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Mental imagery refers to sensory processing in the absence of sensory stimuli, and this can be through our visual senses or our senses of hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Below are links to some of the research referenced in this episode. If you want to go back and listen to each of the exercises, the time markers are 5:08 - 10:11 (Exercise #1), 24:53 - 36:48 (Exercise #2), and 42:26 - 50:50 (Exercise #3).Click here for the link to the Imaginator App on the App Store for iPhone.Lawrence, H. R., Balkind, E. G., Ji, J. L., Burke, T. A., & Liu, R. T. (2023). Mental imagery of suicide and non-suicidal self-injury: A meta-analysis and systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 103, 102302.McEvoy, P. M., Hayes, S., Hasking, P. A., & Rees, C. S. (2017). Thoughts, images, and appraisals associated with acting and not acting on the urge to self-injure. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 57, 163-171.Cloos, M., Di Simplicio, M., Hammerle, F., & Steil, R. (2020). Mental images, entrapment and affect in young adults meeting criteria of nonsuicidal self-injury disorder (NSSID) – a daily diary study. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 7, 4.Ji, J. L., Kyron, M., Saulsman, L., Becerra, R., Lin, A., Hasking, P., & Holmes, E. A. (2024). Picturing self-harm: Investigating flash-forward mental imagery as a proximal and modifiable driver of non-suicidal self-injury. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 54, 713-727.Bang, S.-K., & Lee, E. (2024). Short imagery rescripting intervention effects on non-suicidal self-injury college students: A randomized controlled trial. The Open Psychology Journal, 17, e18743501342804.Schmied, E., Hack, L., Connemann, B., Sosic-Vasic, Z., & Kroener, J. (2024). You're not alone: Imagery rescripting for adolescents who self-harm. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1395603.Di Simplicio, M., Appiah-Kusi, E., Wilkinson, P., Watson, P., Meiser-Stedman, C., Kavanagh, D. J., & Holmes, E. A. (2020). Imaginator: A proof-of-concept feasibility trial of a brief imagery-based psychological intervention for young people who self-harm. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 50(3), 724-740.Knäuper, B., McCollam, A., Rosen-Brown, A., Lacaille, J., Kelso, E., & Roseman, M. (2011). Fruitful plans: Adding targeted mental imagery to implementation intentions increases fruit consumption. Psychology and Health, 26(5), 601-617.Follow Dr. Westers on Instagram @DocWesters. To join ISSS, visit itriples.org and follow ISSS on Facebook and Twitter/X (@ITripleS).The Psychology of Self-Injury podcast has been rated #1 by Feedspot in their list of "10 Best Self Harm Podcasts" and #5 in their "20 Best Clinical Psychology Podcasts." It has also been featured in Audible's "Best Mental Health Podcasts to Defy Stigma and Begin to Heal."

President Xi Jinping unveiled five initiatives — covering the areas of artificial intelligence, trade and investment facilitation, digital industry, smart manufacturing, and talent development — to deepen practical cooperation among BRICS countries and bolster the collective strength of the Global South.Addressing the second session of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi as he wrapped up his two-day participation in the gathering on Sunday, Xi stressed that a stronger foundation for cooperation was essential for the expanded grouping to achieve greater progress.He urged BRICS countries to leverage their close ties with emerging markets and Global South countries, pursuing open cooperation for mutual benefit while safeguarding stable and smooth industrial and supply chains.They should foster a larger integrated market, build incubators for innovation, upgrade traditional industries, develop emerging industries and deploy future industries, Xi added.China will be a pioneer in establishing a BRICS AI open source community, and it will support cooperation in developing and applying large language models, hold specialized AI seminars and training courses, and build an open AI ecosystem, Xi said.He proposed a BRICS special economic zone partnership under which countries could set up an intelligent portal, coordinate policies and build a new frontier for open development. China will also host the BRICS Forum on Trade in Services next year to cultivate new drivers of economic and trade cooperation.Furthermore, China will push for the establishment of a BRICS digital ecosystem cloud platform and conduct digital skills training, technological exchanges and industrial alignment to jointly advance the digital economy, Xi said.He expressed the country's readiness to assist fellow BRICS countries in building smart factories and developing standards and norms, jointly promoting manufacturing transformation and upgrading.Xi also proposed a BRICS engineer cultivation alliance for the joint development of engineers and mutual recognition of competency standards. China will launch a BRICS youth exchange program for scientific and technological innovation to cultivate more high-caliber talent.Noting that this year marks the launch of China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), Xi said China will continue to pursue high-quality development, expand high-standard opening-up, implement the Global Development Initiative and advance high-quality Belt and Road cooperation to share opportunities and prosper together with other countries.Liu Ying, a researcher at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, said that as BRICS marks its 20th anniversary and moves toward its next "golden decade", China's five initiatives respond to the shared development needs of BRICS and the wider Global South.China has offered not just directions for cooperation, but also concrete platforms and mechanisms to implement it, she said, helping BRICS countries expand their international voice while strengthening their own development foundations.Openness and inclusiveness in AI especially matter, Liu said, as open-source cooperation, large-model development and talent training can help Global South countries access and apply AI as a foundational resource for national development — an effort that China's strengths in technology, industry and application can help make possible.China is practicing "developmental multilateralism" — combining capacity building with real development outcomes to help the Global South participate more fully in the new wave of technological and industrial change, and ultimately pushing the global system toward a fairer, more inclusive and balanced order, Liu added.As the Global South, with its collective rise, has become a key driver of world multipolarity, Xi said that to bring stability to the world and make it a better place, BRICS countries must seize the historical initiative, rally the Global South, be an active, stabilizing and positive force in international affairs, and advance the well-being of all humanity.He stressed that Global South countries should jointly defend the rule of law in international affairs, safeguarding sovereign equality, noninterference in internal affairs and the peaceful settlement of disputes, to ensure that international law and international rules are applied to all, free from double standards.Xi emphasized the need to uphold multilateralism and the authority and role of the United Nations, and to support multilateral institutions in advancing reform and increasing efficiency. World Trade Organization reform should proceed in the right direction, while the international financial architecture must be reformed and improved to increase developing countries' representation and voice, he added.Global South countries should remain committed to a people-centered development philosophy and strive to deliver on the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, he said.Addressing shared challenges, Xi said that Global South countries should work together to strengthen security governance, tackle traditional and nontraditional threats, and improve global climate governance.BRICS draws its growing influence from an inclusive approach that respects different development paths and promotes shared economic gains, said Lan Qingxin, director of the BRICS Research Center at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.

