 31) The Encyclopedia of Amazons: Women Warriors from Antiquity to the Modern Era by Jessica Amanda Salmonson 32) New Edge Sword & Sorcery #1, Edited by Oliver Brackenbury 33) New Edge Sword & Sorcery #2, Edited by Oliver Brackenbury 34) A Book of Blades: Volume II: Rogues in the House Podcast Presents, Edited by L.D. Whitney 35) Old Moon Quarterly: Issue 4, Spring 2023: A Magazine of Dark Fantasy and Sword and Sorcery, Edited by OMQ 36) The Wingspan of Severed Hands by Joe Koch 37) The Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett 38) Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle 39) Old Moon Quarterly: Issue 5, Edited by OMQ STATS Non-Fiction: 6 Fiction: 33 Poetry Collections: 0 Comic Trades: 0 Wrote Myself: 2

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IMO THIS IS IT!! OUR FINAL WRAP-UP OF 2022!! What'd you end the year with? is there a common thread amongst these choices? if you could choose one of your reads to represent your year, which would it be? alternatively, if you could erase one from your memory so you could reread as if for the first time, which would it be? HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥂 TO MANY MANY MORE OF THESE!! <3 <3

the big one

my december reading was actually pretty light for me. thinking about it, they're definitely focused on relationships: romantic, platonic, and familial. what do you do for the people you love, what do the people you love do for you

december wrap up

stargazer by laurie petrou

this was a whirlwind of a book.

cold enough for snow by jessica au

short but very substantial read. so many thoughts and observations that stuck with me, especially regarding familial history and whats lost in the shame and embarrasment of not talking about things.

tokyo ueno station by miri yū

cool ghost story (major simplification of the discussion of Japan's socioeconomic class structure, treatment of the homeless and the mass movement of people who worked for the olympic games)

go tell it on the mountain by james baldwin

back again with baldwin. i still don't know how i feel about this book. i keep waiting for the words to come to me. i have to reread this to get it. there's a lot of meaning i'm missing i think

revive me parts one and two by j. l. seegars

didn't really like this as much as i loved restore me. i don't particularly like the authors writing style. felt like trauma was handed out for traumas sake, a shortcut of demanding empathy from the audience rather than writing compelling characters

reel by kennedy ryan

kennedy ryan's book always offer social justice with the romance, but the romance in this is solid.

the dinner by herman koch

i think this was really obvious in the characters being bad people. i was hoping for something more subtle. there are definitely layers to this, but i wasn't convinced

questions

ooo ok i think outline by rachel cusk would represent the year for me. summer was such a good reading season for me, i loved most of the books i was picking up, came across some real faves. i feel like the conversations in this book helped form my own opinions about a lot of things, to read something and then take the time to reflect on your own thoughts and beliefs is something i'm seeking out more as a reader and person. this book, and cusk as an author, honestly, really bring me back to why i love reading, i don't know how to put it into words but there's something about her books that makes me appreciate english as a language. all the words you know and the ones you don't know. hope this makes sense

i'd love to read seven days in june by tia williams for the first time again. such an ethereal and beautiful book.

this has been SO much fun the highlights of my month, and i honestly can not wait am so excited for our book discussions in 2023! happy new year cas! <3

