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Hell Rains Down.Book 3 in 18 parts, By FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels. Would you choose ephemeral beauty, or rugged determination? Brief Segway :Senator Susan Collins of Maine, JIKIT's Congressional mentor, at our urging had proposed an amendment to the Taiwan Relations Act Affirmation and Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2014 which would allow 'Turkey' to purchase six 'Oliver Perry class frigates for $10 million each. The same act already proposed four such vessels to be sold to Taiwan for the same amount as well as giving two to Thailand (and two to Mexico) free of charge.Things had immediately bogged down in the 113th US Congress. It was too easy for Democrats in both Houses to take the President's position that any additional weapons into the South China Sea area would further destabilize the region. The pro-PRC lobby was equally opposed to the bill. Under normal conditions, that would have been good enough to send the measure off to the procedural graveyard.Except in the current contrary nature of the US's chief legislative body, this meant Republicans found themselves drawn to the anything the White House opposed. They could claim they found the anti-Communist, anti-Islamic Extremists stance of the Khanate to be attractive to them though none of them felt the need to actually talk to anyone in the Khanate to find out what they were really all about.We were happy with that policy because true congressional oversight was the last thing we needed. They might start asking uncomfortable questions like...'Who gave you the authority to do any of the crap you pulled?'(No one. We lied like big dogs, purloined resources and cloaked ourselves in 'National Security'. Plus we let our elite personnel have a crack at doing what they had so dedicatedly trained to do, wreck things.)'Wasn't that, that, and that an act of war against the People's Republic of China?'('No comment'. If that didn't work, we would try 'they will never find out'.)'Why are 90% of all the names on these documents redacted? We are the freaking Congress! You work for us.'(Work for them? Not to our way of thinking. We earned our paychecks without any slavish devotion to corporate campaign contributions. We were working so that the lives of Americans and Brits abroad would be that much safer, the world more orderly and for the US and UK to have an ally they could really rely on. We couldn't tell them that. They'd throw us in jail. We'd redacted the records because the names were for people that did not officially exist, or existed in a capacity that didn't imply they were elite warriors, spies and assassins.)Besides,('Those are private citizens not in the employ of this group, or any other government agency we are aware of'.)'We don't care if they are private citizens. We want to know.'('You don't want to know' followed by some major gobbledygook with the term 'deniable assets' interspersed relatively often.)'What do you mean ~ you don't want to know? We asked you a question.'(We meant you people leak information like a sieve and the people we are protecting aren't going to be afraid of getting revealed. They are going to murder people to ensure they are not ~ basically you don't know what is going on and we don't want to tell you, for both our safety's sake.)So,('Trust us. There are factors we are taking into account that you are unaware of because you don't know what's going on'.)'Of course we don't know what's going on. That's why we are asking you.'('You really don't want to know.' We are your highly trained and underpaid experts on this, we aren't raging assholes and we are telling you that bad shit will happen if you force this, thus 'you really don't want to know'.)'What do you mean ~ you really don't want to know?? Yes, we do. We are warning you,'(Okay. Execute Plan B. 'Excuse us for a moment, {create a plausible lie.}'.){Pregnant pause,}Congressman-type: 'It is rather odd that they all had to go into another room to take that phone call.'{Minutes pass}'Go see what is taking them so long.''What do you mean they are all gone? Find them!''What do you mean they seem have left the building? Find them!''Who do I call about this? The FBI, Homeland Security, or the CIA?And finally,'What do you mean they appear to have fled the country? Find them, damn it!'(Hey, I worked with some real shady characters.)Then would come the international manhunts, the flight to avoid prosecution and then resurrecting my life under a different ID in another country which hopefully had a dim view of handing me over to the FBI, or the Navy SEALs.Now back to our regularly scheduled diversion :'It has to do with giving something to the Khanate if you expect them to do anything for you.'Tony: 'You can't appreciate how that is going to look. Besides, that is a political decision, way above your pay-grade.'(Not a good time to remind him that he didn't pay me.)'What precisely do you want us to do? Please be specific.'Tony: 'How is the Khanate going to react to an intervention on the part of the United States?''They will ignore you.'Tony: 'What if the President makes public statement.''What is he going to say?'Tony: 'That the US is dedicated to a peaceful resolution of the unrest in Thailand.''They won't care. They truly believe that actions speak louder than words. If Thailand requested our intervention, or was a client state,'Tony: 'A what?''Client state, a country beholding to the US, or UK for their external security.'Tony: 'I know what client state is. That is 20th Century Imperialist thinking. No one does stuff like that anymore. Besides, the UN is responsible for the external security of its member states, which Thailand is.''The Khanate doesn't see it that way. We won't let them into the UN, so they see no reason to play by the UN's rules. The President can evoke the UN Charter all he wants. Unless he makes UN acceptance dependent on their cooperation, they will see no reason to cooperate.'Tony: 'That's not going to happen.''What part of that won't happen?'Tony: 'The President is not going on international television and endorsing the Khanate as a prospective UN member. What happens if we imply through back channels that the President will support such an action at a later date?''You want us to lie to them? Do you have any idea how badly that will compromise our working relationship with the Khanate?'Tony: 'We will deal with that later. Would they accept such a bargain?''So you are going to lie to them, Mr. Blinken, they will never forgive this act of treachery.'Tony: 'No, you are going to lie to them.'Addison: 'I will resign. I suspect that the rest of the team will quit as well.'Tony: 'What is wrong with your team, Ms. Stuart (Addison)? Can't anyone over there do their damn jobs?''We are doing our damn jobs, Mr. Blinken. We are telling you this is a diplomatically fatal move that will not only reduce this taskforce to uselessness, it will have long term consequences for all future Khanate-American relations.'Tony: 'That is a ridiculous assessment.''That is our experienced assessment. They believe treachery is only forgiven by death. They do believe in loyalty and keeping one's word. In our country, perjury is an unfortunate side effect of the judicial progress. To the Great Khan, it is reason enough to cut your head off.'Tony: 'Fine. I am ordering you to open back-channel talks with the Khanate concerning their admittance to the UN contingent on them taking a reasonable course of action.''Even if we were to do such a moronic thing, the Great Khan will ask Cáel directly to verify this. It is that important to him and his state.'Tony: 'Okay.''Perhaps you could suggest to me what form of coercion I should employ to make Cáel to commit such a blasphemous act?'Tony: 'Tell him to do it. That is what we pay him for.''Mr. Blinken, Mr. Nyilas is an unpaid consultant. At the job he is on sabbatical from, he makes more money than I do. He has an Irish diplomatic passport, been nominated to be the Prince of Albania, Georgia and Armenia, been proclaimed a warrior-prince of Transylvania and is a hero in both Hungary and Romania. He has no brothers, or sisters. His parents are both dead. His only surviving kin are people he is not particularly close to. Since economic and social blackmail are off the table, I am asking you if you are ordering me to use enhanced interrogation techniques to exacting his cooperation in this foolhardy endeavor.'Tony: 'You mean torture him?''I would never go on the record using that word. I don't advise you to use it either.'Tony: 'What kind of people are you?''The kind you engage to take on a mission of this delicate nature. You honestly don't want to know what we've done in the name of our constituent national bodies. You employ us so that you don't have to know. As you said, we 'get it done'. Until now, you have never asked us 'how' we got things done. You wanted the intelligence so we got it for you.'Tony: 'No member of this administration ever asked you to violate US, or International Law.''Which is precisely why the government employs me, so that you can keep your hands clean while mine are steeped in blood. Nothing our team has done will ever blow back on you, so don't worry about that. Why don't we get back to our current dilemma?'(I think until that moment Tony had convinced himself that Addison was another civil servant drone and people like her only existed in the 'black bag' fantasies of conspiracy theorists, hackneyed movie scripts and questionable 'true' spy novels. People like Addison and Lady Fathom weren't standard issue intelligence officers by any stretch of the imagination. They were almost unique in that they did what they did for the very beliefs they had sworn an oath to uphold, to serve their countries.There were no personal vendettas going on. No slush funds were vanishing into Cayman Island accounts. Neither had a God Complex. There was no desire for personal power, career advancement, or fame. I was beginning to think that was why Temujin used them, and me, because we could be counted on to do the right thing when required and only when required. Addison and Fathom had damned themselves forever because someone had to pay the price and get the job done. I imagined they really felt blessed for the opportunity. I worked with maniacs.)Tony: 'Thailand, yes. What if we put troops on the ground in Thailand?''How many?'Tony hummed and hawed so we had to guess.'A Marine Expeditionary Unit? If that is all, they better have an exit plan. Sir, if you want to impress the Khanate with the White House's resolve, you need to start landing troops from the Rapid Deployment Force starting tomorrow. Base aircraft out of Thai air bases. Threaten to ram any Indian Naval vessels that get in your way.'Tony: 'Is that what it would take?'('Yes. It would take the US to growing some balls, damn it!' was not the diplomatic reply though it desperately needed to be said. Hey, I could be a bit of a jingoist when I feel the lives of my loved ones are in danger.)'That is our current assessment of the situation. The Khanate has no reason to take any American threat of force seriously. They won't see anything short of a full-court press as nothing more than posturing for the home audience and what allies we have left.'Tony: 'What does that mean?''It means you are taking the cooperation of Taiwan and Philippines for granted. Our people tell us they see American influence in the region waning and we have been letting the Chinese push them around. Now the Khanate appears and knocks the Chinese back three decades on the World Stage. The Khanate is trying to create a ring of allies around the PRC and a few of them are curious why the US is dragging its heel about such a critical regional issue.'Tony: 'You don't dictate US foreign policy.'(No, we simply enacted foreign policy without your knowledge.)There were probably a large number of Special Forces operators who would be shaking their heads in bewilderment when they found out the US was trying to face down the Khanate over, of all places, Thailand. Hadn't they just busted their humps trying to make the Great Khan see their nations (the US and UK) as potential worthy allies?Working with the Khanate had been 'interesting'. If you asked them for anything, they got it for you, danger and consequences be damned. They'd try anything for the men they considered 'brothers in the struggle'. If you were pinned down by fire from a hillside and asked for fire support, they would napalm the whole damn mountain if that was what it took. The man/woman on the other end of that radio cared for your life, not the human rights of the scumbag shooting at you, or any of the people they might be hiding behind.You also know if they couldn't get it done, it was only because the resources didn't exist. The Khanate Special Forces hadn't acted like co-belligerents, or allies. They treated you like their own kin. They would and had died to make sure some of them got home to their families. If ordered to, they would definitely take the fight to the Khanate. I believed many of them would be asking what had it all been for.'We wouldn't dream of it,' Addison lied.'Good. You have your marching orders. Now get to it,' and Tony hung up on us. Everyone in the room was looking around. What exactly were our marching orders? Had I'd missed that part of our conversation?"Well," Fathom sighed, "there is only one thing we can do." I seriously prayed she would ask me to lie to Temujin."Understood," Mehmet nodded. "Somehow we get the Khanate to launch their offensive into Thailand in three days.""Can they do that?" I blurted out."They do it, or everyone in this room is in a shitload of trouble when they get around to it next week," Addison grinned. "The Khanate high command isn't going to back down just because we ask them to. I wouldn't if I were them.""What happens if they can't make the three day window?" I asked."Then you call up your blood-brother and ask him to fuck over his nation to save us from lengthy prison sentences, or outright assassination," Fathom smirked."If he says 'no'," I looked into her eyes."That's the real tragedy in all this, he won't," she gave me a comforting look. "He isn't going to leave you hanging in the wind. He'll call off his attack dogs because he isn't the kind of man to fuck you over because it is politically expedient. I'm staking all our lives on that. I always have."The Black Lotus? We'd explain to them the ugly reality that neither of us could afford to be painted into a corner over this Thailand issue. We were doing our best, but our political masters were dead set on making a colossal error and we had to follow through with those directives. The Khanate would do everything in their extensive power to support the Black Lotus and if they could invade in three days with some nebulous chance at success, they would go.The Black Lotus, the entire 9 Clans knew JIKIT had no power except what we finagled from the US and the UK. We had borrowed their resources to accomplish what we'd done. The Black Lotus had profited from some of those operations and both the Khanate and JIKIT would owe them big, but we were good for it. That truism was why they worked with us.My personal problem was that I knew the Great Khan would not forgive, or forget this interference by the US. It wasn't in his nature. Worse, the politicians and bureaucrats in Washington would see this as a victory and an expression that the US remained the globe's premier super power. Too few would remember the price of this sense of superiority would be born on the back of Thailand's masses. The revolution would fail after a short, brutal civil war. The tyrant would remain in power and the voice of the Thai people would be stilled.The end result of that late night phone call? We weren't told.What follows is pure conjecture on my part, fueled by intelligence information provided by other JIKIT resources and knowledge about how much the political landscape of Southeast Asia had been transformed by the PCR being driven back to their own coastline, leaving a power vacuum