Dominik hat sein EGYM-BioAge ermittelt – doch was sagt diese Zahl über seine Gesundheit aus? Wir erklären, was hinter dem biologischen Alter steckt und wie Studiogeräte, Wearables und epigenetische Tests zu ihren Ergebnissen kommen. Wie zuverlässig sind diese Werte? Können Training und Ernährung unsere biologische Uhr beeinflussen? Und wann motiviert ein Alterswert zu gesunden Gewohnheiten, wann führt er in die Irre? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dominiks Buch zur pflanzenbasierten Sporternährung im UTB-Verlag: https://www.utb.de/doi/book/10.36198/9783838560328 Dominiks Gesundheitscommunity: www.gsundes-hannover.de Dominiks Online-Knie-Kurs: https://gsundes-hannover.de/knieschmerzen/ Dominiks Online-Rücken-Kurs: https://copecart.com/products/34bd5abb/checkout Marcs veganes Online-Fitness-Coaching: https://vegainer-academy.com/ Marcs Online-Kurs: https://www.copecart.com/products/a50f88f2/checkout ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Werbung: Dieser Podcast wird unterstützt von der Firma Watson Nutrition. Die Firma bietet als einzige umfassend laborgeprüfte Nahrungsergänzungsmittel für eine optimierte Nährstoffversorgung. Zum Angebot zählen Multi-Supplemente, Mono-Supplemente, Sportsupplemente wie Kreatin oder auch Proteinriegel, Shakes und essenzielle Aminosäuren Mit dem Code veganperformance erhältst du 5 % Rabatt auf deine Bestellung.  Zur Firmenwebseite: Watson Nutrition ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kapitelmarken: 00:00:00 Intro: Biologisches Alter auf dem Prüfstand 00:00:52 Dominiks BioAge: Von 39 auf 24 Jahre 00:05:44 Fitness früher und heute: Leistung, Alltag und Wohlbefinden 00:11:48 Was bedeutet biologisches Alter überhaupt? 00:15:46 Körperliche Tests: Kraft, Beweglichkeit und Stoffwechsel 00:18:55 Blutwerte, Telomere und epigenetische Tests 00:22:41 Smartwatches, Ringe und Waagen: Welche Werte liefern sie? 00:27:55 EGYM BioAge: Wie entsteht die Alterszahl? 00:31:51 Neue Algorithmen: Wie vergleichbar bleiben die Ergebnisse? 00:33:09 Werbung: Watson Nutrition 00:34:18 Biologisches Alter senken: Was zeigen die Studien? 00:42:18 Vegane Ernährung und Altern: Die Zwillingsstudie 00:48:53 Vorteile: Motivation und sichtbare Fortschritte 00:53:08 Nachteile: Stress und Selbstoptimierungsdruck 01:00:22 Messgenauigkeit, Scheinsicherheit und Marketing 01:06:07 Fazit: Was für ein gesundes Leben wirklich zählt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quellen: Belsky, D. W., Caspi, A., Corcoran, D. L., Sugden, K., Poulton, R., Arseneault, L., Baccarelli, A., Chamarti, K., Gao, X., Hannon, E., Harrington, H. L., Houts, R., Kothari, M., Kwon, D., Mill, J., Schwartz, J., Vokonas, P., Wang, C., Williams, B. S., & Moffitt, T. E. (2022). DunedinPACE, a DNA methylation biomarker of the pace of aging. eLife, 11, Artikel e73420. Biomarkers of Aging Consortium, Herzog, C. M. S., Goeminne, L. J. E., Poganik, J. R., Barzilai, N., Belsky, D. W., Betts-LaCroix, J., Chen, B. H., Chen, M., Cohen, A. A., Cummings, S. R., Fedichev, P. O., Ferrucci, L., Fleming, A., Fortney, K., Furman, D., Gorbunova, V., Higgins-Chen, A., Hood, L., . . . Gladyshev, V. N. (2024). Challenges and recommendations for the translation of biomarkers of aging. Nature Aging, 4(10), 1372–1383. Bischoff-Ferrari, H. A., Gängler, S., Wieczorek, M., Belsky, D. W., Ryan, J., Kressig, R. W., Stähelin, H. B., Theiler, R., Dawson-Hughes, B., Rizzoli, R., Vellas, B., Rouch, L., Guyonnet, S., Egli, A., Orav, E. J., Willett, W., & Horvath, S. (2025). Individual and additive effects of vitamin D, omega-3 and exercise on DNA methylation clocks of biological aging in older adults from the DO-HEALTH trial. Nature Aging, 5(3), 376–385. Diego D. (2025, 3. Februar). BioAge – Why do inconsistencies/incorrect calculation occur? EGYM Help Center. Diego D. (2026, 6. Juli). What is BioAge? EGYM Help Center. Dwaraka, V. B., Aronica, L., Carreras-Gallo, N., Robinson, J. L., Hennings, T., Carter, M. M., Corley, M. J., Lin, A., Turner, L., Smith, R., Mendez, T. L., Went, H., Ebel, E. R., Sonnenburg, E. D., Sonnenburg, J. L., & Gardner, C. D. (2024). Unveiling the epigenetic impact of vegan vs. omnivorous diets on aging: Insights from the Twins Nutrition Study (TwiNS). BMC Medicine, 22, Artikel 301. EGYM. (o. D.-a). EGYM BioAge. EGYM. (o. D.-b). The EGYM BioAge motivates club members. EGYM. (o. D.-c). The evolution of EGYM BioAge. Garmin. (2025, 22. April). What is your Garmin fitness age? How can you lower it? Higgins-Chen, A. T., Thrush, K. L., Wang, Y., Minteer, C. J., Kuo, P.