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In 1982, André Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that Kalinka’s death was not an accident, Bamberski begins to investigate. A botched autopsy report raises his suspicions and leads him to accuse Kalinka’s stepfather, Dr Dieter Krombach, as the murderer. Unable to indict Krombach in Germany, Bamberski attempts to take the trial to France, where he will dedicate his life to Kalinka’s justice and the imprisonment of Krombach. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: André Bamberski: Daniel Auteuil Doctor Dieter Krombach: Sebastian Koch Dany: Marie-Josée Croze Cécile: Christelle Cornil Kalinka (6 years old): Lila-Rose Gilberti Kalinka (14 years old): Emma Besson Robert: Christian Kmiotek Maître Gibault: Serge Feuillard Father of André: Fred Personne Mother of André: Thérèse Roussel Pierre (20 years old): Tom Hudson Pierre (12 years old): Antoine Milhaud Pierre (4 years old): Timéo Bolland Bamberski’s assistant: Natalie Beder Boris: Nicolas Planchais Investigating judge: Valérie Even Policeman Scheidegg: Johannes Oliver Hamm Investigating judge: Florence d’Azémar Investigating judge: Stanislas Stanic Investigating judge: Catherine Davenier Bailiff: Alain Beigel President of the Paris court: Patrick Zimmermann Advocate General: Guillaume Briat Clerk: Marie Vernalde General producer: Luc Gentil Director of criminal affairs: Geoffroy Boutan Assistant of criminal affairs: Patrick Hauthier Secretary: Anne-Cécile Crapie Secretary: Véronique Dossetto Forensic pathologist: Jean-Pol Brissart Policeman: Loïc Risser Entrepreneur: Michel Gomes German lawyer: Jürgen Zwingel President of the Kempten court: Fritz Hammer Eva: Emma Drogunova German journalist: Susanne Schmidt Young German saleswoman: Charlotte Krenz German doctor: Wolfgang Pissors German policeman: Christophe Bizet Serbian kidnapper: Pierre Bourel Lawyer in court: Jan Oliver Schroeder Clerk (uncredited): Audrey Quoturi Film Crew: Original Music Composer: Nicolas Errèra Dialogue: Julien Rappeneau Producer: Cyril Colbeau-Justin Producer: Jean-Baptiste Dupont Producer: Nadia Khamlichi Producer: Adrian Politowski Set Decoration: Barbara Bernhard Editor: Valérie Deseine Executive Producer: David Giordano Dialogue: Vincent Garenq Sound Mixer: Jean-Pierre Duret Executive Producer: Bernie Stampfer Producer: Gilles Waterkeyn Costume Design: Marie-Laure Lasson Director of Photography: Renaud Chassaing Foley Artist: Philippe van Leer Production Design: François Abelanet Executive Producer: Frantz Richard Supervising Sound Editor: Pascal Villard Script Supervisor: Yannick Charles Set Decoration: Delphine De Casanove Producer: Hugo Bergson-Vuillaume Casting: David Bertrand Hairstylist: Laurent Bozzi Key Makeup Artist: Hugues Lavau Hairstylist: Nadine Hermand First Assistant Director: François Domange Production Manager: Laurent Sivot Producer: Philipp Kreuzer Set Decoration: Jessica Labet Producer: Roland Schaffner Dialogue Editor: Sabrina Felgueiras Movie Reviews:

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Community members receive 2024 MIT Excellence Awards, Collier Medal, and Staff Award for Distinction in Service

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Community members receive 2024 MIT Excellence Awards, Collier Medal, and Staff Award for Distinction in Service

On Wednesday, June 5, 13 individuals and four teams were awarded MIT Excellence Awards — the highest awards for staff at the Institute. Colleagues holding signs, waving pompoms, and cheering gathered in Kresge Auditorium to show their support for the honorees. In addition to the Excellence Awards, staff members were honored with the Collier Medal, the Staff Award for Distinction in Service, and the Gordon Y. Billard Award. 

The Collier Medal honors the memory of Officer Sean Collier, who gave his life protecting and serving MIT; it celebrates an individual or group whose actions demonstrate the importance of community. The Staff Award for Distinction in Service is presented to a staff member whose service results in a positive lasting impact on the Institute.

The Gordon Y. Billard Award is given annually to staff, faculty, or an MIT-affiliated individual(s) who has given “special service of outstanding merit performed for the Institute.” This year, for the first time, this award was presented at the MIT Excellence Awards and Collier Medal celebration. 

The 2024 MIT Excellence Award recipients and their award categories are: 

Innovative Solutions 

Nanotechnology Material Core Staff, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Office of the Vice President for Research (Margaret Bisher, Giovanni de Nola, David Mankus, and Dong Soo Yun)

Bringing Out the Best 

Salvatore Ieni 

James Kelsey 

Lauren Pouchak

Serving Our Community 

Megan Chester 

Alessandra Davy-Falconi 

David Randall 

Days Weekend Team, Department of Custodial Services, Department of Facilities: Karen Melisa Betancourth, Ana Guerra Chavarria, Yeshi Khando, Joao Pacheco, and Kevin Salazar 

IMES/HST Academic Office Team, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, School of Engineering: Traci Anderson, Joseph R. Stein, and Laurie Ward 

Team Leriche, Department of Custodial Services, Department of Facilities: Anthony Anzalone, David Solomon Carrasco, Larrenton Forrest, Michael Leriche, and Joe Vieira