India, Vietnam and the Khanate were eager to fill.The Republic of China/Taiwan --'Aren't you the same people who said only a week ago that sending more weapons into the region would only escalate tensions? And now you want to use our airbases against our latest ally in the region? Do you understand how much internal political turmoil this will cause? Half of us are jumping for joy that someone big and fierce embraces our independence. The other half think it is time to retake China.Yes, we mean the territory currently under the oppressive yoke of the People's Republic of China. Yes, the China the Khanate just kicked the crap out of. The nation that might not be able to protect say, Zhusanjiao. That would be the Pearl River Delta to you Westerners, that huge area on the mainland adjacent to Hong Kong. Hainan is looking pretty ripe for conquest as well. That would be that big island off the coast of, yes, we have indeed suspected you could read a map.At the moment we are expecting the permission of the Khanate to use Woody Island as a forward staging area and logistic base to help us do just that. Take Hainan, yes, that large island currently, and temporarily, under the illegal occupation by those illegitimate bastards in Beijing.What do you mean 'don't declare war on them'? We've been at war with the People's Republic since 1945. No, we are pretty sure we would recall signing a Peace Treaty with them. No, we can't 'get over it' either. Why are you even asking us that? Don't you know our history?Anyway, if we help you, can we expect the same level of cooperation from you as we are getting from the Khanate? In case things go sour, Yes, a shooting war would qualify. See, your people at JIKIT have been helping the Khanate and us, your people, at JIKIT, we are pretty sure it is made up of Americans and British personnel. Why would we think that? Are you serious? Because that's what your governments told us, that's why. Besides, why are you asking us what your people have been doing? Don't they work for you?Speaking of the US government helping us out, what progress is there on the Taiwan Relations Act Affirmation and Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2014 ? We sure could use those vessels. While we are at it, how about sharing some of the technology used in the F-35. We'll build our own, or a model vaguely similar to it. We value your friendship and know you will help us out in a pinch.Right?'The Philippines --'Sigh. If you really think this will help. By the way, aren't your fighters going to need some in-air refueling? What are you going to do if the Khanate engages them over Philippine airspace? What are you going to do if you get into a shooting war with the Khanate? Will you defend us from their ballistic missile threat? We have a long history as your allies, but the Khanate is totally ruthless, and they scare us. Can you hold our hand, say for the next twenty years?'(The Philippines rolls out their Wish List)Maybe you could give us some advanced fighters?We are a poor country and can't afford to buy any before 2018.We are not greedy, 72 F-16s will do and you are upgrading to the F-35 anyway so we know you have some lying around. Could you also help us with the maintenance cost? We are a poor country, but very large.Some of your decommissioned naval vessels would go a long way in showing us some love. One of those Tarawa-class amphibious assault ships would be really nice and you've got the USS Peleliu decommissioned and about to be scrapped. We have hundreds of islands in our Republic so moving stuff around is pretty tough. Can you help us out?If you could toss in the ship's complement of 20 AV-8B Harrier 2 and 12 V-22 Ospreys with a fifteen year maintenance package that would be even better!We are a poor country. We could never afford to buy any of that stuff.Maybe a frigate, or three? You have a dozen Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates sitting around. We can finally retire some of our World War 2 relics and make one our new flagship.We know you aren't going to give us one of those powerful nuclear submarines, but maybe you could secure a few loans so we could buy some of those nifty German-made, diesel-powered Type 214's. We hear they are pretty cool, very silent and practically a steal at $330 million per boat! We love you guys! And, we are poor.Oh, and some helicopters!We were going to refurbish some Vietnam-era Iroquois, but since your Marine Corp is retiring the far superior Bell AH-1 SuperCobra, can we have a dozen of those instead?We were going to fix up some of our aging Sikorsky S-76s as air ambulances. Getting new ones would be far superior, don't you think?You also have those cool Blackhawks. You have so many. Could you spare us, say twenty? You're the best!And some guns. And artillery. And some APC's.Did we mention we are a poor country going through an expensive force modernization program?Got any amphibious vehicles lying around? We could use a few of more of those small unit riverine craft (SURC)'s we bought from you recently. They are excellent counter-insurgency tools. You want us doing well fighting the War on Terror, don't you?Did we mention that we are a poor country? And we love you guys!The Federation of Malaysia --We like this idea. Give us say a week to ten days and we can jump right in.You want to go in four days? With what precisely? Compared to the force projections you have been providing us, Who? JIKIT, of course. Who else would you send us to when we requested intelligence on Khanate activities from you? Did we believe them? Why wouldn't we? They are your people,When do you think Thailand will let us intervene? We've asked the Prime Minister if he needs our assistance and he politely declined. Apparently he thinks he's got things well in hand. He does retain command of over 200,000 troops and the opposition is much smaller. I hope you have better luck than we did in convincing him he's in serious trouble.Also, what do you plan to do about the Indian Navy's South China Sea taskforce? It is pretty big, not something we can tackle on our own.Yes, we kind of need to know what you are doing before we decide what we are doing. You do realize that the Gulf of Thailand is currently under the complete domination of the Indian/Khanate/Vietnamese Axis, right?48 combat aircraft? What gave you that idea? The Vietnamese have been refurbishing their Mig-21's like crazy, using Khanate stockpiles, plus there are nearly a 150 Su-22's. Sure, they are both older than manned flights to the Moon, but they can drop bombs, fire rockets and launch ground attack missiles with the best of them. They are still jet aircraft.Worried? You are aware that those antiquated pieces of crap can bomb the northern part of my country, aren't you? So 'yes', we are worried about those 300 flying deathtraps being more than a 'manageable' nuisance.What about our air force? I imagine it will be doing what we trained it to do, defend Federation air space because I doubt those relics will be coming at us unescorted. We can already tell you that the Mig-29's and Su-30's the Khanate and Vietnamese will be flying are excellent aircraft. We fly them too, just not as many.Of course you can base your F-22's out of Sultan Ismail Petra Airport as long as you supply the logistical support. How many? A lot? Could you please be more specific? Two squadrons? My, that's going to get pretty dicey. I believe you when you say the F-22 is a highly advanced stealthy fighter. I also believe that they are a lot less stealthy when they are sitting on the ground re-arming and refueling.Do we think they will really threaten us? They are threatening us, over our Spratly Island claims, are you sure you know what you are getting into? By the way, when this blows over, do you think you can pressure the Khanate into giving us their Spratly island airbase? It is rapidly approaching completion and is over 3000 meters long.How did they do that? They are dredging the ocean floor, it is a man-made island. Didn't your government protest the environmental damage they were causing?No, not the Khanate, the Chinese.Yes, the Khanate currently controls it. They stole it from the PRC hours before the ceasefire. So, can we have it?Yes, we know it belonged to the People's Republic, but it doesn't anymore. Besides, we both opposed it when the Chinese were dredging it up the island from the sea floor, so giving it to us isn't all that egregious, or unexpected, action. It would also go a long way in supporting our just and worthy claims to the Spratly Islands. We really don't want those greedy Chinese, yes, both the People's Republic and the 'Republic of', or, those incompetent Filipinos to steal them from us.Both of us knocking the Vietnamese back on their heels will be going a long way to getting those Communist knuckle draggers to back off as well. Hey, if they do get antsy, can we also take the Vietnamese base in the Spratly's? It isn't as big as the one the Khanate stole, but it is finished, and closer to us. We are sure that if we help you out, you will do the right thing when the time comes. Right?The President of the United States --'They want what? Have they lost their fucking minds?The Philippines is talking about a billion dollar aid package and guaranteed loans we doubt they can ever repay. We only want to use their air bases for a month, maybe two, not deflower their teenage daughters. It isn't as if we are really going to go to war with the Khanate over Thailand. Besides, the last time we 'got involved' like that, George Bush ran up a trillion dollar deficit, and his party was thrown out of office. Doesn't anyone care we are facing a difficult mid-term election in November?So, the Taiwanese think this is the appropriate moment to invade mainland China? And they want our help? Do they know how expensive that can get? Do they understand how much that will unbalance the already shake state of Asian affairs? It is another land war in Asia for the love of God!'And, the Malaysians are going to help us, but not actually help us and they want tens of billions square miles of ocean for the measly concessions they are making? What do they expect us to do with all the Filipinos, Chinese and Vietnamese who already live there?What do you mean none of those islands are actually inhabited? They are just military bases, some of them nothing more than rusting iron hulks on submerged reefs? OH, God damn it! Why don't we take the God damn Spratly Islands for ourselves if they are that fucking important? We have a Marine Corp. Aren't they good at taking islands? I read about it somewhere.No, I'm not changing the damn mission. I'm venting because the world seems to be inhabited with greedy assholes who can't appreciate peaceful discourse without trying to lift my wallet.Okay, okay, I've got this. We are going to form a new international commission to resolve this Spratly Island's nightmare. Have the French chair it. They love that kind of stuff. Makes sure the Germans are on the commission too. They need to look less like money-grubbing douchebags after that fiasco over the Greek economic collapse. Then invite Russia, India and Pakistan. That will pretty much guarantee nothing gets accomplished.That will allow us to keep our promises to those three leeches without having to deliver anything and, when it fails, it won't be seen as my fault. (Groan) What we really need is new videos of Khanate soldiers bayoneting babies, another ISIS atrocity, or more indisputable evidence the Russian Army's involvement in the Ukraine. The Great Khan really screwed us over Tibet (you know, by allowing them to become a free and democratic society), Putin is an evil cuck (who most likely laughs at me behind my back) and another round of Islamophobia-bashing to remind everyone how this is all Bush's fault.No wonder George spent so much time at Crawford Ranch. Navigating international relations is totally thankless and no matter how rosy we paint the latest economic numbers, someone still finds a way to make me look bad. Oh well, if this blows up in my face, I only have two more years in this shooting gallery. Maybe then I might change my mind and decided I really was born in Kenya, or Indonesia. I really wish Hawaii was an independent country. I'd like to retire there if there weren't so many of those damn contentious Americans.The US President wanted to run this operation on a shoestring, not engage in 'nation-building', much less backing an invasion of anybody. In fact, he was trying to stop an invasion.The Philippines was a poor country. So what? It wasn't his fault. He had poor people in the US too and they cast votes.Taiwan suddenly thought it could take on China? They were insane. Of course he would be ignoring a major stated political goal of the ROC for the past 65 years ~ reunification on their terms. Any high-level technological transfer wasn't going to happen because if the Republic ran off the reservation, the President would bloody well be sure no one could trace that decision back to anything he'd done.At least Malaysia was on board, sorta/kinda. They wouldn't actually be able to help until day ten, or fourteen and, unlike the Republic of China, they had a small air force that might not be able to protect forwardly deployed troops. If he ended getting of those National Guard yahoos killed his party would be murdered in November.For a split second, he wondered if he should attempt to make a personal call to the Great Khan, potentate to potentate, except he had this sinking feeling that a winning smile and a handshake would be worse than useless. The man would look him straight in his eyes and start making demands. He would demand action and when the Leader of the Free World prevaricated, he knew the Khanate would call his bluff.And they would fight. The alternative was a grand spectacle of public humiliation and that he could not accept. The US military machine would fight and they would win. They would win because he needed them to win, fast and clean and home for Christmas. Maybe he would authorize the mobilization of those California airmen. Just in case.In the end, Secretary Kerry gave POTUS what he asked for.The Philippines would let them use their country's bases for logistics and strategic assets (aka bombers).The ROC would extend their air umbrella out 200 km to the east, south and west, acting like a shield between the Khanate and US Pacific assets moving through the tight Formosan Straits.Malaysia gave them an airbase from which they could strike into Thailand, or Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. The US Air Force would have the opportunity to be lethally effective.Had they known the sum total of the US commitment, they would have been appalled. The Khanate did not fuck around.One Carrier Strike Group,Forty (maybe sixty) Air Force fighters,Lumbering B-52's flying half way around the globe,Hadn't they been watching the dogfights over China for the past month? Maybe they would like to dive down and examine the wreckage of the PLAN carrier Liaoning and see just how it met its grisly fate?Apparently not.