Podcasts about kalashnikovs

This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel – an interview with Gérard Biard. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked  On 7 January 2015, two Islamist terrorists, armed with Kalashnikovs, burst into the offices of Charlie Hebdo. 12 people were murdered, eight of them writers and cartoonists at the left-wing, satirical newspaper. Charlie's supposed crime? It had published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The massacre sparked outpourings of solidarity, but also a cowardly, censorious backlash. Many decried the killings, but decried Charlie's supposed ‘provocations', too. 10 years on from the massacre, spiked went to Paris to meet with Gérard Biard, Charlie's editor-in-chief. We discussed the attack, the fight for free speech and the crucial importance of courage.

On 7 October last year, Ada Sagi's life changed forever. The 75-year-old grandmother of six - who has spent most of her life working towards peace between Israelis and Palestinians - was having a morning coffee at home on the Nir Oz Kibbutz, on the border with Gaza, when suddenly several men working for Hamas burst into her home and forced her barefoot by gunpoint onto a motorbike and took her hostage, alongside scores of others. The Arabic and Hebrew teacher who still supports students through her work, was imprisoned for 53 days at an apartment in Khan Younis until she was freed as part of a deal between the Israeli Government and Hamas. In her first UK interview, Today's Emma Barnett speaks to Ada, six months on from her release. She shares the details of her ordeal; her thoughts about those who captured her, the global reaction and the actions of the Israeli government since last October. As a lifelong peace activist, right at the end of the conversation, she shares a stark view of the future as she sees it.But Ada Sagi began by speaking about hearing security alarms going off in the kibbutz on the morning of 7 October, alerting her and the other hundreds of other residents they were under attack and then about the moment, men armed with Kalashnikovs, entered her home.

durée : 00:02:53 - Les histoires du monde - par : Anthony BELLANGER - On range les Kalashnikovs et on sort les cartes dans le Caucase. L'Arménie et l'Azerbaïdjan délimitent leur frontière commune !

durée : 00:02:53 - Les histoires du monde - par : Anthony BELLANGER - On range les Kalashnikovs et on sort les cartes dans le Caucase. L'Arménie et l'Azerbaïdjan délimitent leur frontière commune !

Eleanor Mills is a journalist, diversity campaigner and entrepreneur. She is the Founder and Editor in Chief of noon.org.uk a new platform for women in midlife - she calls them Queenagers. Eleanor was Chair of Women in Journalism UK from 2014-2021 and worked as a senior executive for 23 years at The Sunday Times, as its Editorial Director, award-winning Editor of The Sunday Times Magazine, the paper's main interviewer, a columnist and a prize-winning Feature Writer. She appears regularly on  TV and radio, writes broadly across UK newspaper titles and magazines and advises global corporations and gives keynotes on diversity, particularly on retaining senior women. Her publications include Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs: 100 Years of the Best Journalism by women and a book about Queenagers which will be published in 2024. In this episode we discuss: - Eleanor's personal journey through a life in media and how she started "Noon" - the media's distorted lens of middle age women and the untapped spending power of midlife women. - magic mushrooms, psilocybin, trauma and breakthroughs - the second brain drain - recommendations for retaining and hiring queenagers in the workplace. - and Eleanor answers some questions submitted by the Menopause Collective New Zealand. Noon Website For Sexy Ageing Resources   Sexy Ageing Fitness and Lifestyle APP: ⁠FREE One week Trial⁠ ⁠Menopause Management Online Course⁠: Just $27!!!! Book: ⁠My Menopause Memoir⁠ Download your FREE Menopause Symptom Tracker ⁠HERE ⁠ BENABLE ONLINE SHOPPING: Use this invite code to set up your own account for free "SA7YX" CONNECT WITH ME ON SOCIALS ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ ⁠The Sexy Ageing Facebook Community --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tracy-minnoch/message

When Eleanor Mills left the Sunday Times she'd worked for for 23 years, she felt like she'd been pushed off a roof. Who was she without the big job that had given her a cloak of power? It was only when someone said “Change is difficult, but you'll be alright” that she started to relax.  She says, “It's like the tide going out, sometimes there will be a big wave which knocks you over but the general direction will be better.” This gave her permission to find it tough. To endure. It was such a relief. After a lot of thinking and talking she decided to be the change she wanted to see in the world. Noon was born out of her desire to help women find a new path through midlife and beyond, to change the narrative.  Midlife is when those dreams we had when we were young – but put aside to earn a living or raise a family – can finally be revisited. It's never too late to be what you wanted to be. Eleanor Mills is an award-winning editor, writer and broadcaster. She worked for The Sunday Times for 23 years as Editorial Director, Editor of The Sunday Times Magazine, and as a columnist and interviewer (interrogating everyone from Mikhail Gorbachev to Sheryl Sandberg and Theresa May). As Chair of Women in Journalism (2014 – 2021) she argued that the media must be a true mirror, not a distorting lens, which is what happens if decision makers are not diverse. She is a trustee of the Society of Editors, a board member of Reporters Sans Frontiers and her publications include Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs: 100 Years of the Best Journalism by Women, published by Hachette. She is working on her first novel and lives in London with her husband and two teenage daughters. www.noon.org.uk

Episode 212. I'm joined by Josiah McCallum and Cameron Tapler of Palmetto State Armory to talk their AK line, the PSA Dagger, innovation with the Jackl and where their company stands in the face of tyranny. The Guerilla's Guide to the Baofeng Radio is a #1 Bestseller!  Nehemiah Strong discount code: SCOUT1 Radio Contra Sponsors: Civil Defense Manual Tactical Wisdom Blacksmith Publishing Radio Contra Patron Program Brushbeater Training Calendar Brushbeater Forum Palmetto State Armory Primary Arms

Irish Daily Star crime correspondents Paul Healy and Mick O'Toole give updates from day three of the Gerry Hutch murder trial from the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.We hear about the alleged involvement of Kevin 'Flat Cap' Murray, as well as how the Star happened across a major scoop about the weapons used at the Regency Hotel.Subscribe and rate on iTunes for regular updates from the gangland 'trial of the century'.The series is produced by Ciaran Bradley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would you pick up a gun and fight for Ukraine? The injustice of the Russian invasion has led white-collar professionals like Florent and Tomas to trade suits and ties for camouflage and Kalashnikovs. Florent, who is French, and Tomas, a Lithuanian, met for the first time in February at the Ukrainian embassy in Belgium. They teamed up for the trip to Ukraine and they're now back in Brussels to tell their story.Support the show

It's not easy fighting for nature in many of the former Soviet states. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent reports from Tajikistan, on the trail of the snow leopard and the extraordinary people who protect them. This high corner of Central Asia is home to the world's biggest species of wild sheep and goats, prey of arguably the most beautiful of the big cats- the extravagantly furred snow leopard. After the fall of the Soviet Union a vicious civil war killed 100,000 people and saw many more displaced and starving. Kalashnikovs and hungry people are never good news for wildlife and, sure enough, the wildlife of the mountains was decimated. In the last few years local conservationists have taken it on themselves to declare reserves and persuade their neighbours to reduce their hunting. With minimal funding from the government and international agencies these conservationists have had to find their own ways to pay for the protection of the reserves. Most of the money to employ rangers has come from selling licences to hunt small numbers of Marco Polo sheep, Ibex and Markhor wild goats. It's a controversial approach but, in sheer numbers of endangered species, it seems to be working. Can the improvements continue as climate change brings ever harsher winters and drier summers and regional instability keeps the wildlife tourists away? Antonia meets the conservationists trying their best to protect their wildlife in the face of enormous odds. Producer: Alasdair Cross

Joy Reid leads this episode of The ReidOut with the horrific realities of Vladimir Putin's war of choice in Ukraine. The Pentagon explained Wednesday why the U.S does not support the Polish plan to transfer fighter jets to Ukraine, as Vice President Kamala Harris landed in Warsaw for the first leg of her trip to meet with regional allies. Zhan Beleniuk, the sole Black MP in the Ukrainian Parliament and a 2020 Olympic gold medalist, and his fellow MP Oleksandra Ustinova join us to discuss. Then, we highlight how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as Ukraine's first Jewish president, has used video and social media to personally and forcefully rebut Putin's absurdist history regarding Nazis. Next, amid historic sanctions against Russia, concern is growing for Americans detained in Russia, including WNBA superstar Brittney Griner. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee discusses calling on the Russian government to release Griner and other detained Americans. Finally, Joy brings you a story produced by NBC News on professional ballet dancers in Ukraine joining the frontlines against Putin's invasion, swapping their ballet shoes for Kalashnikovs. All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

The Hero Story Perhaps there has always been an effort towards optimization, and it generally looks like technology. When speaking of self optimization, or overcoming , we are speaking of the hero's journey popularized by Joseph Campbell. Campbell spoke a lot of the parallels of the external journey and the internal journey… the external circumstances gave the individual the opportunity to react and grow.In the 50's-70's there was a wave of belief in unlocking human potential through psycho-science-type things like intensive practice hypnosis and subliminal training… or just LSD. Some of these practices were previously used in religious awakening, but we wrapped them up under the guise of science, and then they were abused by programs like MK Ultra.During this time, people thought of the human as a blank slate that could be written, molded or shaped. (optimized?) An example of this is Laszlo Polgar, born in Hungary, and with an idea about raising children, ended up getting married and having his first child in 1969. He and his wife Clara, raised children around the idea that they could create a genius through specific narrow focus. They had three children, the Polgar sisters, who all excelled at chess, reaching amazing heights, and were declared National Treasures. In fiction, chess is too boring, so the blank slates are in the genre of assassin Killers: examples are Kill Bill, Atomic Blonde, or Leon the Professional where they are trained, usually for revenge or duty. On the darker side you have children raised by handlers or governments as weapons, like in John Wick, Black Widow, Hannah, or Kate. So what if instead of being a badass with Kalashnikovs and stilettos you're a phenom with golf clubs? This is the Tiger Woods story, a history of brutal authoritarian parenting generating mental resiliency and overcoming. A lot of success, but a lot of trauma.Physically, many of us are not capable of such heroic heights: we cannot optimize enough to overcome our genetics, despite how much protein we consume. Enter science to the rescue as the mythical augmented man: Perhaps the Six Million Dollar Man or the darker side of Robocop, more of an automaton cyborg. Talk about efficiency: just turn the man into a machine. We are culturally conditioned to accept this is the way of the future as far back as cartoons like Inspector Gadget: the bumbling doofus with all sorts of extensions and rockets and wheels that both saved the day and naturally lead to slapstick pratfalls.Backtrack: This takes us back to an earlier podcast, step 28, in which I mentioned Henri Bergson, and his summary of what makes something funny, which is “the mechanical encrusted upon the living.”Of course, the real warning: when we lean too heavily into external power, technology, optimization (or even habits and productivity), we cease to be human in a certain way. We trade in the hard path of “overcoming” for the easy path of instant power, and in that substitution, we lose something. Yet, an alternate form optimization technology exists: Arcane Magics. I'm going to suggest, this path of learning the secrets of Arcane magics of habit stacking and personal productivity is the most alluring current path to be super, to achieve your potential. From Fiction to Fact While I have been talking about science through fictional stories, in many ways it has stepped into reality.You want to see something insane: look up clips from the 1920's Olympics compared to todays Olympics: Over 100 years the science of optimization and dedicated practice works… physically at least… until they turn into that unhinged balance beam killer super model from “The Spy who dumped me.” In America, we seem to live in a society that links success and progress and achievement with wealth and appearance. This is the manifest destiny of self-actualization woven into the Protestant work ethic, capitalist, American Mythos… and technology is often the vehicle and the key.But dedication to science and technology is problematically deterministic and class eugenics can spring up from it, as played out in the movie Gattaca. The secret to tricking an unjust technocracy? Keep secrets, and work harder than everyone else.But in this age of the internet we need to know exactly how: what was his diet? What drugs was he on? Boxers or briefs?And this is the trap we are in today: there are so many paths laid out before us by the millionaires and self-hacking crowds that we have a myriad of paths to successful optimization. Yet when someone, like in Gattaca, has an overpowering, all-consuming goal to be more… or in Kill Bill to kill more… we find their dedication and focus grants results. This can be called “dedicated practice” and myths of a 10,000 hour rule to mastery circulate around it. The beauty of it is that maybe we don't need neural implants and bionic arms. Maybe the new magics are habit stacks, routines, the mystical arcana of time-blocking and flow state. The only thing left is to find an all-consuming, overpowering desire that we can shape our life around… and that is not so much hero stuff, as a very old question of all of mankind: what is my purpose? What is my mission?  The Superman, the Ubermensch, Nietzsche How can we do an episode on superheroes, and overcoming without at least bringing up Friedrich Nietzsche. He popularized the concept of Übermensch or Overman or Beyondman… now most commonly seen as Superman.(By the way, this concept is affiliated with the Nazi party due to Nietzsche's sister misusing his texts.)The Overman is really a man of overcoming… and to confuse it with physical power as the Superman warrior is quite superficial. In our society many people appear superhero, overcoming physicality, but staying in vanity. The hero's journey is ultimately a journey towards self-integration, towards wholeness, and as Jung said “individuation” through the unification of opposites.In Nietzsche's book thus spoke zarathustra the prophet Zarathustra, who comes down from his mountaintop to share his knowledge with masses is spurned by the people. He attempts to tell them of the Ubermensch, but they reject this hard life of overcoming. All spiteful and disappointed, Zarathustra decides to prophesy the disgusting concept of Last man: a lazy decadent person, born of a civilization incapable of standing up to challenge or hardship, only interested in comfort. The last man takes no risks, preferring security. This is the soft and secure rationalist who has forgotten how to dream and everything the Ubermensch would do appears as illness, or madness.Intentional hardship? Are you crazy? So, how do we push back against the zombie conformity of security that seems so rational? It seems – indeed – to be illogical to try. Isn't it in our best interest to protect ourselves and stay comfortably in the middle of the herd? Yes, for survival maybe, but what about thriving? What about self-actualization?One way is to find something external to ourselves that is more important, someway we can help: A hero uses the challenge, the tension and hardship, to manifest creativity, to innovate. Are scientists and technologists our superheroes, the innovators or our time? How about the optimizers, the overcomers?  The guys and gals hitting flow state, or testing intermittent fasting: testing, and testing, and suffering, and sharing all this data with us. Are they climbing the mountain and coming back down with the mountain-top insights? Perhaps. But what if their motivation is internet rewards, or just a whole bucket full of hacks? That would be a less than noble goal.Experimentation can happen culturally, too. Can we not appreciate the heroism of the alternate lifestyle?The real challenge, the wisdom handed down to us through some religion, philosophy, and myths is to blend all opposites: overcome and move beyond dualities of good and evil, conscious and unconscious, spiritual and earthly… this is how you become an individual.Most of us are what is called a “dividual”, not undivided, as an “individual.” We are the divided self. Fragmented. We have not overcome or transcended, or as Hegel would say “subsumed.” Sure, we might be fit, we may look like the image of the superhero, but is maintaining appearances more like the act of the lastman? I am not saying they cannot coincide, but the motivation is a vital distinction to understanding conformity and overcoming.What I do know, is we -in our society- are really good at superficial appearances… placing the signifier before the signified.  The point, I think, is that to become a real human, a whole and integrated self, is a harder and a more heroic a journey than scientific shortcutting or following formulas that guarantee results. Sure, science/tech is great and helpful, but it shouldn't do the overcoming for you: you have to do that. Also, the hero is often portrayed alone, the monk ascending the mountain to find enlightenment or Superman in his Fortress of Solitude after keeping secrets, but you do not have to do this alone. Sure, you will have to work and push back against mindless conformity, but take the journey with others and avoid the solipsistic individuality of the shallow villain. 

Rejsen starter i talebans hjemstavn - Kandahar provinsen. Her lever lokalbefolkningen midt på frontlinjen i de tiltagende kampe mellem Taliban og de afghanske regeringsstyrker. Krigen og hverdagslivet bliver tvunget sammen. På et checkpoint ved fronten møder vi soldater, der det ene øjeblik holder øje med talebans fremrykning og det næste vander deres blomsterbede, som de har plantet for at skabe en hjemlig stemning. Tilrettelæggelse: Nanna Muus Steffensen og Mikkel Rønnau. Redaktør: Rune Sparre Geertsen. Produceret for DR af Filt Cph.

"Armed with Kalashnikovs, the men demanded his name, from where he was coming, and what he was doing there. They asked him where he and his family lived. After the questioning and after visiting his family's home, they released him. The next day, he learned that these armed men had killed one of his colleagues the night before." Over 65k people have fled their homes because of violent extremism in Burkina Faso's East region, nearly 1 million nationally. I recently spoke with a man from Namoungou (Burkina Faso), now living in Fada N'Gourma, who left his home fearing for his life and the safety of his family.  Due to limited support from the Burkinabè government and international partners, he says the people of the East are living "alone in the face of sad fates." Read his story: https://bit.ly/2FhTuD9.  Part one of a two-part series on the ongoing displacement crisis in Burkina Faso, sharing perspectives from those affected.

”The most important weapons for terrorists isn’t Kalashnikovs or suicide bombs, it’s journalists. We journalists are part of the problem of trust meltdown in society. Now we have to be part of the solution”, says this Danish former editor in chief, who fled the bleeding headlines and decided to dedicate his time to making journalism constructive. In 2017 he founded Constructive Institute. He is confident things will change: ”There is one force which is even stronger than fear, and that’s hope.”

In the latest in my series where I catch up with friends and colleagues from around the world, I chat to Ian Cox who's been in the United Arab Emirates for over a decade and is a man of many talents - a DJ, Quiz host, Karaoke entertainer, and pro-driver involved with track days and car manufacturer drive events on road and track for VIPs, tourists and of course the media. There's some great stories of motoring mayhem in the Middle East in this episode. He's also a modern classic anorak and I get him to dispense some top tips on which 80s and 90s cars are ripe for the picking right now. It's alway a laugh with Coxy in Dubai! Find him at DJ Coxy in Dubai Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/324539087707148/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coxyindubai/ Drive Dynamics http://drivedynamics.com/ Dubai Autodrome https://www.dubaiautodrome.ae/ Please subscribe to my channel for more videos like this - and make sure you hit the bell icon to switch on notifications. If you enjoyed this video please consider supporting me Patreon and you can also exclusively check out my parody Cannonball Run sequel: https://www.patreon.com/shahzadsheikh Please subscribe/follow https://BrownCarGuy.com https://www.instagram.com/shahzadsheikh/ https://www.facebook.com/BrownCarGuy/ https://twitter.com/Shahzad_Sheikh Subscribe! Subscribe! Subscribe! Thanks! -------------------------------------------------------- #car #cars #carblogger #motoring #automotive #carguy #diary #vlog #update #motoringjournalist #track #raceinstructor #drivinginstructor #prodriver #dubai #bahrain #DubaiAutodrome #ford #dodge #modernclassics #karaoke #klashnikovs #DJ #funnystories #performancedriving

A grenade ready to explode, armed militia in a pick-up, Kalashnikovs everywhere. Ghassan and Thierry tell you about the everyday violence in Aden, the southern port where all semblance of normality has been lost.

Listen up Comrades! This week we sit down with AK builder Mario Parada of Lee Armory to discuss the world of Kalashnikovs! We cover a bit of history, what to look for when buying an AK and even some tips on zeroing your new rifle. 

African summits may be in vogue, and Russia’s recent summit in Sochi is no exception. PassBlue correspondent Joe Penney traveled to to the Black Sea resort to report on Russian President Vladimir Putin's pitch to African leaders: promoting a second African independence, this time financial, including offers of major developments like nuclear power. Yet, Russia is the #1 supplier of weapons to Africa, and many Russian and African delegates didn't pass up a chance to hold and pose with Kalashnikovs at the summit. Also: highlights from our exclusive interview with former Swedish foreign mister and mother of feminist foreign policy, Margot Wallstrom, on whether feminist foreign policies are here to stay.

Award-winning investigative reporter Stephen Davis spent three decades working on the frontlines of journalism – for TV, magazines and newspapers, and as an educator. Among those who have tried to persuade him from reporting his stories: men with Kalashnikovs, government lawyers, corporate PRs in fancy suits, senior police officers, billionaires and newspaper owners. In his explosive new book Truthteller, he spills the media beans and tells of his journey through the world of truth prevention, fake news and conspiracy theories. Fellow journalist Guyon Espiner will sift through the fake and the true with him.​ This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

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Having done what many people dream of – ditching a corporate career to travel, the proud founder of adventure travel company Yellowwood Adventures, Sam McManus, has created the life of his dreams travelling to remote parts of Ethiopia, Iran, India, the Himalayas, Mongolia and more. He’s been woken up by 30 men with Kalashnikovs in remote African mountains, shaved his head and worn orange pyjamas in a Shaolin Monastery and set off into the Amazon jungle with not much more than cigarettes and a machete.   On this episode we cover:  Yellowwood Adventures, taking people on the world less travelled Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Iran, Ladakh in Northern Indian, the Lebanon mountain trail Working in financial media and corporate events  Reaching 30 and ditching his city job Backpacking in Ethiopia for three months Tom Hall from Lonely Planet Ethiopia being one of the ‘worst global PR disasters in History’ How the famine was a political famine Lush banquets in Addis Ababa whilst people starved The lush jungle where coffee originated from Rolling golden fields of teff Eating with pancakes instead of cutlery 95% of the population being farmers Being one of the most beautiful countries in the world Finding peace with Eritrea 100 million people and 82 languages Deciding to start a travel company in a country he’d never been to Staying in a stone house with villagers in Hashenge is a lake in the Tigray Region Waking up surrounded by men with Kalashnikov AK47s guns Being the first foreigner in the village in a year Whether as a white male he has extra privileges when travelling The remote Bale Mountains – the highest mountains in all of Africa His British Indian friend’s reception in the remote hills Working in Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and Iran Living in Dubai Spending time in Tehran Ski chalets in the Iranian Alborz mountains Getting to know the tantalising Persian culture How Iran feels like a very foreign place Persepolis, the ancient seat of the Persian Empire How Persepolis beats the Acropolis hands down Alexander the Great The incredible detail of the carvings that haven’t been destroyed How to get a Visa for Iran Americans and their reception in Iran The unexpected great skiing in Iran 1970s-esque ski resorts that parallel anything in the Alps The stunning view of Mount Damavand – the perfect volcano How Mongolia is one of the last great frontiers of the world Million of 3 or 4 million people in a country the size of a good chuck of Western Europe How communism was hard to stick in such a country Staying in felt ‘gers’ with the Nomadic tribes The harsh and unforgiving terrain’s effect on Nomadic life Nomadic life being around preserving their animals The stress of modern life melting away Huge vistas of step and sky The rewarding feeling of going back to basics The strong sense of community and family of Nomadic life The unbelievable snug and warm felt gers Adjusting to normal life after an adventure Travelling to China and the Himalayas in Nepal age 18 Finding it hard to adjust to an English supermarket after being in Himalayas Lisa having travelled a lot but never been anywhere remote Sam actively seeking out the most remote Camping in Kyrgyzstan in the Tian Shan mountains Seeing the huge starry skies and the Milky Way with no light pollution Reading about the great explorers Wilfred Thesiger crossing the desert in Saudi Arabia with the Bedouin How the great adventures of past explorers but things into perspective Megan Hoskin rowing across the Pacific Ancient travellers and DNA showing migration patterns of the Vikings and more How travel can reduce racism and change your perception Reading about how the races have evolved Lucy one of the earliest humans in the museum in Addis Ababa Judging people on who they are not where they’re from The times he has felt in danger when away Having quite a good instinct for removing himself from travel Learning to horse ride in the desert Middle East Camping in the Tian Shan mountains with horses over no roads Ignoring the warning bells at his own peril Being attacked by a ferocious dog the size of a bear The most exhilarating moment of his travels How first trips make the biggest impressions Trekking to Everest base camp age 18 The unbelievable colours and scenery in the Himalayas The most powerful imagery ever scene The bright purple sky and gold light of Everest at sunset Studying Kung Fu and Kick Boxing Joining a Kung Fu Shaolin Monastery in Northern China age 18 Shaving his head and wearing orange pyjamas Running up stairs and around the lake Having to fight every Friday The strange dream that came true Taking a beating by a big Dutchman who roundhouse kicked him in the face The headaches that were cured by a traditional Chinese medicine man Lisa’s world-changing mystical vision at the Kaiser Chief’s in the O2 How travel is about chasing this vision of life Being younger and idealistic Living in South and Central America Being adamant that the old ways of the world were the best Finding tribes in the Amazon jungle Going into the jungle with nothing but salt, sugar, cigarettes and a machete Living off fish from the rivers The tribesperson struggling to keep his kids alive Being realistic about what they you’re confronted with Liking to experience the music of the country (this can go wrong!) Some terrible music in the Iranian holy city of Yas The magical musical moment in Iran The how Ennio Morricone helps ease the hardships of travel                    

In this episode we are talking about Russia and some Western stereotypes about our beloved country. Be prepared to hear some myths busted especially regarding vodka, bears, fur hats and Kalashnikovs.

The twentyeighth installment of the ELN Podcast! Featuring the latest energy news and insights. In this week's episode we discuss tsunamis of water waste, Lucozade water bombs and Kalashnikovs. Just don't ask for dates.

Gems in the book of Revelation (Authored by Roger Kirby) Part 146 - Revelation 14:1-5The army of God The picture of the Lamb standing on Mount Zion takes us straight to Psalm 2:6-11 where we read: “I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.” 7 I will proclaim the LORD’s decree: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father. 8 Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. 9 You will break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.” 10 Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling. What John has written here is clearly a pictorial representation of how that prophecy will be fulfilled. Here we have 144,000 marshalled as the army of the Lamb. Not of course an army, which is to go out with Kalashnikovs etc. but one, that is to fight with love and mercy for the glory of the Lord. As before this number is carefully judged so that when it was first written it might not be so big a number that everyone who heard it might presume that they would be included and not so small that they might worry that there was no room for them. Now it has to be several billion to have the same meaning for all the Christians alive today. They are a mighty army heralded with great natural sounds of water and thunder and great human sounds of harps and singing. In the early days when a Jewish army had to go to war they were instructed to abstain from sexual relations so that they might be symbolically as pure as possible. That is what is referred to here in the statement that the Lord’s army were to be virgins. It should not be taken literally. They are to be followers - the word so often used in the Gospels to refer to those who believed in Jesus as the Messiah. Once again this chapter will be read between by those Christians in countries where faith is a nice comfortable way to live your life and in a very different way by those who live where to believe in Jesus puts them into an unwanted category and possibly constant danger. Even in the comfortable countries there are points to note here. 14:4b-5 talk about following the Lamb wherever he goes - not just on Sunday mornings! And goes on to remind the followers that they have been purchased - at a terrible price; that they are but part of a mighty army - now found throughout the world in all except its most hidden corners; and that purity expressed as absolute honesty in every word is the mark of the true believer. For the uncomfortable countries there is the promise of a future judgement when all the greatest citadels of evil will be destroyed and there will be eventually a terrible display of the wrath of God against all the wickedness and failure to worship the true and only God. Perhaps the most important thing of all to note in this chapter is that after the great description of the Lord’s army we are not told that it was ever used. All the action is carried out by spirit beings. We are not to go to war on behalf of the Lamb. However those days will call for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who are to keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus. Dear Lord, please, may we so live that you count us amongst those, we pray. Click or Tap here to listen to or save this as an audio mp3 file ~ You can now purchase our Partakers books including Roger's latest - The Puzzle of Living - A fresh look at the story of Job! Please do click or tap here to visit our Amazon site! Click or tap on the appropriate link below to subscribe, share or download our iPhone App!

Content warning for some discussions of violence. This week I sit down with filmmaker Alba Sotorra to talk about her newest documentary, Commander Arian (shout out to Hot Docs for setting up the interview!). We tackle being a woman documentarian and what it means to be a feminist filmmaker, as well as the work of the YPJ … Continue reading Episode 2.22 Cameras & Kalashnikovs with Alba Sotorra

How to Be More Creative and Innovative Ex Disney Executive Duncan Wardle Reveals Easy to Follow Creative Strategies Listening to Duncan Wardle and his Disney stories will reveal some easy to follow techniques that can make you more creative. The sort of creative that Blockbuster could and should have been when faced with their category killer, Netflix. Duncan reveals the approach Netflix took to unpicking Blockbuster's dominance.Can you be more creative? Of course you can be creative. We all can. It helps though if you have the guidance of a creativity expert. Duncan Wardle spoke to us from Indianapolis, Indiana. He was in a hotel lobby, but you'd hardly know. Duncan's Background At Edinburgh University, he noticed a picture of Mickey Mouse on the notice board. A chance to be one of 5 students at the UK Pavilion at the Epcot Centre. In 1986, he had an interview with Becky, a 6' 7" female Texan. He got the gig. He joined lots of other young people and soon discovered that the Mexicans seemed to be having better parties! He married a Mexican. On June 25th, they will have been married 30 years! No doubt they'll toast the event with Tequila! After a year, he returned to London and phone the Disney London office. At the time they had just 16 people. Now there is nearer 2,000 people there. He phoned the office EVERY DAY for 27 DAYS. Until they got fed up of him calling. He got a half hour interview and was given a job as Cappuccino Boy. He'd get coffee for his boss and collate 50 press kits per day. He had his Disney start! Creative Things Duncan Did in His Early Career The job of that Disney office was to get Europe acclimatised to EuroDisney. With a small budget and a lot of guts, they made a name for themselves. Like flying into the Soviet Union. In a giant Mickey Mouse hot air balloon. There was a deal to tether the balloon in Red Square. It broke loose in the wind and it takes it over the walls of the Kremlin. They landed in the Kremlin. Surrounded by guards with Kalashnikovs. All they wanted though was a picture next to Mickey Mouse! He persuaded Lord King to add big ears to one of his Concorde aircraft. That's creative! Like a Kid in a Candy Store (Sweet Shop) Duncan got a promotion to Director of PR to Disney in the States because he'd got in front of then President Bill Clinton. He'd also got an audience with John Major too. Disney was impressed, they'd not been able to do that themselves. The President pardons a turkey at Thanksgiving. The turkey becomes the happiest turkey in the country. Duncan cut a deal with the White House to take the happiest turkey to the happiest place in America - Disneyland! He built an Olympic sized swimming pool for Michael Phelps to swim down Main Street! Duncan got Buzz Lightyear into space! http://thenext100days.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Duncan-Vid.mp4 The Toy Story went, that Duncan persuaded NASA to bring Buzz (his son James's Buzz) back to Earth. Here's Duncan telling the story of Buzz Lightyear. You have to see that this is creative. If not. Stop reading! He threatened NASA he'd tell the world's press if they followed through on kicking him into space rather than brining him home. He was asked to figure out WHAT MADE PEOPLE INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE Duncan surveyed 5,000 people in the Disney Organisation. He found 5 reasons why people weren't as creative as they could be. Time - the lack of time. I don't have time to think. There was no single definition of innovation and creativity. To prevent arguments about being creative. Turning a "we build it and you will come" culture to customer centric. Walt Disneyworld is the largest single site employer in the United States. 100,000 employees! Consultants who came to Disney, did a project and left again, didn't leave their how to be creative insight. They took their money and left. The organisation wasn't learning. So Duncan realised he needed Disney's own design...

Kurdish journalist Nurcan Baysal has been called a terrorist by the Turkish state. Her house, with her two young children inside, has been stormed by Turkish police armed with Kalashnikovs seeking to jail for her Tweets and she faces up to three years in prison for the crime of humiliating Turkey's security forces, by reporting on human rights abuses against the Kurdish people. Recently Baysal visited Dublin to receive an award for her work from Front Line Defenders. She spoke to Kathy Sheridan about why she will not allow fear to prevent her from speaking up for those who can't.

Paris is reeling from one of the worst terrorist attacks in Europe's history. An all-out assault on the heart of the city by a group of young men armed with Kalashnikovs and suicide vests. Simon Kuper, an FT writer who lives in the city, was witness to the attacks at close hand. He describes how the events unfolded and how the city has reacted. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Subscribe on iTunes SHOW NOTES: www.5dollarplanet.com/011 In this Shkoder, Albania Podcast episode: We discuss: How we keep our alcohol budget to a minimum even in more expensive countries, while still partying it up and making new friends. Plus, our local guest, Taku, tells us about Albanian history and sources us one of the most affordable meals in Europe. Feature Topic: We like to drink and we don't like to spend too much doing it - but we still want a good time. Maximum party, minimum budget! Our top 3 Tips for drinking cheap anywhere.. Interview with local Albanian: Taku. We talk about The Albanian blood feuds and how only a few years ago, while the countries borders were closed, things were completely different in Albania. $5 Food: Pilaf and Kaçkavalli (Kashkaval) fried cheese $5 Fun: Visit the Rozafa Castle Weblinks from Shkoder Podcast World Nomads Insurance - Specifically designed for digital nomads, flashpackers, adventure & long term Travellers - Get a 5% Discount with our coupon code: WN5DP and this link: 5dollarplanet.com/worldnomads Trusted Housesitters.com - Use discount code 5DP to get a 15% discount on membership How to become a housesitting pro in just 3 months. TBEX - The Largest Travel bloggers event in the world. Hotel Ideal - The expensive looking but actually cheap hotel we found in the rain in Shkoder AirBnB - Homestay accommodation and affordable private apartments all around the world. $25 Discount with this link: www.5dollarplanet.com/air . The Rozafa - The Castle above Shkoder. Marlusse et Lapin - The small local bar off a side street in Monmatre, Paris. ---- DISCLAIMER: We are affiliated with TBEX & Trusted Housesitters, World Nomads, all companies we love and support. We are not affiliated with any other of the recommended products on this page. Our opinions, as always, are our own. WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK This podcast is new, so help us out. Please leave your comments below so that we can make changes to future episodes based on your feedback.

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Om konflikten som klyver Mellanöstern. Vi besöker Bagdad, där såren sakta läker efter år av blodig kamp - och där oron för nya konflikter pyr när Syrien närmar sig inbördeskrig. Följ också med till en revolutionär kvart i Damaskus. Bland vodka, muffins och cigarettfimpar växer frustrationen över både regimen och revolutionen som blir allt mer sekteristisk. Vem vinner egentligen på att granne ställs mot granne? Ett år efter att demokratirörelsen i Bahrain slogs ned har människor börjat gå ut på huvudstaden Manamas gator igen med sina krav på demokrati. Och på årsdagen, i tisdags, möttes de återigen av säkerhetsstyrkornas våld när de närmade sig hjärtat av proteströrelsen - Pärlrondellen där det gigantiska Pärlmomumentet jämnades med marken förra året. Situationen i Bahrain är potentiellt mycket farlig. Landet med sitt strategiska läge vid Hormuzsundet styrs av en sunnitiska kung medan majoriteten av befolkningen är shiiter. På andra sidan sundet ligger Iran och ökade sekteristiska spänningar riskerar att dra in hela regionen i en våldsam konflikt.  För Bahrain befinner sig precis i skärningspunkten för den spricka mellan sunni och shia som blir allt mer infekterad i Mellanöstern. Vart den här utvecklingen ska ta vägen avgörs inte minst av vad som händer i Syrien just nu. Vad är det egentligen som gör att granne ställs mot granne, sunnimuslim mot shiamuslim - såsom håller på att ske i Syrien, Bahrain och på andra ställen i Mellanöstern? Det är frågan som dagens Konflikt kretsar kring. Vi börjar i Irak - landet där den konflikten mellan sunni och shia både varit våldsammast och pågått längst. Mellan 2005 och 2008 utspelade sig vad som i praktiken var ett blodigt sekteristiskt inbördeskrig i Irak. Efter det har det blivit lugnare, men inför det amerikanska trupptillbakadragandet från Irak i december fanns det en utbredd oro för att det sekteristiska våldet skulle blossa upp på nytt. Och det är precis vad som skett. Efter USA:s uttåg har flera stora bombattacker utförts, bland annat en där fler än 30 personer i ett shiitiskt begravningsfölje i Bagdad dödades av en självmordsbombare i en taxi i slutet av januari. Med över 350 dödsoffer har januari varit den våldsammaste månaden på länge i Irak. Sveriges Radios Duraid al-Khamisi besökte nyligen Bagdad, och sökte svaret på frågan om hur den konflikten mellan sunni och shia påverkat och fortfarande påverkar Irak. Men vad är det för en kamp som Irak har blivit arena för och som vi har sett sprida sig runtom i regionen? Idag ser Syrien ut att bli nästa slagfält där sunni och shia drabbar samman. Och i Bahrain håller den shiamuslimska befolkningsmajoritetens missnöje över den sunnitiska minoritetens styre på att blossa upp på nytt. Och hur kan olika religiösa tillhörigheter utlösa sådana våldsamma konflikter som vi har sett? Konflikts Daniela Marquardt ringde upp den amerikanske professorn i statsvetenskap Gregory Gause, som ofta får svara på den här frågan i internationella medier. Han har skrivit flera böcker om relationerna i Mellanöstern och har tillbringat längre perioder i regionen. Idag är han verksam vid universitetet i Vermont. Den storpolitiska konflikt som Gregory Gause pratar om – den mellan ett shiitiskt block lett av Iran och ett sunnitiskt lett av Saudiarabien - Irak är ett av dom huvudsakliga slagfält som den konflikten utspelar sig på. Irak är, som vi hörde i Duraid al Khamisis reportage för en stund sen, en honungsburk som drar till sig andra länder som bin. Men på Bagdads gator, där är det ett grannland som dominerar fullkomligt. Konflikterna i grannländerna Irak och Syrien befinner sig i olika skeden men båda påverkas ändå i hög grad av vad som händer på den andra sidan gränsen. I Syrien lever den största gruppen Irakier i exil. Därifrån försågs sunnitiska miliser med vapen under det irakiska inbördeskriget. Men nu går vapentransporterna i den andra riktningen. En vapenhandlare som citerades i tidningen New York Times i veckan berättade att när han hörde att de syriska rebellerna behövde vapen, köpte han tillbaka de vapen han just sålt till miliser i Mosul och Anbar. I Anbar-provinsen utmed gränsen till Syrien, har irakiska sunniter starka fästen, och det spekuleras i att kampen i Syrien också kommer att stärka deras motstånd mot shia-ledda regeringen i Bagdad. Allt mer tyder på att konflikten i Syrien håller på att breda ut sig till en regional konflikt. När den syriska revolten började för 11 månader sedan var det en fredlig proteströrelse. Idag är den militariserad. Den fria syriska armen - som är otränad och odisciplinerad - befinner sig i ett assymetriskt krig med den syriska armén. Kalashnikovs mot stridsvagnar. Och ju svårare konflikten blir, desto mer splittrade tycks syrierna bli – efter sekteristiska mönster. Revolutionen antar en alltmer sunnimuslimsk karaktär. Alla dessa faktorer har gjort vissa övertygade revolutionärer och aktivister tveksamma. Sveriges Radios korrespondent Cecilia Uddén har träffat en av dem, Lara, som säger att den syriska revolutionen har kapats. Programledare: Daniela Marquardt Producent: Ivar Ekman

El movimiento se demuestra andando; así que ya tenemos el THMP!!! 1×02…  ¡y un par de días antes de cumplir el mes! Errr… Bueno, al final nos hemos tardado unos cuantos días más de lo previsto; el capitulo estaba listo ya el 20 de Mayo pero nos hemos retrasado por culpa ciertos “problemillas” con la calidad del audio y porque estos días tenemos más trabajo que el veterinario de los 101 dálmatas… El caso es que ya está disponible este nuevo capítulo para el deleite (que no «Delete») de nuestra “numerosa” audiencia. Confiamos en que tenga tan buena acogida como el primero, ¿o no?… o yo que sé. Fieles a nuestro planteamiento de hacer podcasts de una hora, hemos dejado el 1×02 clavadito en 131 minutos de nada … dos horas y cuarto de las de antes. Pero ha sido por los cortes musicales y por ElAlex que se enrolla cual persiana caracolera. En fin, que nos ha quedao un podcast largo de “cohone” pero, la verdad es que esta guapo, guapo, requete-guapo. Y ahora la parte buena… En este episodio del podcast The Hard Men Path: SUMARIO 1x03 Cibernética by ElAlex ElAlex se marca un estudio sobre Prótesis Bionicas de última generación que quita el “sentío”. Eso sí, que esperamos nunca lleguéis a necesitarlas porque -entre vosotros y yo- todavía no estamos a la altura de Robocop, me parece. La maestra de escuela que maneja su clase con puño de hierro (literalmente). El Sargento con piernas de acero y titanio (como me recuerda este tipo a Douglas Bader). La abuela de los ojos biónicos que ve cosas que vosotros no creeríais: Naves en llamas más allá de Orión, rayos C atravesar la Puerta de Tannhäuser… ¡y todo esto sin moverse de la mecedora oiga! Y yo traigo un estudio exhaustivo sobre esa herramienta de supervivencia que todo hijo de madre desea tener cuando las cosas se ponen de color de hormiga brava: El rifle de asalto AK-47. Motivos por los que me gustan estos rifles (Certified by Lupo) Modelos 36 hour cialis y variantes destacadas de la familia AK. La historia del Sargento Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov (atentos a mi pronunciación impecable del ruso). Curiosidades varias del rifle más extendido del planeta. Aquí os dejo el link de un tour virtual por el Museo del AK-47 y otro de la siempre recomendable Pizarra de Yuri sobre la historia de las balas. FE DE ERRATAS Yo en este episodio ni me he enterado de las “meteduras de gamba” que hemos tenido…. oye, a lo mejor ha salido perfecto (Yeah, right) INCIDENTES MEMORABLES Esas cosas extrañas y misteriosas que ocurren mientras preparamos y grabamos THMP!!! Pues hemos tenido lo normal, perritas que molestosas, alguna llamada telefónica de la “Alta Gerencia”,  paradas técnicas y el impagable “momentazo” de descojonamiento con el General “Bolonravov”… que por cierto, en realidad era Blagonravov (¡mira! ya encontré una errata). La buena musica nos la han prestado: The Diablo Swing Orchestra – Balrog Boogie (como es habitual), ese “peaso” de artista llamado Daniel Higiénico – Flipando en colores y dos temas que ElAlex ha entrado “foto finish” para su sección el final de este episodio y de los cuales, hasta el momento, no ha querido reportar información… ¿suena a misterio? También hemos “tomado prestados” un par  fragmentos de El señor de la guerra (“Lord of War”) -2005 y El Sargento de hierro (“Heartbreak Ridge”) – 1986. Si no las habéis visto, ya estáis tardando… Por último, no me puedo olvidar de agradecer a las Empresas Perkins por su patrocinio en este episodio. ;D Con esto me despido por ahora, espero que os lo paséis bien con el Podcast. Nos vemos en unos días, hasta entonces portaos bien y mucho cuidado con los terremotos que son muy traicioneros.

Jeff Nyquist interviews Victor and Marina Kalashnikov, two Moscow journalists blacklisted by the state. The Kalashnikovs have interviewed leading political, military and intelligence officials in Russia (especially former Soviet officials). A few years ago, when Gorbachev found what they were doing, he warned his former colleagues to stop talking to the Kalashnikov’s. According to Victor and Marina, the old Soviet structures remain in place, beneath the surface, reconstructing a new type of dictatorship in Russia. With new positions in Latin America and Africa, Russia is building a new anti-American bloc. Using oil and gas as economic weapons, Russia has combined with China to undermine the U.S. dollar.