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“Transparency has to be built into the structure so that you know where the decision is made, what authorizations are given, and have an audit trail visible so you can always see what is going on.” –Ross Dawson About Ross Dawson Ross Dawson is a futurist, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, author, and host of Amplifying Cognition podcast. He is Chairman of the Advanced Human Technologies group of companies and Founder of Humans + AI startup Informivity. He has delivered keynote speeches and strategy workshops in 33 countries and is the bestselling author of 5 books, most recently Thriving on Overload. LinkedIn Profile: Ross Dawson What you will learn How human-AI teams outperform human-only teams in productivity and efficiency The crucial role of understanding AI strengths and limitations when designing collaborative workflows Ways AI collaboration can lead to output homogenization and strategies to preserve human creativity Key principles of intelligent delegation within multi-agent AI systems, including dynamic assessment and trust Understanding accountability, transparency, and auditability in decision-making with autonomous AI agents How user intent and ‘machine fluency’ impact the effectiveness of AI agents in economic and organizational contexts The emergence of an ‘agentic economy’ and its implications for fairness, capability gaps, and representation Counterintuitive findings on AI-mediated negotiation, particularly advantages for women, and what it reveals about AI-human interaction Episode Resources Transcript Ross Dawson: This episode is a little bit different. Instead of doing an interview with somebody remarkable, as usual, today I’m going to just share a bit of an update and then share insights from three recent research papers that dig into something which I think is exceptionally important, which is how humans work with AI agentic systems. And we’ll look at a few different layers of that, from how small humans plus agent teams work through to how we can delegate decisions to AI through to some of the broader implications. But first, a bit of an update. 2026 seems to be moving exceptionally fast. It’s a very interesting time to be alive, and I think it’s pretty even hard to see what the end of this year is going to look like. So for me, I am doing my client work as usual. So I’ve got keynotes around the world on usually various things related to AI, the future of AI, humans plus AI, and so on. A few industry-specific ones in financial services and so on. And also doing some work as an advisor on AI transformation programs, so helping organizations and their leaders to frame the pathways, drawing on my AI roadmap framework in how it is you look at the phases, mapping those out, working out the issues, and being able to guide and coach the leaders to do that effectively. But the rest of my time is focused on three ventures, and I’ll share some more about these later on. But these are fairly evidently tied to my core interests. Fractious is our AI for strategy app. So this was really building a way in which we can capture the detailed nuance of the strategic thinking of leaders of the organization, to disambiguate it, to clarify it, and enable that to then be built into strategic options, strategic hypotheses, and to be able to evolve effectively. So that’ll be in beta soon. Please reach out if you’re interested in being part of the beta program, and that’ll go to market. So that’s deeply involved in that. We also have our Thought Weaver software, rebuilding previous software which had already built on AI-augmented thinking workflows. So again, that’ll be going to beta. That’s more an individual tool that will be going into beta in the next weeks. So again, go to Thought Weaver. Actually, don’t—the website isn’t updated yet—but I’ll let you know when it’s out, or keep posted for updates on that. And also building an enterprise course on humans plus AI teaming. It’s my fundamental belief that we’ve kind of been through the phase of augmentation of individuals, and we still need to work hard at doing that better. But the next phase for organizations is to focus on teams. How do you work with teams where we have both human members and AI Agentic members? And it creates a whole different series of dynamics and new skills and capabilities. It really calls for how to participate in the humans plus AI team and how to lead humans plus AI teams. And that is again going into the first few test organizations in the next month or so. So again, just let me know. So today what we’re going to look at is this theme: teams of humans working with AI agents. So not individual AI as in chat, but where we have a lot of agents with various degrees of autonomy, but also agentic systems where these agents are interacting with each other as well as with humans. So there are three papers which I want to just talk about, just give you a quick overview, and please go and check out the papers in more detail if you’re interested. There’ll be links in the show notes. First is Collaborating with AI Agents: A Field Experiment on Teamwork, Productivity and Performance, by Harang Ju at Johns Hopkins and Sinan Aral at MIT. So this, there was an experiment which had over 2,300 participants who were working on creating advertisements. And they had a whole array of humans plus AI, human-human teams, human-AI teams, sort of quite small or just in duos and so on, working on being able to create those which were then assessed in terms of quality and how they worked. So a few particularly interesting findings from that. So individually, just having a human-AI team essentially enhanced performance significantly compared to just human-only teams. And so they were able to move faster and to complete more of their tasks, and the quality was strong. But there’s a phrase which is commonly used around the jagged frontier of capability of AI, and it was quite clear that there were some domains where AI does very well and others where it didn’t. And so this comes to the part where, in terms of the design of the tasks, the design of the human-AI systems, and also the understanding by the human users of what AI is good at or not, is fundamental in being able to do that. And so in some cases, if AI was used in some domains such as image quality, they actually decreased quality. So we need to understand where and how both to apply AI in this jagged frontier and design the systems around that. This changes the role of the humans, of course. Humans then tend to delegate more. And there’s one of the things which they tested for, which is how do you behave differently if you know your teammate is an AI as opposed to not knowing whether a human or AI. And it changes. So they become more task-oriented. They are less using the social cues to interact, and they are essentially becoming more efficient. But some of these social cues which are valuable in the human-human collaboration started to disappear. And this automation process meant that there was not, in the end, as much creative diversity. Now I’ve often pointed to the role of AI in creativity tasks. It depends fundamentally on the architecture—where does the AI sit in terms of initial ideas which are then sorted by filtered by humans and then are involved, or where it sits in that process. But in this particular structure, they found that humans plus AI teams started to create more and more similar-type outputs. So this homogenization of outputs in these human-AI teams was very notable and significant. And so this again creates a design factor for how it is that we build human-AI systems which actually do not lead to homogeneous output. And we’re making sure that we are