(I live, love and have loved)"What are you doing here?" she got the preliminary nonsense out of the way. With the way she was dressed, I was an expected visitor. She was expecting some make-up sex. I was thinking 'paying for my past mistakes' sex because I was already seeing way too many women who required me to do things outside the bedroom, non-sexual things. I had my dress jacket swung over my shoulder. It would only get in the way later."I brought you motorcycle over. You left it parked by my place," I kept any appearance of lust, or glee off my face."It is one o'clock in the morning," she glowered."I was called into work. I'm on call 24/7.""Let me guess, you can't talk about it.""You wouldn't believe me if I did, so suffice it to say I was doing things I didn't want to do instead of coming over here, waking you up from a sound sleep.""I wasn't asleep. I was angry," I pointed out."I apologize. Maybe I should have waited until morning." She didn't think I should have waited as long as I had. Keeping her waiting until morning would have left her volcanic."I wasn't asleep.""Your bike is in the parking lot across the street," I handed her the lot ticket."How did you find it?""There are only two places in my neighborhood that allows parking and the second one is poorly lit," I replied."And the attendant let you steal it?" she frowned."He knows me. I do a ton of business with him and it wasn't as if I was dressed like your average carjacker.""How did you start it?""Chaz showed me how to spoof the lock. He's got this spiffy lock-pick set on him.""That he carries with him for such contingencies?""Hey, he's the spycraft professional. I'm the amateur who tags along because karma is a bitch," I grinned."Did you ruin the ignition?""No. He's got this skeleton key thingy. I need to get me one of those," I added. See, I was drifting down the path to becoming a hardened criminal and she had to save me. Girls love saving bad boys from themselves. There is an entire literary genre devoted to the topic."Get in here," Anais barked. She emphasized that command by grabbing my tie and dragging me into her room. Now I could ogle her in her bra, panties and dress shirt left open. As I said moments ago, she was expecting me. Anais had thick, light-brown, just-past-the-shoulders hair with blonde highlights. Her dusky skin tone suggested some ancestral link to the South of France while her deep green eyes suggested Celtic ties.She was definitely someone I would describe as possessing an hourglass figure. She worked out just enough to stay fit, practiced judo (in and outside of the bedroom) and ate right. Her ass was the correct mix of firm and fleshy, her breasts were pleasant without too much bounce and she sported broad, but short, nipples that liked to get bitten.With her bare foot, she kicked the door shut, spun me around by my tie until I slammed, back first, into the wall in the short hallway that led to her bedroom."I repeat, what are you doing here?""I never actually apologized for how things ended up," I sodomized the truth. "Anais, I am truly sorry for how badly I fucked up our affair. I acted without a thought for the possible consequences, or thinking about how betrayed you would feel. Can you accept my apology?""You came here to have sex," she declared. She stepped up tightly against my body, her eyes boring into mine. I had around six inches on her so she had to tilt up her chin to do so."That too," I shrugged."I ought to throw you out the window," she growled. We were on the seventh floor. The window didn't open and the safety glass looked alright."I'll go then," I nodded. Now to make her beg for/demand sex."You are not going anywhere," she snarled. Then she kissed me, a tongue-grapple ensued and she finished things by biting my lower lip so much I tasted blood afterwards. I dropped my jacket. I was about to need both my hands."I think us having sex would be a mistake," I pushed her buttons. I wasn't some wimp acquiescing to her demands. I was a free-willed being; a strong man who needed to be wrestled down and forced to perform.She pulled me down into a second kiss. This was an 'I will leave you incapable of thinking about anything but me' kiss. Yes, I had names for kisses too. They were similar to naming the ingredients of a choice meal. I propelled her back until we slammed into the opposite wall. Anais was a tough chick and a bit of banging around was par for the course.I cupped each ass cheek and pulled her up. She responded by wrapping her legs around my hips. We were still kissing. Anais slipped her hands along my sides before linking them up at the small of my back. She pulled me hard against her while she ground her crotch against mine."Clothes," she rumbled from deep within. As in 'why was I still dressed?'"Been a while," I taunted her. Since she was glommed on to me, I used my freed up hands to rip off my tie."Yes. I bet it hasn't 'been a while' for you," she sizzled."Long as in 5:30 this morning," I teased back. At this point in the foreplay that revelation was akin to throwing gasoline on a fire. I was being an unrepentant dog and she was taking me to confessional, between her thighs."Bastard," she condemned me as well as the entire male side of the species."It doesn't mean I haven't missed you, this, us," I riposted. She retaliated by turning her humping motion into to more of a grind. Bad kitty. Bad kitty wanted to be spanked. Woot!"You are never going to change," she dug her fingernails into my flesh. I yanked my shirt off."If I hadn't changed, you wouldn't be here," I reminded her while nipping at her nose and lips."You are still an egocentric bastard," she growled."Hey, I always took care of your needs," I countered. I had. She knew I had and since she currently wanted me to take her to that higher erotic plane, she wasn't going to contest that fact. Instead, she began working her shirt off and in doing so, squishing her boobs against my chest.Holding her tight, my left hand under her right buttock and my right hand on her mid-back, pressing her torso into mine. We dance through two slow circles before crashing, side by side, on the bed. Anais rolled us over so that she was on top. I didn't let her get in a totally dominant pose, oh no. I had a kitty to take care off. I grabbed her firm ass and propelled her up until I was face first with her gusset.I might not remember to check my bank balance, or the atomic number of Technetium (I once had a girlfriend who would rate my performance on the periodic table in the midst of our fucking, I never made it higher than Copernicium before she passed out), but I can recall the precise taste, texture and topography of every cunt I've had face to face contact with. I knew right where to tongue-fuck Anais to twist her up inside.Control-orgasm, control-orgasm, Anais was pig-headed and wanted to keep dictating our reunion. She also wanted to return to the level of sexual bliss we had shared so often before. Her compromise was to hump my face; really grind it in. Black silk underwear is an excellent medium for transferring force and wetness between partners.She rubbed her love-nub against my upper lip/teeth while I did tongue-ups into her cunt. She was wetter than Bangladesh in the rainy season. That was an indicator of some serious masturbatory sessions stopping just short of orgasm before I arrived. I had some aching sensations to play with and I wasn't cruel. I maneuvered a hand between her thighs, underneath the band of her underwear and exposed her vaginal opening to my fingers and tongue while keeping that silky feel for her clitoris."Rurr," she began growling from the depths of her diaphragm. That was how she always was, thundering like a female grizzly bear in heat. It was an expression with deep subharmonic components that caused the heart to flutter and her flesh to shimmer with the vibrations mixed with her bodily sweat."Come on, Baby," I urged her on.That pissed her off. She was trying to hold off her orgasm for a few more seconds. My 'baby' crack shifted her resolve into anger allowing her climax to overwhelm her."Rah," she howled. It didn't sound like a female coming to fruition. It was more akin to the sound European soccer hooligans made when their team scored a goal. The muscles in Anais' thighs were strumming along like the cords of a piano, her belly was undulating in and out, and her head had rolled back so that she was screaming to the ceiling.The countdown was on. The people next door/across the hall/above or below us would be waking up, think that someone had unleashed a wild animal in the hotel, figure out they were not immediately on the menu, then call the front desk, stating their fears as justifiable fact. Anais and I had been down that road before.I gave Anais' flank a light smack to get her attention. Sure she looked back at me with simmering anger, yet she also knew the score. That had been round #1 in a nightlong bout of sexual conquest, rebellion and re-conquest. She drew her knees to her chest so she could pull off her damp panties in one swift motion. I worked off my shoes, pants, socks and underwear. While she soaked up my naked flesh (muscles, scars and all), she retrieved the phone from the side table and placed it beside her. She wouldn't want to break up our rhythm when the phone rang.No romantic small talk interrupted our shared lust. She wanted that cock and I wanted to give it to her. I moved between her inviting thighs while she examined me, her upper body uplifted by her arms resting on her elbows. Bite-kissing-biting resumed. I slowly pushed her head to the bed with the force of my kisses and strength of my upper body pushing down on her. Somewhere along the way, I slipped into her.Condom? Crap. I was slipping. I would have to pull out, because stopping to put a condom on would earn me some serious ferocity on her part. I plunged in. Anais placed her hands on my hips, claws beneath my kidneys, guiding my pace and power. I may have been on top, but she wasn't giving up on one ounce of control."Damn you," she hissed."Yes?" I leered."Fuck you.""I'm working on it. Is there anything," I teased."Bastard," she looked away, "You remember how I like it.""Whatever made you think I would forget?" I kept at it."Don't look so smug.""I'm working on it," I looked smug. Anais dug her fingernails in. I had to be punished, just ask her."When do you have to go back to work?" she huffed."Six a.m. When do you have to go back?""I have two days off.""Good to know," I stole a kiss from her lips painlessly. Good to know.(Painful dreams)I edged back into consciousness realizing that I was not alone. The muffled sense of my surroundings informed me that I wasn't really awake. She sat on my side of the bed, feet on the floor, side to me."Good evening, Dot," I yawned."Good morning, Cáel," the Goddess Ishara let her melodic voice float over me."Hold on," I interrupted her. I weaved as I leaned over, pawed at my pants (still trapped in the real world) and finally drew forth my offering."A fortune cookie," she chuckled. "I admire your dedication.""It is a simple enough request and I aim to please." I hesitated. "We don't have much time, do we?""You are dreaming, not concussed, so we will be alright if we tread carefully," she told me. "This time, I have no cryptic warnings, or specious pieces of information. I am giving you a gift. Take my hand."I did, not that I had much choice. We 'went', where to, I wasn't sure yet I suspected we were skirting the Weave itself where concepts like Time and Distance had little meaning.The Goddess released my hand and I stepped out of the fog brought about by the abrupt nature of our progress to see a woman sitting beside a pool, no, a sunken bath. She looked up at our approach. Oh shit, it was,"Cáel? You are Cáel, aren't you," she smiled. She stared at me with her blind eyes while waiting for my response with deaf ears."Yes, Tad fi, I'm Cáel. How did you know?""I bear our shared life inside me," she graced me with her serene presence."Ah, I was warned," I stopped myself. I was going to add 'this might happen'. That would be unfair as she appeared pleased with this alteration of her life path. "I was warned by the Goddess that she had something to show me. How are you feeling? Is there anything I can do for you?"She put her hand over her lower abdomen and rubbed the spot with her palm."Seeing you and giving you the news in person is enough," she glowed with happiness."Have you picked out a name yet?" seemed weak."I will leave that up to you.""Oh, come on," I relaxed slightly. "This is something we are doing together.""No, it is not, kind Cáel.""Just because she will most likely end up an Isharan doesn't,""No, Cáel. This birth will cost me my life. I am not destined to ever see my daughter draw her first breath," she confided in me."No!" I recoiled. "That's unfair." What else could I say? 'I take it back. I shouldn't have listened to my Goddess and screwed you out of what little life you had left.'"I am content with my fate, Cáel Nyilas Wakko Ishara. Our daughter will be the first female of the Isharan line in nearly 1600 years. Rejoice that we have been confronted by Destiny and triumphed. The light of the Peacemakers will shine once more among our sisters.""It is not worth the cost of your life," I responded bitterly. This was colossally unfair to all three of us."That you grieve for the short time I have left gives me strength, knowing our daughter will grow up with a strong, caring father. I,"I could sense Ishara close by my side."You must go, my Cáel. We will next see each other in the Halls of our Ancestors. Take our daughter and raise her well. I have faith in you," she sighed pleasantly, as if I had sheltered her from the rainstorm with my umbrella."We must go," Ishara whispered in my ear and then we left. I was back in the hotel room, looking down at the tears on my sleeping face and it hurt so much."You gave me that command knowing what it would cost her," I sounded so hollow, chin on my chest, eyes closed instead of looking at my feet."We are not an easy people to love, Cáel. We are harsh. Endless centuries of suffering, pain and mistrust have made us this way. Please understand that what you see as one life passing is really one life coming into being. It is a life Fate would have denied the line of Ishara. I took you to meet Tad fi because I wanted you to greet your daughter with understanding, not sorrow. I owed you.""Steal my anger why don't you?" I chuckled bitterly. "Can I even blame myself for this tragedy? It isn't like you made me do anything. I did it because I wanted to and never gave much thought to the frail health Tad fi was hanging on to. This is so wrong and I don't know what to do.""Wake up. Keep living. If this news turns your heart, or fills your mind with doubt, then both of us have failed you. Tad fi didn't have to tell you. I didn't have to bring you to her. I believed you were owed the chance to say good-bye.""I didn't say that," I exhaled sadly."You openly grieved and let her comfort you. That is more of a 'goodbye' than most people are able to convey. She knows your heart. You were honest in your sorrow. She saw that and that eased her suffering knowing that you are a person who is free with their heart. For a woman who expected nothing but wickedness from men for so long, that was the ultimate gift. You did help her. You truly did.""I," I woke up. Anais was looking down at me, concerned."You've been crying," she noted by touching my cheek with a finger then showing me the dampness."Do you believe a person's soul can fracture?" I murmured. That sort of talk was unlike the 'me' she once knew."Do you believe that another can help you put your soul back together if that happens?" I continued."You are not talking about us, are you?" she studied me."No. I'm thinking about being a parent, not just a father. Can I fuck that up as much as I've screwed up so many of the other women I've cared for, am I going to be worthy of being a Dad?""Oh, I don't know. You are not the man I knew two years ago. I think you have changed for the better. You are still far from perfect yet, you seem to be trying so much harder than previously.""You think I'm going to screw things up, don't you?""Yes. Yes, I do, but I also think you will only make the same mistake once. That is better than most men can hope for," she let her gaze soften."This is us breaking up,""Yes. I think if I stayed, you would break my heart; and I am starting to believe neither one of us wants that," she nodded. "One more time?""I'd love to," I smiled at her. I still hurt. I was using sex to bandage my pain. Anais knew that and was giving me this unlooked for piece of kindness. It was the best break up I'd ever had, or could ever hope for.{5:45 am, Saturday, August 30th ~ 9 Days to go}"You look like someone strangled your kitten," Pamela told me as I exited Anais' hotel room. She was leaning against the wall across the hall. I had the feeling she had been there a while. Of course I hadn't been allowed to wander off alone; most likely, Chaz had kept an eye on me until Pamela relieved him."I, I got Tadifi killed," I unloaded on her.Pamela immediately dropped her casual fa