-L., Wang, M., Niimi, P., Sturm, G., Lin, J., Moore, A. Z., Bandinelli, S., Vinkers, C. H., Vermetten, E., Rutten, B. P. F., Geuze, E., Okhuijsen-Pfeifer, C., van der Horst, M. Z., Schreiter, S., Gutwinski, S., . . . Levine, M. E. (2022). A computational solution for bolstering reliability of epigenetic clocks: Implications for clinical trials and longitudinal tracking. Nature Aging, 2(7), 644–661. Horvath, S. (2013). DNA methylation age of human tissues and cell types. Genome Biology, 14(10), Artikel R115. Ibáñez-Cabellos, J. S., García-Giménez, J. L., Escobar, J., Pallardó, F. V., & Mena-Mollá, S. (2026). From the lab to lifestyle: Epigenetic clocks in personalized aging and health. Biogerontology, 27, Artikel 101. Levine, M. E., Lu, A. T., Quach, A., Chen, B. H., Assimes, T. L., Bandinelli, S., Hou, L., Baccarelli, A. A., Stewart, J. D., Li, Y., Whitsel, E. A., Wilson, J. G., Reiner, A. P., Aviv, A., Lohman, K., Liu, Y., Ferrucci, L., & Horvath, S. (2018). An epigenetic biomarker of aging for lifespan and healthspan. Aging, 10(4), 573–591. Lu, A. T., Quach, A., Wilson, J. G., Reiner, A. P., Aviv, A., Raj, K., Hou, L., Baccarelli, A. A., Li, Y., Stewart, J. D., Whitsel, E. A., Assimes, T. L., Ferrucci, L., & Horvath, S. (2019). DNA methylation GrimAge strongly predicts lifespan and healthspan. Aging, 11(2), 303–327. Mandsager, K., Harb, S., Cremer, P., Phelan, D., Nissen, S. E., & Jaber, W. (2018). Association of cardiorespiratory fitness with long-term mortality among adults undergoing exercise treadmill testing. JAMA Network Open, 1(6), Artikel e183605. Moqri, M., Herzog, C., Poganik, J. R., Ying, K., Justice, J. N., Belsky, D. W., Higgins-Chen, A. T., Chen, B. H., Cohen, A. A., Fuellen, G., Hägg, S., Marioni, R. E., Widschwendter, M., Fortney, K., Fedichev, P. O., Zhavoronkov, A., Barzilai, N., Lasky-Su, J., Kiel, D. P., . . . Ferrucci, L. (2024). Validation of biomarkers of aging. Nature Medicine, 30(2), 360–372. Oura Team. (2025, 1. April). All about cardiovascular age. The Pulse Blog. TANITA. (o. D.-a). Bioelectrical impedance analysis. TANITA. (o. D.-b). Understanding your measurements. Waziry, R., Ryan, C. P., Corcoran, D. L., Huffman, K. M., Kobor, M. S., Kothari, M., Graf, G. H., Kraus, V. B., Kraus, W. E., Lin, D. T. S., Pieper, C. F., Ramaker, M. E., Bhapkar, M., Das, S. K., Ferrucci, L., Hastings, W. J., Kebbe, M., Parker, D. C., Racette, S. B., . . . Belsky, D. W. (2023). Effect of long-term caloric restriction on DNA methylation measures of biological aging in healthy adults from the CALERIE trial. Nature Aging, 3(3), 248–257. WHOOP. (2026, 21. April). Healthspan: WHOOP age & pace of aging guide. Ying, K., Paulson, S., Eames, A., Tyshkovskiy, A., Li, S., Eynon, N., Jacques, M., Grolaux, R., Seale, K., Jacques, E., Goeminne, L. J. E., Cipriano, A., Perez-Guevara, M., Emamifar, M., Casas Martínez, M., Kwon, D., Kosheleva, A., Snyder, M., Gobel, D., . . . Gladyshev, V. N. (2025). A unified framework for systematic curation and evaluation of aging biomarkers. Nature Aging, 5(11), 2323–2339.

Dominik hat sein EGYM-BioAge ermittelt – doch was sagt diese Zahl über seine Gesundheit aus? Wir erklären, was hinter dem biologischen Alter steckt und wie Studiogeräte, Wearables und epigenetische Tests zu ihren Ergebnissen kommen. Wie zuverlässig sind diese Werte? Können Training und Ernährung unsere biologische Uhr beeinflussen? Und wann motiviert ein Alterswert zu gesunden Gewohnheiten, wann führt er in die Irre? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dominiks Buch zur pflanzenbasierten Sporternährung im UTB-Verlag: https://www.utb.de/doi/book/10.36198/9783838560328 Dominiks Gesundheitscommunity: www.gsundes-hannover.de Dominiks Online-Knie-Kurs: https://gsundes-hannover.de/knieschmerzen/ Dominiks Online-Rücken-Kurs: https://copecart.com/products/34bd5abb/checkout Marcs veganes Online-Fitness-Coaching: https://vegainer-academy.com/ Marcs Online-Kurs: https://www.copecart.com/products/a50f88f2/checkout ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Werbung: Dieser Podcast wird unterstützt von der Firma Watson Nutrition. Die Firma bietet als einzige umfassend laborgeprüfte Nahrungsergänzungsmittel für eine optimierte Nährstoffversorgung. Zum Angebot zählen Multi-Supplemente, Mono-Supplemente, Sportsupplemente wie Kreatin oder auch Proteinriegel, Shakes und essenzielle Aminosäuren Mit dem Code veganperformance erhältst du 5 % Rabatt auf deine Bestellung.  Zur Firmenwebseite: Watson Nutrition ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kapitelmarken: 00:00:00 Intro: Biologisches Alter auf dem Prüfstand 00:00:52 Dominiks BioAge: Von 39 auf 24 Jahre 00:05:44 Fitness früher und heute: Leistung, Alltag und Wohlbefinden 00:11:48 Was bedeutet biologisches Alter überhaupt? 00:15:46 Körperliche Tests: Kraft, Beweglichkeit und Stoffwechsel 00:18:55 Blutwerte, Telomere und epigenetische Tests 00:22:41 Smartwatches, Ringe und Waagen: Welche Werte liefern sie? 00:27:55 EGYM BioAge: Wie entsteht die Alterszahl? 00:31:51 Neue Algorithmen: Wie vergleichbar bleiben die Ergebnisse? 00:33:09 Werbung: Watson Nutrition 00:34:18 Biologisches Alter senken: Was zeigen die Studien? 