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Cyclone Chido brought wind speeds of more than 220km per hour, flattening areas where the poorest people lived in sheet-metal roof shacks. The French President Emmanuel Macron said he will be travelling to the French Overseas Territory in the Indian Ocean in "the coming days", as he pledged to support fellow citizens, civil servants and emergency services involved in rescue efforts. We hear from Senator Salama Ramia from Mayotte who sits in the French Senate in Paris.Also on the programme: why members of the Alawite community of ousted Syrian President Assad are fearful of the future despite assurances from the country's new rulers; and we pay tribute to Indian tabla musician Zakir Hussain who has died aged 73.(Photo: Aftermath of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte Credit: Reuters/Chafion Madi)

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened down 253-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 23,277 on turnover of 10.7-billion N-T. Shares in Taiwan closed slightly lower Monday despite a late rally in which Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing recovered most of its early losses due to its sound fundamentals. The Taiex had strong technical support as it tested the five-day moving average, and bounced back well above that level by the end of the trading session. Deputy speaker departs for U.S., France Deputy Legislative Speaker Johnny Chiang from the opposition KMT departed Taiwan late on Sunday for a trip to the United States and France where he will conduct exchanges with American and French lawmakers. Chiang's office says he is scheduled to attend a round of meetings which will be held by the Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce of North America in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. While in the U.S., the deputy speaker will also meet with American congresspersons to discuss the result of the U.S. presidential election and how Taiwan could be impacted. After a two-day stay in the U.S., Chiang will head to France and join a cross-party delegation consisting of (由…組成) ruling Democratic Progressive Party and opposition Taiwan People's Party lawmakers visiting the French Senate. His office says the trip to the French Senate will focus on Taiwan's participation in international organizations and combating disinformation. Protesters Demand Justice After Station Roof Collapse Anti-government protesters in Serbia are demanding arrests and the resignations of top officials over the deadly collapse of a concrete roof at a railway station that killed 14 people in a northern city this month. The rally in Belgrade blamed the collapse on rampant (猖獗的，泛濫的) corruption and sloppy renovation work on the station building in Novi Sad. The work was part of a wider deal with Chinese state companies involved in a number of infrastructure projects in the Balkan country. Authorities have opened an investigation and Serbia's construction minister submitted his resignation last week, but no one has been charged or detained. Scientists Predict 2024 Hottest Year on Record Scientists are "virtually certain" that 2024 will be the warmest year on record. The Copernicus Climate Change Service, a European agency, made the announcement on Monday, reinforcing (加固) predictions made earlier in the year. It comes as world leaders gather in Azerbaijan for the United Nations' annual climate conference. Sally Patterson reports. Emperor Penguin Found in Australia An emperor penguin found malnourished far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is being cared for by a wildlife expert. A government statement says the adult male was found earlier this month on a popular tourist beach in southwest Australia — about 3,500 kilometers north of the icy waters off the Antarctic coast. Researchers say the largest penguin species has never been reported in Australia before. And they have no idea why the penguin traveled to the Australian town. Experts are focusing their efforts on rehabilitating (使康復) the bird, but say "options are still being worked through" on if the penguin could potentially be returned to Antarctica. That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____. －－－－以下訊息由 SoundOn 動態廣告贊助商提供－－－－ 高雄美術特區2-4房全新落成，《惟美術》輕軌C22站散步即到家，近鄰青海商圈，卡位明星學區，徜徉萬坪綠海。 住近美術館，擁抱優雅日常，盡現驕傲風範！美術東四路X青海路 07-553-3838

Marlon takes a solo look at those on Macron's right flank who are decrying wokism in the Olympics. In more interesting news, a quick overview of the French Senate's report on foreign influence, and its plan for a massive public influence campaign on behalf of France's values, including massive narrative crafting to combat France's "enemies." Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Flep24 email: flep24pod@gmail.com Flep24's Twitter @flep24pod Marlon's Twitter @MarlonEttinger Olly's Twitter @reality_manager

Frances Haugen is an advocate for accountability & transparency in social media. Born in Iowa City, Iowa, Frances is the daughter of two professors and grew up attending the Iowa caucuses with her parents, instilling a strong sense of pride in democracy and responsibility for civic participation. Frances holds a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Olin College and a MBA from Harvard University. She is a specialist in algorithmic product management, having worked on ranking algorithms at Google, Pinterest, Yelp and Facebook. In 2019, she was recruited to Facebook to be the lead Product Manager on the Civic Misinformation team, which dealt with issues related to democracy and misinformation, and later also worked on counter-espionage. During her time at Facebook, Frances became increasingly alarmed by the choices the company makes prioritizing their own profits over public safety and putting people's lives at risk. As a last resort and at great personal risk, Frances made the courageous decision to blow the whistle on Facebook. The initial reporting was done by the Wall Street Journal in what became known as “The Facebook Files”. Since going public, Frances has testified in front of the US Congress, UK and EU Parliaments, the French Senate and National Assembly, and has engaged with lawmakers internationally on how to best address the negative externalities of social media platforms. Frances has filed a series of complaints with the US Federal Government relating to Facebook (now named ‘Meta') claiming that the company has been misleading the public and investors on how it handles issues such as climate change, misinformation, and hate speech, and the impact of its services on the mental health of children and young adults. Frances fundamentally believes that the problems we are facing today with social media are solvable, and is dedicated to uniting people around the world to bring about change. We can have social media that brings out the best in humanity.

Today's guest is Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen. Frances Haugen is a specialist in algorithmic product management, having worked on ranking algorithms at Google, Pinterest, Yelp, and Facebook. In 2019, she was recruited to Facebook to be the lead Product Manager on the Civic Misinformation team, which dealt with issues related to democracy and misinformation, and later worked on counter-espionage. She became alarmed over Facebook's prioritization of profit over safety and security, and finally blew the whistle by providing the Wall Street Journal with a series of alarming internal documents about the company's practices. The series of articles that resulted are now known as THE FACEBOOK FILES. She has testified in front of the US Congress, UK and EU Parliaments, the French Senate and National Assembly. She recounts the story in her book, The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGE to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Four Branches Bourbon Check out their story at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.fourbranches.com⁠⁠⁠ and pick up a bottle of their fine bourbon today. Use the code “IRONCLAD10” to get 10% off.

Broadway's 2023-24 season is full of LGBTQ-related plays and musicals. Gay USA's Andy Humm and guest co-host Merryn Johns offer their thoughts on the hits, the misses and the queer Tony nominees; we add some examples from the shows “Suffs,” “Prayer for the French Republic,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Water for Elephants” and “Lempicka” to their astute reviews. Plus: comedian Dana Goldberg's wise words about pronouns. And in NewsWrap: the Czech Constitutional Court overturns sex reassignment surgery and sterilization prerequisites for legal gender changes, thousands protest across France and Belgium an attempt in the French Senate to restrict pediatric gender-affirming healthcare, Tel Aviv's renowned LGBTQ Pride Parade is canceled in favor of a hope and freedom rally due to the ongoing Gaza war, the Boy Scouts of America re-brands itself with the more inclusive name “Scouting America,” South Carolina's Republican Governor Henry McMaster is expected to sign a bill denying puberty blockers and hormone therapies to trans people under 18, Mississippi's Republican legislative majority defines gender as the sex assigned at birth for bathroom admittance, Rhode Island is poised to protect medical professionals who provide gender-affirming healthcare and abortion services, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Michael Taylor-Gray and Melanie Keller (produced by Brian DeShazor).  All this on the May 13, 2024 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/

International Women's Day will be celebrated on March 8th. It is a day to celebrate while also taking stock of women's rights here in the United States and abroad.  This year, we see a number of countries making significant strides toward reproductive freedom for women while the United States slides backwards. Lindsay Langholz speaks with Julie Suk, author of "After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do About It," about how misogyny informs our legal system and our social structures.Join the Progressive Legal Movement Today: ACSLaw.orgToday's Host: Lindsay LangholzGuest: Julie Suk, Hon. Deborah A. Batts Distinguished Research Scholar and Professor of Law, Fordham University School of LawLink: After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do About It by Julie Suk Link: "French Senate votes to enshrine abortion in constitution, a world first" by Karla Adam Link:  "Ireland kickstarts vote on constitution's wording about women and family" by Rory CarrollVisit the Podcast Website: Broken Law PodcastEmail the Show: Podcast@ACSLaw.orgFollow ACS on Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube-----------------Broken Law: About the law, who it serves, and who it doesn't.----------------- Production House: Flint Stone Media Copyright of American Constitution Society 2024.

This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240301.mp3 (29:00) From JAPAN- Japan, the former Soviet Union, China, India, and the US have now successfully landed craft on the moon. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr wants to rewrite parts of the Philippine constitution, to ease restrictions on foreign investors and extend his rule. Russian president Putin warned the West that further involvement in Ukraine, as suggested by French President Macron, could trigger a global nuclear war. From FRANCE- Press reviews on President Macron's suggestion that the western troops might enter Ukraine to battle with Russia. Press reviews on Sweden ending two centuries of military neutrality by joining NATO. 100 schools in southern France are experimentally requiring school uniforms. The French Senate voted to enshrine the freedom to abortion into their constitution. There are 3000 wildfires raging in northern Brazil, a fourfold increase from last year. From GERMANY- The European Parliament has passed a bill requiring each country to restore 20% of land and seas to natural conditions by 2030. Macron's threat of possible ground troop placement in Ukraine resulted in most European and NATO leaders strongly disapproving the notion. The death toll in Palestine has now topped 30,000 people, and more than 100 people were killed and 700 injured Thursday while waiting for humanitarian aid to be delivered in Gaza City after Israeli soldiers opened gunfire on the crowds. From CUBA- Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh and his government submitted their resignations on Monday, amid pressure to reform due to the escalation of violence and new settler development. Israel targeted eastern Lebanon for the first time since October. Human Rights Monitor says Israel has been killing Palestinian civilians who were following Israeli evacuation plans. Available in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml PODCAST!!!- https://feed.podbean.com/outFarpress/feed.xml (160kb Highest Quality) Website Page- < http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml ¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts "The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage and whup their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy, then go back to the office and sell every one of the poor bastards down the tube for a nickel a piece." -Hunter S Thompson Dan Roberts Shortwave Report- www.outfarpress.com YouthSpeaksOut!- www.youthspeaksout.net

In EVN Report's news roundup for the week of January 19: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blames Armenia for lack of progress in peace talks; French Senate adopts resolution condemning Azerbaijan's military offensive in Artsakh, deploring any further attempt at aggression and violation of the territorial integrity of Armenia; third non-combat death in one week registered in the country and more.

In EVN Report's news roundup for the week of January 19: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blames Armenia for lack of progress in peace talks; French Senate adopts resolution condemning Azerbaijan's military offensive in Artsakh, deploring any further attempt at aggression and violation of the territorial integrity of Armenia; third non-combat death in one week registered in the country and more. The post Ep. 268: The Week in Review (19.01.24) appeared first on EVN Report.

How British people in France have been navigating visiting and living in France since Brexit effectively ended their visa-free travel to Europe. What to do with the human remains in French museums? And the story behind Louis XV's third mistress, the Comtesse du Barry, and how her name got associated with foie gras. British people, no longer citizens of the European Union after Brexit, are stuck with the same rules as any other non-EU visitors: without a visa, they can only spend 90 out of 180 days in France. That's a sore spot for many of the roughly 86,000 Brits who owned second homes in France when the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016. As part of the contentious immigration bill being debated in parliament, the French Senate considered making it easier for non-Europeans who own a second home to spend time in France – but ultimately decided that Brits shouldn't get special treatment, nor should people who can afford to buy a second home. Emma Pearson, host of the Talking France podcast and editor of The Local France, talks about what what kind of choices British people are facing after Brexit, whether they want to visit or stay longer term. (Listen @1'05)France has the largest collection of human skulls in its museums and public institutions – some collected in dubious ways. Returning remains to descendants is part of reckoning with colonial history, but it has been been hampered by a law designed to keep French public museum collections intact. Lawmakers, supported by historians and pushed by descendants and states that want these relics back, are finally passing legislation that will facilitate the return of human remains. Corinne Toka-Devilliers of the Moliko Alet+po association talks about tracking down the skeletons of her ancestors, who were brought to mainland France from French Guiana in 1892 to be displayed in a human zoo, and historian Klara Boyer-Rossol talks about how human remains got into French collections, and the best way to return them. Interviews conducted by Anne Corpet and Hodane Hagi Ali. (Listen @18'15)The Comtesse du Barry died on 8 December 1793, executed by guillotine during the French Revolution. We look at the story of Louis XV's third official mistress, and how her name became associated with tinned foie gras. (Listen @13')Episode mixed by Stephane Defossez.Spotlight on France is a podcast from Radio France International. Find us on rfienglish.com, Apple podcasts (link here), Spotify (link here) or your favourite podcast app (pod.link/1573769878).