Découvrez les conseils de lecture de Clémentine Beauvais, spécialiste de la littérature jeunesse, que vous entendez dans l'épisode « Comment apprendre le plaisir de lire aux enfants ». Les ouvrages cités par Clémentine Beauvais : Le prince de Motordu de Pef (Gallimard jeunesse) Je t'attends de Corinne Dreyfus (Éditions Thierry Magnier)La vérité sur l'affaire des 3 petits cochons de Jon Scieska et Lane Smith (Nathan)Ne laissez pas le pigeon conduire le bus ! de Mo Willems (L'école des loisirs) Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

J'ai bien préparé ma chronique d'actu. C'est de l'actu toute chaude, je l'ai écrite hier ! Sauf qu'hier... j'étais à Beauvais. Donc vous aurez de l'actu de Beauvais !

J'ai bien préparé ma chronique d'actu. C'est de l'actu toute chaude, je l'ai écrite hier ! Sauf qu'hier... j'étais à Beauvais. Donc vous aurez de l'actu de Beauvais !

Tout un Art ! est une série inédite à l'occasion de la Journée mondiale de la Baleine, le 19 février.Tout le monde sait ce qu'est une baleine aujourd'hui, même sans jamais en avoir vue. Nous sommes abreuvés d'informations. Mais au Moyen-Âge alors, sans ce flot quotidien d'infos à notre disposition, comment imagine-t-on la baleine ?Eh bien, c'est pas joli, joli. Il faut dire que lui colle à la peau l'image de croqueuse d'hommes depuis l'épisode biblique de Jonas. Ses dents seraient nombreuses et acérées, ses "écailles" auraient la couleur du sable, pour mieux tromper les marins qui la prendraient pour une île. Sa perfidie serait sans limite : de sa bouche s'échapperait un doux parfum qui attirerait les poissons. Pire, on la compare souvent au Léviathan, ce monstre biblique qui dévore les âmes, et serait quant à lui inspiré du crocodile du Nil.Mais une question taraude les hommes du Moyen-Âge : comment un animal aussi énorme fait-il pour s'accoupler ? Chacun y va de son hypothèse la plus farfelue : pour certains une moule mènerait même la semence du mâle vers la femelle!Mais au-delà de la peur et de la fascination, l'intérêt pour la baleine que l'on chasse dès le Moyen-Âge est bien réel. Au 13e siècle Vincent de Beauvais nous décrit une technique très élaborée quoique quelque peu… fantaisiste. Les marins s'approchent du cétacé en jouant de la musique avec tambours et cymbales. Et là encore, c'est un magnifique pressentiment de ce que l'on ne découvrira qu'au 20e siècle : les baleines communiquent par le chant !Mais que recherche-t-on dans la baleine ? Comme dans le cochon, tout est bon !  Sa chair, sa graisse, ses os que l'on sculpte et même… sa langue qui constitue un mets de choix !Mais ce qui a le plus de prix dans la baleine, plus exactement chez le cachalots, accrochez-vous, c'est son caca ! Plus poétiquement nommé “ambre gris” (rien à voir avec l'ambre jaune, la résine fossile de certaines arbres). Il faut dire qu'encore aujourd'hui il se vend 40 000 euros le kilo. D'où son surnom d'“or flottant”. S'il ne sent pas très bon, il a la capacité de fixer les parfums et est donc très convoité des parfumeurs.Au Moyen-Âge, on en connaissait l'usage mais pas l'origine. On pensait que c'était… du sperme de baleine ! La faute sans doute à un mauvais copiste qui a transformé spuma maris  “l'écume de mer” en sperma maris, “le sperme de mer”. D'où l'intérêt d'être bien concentré quand on copie !______La série "Tout un Art !" 12x10') raconte le Vivant dans la (pop) culture, l'Art et l'Histoire, au-delà des aspects biologiques et comportementaux. Et aussi de connecter deux mondes qui se nourrissent l'un l'autre. _______Cette émission a été conçue par deux grands curieux. Sylvia Roustant est professeure, agrégée de lettres et créatrice du site Le secret derrière le tableau.Marc Mortelmans est créateur de podcasts, conférencier et auteur de Nomen, l'origine des noms des espèces (Ulmer 2024). contact@baleinesousgravillon.com.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Vous souvenez-vous de votre livre préféré quand vous étiez enfant ? L'illustration de la couverture ou la texture du titre quand vous passiez votre doigt dessus ? Est-ce qu'en y repensant, l'émotion est toujours aussi vive ? Et est-ce que depuis, la lecture vous accompagne toujours ?Dans cet épisode, Marine Revol fait entendre les souvenirs de lecture d'enfance d'Anna Buy et Charlotte Pudlowski, et de Christopher Laquieze, booktoker. Pour comprendre ce que ça veut dire vraiment “lire”, elle s'entretient avec Clémentine Beauvais, enseignante-chercheuse en sciences de l'éducation à l'Université de York, qui a publié le manifeste Comment jouir de la lecture ? aux éditions de la Martinière et autrice jeunesse aux éditions Sarbacane. D'où vient le plaisir qu'on prend en lisant ? Est-ce qu'il peut s'apprendre ?Faites des gosses est une production Louie Media, présentée par Marine Revol. Elle a écrit et tourné cet épisode. Il a été monté par Malou Ollivier et réalisé par Anna Buy. La musique est de Jean Thévenin. La prise de son et le mix sont du studio La Fugitive. Elsa Berthault est en charge de la production. Si cet épisode vous a plu, on vous conseille d'écouter l'épisode “Ce soir T'choupi, demain le Nobel” sur l'importance des histoires pour les enfants, ou notre double épisode sur l'apprentissage de la lecture : “Faut-il apprendre à lire à ses enfants dès la maternelle ?” et “Comment aider son enfant à entrer dans la lecture ?”Envoyez-nous vos questions, vos remarques et vos notes vocales à hello@louiemedia.comPour avoir des news de Louie, des recos podcasts et culturelles, abonnez-vous à notre newsletter en cliquant ici. Et suivez Louie Media sur Instagram, Facebook, Twitter.Vous souhaitez soutenir la création et la diffusion des projets de Louie Media ? Vous pouvez le faire via le Club Louie. Chaque participation est précieuse. Nous vous proposons un soutien sans engagement, annulable à tout moment, soit en une seule fois, soit de manière régulière. Au nom de toute l'équipe de Louie : MERCI ! Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Nous sommes aux environs de 1330. Jean de Vignay, originaire de Normandie, s'attaque à la traduction d'un ouvrage colossal écrit en latin, moins d'un siècle plus tôt, par le frère dominicain Vincent de Beauvais : le « Speculum historiale ». Une compilation des savoirs ayant l'ambition de retracer l'histoire de l'humanité depuis la création. Dans son prologue, Beauvais explique avoir eu l'idée « de réunir en un seul volume, condensé et ordonné, selon un agencement de mon invention, écrit-il, des extraits choisis parmi tout ce que j'ai pu lire… » « Je traite, ajoute-t-il plus loin, selon l'ordre de la sainte Écriture, en premier lieu du Créateur, puis des créatures, de la chute et de la restauration de l'homme, ensuite des faits et des gestes historiques selon la chronologie ». Le dominicain a pris soin d'ouvrir chaque partie par un sommaire, afin, explique-t-il, que « le lecteur ne perde pas son temps à tourner les pages à l'aveuglette ». La traduction de Jean Vignay, en français moyen, s'intitule « Le Miroir historial ». Aujourd'hui, elle fait l'objet d'une nouvelle édition qui va nous permettre de nous interroger sur la conception de l'Histoire au Moyen Âge. Mais aussi sur les principes de la compilation des sources, sur l'essor de la traduction, l'évolution de la langue, sur le rôle des correcteurs et sur ce titre énigmatique « Miroir historial »… Avec nous : Mattia Cavagna, philologue médiéviste, professeur de langue et littérature française médiévale à l'Université catholique de Louvain. Responsable de la nouvelle édition du « Miroir historial », par Jean de Vignay chez Paillart éditeur Sujets traités : Jean de Vignay, Moyen-Age, miroir, Historial, Speculum, traduction, Merci pour votre écoute Un Jour dans l'Histoire, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 13h15 à 14h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes d'Un Jour dans l'Histoire sur notre plateforme Auvio.be :https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/5936 Intéressés par l'histoire ? Vous pourriez également aimer nos autres podcasts : L'Histoire Continue: https://audmns.com/kSbpELwL'heure H : https://audmns.com/YagLLiKEt sa version à écouter en famille : La Mini Heure H https://audmns.com/YagLLiKAinsi que nos séries historiques :Chili, le Pays de mes Histoires : https://audmns.com/XHbnevhD-Day : https://audmns.com/JWRdPYIJoséphine Baker : https://audmns.com/wCfhoEwLa folle histoire de l'aviation : https://audmns.com/xAWjyWCLes Jeux Olympiques, l'étonnant miroir de notre Histoire : https://audmns.com/ZEIihzZMarguerite, la Voix d'une Résistante : https://audmns.com/zFDehnENapoléon, le crépuscule de l'Aigle : https://audmns.com/DcdnIUnUn Jour dans le Sport : https://audmns.com/xXlkHMHSous le sable des Pyramides : https://audmns.com/rXfVppvN'oubliez pas de vous y abonner pour ne rien manquer.Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

Ancien vicaire général du diocèse de Beauvais, le Père Emmanuel Gosset a récemment publié un livre sur la joie d'être missionnaire, paru aux Éditions Première Partie. Sur le plateau d'Un coeur qui écoute, il raconte sa naissance dans une famille pratiquante, sa découverte du haschisch et la façon dont Dieu l'a rattrapé par le col. Il narre aussi sa rencontre avec Dieu, ses études d'ingénieur et son appel à la prêtrise. Un témoignage qui invite chacun à sortir pour aller à la rencontre de ceux qui ne connaissent pas Dieu et leur annoncer le Christ !

Vendredi 24 janvier, au studio 104 de la Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, le duo Terrenoire jouera les chansons de son deuxième album, "protégé.e". Pour ce concert exceptionnel, dans le cadre de la 4ème édition de l'Hyper Weekend Festival, Théo et Raphaël, les frères Herrerias, ont choisi d'être accompagnés par des musiciens de l'Orchestre du Nouveau Monde. Une soirée qui a lieu le jour même de la sortie de cet album. Aujourd'hui, Place des Fêtes, vous fait entrer dans les coulisses de la préparation de ce concert et de la fabrication de cet album avec Théo, Raphaël ainsi qu'Étienne Jarrier, qui dirige les musiciens de l'Orchestre du Nouveau Monde. Terrenoire reprend la route Pully en Suisse le 21 mars, Tourcoing et Beauvais en avril. À l'automne : Metz, Nancy, Reims, Lyon, Grenoble, Saint-Étienne, Toulouse, Nîmes… Paris, le Trianon, le 22 octobre et demain. Merci infiniment à Florian Leroy et Patricia Teglia, à Angèle Chatelier et Rémi Pierre de Tsugi Radio. "protégé.e", le deuxième album de Terrenoire est disponible et c'est un disque magistral et essentiel comme il n'en sort pas souvent.

Stéphane Bern raconte Yvonne-Aimée Beauvais, une religieuse qui, dans le Paris occupé, a fondé une pension pour les Augustines de passage qui venait, en réalité, en aide à tous ceux que l'occupant nazi opprimait, et qui en payait le prix, alors que beaucoup restent sceptiques sur son côté mystique… Quelle a été son action au sein de la Résistance ? Quels faits extraordinaires aurait-elle vécu ? Yvonne-Aimée Beauvais était-elle une affabulatrice ? Pour en parler, Stéphane Bern reçoit Jean de Saint-Chéron, écrivain, auteur de "Malestroit, vie et mort d'une résistante mystique" (Grasset). Au Coeur de l'Histoire est réalisée par Pierre Cazalot. Rédaction en chef : Benjamin Delsol. Auteure du récit : Sandrine Brugot. Journaliste : Armelle Thiberge.

Stéphane Bern raconte Yvonne-Aimée Beauvais, une religieuse qui, dans le Paris occupé, a fondé une pension pour les Augustines de passage qui venait, en réalité, en aide à tous ceux que l'occupant nazi opprimait, et qui en payait le prix, alors que beaucoup restent sceptiques sur son côté mystique… Quelle a été son action au sein de la Résistance ? Quels faits extraordinaires aurait-elle vécu ? Yvonne-Aimée Beauvais était-elle une affabulatrice ? Pour en parler, Stéphane Bern reçoit Jean de Saint-Chéron, écrivain, auteur de "Malestroit, vie et mort d'une résistante mystique" (Grasset). Au Coeur de l'Histoire est réalisée par Pierre Cazalot. Rédaction en chef : Benjamin Delsol. Auteure du récit : Sandrine Brugot. Journaliste : Armelle Thiberge.

Pour débuter l'émission de ce vendredi 27 décembre 2024 , les GG : Fatima Aït-Bounoua, prof de français, Antoine Diers, consultant, et Bruno Poncet, cheminot, débattent du sujet du jour : Beauvais, 10 salles de classe vandalisées

Aujourd'hui, dans la première heure des Grandes Gueules, les GG sont revenues sur : Beauvais, 10 salles de classe vandalisées ; Darmanin veut nettoyer les prisons ! Avant d'échanger leur point de vue dans le "On s'en fout, on s'en fout pas".

Aujourd'hui dans "Punchline", Nelly Daynac et ses invités débattent du saccage de l'école de Beauvais.

Aujourd'hui dans "Punchline", Nelly Daynac et ses invités débattent du saccage de l'école de Beauvais.

Chaque dimanche, William Leymergie vous fait découvrir de nouveaux lieux partout en France.

Voici un extrait de l'épisode enregistré avec Clémentine Beauvais autour de la proposition de donner le droit de vote en France dès la naissance.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

J'ai eu l'honneur aujourd'hui d'accueillir à mon micro Clémentine Beauvais, écrivaine, enseignante-chercheuse et grande passionnée par l'enfance et la littérature. Elle est l'autrice, entre autres, des best-sellers Songe à la douceur et Les Petites Reines.Nous nous sommes retrouvées pour discuter d'une idée audacieuse, à laquelle j'adhère totalement, en faveur d'une évolution démocratique majeure : donner le droit de vote dès la naissance. Pourquoi les enfants ont-ils jusqu'ici été jugés incapables de voter ? En quoi l'exclusion des enfants du suffrage universel représente-t-elle un manquement démocratique ? Et surtout, quelles seraient les implications politiques, sociales et éducatives d'une telle proposition ?Ressources :“Pour le droit de vote dès la naissance” (Tracts Gallimard) - Clémentine BeauvaisCrédits photo : Cha GonzalezHébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

[Attention, certaines scènes racontées peuvent heurter la sensibilité des personnes fragiles.] L'histoire que Caroline Nogueras va vous raconter est celle d'une résilience. Dans la nuit du 5 au 6 octobre 1983, toute la famille de Jean-Yves Labrousse, alors adolescent, est froidement abattue à son domicile de Saint-Martin-le-Nœud, petite commune des Hauts-de-France. Jean-Yves est le seul survivant. L'assassin c'est Pascal Dolique, l'ancien gendre de la famille. Que s'est-il passé dans la tête du meurtrier ? Et comment Jean-Yves Labrousse s'est-il reconstruit après ce drame ? Dans le dernier épisode, Caroline Nogueras recevra Jean-Yves Labrousse et sa fille Camille, co-auteurs du livre "L'écho des ombres, récit d'un survivant", paru aux éditions Mareuil. Une irresponsabilité pénale ? Pour Jean-Yves Labrousse et les siens, l'attente a été interminable. Après toutes ces années, ils espèrent des réponses à leurs questions. Ils veulent comprendre ce qui s'est passé le soir des meurtres et les événements qui les ont précédés. L'idée que Pascal Dolique aurait pu se soustraire à la justice leur était insoutenable. Le 31 mai 1989, le procès de Pascal Dolique s'ouvre devant la cour d'assises de l'Oise, au palais de justice de Beauvais. Découvrez la saison précédente en intégralité : L'affaire Guy Turcotte, le double meurtre qui a secoué le Canada Production et diffusion : Bababam Originals Écriture : Manon Gauthier-Faure Voix : Caroline Nogueras Réalisation : Jean Gabriel Rassat En partenariat avec upday.  Première diffusion : 24 avril 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

O incêndio na Catedral de Notre Dame, em Paris, escreveu um novo capítulo na prevenção e combate aos incêndios em locais históricos em França e no Mundo. Em entrevista à RFI, Alain Chevallier, o conselheiro de segurança de incêndio do Património no Ministério da Cultura francês, detalhou como se protege agora esta Igreja-mãe renascida das cinzas. Mais de cinco anos depois, não se conhece a causa do incêndio da Catedral de Notre Dame. Isso, segundo o conselheiro de segurança de incêndio do Património no Ministério da Cultura francês, Alain Chevallier, é um assunto que pertence à justiça, já que o inquérito continua para apurar as causas e levar à barra dos tribunais os responsáveis. No entanto, coube a este antigo bombeiro de Paris e especialista no combate aos riscos de incêndio, assegurar que o que aconteceu em 2019 não se voltará a passar. E Alain Chevallier recorreu a todas as tecnicas desde câmaras térmicas a mecanismo de análises de ar para assegurar que Notre Dame não voltará a arder.No início da entrevista a RFI perguntou a este especialista se havia novidades no inquérito judicial quanto às causa do incêncio de há cinco anos.RFI: Sabemos o que aconteceu de certeza há cinco anos?Alain Chevallier: Não é possível responder a esta pergunta porque está a decorrer uma investigação judicial, portanto não posso comentar sobre o inquérito. Mas mesmo com o Ministério Público a investigar, tivemos do nosso lado de efectuar uma análise de risco para podermos trabalhar na reconstrução da Catedral de forma a decidirmos quais os elementos estruturais que iríamos introduzir para reconstruir este edifício de forma idêntica e tivemos de partir de alguns dados adquiridos. Assim, trabalhámos com o INERIS, o Instituto Nacional de Ambiente Industrial e de Riscos, e baseámo-nos no cenário principal possível para o início do incêndio em Notre Dame: a possibilidade que tenha tido início no quadro electrico junto à estrutura em madeira no alto da Catedral. Não quer dizer que tenha sido isso que aconteceu, mas pareceu-nos ser o cenário mais provável e, por isso, a primeira medida foi retirar os quadros eléctricos de lá.Mas sabemos onde começou o incêndio.Sabemos que o incêndio começou perto do pináculo, mas depois disso, mais uma vez, cabe aos peritos judiciais investigar. No entanto para tomarmos decisões sobre o futuro da segurança incêndio da Catedral tivemos de assumir que o quadro eléctrico foi uma fonte de problemas.Como é que se leva a cabo esta investigação e quais são as grandes dificuldades?De acordo com a minha experiência, depois de tudo ter ardido, porque toda a secção superior da Catedral ardeu, é muito complicado provar como é que o incêndio teve realmente início. Dada a importância internacional deste incêndio e repercurssão que teve, torna-se ainda mais difícil provar onde é que ele iniciou. Não estou a ver como é que um juiz pode dizer alguma coisa sem ter provas materiais irrefutáveis. Quais são as medidas tomadas para evitar um novo incêndio nesta Catedral renovada?É preciso ter em conta que trabalhamos com vários riscos, uma situação que enfrento em todas as catedrais em que trabalho, uma vez que sou conselheiro de segurança do património e responsável por 45 catedrais em França, incluindo Notre Dame. Começamos sempre por aquilo a que chamamos o risco de eclosão, ou seja, o que podemos fazer para evitar o início de um incêndio. A primeira coisa que fizemos para evitar um incêndio foi remover todos os painéis eléctricos numa área que não é acessível, que não é de fácil acesso e que não recebe muitas visitas. Na melhor das hipóteses, eram necessários 5 a 10 minutos para chegar ao suposto local de um incêndio na estrutura do tecto de Neotre Dame. No entanto, isso não nos protege de erros humanos que possam ocorrer daqui a 30, 40 ou 50 anos durante um período em que haja obras na Catedral. Mas vamos assumir que, mesmo assim, sem painéis eléctricos, o fogo começa. Vamos então prevenir o risco de deflagração, vamos tentar impedir o risco de o fogo se desenvolver e de se propagar. Assim, para limitar esse risco, decidimos aumentar a espessura das ripas de madeira, trata-se de placas de madeira por baixo das placas de chumbo no telhado. Aumentámo-las de 27 para 40 milimetros porque os bombeiros de Paris acharam que era necessário. Já que é um sítio onde eles precisam de um certo tempo para lá chegar, o receio era que, se houvesse um novo incêndio, o fogo voltasse a trespassar o telhado, o que acelera as combustões já que o ar é combustível para o fogo. De seguida investimos em grandes sistemas de detecção. Adicionámos câmaras de imagem térmica e o objectivo é que o departamento de segurança contra incêndios no andar de baixo possa ver imediatamente se há detecção, onde está e qual a sua importância. Foram instaladas 49 câmaras em toda a Notre Dame. Existe também um sistema de detecção por multipontos, ou seja, tubos que percorrem toda a catedral e aspiram o ar a toda a hora, é silencioso e o ar está em constante análise. Assim, se encontrarem vestígios de carbono no ar, poderão emitir um aviso dizendo que o nível de carbono é demasiado elevado e, portanto, não é normal. Se tivermos um sistema de detecção duplo, este accionará automaticamente o sistema de extinção de incêndios, que acabou de ser instalado. Trata-se de um sistema de nebulização de alta pressão. A ideia não é apagar o fogo. A ideia é evitar que o fogo se propague e progrida. Estes são sistemas muito modernos. Eles já estão a ser utilizados noutros monumentos em França?Quando começaram a falar connosco sobre a possibilidade de sistemas de extinção de alta pressão, fui pessoalmente a outros locais onde este sistema estava instalado para verificar o seu funcionamento. Assim, por exemplo, fui à recém-reaberta Ópera do Palácio de Versalhes, que tem o mesmo sistema. Falámos sobre isso e disseram-me que era bastante fiável. Quais é que foram as lições de Notre Dame e como é que se aplicam noutros monumentos?Agora que estamos a começar a falar sobre o plano de segurança para as catedrais. É preciso compreender que este plano já existia antes do incêndio de Notre-Dame, mas é claro que o incêndio em Notre-Dame lhe deu um novo empurrão e fez com que o Ministério da Cultura acelerasse uma série de medidas. Portanto, havia um plano inicial, um plano de segurança reforçado para a catedral, que foi posto em prática no final de 2019, início de 2020 e nessa altura começaram a tentar implementar uma série de medidas e eu cheguei ao Ministério em 2021 e, em 2021, criámos um grupo de trabalho para ver exactamente em que ponto estávamos em relação às primeiras medidas. Isso permitiu-nos identificar algumas dificuldades e ver que havia novas técnicas disponíveis, como a instalação de sistemas de extinção automática. Assim, continuámos a melhorar o plano de segurança da catedral, acrescentando pontos como a possibilidade de instalar um sistema de extinção. Este sistema será também instalado na Catedral de Beauvais, pois sabemos que se trata de uma catedral particularmente alta e que um ser humano levaria quase dez minutos a subir lá acima para verificar se há fogo ou não. Por conseguinte, haverá um sistema de extinção de incêndios, tal como em Notre-Dame, com câmaras térmicas, tal como em Notre-Dame, para que possamos actuar rapidamente, se necessário. Agora, há outras soluções, outras coisas que pusemos em prática como parte do plano de segurança da catedral, que foi revisto em 2023. Por exemplo, instalámos aspersores automáticos nos quadros eléctricos nas catedrais onde não é possível retira-los. Se houver um incêndio e o dióxido de carbono foi detectado o fogo será extinto assim que começar. Estamos a proceder à sua instalação em todas as catedrais, pelo que penso que pelo menos 50% delas já estão equipadas. Por exemplo, uma das coisas que já existia era a instalação de compartimentação. Mas graças ao plano de recuperação, a compartimentação foi aumentada em muitas catedrais. Mas também aqui, como costumo dizer, não há duas catedrais iguais. Todas elas têm as suas particularidades. Por isso, mesmo que as regras digam que é preciso compartimentar, é preciso colocar colunas secas, ou seja, uma coluna seca é uma coluna ao longo do comprimento da catedral que os bombeiros podem usar para se abastecer de água. Ás vezes funciona, outras vezes não. A compartimentação pode funcionar, mas em alguns casos não funciona. Quanto ao sistema de segurança contra incêndios, bem, por um lado, vamos instalar um sistema multiponto, como está previsto para Notre-Dame e outras catedrais. Noutras catedrais, isso não é possível. Por exemplo, também considerámos isso nos campanários onde temos os sinos. Mas não podemos instalar um detector simples porque está aberto ao vento e, como está aberto a mais pequena partícula de poeira iria activá-lo. Por isso, colocámos câmaras. Assim, temos agora oito catedrais em França equipadas com câmaras nos campanários.Há interesse por parte de outros países de aprenderem com o que se passou em Notre Dame e a vossa resposta desde 2019?Participei num seminário em Florença, há dois meses, um seminário franco-italiano, onde fui falar de um outro assunto que ainda não abordámos, que é o dos planos de salvaguarda dos bens culturais, porque lhe falei há pouco do risco de eclosão, do risco de desenvolvimento, de propagação. Depois há, claro, a intervenção dos bombeiros. Por outras palavras, quando os bombeiros intervêm, o que é que lhes permite saber que têm de salvar prioritariamente um determinado quadro ou um determinado bem em detrimento de outro? Por isso é que criámos os planos de salvaguarda dos bens culturais. Estes planos estão no interior do edifício. Quando os bombeiros chegam, olham para esse plano e sabem imediatamente que esta ou aquela obra deve ser salva com prioridade. Fui a Itália para apresentar este plano. Vimos que os bombeiros italianos estavam a começar a interessar-se, porque lá isto não existe de todo. Como bombeiro, qual foi o sentimento quando viu que Notre Dame estava a arder em 2019?Sim, estava em Estrasburgo, lembro-me muito bem. Estava a dar um curso na Escola Nacional de Administração, rodeado de professores especializados em gestão de catástrofes e de riscos naturais e que, acabaram por incluir desde então a questão dos planos de proteção dos bens culturais no curso de mestrado, porque sentiram quando se trabalha em crises, não se deve cuidar apenas da protecção das pessoas, mas também da protecção dos bens. Não posso esconder que foi um momento difícil para mim, porque comecei como tenente dos bombeiros de Paris em 1987, no mesmo sector de Notre Dame. A catedral era da minha responsabilidade na altura, quando eu era tenente. Depois tornei-me chefe de operações de todo o corpo de bombeiros e também tinha a catedral no meu sector. E, portanto, vê-la em 2019, quando eu já estava reformado, em chamas obviamente mexeu comigo. E quando me ofereceram o lugar em 2021, os bombeiros de Paris, apesar de eu estar reformado disseram-me: "Bem, quer continuar a trabalhar para o Ministério da Cultura?" Eu disse que sim, disse logo que sim. E por isso fiquei particularmente feliz por poder continuar a acompanhar a catedral. É algo que vou continuar a fazer nos próximos tempos, já que mesmo que tenhamos tido a inauguração as obras vão continuar até 2028. 

[Attention, certaines scènes racontées peuvent heurter la sensibilité des personnes fragiles.] L'histoire que Caroline Nogueras va vous raconter est celle d'une résilience. Dans la nuit du 5 au 6 octobre 1983, toute la famille de Jean-Yves Labrousse, alors adolescent, est froidement abattue à son domicile de Saint-Martin-le-Nœud, petite commune des Hauts-de-France. Jean-Yves est le seul survivant. L'assassin c'est Pascal Dolique, l'ancien gendre de la famille. Que s'est-il passé dans la tête du meurtrier ? Et comment Jean-Yves Labrousse s'est-il reconstruit après ce drame ? Dans le dernier épisode, Caroline Nogueras recevra Jean-Yves Labrousse et sa fille Camille, co-auteurs du livre "L'écho des ombres, récit d'un survivant", paru aux éditions Mareuil. Une nuit d'horreur 6 octobre 1983, 1 heure du matin. À 5 kilomètres au sud de Beauvais, la petite commune de Saint-Martin-le-Nœud est endormie. Le long des rues enserrées par les champs, les pavillons et les fermes sont plongés dans l'obscurité. Leurs occupants sont blottis dans leur lit. En ce début d'automne, le temps est clément. Mais au sud de Saint-Martin-le-Nœud, la quiétude vient de s'envoler. Au niveau de l'une des premières maisons de la commune, un bruit de verre brisé résonne dans la nuit. Des éclats de voix s'échappent maintenant du pavillon coquet où habitent Jean-Jacques et Franciane Labrousse avec leurs trois enfants. Découvrez la saison précédente en intégralité : L'affaire Guy Turcotte, le double meurtre qui a secoué le Canada Production et diffusion : Bababam Originals Écriture : Manon Gauthier-Faure Voix : Caroline Nogueras Réalisation : Jean Gabriel Rassat En partenariat avec upday.  Première diffusion : 22 avril 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

L'info du matin - Les nouvelles traditions entrant au patrimoine immatériel de l'Unesco : le saké, les traditions autour du henné et la fabrication de l'Attiéké. Le winner du jour - Un automobiliste évite de payer le péage pendant des mois grâce à quelques centimes et des mots doux. - Des policiers américains tentent en vain de capturer un cochon pendant des heures, une scène cocasse filmée par leurs caméras corporelles. Le flashback d'octobre 1995 - La sortie de trois albums mythiques : "Made in Heaven" de Queen, "Tragic Kingdom" de No Doubt et "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" d'Oasis. Les savoirs inutiles - Dans le village polonais de Suloszowa, les 6000 habitants vivent tous dans une seule rue. 3 choses à savoir sur Paul McCartney Qu'est-ce qu'on fait ? - À Lyon, la fête des lumières fête sa 25e édition jusqu'au 8 décembre. - À Strasbourg, le Markerland Festival ce week-end rassemble des artisans dans une ambiance conviviale et gratuite. Le jeu surprise - Régis de Coëtmieux gagne un séjour pour 4 personnes au parc Astérix. La banque RTL2 - Camille de Beauvais gagne 200 euros. - Alice de Fontenay-le-Comte gagne 1400 euros.

Stéphane Bern nous entraîne au Moyen Âge à la découverte de la cathédrale de Beauvais, un monument - inachevé - de notre patrimoine qui témoigne à lui seul de l'incroyable élan qui habitait les bâtisseurs de cette époque - mais hélas aussi, les risques qu'ils ont pris -, une cathédrale qui a subi les assauts du temps, et surtout du vent, une première fois lors d'une tempête survenue le 28 novembre 1284, il y a 740 ans jour pour jour... et puis 300 ans plus tard, alors qu'elle était devenue ce qu'elle voulait être : la construction la plus haute du monde... Pourquoi le chantier de sa construction était-il aussi ambitieux ? A quels dangers cette cathédrale a-t-elle fait face ? Que raconte son inachèvement ? Pour en parler, Stéphane Bern reçoit Mathieu Lours, historien spécialiste des architectures religieuses et auteur de “Au temps des cathédrales” (Editions du Cerf)

Comment faire lire nos enfants ? Cette semaine, dans La Grande Librairie, écrivains, chercheurs et enseignants s'interrogeront justement sur l'apprentissage, la transmission et le plaisir de la lecture : Susie Morgenstern, Daniel Pennac, Zep, Timothée de Fombelle, Marie-Aude Murail et Constance Robert-Murail, Clémentine Beauvais, Myriam Meyer et Stanislas Dehaene.

Stéphane Bern nous entraîne au Moyen Âge à la découverte de la cathédrale de Beauvais, un monument - inachevé - de notre patrimoine qui témoigne à lui seul de l'incroyable élan qui habitait les bâtisseurs de cette époque - mais hélas aussi, les risques qu'ils ont pris -, une cathédrale qui a subi les assauts du temps, et surtout du vent, une première fois lors d'une tempête survenue le 28 novembre 1284, il y a 740 ans jour pour jour... et puis 300 ans plus tard, alors qu'elle était devenue ce qu'elle voulait être : la construction la plus haute du monde... Pourquoi le chantier de sa construction était-il aussi ambitieux ? A quels dangers cette cathédrale a-t-elle fait face ? Que raconte son inachèvement ? Pour en parler, Stéphane Bern reçoit Mathieu Lours, historien spécialiste des architectures religieuses et auteur de “Au temps des cathédrales” (Editions du Cerf)

Aujourd'hui, nous plongeons dans un sujet qui peut susciter la curiosité, des questionnements, voire la controverse : le BDSM dans le couple.BDSM, qui veut dire Bondage, Discipline, Domination, Soumission, Sadisme et Masochisme, est bien plus qu'une série de lettres. C'est un univers codifié et diversifié qui repose sur une philosophie de désirs, de consentement et de communication.Morgane Beauvais est mon invitée du jour : sexologue spécialiste des sexualités alternatives (entre autres), formatrice sur ces thèmes auprès des professionnels de santé et de thérapeutes. Elle est également animatrice d'ateliers sexo et créatrice du podcast des sexualités « Sin eden sublime » disponible sur toutes les plateformes.Dans cet épisode, vous allez nous entendre parler de :L'intérêt des sexualités alternativesDéfinition et philosphie du BDSMCommencer en tant que coupleLes Points de vigilanceLe cadre à poserSi les 2 personnes veulent dominer, c'est possible ?Quoi faire quand seulement l'un·e des partenaires veut le faire et pas l'autre ?BénéficesLa phrase clé de l'épisode : "La curioité est l'engrais pour faire pousser le couple"Pour retrouver mon invité.e :www.sinedensublime.com #88 - BDSM : Les jeux d'humiliation Instagram : @sinedensublimepodcast Facebook : @sinedensublimeRessources pour aller plus loin :Taormino, T. (Ed.). (2012). The ultimate guide to kink: BDSM, role play and the erotic edge. Cleis Press.Delavenne, H., Garcia D., F., Lamy, S. & Thibaut, F. (2014). Quelle prise en charge thérapeutique pour les patients paraphiles auteurs de violence sexuelle ?. PSN, 12, 15-29.Top and bottomMaking sex consensualMon compte instagram : @camilleparlesexe -/- mon site internet : www.camillebataillon.com

C dans l'air du 8 novembre - Michelin, Auchan… 2025, l'année des plans sociaux ? PRÉSENTATION: MAYA LAUQUÉQui est responsable du dérapage des finances publiques ? C'est la question à laquelle vont tenter de répondre les membres de la commission des finances du Sénat qui ont lancé une mission d'information, avec une série d'auditions d'anciens ministres. Elles ont débuté jeudi 7 novembre avec Bruno Le Maire, ancien ministre de l'Économie pendant sept ans, parti de Bercy le 21 septembre dernier en laissant derrière lui un déficit public bien plus grave qu'annoncé. En 2024, le déficit de l'État, des collectivités locales et de la Sécurité sociale devait en effet initialement revenir à 4,4 % du produit intérieur brut (PIB). Il risque en réalité d'atteindre 6,1 % du PIB. Soit un décalage équivalent à plus de 50 milliards d'euros. Alors que s'est-il passé ? Devant les sénateurs, Bruno Le Maire a réfuté toute dissimulation ", ni "volonté de tromperie" sur les comptes publics. Il y a eu "une grave erreur technique d'évaluation des recettes dont nous payons le prix " a affirmé l'ex-patron de Bercy, assurant qu'à compter du moment où il l'a su il a été alerté, proposé et procédé aux corrections nécessaires : gel et annulation de crédits, hausse des tarifs d'électricité, etc… Mais quand au printemps il a réclamé un collectif budgétaire, à savoir une loi rectificative, pour 15 milliards d'euros d'économies supplémentaires, il s'est heurté au refus d'Emmanuel Macron et de Gabriel Attal. L'ancien ministre de l'Économie a également accusé le Premier ministre, Michel Barnier, de ne pas avoir pris les décisions nécessaires depuis son arrivée à Matignon. "Si toutes les mesures que nous avions préparées avec Thomas Cazenave avaient été mises en œuvre sans délai (…) elles auraient permis de contenir le déficit pour 2024 à 5,5 % sans augmentation d'impôts" a affirmé Bruno Le Maire.Auditionné ce vendredi, l'ancien Premier ministre Gabriel Attal a défendu son ministre de l'économie, Bruno Le Maire, jugeant "scandaleux" le "procès politique, médiatique" qui lui est fait et saluant son "obsession de désendetter la France". Il a également affirmé avoir pris des "décisions fortes" quand il était à Matignon pour juguler le dérapage du budget. Toutefois, ses déclarations n'ont pas plus convaincu la commission des finances du Sénat que Bruno Le Maire et Thomas Cazenave. Ainsi Jean-François Husson, le rapporteur général du budget au Sénat, n'a pas adhéré à la version de l'ancien Premier ministre, pointant du doigt une série d'annonces sur des "dépenses nouvelles" pour "l'agriculture", "la santé", sur "les aides d'urgences à la filière bio", "le versement du chèque énergie", "sur l'Ukraine"… "Ça part complètement en sucette, a-t-il lancé. Quand il y a un écart de 50 milliards en 9 mois, c'est une forme d'indigence et un manque de rigueur dans la tenue de nos comptes".Les auditions vont se poursuivre au Sénat mais aussi à l'Assemblée nationale où la commission des finances va également changer, pour un temps, de dimension et enquêter pendant plusieurs semaines sur "les causes" de "la variation" et des "écarts des prévisions fiscales et budgétaires". Parallèlement dans l'hémicycle les députés poursuivent l'examen du Budget 2025, qui prévoit de ramener le déficit public à 5 % du PIB, alors que plusieurs voyants sont au rouge pour l'économie française et que les mauvaises nouvelles se multiplient sur le front de l'emploi. Ainsi les groupes Auchan et Michelin viennent tous les deux d'annoncer des plans sociaux particulièrement importants. Le géant français du pneu a en effet indiqué à ses salariés la fermeture avant 2026 de ses sites de Cholet et Vannes (Morbihan), qui comptent au total 1 254 salariés. Quand chez Auchan, ce sont pas moins de 2 400 emplois qui sont menacés, alors qu'en début d'année 2024, le groupe évoquait le rachat de plusieurs dizaines de magasins Casino. Dans le même temps, le Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires indique que "le volume des défaillances devrait probablement atteindre à la fin de l'année 2024, le seuil des 65 000 entreprises ce qui représente un pic significatif". 150 000 emplois seraient menacés à court et moyen terme en particulier dans les secteurs du logement et de l'industrie.Dans ce climat économique, certaines arrivent néanmoins à tirer leur épingle du jeu. C'est notamment le cas de l'entreprise "La Brosserie Française" qui produit des brosses à dents. Située à Beauvais, dans l'Oise, elle avait manqué de disparaître en 2012, face à la concurrence asiatique. C'est alors qu'un ancien salarié a décidé de la reprendre en faisant du made in France. Reportage ce soir.Les experts :- Emmanuel DUTEIL - Directeur de la rédaction - L'Usine Nouvelle - Gaëlle MACKE - Directrice déléguée de la rédaction - Challenges - Fanny GUINOCHET - Éditorialiste économique - France Info et La Tribune - Brigitte BOUCHER - Journaliste politique à Franceinfo TV

Depuis quelques temps, j'ai une idée en tête : prendre le micro pour vous parler, analyser, décrypter, partager mon opinion sur un sujet qui évoque évidemment les enfants. Pour me lancer dans ce nouveau format, j'ai eu envie de partager avec vous mes récentes lectures autour de l'enfance. Ces essais ont rempli mes soirées, que ce soit pour réfléchir à la place de l'enfance dans nos sociétés, aux limites de notre système éducatif ou à un bilan des dernières politiques éducatives. Je vous livre donc mes coups de coeur des publications de ces derniers mois, ainsi que ces prochains ouvrages que j'espère dévorer dans les prochaines semaines.N'hésitez pas à m'écrire pour me dire si oui ou non je continue ce format !StéphanieListe des ouvrages évoqués dans cet épisode :Plaidoyer pour l'enfance d'André Stern (ed. Marabout)Le ghetto scolaire de Najat Vallaud-Belkacem et François Dubet (ed. Seuil)La citadelle de Jean-Michel Blanquer (ed. Albin Michel)Quand l'enfance nous raconte (ed. l'aube)Pour le droit de vote dès la naissance par Clémentine Beauvais (ed. Tracts Gallimard)Les Ogres de Vincent Castanet (ed. Flammarion)Dans ma PAL (Pile à lire) :Protéger l'enfance: Tenir notre promesse aux enfants de Aude Kerivel et Jacques Attali (ed. Flammarion)L'emprise scolaire: Quand trop d'école tue l'éducation de François Dubet et Marie Duru-Bellat (ed. Les Presses de Sciences Po)Wesh, madame ?! - Rires et larmes d'une prof de banlieue de Meyer Myriam (ed. Robert Laffont)Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

This episode welcomes special guest, Danny Beauvais to the show to discuss what it truly means to be a student of our beloved craft. Danny is a fireman with the Mooresville (NC) Fire Department and founder of the Student of the Game fire podcast. Danny has been on the job for over two decades and brings a ton of knowledge, wisdom and passion to the table. This episode dives into mindset, training, conditioning and something all true fire service professionals possess: a constant hunger to learn and improve. 

Invitée: Clémentine Beauvais. Certains parents sʹen arrachent les cheveux. Ils ne trouvent pas le moyen de faire lire leur progéniture. Certains enfants refusent obstinément dʹouvrir un livre, quand dʹautres dévorent des séries de bouquins de 500 pages. Comment expliquer cette différence? Existe-t-il une recette miracle pour donner le goût de la lecture aux enfants? Pour en parler Tribu reçoit Clémentine Beauvais, autrice, traductrice, enseignante-chercheuse en éducation et littérature anglaise à l'Université d'York (Angleterre). Elle est lʹautrice du livre "Écrire comme une abeille. La littérature jeunesse, de la lecture à l'écriture" paru aux éditions Gallimard jeunesse.

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Invitée: Clémentine Beauvais. Prendre un bon livre, se lover dans un fauteuil et lire. Sʹarrêter pour faire autre chose. Et se réjouir de replonger dans son bouquin. La lecture peut être véritable plaisir. Mais quʹest-ce qui procure vraiment cette jouissance? Est-ce lʹévasion, la belle écriture, lʹaventure, le suspens, lʹérudition? Est-ce que ce plaisir de lire se travaille, à la manière dʹun muscle? Et comment expliquer que des personnes aiment des styles de livres complètement différents? Tribu reçoit Clémentine Beauvais, autrice, traductrice, enseignante-chercheuse en éducation et littérature anglaise à l'Université d'York, en Angleterre. Elle est lʹautrice dʹun court essai, "Comment jouir de la lecture", chez La Martiniere Jeunesse.

This week I finally got into the Hotel de Beauvais, the 400-year-old aristocratic mansion in the Marais. Here's how I did it, and how you can too! Address: 68 Rue François Miron, 75004 Paris More info on the Heritage Days: https://journeesdupatrimoine.culture.gouv.fr/en/ Become a member! For $10 a month you can join the other Patreon members and unlock almost endless extras including bonus podcast episodes, live video replays, special event invites, and our annually updated PDF guide to Paris.  Membership takes only a minute to set up. Thank you for keeping this channel independent.  For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website  Weekly newsletter 

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Gary Beauvais is a Michigan based artist and musician who has been recording beneath the name Mammal since the beginning of the '00s. This year, however, he released a new album called Deserted. I shit you not, this is one of the best records of the year. Haunting and emotive.Gary discusses the record with the boys, as well as the transition of his project from industrial noise to the haunting electro folk he makes now, shitty record labels, physical pain, and his relationship with God. SOUNDTRACKMammal "I believe in God" Black Flag "Can't Decide" Saint Vitus "Zombie Hunger" Laundry Room Squelchers live in 2000 Mammal "The Drift" LINKSFollow Gary On Instagram: @oldmammalMammal on Bandcamp 

Joan of Arc's run of uninterrupted successes stalled before the walls of Paris in September 1429. Now there were those in the Court of Charles VII who wanted to sideline the Maid, but Joan was determined to continue the fight. Time Period Covered: 1429-1431 Notable People: Joan of Arc, Charles VII, Georges de la Tremoille, Pierre Cauchon Bishop of Beauvais, John of Luxembourg, Philip the Good Notable Events/Developments: The Siege of La Charite (1429), The Siege of Compiegne, The Inquisition of Joan of Arc

« La maternité est un mystère que les mots des mères ne permettent en rien d'élucider », et pourtant c'est bien ce qu'elles font, ces autrices qui cherchent à faire exister nos vies de mères dans la littérature. Cette phrase est extraite d'un récit de Louise Browaeys, paru dans l'ouvrage collectif « Être mère » (éditions l'Iconoclaste), initié et dirigé par Julia Kerninon. Ingénieure agronome et écrivaine de 37 ans, maman de deux enfants, Louise Browaeys aime plus que tout faire du lien, entre maternité et littérature, entre allaitement et écriture, entre écologie et féminin, entre la Terre et la Mère, peut-être ses deux figures tutélaires… Dans cet épisode elle nous parle de son travail et de sa vision de la maternité, à l'aune du féminisme et de l'écologie, ou comment être à la fois mère, poète, libre et engagée… Rencontre avec une femme solaire et habitée. Louise Browaeys Rien n'intéresse Louise autant que les livres et les jardins. Elle a été élevée entre le potager de son père pépiniériste et la bibliothèque de sa mère. Elle a bénéficié d'une culture éclectique, à la fois littéraire et scientifique. Pendant ses études d'ingénieure agronome, elle s'est jurée de consacrer sa vie à l'écriture. Elle a commencé par un essai sur l'agriculture et des livres de cuisine végétale, continué avec des textes sur la permaculture, le climat, l'éco-féminisme, la cuisine punk. Elle a ensuite publié trois romans : La Dislocation, en 2020, Fais Battre ton tambour, en 2022, (tous deux chez HarperCollins), et La Reverdie, en 2023, chez La Mer Salée, un récit-cabane intime, remarqué par de nombreux libraires, qui offre une promenade singulière entre littérature et écologie. « Être mère », 7 autrices racontent la maternité « Avoir des enfants nous fait peur et nous rend fortes, nous égare et nous retrouve, nous empêche et nous autorise, nous pèse et nous grise, ne nous apprend rien sinon que tout restera toujours à apprendre. La maternité est une folie et une éducation, un risque et une ambition » écrit Julia Kerninon. Pour questionner ce bouleversement à la fois universel et individuel, Julia Kerninon a souhaité réunir des autrices de sa génération. Sous sa plume et celles de Camille Anseaume, Clémentine Beauvais, Claire Berest, Louise Browaeys, Victoire de Changy et d'Adeline Dieudonné, la maternité se dévoile. Loin d'un discours qui prétend tout expliquer, cette galerie intime permet d'approcher cette expérience mystérieuse, surprenante et complexe. Chacune partage à la fois sa propre histoire et ce qu'elle aurait aimé savoir avant de devenir mère. Être mère, sous la direction de Julia Kerninon, L'iconoclaste, avril 2024. Mères est le podcast du média Les Louves.com

Une Jeanne peut en cacher une autre : un demi-siècle après la Pucelle d'Orléans, Jeanne Lainé contribue à libérer Beauvais et gagne dans les combats le surnom de Jeanne Hachette. Mention légales : Vos données de connexion, dont votre adresse IP, sont traités par Radio Classique, responsable de traitement, sur la base de son intérêt légitime, par l'intermédiaire de son sous-traitant Ausha, à des fins de réalisation de statistiques agréées et de lutte contre la fraude. Ces données sont supprimées en temps réel pour la finalité statistique et sous cinq mois à compter de la collecte à des fins de lutte contre la fraude. Pour plus d'informations sur les traitements réalisés par Radio Classique et exercer vos droits, consultez notre Politique de confidentialité.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Rouen, Noël 1430. Jeanne arrive au château de la ville pour y être jugée par l'évêque de Beauvais. Un procès particulier, puisqu'il porte sur la prétendue hérésie des visions de la jeune femme."Secrets d'Histoire" est un podcast d'Initial Studio, adapté de l'émission de télévision éponyme produite par la Société Européenne de Production ©2024 SEP / France Télévisions. Cet épisode a été écrit et réalisé par Quentin Canette et Guillaume Fleuret.Un podcast présenté par Stéphane Bern. Avec la voix d'Isabelle Benhadj.Vous pouvez retrouver Secrets d'Histoire sur France 3 ou en replay sur France.tv, et suivre l'émission sur Instagram et Facebook.Crédits du podcastProduction exécutive du podcast : Initial StudioProduction éditoriale : Sarah Koskievic et Mandy Lebourg, assistées de Marie AgassantMontage : Victor Benhamou

[Attention, certaines scènes racontées peuvent heurter la sensibilité des personnes fragiles.] L'histoire que Caroline Nogueras va vous raconter est celle d'une résilience. Dans la nuit du 5 au 6 octobre 1983, toute la famille de Jean-Yves Labrousse, alors adolescent, est froidement abattue à son domicile de Saint-Martin-le-Nœud, petite commune des Hauts-de-France. Jean-Yves est le seul survivant. L'assassin c'est Pascal Dolique, l'ancien gendre de la famille. Que s'est-il passé dans la tête du meurtrier ? Et comment Jean-Yves Labrousse s'est-il reconstruit après ce drame ? Dans le dernier épisode, Caroline Nogueras recevra Jean-Yves Labrousse et sa fille Camille, co-auteurs du livre "L'écho des ombres, récit d'un survivant", paru aux éditions Mareuil. Une irresponsabilité pénale ? Pour Jean-Yves Labrousse et les siens, l'attente a été interminable. Après toutes ces années, ils espèrent des réponses à leurs questions. Ils veulent comprendre ce qui s'est passé le soir des meurtres et les événements qui les ont précédés. L'idée que Pascal Dolique aurait pu se soustraire à la justice leur était insoutenable. Le 31 mai 1989, le procès de Pascal Dolique s'ouvre devant la cour d'assises de l'Oise, au palais de justice de Beauvais. Découvrez la saison précédente en intégralité : L'affaire Claude Nolibé, le calvaire d'un père Production et diffusion : Bababam Originals Écriture : Manon Gauthier-Faure Voix : Caroline Nogueras Réalisation : Jean Gabriel Rassat En partenariat avec upday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[Attention, certaines scènes racontées peuvent heurter la sensibilité des personnes fragiles.] L'histoire que Caroline Nogueras va vous raconter est celle d'une résilience. Dans la nuit du 5 au 6 octobre 1983, toute la famille de Jean-Yves Labrousse, alors adolescent, est froidement abattue à son domicile de Saint-Martin-le-Nœud, petite commune des Hauts-de-France. Jean-Yves est le seul survivant. L'assassin c'est Pascal Dolique, l'ancien gendre de la famille. Que s'est-il passé dans la tête du meurtrier ? Et comment Jean-Yves Labrousse s'est-il reconstruit après ce drame ? Dans le dernier épisode, Caroline Nogueras recevra Jean-Yves Labrousse et sa fille Camille, co-auteurs du livre "L'écho des ombres, récit d'un survivant", paru aux éditions Mareuil. Une nuit d'horreur 6 octobre 1983, 1 heure du matin. À 5 kilomètres au sud de Beauvais, la petite commune de Saint-Martin-le-Nœud est endormie. Le long des rues enserrées par les champs, les pavillons et les fermes sont plongés dans l'obscurité. Leurs occupants sont blottis dans leur lit. En ce début d'automne, le temps est clément. Mais au sud de Saint-Martin-le-Nœud, la quiétude vient de s'envoler. Au niveau de l'une des premières maisons de la commune, un bruit de verre brisé résonne dans la nuit. Des éclats de voix s'échappent maintenant du pavillon coquet où habitent Jean-Jacques et Franciane Labrousse avec leurs trois enfants. Découvrez la saison précédente en intégralité : L'affaire Claude Nolibé, le calvaire d'un père Production et diffusion : Bababam Originals Écriture : Manon Gauthier-Faure Voix : Caroline Nogueras Réalisation : Jean Gabriel Rassat En partenariat avec upday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cada vez son más los detectives que nos echan una mano con nuestros casos de Mermelada y, además, con resultados muy positivos. Han sido muchos los escuchantes que han adivinado el dilema que nuestro querido José Antonio Marina nos planteaba la semana pasada, la catedral que despanzurrar por él por el ansia de sus constructores de que fuera la más alta de Francia era la de la ciudad de Beauvais, a unos 70 kilómetros de París. Esta semana, nos vamos al Museo del Prado para hablar del caso de las salas prohibidas, unas habitaciones que contienen una colección de desnudos que fue comenzada por Felipe II. En 1554, Tiziano, a quien le había encargado varios trabajos, le anuncia en una carta el envío de un cuadro para su camerino, un desnudo que tiene algo especial, la protagonista está pintada de espaldas, y se consideró escandaloso por su erotismo. Así que la pregunta es: ¿De qué cuadro se trata?Escuchar audio

Nella puntata di oggi vogliamo soffermarci sul lavoro di alcuni straordinari esponenti musicali del Rinascimento in Piccardia, compositori e cantori che la musicologia, per praticità, definisce franco-fiamminghi. Musicisti che furono iniziati al mondo delle note nelle scholae delle cattedrali divenendo cantori ed impegnati in prima persona nelle grandi e ricche liturgie capitolari ed episcopali. Amiens, Abbeville, Beauvais, Laon, Noyon, Saint-Quentin, Senlis, Soissons…. Sono solo alcuni nomi di cattedrali nelle quali fu grazie a cinque generazioni di musicisti - dal 1400 al 1550 circa - che la vita musicale europea venne fortemente caratterizzata.  

Augustinian nun Marie Yvonne-Aimée de Jésus Beauvais, also known as Mother Yvonne-Aimée de Malestroit, was born in 1901 and died in 1951. A true 20th century mystic from France, Yvonne-Aimée was part of the French Resistance during WWII, helping Jews, Allied prisoners, and others escape Nazi occupied France. Although she could be classified as an affective mystic focusing on the love of Jesus, she also battled Nazis in real life and demons during her ecstasies.Here is a video of Mother Yvonne-Aimée receiving a medal from Charles de Gaulle for her heroric efforts during the Nazi occupation:https://youtu.be/BhPlovxOa6EHere are some of her sayings, highlighting her affective mysticism:https://littlestsouls.wordpress.com/2015/10/04/merciful-revelations-to-sr-yvonne-aimee-d-1951/If you would like to order a copy of Dr. Carlos Eire's new book, "They Flew: A History of the Impossible," you can order a copy HERE (Yale University Press) or HERE (Amazon).If you have any questions, you can email us at christianmysticismpodcast@gmail.com. Your question and the answer may appear in a future episode of the podcast.You can visit our podcast website HERE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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SHOW NOTES THE FRENCH INSTINCT PODCAST Para más información visita la página web ⁠⁠⁠https://www.thefrenchinstinct.com/⁠⁠⁠ Escucha el podcast en Spotify ⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1ynYQUxWwQZqmGfGfYCQmi?si=ZlrdftGdQY6wQ-xer0y7-w⁠⁠⁠ Escucha el podcast en Apple podcast ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/the-french-instinct/id1509432844⁠⁠⁠ Sigue a Katy en Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thefrenchinstinct/ Listen to my other podcasts to learn and improve your Spanish. CONVERSATIONS IN SPANISH PODCAST (For Intermediates and Advanced Learners) Open on Apple podcasts (iPhone, iPod, iPad) ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-in-spanish-other-languages/id1450548526⁠⁠ Open on Spotify ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2BaaWyvF71c0AfGa9WT021⁠⁠ MINI STORIES TO LEARN SPANISH (For High Beginners & Intermediate Learners) Open on Apple podcasts (iPhone, iPod, iPad) ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mini-stories-to-learn-spanish/id1606857529⁠⁠ Open on Spotify ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/5mnR9VdOQD7mxrLkpFvr0B⁠⁠ HELP ME LEARN SPANISH (For High Beginners & Intermediate Learners) Open on Apple podcasts (iPhone, iPod, iPad) ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/help-me-learn-spanish-joel/id1612111480⁠⁠ Open on Spotify ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/7JH0FOs4iPQRPWrHnOcNGf⁠⁠ Thank you for listening!

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Our next guest is Samantha Beavauis. She is a small town gal who dedicated her life to music, dance, and theater. She began competing in 2016 and received her pro card in 2022 at Jr. Nats. She is a cosmetologist and opened up her own salon servicing women, making them feel beautiful.    In this episode we dive into her 6 year journey to obtaining her pro card, the beautiful relationship she has with her husband who is her coach, and the reason behind why she decided to hang up her heels.   What's the craziest prep you have ever done? What is more emotionally charged being an amateaur or being a professional on stage? What is life like after competing? Did you ever want to leave your coach and join a big name team? Stay tuned to uncover all the details about her journey.   [3:19] Bikini Hack [7:39] What is your “WHY” and why do you compete? [12:20] Why did you want to turn pro? [17:40] Why didn't you join a big name team? [23:40] What has been one of the craziest preps you have ever experienced? [30:37] Pro Card experience [36:20] Judges critiques  [44:00] How was your emotional experience different being an amateaur vs a professional Head https://vibe-athletics.mykajabi.com/links for your FREEBIES, coupon codes, and other links! https://vibe-athletics.mykajabi.com/links Samantha Beauvais @Samanthajobeauvais