Podcasts about Ascalon

После сообщений о смерти Алексея Навального в российской колонии в феврале прошлого года у скульптуры Ascalon в центре Перта возник стихийный мемориал. Со временем размещение мемориала у скульптуры, которая принаджедит комплексу зданий St George's Cathedral, получило одобрение от представителей церкви. Об этом SBS Russian рассказала Раиса Акифьева, исследователь Edith Cowan University и одна из тех, кто ухаживает за мемориалом в Перте.

Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo Les Dix Commandements… Voilà trois mots qui nous transportent aussitôt dans des temps lointains, mystérieux et captivants. Des images célèbres nous viennent immédiatement en tête : combien de peintres, de sculpteurs et, plus tard, de cinéastes, parmi lesquels, bien entendu, Cecil B. DeMille, ont représenté les Hébreux, peuple innocent et pacifique, asservi par un pharaon cruel et tyrannique, assoiffé de puissance et de gloire ? Comment oublier le magnifique Charlton Heston, Moïse magistral et colossal, tenant à deux mains les deux célèbres stèles de pierre, gravées des paroles des Dix Commandements, écrites de la main même de Dieu ? Image devenue légendaire, une icône.Mais, justement, est-ce une légende, ou l'écho d'un évènement historique ? Les Hébreux ont-ils réellement séjourné en Egypte ? Ont-ils été vraiment réduits en esclavage par des fonctionnaires égyptiens despotiques ? Ou, au contraire, étaient-ils, plutôt que des esclaves, des ouvriers, des artisans et des commerçants, qui échangeaient leurs produits contre des biens alimentaires, issus des domaines agricoles égyptiens ?Peut-on répondre objectivement à ces questions grâce à l'archéologie, ou doit-on se contenter de ce que raconte le récit biblique ?S'il existe un sujet sur lequel il est bien difficile de démêler le vrai du faux, c'est bien celui du séjour des Hébreux en Egypte, et de leur asservissement par le pouvoir pharaonique. La tradition populaire a associé l'épisode des Hébreux en Egypte au plus grand pharaon qui aie jamais régné sur le pays du Nil : Ramsès II. Les textes antiques et modernes s'accordent pour le dénoncer comme celui qui a fait vivre un véritable enfer aux malheureux fils d'Israël, en les faisant travailler dur sur les chantiers de ses innombrables palais, temples ou encore ouvrages d'urbanisme, frappés par des contremaîtres violents, affamés, assoiffés et harassés de fatigue. C'est lui qui apparaît dans les nombreux romans, opéras et films qui s'attachent à faire revivre cet épisode capital de l'histoire juive, puis chrétienne.Etrangement, ce n'est pas sous son règne que l'on trouve la première mention des fils d'Israël, mais sous celui de son fils, le pharaon Mérenptah. Lorsque l'égyptologue anglais William Flinders Petrie exhume, en février 1896, sur le site de Thèbes, une extraordinaire stèle en granit noir, il ne se doute pas qu'il vient de faire une découverte extraordinaire. Il tombe de son siège quand ses yeux se portent sur un nom inattendu : Israël. Ces paroles qu'il est en train de traduire, ce sont celles de Mérenptah en personne, qui proclame : « Canaan a été razzié de la pire manière. Ascalon a été enlevée. Gézer a été vaincue. Yénoam est comme si elle n'avait pas existé. Israël est dévasté, sa semence n'existe plus. » Sans le savoir, il vient d'inventer l'archéologie biblique. Et de faire entrer les Hébreux de plain-pied dans l'Histoire...

Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo Les Dix Commandements… Voilà trois mots qui nous transportent aussitôt dans des temps lointains, mystérieux et captivants. Des images célèbres nous viennent immédiatement en tête : combien de peintres, de sculpteurs et, plus tard, de cinéastes, parmi lesquels, bien entendu, Cecil B. DeMille, ont représenté les Hébreux, peuple innocent et pacifique, asservi par un pharaon cruel et tyrannique, assoiffé de puissance et de gloire ? Comment oublier le magnifique Charlton Heston, Moïse magistral et colossal, tenant à deux mains les deux célèbres stèles de pierre, gravées des paroles des Dix Commandements, écrites de la main même de Dieu ? Image devenue légendaire, une icône.Mais, justement, est-ce une légende, ou l'écho d'un évènement historique ? Les Hébreux ont-ils réellement séjourné en Egypte ? Ont-ils été vraiment réduits en esclavage par des fonctionnaires égyptiens despotiques ? Ou, au contraire, étaient-ils, plutôt que des esclaves, des ouvriers, des artisans et des commerçants, qui échangeaient leurs produits contre des biens alimentaires, issus des domaines agricoles égyptiens ?Peut-on répondre objectivement à ces questions grâce à l'archéologie, ou doit-on se contenter de ce que raconte le récit biblique ?S'il existe un sujet sur lequel il est bien difficile de démêler le vrai du faux, c'est bien celui du séjour des Hébreux en Egypte, et de leur asservissement par le pouvoir pharaonique. La tradition populaire a associé l'épisode des Hébreux en Egypte au plus grand pharaon qui aie jamais régné sur le pays du Nil : Ramsès II. Les textes antiques et modernes s'accordent pour le dénoncer comme celui qui a fait vivre un véritable enfer aux malheureux fils d'Israël, en les faisant travailler dur sur les chantiers de ses innombrables palais, temples ou encore ouvrages d'urbanisme, frappés par des contremaîtres violents, affamés, assoiffés et harassés de fatigue. C'est lui qui apparaît dans les nombreux romans, opéras et films qui s'attachent à faire revivre cet épisode capital de l'histoire juive, puis chrétienne.Etrangement, ce n'est pas sous son règne que l'on trouve la première mention des fils d'Israël, mais sous celui de son fils, le pharaon Mérenptah. Lorsque l'égyptologue anglais William Flinders Petrie exhume, en février 1896, sur le site de Thèbes, une extraordinaire stèle en granit noir, il ne se doute pas qu'il vient de faire une découverte extraordinaire. Il tombe de son siège quand ses yeux se portent sur un nom inattendu : Israël. Ces paroles qu'il est en train de traduire, ce sont celles de Mérenptah en personne, qui proclame : « Canaan a été razzié de la pire manière. Ascalon a été enlevée. Gézer a été vaincue. Yénoam est comme si elle n'avait pas existé. Israël est dévasté, sa semence n'existe plus. » Sans le savoir, il vient d'inventer l'archéologie biblique. Et de faire entrer les Hébreux de plain-pied dans l'Histoire...

Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo Les Dix Commandements… Voilà trois mots qui nous transportent aussitôt dans des temps lointains, mystérieux et captivants. Des images célèbres nous viennent immédiatement en tête : combien de peintres, de sculpteurs et, plus tard, de cinéastes, parmi lesquels, bien entendu, Cecil B. DeMille, ont représenté les Hébreux, peuple innocent et pacifique, asservi par un pharaon cruel et tyrannique, assoiffé de puissance et de gloire ? Comment oublier le magnifique Charlton Heston, Moïse magistral et colossal, tenant à deux mains les deux célèbres stèles de pierre, gravées des paroles des Dix Commandements, écrites de la main même de Dieu ? Image devenue légendaire, une icône.Mais, justement, est-ce une légende, ou l'écho d'un évènement historique ? Les Hébreux ont-ils réellement séjourné en Egypte ? Ont-ils été vraiment réduits en esclavage par des fonctionnaires égyptiens despotiques ? Ou, au contraire, étaient-ils, plutôt que des esclaves, des ouvriers, des artisans et des commerçants, qui échangeaient leurs produits contre des biens alimentaires, issus des domaines agricoles égyptiens ?Peut-on répondre objectivement à ces questions grâce à l'archéologie, ou doit-on se contenter de ce que raconte le récit biblique ?S'il existe un sujet sur lequel il est bien difficile de démêler le vrai du faux, c'est bien celui du séjour des Hébreux en Egypte, et de leur asservissement par le pouvoir pharaonique. La tradition populaire a associé l'épisode des Hébreux en Egypte au plus grand pharaon qui aie jamais régné sur le pays du Nil : Ramsès II. Les textes antiques et modernes s'accordent pour le dénoncer comme celui qui a fait vivre un véritable enfer aux malheureux fils d'Israël, en les faisant travailler dur sur les chantiers de ses innombrables palais, temples ou encore ouvrages d'urbanisme, frappés par des contremaîtres violents, affamés, assoiffés et harassés de fatigue. C'est lui qui apparaît dans les nombreux romans, opéras et films qui s'attachent à faire revivre cet épisode capital de l'histoire juive, puis chrétienne.Etrangement, ce n'est pas sous son règne que l'on trouve la première mention des fils d'Israël, mais sous celui de son fils, le pharaon Mérenptah. Lorsque l'égyptologue anglais William Flinders Petrie exhume, en février 1896, sur le site de Thèbes, une extraordinaire stèle en granit noir, il ne se doute pas qu'il vient de faire une découverte extraordinaire. Il tombe de son siège quand ses yeux se portent sur un nom inattendu : Israël. Ces paroles qu'il est en train de traduire, ce sont celles de Mérenptah en personne, qui proclame : « Canaan a été razzié de la pire manière. Ascalon a été enlevée. Gézer a été vaincue. Yénoam est comme si elle n'avait pas existé. Israël est dévasté, sa semence n'existe plus. » Sans le savoir, il vient d'inventer l'archéologie biblique. Et de faire entrer les Hébreux de plain-pied dans l'Histoire...

Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo Les Dix Commandements… Voilà trois mots qui nous transportent aussitôt dans des temps lointains, mystérieux et captivants. Des images célèbres nous viennent immédiatement en tête : combien de peintres, de sculpteurs et, plus tard, de cinéastes, parmi lesquels, bien entendu, Cecil B. DeMille, ont représenté les Hébreux, peuple innocent et pacifique, asservi par un pharaon cruel et tyrannique, assoiffé de puissance et de gloire ? Comment oublier le magnifique Charlton Heston, Moïse magistral et colossal, tenant à deux mains les deux célèbres stèles de pierre, gravées des paroles des Dix Commandements, écrites de la main même de Dieu ? Image devenue légendaire, une icône.Mais, justement, est-ce une légende, ou l'écho d'un évènement historique ? Les Hébreux ont-ils réellement séjourné en Egypte ? Ont-ils été vraiment réduits en esclavage par des fonctionnaires égyptiens despotiques ? Ou, au contraire, étaient-ils, plutôt que des esclaves, des ouvriers, des artisans et des commerçants, qui échangeaient leurs produits contre des biens alimentaires, issus des domaines agricoles égyptiens ?Peut-on répondre objectivement à ces questions grâce à l'archéologie, ou doit-on se contenter de ce que raconte le récit biblique ?S'il existe un sujet sur lequel il est bien difficile de démêler le vrai du faux, c'est bien celui du séjour des Hébreux en Egypte, et de leur asservissement par le pouvoir pharaonique. La tradition populaire a associé l'épisode des Hébreux en Egypte au plus grand pharaon qui aie jamais régné sur le pays du Nil : Ramsès II. Les textes antiques et modernes s'accordent pour le dénoncer comme celui qui a fait vivre un véritable enfer aux malheureux fils d'Israël, en les faisant travailler dur sur les chantiers de ses innombrables palais, temples ou encore ouvrages d'urbanisme, frappés par des contremaîtres violents, affamés, assoiffés et harassés de fatigue. C'est lui qui apparaît dans les nombreux romans, opéras et films qui s'attachent à faire revivre cet épisode capital de l'histoire juive, puis chrétienne.Etrangement, ce n'est pas sous son règne que l'on trouve la première mention des fils d'Israël, mais sous celui de son fils, le pharaon Mérenptah. Lorsque l'égyptologue anglais William Flinders Petrie exhume, en février 1896, sur le site de Thèbes, une extraordinaire stèle en granit noir, il ne se doute pas qu'il vient de faire une découverte extraordinaire. Il tombe de son siège quand ses yeux se portent sur un nom inattendu : Israël. Ces paroles qu'il est en train de traduire, ce sont celles de Mérenptah en personne, qui proclame : « Canaan a été razzié de la pire manière. Ascalon a été enlevée. Gézer a été vaincue. Yénoam est comme si elle n'avait pas existé. Israël est dévasté, sa semence n'existe plus. » Sans le savoir, il vient d'inventer l'archéologie biblique. Et de faire entrer les Hébreux de plain-pied dans l'Histoire...

Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo Les Dix Commandements… Voilà trois mots qui nous transportent aussitôt dans des temps lointains, mystérieux et captivants. Des images célèbres nous viennent immédiatement en tête : combien de peintres, de sculpteurs et, plus tard, de cinéastes, parmi lesquels, bien entendu, Cecil B. DeMille, ont représenté les Hébreux, peuple innocent et pacifique, asservi par un pharaon cruel et tyrannique, assoiffé de puissance et de gloire ? Comment oublier le magnifique Charlton Heston, Moïse magistral et colossal, tenant à deux mains les deux célèbres stèles de pierre, gravées des paroles des Dix Commandements, écrites de la main même de Dieu ? Image devenue légendaire, une icône.Mais, justement, est-ce une légende, ou l'écho d'un évènement historique ? Les Hébreux ont-ils réellement séjourné en Egypte ? Ont-ils été vraiment réduits en esclavage par des fonctionnaires égyptiens despotiques ? Ou, au contraire, étaient-ils, plutôt que des esclaves, des ouvriers, des artisans et des commerçants, qui échangeaient leurs produits contre des biens alimentaires, issus des domaines agricoles égyptiens ?Peut-on répondre objectivement à ces questions grâce à l'archéologie, ou doit-on se contenter de ce que raconte le récit biblique ?S'il existe un sujet sur lequel il est bien difficile de démêler le vrai du faux, c'est bien celui du séjour des Hébreux en Egypte, et de leur asservissement par le pouvoir pharaonique. La tradition populaire a associé l'épisode des Hébreux en Egypte au plus grand pharaon qui aie jamais régné sur le pays du Nil : Ramsès II. Les textes antiques et modernes s'accordent pour le dénoncer comme celui qui a fait vivre un véritable enfer aux malheureux fils d'Israël, en les faisant travailler dur sur les chantiers de ses innombrables palais, temples ou encore ouvrages d'urbanisme, frappés par des contremaîtres violents, affamés, assoiffés et harassés de fatigue. C'est lui qui apparaît dans les nombreux romans, opéras et films qui s'attachent à faire revivre cet épisode capital de l'histoire juive, puis chrétienne.Etrangement, ce n'est pas sous son règne que l'on trouve la première mention des fils d'Israël, mais sous celui de son fils, le pharaon Mérenptah. Lorsque l'égyptologue anglais William Flinders Petrie exhume, en février 1896, sur le site de Thèbes, une extraordinaire stèle en granit noir, il ne se doute pas qu'il vient de faire une découverte extraordinaire. Il tombe de son siège quand ses yeux se portent sur un nom inattendu : Israël. Ces paroles qu'il est en train de traduire, ce sont celles de Mérenptah en personne, qui proclame : « Canaan a été razzié de la pire manière. Ascalon a été enlevée. Gézer a été vaincue. Yénoam est comme si elle n'avait pas existé. Israël est dévasté, sa semence n'existe plus. » Sans le savoir, il vient d'inventer l'archéologie biblique. Et de faire entrer les Hébreux de plain-pied dans l'Histoire...

Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo Les Dix Commandements… Voilà trois mots qui nous transportent aussitôt dans des temps lointains, mystérieux et captivants. Des images célèbres nous viennent immédiatement en tête : combien de peintres, de sculpteurs et, plus tard, de cinéastes, parmi lesquels, bien entendu, Cecil B. DeMille, ont représenté les Hébreux, peuple innocent et pacifique, asservi par un pharaon cruel et tyrannique, assoiffé de puissance et de gloire ? Comment oublier le magnifique Charlton Heston, Moïse magistral et colossal, tenant à deux mains les deux célèbres stèles de pierre, gravées des paroles des Dix Commandements, écrites de la main même de Dieu ? Image devenue légendaire, une icône.Mais, justement, est-ce une légende, ou l'écho d'un évènement historique ? Les Hébreux ont-ils réellement séjourné en Egypte ? Ont-ils été vraiment réduits en esclavage par des fonctionnaires égyptiens despotiques ? Ou, au contraire, étaient-ils, plutôt que des esclaves, des ouvriers, des artisans et des commerçants, qui échangeaient leurs produits contre des biens alimentaires, issus des domaines agricoles égyptiens ?Peut-on répondre objectivement à ces questions grâce à l'archéologie, ou doit-on se contenter de ce que raconte le récit biblique ?S'il existe un sujet sur lequel il est bien difficile de démêler le vrai du faux, c'est bien celui du séjour des Hébreux en Egypte, et de leur asservissement par le pouvoir pharaonique. La tradition populaire a associé l'épisode des Hébreux en Egypte au plus grand pharaon qui aie jamais régné sur le pays du Nil : Ramsès II. Les textes antiques et modernes s'accordent pour le dénoncer comme celui qui a fait vivre un véritable enfer aux malheureux fils d'Israël, en les faisant travailler dur sur les chantiers de ses innombrables palais, temples ou encore ouvrages d'urbanisme, frappés par des contremaîtres violents, affamés, assoiffés et harassés de fatigue. C'est lui qui apparaît dans les nombreux romans, opéras et films qui s'attachent à faire revivre cet épisode capital de l'histoire juive, puis chrétienne.Etrangement, ce n'est pas sous son règne que l'on trouve la première mention des fils d'Israël, mais sous celui de son fils, le pharaon Mérenptah. Lorsque l'égyptologue anglais William Flinders Petrie exhume, en février 1896, sur le site de Thèbes, une extraordinaire stèle en granit noir, il ne se doute pas qu'il vient de faire une découverte extraordinaire. Il tombe de son siège quand ses yeux se portent sur un nom inattendu : Israël. Ces paroles qu'il est en train de traduire, ce sont celles de Mérenptah en personne, qui proclame : « Canaan a été razzié de la pire manière. Ascalon a été enlevée. Gézer a été vaincue. Yénoam est comme si elle n'avait pas existé. Israël est dévasté, sa semence n'existe plus. » Sans le savoir, il vient d'inventer l'archéologie biblique. Et de faire entrer les Hébreux de plain-pied dans l'Histoire...

Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo Les Dix Commandements… Voilà trois mots qui nous transportent aussitôt dans des temps lointains, mystérieux et captivants. Des images célèbres nous viennent immédiatement en tête : combien de peintres, de sculpteurs et, plus tard, de cinéastes, parmi lesquels, bien entendu, Cecil B. DeMille, ont représenté les Hébreux, peuple innocent et pacifique, asservi par un pharaon cruel et tyrannique, assoiffé de puissance et de gloire ? Comment oublier le magnifique Charlton Heston, Moïse magistral et colossal, tenant à deux mains les deux célèbres stèles de pierre, gravées des paroles des Dix Commandements, écrites de la main même de Dieu ? Image devenue légendaire, une icône.Mais, justement, est-ce une légende, ou l'écho d'un évènement historique ? Les Hébreux ont-ils réellement séjourné en Egypte ? Ont-ils été vraiment réduits en esclavage par des fonctionnaires égyptiens despotiques ? Ou, au contraire, étaient-ils, plutôt que des esclaves, des ouvriers, des artisans et des commerçants, qui échangeaient leurs produits contre des biens alimentaires, issus des domaines agricoles égyptiens ?Peut-on répondre objectivement à ces questions grâce à l'archéologie, ou doit-on se contenter de ce que raconte le récit biblique ?S'il existe un sujet sur lequel il est bien difficile de démêler le vrai du faux, c'est bien celui du séjour des Hébreux en Egypte, et de leur asservissement par le pouvoir pharaonique. La tradition populaire a associé l'épisode des Hébreux en Egypte au plus grand pharaon qui aie jamais régné sur le pays du Nil : Ramsès II. Les textes antiques et modernes s'accordent pour le dénoncer comme celui qui a fait vivre un véritable enfer aux malheureux fils d'Israël, en les faisant travailler dur sur les chantiers de ses innombrables palais, temples ou encore ouvrages d'urbanisme, frappés par des contremaîtres violents, affamés, assoiffés et harassés de fatigue. C'est lui qui apparaît dans les nombreux romans, opéras et films qui s'attachent à faire revivre cet épisode capital de l'histoire juive, puis chrétienne.Etrangement, ce n'est pas sous son règne que l'on trouve la première mention des fils d'Israël, mais sous celui de son fils, le pharaon Mérenptah. Lorsque l'égyptologue anglais William Flinders Petrie exhume, en février 1896, sur le site de Thèbes, une extraordinaire stèle en granit noir, il ne se doute pas qu'il vient de faire une découverte extraordinaire. Il tombe de son siège quand ses yeux se portent sur un nom inattendu : Israël. Ces paroles qu'il est en train de traduire, ce sont celles de Mérenptah en personne, qui proclame : « Canaan a été razzié de la pire manière. Ascalon a été enlevée. Gézer a été vaincue. Yénoam est comme si elle n'avait pas existé. Israël est dévasté, sa semence n'existe plus. » Sans le savoir, il vient d'inventer l'archéologie biblique. Et de faire entrer les Hébreux de plain-pied dans l'Histoire...

Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo Les Dix Commandements… Voilà trois mots qui nous transportent aussitôt dans des temps lointains, mystérieux et captivants. Des images célèbres nous viennent immédiatement en tête : combien de peintres, de sculpteurs et, plus tard, de cinéastes, parmi lesquels, bien entendu, Cecil B. DeMille, ont représenté les Hébreux, peuple innocent et pacifique, asservi par un pharaon cruel et tyrannique, assoiffé de puissance et de gloire ? Comment oublier le magnifique Charlton Heston, Moïse magistral et colossal, tenant à deux mains les deux célèbres stèles de pierre, gravées des paroles des Dix Commandements, écrites de la main même de Dieu ? Image devenue légendaire, une icône.Mais, justement, est-ce une légende, ou l'écho d'un évènement historique ? Les Hébreux ont-ils réellement séjourné en Egypte ? Ont-ils été vraiment réduits en esclavage par des fonctionnaires égyptiens despotiques ? Ou, au contraire, étaient-ils, plutôt que des esclaves, des ouvriers, des artisans et des commerçants, qui échangeaient leurs produits contre des biens alimentaires, issus des domaines agricoles égyptiens ?Peut-on répondre objectivement à ces questions grâce à l'archéologie, ou doit-on se contenter de ce que raconte le récit biblique ?S'il existe un sujet sur lequel il est bien difficile de démêler le vrai du faux, c'est bien celui du séjour des Hébreux en Egypte, et de leur asservissement par le pouvoir pharaonique. La tradition populaire a associé l'épisode des Hébreux en Egypte au plus grand pharaon qui aie jamais régné sur le pays du Nil : Ramsès II. Les textes antiques et modernes s'accordent pour le dénoncer comme celui qui a fait vivre un véritable enfer aux malheureux fils d'Israël, en les faisant travailler dur sur les chantiers de ses innombrables palais, temples ou encore ouvrages d'urbanisme, frappés par des contremaîtres violents, affamés, assoiffés et harassés de fatigue. C'est lui qui apparaît dans les nombreux romans, opéras et films qui s'attachent à faire revivre cet épisode capital de l'histoire juive, puis chrétienne.Etrangement, ce n'est pas sous son règne que l'on trouve la première mention des fils d'Israël, mais sous celui de son fils, le pharaon Mérenptah. Lorsque l'égyptologue anglais William Flinders Petrie exhume, en février 1896, sur le site de Thèbes, une extraordinaire stèle en granit noir, il ne se doute pas qu'il vient de faire une découverte extraordinaire. Il tombe de son siège quand ses yeux se portent sur un nom inattendu : Israël. Ces paroles qu'il est en train de traduire, ce sont celles de Mérenptah en personne, qui proclame : « Canaan a été razzié de la pire manière. Ascalon a été enlevée. Gézer a été vaincue. Yénoam est comme si elle n'avait pas existé. Israël est dévasté, sa semence n'existe plus. » Sans le savoir, il vient d'inventer l'archéologie biblique. Et de faire entrer les Hébreux de plain-pied dans l'Histoire...

Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo Les Dix Commandements… Voilà trois mots qui nous transportent aussitôt dans des temps lointains, mystérieux et captivants. Des images célèbres nous viennent immédiatement en tête : combien de peintres, de sculpteurs et, plus tard, de cinéastes, parmi lesquels, bien entendu, Cecil B. DeMille, ont représenté les Hébreux, peuple innocent et pacifique, asservi par un pharaon cruel et tyrannique, assoiffé de puissance et de gloire ? Comment oublier le magnifique Charlton Heston, Moïse magistral et colossal, tenant à deux mains les deux célèbres stèles de pierre, gravées des paroles des Dix Commandements, écrites de la main même de Dieu ? Image devenue légendaire, une icône.Mais, justement, est-ce une légende, ou l'écho d'un évènement historique ? Les Hébreux ont-ils réellement séjourné en Egypte ? Ont-ils été vraiment réduits en esclavage par des fonctionnaires égyptiens despotiques ? Ou, au contraire, étaient-ils, plutôt que des esclaves, des ouvriers, des artisans et des commerçants, qui échangeaient leurs produits contre des biens alimentaires, issus des domaines agricoles égyptiens ?Peut-on répondre objectivement à ces questions grâce à l'archéologie, ou doit-on se contenter de ce que raconte le récit biblique ?S'il existe un sujet sur lequel il est bien difficile de démêler le vrai du faux, c'est bien celui du séjour des Hébreux en Egypte, et de leur asservissement par le pouvoir pharaonique. La tradition populaire a associé l'épisode des Hébreux en Egypte au plus grand pharaon qui aie jamais régné sur le pays du Nil : Ramsès II. Les textes antiques et modernes s'accordent pour le dénoncer comme celui qui a fait vivre un véritable enfer aux malheureux fils d'Israël, en les faisant travailler dur sur les chantiers de ses innombrables palais, temples ou encore ouvrages d'urbanisme, frappés par des contremaîtres violents, affamés, assoiffés et harassés de fatigue. C'est lui qui apparaît dans les nombreux romans, opéras et films qui s'attachent à faire revivre cet épisode capital de l'histoire juive, puis chrétienne.Etrangement, ce n'est pas sous son règne que l'on trouve la première mention des fils d'Israël, mais sous celui de son fils, le pharaon Mérenptah. Lorsque l'égyptologue anglais William Flinders Petrie exhume, en février 1896, sur le site de Thèbes, une extraordinaire stèle en granit noir, il ne se doute pas qu'il vient de faire une découverte extraordinaire. Il tombe de son siège quand ses yeux se portent sur un nom inattendu : Israël. Ces paroles qu'il est en train de traduire, ce sont celles de Mérenptah en personne, qui proclame : « Canaan a été razzié de la pire manière. Ascalon a été enlevée. Gézer a été vaincue. Yénoam est comme si elle n'avait pas existé. Israël est dévasté, sa semence n'existe plus. » Sans le savoir, il vient d'inventer l'archéologie biblique. Et de faire entrer les Hébreux de plain-pied dans l'Histoire...

Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo Les Dix Commandements… Voilà trois mots qui nous transportent aussitôt dans des temps lointains, mystérieux et captivants. Des images célèbres nous viennent immédiatement en tête : combien de peintres, de sculpteurs et, plus tard, de cinéastes, parmi lesquels, bien entendu, Cecil B. DeMille, ont représenté les Hébreux, peuple innocent et pacifique, asservi par un pharaon cruel et tyrannique, assoiffé de puissance et de gloire ? Comment oublier le magnifique Charlton Heston, Moïse magistral et colossal, tenant à deux mains les deux célèbres stèles de pierre, gravées des paroles des Dix Commandements, écrites de la main même de Dieu ? Image devenue légendaire, une icône.Mais, justement, est-ce une légende, ou l'écho d'un évènement historique ? Les Hébreux ont-ils réellement séjourné en Egypte ? Ont-ils été vraiment réduits en esclavage par des fonctionnaires égyptiens despotiques ? Ou, au contraire, étaient-ils, plutôt que des esclaves, des ouvriers, des artisans et des commerçants, qui échangeaient leurs produits contre des biens alimentaires, issus des domaines agricoles égyptiens ?Peut-on répondre objectivement à ces questions grâce à l'archéologie, ou doit-on se contenter de ce que raconte le récit biblique ?S'il existe un sujet sur lequel il est bien difficile de démêler le vrai du faux, c'est bien celui du séjour des Hébreux en Egypte, et de leur asservissement par le pouvoir pharaonique. La tradition populaire a associé l'épisode des Hébreux en Egypte au plus grand pharaon qui aie jamais régné sur le pays du Nil : Ramsès II. Les textes antiques et modernes s'accordent pour le dénoncer comme celui qui a fait vivre un véritable enfer aux malheureux fils d'Israël, en les faisant travailler dur sur les chantiers de ses innombrables palais, temples ou encore ouvrages d'urbanisme, frappés par des contremaîtres violents, affamés, assoiffés et harassés de fatigue. C'est lui qui apparaît dans les nombreux romans, opéras et films qui s'attachent à faire revivre cet épisode capital de l'histoire juive, puis chrétienne.Etrangement, ce n'est pas sous son règne que l'on trouve la première mention des fils d'Israël, mais sous celui de son fils, le pharaon Mérenptah. Lorsque l'égyptologue anglais William Flinders Petrie exhume, en février 1896, sur le site de Thèbes, une extraordinaire stèle en granit noir, il ne se doute pas qu'il vient de faire une découverte extraordinaire. Il tombe de son siège quand ses yeux se portent sur un nom inattendu : Israël. Ces paroles qu'il est en train de traduire, ce sont celles de Mérenptah en personne, qui proclame : « Canaan a été razzié de la pire manière. Ascalon a été enlevée. Gézer a été vaincue. Yénoam est comme si elle n'avait pas existé. Israël est dévasté, sa semence n'existe plus. » Sans le savoir, il vient d'inventer l'archéologie biblique. Et de faire entrer les Hébreux de plain-pied dans l'Histoire...

C'est un projet structurant pour l'Europe de la Défense, son nom : le MGCS, pour système principal de combat terrestre. Ce char du futur, qui doit remplacer le Leopard 2 dans l'armée allemande et le Leclerc dans l'armée française vers 2040, peine pourtant à décoller. Mais le canon de ce char du futur existe déjà, KNDS France a présenté l'Ascalon, mais il fait l'objet de désaccords entre industriels. Qu'il est difficile de s'entendre lorsqu'on est quatre. Le char du futur est porté par Thales, Knds France–anciennement Nexter- Knds Allemagne avec Krauss Maffei Wegmann et enfin Rheinemetall, le géant allemand de la défense. Pour garantir un partage équitable des tâches, huit piliers capacitaires ont été édictés. Mais les choix technologiques seront faits après évaluation et des deux côtés du Rhin, on s'écharpe sur le canon.Rheinmettal a fait le choix d'un tube de 130 mm, quand Nexter propose l'Ascalon deux tubes pour tirer des obus de 120 et 140 mm.L'Ascalon est doté d'une architecture Super ShotEt l'Ascalon, nous l'avons vu au dernier salon d'Eurosatory, monté sur un char Leclerc Evolution, François Groshanny directeur de programme Char de combat futur chez KNDS France nous en a fait la présentation : « Quatre caractéristiques essentielles, d'abord, un niveau de puissance délivré à la bouche et à la cible jamais égalé. On a là une capacité à changer de calibre en moins de 30 Min. Troisième caractéristique, il est extrêmement compact, donc on utilise une architecture dite super shot. On voit ici la munition qui est une munition de 140 qui fait donc 130 millimètres de haut. Dernière chose, on travaille beaucoup à l'intégrabilité de ce canon en tourelle pour avoir une empreinte à l'intérieur de la tourelle qui est minimale et donc on pourra loger plus de personnel en châssis. » À lire aussiÀ quoi servent les chars sur le champ de bataille?Côté français, l'on craint que Rheinmetall et Krauss Maffei Wegmann réunis impose le canon allemand, et ce, malgré le coup d'avance de Nexter qui avec l'Ascalon propose une technologie de rupture. « Ascalon, c'est d'abord une technologie. »,François Groshanny,« Ici, elle est déclinée en 140 et en 120. Mais c'est une technologie qui pourrait être déclinée dans un autre calibre si c'était de nature à faire l'assentiment d'une force occidentale intéressée par le canon. Tout le monde connaît bien le canon du César qui est aujourd'hui une référence mondiale. On espère faire de l'Ascalon également la référence mondiale, mais cette fois-ci, pas sur le segment de l'artillerie, mais sur le segment des chars. »Des arbitrages industriels lourds de conséquencesIl y a donc des arbitrages industriels lourds de conséquences, surtout dans un contexte de retour de la guerre de haute intensité. La France ne veut pas devenir un nain industriel dans le segment des chars de combat. Pour François Groshanny, « La guerre en Ukraine a remis sur le devant de la scène la guerre symétrique. La France était plutôt organisée autour d'une armée de projection. On voit que cette période est révolue. On est en train de changer d'ère. Et quand on change d'ère et qu'on revient au combat asymétrique, ça veut dire qu'il faut se rééquiper avec toute la gamme et pas seulement avec la gamme des véhicules médians. Et puis le segment du char est un segment stratégique puisque c'est autour de ce segment qu'est en train de se réorganiser l'industrie de défense terrestre. On est dans une phase un peu de concentration. On l'a vu, nous, avec la création de Knds Group qui résulte de la fusion de Nexter et de Krauss Maffei Wegmann. Mais cette concentration est plus générale puisqu'on voit maintenant que dans MGCS on intègre Rheinmetall. Donc c'est vraiment sur ce segment de produit que s'opère la concentration de l'industrie et chacun travaille ses domaines d'excellence pour arriver à construire dans la durée le Lego qui va faire matcher les différents industriels. »À lire aussiAccord franco-allemand pour le projet de char du futurEt pour que cela puisse « matcher » et satisfaire français et allemand, la Direction Générale de l'Armement émet l'hypothèse d'une coexistence de deux chars différents, rappelant que le projet commun ne préfigure en rien la nature du char du futur, MGCS étant avant tout un système de systèmes avec un cloud de combat et des drones. Mais qui pour l'heure reste à l'état d'ébauche.

fWotD Episode 2690: Al-Musta'li Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia’s finest articles.The featured article for Sunday, 15 September 2024 is Al-Musta'li.Abū al-Qāsim Aḥmad ibn al-Mustanṣir (Arabic: أبو القاسم أحمد بن المستنصر; 15/16 September 1074 – 11/12 December 1101), better known by his regnal name al-Mustaʿlī biʾllāh (المستعلي بالله, lit. 'The One Raised Up by God'), was the ninth Fatimid caliph and the nineteenth imam of Musta'li Ismailism.Although not the eldest (and most likely the youngest) of the sons of Caliph al-Mustansir Billah, al-Musta'li became caliph through the machinations of his brother-in-law, the vizier al-Afdal Shahanshah. In response, his oldest brother and most likely candidate for their father's succession, Nizar, rose in revolt in Alexandriabut was defeated and executed. This caused a major split in the Isma'ili movement. Many communities, especially in Persia and Iraq, split off from the officially sponsored Isma'ili hierarchy and formed their own Nizari movement, holding Nizar and his descendants as the rightful imams.Throughout his reign, al-Musta'li remained subordinate to al-Afdal, who was the de facto ruler of the Fatimid Caliphate. The Caliphate's core territory in Egypt experienced a period of good government and prosperity, but the Fatimids suffered setbacks in Syria, where they were faced with the advance of the Sunni Seljuk Turks. Al-Afdal managed to recover the port city of Tyre, and even recapture Jerusalem in the turmoil caused by the arrival of the First Crusade in northern Syria. Despite Fatimid attempts to make common cause with the Crusaders against the Seljuks, the latter advanced south and captured Jerusalem in July 1099, sealing their success with a major victory over the Fatimid army led by al-Afdal at the Battle of Ascalon shortly after. Al-Musta'li died in 1101 and was succeeded by his five-year-old son, al-Amir.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:53 UTC on Sunday, 15 September 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Al-Musta'li on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Kimberly.