This week our team will bring you up to date on that latest on some important changes to immigration rules in France, including one for British second home owners and look at whether they will actually come into law. Plus we'll look at myths around Napoleon ahead of the new blockbuster film, explain the importance of French patisseries and find out where in France you will live the longest. Plus we need you to fill in this questionnaire about Talking France!----Welcome to a new episode of Talking France.In this week's show we will take a look at how French senators have hijacked France's controversial immigration bill including a move to help out British second home owners and toughen up the rules about bringing family members to France.But will there be anything left of their meddling once this bill becomes law? We will also find out in which part of France you can expect to live the longest. You will likely be surprised by the answer, but we'll explain the reasons why.And you might have noticed we love talking about French food on this podcast, this week we'll hear why French patisserie makers are held in such high regard here - and even have their own patron saint. We'll also find out how life in France will be getting more expensive next year and with a new blockbuster film coming out about French Emperor Napoleon, we'll bust a few myths about the little man, such as, was he actually little?Host Ben McPartland is joined once again to talk about France is the team from The Local, Emma Pearson, Gen Mansfield and politics expert John Lichfield.We also just have a special request for listeners. We want to produce a special episode based wholly on your questions about France, French culture and life in the country. You can send us your questions and any other suggestions via this survey here. We'd be really grateful if you could take a minute to fill it in.Further reading:What's in the French Senate's immigration bill - and does it matter?How much more expensive will life in France be in 2024?MAP - Where in France do people have the longest life expectancy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The development of medical treatments often requires use of human subjects, as well as human cells and body parts as models of human systems, to investigate mechanisms of action and to test therapeutics. Biotechnology has provided many successful therapies for previously intractable conditions, but also increasingly complex techniques that can alter what it means to be human and blur ethical lines. When we consider stem cells, cloning, gene editing, human-animal chimeras, organoids, embryoids and so-called synthetic embryos, what is ethical and what crosses the line of human dignity? Is any scientific endeavor justifiable because of a potential for cures, or are there ethical limits to efforts to heal or eliminate certain diseases all together? Do ethical alternatives exist that would benefit humanity without losing our ethical integrity?The Charlotte Lozier Institute has developed the Handbook of Nascent Human Beings to explain the science and to stimulate discussion on the ethics and moral permissibility of modern medicine and biotechnology. The place of this research in policy will also be discussed.David A. Prentice, Ph.D. is Vice President for Scientific Affairs at the Charlotte Lozier Institute. He is also Advisory Board Chair and a Founding Member for the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center, a unique comprehensive stem cell center in Kansas that he was instrumental in creating. In 2020, he was appointed by the Secretary of HHS to the federal Human Fetal Tissue Ethics Advisory Board. Dr. Prentice has almost 50 years' experience as a scientific researcher and professor, including previous service as a staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory, senior fellow at the Family Research Council, Professor of Life Sciences at Indiana State University, Adjunct Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Molecular Genetics at the John Paul II Institute, The Catholic University of America. He has provided scientific lectures, policy briefings and testimonies in 40 states and 21 countries, including before the U.S. House and Senate and numerous state legislatures, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the President's Council on Bioethics, European Parliament, British Parliament, Canadian Parliament, Australian Parliament, German Bundestag, French Senate, Swedish Parliament, the United Nations, and the Vatican.Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D., is Vice President and Director of Life Sciences at the Charlotte Lozier Institute. A scientist with over 20 years' experience in academic and clinical medicine with an emphasis on the cause of pediatric disease, Dr. Sander Lee earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Medical College of Wisconsin followed by postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital in molecular and cell biology. Dr. Sander Lee was an appointed faculty member at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where she directed a research laboratory investigating congenital heart disease in children and served as Scientific Director of Molecular Diagnostics at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. She has also served as a scientific consultant and is currently a member of the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality.Dr. Sander Lee is dedicated to promoting ethical advancements in healthcare that protect the sanctity of every human life. She has given expert legislative testimony, numerous national media interviews, and provided scientific advice for legislators, policymakers, and organizations. Dr. Sander Lee is published in various medical journals and textbooks, including her most recent contribution to the book, Choose Life: Answering Support the show

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 5:00 I saw a bear in my neighborhood while walking my dog. Chandra saw an otter in person. She wonders why humans haven't domesticated chipmunks yet.  Royals: Minutes 5:00 to 19:30 Since we recorded last week, the Invictus Games wrapped up in Dusseldorf. The next Invictus Games will be February, 2025 in Vancouver. We got to see Harry and Meghan looking loved up and happy and interacting with spectators and competitors. It's obvious how popular and respected they are around the world. The Invictus Games always make the royals look bad because Harry's work is impactful and important. We talk about the NATO delegation to the Invictus Games. William went to New York for two days to announce the Earthshot finalists as the UN General Assembly met. He was not invited to the UN, which Harry was invited to and addressed last year, but he did do a photo op with UN Secretary General Guterres. He also went to FDNY Ten House, across the street from ground zero, which Harry originally visited in 2009. Mayor Eric Adams was supposed to meet William there but he canceled a half hour before it was scheduled. When Meghan and Harry were in NY in 2021 they did a photo call at One World Trade center with NY Governor Hochul and then Mayor De Blasio. Both Harry and Meghan have spoken at the UN as well. At the end of his trip there were two pieces in the Daily Mail claiming that Americans find William sexy and amazing and it read like such propaganda. The purpose of the trip seemed to be to convince British people that Americans love William, but it didn't work. Chandra wonders if this is a rollout for William being single. Kate stayed back in England and did a bunch of stunt queening events. It really looks like she's trying to upstage William. On Monday she visited a naval base and then on Tuesday she wore a beige suit to visit a youth charity in London. We wonder what's going on with her hair. The Earthshot Awards are scheduled for Singapore on November 7th. We heard this week that Kate is not expected to go. She had been scheduled to go for months. We got stories about how Kate took a helicopter to the naval base and how environmentally unfriendly that is.  Charles and Camilla arrived in France on Wednesday. It was rescheduled from March due to the protests in France and the threats against Charles. They went to a state dinner with the Macrons and Camilla wore a navy Dior gown and sapphire jewelry. Charles addressed the French Senate, in French, about the urgency of addressing climate change. I think Camilla got a thread lift but Chandra thinks it's just photoshop. Comment of the Week: Minutes 19:30 to end Chandra's comments of the week are from Waitwhat on the post about the royal press being incurious about the royals and Pinkosaurus on the post about Kate taking a helicopter to the naval base. My comment of the week is from BlueNailsBetty on the post about Drew Barrymore defending herself on video for bringing her show back during the strikes. She's since reversed that decision. Thanks for listening bitches!

The Azeri government meets ethnic Armenians to discuss integrating the region as part of a ceasefire agreement. Also: India suspends visas for Canadian citizens, and King Charles gets warm welcome in French Senate.

In this week's show we'll explain the French government's "desperate" measure aimed at bringing down fuel prices, we'll hear about a tragic hunting accident in France and new efforts to crackdown on drunk hunters and we'll reveal just how seriously the French take the subject of health.-----Over the next 30 mins or so we bring you up to date with some of the big issues in France right now and look at how aspects of this country work.Starting with fuel. Filling up your car has become so expensive in France that the government has had to take action. We'll find out what it's done as well as look at what else it has planned for this year's budget.And we'll bring you news of a new Unesco World Heritage site in France and look at some of the others you might not have heard of but really should visit. We'll also explain the upcoming French Senate elections - why they are so important and why ordinary folk can't vote.We will hear about a new attempted crackdown on drunk hunters and also hear about the tragic story of a woman whose French partner was accidentally shot dead by a hunter in rural France just days after she had given birth to their son.And we'll also explain why you need a signed medical certificate from a doctor to enter a fun run in France.Stay with us to the very end to learn some handy short-cuts for speaking French.Host Ben McPartland is joined this week by the holy trinity of Emma Pearson The Local France's editor, journalist Gen Mansfield and politics expert John Lichfield.Further reading:Five UNESCO World Heritage sites in France you need to visitFrench fuel retailers refuse government plan to sell at a lossOPINION: France's desperate fuel price plan is a sign of tough budget choices aheadThe French abbreviations you need to blend inWhy you need a medical certificate to play sport in France Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's day two of King Charles' French trip - and he's made history as the first British monarch to address the Senate in Paris.The symbolic tour is his first visit across La Manche since Brexit, and he's set out his hopes for improving Franco-British relations.His speech, in French, focused on combating climate change - potentially leaving him on a crash course with Rishi Sunak after the PM put the brakes on Britain's plans to cut carbon emissions?The historic address to the French parliament's upper chamber came after the king and queen Camilla dined on blue lobster and lychee-flavoured cheeses at a celebrity-packed black tie banquet hosted by President Emmanuel Macron in the Palace of Versailles' Hall of Mirrors.The Leader podcast is joined by Professor Peter Jackson from the University of Glasgow, an expert on Franco-British relations, along with historian and royal commentator Dr Ed Owens, who's author of After Elizabeth: Can the Monarchy Save Itself? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. **Tai-Ex opening ** The Tai-Ex opened opened up 8-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 16,706 on turnover of 2.6-billion N-T. The market tumbled more than 200-points on Monday, to close below the 16,700 point mark, as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing came under pressure following heavy losses for tech stocks on Wall Street at the end of last week. While investor sentiment also remained cautious ahead of a two-day policymaking meeting of the U-S Federal Reserve, which is slated to begin today. **French Senator Olivier Cadic on 3rd Visit to Taiwan ** French Senator Olivier Cadic has arrived in Taiwan for a four-day visit to meet with senior government officials. Cadic is the vice-president of the French Senate's permanent committee on foreign affairs and defense issues. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cadic's agenda includes a visit to the Ministry of Digital Affairs to discuss issues concerning Indo-Pacific politics, democracy, human rights, and digital and information security. The senator will also be meeting with French business representatives and expatriates (外籍人士) in Taiwan. It's Cadic's third visit to Taiwan and the fourth by a French parliamentary delegation this year. **Central Bank Expected to Leave Interest Rates Unchanged ** The central bank is expected to leave its key interest rates unchanged at its quarterly policymaking meeting later this week due to eased inflationary pressures. Economists say the bank is likely to keep it rates unchanged on Thursday and again its next policymaking meeting in December, unless the local consumer price index growth surpassed (超過) the 3-per cent mark again. The central bank raised rates by 75 basis points to combat inflation beginning in March of last year, with the discount rate currently set at 1.875 percent. It chose to keep rates unchanged at its last policymaking meeting in mid-June, but the rates remain at an eight-year high. **Canada Expels Indian Diplomat Amid Activist Slaying ** Canada is expelling (驅逐) a diplomat from India as it investigates India's possible link to the death of a Sikh activist. The AP's Ed Donahue reports. **Libya Facing Disease Outreak Post Flooding ** Officials are warning that a disease outbreak in Libya's northeast, where floods have killed thousands, could create “a second devastating crisis” as adults and children fell ill from contaminated (受汙染的) water. The mission said the World Health Organization sent 28 tons of medical supplies to the devastated country. Libyan officials say at least 150 people suffered diarrhea after drinking contaminated water in Derna, and at least 55 children got sick after drinking polluted water in Derna. **Guatemala Protests for PresidentElect ** Thousands of indigenous supporters have protested in Guatemala City to defend Guatemala's president-elect as government prosecutors seek to ban his political party. Many of the protesters carried banners or chanted slogans demanding the resignation of government officials who have sought (尋求)to prosecute Bernardo Arevalo and ban his Seed Movement party. Protesters threatened to keep demonstrating until the efforts against Arevalo are stopped. Arevalo won the Aug. 20 presidential runoff in a landslide, but prosecutors have continued pursuing multiple investigations related to the registration of Arevalo's Seed Movement party, and alleged fraud in the election. International observers have said that's not supported by evidence. That was the I.C.R.T. news, Check in again tomorrow for our simplified version of the news, uploaded every day in the afternoon. Enjoy the rest of your day, I'm _____.

