Podcasts about Chang

Gordon Chang, author of Plan Red: China's Project to Destroy America and The Coming Collapse of China and found on Twitter @GordonGChang, joined The Guy Benson Show today with guest host Harry Hurley to break down China's deepening influence and infiltration inside American politics and government. Chang broke down the breaking story involving alleged Chinese operative Linda Sun and her boasting about having control and sway over NY Governor Kathy Hochul. Chang discussed past cases involving Chinese ties to American offices tied to Eric Swalwell and Dianne Feinstein. Hurley and Chang then turned to Beijing's economic pressure campaigns, and why Secretary Bessent does not need to make excuses for Chinese failure to fulfill soybean promises. Chang also assessed China's escalating aggression toward Taiwan and how the Trump administration has reinforced deterrence in the Taiwan Strait, and weighed in on the "Iron Lady" Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's tougher posture toward Beijing as a model for democratic allies. Listen to the full interview below! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Y'all… this episode is one of those full-circle, only-God-could-write-this moments. I am beyond excited to introduce you to Howard Chang, also known as Quiqqly—the man who helped design the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys that so many of us (and now our kids and nephews) grew up playing with. And now? God has brought his creativity full circle—right into the pages of Scripture.Howard shares how, straight out of high school, he found himself designing hundreds of Ninja Turtle toys that would go on to shape generations. Decades later, those same designs resurfaced, reminding him that what God plants never truly disappears. But what makes this story even more powerful is Howard's personal journey with God—through divorce, sickness, being a single dad of three, depression, anxiety, and rock-bottom moments that became holy ground for radical transformation.Howard vulnerably shares how, twelve years ago, everything changed when he encountered the Lord in the middle of his deepest brokenness. Since then, God has restored his life and redeemed his creativity into something eternal.Now, Howard and his wife, Gloria, are launching an incredible new project: Bible-inspired collectible action figures—heroes like David, Moses, Noah, Deborah, Sarah, and even Goliath as a robotic figure—designed to spark faith, imagination, and conversation across generations. Their heart? To place God's truth right under the Christmas tree, reaching believers and non-believers alike.This episode is about:RedemptionFaith in the processCreativity for God's KingdomAnd how nothing in your story is wastedTruly, this conversation felt like different seasons of my own life colliding in the most God-ordained way—childhood nostalgia, ministry, and Kingdom purpose all meeting in one place.Highlighted TakeawaysGod can meet you at your absolute lowest and completely rewrite your story.What looks like coincidence is often God's coordination.Your gifts don't disappear—God redeems and reassigns them for His glory.Faith doesn't require full understanding—just obedience and trust.The heroes of the Bible remind us that real power comes from faith, not strength. Final Encouragement from Howard“Never give up on the process. God is always working—even when you can't see it.”Bio:Howard “Quiggly” Chang is the visionary creator of Ancientz—a bold, faith-fueled universe where spirit-powered robotic warriors battle darkness. But before Ancientz, Quiggly made his mark in pop culture history as one of the original creative forces behind the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy phenomenon. As Lead Toy Concept Artist at Varner Studios, he helped design some of the most iconic TMNT figures of the late '80s and '90s.Anchor Verse:Isaiah 55: 8-9Connect with Howard and Ancientz:Website: www.ancientz.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/ancientz_officialFB: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DCTwxcsXT/?mibextid=wwXIfr***We love hearing from you! Your reviews help our podcast community and keep these important conversations going. If this episode inspired you, challenged you, or gave you a fresh perspective, we'd be so grateful if you'd take a moment to leave a review. Just head to Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen and share your thoughts—it's a simple way to make a big impact!*** 

Dans la nuit du 20 au 21 août 1974, Anne Tonglet et Araceli Castellano campent dans une calanque marseillaise... Les deux femmes, en couple, sont en vacances et s'apprêtent à rejoindre la famille d'Anne. Quand elles plantent leur tente, elles sont interpellées par Serge Petrilli, pêcheur qui souhaitent entrer dans leur tente. Les deux femmes refusent, se sentant menacées, mais Serge Petrilli tente malgré tout de pénétrer dans la tente. Anne le frappe d'un coup de marteau avant de s'apercevoir qu'il est accompagné de deux autres hommes, Albert Mougladis et Guy Roger. La suite est glaçante : Serge Petrilli se "jette sur elle" - ce sont ses mots. Pendant toute la nuit, raconte-t-elle, les trois hommes les violent, Araceli et elle. Les deux femmes portent plainte au petit matin, et les trois agresseurs sont interpellés. Ils nient les faits. La voix du crime de cet épisode présenté par Marie Zafimehy c'est Maître Agnès Fichot, collaboratrice de Gisèle Halimi au moment de ce que l'on a appelé "le procès d'Aix-en-Provence", le procès du viol. Elle fait aujourd'hui le parallèle entre cette affaire et celle des viols de Mazan. Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

“We can use the same skills we learned organizing on the block to organize inside the halls of power.” That's how Senator Stephanie Chang frames her journey—from a young volunteer knocking doors with Detroit activists to becoming one of the most grounded and community-rooted legislators in Michigan. In this Detroit Is Different conversation, Chang reflects on learning politics at the true street level, honoring water warriors like Mama Lila Cabbil (RIP) and Monica Lewis-Patrick, and carrying forward the multiracial advocacy traditions that shaped Detroit—from Vincent Chin to Black Bottom. “The issues I'm fighting now,” she says, “are the same ones I cared about before I ever thought about running.” With stories of living at the Boggs Center, lessons from Grace Lee Boggs' organizing tree, and reflections on raising Black and Asian children in today's Detroit, Chang unpacks how identity, justice, and policy collide. This episode is a bridge—connecting Detroit's radical past to its rapidly shifting political future—and shines light on why grassroots leadership still matters in a city where water, land, affordability, and dignity remain at the center of the struggle. It's an inspiring reminder that movements make leaders, and leaders must stay accountable to the movement. Detroit is Different is a podcast hosted by Khary Frazier covering people adding to the culture of an American Classic city. Visit www.detroitisdifferent.com to hear, see and experience more of what makes Detroit different. Follow, like, share, and subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Sticher. Comment, suggest and connect with the podcast by emailing info@detroitisdifferent.com

Seoul's Dangerous Pivot North — Gordon Chang — Chang warns that South Korea's newly elected leftist presidentthreatens the stability of the U.S.-South Korea security alliance by seeking diplomatic unification with the North, pursuing engagement strategies likely to be rejected by Kim Jong-un. Chang documents that North Korea's Kim Jong-un is simultaneously deepening military-technical cooperation with Russia against Ukraine, creating triangular strategic complications threatening regional stability. Chang emphasizes that South Korea's strategic pivot toward North Koreawill destabilize the American alliance framework in Northeast Asia precisely when Russian-Chinese-North Koreancoordination represents an escalating threat to American regional interests and Pacific stability.

Dans cet épisode de 5 minutes de français, Émilie et Sébastien vous racontent la vie fascinante de Coco Chanel, l'une des figures les plus influentes […] L'article Coco Chanel : la femme qui a changé la mode – 5 minutes de français est apparu en premier sur Français avec Pierre.

In the first installment of this 2-part episode, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo are live from the AAO Eyecelerator with guests Julia A. Haller, MD, CEO, and David F. Chang, MD. Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast 00:10 Quick recap of episode 34 00:52 Intro of Julia A. Haller, MD, CEO 01:47 Tell us about changes you're seeing in leading a large academic center 02:16 How has residency changed in the last years? 06:23 Why are you involved in the Ophthalmology Foundation? 13:05 Intro of David F. Chang, MD 16:51 What do you think about the future of robotics in cataract surgery? 17:51 How do you continue to involve the patient in their care? 20:15 Dr. Chang discusses premium lenses 22:43 What's going on with EyeSustain and what are you excited about in the future? 27:00 Thank you! 35:30 Julia A. Haller, MD, is ophthalmologist-in-chief and CEO at Wills Eye Hospital. David F. Chang, MD, is a world-renowned cataract surgeon and innovator in the field. He is clinical professor of ophthalmology at the University of California, San Francisco, and is in private practice in Los Altos, Calif. He is also the chair of the EyeSustain advisory board. We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to eyeluminaries@healio.com. Follow John Hovanesian on X (formerly Twitter) @DrHovanesian. Disclosures: Hovanesian consults widely in the ophthalmic field. Mazzo reports being an advisor for Anivive Lifesciences, Avellino Labs, Bain Capital, CVC Capital and Zeiss; executive chairman of Neurotech, Preceyes BV and TearLab; and sits on the board of Crystilex, Centricity Vision, IanTech, Lensgen and Visus. Healio could not confirm disclosures for Garg, Hubschman, Juhasz, and Lindstrom at the time of publication.

Kyle Worley is joined by Geoff Chang to discuss how Charles Spurgeon would answer specific questions if he were alive today.Questions Covered in This Episode:What are your thoughts on artificial intelligence?What are your thoughts on gambling?What are your thoughts on recreational marijuana?Guest Bio:Geoff Chang serves as Associate Professor of Church History and Historical Theology and the Curator of the Spurgeon Library at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A.), The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div.), and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Ph.D.), where he wrote his dissertation on Charles H. Spurgeon's ecclesiology. He also serves the Book Review Editor for History & Historical Theology at Themelios, the academic journal for The Gospel Coalition. He is the volume editor of The Lost Sermons of C.H. Spurgeon Volumes 5, 6, and 7 and the author of Spurgeon the Pastor: Recovering a Biblical and Theological Vision for Ministry. He is married to Stephanie, and they have three children. You can follow him on Facebook and Twitter.Resources Mentioned in this Episode:“Lectures to My Students” by C H Spurgeon“Spurgeon the Pastor” by Geoffrey Chang Follow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteOur Sister Podcast:Tiny TheologiansSupport Training the Church and Become a Patron:patreon.com/trainingthechurchYou can now receive your first seminary class for FREE from Midwestern Seminary after completing Lifeway's Deep Discipleship curriculum, featuring JT, Jen and Kyle. Learn more at mbts.edu/deepdiscipleship.To learn more about our sponsors please visit our sponsor page.Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