LEBANON: Drone attack on Nahariya high rise. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-hezbollah-strike-on-nahariya-residents-say-government-abandoned-them/ 1457 Siege of Ascalon

#ISRAEL: Did the US slow the resupply to Israel? Jonathan Schanzer, FDD https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-says-blinken-told-him-us-seeking-to-end-inconceivable-weapons-halt/ 1475 Siege of Ascalon by King Ba,dwin of Jerusalem

Giovanni Battista Rogeri has often been confused with other makers such as the Rugeri family, because of his name, and Giovanni Paolo Maggini, because of his working style. Trained in the famous workshop of Nicolo Amati in Cremona, Rogeri set out to make a name for himself in Brescia creating a Cremonese Brescian fusion. Learn all about this often mistaken maker in this first episode on the life of Giovanni Battista Rogeri.   This is the story of Giovanni Battista Rogeri the Cremonese trained violin maker who made it big in Brescia and has since been confused with other makers throughout history. Florian Leonhard talks about the influences Rogeri pulled on and exactly why his instruments have for so long been attributed to Giovanni Paolo Maggini.   Transcript    Far, far away in a place called Silene, in what is now modern day Libya, there was a town that was plagued by an evil venom spewing dragon, who skulked in the nearby lake, wreaking havoc on the local population. To prevent this dragon from inflicting its wrath upon the people of Silene, the leaders of the town offered the beast two sheep every day in an attempt to ward off its reptilian mood swings. But when this was not enough, they started feeding the scaly creature a sheep and a man. Finally, they would offer the children and the youths of the town to the insatiable beast, the unlucky victims being chosen by lottery.  As you can imagine, this was not a long term sustainable option. But then, one day, the dreaded lot fell to the king's daughter. The king was devastated and offered all his gold and silver, if only they would spare his beloved daughter.  The people refused, and so the next morning at dawn, the princess approached the dragon's lair by the lake, dressed as a bride to be sacrificed to the hungry animal.  It just so happened that a knight who went by the name of St George was passing by at that very moment and happened upon the lovely princess out for a morning stroll. Or so he thought. But when it was explained to him by the girl that she was in fact about to become someone else's breakfast and could he please move on and mind his own business he was outraged on her behalf and refused to leave her side.  Either she was slightly unhinged and shouldn't be swanning about lakes so early in the morning all by herself, or at least with only a sheep for protection, or she was in grave danger and definitely needed saving. No sooner had Saint George and the princess had this conversation than they were interrupted by a terrifying roar as the dragon burst forth from the water, heading straight towards the girl. Being the nimble little thing she was, the princess dodged the sharp claws.  As she was zigzagging away from danger, George stopped to make the sign of the cross and charged the gigantic lizard, thrusting Ascalon, that was the name of his sword, yep he named it, into the four legged menace and severely wounded the beast. George called to the princess to throw him her girdle, That's a belt type thing, and put it around the dragon's neck. From then on, wherever the young lady walked, the dragon followed like a meek beast.  Back to the city of Silene went George, the princess, and the dragon, where the animal proceeded to terrify the people. George offered to kill the dragon if they consented to becoming Christian. George is sounding a little bit pushy, I know. But the people readily agreed and 15, 000 men were baptized, including the king. St. George killed the dragon, slicing off its head with his trusty sword, Ascalon, and it was carried out of the city on four ox carts. The king built a church to the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. George on the site where the dragon was slain and a spring flowed from its altar with water that it is said would cure all diseases.  This is the story of Saint George and the Princess. It is a classic story of good versus evil, and of disease healing miracles that would have spoken to the inhabitants of 17th century Brescia. The scene depicting Saint George and the Princess is painted in stunning artwork by Antonio Cicognata and was mounted on the wall of the Church of San Giorgio.  Giovanni Battista Rogeri gazed up at this painting as family and friends, mainly of his bride Laura Testini, crowded into the church of San Giorgio for his wedding. Giovanni was 22 and his soon to be wife, 21, as they spoke their vows in the new city he called home. He hoped to make his career in this town making instruments for the art loving Brescians, evidence of which could be seen in the wonderful artworks in such places as this small church. Rogeri would live for the next 20 years in the parish of San Giorgio. The very same George astride an impressive white stallion in shining armour, his head surrounded by a golden halo. He is spearing the dragon whilst the princess calmly watches on clad in jewels with long red flowing robes in the latest fashion. In the background is the city of Brescia itself, reminding the viewer to remember that here in their city they too must fight evil and pray for healing from disease ever present in the lives of the 17th century Brescians. Hello and welcome to the Violin Chronicles, a podcast in which I, Linda Lespets, will attempt to bring to life the story surrounding famous, infamous, or just not very well known, but interesting violin makers of history.  I'm a violin maker and restorer. I graduated from the French Violin Making School some years ago now, and I currently live and work in Sydney with my husband Antoine, who is also a violin maker and graduate of the French school, l'Ecole Nationale de Luthierie in Mircourt. As well as being a luthier, I've always been intrigued with the history of instruments I work with, and in particular, the lives of those who made them. So often when we look back at history, I know that I have a tendency to look at just one aspect, but here my aim is to join up the puzzle pieces and have a look at an altogether fascinating picture. So join me as I wade through tales not only of fame, famine, and war, but also of love. Artistic genius. Revolutionary craftsmanship, determination, cunning and bravery, that all have their part to play in the history of the violin.  Welcome to this first episode on the life of Giovanni Battista Rogeri. After having spent the last few episodes looking at the life of the Ruggeri family, we will now dive into the life of that guy who almost has the same name, but whose work and contribution to violin making, you will see, is very different. And we will also look at just why, for so many years, his work has been attributed erroneously to another Brescian maker. The year was 1642, and over the Atlantic, New York was called New Amsterdam. The Dutch and the English were having scuffles over who got what. Was it New England? New Netherlands? In England, things were definitely heating up, and in 1642, a civil war was in the process of breaking out. On one side there were the parliamentarians, including Oliver Cromwell, and on the other side were the Royalists, who were the supporters of King Charles I. This war would rage on for the next 20 years, and not that anyone in England at this time really cared, but the same year that this war broke out, a baby called Giovanni Battista Rogeri was born in Bologna, perhaps, and for the next 20 years he grew up in this city ruled by the Popes of Italy. He too would witness firsthand wars that swept through his hometown. He would avoid dying of the dreaded plague, sidestep any suspicion by the Catholic church in this enthusiastic time of counter reformation by being decidedly non Protestant. And from an early age, he would have been bathed in the works of the Renaissance and now entering churches being constructed in the Baroque style. Bologna was a city flourishing in the arts, music and culture, with one of the oldest universities in the country.  But for the young Giovanni Battista Rogeri, to learn the trade of lutai, or violin maker, the place he needed to be was, in fact, 155. 9 km northwest of where he was right now. And if he took the A1, well, today it's called the A1, and it's an ancient Roman road so I'm assuming it's the same one, he could walk it in a few days. Destination Cremona, and more precisely, the workshop of Niccolo Amati. An instrument maker of such renown, it is said that his grandfather, Andrea Amati, made some of the first violins and had royal orders from the French king himself.  To be the apprentice of such a man was a grand thing indeed. So we are in the mid 1600s  and people are embracing the Baroque aesthetic along with supercharged architecture and paintings full of movement, colour and expression. There is fashion, and how the wealthy clients who would buy instruments in Cremona dressed was also influenced by this movement. Emily Brayshaw. You've got these ideas of exaggeration of forms and you can exaggerate the human body with, you know, things like high heels and wigs and ribbons and laces. And you've got a little bit of gender bending happening, men wearing makeup and styles in the courts. You know, you've got dress and accessories challenging the concept of what's natural, how art can compete with that and even triumph over the natural perhaps. You've got gloves trimmed with lace as well. Again, we've got a lot of lace coming through so cravats beauty spot as well coming through. You've got the powder face, the, the wig. Yeah. The makeup, the high heels. Okay. That's now. I actually found a lovely source, an Italian tailor from Bergamo during the Baroque era. The Italians like really had incredibly little tailors and tailoring techniques. And during this sort of Baroque era. He grumbles that since the French came to Italy not to cut but to ruin cloth in order to make fashionable clothes, it's neither possible to do our work well nor are our good rules respected anymore. We have completely lost the right to practice our craft. Nowadays though who disgracefully ruin our art and practice it worse than us are considered the most valuable and fashionable tailors.  So we've got like this real sort of shift. You know, from Italian tailoring to sort of French and English tailoring as well. And they're not happy about it. No, they are not happy about it. And this idea that I was talking about before, we've got a lovely quote from an Italian fashion commentator sort of around the mid 17th century. His name's Lam Pugnani, and he mentions the two main fashions. meaning French and Spanish, the two powers that were ruling the Italian peninsula and gradually building their global colonial empires. And he says, “the two main fashions that we have just recorded when we mentioned Spanish and French fashion, enable me to notice strangeness, if not a madness residing in Italian brains, that without any reason to fall in love so greatly Or better, naturalize themselves with one of these two nations and forget that they are Italian. I often hear of ladies who come from France, where the beauty spot is in use not only for women, but also for men, especially young ones, so much so that their faces often appear with a strange fiction darkened and disturbed, not by beauty spots, but rather by big and ridiculous ones, or so it seems somebody who is not used to watching similar mode art”. So, you know, we've got people commentating and grumbling about these influences of Spain and France on Italian fashion and what it means to be Italian. When we sort of think about working people, like there's this trope in movie costuming of like peasant brown,  you know, and sort of ordinary, you know, people, perhaps ordinary workers, you know, they weren't necessarily dressed.  In brown, there are so many different shades of blue. You know, you get these really lovely palettes of like blues, and shades of blue, and yellows, and burgundies, and reds, as well as of course browns, and creams, and these sorts of palettes. So yeah, they're quite lovely. And I'm imagining even if you didn't have a lot of money, there's, I know there's a lot of flowers and roots and barks that you can, you can dye yourself. Yeah, definitely. And people did, people did. I can imagine if I was living back there and we, you know, we're like, Oh, I just, I want this blue skirt. And you'd go out and you'd get the blue skirt. The flowers you needed and yeah, definitely. And people would, or, you know, you can sort of, you know, like beetroot dyes and things like that. I mean, and it would fade, but then you can just like, you know, quickly dye it again. Yeah, or you do all sorts of things, you know, and really sort of inject colour and, people were also, you know, people were clean. To, you know, people did the best they could  keep themselves clean, keep their homes clean. You know, we were talking about boiling linens to keep things fresh and get rid of things like fleas and lice. And people also used fur a lot in fashion. And you'd often like, you know, of course you'd get the wealthy people using the high end furs, but sometimes people would, you know, use cat fur in Holland, for example, people would trim their fur. Their garments and lined their garments with cat fur.  Why not? Because, you know, that's sort of what they could afford.  It was there. Yeah, people also would wear numerous layers of clothing as well because the heating wasn't always so great. Yeah. You know, at certain times of the year as well. So the more layers you had, the better. The more, the more warm and snug you could be. As do we in Sydney. Indeed.  Indeed.  Canadians complain of the biting cold here. I know. And it's like, dude, you've got to lay about us. It's a humid cold. It's awful. It's horrible. It just goes through everything. Anyway. It's awful. Yeah. So at the age of 19, Giovanni Battista Rogeri finds himself living in the lively and somewhat crowded household of Niccolo Amati. The master is in his early 60s and Giovanni Battista Rogeri also finds himself in the workshop alongside Niccolo Amati's son Girolamo II Amati, who is about 13 or 14 at this time.  Cremona is a busy place, a city bursting with artisans and merchants. The Amati Workshop is definitely the place to be to learn the craft, but it soon becomes clear as Giovanni Battista Rogeri looks around himself in the streets that, thanks to Nicolo Amati, Cremona does indeed have many violin makers, and although he has had a good few years in the Amati Workshop, Learning and taking the young Girolamo II Amati the second under his wing more and more as his father is occupied with other matters. He feels that his best chances of making a go of it would be better if he moved on and left Cremona and her violin makers. There was Girolamo II Amati who would take over his father's business. There were the Guarneri's around the corner. There was that very ambitious Antonio Stradivari who was definitely going to make a name for himself. And then there were the Rugeri family, Francesco Rugeri and Vincenzo Rugeri whose name was so familiar to his, people were often asking if they were related.  No, it was time to move on, and he knew the place he was headed. Emily Brayshaw.  So, you've also got, like, a lot of artisans moving to Brescia as well, following the Venetian ban on foreign Fustian sold in the territory. So Fustian is, like, a blend of various things. Stiff cotton that's used in padding. So if you sort of think of, for example someone like Henry VIII, right? I can't guarantee that his shoulder pads back in the Renaissance were from Venetian Fustian, but they are sort of topped up and lined with this really stiff Fustian to give like these really big sort of, Broad shoulders. That's how stiff this is. So, Venice is banning foreign fustians, which means that Cremona can't be sold in these retail outlets. So, Ah, so, and was that sort of That's fabric, but did that mirror the economy that Brescia was doing better than Cremona at this point? Do you, do you think? Because of that? Well, people go where the work is. Yeah. Cause it's interesting because you've got Francesco Ruggeri, this family that lives in Cremona. Yeah. And then you have about 12 to 20 years later, you have another maker, Giovanni Battista Rogeri.  Yeah. He is apprenticed to Niccolo Amati. So he learns in Cremona. And then he's in this city full of violin makers, maybe, and there's this economic downturn, and so it was probably a very wise decision. He's like, look, I'm going to Brescia, and he goes to Brescia. He would have definitely been part of this movement of skilled workers and artisans to Brescia at that time, sort of what happening as well. So, you know, there's all sorts of heavy tolls on movements of goods and things like that. And essentially it collapses. And they were, and they were heavily taxed as well. Yeah, definitely. Definitely. It was the fabulous city of Brescia. He had heard stories of the city's wealth, art, music and culture, famous for its musicians and instrument makers. But the plague of 1630 had wiped out almost all the Luthiers and if ever there was a good time and place to set up his workshop, it was then and there. So bidding farewell to the young Girolamo Amati, the older Nicolò  Amati and his household, where he had been living for the past few years. The young artisan set out to make a mark in Brescia, a city waiting for a new maker, and this time with the Cremonese touch. Almost halfway between the old cathedral and the castle of Brescia, you will find the small yet lovely Romanesque church of San Giorgio. Amidst paintings and frescoes of Christ, the Virgin and the Saints, there stands a solemn yet nervous young couple, both in their early twenties. Beneath the domed ceiling of the church, the seven angels of the Apocalypse gaze down upon them, a constant reminder that life is fragile, and that plague, famine and war are ever present reminders of their mortality. But today is a happy one. The young Giovanni Battista Rogeri is marrying Laura Testini.  And so it was that Giovanni Battista Rogeri moved to Brescia into the artisanal district and finds himself with a young wife, Laura Testini. She is the daughter of a successful leather worker and the couple most probably lived with Laura's family. Her father owned a house with eight rooms and two workshops. This would have been the perfect setup for the young Giovanni to start his own workshop and get down to business making instruments for the people of Brescia. He could show off his skills acquired in Cremona, and that is just what he did. Since the death of Maggini, there had not been any major instrument making workshops in Brescia. Florian Leonhard  Here I talk to Florian Leonhard about Giovanni Battista Rogeri's move to Brescia and his style that would soon be influenced by not only his Cremonese training, but the Brescian makers such as Giovanni Paolo Maggini I mean, I would say in 1732. The Brescian violin making or violin making was dead for a bit,  so until the arrival of Giovanni Battista Rogeri, who came with a completely harmonised idea,  into town and then adopted  features of  Giovanni Paolo Maggini and Gasparo da Salo. I cannot say who, probably some Giovanni Paolo Maggini violins that would have been more in numbers available to him, have influenced his design of creating an arching. It's interesting that he instantly picked up on that arching  because Giovanni Battista Rogeri always much fuller arched. The arching rises much earlier from the purfling up. Right. So he came from the Cremonese tradition, but he adopted the, like, the Brescian arching idea. He, he came from Niccolo Amati and has learned all the finesse of construction, fine making, discipline, and also series production. He had an inside mould, and he had the linings, and he had the, all the blocks, including top and bottom block.  And he nailed in the neck, so he did a complete package of Cremonese violin making and brought that into Brescia, but blended it in certain stylistics and sometimes even in copies with the Brescian style. For a long time, we have had Before dendrochronology was established, the Giovanni Paolo Magginis were going around and they were actually Giovanni Battista Rogeris. Brescia at this time was still a centre flourishing in the arts and despite the devastation of the plague almost 30 years ago, it was an important city in Lombardy and was in the process of undergoing much urban development and expansion.  When Giovanni Rogeri arrived in the city, There were efforts to improve infrastructure, including the construction of public buildings, fortifications and roads. The rich religious life of the city was evident, and continued to be a centre of religious devotion at this time, with the construction and renovation of churches in the new Baroque style.  The elaborate and ornate designs were not only reserved for churches, but any new important building projects underway in the city at this time. If you had yourself the palace in the Mula, you were definitely renovating in the Baroque style. And part of this style would also be to have a collection of lovely instruments to lend to musicians who would come and play in your fancy new pad. Strolling down the colourful streets lined with buildings covered in painted motifs, people were also making a statement in their choice of clothing. Another thing that the very wealthy women were wearing are these shoes called Chopines, which are like two foot tall. And so you've got like this really exaggerated proportions as well. Very tall. I mean. Very tall, very wide. So taking up a lot of space. I'm trying to think of the door, the doorways that would have to accommodate you. Yes. How do you fit through the door? So a lot of the time women would have to stoop. You would need to be escorted by either servants.  And then you'd just stand around. I did find some discussions of fashion in the time as well.  Commentators saying, well, you know, what do we do in northern France? We either, in northern Italy, sorry, we either dress like the French, we dress like the Spanish, why aren't we dressing like Italians? And kind of these ideas of linking national identity through the expression of dress in fashion. So, we're having this But did you want to, was it fashionable to be to look like the French court or the, to look like the Spanish court. Well, yeah, it was, it was fashionable. And this is part of what people are commenting about as well. It's like, why are we bowing to France? Why are we bowing to Italy? Sorry. Why are we bowing to Spain? Why don't we have our own national Italian identity? And we do see like little variations in dress regionally as well. You know, people don't always. Dress exactly how the aristocracy are dressing. You'll have your own little twists, you'll have your own little trimmings, you'll have your own little ways and styles. And there are theories in dress about trickle down, you know, like people are trying to emulate the aristocracy, but they're not always. Trying to do that. Well, yeah, it's not practical if you're living, you know, if you're and you financially you can't either like some of these Outfits that we're talking about, you know with one of these hugh like the Garde in Fanta worn by Marie Theresa that outfit alone would have cost in today's money like more than a million dollars  You can't copy these styles of dress, right? So what you've got to do is, you know, make adjustments. And also like a lot of women, like you, these huge fashion spectacles worn at court. They're not practical for working women either. So we see adaptations of them. So women might have a pared down silhouette and wear like a bum roll underneath their skirts and petticoats and over the top of the stays. And that sort of gives you a little nod to these wider silhouettes, but you can still move, you can still get your work done, you can still, you know, do things like that. So that's sort of what's happening there. Okay, so now we find a young Giovanni Battista Rogeri. He has married a local girl and set up his workshop. Business will be good for this maker, and no doubt thanks to the latest musical craze to sweep the country. I'm talking about opera.  In the last episodes on Francesco Ruggeri, I spoke to Stephen Mould, the composer. at the Sydney Conservatorium about the beginnings of opera and the furore in which it swept across Europe. And if you will remember back to the episodes on Gasparo Da Salo at the beginning of the Violin Chronicles, we spoke about how Brescia was part of the Venetian state.  This is still the case now with Giovanni Battista Rogeri and this means that the close relationship with Venice is a good thing for his business.  Venice equals opera and opera means orchestras and where orchestras are you have musicians and musicians have to have an instrument really, don't they? Here is Stephen Mould explaining the thing that is opera and why it was so important to the music industry at the time and instrument makers such as our very own Giovanni Battista Rogeri. Venice as a place was a kind of Gesamtkunstwerk.  Everything was there, and it was a very, it was a very modern type of city, a trading city, and it had a huge emerging, or more than emerging, middle class. People from the middle class like entertainment of all sorts, and in Venice they were particularly interested in rather salacious entertainments, which opera absolutely became. So the great thing of this period was the rise of the castrato.  Which they, which, I mean, it was, the idea of it is perverse and it was, and they loved it. And it was to see this, this person that was neither man nor, you know, was in a way sexless on the stage singing  and, and often singing far more far more virtuosically than a lot of women, that there was this, there was this strange figure. And that was endlessly fascinating. They were the pop stars of their time. And so people would go to the opera just to hear Farinelli or whoever it was to sing really the way. So this is the rise of public opera. As opposed to the other version. Well, Orfeo, for example, took place in the court at Mantua, probably in the, in the room of a, of a palace or a castle, which wouldn't have been that big, but would have been sort of specially set up for those performances. If I can give you an idea of how. Opera might have risen as it were, or been birthed in Venice. Let's say you've got a feast day, you know, a celebratory weekend or few days. You're in the piazza outside San Marco. It's full of people and they're buying things, they're selling things, they're drinking, they're eating, they're having a good time. And all of a sudden this troupe of strolling players comes into the piazza and they start to put on a show, which is probably a kind of comedia dell'arte spoken drama. But the thing is that often those types of traveling players can also sing a bit and somebody can usually play a lute or some instrument. So they start improvising. Probably folk songs. Yeah. And including that you, so you've kind of already there got a little play happening outside with music. It's sort of like a group of buskers in Martin place. It could be very hot. I mean, I've got a picture somewhere of this. They put a kind of canvas awning with four people at either corner, holding up the canvas awning so that there was some sort of shade for the players. Yeah. That's not what you get in a kid's playground these days. You've almost got the sense. Of the space of a stage, if you then knock on the door of one of the palazzi in, in Venice and say to, to the, the local brew of the, of the aristocracy, look, I don't suppose we could borrow one of your rooms, you know, in your, in your lovely palazzo to, to put on a, a, a show.  Yeah, sure. And maybe charged, maybe didn't, you know, and, and so they, the, the very first, it was the San Cassiano, I think it was the theatre, the theatre, this, this room in a, in a palace became a theatre. People went in an impresario would often commission somebody to write the libretto, might write it himself. Commissioner, composer, and they put up some kind of a stage, public came in paid, so it's paying to come and see opera.  Look, it's, it's not so different to what had been going on in England in the Globe Theatre. And also the, the similar thing to Shakespeare's time, it was this sort of mixing up of the classes, so everything was kind of mixed together.  And that's, that's why you get different musical genres mixed together. For example, an early something like Papaya by Monteverdi, we've just done it, and from what, from what I can gather from the vocal lines, some of the comic roles were probably these street players,  who just had a limited vocal range, but  could do character roles very well, play old women, play old men, play whatever, you know, caricature type roles. Other people were Probably trained singers. Some of them were probably out of Monteverdi's chorus in San Marco, and on the, on when they weren't singing in church, they were over playing in the opera, living this kind of double life.  And That's how  opera  started to take off. Yeah, so like you were saying, there are different levels. So you had these classical Greek themes, which would be more like, you're an educated person going, yes, yes, I'm seeing this classical Greek play, but then you're someone who'd never heard of Greek music. The classics. They were there for the, you know, the lively entertainment and the sweet performers. Yes. So the, the, the Commedia dell'arte had, had all these traditional folk tales. Then you've got all of the, all of the ancient myths and, and, and so forth.  Papaya was particularly notable because it was the first opera that was a historical opera. So it wasn't based on any ancient myths or anything. It was based on the life of Nero and Papaya. And so they were real life a few hundred years before, but they were real. It was a real historical situation that was being enacted on the stage.  And it was a craze. That's the thing to remember is. You know, these days people have to get dressed up and they have to figure out how they get inside the opera house and they're not sure whether to clap or not and all of this sort of stuff and there's all these conventions surrounding it. That wasn't what it was about. It was the fact that the public were absolutely thirsty for this kind of entertainment.  Yeah. And I was seeing the first, so the first opera house was made in in about 1637, I think it was. And then by the end of Monteverdi's lifetime, they said there were 19 opera houses in Venice. It was, like you were saying, a craze that just really took off. They had a few extra ones because they kept burning down. That's why one of them, the one that, that is, still exists today is called La Fenice. It keeps burning down as well, but rising from the ashes. Oh, wow. Like the, yeah, with the lighting and stuff, I imagine it's So, yeah, because they had candles and they had, you know, Yeah, it must have been a huge fire hazard. Huge fire hazard, and all the set pieces were made out of wood or fabric and all of that. Opera houses burning down is another big theme.  Oh yeah, it's a whole thing in itself, yeah. So then you've got These opera troupes, which are maybe a little, something a little bit above these commedia dell'arte strolling players. So, you've got Italy at that time. Venice was something else. Venice wasn't really like the rest of Italy. You've got this country which is largely agrarian, and you've got this country where people are wanting to travel in order to have experiences or to trade to, to make money and so forth. And so, first of all if an opera was successful, it might be taken down to Rome or to Naples for people to hear it. You would get these operas happening, happening in different versions. And then of course, there was this idea that you could travel further through Europe. And I, I think I have on occasion, laughingly. a couple of years ago said that it was like the, the latest pandemic, you know, it was, but it was this craze that caught on and everybody wanted to experience. Yeah. So you didn't, you didn't have to live in Venice to see the opera. They, they moved around. It was, it was touring. Probably more than we think. That, that, that whole period, like a lot of these operas were basically unknown for about 400 years. It's only, the last century or so that people have been gradually trying to unearth under which circumstances the pieces were performed.  And we're still learning a lot, but the sense is that there was this sort of network of performers and performance that occurred.  And one of the things that Monteverdi did, which was, which was different as well, is that before you would have maybe one or two musicians accompanying, and he came and he went, I'm taking them all. And he created sort of, sort of the first kind of orchestras, like  lots of different instruments. They were the prototypes of, of orchestras. And Look, the bad news for your, the violin side of your project, there was certainly violins in it. It was basically a string contingent. That was the main part of the orchestra. There may have been a couple of trumpets, may have been a couple of oboe like instruments. I would have thought that for Venice, they would have had much more exotic instruments.  But the, the, the fact is at this time with the public opera, what became very popular were all of the stage elements. And so you have operas that have got storms or floods or fires. They simulated fires. A huge amount of effort went into painting these very elaborate sets and using, I mean, earlier Leonardo da Vinci had been experimenting with a lot of how you create the effect of a storm or an earthquake or a fire or a flood. There was a whole group of experts who did this kind of stuff. For the people at the time, it probably looked like, you know, going to the, the, the first big movie, you know, when movies first came out in the 20s, when the talkies came out and seeing all of these effects and creating the effects. When we look at those films today, we often think, well, that's been updated, you know, it's out of date, but they found them very, very, very compelling. What I'm saying is the money tended to go on the look of the thing on the stage and the orchestra, the sound of the orchestras from what we can gather was a little more monochrome. Of course, the other element of the orchestra is the continuo section. So you've got the so called orchestra, which plays during the aria like parts of the opera, the set musical numbers. And you've got the continuo, which is largely for the rest of the team. And you would have had a theorbo, you would have had maybe a cello, a couple of keyboard instruments, lute. It basically, it was a very flexible, what's available kind of. Yeah, so there was they would use violines, which was the ancestor of the double bass. So a three stringed  one and violins as well. And that, and what else I find interesting is with the music, they would just, they would give them for these bass instruments, just the chords and they would improvise sort of on those. Chords. So every time it was a little bit different, they were following a Yes. Improvisation. Yeah. So it was kind of original. You could go back again and again. It wasn't exactly the same. And look, that is the problem with historical recreation. And that is that if you go on IMSLP, you can actually download the earliest manuscript that we have of Papaya.  And what you've got is less than chords, you've got a baseline. Just a simple bass line,  a little bit of figuration to indicate some of the chords, and you've got a vocal line. That's all we have. We don't actually know, we can surmise a whole lot of things, but we don't actually know anything else about how it was performed. I imagine all the bass instruments were given that bass line, and like, Do what you want with that. So yeah, it would, and it would have really varied depending on musicians. Probably different players every night, depending on, you know,  look, if you go into 19th century orchestras, highly unreliable, huge incidents of drunkenness and, you know, different people coming and going because they had other gigs to do. Like this is 19th century Italian theatres at a point where, you know, It should have been, in any other country, it would have, Germany had much better organized you know, orchestral resources and the whole thing. So it had that kind of Italian spontaneity and improvised, the whole idea of opera was this thing that came out of improvisation. Singers also, especially the ones that did comic roles, would probably improvise texts, make them a bit saucier than the original if they wanted for a particular performance. All these things were, were open.  And this brings us to an end of this first episode on Giovanni Battista Rogeri.  We have seen the young life of this maker setting out to make his fortune in a neighbouring city, alive with culture and its close connections to Venice and the world of opera. I would like to thank my lovely guests Emily Brayshaw, Stephen Mould and Florian Leonhardt for joining me today.   ​ 

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History says that the 1st Crusade ended after the Battle of Ascalon, but for all of the main characters in the saga, this was far from over. A political battle was forming over who would be the one to rule the Holy City, and the war between the Normans and the Roman Empire was about to reignite. This episode covers the events that happened in the first year after the capture of Jerusalem.The History of Modern Greece Podcast covers the Greek people's events from the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the Greek War of Independence in 1821-1832, through to the Greco-Turkish War from 1919 to 1922 to the present day.Website: www.moderngreecepodcast.comMusic by Mark Jungerman: www.marcjungermann.comCheck out our 2nd Podcast: www.antecedors.com

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 908, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: submarines 1: By the mid-1950s this country had about 375 subs in various oceans and seas. the Soviet Union. 2: After WWI the Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee developed this to detect subs. sonar. 3: Until this arrived in the 1950s, almost all subs used diesel-electric power. nuclear power. 4: Subs usually have 2 of these optical devices, 1 for general use, 1 for the attack. periscopes. 5: Air trapped in these tanks makes a sub float. ballast tanks. Round 2. Category: al gore rhythms 1: His home state. Tennessee. 2: His job from 1985 to 1993. U.S. Senator. 3: His wife's most famous nickname. Tipper. 4: The East Coast school where he got his B.A. in 1969. Harvard. 5: The foreign country where he worked as a journalist from 1969 to 1971. Vietnam. Round 3. Category: veggies 1: You don't have to know the language to know the Swedes call it a "baggy root". a rutabaga. 2: The name of this immature onion is from Ascalon, a port in Palestine. a scallion. 3: You'll often see a red variety of this vegetable used as a garnish and carved into "roses". a radish. 4: The more common name for colorful "flint" corn. Indian corn. 5: Carrots are rich in carotene, which the body uses to produce this vitamin. vitamin A. Round 4. Category: this is i country 1: An island, it's the world's northernmost "I" country. Iceland. 2: They're the only 2 "I" countries to border each other. Iran and Iraq. 3: One of this country's driest regions is the Negev Desert, with an annual rainfall of usually less than 10 inches. Israel. 4: Its ethnic groups include the Dayaks on Borneo, the Toraja on Sulawesi and some Papuan groups on Irian Jaya. Indonesia. 5: Among its 26 counties are one famed for its cut glass and one known for its tweed cloth. Ireland. Round 5. Category: state nickname fun 1: These 2 states with a precious metal in their nicknames border each other. California and Nevada. 2: The nickname of this state includes a greeting in a non-English language. Hawaii. 3: A ride at the Albuquerque Int'l Balloon Fiesta might show you why New Mexico is the "land of" this. Enchantment. 4: Minnesota may have gotten this nickname from a cartoon showing railroad organizers as tunneling mammals. Gopher State. 5: In 2004 a biologist caused great excitement when he photographed an actual wild one of these in Michigan. a wolverine. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

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The Bureau of Fearless Ideas (BFI) is one large classroom on the ground floor of the Yesler Terrace complex, a multi-use housing development in Beacon Hill. The walls are packed with language – words, rhymes, and creative affirmations. It's here that Roberto Ascalon, the poet in residence, is a mentor to new poets.