Sometimes you must assume a Different Identity to make it through the day. Rules are rules and strict adherence to them is what separates the--Cleaning Ladies from the Far Right Senators in the French Senate. If you ask me, I think it's time to clean house... Written & Narrated by Xavier Combe Exquisite Sound Design by Jim Hall

ALPHV claims responsibility for a cyberattack on Constellation Software. A new Akira ransomware campaign spreads. CACTUS is a new ransomware leveraging VPNs to infiltrate its target. Many organizations are still vulnerable to the Go-Anywhere MFT vulnerability. Russian hacktivists interfere with the French Senate's website. Keith Mularski from EY, details their "State of the Hack" report. Emily Austin from Censys discusses the State of the Internet. And ransomware gangs target local governments in Texas and California.  For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/88 Selected reading. ALPHV gang claims ransomware attack on Constellation Software (BleepingComputer)  Constellation Software hit by cyber attack, some personal information stolen (IT World Canada)  Press Release of Constellation Software Inc. (GlobeNewswire News Room) Meet Akira — A new ransomware operation targeting the enterprise (BleepingComputer) New Cactus ransomware encrypts itself to evade antivirus (BleepingComputer)  Pro-Russian Hackers Claim Downing of French Senate Website (SecurityWeek) Dallas cyberattack highlights ransomware's risks to public safety, health (Washington Post)  Hacked: Dallas Ransomware Attack Disrupts City Services (Dallas Observer)  City of Dallas Continues Battling Ransomware Attack for Third Day (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)  San Bernardino County pays hackers $1.1 million ransom after cyber attack (Victorville Daily Press)  San Bernardino County pays $1.1M ransom after cyberattack disrupts Sheriff's Department systems (ABC7 Los Angeles) Atomic Data devastated by the unexpected death of CEO and co-owner Jim Wolford (Atomic Data)

In today's podcast we cover four crucial cyber and technology topics, including: 1.        MSI data stolen could allow for fake firmware updates 2.        Twitter addresses flaw that made circle tweets public 3.        Pro-Russians shutdown French Senate website4.        San Bernadino County pays ransom to restore police efforts  I'd love feedback, feel free to send your comments and feedback to  | cyberandtechwithmike@gmail.com

Hello everyone! It's been a minute since our last Web 3 Unpacked Crypto Weekly Review, but we'll make up for it today. Here are some of the recent updates to bring you up to speed:- Microsoft has ended the waitlist for access to GPT-4.- JPMorgan has acquired First Republic Bank.- FTX got approval to sell LedgerX, a cryptocurrency derivatives platform, to a group of investors for 27 and a half million dollars.- Montana's governor signed a pro-crypto mining bill into law, making the state more attractive for companies looking to set up mining operations.- A new proposal in the French Senate would allow social media influencers to promote cryptocurrencies.- Cooper Morgenthau, a former CFO of two SPACs, was sentenced to 3 years in prison for embezzling 5 million dollars he used to trade crypto and meme stocks.- In collaboration with international law enforcement agencies, the FBI seized 9 crypto exchange domains used for criminal activity.Learn more about the world of Web3 and how to navigate the rapidly changing crypto and blockchain landscape: https://linktr.ee/arctai

Eoin Drea,Senior Researcher in the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Hélène Conway-Mouret, member of the French Senate and Laurence Norman, reporter at The Wall Street Journal, in conversation with Dan O'Brien, IIEA Chief Economist.

The French Senate has approved President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reform plan as hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied in cities across the country to oppose the changes. Senators voted late on Saturday to adopt the reforms by 195 votes to 112, bringing the package whose key measure is raising the retirement age by two years to 64 closer to becoming law. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne says she was totally committed to ensuring the text will be definitively adopted in the coming days. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4090160/advertisement

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The European Union seeks to establish the outlines of a trade deal with the US tomorrow. Plus: an escalation of violence in Afghanistan as an Islamic State-affiliated organisation claims several deadly attacks, the French Senate's vote to raise the retirement age by two years to 64 and the launch of Monocle's new travel programme, ‘The Concierge'.

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It's Monday, February 6th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. By Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com) Young Muslim woman in Indonesia comes to Christ Ruth, a 26-year-old Indonesian woman, was born into a Muslim family where 86% of the people follow the false god known as Allah. Since 2009, she has had a vivid, recurring dream.  She would walk up a hill, over and over again, feeling very tired. Later, in junior high school, the dream came again for two weeks. Except this time, she said, “I was not alone—I walked with a man. But when I woke up, I did not feel tired.” When she told the dream to a new Christian friend at school, the Christian girl said, “I think I know that man.”  After showing her a picture of what some painters believe Jesus looked like, Ruth said, “Yes! Who is He?” That prompted the curious Muslim girl to secretly buy and read a Bible, reports International Christian Concern. After graduating from high school, she worked in a beauty clinic in Jakarta where she took off her hijab, or Muslim head covering, because she felt uncomfortable theologically with it. In October 2019, while Ruth was scrolling on TikTok, she saw a quote from a church. It said, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you (John 15:16).” Intrigued, she started attending that church “without anyone knowing that I was a Muslim.” After learning more, she trusted Christ and was baptized in December 2019. After finding her Bible though, her mother discovered that Ruth had converted to Christianity, and kicked her out of the home. Today, living with a friend, she quoted Matthew 19:29 in which Jesus says, “Everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for My sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.” According to Open Doors, Indonesia is the 33rd most difficult country to be a Christian. Please pray for other Muslims to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior as Ruth did. French Senate ready to enshrine abortion in the Constitution On February 3rd, the French Senate passed a draft law to include abortion in the Constitution, by a close vote of 166 votes in favor and 152 against, reports Evangelical Focus. Although the Senate Law Commission had rejected the text of the draft law last week, this time the new wording of the text convinced a majority. Philippe Bas, senator of the Republicans, presented the new text, which changes the term “right” for “freedom.” Here is the text. “The law determines the conditions under which a woman's freedom to terminate her pregnancy is exercised.” Biden belatedly shoots down Chinese spy balloon On Saturday, President Joe Biden belatedly authorized a military fighter jet, off the coast of South Carolina, to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon with a missile, reports Reuters.  It fell into the Atlantic Ocean. The balloon entered U.S. airspace in Alaska on January 28 before moving into Canadian airspace on Jan 30. It then re-entered U.S. airspace over northern Idaho on January 31. U.S. officials did not publicly disclose the spy balloon's presence over the United States until February 2nd. The Chinese spy balloon traveled over sensitive military sites including the Malmstrom Air Force Base in Cascade County, Montana where there are some 150 silos for intercontinental ballistic missiles, including the nuclear-capable Minuteman III. China condemned the military strike, saying the balloon was used for meteorological purposes, and that it had strayed into U.S. airspace "completely accidentally.” Those claims were flatly dismissed by U.S. officials. Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Republican Senator Tom Cotton of  Arkansas, a member of the Intelligence Committee, blasted President Biden for his belated response. SEN. TOM COTTON: “What began as a spy balloon has become a trial balloon, testing President Biden's strength and resolve. And unfortunately, the president failed that test. And that's dangerous for the American people. The president was paralyzed for an entire week by a balloon. “We should have shot this balloon down over the Aleutian Islands. We should have never allowed it to transit the entire continental United States. And I think there's a lot of open questions that the administration needs to answer to Congress on behalf of the American people about why they didn't. “I think part is the president's reluctance to take any action that will be viewed as provocative or confrontational towards the Chinese Communists. I would say what's provocative and confrontation is sending a spy balloon all across America.” As a result of the brouhaha, Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed his visit to China last week that had been expected to start on Friday. Bill Maher: Similarities between "Woke Revolution" & Mao's Cultural Revolution On Friday's broadcast of the HBO show called “Real Time,” host Bill Maher, a liberal who has increasingly told the truth, likened America's "woke revolution" to the Chinese Cultural Revolution, reports RealClearPolitics.com. In his monologue, he said we've embraced the "re-education" policies under Chairman Mao Zedong. MAHER: “Yesterday, I asked ChatGPT, 'Are there any similarities between today's woke revolution and Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution of the 1960s?' And it wrote back, 'How long do you have?'” (laughter) "Because, in China, we saw how a revolutionary thought he could do a page-one rewrite -- of humans. Mao ordered his citizens to throw off the four “olds” -- old thinking, old culture, old customs, and old habits. So, your whole life went in the garbage overnight. No biggie. And those who resisted were attacked by an army of purifiers called the Red Guard who went around the country putting dunce caps on people who didn't take to being a new kind of mortal being. A lot of pointing and shaming went on. Oh, and about a million dead. And the only way to survive was to plead insanity for the crime of being insufficiently radical and then apologize and thank the State and of course, submit to re-education, or as we call it here in America, freshman orientation." (laughter) Proverbs 12:17 says, “He who speaks truth tells what is right.” South Dakota House passes ban on ‘gender transitions' for minors And finally, South Dakota is one step closer to eliminating dangerous transgender drugs and mutilating surgeries for youth, reports LifeSiteNews.com. Last Friday, the South Dakota House passed a ban on chemical castration and cosmetic reproductive surgeries for minors in an overwhelming 60-10 vote. Close And that's The Worldview on this Monday, February 6th, in the year of our Lord 2023. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

It's Thursday, February 2nd, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark Belarus censors Christian literature & denies church building Last week, Forum 18, a human rights group, released a report on religious liberty in the Republic of Belarus which is bordered by Russia to the east, Ukraine to the South, and Poland to the West. The survey noted continued restrictions on religion in the eastern European country. The regime of Aleksandr Lukashenko carries out surveillance and monitoring of religious communities. Churches cannot legally exist without state registration. The government denies church building permits. Officials censor and restrict the distribution of religious literature. They even prosecute and remove religious leaders from office. Protestant communities, in particular, have “generally found it impossible to get property redesignated so that it can be used for worship in line with the law.” Portuguese court: Pro-euthanasia law unconstitutional In pro-life news, a high court in Portugal recently declared a law to legalize euthanasia unconstitutional. The law is the third attempt to legalize such killings in the southern European country. The Constitutional court struck down the two previous attempts.  France rejects making abortion a “constitutional right” -- again Meanwhile in France, the country's Senate has rejected a draft law that would make abortion a right in their Constitution. It is the third time the French Senate has rejected the bill.  51 is average age of Christian in England/Wales New census data from England and Wales found the average age of Christians there is now 51. It's the oldest average age for any religious group in those countries. Muslims have the youngest median age of 27. Those who identify with no religion had a slightly older average age of 32. The median age of the general population is 40. Since the census began, it's the first time that the average age for Christians rose above 50. Closer look at Hispanic American churches Lifeway Research released the largest survey yet on Hispanic Protestant churches in the U.S. The study found these Hispanic churches are newer, younger, and more evangelistic than the average Protestant church in America. Over half of Hispanic Protestant churches have been established since 2000. Most congregants are first-generation Americans. And over a third of the average congregation is under the age of 30. With their evangelistic work, Hispanic pastors report nearly three quarters of those who commit their lives to Christ become active participants in the church. Luke 14:23 says, “And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.'” Colorado Christian baker still harassed Jack Phillips, a Christian baker in Colorado, continues to face litigation for applying his beliefs in his business. Last Thursday, a Colorado state appeals court ruled that the Christian baker discriminated against a man who pretends to be a woman. The man, known as Autumn Scardina, an attorney, wanted Phillips to bake a cake to celebrate his so-called gender transition.  Phillips plans to appeal the decision. He already won a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 after declining to make a cake for a faux homosexual wedding. Utah bans sex change surgeries on minors On Saturday, Utah Republican Governor Spencer Cox  signed a bill banning sex change surgeries on minors. The law also places restrictions on prescribing hormone blockers. Under the measure, people who underwent so-called sex-change treatments as children can sue healthcare providers if they no longer consent to it. U.S. fertility rate up in 2021 A new report from the U.S. government found about 50,000 more babies were born in the country in 2021 compared with 2020.  This reverses a trend of fewer and fewer births every year since 2008. However, the U.S. fertility rate in 2021 was still below replacement levels coming in at 1.7 births per woman.  The report found the average age a woman has her first child reached a record high of 27.3 years in 2021. Births among White and Hispanic women increased, while births among Black, Asian, and American-Indian women decreased. Heaven welcomed creation scientist John Morris And finally, the Institute for Creation Research reports that Dr. John Morris died peacefully this past Lord's day at the age of 76. Dr. John was known as the “Indiana Jones” explorer of Biblical creation research. He was the second son of Dr. Henry Morris, the founder of the institute. Dr. John earned a Ph.D. in geological engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He also published many creation science books in his field including The Young Earth: The Real History of the Earth - Past, Present, and Future. Most importantly, he was known for his character. Institute for Creation Research President Dr. Randy Guliuzza said, “Anyone who ever met Dr. John Morris remembers their first encounter. Never was there a sweeter or more optimistic and loving man! In a word, John Morris was Christlike.” Psalm 116:15 says, “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.” Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Thursday, February 2nd, in the year of our Lord 2023. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)  Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

In this week's episode of Insights with Eric Hacopian, Eric discusses the recent war of words between Baku and Moscow over place names in Karabakh, a resolution passed by the French Senate calling for sanctions on Azerbaijan, and the storm of controversy over a new BBC documentary about Azerbaijan. #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #insightswitherichacopian

In the latest edition of Insights with Eric Hacopian, Eric talks about the recent passage of a resolution in the French Senate calling for sanctions against Azerbaijan. Eric also discusses the planned introduction of universal income declarations by the Armenian government and Azerbaijani Vice President and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva's resignation from UNESCO. #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #insightswitherichacopian