00:42:18 Vegane Ernährung und Altern: Die Zwillingsstudie 00:48:53 Vorteile: Motivation und sichtbare Fortschritte 00:53:08 Nachteile: Stress und Selbstoptimierungsdruck 01:00:22 Messgenauigkeit, Scheinsicherheit und Marketing 01:06:07 Fazit: Was für ein gesundes Leben wirklich zählt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quellen: Belsky, D. W., Caspi, A., Corcoran, D. L., Sugden, K., Poulton, R., Arseneault, L., Baccarelli, A., Chamarti, K., Gao, X., Hannon, E., Harrington, H. L., Houts, R., Kothari, M., Kwon, D., Mill, J., Schwartz, J., Vokonas, P., Wang, C., Williams, B. S., & Moffitt, T. E. (2022). DunedinPACE, a DNA methylation biomarker of the pace of aging. eLife, 11, Artikel e73420. Biomarkers of Aging Consortium, Herzog, C. M. S., Goeminne, L. J. E., Poganik, J. R., Barzilai, N., Belsky, D. W., Betts-LaCroix, J., Chen, B. H., Chen, M., Cohen, A. A., Cummings, S. R., Fedichev, P. O., Ferrucci, L., Fleming, A., Fortney, K., Furman, D., Gorbunova, V., Higgins-Chen, A., Hood, L., . . . Gladyshev, V. N. (2024). Challenges and recommendations for the translation of biomarkers of aging. Nature Aging, 4(10), 1372–1383. Bischoff-Ferrari, H. A., Gängler, S., Wieczorek, M., Belsky, D. W., Ryan, J., Kressig, R. W., Stähelin, H. B., Theiler, R., Dawson-Hughes, B., Rizzoli, R., Vellas, B., Rouch, L., Guyonnet, S., Egli, A., Orav, E. J., Willett, W., & Horvath, S. (2025). Individual and additive effects of vitamin D, omega-3 and exercise on DNA methylation clocks of biological aging in older adults from the DO-HEALTH trial. Nature Aging, 5(3), 376–385. Diego D. (2025, 3. Februar). BioAge – Why do inconsistencies/incorrect calculation occur? EGYM Help Center. Diego D. (2026, 6. Juli). What is BioAge? EGYM Help Center. Dwaraka, V. B., Aronica, L., Carreras-Gallo, N., Robinson, J. L., Hennings, T., Carter, M. M., Corley, M. J., Lin, A., Turner, L., Smith, R., Mendez, T. L., Went, H., Ebel, E. R., Sonnenburg, E. D., Sonnenburg, J. L., & Gardner, C. D. (2024). Unveiling the epigenetic impact of vegan vs. omnivorous diets on aging: Insights from the Twins Nutrition Study (TwiNS). BMC Medicine, 22, Artikel 301. EGYM. (o. D.-a). EGYM BioAge. EGYM. (o. D.-b). The EGYM BioAge motivates club members. EGYM. (o. D.-c). The evolution of EGYM BioAge. Garmin. (2025, 22. April). What is your Garmin fitness age? How can you lower it? Higgins-Chen, A. T., Thrush, K. L., Wang, Y., Minteer, C. J., Kuo, P.-L., Wang, M., Niimi, P., Sturm, G., Lin, J., Moore, A. Z., Bandinelli, S., Vinkers, C. H., Vermetten, E., Rutten, B. P. F., Geuze, E., Okhuijsen-Pfeifer, C., van der Horst, M. Z., Schreiter, S., Gutwinski, S., . . . Levine, M. E. (2022). A computational solution for bolstering reliability of epigenetic clocks: Implications for clinical trials and longitudinal tracking. Nature Aging, 2(7), 644–661. Horvath, S. (2013). DNA methylation age of human tissues and cell types. Genome Biology, 14(10), Artikel R115. Ibáñez-Cabellos, J. S., García-Giménez, J. L., Escobar, J., Pallardó, F. V., & Mena-Mollá, S. (2026). From the lab to lifestyle: Epigenetic clocks in personalized aging and health. Biogerontology, 27, Artikel 101. Levine, M. E., Lu, A. T., Quach, A., Chen, B. H., Assimes, T. L., Bandinelli, S., Hou, L., Baccarelli, A. A., Stewart, J. D., Li, Y., Whitsel, E. A., Wilson, J. G., Reiner, A. P., Aviv, A., Lohman, K., Liu, Y., Ferrucci, L., & Horvath, S. (2018). An epigenetic biomarker of aging for lifespan and healthspan. Aging, 10(4), 573–591. Lu, A. T., Quach, A., Wilson, J. G., Reiner, A. P., Aviv, A., Raj, K., Hou, L., Baccarelli, A. A., Li, Y., Stewart, J. D., Whitsel, E. A., Assimes, T. L., Ferrucci, L., & Horvath, S. (2019). DNA methylation GrimAge strongly predicts lifespan and healthspan. Aging, 11(2), 303–327. Mandsager, K., Harb, S., Cremer, P., Phelan, D., Nissen, S. E., & Jaber, W. (2018). Association of cardiorespiratory fitness with long-term mortality among adults undergoing exercise treadmill testing. JAMA Network Open, 1(6), Artikel e183605. Moqri, M., Herzog, C., Poganik, J. R., Ying, K., Justice, J. N., Belsky, D. W., Higgins-Chen, A. T., Chen, B. H., Cohen, A. A., Fuellen, G., Hägg, S., Marioni, R. E., Widschwendter, M., Fortney, K., Fedichev, P. O., Zhavoronkov, A., Barzilai, N., Lasky-Su, J., Kiel, D. P., . . . Ferrucci, L. (2024). Validation of biomarkers of aging. Nature Medicine, 30(2), 360–372. Oura Team. (2025, 1. April). All about cardiovascular age. The Pulse Blog. TANITA. (o. D.-a). Bioelectrical impedance analysis. TANITA. (o. D.-b). Understanding your measurements. Waziry, R., Ryan, C. P., Corcoran, D. L., Huffman, K. M., Kobor, M. S., Kothari, M., Graf, G. H., Kraus, V. B., Kraus, W. E., Lin, D. T. S., Pieper, C. F., Ramaker, M. E., Bhapkar, M., Das, S. K., Ferrucci, L., Hastings, W. J., Kebbe, M., Parker, D. C., Racette, S. B., . . . Belsky, D. W. (2023). Effect of long-term caloric restriction on DNA methylation measures of biological aging in healthy adults from the CALERIE trial. Nature Aging, 3(3), 248–257. WHOOP. (2026, 21. April). Healthspan: WHOOP age & pace of aging guide. Ying, K., Paulson, S., Eames, A., Tyshkovskiy, A., Li, S., Eynon, N., Jacques, M., Grolaux, R., Seale, K., Jacques, E., Goeminne, L. J. E., Cipriano, A., Perez-Guevara, M., Emamifar, M., Casas Martínez, M., Kwon, D., Kosheleva, A., Snyder, M., Gobel, D., . . . Gladyshev, V. N. (2025). A unified framework for systematic curation and evaluation of aging biomarkers. Nature Aging, 5(11), 2323–2339.

