Podcasts about chomolungma

Today, you'll learn about how scientists were able to witness water form at the molecular level and what that could mean for life on Mars, why Mount Everest is still growing, and why scientists are putting tiny backpacks on sea turtle hatchlings. Water Molecules “Researchers Watch Water Form at the Molecular Scale for the First Time.” Technology Networks. 2024. “Ultrathin silicon nitride microchip for in situ/operando microscopy with high spatial resolution and spectral visibility.” by Kunmo Koo, et al. 2024. “Unraveling the adsorption-limited hydrogen oxidation reaction at palladium surface via in situ electron microscopy.” by Yukun Liu, et al. 2024. Mount Everest Growth “Geologists Reveal a Surprising Reason Why Mount Everest Grows Taller Each Year.” by Rudy Molinek. 2024. “Recent uplift of Chomolungma enhanced by river drainage piracy.” by Xu Han, et al. 2024. Turtle Backpacks “Scientists use tiny ‘backpacks' on turtle hatchlings to observe their movements.” EurekAlert! 2024. “Swimming through sand: using accelerometers to observe the cryptic, pre-emergence life-stage of sea turtle hatchlings.” by David Dor, et al. 2024. Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Diese Woche mit Sina Kürtz und Julia Nestlen. Ihre Themen sind: - Hurricanes mit weiblichen Namen werden unterschätzt – warum eigentlich? (01:17) - Neue Gammastrahlung in Gewittern entdeckt – Brutstätte für Hulk-Gegner? (11:20) - Zwei Quallen können zu einer werden – welche Vorteile könnte das haben? (18:03) - Der Mount Everest wächst schneller als andere Berge – warum das für Bergsteiger*innen egal ist (25:12) Weitere Infos und Studien gibt's hier: Female hurricanes are deadlier than male hurricanes: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1402786111 Tropical Cyclone Names: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml Highly dynamic gamma-ray emissions are common in tropical thunderclouds: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07936-6 Flickering gamma-ray flashes, the missing link between gamma glows and TGFs: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07893-0 Rapid physiological integration of fused ctenophores: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)01023-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982224010236%3Fshowall%3Dtrue Recent uplift of Chomolungma enhanced by river drainage piracy: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01535-w Die Fakt ab-Folge mit der Frage, ob unsere Berge in Zukunft kleiner werden: https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/fakt-ab-eine-woche-wissenschaft/spinnenzombies-forscher-haben-untote-krabbeltiere-gebastelt/swr-kultur/10714379/ Unser Podcast-Tipp der Woche: Baborie & Rakers – Sie orgeln sich durchs Alphabet! https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/baborie-und-rakers-sie-orgeln-sich-durchs-alphabet/13759699/ Habt ihr auch Nerd-Facts und schlechte Witze für uns? Schreibt uns bei WhatsApp oder schickt eine Sprachnachricht: 0174/4321508 Oder per E-Mail: faktab@swr2.de Oder direkt auf http://swr.li/faktab Instagram: @charlotte.grieser @julianistin @sinologin @aeneasrooch Redaktion: Charlotte Grieser und Chris Eckardt Idee: Christoph König

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten +++ DNA-Test identifiziert mutmaßliche Schiege "Flumo" doch nur als Schaf +++ Warum der Mount Everest besonders schnell wächst +++ Corona hat Digitalisierung der Wirtschaft ausgebremst +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:Interspecific hybrids of animals - in nature, breeding and science – a review. Annals of Animal Science, 08.05.2021Recent uplift of Chomolungma enhanced by river drainage piracy. Nature Geoscience, 30.09.2024Digitale Transformation auf Sparflamme: Weniger 4.0-Investitionen in der Pandemie. ZEW policiy brief, Oktober 2024Faktencheck Artenvielfalt - Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven für den Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG für die gesellschaftliche Entscheidungsfindung. 01.10.2024A sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard's star. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 01.10.2024Alle Quellen findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: Tiktok und Instagram.

MOUNTAIN QUEEN: THE SUMMITS OF LHAKPA SHERPA tracks Lhakpa's storied mountaineering career in pursuit of her record-breaking 10th summit to reveal a rich personal history – from her childhood as a girl denied an education in rural Nepal, to her experience as an immigrant in America and survivor of intimate partner violence, to her fight to live as a fearless example to her teenage daughters. Through it all, Lhakpa climbs - her incredible strength and resilience inspired by her own mother goddess of the universe - Chomolungma, Mt. Everest. Lhakpa Sherpa has summited Mt. Everest more than any woman in history. The first Nepali woman to summit and descend in 2000, Lhakpa keeps climbing in pursuit of a better life for herself and her children and to champion Nepali women and girls. MOUNTAIN QUEEN: THE SUMMITS OF LHAKPA SHERPA highlights the incredible determination of mothers fighting to protect and inspire their children. Above all, Lhakpa's story is one of a family surviving, healing, and climbing forward. Director and co-producer Lucy Walker (Bring Your Own Brigade, The Crash Reel, Waste Land, Countdown to Zero) stops by to talk how her previous documentary work brought her to tell Lhakpa's story, capturing the steely determination of Lhakpa to follow her own path, and how her achievements have impacted her daughters, Sunny and Shiny.

Sagarmāthā ou Chomolungma?

Jessica Hepburn describes herself as 'an unlikely athlete' but, after a series of very hard life experiences including a very lengthy IVF journey that led only to miscarriages and ectopic pregnancy, she decided to heal her broken heart through physical exercise.She is currently the first and only woman on the planet to have completed the 'Sea, Street, Summit Challenge' which means to swim the English Channel, run the London Marathon, and climb Mount Everest!Something that makes her journey to accomplishing these massive goals even more unique and fun: while training for and then finally climbing the world's tallest mountain, Jessica also listened to over 3,000 episodes of her favorite radio program, Desert Island Discs, which has been a beloved classic in the UK and worldwide for over 80 years!In today's interview, Jessica dives deep with Infinite Capacity Podcast host Andrea Morton... sharing intimate stories from her childhood & family, speaking candidly about IVF and the rift in her 16-year relationship, and answering many questions about what it was really like to summit 'Chomolungma,' the Tibetan Sherpa name for Mount Everest.Jessica is such a warm and well-spoken human, you'll be laughing, crying, and cheering as you get to know her & listen to this amazing, inspiring real-life story - part of which is about to be made into a movie (or two)!Need some coaching feedback about your own life? Ask Andrea your question by emailing andrea@thinktothrivecoaching.com!You can also reach out via Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn @thinktothrivecoaching

In this episode Bob and I take on an interesting category. We discsuss the American Brown Ale, which in theory looks like a version of the English brown, but jacked up on hops (allegedly). American brown ale with roasted malt, caramel-like and chocolate-like characters should be of medium intensity in both flavor and aroma for the American brown ale. American-style brown ales have evident low to medium hop flavor and aroma and medium to high hop bitterness. The history of this style dates back to U.S. homebrewers who were inspired by English-style brown ales and porters. It sits in flavor between those British styles and is more bitter than both.   Examples of this style: 1.     HiHo – Touchdown Brown 2.     Treehouse – Bear 3.     Wrecking Crew Brew Works – Shotgun Banister   ABV: 4.3-6.2% IBUs: 18-35 Color: 18-35 Serving Temp: 45-50F Serving Pressure: 5-8 PSI   Beer Representation: Jackie O's - Chomolungma 6.5% ABV 33 IBUs Beer Description: This brown ale was brewed to commemorate the 2007 Lungevity Everest Expedition. The people of Tibet call Mt. Everest “Chomolungma,” and this exceptional ale carries on the spirit of the climb. Seven Malts, three hops, and 100 pounds of local wild flower honey give this ale an exceptional character. Baked muffins, dark fruit, bittersweet chocolate, rich honey and earthy subtle hops caress the palate.   Support the show by doing your Amazon shopping through our affiliate link. Just click the link here or on my website and do your shopping as you would normally. With every purchase you make using the link the podcast gets a little commission kick back. https://www.amazon.com?&linkCode=ll2&tag=thebrewerof0f-20&linkId=508b80c5f61935cee690c0e883386653&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl Please consider becoming a member of the Pint Club by visiting my Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/PintTalkingPintClub There are four tier levels and when you join the Pint Club you will get an opportunity to win a six pack of Ohio beer that is shipped by Rivalry Brews https://rivalrybrews.com/. You will also get a few coupon codes, a Pint Talking Sticker, and you'll also get the early released ad free version of this show. Don't forget to visit my website at https://www.thebrewerofseville.com/ to catch up on old episodes and visit the newly renovated BOS swag store. I have added several new colors and styles of Tees and Hoodies. Make sure you check out our friends at  Wrecking Crew Brew Works on the web at https://www.wreckingcrewbrewworks.com/ and follow them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Wreckingcrewbrewworks and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/wreckingcrewbrewworks Check out our other sponsors: North East Ohio Craft Brewery News – Check out one of the best sources for craft beer news in Northeast Ohio. You can also find them on Facebook at @ NEOCBN. https://neocraftbrewerynews.com/?fbclid=IwAR1W2i4nKp2fCO0jpQEnZE0ekO8oRYRbK8u6hI16wek8T2CGUvWntZ_FWKo Join the American Homebrewers Association and get access to hundreds of award-winning recipes as well as countless informative articles. Follow this link and use the code PintTalking for $5 off your membership. https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/support-the-aha/?promo=the-Brewer-of-Seville. Shirts on Tap at https://shirtsontap.com/ and use the code rq7szr  For $10 off your first order.

