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It's our first ever live show! Recorded live at the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam. And what could be a more appropriate discussion than the fact that this city will one day be underwater? We promise that's a less depressing conversation than it sounds, because the person who's here to talk about it is husband of the show Thomas Lamers, a member of the documentary theatre collective Collectief Walden. They spent this summer asking an intriguing question: if Amsterdam only has around 250 years left, what should they look like? This week's Isolation Inspiration: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney and The Hidden Life of Trees. You can also watch a video about Collectief Walden's Eiland project here and listen to their podcasts here. Thank you so much to the Lieven and the whole team at the Podcastfestival for having us! And thank you for listening. If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few euros / dollars / pounds a month at patreon.com/europeanspodcast. You can also help new listeners find the show by leaving us a review. Music: Jim Barne, Ed Bahonie and Mariska Martina This podcast is part of the Are We Europe family. Find more like-minded European podcasts at areweeurope.com/audio-family. Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | hello@europeanspodcast.com

ABOUT THE GUEST:  Jeroen Corthout, CEO of Salesflare  Jeroen is co-founder and CEO of Salesflare, an intelligent CRM built for SMBs selling B2B, mostly popular with agencies and fast-growing startups.  Salesflare was founded when Jeroen and his co-founder Lieven wanted to manage the leads for their software company in an easier way. They didn't like to keep track of them manually and built Salesflare, which pulls customer data together automatically.  It's now the most popular CRM on Product Hunt and top rated on review platforms like G2 for its ease of use and automation features.    You can learn more about Salesflare here:  https://salesflare.com/  Connect with Jeroen on LinkedIn here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroencorthout/ABOUT THE EPISODE:  CRM has been around for decades, but talk to a few reps and you'll find at least a few who hate it (see what I did there).  But why? And what can be done to change it?  CRM - or any tool that helps reps stay on top of the many things reps need to stay on top of can supercharge productivity, but only if they are used and used consistently.  CRM innovator Jeroen has some ideas about how to make CRM more usable and as such more useful, and he has baked those ideas into Salesflare, an intelligent CRM built for SMBs selling B2B. He shares many of the creative ways it helps overcome obstacles to CRM adoption in this episode of the podcast.

Photo: State Duma voting device. Устройство для голосования в Государственной думе CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Russian Duma elections and the new Communist Party.  Anatol Lieven, @QuincyInst HFN https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/09/21/statisticians-claim-half-of-pro-kremlin-votes-in-duma-elections-were-false-a75102 .. This file comes from the website of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and is copyrighted. This file is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. In short: you are free to distribute and modify the file as long as you attribute duma.gov.ru

Photo: Niccolò Machiavelli's work The Prince of 1532 was a major stimulus to realist thinking. here:  Title page to The arte of warre by Niccolò Machiavelli "Realism is one of the dominant schools of thought in international relations theory, theoretically formalising the Realpolitik statesmanship of early modern Europe. Although a highly diverse body of thought, it is unified by the belief that world politics is always and necessarily a field of conflict among actors pursuing power. The theories of realism are contrasted by the cooperative ideals of liberalism." CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Realist internationalism and the 21st Century conflict zones.  Anatol Lieven, @QuincyInst HFN https://quincyinst.org/2021/09/16/vindicating-realist-internationalism/

Photo:  Liberal internationalism emerged during the nineteenth century, notably under the auspices of British Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister Lord Palmerston Liberal internationalism, also known as International Liberalism and Pan-Liberalism, is a foreign policy doctrine that argues two main points: first, that international organization should achieve multilateral agreements between states that promote liberal democracy and, second, that liberal states should intervene in other states in order to pursue liberal objectives. Such intervention can include both military invasion and humanitarian aid. This view is contrasted to isolationist, realist, or non-interventionist foreign policy doctrines; these critics characterize it as liberal interventionism. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Liberal Internationalists Tony Blair and George W. Bush fail in Afghanistan and Iraq. Anatol Lieven, @QuincyInst Photo: No known restrictions on publication. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Liberal Internationalists Tony Blair and George W. Bush fail in Afghanistan and Iraq. Anatol Lieven, @QuincyInst HFN  https://quincyinst.org/2021/09/16/vindicating-realist-internationalism/