Olympic champion Liu Xiang said on Thursday that he completed a buyout with Shanghai sports authorities on Sept 1, receiving 494,000 yuan, and would have no further association with the sports bureau.奥运冠军刘翔今天表示，他已于 9 月 1 日与上海体育主管部门完成买断，获得 49.4 万元，今后将不再与该体育局存在任何关联。“On Sept 1, I had already completed the buyout and received 494,000 yuan in buyout compensation,” Liu said in a post on his personal social media account. “From now on, I will have no further association with the sports bureau.”“9 月 1 日，我已经完成买断，拿到 49.4 万元买断补偿金，” 刘翔在个人社交媒体账号发文称，“从今往后，我和体育局不再有任何关系。”The 43‑year‑old former hurdler also said that he had received a total of 982,935 yuan in salary and subsidies from April 7, 2015, when he retired, until the completion of the buyout. Liu said he donated the entire amount to the China Charity Federation on Sept 2 for disaster relief following mudslides in the Xizang autonomous region.这位 43 岁的前跨栏运动员还表示，自 2015 年 4 月 7 日退役至完成买断期间，他共计领到薪资及补贴 982935 元。刘翔称，他已于 9 月 2 日将全部款项捐赠给中华慈善总会，用于西藏自治区泥石流灾害的救灾工作。Liu's latest post came after a public dispute over his post‑retirement career arrangement triggered widespread discussion on Chinese social media.此前，关于刘翔退役后职业安置的公开争议在国内社交媒体引发广泛热议，之后刘翔发布了这篇最新博文。On Aug 26, Liu posted a photo commemorating his victory at the 2004 Athens Olympics and said the sports authorities had asked him to choose between becoming a coach and accepting a buyout.8 月 26 日，刘翔发布一张纪念 2004 年雅典奥运会夺冠的照片，称体育主管部门要求他在担任教练和接受买断二者之间做出选择。The Shanghai Sports Bureau said afterward that Liu was an outstanding athlete who had made significant contributions to Shanghai's sports development. It said the Shanghai Competitive Sports Training Management Center had communicated with Liu and would handle his post‑retirement arrangement in accordance with relevant national and municipal regulations, mainly through organizational placement or self‑employment.上海市体育局随后表示，刘翔是优秀运动员，为上海体育事业发展作出了突出贡献。上海市竞技体育训练管理中心已与刘翔沟通，将按照国家及本市相关规定处理其退役安置事宜，安置方式主要为组织安排岗位或者自主择业。In his latest post, Liu also addressed what he described as the issue of being “on the payroll but not at his post”, saying he had not received any formal position or post since his retirement.在最新博文中，刘翔还谈及所谓 “吃空饷” 问题，称自己退役之后从未获得任何正式职务。“I have not received any official post or position since I retired,” Liu said. “I respect the rules and accept that there may have been oversights, but rules should never be an excuse.”“退役之后我没有得到任何官方职务，” 刘翔说，“我尊重制度，也承认或许存在疏漏，但制度绝不能成为借口。”He questioned why the issue had taken 11 years to address, saying that the choice between becoming a coach and accepting a buyout had come too late to be regarded as a genuine career choice.他质疑该问题为何拖延 11 年才得以处理，表示让他在做教练与接受买断之间二选一，来得太迟，算不上真正的职业选择。Liu said he hoped his case would encourage greater attention to the career transition of retired athletes and called for more flexible and diverse arrangements.刘翔表示，希望自己的事件能够促使社会更加关注退役运动员的职业转型，呼吁推出更加灵活多元的安置方案。“Putting the issue of resettlement in the public eye is not about using public opinion to seek a third option,” he said. “I hope organizations will seriously consider the future of every retired athlete and treat them well.”“把安置问题摆到公众面前，并不是借舆论谋求第三种选择，” 他说，“希望相关机构能够认真考量每一位退役运动员的未来，善待他们。”Liu won the men's 110‑meter hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympics with a time of 12.91 seconds, becoming the first Asian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in a men's track event. He went on to win the world title in 2007 and set a world record of 12.88 seconds in 2006.刘翔在 2004 年雅典奥运会男子 110 米栏比赛中以 12 秒 91 夺冠，成为首位夺得奥运会男子田径项目金牌的亚洲运动员。他随后在 2007 年拿下世锦赛冠军，并于 2006 年创造 12 秒 88 的世界纪录。buyout /ˈbaɪaʊt/n. 买断subsidy /ˈsʌbsədi/n. 补贴resettlement /ˌriːˈsetlmənt/n. 安置transition /trænˈzɪʃn/n. 转型

What is managerialism? Why is the meritocracy sliding into technocracy? Does suffering make us seem more pure?We tend to think that today's progressive politics advances equality through moral awareness and identity. But Catherine Liu argues that it has been captured by the professional managerial class, which replaces material redistribution with virtue signalling and cultural status. In this interview, Liu examines how universities, identity politics and trauma culture can obscure class struggle and what a renewed working-class politics might look like.Catherine Liu is an American cultural theorist, critic, and professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Irvine. A sharp public intellectual, Liu is best known for her incisive critiques of elite liberalism, academic hypocrisy, and the commodification of virtue. She brings together Marxist cultural analysis with polemic flair, offering a compelling—and at times confrontational—challenge to the moral self-image of the contemporary professional class.Don't hesitate to email us at podcast@iai.tv with your thoughts or questions on the episode!To witness such talks live buy tickets for our upcoming festival: https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/And visit our website for many more articles, videos, and podcasts like this one: https://iai.tv/You can find everything we referenced here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Send us a Text Message (please include your email so we can respond!)Episode 100! Can't believe we made it here. 100 episode of trying to fit into Todd's triple booked schedule. This episode we do a little reminiscing about the past 3 years of podcasting but not after talking about a trial published in the form of a research letter about olanzapine versus dexmedetomidine for delirium by Liu et al published in the Blue Journal May 2026Olanzapine vs Dex: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42118124/If you enjoy the show be sure to like and subscribe, leave that 5 star review! Be sure to follow us on the social @icucast for the associated figures, comments, and other content not available in the audio format! Email us at icuedandtoddcast@gmail.com with any questions or suggestions! Thank you Mike Gannon for the intro and exit music! 