Tú y yo somos corresendas, lo que significa que nos gusta movernos rápido por la naturaleza, fluir por valles, bosques, collados, montañas y crestas. Esos espacios naturales, que son nuestro patio de juegos, nos producen deleite, para los sentidos, y bienestar, para cuerpo y alma. Por consiguiente, nos gustaría que se preservasen tal como son, 100% salvajes y 100% libres de suciedad, contaminación, deforestación, desertificación o urbanización. “Todo lo bello es libre y salvaje”, dijo el filósofo y naturalista HD Thoreau. Pero, ¿se están deteriorando tan drástica y aceleradamente los espacios naturales? Y, de ser así (que ya adelanto que lo es), ¿qué hacemos realmente los y las entusiastas del outdoor para reducir ese daño? Sí, a todo el mundo nos hierve la sangre al ver la escombrera en que se ha convertido el C4 del Everest por la ruta normal. (Es, cuando menos, indignante que, los efectos de la actitud desaprensiva de algunos, se hagan notar en lugares tan remotos como los 7900msnm en la montaña más alta de la Tierra: Everest, Sagarmatha, Chomolungma, la “madre del universo”.) Sí, todo el mundo criticamos los vertidos de las fábricas a la atmósfera o a los ríos. O las emisiones ingentes de los mega-buques portacontenedores. Sí, a todo el mundo nos parece fabulosa la Kilian Jornet Foundation, que defiende la protección de los espacios de montaña, o los “performance”, que la gente de Greenpeace hace a las puertas de donde se celebran las cumbres del clima. Muy bonito todo, pero ¿qué hacemos tú o yo, de verdad, para proteger el medio ambiente? ¿Dónde pones tu cuidado, tu interés, tu dinero, tu voto? No hay que escarbar mucho para darnos cuenta de que, aunque creamos lo contrario, no somos tan ecologistas; de corazón lo somos, pero ¿qué hay de la acción efectiva? Pues, mira, sin ir más lejos, no hay carrera de trail, donde no me encuentre algún envoltorio de gel energético por el recorrido. O, por poner otro ejemplo obvio, veo mucha zapatilla, prenda y mochila flamante en las líneas de salida, lo que me hace pensar que, tal vez, compramos más por capricho que por necesidad. O, por poner otro ejemplo muy a mano, no veo que nadie se extrañe porque la gente decida desplazarse a su carrera en avión, que es un armatoste que consume 1200 litros de combustible cada 100k, 200 veces más que lo que gastarías yendo en coche (aunque, sí, sea un tostón conducir 7h del centro de la Península hasta el Pirineo). Hoy vamos a hablar del estado del medio ambiente de nuestro planeta. Lo haremos para comprobar que, sí, hay cambio climático, hay deforestación y hay desertificación. Hay una crisis medioambiental, por mucho que Donald Trump cuestione el calentamiento global o un tal Mariano Rajoy, que fue presidente del Gobierno en España, llegase a declarar: “mi primo es físico y me dice que, si traes a los mejores diez científicos y les preguntas qué tiempo hará mañana en Sevilla, no te saben contestar con garantías; ¿cómo predecir lo que va a pasar en el mundo en 300 años?” (de verdad, poco se habló de semejante disparate dicho en boca de un presidente). Constatado que el estado de cosas no es el que nos gustaría, pasaremos a revisar las acciones que podemos llevar a cabo para, si no revertir del todo la crisis, al menos sí reducir el impacto ambiental de la actividad humana. O sea, habrá un primer apartado que pintará la cosa como está: muy negra; pero uno segundo, optimista, centrado en lo que podemos hacer. Humildemente, me gustaría pensar que este episodio despertará, no eco-ansiedad, que se traduce en desesperanza y parálisis, y sí actitud proactiva. Desde luego, propuestas de pequeñas acciones cotidianas no van a faltar. Sin más dilación, vamos al turrón. Sígueme en https://www.instagram.com/correrporsenderos/ donde publico píldoras sobre trail running a diario en Stories

In May 2022, The Full Circle Everest team made history when seven of the members reached the world's highest point. They were the first all black expedition team to do so. Today, we talk with Phil Henderson, Adina Scott and Eddie Taylor about their experiences on Chomolungma and the power of summits.  Thanks to our sponsors The North Face Momentous Athletic Greens

70 anni di ascensioni all'EverestSono passati 70 anni da quando Edmund Hillary e Tenzing Norgay calcarono per primi la vetta dell'Everest, il tetto del mondo. Pensavano che nessuno avrebbe ripetuto quell'ascensione, ma le cose non sono andate per nulla così. Ci sono state le salite in stile alpino, le spedizioni commerciali e ora folle e rifiuti intristiscono Chomolungma, come chiamano il monte i Tibetani. Serafin ripercorre alcuni episodi delle salite sull'Everest richiamandoci le pagine dei libri che ce li hanno raccontati.Fatti in breveNei fatti in breve di questa settimana Serafin ci riporta il triste crollo di una delle due famose guglie del gruppo del carezza nelle Piccole Dolomiti: l'Omo e la Dona. Dopodiché ci si occupa un po' di botanica con l'inaugurazione del giardino di Villa Biraghi nell'Ossola e i papaveri azzurri del giardino botanico di Oropa.

HUESCA | Esa imagen del Everest con apelotonamiento de alpinistas en busca de su cima. Esa foto del Everest con apelotonamiento de alpinistas en su descenso. Quizá, esa inconsciencia. Seguro, esa sensación de que subir al techo de la tierra, al 'ochomil' más alto y largo, está al alcance de muchos, cuando la realidad es bien distinta. Cuando se despoja al alpinismo de cierta épica, de exigencia, de cierto romanticismo, esas imágenes llaman de forma poderosa la atención. Se impregna esa idea de que el negocio ha traspasado ciertas líneas, que incluso hay quien aprende a ponerse unos crampones en el Campo Base para añadir una muesca al orgullo propio. Para soltar que "he visto el Mundo desde su punto más alto". Todo eso lo hemos metido en una coctelera y en este episodio de Planeta Montaña by Huesca La Magia lo hemos dedicado en exclusiva al Everest. La gran montaña, en nepalí se llama Sagarmatha ('La frente del cielo’) y en tibetano Chomolungma o Qomolangma ('Madre del Universo'). Podíamos haber abordado este especial de muchas formas, haberle dado distintos enfoques, es cierto, pero lo hemos encapsulado así: sus caras, qué supone ir al Everest con o sin oxígeno, y con un montañero que ha puesto sus botas en la cima del mundo. Abrimos así el podcast Planeta Montaña by Huesca La Magia con Kriss Annapurna para que nos haga una amplia foto de las caras de la 'Madre del Universo', luego se viene Anna Carceller médico especialista en nutrición y fisiología y en la que confían de su docto saber numerosos alpinistas y cerramos el podcast con el aragonés Javier Camacho para que nos cuente su experiencia en el Everest. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Sagarmāthā ou Chomolungma.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2023 is: rarefied • RAIR-uh-fyde • adjective Something described as rarefied is understood or appreciated by only a small or select group of people; the word is a synonym of esoteric. Rarefied can also be used technically to mean “being less dense,” a use that is typically applied to air that has less oxygen in it because of high elevation. // She has never been comfortable in the rarefied world of art dealers. // The climbers knew that breathing in the rarefied air near the mountain's peak would be difficult. See the entry > Examples: “Quiet luxury fashion is on the rise, helped by the unbranded ‘stealth wealth' styles favoured by the Roys in HBO's hit TV show Succession and the louche-yet-elegant looks donned by Gwyneth Paltrow during her now infamous ski trip trial. There is, however, always a rule breaker where you least expect one, and this spring, it's the ultimate ‘stealth' brand, Rolex, that's bending the rules and bringing a sense of playfulness to the rarefied milieu of haute luxury.” — Alexandra Zagalsky, The Week (London), 14 Apr. 2023 Did you know? In the upper reaches of Chomolungma, known more familiarly as Mount Everest, the air is so rarefied—so much less dense than at lower elevations—that most climbers use supplemental oxygen in order to successfully complete their climb. This sense of rarefied, a word that comes from a combination of the Latin words rarus (“thin” or “rare”) and facere (“to make”), has been in use since the 1500s. A second, figurative sense of rarefied developed in the following century to describe things that can only be understood by a small or select group, i.e. one “thinned” from the majority of people by dint of their unique experience, expertise, or status. It's this sense that we use when we say that to successfully summit Chomolungma puts one in rarefied company—just over 6,000 people have made it to the top at the time of this writing.

Après 20 années passées sur les plus hautes montagnes du monde et 21 ascensions à plus de 8 000 mètres d'altitude, la trajectoire de ce guide sherpa force le respect. Parce qu'il défend une approche humble, humaniste de son métier et des montagnes, Tendi est une voix qu'il faut écouter dans un contexte ahurissant de marchandisation de l'Everest. Au Népal, dans la chaîne mythique de l'Himalaya, les plus hautes montagnes du monde renferment la mémoire de tous ceux qui les ont arpentées : des Européens, mais aussi des Népalais, des Sherpas surtout, qui depuis les années 1950, n'ont eu de cesse de guider et rendre possible les grandes expéditions occidentales, en quête de records et de premières sur ces vertigineux sommets, à commencer par l'Everest, le Toit du monde culminant à 8 849 mètres. Pendant longtemps, l'histoire de l'Himalayisme —comme beaucoup d'autres histoires- s'est écrite uniquement du côté des Occidentaux. Laissant dans l'ombre, les locaux, les Sherpas, une ethnie tibétaine installée au Népal qui plus que tout autre, connaît et vit au quotidien ces lieux d'altitude, les grimpe, les craint, les vénère aussi. Mais l'histoire n'est jamais écrite d'avance et aujourd'hui, on assiste à une profonde transformation du secteur économique des ascensions et des treks là-bas, à une professionnalisation aussi des guides sherpa. Et de nouvelles figures, locales cette fois, émergent dans le panthéon des « héros » de l'Everest.Tendi Sherpa est de ceux-là, et à sa manière, il représente bien cette nouvelle élite de guide polyglotte et formée. Né en 1983 dans un village reculé de la vallée de Khembalung, celui qui sera enfant moine dans un monastère bouddhiste puis porteur à 13 ans, puis guide et chef d'expédition certifié à l'international, est devenu l'un des guides les plus respectés de son milieu. Comme d'autres Sherpas, Tendi défend une approche plus raisonnée de la montagne, en respect avec le milieu qui les nourrit et les a vus grandir. Chez lui, pas d'obsession de performances ou d'ascension à tout prix. Depuis le terrible accident de 2014 sur l'Everest qui a coûté la vie à 16 Sherpas, il est de ceux qui cherchent à valoriser et défendre le métier, accompagnant avec sa fondation les orphelins de Sherpas décédés en haute montagne ainsi que les écoliers de son village natal, encore très reculé. Le tourisme d'altitude occidental génère des richesses considérables et le déséquilibre est saillant dans un pays encore très pauvre, qui affiche un revenu mensuel moyen de 100 dollars seulement.Suivre le pas pressé de cet enfant des montagnes et de l'Everest, c'est alors comprendre les bouleversements fulgurants qu'a connus le Népal, petit pays coincé entre les géants chinois et indiens ouvert aux étrangers depuis 1951 seulement, et devenu depuis le terrain de jeu des alpinistes du monde entier. Pour les Occidentaux, le plus haut sommet du monde s'appelle Everest mais pour les Sherpas, il sera toujours Chomolungma soit la mère des montagnes.  Avec Tendi Sherpa, guide népalais certifié de l'Union Internationale des Associations de guide de montagne (UIAGM) et Flore Dussey, journaliste suisse et autrice d'une biographie consacrée à Tendi. En savoir plus : - Sur le livre « Tendi Sherpa, plus haut que l'Everest ». Une biographie écrite par Flore Dussey. Éditions Glénat- Sur l'association Népalko Sathi qui mène des projets éducatifs et agro-écologiques dans la vallée de Khembalung- Sur la Fondation Tendi Sherpa et son agence suisso-népalaise Audan Trekking- Sur l'histoire de l'alpinisme depuis 1945 dans l'Himalaya et le monde.