Mark Three: A Biblical Understanding of the Gospel by William Klock Faithful preaching of God's word is the first mark of a healthy and faithful church.  These last two Sundays we've begun to explore what that looks like.  First, we saw that we must preach the word in such a way that we give it priority and let it be our guide, and that means that we commit ourselves to preaching expositionally.  And last Sunday I talked about the importance of allowing the Bible, as we preach it and immerse ourselves in it, to shape and define our understanding of God.  The Bible is, after all, his revelation of himself to us.  We cannot know him apart from his word.  And that leads us to today's topic: A healthy church will have a Bible-informed understanding of the gospel.  Now, no one ever sets out deliberately to preach an unbiblical gospel, but that doesn't mean such things aren't preached.  Sometimes we unwittingly allow unbiblical cultural ideas, values, and philosophies to colour our gospel.  Sometimes, when the Church is beset by controversy over gospel issues, we can over-react to one error by falling into its opposite.  Sometimes the errors are small, but sometimes they're great—to the point of apostasy.  The antidote, Brothers and Sistes, is to preach God's word faithfully and systematically. So what is the gospel?  Our English word “gospel” is from Old English god spel, literally meaning “good news”.  The Greek word used by the New Testament writers and the ancient Jewish translators of the Old Testament is euangelion.  Originally euangelion was the reward that was given to someone for bringing good news, but by the time the Bible was written it had come to mean the good news itself.  The related verb, euangelizo, means to proclaim this good news.  This is where we get the English word “evangelical”.  We are people of the good news.  This is a good place to start.  The gospel is good news.  For example, think back to the death of Saul and Jonathan in 2 Samuel.  David mourned their deaths and the messengers came with the news, he said: Tell it not in Geth, and proclaim it not in the exits of Ascalon…lest daughters of the uncircumcised exult. (2 Samuel 1:20 NETS) In the Greek Old Testament, when it says “proclaim”, it's using this word for proclaiming good news.  The Philistines would take the death of Saul as good news.  When the messenger brought this news to David, he thought it was good news, too.  David's enemy had been defeated.  Now, for personal reasons David didn't take it that way.  To him it was bad news, but he knew that to everyone else it was good news—a victory had been won and that victory meant things were about to change.  And, notice, the natural thing to do with good news is to proclaim it.  The heralds were ready to do just that until David told them not to. Or think of Isaiah.  Israel had been defeated, but he saw a vision of Jerusalem as the herald of good news.  The Lord would come and deliver his people from their exile. Go on up to a high mountain,          O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength,          O Jerusalem, herald of good news;          lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah,          “Behold your God!” (Isaiah 40:9) And Isaiah uses this concept as he envisions the messenger, running across the mountains with this good news: How beautiful upon the mountains          are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness,          who publishes salvation,          who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” (Isaiah 52:7) Something was about to happen.  The Lord was going to act and he would act in such a way that things would never be the same.  God was finally going to take up his throne as King.  This is exactly what Jesus had in mind when we read Mark's account of him saying: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” (Mark 1:15) The Lord was about to act.  Specifically, he was about to act as King in such a way that everything was about to change.  And Jesus isn't just saying that people in Judea needed to “believe” in the sense of giving their intellectual assent to some new theological truth.  When “good news” happens, it's a world-changing event.  To “believe” means to change one's life in order to take part in what's about to happen and be part of its benefits.  In Jesus, God was becoming king—as he had promised so long before.  To refuse to believe, to refuse to recognise this change and this new reality is, at best, to be left behind and, at worst, well…it wasn't good.  Let's look at how the Greeks and Romans used this term, “gospel”. If you're familiar with Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra or Mankiewicz' 1963 Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, you know something about the aftermath of the Roman civil war.  On the death of Julius Caesar the Empire was plunged into conflict.  On one side was Caesar's heir, Octavian, and on the other his friend, Mark Antony.  Octavian defeated Antony in a great naval battle at Actium.  Antony fled to Egypt, where he eventually committed suicide with Cleopatra.  Octavian was enthroned as Caesar Augustus and euangelion—the good news—was proclaimed throughout the empire.  Augustus had defeated the enemies of Rome.  He had brought peace at last and, with it, prosperity.  He even started using the title “son of God”.  He was the saviour of the empire. Now, what did this good news mean to the people of the empire?  Imagine if you'd been a local official or ruler and you'd been a firm supporter of Mark Antony during the war.  The good news about Caesar Augustus meant that everything had changed and you had to make a choice.  There was no continuing on supporting the losing side.  That was treason and it would lead to only one thing: execution.  This was the choice King Herod faced when this good news reached him.  He'd backed Antony.  He was no dummy.  Hearing the news, he went straight to the new Caesar and pledged his loyalty.  The world had changed and he committed himself to the side where he got to live—and keep his throne. So, now, think about “good news”.  It means that something has happened—or is happening or is about to happen—something that changes everything.  Nothing will ever be the same again and, in light of it, everyone has got to make a choice.  There's no fence sitting.  And there are consequences if you make the wrong choice.  If Herod, for example, had continued to back Antony's forces it would have meant the end of Herod.  In Jesus, Israel's God has become King and he calls for our allegiance—to him, to his kingdom, to everything it stands for.  Sin and death are defeated and everything about the world that was shaped by them is being undone by Jesus and his act of new creation.  The gospel calls us to make a choice, to announce our allegiance.  Do we continue to give our allegiance to—as we say in our baptism—the world, the flesh, and the devil, or to Jesus, his new creation, and the Holy Spirit? And this points to something else important about the gospel.  Good news isn't quietly whispered.  It's always proclaimed.  It's announced with great fanfare.  The announcement that Jesus is Lord, that in him the God of Israel has come as King, that's not some private truth to keep to ourselves or to whisper to our friends.  But that's not far off from how many people treat it.  Something changed in the first half of the Twentieth Century and we started talking about “sharing” the gospel.  Christians had never used that kind of language before.  But it goes along with a shift that slowly took place over the last two hundred years or so.  Instead of seeing the gospel as good news, we started treating it instead like good advice.  We've made this shift subtly in how we do evangelism.  We often present the gospel—the good news about Jesus—as if it's just another offering on the religious or philosophical smorgasbord and suggest that people give Jesus a try. Maybe they'll like him and believe—or maybe they won't, which would be sad, but…whatever.  But, Brothers and Sisters, the gospel is not good advice.  It's not like a stock tip or a life hack or a new recipe.  It's good news.  It's not just a message that will change your life.  It's a message that will change your life, because it's a message that in Jesus the whole world has changed. Consider Peter's sermon on Pentecost, recorded in Acts 2.  He starts out: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. (Acts 2:14) I think we pass over this introduction too quickly in order to get to the meat of his sermon, but notice how he proclaims this good news like the royal herald that he is.  This isn't a good piece of advice.  It's not a pro tip.  It's not something that might be worth giving a shot.  It's good news.  It demands action.  And Peter goes on, reminding the people of the promises the Lord had made to Israel—promises to set things to rights by sending his King.  He tells them: “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know—this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.  God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. (Acts 2:22-24) “You killed him,” Peter says, “but God raised him up.”  What does that mean?  Peter, again, looks back to the promises God had made to Israel—particularly through David.  For Peter, Jesus' death was vitally important, but the crucifixion of Jesus wasn't the thing that changed the world.  Ultimately, it was his resurrection from the dead that did that.  In his resurrection, Peter says, God has loosed the pangs of death.  By his resurrection, he says, Jesus has been exalted at the right hand of God and given to his people the gift of the Holy Spirit.  Jesus has fulfilled all the Lord's promises.  But Peter ends with the most powerful note of all in verse 36: “Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and [Messiah], this Jesus whom you crucified.”   By raising Jesus from the dead, God has declared him to be Lord and Messiah—to be not just any king, but to be the King—the one who will set all to rights—not just his people, but eventually the whole of this broken creation. The crowd, Luke says, were cut to the heart and asked Peter what they should do.  In other words, they knew this good news meant that the world has changed and they wanted to know what they had to do to in response.  And Peter says to them in verses 38-39: “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.  For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”   Luke says about three thousand were baptised that day.  But what did Peter mean by “repent and be baptised”?  To repent is to turn around.  The good news is the announcement that in Jesus the world has changed, there's a new King, and God's kingdom is breaking in.  The good news calls us to turn aside and to leave behind the old regime, the old order—our rebellion, our sin, our idolatry—and to take hold of the new King and his kingdom in faith.  In Jesus, God has become king.  Peter's sermon is incredibly important, because in it he reminds us of what the Lord had promised to Israel, and then he explains that it has all been fulfilled or is in the process of being fulfilled by Jesus—and those promises point to what the good news is all about.  The promises remind us that what Jesus has done is far bigger and all-encompassing than what we often think.  It's about all of creation being set right and made new.  It's about Jesus binding the devil and triumphing over the powers and principalities that have corrupted this world.  It's about the old gods being cast down and the true God being raised up.  It's about humanity being made right with God to finally live in his presence and to take up our vocation again—the one that Adam and Eve rejected—to be his image-bearers, the priests of his temple, as we steward his creation.  It's about heaven and earth, about God and man finally being reunited. Jews knew that one day God would set things right and that when he did so he would judge—and destroy—everything and everyone who was opposed to him.  They called that day “the day of the Lord”.  Throughout his ministry Jesus warned that it was coming—and soon.  When he warned about the easy way that leads to destruction and urged people to follow him on the hard and narrow way that leads to life, that's what he was talking about.  He was pointing to the events we read about in our study of Revelation when Jerusalem and the temple were thrown down by the Romans as an act of judgement by God on his unbelieving people—much as he'd done six centuries earlier, although that time it had been the Babylonians.  Jesus wasn't warning about some event thousands of years in the future.  He was warning of a judgement that was just around the corner.  That judgement certainly foreshadows that last great day of final judgement when every last enemy of God will be wiped from creation.  But Jesus—and Peter—were focused on Israel and her near future.  Again, Peter's hearers were cut to the heart, because they realised that this is what Peter was talking about too.  They wanted to know how to escape the coming judgement and to be part of God's new people in the age to come. If people thought the victory of Octavian over Antony was a world-shaking event—so much so that King Herod went to grovel before the new emperor that he might have a place in it, imagine how much greater, how all-encompassing this good news about Jesus is.  If the Lord was going to come with both salvation and judgement to set Israel to rights and to deal with the unrepentant in her midst, one day he will surely do the same for the whole world. This ought to put our attention on another aspect of the good news.  Herod could only speculate about where he stood with Octavian.  He could very easily have gone home headless.  By his resurrection Jesus has inaugurated God's new world, and Brothers and Sisters, by his death he has shown his mercy.  We need but repent—to turn aside from the old gods, the old ways, the old systems—to believe—to take hold of him in faith and to give him our allegiance, and we can be sure of where we stand before him.  The first step we take after repentance is to be baptised.  The waters of baptism hold his promise of forgiveness and new life and as we pass through them in faith, he washes us clean and fills us with his Spirit.  He makes us his own.  As St. Paul writes in Romans: For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”  (Romans 8:15) Jesus' Father becomes our Father and he loves us as he loves his own son. But speaking of Paul…  How do the Gentiles find a place in this good news.  Jesus was Israel's Messiah.  He came in fulfilment of the Lord's promises to Israel.  Even in his death by crucifixion, he died the very death that the unbelieving Jewish rebels would suffer a generation later when God's judgement fell on Jerusalem.  Jesus and the good news are integrally tied to Israel and to Israel's story.  How is it good news for the rest of the world?  We see the struggle in Acts.  The Spirit all but summoned Peter and John to Samaria.  The good news had reached people there and they believed, but—a mystery to the apostles—they did not receive the Spirit.  The apostles had to go and lay hands on these new non-Jewish believers.  It was a not-so-subtle hint from the Spirit that the good news was for everyone.  An angel directed Philip to his meeting with a man from Ethiopia.  The Spirit had to convince Peter, against everything he thought he knew was right, to go to the home of Cornelius, a gentile centurion.  And what was to be done with these gentile converts?  Did they have to become Jews first?  Be circumcised, keep the law, and all of that.  And then along came Paul.  Or, more precisely, along came the risen Messiah to meet Paul on the road to Damascus. Maybe more than anyone else, Paul realised just how much the resurrection of Jesus changes everything.  C. S. Lewis famously wrote, “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen.  Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”  The resurrection of Jesus was just like that for Paul.  And Paul realised that if the Lord's promises to Israel were fulfilled in Jesus, in his resurrection, and in the outpouring of the Spirit to create this new people of God called the Church, then all of this was for the gentiles too.  Israel had always been called to be a light to the nations and so too must this new Israel.  Paul thought back to the Lord's deliverance of Israel in the Exodus—something that shaped Israel's identity and is there behind so much of Paul's writing.  The Lord delivered his people from their bondage and in doing so, he made his might and his glory known to the nations—especially to Egypt.  Her king and her gods were exposed for the powerless frauds they were.  And yet there was no mass conversion of the Egyptians in the wake of the Exodus.  The whole thing was an embarrassment that they expunged from their records so that they could continue in the idolatry. But Paul recognized that in Jesus and in this new exodus, there was a new element that had been missing in the old and that was the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.  Paul knew that this good news about a crucified Messiah was, as he writes to the Corinthians “a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles” (1 Corinthians 1:23).  A crucified Messiah was blasphemy to the Jews.  And it was just stupid nonsense to the gentiles.  Paul knew this first hand.  The Jews stoned him for the things he said and the Gentiles threw him in jail.  “But,” he goes on in that same verse, “to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, the Messiah—the power of God and the wisdom of God.”  That was the key—those who are called, those in whom the Spirit of God is at work. How does the Spirit work?  It seems like it's different for everyone.  For Paul it was the realization that Jesus really had risen from the dead and that that truth changed everything he'd ever known.  He had to go off by himself for a few years to work it all through, but work it through he did.  For others it was simply the realization that in Jesus the God of Israel was truly at work.  This time the Gentiles saw the God of Israel in this mighty act of redemption that proved his faithfulness to his promises and instead of forgetting about it like the Egyptians had so long ago, they recognized the living God and they threw all their idols away.  For others it was the fact that in Jesus, God drew near.  By his Spirit they somehow knew him and experienced him—something that never happened with the pagan gods.  Paul recognized that this good news was for everyone.  As he wrote to the Galatians: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Jesus the Messiah. (Galatians 3:28) This time the gentiles saw the mighty and saving deeds of the God of Israel and they believed—because of the Spirit—and they were welcomed into this new people of God to share in the forgiveness and the new life and the future hope that Jesus had given them. But, in closing, what's the significance?  Where does the good news take us?  What are we supposed to do with it?  If we understand that the death and resurrection of Jesus give us a place in the renewed people of God and that Jesus is setting everything to rights, that itself should point us in the right direction.  The problem is that in the 19th and early 20th Centuries, liberal Protestants largely turned the gospel into a message of good works—and then, gradually, those good works became more and more like the values of secular culture and Leftist politics and Jesus became nothing more than an example.  In response, fundamentalists and evangelicals rightly re-emphasised the personal and spiritual nature of redemption and the forgiveness of sins, but often over-reacted when it came to the good works.  We've made the gospel a message very narrowly of forgiveness of sin and restored fellowship with God.  Salvation should result in a changed life and good works, but we've stressed—wrongly—that those good works are the fruit of the gospel, but not the gospel itself.  So on one side the gospel is proclaimed as a message of public welfare and on the other as a personal or private spirituality.  Then, throw into that mix the misconception that the end goal of all of this is someday to leave this world behind so that we can live a kind of disembodied spiritual existence in heaven, and we make a right mess of the gospel. Brothers and Sisters, this is why we've got to preach the scriptures—so that we remember the big story.  This is what Peter did on Pentecost.  And when we do that we find that this faithful God we spoke about last Sunday has been working all along not to give us a plan to escape this fallen Creation, but rather a means to set this fallen creation to rights and us along with it.  We're creation's stewards—or at least that's what we were created to be—but we rebelled and made a mess of everything.  And so the Lord has called a people through whom he will work, and he's sent his Messiah to set us to rights, to fill us with his Spirit, and to get us back on task: to make him known, to do justice and mercy in this world, to bear the fruit of the Spirit, and to proclaim his King in the knowledge that the same Spirit who is in us, is also working in the hearts of men and women around the world, men and women just waiting to hear our proclamation of the good news about Jesus.  Men and women read to believe, to repent, to be baptised, to join in the life and work of the kingdom—they simply need to hear our proclamation of this good news.  It is a stumbling block and it is foolishness to many, but to those who are called, to those in whom the Spirit is at work, it is the power of God—for our salvation and for the salvation of the whole world. As we've seen recently in Revelation, Jesus has prepared the way.  He has bound the devil and brought low the principalities and powers that once held this world captive.  This is the good news: that Jesus died for our sins and was raised by God, victorious over sin and death.  He is the Messiah—the Lord, the King—and he is making all things new.  This new creation, our hope is summed up in those words of the Lord's prayer: on earth as in heaven.  Those words ought to shape us as gospel people.  Don't just pray them.  Live them.  For the sake of the world, lift the veil and show the world a glimpse of God's new creation.  And while you do it, remember that we are royal heralds of the King, commissioned to proclaim this good news to everyone around us. Let's pray: Merciful Father, we thank you this morning that you have made Jesus your King.  By his death you give a means of forgiveness and reconciliation and by his resurrection you've restored to us the life we had once rejected in our rebellion against you.  We thank you for those in whom you have worked by your word and Spirit who proclaimed this good news to us.  And we pray that your word and Spirit will now be at work in us to make us the gospel people you desire us to be.  Renew our hearts.  Turn them ever more towards you.  Strengthen our allegiance to Jesus and fill our heats with love for you.  Make us a people full of life and of hope, a people of mercy and love and grace, a holy people—an on-earth-as-in-heaven people eager to show the world your kingdom and to proclaim the good news that Jesus is Lord.  Through him we pray.  Amen.

