Show Notes for April 24, 2013

• Génépi
• "liqueur or aperitif, similar in makeup to absinthe"
• Juniper
• "plants… widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere"
• "best known for the primary flavoring in gin"
• "responsible for gin's name, which is a shortening of the Dutch word for juniper, genever"
• Gabriel & Daniel's Mexican Grill in Burlingame
• photos
• Combats de reines en Valais
• "La saison des combats débute fin-mars et s’achève en apothéose au mois de mai avec la Finale cantonale d’Aproz."
• "La prime à la vache: c'est fini", article du Nouvelliste
• Oskar Freysinger sur Wikipedia
• Lawrence Lessig
• "is an American academic and political activist. He is a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology applications, and he has called for state-based activism to promote substantive reform of government with a Second Constitutional Convention."
• The Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS)
• "is a medically approved, unified system used to dispatch appropriate aid to medical emergencies including systematized caller interrogation and pre-arrival instructions. Priority Dispatch Corporation is licensed to design and publish MPDS and its various products"
• House of Cards (U.S. TV series)
• "is an American political drama series developed and produced by Beau Willimon. It is an adaptation of a previous BBC miniseries of the same name which is based on the novel by Michael Dobbs. The entire first season premiered on February 1, 2013, on the streaming service Netflix. A second season of 13 episodes is currently in production."
• Billag
• "est une filiale suisse de Swisscom. Elle est responsable de la perception des redevances de réception de radio et de télévision en Suisse."
• "Billag fait l’objet de critiques en raison des frais élevés liés à la perception des redevances. Dans son rapport de janvier 2010, le Conseil fédéral a toutefois démontré que la perception des redevances de radio et télévision par un organe de perception centralisé et spécialisé est plus efficace que des solutions décentralisées comme, par exemple, la perception dans le cadre de l’impôt fédéral direct"
• Escalation of commitment
• "the phenomenon where people justify increased investment in a decision, based on the cumulative prior investment, despite new evidence suggesting that the cost, starting today, of continuing the decision outweighs the expected benefit"
• NPR
• Finances are unclear, need to look into more details for example on this page: public radio finances.
• Ngorongoro Conservation Area
• "the Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera. The crater, which formed when a large volcano exploded and collapsed on itself two to three million years ago, is 610 metres (2,000 feet) deep and its floor covers 260 square kilometres (100 square miles). Estimates of the height of the original volcano range from 4,500 to 5,800 metres (14,800 to 19,000 feet) high. The elevation of the crater floor is 1,800 metres (5,900 feet) above sea level."
• Tourbe "est une matière combustible en général noirâtre formée à la suite de l'accumulation sur de longues périodes de temps de matière organique morte, essentiellement des végétaux, dans un milieu saturé en eau. La tourbe forme la majeure partie des sols d'une tourbière"