Developing nations seek greater access to talent, infrastructure to boost growth发展中国家寻求更多人才、基础设施支持，以推动人工智能发展Developing nations are seeking greater access to talent, infrastructure, artificial intelligence models and governance expertise, as they aim to harness AI without lagging further behind in its development and application, officials and experts from Global South countries said at an AI workshop in Beijing.全球南方国家的官员和专家在北京举行的一场人工智能研讨会上表示，发展中国家正寻求更多机会获取人工智能人才、基础设施、人工智能模型以及治理经验，以便在利用人工智能推动发展的过程中避免进一步落后于全球技术发展和应用进程。The fourth Workshop on AI Capacity Building is being held at Peking University from Monday through Saturday, with representatives from more than 30 nations attending.第四届人工智能能力建设研讨班于周一至周六在北京大学举行，来自30多个国家的代表参加了此次活动。The AI capacity building workshop follows President Xi Jinping's announcement at the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in July, in which he said that China would provide developing countries with 5,000 opportunities for AI training and seminars over the next five years.此次人工智能能力建设研讨班，是继中国国家主席习近平在2026年7月举行的世界人工智能大会暨全球人工智能治理高级别会议上宣布相关倡议之后举办的活动。习近平当时表示，未来五年，中国将向发展中国家提供5000个开展人工智能培训和研讨交流的机会。Speaking at the workshop's opening ceremony, Renan Gaya, director of data structuring and artificial intelligence at Brazil's Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services, said that deep disparities in data, computing capacity, talent, standards and capital continue to shape the global AI landscape.在研讨班开幕式上，巴西管理与公共服务创新部数据结构化与人工智能司司长雷南·加亚（Renan Gaya）表示，数据、算力、人才、标准和资本方面存在的巨大差距，正在持续塑造全球人工智能发展格局。“Without collective action, AI may reinforce historical inequalities and create new forms of technological dependence,” Gaya said, adding that “countries must build their own capacity or, at least, reduce strategic dependencies”. “如果缺乏集体行动，人工智能可能会强化历史性不平等，并产生新的技术依赖形式。”加亚说。他补充道，“各国必须建立自身能力，或者至少降低在战略领域的依赖程度。”He added that the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, or WAICO, and United Nations programs could help bridge the digital divide by sharing knowledge and providing training in areas where they are most needed.他表示，世界人工智能合作组织（WAICO）以及联合国相关项目，可以通过分享知识、在最需要的领域提供培训，帮助缩小数字鸿沟。“By sharing open-source AI models and knowledge through training and partnerships, China helps others build their own capacity,” he said.他说：“通过培训和合作伙伴关系分享开源人工智能模型与知识，中国正在帮助其他国家建设自身能力。”In 2024, China promoted the adoption of a UN General Assembly resolution on AI capacity building by consensus. The country later launched further initiatives to expand practical cooperation in the field and proposed the establishment of the WAICO.2024年，中国推动联合国大会就人工智能能力建设通过一项协商一致决议。随后，中国进一步推出扩大人工智能领域务实合作的相关倡议，并提出建立世界人工智能合作组织。Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin described China as an early advocate of AI capacity building and noted that all of the participants in the workshop are from founding members of the WAICO, reflecting a commitment to ensuring that the initial participants would also be among the first to benefit.中国外交部副部长刘彬表示，中国是人工智能能力建设的早期倡导者。他指出，本次研讨班所有参与方均来自世界人工智能合作组织创始成员，这体现了确保首批参与者也能率先受益的承诺。However, Liu said that the potential of AI would not automatically translate into benefits for common development, and that it could instead entrench or even exacerbate inequalities. He said that capacity building should go beyond simply providing access to technologies and services, adding that greater emphasis should be placed on helping developing countries build the capabilities required to develop and apply AI more independently, using it to solve real-world problems in ways that generate lasting value.不过，刘彬表示，人工智能的发展潜力并不会自动转化为促进共同发展的成果，反而可能进一步固化甚至扩大不平等。他指出，能力建设不应仅停留在提供技术和服务的层面，而应更加重视帮助发展中国家提升自主开发和应用人工智能的能力，使其能够利用人工智能解决现实问题，并创造长期价值。Antoine Pokam, an inspector at the Inspectorate General in charge of Technical Matters of Cameroon's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, pointed to infrastructure, financing and access to AI models as areas in which developing countries need greater support.喀麦隆邮政与电信部技术事务总监察局检查员安托万·波坎（Antoine Pokam）指出，基础设施、资金支持以及获取人工智能模型，是发展中国家需要获得更多支持的重要领域。Stressing the need for capacity-building programs, he added that support was also required for projects, financing and infrastructure.他强调，开展能力建设项目十分必要，同时相关支持也应覆盖项目实施、融资以及基础设施建设等方面。Aung Myo Maung, deputy director of the National AI Development Department of Myanmar's Ministry of Digital Development and Communications, said as Myanmar moves toward digitalization, the country's government could benefit from China's experience in areas such as data analytics and decision-support systems.缅甸数字发展与通信部国家人工智能发展司副司长昂妙茂（Aung Myo Maung）表示，随着缅甸迈向数字化转型，政府可以借鉴中国在数据分析、决策支持系统等领域的经验。Thanongdeuane Toulihong, deputy director of the Applied Research Institute of Smart Technology under Laos' Ministry of Technology and Communications, said that human resources and infrastructure are among the major constraints facing AI development in his country, and that relevant policy frameworks also need to be developed further.老挝技术与通信部智慧技术应用研究院副院长塔农杜安·图里洪（Thanongdeuane Toulihong）表示，人力资源和基础设施是当前制约老挝人工智能发展的主要因素之一，同时，相关政策框架也需要进一步完善。[词汇提炼]harness /ˈhɑːrnɪs/ v.利用；驾驭；有效运用capacity building /kəˈpæsəti ˌbɪldɪŋ/ n.能力建设；能力提升infrastructure /ˈɪnfrəˌstrʌktʃər/ n.基础设施governance /ˈɡʌvərnəns/ n.治理；管理体系disparity /dɪˈspærəti/ n.差距；不平等；悬殊reinforce /ˌriːɪnˈfɔːrs/ v.强化；加剧；巩固dependency /dɪˈpendənsi/ n.依赖；依赖关系collective action /kəˈlektɪv ˈækʃn/ n.集体行动；共同努力