ensuring that the human diversity is maintained. Often that can be done by being able to have human outputs first without AI then blunting or narrowing the breadth of the creative outputs of humans. Second paper I’d like to point to is called Intelligent AI Delegation, from a team at Google DeepMind. So this is this point where we now have not just single AI agents to delegate decisions to or problems to, but in fact systems of AI. And so this creates a different challenge. And the key point is, I’m saying this, is around you are delegating tasks, but when you are delegating tasks it’s more than just saying, okay, which agent gets the task. You have to understand responsibility. So where does accountability reside? Who is responsible for that? How clarity around the roles of the agents, what are the boundaries of what it is they can do and cannot do, the clarity of the intent, and how that’s communicated and cascaded through the agents, and the critical role of trust and appropriate degrees of trust in the systems. So this means that we have to define what are the different characteristics of the task. And in the paper it goes through quite a few different characteristics. And a few of the critical ones was the degree of uncertainty around the task. Obviously, if it is very clear that can be appropriately delegated, but many tasks and problems are uncertain. And so this creates a different dynamic. Whether verifiable, as you know you have high-quality information, or whether that’s the degree of uncertainty around whether decisions are reversible, the degree of subjectivity, because not everything is data-driven. And so assessing these task characteristics start to define where human judgment plays a role, how do you create those checks, and how do you build that. So this creates a system so intelligent delegation is not just how the humans delegate, but in turn the structure of how that cascades down through the agents. So this requires this idea of dynamic assessment. So you’re not just setting and forgetting. You are continuously reassessing what is happening with the context, what is changing in the stakes, any uncertainty. So you’re coming back to be able to ensure there’s not just a single delegation structure, but you’re changing it over time. And you’ll continue to adapt as you’re executing, and be able to monitor, replan, and set. So transparency has to be built into the structure so that you have where the decision is made, what authorizations are given, you know where the audit trail is visible so you can always see what is going on in those structures. And being able to scale how you are coordinating the systems. And if it’s just small scale that’s fine, but you want to be able to build something which has been able to move across many agents. And so this requires a way of being able to discover which agents are most appropriate and be able to essentially establish the delegation of a particular task to them again on a dynamic basis. And essentially this final principle of systemic resilience, where you have to expect that things will go wrong. So there’s continuing monitoring, being able to understand that these systems can be attacked in various ways and being able to recover. So, very solid paper, quite deep, but really giving some very good principles for how it is we can delegate to AI systems. So the final of the three papers goes to a bit of a higher level. It’s called Agentic Interactions, and it’s from Alex Imas, Sanjog Misra of the University of Chicago, and Kevin Lee at the University of Michigan. And what they’re looking at is what happens on a macro scale when increasingly decisions are delegated to AI agents. So this is the agent economy that I’ve been talking about for a very long time, which is now very much coming to the fore. And so what they do is they look at what happens when we start to delegate more and more economic decisions, such as buying and selling decisions. So what they found is extraordinarily interesting. They found that the AI agents in fact do behave very similarly to their human creators. And in fact what you can observe is that there are differences in the agents where you can infer the gender and the personality of the person who is delegating the agent. Even though there is no information, the agent doesn’t even know what the gender or the personality is, they are actually flowing through. So in fact agents represent us in the market as it were, potentially very accurately. But this goes directly to the second point where this idea of machine fluency. And so AI fluency is very much a term in vogue at the moment. So the authors talk about this idea of machine fluency which is how well can a user put their intent and align that with the agent so the agent is aligned with them. And in fact they found that there’s very significant degrees of difference in those. And those people who are better at being able to get their agents to express their wishes could in fact amplify the economic outcomes of these people. And related to that in fact they showed there was a correlation that higher educational levels mean that you were able to better delegate to AI, and your AI agents performed better and gave you better returns. So again pointing to these ways in which we’re starting to see potentials for aggravation of differences in the agentic economy when our agents who act for us in the economy start to reflect among other things educational differences or capabilities in how it is we express our results and our intentions through AI. There was one very interesting and I suppose counterintuitive result. Women get better outcomes in negotiation when using AI agents than they do in human-to-human interactions. Again this is without the AI agents knowing that they are representing a woman or not. But in fact this shows that the style and the way on the machine fluency the ways in which women are able to instruct and put their intent into the AI agents is in this study superior to those of males. And there’s of course in the real world unfortunately a bias towards male performance in negotiation. And that was inversed in the study. So exceptionally interesting. So just pulling back some of the common themes of these three papers. We increasingly want a world where humans have relationships to agents. We are starting to work with them in teams and systems. And we’re starting to build economies where humans are represented by agents. And essentially our relationship to those agents and our ability to delegate effectively is driving value of course to the individual but also across these agentic systems that are emerging. So this is early on because the realities of these agentic human-agent systems are pretty early at this point. But this starts to point to some of the potential, some of the challenges, some of the opportunities, and some of the work that we have to do. So I will be sharing more on these kinds of topics in my interviews with people and also of course on the Humans Plus AI website. So just go to humansplus.ai. Actually to be frank it hasn’t been updated a lot recently but we will be sharing a lot more there. Or LinkedIn is where I share the most actually, and getting back on Twitter as well if you’re interested. But I’ll be diving deep and trying to share what I find is useful as well as interesting in helping us to create a world where humans are first. AI complements us. The reality is we are moving to humans plus AI systems. And if we design that well with the right intentions we can make this absolutely one which drives human value first. So glad to have you on the journey. Have a wonderful rest of your day. The post Ross Dawson on Humans + AI Agentic Systems (AC Ep34) appeared first on Humans + AI.