Scopri dalla Bibbia Sofonia al capitolo 2con semplici commenti dell'insegnante Egidio Annunziata.Passo dopo passo alla lettura della Bibbiaè il programma che ti permette di approfondirela Bibbia leggendola un versetto per voltacon semplici commentidell'insegnante Egidio Annunziata.LETTURA DELLA SACRA BIBBIASofonia 2 (Antico Testamento, Libro Profetico) - https://www.bible.com/it/bible/122/Zep.2.NR061 Raccoglietevi, rientrate in voi stessi, gente spudorata,2 prima che si esegua il decreto e quel giorno passi come la pula, prima che vi piombi addosso l'ardente ira del Signore, prima che vi sorprenda il giorno dell'ira del Signore!3 Cercate il Signore, voi tutti umili della terra, che mettete in pratica i suoi precetti! Cercate la giustizia, cercate l'umiltà! Forse sarete messi al sicuro nel giorno dell'ira del Signore.4 Poiché Gaza sarà abbandonata e Ascalon ridotta a una desolazione; Asdod sarà cacciata in pieno mezzogiorno ed Ecron sarà sradicata.5 Guai agli abitanti della regione costiera, alla nazione dei Cheretei! La parola del Signore è rivolta contro di te, o Canaan, paese dei Filistei: «Io ti distruggerò al punto che non avrai più abitanti».6 La regione costiera non sarà altro che pascoli, rifugi per pastori e recinti per greggi.7 Essa sarà un territorio per il resto della casa di Giuda; là porteranno le bestie al pascolo e la sera si coricheranno nelle case di Ascalon, perché il Signore, loro Dio, li visiterà e li farà tornare dall'esilio.8 «Ho udito gli insulti di Moab e gli oltraggi dei figli di Ammon; hanno insultato il mio popolo e si sono ingranditi invadendo il suo territorio.9 Perciò, com'è vero che io vivo», dice il Signore degli eserciti, Dio d'Israele, «Moab diventerà come Sodoma e Ammon come Gomorra: una selva di ortiche, una salina, un deserto per sempre.Il resto del mio popolo li saccheggerà, il residuo della mia nazione li possederà».10 Questo accadrà per il loro orgoglio, perché hanno insultato e schernito il popolo del Signore degli eserciti.11 Il Signore sarà terribile verso di loro, perché annienterà tutti gli dèi della terra; tutte le nazioni lo adoreranno, da tutte le loro isole.12 «Anche voi, Etiopi, sarete uccisi dalla mia spada».13 Egli stenderà la mano contro il settentrione e distruggerà l'Assiria; ridurrà Ninive in una desolazione, in un luogo arido come il deserto.14 Nel suo interno giaceranno greggi e animali di ogni specie; anche il pellicano e il riccio abiteranno fra i suoi capitelli; si udranno canti di uccelli dalle finestre.La devastazione sarà sulle soglie, perché sarà spogliata dei suoi rivestimenti di cedro.15 Tale sarà la città festante, che se ne sta sicura e dice in cuor suo: «Io, e nessun altro all'infuori di me!» Come mai è diventata un deserto, un covo per le bestie? Chiunque le passerà vicino fischierà e agiterà la mano.Episodio: Sofonia 2Insegnante: Egidio AnnunziataLuogo: Nocera Inferiore, Salerno - ItalyEvento: Incontro LiveData: domenica 29 Maggio 2022Lingua: ItalianaProduzione: Essere Un CristianoWeb: http://www.essereuncristiano.it/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/essereuncristiano

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 483, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Henry 1: Nominated for 18 Oscars, one of his first jobs was composing music for an Abbott and Costello movie. Mancini. 2: In 1957 he produced and starred in the landmark drama "12 Angry Men". Henry Fonda. 3: Flowery poems by Henry Gibson were often featured on this wacky 1960s sketch-comedy show. Laugh-In. 4: King Henry VIII had Anne Boleyn's head chopped off so he could take up with this lady-in-waiting, his next wife. Jane Seymour. 5: Henry Pu Yi's last years as the ruler of China were the basis of this 1987 film. The Last Emperor. Round 2. Category: "Blue" Movies 1: 1980 film in which 2 shipwrecked kids grow up to be Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins. "The Blue Lagoon". 2: The dark side of sunny suburbia comes to the surface for Kyle MacLachlan in this kinky 1986 film. Blue Velvet. 3: In this 1930 film Marlene Dietrich played Lola-Lola, a sultry cabaret singer. "The Blue Angel". 4: George Gershwin's songs were featured in this 1945 biographical film. "Rhapsody In Blue". 5: Isabella Rossellini sang the title song, an old Bobby Vinton hit, in this 1986 film. "Blue Velvet". Round 3. Category: Hello, Newman 1: Paul Newman's character kicks western outlaw Harvey Logan where it really hurts in this 1969 classic. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. 2: Told he was sexier than this "Top Gun" star, Newman quipped, "I'm lucky to have a pulse". Tom Cruise. 3: Newman's movie debut, "The Silver" this, also features Lorne Greene as St. Peter. The Silver Chalice. 4: Paul won an Oscar for this 1986 film in which he reprised his role of Fast Eddie Felsen. The Color of Money. 5: Try to spot Bruce Willis as a courtroom extra in this 1982 Newman film about an alcoholic lawyer. The Verdict. Round 4. Category: Colombia 1: Unable to conclude a treaty with Colombia in 1903, the U.S. helped this country secede and made one with it. Panama. 2: Lying in a basin high in the Andes, it's Colombia's largest city. Bogota. 3: The Putomayo, a branch of this river, forms much of Colombia's border with Peru. the Amazon. 4: Colombia's coat of arms was adopted in 1834 and features this vulture perched on top. the Andean Condor. 5: In 1982 this Colombian who led Latin America's literary boom of the '60s won the Nobel Prize for Literature. García Márquez. Round 5. Category: Veggies 1: The name of this dark green, elongated squash is from the Italian for "gourd". Zucchini. 2: This red-stalked vegetable is also called a pieplant because it's often used as a pie filling. Rhubarb. 3: Some researchers believe a half head of this cole slaw vegetable a day can prevent certain forms of cancer. Cabbage. 4: The name of this immature onion is from Ascalon, a port in Palestine. Scallion. 5: You'll often see a red variety of this vegetable used as a garnish and carved into "roses". Radish. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Subscribe to Quotomania on Simplecast or search for Quotomania on your favorite podcast app!Antiphanes, (born c. 408–404 BC, Chios [Greek island near modern Turkey] or Rhodes [Greece] or Smyrna [now İzmir, Tur.]—died  c. 334–330 BC, Chios), was a prolific and influential Greek writer of Middle Comedy, which succeeded Old Comedy (known from the 5th-century plays of Aristophanes).Antiphanes, son of Demophanes (or of Stephanus), began producing comedies at Athens in the second half of the 380s BC. In the festival contests Antiphanes won 13 victories, of which 8 were awarded at the small Lenaea festival held in January and 5 at the more impressive Great Dionysia, held in late March. Although he died in Chios, he was buried in Athens, the site of his literary triumphs.Ancient sources attribute to him variously 260 to 365 plays, none of which has survived. He was often quoted by later writers, who preserve more than 330 fragments from plays with 134 titles. An analysis of the fragments and titles shows that the themes of his plays included mythological farce (e.g., Minos and Cyclops), stories about hetairai, highly cultivated courtesans (e.g., Malthace and Melitta), everyday occupations (e.g., Kithara-Player and Doctor), family affairs (e.g., Sisters and Ancestors), and social relations (e.g., Resident Alien and Lover of Thebes). A long fragment of the comedy Poiesis is important for its exposition of the differences between comedy and tragedy. According to this passage, writers of comedy have the more difficult task, since they must invent names and plots for each play, while the tragic poet writes about well-known myths.The Athenian scholar and politician Demetrius of Phaleron composed About Antiphanes, and Dorotheus of Ascalon, a grammarian of the early Roman Empire (1st century AD), also wrote about him. Athenaeus (late 2nd century AD), whose work is the source for many fragments of Antiphanes, praised him for his graceful style.From https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antiphanes. For more information about Antiphanes:Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0008,001:13“A Line Between Careless and Pensive: More Ancient Words on Drinking”: https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2018/12/30/a-line-between-careless-and-pensive-more-ancient-words-on-drinking/

When the AFP was made aware of a sadistic online offender targeting one teenage boy and threatening blackmail, Operation Ascalon kicked into gear. The investigators uncovered a disturbing pattern of behaviour by the offender that quickly lured over a hundred unsuspecting young victims.  https://jobs.afp.gov.au/CrimeInterrupted

Darkness Radio presents: Uri Gellar and The Search for The Ark Of The Covenant with Scott Wolter Uri Gellar recently announced that he knew where the Ark of the Covenant resides and he was going to find it and astound the world with what he found.  Well, Darkness Radio got ahold of Forensic Geologist and Knights Templar expert, Scott Wolter to see just What Mr. Gellar could expect to find! Scott also talks about some of the history and secrets of the Templar in this episode as well! Check out Scott's books here: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Scott-F-Wolter/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AScott+F.+Wolter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darkness Radio presents: Uri Gellar and The Search for The Ark Of The Covenant with Scott Wolter Uri Gellar recently announced that he knew where the Ark of the Covenant resides and he was going to find it and astound the world with what he found.  Well, Darkness Radio got ahold of Forensic Geologist and Knights Templar expert, Scott Wolter to see just What Mr. Gellar could expect to find! Scott also talks about some of the history and secrets of the Templar in this episode as well! Check out Scott's books here: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Scott-F-Wolter/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AScott+F.+Wolter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Studio: @stickypawsstudio, Las Vegas, NVHost: @krystyna.laurenPodcast: @FearlessAFthepodcastGuest: Mika Ascalon @lilfitmeeks @fitclublv 

Ascolta dalla Bibbia Amos 1 un versetto per voltacon semplici commenti dell'insegnante Egidio Annunziata.Passo dopo passo alla lettura della Bibbiaè il programma che ti permette di approfondirela Bibbia leggendola un versetto per voltacon semplici commentidell'insegnante Egidio Annunziata.SACRA BIBBIAAmos 11 Parole di Amos, uno dei pastori di Tecoa, che ebbe in visione riguardo a Israele, al tempo di Uzzia, re di Giuda, e al tempo di Geroboamo, figlio di Ioas, re d'Israele, due anni prima del terremoto.2 Egli disse: «Il Signore rugge da Sion, egli fa sentire la sua voce da Gerusalemme; i pascoli dei pastori sono desolati e la vetta del Carmelo è inaridita».3 Così parla il Signore: «Per tre misfatti di Damasco, anzi per quattro, io non revocherò la mia sentenza, perché hanno lacerato Galaad con trebbie di ferro.4 Io manderò nella casa di Azael un fuoco che divorerà i palazzi di Ben-Adad.5 Spezzerò le sbarre di Damasco, sterminerò ogni abitante da Bicat-Aven e colui che tiene lo scettro da Bet-Eden, e il popolo di Siria andrà in esilio a Chir», dice il Signore.6 Così parla il Signore: «Per tre misfatti di Gaza, anzi per quattro, io non revocherò la mia sentenza, perché hanno deportato intere popolazioni per metterle in mano a Edom.7 Io manderò dentro le mura di Gaza un fuoco che ne divorerà i palazzi.8 Sterminerò ogni abitante da Asdod e colui che tiene lo scettro da Ascalon; rivolgerò la mano contro Ecron e il resto dei Filistei perirà», dice il Signore, Dio.9 Così parla il Signore: «Per tre misfatti di Tiro, anzi per quattro, io non revocherò la mia sentenza, perché hanno messo in mano a Edom intere popolazioni, deportate da loro, e non si sono ricordati del patto fraterno.10 Io manderò dentro le mura di Tiro un fuoco che ne divorerà i palazzi».11 Così parla il Signore: «Per tre misfatti di Edom, anzi per quattro, io non revocherò la mia sentenza, perché ha inseguito suo fratello con la spada,reprimendo ogni compassione, e perché mantiene la sua ira per sempre e serba la sua collera in perpetuo.12 Io manderò in Teman un fuoco che divorerà i palazzi di Bosra».13 Così parla il Signore: «Per tre misfatti dei figli di Ammon, anzi per quattro, io non revocherò la mia sentenza, perché hanno sventrato le donne incinte di Galaad per allargare i propri confini.14 Io accenderò dentro le mura di Rabba un fuoco che ne divorerà i palazzi in mezzo ai clamori di un giorno di battaglia, in mezzo alla burrasca in un giorno di tempesta.15 Il loro re sarà deportato insieme con i suoi prìncipi», dice il Signore.Salmo 8314 Come il fuoco brucia la foresta e come la fiamma incendia i monti,15 così inseguili con la tua tempesta e spaventali con il tuo uragano.16 Copri la loro faccia di vergogna perché cerchino il tuo nome, o Signore!17 Siano delusi e confusi per sempre, siano svergognati e periscano!18 E conoscano che tu, il cui nome è il Signore, tu solo sei l'Altissimo su tutta la terra.Geremia 2319 Ecco, la tempesta del Signore! Il furore scoppia, la tempesta imperversa, scroscia sul capo degli empi.20 L'ira del Signore non si placherà, finché non abbia eseguito, compiuto i disegni del suo cuore; negli ultimi giorni lo capirete appieno.Episodio: Amos 1Insegnante: Egidio AnnunziataLuogo: Nocera Inferiore, Salerno - ItalyEvento: Incontro LiveData: domenica 10 ottobre 2021Lingua: ItalianaProduzione: Essere Un CristianoWeb: http://www.essereuncristiano.it/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/essereuncristiano

Richard Gilliver is joined by ACA volunteers Hein, Ascalon, and Philip in this episode about anthroposophy. That's right ladies and gentlemen, anthroposophy. It's a thing. Tune in now to learn more about this interesting philosophy called anthroposophy. Find all the different ways to listen to and connect with us at: *linktr.ee/skeptichangout*  Check out our individual YouTube channels below!  Skeptic Takeout – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi6f7MD5Swe_jjbJHPE81jA  The Yorkshire Atheist - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPxKHB5l6N6rlPU9Hr4sWw  Unapologetically ME - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6XXrVmbpfdgk9x6UiaHa1Q

In part 2 we cover the struggles of the early human settlements high plains (Ascalon), Orr and Kryta! We unearth the origins of magic and the strange connection that the humans share with their gods. We take a jaunt back to episode 1 and have a look into the war between the humans and charr and a whole bunch of other good stuff! Keep an eye on our socials for information on our launch week GIVEAWAY where YOU can WIN your very own fancy new LOREKEEPER weapon skins and become a member of the guild of scholars. Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoresGuild Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guildlorespodcast/

n 64 avant J. C., Pompée s’empare de Jérusalem. Rome assoit alors sa domination sur un véritable croissant fertile, au carrefour des cultures et des civilisations. Dans une série de trois volets, Storiavoce vous propose de découvrir l’histoire du Proche Orient sous domination romaine. Après une première émission sur la définition du Proche-Orient antique, puis sur son administration et son économie, nous terminons notre série en nous penchant sur la culture et les religions proche-orientales. Spécialiste d’histoire romaine, Catherine Saliou répond aux questions de Christophe Dickès. Quelle est la place de l’hellénisme dans la région ? Le monde proche-oriental se distingue t’il par son cosmopolitisme ? Sommes-nous à un carrefour de cultures ? Quelle langue parle-t-on au Proche Orient ? Quelle est la place du Grec et du Latin ? La région adopte t’elle des formes romaines et grecques de culte ? La région se distingue parce qu’elle est le foyer du judaïsme et le berceau du christianisme. L’orient influence t-il l’occident en matière religieuse? Notre professeur : Catherine Saliou, ancienne pensionnaire scientifique de l’Institut français d’archéologie du Proche-Orient (Damas), est professeure d’histoire romaine à l’université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis et directrice d’études à l’École pratique des hautes études. Elle vient de publier Le Proche-Orient, de Pompée à Muhammad (Belin, 594 pages, 49€). Elle a aussi publié Le Traité d’urbanisme de Julien d’Ascalon et a également dirigé ou co-dirigé des ouvrages collectifs, parmi lesquels Antioche de Syrie. Histoire, images et traces de la ville antique et Gaza dans l’Antiquité tardive. Archéologie, rhétorique et histoire.

As we continue to wait for the return of Jesus Christ, are you willing to take the risk for Him? What will you do with the life God has given you? We are inviting you to join us as Pastor Joe shares to us a deeper insight about the Parable of the Talents.

En 64 avant J. C., Pompée s'empare de Jérusalem. Rome assoit alors sa domination sur un véritable croissant fertile, au carrefour des cultures et des civilisations. Dans une série de trois volets, Storiavoce vous propose de découvrir l'histoire du Proche Orient sous domination romaine. Après une première émission sur la définition du Proche-Orient antique, son histoire romaine, nous nous penchons ici sur son administration et son économie. Spécialiste d'histoire romaine, Catherine Saliou répond aux questions de Christophe Dickès. - Comment sont gérées ces provinces romaines proche-orientales : celle de Syrie, Syrie Palestine et d’Arabie ? - Sont-elles particulières dans la gestion administrative par la république puis de l’Empire ? - Est-ce que la création de Constantinople et d’un empire bicéphale va avoir des conséquences pour ces provinces ? - L'Etat romain est-il un prédateur sur le plan fiscal? - Sur le plan économique, existe-t-il une spécificité économique du Proche-Orient ? - Le Proche Orient est à un carrefour : profite t’il à plein de cette position idéale ? - On est surpris de voir les richesses de la région : nous sommes sur ce qu’on appelle un croissant fertile ! - Que produit-on ? Quelles sont les ressources ? - Est-ce que cette croissance est portée par une démographie élevée ? - Se conjugue à la fois une économie locale mais cette économie est au centre d’un nœud mondiale. Faut il distinguer les deux univers, le local et le mondial ou sont-ils étroitement imbriqués? Notre professeur : Catherine Saliou, ancienne pensionnaire scientifique de l’Institut français d’archéologie du Proche-Orient (Damas), est professeure d’histoire romaine à l’université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis et directrice d’études à l’École pratique des hautes études. Elle vient de publier Le Proche-Orient, de Pompée à Muhammad (Belin, 594 pages, 49€). Elle a aussi publié Le Traité d’urbanisme de Julien d’Ascalon et a également dirigé ou co-dirigé des ouvrages collectifs, parmi lesquels Antioche de Syrie. Histoire, images et traces de la ville antique et Gaza dans l’Antiquité tardive. Archéologie, rhétorique et histoire.

Join us as Pastor Joe shares and expounds to us 'How to live as we wait upon the Lord' as based on Matthew 24.

En 64 avant J. C., Pompée s'empare de Jérusalem. Rome assoit alors sa domination sur un véritable croissant fertile, au carrefour des cultures et des civilisations. Dans une série de trois volets, Storiavoce vous propose de découvrir l'histoire du Proche Orient sous domination romaine. Dans cette première émission, nous définirons ce qu'est le Proche-Orient et les guerres auxquels la République puis l'Empire font face. Existe-t-il une unité et une spécificité du Proche-Orient? Comment Rome a réussi à vaincre l'empire séleucide puis résister à l'empire parthe? Au delà de la province de Syrie, quelles sont les autres provinces romaines de la région? Spécialiste d'histoire romaine, Catherine Saliou répond aux questions de Christophe Dickès. Notre professeur : Catherine Saliou, ancienne pensionnaire scientifique de l’Institut français d’archéologie du Proche-Orient (Damas), est professeure d’histoire romaine à l’université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis et directrice d’études à l’École pratique des hautes études. Elle vient de publier Le Proche-Orient, de Pompée à Muhammad (Belin, 594 pages, 49€). Elle a aussi publié Le Traité d’urbanisme de Julien d’Ascalon et a également dirigé ou co-dirigé des ouvrages collectifs, parmi lesquels Antioche de Syrie. Histoire, images et traces de la ville antique et Gaza dans l’Antiquité tardive. Archéologie, rhétorique et histoire.

We have previously learned that we need Clarity and Focus as we journey through these uncertainties. We are inviting you to join us as Pastor Joe Ascalon continues to inspire us with God's Word, the 2nd part of the series 'How to Navigate thru this Pandemic'.

Join us today as Pastor Joe Ascalon shares with us how to learn to navigate through these uncertainties.

No matter what you are going through, God is with you and for you! We'll be glad to have you joining us Online for the Sunday Worship and for an encouraging message about “What God might be teaching us through this crisis” by Pastor Joe Ascalon.

Keys to Conquer Anxiety in these times of confusion.

Join us as Ptr Joe Ascalon imparts to us the importance of Prayer and of Praying Together. "After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly." Acts 4:31

Ruth Bell Graham once said, “Quit studying the problems and start studying the promises!” Join us as Ptr. Joe Ascalon reminds us how to conquer anxieties by focusing on God's Unfailing Promises.

QUERY: [[ VISTA CITY // CHANDRA // ADEYEMI SYSTEM ]]  …   RETURNING QUERY RESULTS FROM ""TL-TRU HOSPITALITY DATABASE""  …  IN THE TEMPERATE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE OF CHANDRA, VISTA CITY IS A SEASIDE TOURIST DESTINATION, WITH BEAUTIFUL BEACHES KEPT CLEAN BY A FLEET OF THE HIGHEST TECH CLEANING BOTS, SPRAWLING HOTEL COMPLEXES TO MAKE YOU FEEL AT HOME IN THIS SEASIDE PARADISE, AND A BUSTLING BOARDWALK FULL OF FUN ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.  A MORE AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE LUXURIOUS PRIVATE BEACHES OF THEMIS, VISTA CITY DRAWS VISITORS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, AND OFFERS A VARIETY OF OPTIONS FOR VACATIONERS OF ALL SORTS. WHETHER IT’S SUNBATHING UNDER THE CLOUDLESS SKY, GOING FOR A SWIM IN THE WARM OCEAN WATERS, OR VISITING ONE OF THE MANY FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES ON AND AROUND THE BOARDWALK, THOSE WHO VISIT VISTA CITY WILL ONLY EVER FIND THEMSELVES BORED IF BOREDOM IS WHAT THEY CRAVE. This week, on Tango Sector: After narrowly escaping with the Remnant artifact they were sent to retrieve, the crew of Pelagian deals with the fallout in seaside Vista City. Claus makes an outing. Serant makes inquiries into some new gear. Cash makes some phone calls. Flux considers some ramifications. Liam is faced with some unpleasant reminders. An unexpected familiar face makes an appearance after a long absence.    Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unexploredcast Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/unexploredcast Art by Julianne Stone: https://twitter.com/Juli_Aria Music by Andrew: https://andrewperricone.bandcamp.com/

Kagulo episode with UAAP S82 Courtside Reporters from the University of the Philippines! Join us as we hang out with Rain, Yani and Jaime as they talk about that whirlwind of a season last year!

Samson convinces his parents to get him a wife from the Philistines in Thamnatha. During the wedding feast he tells a riddle to thirty men in exchange for thirty changes of clothing. They threaten his wife to discover the answer, which she told them. Samson became furious and attacked a nearby village to collect plunder to pay his debt. In his anger he left, and the father of the bride gave her to Samson's friend.

Michael Mulcahy is the Chief Executive and the Founder of Ascalon; and is the inventor of the company’s innovative technology. After graduation from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Materials Engineering, Mr. Mulcahy began his professional career with the US Navy as an aircraft carrier pilot line officer. Upon leaving the US Navy after twenty-two years as a Captain, he held Executive positions at Tyco and United Technologies. Building on these experiences, he formed Ascalon to focus on non-toxic, environmentally sustainable technologies that promote human health and well-being. The origins that guided the idea and creation for Ascalon’s base technology began in the Navy by attempting to solve the challenges to deliver a non-toxic liquid that is universally effective as a decontaminant to mitigate chemical and biological weapon toxins. From that experience, it became clear that there were much larger applications for disinfectants, sanitizers, and cleaning products in substantial and diverse markets that were collectively underserved by inferior performance using toxic, hazardous, and polluting products.  Michael’s research led to the invention and development of a series of products made entirely from botanically-derived and food grade components that out perform all disinfectant products available today. The core of this technology product is distinguished by its unique capability to remove biofilm. By removing the biofilm, the remaining harmful microorganisms are either removed or destroyed in the process. The target markets served by Ascalon’s technology are: healthcare, food processing, hospitality, institutional hygiene, hospitality, athletics and fitness, schools and universities, health and wellness industry, and consumer products. The aggregated annual sales volume for these market segments exceeds $25 billion globally; $14 billion in US markets. Ascalon’s product portfolio consists of multipurpose cleaning products, hospital grade disinfectants, sterilizers for surfaces and surgical instruments, and wound care applications. Future prototype products now in development include skin healing and rejuvenating applications for healthcare and beauty products market segments.

On this week’s show, Bree, Chris, and Justin mark 15 years of the classic Guild Wars experience, come to grips with Funcom's changes to Dune, discuss how much genocide should World of Warcraft highlight, and got to the bottom of yet another Star Citizen controversy. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, Fallout 76, FFXIV, Torchlight III, Star Stable, AdventureQuest 3D, Villagers and Heroes News: Guild Wars 1 turns 15 years old News: SSG pumps out LOTRO and DDO content updates News: Funcom's Dune will be an upgraded Conan Exiles News: World of Warcraft makes flying easier, downplays Nelf genocide News: Star Citizen's alpha 3.9 got gutted Mailbag: Gold-leaf toilet paper Mailbag: How much does it cost to keep an MMO online? Mailbag: Looking for deep crafting systems Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Autumn in Ascalon" from Guild Wars Your show hosts: Justin, Chris, and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, and Spotify Follow Massively Overpowered: Website, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch If you’re having problems seeing or using the web player, please check your flashblock or scriptblock setting.

Al igual que cebolla, la chalota ha sido cultivada en la región de Asia Menor y Asia Central desde tiempos inmemoriales. Su nombre científico, Allium ascalonicum, derivan de Ascalon, antigua ciudad de Palestina donde se le habría cultivado intensamente. Es de la familia de las Liliáceas. Desde Palestina, que sería parte de su centro de origen, la chalota habría sido llevada a Europa, donde su cultivo es importante tanto en países mediterráneos como nórdicos. Su difusión e importancia como cultivo en el mundo son restringidas y muy inferiores a las de cebolla tradicional; sin embargo, es componente de las huertas caseras de muchas regiones del mundo. La chalota es una pequeña cebolla pero con "dientes" como los ajos. Por fuera parece una cebolla roja pequeña, o un ajo grande y grueso, por dentro resulta poco picante, y sumamente aromática. Estudiemos el relato… cqbnAQdowbYa6A6KZUjG

Welcome back to the latest episode of tom foolery from the Nerds, we have another amazing showing for you this week. Starting off we have Buck telling us about Spaceport America and how Virgin Galactic has moved in and is closer to carrying passengers into space. So get those cheque books out, prepare to sell a kidney because tickets are $250,000 each. But you will need to wait in line as 600 are already sold. But hey, at least this will be a much more comfortable ride then that of Laika, the dog kidnapped from the streets of Moscow and sent into space all those years ago. This has got to be one of the coolest joy flights out there (when it finally gets airborne). Next up the Professor brings us news about Steam becoming strict in relation to release dates. That’s right folks, no longer can dodgy developer’s use Steam’s coming soon feature as free advertising. No, Steam has come out with the metaphysical switch and spanked those fiendish louts for being such naughty children. From now on if the release date needs to be changed you need to listen in to find out exactly what happens. What, you thought we would tell you everything here? Come of it, we tell you in the podcast so listen in. Then we have DJ looking into The Boys the new show from Amazon. This show is being advertised as the most successful show ever, which is saying something as they have a number of great shows. The premise of the show is a battle between the Heroes and a group fighting to bring them down. Buck gives us a heads up that one superhero dies during season one, but not how. All we know is that it is a crappy way to die. DJ is excited about the rise of indie comics and the refreshing change that is happening by using these for content rather than just relying Marvel and DC for superheroes. Want to know more? So do we, listen in and tell us what you think. We look at the games the Nerds are playing and have some discussion around them, with some interesting facts coming out. We know, sorry for educating you with random facts against your will. As normal we have the shout outs, remembrances, birthdays, and events of interest for the week, or do we? You will need to open the show and listen in to find out, also why this metaphysical question is asked. Anyway, please remember to take care of yourselves, look out for each other and stay hydrated.EPISODE NOTES:Spaceport America - https://phys.org/news/2019-08-virgin-galactic-unveiling-mission-space.htmlChanges to Steam release date system - https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-release-date-coming-soonThe Boys and the rise of the indie comics in screen media - https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a28666172/the-boys-amazon-most-successful-shows/Games currently playingBuck– Company of heroes 2 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/231430/Company_of_Heroes_2/Professor- Zombicide: Invader - https://cmon.com/product/zombicide/zombicide-invaderDJ– Red Dead Redemption 2 - https://www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption2/Other topics discussedBranson thinks Trump is not a real billionaire- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/richard-branson-scathing-letter-president-donald-trump-virgin-billionaire-a7975706.htmlLaika (Soviet space dog to orbit the Earth.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika2014 Virgin Galactic crash- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSS_Enterprise_crashSuccessful Virgin Galactic after the 2014 Virgin Galactic crash- https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/05/virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-powered-flight-test/Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (Mach 3+strategic reconnaissance aircraft)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_BlackbirdVirgin Galactic Purpose statement- https://www.virgingalactic.com/purpose/On August 13, 2019, NASA at the Trident Basin in Cape Canaveral, Florida, astronauts Doug Hurley, left, and Bob Behnken work with teams from NASA and SpaceX to rehearse crew extraction from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, which will be used to carry humans to the International Space Station. The pair will fly to the space station aboard the Crew Dragon for the SpaceX Demo-2 mission.- https://i.imgur.com/7ftObLc.jpg- https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-and-spacex-dragon-crew-extraction-rehearsalSteam Greenlight closing down- https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1265922321514182595Steam Direct- https://partner.steamgames.com/steamdirectThe Steam store now lets you mark games you’ve played on other platforms- https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-ignoreWatchmen (2009 superhero movie)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen_(film)Danger 5 (Australian Comics)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_5Doom (1996 Game comics)- https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Doom_comicDate with Danger comics- https://www.amazon.com.au/Date-Danger-Golden-Age-Comic/dp/1500809241Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes (1984 song)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXWVpcypf0wLyudmila Pavlichenko, Soviet sniper in the Red Army during World War II, credited with 309 kills. She is regarded as one of the top military snipers of all time and the most successful female sniper in history.- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_PavlichenkoRoza Shanina, Soviet sniper during World War II who was credited with fifty-nine confirmed kills, including twelve soldiers during the Battle of Vilnius.- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roza_ShaninaEnemy of The Gates (2001 war movie)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_at_the_GatesVasily Zaitsev, Soviet sniper and a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II. A feature-length film, Enemy at the Gates (2001), starring Jude Law as Zaytsev, was based on part of William Craig's non-fiction book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad (1973), which includes a "snipers' duel" between Zaytsev and a Wehrmacht sniper school director, Major Erwin König.- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Zaitsev_(sniper)Simo Häyhä aka White Death, Finnish sniper. He is believed to have killed over 500 men during the 1939–40 Winter War, the highest number of sniper kills in any major war.- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4Deadliest Warrior (2009 TV Series)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadliest_WarriorZombicide Board games- Zombicide Season 1 - https://www.cmon.com/product/zombicide/zombicide-season-1- Zombicide: Black Plague - https://www.cmon.com/product/zombicide/zombicide-black-plagueHow to pronounce Jacque Tits properly- https://www.quora.com/Is-mathematician-Jacques-Titss-last-name-pronounced-like-the-English-word-tits-or-like-the-English-word-teatEverybody Wants to be a Cat (TNC Podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/ewtbacpodcastFloof and Pupper Podcast (TNC Podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/floofandpupperpodcastShoutouts10 Aug 2019 - 500th anniversary of Magellan's circumnavigation voyage. The expedition's goal, which it accomplished, was to find a western route to the Moluccas (Spice Islands). Magellan left Spain on 20 September 1519, sailed across the Atlantic, and discovered the strait that bears his name, allowing him to pass through South America into the Pacific Ocean (which he named). The fleet crossed the Pacific, stopping in the Philippines, and eventually reached the Moluccas after two years. A much-depleted crew finally returned to Spain on 6 September 1522. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan%27s_circumnavigation12 Aug 1099 – First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon, Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade. - Believed to be the result of computer games, but unproven - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ascalon12 Aug 1952 – The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Murdered_Poets12 Aug 1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released. It was created by a team of engineers and designers under the direction of Philip Don Estridge of the IBM Entry Systems Division in Boca Raton, Florida. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_ComputerRemembrances12 Aug 1848 - George Stephenson, English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement. Self-help advocate Samuel Smiles particularly praised his achievements. His chosen rail gauge, sometimes called 'Stephenson gauge', was the basis for the 4 feet 8 1⁄2 inches (1,435 mm) standard gauge used by most of the world's railways. Pioneered by Stephenson, rail transport was one of the most important technological inventions of the 19th century and a key component of the Industrial Revolution. He died from pleurisy at the age of 67 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephenson12 Aug 1914 - John Phillip Holland, Irish engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the US Navy, and the first Royal Navy submarine, Holland 1. This was the first submarine having power to run submerged for any considerable distance, and the first to combine electric motors for submerged travel and gasoline engines for use on the surface. He died from pneumonia at age of 72 inNewark, New Jersey. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philip_Holland12 Aug 1955 - James B. Sumner, American chemist. He discovered that enzymes can be crystallized, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946 with John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley. He was also the first to prove that enzymes are proteins. He died from cancer at the age of 67 in Buffalo, New York. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._SumnerFamous Birthdays12 Aug 1887 - Erwin Schrödinger, Nobel Prize-winning Austrian physicist who developed a number of fundamental results in the field of quantum theory: the Schrödinger equation provides a way to calculate the wave function of a system and how it changes dynamically in time. In addition, he was the author of many works in various fields of physics: statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, physics of dielectrics, colour theory, electrodynamics,general relativity, and cosmology, and he made several attempts to construct a unified field theory. He paid great attention to the philosophical aspects of science, ancient and oriental philosophical concepts, ethics, and religion. He also wrote on philosophy and theoretical biology. He is also known for his "Schrödinger's cat" thought-experiment. He was born in Vienna - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger12 Aug 1918 - Guy Gibson , was a distinguished bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was the first Commanding Officer of No. 617 Squadron, which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid in 1943, resulting in the destruction of two large dams in the Ruhr area of Germany. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, in the aftermath of the raid in May 1943 and became the most highly decorated British serviceman at that time. He completed over 170 war operations before dying in action at the age of 26. He was born in Simla - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gibson12 Aug 1930 - Jacques Tits, a Belgium-bornFrenchmathematician who works on group theory and incidence geometry. He introduced Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, the Tits group, and the Tits metric. He was born in Uccle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_TitsEvents of Interest12 Aug 1492 – Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World. - https://www.thoughtco.com/first-new-world-voyage-christopher-columbus-213643712 Aug 1865 – Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery. He did it by applying a piece of lint dipped in carbolic acid solution onto the wound of a seven-year-old boy at Glasgow Infirmary, who had sustained a compound fracture after a cart wheel had passed over his leg. After four days, he renewed the pad and discovered that no infection had developed, and after a total of six weeks he was amazed to discover that the boy's bones had fused back together. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lister12 Aug 1990 – Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota. It is one of the largest, most extensive, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found, at over 90% recovered by bulk. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_(dinosaur)IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comTwitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rss

We are sort of finishing our study of the First Crusade, as we look at this brilliant pre-emptive attack a planned counter attack following the taking of Jerusalem. Was the discovery of true holy relics the actual reason for these miraculous military victories? Featured Books: The First Crusade, The Accounts of Eye-Witnesses and Participants – August C KreyDonate! paypal.me/stigmatastudios Sign up for the newsletter for exclusive content! http://eepurl.com/YIbLfFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theabracast/Theme Song “Red Horse Rising” by X-Proph3t: http://www.reverbnation.com/xproph3tStigmata Studios Comic Books and Graphic Novels: www.stigmatastudios.comAdditional Production by Daniel Foytik and Nelson Pyles· Incidental Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/· Incidental Music (royalty free) by Ross BugdenEmail Jon: Towers113@gmail.com Visit: www.stigmatastudios.comFind Jon on Twitter: @jonnyaxx https://twitter.com/JonnyAxx Find Jon on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/stigmatastudiosFind Jon On Instagram: http://instagram.com/stigmatastudios

Roberto Ascalon is a poet and educator living in Seattle and hailing from New York. He shares his original poem, “These Are the Things I Learned About You in the Twelve and a Half Minutes Between Delridge and Andover,” and as you listen, you find you’re moved to tears.

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This podcast is the third and final lecture in a series of three on my translation of Cicero's "On Moral Ends." In this lecture, we focus on the fifth and final book of "On Moral Ends," which deals with the somewhat eclectic philosophy of Antiochus of Ascalon. The speakers in book V, Cicero and Marcus Piso, debate Antiochus's views and tussle over whether his conception of the Ultimate Good is better, or worse, than the Ultimate Good proposed by the Stoics and Epicureans. Can wisdom and virtue stand alone, or do other "goods" matter too? What do we really need for a happy life?

We break from the history of Al Andalus and take a quick peek on the other end of the Mediterranean. A new era in warfare begins as the Crusades would start and pit Christianity versus Islam.    ANCIENT HISTORY GUY CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6gQS5SByUgXeS8DwjTgSuw Contribute on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FPHx Leave some feedback: flashpointhistory@gmail.com Follow along on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FLASHPOINTHX/ Engage on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FlashpointHx YouTube Video Accompaniment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dijsGMu_4bA&t=80s   MUSIC Omri Lahav - Peak of Atlas - The Road Ahead - Honor Bound - Med Waves - Tavern in the mist Aakash Gandhi (YouTube Archive) - Eyes of Glory - Spirit of the Dead Ugonna Onyekwe (YouTube Archive) - Inescapable From http://www.purple-planet.com - Cambodean Odessy  - Warhammer   YouTube Archive  - Still Standing - Epic Battle Speech - Thunder Storm   Premium Beats - Unlimited Imagination

Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition! Today’s misunderstanding is about the “Too big to fail” myth. I want to tell you a story. It’s probably a relatively unheard-of story… of our “Big 4” banks and their recent history.   The whole point of this is to answer: Are financial collapses created by too many regulations, or not enough?   The answer seems to be that more regulation is the only way to solve future financial crashes and any financial collapse has had some form of regulation come out of it as a result. But, the aim of this episode is to see if this has helped or hurt the economy and the banks overall   Warning: The banking system is pretty complicated, so there’s some points in this episode that might be pretty in depth. But that seems to be the whole point of the financial system: Make it so complicated not many people know what is going on. I have tried to make this as simple as possible so hopefully it isn’t a bore.   In this episode: What we will go through Banking sector: Vertical integration – One single company controls several others along the supply chain = profits come from different activities in different areas Look at history repeating itself – Comparing Australia to the US between 1999 and 2008 What really lead to the GFC, and how we may be blindly following the same path The big 4 banks - market share of the economy – the effects on the Stock Exchange and the population   Timeline: How did we get where we are now? Banks listed: early 80s to 91 for CBA - No guarantee on deposits at that point APRA Australian Prudential Regulation Authority – Regulation for Banks - has only been around since 1998 Before this: The riskier banks wanted to be, the higher the interest rate they would need to offer Under tighter regulations, risky banks had to comply to less risky standards Goodbye risk premium on interest Regulations continued as normal for a while, until financial crisis: We had a scare in 2008 – during the GFC banks stopped lending to one another for short term funding for their expenses Banks who can’t operate shut doors. Lehman Brothers for instance Bank runs – Great depression in the US 4,000 banks closed from 1929 to 1933 US banks started doing ‘bailouts’ – In essence, printing money to buy Mortgage Backed Securities off the banks (we’ll come back to this) Fearing a bank run in Australia - October 2008, right at the peak of the GFC, the Australian government decided to guarantee bank deposits This is new-Australian Deposit Insurance – Guaranteed for the public (ironically by the public as well) History has shown Government can’t risk the market effects of wiping out people’s bank deposits – especially when voters money was on the line A guarantee helps to calm the public – if a policy says the money is secure it must be! The Financial Claims Scheme (FCS) was created - emergency measure to secure the banking system. Who is eligible: Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions (ADIs) - bank, building society or credit union. This means that this money is guaranteed if anything happens to the ADI. It applies to all ADIs incorporated in Australia, including Australian-owned banks, foreign subsidiary banks, building societies and credit unions. ADIs insured for up to $1m Feb 2012 – Dropped to $250,000   Sounds good right? Nice and safe! Safety has a dark side – It isn’t really safety for us, but the Banks! Removes incentives for depositors to review a bank before depositing – Onus is taken off us Some banks could offer higher returns, if riskier. But with this it is all the same – almost zero risk – removed risk premium on interest What behaviours it incentivises Increased risk Insurance creates moral hazard – Insurance to cover risky actions Maximise profits as the risks are covered for the most part It really provides safety to banks, and they can increase their risks – like giving a gambler a guarantee on his losses if he made a risky bet? Increased incentives to maximise profits But where from? Derivatives, asset backed securities and covered bonds – these can be risky Massive spike since 2011 of bank profits coming in the form of derivatives Derivatives: Complex financial bits of magic The options – Forward & Future Contracts, swaps, etc. Locking in rates now for the future Asset Backed Securities – Investment with an underlying asset - MBS – CBA: in one security - $2.65bn in mostly AAA rated Covered Bonds – Change in regulation in 2011 = AAA rated bonds issued Debt instruments covered by mortgages Sitting at over $80bn in value since 2011 One difference is issuer covers bonds if they default, not on securities though   What stops this all going wrong: APRA has to overregulate in response – Strong regulatory intervention through the (APRA). Australia has strong regulation but even the best regulation can be gamed. They have to be closely monitored by APRA – But banks are still incentivised to take on more risk Derivatives are held ‘off the books’ and very hard to regulate NAB and CBA stopped disclosing theirs, so who knows what their current levels are?!   Why does it matter? What happens to just 4 banks has an affect on everything! Where we sit today: The big 4 = 25% of the ASX   The ASX is one of the most concentrated in the world Financials – 35% of our index, 25% is just the big 4 banks What is the fate of our market if the big 4 tank? We saw it in the GFC Declines in the banks of over 50% = Big drop in index and panic selling across the board If our banks rise, our market does, they fall, we all suffer, because the government will print money to stop the collapse (bailouts!) Double death! – Both Equity and Debt markets – Comes from regulation. Used to be just one at a time   Why are just 4 banks so big? The regulations lead to concentration at the top – Economies of scale to survive The banks love (or loved – see the Banking Royal Commission) vertical integration! It was needed to survive in the regulatory world.   Current state of the banks 1991 - Commonwealth – Bankwest (2008), Aussie, Colonial First State 1982 - Westpac – RAMS, St George (2008), BankSA, Bank of Melbourne, BT Hastings (Infrastructure), Ascalon, Advance, Securitor, Magnitude 1982 - NAB – Ubank, MLC, Banks of New Zealand JBWere BOQ – Virgin Money, Investec Bank, Home Building society Bendigo bank – Adelaide bank, Delphi Bank, Rural bank The party is over for most as they are selling other divisions: CFS for CBA   Hopefully the vertical integration can be looked at – A brief history of things: It was similar in the US: Has the guarantee $250,000USD, however something went wrong Glass-Steagall – Part of the 1933 Banking Act of the USA – Prohibited vertical integration Congress debated bills to repeal Glass–Steagall's affiliation provisions (Sections 20 and 32). In 1999 Congress passed the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, also known as the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, to repeal them – But not the guarantee (almost the same place as our system since 2011) How much safety does the guarantee provide to the public? They had it in the US, but that arguably lead to the banks behaviours – Look at this in next Fridays episode How bailouts are funded through “Quantitative Easing” as it was called in the US, but it is printing money by any other name What allows for these bail outs, where the money comes from and the flow on effects of cash advancing your unlimited credit card, but at the government level it is ‘Quantitative Easing’ Thanks for listening! Next Friday we look at Part 2 of this question

What are your favorite memories of those first few days in a brand-new MMORPG? Chances are that those memories are inextricably connected to the music of these beginning areas. On today's episode of Battle Bards, the crew revisits starting zone themes to talk about the experience of those first critical steps in an online game -- and the songs that connect us forever to that. Episode 118 show notes Intro (feat. "Dun Morogh" from World of Warcraft, "Autumn in Ascalon" from Guild Wars, and "Silverwood" from RIFT) "Emerald Falls" from Revelation Online "Bleakrock Isle" from Elder Scrolls Online "Ronfaure" from Final Fantasy XI "Azuremyst Isle" from World of Warcraft "Olvia" from Black Desert "The Black Shroud" from Final Fantasy XIV "Newbie Melody" from RuneScape Which one did we like best? Listener Notes: Hirvox and GeorgeWilson3 Jukebox Picks: "Main Menu" from Life is Strange: Before the Storm, "With Sympathy" from Gears of War 2, "The Descent into Spring Valley" from Nine Parchments Outro (feat. "Isle of Refuge" from EverQuest II) Talk to the Battle Bards on Twitter! Follow Battle Bards on iTunes, Stitcher, Player.FM , Google Play, and Pocket Casts! Find more podcasts at The Gaming and Entertainment Network!

HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona go over the extensive* patch notes and have a lengthy discussion all spawning from a great listener mail. *Note: Not at all extensive

In our third issue during Doc-tober we talk about costumes, outfits, and equipment. Who's got the best and worst outfits? What's with those Bat-Nipples? But first we talk all that is new in the DCU. This week we break down the latest in Justice League, Teen Titans Go! and Harley Quinn. All this and more... Intro music by Aaron Barry   Prescribed Reading from Issue #19: Starman vol. 2 #0 – Featuring Ted Knight, the original Starman, as well as his youngest son Jack Knight Wild Dog vol. 1 #1 – 1st appearance of Wild Dog Justice League vol. 2 #1 – Batman removes Green Lantern’s ring, destroying Hal Jordan’s Green Lantern uniform construct Green Lantern vol. 3 #51 – Kyle Rayner uses his ring to create a new Green Lantern uniform Blue Devil vol. 1 #1 – Daniel Cassidy is blasted with demonic energy and trapped inside the Blue Devil suit Detective Comics vol. 1 #958-962 – The “Intelligence” arc, which pitted Jean Paul Valley against the Ascalon, the religious AI within the Azrael suit Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 1 #221 – 1st cover appearance of Cosmic Boy’s “corset” costume Detective Comics vol. 1 #477 – The 1st appearance of Preston Payne, the third Clayface, who needed a containment suit to hold his clay together All-American Comics vol. 1 #16 – The debut of Alan Scott, the Golden Age Green Lantern

HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona play HoA bingo, gush over your Haute of Ascalon fashion contest entries, and recap all the WvW news! Oh, and have you seen the new llama mini? You need to see the new llama mini!

Furniture and product designer Brad Ascalon calls himself a rational designer and even though he initially wanted to work in the music industry, a heart to heart with his artistic father during a career setback started him on a path toward industrial design and he’s never looked back. He confesses that while he loves design work, the regular rejection that comes with the territory has sometimes felt like being dumped. He’s currently embroiled in a love/hate relationship with New York City, and his new hobbies include playing bluegrass music and whittling corn cob pipes. Images and more from our guest! Please say Hi on social! Twitter, Instagram and Facebook - @CleverPodcast, @amydevers, @designmilk If you enjoy Clever we could use your support! Please consider leaving a review, making a donation, becoming a sponsor, or introducing us to your friends! We love and appreciate you! Many thanks to this episode’s sponsor: Parachute - Makers of the best bedding and bath home essentials on the market. Their home essentials are Oeko-Tex certified and made of the finest textiles, combed with precision to remove all impurities and dyed naturally. Learn more at www.parachutehome.com  Clever is created, hosted and produced by Amy Devers and Jaime Derringer, aka 2VDE Media, with music from El Ten Eleven and editing by Chris Modl. Clever is proudly distributed by Design Milk.

HaashTag, Hunter, and Allona talk about Lunar New Year, forum posts, Votes of Ascalon survey results, and next week's new Living World chapter, The Head of the Snake! (Intro/Outro Credits: "Hero Theme" and "Our Story Begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

It's a quite continental adventure spanning two years this session, as knights and ladies alike depart for France and adjoining regions to wage war and debate romance. And what's the deal with that Count of Ascalon, anyway? Featuring: Des Dave S. Jade Jen And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here.

What MMO music truly moves us?  That's the wide-open question that Steff asked the Battle Bards crew to tackle for today's show.  While there's a variety of answers and perspectives on this, what you'll find is a ton of excellent music and heart-felt discussion! Follow Battle Bards on iTunes Follow Battle Bards on Stitcher Episode 21 show notes Introduction (including "Flicker of Light" from Dragon's Prophet and "A Story of Hope and Healing" from WildStar) "Alderaan, the Throne" from Star Wars: The Old Republic "Lovers Reunited/Heine theme" from Lineage II "Emei" from Age of Wushu "Epilogue: The Eternal Empire" from Age of Conan "Bluecoral Town" from Lime Odyssey "Autumn in Ascalon" from Guild Wars "Red Stone and Golden Leaves" from Lord of the Rings Online Which one did we like the best? Mail from Nick Speakpipe challenge! Outro ("Bluecoral Town") Special thanks to Tesh for the Battle Bards logo!

This week on Battle Bards, Steff, Syl, and Syp recall their first steps into MMOs -- and the music that would be forever linked to those events.  Yup, it's starter zone week on the show, so break out a big canister of nostalgia and join us! Follow Battle Bards on iTunes Follow Battle Bards on Stitcher Episode 17 show notes Introduction (including "Silverwood Forest" from RIFT and "Autumn in Ascalon" from Guild Wars) "Freemarch" from RIFT "Elwynn Forest and Westfall Cataclysm" from World of Warcraft "Seascape" from Anarchy Online "Teldrassil" from World of Warcraft "Archet" from Lord of the Rings Online "Karana" from EverQuest "Tython the Wellspring" from Star Wars: The Old Republic Which one is our favorite? Mailbag Outro ("Freedom Court" from City of Heroes) Special thanks to Tesh for the Battle Bards logo!

Episode 25 This is the Ascendants of Ascalon podcast a group of four friends gathered to talk about Guild Wars 2, ourselves, and how both of those things have grown in the last 25 episodes. (Retro Lookback Intros, from the lost pilot episode) I’m still assigning people mental defects when they talk in public chat, […]

Episode 19 What did you do this week? Dave Mel Jeremy Jared News Ascendants of Ascalon has joined the GKick Network! (details in the contact info) Jared was on the GeekSlap podcast on Saturday Night! Episode 17 www.geekslap.net ArenaNet keeps us updated with bug and other fixes http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_status_updates Guildhead launches with 3D model viewer http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/guildheads-3d-model-viewer-is-now-live/ […]

In Episode 302 des buffedCasts geht's um Leveln in der kommenden WoW-Erweiterung Mists of Pandaria, ums Erkunden der Katakomben von Ascalon in Guild Wars 2, um Diablo 3 und die kommende Rift-Erweiterung Storm Legion. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buffed/

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Today 10x talks about M.O.X and Klojamir gives us a run through of Jokanur Diggings. Also sorry for the loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo *Breathes* oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong delay as you may know i had some computer troubles. Also next episode i'll be trying something new so stay tuned.Get da' podcast ep ere'A Guildwars Podcast.

Today i talk about titles and the dervish form Avatar of Bathazar and Klojamir gives us a walkthrough of Sanctum cay.Download hereA Guildwars Podcast.

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Here is episode 12 10x talks about the guild wars 2 faqs and klojamir gives us a run through of aurora glade.Download hereA Guildwars Podcast.

Today i go over my top somthingorrather petpeeves.Subscribe through iTunes or DL here (right click save as)A Guildwars Podcast.A Guildwars Podcast.

Episode 9 Out now this week i talk about the survivor title, Dye and some scams.Subscribe through iTunes or DL here (right click save as)A Guildwars Podcast.A Guildwars Podcast.

This week i give my opinions on the guildwars 2 suggestion page in this mega ultra long 20-minute EXTRAVAGANZA.Subscribe through iTunes or DL here (right click save as)A Guildwars Podcast.A Guildwars Podcast.

Here is the sixth episode of defenders of ascalon where i talk about pet evolution and make pokemon refrences every 5 seconds :DDownload Here or Subscribe through iTunesA Guildwars Podcast.

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Here is the 2nd episode of Defenders of Ascalon, this show is about Salvage kits, Identification kits and some pre-searing tips.This episode is named : Pre-searing, salvaging and identification kits 'o' my.Also in the ending you will hear me talking this is accidental but it sounds kinda cool also i will be releasing episodes every friday every week.Right click save targetA Guildwars Podcast.