La storia dell'Everest parte da lontano.Nel 1921 ha inizio la prima spedizione britannica.L'obiettivo è la perlustrazione dell'Himalaya, alle pendici della montagna più alta del mondo.George Leigh Mallory è un debuttante in questi territori; eppure anche grazie al suo contributo venne scoperto il Colle Nord, una possibile via d'accesso alla vetta.Nel 1921 l'Everest non si concesse e nemmeno nel 1922, quando gli inglesi ci riprovarono.Nel 1924, George Leigh Mallory e Andrew Irvine piantarono e trascorsero la notte a campo VI - 8.170 metri.Vennero visti partire, poi le nuvole li coprirono. Per sempre.Mallory venne ritrovato 75 anni dopo, mentre di Irvine non vi fu traccia.Venne chiesto a Mallory perché si ostinasse a scalare l'Everest, dedicandoci la vita ancor prima di perderla. La risposta fu tanto semplice quanto non scontata: “ Perché`è li`” Contatto mail: andataeritorno.podcast@gmail.comMusic by Epidemic Sound

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Welcome to Season 2, Episode 25! Most people know Mount Everest is the highest summit above sea level in the world. Did you know that its original name is Chomolungma?  In this episode, we talk about the history of climbing Mount Chomolungma and the role of the Sherpa. We also talk about Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa who was instrumental in summiting Mount Chomolungma with Edmund Hillary. We begin the episode by reflecting on the recent horrible shootings in Buffalo and Laguna Woods. We also reflect on our interview series and some of the conversations we've had with Brad Jenkins, Hiro Kanagawa, Yvonne Chapman, and Sheldon Simeon. If you haven't heard them yet, we think you should because they're great! We close out this episode with an installment of Origins by talking about the term “hapa.” We mention Professor Kip Fulbeck's books part asian 100% hapa and hapa.me -  15 years of the hapa project. We highly recommend both! For previous episodes and information, please visit our site at https://asianamericanhistory101.libsyn.com or social media links at http://castpie.com/AAHistory101. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, email us at info@1882media.com. Segments 00:26 Recent shootings and talking about Interview Series 04:25 The History of Climbing Mount Chomolungma 24:12 Origins of the term “hapa”

Esmiyor Podcast'in ikinci sezonunun yirmi altıncı bölümünde konuğumuz Hakan Bulgurlu ve kendisine 'Tehlikeli bir tırmanışta mıyız?' diye soruyoruz.Hakan Bulgurlu, Arçelik'in genel müdürü. Esmiyor Podcast'i daha kurgulama aşamasından beri konuk almak istediğimiz Hakan Bey ile iletişimimiz 2021 yılının sonuna doğru yayımlanan "Tehlikeli Tırmanış: İklim Krizi ve Everest'e Meydan Okuma Hikayesi" kitabından yola çıktı. Hakan Bey, dünyanın en sürdürülebilir markalarının yayımlandığı "Corporate Knights' Global Index 100" listesine kendine yer edinen Arçelik'in sürdürülebilirlik konusundaki hareketine liderlik ederken, bir yandan da "dünyanın çatısı" olarak betimlenen Chomolungma'ya (Everest Dağı) iklim krizi hakkında farkındalık yaratmak için tırmandı. "Neden?" diye sorduğumuzda da, "şimdi bu konuda konuştuğumda herkes çok daha dikkatli dinliyor" dedi. Haklı. Hakan Bey ile iklim krizi farkındalığından, kurumların sürdürülebilirlik eforları ve iklim krizi ile mücadeledeki rolünden konuştuk. Hem kurumsal dünyanın en üst noktalarına erişmiş bir yönetici, hem de iklim krizi hakkında bu denli farkındalığı olan konuk bulmak oldukça güç. Bu iki konunun kesişim noktalarında sohbet ettik. Tabii ki 30 dakikaya sığmadı! Keyifli dinlemeler. Bitirmeden ekleyelim, bu bölümde Arçelik tarafından herhangi bir sponsorluk veya bütçe almadık. Güzel örnekleri ön plana çıkarmak, onları konuşmak ve ilham vermek Esmiyor'un amaçlarından biri. Bölümde bahsedilen bağlantılar: Tehlikeli Tırmanış: İklim Krizi ve Everest'e Meydan Okuma Hikayesi (Yazar: Hakan Bulgurlu)Lost on Everest ve The Ghosts Above (Renan Öztürk)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kevan completes a challenge and Michael discusses the joys of getting a new engine for his car. The Beers• Kevan's: Great Lakes Christmas Ale • Michael's: Natural Light, Jackie O's Chomolungma

Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit. In May 2007 Brian Oestrike, brother of Jackie O's Brewery owner Art Oestrike, set out to climb Mt. Everest in honor of their mother. The successful expedition led to the delicious beer that we tried this week - Chomolungma, which fittingly means Goddess Mother of the World. Chomolungma is a honey nut brown ale, and a perfect example of the kind of beer that we want to drink in the Autumn. Find us on Twitter at @sakamichi_beer Find us on Instagram at @sakamichibrewing Find us on Facebook at @SakamichiBrewing Music by Zen_Man from Pixabay

Upwards of 308 lives have been claimed by the mountain by those who have dared reach it's summit.More than 200 bodies remain committed to Everest due to logistical, and geographical barriers too great to contend with. Despite these grim statistics, the allure of the Mountain calls to many, with more and more climbers each year visiting the site. Listen on for a different flavour of TOIH this week, as Laura delivers some history, culture and morbid details of the mountain most suitably referred to as Sagamartha or Chomolungma.Have a spooky story to share, or a haunted location for TOIH to investigate?What are you waiting for? Get in touch!tospsychic@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram@turnsout_itshaunted the podcast@turnsout_shespsychic the podcastFaceboook @TOSPpodcasthttps://www.turnsoutshespsychic.com/Presented by Tracey Dimech & Laura Turner.Produced, edited, & music by Matt Turner.Visit Tracey's website here aAustralian Medium, Psychic & Spiritual Alignment Mentorhttps://www.traceydimech.com.auInformation gathered from sites and materials listed below;https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151008-the-graveyard-in-the-clouds-everests-200-dead-bodiesDeath in the clouds: The problem with Everest's 200+ bodiesBy Rachel Nuwer9th October 2015Everest Education Expedition CurriculumLesson 7: One Mountain, Many CulturesCreated by Montana State University Extended Universityand Montana NSF EPSCoRhttp://www.montana.edu/everest#BeAlpha #SonyAlpha #TheGhostsAboveThe Ghosts Above | Renan Ozturk | Sony Alpha FilmsEXPEDITIONS WRITTEN BYElijah PittmanJul 19, 2019Everest: Queues, Theft and Death on the Mountain Once Known as ChomolungmaThis Man Searched for the Yeti for 60 Years—and Found ItHe also stumbled upon what he calls "the greatest wilderness on the planet."BYSIMON WORRALLPUBLISHED AUGUST 19, 2017https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/mount-everest/

Every May 29th is Mt. Everest Day.