Embracing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

Bhaskar Pant 

Jessica Tam

Outstanding Contributor 

Paul W. Barone 

Marcia G. Davidson 

Steven Kooi 

Tianjiao Lei 

Andrew H. Mack

2024 MIT Excellence Awards + Collier Medal Ceremony

The 2024 Collier Medal recipient was Benjamin B. Lewis, a graduate student in the Institute for Data, Systems and Society in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. Last spring, he founded the Cambridge branch of End Overdose, a nonprofit dedicated to reducing drug-related overdose deaths. Through his efforts, more than 600 members of the Greater Boston community, including many at MIT, have been trained to administer lifesaving treatment at critical moments.

This year’s recipient of the 2024 Staff Award for Distinction in Service was Diego F. Arango (Department of Custodial Services, Department of Facilities), daytime custodian in Building 46. He was nominated by no fewer than 36 staff, faculty, students, and researchers for creating a positive working environment and for offering “help whenever, wherever, and to whomever needs it.”

Three community members were honored with a 2024 Gordon Y. Billard Award

Deborah G. Douglas, senior director of collections and curator of science and technology, MIT Museum

Ronald Hasseltine, assistant provost for research administration, Office of the Vice President for Research

Richard K. Lester, vice provost for international activities and Japan Steel Industry Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, School of Engineering

Presenters included President Sally Kornbluth; MIT Chief of Police John DiFava and Deputy Chief Steven DeMarco; Vice President for Human Resources Ramona Allen; Executive Vice President and Treasurer Glen Shor; Provost Cynthia Barnhart; Lincoln Laboratory director Eric Evans; Chancellor Melissa Nobles; and Dean of the School of Engineering Anantha Chandrakasan.

Visit the MIT Human Resources website for more information about the award recipients, categories, and to view photos and video of the event.

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Red Carpet Highlights From the 2024 Tony Awards

Last night, the 77th Annual Tony Awards took place and brought out the stars in their droves. Attendees from the world of entertainment descended upon the David H. Koch Theater in New York City to recognize and celebrate the achievement of Broadway productions during the 2023–24 season. The biggest night in Broadway brought out stars like Angelina Jolie, Jessica Lange, Alicia Keys, Elle Fanning,…

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🌻?

Here are the Elphaba and Glinda pairings I have seen in order from memory:

2010

Vicki Noon & Natalie Daradich

2012

Alyssa Fox (s/b) & Jeanna de Waal

Christine Dwyer & Jeanna de Waal

2013

Jennifer DiNoia & Hayley Podschun

2015

Mary Kate Morrissey (s/b) & Carrie St. Louis

Emily Koch & Amanda Jane Cooper

Emily Koch & Amanda Jane Cooper (again)

2016

Jessica Vosk & Amanda Jane Cooper

2019

Talia Suskauer & Allison Bailey

2022

Talia Suskauer & Jackie Raye (u/s)

Talia Suskauer & Allison Bailey

Lissa deGuzman & Jennafer Newberry

Talia Suskauer & Brittney Johnson

Lissa deGuzman & Jennafer Newberry

send me a 🌻 and ill just tell you whatever the fuck i want

[nasa]

Meet the Four Artemis Astronauts Who Will Fly Around the Moon

Today, we revealed the four astronauts who will fly around the Moon during the Artemis II mission, scheduled to launch in 2024. Get to know them:

Christina Koch

Meet the first member of our Artemis II crew: mission specialist Christina Koch. Koch visited the International Space Station in 2019, where she participated in the first all-woman spacewalk with Jessica Meir. She began her NASA career as an electrical engineer at Goddard Space Flight Center.

Jeremy Hansen

Representing the Canadian Space Agency is Jeremy Hansen from London, Ontario. Col. Hansen was a fighter pilot with Canadian Armed Forces before joining the Canadian Space Agency, and currently works with NASA on astronaut training and mission operations. This will be Col. Hansen’s first mission in space.

Victor Glover

Victor Glover is our Artemis II pilot. Glover is part of our 2013 class of NASA astronauts and was the pilot for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission. He’s logged 3,000 flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft.

Reid Wiseman

...and rounding out our Artemis II crew: mission commander Reid Wiseman. Wiseman lived and worked aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer in 2014. He also commanded the undersea research mission NEEMO21, and most recently served as Chief of the NASA astronauts.

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