Armenian News Network - GroongWeek in Review - Nov 20, 2022Topics:* How is Armenia's Economy Doing? We'll discuss the various aspects of the state of the Armenian economy and briefly touch on the 2023 national budget.* Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations: The war of words between Pashinyan and Aliyev escalated in the past two weeks. We'll discuss developments since the trilateral summit in Sochi.* French Senate Slams Azerbaijani Occupation of Armenia. The French Senate recently passed a resolution demanding an end to Azeri occupation of Armenian territory, and more. Does this have more than sentimental value in the real world?* The Opposition Returns to Parliament. The parliamentary opposition has officially returned to the parliament. What can be expected?Guest: Hrant Mikaelian, a political scientist and multidisciplinary researcher in social sciences based in Yerevan. He is also a senior researcher at the Caucasus Institute.Hosts:Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevanAsbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriqEpisode 179 | Recorded: November 21, 2022Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

Ministers were accused of betraying British workers today as a £1.6billion contract for Royal Navy support ships was handed to a consortium that will carry out work in a Spanish dockyard. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace today announced the Team Resolute consortium including Navantia, the Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company, was the preferred bidder to construct three Fleet Solid Support (FSS) vessels. A judge slammed a blundering barrister for turning up at court in Newport in Wales - when he should have been 150 miles away for a case in Newport on the Isle of Wight. Lawyer Brad Lawlor had travelled from London after being drafted in to pick up the case from a colleague after reading it was in Newport. Michael Sheen appears to have taken yet another swipe at Prince William by sharing a clip of Welsh children cheering Gareth Bale and the national team before they left for Qatar after he ignited a row over whether the new Prince of Wales should have done the same. SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held second meeting this year with Samsung executives, this time during his official visit to South Korea on November 17. This follows a meeting held in Madrid on August 31 as Sánchez wants help to grow the new tech industry in Spain whilst Samsung has not only the technology but looks to receive a sizeable chunk of the European Recovery Funds allocated to technology. Party hotspot Malaga is set to ban inflatable sex dolls and blow-up penis costumes in a huge crackdown on stag and hen parties. The southern Spanish city has become a tourist favourite thanks to cheap flights and a buzzing nightlife - but now locals are set to come down hard on crude antics. New legislation passed in France this week, by President Emmanuel Macron, insisted that all large car parks must be used for the installation of solar panels. This move comes as part of the French government's drive for the use of renewable energy. According to The Guardian today, Sunday, November 13, this new law passed by the French Senate applies to car parks – either existing or when planned to be built – with a capacity for 80 vehicles. Caving in to nurses' wage demands would hike their average annual pay to more than £46,000, a Mail on Sunday analysis reveals ahead of their strike.The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) wants a 17.6 per cent rise, claiming a 20 per cent cut in real-terms pay since 2010.But figures provided by NHS Digital show the average pay for qualified nurses in England has reached £40,147.This comprises basic salary of £35,841, plus extras for shift work, overtime and living in a pricier area worth £4,306. A former teacher will face misconduct proceedings almost a year after she was jailed for a 15-month 'affair' she had with a schoolgirl. Aimee Jones, 36, admitted sexually touching the teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, in the back of her car months after she initially approached her victim at school. Teesside Crown Court heard how she told the teenager she was bisexual and that she was 'having feelings of attraction towards her'.A woman has sparked an online debate after saying stay at home wives and mothers are often the target of vitriol - prompting some to say they would be 'devastated' if their offspring chose not to work.

It's Thursday, October 27th, A.D. 2022. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark Chinese suffer with world's worst internet freedom Freedom House reports China has the worst internet freedom in the world for the eighth year in a row. China implemented new guidelines back in September to restrict religious content online. The Chinese Communist Party also held their 20th National Congress last week. President Xi Jinping secured a third term at the congress as Christians expect more persecution under the regime.  Officials detained a Christian evangelist and his wife for sharing the Gospel on the streets leading up to the congress. Chen Wensheng is part of the Xiaoqun Church in Hunan and has refused, like many others, to join the state-regulated Three-Self Church. Despite the government's oppression, there are now an estimated 100 million Christians in China.  French Senate rejected pro-abortion law Last week, the Senate of France rejected a draft law to make abortion a constitutional right. The draft law made abortion and contraception a right and accessible for free. Despite the rejection, more draft laws on the same issue are headed to the National Assembly next month. The French Protestant Evangelical Committee for Human Dignity warned, “including abortion in the Constitution would authorize a death penalty for unborn children.” France already voted earlier this year to legalize the murder of unborn babies up to 14 weeks, an increase from 12 weeks. Coach Joe Kennedy gets job back after prayer-related firing A Washington State football coach will be reinstated by next March after losing his job for praying after games. The Bremerton School District originally put Coach Joe Kennedy on leave in 2015. Kennedy's case went all the way to the Supreme Court. In June, the high court ruled the Constitution protected Kennedy's freedom to pray on the field with students. On Tuesday, a stipulation filed in a U.S. District Court said Kennedy would get his job back in the next six months.    Kennedy told Newsmax he wants to get back on the team and continue giving thanks to God. KENNEDY: “I just want my constitutional right and be back up there on the football field with my team and just having the right to be able to think God in America these days. That's all I want.” Psalm 107:1-2 says, “Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say who, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy.” NY Supreme Court: Give people jobs back after COVID firings Meanwhile in New York, the state's Supreme Court ruled Monday that city employees in the Big Apple who lost their jobs for refusing to get a COVID-19 shot must be reinstated. The ruling applies to 1,400 employees and orders the city to give them back-pay. The ruling stated: “The Health commissioner cannot create a new condition of employment for City employees. The Mayor cannot exempt certain employees from these orders… Being vaccinated does not prevent an individual from contracting or transmitting COVID-19.” Americans look to government for change A new survey from Barna found most U.S. adults look to national, state, or local government for creating meaningful change. Even practicing Christians were more likely to expect meaningful change through the federal government than through religious organizations or churches. However, Christians were much more likely to expect meaningful change from churches than the general adult population. U.S. homes prices down by 2.4% American home prices are down 2.4% in recent months. However, they're still up over 40% since the COVID-19 pandemic.  Mortgage payments on median-priced homes continue to rise as mortgage rates climb. Rates on a 30-year-mortgage reached 7.16% last week, a 20-year record.   Swiss evolutionists steal God's glory And finally, scientists recently discovered over 50 sea creatures, once thought to be silent, that can actually communicate. Gabriel Jorgewich-Cohen at the University of Zurich, Switzerland used microphones and cameras to study 53 species around the world. He told BBC News about the wonders of sea turtle communication: “[They] will sing from within their egg to synchronize hatching. If they call from inside, they all come out together and hopefully avoid being eaten.” While the scientists were quick to jump to false evolutionary conclusions, Genesis 1:21 says, “God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.”  Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Thursday, October 27th, in the year of our Lord 2022. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

In this episode of Scouting for Growth, Sabine VdL talks to Henri Winand, co-founder and CEO of AkinovA, an electronic marketplace built to ease the transfer and trading of insurance and insurance risks. During the conversation, Sabine and Henry discuss the importance of strong taxonomy when moving into multi-party electronic placements, tangible and intellectual assets, transition risk, cyber risk, NFTs, and driving liquidity in illiquid markets. KEY TAKEAWAYS The whole objective of building our marketplace is to access a larger size of the market. The market is there already and our goal is to help clients or anybody in the value chain feel that we can do a better job of providing transactional transparency. I've done that in the world of energy and in the world of transportation. I'm an engineer who likes to solve problems, more to the point, I really love to build teams that can solve big problems in this world. The challenge for FinTechs and InsurTechs is sometimes you can't always patent things because they fall in the business idea realm. Being able to then keep a trade secret – maybe with some patents around it -- which we are exploring big time by the way on a few of our concepts – is a way to not signal to everyone what you are doing, so that you can keep the trade secret for a while. But equally, there are some pieces that I believe, patent attorneys believe too, can be patented. This is quite important because it gives you the ability to have a discourse with very large organizations if they try to replicate your IP. IP = value. It is not about sticking a licensing reminder where you tell someone they're infringing on your IP and they owe you money, that's not the point. The point is you arrive at an asset that can be valued by clients and investors which then allows you to have a value-based conversation with your partners too. The question is: How do we, as an industry, attract the right talent? Our industry has to be exciting. I got into insurance by accident and insurance isn't the first thing you think about when you get up in the morning unless you have to. What do we need to change to be part of the client's journey? If you break down insurance, you have to start with the risk that needs to be reduced and managed. First, I've got to be able to make it simpler for the person we engage with and who's got a problem we can solve.  Second, they also need to be able to articulate it well to ensure that it is well evaluated. I then need to be able to say what it's worth and how well or badly it could go based on the information gathered. BEST MOMENTS ‘An idea is a cost center until you make money out of it. Once you start making money, that idea can then become a profit center.' ‘Time is everything, not money or attending meetings. The only commodity we have as human beings is time. So invest your time wisely.' ‘I'm hoping things won't change for the worse when we look at the current economy. Still, I think some clear fundamentals have changed. So let's make the best of what we know for now.' ‘When you're coming up with an idea, the cleverest people in the room are the ones that question the idea. So, if you want to look clever in a group, don't come up with an idea, come up with critiques.'   ABOUT THE GUEST Henri Winand is a growth and change-oriented CEO with a passion for scaling up businesses with a broad set of technologies, using different business models and team-based delivery.  Henry now serves as CEO for AkinovA, an insurance technology company that he co-founded with a specialist ILS (insurance-linked securities and related insurance products.) Henry drives also a City of London-based fund manager.  Prior to this, Henry served as CEO of a British tech company listed on the London Stock Exchange Main Market (Intelligent Energy, a $1bn tech IPO) with in excess of $200m raised from a broad range of sources, leading to strong top-line growth, largely from internationally-based customers. Today Henry served on several Boards in the UK, Singapore, India, Japan, and the US in the energy, software services, film content publishing, and automotive sectors.  Henry also served on the Board of an EU-funded €1bn+ PPP.  Those also included several advisory bodies to Ministers, Secretaries of State, and Officials in the new energy, automotive, and materials science sectors in the UK as well as on the Alumni Advisory Board of the Warwick Business School and of the University of Cambridge. Henry owns more than a dozen patents granted and pending and has several papers published in well-known, peer-reviewed, scientific journals, topics including composite materials, neutron diffraction, and processes to improve industrial product development cycles.  Henry is regularly invited to speak at international conferences and spoke in the US Senate and French Senate too. Henry provides advice to selected major global institutional, venture capital, and private equity funds. In addition to meeting several Heads of State, Henry made several appearances on Live-TV and recorded TV and Radio programs (e.g. Live CNBC TV, Live Bloomberg TV, Live BBC Radio 4 “The Today Programme”, recorded BBC and other programs, provided thought leadership and quoted articles in broadsheets, e-newspapers, and The Huffington Post.)  Henry is married to Anne. They both have one child called Alexander. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henriwinand/ AkinovA is building an electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of (re)insurance risks. By working in collaboration and partnership with the insurance industry, AkinovA helps optimize the risk transfer value chain by providing a capital markets grade, industry-regulated, trading platform, and clearing house. AkinovA provides valuable data and analytics to participants and regulators from the aggregated data that passes through the marketplace. AkinovA grows the overall size of the insurance marketplace by enabling new participants to enter and existing participants to transact more business. There is significant pressure from the Capital Markets wanting an appropriate mechanism to access insurance risks that are de-correlated from the bonds and equity markets. Creating an effective secondary market for (re)insurance risks, to enable these risks to be traded, will dramatically increase the volume of business that is transacted across the marketplace. AkinovA is working with a number of brokers, who act as key channel partners for the existing industry, to kickstart liquidity in the marketplace. AkinovA provides them with a venue to service their clients' needs in a more efficient and timely manner as well as gives them access to new clients entering the market who would benefit from their advice. AkinovA's goal is to remain an independent marketplace enabling it to attract and work with all trading parties without undue influence from industry participants. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akinova-limited/  ABOUT THE HOST Sabine is a corporate strategist turned entrepreneur. She is the CEO and Managing Partner of Alchemy Crew, a venture lab that accelerates the curation, validation, and commercialization of new tech business models. Sabine is renowned within the insurance sector for building some of the most renowned tech startup accelerators around the world working with over 30 corporate insurers and accelerating over 100 startup ventures. Sabine is the co-editor of the bestseller The INSURTECH Book, a top 50 Women in Tech, a FinTech and InsurTech Influencer, an investor & multi-award winner.  Twitter: SabineVdL LinkedIn: Sabine VanderLinden Instagram: sabinevdLofficial Facebook: SabineVdLOfficial TikTok: sabinevdlofficial Email: podcast@sabinevdl.com Website: www.sabinevdl.comThis show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Today's guest, Frances Haugen, is a radical advocate for accountability and transparency in social media.In 2019, she was recruited to Facebook to be the lead Product Manager on the Civic Misinformation team, which dealt with issues related to democracy and misinformation, and later also worked on counter-espionage. Frances became increasingly alarmed by the choices the company makes prioritizing their own profits over public safety and putting people's lives at risk. As a last resort and at great personal risk, Frances made the courageous decision to blow the whistle on Facebook. The initial reporting was done by the Wall Street Journal in what became known as “The Facebook Files”.Frances has testified in front of the US Congress, UK and EU Parliaments, the French Senate and National Assembly, and has engaged with lawmakers internationally on how to best address the negative externalities of social media platforms. Frances has filed a series of complaints with the US Federal Government relating to Facebook (now named ‘Meta') claiming that the company has been misleading the public and investors on how it handles issues such as climate change, misinformation, and hate speech, and the impact of its services on the mental health of children and young adults.Sinan and Frances discuss transparency, or lack thereof, in social media, the free speech debate and censorship. Frances shares her knowledge on the harmful impact social media has on children and what we should be doing to stop the addiction,  as well as social media's role in the geopolitical landscape.Visit ide.mit.edu/podcast for more.Follow @sinanaral and @mit_ide on Twitter and @professorsinan and@mit_ideon Instagram.Please remember to rate us and leave a review - the best way to support the podcast.