編集後記 第89回の更新です。 編集は私、taigaです。 編集しながら気が付きました、もう5月も終わりですね。あっという間だ～。 今週のタイトルは、haseパートで熱論した2007年のフジテレビドラマ「プロポーズ大作戦」の有名なセリフからです。 昔のドラマをリメイクするの流行ってますよね。ちょっと前だと「GTO」や「東京ラブストーリー」、アニメ版の「池袋ウエストゲートパーク」、放送中の「ドラゴン桜」などなど。次は何のドラマかなぁ。「マイ☆ボス マイ☆ヒーロー」あたりやらないかなぁ。 番組ではあなたからのメールを待ってます。 この番組では、気になるニュースやふつおたをメールで大募集！質問は番組内で紹介させていただきます。 Twitterも積極運用中！ 公式アカウントで収録から漏れた話や日常ぼやきなどを投稿中。 ぜひフォローをお願いします！ また、Twitterのハッシュタグ #350can の感想ツイートも追ってますので、投稿よろしくお願いします。 それではまた次回！ (文責： taiga) SHOW NOTE OPパート カリー カイラス - 食べログ 鮎ラーメン+ 虎ノ門横丁店 - 食べログ haseパート いつかこの恋を思い出してきっと泣いてしまう - TVer プロポーズ大作戦 - フジテレビ taigaパート １０本で終わるはずが…「サラメシ」中井貴一、１０年のハイテンション - 読売新聞 ポッドキャストで『ハイパーハードボイルドグルメリポート no vision』が始まった！ - POPEYE 横浜「寿町」の人々をめぐる14の物語を出版 - 朝日新聞デジタル ｢向こう側に落ちた人｣2人のホームレス歌人はそれでも”幸せ”を詠んだ - PRESIDENT Online 第8夜「5次元の談義」(Spotify) - 墓場のラジオ Forest Stories EDパート 菱田ベーカリー 「アフター6ジャンクション」が提示するカルチャーの意義　TBSラジオ橋本吉史インタビュー前編 今回のビール 本日の1缶はINDEED COMPANYの『THE QUEEN』です。度数は10.5％でウィスキー樽で半年以上熟成させたインペリアルスタウト。ビールというよりもはやウィスキーな味わい。ぼくのトークパートでは『プロポーズ大作戦2021』のキャスティングを勝手に大発表。我ながらいい線いってると思う。 #350can pic.twitter.com/MGLAuJ3rvv— はせがわりゅうや (@hase_csv) May 28, 2021 第89缶でした！今週は初登場のJackie O‘sからChomolungmaです。今週から3週間このブルワリーで行きます。肝心のお味は…むちゃくちゃ蜂蜜ナッツの味！！兄弟がエベレスト登山した記念に作ったブラウンビールらしい。何そのエピソード！あと、パッケージのクセがすごい。雪男？ #350can pic.twitter.com/nAZkbBiGV5— ayato (@dn0t_) May 28, 2021 メール投稿 読み込んでいます… BGM ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Go With Me Music By Johan Lilja (DJ Quads) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ The Fool Music By BryZone_ybp Soundcloud │ @bryzone_ybp ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 学校のチャイム … OtoLogic(https://otologic.jp/free/se/school_bell01.html) 「学校　　教室雰囲気」 … VSQ(https://vsq.co.jp/special/se_environment/) ジングル … 魔王魂(https://maoudamashii.jokersounds.com/) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ No Copyright Music Funky FREE Hip Hop Instrumental Copyright Free Background Music Bouncy MC Sound Effects FREE DJ Record Scratching Sound Effects Active Fingers Copyright Free Music ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ “Sleep” From “Relax 2015” by Chino Yoshio

In this incredible episode I talk to Hannah Shields, Hannah is an adventurer, mountain climber, ultra runner and many more things in the endurance and adventure world. Hannah is also a Dentist by profession. In this episode Hannah tells us about her incredible experiences on Mt. Everest. Hannah had a failed attempt in 2003 but was determined to go back to Chomolungma to reach the summit, and did just that in 2007. we hear about near death experiences, how she had to bury a fellow climber who had died and how she saved the life of a sherpa left for dead. These stories Hannah tells are out of this world, her own determination and energy spills out into the ears of the listener and will no doubt have you raring to go for your next adventure! Hope you enjoy the show! don't forget to like, subscribe and share it with your friends! Thanks for listening!

Hey! It's us again--AJ and Pearl Hurst. We forgot to introduce ourselves on the podcast so we're doing it now. Join us as we discuss some forgotten stories from history. We're covering Medal of Honor recipient, Joe Hayashi, that crazy time the US attacked the UK on their own shores, and the 369th Infantry Regiment from WWI, otherwise known as the Harlem Hellfighters. Sources:https://www.britannica.com/topic/Harlem-Hellfightershttps://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/remembering-harlem-hellfightershttps://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/the-harlem-hellfighters-videoMaking a Difference, by Tom ReynoldsSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TSWFpod)

This is an episode about grit, about life and death, about the extremes of human endeavor, how far a human being can possibly go when they put 100% of themselves into something….it’s about heart, friendship….This episode is set within the backdrop of the greatest mountain on the planet….Mount Everest, Chomolungma, goddess mother of the world…..Today’s episode welcomes back my ever talented friend and expedition partner Mark Synnott in anticipation of the release of his highly regarded book about our 2019 Everest expedition to find the body of long lost mountaineer Sandy Irvine. Some of you may recall my first interview with Mark for Episode #42 about The Day Everest Broke and the genesis of our expedition, which has since been chronicled in a 1-hour film by National Geographic and Disney called LOST ON EVEREST, produced by our expedition partner and uber talented filmmaker and climber Renan Ozturk.MARK’S BOOK IS CALLED THE THIRD POLE: MYSTERY OBSESSION AND DEATH ON MOUNT EVEREST. For more information about Mark and how to find his book visit:https://www.marksynnott.com/Kirkus Reviews on Mark's new book:https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mark-synnott/the-third-pole/=========For more information about Thom Dharma Pollard:http://eyesopenproductions.com/For a free downloadable copy of A Course In Happiness:www.patreon.com/thehappinessquotientOur theme song, Happiness Jones, appears courtesy of The Wood Brothers.For more information about The Wood Brothers:https://www.thewoodbros.com/The Wood Brothers on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTvWKQovDZlLceuct1EEMMQHappiness Jones video can be seen here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKIoiVWwF5AFor more about Thom Dharma Pollard, about personal coaching or his inspirational presentations, virtual or in person, find him at: www.eyesopenproductions.comTo join his mailing list for The Happiness Quotient, email him at thom.dharma.pollard@gmail.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/thehappinessquotient)

In this week's episode, Alice and Leslie tackle Mount Everest. From its indigenous names to the food people eat to fuel their quest; this episode looks at those who revere Everest's majesty, those who exploit it, and the copious amounts of trash (and poop!) on the mountain. Sources and further information:Alpine Ascents: https://www.alpineascents.com/climbs/mount-everest/training/National Geographic: Everest 1953: First Footsteps - Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/sir-edmund-hillary-tenzing-norgay-1953; Mount Everest, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/mount-everest/; Our team climbed Everest to try to solve its greatest mystery, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/our-team-climbed-everest-to-try-to-solve-its-greatest-mystery-featureOutdoor Journal: Everest: Queues, Theft and Death on the Mountain Once Known as Chomolungma, https://www.outdoorjournal.com/news/everest-queues-theft-and-death-on-the-mountain-once-known-as-chomolungma/Druva: Surviving the Everest Avalanche: a First-Hand Account, https://www.druva.com/blog/surviving-the-everest-avalanche-a-first-hand-account/Top China Travel: Preparation for Mount Everest Climb, https://www.topchinatravel.com/mount-everest/perparation-for-climbing-mount-everest.htmWikepedia: Edmund Hillary, Mount Everest, Sherpa PeopleBBC: Everest through the eyes of a Sherpa: 'Climbers need to wake up’, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48464030New York Times: As Everest Melts, Bodies Are Emerging From the Ice, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/sports/everest-bodies-global-warming.htmlMount Everest, National GeographicSherpa Culture of Nepal: Food, History, and Traditions, Michelle Della Giovannafulltimeexplorer.comSherpa Tea Recipe: How Butter Tea Helps you climb Mt Everest, Karl BurtonBettermindbodysoul.comFood on Everest: What to Eat and How it Gets to the Mountain, Adrian BallingerAlpenglowexpeditions.com15 Foods People Eat When Climbing (and trying to survive) Mount Everest, Pauline Lacsamana Soyummy.comFood, climbers mounteverest.net

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Panel Discussion at Waiwai Collective Recorded on March 6 - Hosted by Hawaii Technology Academy (@htacharter) at WaiWai Collective (@waiwaicollective): Elevating Women keynote and panel with local & global leaders.Agenda:Leadership Panel: Puanani Burgess, Dr. Christina Kishimoto, Dr. Loretta Chen (@drlorettachen), Wasfia Nazreen, Laila Abouoaf (@lailaabouoaf)Closing Remarks - Mary Wenstrom (@marywenstrom), Director of Partnerships and Innovation at Hawaii Technology Academy. You can contact Wasfia via DM to support her non profit or request a speaking engagement. Mount Everest was briefly referred to as "Everest” in western countries, Locally the mountain is known by its Nepali name Sagarmatha, meaning  “forehead in the sky” and in Tibetan as Chomolungma, meaning “goddess mother of mountains” . 

Eric and Zeff are down in the New Basement Studio, accompanied by a number of craft brews. But here's the catch - the brews were selected by using their names only.  So whether it's "Revenge of the Zyth," "Shotgun Betty," or "Shark Tears," does how your beer taste have anything to do with how it sounds?  And if "None of This Makes Sense" - well, that's not exactly new for our podcasting duo..... (For the personality test click here, and also ending up in the jug: Diamonds Are Forever, Sweet Baby Java, Prismism, Chin Music, Chomolungma, & Banana Bread)

What are the qualities that make a leader? What qualities make a good fighter pilot? Believe it or not, those qualities that make a fighter pilot are those that make one successful in other areas of life. Meet Uva Rama, an F-16 pilot from Singapore who has devoted his so-called retirement years to giving back to the community. Interviewed in Kathmandu, Nepal, where he makes his home, Uva now has taken on the task of developing a company that outfits expeditions to the top of the world, Mount Everest. Music in the episode is from Metyu, VKTRD & Ondro M., found on the Free Music Archive. For more information on Thom Pollard, please visit eyesopenproductions.com. Click on Contact and sign up for his podcast newsletter for news and alerts to the next podcast. Please share with friends and family on your social media!If you'd like more information on the work that Uva is doing, visit the company website at www.expeditionhimalaya.com, or email him directly at Uva@expeditionhimalaya.com

Occultae Veritatis Podcast Case #034: The Dead on Mount Everest Mount Everest, at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft) is the world's highest mountain and a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. Over 375 people have died trying to climb it. Most deaths have been attributed to avalanches, injury from fall, ice collapse, exposure, frostbite, or health problems related to conditions on the mountain. Palet Cleanser: Over The Mountain, Across The Sea - Johnnie & Joe Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/ovpodcast Further Reading: Mount Everest : Into the Death Zone - the fifth estate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEcHBFs-qME Into Thin Air Book by Jon Krakauer Mount Everest, Climbing, Mountaineering, World Record, Green Boots, Tsewang Paljor, summit fever, Francys Arsentiev, Death Zone, Base Camp, Nepal, David Sharp, George Mallory, Hannelore Schmatz, Rainbow Valley, Maurice Wilson, Marco Siffredi, Sherpas, Dan Fredinburg, Western Cwm, Google Adventure Team, Peter Kinloch, Karl Gordon Henize, Khumbu Ice Fall, Base Camp 1, Base camp 2, Base camp 3, Base camp 4, Lhotse Face, Yellow Band, Oxygen, Summit Ridge, Balcony, Nuptse, Summit, Edmund Hilary, Sagarmāthā, Chomolungma, Death Zone, Hot Air Balloon, Hypothermia, Hypoxia, Qomolangma, Jo-mo-glang-ma, Jomo Langma, Geneva Spur

On this Fun episodes the guys put aside normal bow talk to chat about some fun history events. #178 - MOON LANDING HOAX? Everest and DIRTY MONEY - Netflix. In 1969 NASA launched the first man to walk on the moon. Still frame from a video transmission, taken moments before Neil Armstrong became the first human to step onto the surface of the Moon, at 02:56 UTC on 21 July 1969. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watched this event, the largest television audience for a live broadcast at that time. But was it real? Did man really step on the moon? Mount Everest is the worlds highest mountain. Mount Everest, known in Nepali as Sagarmāthā and in Tibetan as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The international border between China (Tibet Autonomous Region) and Nepal runs across its summit point. Many people have reached the summit of this monster. But the mountain comes with great converstay and human ethics. The team chats about the ethics around summiting Mount Everest and the people like David Sharp who were not so lucky. Netflix launches a new series called "Dirty Money" the team talks about a few of the episodes that cover ethics behind some large business and how they not only break the law but also push the limits of human ethics. The BHP Podcast is powered by www.bowhunterplanet.com www.vanguardworld.us www.raxxinc.com Join the hunt with us!

https://bryanaiello.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/jhf-mixdown-1.mp3 On this episode of Origins I speak with author John Fleming. A formidable player of disc golf, father, owner of cats, and instrument banger oner. He has also authored the books: Songs for the Deaf The Legend of the Barefoot Mailman Fearsome Creatures of Florida The Book I Will Write. Visit Dr. Fleming on his website: http://www.johnhenryfleming.com/ Follow him on Twitter @FearsomeTweeter  His author page on Amazon is: https://www.amazon.com/John-Henry-Fleming/e/B000APLA0Y/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1?follow-button-add=B000APLA0Y_author& He was also provided me with an example of the angst that went into Songs for the Deaf in terms of rejection. *** My story collection, Songs for the Deaf, was just published by Burrow Press. Here are the rejection stats for the individual stories. Note to writers: Don't give up! Also, remember that rejections are not always a statement on the quality of your work. Rejection Stats for Songs for the Deaf stories § “Cloud Reader”: 17 rejections, 2 years. Published in Fourteen Hills. A NewPages reviewed called this story "beautiful and mysterious." § “A Charmed Life”: 33 rejections, 8 years. Published in Better: Culture and Lit. (Publisher's Weekly wrote that "A Charmed Life" shows "what a skilled writer can accomplish in just a few short pages.”) § “The Day of Our Lord’s Triumph (with marginal notes for children)”: 8 rejections, 5 months. Published in Kugelmass. [PANK] magazine wrote that "Fleming is atop his game in this story." § “Weighing of the Heart”: 12 rejections, 6 months. Published in The North American Review. § “Revolutions” (from "A History of War in Three Parts"): 5 rejections, 6 months. Published in Atticus Review. § “The General” (from "A History of War in Three Parts"): 24 rejections, 4 years. Published in McSweeney’s. § “The Posse” (from "A History of War in Three Parts"): no rejections, 5 days. Published in Mississippi Review. § “Chomolungma”: 33 rejections, 2 years. Excerpted in Carve Magazine Premium Edition ("One to Watch" section) after book publication and later published in full at Fanzine. (New York Journal of Books called “Chomolungma” one of the “bright lights” of the collection. Publishers Weekly says that “Chomolungma “hits the mark.”) § “In the Shadow of the World’s Greatest Monument to Love”: 19 rejections, 6 ½ years. Published in Juked. § “Xenophilia”: 19 rejections, 6 months. Published in The North American Review. § “Coward”: 7 rejections, 6 years. Published inCarve Magazine (lost a contest at Carve but published in the magazine 5 years later. I'm now on the reading staff of Carve). An Amazon reader called this "one of the best stories of the 21st century." § “Wind and Rain”: 5 rejections (probably many more; I lost the file for this one). Published in Georgetown Review after I had oral commitments from two other magazines that didn't pan out. § “Song for the Deaf”: 54 rejections, 9 years. Published in Atticus Review. Totals: 233+ rejections, 40 years *** Music: http://audionautix.com/index.php *** My fiction can be read on bryanaiello.com follow me on twitter @bryaiello subscribe to my podcast feed and have this and other conversations downloaded automatically to your favorite listening device. http://bryanaiello.com/category/podcast/feed/ ***      

This episode was first published on November 19, 2012 In the second episode of Black and a Half, with hosts Manny Martin and Silas Lindenstein, they sit down and talk with photographer, author and founding editor of SeattleBackpackersMagazine.com. They discuss her book Song of Chomolungma: A Musical Journey Along the Everest Highway, the new documentary Chasing Ice, the election with ensuing Facebook reactions, and they all discuss the worst jobs they’ve ever had. Erika is a photographer, writer and the Content Director for Seattle Backpackers Magazine, an online publication for outdoor enthusiasts. She has traveled to inspiring places like Newfoundland, Belize and, most recently, spent a month in Nepal, where she accompanied a group of local musicians on a tour along the Everest Highway to the base of Mt. Everest to raise awareness of how climate change affects the region. She was so inspired by the people, culture and landscape that she wrote a 300 page book, Song of Chomolungma, about the journey, including 80 full page color photos. She is a full time mom to two active boys, ages 7 and 11, and can be found often with a backpack and a camera in the mountains around Seattle. Learn more at frommyart.com (https://web.archive.org/web/20130515075854/http://frommyart.com/) and seattlebackpackersmagazine.com (https://web.archive.org/web/20130515075854/http://seattlebackpackersmagazine.com/) . 

1_Asura_"Afterain" 2_Ajja_Percushion" 3_Sandoo_"Landing" 4_Parov Stelar_"Psychedelic Jazz" 5_Murcof & Erik Trufazz_"Good News From the Desert" 6_Cell_"Above the Clouds" 7_Aquascape & Skydan_"Voice of the Universe" 8_Zen Baboon_"Chomolungma" 9_Brian Eno & Rober Fripp_"Evening Star" 10_Pink Floyd_"Shine on Your Crazy Diamond"

[This episode first aired October 10, 2009.]Do you say something happened on accident or by accident? Is text-messaging is destroying our kids' writing ability? Where do horseradish, zark, and ignoramus come from?Grant and Martha discuss a new collection of college slang compiled by UCLA linguistics professor Pamela Munro. Learn more about it and order a copy here.A Burlington, Vt. caller wants to know: Is horseradish so named because of this root's strong resemblance to part of a horse's anatomy?The word zarf means 'a metal cupholder,' but a Scrabble enthusiast says other players always challenge his use of that word. He wants to know its origin.What word in the English language is an anagram of itself? Hint: It's a trick question.Puzzle Dude John Chaneski has a quiz about the unofficial terms for familiar things that have less familiar official names. 'The Academy Awards of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,' for example, are unofficially called the Oscars. So what's the unofficial name for what's officially known as Chomolungma?If you use the expression on accident rather than by accident, it probably says less about where you live and more about how old you are.Is there a word in the English language that means 'to read by candlelight'? A listener in Kittery Point, Maine, used to read the dictionary every night as a teenager and came across such a word. She's been racking her brain to remember it.An Orange County, California, listener describes how both his left-handed parents were forced as children to learn to write with their non-dominant hand. Their handwriting looked unusual, to say the least. Grant discusses myths about handedness and recommends the book Handwriting in America: A Cultural History by Tamara Thornton. By the way, if you're looking for the word that means 'written toward the left,' it's levographic.Here's a bit of campus slang accompanied by a hand gesture: awkward turtle. Grant explains what it means and how it's used. Need a visual?Text-messaging is destroying our kids' ability to write, right? Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.In a few parts of the country, such as eastern Wisconsin, the more common term for 'water fountain' is Text-messaging is destroying our kids' ability to write. A man who heard the term frequently in Rhode Island wonders: How did bubbler make it all the way over to Rhode Island, but seemingly skip the states in between?The story behind the word ignoramus is big fun. It involves a bumbling lawyer, a six-hour farce from the 17th century, and a Latin legal term. See? Big fun.If you need proof that language is powerful, here's some. Researchers at Cornell recently reported that kids are more likely to eat their veggies if they're told the food has enticing names like 'X-ray Vision Carrots' and 'Dinosaur Broccoli Trees.' Wonder how big a grant the researchers got to study what every parent already knows.Did you learn the vowels as 'a,' 'e,' 'i,' 'o' 'u,' and sometimes 'y' and 'w'? A caller who was taught that in second grade was left wondering: When and where does 'w' function as a vowel?--Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Site: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2010, Wayword LLC.

I. Peace: The Mountain of the Lord’s Temple Exalted (verses 1-5) Since the beginning of the church, Christians have speculated about the end times, about the end of the world. Right after the resurrection of Christ, Jesus' apostles thought it was going to happen then. And so in Acts 1:6 they said, "Lord, are You at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?" That's the Jewish version of, “Is the end of the world at hand?” They wanted that kingdom to come. Jesus, as you remember, said, "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by His own authority" (Acts 1:7). Is this the end of the world? That's the question generation after generation have asked. And frequently, the question has been linked to current events, to things that have been happening on the world scene. Perhaps that was no more true than in the year 410, on August 24th, when the walls, the defenses of Rome were breached and Rome fell to a pagan power. It was an earth-shaking moment in history when the Visigoths under Alaric swept through the streets of Rome. They actually treated the city relatively gently, but it was just a shocking moment. Rome, the eternal city had fallen. And in a cave where he was fasting and praying and writing near Bethlehem, Saint Jerome, when he heard about it, began to weep. And he said, "The world is rushing to ruin. The glorious city, the capital of the Roman empire, has been swallowed up in one conflagration." He thought the end of the world was imminent. But across the Mediterranean Sea in North Africa, in a place called Hippo, there was a different man, Augustine. We know him as Saint Augustine, the great bishop of Hippo in North Africa. He took an entirely different view of the fall of Rome. After Rome fell, he finished his masterpiece called The City of God. It was a defense for Christianity against paganism. The pagan Romans thought that Rome had fallen because of the influence of Christianity, that their military strength had abated, had weakened because of Christianity. So he defends Christianity against paganism. But even more than that, he defends the view of history that comes from the Bible, that we are not stuck to current events. We are not linked to any human city. There are in effect in history two cities. There is the city of God and there is the city of man. And the two of them are competing on infinitely unequal terms. We are not dualists. We don't believe that good and evil battle on equal terms. But they are battling it out for the central place in human hearts and affections. At the core of the city of man is one driving spirit, and that is love of self, extending to contempt of God. That is the nature of the city of man, love of self that quenches any concern for the glory of God. The city of God has exactly the opposite spirit, love of God that extends to contempt of self. And those two are battling it out all the time on the stage of human history. So the story of human history is this, what some have said is a tale of two cities. It is the city of God and the city of man. And here in Isaiah 2 we have it in this kind of language, in competing high places. We have the high place of the Lord's temple established in the first five verses, and then we have all these other human high places, these lofty towers and these high walls. And the two are in direct competition. You have the city of God and you have the city of man and they are competing for your affection and for mine. It is God versus the world, and that is what is going on in Isaiah 2. And it begins with the vision of peace in verses one through five, “The mountain of the Lord's temple” exalted. It starts in verse two with this expression, "In the last days." "In the last days," it says, "these glorious things are going to come." So this is a constant fascination we have, as I mentioned, with the end of the world. I will not ask how many of you have read any of the Left Behind series. I don't want to know, okay? But I know this, that 65 million copies have been printed in that series. I know they have a website, leftbehind.com. I'm not mentioning it that you should go there. I am just saying that they have one. I’m just saying that their books and movies and even a computer game, the Left Behind computer game if you can believe that, are sold at Walmart and you can get them. Behind the intense interest in and success of that series is this question: “Are we living in the last days? Are these the end times?” Well the Bible's answer to that question is absolutely clear and unequivocal. Yes, we are most certainly living in the last times. We are even living in the last hour. 1 John 2:18 says this, "Dear children, this is the last hour." Of course, that was written in the first century AD. It has been the last hour all of this time. Hebrews 1:2 says "In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son." We are in the last days. Are we the final generation? Now, that's a different question. And Jesus already told us that it is not for us to know the times or dates. He has given us instead a way by which, by what we call the signs of the times, by which we can measure progress toward the end of the world. One of the greatest is in Matthew 24:14. "This gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." So we are watching the progress of the gospel and linking it to the end of the world. Now Isaiah gives us a different sign, and that is the exaltation of the mountain of the Lord and the streaming of the nations. Look what it says in verse two, "In the last days, the mountain of the Lord's temple will be established as chief among the mountains. It will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it." So it begins this vision with the exaltation of the mountain of the Lord's temple. The Exaltation of the Mountain of the Lord Now mountains are frequently associated with religions and paganism. You have Mount Olympus and Zeus and all the pantheon of gods up there in Greece. There is Mount Meru in Hinduism, the spiritual origin, so they believe, of all the Hindu deities and their ultimate destination. You have Chomolungma (that's Mount Everest), the goddess mother of the world. In that tribal religion they believe that all the deities came from there. Who could say until 1953? No one got to the top. And so there it is. There are these incredible mountains. And people imagine the deities are up at the top of them. But this is not any of that. This is no pagan mountain. This is “the mountain of the Lord's temple.” That is what it says. And this is not Mount Sinai where Moses received from God the ten commandments, the old covenant. Actually, you have to go further back in Jewish history, to Genesis 22 when the Lord tested Abraham and said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about." And he goes to Mount Moriah and is just about to offer Isaac up when the angel of the Lord stops him. But do you remember what Abraham says in Genesis 22? Remember how Isaac had said, "The fire and wood are here… but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?". And Abraham replies, "God himself will provide the lamb." And so there was this saying, "On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided" (verse 14). If you advance in redemptive history, you have David, of course, taking the Jebusite city, Jerusalem. It was up on a mountain. It was called Mount Zion, the elevated place. It was difficult to get to and easy to defend, but David conquered it. So it became the city of David, the fortress of Zion, and there David wanted to build a temple. Nathan the prophet revealed it would not be David who would build the temple but it would be his son who would build the temple. Now I tell you the Scripture is infinitely deep. What son was Nathan referring to? Was it Solomon or was it Christ? My answer is both. Solomon built the physical temple, and he built it right there on Mount Moriah, the very same mountain, as it says in Chronicles. So on the mountain of the Lord it was provided, for that's where Jesus died. That is where He shed His blood - in space and time on that very mountain. It really happened. It was physical. It was a place. But we learn from Scripture that the tabernacle and the temple were just dim reflections, just shadows of a reality that is up in heaven. A heavenly reality, a place where God will dwell with man, where man will be forgiven of his sins, and where we will dwell in close fellowship, close partnership. And anything earthly, anything physical, is just a dim reflection of it. So when Jesus shed His blood on the cross, on that physical mountain, on a physical cross, shedding physical blood, the physical curtain in the physical temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And we learn from the Book of Hebrews that a new and living way has been opened up for us spiritually into the very presence of God. As of that moment, there is no longer any need again for animal sacrifice. Animal blood is not needed. In fact, it is not welcome and never will be again. That has been fulfilled in Jesus. And so also the physical temple has been fulfilled. It was just a pattern of the heavenly one anyway. So what do I believe then? Well, I believe as it says in Hebrews 12:18, "You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire." We have not come to a physical mountain here in Isaiah 2, but rather we have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. The mountain of the Lord's temple then is the spiritual temple established by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Remember how Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (John 2:19). He was speaking of His own body, speaking of the place where sinners would be reconciled to an Almighty God. That is the temple I think Isaiah 2 is mentioning here, and on this mountain God provided a sacrifice for sins through Christ's blood. On this mountain the Lord heard the prayer of the Great High Priest, Jesus Christ, on our behalf. And on this mountain God swallowed up death forever. This is the mountain that is established as chief. Now Jerusalem was the physical starting place for the spread of the gospel. It started in Jerusalem as Luke 24:47 says, "Repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in His name to all nations beginning at Jerusalem." So it started at that physical mountain, Mount Zion, in Jerusalem. But from that physical place, the word of the Lord would spread to the ends of the earth. Look at Verse 3. "The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." And in this way the mountain of the Lord's temple is established as chief among all the spiritual high places of the earth. It is the place of Jesus. It is the place where He shed His blood. It is the place of the cross. It is the place of free access to almighty God where we can see Him face to face, where we can be in His very presence. That is what is established as chief among all mountains in the world. The Amazing Streaming of the Nations… Uphill! So what do we have as a result of the establishment of this place, this high place of the Lord's glory, of Jesus' finished work on the cross? We have the streaming of the nations in a manner entirely contrary to nature. Look what it says, "In the last days the mountain of the Lord's temple will be established as chief among the mountains. It will be raised above the hills and all nations will stream to it. Many peoples will come and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob.'" So here is this river streaming up hill. It is running contrary to nature. Do you know what the Continental Divide is? The Continental Divide is a mountain ridge where the water on one side flows to the Atlantic and on the other side flows to the Gulf of Mexico, or to the Pacific if it is the Pacific Divide. Water just doesn't flow uphill friends. Water has never flowed from the Pacific up to the Continental Divide. It just doesn't work that way. So this is a streaming of the nations contrary to nature. It is surprising. It's shocking. It is something only God can do. Why in the world would the nations all be looking to Jerusalem? It really isn't that impressive a city. Why would all nations all over the world be caring about what happened in that small place at that time, 2000 years ago? It is because of the greatness of Christ, the greatness of the gospel. Contrary to nature, the nations are streaming to Jerusalem. Not physically. We are not on a pilgrimage like the Muslims go to Mecca. We don't need to get up and go. You can go there if you like. Some of our number have gone. We love seeing the pictures, and I'd love to go myself. But if I die never having seen physical Jerusalem I'm alright. But I want to see the heavenly Jerusalem! I want to be there because that is the true place, and that is where I'm streaming to in my heart. That's where I'm on route to. Jesus said, “In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am” (John 14:2,3).That's the streaming that's going on. I want to be with God. That's the streaming that's happening here. And so, the mountain of the Lord's temple is established. Now I know there is a millennial view that says Jesus will reign for a thousand years physically on Earth from Jerusalem. He will establish His throne there. He will settle disputes. People will go and see Him physically. I think that may be. Personally, I am millennial in my theology. I understand that some people focus on this passage as a view of the millennial kingdom. But I think it is so much more glorious to think of a kingdom that will never end. Not one that lasts only a thousand years, but one that lasts for ever and ever. And forever we will be looking for the law coming from Christ's mouth. Amen. And so I think even the millennialists will say, "We look forward to aspects of that going on throughout eternity." Missions: Come, and Say, “Come!” And notice what it says here in verse three, "Many peoples will come and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob.'" This in my mind speaks of the exponential spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The very ones who are coming are saying come to those who aren't yet coming. They are on route, they are traveling, they're on a journey, they're moving on. And they are finding those who aren't moving or who are going in the wrong direction. They are dead in their transgressions and sins, and they invite them to come. And so this is the spread of the gospel. We begin life, therefore, as targets for evangelism and, God willing, we end life as evangelists ourselves, reaching out with the gospel. And so it says at the very end of the Bible, in Revelations 22:17, "The Spirit and the bride say, 'Come!’'" So we are in cooperation with the spirit of God inviting people who aren't coming yet to come. “The Spirit and the bride say ‘come!’ And let him who hears say ‘come!’ Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.” And as we're coming, we are hearing the law coming from the mouth of the lawgiver, Christ Himself. Again, verse three says, "He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths. The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." The Law of the Lord: He Will Teach Us His Ways The Gospel is meant to have a transforming effect on every area of your life. How you think, how you move in this world, what you do with your money. Everything. And the law is coming from Christ. He is speaking the law to us. His laws are written in our minds and on our hearts, not external to us like laws engraved on tablets of stone. Christ's law of love comes and drives out strife between former enemies. Christ's law of holiness comes and causes us to put sin to death. Christ's law of obedience causes us to come and walk in obedience to the spiritual laws written now in our hearts. And the Gospel ministry is at the center of it, as Matthew 28:19 says, “teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” The law streams forth from this spiritual temple, from the mouth of our lawgiver, Jesus Christ. And what is the result? Well, lasting peace, friends. Not man made, but God made. Look at verse four, a very famous verse. "He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore." Lasting Peace: Not Man-Made, God-Made! The result of the Gospel, the result of the establishment of the glory of God through Christ, is lasting peace between people. Peace between nations - something that has not been achievable. In 5000 plus years of human history we have not been able to establish lasting peace between the nations. And we will not. Only the Lord can do this. We learned this in the 20th century, didn't we? There was World War I, the war to end all wars. 37.5 million casualties, a very high price to pay to end all wars, but worth it if you are going to do it, if you are actually going to end all wars. And at the end of that war they set up the League of Nations under Present Wilson to make sure we didn't have war anymore. Well, we know how successful that was because just a few decades later, in 1939 Hitler invaded Poland and began World War II. And the price tag for that war was 72 million killed. The greatest carnage of any war that has ever been. Right after that, of course, they established the United Nations so that we wouldn't go to war with each other anymore. We would think 72 million would be a small price to pay if we never went to war with each other again. And so the top priority of the United Nations, established on October 24, 1945, was to keep peace throughout the world. I don't know how you count a war. What distinguishes a war from just a skirmish or a border issue? But some analysts have counted over 150 armed conflicts between nations since that time. I believe that lasting peace is impossible in this world because of the wickedness of human hearts. If you don't change the heart, you're not going to change politics, you're not going to change history. The heart must change. And what does it say about the human heart in Isaiah 57:20-21? it says, "The wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud. ‘There is no peace,’ says my God, ‘for the wicked.’" Here’s the bottom line. Wicked people don't naturally beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. They don't. They make more swords and they get ready because they want to win. They want to dominate. I think about the image of the sword being beaten into a plowshare. I get the picture of the hammer and sickle, I don't know why. Actually, there isn't necessarily a Biblical background to this. I tried to establish that, but I do know this. In 1959 the Soviet Union donated to the United Nations a big brawn statue called, “We shall beat our swords into plowshares,” patterned after this Biblical verse that they didn't believe in. Bbut they did believe in the theme of world peace and they thought it could be established by their means. The statue is still there in the north garden of the United Nations, some big muscular guy beating his sword into a plowshare. Of course, at that point the United States and Soviet Union were in negotiations with each other, trying to establish a lasting peace between their countries in the midst of the cold war. And so they came up with the McCloy-Zorin Accords, a joint statement of agreed principles for disarmament negotiations. Their first goal - get this! - was that disarmament should be general and complete and war is no longer an instrument for settling international problems. Sounds good, especially in the middle of a cold war. Of course, within a year or two there was the Cuban missile crisis and the accords went right out the window. Actually, as I look at these principles, I think about the letter that was signed between Neville Chamberlain and Adolph Hitler after the Munich accord, which sold Czechoslovakia up the river and just about guaranteed World War II would come. Appeasement had run it's course. But Neville Chamberlain thought they had purchased “peace in our time.” Recall Chamberlain waving that letter and announcing, “We regard the agreement signed last night and the Anglo German naval agreement as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again.” Doesn't that sound wonderful? Don't you just cheer in Trafalgar Square that we're not going to fight the Germans after all? Of course, within a year they declared war on Nazi Germany. The reason is the human heart hasn't changed. Hitler was a wolf. He wanted the whole world. That was the whole issue. True lasting peace comes only in one way, the saving work of Jesus Christ on the wicked, selfish, angry, prideful, murderous, covetous, power hungry human heart. Only if the heart changes will war be obsolete and He is the only one that can do it. It is His unique glory. You know the hymn, 'Crown Him With Many Crowns'? Listen to this: “Crown Him the Lord of peace, whose power a scepter sways, from pole to pole, that wars may cease and all be prayer and praise. His reign shall know no end, and round His pierced feet, fair flowers of paradise extend, their fragrance ever sweet.” Isaiah 2:1-4 is a clear prediction that someday war will be obsolete. Amen? It's going to be gone. To the glory of Christ though, not to the glory of negotiating. Not to anybody who's going to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Nobody's going to take credit for it. It's going to be Christ's work and His work alone. But it's going to come. Now it ends with an exhortation. Isaiah gives an exhortation to his own people concerning these things. Look at verse five. "Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord." But then tragically, he spends the rest of the chapter saying how much they do not walk in the light of the Lord. And not just Israel. Israel is just a kind of test nation for all of us. We wouldn't have done any better. It doesn't matter what your tribal ancestry is. You can't imagine you would have done better, or your ancestors would have done better than the Jews. They represent us all. But he starts with the Jews and he shows very plainly that they refuse to walk in the light of the Lord. II. Shame: Full of Things, Empty of God (verses 6-9) He begins with Jacob's shame in verses six through nine. We see Jacob abandoned to idols. Look at verse eight, "Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made." He begins by lamenting the fact that Israel is abandoned by God. This abandoning, he readily admits, is justified because of Jacob's great sin. Israel has committed two great sins according to the prophet Jeremiah. He says, in Jeremiah 2:13, "My people have committed two sins. Number one, they have forsaken Me, the spring of living water, and number two, they have dug for themselves their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water." Here are two great sins. Turning away from God, the all satisfying stream of living water and deciding to dig out your own cisterns. And drinking from your own water source. Those are two related sins. John Piper identifies this is as the shocking two-fold root of all sin, the forsaking of God and the desire to find ultimate satisfaction and pleasure from some created thing. This is what Piper writes. "Tell me then, what is evil? The definition of evil, that which appalls the universe, that causes the angels of God to say, ‘No it can't be!’ What is it? What is evil? It is looking at God, the fountain of all-satisfying, living water, and saying, ‘No thank you,’ and turning instead to the television, to sex, parties, booze, money, prestige, a house in the suburbs, a vacation, a new computer program, and saying ‘yes!’ to those things. That’s insane! And it causes all heaven to be appalled, according to Jeremiah 2:12”. That is what they were doing. They were turning away from God and turning to idols - anything made to satisfy apart from God. And so three times in the section, Isaiah says that Israel is full of something, but not of God. Full of something, but not what God provided. We were created dependent. We come into the world, our lungs are empty. They need air. Our stomachs get cyclically empty. They need food. We are dependent on God, and that physical dependency is meant to teach us something spiritually. We need to be filled with God. We need to be filled with Him. Full of Superstitions, Not of True Religion But look at what they are filled with. They are filled, first of all, with superstitions. Look at verse six. “They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and clasp hands with pagans.” They were created to have minds full of true religion, based on the revelation of God. Instead, what do they do? They turn to pagan religions, mystery religions, with their secret rituals at night and their orgies and their lustful things. They turn to the secret pagan religions, superstitions, from the east. Full of Silver and Gold, Not of True Wealth Secondly, they're full of silver and gold, not of true wealth. Look at verse seven. “Their land is full of silver and gold; there is no end to their treasures.” Now God had specifically forbidden the kings of Israel to accumulate large amounts of silver and gold. In Deuteronomy 17:17 and following, it says, speaking of the king, “He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.” Rather, the king was to take and write for himself a copy of the book of Deuteronomy and read it every day and fill his mind with God as his treasure. That is what he was supposed to do. Well, then you get Solomon. I can sum up Solomon's life in these words: Solomon accumulated. It is in there a number of times. Solomon accumulated wives. He had lots of them. Solomon accumulated silver and gold. The trading ships came in every year, bringing 666 talents of gold. He was swimming in gold. There was so much silver, it meant nothing in those days. Well, all the kings after him, though not achieving that level of glory and wealth, yearned for it. They wanted silver and gold. This is idolatry. It's greed, materialism, a lust for wealth and the pleasure of possession, of ownership. Full of Horses and Chariots, Not of True Power Also, they are full of horses and chariots, not of true power. Look at verse seven. “Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots.” Just as bad was the Jewish accumulation of military power. Again, from Deuteronomy 17:16, “The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them.” But in 1 Kings 10:26, it says, “Solomon accumulated” [there's that word again]. “Solomon accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses.” What is the problem here? Well, God did not want the Jews relying on their military strength for their protection and their defense. He wanted Gideon to strip his army down to 300 so that God would get the glory for the deliverance. Later, in Isaiah, we'll see King Ahaz turning to Assyria instead of to God for protection. He was angry with David for numbering the fighting men in Israel. He did not want their hearts trusting in their own military prowess for their security. This is a great temptation in our day as well. A terrible temptation. In 2006, 1.1 trillion dollars were spent by the nations of the world on military things. By world governments, 1.1 trillion dollars. The United States spent 48% of that. As a matter of fact, if you add up the military spending by nations number two through eleven, we exceed that. Nation number two plus three plus four plus five. We exceed the next ten nations in military spending. We spend close to $650 billion a year on the military. It is easy, then, for our nation to be tempted into thinking that therein lies our national security. It does not. Every military system has a chink in its armor, something that God can find. An arrow can be shot at random and fly through the air and find that chink in the armor. That is not our security, friends. It does not come from those things. National security is hearing and obeying the word of God. That's it. And you Christians, you know it, don't you? It comes in following Christ, in knowing Him, and in the prayers of the people, not in how much money we spend. We would not be a little more secure if we spent another $100 billion. It just doesn't work that way. The most powerful force in the universe is God. Isaiah 40:15 says, "Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales. He weighs the islands as though they were fine dust." The most powerful thing in the universe is God. If we are in a right relationship with Him, we need fear nothing. But if He is against us, then who could be for us? Israel had abandoned the true power and settled for military power. Psalm 33:16-21 says, "No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength. A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save. But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. We wait and hope for the Lord. He is our help and our shield. In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His holy name." Now that's what a secure people can say and should say in prayer. Full of Idols, Not of the Lord Finally, the land was full of idols, not of the Lord. See verses eight and nine. "Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made. So man will be brought low and mankind humbled - do not forgive them." Now as I've said, anything you look to for ultimate peace, ultimate significance, ultimate security or ultimate happiness other than the Lord is an idol. That's what it is. But the Jews went beyond that. They actually made physical representations. They actually made figurines. They made physical idols out of material stuff. It is amazing arrogance. It is one thing to trade God for some heart idol. It is another thing to think of God in your mind and make up a physical manifestation of your god and then bow down and worship it. And that is what the Jews were doing. I believe in the end all idolatry is really a form of self-worship. The artisan makes his image of God out of his own skill, out of his own ability, and then he honors and worships it. Listen to Isaiah 44:13. "The carpenter measures with the line and makes an outline with a marker. He roughs it out with chisels and marks it with compasses. He shapes it in the form of man, of man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine." What is he then worshipping when he bows down? He's worshipping himself! It's human arrogance, idolatry. And notice, by the way, the land is full of idols. One isn't enough. You are not going to have just one idol. Once you have one, you're going to have many. The more the better. I've been to India. I've seen idols everywhere. I've been to other countries. In Japan on every street corner there was an idol. They were everywhere. You are not going to just have one. But the Jews were like this, Jeremiah 2:28 says, "You have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah." III. Terror: Lofty things Humbled (verses 10-21) The Day of the Lord Proclaimed For all of these reasons God had abandoned His people to judgment. That judgment Isaiah now seeks to describe in verses 12-21. Terror. The loftiness of created things humbled. The day of the Lord is proclaimed in verse 12. Look at it: "The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted, and they will be humbled." Simply put, the Lord has a day. It is coming. It's called The Day of the Lord. It's coming. There have been a lot of little days of the Lord that have given a picture of it, like Noah's flood and Sodom and Gomorrah. There have been pictures, but they are not the final thing. The Day of the Lord is coming. The Lord has a day in store. Now is the day of rebellion. Now is the day of sin. Now is the day of arrogance. Now is the day of man. Then is the Day of the Lord. The Day of the Lord Described: Lofty Things Humbled And the Day of the Lord is described basically like this: lofty things will be humbled and brought down. That's it. The purpose of the Day of the Lord is justice. For anything in God's universe to compete with Him is abhorrent. It is the greatest injustice. So He is going to bring justice. He is going to level the idols. Now pride is the root of all of this. It is the root of Satan's sin. There is a sense of lofty elevation. Satan, not satisfied with his position, wanted upward mobility. He wanted to go up in the universe. So it says in Isaiah 14, "You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'" “I'm going up to where God is.” Well that sense of elevation and loftiness is of majesty where God dwells. Isaiah 6:1, "In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted. And the train of His robe filled the temple." It's the greatness, the elevation of God. Satan wants to compete, so he goes up. We joined him in that rebellion. We actually decided to go upward. We decided to elevate ourselves, to become prideful and to go up, to follow Satan. We joined Satan in that upwardly mobile pride. And so here in Isaiah 2, he says "All of that is coming down." Look what it says in verses 12-17: "The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled), for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and all the oaks of Bashan, for all the towering mountains and all the high hills, for every lofty tower and every fortified wall, for every trading ship and every stately vessel. The arrogance of man will be brought low and the pride of men humbled." He uses natural lofty things like cedars of Lebanon and oaks of Bashan and towering mountains and high hills. He uses man-made lofty things like lofty towers and fortified walls representing military pride, trading ships that represents commerce, stately pleasure vehicles representing pleasure. All of these are human idols. They are all lofty in their own estimation. They are coming down on the Day of the Lord. All lofty things set up against the knowledge of God, all of His rivals are coming down in the Day of the Lord. Now post 9/11, we as Christians should not be shocked at how quickly something lofty and high can come down. How quickly it can happen. I will never forget it as long as I live. The Twin Towers, how quickly they came down. It was a shock to me. The whole thing was a shock to me. Not because my theology was shaken by it as though somehow my theology were tied to the Twin Towers in New York. It wasn't. But just that it could come down that quickly. Were you not shocked by that? But we read about the future fall of all of the city of man. Babylon has fallen. “O Babylon, city of power! In one hour your doom has come!" (Revelation 18:10). The Lord Alone Exalted It's all coming down. And why? So that the Lord alone can be exalted in that day. Isaiah 2:11 says, "The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled and the pride of men brought low. The Lord alone will be exalted in that day." Isaiah 2:17 and 18 say, "The arrogance of man will be brought low and the pride of men humbled. The Lord alone will be exalted in that day, and the idols will totally disappear." The Result: Fleeing in Sheer Terror What is the result of the Lord's humbling? What is the result of the Day of the Lord? Sheer terror, fleeing in sheer terror. Look at verse 10. "Go into the rocks, hide in the ground from dread of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty!" And again, verses 19-21, "Men will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground, from dread of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. In that day, men will throw away to the rodents and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship. They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging crags from dread of the Lord in the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth." Note the dual effect, an abandoning of the idols and the fleeing for terror away from God's presence. The idols are revealed to be worthless. They are nothing, so they are thrown away to the rodents and bats. People then try to hide from the Lord and from the splendor of His coming and His majesty. This is picked up in the Book of Revelation. After the sixth seal is open, the sky turns black and the stars fall from the sky and every mountain and island is moved from its place. And this is what is says then in Revelation 6:15-17, "Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, 'Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?'" That is the day that's coming, friends. It is coming, as sure as any of these words here are true. The Day of the Lord is coming and everything exalted against Him will be leveled and brought down. And hiding? There is no sense in hiding. There is no way to hide. Jeremiah 23:23,24, "'Am I only a God nearby,' declares the Lord, ‘and not a God far away? Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?’ declares the Lord. ‘Do I not fill heaven and earth?’ declares the Lord.” The Lord alone will be exalted in that day and all human arrogance will be brought low. IV. Invitation: Stop and Come (verses 22, 5) Stop Trusting in Man So what is the application? What is the invitation? Well, two words: stop and come. Those are the two words in the text. Look at the very last verse, verse 22. "Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?" Stop trusting in man. Stop trusting first and foremost in your own righteousness. Stop trusting in yourself, your own religious works, your own good things, that you're basically a good person. Stop looking to yourself to save yourself. You cannot. You cannot survive that day. So stop trusting in man who has but a breath in his nostrils, and don't look to other people. Don't build your life on them, a spouse, or children. Don't rely on the military to keep you safe from terrorism. Stop trusting in man who has but a breath in his nostrils. I believe military strength and power is needed, but behind it, as scripture clearly indicates, is the power of God. And if God's power is against you, you lose. So stop trusting in man. Don't trust in yourself. Not you, not I, none of us can survive Judgment Day without Christ. So stop trusting in man. Come, Let Us Walk in the Light of the Lord There is a hiding place. There is a place to hide and that refuge is Christ. Flee to Christ. That's the “come” part. Come to Christ. Come and trust in Him. Look to Him, to His shed blood on the cross. Look to Him and continue to look to Him. "Come, oh, house of Jacob," verse five, "Let us walk in the light of the Lord.." There is no greater, more beautiful light than the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Come to Christ and trust in Him. Now, I know I'm preaching to people who, for the most part, have come to Christ. So you are already coming. You're not there yet. You've come to Christ. You've been justified, you've trusted in Him, and that's all happened. Your sins are forgiven. You've been adopted into the family of God. But are you done with your journey? Are you there yet? No! So keep on coming. Sanctification is that internal journey. Keep on making progress. Keep following the law of the Lord by the spirit of God. Come and Say “Come!” And as you're coming, you know what you ought to do? You ought to say, "Come" to some people. You ought to invite some people. I don't mean just to church. Do that, and you can pray for me that I will be faithful to preach the gospel. But I think you don't need to have them come to church. I had the privilege of sharing the gospel this week with a young man, a Brazilian hand surgeon. I was in awe of what he could do. And we were talking and it was a tremendous connection to the gospel. He came from Brazil, from a Roman Catholic background. He knew very little of the gospel, just some basic rudimentary facts. Forty-five minutes, he couldn't escape, what could you do? I mean, sitting next to me, there's nowhere to go, all right? So forty-five minutes of listening to me. But I try not to force anything. We had a fantastic conversation. It brought him to the point where he realized his righteousness could not survive Judgment Day, where he needed Christ. He wasn't ready to make that commitment yet. His name is John. I pray for him. George Whitefield said, "God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them." Do you travel a quarter of an hour with people without ever saying anything? Do you ever say, "Come, come to Christ!"? That's our job. It's our privilege! Our two infinite journeys, that we would be journeying, be in route, and then get people started on their journey as well. Invite them to come. One final thing. One of the great dangers of Isaiah as we read it is this. Because it was so long ago, and a different culture, we are inclined to think it's sin out there. And I hate that. It isn't sin out there, friends. Pride is what this chapter's all about. I have come to realize it is my greatest sin struggle in life. There is no greater. It hurts my marriage. It hurts my relationship with people. It hurts me as a pastor. It makes it hard for people to give me helpful criticism. It makes it hard for me to let others go first, to deny myself and serve. Pride, pride, pride, pride, pride. It's my problem And it's yours too. I don't say this because I know specific things about you. It's just because I know the human race and I've seen it. Pride is your biggest problem. So don't read through Isaiah 2 and say "those lofty towers out there." Humble yourself. Find pockets of pride in your own life. Tear down those towers yourself, so the Lord doesn't have to tear them down. Because if you are a child of God, He will delight to keep you humble and simple. And if you're building up a tower like the tower of Babel, He wil tear it down. So you ought to humble yourself. And if you do, if you humble yourself and give Jesus the credit for all things, then He will raise you up. Close with me in prayer.