Photo: Vietnam war. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow .C. Vann Woodward on the liberal internationalism national myths that inspired the Vietnam War tragedy. Anatol Lieven, @QuincyInst HFN https://quincyinst.org/2021/09/16/vindicating-realist-internationalism/

Een special die werd opgenomen op 8/09 op de Sound of Science Nights in Antwerpen. Lieven, Hetty, Jeroen en special guest Neef Frederik (de echte!) nemen u aan de hand van het boek "Het Drielichamenprobleem" van Liu Cixin mee door een hele reeks topics: China, nanotechnologie, fysica, buitenaards leven en nog veel meer! Shownotes: https://maandoverzicht.nerdland.be/nerdland-special-het-drielichamenprobleem/ De les "Pinyin: Poepsimpel" van Frederik vind je in de shownotes en op Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a3OEUbtGGg

Photo:  Patriot's Quick Step . . .  This vision, under Johnson, is of a Britain that is faster-moving and more flexible internationally, tilting its focus away from Europe toward Asia and putting its energy into ad hoc alliances and a more robust defense of democratic values to counter threats posed by autocratic regimes such as China and Russia. It places Britain in a more Hobbesian world, in which like-minded countries need to band together when possible, while remaining flexible enough to change course quickly when necessary. . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Boris Johnson's "Global Britain" in search of a global mission in AUKUS. Anatol Lieven https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/15/joint-leaders-statement-on-aukus/

Photo: Scheherazade and the Sultan by the Iranian painter Sani ol molk (1849–1856) . . . The world's powers are now scrambling to exert influence amid the return of the country's Islamist rulers. And in the process two nations from the Arab and Muslim world have been emerging as key mediators and facilitators - Qatar and Turkey. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Scheherazade Doha soothes the savage Taliban. Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst https://econ.st/3jYEawU 

In deze aflevering praten de geeks met hun gasten Nicolaas Veul en Lieven Heeremans over The Truman Show (1998) en over Nicolaas' project Super Stream Me (2015) waarin hij en Tim den Besten zichzelf 24 uur per dag streamden. Wat doet dat met je? Wat is privacy eigenlijk? We hebben het over The Truman Show-waan en over de verschillen met sociale media en vloggen. Welke verantwoordelijkheid hebben kijkers ? De terugblik: Lieven speelde met heel veel plezier Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order op zijn gloednieuwe Playstation. Daarnaast keek hij fout maar lekker naar Clarkson's Farm (Amazon Prime). Nicolaas genoot tijdens het eten van seizoen 6 van RuPaul's All Stars (Netflix). Nine Perfect Strangers (Prime) met Nicole Kidman vond hij niet perfect, maar het pakt je wel. Hij raadt iedereen de podcast Beyond The Gender Binary van Alok Vaid-Menon aan. Linda keek naar Never Have I Ever (Netflix) een highschoolserie zoals ze ze fijn vindt, maar dan moeiteloos intersectioneel. The Chair (Netflix) met Sandra Oh is een absolute aanrader voor iedereen die wel eens op een geesteswetenschappelijke opleiding heeft rondgelopen. Het is niche, maar voor wie die wereld kent is het onwijs grappig herkenbaar. Thom las The Three-Body Problem, de Chinese sciencefiction die al eerder in deze podcast genoemd is. Harde wetenschap, maar helaas is de auteur het plot vergeten. Alleen aan te raden als je van de wetenschappelijke kant houdt. Suicide Squad vond hij een perfecte film om brak te kijken. De vooruitblik: Nicolaas kijkt uit naar de première van zijn nieuwe documentairereeks 100 dagen in je hoofd, vanaf 21 oktober op NPO3. Hij heeft ook zin in het derde seizoen van Succession (HBO). Linda vond het laatste seizoen van Downton Abbey heel slecht en heeft daarom zin de gehele serie opnieuw te kijken. Daarnaast ziet ze uit naar een nieuw seizoen van Sex Education (Netflix, vanaf 17 september), met de waarschuwing dat niet alle informatie feitelijk juist is. Thom heeft zin in Dune – waar we de volgende aflevering over gaan praten – en in het Podcastfestival, dat van 23 tot en met 26 september plaatsvindt in achtereenvolgens Groningen, Amsterdam, Nijmegen en Utrecht. Lieven is toch wel benieuwd naar The Many Saints of Newark, de prequelfilm van The Sopranos en de terugkeer van Abba als hologrammen.