The Sponsors We want to thank Underground Printing for starting this and making it possible—stop by and pick up some gear, check them out at ugpmichiganapparel.com, or check out our selection of shirts on the MGoBlogStore.com. And let's not forget our associate sponsors: Peak Wealth Management, Matt Demorest - Realtor and Lender, Ann Arbor Elder Law, Michigan Law Grad, Human Element, Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning, Winewood Organics, Community Pest Solutions, Radecki Oral Surgery, Long Road Distillers, SignalWire where we are recording this, and introducing Applied Fitness Solutions, and The History of Michigan Football, an online course by Greg Dooley. Featured Musician: The Unsustainables THE VIDEO: [After THE JUMP: The show notes, eventually.]  --------------------- 1. WMU Preview: Offense starts at the top It's a Walt Bell offense! They're going to put the WRs and TEs at the sideline to draw the secondary away from a running game that goes tempo, shifts late, and has a great backfield to punish any mistakes. Big OL includes a returning all-MAC guy and two 6'6" heavies at guard. Expect the WR screens to be the main passing attack, and if it's 3rd & long they dead. 2. WMU Preview: Defense starts at 15:27 The front seven got raided. They're finally out of Lou Esposito defensive linemen, went to the portal for an OSU walk-on and a weird DT/LB hybrid from LIU. Linebackers were formerly blitzy types, now 5th years. Secondary has one star in Joshua Franklin, the corner who returned when he could have gone to Ohio State or something, and another decent returning starter in former UConn/CMU CB Jarvarius Sims. Turner's been moved to nickel however and they're starting Presbyterian CB Willard Ferrell, who's listed at 6'1"/155, which: I believe you if you say you've gotten bigger but if that's your starting point woah. Ditto for returning free safety Joey Pope, and former Michigan walk-on, who also started for WMU last year. 3. Upon Further Preview starts at 28:41 Things we learned while doing the previews. One is that people are calling Bryce Underwood a bust: uh, too early folks! Linebacker panic in spring was probably because they saw nine walk-on caliber players with three young guys and zero Nate Staehlings. Also Chris Bracy's arrival was like Dani Rojas. 4. The NCAA's Eligibility Crisis starts at 53:32 Is LSU trying to corner the market on most unlikeable coaches? They are pushing this thing so hard it's turning people in favor of the NCAA. Such an incredible own goal from the NCAA to not grandfather this properly, because there were guys waiting and they drew a harsh line. Because they gave everybody the 2020-21 season for free it's really only those two classes—2021 and 2022—that didn't get a free fifth year, and all they had to do to make this make sense was extend it to players who 1) Didn't do anything pro after this rule was an option (read: not the guys LSU tried to sign, who were trying out on NFL teams); and 2) Would have eligibility under the new five-for-five rule (read: only recent grads who played four in four). Michigan would like them to play anyways because Roddy Gayle is now crucial with the McCoy injury, and it would be nice to bring back Ernest Hausmann as well. Featured Artist: The Unsustainables From MGoUser TxWolverine44: My band is The Unsustainables and we're based out of Chapel Hill. We're a rock-steady ska group and recently released our first album Every Broken Heart Will Mend (we have sent out the opening title track as our unofficial single). Worst case, I hope you enjoy it! The loose Michigan connection is that I'm an alum (c/o 2012) so tenuous Best case, I enjoy it, listen to it a bunch while writing the previews this year, and use it for our first MGoRadio episode this year. They say rock-steady ska, but if ska is a confluence of jazz and pop-punk, the jazz influence here is a much bigger part of the mix. Seeing them live up here probably isn't an option, but they have a couple of EPs that preceded this album so you can turn this on and leave it boppin' while you go through a bunch of linebacker film or whatever it is you do during the day. I used three thematic songs but the Chesterfields song was my fav when I had this on. If you've got music and won't issue a takedown notice on YouTube, I'd love to feature it on future episodes. Songs: Every Broken Heart Friday Nite Honeydrippers    Also because Across 110th Street will get our Youtubes taken down, the opener and outro: “The Employee is Not Afraid”—Bear vs. Shark “Ruska Vodka”—Motorboat