Reaction to updates from the latest French senate hearings surrounding the treatment of Liverpool fans at the Stade de France in Paris. John Gibbons is joined by Dan Austin and Spirit Of Shankly chairman Joe Blott...

This week on the Allez Les Rouges podcast, host Peter Hooton is once again joined by Spirit of Shankly Chair Joe Blott and also by Ted Morris of the Liverpool Disabled Supporters Association.The trio discuss the evidence given in the French senate by Ted and Joe on behalf of Liverpool supporters as well as addressing the experience of disabled supporters at the Stade De France.The panel also touch on the exits of Liverpool forwards Sadio Mane, Takumi Minamino and Divock Origi, and how this may affect the Reds for next season.

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Morse code transcription: vvv vvv 3 injured during plane fire at Miami International Airport Bill Cosby assaulted teen at Playboy Mansion, jury finds US Forest Service admits errors in routine prescribed burn that sparked largest fire in New Mexico history Trump had direct and personal role in pushing states to overturn Biden win, Jan. 6 panel says Why Kaliningrad, Russias toehold in Europe, could be the wars next flashpoint Kaliningrad Row erupts over goods blocked from entering Russian territory Deshaun Watson reaches settlement on 20 of 24 sexual misconduct suits against former Houston Texans QB, attorney Tony Buzbee says I Took an Oath, Rusty Bowers Says of Rejecting Efforts to Overturn the Election Bill Cosby Verdict Reached In Judy Huth Sexual Assault Trial Elon Musk Billionaires daughter cuts ties with her father In pictures Americans cool down in heatwave French burkini ban upheld as Grenoble loses legal challenge Supreme Court Who gets abortions in the US and what could change Capitol riot hearing Election officials detail Trump supporters threats Champions League Disabled fans treated like animals French Senate told Mining firm Glencore pleads guilty to UK bribery charges Uvalde mass shooting First photo emerges of armed police waiting in school hallway Supreme Court says Maine cannot exclude religious schools from tuition assistance programs Texas Public Safety director says police response to Uvalde school shooting was abject failure

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Bill Cosby assaulted teen at Playboy Mansion, jury finds Texas Public Safety director says police response to Uvalde school shooting was abject failure Mining firm Glencore pleads guilty to UK bribery charges Elon Musk Billionaires daughter cuts ties with her father I Took an Oath, Rusty Bowers Says of Rejecting Efforts to Overturn the Election Kaliningrad Row erupts over goods blocked from entering Russian territory US Forest Service admits errors in routine prescribed burn that sparked largest fire in New Mexico history 3 injured during plane fire at Miami International Airport In pictures Americans cool down in heatwave Champions League Disabled fans treated like animals French Senate told Supreme Court says Maine cannot exclude religious schools from tuition assistance programs Uvalde mass shooting First photo emerges of armed police waiting in school hallway Supreme Court Who gets abortions in the US and what could change Capitol riot hearing Election officials detail Trump supporters threats Bill Cosby Verdict Reached In Judy Huth Sexual Assault Trial French burkini ban upheld as Grenoble loses legal challenge Trump had direct and personal role in pushing states to overturn Biden win, Jan. 6 panel says Deshaun Watson reaches settlement on 20 of 24 sexual misconduct suits against former Houston Texans QB, attorney Tony Buzbee says Why Kaliningrad, Russias toehold in Europe, could be the wars next flashpoint

This podcast comes back on the recent controversy reported on a base less accusation by The French Senate and opposition on the French Government spending huge amount of money on consulting. The podcast looks into the report from a strategic and procurement standpoint to give the keys to decipher this controversy.

President Emmanuel Macron is the clear favorite in France's presidential race, yet a big unknown factor may prove decisive: an unprecedented proportion of people say they are unsure who to vote for or don't intend to vote at all, bringing a large dose of uncertainty to the election.The pro-European centrist is still comfortably leading 11 other candidates in the polls ahead of Sunday's first-round vote. His main challenger, far-right leader Marine Le Pen, appears on the rise in recent days. Both are in good position to reach the runoff on April 24, which would make them replay the 2017 election that Macron won handily.There's “no certainty,” Macron warned during his first big rally on Saturday near Paris.“Don't believe in polls or commentators who would sound definitive and tell you that ... the election is already done, that everything is going to be all right,” he told his supporters. “From Brexit to so many elections, what seems unlikely can happen!”Scenarios for the this year's second-round vote show that Le Pen has significantly narrowed the gap with Macron compared to 2017 — when she lost with 34% support to his 66%.Polls still place her behind Macron, but much closer, apparently showing the wisdom of her longstanding strategy to soften her rhetoric and image — allowing her to capture the anti-Macron vote as well as far-right support.In recent days, Macron's campaign has also hit a speed bump dubbed “the McKinsey Affair,” named after an American consulting company hired to advise the French government on its COVID-19 vaccination campaign and other policies. A new French Senate report questions the government's use of private consultants and accuses McKinsey of tax dodging. Financial prosecutors announced Wednesday that a preliminary investigation has been opened into suspected tax fraud.The issue is energizing Macron's rivals and dogging him at campaign stops.Many in Macron's camp fear that his supporters may not go to polling stations because they already think he will win, while those angry at his policies will make sure to vote.“Of course I have concerns,” said Julien Descamps, a 28-year-old member of Macron's party, stressing that some people in his circle “don't know what to do.”“They are not fully convinced by Macron, but if they reject the extremes, they should vote for him,” he said.Macron called on voters to get mobilized against both France's far-right and the far-left. “Don't boo them, fight their ideas,” he said.In third position according to the polls is far-left figure Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who has increased his support but still is a distance behind Le Pen. Another far-right candidate, Eric Zemmour, and conservative contender Valérie Pécresse are amid other key challengers. Sunday's first round will qualify the two top candidates for the runoff.The presidential election is the one that attracts French voters the most.Yet the turnout has decreased from 84% in 2007 to about 78% in 2017, and studies show that abstention may be higher than five years ago. In particular, young and working-class people appear less certain to go to the polls than retirees and upper-class voters.A low turnout could have a major impact on the vote, pollsters say. They note that a greater proportion of people don't know yet for whom they will vote — or whether they will vote at all.That's the situation of managing assistant Liza Garnier, 45, who lives in the wealthy suburb of Montmorency, north of Paris.“I don't believe in what politicians say anymore. They make a lot of promises, they say candidates' words, and once in power, we are disappointed,” she said. “I get the impression that more and more people think it's useless: voting for who? For what?”Garnier feels politicians are too far away from the reality of French daily life. She said she may just pick a blank vote, even in the second round if Macron is facing Le Pen.“I want to show I'm not happy with it,” she said.The sinking purchasing power of Frenc...

Just before Christmas, 2021, Joel Vilard was driving his cousin home on a dual carriageway just south of Rennes in Brittany. Suddenly, a bullet flew through the window and hit the pensioner in the neck. He later died in hospital of injuries accidentally inflicted by a hunter firing a rifle from a few hundred metres away. A year earlier Morgan Keane, was shot dead in his garden, while out chopping wood. The hunter says that he mistook the 25 year old man for a wild boar. Mila Sanchez was so shocked by her friend Morgan's death that she collected hundreds of thousands of signatures to change the hunting laws. She gave evidence to the French Senate and put the topic on the political agenda. The Green Party is now calling for a ban on hunting on Sundays and Wednesdays. But the Federation National des Chasseurs, which licenses the 1.3 million active hunters across France, is fighting back. It argues hunting is a vital part of rural life and brings the community together. Its members were delighted when President Macron recently halved the cost of annual hunting permits. Yet public opinion, concerned about safety and animal rights, is hardening against hunting and the battle for la France Profonde is on. On the eve of presidential elections, Lucy Ash looks at a country riven with divisions and asks if new laws are needed to ensure ramblers, families, residents and hunters can share the countryside in harmony. Presenter: Lucy Ash Producer: Phoebe Keane Editor: Bridget Harney (Image: Anthony, from the Ile de France branch of the Federations of Hunters, in the forest of Rambouillet west of Paris. Credit: Amélie Le Meur)

Just before Christmas, 2021, Joel Vilard was driving his cousin home on a dual carriageway just south of Rennes in Brittany. Suddenly, a bullet flew through the window and hit the pensioner in the neck. He later died in hospital of injuries accidentally inflicted by a hunter firing a rifle from a few hundred metres away. A year earlier Morgan Keane, was shot dead in his garden, while out chopping wood. The hunter says that he mistook the 25 year old man for a wild boar. Mila Sanchez was so shocked by her friend Morgan's death that she collected hundreds of thousands of signatures to change the hunting laws. She gave evidence to the French Senate and put the topic on the political agenda. The Green Party is now calling for a ban on hunting on Sundays and Wednesdays. But the Federation National des Chasseurs, which licenses the 1.3 million active hunters across France, is fighting back. It argues hunting is a vital part of rural life and brings the community together. Its members were delighted when President Macron recently halved the cost of annual hunting permits. Yet public opinion, concerned about safety and animal rights, is hardening against hunting and the battle for la France Profonde is on. On the eve of presidential elections, Lucy Ash looks at a country riven with divisions and asks if new laws are needed to ensure ramblers, families, residents and hunters can share the countryside in harmony. Presenter, Lucy Ash. Producer, Phoebe Keane. Editor, Bridget Harney

Frances Haugen is a data engineer, and formerly a product manager with Facebook. In 2021, she disclosed tens of thousands of Facebook's internal documents to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In October 2021, she told the US Congress that Meta's "leadership know how to make Facebook and Instagram safer, but won't make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people". She has testified to the US Congress, the European Parliament, the UK Parliament, and the Oireachtas, that government regulation of Meta is increasingly necessary. In her conversation with Jess Kelly, she will discuss what changes Meta can make, and what regulations legislators can introduce, to make platforms safer. About Frances Haugen Frances Haugen is a specialist in algorithmic product management, having worked on ranking algorithms at Google, Pinterest, Yelp and Facebook. She was recruited to Facebook to be the lead Product Manager on the Civic Misinformation team, which dealt with issues related to democracy and misinformation, and later also worked on counter-espionage. During her time at Facebook, Ms. Haugen became increasingly alarmed by the choices the company makes prioritizing their own profits over public safety and putting people's lives at risk. As a last resort and at great personal risk, Haugen made the courageous decision to blow the whistle on Facebook. The initial reporting was done by the Wall Street Journal in what became known as ‘The Facebook Files.' Since going public, Haugen has testified in front of the US Congress, UK and EU Parliaments, French Senate and National Assembly and has engaged with lawmakers internationally on how best to address the negative externalities of online platforms. Haugen has filed a series of complaints with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to how Meta, Facebook's parent company, has allegedly misled the public and investors on issues such as climate and COVID-19 disinformation. The complaints also argue that the platform has misled investors about its role in the January 6 Capital attack, hate speech removal, the impact of its services on teens, and the use of the platform for human trafficking. About Jess Kelly Jess Kelly is Newstalk's Technology Correspondent and hosts Tech Talk on Saturday evenings at 5pm. ​Having worked at Newstalk for over ten years, Jess' role has seen her travel across the globe reporting from some of the biggest conferences in the world including; CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Jess is an experienced MC and has conducted interviews with high-profile guests such as YouTube mega-star Casey Nesitat and former secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff. In 2019, Jess Kelly was awarded the Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Media Award. The event is presented by the Technologies, Law and Society Research Group in the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin and the Schuler Democracy Forum in the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute. Find out more here https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/Schuler-Democracy-Forum.php

74. Debbie Epstein Henry - Take Smart Risks "You want to pay a lot of attention to what does interest you…is there a market need? Are you the type of person to fill whatever niche it is? What are other people seeking you out to do? That's enormously valuable because you're then assessing, what am I bringing to this?” Guest Info: Debbie Epstein Henry is an expert, best-selling author, public speaker, consultant and podcast host on careers, workplace dynamics, women and law. Debbie runs DEH Consulting, Speaking, Writing and consults with and speaks at private retreats, public events and conferences for companies, law firms and other professional service firms as well as non-profits. Her international work includes multiple engagements in The Hague as well as in Paris at the French Senate and in London and Vienna and other cities abroad. For more than 20 years, hundreds of news outlets have featured Debbie's work including The New York Times, NBC Nightly News, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, and The National Law Journal. In 2020, Debbie launched a podcast, Inspiration Loves Company, where she explores how to do better and be better at life, work and everything in-between. She delves into issues including courage, women, technology, learning, race, entrepreneurship, careers, happiness, leadership, balance and more. Debbie runs the DEH Speaker Series, offering quarterly programming by webcast with New York Times best-selling authors, TED speakers, and thought leaders. In 2007, she conceived of the Best Law Firms for Women initiative, a national survey she developed and ran for a decade with Working Mother to annually select the top 50 law firms for women and report on industry trends. Debbie is the author of LAW & REORDER, the #1 best-selling ABA Flagship book for 2011 and the co-author of another ABA best-selling Flagship book in 2015, FINDING BLISS. By 2008, her public speaking, press exposure and advocacy enabled her to build a national network of over 10,000 lawyers. From there, in 2011, Debbie co-founded Bliss Lawyers, a company employing high caliber attorneys to work on temporary engagements for inhouse legal department and law firm clients. In 2020, Bliss Lawyers was acquired by Axiom, the global leader in high-caliber, on-demand legal talent. Debbie volunteers her time with a number of non-profits. She is President and chairs the Board of The Forum of Executive Women, a nomination-only, membership organization of the top 500 women in business in the greater Philadelphia region. Debbie also chairs Brooklyn Law School Women's Leadership Circle which runs the Women's Leadership Network, a national women's law student and alumni initiative. Debbie has received numerous awards including being named among the Philadelphia Business Journal‘s "Women of Distinction.” In 2017, she received the Anne X. Alpern Award, presented annually to a female lawyer who demonstrates excellence in the legal profession and who makes a significant professional impact on women in the law. Debbie received her B.A. from Yale and her J.D. cum laude from Brooklyn Law School. She recently moved back to the New York area where she lives with her husband; they have three sons. Favorite Quote: "Every movement reveals us." — Michel de Montaigne R.O.G. Takeaway Tips: Create hospitable work environments.  Take smart risks. Make your ask a give. Resources: Debbie Epstein Henry's Bio DebbieEpsteinHenry.com Debbie's Podcast - Inspiration Loves Company Make Your Ask A Give - Debbie Epstein Henry The Forum of Executive Women The Forum of Executive Women Appoints New President and 2021-2022 Board of Directors Coming Next: Episode 75: We will be joined by Shirley Powell, Senior Vice President of Communications and Industry Relations at Cox Automotive. Credits: Debbie Epstein Henry, Sheep Jam Productions, Host Shannon Cassidy, Bridge Between, Inc.`

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Debbie Epstein Henry is a consultant, podcast host, best-selling author, and public speaker. She is the Founder of DEH Consulting, Speaking, Writing. For the last 20 years, Debbie has traveled across the globe to consult with companies, law and professional service firms, nonprofits, bar associations, law schools, and individuals. She's had engagements in The Hague, the French Senate, London, Vienna, and many other cities. Debbie's work has been featured in The New York Times, NBC Nightly News, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR. In October 2020, she launched her podcast Inspiration Loves Company, where she explores how to do better in life, work, and everything in-between.  Debbie is an expert speaker on careers, workplaces, women, and law. She's a longtime advocate for people in the legal industry who feel buried by their careers. Through her consulting and speaking engagements, Debbie's empowering those who are historically stigmatized to discover new opportunities and enter back into their profession in a healthy manner. In this episode… The legal profession has a reputation for being overly traditional and, although change comes, it can often feel painfully slow. Under those circumstances, what can progressive, forward-thinking lawyers do to encourage the shift away from conventional, and often outdated, behaviors and policies? Early in Debbie Epstein Henry's career, she had a serious health scare. Instead of surrendering to the fear, she used the experience to confront the fragility of life and generate change. Debbie began taking more risks and shaping the career she desired. Once she reached out to lawyers in her local area, she realized she was not alone in her desire for an industry transformation. So, Debbie took a plunge and began following her passion for guiding others through work-life issues — building up her 150-person network to over 10,000 lawyers across the nation. In this episode of The Lawyer's Edge Podcast, Elise Holtzman is joined by Debbie Epstein Henry, consultant, podcast host, author, speaker, and Founder of DEH Consulting, Speaking, Writing. Together, they discuss work-life challenges in the industry, how to take more risks, and what you can do to bring more value to your firm. Plus, Debbie shares how she's reshaping the style of leadership and embracing vulnerability.

In this episode of Frankly Speaking the French Senator, Nathalie Goulet, a close observer of events in the Middle East, talks about French-Saudi relations and the campaign against terrorism finance as President Macron visits the Kingdom.

March 2021 has seen the French Senate vote in favour of legal amendments banning girls, under the age of 18, from wearing the Hijab in public. These latest proposals have arisen as France attempts to introduce an "anti-separatism" law, which aims to increase the country's ‘secular values’. They also claim to be ‘liberating’ Muslim girls, ’freeing them from submission’. For this week's episode, we discuss the clear contradictions of this proposed bill, as well as Islamophobia, white saviours, media narratives and much more. Q.O.T.W: What advice would you give your younger self? Join the conversation by finding us on Instagram @bittersweet.podcast or Facebook, @TheBittersweetPodcast.

On 7 March, the Swiss public voted to ban full-face coverings, in a display of shocking — but predictable — sexism and Islamophobia. Alarmingly, the institutionalisation of Islamophobia is the rise across Europe. Religious and gender-based discrimination against Muslim women has become more commonplace as right-wing, populist sentiments sweep across Europe. Doreen speaks to Inès El-Sheikh of the Foulards Violets, a Swiss-born, Muslim feminist with North African roots about the results of the referendum; the intersection of race, religion and gender for Muslim women in Switzerland and Europe; and what the “burqa ban” means for all of us. Note: in the episode, Isobel and Doreen discuss the recent French Senate vote in favour of banning the burqa. The bill is not yet in effect and requires the approval of the National Assembly. Les Foulards Violets:https://lesfoulardsviolets.org/ French Senate Votes to Ban the Hijab for Muslim Women Under the Age of 18, Hafsa Lodi, Vogue https://en.vogue.me/culture/french-senate-votes-hijab-ban/ As a French Hijabi, This is What I Think of My Country’s Controversial Hijab Ban, Hafsa Lodi, Vogue https://en.vogue.me/culture/france-hijab-ban-impact/amp/ Where Face Masks Are Required but Burqas Are Banned, Rim-Sarah Alouane, Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/10/switzerland-europe-burqa-ban-referendum-coronavirus-face-masks-egerkinger-komitee/ Switzerland referendum: Voters support ban on face coverings in public, BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56314173 Week in Review: Switzerland turns its back on freedom of religion, Ian Dunt, politics.co.uk https://www.politics.co.uk/comment/2021/03/12/week-in-review-switzerland-turns-its-back-on-freedom-of-religion/?cmpredirect Swiss voters back ban on minarets, BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8385069.stm La Suisse adopte « l’initiative anti-burqa » d’une courte majorité, Serge Enderlin, Le Monde, https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2021/03/07/en-suisse-une-votation-sur-le-niqab-ne-masque-pas-la-perte-de-vitesse-de-la-droite-populiste_6072230_3210.html She Was Disqualified for Running With a Hijab. Here’s How Noor Alexandria Abukaram Fought Back, Taylor Dutch, Runner’s World https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a35618728/noor-alexandria-abukaram-human-race/ The opinions expressed in this podcast do not reflect the position of our employers. Photo via Unsplash

With everything happening in the world, Sana and Will wanted to sit down and chat about the French Senate wanting to ban young Muslim girls from wearing the hijab, along with the other discriminatory policies that are taking hold in the country. In this episode, they discuss what that means for French Muslims and how it has impacted the entire Muslim community. Connect with us: msha.ke/salehfamily Sign the petition: http://chng.it/6HfTVFnWnH --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/salehfamilyspeaks/message

As the French Senate has passed a series of amendments against the Muslim headscarf, foreign flags in weddings and even threats againts organizations on political grounds, where is this legislative brutality coming from and where is France going? This podcast is independent thanks to our donors, please be one of them and help us sustain this project, from 1€ without commitment: www.cjl.ong/en/donation --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lebreakdown/message

Dr. Ardi Imseis is an Assistant Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Queen's University. He is a Member of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, a UN Human Rights Council commission of inquiry mandated to investigate violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in the civil war in Yemen. Between 2002 and 2014, he served in senior legal and policy capacities with the UN in the Middle East (UNRWA & UNHCR). He has provided expert testimony in his personal capacity before various high-level bodies, including the UN Security Council, and to members of the UK House of Lords and the French Senate. His scholarship has appeared in a wide array of international journals, including the American Journal of International Law, the European Journal of International Law, the Harvard International Law Journal, and the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. Professor Imseis is former Editor-in-Chief of the Palestine Yearbook of International Law (Brill; 2008-2019), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellow and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Human Rights Fellow, Columbia Law School. He holds a Ph.D. (Cambridge), an LL.M. (Columbia), LL.B. (Dalhousie), and B.A. (Hons.) (Toronto).

Debbie Epstein Henry is an expert, consultant, best-selling author, and public speaker on careers, workplaces, women and law. She runs DEH Consulting, Speaking Writing where she consults and speaks internationally, including The Hague, the French Senate, London, and Vienna. Debbie conceived of Best Law Firms for Women, a benchmarking survey and competition she ran for a decade with Working Mother. She wrote two ABA best-selling books, Law & Reorder (author, 2010) and Finding Bliss (co-author, 2015) and she’s been featured by hundreds of news outlets including The New York Times, NBC Nightly News, and The Wall Street Journal. In 2011, Debbie co-founded Bliss Lawyers to employ lawyers in temporary roles for in-house and law firm clients. In 2020, her company was acquired by Axiom, the global leader in high-caliber, on-demand legal talent, and she now serves as their executive consultant. A native New Yorker, Debbie and her husband live in the Philadelphia area; they have three sons. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/freeman-means-business/support

The rise of Eurosceptic parties all across Europe, the complex bargain after the Brexit vote, and the limited capability of EU institutions to react to economic and social crises have kicked off a comprehensive reform debate on the future of European integration. The debate has become more urgent due to diverging economic trends among the main economies participating in the Euro area. This event will discuss how narratives around the EU and the EMU are developing and what the politicians’ perceptions of them are. We will rely on two studies: in the first one the historical trends related to the euro-crisis were analysed through identifying the key topics in articles from influential newspapers in the four largest euro-area countries (Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung, France’s Le Monde, Italy’s La Stampa, and Spain’s El País). In particular, the authors of the study analyse where the blame for the crisis has been laid, with the aim of informing the current debate on euro-area governance reform. In the second study, a survey on the future of European integration was conducted last autumn in the national parliaments of France, Italy, and Germany; more specifically, in the French Senate and Assemblée Nationale, the Italian Camera dei Deputati and Senato della Repubblica, and the German Bundestag. The survey covers three reform dimensions: i) the division of competencies between the European and national level, ii) EMU reforms, and iii) the future of EU finance and decision-making. The results shed light on possible next steps in the debate on European integration. While there is hope that a more European response to at least some policies may emerge, a larger consensus has yet to be reached around new instruments and institutions to reform the euro-area.

In this episode, we discover that Contador doesn't still ride for Astana!  We bring you our views on the doping "revelations" from the French Senate report & preview the forthcoming Vuelta. In mountain biking news we cover the season so far & bring you a preview of the World Championships in South Africa. Finally, you can find the excellent Cyclocross book by Balint Hamvas at his website and you can get Ned Boulting's new book, On The Road Bike, at all good literary outlets! (Or at Amazon)

Ismael Ledesma is a Paraguayan composer, & harpist. His career as a musician started with his mother`s group, Los Madrigales. His father taught him to play the harp at the age of 5. In 1982, he travelled to Paris in order to join a circle of Latin American musicians, like “Los Guayakies”  with Pedro Leguizamon,  “Los diablos del Paraguay” with Pedro Ramirez, and “Los Tupi” with Rubito Luna, among others. But in 1985, he decided to pursue a solo career. In addition to his artistic activities, Ismael perfected his French, enrolling at the University of Sorbonne in Language and French Civilisation. He also became a student at the International Music Conservatoire of Paris, Alfred de Vigny. Ismael has made 13 CDs with different producers: French, German, Swiss and Paraguayan. He received the recognition "Personality of Latin America" by the French Senate for his cultural and musical accomplishments. He has performed throughout the whole world; In Japan, in the US, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and the European countries. He participates in important Harp Festivals, like the Prague World Harp Festival, The Edinburgh International Harp Festival, the Celtic Harp Festival Dinan, Harfentreffen Germany, at Stamford, England and many more. He also takes part in Paraguayan events, such as the Festival Paraguaype and the World Harp Festival in Asuncion. For more information, about Ismael Ledesma go to: www.ismaelledesma.com/index.php