Photo:  An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Talibat in Panjwa'i district, Kandahar province, Dec. 24, 2012. The detained Taliban senior leader was responsible for the acquisition, coordination, emplacement and distribution of lethal aid for use in attacks targeting Afghan and coalition forces. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Travis S. Jones) Has the Taliban learned a lesson from 2001?  Anatol Lieven, Georgetown University @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2109/S00022/what-next-after-20-years-of-war-in-afghanistan.htm

Photo: DoD video of plane hitting the Penagon, September 11. Memories of 9-11-01 in Washington.  Anatol Lieven, Georgetown  University @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. CBS Eyes on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #GreatGame:Lessons learned?  Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/26/twelve-us-troops-die-kabul-blasts/

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. CBS Eyes on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #GreatGame: Filling the vacuum. Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst HFN https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/08/26/new-moscow-beijing-axis-already-exploiting-bidens-exhaustion/

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. CBS Eyes on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #GreatGame:20 years of  NATO on the sidelines. Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/26/isis-k-has-struck-massive-blow-two-main-enemies-west-taliban/

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. CBS Eyes on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #GreatGame: Fog of War London. Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/26/kabuls-day-carnage-leaves-scores-dead-city-traumatised/

Europe continues to be a hotbed of trends revolving around remote work. Turns out, there are a lot of different directions this rollercoaster can go. It's not just about, "Will we or won't we go hybrid?" That's why we invited Berlin-based HeyJobs founder and CEO Marius Luther on, along with Lieven, to sort it all out. From a shortcoming at Google for Jobs to capturing talent in other Euros to employees taking advantage of companies who allow a WFH option, this episode has it all. 

In this podcast episode we talked about : ● What is happiness? ● Crucial life skills ● The false security of comfort ● How to increase happiness ● Quitting the Coron@ committee in Belgium Lieven Annemans is Senior Full Professor of Health Economics at the faculties of medicine of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and at Ghent University.  He conducts research related to health promotion, financial incentives in healthcare, and the factors that can improve overall well-being.  He is Past-President of ISPOR (International Society of PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes Research), was chairman of the Flemish health council, and is currently chairman of the Flemish committee for societal revival.  He received twice the Francqui Chair, a Belgian award for academic excellence. He is the author or co-author of > 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals and published four books on health economics, among which “health economics for non-economists” (Pelckmans Pro, 2018). Recently he published the book “Geluk vinden zonder het te zoeken” (finding happiness without pursuit) [only in Dutch for now].    ☟ Find out more about Prof. Lieven Annemans at☟ ◼︎ His book “Geluk vinden zonder het te zoeken” (finding happiness without pursuit) [only in Dutch].  See https://borgerhoff-lamberigts.be/boeken/geluk-vinden-zonder-het-te-zoeken  ◼ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lieven-annemans-3376b46/?originalSubdomain=be ☞ SUBSCRIBE, SHARE OR LEAVE A REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS ☜ If you like this podcast, don't forget to subscribe and support our mission of freedom of speech.  

Photo: 4/4  The long, long Anglo-Afghan war.  Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst, Georgetown University @LievenAnatol

Photo: 3/4  The long, long Anglo-Afghan war.  Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst, Georgetown University @LievenAnatol

Photo: Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst, Georgetown University @LievenAnatol 2/4  The long, long Anglo-Afghan war l

Photo: Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst, Georgetown University @LievenAnatol  1/4  The long, long Anglo-Afghan war

Listen in on this weeks episode of The Truth About Sales where we discuss where sales managers go wrong in using CRMs, what metrics to monitor on your team, and hear the story of how Salesflare went from startup to the most popular crm on Product Hunt. Jeroen is co-founder and CEO of Salesflare, an intelligent CRM built for SMBs selling B2B, mostly popular with agencies and SaaS companies. Salesflare itself was founded when Jeroen and his co-founder Lieven wanted to manage the leads for their software company in an easier way. They didn't like to keep track of them manually and built Salesflare, which pulls customer data together automatically. It's now the most popular CRM on Product Hunt and top rated on review platforms like G2 for its ease of use and automation features. To download your FREE sales department audit, visit www.missklyn.com Do you have a question about sales that you want Klyn Elsbury to answer? Leave it in the comments below for a chance to be featured on her podcast, The Truth About Sales

Deze zomer neemt Trends Talk u mee op pad. We wisselen onze vertrouwelijke studio voor de inspirerende omgeving van enkele Vlaamse kunstgalerijen. In de Trends Summer Talks schetsen we het beeld van een zomer van de hoop aan de hand van een gesprek met 10 prominente Vlamingen uit onze bedrijfswereld, onze economische of maatschappelijke wereld. Francesca Van Thielen, Jan De Meulemeester en Jozef Vangelder praten met Stijn Elsen, Marc Coucke, Conny Vandendriessche, Duco Sickinghe, Caroline Pauwels, Françoise Chombar, Wim Ballieu, Lieven Boeve, Ann Wauters en Marion Debruyne hoe zij de voorbije periode hebben ervaren en hoe zij hoopvol uitkijken naar een heropstart van ons werk en leven. In deze aflevering van Trends Summer Talk praat Jan De Meulemeester met Lieven Boeve.

Deze zomer neemt Trends Talk u mee op pad. We wisselen onze vertrouwelijke studio voor de inspirerende omgeving van enkele Vlaamse kunstgalerijen. In de Trends Summer Talks schetsen we het beeld van een zomer van de hoop aan de hand van een gesprek met 10 prominente Vlamingen uit onze bedrijfswereld, onze economische of maatschappelijke wereld. Francesca Van Thielen, Jan De Meulemeester en Jozef Vangelder praten met Stijn Elsen, Marc Coucke, Conny Vandendriessche, Duco Sickinghe, Caroline Pauwels, Françoise Chombar, Wim Ballieu, Lieven Boeve, Ann Wauters en Marion Debruyne hoe zij de voorbije periode hebben ervaren en hoe zij hoopvol uitkijken naar een heropstart van ons werk en leven. In deze aflevering van Trends Summer Talk praat Jan De Meulemeester met Lieven Boeve.

Photo: Correspondence between temperature and atmospheric CO2 during the last 800,000 years Anatol Lieven, Georgetown University @LievenAnatol  Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. The Powers; & What is to be done? Those responsible for a great deal of the tons of CO2 flowing out: China, India, Europe, and the US —adversarial nations. Too many conferences have been devoted to getting whole-world agreement; whereas two-thirds of emissions come from few countries. Apocalyptic  problems in the Arctic. We need to look at geoengineering in the Arctic; crucial that the Great Powers do that in concert.

Photo: New Look at Gravity Data Sheds Light on Ocean and Climate,  NOAA Anatol Lieven, Georgetown University @LievenAnatol  Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.   IPCC dominates the news. In the Sixth Century AD, two Icelandic volcanoes.  Siberian wildfires: the peat is burning under the tundra. Moscow kremlin finally sent firefighters.

The Olympics are over, but Chad & Cheese's quest for the European gold medal for podcasting is just beginning. This week, Lieven gets all fired up about Adecco buying up a company in his own backyard in Belgium. Author Katrina Collier joins the crew to talk about Indeed's recent move to CPAS over CPC and the overall issues of assclowns crawling the web for job content to rip off job seekers and legit businesses. Rounding out the show is a hailstorm of commentary on the recent move of Cornerstone OnDemand going private. Word of 2021 in the Old Country? Douchebaggery. 

In this episode, I'm really excited to have as my guest, Jeroen Corthout, Co-founder and CEO of Salesflare, an intelligent CRM built for small-medium businesses selling B2B, mostly popular with agencies and fast-growing startup companies. Salesflare itself was founded when Jeroen and his co-founder Lieven wanted to follow up the leads for their software company in an easier way. They didn't like to keep track of their leads manually and built Salesflare, which pulls customer data together automatically and then actively helps you to follow up. It's now the most popular CRM on Product Hunt and top-rated on review platforms like G2 for its ease of use and automation features. In our discussion, Jeroen talked to me about: Making customer relationship management human Using automation at scale and still keep the human element How to land guest appearances on podcasts Listen to the podcast to learn more. https://innovabiz.co/jeroencorthout (Show Notes and Blog) https://innovabiz.com.au/innovabuzz/ (The Podcasts)