Jason, Sterling, and Jack break down Missouri destroying Arkansas-Pine Bluff 54-14. They also take a look at Kansas' matchup against LIU. Lee Sterling joins to talk with Todd Leabo to end hour 1. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Pretty CFD flames are something we got used to, but they usually are a product of our design assumptions - the design fire. While they give us a lovely illusion of being "real" fires, predicting real compartment fire growth is a completely different game. We're joined by Dr. Stephen Welch (University of Edinburgh) to get honest about what “modeling fire spread” actually means, how quickly results can become believable but wrong, and why validation has to be the foundation of any serious CFD fire modeling workflow. We walk through the path his group has taken from traveling fires in large compartments to timber-lined compartment behavior, using FDS and detailed pyrolysis models. Along the way we talk about scaling up from cone and crib experiments, why wood sticks burn differently than flat timber, and why calibrated kinetics are often engineering tools rather than universal material truths. We also dig into the uncomfortable reality of scenario uncertainty: moisture, stick variability, crib deformation, and tiny geometric changes can meaningfully shift predictions. One of the most practical takeaways is how opening location and ventilation momentum reshape fire spread, sometimes in ways classic simplified models won't anticipate. We explore entrainment height, hot layer effects, soot and radiative fraction, and what it might take to credibly predict burnout and post-burner behavior in timber-lined compartments. If you care about structural fire design, traveling fire exposure, and the future of validated predictive modeling, this one is for you. After this one, you will have a lot of reading... Start with these:Liu, C., Dai, X., Ming, X.M. & Welch, S. (2026) Exploring fire dynamics of travelling fires in large open compartments with CFD, Fire Safety Journal 104663 (special issue IAFSS2026) doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2026.104663Liu, C., Dai, X., Ming, X.M. & Welch, S. (2025) CFD predictions of fire spread over wood cribs in large open-plan compartments: new insights, Fire Safety Journal special issue 156: 104443 doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2025.104443  Dai, X., Alam, N., Liu, C., Nadjai, A., Rush, D. & Welch, S. (2024) “Scaling-up” fire spread on wood cribs to predict a large-scale travelling fire test using CFD, Advances in Engineering Software 189: 103589 doi: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2023.103589Dai, X., Gamba, A., Liu, C., Anderson, J., Charlier, M., Rush, D. & Welch, S. (2022) An engineering CFD model for fire spread on wood cribs for travelling fires, Advances in Engineering Software 173:103213 doi: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2022.103213 And the cover image comes from the image in paper [2], Fig. 17. Stephens papers are full of beautiful images. Another reason to check them out.----The Fire Science Show is produced by the Fire Science Media in collaboration with OFR Consultants. Thank you to the podcast sponsor for their continuous support towards our mission.

Apple heeft 'schokkend bewijs' bij de rechter ingediend in een rechtszaak tegen OpenAI die draait om bedrijfsspionage. Volgens Apple zou voormalig medewerker Chang Liu bedrijfsgeheimen gestolen hebben en gebruikt hebben bij zijn nieuwe werkgever: OpenAI. Verder hoor je over de nieuwe Cyberbeveiligingswet en hoeveel organisaties zich al geregistreerd hebben. Niels Kooloos vertelt erover in deze Tech Update. Volgens Apple heeft Liu via zijn werk-MacBook van Apple ontwerpen voor schakelingen hebben ingezien en bij OpenAI gebruikt hebben. Daar zou OpenAI van op de hoogte zijn, maar niks tegen gedaan hebben. Ook zou Liu een tool gebruikt hebben met dezelfde naam als een interne tool die ontwikkelaars bij Apple gebruiken. Apple kwam Liu op het spoor omdat hij op iCloud inlogde met een Mac mini bij OpenAI. Zijn account zou gesynschroniseerd zijn met zijn werklaptop, waardoor Apple mee kon kijken. OpenAI heeft nog niet gereageerd op de bewijsstukken die Apple gepresenteerd heeft, maar wees de aanklacht over bedrijfsspionage eerder al af. De ChatGPT-maker zegt dat het producten ontwikkelt die 'helemaal nieuw' zijn. Organisaties registreren zich amper voor nieuwe CyberbeveiligingswetHoewel de Cyberbeveiligingswet al ruim twee weken van kracht is in Nederland, zou minder dan de helft van de organisaties met een registratieplicht zich ook daadwerkelijk geregisteerd hebben. Dat stelt Computable op basis van cijfers van het Nationaal Cyber Security Centrum (NCSC). De Cyberbeveiligingswet verplicht organisaties in kritieke sectoren, zoals ziekenhuizen en netbeheerders, om zich te laten registeren bij het NCSC. Volgens Computable zouden zo'n 8 tot 10 duizend organisaties onder de registratieplicht vallen, maar hebben iets meer dan 4 duizend organisaties zich tot nu toe geregistreerd. Apple klaagt medewerker van OpenAI aan om bedrijfsspionage Helft or­ga­ni­sa­ties mist deadline registratie Cy­ber­be­vei­li­gings­wet (NIS2) Over de maker:Niels Kooloos is dagelijks op BNR Nieuwsradio te horen over het laatste technieuws in de Tech Update. Hij interesseert zich vooral in cybercriminaliteit, privacy, social media en (computer)hardware. Hier en daar kan je Niels ook in All in the Game horen, waar hij graag vertelt over zijn favoriete games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happens next when an astronomer, a mathematician, an educator, a physics student and a biomedical engineer stand upon the threshold of the Great Room of the perilous, Secret Fortress of Ag-Karrah? You get the conclusion to this summer's bonus Actual Play episode of The LIUniverse starring Dr. Charles Liu, co-host Alice Liu, Hannah Liu, M.Ed., