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The Swim Set that Almost Killed Me 4800m Warm Up200 Loosen w/ Fins and small paddles 800 as 2x(100 swim 100 drill 100 kick 100 IM) 8x50 as (15 Fast Kick 10 Sprint Free 25 ez) on 15-20” Rest 100 Easy Main Set 100 Time Trial 5x 200 Pull Smooth w/ Medium Paddles 100 Time Trial 5x 200 Pull Smooth with Big Paddles Kick Set: with Finns 4x (2x100) 2 as Fly kick on Back 2 as Flutter kick Back 2 as Fly kick w/ Board 2 as Flutter kick w/ Board Warm Down 6x50 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/@SwimSetsbythePool Patreon: patreon.com/SwimSetsbythePool Instagram: @swimsetsbythepool @gharpzorz @natefdot
The guys are back to talk the Wooooo heard around the world, Tiffany strikes back and catches the Queen off guard.......was this the right time for Charlotte to be talking about the road back from injury and personal life??? All this and so much more!!! CHEERS!!!JERKING THE CURTAINROUND TABLE OF TOPICSNEWSNo news, is good news!!!Smackdown CM Punk kicks off the show….Love the Larry chants Rey Fenix is here….he gets Frazier…..great choice, not so much of a fan of the intro music Solo losing respect, LA Knight still cookin Tiffy shakes up the Queen MCMG moving on I'm liking the new Naomi Is KO really injured……WTF Randy!?!Fatu is the last man standing OTC done with the favor Rollins pays homage to Bray WyattIt's official, the debt must be paid and the services of Paul Heyman will be served……what does this do to Roman? RAW Iyo is done playing The look on Liv's face and her eyes……Finn's in trouble Women's tag team gauntlet……mehhhLyra is pushed to her limit……again What's going on with Bayley???What is Kross up to??? Finally we get a match from him American Made getting a version of Kurt Angles music……El Grande Americano LWO and American Made put on a grrrreat match…..we need more Lucha……just saying We get the brother montage and Jey cuts the Rocky promo I've been waiting forWho's worst…..New Day or Street Profits???Penta gets the dub!!! Finns next? The Architect has a plan but what is it and what could possibly be the favor??? NXTLa Primera has some problems…..Giulia is back NXT has a female talent problem…..Grace and Parker put on a grrrrreat match, should WWE remove the suicide dive???Fraxiom retains…..thoughts on Swipe Right Sol is moving onWhat is Hank N Tank doing wrong???Eddie Thorpe must not be a Trumper
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Kajsa pratar föräldraskap genom tiderna med antropologen Caroline Uggla. Finns det några nyttiga lärdomar eller lifehacks från de tusentals föräldragenerationer som gått före oss? Hur jämställda är vi jämfört med jägar-samlarsamhällen och varför är det viktigt att vi accepterar vårt öde som apa? Tips om tidigare avsnitt: 32 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Beach Boys lät som solen själv.. men bakom harmonierna låg splittring, sorg och en hel del studioångest. Vi följer vågorna från hawaiianska prinsar och surfens kungliga rötter, genom Kaliforniens tonårsdrömmar, till basebollens barndom och Vietnamkrigets strandpauser. På vägen möter vi Brian Wilsons inre värld, Duvall med surfbräda i helikopter – och den märkliga kraften i att sjunga trestämmigt om att bara... chilla lite.Musikpodden finns även på:Instagram: Musik_poddenSpotify: Musikpodden med Arvid BranderApple podcast: Musikpodden med Arvid BranderKontakt: podcastarvid@gmail.comKällor:Böcker:White, Timothy. The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, and the Southern California Experience (1994, Henry Holt and Co.)↳ Den här boken har varit fundamental för förståelsen av både Brian Wilsons kreativa drivkrafter och Kaliforniens kulturella bakgrund. En ovärderlig källa genom hela arbetet med podden.Granata, Charles L. Wouldn't It Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (2003, Chicago Review Press)↳ En djupdykning i skapandet av Pet Sounds – med både tekniska detaljer och emotionellt innehåll.Holcomb, Mark. The Beach Boys (2003, Lucent Books)↳ En mer översiktlig biografi, men bra för kontext och struktur.Surfkultur & SamtidshistoriaFör att sätta in The Beach Boys i ett större sammanhang använde vi dessa böcker om surfkultur, ungdomshistoria och Kaliforniens glansdagar (Timothy White har också en bit om det i sin bok):Clark, J. R. K. – Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions from the Past (2011)Crowley, K. – Surf Beat: Rock 'n' Roll's Forgotten Revolution (2011)Gabbard, A. – Girl in the Curl: A Century of Women in Surfing (2000)Halberstam, D. – The Fifties (1993)Hine, T. – The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager (1999)Lawler, K. – The American Surfer: Radical Culture and Capitalism (2011)Palladino, G. – Teenagers: An American History (1996)Starr, K. – Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950–1963 (2009)Young, N. – Surfing: A History of the Ancient Hawaiian Sport (1998) Film & VideoBrian Wilson: Long Promised Road (2021, regisserad av Brent Wilson)↳ En närgången dokumentär med Wilson själv – ömsint, fragmentarisk och full av musikaliska insikter.CBC Music (2011). George Tonight: Brian Wilson on His Father, Beautiful Music and How He Finds Creativity. [YouTube-intervju]↳ En varm och lågmäld intervju som säger mycket om Wilsons inre liv. Finns på YouTube. ÖvrigtWikipedia – Ja, det får vara med här också.↳ Som Majas källor – en massa Wikipedia... Och ibland är det faktiskt en bra startpunkt. Vi dömer inte. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Vi ripper op I næringsstofferne i denne episode, og vi har jo allerede været en del af dem igennem, men nu er vi nået til Finns yndlingsstof, nemlig calcium. Til det har Anders og Finn har inviteret Jens Bach fra Yara ind i studiet, som er fast vært på Gødningsmagasinet. Der er mange gode grunde til at kalke optimalt for calcium er ikke blot et makronæringsstof, men bruges også bl.a. til at forbedre selve jordens sammensætning, regulering af pH værdien, og bevaring af mikroorganismer. Vi dykker lidt også ned i historien bag kalken, og hvordan den udvindes. Lyt med når der nørdes ioner, reaktionstal i jorden, hvordan man udvinder calcium, de tre kalkprodukter som landmanden bruger, og meget mere! Anders Lau og planterådgiver Finn Poulsen bliver klogere på aktuelle emner indenfor plantesektoren og der vil både være tid til nørderi og god stemning. Planteavlerne præsenteres i samarbejde med GLS-A og ECNergy.
Nu inleder Lyssnarjuryn det idoga och spännande arbetet att utse vilken bok och författare som tar hem Sveriges Radios Romanpris 2025! Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Dags för Lyssnarjuryns livliga diskussioner om de nominerade romanerna till Sveriges Radios Romanpris 2025 – idag diskuteras ”Helga” av Bengt Ohlsson! I morgondagens P1 Kultur är det Martin Engbergs ”Allätaren” som står på agendan, på onsdag Jessica Schiefauers ”Tänkarens testamentet” och på torsdag är det Karolina Ramqvists ”Den första boken” i fokus, allt under ledning av kulturredaktionens litteraturredaktör Lina Kalmteg. På fredag avslöjas och intervjuas vinnaren i P1 Kulturs direktsändning! Årets Lyssnarjury består av Cristina von Schéele, Jan Unga, Alma Martinsson, Benigna Polonyi och Teodor Fridén. All makt åt Lyssnarjuryn!CHRISTOFFER CARLSSON – MED UPPENBAR KÄNSLA FÖR STILKriminologen och författaren Christoffer Carlsson är aktuell med en ny kriminalroman, ”En liten droppe blod” och den – precis som många andra av hans böcker – har hyllats av kritikerna. Han har prisats ett flertal gånger och förra boken ”Levande och döda” tilldelades bland annat Svenska Deckarakademins pris för årets bästa svenska kriminalroman. Vilken är hans främsta drivkraft? Christoffer Carlsson gästar dagens P1 Kultur!TAKTIKSNACK MED BIBLIOTEKARIENAtt få fler att läsa är idag en stor samhällsfråga och i läsfrämjandets frontlinje står bibliotekarierna! Finns det några tips och tricks som fungerar bättre än andra? I dag ringer vi upp Jenny Lindh, bibliotekarie på Kulturhuset stadsteatern i Stockholm, vilket är hennes bästa råd?Programledare Johar BendjelloulProducent Maria Götselius
I P4 Extra-gästan berättar poddaren och influencern Perla Rainey-Malmberg om frispråkighet, om svårigheterna som ung, om att vilja bli statsminister och om att välja sin egen väg. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play.
Majgull Axelsson svarar på lyssnarnas frågor. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Lena har en fråga som hon tror hon delar med många andra: Vad ska vi göra med all oro inför framtiden?Anna tycker hon blivit en surtant när hon har närmat sig 60 år och undrar varför hon blir så störd av andra människors beteende. Finns det en väg till acceptans? Kan man bli för fäst vid sin hund? Det frågar Mats i Uppsala.Och Sofia i Ödeshög undrar hur man dagdrömmer på bästa sätt.Hör Majgull Axelssons svar på lyssnarnas frågor. Nästa gång hörs författaren Andrev Walden som svarar. Har du själv en fråga som du vill rikta till författarna så mejla till: allvarligttalat@sverigesradio.seProducent: Karin Arbsjö
Andlighet på olika plattformarEngelska kanalen: https://www.youtube.com/@EverythingisSpiritualityYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@andlighetApple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/andlighet/id1603002647?l=enSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5CIB4x6sOyceoxShQvnKpZ?si=Hyo1wvOqTqCIKj5-BIXowQAndlighet, spiritualitet, sanning, ärlighet, kärlek, zen, advaita vedanta, ickedualitet, nonduality, enhet, Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Eckart Tolle, Rumi, psykologi, Ken Wilber, flow, flöde, varande, sådanhet, upplysning, uppvaknande, moksha, teosis, nirvana, fanaa, kensho, satori, kristen mystik, Jesus, sufism, kabbalah, daoism, vetenskap, medvetandet, bhakti, devotion
Säsongen är för Malmö Redhawks – men jobbet inför nästa är påbörjat sedan länge. Fredrik Hedenskog, Kent Leijon Jönsson och Pontus Lind sammanfattar intrycken från Malmö Redhawks slutspel och använder insatserna som en språngbräda för att diskutera truppen nästa säsong. Hur ska målvaktsfrågan lösas?Stannar Robin Salo och Lassi Thomson? Vilka spelare har utvecklingspotential? Finns det kontrakt som behöver lösas ut? Hur sannolikt är det att Janne Kuokkanen och Lauri Pajuniemi återvänder?
Europas länder kraftsamlar för att stärka sina försvar, samtidigt som Ukrainas behov är stora. Finns en del av lösningen i Ukrainas egen försvarsindustri? Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Hör om hur Europas länder går samman i en ny koalition för att stötta Ukraina och om hur kapaciteten i den europeiska försvarsindustrin måste öka. I Ukraina ser man positivt på Europas historiska försvarssatsningar, samtidigt som man också ser ett behov av att kunna stå mer på egna ben om Europa misslyckas med att leverera det som utlovas och när USA:s stöd inte längre går att räkna med. Hör också om det fransk-brittiska förslaget om att skicka fredsbevarande trupp till Ukraina och hur det tas emot i Kiev. Polen är ett av länderna som inte i nuläget ansluter sig till trupp-planerna eftersom man menar att de militära resurserna i landet behövs längs Natos östra gräns. Hur går det polska projektet att bli Europas nya militärmakt? Vi summerar också reaktionerna efter vicepresident JD Vance besök på Grönland, där han uttryckte förakt mot Europa i allmänhet och Danmark i synnerhet. Nu ska Danmarks statsminister Mette Frederiksen besöka Nuuk för att hantera situationen. Medverkande: Andreas Liljeheden, Brysselkorrespondent. David Rasmusson, korrespondent för Danmark och Polen. Lubna El-Shanti, Ukrainakorrespondent. Programledare: Parisa HöglundProducent: Therese Rosenvinge
Denna vecka bjuder Anna, Peter och Pajlen på podd! Det blir snack om Monster Hunter Wilds (är någon chockerad?), Peter har gjort en liten spaning på Nosferatu och Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. Pajlen har spelat Assassins Creed Shadows!
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The Beach Boys lät som solen själv.. men bakom harmonierna låg splittring, sorg och en hel del studioångest. Vi följer vågorna från hawaiianska prinsar och surfens kungliga rötter, genom Kaliforniens tonårsdrömmar, till basebollens barndom och Vietnamkrigets strandpauser. På vägen möter vi Brian Wilsons inre värld, Duvall med surfbräda i helikopter – och den märkliga kraften i att sjunga trestämmigt om att bara... chilla lite.Musikpodden finns även på:Instagram: Musik_poddenSpotify: Musikpodden med Arvid BranderApple podcast: Musikpodden med Arvid BranderKontakt: podcastarvid@gmail.comKällor:Böcker:White, Timothy. The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, and the Southern California Experience (1994, Henry Holt and Co.)↳ Den här boken har varit fundamental för förståelsen av både Brian Wilsons kreativa drivkrafter och Kaliforniens kulturella bakgrund. En ovärderlig källa genom hela arbetet med podden.Granata, Charles L. Wouldn't It Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (2003, Chicago Review Press)↳ En djupdykning i skapandet av Pet Sounds – med både tekniska detaljer och emotionellt innehåll.Holcomb, Mark. The Beach Boys (2003, Lucent Books)↳ En mer översiktlig biografi, men bra för kontext och struktur.Surfkultur & SamtidshistoriaFör att sätta in The Beach Boys i ett större sammanhang använde vi dessa böcker om surfkultur, ungdomshistoria och Kaliforniens glansdagar (Timothy White har också en bit om det i sin bok):Clark, J. R. K. – Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions from the Past (2011)Crowley, K. – Surf Beat: Rock 'n' Roll's Forgotten Revolution (2011)Gabbard, A. – Girl in the Curl: A Century of Women in Surfing (2000)Halberstam, D. – The Fifties (1993)Hine, T. – The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager (1999)Lawler, K. – The American Surfer: Radical Culture and Capitalism (2011)Palladino, G. – Teenagers: An American History (1996)Starr, K. – Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950–1963 (2009)Young, N. – Surfing: A History of the Ancient Hawaiian Sport (1998) Film & VideoBrian Wilson: Long Promised Road (2021, regisserad av Brent Wilson)↳ En närgången dokumentär med Wilson själv – ömsint, fragmentarisk och full av musikaliska insikter.CBC Music (2011). George Tonight: Brian Wilson on His Father, Beautiful Music and How He Finds Creativity. [YouTube-intervju]↳ En varm och lågmäld intervju som säger mycket om Wilsons inre liv. Finns på YouTube. ÖvrigtWikipedia – Ja, det får vara med här också.↳ Som Majas källor – en massa Wikipedia... Och ibland är det faktiskt en bra startpunkt. Vi dömer inte. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Så er vi nået til en update på Planteavlerne, men den er ikke helt klassisk for Finns kollega, Jesper Kjelde fra planteafdelingen hos SAGRO, gæster nemlig Anders og Finn i studiet! Jesper er kartoffelekspert og det kommer vi til at lukrere på i denne episode. Derudover ringer vi også ud og får en rapport fra marken ved Pontus Larsen, som er driftleder for Amstrup Agro og driver et forholdsvist stort landbrug, med både afgrøder, grise og kvæg. Der er godt gang i foråret, og vejret er tørt, så dermed er der også godt gang i markerne. De fleste er nået langt med at så korn, og enkelte er allerede færdige, og er det allerede nu man skal i gang med kartoflerne? Lyt med og få svar på det, og på hvad man som planteavler ellers skal være opmærksom på! Anders Lau og planterådgiver Finn Poulsen bliver klogere på aktuelle emner indenfor plantesektoren og der vil både være tid til nørderi og god stemning. Planteavlerne præsenteres i samarbejde med GLS-A og ECNergy.
Hana shines and Aya rises.Book 3 in 18 parts, By FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.“It is selfish to believe that your family will always love you. At some point you will be asked to earn it.”My equilibrium decided to cut me some slack and not invoke the reflexive vomiting. "It is only me, Hana, Imogen, Deidre, Mom, Buffy, hi Juanita," I hadn't spotted my designated bodyguard standing behind Chaz."Don't talk to me right now," she seethed. "I'm furious with you." Yep, she was the Caribbean Buffy."Perhaps she's pissed about the five extra Illuminati bodyguards added to the regular two around Hana plus the two circling Ghost Tigers having not a fucking clue what those other armed parties are doing in Hana's company," Pamela joked. She could. Everyone else was giving me crap about my social gaff."Hey now. This meeting is important. Imogen and I are going to have a child," I enlightened them. The door chimed open and we piled in with two Amazons whose 'fresh' look indicated a use of the showers within the past ten minutes."You consistently maintain particularly low standards," Chaz dryly remarked."I sent her here for a check-up and that gave Buffy a chance to meet Mom, Deidre and Imogen, plus two unarmed bodyguards," I kept bailing out the Titanic."Chaz, I am happy we aren't going to miss this one (lunch)," Pamela smiled at her two grandsons."Cáel, are you going to tell your fiancée you've impregnated your aunt?" Chaz was back to being mildly sympathetic to my 'totally fucked-up' life."Yes. I figured Buffy shooting death rays at me from her eyes will garner me enough confusion to get the words out of my mouth without her throwing her drink in my face, slapping me, then storming out," I envisioned.I got no more shit until I reached the garage for my vehicle. There an armed FBI Special Agent Virginia Maddox (did you know when a Federal Agent adds 'Special' to their title it means they have a gun?) stood next to my chariot. She'd drawn the short straw, meaning she had been given the chore of driving today.I found myself wondering when Yasmin would finally finish her orientation. Her training involved some serious mental challenges including a crash course from the FBI at Quantico concerning modern judicial theory & practice as well as whatever pre-Iron Age jurisprudence the Host practiced.Javiera promised me (and Katrina) that she would not-so-subtly remind those scholastically-groomed legal minds that a (couldn't use the word 'Amazon') legal code they followed had existed, with minor tweaking, as a successful social instrument for over 3,000 years. If they truly behaved in a respectful manner, the owners of the code might even show those people the Codex on the original horse-skin, written in Hittite cuneiform.Anyway, everyone assumed I had a good reason for heading to my apartment (aka need to retrieve a sleepy Odette.) Had I repeated 'the Bitch stole my fortune cookies', they might have simply taken me to an Asian-inclined grocery store. As we hit the second story landing, Chaz in the lead, we heard a passel of folks come down toward us from the fourth level.I didn't think there were that many people on the entire floor. Chaz and Pamela each went for their holstered pistol, while keeping them hidden in their jackets. Wiesława, who went for her PDW, backed up so she could fire through the stairs from beneath.Juanita, bless her heart, and Virginia had remained in the S U V because sending in more people would have left us piled into one another. If a firefight did break out, Juanita could bring in some serious hardware to back us up while Virginia called the appropriate authorities before rushing in herself.Around the corner on the third floor landing came a number of women, early/mid-twenties, physically fit, foreign clothes and downcast expressions. A few looked like they were about to cry. They were all in shirts and jeans, with no obvious weapons. Not looking lethal didn't ratchet down Chaz's vigilance. Me? I was instantly reminded how much sex I had been missing."Prince Cáel! You are alive!" spilled out of the first one, a fiery red-head with a billowing, thick mane, porcelain skin and adorable freckles. Her Irish brogue was enchanting. I had to wonder if she cried out in Gaelic during orgasm. Wasn't I about to meet my future bride plus numerous other love interests?She was fit, curvy and wearing an aqua shirt which exposed her midriff with a belly ring bearing a pearl drop, the requisite tattered skin-tight jeans and soft leather calf-boots."Why wouldn't I be alive?" I grinned, like a pirate discovering an all-girls school oceanographic classroom in need of plundering."How do total strangers know how unlikely it is that you would still be alive?" was Chaz's spin on things."We talked with your roommate. He said you had moved to Svalbard where you suffered an excruciating painful, yet richly deserved, death in a lemming stampede," she pouted, "and then the UN had your ashes exiled to Pluto because the Sun was too good for you."9, 10, 11 --12 of them looking, 3 with pale blonde hair that eerily reminded me of my fiancée, another red-head, two russet and five with deep, dark brown, or black hair. They were all fit, fit, fit! With an air of 'I graduated college only to discover: 1) no one was hiring Saline Soil Scientists, or 2) I no longer want to do any of the things I wanted to do when I picked this major. I was familiar with both types.Timothy would have been at work and Odette would have invited the troupe in to regale them with all sorts of tales, which would have included a tour of my bedroom. They clearly had missed Odette so, now I recalled; that particular excuse was one of the ten I had given the guy in 4B should anyone suspicious come calling.I imagine twelve hot, English-as-a-Second-Language girls might be considered, a bit odd. See, his was my address of record. I lied about my actual apartment, so random people who came looking for me went to him instead. This arrangement had been made prior to my understanding of the nature of my employment at Havenstone.I'd neglected, telling him to move out and go far, far away? Poor guy. I'd find a way to make it up to him later."Actually it was a southern vole immigration incident that was set off by the Bulgarian consulate offering repatriation for the first 10,000 applicants," I frowned, clearly traumatized by memory of the incident."These poor southern vole, native to the vacationer-friendly Black Sea resorts, were accidently introduced to the coldest inhabited place in the Northern hemisphere and they've been trying to get home ever since, that would be the equivalent of a century and a half in 'vole-years.""Despite the UN trying to quarantine any news of this Cricetidae catastrophe, I decided to evacuate the six most critically injured vole using a Bortolanza Pluto ultralight, which he must have confused with the UN sending my ashes to Pluto," I explained.Mind you, the 'southern' voles are native to, among other places, Norway, the owner of Svalbard. They were also native to the Bulgarian Black Sea coast so, The Pluto ultra-light, once built in Italy, is now called the 'Puma' and made in Canada, has a maximum range of 675 km, which would leave me crash landing into the Barents Sea, 260 km north of the northernmost airport in Norway, rendering me and my voles so much frozen food."You are an animal rights activist too?" several of the girls gasped. Yes. Yes I was. I was an animal and I was all for me having rights."Please, don't tell anyone about this," I grew serious. "I don't want my philanthropic efforts to be publicized. What I do, I do for the Earth's endangered ecosystems because it is what everyone should do, not because we suddenly feel bad about neglecting it.""E haere koe ki te whai kia nui ai," Pamela snorted. I'd ask her why she knew Maori later, right after I figured why Grandpa knew it."Ko toku mahere whānui," I replied. The girls looked confused."I'm also trying to revitalize endangered languages and revive dead ones. It is more of a hobby than life pursuit," I informed them."You really are a modern-day noble warrior-poet," the red-head leader sighed."Nah. I'm just a guy," I shrugged. "Besides, Ba ch ir fear a bheith ar eolas ag a gn omhais, n a oidhreacht." (A man should be known by his deeds, not his heritage)."Sa ch s go bhfuil misneach, t s il agam," she replied using my 'family' motto."Jos on jalot on toivoa,", "Ahol van b tors ga, van rem ny," and "cesaret olduğu yerde umut vardır," all followed. 'Where there is Valor, there is Hope' in Finnish, Hungarian and Turkish. I got the sneaking feeling this wasn't a college field trip gone awry. These chicks were coming at me with a purpose that included more than sexual gratification and a kiss good-bye. Ugh."Thank you," I genuflected, paying honor to their reciting of my personal vow. "Anyway, you appear to be looking for me, but I am afraid I don't know any of you. Taking into account that I have a late lunch date with my fiancée in a half-hour and will be taking notes at a feminist convention at 8, what can I do for you?" I was establishing my escape plan."We have come here to join you," an assertive, dusky-skinned one smiled. I had to think about this. I was a bit tired. Taking all twelve of these girls on in one orgy was currently beyond me. I'd do eight tonight and the last four before breakfast tomorrow. Ah, happy thoughts of the Lacrosse Finals."What exactly do you plan to do with Mr. Nyilas?" Chaz interrupted."We are the (Irish) 'Na conairte soith an S aghdha ar', (Hungarian) 'A szuka kuty kat Herceg Nyilas', (Turkish) 'Prens ok u Kaltak K pekleri' and (Finnish) 'Narttu koirista prinssi jousimies'," they chorused.Pamela snickered. All of those fancy sounding names were variations on 'the Bitch Hounds of Prince Archer/Nyilas (with the Irish going for O'Shea)."You want to be my bodyguards?" I gawked. Lacking lions, the Irish choice of the 'fur-balls of death' were hounds. Being women technically made them 'bitches'. I had to move fast. Any second now Wiesława was going to figure out these over-anxious non-Amazons were trying to replace her."You do realize I've left piles of dead bodies in my wake, right?" I nearly choked. Pamela slapped me on my back."Of course," they sounded so chipper. Fuck you Internet and 'First Person Shooter' games. This wasn't a fucking game! Trained combatants who joined my retinue met grisly ends and this was their freaking profession!"Can I think about it? I mean, do any of you have any combat experience at all? Attacked someone in anger? Send off a blistering instant message?""Some of us have (combat experience I was assuming). We won't let you down.""You do realize Ms. Dubois is going to kill them, don't you Sir?" Chaz sent me a chilling look."Ms. Dubois?", "who is that?" and "kill us?" floated around."Ms. Dubois is my blood-hungry ferret who wears a 'naughty berserker' human suit to trick the masses.""Three of us have military training," one of the Finns spoke up.By that they meant they had volunteered for military service in their native countries, then left after their first term because they found military life to be boring. On the 'plus' side, all but one had martial arts experience and six of the twelve had been a member of a Gun Club of some kind. Yep, Buffy was going to kill them, all twelve at once by herself."I'll make you a deal," I offered. Chaz was giving me his 'I'm a stone yet clearly unhappy with you' face. "At 7:15 tonight, you will show up at Havenstone. I will sign you in, we'll go upstairs to one of the gyms and then warm up for fifteen minutes. When you are ready, or 7:30 rolls around, we are going to the sparing mats. If I lose, you can stay. If you lose, you will write this off as one of a legion of ideas that look good in print yet are foolish in practice. Do you accept?""How many of us do you have to beat for us to join with you and your Crusade?" the lead Irishwoman asked."All of you. I will fight you all at once. The mat space is quite extensive.""You mean all twelve of us against you at the same time?" one of the Turks blinked in disbelief."Yes. I am not disrespecting you, any of you. You've shown initiative, courage and a spirit of adventure. I found all three to be both admirable and worthy of reward (i.e. I will gladly have sex with you). What I am also telling you is of the three people with me, the only one I can most likely defeat in single combat is her," I motioned to Wiesława, "and I'm only saying that because she is 19 and relatively new to the art of killing."Their eyes flickered to Pamela. Chaz was scary without even trying. Pamela could be threatening, or appear harmless, as she wished."Chaz is a professional military man from a long line of diligent warriors and in a branch of service that requires close contact with hostile individuals, teams, tribes, clans and nations.""The woman behind me is much, much worse. I've met precisely three people who could possibly kill her and I killed one of them. Would you agree, Chaz?""Absolutely," he concurred."We know who you two are," a Finn spoke up. She had a dazzling smile and cleavage that had to obscure her toes when she stood."You do?" Pamela played nice. For once, it was technology biting her in the ass, not me. Yay?"You are Rhingyll lliw Siarl Yfory," the Irish lass looked at Chaz. That was Welsh, and meant Color Sergeant Charles Tomorrow, I imagined his superiors in the British military weren't going to be happy with any of us, him being a 'secret military operator', emphasis on the 'secret'."And you are Sverkhsekretnykh Shpiona Vsemed Svaya," the Turkish girl pointed at Pamela. Pamela snorted. In Russian that meant 'Super-secret Spy Pamela Pile'. Since Pamela in Russia was pronounced 'Pamela' they had gone back to the origin of the name of Pamela, a fictitious 17th English novelist creation using mangled Hellenic, which translated as 'all-honey'.'All-honey' in Russian was Vsemed. Pamela snickered. Oh yeah, those twelve had combed through millions of articles and pictures to figure out who Chaz was and who Pamela claimed to be. Actually, one of my Hungarian admires back when we were all in Eastern Europe had suggested Pamela was a remorseful ex-SMERSH agent turned Princely-sidekick. Pamela jabbed me, the unspoken 'sidekick' thing.(For those who don't know, in Russian SMERSH loosely means 'Death to Spies', it really existed from 1943 to 1946 and was resurrected by Ian Fleming as a foil for James Bond.)"Chaz, since Cáel is, without a doubt, already having a stupendously wretched day, we must insist he inform Addison of all three of these developments, in person. I want to see the look on her face," Pamela plotted with the man who had thrown himself between me and an explosive vest, probably out of some psychic impulse that I would suffer far, far worse later, like in today, within less than 24 hours of said act."Why am I here again today?" I lowered my head and groaned."Are you okay?" a dozen innocent voices cried out."We are here to pick up Odette," Wiesława reminded me."Oh yeah, fortune cookies," I mumbled."Is 'Fortune Cookie' a nickname for one of your other operatives? Many of them are real enigmas. We can't find out anything about her," one of the Hungarians said. Yeah, because SD doesn't have a Facebook page, or Twitter account. Odette, she was protected by a completely unremarkable lifestyle, but I had a feeling that was fading fast."Excuse us," I asserted myself. "I need to get something on the third floor. Chaz began pushing forward while Pamela had my back."What are you doing?" to me and "Hey, is that a gun?" to Chaz, then Wiesława. Pamela was too sneaky to get caught."I'm here to pick up Agent Fortune Cookie then head out to a meeting with some really shady characters and my fiancée," I informed them."Agent Fortune Cookie," Chaz mused. "She's going to love that,""And then," Pamela continued."She is going to want a gun," I groaned.Oh goddess! No! Chaz had joined Pamela and my 'group think'."No, I have not," Chaz corrected me, about my mental ruminations."I've been coaching him," Pamela faux-consoled me. As my new prospective bodyguards parted for my current bodyguards,"Do you have psychic powers?" "Where is your android?" and "Is it true you can have sex up to ten times a day?""Yes, but we can't talk about it," then, "Which one? We have six models," and finishing up with, "Yes, I can have sex up to ten times a day with each session lasting at least an hour, though I do need breaks for food, drink, quiet romantic conversations and showers, cause shower-sex is so damn fun."While they mulled that over, I unlocked my door in time to see a nicely-dressed (as if she was about to go out on an expensive lunch date) Odette spring off the sofa. Looking at the crowd behind me, she blessed me with an incredibly happy smile."Oh cool! Do we really have enough time for an orgy?"I wanted to cry.(A Family FUNction, minus the 'fun' part)My fiancée giving me a congenial and contented look. Good.My fuck-buddy/friend Libra giving me a salacious 'you and me are going to hook up soon' smile while dressed in a red, 'business suite/slinky number' combo with a plunging neckline. I put her invite on my mental day-planner. Fellas, if you can't keep it in your mind, forget about it. Print equals pain, believe me.Brooke had joined the lunch group, sharing a smile and wink with Libra with the secret agreement for a three-way. Sweet! I could do this, hmm, lunch break Friday, yum-yum-yum. She was wearing a beige business suit with slacks, minus the shirt. Only her cunningly cut jacket kept her goodies from exposure.Hana was a saint for putting up with those two, and me.Buffy was studying me with the clear desire to put me in a dog cage for the rest of the week. Technically she had to produce my body for work Monday. As for the hot, sweaty, intense Brooke-Libra-Cáel m nage trois, Buffy was reading the undercurrents and setting up a breakwater. At least her attire suggested well-paid, successful international assassin. I wondered if I had paid for her clothing as well. I'd given Chaz's wardrobe a serious upgrade courtesy of Pamela faking my signature.The gathering was rounded out by Mom, Imogen and Deirdre. Thank God they all had different hair styles and forms of dress. Mom was in 'casual-durable' attire, Imogen was going with the military-chic and Deirdre's get up was in the same style as Hana.I was pleasantly pleased that Hana had reserved two adjacent tables for what she assumed would be my support network, Pamela, Odette, Chaz, Wiesława and Juanita, plus Imogen's five and her (Hana's) two Illuminati minders. That made me squeezing my twelve newest over-eager admirers into the mix doable, if not comfortable. Better yet, none of the new girls was dressed for a restaurant this exclusive.Hana was quietly amused. Buffy was volcanic. Thankfully she was being a volcano on the mid-Atlantic ocean ridge ~ submerged."Chaz, Pamela, explain," Buffy seethed."I don't work for you," Pamela playfully bantered back, "Sweet-Cheeks.""They are part of a clandestine operation to provide cooperation and assistance from the European Union," I offered up in such a sincere manner. I almost had them. Buffy looked to Chaz who opted to channeled his 'inner- Cáel'."I can neither confirm nor deny their status as operators from four European nations," he nodded.Buffy forked a helpless appetizer shrimp then catapulted at one of my Finns, I thought it was Oili. It bounced off her bosom. She couldn't even claim to not have seen it coming."What?" Oili gasped."Operatives?" Buffy sizzled at me."Prince Cáel," Flannery asked, "why did that strange woman throw a, shrimp at Oili?""It was a hand-eye coordination test," Odette informed her. "Had Oili been a real spy, you would have snatched up a nearby napkin, deflect the item with the napkin and all while drawing down on her. It is what they do all the time. It is pretty neat to watch.""Why use a napkin?" Oili asked Odette while eyeing Buffy in case another decapod was coming her way."You use a napkin because the shrimp might have a contact poison on it," Odette rolled her eyes. "Buffy used a fork to flip it at you. She didn't use her hands, so the possibility existed." Pamela gave Odette an 'atta girl' high five."Prince Cáel?" Brooke giggled. "What have you been up to?""Okay. I got this. Ladies, may I introduce Annikki, Belgin, Berit, Flannery, Gizi, Ilkay, Kato, Neve, Nuray, Oili, Pirkko and Zsuzsi. These fine women have decided to put their productive lives on hold so they can be my bodyguards," I made the introductions."They have volunteered to be, basically the 'Hounds of Prince O'Shea/Nyilas/Archer'. My Hounds, please let me introduce Hana, my fiancée, Brooke, my close friend, Libra, a sweet & sincere childhood acquaintance, my Mother, Sibeal, my O'Shea aunts, Deidre & Imogen and Kalmarasērmi Buffy."Despite the absurdity of the situation and my clear irresponsibility, Buffy let a smile crease her frown. 'Kalmarasērmi' was my term for her in the Amazon language = my Mountaintop."I will volunteer my facilities to train them," Aunt Imogen offered me drolly. She was the primary trainer for all O'Shea guardians/Special Forces."Train us?" a half dozen voices murmured."Yes Child. I am Imogen O'Shea, Cáel is the greatest treasure in my life and I have serious doubts any of you can be anything more than distracting bullet-catchers for my favorite (and only) nephew. It annoys me to think you are yet another walking advertisement showing him to be both big-hearted and soft-headed.""I will offer prayers upon the mounds of my ancestors (lie, her only 'ancestor' refused to stay buried) for Cáel's safety. You should invoke whatever supernatural entity you place faith in to keep Cáel safe as well, because if he gets so much as a scratch defending any one of you, I will exercise my nearly endless knowledge of human pain to make you pay.""Is she Ms. Dubois?" Flannery asked Odette."That would be me," Buffy showered fury their way."Do you really want to kill us?" Neve tried to stare Buffy down."Until ten seconds ago, Yes. Now I want to hand you over to these two," she motioned to Deidre and Imogen with her fork."Prince Cáel, why are they all so hostile?" Flannery requested understanding from me. "We have come here to help you. We have skills. All we are asking if for a chance to prove ourselves to you.""To Us," Buffy snapped. "Cáel's vote doesn't count.""Chill, Buffy," I snapped back. "I'm dealing with this, and your lack of trust is pissing me off.""Buffy," Hana intervened. She placed a hand on Buffy's thigh out of sight, yet not outside of my notice. "When was the last time Cáel failed to take your advice on something life-critical? These young ladies appear to be honest and diligent. If not, Pamela and the Color Sergeant wouldn't have let them come here, or near Odette."If I dated dumber women I would have less explaining (lying) to do, but I'd miss the challenge both inside and outside the bedroom. Hana's deft touch and gentle words calmed Buffy more than anything (outside of a righteous cocking) I could have accomplished. I was suddenly seized with the realization there was a goodly number of Katrina's positive attributes in Hana. How had I missed it?"Marrying you is going to be Hana's first step toward mortal beatification," Brooke teased me. Normally only dead people were made saints."A Servant of, probably not Jehovah. I think everyone at the table can agree she has interacted with supernatural forces," Sibeal hid her joking well."Martyring her hopes of monogamy?" Deidre's fey gaze flickered over the women of note (the women at the main table)."Her Heroic Virtue is Prudence?" Buffy added. Buffy had been Catholic?"Ladies, I'm Lutheran. We don't normally venerate saints. Joking aside, I was given a reason to believe this lunch date was important on a social level between myself and my fianc . Food would be nice too."Brooke and Libra's presence regulated Pamela and Chaz to an adjacent table. A waiter slipped in, took my order, I decided to forgo an appetizer because I was late, then the conversation began."Hana, this is my Mother, Sibeal Nyilas. Imogen and Deidre are my family from Ireland," I made the introductions, most definitely unnecessarily. I was buying time to get a better read on the women around me."I know," Hana showered me with mature compassion."Get to it, damn you," Buffy huffed."Wow, I'm thinking of the best way to tell you this," I barely could meet Hana's eyes."I am pregnant with your fianc 's child," Imogen cut to the chase. What she said was delivered on purpose. Imogen wasn't as socially maladjusted as Rachel. The fewer women in my life, the easier the O'Shea would have roping me in. Imogen's words were meant to hurt Hana and drive a wedge between us."You too?" Hana's sad eyes studied Imogen. She hid her anger-disappointment-disgust well. In this crowd her efforts to obfuscate her feeling only worked on Libra and Brooke. Those two ladies were less astute at concealing their surprise."She's your aunt, right?" Libra's look settled on me instead of a blatant Imogen, or a pained Hana."No," Mom answered for me. "My sisters and I were born sterile. It is impossible that our paternal heritage has been passed along. Whatever Imogen's maternal contribution was, it is not from our DNA. My sister does have a child inside her, Havenstone verified it and will have the precise genetic make-up within 24 hours," she persisted (lying)."If Cáel has a failing, it is that he was seduced by my sisters who played upon his very confusing Mother-Son relationship. I faked my death when he was seven. I 'died' in a quite painful manner and he had to watch helplessly as he witnessed me wasting away. I did such a horrible thing to a young boy because the people who were hunting me down, the two O'Shea before you and the nine who aren't here, would have used numerous means of torture to verify my death."(Until they realized 'what' I was. Then my imprisonment would have begun)"My wonderful husband would have died without giving them the truth. It was too much to ask of our son. For fifteen years he believed me dead. He learned the truth at his Father's funeral. I believe every woman at this table knows my son doesn't handle emotional pain well.""Imogen's statement was a thinly-veiled stab at Hana's heart and a kick to my son's sense of responsibility to both Hana and his unborn child. How could this not hurt Hana? How could Cáel possibly respond, torn between the woman who has already sacrificed so much of her happiness for a man barely aware of his own maturity, and the woman bringing his child into the world?""Good one, Imogen. Those two are better than you, or I. By all means, make a mockery of my son, your nephew, who has pledged to fight for your life when he should clearly walk away and let the rest of you die. He asks nothing of you yet you feel no remorse at sullying his happiness.""There are ten good reasons for you getting up and walking out of here intact right now. There are six better reasons for making you pay for your cruelty," she threatened."Ten?" Brooke whispered."The sisters' five bodyguards, the two body guards they gifted me with, Deidre, Imogen and Cáel. You don't think he would let the woman bearing his child take a beating, do you Brooke?" Hana enlightened her."No.""The Six?" Libra scanned the room."My other two bodyguards won't act unless I am directly threatened. They won't be out to hurt anyone. If anyone tries to hurt me, they will jump straight to the making them dead option. The 'Six' are Buffy, Pamela, Chaz, Juanita, Special Agent Maddox and Sibeal.""We'd help," Libra insisted. Brooke was onboard with that proclamation."No," came forth from Hana, Mom and me."Brooke and Libra; you two, Odette, the other twelve and the wait staff will only confuse the issue. My sisters and their soldiers will use you and the rest to distract Cáel. Except for Ms. Maddox, the rest won't give a fuck so your best bet is to hit the deck and let the professionals deal with things," Mom clarified."Brooke, Libra, this is a wacko chicks with guns moment," I put things in perspective."Hana?" Libra put a hand on Hana's shoulder."Don't mind me," she patted Libra's hand. "I'm diving for cover and not getting up until you, Brooke, Cáel, or Buffy tell me to get up. Sorry Sibeal, but I don't know you that well yet.""I understand," Mom agreed.To punctuate the awkwardness of the moment, Aisha (the Arabic swimsuit model) and three other SD ladies waltzed into the place and took a table. When the maytre dee tried to impede them, Aisha threatened to exterminate his entire extended family with a look alone. Been there, done that, and the maytre dee was nowhere close to being in my league.I had to think that through. Had Buffy called them, the SD would have been here before I arrived. Pamela was a possibility, except the SD still hated her over Constanza's maiming. If she told them my life 'was' in danger, they would still show up. My life wasn't in danger and Pamela wouldn't yank their chain.It had to be Juanita. The head of my bodyguard telling Elsa that I was in an exposed position with 9 armed Illuminati would have elicited this level of response. Pamela prodded Odette. Odette had a 'what do you want me to do' non-verbal exchange with Pamela then got up and went over to Aisha.Odette even remembered to navigate the room in such a manner Aisha and her team could keep an uninterrupted view of the threat. Pamela and Chaz's lessons were paying off. They weren't training her in the lethal arts. They were showing her how to not be an obstacle, which was better, given our current circumstances."Hana, don't hate Imogen. The only parent she's ever known was Granddad," I returned my attention to the crisis at hand."Oh, I'm sorry," Hana sent sympathetic waves Imogen's way. If there was a hint of 'you bitch' hidden within those words, none of us would admit it."Yes, yes," Imogen smiled back. "Father was a real troll.""That's not true," Hana responded. "I've met him and he has always been very nice to me. It was easy for me to look past the nations of dead he's murdered, his propensity to rape his daughters and his plans to destroy my Cáel.""I don't hold you to blame for not protecting Cáel more than you have. He's a handful and reminds you of your Father, the mass-murdering rapist. And Imogen, don't try to hurt Cáel using me again, you Bitch. I'm not a part of your circus. That doesn't render me powerless. I love more than I hate. I count a person great by the lives they save, not those they take. Where there is Valor, there is Hope and my fianc has both in spades. Do we understand one another?""Proving you are smarter than Ms. Sievert is not something which equates to being a threat," Deidre countered."Cáel, why aren't you saying something?" Brooke whispered to me."Because he knows better," Mom grinned. "This is a battle Hana has to win, or lose, on her own.""Cáel has plenty of women willing to go behind his back and kill people, Brooke. Now, if Hana asks for such a favor, we know it is not over some petty bullshit," rolled menacingly forth from Buffy as her feral countenance made a few of the Illuminati at the next table nervous."That won't be necessary," I broke up the tension. "We are as dysfunctional a family as they come, but we are family and we will all treat one another as such by the standards of the only one who matters. Clear?""You?" Deidre soothed me."No. Ferko Nyilas', my Father and the best man I've ever known. He taught me to never make excuses for your own behavior. Surrendering our control over our lives is a cop-out. If you want to continue acting like the creepy-ass bitch daughters of Cáel O'Shea, so be it. That is your choice to make. I care for you.""I care enough for you to fight Granddad over your futures. I hope all of you know I mean what I say. Whatever you decide to do, no matter how you act, I will always love you. I've made my choices and I am going to hold you responsible for yours. Let's eat lunch. It has been a rough fucking day and it isn't over yet."If there was ever any doubt, I destroyed those twelve hopeful bodyguards on the mats. They possessed neither the skill nor the savagery necessary in a warrior culture. We Amazons didn't recoil from pain. Our sisters' lives were on the line. That was why you practiced no-holds-barred fighting with, or without, weapons."We can learn," the lead Finn protested. The rest were getting over the physical and spiritual pain of being so easily beaten."My normal bodyguards go through three years of intense 24/7 training. Being a member of that elite body means you train in all forms of weapons as well as hand-to-hand combat techniques.""Once you've mastered the core physical and skill baseline requirements, and this core training never stops, no point is considered 'good enough', you begin learning at least two specialties. Those are disciplines such as close-protection, sniping, small unit tactics, infiltration, battlefield medicine, electronics, computing, communication systems, linguistics and 'training' expertise.""In my current team, the ones who fought at my side in Hungry and Romania, all have three specialties. Discounting their regimen since the age of five, each had been on the job in a professional capacity at least six years. The leader had eleven years in.""Finally, when you are at that level of excellence, you need a specific mindset. What you need to do is think why you shouldn't kill someone, not if you should. If there is any doubt, you strike. If you hesitate, someone close to you might be killed, not just me.""Look around you. If you aren't ready to kill for any of your companions, you will never cut it. Now, I'm going to have you shown out. I will have taxis take you back to your hotel. Think about it. Seriously, think about dedicating yourself to more than some stranger you've met on the internet.""You will be dedicating yourself to the other elven women in your group, to the death. That is the level of spiritual dedication it takes to be at my side. Go, take a rest, talk it over, search your souls. Call me if any of you want to continue and we can have lunch Sunday and make plans. Questions?""Do the other women around you do this, make those choices?" one of the Turkish women frowned while nursing a bruised jaw."No. They have it worse. They have thrown their old lives away, never to return. Each and every one has either murdered a human being, or attempted to, before they are even considered for the task.""Under normal circumstances, we wouldn't be having his conversation. You would never be given the chance. You are woefully unqualified in every way except spirit. Your willingness to cross the Atlantic to make your offers resonates with me, so I am both warning you this is horrible, horrible path you are taking and I am explaining precisely how slender any of your chances are of accomplishing your goals.""I, I don't know," whispered one of the Hungarian lasses."At the Seven Skulls, I led three such women into combat (Rachel, Charlotte and Saku) against a group of warriors who were fighting free of 500 elite Romanian Mountain Troops. Of the Romanians, nearly 200 were either dead, or wounded. The FBI Special Agent we took with us was badly wounded."One of the three was killed, a head shot, and the remainder left her body where she had fallen because the enemy were still out there and they had to protect me. The world will not bend to your sensitivities. Life around me is exceedingly dangerous and unforgiving," I finished.No immediate consensus united them. Fear and disbelief were the major vibes I was picking up. None of them were angry, insulted, or overly terrified."Time for you to go," Buffy concluded our meeting. "Tigger Maeve and Dora Farānak, would you please see Cáel's guests to the lobby." A new pleasure of Buffy's was using the House names of the Full-bloods she interacted with.I have taken a few mystic liberties:Maeve was a Celtic War Goddess ~ the Enslaver of Men.Farānak was a Scythian Goddess also known as the Lynx Goddess and the Silent Huntress.As for the other new hires:Daphne was, as explained earlier, of House Cotyttia (Thracian Goddess of Sex, War and Slaughter)Fabiola was of House Minerva (Roman Goddess of War & Strategy)Violet Maza was in House Oshun, the Yoruba Goddess of Love, Sexuality, Beauty and Diplomacy; Lady of the Orisha ~ life spirits.Paula Wadena was of House Cybele (Phrygian Earth Mother, Guardian of the Lion Throne)}They were dismissed and smart enough to know that was the best possible answer to their current predicament, learning your romantic adventure was actually a gory supernatural battle for survival. A growing number of Isharans had been gathering while I dealt with the wannabes. A few were amused, perhaps even understanding, of my actions.Soon enough, using her position as Record Keeper of House Ishara, Helena cajoled the other Amazons into giving us peace and quiet. Not all left. Watching a jury-rigged House Ishara work through its business in a semi-public setting was an event both unlooked for and possibly enlightening.For this gathering, we had 122 of the 159 members. The missing members were not close enough, or were providing a critical function that wouldn't allow them to be in New York on this night."Sisters, a moment of personal prayer for each of us to seek guidance from our Ancestors as we seek to continue their legacy," I intoned softly, calling the meeting to order.I had barely opened my eyes, failing to get any inspiration from Yakko, when the struggle began."Why are we including them in a House Ishara meeting?" Madori pointed out the three 'new hires' who were sticking around."Memasant (Amazon for to speak true)," I answered her. Since Daphne, Paula and Violet had clearly been sitting among us before the meeting began, I gave Buffy a disappointing frown. "Ishara respects these three for teaching the rest of you the Amazon language so that we can teach it to others, thus all of you becoming able to engage all our sisters in our native tongue.""I doubt any other House would extend this honor to others. Thankfully, we are not like any other House. We know better. We have all been outsiders. We aren't a 'normal' House and I am working toward us never being one. We have to be kind and just when necessary, and forgive when it is what the Host needs.""We will do this because we Isharans alone will decide on the prestige of our sisters. If the other Houses make an issue of it, who cares? None of them have made the sacrifices necessary to be Isharans. I know that you have not all gathered here tonight to hear me pontificate. Who wants to be first?""Will you accept a challenge?" Madori stood up. We had spread out in a ring, two Amazons deep, along the edges of the mats. I had never sat down."Put forth your complaint," I responded."You emphasize duties other than that of a House Head. You don't take the time to show up at initiation ceremonies. In essence, you ignore your sisters to advance your own prestige.""Yes, I am not showing up at the initiation ceremonies.""Yes, I prioritize other activities over running the day-to-day operations of our House.""Yes, you are utterly ignoring the two Amazons sitting at either side of me. I chose Buffy Ishara and Helena Ishara to lead this House because I knew I would have others issues coming up in my life concerning the Host.""Buffy, are you challenging me?""No, Wakko Ishara," she responded angrily. She wasn't angry with me. She had chosen the majority of the assembly and they were turning on me, thus her."Helena, are you challenging me?""No Wakko Ishara. I am intimately familiar with your work and the dangers you constantly confront for the greater Host," she answered in an equally hostile tone."Now that the issue of relevance has been dealt with, I will accept any challenge from any of you selfish, bigoted, power-hungry cunts who wish to put your own self-interest above that of our House. By all means, stumble over one another for the top spot," I mocked them. I'd played nice. No more.It was telling that my classification of any challenger was completely ignored. Madori and five supporters stood. In theory, challenges were the rare 1-on-1 Amazon experience. Another Amazon, Arianne, stood with another supporter."Cool beans," I nodded.I backed up, stepped off the mats and picked up the four axes I had pre-prepared. Back on the mat I went past my handful of supporters, brandished two weapons and advanced a quarter way onto the sparring area. The mass of my opponents muttered in confusion and resentment."Ishara, we have not trained in archaic weapons. Most of our facilities never had then," Madori protested."Amazons don't play fair," I glared. Several migrated to the walls to pick out whatever looked the least daunting. Buffy, Helena, Marsha, Daphne Cotyttia, Violet Oshun and Paula Cybele did likewise."Is this how you want to answer a challenge for leadership?" Madori glowered. "Cheating, utilizing a clear advantage in a farce of equality and justice?""No. Please step back and call every member of JIKIT," my eyes narrowed. "How about this, call the Amazon's contact with the Earth & Sky? Can't do that either? How about convince the 9 Clans to help us pursue a House obligation?""You duties as Chief Diplomat are not that of Isharan House Head and actually make you less of a House Head," she countered. She had chosen a short spear, using it two-handed. And that made Katrina what precisely?"I should fucking kill you," Buffy snarled."Madori Ishara, Dot-Ishara is not the Goddess of Scrabble. She is not the Goddess of," and Madori tried to catch me flat-footed with a spear-thrust. I was appalled at how easy I dealt with her. My right axe diverted her spear enough so when I twisted my stance, she missed. I placed the head of my left axe on her shoulder, blade against her throat."Madori, you lose. Sit back down and contemplate that you were beaten by a 22 year old man," I seethed. There was no 'you didn't give me a chance' bullshit. She had struggled for advancement in the Amazon way. Such people weren't crybabies. "Next."Arianne approached me with a shield and short sword. My read on the situation was she was going to use acrobatics to compensate for my superior reach. I readied myself."I don't suppose you would accept a suggestion we fight unarmed?" she put out there. I took two steps toward her then dropped my axes."I trust you," I looked down at her. I could see the 'oh, fuck me' written all over her face. The unfairness had been tossed in her lap. She put the point of her leaf-shaped blade under the left side of my ribcage, close to my kidney."Yield.""Never.""Yield, or I will kill you."I took a quarter-inch penetration when I clamped down on her right wrist and slammed my elbow into her face. A quick exchange of footwork ended up with both of us on the mat, Arianne on her back, sword pinned to the mat and her shield trapped between us. Head-butt followed head-butt until she was unresponsive.I stood up, blood oozing down my side."Water!" I barked. A bottled water was rolled my way. Three more Amazons were sizing me up. This challenge phase was far from over. I splashed water down on Arianne's face until she sputtered into wakefulness."Pathetic," I sneered at her. "This House is worth any and all of our lives. If you were the best candidate to lead this house and I refused to yield, then why did you spare me? Not only could you not kill me when you clearly could, you failed to do so even when it became an unequal contest of arms."Arianne was shamed and furious. I was treating her like a presumptuous, outsider woman."I'm feeling particularly generous in victory, Arianne, don't you dare stand up," I growled when she tried. "I will not kill you for your disrespect. I will not exile you from our House because doing so would show both of us failing to grasp one of the key principles of our People, learn. Learn and keep learning. A loss is nothing more than a temporary setback. Learn, don't repeat the same mistake twice and never stop striving for success until you take yourself to the cliffs."One of the two newes
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EU-minister Jessica Rosencrantz (M) om stödet till Ukraina, om upprustning och konkurrenskraft som ställs mot klimatpolitik och om Trumps tullar. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Under torsdagen möttes ett 30-tal regeringschefer och ledare för Nato och EU i Paris för att diskutera en fredsplan för Ukraina. En av frågorna som ”koalitionen av villiga” diskuterade var europeiska säkerhetsstyrkor på ukrainskt territorium efter ett eldupphör. EU-minister Jessica Rosencrantz (M) säger att det handlar om att på olika sätt ge stöd till Ukraina:”Jag tror att i mångt och mycket kommer historien att döma Europa efter hur väl vi nu står upp för Ukraina och vad som är rätt. Och de här mötena handlar ju just om det, hur ska vi kunna stärka Ukrainas position inför en vapenvila och inför möjliga kommande fredsförhandlingar.”, säger Jessica Rosencrantz.Frankrike och Storbritannien ska leda koalitionen, Sveriges regering har ännu inte tagit ställning till om Sverige ska delta i eventuella säkerhetsstyrkor i Ukraina eller ej. Statsminister Ulf Kristersson har tidigare sagt att man först vill ha säkerhetsgarantier från USA, något USA inte gett. Betyder det att Sverige inte kommer att vara med om USA inte ger några garantier?”Vi utesluter ingenting i detta skede, men den här är en dialog som vi för med våra nära allierade, med våra partnerländer. Det är viktigt att diskutera hur ett europeiskt engagemang kan se ut för att ge varaktig fred och Sverige deltar i de diskussionerna. Men vi behöver få bättre klarhet i förutsättningarna, helt enkelt.”, säger Jessica Rosencrantz.Försvar och konkurrenskraft vs klimat?På grund av kriget i Ukraina och osäkerheten kring USA:s roll i Nato och Europa ligger stort fokus på försvar och säkerhet just nu inom EU. Finns det en risk att upprustningen tränger undan åtgärder mot klimatförändringen, den fråga som en majoritet av svenskarna tycker att EU-parlamentet bör prioritera enligt Eurobarometers senaste mätning?”Jag ser inget motsatsförhållande här, vi måste kunna hålla flera tankar i huvudet samtidigt, se att Europa står inför flera utmaningar. Det är helt uppenbart att vi behöver rusta upp vårt eget försvar, det har varit underinvesterat under lång tid. Det är av avgörande vikt att Europa nu verkligen kliver fram. Parallellt har vi ju en klimatutmaning som vi måste möta. Vi måste hålla i våra klimatmål och grunden i det som är EU:s klimatramverk med utsläppshandelssystem. Och avgörande för allt detta är att vi får den Europeiska ekonomin att växa.”, säger Jessica Rosencrantz.På senare år har Europas ekonomier halkat efter USA och Kina. Gapet mellan USA:s och EU:s BNP ökade från 17 till 30 procent mellan 2002 och 2023. Som ett svar på detta kom Dragirapporten förra året med en rad förslag som ska öka konkurrenskraften för Europas företag. Bland annat handlar det om att minska regelbördan för företagen, varav en del rör miljö och klimat och beslutades inom ramen för EU:s gröna giv under förra mandatperioden.Lättade klimatkravEn del av den gröna given är förbudet att sälja nya bensin- och dieselbilar från 2035. Redan i år skulle biltillverkarna minska bilarnas koldioxidutsläpp med en viss procent. Men i mars föreslog kommissionen att låta biltillverkarna få längre tid på sig att uppfylla det här delmålet. Det välkomnas av tyska och franska biltillverkare, men inte av Volvo Cars, som redan anpassat sig efter miljökraven. Och Jessica Rosencrantz säger att hon inte tycker att man bör mjuka upp kraven:”Vi är ju kritiska till detta, och det har vi också framfört. Vi tycker att vi ska stå fast vid målet att fasa ut fossilbilar till 2035.”, säger Jessica Rosencrantz. ”Vi vet också att företag som Volvo och andra som ställt om i god tid och gjort sin läxa skulle påverkas negativt av att man ruckar på den här typen av regelverk”Däremot är regeringen för flera av de andra uppluckringar som nu sker på klimatområdet i EU. Bland annat vill kommissionen sänka krav på bland annat hållbarhetsrapportering som beslutades under förra mandatperioden. EU-minister Jessica Rosencrantz tycker att det är rätt väg att gå. Hon utesluter inte heller att skjuta på EU:s redan beslutade koldioxidtullar, CBAM, som ska göra det dyrare att importera produkter med stora klimatavtryck. Både hennes moderata partikamrat Tomas Tobé och deras partigrupp i Europaparlamentet, EPP, vill skjuta på CBAM i två år.”Jag tycker att CBAM är ett bra verktyg, det jämnar ut spelplanen mellan europeiska företag och deras konkurrenter utanför Europa, men vi måste kunna lyssna på våra företag som skickar signaler till oss att det är väldigt betungande. Så den analysen gör vi nu, om det finns anledning att modifiera på något sätt.”, säger Jessica Rosencrantz.Gäst: Jessica Rosencrantz (M), EU-ministerProgramledare: Katarina von ArndtKommentar: Ci HolmgrenTeknik: Mikael SarabiProducent: Maja LagercrantzIntervjun spelades in på eftermiddagen fredag den 28 mars 2025.
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En amerikansk investmentbank bromsar in och börsen skakar på nytt av tulloro från USA. I veckans sista Börslunch summerar Jonas Olavi och Frida Bratt ett omskakande kvartal där telekom, banker och hälsovård har stått emot bäst. Bland aktievinnarna märks Saab, Getinge och Tele2. Kanske väntar nu en rotation tillbaka in i USA? Eller blir Kina nästa stora börsvinnare?Programledare Elin Wiker och Jesper Norberg.
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【欢迎订阅】每天早上5:30，准时更新。【阅读原文】标题:Americans Are Unhappier Than Ever. Solo Dining May Be a Sign.正文：The United States slipped to its lowest ranking ever in the World Happiness Report, in part because more Americans are eating alone. Once again, the Finns came out on top.知识点 ：Solo n./adj./adv./ˈsəʊləʊ/Having or doing something alone; a performance by one person. 单独的（地）；单人的（地）；独唱（曲），独奏（曲）• The singer gave a solo performance on the stage. 这位歌手在舞台上进行了独唱表演。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！【节目介绍】《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。【适合谁听】1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）【你将获得】1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。
I det här avsnittet kommer du lära känna "Mannen med den flygande mustaschen!". Men vad händer när tjuven Sixten-Blixten kommer till stan och blir mycket intresserad av själva mustaschen? Vill du ha fler avsnitt? Varje vecka släpps ett nytt avsnitt i Godnattstund-appen! Finns där appar finns, eller klicka här: https://godnattstund.se/store
Om lyckan som består. I måndagskvällens Karlavagnen hör vi lyssnarnas berättelser om en stund de alltid minns med värme och lycka. Lyssna här! Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Lyckan kommer, lyckan går, men Finland har haft världens lyckligaste folk i 8 år. Ungefär så skrev Finlands president Alexander Stubb på sina sociala medier när nyheten om att finländarna för åttonde året i rad utsetts till världens lyckligaste folk publicerades.Vilken lycka består?Men vilken lycka består? Finns det något ögonblick som är stunden du tänker på som ett av dina lyckligaste, eller viktigaste ögonblick. En stund där du varit fullt närvarande i stunden och bara haft det sådär alldeles underbart.Livslycka, babylycka, kärlekslycka, studentlycka och jobblycka. Många är de olika sorters lyckotillstånden, men vilken tänker du på? Hör av dig och berätta!Om lycka med Susanna AlakoskiRing eller mejla oss, på karlavagnen@sverigesradio.se eller skriv till oss på Facebook och Instagram. Telefonslussen öppnar kl. 21. Programmet startar ca 21:40.
I detta avsnitt av "Somna med Henrik" bjuder Henrik in Somna till ett möte med Fabian, mer känd under smeknamnet "Ge påsen till mig". Fabian berättar om en häpnadsväckande upplevelse där han plötsligt upptäckte att han enligt myndigheternas register inte längre existerade. Efter ett misslyckat försök att hämta ut ett paket på posten, där hans ID inte kunde identifieras i systemet, inleddes en resa djupt ner i Skatteverkets dolda värld.Lyssnaren får följa med när Fabian eskorteras till den hemliga "Existensenheten", en avdelning långt under Skatteverkets ordinarie kontor. Där möter han arkivarier och handläggare som specialiserar sig på byråkratiska existensfrågor. Det visar sig att en systembugg har "sorterat ut" Fabian ur existensen, då algoritmen felaktigt klassificerat honom som en fiktiv person.Med en blandning av absurd humor och djup existentiell reflektion kretsar samtalet kring vad det faktiskt innebär att existera i vår digitaliserade värld. Är vår existens bara ett resultat av registerposter och algoritmer? Finns det hemliga byråkratiska enheter som kontrollerar allt från försvunna strumpor till hur fort tiden går?Henriks meditativa berättarstil väver samman det vardagliga med det surrealistiska, och skänker tankar om livets skörhet och föränderlighet. I en värld där vår identitet kan utplånas med ett felaktigt knapptryck, vad betyder det egentligen att finnas till? Låt dig vaggas in i sömnen medan Henrik utforskar existensens paradoxer och byråkratins absurda labyrinter.För mer information om Henrik Ståhl, klicka här: https://linktr.ee/Henrikstahl Bli medlem i Somna med Henrik PLUS här: https://plus.acast.com/s/somna-med-henrik. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The annual World Happiness Report is out and Finland has been named the happiest country for the eighth year in a row. What makes the Finns so joyful? Emilia Jansson from the What in the World team breaks it down for you. But, is happiness just a fleeting emotion or is there more to it? Sarah Jelbert, a lecturer who teaches courses on the science of happiness explains how you can improve your life satisfaction. And we hear from Sweden and Costa Rica, two countries that rank in the top ten. Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk WhatsApp: +44 0330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: Hannah Gelbart Producers: Emily Horler and Maria Clara Montoya Editor: Julia Ross-Roy
This week Harriet and Producer Martin talk to the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, about mental health and why it's being over-diagnosed; Eshaan Akbar shares a Hot & Spicy Take about why the Finns are the happiest people on earth; and we hear from a phone-in caller about why you should but Teslas, specifically from him.If you enjoy the show and fancy early, ad-free episodes, full videos of every segment, bonus podcasts and exclusive video content, as well as the nice warm feeling you get from supporting the arts, pop over to Patreon.com/NonCensored and sign up. On Tuesday 25th we will be recording a Time For Questions show, so if you want to ask a question pop over to Patreon and comment on the latest post.With thanks to Rosie Holt, Brendan Murphy, Eshaan Akbar, James Barr, Will Sebag-Montefiore and Ed Morrish.Rosie's book, Why We Were Right, is available now.Brendan is taking his show, Buffy Revamped, on tour all over Britain, and you can see dates and buy tickets here.Eshaan has a stand-up special on YouTube, The Pretender, and he is currently on tour with his show Can't Get No Satisfakshaan.James co-hosts the A Gay & A Non-Gay podcast, and is going on tour, and you should go and see him. Tickets available from jamesbarrcomedy.com.Will has a podcast called Legitimate Likes that you can listen to here, and he does sketches on Instagram.Ed also produces P.O.V., a sketch show that features a lot of NonCensored regulars, which is all on BBC Sounds now, and Sound Heap With John-Luke Roberts, an improvised sketch show that just returned for a fourth series.Show photography is by Karla Gowlett and design is by Chris Barker. Original music is by Paddy Gervers and Rob Sell at Torch and Compass.NonCensored is a Lead Mojo production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Welcome to the...ermm...Orange Border, I suppose. I continue to work here, as the Russian economy is still in the mud - and vatniks are dreading any pause in the war, as they feel that their whole army will collapse. Oh, also at the end, Finns did a funny thing again. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hur är det att som anhörig se en närstående minnas mindre för varje dag? Vad påverkar en mest och hur hanterar du det. Karlavagnens lyssnare berättar. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Sverige Radio Finska har precis släppt en ny dokumentär där språket är i centrum. Medverkande Ali Jonasson pratar bara svenska med sin finska mamma när han växer upp – men hur blir det när mamma drabbas av demens och tappar svenskan?Demenssjukdomar drabbar inte bara den berörda, utan även familjen runtomkring. Därför kallas det ofta för en anhörigsjukdom. I kvällens Karlavagnen pratar vi därför om hur anhöriga får ihop det i vardagen, vilka ljuspunkter det finns och hur hanterar familjen det? Har din närstående tappat svenskan, eller har språket påverkats på något annat sätt? Hur kan ni mötas istället? Finns det till exempel musik som kan eller kunde föra er samman när orden inte längre fanns kvar?När en närstående inte minns med Hanna SihlmanRing eller mejla oss, på karlavagnen@sverigesradio.se eller skriv till oss på Facebook och Instagram. Telefonslussen öppnar kl. 21. Programmet startar 21:40.
I vårt minst individualistiska avsnitt hittills slår vi sönder Great Man Theory, vilket är vårt sätt att förklara att individens vikt för krig och historia är pyttig. Öppen dörr? Kanske. Kul babbel? Måhända. Finns en twist? Ja!Mattis kör de breda dragen den här gången och går igenom själva ”teorin”, vad som talar för den, vad som talar emot den samt introducerar även en undanryckning av mattan som är det här avsnittets twist. Per är mer specifik och beskriver två individer – Mao Zedong och Elon Musk – som kanske skulle gå att foga in i teorin, men som knappast kunde stå på egna ben. P.g.a. urvalet förväntar vi oss vrede från maoister och Teslaägare.Dessutom: rena personangrepp, The Onion som verklighet, Julius Caesar som shaman, alla var Alexander den store, Maos rövighet, a very stable genius, HJÄLTAR och mycket mer!Fira vinsten i Guldpodden med oss! Köp din biljett till pubhänget här: https://secure.tickster.com/sv/42j6uhvcet3wgc1/products Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
William's reaction to the sauna song "Bara Bada Bastu" — Sweden's Eurovision 2025 entry from KAJ. The Swedish-speaking Finns rode a wave of momentum to win Melodifestivalen 2025. We review their live performance from the national final. Is it surprising the international jury place them second? Does it escape the "joke entry" label? And will the feel-good factor carry through to Basel? We discuss this and more. 00:01 Introduction 01:42 First reaction 04:53 Review and Analysis 07:54 Readers' comments Featuring: William: http://instagram.com/williamleeadams
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12 finalbidrag är klara för final och på lördag går Melodifestivalen i mål efter en nästan sex veckor lång och väldigt bejublad turné. Men blir det välkrönte schlagerkungen Måns Zelmerlöw eller finska humorgruppen KAJ som får höja Sångfågeln i år? Finns det överhuvudtaget några utmanare? Vad har vi upplevt för utropstecken i år? Är det något som har gått riktigt snett? Och vad har vi för chanser i Schweiz? Gäst: Stina Dahlgren, nöjesreporter på Aftonbladet. Programledare och producent: Olivia Svenson. Kontakt: podcast@aftonbladet.se
Detta är inspelningen av DFS Livestream från den 4 mars 2025. Vi talar bland annat om Zelenskys försök att få bli kompis med Trump igen, feminismens poänger, vem som ska få ha körkort, Arlabonden Hamid, semlor och mycket annat. Finns i videoversion på https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STpjZjvIAYQBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/det-fria-sverige--4339034/support.
År 2020 släppte USA:s försvarsdepartement, Pentagon, filmer som spelats in av deras stridspiloter. På dessa videor kunde man se oidentifierade flygande objekt, så kallade ufon. Men det är inte bara i USA och av soldater som dessa fenomen har observerats – liknande rapporter finns även här hemma i Sverige. I det här avsnittet av Spöktimmen gästas vi av UFO-experten Clas Svahn, som berättar om de mest häpnadsväckande UFO-observationerna han har utrett.[REKLAM] Länk Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/spoktimmenVideor som visar ufon, släppta av Pentagon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO_M0hLlJ-Q & https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/27/politics/pentagon-ufo-videos/index.htmlKontaktInstagram: @spoktimmen@linnek@jennyborg91 Facebook: Spöktimmen Mail: spoktimmenpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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I detta avsnitt tar Dan Eriksson, Magnus Söderman och den särskilt inbjudne gästen Carolus Löfroos ett djupdyk i den komplicerade relationen mellan USA och Ukraina efter det dramatiska mötet mellan Trump, Vance och Zelensky i Vita huset.▪️ Debatten som chockade mångaPanelen analyserar det som många har kallat ett diplomatiskt haveri när Trump, Vance och Zelensky möttes under spända former. Vad betyder detta för det amerikanska stödet till Ukraina? Är det verkligen så illa som media vill påskina, eller handlar det om något helt annat? Och kan det där mineralavtalet bli av trots allt? ▪️ Europeisk upprustning - en möjlighet?I kölvattnet av Trumps krav på att Europa måste ta större ansvar för sin egen säkerhet diskuterar våra experter om detta faktiskt kan leda till positiva förändringar för Europa. Finns det en möjlighet att europeiska länder nu tar sitt försvar på större allvar? ▪️Propagandakrigets många ansiktenEn särskilt intressant del av samtalet berör hur informationskriget utvecklats och hur olika narrativ sprids både inom och utanför konflikten. Carolus Löfroos, med personlig erfarenhet från Ukraina, ger unika insikter om hur mediabilden skiljer sig från verkligheten. ▪️Framtidsutsikter för konfliktenVad händer härnäst? Kommer Ryssland och Ukraina att skriva under ett fredsavtal? Hur kommer Trump att förhålla sig till denna viktiga geopolitiska fråga? Vi delar med oss av våra analyser och prognoser för den närmaste framtiden.Detta är ett avsnitt du inte vill missa om du är intresserad av internationella relationer, geopolitik och framtiden för den europeiska säkerheten!Läs Carolus Löfroos bok "The Foreigner Group" om hans tid i Ukraina: https://www.bokus.com/bok/9781956887495/the-foreigner-group/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/det-fria-sverige--4339034/support.
My old pal and like minded musical obsessive Chris Jeffs dials in from Melbourne. We attempt to sustain the afterglow of November's Pearl Jam tour by exploring a handful of recordings where the Finn family have shared the stage with Pearl Jam, or where Eddie Vedder has crashed a Crowded House/Neil Finn show.Throw Your Arms Around Me (Auckland 2024), Not Given Lightly (Auckland 2009), I Got You, Better Be Home Soon (Christchurch 2009), Habit (Auckland 2014), History never repeats (Auckland 1995), World Where You Live (Seattle 2007), Where Is My Soul (Seattle 2014), Stuff And Nonsense, I See Red (Auckland 2001).You can significantly support the continuation of the 240 podcast for a donation of just a couple dollars per month. This goes directly towards covering the podcast hosting fees. Big thank yous if you are in a position to help. Head over here to: http://patreon.com/240neilfinn
In this episode of Tabletop Tommies, Jonny and Phil delve into the fascinating world of partisan armies in Bolt Action. As they navigate through the unique rules and strategies that define these guerrilla forces, listeners will gain insights into the tactical evolution from V2 to V3. The conversation highlights the intriguing special rules of the partisans, such as infiltration and the dearly missed hidden bomb rule, while also discussing new additions like the home country rule. Through their analysis, Jonny and Phil offer potential strategies for adapting to changes in V3, especially when facing formidable opponents like the Finns. Join us for an engaging discussion on how to optimize your partisan army, learn about the historical context, and explore some creative army building ideas. From utilizing captured vehicles to expanding your force with cavalry, this episode provides essential tips for both new and seasoned Bolt Action players. Want to support the channel? Why not use one of our affiliate links: Firestorm Games: https://www.firestormgames.co.uk/wargames-miniatures/bolt-action?aff=64a025ee621f1 Wayland Games: https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/1240.html Warlord Games: https://r.warlordgames.com/aff/?TABLETOPTOMMIES You can also support our endeavour to produce Bolt Action content on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TabletopTommies Or you can support these two mugs by buying a fancy mug: https://tabletoptommies.com/collection/new/
The 4 Nations Face Off has been a massive success for the NHL, headlined by an excellent USA vs. Canada matchup on Saturday night. We run through the preliminary round results, not just breaking down the fight-filled game between the US and Canada but the results for the Finns and Swedes as well. In addition to our discussion on the hugely positive reaction to the preliminary games, we also offer up a preview for Thursday's rematch between the US and Canada for the 4 Nations championship.
On the back nine of Real Kyper and Bourne, Nick Kypreos, Justin Bourne and Sam McKee go live to the 4 Nations Face-Off in Boston alongside TNT's Eddie Olczyk. He gauges the atmosphere during Canada's matchup against Finland this afternoon, before sharing his thoughts on the trio of fights in Saturday's battle with the United States and the fanfare surrounding the Tkachuk brothers. Later, the boys discuss if the physical play is good for the game and how the NHL can bridge the gap between the 4 Nations Face-Off and the playoffs. After the break, Sportsnet's Luke Fox checks in from TD Garden to discuss the rocky end to Canada's clash with the Finns, how Cale Makar's presence changes the lineup's dynamic, as well as Mitch Marner and Sam Bennett's play (28:30). Nick, Justin and Sam wrap up preview of Thursday's rematch with USA, along with thoughts on Sidney Crosby and Jordan Binnington's postgame comments. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
The boys break down a WILD first couple days of the Four Nations Faceoff. They dive into Canada's OT thriller against Sweden that saw Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon steal the show, as well as the Thachuk brothers powering USA to a win over Finland. They also get you ready for the games on rivalry day with the Finns and Swedes clashing in the afternoon, and the Americans and Canadians squaring off in primetime. Link to full podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/15W69vvlYJfFqjeIoGgDj9?si=rw8lVl63QJObfhgPHU-cMQ&dl_branch=1 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/empty-betters/id1478649041 Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emptybetters/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/emptybetters YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOKCts4xSGRon6AG5FCTkPw TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTRQFBp31 SHOP Empty Betters Merchandise: emptybetters.shop Presented By: Draftkings Sportsbook: https://sportsbook.draftkings.com/ GameTime: Use code THPN Kane Footwear: https://bit.ly/3xkOS8c Elwood's Liquor & Tap: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063690505421 Music: Midnight Walker - Liquor Store Lynchmob - Liquor Store Listen to “In The Garden” LP: https://open.spotify.com/album/5f4tSSE6uVGxI9wLPULyI3?si=zQirTW2DRs6uTm3ltvUhUg ©2013 Almost Ready Records Legal: DraftKings Gambling problem? Call 1-800-gambler or in West Virginia visit www.1800gambler.net In New York, call 8778 HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369). In Connecticut, Help is available for problem gambling: call 888-789-7777, or visit CCPG.org. Please play responsibly. On behalf of Boot Hill Casino & Resort (in Kansas). Twenty one plus age varies by jurisdiction. Void in Ontario. One No Sweat Bet per new customer. Issued as one Bonus Bet based on amount of initial losing bet. Bonus bets expire 168 hours after issuance See DKNG.co/ice for eligibility, wagering and deposit restrictions, terms, and responsible gaming resources. Copyright NHL 2024. All Rights Reserved. Gametime This show/episode is brought to you by Gametime. The Hockey Podcast Network is sponsored by Gametime. Visit gametime.co and use code THPN for $20 off your first purchase.
Wow, I had an MRI done on my back and I talk about my surprising results in this episode. I've had some previous back issues- a snowboarding injury and a mid back problem with my rib that developed during pregnancy. A couple times in the last few years that my back “went out” for a few days (last time was over a year ago.) I do not have chronic back pain, and I do not have to restrict my activity. But if I had pain and numbness and these same MRIs results, I could qualify for disability. MRI and X Ray results actually do not accurately predict the amount of pain someone is in. Structural changes in the body are actually normal with age. And addressing normal degenerative changes with surgery is really nothing more than a placebo. We now know it's common for pain free people to have bulging discs, torn rotator cuffs, torn meniscus of the knee, hip labral tears. We just haven't been doing MRI's on pain free people to see that. Below are some of the research articles I mentioned: -Takatalo- 50% of healthy 21 year old Finns had at least one degenerative disc and 25% had a bulging disc. -Boos- 73% of adults without back pain had bulging discs. -Briggs- hip labral tears in 89% of pain free young athletes 16 years of age or older, & 56% of pain free athletes 16 years or younger. -S Rajasekaran- Delivery of MRI results affects pain and healing. -Karayannis Fear of movement is associated with trunk stiffness. If you are a woman experiencing chronic neck or back pain, I am forming a group especially for you! Details to come soon.
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Today marks the start of a special series of shows in collaboration with island radio station Openlab and Tedx Dalt Vila ahead of the event in March. We hear from Regenerative Architecht Finn Harries who created the designs for Juntos Farm to transform our food system on the island. He says it used to be a place which created beef and hamburgers but now the farm has completely been rebuilt and is well on the way to changing the fact that only 2% of the food grown here is consumer here and most of it is imported. Juntos has become a place for community and gatherings and talks as well as food production and its is Finns first role as an architecht straight out of university. In his TED x Talk he touches on how this position came from a feeling that perhaps designing and building more place and spaces on planet earth didn´t quite feel right after all that he had experienced. You can hear him on stage on March 29th here in Ibiza at the Palacio De Congresso. Tickets are available here. Catch the radio show Tuesdays at 6pm on Openlab.fm
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