Photo: Pipeline being laid, 1942 CBS Eyes on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The European turbulence of Nordstream2. Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-european-lawmakers-issue-statement-opposing-nord-stream-2/ar-AAMR3TF

Photo: The most famous and belovèd comedian in Afghanistan, Khasa Zwan, kidnapped, beaten and murdered by Taliban. CBS Eyes on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Anatol Lieven, Georgetown University @LievenAnatol Taliban murder 900 in Kandahar as Russia deploys fighter jets on border https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/taliban-murder-900-in-kandahar-as-russia-deploys-fighter-jets-on-border-pq3hjfk50

Photo: Kabul market, late July 2021. CBS Eyes on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Retreat from Afghanistan by Britain, by Russia and by the US, so far. Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst https://www.thoughtco.com/britains-disastrous-retreat-from-kabul-1773762

Photo: Ukrainian children dragging the equipment of German soldiers on a sled  CBS Eyes on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Ukraine turns from Washington and Berlin to Beijing. Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fed-u-s-ukraine-cuts-deals-china-shuts-about-uyghurs-n1275192 "Ukraine succumbed to Chinese pressure to remove its name from an international statement about human rights abuses in China's western Xinjiang region by [China's] threatening to limit trade and withhold access to COVID-19 vaccines, Ukrainian officials and lawmakers with knowledge of the issue told RFE/RL."  https://www.rferl.org/a/china-vaccines-ukraine-xinjiang/31382099.html .

“You can make every customer feel like they are uniquely valued and that they are not just a number.” Jeroen Corthout Research has shown that CRM can be a golden tool for organizations if used effectively. Its value will however be determined by the quality of data that is entered into the system. The ability to have quality information on demand is the differentiating factor between the levels of success an organization achieves as a result of using the CRM. This is why automation of the tool is important as explained by our guest today, Jeroen Corthout. According to Jeroen, an automated CRM significantly cuts down the time spent on technical matters which frees people to concentrate on more important activities that directly contribute to the growth of the organization. Jeroen is co-founder and CEO of Salesflare, an intelligent CRM built for SMBs selling B2B, mostly popular with agencies and SaaS companies. Salesflare itself was founded when Jeroen and his co-founder Lieven wanted to manage the leads for their software company in an easier way. They didn't like to keep track of them manually and built Salesflare, which pulls customer data together automatically. It's now the most popular CRM on Product Hunt and top-rated on review platforms like G2 for its ease of use and automation features. In today's episode, we will have our guest tell us more about the value of CRM to an organization and why an automated CRM is the most ideal choice for organizations to go for. We will also discuss more on how to have productive meetings with teams that are working remotely. Listen in! Social handles: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroencorthout/  Website: https://salesflare.com We started our company after using different CRMs. [3:57 I worked for a consultancy for a while that used salesforce a lot and it was my first CRM. [4:02] I quickly learned that this was not very easy and it took a lot of work and was fully dependent on me. [4:30] We had a software company and we had just come back from a big conference and we had a lot of leads that were interested to hear more about our software and maybe buy it [4:42] We tried many systems but it did not work because we were not able to keep up with the expectations of the software. [5:17] We decided to make a system that plugs into every single place where the data already resides and has the ability to pull it together on demand to do a follow-up. [6:23] It is a system that is less likely to fail because it doesn't depend on your discipline to fill it out. [6:38] Our end goal is not that it automates stuff but for it to be a CRM that you can use which means ease of use, easy to understand, and not needing a lot of clicks. [7:05] The software is automating a lot of things where it makes that very easy. [7:38] We now have over 2000 companies using the software. [7:46] It is important that you keep your CRM updated because if well kept, it can be valuable. [8:58] Most companies do not succeed in that partly because most software comes with expectations that are difficult to meet. [9:09] A lot of enterprise software is not very friendly to use and that is something we are trying to change. [10:07] The first and basic outcome of using CRM is following up on your customers well and in an informed way. [12:02] From our perspective every time someone says please close our trial we would find out what was going wrong that we could have done better. [14:33] You can make every customer feel like they are uniquely valued and that they are not just a number. [17:17] We differentiate ourselves and do better by building close relationships with our clients as a way to compete with other CRM players out there. [18:00] Commercial break. [18:20] Communication is key and you can do it through a system that takes away operational-tactical communication. [19:55] We built a team where we value open communication and try to build strong relationships through building trust among team members. [20:30] When people speak up, you accept the feedback then integrate it into what you do. [21:25] In the past, we relied on being in the same room for meetings, before the pandemic and we had to rethink the way we do meetings after the onset of the pandemic. [23:55] We have tried to limit meetings to have few people attending and then we share what was discussed with other team members in Slack which is our communication platform. [24:45] When you select a CRM involve your sales team since they are going to be the bottleneck whether it is being used or not being used and whether you get any value from it. [31:52] Train the users well on how to use the CRM but also go beyond the training to define how it is going to be used as a team. 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Photo:  A piece of Nord Stream pipe on public display in Kotka, Finland. 2/2  Kiev and Warsaw doubt the US-Germany-Russia deal on Nordstream2. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute, @LievenAnatol   https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-germany-deal-nord-stream-2-pipeline-draws-ire-lawmakers-both-countries-2021-07-21/ Permissions: 21 October 2017, 16:53:59 / Source | Own work  /  Author | Vuo I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: w:en:Creative Commons attribution share alike  This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.          You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

Photo:  A station on a natural gas pipeline used for the loading and unloading of pipeline inspection gauges, commonly known as "pigs". A.  In pipeline transportation, pigging is the practice of using pipeline inspection gauges, devices generally referred to as pigs or scrapers, to perform various maintenance operations. This is done without stopping the flow of the product in the pipeline B.  Additional annotations from the English Wikipedia by users Cadmium, Mannings, and BrutonD:   This is station for loading or unloading pigs, the pigs are used for cleaning out or inspecting pipelines. This station is designed to receive pigs from the upstream section and launch pigs into the downstream section, with a cross-over for the fluid to flow from one section to the next. The pre-installed thrust blocks (those empty concrete rectangles in front of the blank flanges) are to support a (temporary) pig-trap which is bolted on to the pipeline in place of the blind flange. The pig-trap normally includes a section of larger diameter pipe to allow the pig to come to a gentle stop with flow passing around the pig. After closing the valves for isolation, the pig can be removed via a quick opening closure (like a flange) on the end of the pig-trap. The fact the pig-traps are not present means that this pipeline is not pigged regularly. 1/2  Kiev and Warsaw doubt the US-Germany-Russia deal on Nordstream2. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute, @LievenAnatol   https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-germany-deal-nord-stream-2-pipeline-draws-ire-lawmakers-both-countries-2021-07-21/ Permissions: Own work — Author | Audriusa (Audrius Meskauskas) I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses: GNU head Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License. w:en:Creative Commons attribution share alike This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Lieven has given up on Futbol everybody.  Nevertheless, grab your Italian football jersey and enjoy a Guinness, 'cause this Euro show has your name written all over it. The boys welcome Boundless founder Dee Coakley, a Dubliner, to the show to talk about her company's recent round of funding, as well as chime in on all of this week's topics. In addition: Hungary is starving for immigrant workers, Iceland is changing the game when it comes to workforce well-being, testing a 4-day work week, but what does that mean for the rest of Europe (and the world)? Lastly, France is putting a chokehold on Google and Big Tech's inability to play nicely with the country's media properties. Is it a tax Google just pays, or will they really help save journalism? And what European companies pile on next? Gotta listen.  Grab a couple of Guinness, this is gonna take a minute :)

Met deze maand: Het tweede AI songfestival! Astronautenondergoed! Een kubieke millimeter hersenen! Shazam voor vogels! Lieven test Starlink's Dishy McFlatface! De dapperste rat ter wereld! Een rietje tegen de hik! En nog veel meer ... Shownotes: https://maandoverzicht.nerdland.be/nerdland-maandoverzicht-juli-2021/ Gepresenteerd door Lieven Scheire, met Hetty Helsmoortel, Peter Berx, Els Aerts, Jeroen Baert en Stephanie Dehennin.

Photo: Crimea: Karaite cemetery CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: Crimea is not negotiable; & What is to be done? Anatole Lieven @QuincyInst https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-says-uk-warship-near-crimea-wanted-test-russias-military-response-2021-06-30/

Photo: Crimea.  Карло Боссоли. Русское кладбище.   . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: Crimea is not negotiable; & What is to be done? Anatole Lieven @QuincyInst https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-says-uk-warship-near-crimea-wanted-test-russias-military-response-2021-06-30/

On this edition of Parallax Views, Anatol Lieven, the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's new senior research fellow on Russia and Europe as well as an Orwell-prize winning journalist and professor at Georgetown University in Qatar, joins me to discuss U.S.-Russia relations and the recent Biden-Putin summit. We also get Prof. Lieven's thoughts on the state of U.S. foreign policy discussion, discourse around Putin and human rights, the Ukraine issue, national security and the international-rules-based order, the Cold War, Russia's perspective on foreign policy, diplomacy vs. conflict, and much, much more.

The European market is poppin' hotter than a dinner date between Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin. This episode, the boys invite the angriest Scot they know in Adam Gordon to come on the show and share a few thoughts. It helps counter Lieven's more laid-back, collegiate demeanor as they discuss topics ranging from Adevinta's latest acquisition of eBay Classifieds Group, making it a Top 3 classifieds player, to talking about growing pay inequality throughout the continent to opining about the current state of Swiss sex workers. And if that wasn't hot enough ... soccer, er, football. Or is it futbol? Such a complex place Europe is. Enjoy!

Photo: No known restrictions on publication.CBS Eye on the World with John BatchelorCBS Audio Network@Batchelorshow2/2: The Moscow and Washington (foreign policy/security) blobs and the Geneva summit. Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst @LievenAnatolhttps://quincyinst.org/2021/06/16/can-joe-biden-get-real-about-russia/

Photo:   The elite schottische (a slow polka) .CBS Eye on the World with John BatchelorCBS Audio Network@Batchelorshow1/2: The Moscow and Washington (foreign policy/security) blobs and the Geneva summit. Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst @LievenAnatolhttps://quincyinst.org/2021/06/16/can-joe-biden-get-real-about-russia/

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Photo:  Tomb of Mithridates, near the Lazaretto of Kertch, Crimea.Creator: Bossoli, Carlo, 1815-1884 (delineator); Walker, Edmund, active 1836-1882 (lithographer).Contributors: Day & Son (publisher); June 9, 1856.CBS Eye on the World with John BatchelorCBS Audio Network@BatchelorshowResolving Ukraine at Geneva now. Anatol Lieven, @QuincyInsthttps://112.international/ukraine-top-news/ukraine-us-coordinate-positions-on-the-eve-of-geneva-summit-62095.html

Photo: Map from, The Invasion of the Crimea: its origin, and an account of its progress down to the death of Lord Raglan.   .CBS Eye on the World with John BatchelorCBS Audio Network@BatchelorshowCrimea is Russia. Anatoly Lieven @QuincyInsthttps://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-06-09/biden-putin-set-to-meet-in-18th-century-swiss-villa-for-summit

Photo: NATO:  A main battle tank (M60A3) of the 3rd Armored Division drives through the Fulda Gap—an area between the Hesse-Thuringian border and Frankfurt am Main that contains two corridors of lowlands through which tanks might have driven in a surprise attack effort by the Soviets and their Warsaw Pact allies to gain crossing of the Rhine River.  1985. © US ArmyCBSitute. Eye on the World with John BatchelorCBS Audio Network@BatchelorshowNATO is a success on defense and not a success on offense. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institutehttps://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/05/29/whats-in-a-name-natos-staunch-defender-is-exercise-in-doublespeak/

Photo: Members of the Soviet resistance in Belarus hanged by the German army on 26 October 1941.CBS Eye on the World with John BatchelorCBS Audio Network@BatchelorshowBelarus is a crisis red line for Moscow. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statesmanship.https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/05/25/how-to-avoid-a-conflict-in-belarus/

Photo: Coat-of-arms of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the proclaimed state of the Taliban.CBS Eye on the World with John BatchelorCBS Audio Network@Batchelorshow"Reaching out to do personal deals with the Taliban." Anatol Lieven, @QuincyInst @Georgetown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5z-eAeF-74