China's Self-Reliant Trade Philosophy and Military Ambitions — John Batchelor, Gordon Chang, Alan Tonelson— Chang explains China's strategic trade philosophy, viewing commerce not as reciprocal exchange but as a temporary necessity until achieving complete self-reliance in all manufactured products. Chang traces this doctrine to classical Chinese strategic thought, emphasizing the goal of China exporting everything while importing nothing. Tonelsoncharacterizes current Chinese leadership implementation of this doctrine as ominous, explicitly oriented toward preparing China for military conflict and establishing complete dominance of global manufacturing capabilities independent of external supply chains. 1906

Is your contact center ready to become a profit center? Agility requires not just adopting new technologies like AI, but also fundamentally rethinking how we structure our teams, measure success, and interact with customers. It demands a willingness to experiment, learn, and adapt quickly in a constantly evolving landscape. Today, we're going to talk about how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the contact center, transforming it from a cost center into a driver of customer loyalty and revenue growth. To help me discuss this topic, I'd like to welcome Chang Chang, Senior Director, Product, Cloud CX Solutions at Cisco's Webex Customer Experience Solutions. About Chang Chang Chang Chang, Senior Director, Product, Cloud CX Solutions, Cisco's Webex Customer Experience Solutions.  Chang is a senior director of product management in the Webex Customer Experience Solutions business at Cisco. With over 14 years of product leadership experience, Chang has held key roles at Intuit and Mighty Audio (an early-stage startup), as well as a management consultant at PwC. Chang holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson. Chang Chang on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/changjonathanj/ Resources Cisco's Webex Customer Experience Solutions: https://www.webex.com/ The Agile Brand podcast is brought to you by TEKsystems. Learn more here: https://www.teksystems.com/versionnextnow Catch the future of e-commerce at eTail Palm Springs, Feb 23-26 in Palm Springs, CA. Go here for more details: https://etailwest.wbresearch.com/ Connect with Greg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkihlstromDon't miss a thing: get the latest episodes, sign up for our newsletter and more: https://www.theagilebrand.showCheck out The Agile Brand Guide website with articles, insights, and Martechipedia, the wiki for marketing technology: https://www.agilebrandguide.com The Agile Brand is produced by Missing Link—a Latina-owned strategy-driven, creatively fueled production co-op. From ideation to creation, they craft human connections through intelligent, engaging and informative content. https://www.missinglink.company

PREVIEW — Gordon G. Chang — American Enterprise in China: Frustration and the Shift to Supply Webs. John Batchelor and Chang discuss American enterprises encountering significant market opportunities in China but experiencing persistent disappointment, frustration, and strategic retreat due to China's "pirate stance" on intellectual property protection. American businesses, though historically overly optimistic regarding trade expansion trends, are systematically developing alternative sourcing arrangements—constructing "supply webs" rather than centralized supply chains—as they confront the serious, escalating trade friction and intellectual property theft. 1918 PEKING UNIVERSITY

Can plastic surgery truly turn back the clock? Midlife hits and suddenly everyone's getting "work done" or at least Googling “What did Kris Jenner's facelift cost?” Today's show offers no-judgment cosmetic surgery smarts from a top physician. Dr. Carolyn Chang is a Stanford-trained surgeon who trained under a pioneer of the modern facelift, and who makes top-doc lists like Harper's Bazaar's top beauty surgeons and W Magazine's best for revisional work. Dr. Chang specializes in undetectable, natural results; she joins me to explore facelifts, brow lifts, blepharoplasty, and more. Learn what makes a modern facelift virtually undetectable, costs, recovery time, the limits of skincare versus surgery, why fillers can backfire, how to find a surgeon, and so much more. Plus, the one thing Dr. Chang wishes everyone knew about plastic surgery that might surprise you. FOLLOW A CERTAIN AGE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ GET INBOX INSPO: Sign up for our newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AGE BOLDLY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We share new episodes, giveaways, links we love, and midlife resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode we look at many of the natural events and talk about those observing and writing things down, and why they may have wanted to do so. For more, check out our podcast blogpage:  https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-139   Rough Transcript: Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua and this is episode 139: Observing the "Natural" World. Members of the Onmyou-ryou, dressed in the official robes of their office, sat around in their observation tower, measuring the location of the stars.  They kept their light to a minimum, just enough so that they could write down their observations, but not so much that it would destroy their vision.  As they looked up, suddenly they saw a strange movement: a streak through the sky.  They waited, and observed, and then there was another, and another after that.  It was as if the stars themselves were falling from the heavens.  They watched as it seemed that the constellations themselves were melting and falling apart.  Quickly they scribbled down notes.  Tomorrow, with the light of day, they would consult various sources to see just what it could mean.  For now, their role was simply to observe and record.   Welcome back, everyone.  It is the height of holiday season in the US as I record this, and in our narrative we are in the middle of the reign of Ohoama, aka Temmu Tennou, who came to power in 672 and who has been shoring up the Ritsuryo state instigated by his late brother, Naka no Oe, aka Tenji Tennou.  We have talked in recent episodes about how Ohoama put a lot of the state under the control of members of the royal family, or at least those with claims to royal blood, and how he had also begun work on the Chronicles—the very works that we have been using to try and understand the history of this and earlier periods.   It seems clear that Ohoama and his cohorts were doing their best to solidify their control and, in the process, create what they felt was a modern state, leveraging the continental model, but not without their own local flavor.  After all, they were also investing in the kami based rituals of state and specifically in Ise shrine, which they claimed as an ancestral shrine for their lineage. This episode, let's dig into another thing that was getting reported around this time.  And that is… science!  Or at least observations of the world and indications of how people were interacting with it. Before going into the subject, I want to acknowledge that "science", or "Kagaku" in modern Japanese, may not look like what we think of as "science" today.  The word "Kagaku" itself appears to come about in the late Edo period, and became associated with the western idea of "Science" in the Meiji period.  Today we think of it as observations, yes, but also testing via the scientific method. I think it might be more appropriate to categorize a lot of earlier science under a term like "learning" or "study", and it seems to have encompassed a wide range of topics of study, some of which we would include as "science" and some which we might refer to more as "arts".  There is also a very fine line with religion and philosophy as well. From a modern perspective, I think one could fairly argue that "science"—particularly the so-called "hard" sciences—refers to something that can be empirically tested via the scientific method.  So you can see something, form a hypothesis, create a test, and then that test should produce the same results no matter who conducts it, assuming you account for the variables. And please don't @ me about this… I know I am simplifying things.  This isn't a podcast about science unless we are talking about the social sciences of history and archaeology. In contrast to our modern concept of science, much of what we see in the Asuka era is built around using our reasoning to arrive at the truth of something.  In cases where we are dealing with clearly physical phenomena that have observable causes and effects, this can lead to remarkably reliable results.  One example of this is calendrical science—it isn't that hard to observe the passing of days and seasons.  Even the rotation of the earth and the movements of stars and even something with as large a period as comets could be observed and tracked, especially if you had centuries of data to comb through.  In fact, they often would predict things that it turns out they couldn't, themselves, see.  They could predict that an eclipse would occur, for example, even when that eclipse was only visible somewhere else.  And they didn't have to calculate gravitational pull, mass, or distances between different heavenly bodies for that to occur. Similarly, in the agricultural sphere: you had so many people who observed the seasons and would figure out new ways of doing things.  It doesn't take an understanding of chlorophyl to know that plants generally do better when exposed to sunlight. I believe the leap happens when you get to things that go beyond purely observable means.  Sickness, for example—how do you explain viruses or germs without equipment like microscopes to see what our eyes alone cannot?  And if such "invisible" things could cause so much damage, then why could there not be other "invisible" elements, such as kami and boddhisatvas?  And as humans we are driven to make connections.  It is one of the things that has driven our technological innovation and rise, but it is also something that can easily go awry.  Like when you are sitting in a dark house, alone, and you hear a noise.  Rationally, you might know that houses settle and creak, but that doesn't necessarily stop your brain from connecting it with thoughts that someone must be in the house making that noise. Or even how we make judgments based on nothing more than how someone talks or what they look like, because our brains have made connections with those things, for good or ill. A large part of the rationalization that was accomplished in Asian thought had to do with concepts of Yin and Yang, the negative and the positive, the dark and the light.  This was thought of as a kind of energy—qi or ki—that was embedded in things.  We discussed this somewhat back in episode 127, because yin yang theory, along with the five element theory, known as Wuxing or Gogyou in Japanese, became embedded in the idea of the calendar.  Why was summer hot, except that it was connected with an excess of fire energy?  And the cold, dark days of winter would be associated with an excess of water, naturally. I should note that while this is one of the more comprehensive philosophical systems in use, it was not the only means by which various phenomena and effects were rationalized.  After all, it had to be imposed on a framework of how the world otherwise worked, and descriptions of the world came from a variety of places.  There was, for example, the Classic of Mountains and Seas, or Sanhaijing, which detailed the world as envisioned in the period before the Qin dynasty, although there were occasional updates.  The Sanhaijing  described regular plants and animals in the same breath as gods and monsters.  There were also various buddhist sutras, which brought their own cosmological view of the universe that had to be squared with other visions, including those passed down locally describing the archipelago as the "Reed Plain" and giving particular importance to eight of the islands—though which eight depends on which variant of the creation myth you are referencing. To categorize the study of the natural—and what we would consider the supernatural—world around them, the Ritsuryou set up specific bureaus.  One of these was the Onmyou-ryou, the Bureau of Yin-yang, also known as the Onyo no Tsukasa.  This Bureau oversaw divination, astronomy, time, and calendars.  At its head was the Onmyou-no-kami.  Below them were the various scholars studying the core subjects, as well as technical practitioners to carry out the rites and divination. On the continent, priority was generally given to astronomical and calendrical studies, and many of the more magical practices or rituals would fade away, likely because there were local Taoist institutions who could take up much of that work.  In Japan, however, it seems that the calendrical studies tended to ossify, instead, while onmyoji came to fill a role not just for the state but also among the population for divination and other such practices.  Even into the Edo period one could find private onmyoji, and the Bureau itself lasted until the very beginning of the Meiji period. Another important institution of the Ritsuryo government for learning was the Daigakuryou, the Bureau of Great Learning.  Students of Japanese may recognize the term "Daigaku" referring, today, to universities. The original concept for the Daigaku-ryou, or Daigaku no Tsukasa, was focused on the study of those things that were considered perhaps a bit more practical and necessary to anyone who might want a political career.  Since this was founded on concepts of Confucian government, it is little wonder that it was originally designed to focus on Confucian studies, among other things.  This fits into the idea of a supposed meritocracy, where one's education was part of the examination.  You may recall from Episode 115 we talked about the National University in Chang'an, which is likely something that the Daigaku Ryou could only ever dream of becoming. Early arts taught at the Daigaku Ryou included the Confucian classics, mathematics, writing, and Chinese pronunciation.  These were all things that you would need to know to become a part of the bureaucracy The idea of a school may have been born along with the early institution of the government, with mention as early as 671, in the last year of Naka no Oe's reign, but we don't have it clearly established in the code until later.  Full operations may have been somewhat delayed due to the tumultuous events of Ohoama's accession to power in 672, but we do see it explicitly mentioned in the year 675.  On the first day of the year we are told that Students from the Daigaku Ryou, along with students from the Onmyou-Ryou and from the Gaiyaku Ryou, the Bureau of External Medicine; along with the Woman of S'ravasti, the Woman of Tara, Prince Syeonkwang of Baekje, and Silla labourers offered presents of drugs and various rarities. We talked about the first two, the Daigaku-ryou and the Onmyou-ryou, but the Gaiyaku Ryou doesn't seem to have a lot of information out there beyond this mention.  Later there would a "Ten'yaku Ryou", or Bureau of Medicine, established in the code.  Since we don't have any extant codes from this period beyond what was written down in the Nihon Shoki, we don't know for certain what the Gaiyaku-ryou was , and it is possible that the Gaiyaku-Ryou was a precursor to the Ten'yaku Ryou.  "GAI" means "outside" or "external", leading me to wonder if this referred to external medicine in contrast to internal medicine, or if it meant medicine or drugs from outside teh archipeloago. I would point out that these students are found with the Woman of S'ravasti, or Shae; the Woman of Tara; a Baekje prince and Silla labourers.  In other words, they were all people from outside of the archipelago.  This is not entirely surprising as it was from outside that much of the learning was coming into the country. "Yaku" or "Kusuri", which can be translated as either "Drugs" or "medicine", could refer to a number of things.  How effective they were is somewhat questionable. Almost certainly some of them had confirmed medicinal efficacy, but others may have been thought to have been effective due to things like their connection to the five elements, or wuxing, theory. For example, something red might be assumed to have a warming effect because of the presumed presence of the fire element.  And the power of the placebo effect no doubt made them seem at least partially effective.  Consider, for example, how many people will swear by certain remedies for the common cold when all it really does is distract you, or perhaps make you a bit more comfortable, until the symptoms pass on their own. A more certain science was probably that of Astronomy, which we've mentioned a few times.  The passage of the stars through the sky was something that could be easily observed.  There is a theory that some of the first lines in the Yijing, or book of changes, may actually be a description of the changing of seasons as different aspects of a given constellation rise over the horizon, and the placement of certain stars would help in the adjustment of the lunar calendar, since the moon's orbit does not match up exactly with the solar year, and year the solar year was quite important to things like agriculture and even sailing to the mainland. This all makes 675 a seemingly banner year for science, as four days after the presentation of medicine to the throne, the government erected a platform by which to observe the stars.  This wouldn't need to be much—it could have been an earthen mound, or just a tower, from which one could get above the ground, presumably see over any buildings, to the horizon.  Granted, Asuka might not be the best place for such observations, with the nearby mountains meaning that the true horizon is often obstructed.  Nonetheless, it may have been enough to make calculations. Astronomy platforms, or Tenmondai, would continue to be used up until at least the Meiji period.  Without a telescope, observations were somewhat limited—though they also didn't have the same level of light pollution that we have today.  Remember, many woke just before dawn and went to sleep not too long after the sun went down, which only makes sense when you are living in a place where creating light, while doable, also ran the risk of burning your entire house to the ground. It is worth noting that the sky for the ancient Japanese was likely quite different than what most of us see when we look up, unless you are fortunate enough to live in a place with very little light pollution.  For many of those living today in the cities and suburban landscape, go outside at night and you might see the moon and some of the brightest stars, but for most of the ancient Japanese, they would look up and see the heavenly river, the Amakawa, or Milky Way.  They would have looked up at a sky glittering with myriad dots of light, as well as planets and more.  It was both familiar and strange—something one saw regularly and yet something that was also extremely inaccessible. Astronomical observations would have been important for several reasons, as I've mentioned.  They would have been used to keep the calendar in check, but they would also have likely been used to help calibrate the water clock, which helped to tell time.  Of course, going back to the five elements and yin yang theory, it is also believed that the energy, the qi or ki, changed with the seasons and the movements of the stars and planets—planets were not known as such, of course, but their seemingly erratic movements compared to bright lights in the sky meant they were noticed and assigned values within the elemental system. One of the things that came with the changing seasons, the heavenly movements, and the flow of ki was a concept of "kata-imi", literally directional taboos.  There were times when certain directions might be considered favorable or unfavorable for various actions.  This could be something as simple as traveling in a given direction.  In the centuries to come this would spawn an entire practice of kata-tagae, or changing direction.  Is the north blocked, but you need to travel there, anyway?  Well just go northwest to say hello to a friend or visit your local sake brewery, and then travel due east.  Ta-da!  You avoided going directly north!  There were also mantra-like incantations that one might say if they had to travel in an inauspicious direction to counteract the concept of bad influences. This also influenced various other things, and even today you will often see dates where a year and month might be followed by simply the character for "auspicious day" rather than an actual day of the month. So observing the heavens was important, and it was also important that they tostudy the works of those on the continent, whose records could help predict various astronomical phenomena.  Except that there was one tiny problem:  I don't know if you've noticed, but Japan and China are in two different locations.  Not all astronomical phenomena can be observed from all points of the globe.  The Northern Lights, for example, are rarely seen in more southerly latitudes, and while eclipses are not too rare, a total eclipse only impacts certain areas of the earth, along relatively narrow paths. I mention this because it isn't always clear if the records we get in the Nihon Shoki are about phenomena they directly observed or if they are taking reports from elsewhere and incorporating them into the narrative.  One such event is the comet of 676. The entry in the Nihon Shoki tells us that in the 7th lunar month of the 5th year of Temmu Tennou, aka 676 CE, a star appeared in the east that was 7 or 8 shaku in length.  It disappeared two months later. We've mentioned some of this before, but the sky was divided up into "shaku", or "feet", though how exactly it was measured I'm not entirely sure.  It appears to be that one foot was roughly 1.5 degrees of the sky, give or take about a quarter of a degree, with 180 degrees from horizon to horizon.  So it would have been about 10 to 12 degrees in the sky.  Another way to picture it is if you hold out your arm towards the object, and spread your index and little finger, it would probably fit between those two points.  This comet hung around for some time, and a great part about a comet like this is that it was viewable from multiple locations.  After all, as the earth turned, different areas were exposed to the comet as it passed through our part of the solar system.  Thus we have records of it from not just the Nihon Shoki:  We also find it in the Anglo-Saxon chronicles, where it was thought to have foretold the end of Bishop Wilfred's control of Northumbria.  We also see it in Tang, Silla, and Syrian sources. These sources aren't always in complete agreement.  For one thing, they noted when they first saw it, which might have been impacted by local conditions.  And then conversion between lunar and solar calendars can also sometimes get in the way.  Roughtly speaking, we have the Nihon Shoki providing dates of somewhere from about August or September of 676, on the Western calendar, to October or November. Tang sources put it from 4 September to 1 November.  Silla Chronicles claim that it first appeared in the 7th lunar month, so between August and September.  A Syrian Chronicle notes a comet from about 28 August to 26 October in the following year, 677, but this is thought to have been a mistake.  European sources generally seem to claim it was seen in August and lasted for three months.  All of these sightings put it at roughly the same time. Working with that and with known comets, we think we actually know which comet this is:  The Comet de Cheseaux also known as the Comet Klinkenberg-Cheseaux.  And I should mention this is all thanks to a research paper by M. Meyer and G. W. Kronk.  In that paper they propose that this is the comet with the designation of C/1743 X1, or the common names I just mentioned.  If so, based on its trajectory, this comet would have been visible in 336, 676, 1032, 1402, 1744, and is next predicted to show up in 2097.  And no, those aren't all exactly the same amount of time.  It is roughly every 350 years or so, but with the movements of the solar system, the planets, and various gravitational forces that likely slow or speed up its movement, it doesn't show up on exactly regular intervals.  Still, it is pretty incredible to think that we have a record of a comet that was seen the world over at this time, by people looking up from some very different places. Comets were something interesting for early astronomers.  They may have originally been seen as particularly ominous—after all, in the early eras, they were hardly predictable, and it would take years to get enough data to see that they were actually a somewhat regular occurrence.  In fact, it is likely that early astronomers were able to figure out eclipse schedules before comets.  Still, they seem to have come to the realization that comets were in fact another type of natural and reoccurring phenomenon.  That isn't to say that they didn't have any oracular meaning, but it did mean they were less of an obvious disturbance of the heavenly order. We have another comet mentioned in the 10th lunar month of 681, but that one seems to have had less attention focused on it, and we don't have the same details.  Then in the 8th lunar month of 682 we have an entry about a Great Star passing from East to West—which was probably a shooting star, rather than a comet.  Comets, for all that they appear to be streaking across the sky thanks to their long tails, are often relatively stable from an earthbound perspective, taking months to appear and then disappear again. Then, on the 23rd day of the 7th month of 684 we get another comet in the northwest.  This one was more than 10 shaku in length—about 15 degrees, total, give or take.  Given the date, we can be fairly confident about this one, as well: it was the famous Halley's comet.  Halley's comet is fascinating for several reasons.  For one, it has a relatively short period of about 72 to 80 years, though mostly closer to 75 to 77 years in between sightings.  The last time it visited the earth was in 1986, and it is expected back in 2061.  Halley's comet has been recorded since the 3rd century BCE, and, likely because of its short period, it was the first periodic comet to be recognized as such.  There are other periodic comets with short periods, but many of them are not visible with the naked eye.  Halley's comet is perhaps the most studied comet, given its regular and relatively short periodicity.  It is also connected to the famous writer, humorist, and essayist, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain.  He was born only a few days after the comet reached perihelion in 1835 and died a day after it reached the same point again in 1910, and while he may not have visited Japan in his lifetime, it was a period of great change both in his home country of America and in Japan.  America, of course, would undergo a Civil War over the issue of slavery in the early 1860s, and shortly after that Japan would have its own civil war in the form of the Meiji Revolution.  And while he never visited—and translation could only do so much to capture the art of his prose—Mark Twain's works were apparently quite influential in Japan in the early 20th century. Of course, comets were just one of the celestial phenomena to be observed.  The astronomers were interested in just about anything happening in the sky.  We have accounts of both solar and lunar eclipses, and not necessarily full eclipses either.  We even have notice of the movement of some planets, such as in 681, when they noted that the planet mars "entered" the moon. Obviously the astronomers weren't recording every raincloud that came through—at least not in the main chronicles—but they did capture a fair number of events.  They did record particularly memorable storms.  For instances, in the 8th lunar month of 675 there was a storm that is said to have caused sand to fly and which then damaged houses.  This sounds like a wind storm without rain—after all, if there was rain, you would expect that the sand would have been wet and tamped down.  It is possible to have hurricane level winds without the rain.  While typhoons typically bring rain, especially as they usually build up their strength at sea, it is possible to have the winds alone, as I've experienced, myself, in Tokyo.  This most likely happens in an isolated area—there is water and rain somewhere, but the typhoon can be large, so parts of it may only get the wind and little or no rain.  I wonder if something like that happened in this instance.  It is also possible that this record refers to actual sand being brought across from the continent.  In some instances, sand can be lifted up from as far away as Mongolia and carried all the way to Japan, though it is pretty rare. And it wasn't just wind and sand.  We get accounts of hail coming down as large as peaches, torrential rainstorms, and even ash, likely from a volcanic eruption that was otherwise unrecorded.  There are also accounts of snow, though typically recorded in times where you wouldn't expect to see it, such as the third lunar month, which would mean snow in late April or early May. Mostly these storms are mentioned in terms of how they affected the immediate fortunes of the living, but sometimes storms did even more damage.  In 682, for example, a hoar-frost was reported in both Shinano and Kibi in the 7th lunar month.  On its own, this probably wouldn't have been worth mentioning, but the chroniclers add that because of storms the "five grains had not formed".  So storms had diminished the crops and the hoar-frost was apparently the killing blow.  The harvest that year would be lean, and it would not be a happy time for many that winter. And then, just as important as what was happening was what was not.  There are several mentions of droughts, particularly towards the end of Spring, early Summer.  This is traditionally a drier period, and if it is too dry it could harm the harvest.  And so the government was expected to find a way to bring the rain—a tall order, the general resolution to which seems to be prayers and rituals designed to bring rain.  In a place like Japan, I suspect that it was usually just a matter of time before the prayers were "successful", thus reinforcing their presumed efficacy. Some of the things that they recorded were a bit more mysterious.  For example, in the second lunar month of 680 we are told that a sound like drums was heard from the East.  There are many things this could theoretically be, from rumbles of thunder to some other phenomenon, though the following year we have a note about thunder in the West, so theoretically they knew the difference between thunder and drums.  Later that same year, 680, we are told that there was a "brightness" in the East from the hour of the dog to the hour of the rat—about 8pm to midnight.  Was this some kind of aurora?  But wouldn't that have been in the north, rather than the east?    Could it have been some kind of lightning?  But that is a long time for a lightning storm to hang around.  And there are other strange things, some of which seem impossible and we have to doubt.  For example, in 684 they said that, at dusk, the seven stars of the Big Dipper drifted together to the northeast and sank.  Unless they are just recording the natural setting of the stars of the big dipper.  Certainly, over time the constellation appears to rotate around the north star, and it dips down to or below the horizon in the autumn months.  So were they just talking about the natural, yearly setting of the stars, or something else? There may be some clues in that the 11th lunar month, when that was recorded, we see several other heavenly phenomena recorded.  Two days after the Big Dipper set, at sunset, a star fell in the eastern quarter of the sky that we are told was as large as a jar.  Later, the constellations were wholly disordered and stars fell like rain.  That same month, a star shot up in the zenith and proceeded along with the Pleiades until the end of the month.  While this sounds like shooting stars and a possible meteor shower, a later commenter suggested that this was all a heavenly omen for the state of the court, showing the "disordered" state of the nobility at this time.  Of course, this was also a year and change before the sovereign's eventual passing, so there is also the possibility that the Chroniclers were looking at events later and ascribing meaning and importance after the fact. In another account of something seemingly wonderous: in 682 we are told that something shaped like a Buddhist flag, colored like flame, was seen by all of the provinces and then sank into the Japan sea north of Koshi.  A white mist is also said to have risen up from the Eastern mountains. There are various things that could be going on here.  It strikes me that the white mist could be a cloud, but could also be something volcanic.  And the flame colored prayer flag makes me think about how a high cloud can catch the light of the rising or setting sun.  That could look like a flag, and can seem extremely odd depending on the other conditions in the sky. Or maybe it was aliens. Okay, it is unlikely that it was aliens, but I think that these do give an idea of the kinds of records that were being made about the observed phenomena.  Obviously the Nihon Shoki is recording those things that were considered particularly significant for whatever reason.  This could just be because it was something odd and unexplained, or perhaps it was more well known but rare.  It may have even had religious connotations based on some aspect, like evoking the image of Buddhist flags.  And it is possible that it was thought to have had significant impact on events—perhaps even an impact that isn't clear to us today, many centuries removed from the events. Some things were clear, however.  Lightning strikes are often mentioned specifically when they strike something of note.  In 678, we are told that a pillar of the Western Hall of the New Palace was struck by lightning, though apparently the building itself survived.  Then, in 686, Lighting appeared in the southern sky with a large roar of thunder.  A fire broke out and caught the tax cloth storehouse of the Ministry of Popular affairs, which immediately exploded in flames.  After all, a thatched roofed, wooden building filled with kindling in the form of cloth—and likely a  fair amount of paper and writing supplies to keep track of it all—sounds like a bonfire waiting to happen.  There were reports that the fire had actually started in Prince Osakabe's palace and then spread to the Ministry of Popular Affairs from there. It is also worth noting that recording of such events was still somewhat new to the archipelago as a whole. They were learning from the continent, but also defining their own traditions. Observations of natural phenomena weren't just relegated to celestial occurrences or weather.  After all, there was something else that one could observe in the sky:  birds.  Now this wasn't your average bird-watching—though I'm not saying that there weren't casual birders in ancient Japan, and if we ever find someone's birding diary from that era I think that would be so cool.  But there were some things that were significant enough to be mentioned. For example, in 678 we get a report of "atori", or bramblings.  Bramblings are small songbirds which are found across Eurasia.  Notably they are migratory, and are known to migrate in huge flocks especially in the winter time, and sure enough on the 27th day of the 12th month we are told that the bramblings flew from the southwest to the northeast, covering the entire sky.  This makes me think about some of the other mass migrations that used to occur that have largely been reduced significantly due to habitat loss, disruption to traditional migratory routes, and other population pressures on various bird species.  Still, having so many birds that it blocked out the sky certainly seems a significant event to report on.  We later see a similar account in 680, with the flock moving from southeast to northwest.  Given the location of Asuka it sounds like they were flocking in the mountains and heading out over the Nara Basin, perhaps seeking food in another mountainous area. In 682, the birders were at it again.  This time, around midday on the 11th day of the 9th lunar month, several hundreds of cranes appeared around the Palace and soared up into the sky.  They were there for about two hours before they dispersed.  Once again, cranes are migratory and known to flock.  Cranes are also known as a symbol of long life and joy—and I can understand it.  Have you ever seen a flock of cranes?  They are not small birds, and they can be really an incredible sight.  Flocks of cranes themselves were probably not that rare, and it was no doubt more about so many gathering around the palace which made it particularly special. It wasn't just birds in the sky that were considered important symbols, though.  Birds often are noted as auspicious omens.  Usually strange birds, plants, or other such things are found in various provinces and presented to the throne.    So in 675, Yamato presented auspicious "barn-door fowl", likely meaning a fancy chicken.  Meanwhile, the Eastern provinces presented a white falcon and the province of Afumi presented a white kite.  Chickens are associated with the sun and thus with the sun goddess, Amaterasu, and albino versions of animals were always considered auspicious, often being mentioned in Buddhist sources.  Later, in 680, we see a small songbird, a "Shitodo", also described as white, and probably albino, sent to the court from nearby Settsu. Then, in 681 there is mention of a red sparrow.  Red coloration is not quite the same as albinism, though it is something that does occur at times, when the brownish coloration comes out more red than brown, and I suspect this is what we are talking about.  This is most likely just a recessed gene or genetic mutation, similar to causes for albinism, but just in a different place in the DNA.  As for why it was important:  I'd first and foremost note that anything out of the ordinary (and even some ordinary things) could be considered a sign.   Red was also seen as an auspicious color, so that may have had something to do with it as well.  And then there is the concept of Suzaku, the red bird of the south.  Suzaku is usually depicted as an exotic bird species of some kind, like how we might depict a phoenix.  But it was also just a "red bird", so there is that, and perhaps that was enough.  Not that this red sparrow was "Suzaku", but evoked the idea of the southern guardian animal.  A year prior, in 680, a red bird—we aren't told what kind—had perched on a southern gate, which even more clearly screams of the Suzaku aesthetic. It is probably worth noting here that in 686, towards the end of the reign, not that anyone knew it at the time, Ohoama decided to institute a new nengo, or regnal period.  It was called Shuuchou—red or vermillion bird—and it likely referred to Suzaku.  This nengo was cut short, however, with Ohoama's death that same year.  Nengo were often chosen with auspicious names as a kind of hope for the nation, so clearly "red bird" was considered a good thing. A month after the red sparrow, Ise sent a white owl, and then a month after that, the province of Suwou sent a red turtle, which they let loose in the pond at the Shima palace.  Again, these were probably just examples of animals seen as auspicious, though they would have likely been recorded by the Onmyou-ryou, who would have likely combed through various sources and precedents to determine what kind of meaning might be attached to them. Color wasn't the only thing that was important.  In 682, the Viceroy of Tsukushi reported that they had found a sparrow with three legs.  There are numerous reasons why this could be, but there is particular significance in Japan and Asia more generally.  A three legged bird is often associated with the sun Andusually depicted as a black outline of a three legged bird inside of a red sun.  In Japan this was often conflated with the Yata-garasu, the Great Crow, which is said to have led the first mythical sovereign, Iware Biko, to victory in his conquest of Yamato.  Thus we often see a three legged crow depicted in the sun, which was an object of particular veneration for the Wa people from centuries before.  And I suspect that the little three-legged sparrow from Tsukushi  I suspect that this had particular significance because of that image. Animals were not the only auspicious things presented to the throne.  In 678, Oshinomi no Miyatsuko no Yoshimaro presented the sovereign with five auspicious stalks of rice.  Each stalk, itself, had other branches.  Rice, of course, was extremely important in Japan, both from a ritual and economic sense, so presenting rice seems appropriate.  Five stalks recalls things like the five elemental theory—and in general five was consider a good number.  Three and five are both good, prime numbers, while four, pronounced "Shi", sounds like death and is considered inauspicious.  Three, or "San" is sometimes associated with life, and five is associated with the five elements, but also just the fact that it is half of ten, and we have five fingers on one hand and in so many other ways, five is regarded as a good number in much of Asia. That the stalks had multiple branches likely referred to them bearing more than the usual amount of rice on them, which seems particularly hopeful.  Certainly the court thought so.  In light of the auspicious gift, all sentences of penal servitude and lower were remitted.  In 680, Officials of the Department of Law gave tribute of auspicious stalks of grain, themselves.  I'm not sure, in this case, that it was all that they hoped, however, as that began three days straight of rain and flooding. A year earlier, in 679, we are told that the district of Ito, in Kii, immediately south of Yamato, sent as tribute the "herb of long life".  We are told that it "resembled" a mushroom—probably meaning it was a mushroom, or maybe something formed into a mushroom shape.  But the stem was about a foot long and the crown was two spans, about 6 feet in diameter.  This is pretty incredible, and I have to wonder if there is a bit of exaggeration going on here. Another tribute was a horn found on Mt. Katsuraki.  It branched into two at the base, was united at the end, and had some flesh and hair still attached, about an inch in length.  They claimed it must be horn or a Lin, or Kirin, sometimes referred to as an Asian unicorn—a mythical creature considered to be quite auspicious and benevolent.  This was on the 26th day in the 2nd lunar month of the year 680, probably around March or April.  I highly suspect that what they found was an oddly shaped bit of antler from  a buck whose antlers had begun to come in and which might have been taken out by wolves or bears or something else altogether.  The fact that the ends were said to be fused together could just be referring to some kind of malformation of the antlers.  The fur and flesh could mean that the antlers were still growing—antlers would probably just be coming in around early spring time.  Still, there is no telling how long it was there, so it could have been from the previous year as well.  Attributing it to a kirin seems a bit of a stretch, but it was clearly something unusual. Animals and plants were recorded in tribute, but also when something odd happened.  Fruiting out of season was one such occurrence, which we've seen elsewhere in the chronicles as well.  There was even a record when the famous Tsuki tree outside of Asukadera had a branch fall down.  Presumably it was a large and noticeable branch, and by now this appears to have been a tree with a bit of age to it that had seen a lot, so it makes sense it got a mention. Finally, we go from the heavens to the earth.    Perhaps the most numerous observations in the Chronicles were the earthquakes.  We've noted in the past that Japan is extremely active, volcanically speaking, so it makes sense that there are multiple accounts of earthquakes each year, especially if they were compiling reports from around the country.  Most of these are little more than just a note that there was an earthquake, but a few stand out. The first is the 12th lunar month of 678.  We are told that there was a large earthquake in Tsukushi—modern Kyushu. The ground split open to the width of about 20 feet for more than 30,000 feet.  Many of the commoners' houses in the area were torn down.  In one place there was a house atop a hill, and though the hill crumbled down the house somehow remained intact.  The inhabitants had apparently been home and must have been oblivious, as they didn't realize anything had happened until they woke up the next morning. Again, probably a bit of hyperbole in here, but if we think back to things like the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, where large areas of land shifted noticeably along the fault lines, it is likely that this was a similar or even more catastrophic event.  And here I'll give a quick plug for Kumamoto, which is still working to rebuild from the earthquake, and if you ever get a chance, I recommend a visit to the Kumamoto Earthquake Memorial Museum or Kioku, where you can see for yourself just how powerful mother nature can be. Another powerful earthquake was mentioned in the 10th lunar month of 684.  If the earthquake in Tsukushi had hit mostly agricultural areas, based on the description, this seems to have hit more populated regions.  We are told that it started in the dark of night, the hour of the boar, so about 10pm, give or take an hour.  The shaking was so bad that throughout the country men and women cried out and were disoriented—they could not tell east from west, a condition no doubt further hindered by the dark night sky.  There were mountain slides and rivers changed course, breaking their banks and flooding nearby areas.  Official buildings of the provinces and districts, the barns and houses of the common people, and the temples, pagodas, and shrines were all destroyed in huge numbers.  Many people and domestic animals were killed or injured.  The hot springs of Iyo were dried up and ceased to flow.  In the province of Tosa, more than 500,000 shiro of cultivated land sank below sea level.  Old men said that they had never seen such an earthquake.  On that night there was a rumbling noise like that of drums heard in the east—possibly similar to what we had mentioned earlier.  Some say that the island of Idzu, aka Vries Island, the volcanic island at the entrance of Edo Bay, increased on the north side by more than 3,000 feet and that a new island had been formed.  The noise of the drums was attributed to the gods creating that island. So here we have a catastrophic quake that impacted from Iyo, on the western end of Shikoku, all the way to the head of Edo Bay, modern Tokyo.  This appears to be what seismologists have labelled a "Nankai Trough Megathrust Earthquake".  Similar quakes have occurred and are predicted to occur in the future., along a region of Japan from the east coast of Kyushu, through the Seto Inland Sea, including Shikoku, through the Kii peninsula and all the way to Mt. Fuji.  The Nankai Trough, or Southern Sea Trough, is the area where the continental shelf drops down, and where the Philippine tectonic plate slips underneath the Eurasian—or more specifically the Amuric—plate.  As these plates move it can cause multiple events all along the trough at the same time.  Since being regularly recorded, these quakes have been noted every 100 to 150 years, with the last one being the Showa Nankai quakes of 1944 and 1946. For all of the destruction that it brought, however, apparently it didn't stop the court.  Two days after this devastating quake we are told that Presents were made to the Princes and Ministers.  Either they weren't so affected in the capital, or perhaps the date given for one of the two records is not quite reliable.  Personally, I find it hard to believe that there would be presents given out two days later unless they were some form of financial aid.  But what do I know?  It is possible that the court itself was not as affected as other areas, and they may not have fully even grasped the epic scale of the destruction that would later be described in the Chronicles, given the length of time it took to communicate messages across the country. Which brings us back to the "science" of the time, or at least the observation, hoping to learn from precedence or piece out what messages the world might have for the sovereign and those who could read the signs.  While many of the court's and Chronicler's conclusions may give us pause, today, we should nonetheless be thankful that they at least decided to keep notes and jot down their observations.  That record keeping means that we don't have to only rely on modern records to see patterns that could take centuries to reveal themselves.  Sure, at this time, those records were  still a bit spotty, but it was the start of something that would be remarkably important, and even though these Chronicles may have been focused on propaganda, the fact that they include so many other references are an incalculable boon to us, today, if we can just see to make the connections.  And with that, I think I've rambled enough for this episode.  We still have a couple more to fully cover this period. 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Ce lundi 1er décembre, François Sorel a reçu Tristan Nitot, directeur associé Communs Numériques et Anthropocène chez OCTO Technology, Augustin Sayer, cofondateur d'Ovni, et Hugo Borensztein, cofondateur et président d'Omi. Ils se sont penchés sur les trois ans du chatbot, la production possible des puces Apple M par Intel, ainsi que la validation de l'usine en orbite par la startup Varda, dans l'émission Tech & Co, la quotidienne, sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au jeudi et réécoutez la en podcast.

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Is your contact center ready to become a profit center? Agility requires not just adopting new technologies like AI, but also fundamentally rethinking how we structure our teams, measure success, and interact with customers. It demands a willingness to experiment, learn, and adapt quickly in a constantly evolving landscape. Today, we're going to talk about how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the contact center, transforming it from a cost center into a driver of customer loyalty and revenue growth. To help me discuss this topic, I'd like to welcome Chang Chang, Senior Director, Product, Cloud CX Solutions at Cisco's Webex Customer Experience Solutions. About Chang Chang Chang Chang, Senior Director, Product, Cloud CX Solutions, Cisco's Webex Customer Experience Solutions.  Chang is a senior director of product management in the Webex Customer Experience Solutions business at Cisco. With over 14 years of product leadership experience, Chang has held key roles at Intuit and Mighty Audio (an early-stage startup), as well as a management consultant at PwC. Chang holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson. Chang Chang on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/changjonathanj/ Resources Cisco's Webex Customer Experience Solutions: https://www.webex.com/ The Agile Brand podcast is brought to you by TEKsystems. Learn more here: https://www.teksystems.com/versionnextnow Catch the future of e-commerce at eTail Palm Springs, Feb 23-26 in Palm Springs, CA. Go here for more details: https://etailwest.wbresearch.com/ Connect with Greg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkihlstromDon't miss a thing: get the latest episodes, sign up for our newsletter and more: https://www.theagilebrand.showCheck out The Agile Brand Guide website with articles, insights, and Martechipedia, the wiki for marketing technology: https://www.agilebrandguide.com The Agile Brand is produced by Missing Link—a Latina-owned strategy-driven, creatively fueled production co-op. From ideation to creation, they craft human connections through intelligent, engaging and informative content. https://www.missinglink.company

Cette semaine pour le premier épisode de la 3e saison de Datestable, on reçoit deux queens d'Occupation Double : Catherine Fidiadis et Marie-May Larochelle. Ensemble, on plonge profondément dans leurs définitions de l'amour, leurs langages amoureux et la façon dont leur passage en téléréalité a transformé leur rapport au dating. On explore la vulnérabilité, la confiance, les red flags et les mécanismes de séduction qui influencent les premières dates. Au programme : - Comment OD a remodelé leur confiance, leurs attentes et leurs réflexes amoureux - Leurs langages de l'amour : ce qu'elles donnent, ce qu'elles reçoivent, ce qu'elles attendent - La vulnérabilité et la difficulté d'être soi-même en amour - Les mécanismes de séduction (regards, mystère, humour, assurance) - La pire date du jour et ce que ça révèle sur l'intimité

REDIFF - Virginie, une coiffeuse ambitieuse, tombe amoureuse de Laurent, un nouveau client. Leur histoire d'amour naissante est marquée par la clandestinité car l'homme est marié et les rendez-vous, volés. Mais voilà que tout bascule lorsque la femme de Laurent est retrouvée assassinée. Les soupçons se tournent vers lui, et Virginie se retrouve malgré elle au cœur de l'enquête. Qui a bien pu tuer l'épouse de Laurent ? Des meurtres qui défient la raison, des enquêtes impossibles, ou encore des assassins imprenables : abonnez-vous pour ne rater aucun nouveau récit passionnant de Pierre Bellemare, pour qui l'art de conter n'avait aucun secret. Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Al Chang is back on the podcast, chatting about his recent award-winning film CINDY. https://www.instagram.com/4lcfilm "An aspiring rapper takes a vague driving gig hoping for a quiet night to himself. Instead, he meets Cindy, a bubbly and unpredictable passenger who drags him into an absurd and unexpectedly heartfelt adventure."CINDY" is a quirky dramedy about connection, detours, and the strangers who change our lives." Director Statement Storytelling, for me, is about finding truth in unexpected places. I'm less interested in delivering a message than I am in creating a space where audiences can feel something genuine and walk away with their own interpretations. Every film I make is a chance to explore a new genre, to challenge myself creatively, and to discover how far we can push with limited resources.I've always believed that good filmmaking isn't about scale, but about intent. Whether it's a contained drama, a high-energy comedy, or a tense thriller, I approach each project with the same focus: building honest characters, crafting sharp visuals, and shaping rhythm in the edit until it feels alive. I like to leave room for humor, tension, and vulnerability—because that mix is what makes stories resonate.At the heart of it, I see filmmaking as community-building. Each project brings together people who might not have otherwise crossed paths, and in that collaboration, something greater emerges. My goal is to keep creating films that entertain, that spark conversation, and that remind us of the power of storytelling to connect us. —— Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod

Nous sommes en 2003, cette année-là - comme chantait Claude François repris d'ailleurs par M Pokora - la 3ème saison du télé-crochet de M6 "Popstars" est en préparation. Des castings sont organisés dans la France entière, notamment à Strasbourg où vit Matthieu Tota, le vrai nom de M. Pokora... Pendant une pause, le jury remarque un petit blondinet qui se trémousse façon Justin Timberlake. Il ne fait pas la queue pour le casting, il est juste venu accompagner une copine. Il ne le sait pas encore mais son destin est sur le point de basculer... Dans "Ah Ouais ?", Florian Gazan répond en une minute chrono à toutes les questions essentielles, existentielles, parfois complètement absurdes, qui vous traversent la tête. Un podcast RTL Originals. Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Trois ans après son lancement, ChatGPT s'impose comme une force majeure du numérique, redéfinissant nos usages, notre travail et l'équilibre mondial de l'industrie de l'intelligence artificielle.Une adoption fulgurante qui redéfinit nos usages numériquesEn trois ans, ChatGPT est passé de simple curiosité technologique à outil quotidien pour des centaines de millions d'utilisateurs. Deux mois ont suffi pour atteindre les 100 millions d'usagers, un record historique, avant de grimper à 800 millions d'utilisateurs hebdomadaires aujourd'hui. En France, près de 40 % de la population a déjà essayé l'outil, et le pays se distingue par un nombre record d'abonnés payants. La recherche en ligne se transforme : on ne cherche plus, on demande. Cette bascule conversationnelle oblige les moteurs à repenser leurs modèles, tandis que les risques de confusion entre vrai et vraisemblable augmentent.Une révolution silencieuse du travail et de la créationL'essor de l'IA générative change profondément la production de texte, d'images, de vidéo et même de code. Les outils comme ChatGPT ou les modèles multimodaux accélèrent les tâches, homogénéisent les formats et reconfigurent de nombreux métiers. L'automatisation du travail cognitif s'intensifie, comme le rappelle Elon Musk, tandis que les entreprises misent sur l'assistance numérique pour accroître productivité et compétences. Le vocabulaire du quotidien évolue également : LLM, hallucinations, prompt engineering, fine-tuning… preuve d'une mutation culturelle accélérée.Un nouvel équilibre géopolitique et économiqueChatGPT a mis en lumière de nouvelles figures, à commencer par Sam Altman, devenu incontournable dans la Silicon Valley. OpenAI déclare 4,3 milliards de dollars de revenus au premier semestre 2025 mais fait face à des coûts massifs pour l'entraînement de ses modèles. La compétition mondiale est intense, menée par Google, Anthropic, Meta, Mistral AI ou encore les projets open source. La bataille industrielle se concentre autour des data centers et des puces, dominée notamment par Nvidia.La prochaine étape : la course à la superintelligenceLa next big thing est déjà lancée : la superIA. OpenAI, Google et Anthropic travaillent sur des modèles capables de raisonner, planifier et agir comme de véritables agents autonomes. Une perspective à la fois fascinante et inquiétante. Si les trois dernières années ont été fulgurantes, les trois prochaines pourraient être déterminantes pour l'équilibre mondial… et pour la place de l'Europe.-----------♥️ Soutien : https://mondenumerique.info/don

Jeudi 27 novembre, François Sorel a reçu Christophe Aulnette, senior advisor chez Seven2 et ancien président de Microsoft France et Asie du Sud, Salime Nassur, fondateur de Maars, et Philippe Dewost, fondateur de Phileos, cofondateur de Wanadoo et ancien directeur général de l'EPITA. Ils se sont penchés sur les débuts de ChatGPT, notamment son adoption fulgurante, dans l'émission Tech & Co, la quotidienne, sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au jeudi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Aujourd'hui, je vous ai préparé une leçon du mercredi un peu spéciale, consacrée à un sujet qui nous concerne tous : les réseaux sociaux.Vous le voyez comme moi : la portée chute, l'engagement baisse, les règles du jeu ont changé et c'est pénible pour tout le monde. On passe des heures à créer du contenu, on publie régulièrement, on fait tout “comme il faut”, et pourtant : ça ne fonctionne plus comme avant. Mais j'ai une bonne nouvelle : ce n'est pas vous le problème.Ce ne sont pas vos idées. Ce n'est pas votre motivation. Ce sont les codes des plateformes qui ont complètement évolué.Dans cette leçon, je partage avec vous 3 bouleversements majeurs que j'ai analysés.Et surtout, je vous explique comment surfer sur ces nouvelles règles, comment transformer ces changements en opportunités et comment continuer à créer du contenu qui marche, sans y passer vos soirées.Bonne écoute ✨CHAPITRAGE 00:00 – Introduction00:20 – Pourquoi vos contenus fonctionnent moins : le constat01:28 – Bouleversement n°1 : la TikTokisation des plateformes06:31 – Bouleversement n°2 : le ras-le-bol du bullshit commercial09:44 – Bouleversement n°3 : la qualité reprend le pouvoir14:21 – Les réseaux sociaux restent un atout majeur (et gratuit !)15:07 – Les 5 piliers pour bâtir une communauté engagée#RéseauxSociaux#StratégieDigitale#CréationDeContenu#Algorithme2026#MarketingDigital#InstagramTips#TikTokStrategy#YouTubeGrowth#PersonalBranding#Entrepreneuriat#PaulineLaigneau#PodcastBusinessNotes et références de l'épisode Pour retrouver ma dernière masterclass sur les réseaux sociaux : Replay du Grand Live : Les nouveaux codes des réseaux sociauxPour découvrir ma formation sur les réseaux sociaux en 2026 : Bâtir une communauté engagée sur les Réseaux SociauxPour fêter le lancement de ma nouvelle édition, vous bénéficiez de -20% jusqu'au 8 décembre avec le code COMMUNAUTE20 Vous pouvez consulter notre politique de confidentialité sur https://art19.com/privacy ainsi que la notice de confidentialité de la Californie sur https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hollywood icon Bruce Lee lived a short, eventful life that changed the trajectory of Asian representation in American culture. This month for our series Full Bio, we learn more about the life, career, and culture impact of Bruce Lee from biographer Jeff Chang. His new book is titled Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America. In today's installment, Chang speaks about Lee's martial arts training, and his move to California. In today's installment, Chang speaks about Lee's career in Hollywood, his untimely death at 32, and his legacy.

Le producteur-artiste Young Chang MC présente son nouvel album Mi, dont la sortie est prévue le 28 novembre 2025. Un album de 14 artistes qui marque un tournant dans la carrière de l'artiste qui mêle récits introspectifs et énergie festive. Il sera en concert exceptionnel aux côtés de Matieu White et 1T1 le 15 mars 2026 au Zénith de Paris. Il répond aux questions de Claudy Siar, Stéphane Linon et Laura Mbakop. Et, par téléphone, Steevy Gustave, député de l'Essonne, parlera de la tribune qu'il a écrite pour alerter sur la situation au Darfour. Pour visionner les clips, cliquez sur les titres des chansons :  Young Chang MC - Bangerman Young Chang MC feat Lycinaïs Jean - Pwisan Young Chang MC - Sprinter Young Chang MC - Trap la Young Chang MC - Paka oublié Retrouvez la playlist officielle de RFI Musique.

Avicenne, Babinski, Charcot, Galien, Koch, Laennec, Pasteur... Ces personnalités ont marqué durablement l'histoire de la médecine. Quelles sont les autres figures, moins connues du grand public, qui ont su influencer le monde médical ? Nous parlons de leurs parcours et de leurs avancées, qui peuvent parfois, aujourd'hui, être remises en question. Certains ont donné leur nom à des rues, à des stations de métro, ou à des vaccins. D'autres, connus de leurs seuls contemporains, sont aujourd'hui complètement tombés dans l'oubli. Quant aux derniers, ils n'ont jamais connu la célébrité, alors qu'ils ont sauvé d'innombrables vies. Eux, ce sont les héros de la médecine.  Leur héritage scientifique reste d'actualité, que ce soit pour lutter contre les infections, mettre des enfants au monde, combattre le cancer, soulager la dépression ou diagnostiquer une maladie génétique.   Yersin, Hippocrate et Marie Curie Itinéraires d'hommes célèbres (Alexandre Yersin, Hippocrate ou Zénon Drohocki) et de femmes, dont la détermination et l'énergie ont eu raison des obstacles et des préjugés, faisant d'elles de véritables pionnières dans le domaine de la santé (comme Madeleine Brès ou Marthe Gautier), et pourtant, la renommée de ces dernières a rarement atteint celle de leurs confrères, exception faite bien sûr, de la double nobélisée, Marie Curie.   Parcours de vie et découvertes scientifiques  Les travaux de ces aventuriers de la santé sont toujours à l'ordre du jour pour soigner, partout dans le monde et leurs parcours parfois inattendus, se racontent comme un roman…  Des personnalités qui ont tracé leur sillon en apportant de nouveaux savoir-faire, de nouvelles techniques, en créant des outils ou une compréhension, qui ont bouleversé la pratique de la médecine : césarienne, conseils pour l'allaitement maternel, électroconvulsivothérapie (les électrochocs), découverte de la Trisomie 21, du Bacille de la peste, culture du quinquina contre le paludisme...  Évoquer le parcours et les découvertes de ces héros de la médecine, c'est aussi souligner l'importance de la recherche scientifique et d'avancées parfois anciennes, qui ont toute leur place, aujourd'hui encore dans la pratique médicale et continuent de sauver des vies.   Avec :  Pr Gilles Pialoux, chef du Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales à l'Hôpital Tenon (APHP) et professeur à Sorbonne Universités à Paris. Auteur de l'ouvrage Admirations : Sept héros de la médecine, aux éditions Perrin  Pr Fatimata Ly, dermatologue et vénérologue, professeur à la Faculté de médecine, de pharmacie et d'odontostomatologie de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar. Médecin-chef du service de Dermatologie de l'Institut d'Hygiène Sociale de Dakar. Présidente de la société sénégalaise de dermatologie vénéréologie. Co-auteure de l'ouvrage Elles étaient là, les pionnières de la santé !, aux éditions Nara Thanh-Hà Tran, journaliste au service vietnamien de RFI. Programmation musicale :  ► Michael Kiwanuka – Hero ► Trio Mocotó – O xangô.    

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Avicenne, Babinski, Charcot, Galien, Koch, Laennec, Pasteur... Ces personnalités ont marqué durablement l'histoire de la médecine. Quelles sont les autres figures, moins connues du grand public, qui ont su influencer le monde médical ? Nous parlons de leurs parcours et de leurs avancées, qui peuvent parfois, aujourd'hui, être remises en question. Certains ont donné leur nom à des rues, à des stations de métro, ou à des vaccins. D'autres, connus de leurs seuls contemporains, sont aujourd'hui complètement tombés dans l'oubli. Quant aux derniers, ils n'ont jamais connu la célébrité, alors qu'ils ont sauvé d'innombrables vies. Eux, ce sont les héros de la médecine.  Leur héritage scientifique reste d'actualité, que ce soit pour lutter contre les infections, mettre des enfants au monde, combattre le cancer, soulager la dépression ou diagnostiquer une maladie génétique.   Yersin, Hippocrate et Marie Curie Itinéraires d'hommes célèbres (Alexandre Yersin, Hippocrate ou Zénon Drohocki) et de femmes, dont la détermination et l'énergie ont eu raison des obstacles et des préjugés, faisant d'elles de véritables pionnières dans le domaine de la santé (comme Madeleine Brès ou Marthe Gautier), et pourtant, la renommée de ces dernières a rarement atteint celle de leurs confrères, exception faite bien sûr, de la double nobélisée, Marie Curie.   Parcours de vie et découvertes scientifiques  Les travaux de ces aventuriers de la santé sont toujours à l'ordre du jour pour soigner, partout dans le monde et leurs parcours parfois inattendus, se racontent comme un roman…  Des personnalités qui ont tracé leur sillon en apportant de nouveaux savoir-faire, de nouvelles techniques, en créant des outils ou une compréhension, qui ont bouleversé la pratique de la médecine : césarienne, conseils pour l'allaitement maternel, électroconvulsivothérapie (les électrochocs), découverte de la Trisomie 21, du Bacille de la peste, culture du quinquina contre le paludisme...  Évoquer le parcours et les découvertes de ces héros de la médecine, c'est aussi souligner l'importance de la recherche scientifique et d'avancées parfois anciennes, qui ont toute leur place, aujourd'hui encore dans la pratique médicale et continuent de sauver des vies.   Avec :  Pr Gilles Pialoux, chef du Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales à l'Hôpital Tenon (APHP) et professeur à Sorbonne Universités à Paris. Auteur de l'ouvrage Admirations : Sept héros de la médecine, aux éditions Perrin  Pr Fatimata Ly, dermatologue et vénérologue, professeur à la Faculté de médecine, de pharmacie et d'odontostomatologie de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar. Médecin-chef du service de Dermatologie de l'Institut d'Hygiène Sociale de Dakar. Présidente de la société sénégalaise de dermatologie vénéréologie. Co-auteure de l'ouvrage Elles étaient là, les pionnières de la santé !, aux éditions Nara Thanh-Hà Tran, journaliste au service vietnamien de RFI. Programmation musicale :  ► Michael Kiwanuka – Hero ► Trio Mocotó – O xangô.    

Le producteur-artiste Young Chang MC présente son nouvel album Mi, dont la sortie est prévue le 28 novembre 2025. Un album de 14 artistes qui marque un tournant dans la carrière de l'artiste qui mêle récits introspectifs et énergie festive. Il sera en concert exceptionnel aux côtés de Matieu White et 1T1 le 15 mars 2026 au Zénith de Paris. Il répond aux questions de Claudy Siar, Stéphane Linon et Laura Mbakop. Et, par téléphone, Steevy Gustave, député de l'Essonne, parlera de la tribune qu'il a écrite pour alerter sur la situation au Darfour. Pour visionner les clips, cliquez sur les titres des chansons :  Young Chang MC - Bangerman Young Chang MC feat Lycinaïs Jean - Pwisan Young Chang MC - Sprinter Young Chang MC - Trap la Young Chang MC - Paka oublié Retrouvez la playlist officielle de RFI Musique.

This week, Stu lets us into the secret world of moss, how they're different to other plants, and how they're so hardy they can even survive on the outside of spacecraft; and Claire gets her teeth into a new, large longitudinal study that showed water fluoridation did not harm cognition or IQ. Maeng, Chang-hyun et al., Extreme environmental tolerance and space survivability of the moss, Physcomitrium patens. iScience, Volume 0, Issue 0, 113827 (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113827 John Robert Warren et al., Childhood fluoride exposure and cognition across the life course. Sci. Adv. 11, eadz0757 (2025). DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adz0757

Hollywood icon Bruce Lee lived a short, eventful life that changed the trajectory of Asian representation in American culture. This month for our series Full Bio, we learn more about the life, career, and culture impact of Bruce Lee from biographer Jeff Chang. His new book is titled Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America. In today's installment, Chang speaks about Lee's martial arts training, and his move to California.

What does it really take to build a personal brand business from scratch? In this episode, I'm sitting down with Faith Chang from Leadership Moxie—a former Badass Empires client who went from juggling three jobs (belly dance instructor, leadership trainer, and expat career coach) to building a focused, profitable coaching business that generated over $80K in just seven months. But this isn't one of those glossy success stories. This is the real, messy, behind-the-scenes truth about what it takes to niche down when you're multi-talented, how to transition from trading time for money to building something scalable, and the gutsy decisions you have to make along the way. Faith shares the moment she fired a $35K client (yes, you read that right), how she finally chose her niche after exploring belly dancing for executives, cross-cultural coaching, and everything in between, and what it's actually like to go from undercharging to premium pricing. If you're a multi-passionate person drowning in possibilities, a hustler who can't seem to say no, or someone who's building a business while trying to protect your energy and your family—this conversation is for you. Connect with Faith: LinkedIn: Faith Chang Business: Leadership Moxie Instagram & TikTok: Coming soon (she's mastering one platform at a time!) -------------------- LET'S CONNECT

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Justinian Huang's new novel Lucky Seed is about a single, gay son pressured by his Taiwanese-American family to produce a male heir. In an interview with NPR's All Things Considered, Huang tells NPR's Ailsa Chang that his own family asked him to have a baby boy – or else they would risk punishment in the afterlife. In today's episode, Huang speaks with Chang about being the “chosen one” in his family, the concept of “hungry ghosts,” and how writing the book changed Huang's relationship with his mother.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Hollywood icon Bruce Lee lived a short, eventful life that changed the trajectory of Asian representation in American culture. This month for our series Full Bio, we learn more about the life, career, and culture impact of Bruce Lee from biographer Jeff Chang. His new book is titled Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America. In today's installment, Chang speaks about Lee's family, and his childhood in China.

Welcome to The Chrisman Commentary, your go-to daily mortgage news podcast, where industry insights meet expert analysis. Hosted by Robbie Chrisman, this podcast delivers the latest updates on mortgage rates, capital markets, and the forces shaping the housing finance landscape. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just looking to stay informed, you'll get clear, concise breakdowns of market trends and economic shifts that impact the mortgage world.In today's episode, we look at some trends across economic data as it pertains to labor market indicators. Plus, Robbie sits down with Experian's Royce Chang for a discussion on the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act and the end of trigger leads, exploring what the shift means for lenders and how predictive modeling, pre-screen tools, and new borrower-engagement strategies can help them compete and thrive in a privacy-first market. And we close by examining what is important on the economic calendar this week.Today's podcast is sponsored by The Big Point of Sale, which delivers a fast, flexible, and low-cost mortgage POS that gets lenders up and running in hours (not months) while empowering loan officers and consumers to collaborate seamlessly from any device.

In this episode, Tristan Handy sits down with Chang She — a co-creator of Pandas and now CEO of LanceDB — to explore the convergence of analytics and AI engineering. The team at LanceDB is rebuilding the data lake from the ground up with AI as a first principle, starting with a new AI-native file format called Lance. Tristan traces Chang's journey as one of the original contributors to the pandas library to building a new infrastructure layer for AI-native data. Learn why vector databases alone aren't enough, why agents require new architecture, and how LanceDB is building a AI lakehouse for the future. For full show notes and to read 6+ years of back issues of the podcast's companion newsletter, head to https://roundup.getdbt.com. The Analytics Engineering Podcast is sponsored by dbt Labs.