I. Introduction In December 2nd 1804, a short balding man from Corsica stood before Pope Pius VII in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, France. His name was Napoleon Bonaparte. That day was to be the day of his coronation as Emperor over all of France. He had come to this point through sheer military brilliance, perhaps unlike the world had ever seen up to that point, and also through an ability to manipulate his political enemies either into self-destruction or terrified silence. Because of these skills the French Senate acclaimed him unanimously to be Emperor and he invited, or should I say commanded the Pope, to come and crown him Emperor over France. Napoleon was the pinnacle of the French Revolution. He was the picture of humanity and all of its capability, all of its intellect, its will, its sheer desire to dominate. Through all of these powers, and his natural leadership capabilities, he was able to dominate others and get to this position. He came for his coronation dressed in shimmering robes, the robes of an emperor, befitting an emperor, and at the supreme moment where he was to be crowned as Emperor, Pope Pius VII reached for the crown and Napoleon arrogantly waved him off. He grabbed the crown himself, turned his back to the Pope, and put the crown on his own head. He was holding a sword in his left hand and the crown in his right and there was an artist there painting this picture. Napoleon later thought better of it and the official state painting that was represented, was of him crowning Josephine, an act of a little bit more befitting humility perhaps, but there was nothing humble about Napoleon at all. Such was the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor over France. II. The Baptism of Jesus On a muddy riverbank in Palestine an unknown man stood in front of John the Baptist surrounded by penitent sinners. There was nothing unusual about people coming to John the Baptist to be baptized as they demonstrated repentance and forgiveness of sins, nothing unusual at all. As a matter of fact, thousands of people were going out to see John, but there was something unusual that day because John the Baptist looked up to this man and seemed stunned that he was there. He interrupted his baptisms and looked up. It was obvious that that man was there to be baptized and John the Baptist said to Him, "I need to be baptized by You. And do You come to me?" None of the crowds had ever heard John speak this way before. John was full of the fire of the Holy Spirit in his preaching. But this man was Jesus Christ. And though the people who stood around him at that moment didn't realize it, this also was to be the coronation of Jesus Christ as king over Israel. Now it shouldn't trouble you that I used the words coronation. Jesus actually is crowned many times, as we sing in the hymn 'Crown Him with Many Crowns, the Lamb upon His throne’. They'll be another coronation at the end of the universe when He takes His rightful place, but this was a coronation. And how different it was from Napoleon's. Jesus said in John 8:50, "I am not seeking glory for Myself,; but but there is One who seeks it," said Jesus and that was His heavenly Father. And so at the baptism of Jesus we're going to see how the Heavenly Father testifies to the glory of Jesus Christ and how Jesus shows Himself to be the King of glory by His humility, not by His arrogance. It's fitting for a king not only to be crowned, but to ride forth, and to fight the battles of the people he reigns. Napoleon in his left hand had a sword, representative of his military prowess. It was that which had earned him the throne of France. And Jesus also would ride forth to fight a battle but it was a different battle — it was a battle of temptation. A struggle that each one of us wrestles with every day, or we're not a Christian. We wrestle and we fight with temptation and Jesus our King shows us how. He rides forth victoriously, conquering to give us that victory. Baptism of the Son So let's consider the baptism and the temptation of Jesus as His coronation and testing of His kingship. Listen now to Matthew 3:13 through 4:11. "Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John, but John tried to deter Him saying, 'I need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?' Jesus replied, 'Let it be so now, it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.' Then John consented. As soon as Jesus was baptized He went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on Him. And a voice from heaven said, 'This is my Son, whom I love. With Him I am well pleased.' Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting 40 days and 40 nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to Him and said, 'If you're the Son of God tell these stones to become bread.' Jesus answered, 'It is written, 'Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' Then the devil took Him to the holy city and had Him stand on the highest point of the temple. 'If you are the Son of God,' he said, 'throw yourself down from here, for it is written, 'He will command His angels concerning you and they will lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.' Jesus answered him, 'It is also written, do not put the Lord your God to the test.' Again the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor, 'All this I will give you,' he said, 'If you'll fall down and worship me.' Jesus said to him, 'Away from me, Satan, for it is written, worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.' Then the devil left Him and angels came and attended Him." Let's look first at the baptism of Jesus, the coronation of the King. We see here, marvelously at the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, the Trinity, Father, Son and Spirit, identifying Jesus as the Messiah. We see the baptism of the Son. "Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John." We see the purpose of Jesus in making that journey. Everything Jesus did was for a purpose. He always had a purpose. Everything was for a reason even though those who loved Him and His disciples did not always understand what that purpose might be. And it says that even John the Baptist tried to deter or stop Him. Actually, the Greek gives the implication that he tried over a long period of time, continuing to try to stop Jesus from being baptized. Now, remember that John's baptism was a baptism for repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Pharisees and Sadducees came to John for baptism, but John did not want to baptize them. Why? Because they saw no need for their own baptism. The saw no reason for repentance for the forgiveness of their sins. But John not wanting to baptize Jesus is different because he sees no need for Jesus' baptism. And indeed ,Jesus had no need for repentance for He was sinless and pure and holy. So we see John's perceptiveness, his spiritual perception. In John's Gospel, he said, "Behold the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." The lamb of God had to be sinless, spotless. John sees that Jesus has nothing from which to repent. Actually, we see the humility of John. He says, "I need to be baptized by You. And do You come to me?" The humility and spiritual perception of John the Baptist becomes a problem because just like Peter would do later several times, John the Baptist tries to stop Jesus from doing something Jesus wants to do. Jesus knows what He's doing. Even if you are the prophet of God, don't stop Jesus from doing what He wants to do. Everything Jesus does is right, even though you don't understand it. We know that later in Matthew 11, John under the the weakness of the flesh, arrested, about to die, began to question whether Jesus really was the Messiah. And Jesus sent messengers to assure John and to strengthen him in his time of weakness. We see that John was not always on the same page with God - even at this moment, he tries to stop Jesus from being baptized. But Jesus replies forcefully. He said, "Let it be so now. It is proper for us to do this, to fulfill all righteousness." What a beautiful scene that is. The yearning of the Holy Son of God to be righteous. That that is the foundation of Jesus' throne. It says so in that beautiful coronation Psalm- Psalm 45 which is a coronation psalm written for a king. The writer of Hebrews, in Hebrews 1, picks up on this also. "Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever, and righteousness is the scepter of your Kingdom." The scepter is a symbol of the Kingdom and righteousness is the scepter of Jesus' Kingdom. "He loves righteousness and hates wickedness," it says. "Therefore, God, His God, sets Him above His companions by anointing Him with the oil of joy." Don't you see the pouring out of the joy of the Father at the baptism of Jesus? "This is My beloved Son. I'm well pleased with Him." The joy that just flows out from the Father onto the Son. And why does the Father love the Son? It's because the Son loves righteousness and that is the foundation of the throne of God. “Let it be so now, we must fulfill all righteousness.” What is righteousness? It's a love for what God says is right. It's a desire to do what God says to do. It's totally in conformity with the holiness and the purity of God's character. It's a desire to do everything God says. "We must fulfill all righteousness," says Jesus. But also there's a sense of identification, Jesus, with us sinners, isn't there? Jesus is numbered with the transgressors in Isaiah 53:12. That was the prophecy. He was numbered with the transgressors. He is going to be included with them as though He were one of them. If anyone had come and seen Him, they would have seen Him to be just another sinner to be baptized and in doing so, He was identifying Himself with us. This is absolutely essential for our salvation, isn't it? There's no other way for us to be saved other than that Jesus, sinless and pure, identifies Himself with us in our sinfulness. God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him, we might become the righteousness of God. Do you see the exchange there? He takes on our filth, our sin, all the wretchedness. And He gives us His holiness and His righteousness. We must have that — the identification. Jesus' baptism is also a symbol of His death. Luke 12:50 He says, "I have a baptism to undergo and how distressed I am until I undergo it." Obviously likening His death to a baptism. Now, what is baptism? A total immersion in something. Jesus said ”I’m going to be immersed in death. But I'm going to do it for your righteousness, for your salvation." It's a symbol of His death. Also, Jesus is modeling for us righteousness, isn't He? Because later Jesus will command His disciples to go and make disciples of all nations and do what to them? Baptize them in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And so in the same way that Jesus submitted to baptism, He calls on His disciples as a first step of obedience to submit to the waters of baptism as well. Jesus did this for righteousness, for identification, for symbolism, and for modeling. John the Baptist consented. Though he did not, I'm sure, understand all these levels, he said, "Okay," and he baptized Jesus. Anointing of the Spirit Now we see the anointing of the Spirit, Matt. 3:16, "As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water, at that moment, heaven was opened.” Actually in Mark's gospel, it said that the heavens were torn open. There was a rend, a rip, in the curtain that separated the material world from the spiritual world. We're surrounded by a spiritual world which actually predates the material world. The spiritual world will still be here when this material world is gone. Reach out and touch the pew, or touch the cushions, touch the fabric of your coat. Look over at your loved one and your friend. Realize that all these physical things are temporary, created by God. Someday they'll be wiped away. Isaiah 65:17 says, “I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered.” The spiritual world is around us all the time and it's more real than the physical world, but God has created a barrier, a veil. We can't see it,. And at that moment, He created a small tear in that, according to Mark's gospel, and out came a dove. The Holy Spirit, descending like a dove, circling down perhaps and landing, lighting, it says, on Jesus, remaining on Him. In John's gospel it says John the Baptist knew at that moment that Jesus was the Son of God. That's what convinced him, when the Holy Spirit descended like a dove and remained on Him. Now I tell you why I think this is a coronation. Back in the old days, in Israel's time, when a man was going to become king of Israel, or Judah, he would be anointed with oil, a prophet would come and take a horn of oil and pour it on his head, and it would cascade down his hair and his face. It would symbolize his authority to rule, of course, but there was something deeper than that. The first king who was anointed was Saul, and right after he was anointed, the prophet Samuel said this about the anointing, "The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you in power and you will be changed into a different person." So the oil symbolized the coming of the Spirit for King Saul. Later the same thing happened even more powerfully with David, 1 Samuel 16:13, "Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day the Spirit of the Lord came upon David in power." Do you see the identification between the oil and the Holy Spirit? The king was anointed with oil, and that showed that the Spirit was resting on him to give wisdom and guidance to rule the people of God. Jesus was not anointed with actual oil, was He? Now, 'Anointed one', is Messiah, or Christ. It's all the same. The anointing of the Jesus was going to be with the actual presence of the Holy Spirit, not symbolized, but the real Holy Spirit coming. But, of course, we can't see the Spirit, so He comes in the form of a dove and remains on Jesus the anointed. This is a coronation that the Jews would have understood, 'crowning with the Holy Spirit'. Jesus totally identified with the Spirit. Isaiah 11:1, it says, "A shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse. From his roots a branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the spirit of counsel and of power. The spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord, and he will delight in the fear of the Lord." Isn't that Jesus? The seven-fold spirit saturating Jesus. Everything Jesus did was saturated in the Holy Spirit. So when He began His preaching ministry in Nazareth He gets a scroll and rolls it up and finds a certain place in Isaiah where it says, in Isaiah 61:1, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because the Lord" has what? "Anointed me." Do you see the identification? "The Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor." Spirit saturated everything Jesus did. Always moved by the Spirit, moved with compassion, moved with power, moved to push Satan's kingdom back by the power of the Spirit. But the heavens were open first. Isaiah 64:1: "Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down." Isn't that powerful? On the day of Jesus' baptism that's just what God did. He rent the heavens and He came down on Jesus. The anointing of the King. But Jesus didn't just come to receive that anointing, He came to give it to you and to me. Remember what John said. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. Have you been baptized, saturated, totally immersed in the Holy Spirit? If you're a Christian you have, because Jesus came to give you that gift. The King of Israel came to give you that incredible gift. Declaration of the Father Now we have the proclamation of the Father. Matt. 3: 17: "And a voice from heaven said, "This is My Son whom I love. With Him I am well pleased." Isn't that beautiful? The expression of joy, the joy of the Father in the Son. Do you know that the Father and the Son had been enjoying face to face fellowship with each other from eternity past? The Father loves the Son and shows Him all the things He does, said Jesus. Face to face fellowship. The Father has gazed into the sunlight of His own Son's glory and radiance, and He loves it. The love of the Father for the Son is the foundation of your salvation. It's the security of your salvation. Because you're united with Christ in baptism and through faith, and therefore the Father loves you, too. The gazing of the Father and the Son, it just flows out and He proclaims Him to be His Son. "This is My Son." And He proclaims His love. "My Son whom I love, and I'm well pleased with Him, everything He does pleases Me." Everything He does. The power of that moment. This was a mountain-top experience. III. The Temptation of Jesus But at that very moment, after that mountain-top experience, much like us, Jesus was led into the desert to be tempted by the devil. We will never last long on the mountain-top, not in this world—there's too much sin around us, too much trouble. There's work to be done. Napoleon had in his left hand a sword. And he went out with that to slaughter people, and he did slaughter people. Jesus also went out to do battle force, didn't He? Did He carry a sword? Yes, He did. But what sword did Jesus bring for His battle? The sword of the Spirit which is what? The Word of God. And He went out with the Word of God to do battle for us, to do battle with temptation. Do you struggle with temptation? Temptation is common to us, isn't it? “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man.” We're all tempted; we all wrestle with sin. We feel that pull to evil. Jesus was sent to be tempted. Actually, Matthew is somewhat tame in the language compared to what Luke and Mark say. Mark says the the Holy Spirit drove Him out into the desert to be tempted. There's a sense of pushing, not that Jesus was reluctant, but a sense of urgency to get out and be tempted. We have to ask "why?" Why was Jesus tempted? Why did He have to submit to this? Hebrews puts this in a perspective, it says, "For this reason, He had to be made like His brothers in every way that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God. Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted. He knows what's it like to be tempted.” Jesus knows temptation better than any of you. Why do I say that? I can say it for myself too. It's because we cave in. We give in. We've never felt the full temptation. We felt 80% of the temptation, haven't we? And then we give up. Jesus felt 100% of every temptation that came His way. Felt it all and defeated it, extinguished it, took it and extinguished it in His own purity and holiness, until it sizzled out. That's what Jesus did with temptation. He is the most tempted man that's ever lived. More tempted than you and me. Hebrews says, "We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with us in our weakness, but we have one who has been" what? "Tempted in every way just as we are, yet was without sin." The purity of Jesus extinguishs those temptations. I love the way that Luke puts the bookends. I call it Luke's bookends: Luke 4:1, Luke 4:14. "Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil." Full of the Holy Spirit. And then it says in Luke 4:14, "Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit." Isn't that great? The bookends. He enters the desert filled with the Holy Spirit, He leaves the desert filled with the Holy Spirit. Do you enter your temptation filled with the Holy Spirit and leave your temptation filled with the Holy Spirit? You can. This is the power that God has given by the Spirit over temptation. We don't have to give in. What a model Jesus is for us in this. Now, what is the word used here? Is it temptation or is it testing? That's a difficulty for a translator. The Greek word could be taken either way. What's the difference between temptation and testing? Temptation I think is a gravitational or magnetic pull to evil. It's a pull to do something evil in the sight of God. God has nothing to do with that, does He? For it says in James 1:13-14 “When tempted no one should say, God is tempting me, for God cannot be tempted by evil nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is dragged away and enticed.” That's temptation. What is testing? Does God test us? Yes, He does. Genesis 22:1: ”Sometime later God said to Abraham, 'Abraham, take your son, your only son whom you love and sacrifice him on the mountain that I will show you.'" That is a test, for it says, "God tested Abraham." What's the difference? A test is a revelation of character as when God tells Satan: "Have you considered my servant Job?" So what does this testing reveal of Jesus’ character? Jesus was attesting as well as being attemped. There was no pulling to evil because Jesus' character is pure. There was nothing inside Him to respond to the temptation but rather like a magnetic attraction on a piece of wood. But we have these iron filings inside us, don't we? Habits of sin. And we respond to that magnetic pull. The more iron filings we have the more that temptation pulls in us. What are iron filings? It's the last time you gave in to the temptation. Put another filing in there. Every time you give in you pour more, and the next temptation's harder to refuse. Every time you say no to a temptation you take out some of that iron and the temptation has less force on you. So in the desert we see a revelation of the purity of Jesus' character. We see Jesus' meekness and His willingness to submit to the will of God in being tempted. We also see the viciousness of Satan. Do you realize how vicious your enemy is? Your enemy is like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour; he's prowling around looking for you. Is he going to come at you in a time of strength? No. He comes at you when you're weak. Jesus fasted 40 days and 40 nights. During Ramadan Muslims fast for 30 days. That's not bad, but they don't fast for 30 nights. More food is consumed in Ramadan than any other month of the year. That's called the hypocritical fast.They feast during Ramadan because they actually hungry from the daytime fast. But Jesus wasn't that way. He fasted 40 days and 40 nights, and He was hungry, and the tempter came when He was at His lowest. Does he come when you're at your lowest? Yes he does because he wants to destroy you. He's visicous. And he wants to ruin your life. He doesn't play fair. He wants to destroy you. The most powerful, destructive force in the world is temptation and sin, and that's the most destructive force in your world, in your life. If you don't fight it, it will ruin you. The Puritan theologian, John Owen said, "No one begins a quarrel with a viper and does not proceed to kill the viper or else he wishes he'd never begun the argument." You're in a fight with a viper. And you have to kill it or it will kill you. Do you understand that? And that's what Jesus came to do, to give you the power to put sin to death. Because Jesus knows how and you don't. Satan comes in his viciousness and in his time when he attacks Jesus with his schemes. These are the temptations. In verse 3 and 4, Jesus is tempted to turn the stones into bread; in verses 5-7, He's tempted to fall from the temple and give a spectacular display, and in verses 8-10, to worship the devil. I have renamed these temptations. Verses 3 and 4: “Serve your stomach and rule over God's power" ; verses 5-7: ”Serve sensationalism and rule over God's plan” and verses 8-10: "Serve the devil and rule the world." Serve your stomach and rule over God's power. Satan comes and says, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread. You have the power to do it. Do it. Use your power, use the power of God to meet your own physical need." And that's the essence of Satan's kingdom, isn't it? Feed yourself. Think of yourself. “Oh God can't ask this of you, it's been 40 days. He's not going to ask this of you. Take care of your own needs. Serve yourself. Meet your earthly needs”, says Satan. Sounds a little bit familiar to something later said to Jesus. Remember this? Matthew 27:40, "If you're the Son of God come down off that cross and save yourself." You see if Jesus gives in here, He's going to give in there. "No," said Jesus, "absolutely not." Paul spoke of people like this, they're people who live as enemies to the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction. Their God is what? Their stomach. What does it mean to have your stomach as your God? It means that your earthly passions and appetites are what rule your life. You live for them. Jesus wouldn't live that way. And Jesus said, "Man does not live... "It is written, man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God." Now I see this phrase 'man does not live on bread alone' used as advertisements for expensive ice cream. That's totally missing the point. It's not a matter of man does not live on bread alone but on delicacies like ice cream and cake. That's got nothing to do with it. “Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God “ talks about how we should be moment by moment dependent on the word of God for everything. This comes from Deuteronomy when the Israelites were being led through the desert, and moment by moment they depended on God for their manna. You're coming to God all the time, every moment. The Greek here is man does not live on bread alone but on every word that is continually proceeding from the mouth of God. There's a sense of immediacy. When you pick up this book, you are listening to God speaking to you directly. That was Jesus' attitude about Scripture. "It is written, Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. That's where I get my sustenance from." "My food," said Jesus, "is not to do the will of him, it's to do the will of Him who sent me and to finish His work, that's what I get nourishment from. To do God's will moment by moment." So He dispensed with that temptation. Then the devil took Him to the Holy City, [Jerusalem] and had Him stand on the highest point of the temple. The historian Josephus said that the highest point of the temple overlooked a ravine called the Kidron Valley, it was 450 feet down. 450 feet,— that's a 45 story building. How spectacular would it have been if Jesus had just fallen down at that moment? He would have forced God's hand. The Son of God did not come into the world to die tragically falling from the highest point of the temple, did He? If so, God would be forced to respond to the Son by sending the angels. And so Satan quotes Scripture, "He will send His angels concerning you and they'll lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone." Satan is fully capable of quoting Scripture. He knows how to cite Scripture, but does he interpret it properly? Jesus said no stating that it is also written, "You shall not put the Lord your God to the test." “I’m not going to force God's hand. I'm going to listen to God and do what He tells me to do. I'm going to submit to the leadership of God. I'm not going to rule over God's plan. I'm going to be ruled by God's plan ,and I'm going to do what He tells me to do.” Second temptation dispensed with. So then the devil takes Jesus to a very high mountain and in an instant, perhaps, shows Him all the kingdoms of the world in their splendor. How does Satan do that? It's not very much different than what you get in satellite TV, DSS and all that 260 channels, just images flowing of all the kingdoms of the world in their splendor. Satan's good at images, isn't he? Just flowing through our minds all the time; it just keeps coming and coming, those images. And Satan said, "You can have all this, Jesus, if you'll just fall down and worship me. You'll just have it. It's yours. I'll give it to you. It's mine to give and I'll give it." But Jesus, you see, He looks deeper, doesn't He? Man looks at outward appearance, the splendor, the beauty. Jesus looks in at the people who make up those kingdoms. There are people there that are going to be eternally lost, if He doesn't die on the cross for them. He sees the people. He sees the glory that Satan can't understand and the glory and the beauty of God's salvation plan. And He wants those people, but He wants them in His way. He doesn't care a hoot about the shiny molecules of gold and platinum and shimmery robes Satan puts in front of His face. It doesn't mean a thing. There's a light, a glory that Satan can't understand, and that's what He's going for. But actually there's something deeper than that. There's a revulsion, a hatred I think, that comes from within Jesus' character at this moment. And the idea of worshipping anyone but God wells up into this statement, "Away from me, Satan, for it is written 'Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.'" We are made to serve. You are going to serve something. You can't get away from it. You're going to serve your flesh or your appetites or your career. You're going to serve something, you're going to serve God. We are created to serve the eternal God. That's what we were made for, and Jesus shows the way. It's interesting what these temptations all have in common, they all point to this world, don't they? All are “this-worldly.” They all have to do with this order because that's all Satan has to offer. He has no claim on the future, no claim on eternity. Actually, Revelation says that the devil knows that his time is short. He doesn't have much time, all he can offer you is some temporary pleasure; that's all he can give to you. That's it. God can give you eternal joy and pleasure at His right hand. That's what Jesus wants and it's what He wants for you as well. And so He thoroughly destroy Satan. "Do not love the world," said John, "Or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world, the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, the boastful pride of life comes not from the Father but from the world." Listen to this, "The world and its desires pass away but the man who does the will of God lives forever." Jesus destroyed Satan that day, and He'll destroy Satan on your behalf too if you'll fight the way He taught you to fight. "Then the Devil left Him," it says, "and angels came and attended Him." It's interesting how Jesus got immediately the very thing that He was tempted, God sent his angels to take care of Him. But in God's time, not in Satan's time. And ultimately Jesus will receive the Kingdoms of the world. Every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Satan has nothing to offer you that God can't give you 100 times better if you just be patient and do it in His way. IV. Application What are my applications? First, when it comes to the baptism of Jesus, ask yourself if have you been baptized as a believer in Jesus Christ. Have you given your life to Jesus and then been baptized as He has commanded? It's the first step of obedience - have you done it? If not, you need to obey Him and follow Him. But Paul in Romans 6 links your baptism to your holiness. He challenges you to live up to your baptismal vows. If you've been united with Christ in His death, you'll surely also be united with Him in His new life. You'll walk in newness of life. Are you walking in newness of life? Are you resisting the devil and seeing him flee from you? Are you entering your deserts of temptation filled with the Spirit and then leaving the desert filled with the Spirit? Or are you caving in left and right? Jesus has given you the power to say no - to stand firm and He's given you the way. The way, my friends, is the Bible - it's the Scripture. Saturate your minds in its message and you will be given the will and the strength to resist. Memorize it and you're given specific refutations to each temptation that comes your way. It's both a world view and a specific weapon that the Scripture gives you. It will give you the determination to fight and to be holy and to resist. Today we've seen the coronation and the testing of the King. I don't really have any idea where you at spiritually,. I can't see into your hearts, but if you've never given yourself to Jesus Christ, let today be the day of salvation for you. Give yourself to Him fully that He may save you from your sins and give you eternal life. If on the other hand you're already a Christian, you've been baptized, but you're struggling with sin, rededicate yourself to standing firm, to knowing the Scripture and to fighting the way that Jesus did and not giving in. Let Him fight your battles for you. Say, "Jesus, I'm being tempted, fight in me." And He will. Give yourself fully to Him.