The world's 85 million Anglicans have a new spiritual leader, as Dame Sarah Mullally officially begins her term as Archbishop of Canterbury. She's first woman to hold the position. But her historic appointment has highlighted divisions in the Anglican world, including in Australia, where some conservatives have rejected her leadership.GUEST: Bishop Mark Short of the Canberra-Goulburn diocese is the new primate of the Anglican Church of Australia. It's his job to try to reconcile a fractious church.

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Prompted by the recent peace agreement between Israel and Gaza—and the wide range of reactions it has sparked—this week we ask: how should Christians respond when their political “opponents” accomplish something that's objectively good? In our polarized age, it can feel almost disloyal to celebrate the other side's victories. But followers of Jesus serve a King whose kingdom transcends every earthly party and platform. In this episode, we explore the role of nuance, the challenges of “third way-ism,” and how to live faithfully in politically fractured times. We hope this conversation offers clarity—and a little encouragement—along the way.   Visit www.almondvalley.org for information about Almond Valley Christian Reformed Church in Ripon, CA. Music by Jonathan Ogden used with permission.

In this episode of For the Good of the Public podcast, Michael and Phebe present a talk from Eduard Heger, former Prime Minister of Slovakia. Eduard shares the challenges he faced  leading Slovakia from 2021 to 2023, through the escalation of the Russian-Ukraine war, a pandemic and an energy crisis. He focuses on what is required of leaders in tumultuous times–moral, integrity and character–to help build a resilient society for a more positive and better future.    Watch the video recording of this talk on YouTube! “What we need in this moment are leaders who are willing to tell the truth, who are honest about the challenges that their people are facing, who respond with care and compassion and have a spirit of generosity, and Eduard Heger is a leader like this.” -Phebe [01:44]  “One of the things we try to do throughout our summit, but really throughout the whole of the work at CCPL, is help to expand and reground our imagination for what public leadership can look like, the kinds of values that can ground public leadership and motivate it.” -Michael [03:14] “Serving politics is about serving. Nobody really believes that anymore, because they think it's about ruling. Well we know that if you want to rule, you must start with serving, because actually serving, that's how you rule the best. It's not in your interest. It's for the interest of society, of the good, of human mankind.” -Eduard [24:20] TIMESTAMPS [00:00] Intro [04:50] Governing Slovakia in unprecedented times [06:59] What's going on in the World today [13:47] In the digital era [17:07] Building a strong resilient society [23:54] Serving politics [32:02] Outro REFERENCES For the Good of the Public Summit Eduard Heger Russia's War in Ukraine: Identity, History, and Conflict CONNECT WITH US: Website: www.ccpubliclife.org X: @CCPublicLife Facebook: Center for Christianity & Public Life Instagram: @ccpubliclife Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we tackle disputes, arbitration, and the challenges of navigating a fractious commodities world. Energy and natural resources have always sat at the heart of international transactions and, in today's more volatile climate, disputes are arising more frequently. What happens in international contract disputes? What is international arbitration? And how can companies best mitigate the risks upfront? What are the most effective strategies for handling disputes and arbitrations once you are in them?Our guest is Alex de Gramont, Partner and Head of International Disputes at Womble Bond Dickinson, an international law firm with a strong focus on energy and natural resources. For more on Enco Insights and their expert witness offering, please visit: https://www.encoinsights.com/HC Commodities Podcast Live Event: Rivers of Money Book LaunchOn October 1, HC Group will welcome Colin Bryce and Adi Imsirovic, authors of The Rivers of Money, to our London office for an evening of networking, drinks, and a special live recording of the HC Commodities Podcast. Tickets are free, but spaces are limited. Register here: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/rivers-of-money-event

In this episode, host Alyssa Watson, DVM, welcomes back Tamara Grubb, DVM, PhD, DACVAA, to talk about her recent Clinician's Brief article, “Managing Fractious Patients with Comorbid Disease.” Dr. Grubb discusses why sedation is helpful, effective drug selection, and ideal timing. She even provides some useful tips, such as the “injecting while walking” technique.Resources:https://www.cliniciansbrief.com/article/fas-dogs-cats-sedationhttps://www.simparicatriodvm.comContact:podcast@instinct.vetWhere To Find Us:Website: CliniciansBrief.com/PodcastsYouTube: Youtube.com/@clinicians_briefFacebook: Facebook.com/CliniciansBriefLinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/showcase/CliniciansBrief/Instagram: @Clinicians.BriefX: @CliniciansBriefThe Team:Alyssa Watson, DVM - HostAlexis Ussery - Producer & Multimedia Specialist

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Fractious debate on supreme court ruling.