Après Java, Alicia emmène sa famille à Lombok pour changer d'ambiance. L'arrivée sur l'île marque un réel contraste : plus calme, plus douce, tournée vers la mer. C'est une transition parfaite avant de rejoindre les îles Gili, avec des paysages apaisants et un rythme plus simple qui fait du bien après les journées intenses passées autour des volcans.Écouter l'épisode en entier : Lever de soleil sur le volcan Bromo, rizières, cascades & surf en Indonésie-----------Si l'épisode vous a plu, laissez-moi une note 5 ⭐️ou un commentaire sur Apple Podcasts ou Spotify

Get Jeff's book: https://www.amazon.com/Water-Mirror-Echo.../dp/0358726476   Water Mirror Echo—a title inspired by Bruce Lee's own way of moving, being and responding to the world—is a page-turning and powerful reminder. At the helm is Jeff Chang, the award-winning author of Can't Stop Won't Stop, whose writing on culture, politics, the arts and music have made him one of the most acclaimed and distinctive voices of our time. In his hands, Bruce Lee's story brims with authenticity.   Now, based on in-depth interviews with Lee's closest intimates, thousands of newly available personal documents, and featuring dozens of gorgeous photographs from the family's archive, Chang achieves the nearly impossible. He reveals the man behind the enduring iconography and stirringly shows Lee's growing fame ushering in something that's turned out to be even more enduring: the creation of Asian America.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,   BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!   Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents?   Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially YouTube!)   THANKS Y'ALL   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/ Twitter: @TIRShowOakland Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland   Substack: https://substack.com/@jmylesoftir   Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/ Read Jason in Unaligned here: https://substack.com Read, "We're All Sellouts Now" here: https://benburgis.substack.com/.../all-we-ever-wanted-wa

In this tender, honest, and inspiring conversation, Boston-based abstract artist and longtime educator Christina Chang returns to Paige's Pod to catch us up on everything that's changed since her last visit in 2021. Christina shares how her art practice is helping her move through a season of huge transition: getting married, becoming a soon-to-be empty nester, caring for her father who has Alzheimer's, and investing in the business side of her work as an Asian American creative entrepreneur. We talk about painting as a way to process grief, the joy of collaborating with her endurance-athlete husband on an “Art & Run” gallery event, and what it really looks like to prioritize creativity and self-care in midlife. If you've ever wondered how to keep making meaningful work while life keeps… life-ing, this episode will feel like a warm, honest hug from a fellow artist on the path.To Connect with Christina:-Website: christinachangart.com-Instagram: @christinachang_art

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Cette semaine, dans la Grande Librairie, Margaret Atwood, Asma Mhalla, Gérald Bronner, Ingrid Astier et Enki Bilal tentent de démêler le vrai du faux à l'heure de l'Intelligence Artificielle et des fake news, et s'interrogent sur ce qui, dans notre époque, relève déjà de la fiction…

Vanguard Group, the world’s second-largest money manager, is wary of junk bonds given how expensive they’ve become. “Where the market is today doesn’t leave a lot of room for negative surprises,” Michael Chang, head of high-yield corporate credit at the $11 trillion asset manager, tells Bloomberg News’ James Crombie and Bloomberg Intelligence’s Matthew Geudtner in the latest Credit Edge podcast. “Spreads are pretty tight, yields are about average — it’s not the best time to be investing in high yield,” Chang says. They also discuss Vanguard’s preference for debt from utilities and consumer staples companies, how to get extra yield from leveraged loans and how to profit from liability-management exercises.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pioneering researcher, physician and historical novelist Dr Chen Yao-chang passed away at the age of 76 on November 17. He will be deeply missed by family and friends. John and Eryk had the pleasure of getting to know this kind and talented man through our publishing wing, Plum Rain Press. Our first book in fact was the English-language edition of his breakout novel, A Tale of Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa. (wonderfully translated by He Wen-ching.)In this special episode, you'll hear a recording from the highly-recommended podcast Books on Asia – With Amy Chavez, (the Formosa Files team recorded a ⁠BOA episode on “Three Tribes”⁠ in October '25), and snippets from a chat Eryk and Dr. Chen had back in June 2024. Rest in peace, Dr. Chen... and thank you.

Some academics go into the office every day; some are rarely ever seen on campus. Is one way better than the other? Who better to ask than the brilliant Ella Hafermalz who spent her career on the topic of remote work and its implications for belonging, community, collaboration, and performance. She points out that academia has always been a distributed and flexible profession. Researchers need flexibility and freedom to figure out their own best way of solving problems and doing their work, some of which may mean sitting at a desk, but maybe also involve lab or field work. On the other hand, pure freedom for individual academics makes a university nothing more than a collection of hired guns without a true community. How do we find the best balance and what is a good balance to begin with? Episode reading list Chang, S. (2025): China's unemployed young adults who are pretending to have jobs. BBC News, 11 August 2025, https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdd3ep76g3go. Hafermalz, E., & Riemer, K. (2021). Productive and Connected While Working from Home: What Client-facing Remote Workers can Learn from Telenurses about 'Belonging Through Technology'. European Journal of Information Systems, 30(1), 89-99. Huysman, M. (2025). Studying AI in the Wild: Reflections from the AI@Work Research Group. Journal of Management Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.70021. The Professor and the Madman. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5932728/. Hafermalz, E. (2021). Out of the Panopticon and into Exile: Visibility and Control in Distributed New Culture Organizations. Organization Studies, 42(5), 697–717. Rovelli, C. (2022). Helgoland: The Strange and Beautiful Story of Quantum Physics. Penguin Books. Carroll, S. (2019). Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime. Dutton. Sting, F. J., Tarakci, M., & Recker, J. (2024). Performance Implications of Digital Disruption in Strategic Competition. MIS Quarterly, 48(3), 1263-1278. Archive.org: Philosophy 185 Heidegger: Lectures from the course Philosophy 185 Heidegger by Hubert Dreyfus. https://fourble.co.uk/podcast/philosophy185heidegger. Baudrillard, J. (1981). Simulacra and Simulation. University of Michigan Press. Retkowsky, J., Hafermalz, E., & Huysman, M. (2024). Managing a ChatGPT-empowered Workforce: Understanding its Affordances and Side Effects. Business Horizons, 67(5), 511-523. Haubrich, G. F., Soekijad, M., & Hafermalz, E. (2025). 'What's Up with Work?'Bringing Screens into a Theory of Hybrid Working Situations. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.10670abstract. Tekeste, M. (2025). Under Pressure: Becoming the Good Enough Academic. Organization, https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084251383285. LinkedIn Community: The Digital Visibility Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13346086/.

Author & Geopolitics Expert Gordon Chang calls in to discuss China's global actions and their implications. Chang elaborates on China's promises to US presidents and their failure to uphold them, specifically focusing on fentanyl and meth precursor sales, which he claims are part of a malicious plan to weaken foreign societies. The conversation also touches upon the reduction in fentanyl deaths under the Trump administration, yet highlights China's continuous inventive methods for drug distribution. Concerns over China's potential blockade of Taiwan and its broader economic manipulations, including its control over critical supply chains like semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, are discussed. The conversation concludes with Japan's growing confrontation with China and the necessary US support for Japan's stance against Chinese aggression. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China has begun preparations to send a Shenzhou spacecraft to Tiangong Space station to support the crew in orbit. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has lifted restrictions on spaceflight launch operations. SpaceX launched the NASA-ESA jointly developed Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite from California, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Patrick O'Neill, Public Affairs and Outreach Lead at the International Space Station US National Laboratory. You can connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, and learn more about the ISS National Lab on their website and read Upward at https://issnationallab.org/upward/ Selected Reading Preparations begin for new space mission - Chinadaily.com.cn FAA to end mandated cuts in domestic US flights- Reuters NASA, SpaceX Launch US-European Satellite to Monitor Earth's Oceans Jeff Bezos to co-lead AI startup in first operational role since Amazon, NYT reports -Reuters MP seeks to fuel growth of country's expanding space economy - The Times of India Heinrich Secures Over $207 Million for New Mexico VORAGO Shatters Satellite Electronics Barriers, Launching Radiation-Tolerant Chips to Power the Next Generation of Satellite Constellations Sidus Space Reports Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Provides Business Update 'Rust' on the moon? Hematite discovered in Chang'e-6 lunar samples - CGTN Share your feedback. What do you think about T-Minus Space Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show.  Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to your digital experience, how often does a ‘great idea' from a senior leader's gut feeling get completely dismantled by actual user data?Agility requires the willingness to be wrong and the systems to prove it quickly. It's about building a culture that values learning over being right and relentlessly iterates based on real human behavior, not internal assumptions. Today, we're going to talk about moving beyond ‘best practice' and intuition to build a truly data-driven digital experience. We'll explore how to create a disciplined conversion rate optimization program where usability testing, A/B experimentation, and personalization aren't just separate tactics, but a unified system, especially within a powerful platform like SitecoreAI, to build experiences that adapt to customer needs, not just our assumptions about them. To help me discuss this topic, I'd like to welcome, George Chang, Senior Director, Digital Experience & Technology Corporate Marketing at Hexagon AB. About George Chang George Chang is the Senior Director of Digital Experience at Hexagon, leading digital transformation efforts to modernize web experiences, streamline operations, and drive business impact. With 25+ years of experience in development, marketing technology, content strategy, and digital platforms, he brings a unique ability to turn technical insights into strategic impact. A 9-time Sitecore MVP, George is an active voice in the DX community, advocating for scalable, user-centric experiences. George Chang on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgechang/ Resources Hexagon AB: https://www.hexagon.com The Agile Brand podcast is brought to you by TEKsystems. Learn more here: https://www.teksystems.com/versionnextnow Catch the future of e-commerce at eTail Palm Springs, Feb 23-26 in Palm Springs, CA. Go here for more details: https://etailwest.wbresearch.com/ Connect with Greg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkihlstromDon't miss a thing: get the latest episodes, sign up for our newsletter and more: https://www.theagilebrand.showCheck out The Agile Brand Guide website with articles, insights, and Martechipedia, the wiki for marketing technology: https://www.agilebrandguide.com The Agile Brand is produced by Missing Link—a Latina-owned strategy-driven, creatively fueled production co-op. From ideation to creation, they craft human connections through intelligent, engaging and informative content. https://www.missinglink.company

What happens when a world-class chef learns that success doesn't taste like he imagined?David Chang—the culinary force behind Momofuku and author of Eat a Peach—joins Guy Kawasaki to talk about ambition, burnout, scaling the unscalable, and learning to trade Michelin stars for family time. From plumbing disasters to poetic revelations, Chang opens up about the messy, beautiful art of creating something worth tasting.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.