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Next week, MPs will get their first opportunity in almost a decade to vote on extending the choices available to terminally ill people at the end of their lives. A contentious subject, The Assisted Dying bill is being championed by MP Kim Leadbeater, sister of the murdered MP Jo Cox. Lewis joined Kim in her parliamentary office to talk about the bill, her optimism for the future, and the legacy of her sister.Editor: Tom HughesExecutive Producer: Louis DegenhardtProducer: Natalie Indge Digital Editor: Michaela WaltersSocial Media Editor: Georgia FoxwellVideo Production: Rory Symon, Shane Fennelly & Arvind BadewalDigital Journalists: Michael Baggs & Jacob PaulYou can watch Lewis's special report on the abortion crisis in Florida here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5BCL0ocFEDon't forget you can also subscribe to our other News Agents podcasts via the link below: https://linktr.ee/thenewsagents The News Agents USA now have merch! Click here to buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-news-agents-usaYou can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The News Agents"The News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/

In this episode, host Alyssa Watson, DVM, talks with Michaela Beasley, DVM, MS, MBA, CCRP, DACVIM (Neurology), about her recent Clinician's Brief article, “Seizure Management in a Fractious Dog.” Dr. Beasley discusses the complexities of seizure management in dogs, particularly those exhibiting fearful or aggressive behavior. She reviews the case of Bully, a young Labrador with idiopathic epilepsy, exploring his diagnosis, treatment options, and the rationale behind choosing specific anticonvulsants. Dr. Beasley covers the importance of monitoring medication effects, potential side effects, and the role of diet and ancillary therapies in managing seizures.Resource:https://www.cliniciansbrief.com/article/seizure-dog-drug-epilepsy-treatmentContact:podcast@instinct.vetWhere To Find Us:Website: CliniciansBrief.com/PodcastsYouTube: Youtube.com/@clinicians_briefFacebook: Facebook.com/CliniciansBriefLinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/showcase/CliniciansBrief/Instagram: @Clinicians.BriefX: @CliniciansBriefThe Team:Alyssa Watson, DVM - HostAlexis Ussery - Producer & Multimedia Specialist

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss the latest developments in Israel's war against Hezbollah and the Trudeau government's “on one hand this and on the other hand that” response. They also cover the controversy over CTV News's manipulation of a video of Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and the boiling over of political tensions during the week's parliamentary sitting. The Roundtable features The Hub's publisher, Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub's content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.If you liked what you heard in the first half of the program and wish to subscribe to full-length editions of The Roundtable please consider becoming a Hub Hero (https://thehub.ca/join/hero/). Hub Heroes also gets our premium paid newsletters featuring our best insight and analysis along with all our paid content on TheHub.ca. All these benefits are conferred for one year. Sign up now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Keir Starmer has told police to stay on ‘high alert' for more disorder, as rafts of rioters receive lengthy jail sentences in Britain's courts. Has the unrest petered out, or could it yet flare up again? And how will the government get a grip on the longer-term challenges the recent violence has thrown up – from illegal immigration to community cohesion? The FT's Lucy Fisher is joined by northern England correspondent Jennifer Williams and UK correspondent William Wallis to assess the fallout. Plus Sunder Katwala, director of British Future, a think-tank specialising in integration, joins with his analysis of how Starmer should start to heal the ‘fractious, divided and anxious country'.Follow Lucy on Twitter @LOS_Fisher, Jen @JenWilliamsMEN, William @WWFTUK, Sunder @sundersaysWant more? Keir Starmer tells police to stay on ‘high alert' as UK rioters jailedFar-right riots centred on England's deprivation hotspotsThe volatile far right on UK streets is becoming more difficult to labelHuge UK anti-racist rallies held as far-right protests fail to materialiseTo take part in an audience survey, and to be in with the chance to win a pair of Bose QuietComfort 35 Wireless Headphones, click here. Click here to find T&Cs for the prize draw.Sign up for 30 free days of Stephen Bush's Inside Politics newsletter, winner of the World Association of News Publishers 2023 ‘Best Newsletter' award: https://ft.com/insidepoliticsofferPresented by Lucy Fisher. Produced by Leah Quinn and Audrey Tinline. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Audio mix by Sean McGarrity and original music by Breen Turner. Studio engineers: Andrew Georgiades and Petros Gioumpas. The FT's head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year's Virginia primary elections were competitive and, at times, contentious. Voters made history with a number of their choices, including nominating a Democratic candidate who is likely to be the first Black woman to be Alexandria's mayor. We looked back and ahead to the general election with WAMU's Northern Virginia reporter Margaret Barthel.One of the most closely watched races was the Democratic primary in Virginia's 10th congressional district. The projected winner, state Sen. Suhas Subramanyam, joined us. We discussed why he thinks district residents chose him and his plans for the general election in the fall.Rent control is once again on top of residents' minds in Prince George's County. The county council is debating legislation to permanently cap rent hikes to three percent, plus inflation. However, some councilmembers think the bill doesn't go far enough. Prince George's County Council Chair Jolene Ivey joined the show to weigh in. Plus, she gave her take on long-time councilmember Mel Franklin being charged with embezzlement.Become a member of WAMU: wamu.org/donateSend us questions and comments for guests: kojo@wamu.orgFollow us on Instagram: instagram.com/wamu885Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/thepoliticshour

The White House has condemned what it calls “blatantly antisemitic” statements at student protests against the war in Gaza.Fractious demonstrations at Columbia University in New York have rumbled on for six days, while arrests have been made at other major colleges including Yale.Jewish students at Columbia have been warned to go home, with classes moved online. Some pro-Palestine protesters have been suspended.Critics say this is a free speech issue, conflating criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews. Others say it's simply unacceptable that Jewish students do not feel safe.To debate, Piers is joined by the Editor of the Yale Free Press, Sahar Tartak, who was jabbed in the eye with a Palestinian flag by a protester.Arab-Israeli Journalist, Yoseph Haddad, who was assaulted at a protest at Columbia UniversityHost of Breaking Points, Krystal Ball And author of Go Back to Where you Came From, Wajahat Ali YouTube: @PiersMorganUncensoredX: @PiersUncensoredTikTok: @piersmorganuncensoredInsta: @piersmorganuncensored Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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PREVIEW: Later tonight, this excerpt from a two-hour conversation with Professor Peter Frankopan, asking the question, how did fractious, chilly Europe come to dominate and exploit the rich, sophisticated cultures of India and China - and then go on to dominate what became colonial empires of the Americas, Africa, Asia?  The professor's proposal is ready at-hand coalfields that transformed labor, trade and credit.  More later.  The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Earth-Transformed-Untold-History/dp/0525659161/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= 1873 Bank of England

TONIGHT: The show begins on Wall Street where the trend is to ease ESG from corporate PR and avoid the train wreck of 2023 returns for ESG ETF. To Berlin and measuring the fractious EU. To Gaza, Riyadh, Jerusalem, where State agents seek taking resolution to Israel's existential war. To London and Beijing (and Stratford). To Kabul 2021. To Fiji and Addis Ababa and Somaliland.  Then to 12 billion years before now with astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope. To Islamabad and to Gaza before the war, with school books written with towering self-destruction. 13.4 Billion Years ago.

It's that time of year families coming together to celebrate, but spending more time together can also bring its own stressors. Relationship therapist Jo Robertson has some tips for avoiding conflict, and for navigating potential flashpoints.

We talk a humiliating meeting between party bigwigs, the DPP finalizing its election ticket, the ballot recounting system being ruled unconstitutional and more.

AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports on Britain Coronation Family Drama.

TEMPLE (Mumbai, INDIA) TEMPLE aka Gavin Cardoza, has always connected with the heavier, energetic, and yet soulful melodic parts of music. Despite his initial years of heavy metal, he was always inclined towards the wide electronic realm. Being a man of words, the concept of minimal worded tracks that said so much were always an intriguing subject to him. Starting off his knack for DJing in 2019, his eclectic selection every time he performs narrates a story. Commanding a distinguished sound in Peak Time/Driving and Hard/Acid Techno, TEMPLE explores everything that sets his imagination into motion. Having already shared the decks with mighty international acts like Metodi Hristov, Auriga, Fractious, Vanessa Sukowski, and top domestic artists including Ana Lilia, Stoked, Minitech Project, Tuhin Mehta, Nipun Divecha, Shaun Moses, Kollision and more, TEMPLE has been steadily carving his niche in the underground music scene. By taking the next step in his musical journey, he is now set to master his own creation with dancefloor ragers soon. Transcending together with all who tune in, TEMPLE wanders to a world beyond, through music.

Growing up in an environment with constant arguing and conflict can have lifelong effects on a person. Not only that, but it can forge deep bonds between family members. It can also lead to instances when we as people are bestowed a love we did not expect. Join us today as we talk with Michael about his fractious upbringing, the severe loss he dealt with in 2018, and his continued journey to better himself in a challenging world. If you are interested in being a guest on Sad Times email us: SadTimesKC@gmail.com 

In this Podcast I summarize the book that I have recently written, which will be published by Wipf and Stock. It deals with numerous stories in the Old Testament that feature one segment of Israel at odds with another segment of Israel. I include a chapter that deals with what the prophetic materials say Israel's struggle with unity. A final chapter treats division in the early group that followed Jesus and how divisive it was. In this final chapter, I also argue that Israel is a figure for the Church, which throughout her history and even today continues to “multiply divisions.”

The 17th G20 Heads of State and Government Summit will take place next week, on 15-16 November 2022 in Bali. In The Spotlight, Prime Time's Bharati Jagdish speaks with John Marrett, Senior Analyst, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on what to look out for at this leaders' meeting, as well as Indonesian president Jokowi's legacy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Londinium90AD: Gaius and Germanicus weight a separate peace for a fractious and discouraged EU  Michael Vlahos. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/10/13/ofgem-tells-households-cut-electricity-gas-use-winter/

Front-end development can be complex—and that means a front-end developer's skills are essential, albeit constantly shifting. But a humble web search can produce various memes and jokes about how the front end isn't as much of an endeavor as other parts of an application can be. Expanding knowledge beyond one's area of the software stack can strengthen the skills they have, but negative perceptions can become a barrier to building those necessary relationships. As communities and companies grow, though, attitudes can begin to change. How can front-end developers communicate their expertise to their peers, and learn new talents along the way?

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Discover whether or not Susquehannocks were completely immune from all other dangers after coming away victorious along Piscataway Creek. Learn where Susquehannocks established Winter Encampments come December 1675. Discover what mission Susquehannock Warriors partake in come early January 1676. Find out how big Nathaniel Bacon's Plantation was including when it first got established. Learn if Bacon had other property holdings and whether or not they were immune from Indian raid attacks. Find out whether Governor Berkeley & his advisors issued any emergency meetings at start of 1676. Get an in depth analysis behind why Governor Berkeley feared something big beyond his wildest thoughts. Discover if Berkeley was currently in midst of serving another stint as Virginia's Governor going into 1676. Learn about what Governor Berkeley brought before General Assembly on March 7, 1676 in form of security proposals. Understand political feud between Governor Berkeley & Frontier Plantation Owners including Nathaniel Bacon himself. Discover why Jordan's Point is important. Find out why Captain James Crews, William Byrd, & Henry Isham are key figures. Understand Bacon's entries into New Kent County and what they accomplished. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kirk-monroe/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kirk-monroe/support

The Continuing Process Of “Growing Up” (In Christ) 1 Corinthians 3: Ephesians 4:14, 15 July 24, 2022 Characteristics of Immaturity (1 Corinthians 3:1-4) Babies: can't feed themselves; cry when uncomfortable; demand attention; center of own universe; wanting what another has. Envy: Contentious; rivalry; jealousy Strife: Contention; quarrelling; wrangling debates 1 Corinthians 3:4-8 Fractious, “hero” worship; “people exalting”; worshipping the servant over the Master. 1 Corinthians 3:9-11 Whose we are! (Loved, chosen, called out, blessed, favored, Bought) Ministered to by His servants who He sends Metaphors of service: field, building Get hold of who you are! (1 Corinthians 3:21-23; Ephesians 4:14, 15) ✴ NOTE: If you are fighting depression and/or discouragement, I have recently been blessed by a message from Dr. Tony Evans, titled, “Encouragement That Calms Fears.” (On YouTube – 27 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFsHAf7S4go

Fractious live from Melodic Dissent Belfast (16th July 22).Sorry we lost the last 30 minutes,  due to a recording device issue.https://www.instagram.com/fractious.music/ARTIST // TRACK /// LABEL1) Dubfire, Radio Slave - Grindhouse (Juan Ddd Bootleg)2) Uncertain - Conflict (Original Mix) [BLK DRP]3) Ron Costa - Verve (Original Mix)[Potobolo Records]4) Resonances (IT) - The Cruise (Original Mix) [JAM]5) Fractious, Ronan Teague - Access Bedlam6) Frankyeffe, Resonances (IT) - Yellow (Original Mix) [EI8HT]7) Mark Broom - Rainbow Bridge (Original Mix) [Rekids]8) Fractious - Hidden Spark [KD RAW]9) Fractious, JC Williams - Mad Science10) Alessandro Grops - Connect (Original Mix) [Suara]11) Ramon tapia - Substance [Say What? Records]12) Stephan Bodzin, Marc Romboy - Ferdinand (Anna & Wehbba Remix) [Systematic Recordings]13) Jay Denham - Radio [Disko B]14) Uncertain - Renegade [Tronic]15) Deadwalkman, s-file - Juicy Lucy [GND Records]16) Torsten Kanzler - Bulli (Simina Grigoriu Remix) [Kuukou Records]

Dr Evan Thompson is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia an Associate Member of the Department of Asian Studies and the Department of Psychology, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
 Evan recounts his upbringing in his father's intentional community, the Lindisfarne Association, and shares stories of childhood encounters with teachers of Zen, Sufism, Tibetan Buddhism, Yoga, and more. Evan traces his intellectual and academic trajectories, and reflects on the problems of community dynamics and religious perennialism that his father's community faced. Evan then outlines his critique of what he calls ‘Buddhist Exceptionalism', as laid out in his book ‘Why I Am Not A Buddhist'. As part of this critique, Evan addresses subjects such as why Buddhism is not a science of the mind (or of anything else), why presentations of the historical Buddha used by figures such as Goenka are a useful fiction, the problems of borrowing the authority of science for the purposes of Buddhist evangelism, and the surprising influence of Protestantism on Buddhism's development in Asia. Evan also reflects on the future of Buddhism and explores the question, ‘what is enlightenment?'. … Video version: www.guruviking.com/podcast/158-why-i-am-not-a-buddhist-evan-thompson 
Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast'. … Topics include: 00:00 - Intro 01:23 - Evan's upbringing in his father's intentional community 06:38 - Exposure to Zen via Richard Baker Roshi 09:34 - Zen takeover of the Lindisfarne Association 11:13 - Childhood encounters with Buddhist, Sufi, Yoga, and Christian teachers 14:29 - Evan's distaste for Chogyam Trungpa's scene 16:48 - Fractious community dynamics and the Zen takeover 21:19 - Problems of perennialism 25:03 - An ecology of mysticism 26:32 - Religious superiority 28:18 - Evan's intellectual development and academic trajectory 35:36 - Buddhist exceptionalism and the Mind & Life Institute 41:20 - What is Buddhist modernism 44:065 - Evan's misgivings about Buddhist exceptionalism 47:37 - Evan summarises his critique 49:21 - Reactions from colleagues 54:44 - Why do elite academics engage in Buddhist apologetics? 56:58 - Goenka's useful fiction of the historical Buddha 01:01:09 - B Alan Wallace and religious vs academic register 01:04:19 - Exceptionalism as evangelism and exhortation 01:05:20 - The core philosophical engine of Buddhism 01:07:41 - Buddhism is not scientific 01:10:56 - Personal experience and ‘test and see' 01:15:59 - Is Buddhist philosophy uniquely rich? 01:21:12 - What is enlightenment? 01:25:00 - Awakening as a regulative ideal 01:27:20 - What counts as the experience of awakening? 01:32:28 - Protestant Christianity's surprising influence on Buddhism in Asia 01:40:23 - What would convert Evan to Buddhism 01:42:22 - Exceptionalism harms Buddhism and science … To find out more about Evan Thompson, visit: - https://evanthompson.me/ For more interviews, videos, and more visit: - www.guruviking.com Music ‘Deva Dasi' by Steve James

It looks like our fractious relationship with Australia for the last few years might be about to get a lot better after the change in government over there.Jacinda Ardern met with new PM Anthony Albanese for the first time today and the signs are really encouraging.A couple of things have caused real stresses in our relationship with Australia in the past few years: the 501 deportees and the problem with China.On the 501s, Albo hasn't committed to anything yet, but he dropped enough hints for us to have hope that he is going to make a few changes that we would like.He clearly is going to keep sending the Kiwi crims back here, but it sounds like he might stop sending those crims who, although born in New Zealand, have spent so long in Australia, that they are really Australia's problem and they have no connection with New Zealand anymore.He said he would use common sense on that front and conceded that he's be annoyed too if he was in Ardern's shoes.That's a good sign that would make a big difference, because this deportation policy has caused so much friction, you can recall it even lead to Ardern telling Scomo off in front of media a couple of years back.China has been really challenging for us as well, because Australia's gone really hard on China. They've gone so hard, that they've copped tariffs forward and they've been reasonably cross that we haven't followed with them in that direction and gone as hard as well.It's lead some Australians to criticise us and accuse us of being backstabbers, sucking up to China, and so on.The indications today though are that Australia seems to be wanting to reset its relationship with China to perhaps taking a bit of a softer approach.The clue is in the fact that neither of the Prime Ministers mentioned China in their opening remarks even though there is no doubt they would've spent a long time talking about China.That suggests perhaps that Albo isn't going to go as quite hard on China as Scomo did, that might take the pressure of us to go hard as well, so that is fairly encouraging.Obviously, it shouldn't be a surprise to anybody that Jacinda is going to have a better relationship with Albo than Scomo given that he is Labor just like she is Labour.Whatever the case, it doesn't really matter, because it's just welcome, especially if it means that person to person relationship leads to a better country to country relationship, and if it means Australia starts treating New Zealand a little bit better than it has in these last few years.

01.Truncate - The Drill [TRUNCATE] 02.Agent Orange DJ - Blow Fire [TRONIC] 03.Uncertain - Confuse [KD RAW] 04.Axel Karakasis - Serpent [TRONIC] 05.Elias R - We Do It [TRONIC] 06.Mark Broom - Z Beats (Truncate Remix) [ePM MUSIC] 07.Fer BR - I Feel You [MINDSHAKE RECORDS] 08.Fractious - Zodiak (Drumsauw Remix) [RAW WORX] 09.Torsten Kanzler - Bulli (Simina Grigoriu Remix) [KUUKOU RECORDS] 10.Fractious - Hidden Spark [KD RAW] 11.Christian Smith - Movement [TRONIC] 12.Mark Broom - April [RSPX] 13.Tina V - Aixile [COMPLEXED RECORDS] 14.Fractious, Badbeat - Till We Meet Again [TRONIC] 15.Christian Smith, Drunken Kong - Why Are We Here? (Pascal FEOS Remix) [TRONIC]Christian Smith has been at the top of his game as a DJ and producer for over a decade, but despite enjoying a global reputation as one of the most evergreen performers in his field, times have nev... Download

Check out my Tronic Radio on your favorite streaming platforms here: https://ssyncc.com/tronic-podcast Fractious has just released a collaborative track with Badbeat called ''Till We Meet Again on Tronic's latest Rockets // Launch 14 compilation, out now: https://fanlink.to/TR425 01.Truncate - The Drill [TRUNCATE] 02.Agent Orange DJ - Blow Fire [TRONIC] 03.Uncertain - Confuse [KD RAW] 04.Axel Karakasis - Serpent [TRONIC] 05.Elias R - We Do It [TRONIC] 06.Mark Broom - Z Beats (Truncate Remix) [ePM MUSIC] 07.Fer BR - I Feel You [MINDSHAKE RECORDS] 08.Fractious - Zodiak (Drumsauw Remix) [RAW WORX] 09.Torsten Kanzler - Bulli (Simina Grigoriu Remix) [KUUKOU RECORDS] 10.Fractious - Hidden Spark [KD RAW] 11.Christian Smith - Movement [TRONIC] 12.Mark Broom - April [RSPX] 13.Tina V - Aixile [COMPLEXED RECORDS] 14.Fractious, Badbeat - Till We Meet Again [TRONIC] 15.Christian Smith, Drunken Kong - Why Are We Here? (Pascal FEOS Remix) [TRONIC] This show is syndicated & distributed exclusively by Syndicast. If you are a radio station interested in airing the show or would like to distribute your podcast / radio show please register here: https://syndicast.co.uk/distribution/registration

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 5, 2022 is: fractious • FRAK-shus • adjective Fractious means "troublesome," "unruly," "quarrelsome," or "irritable." // The political party is more organized and coherent and less fractious. See the entry > Examples: "The game became fractious, heavy tackles flying in, players squaring up to each other. The hostility spread." — Luke Edwards, The Daily Telegraph (London), 4 Apr. 2022 Did you know? The Latin verb frangere means "to break or shatter" and is related to a few common words, which is evident in their meanings. Dishes that are fragile break easily. A person whose health is easily broken might be described as frail. A fraction is one of the many pieces into which a whole can be broken. But fraction also once meant "disharmony" or "discord"—that is, a "rupture in relations." From this noun sense came the adjective fractious.

Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter joins Brennan and Marxkors talking about Roe v Wade. 

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Abe Silberstein is a master's student in Middle Eastern Studies, Anthropology, and History at the CUNY Graduate Center and the associate director of the North America office of the Abraham Initiatives, an Israeli organization founded in 1989 that “strives to fulfill the promise of full and equal citizenship and complete equality of social and political rights for Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens.” Fluent in issues related to U.S. foreign policy on Israel and the Middle East, Silberstein has published essays in The New York times, Haaretz, The Forward, War on the Rocks, The Times Literary supplement, UK, The Tel Aviv Review of Books, and Israel Studies Review. He joins the Thought Project as the fractious Israeli parliamentary government splits over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Silberstein unravels Israel's complicated relationship with Russia, including their mutual interests in confronting Iran in Syria. There's much more to learn about Middle East politics and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East from Silberstein in this podcast, a savvy foreign policy analyst.

Talented UK based DJ/producer - Fractious - takes over Voyager Mix Sessions this week with an exclusive guest mix featuring some of the finest dark, hypnotic and raw techno currently available. In an intensely passionate session, he hits hard with powerful synths and thunderous bass lines for maximum impact. Get strapped in for another mind bending voyage! Genre : Techno Sub-Genre : Driving / Hypnotic / Peak-Time / Raw ➤ Soundcloud : @fractiousmusic ➤ Instagram : instagram.com/fractious.music ➤ Facebook : facebook.com/fractiousmusic ➤ Twitter : twitter.com/fractiousmusic ➤ Beatport : beatport.com/artist/fractious/165048 ➤ Spotify : open.spotify.com/artist/52YKG7ZXqAwyBHDxWo7lNh Based in Northern Ireland's capital, Stephen Garrett aka Fractious is a successful Beatport Top 100 techno producer that needs no introduction. With countless original tracks and remixes released on some of the most iconic labels within the international techno scene (Funk'n Deep, Gem Records, KMS Records, Loose Records, Night Light, Pornographic, Trapez and Tronic for example), it's no wonder some of the industry's leading artists support his music during live performances. The likes of Alen Milivojevic, Dani Sbert, Danilo Vigorito, Frankyeffe, Luigi Madonna, M. Fukuda, Mr. C, Secret Cinema and Steve Mulder have all jumped at the chance when asked to remix tracks by Fractious, with many more popular artists keen to work with him. With a busy gig calendar and production schedule, be sure to follow him across all social media platforms to find out more about his future projects. Tracklist: 01. Bastet - Back To The Life Intro | Unrilis

Your weekly summary of the latest workplace news and legal developments, presented by Andrew Douglas (FCW Lawyers) and Karen Luu (Found Consulting).  Every Friday at 10:30​​am, join us online to hear the critical news and developments that affect your workplace. Register now. In this week's episode: Fractious employees - who are they, why are they behaving like that, and how best to manage them An update on the Religious Discrimination Bill and the latest mandatory vaccination cases Lessons for employers following recent case decisions around employee IP, discrimination, and workplace safety See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sorry about the extended break while Alex's computer was in the shop! We'll be back to our (more or less) weekly schedule now. Teenagers be problematizing! Yes they do! And rich people? Ooh, buddy, they just can't make us care about their problems. Gabriella has a lot to say about 16th century Italian politics. Alex has less to say about a painting of sheep he has. Letter one: Our age gap bothers my friend Letter two: Hard Truths: Bad Taste Brother Subscribe to Amelia's newsletter, Don't Threaten Me With a Good Lifetime Subscribe to Gabriella's newsletter, Slash Onlime --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wtto/support

Our heroes get into an endurance fight with endless waves of plant creatures. Sylpha rains down magic. Sable unleashes nature's fury. Jaelan and her sister trim some unruly topiaries. Fairy facts about Cornish Smallfolk. Music by [Todd Ferguson, My Pet Machine on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/mypetmachine/) Logo by [Julie at Elaborate Flight of Fancy](https://www.facebook.com/ElaborateFlight/)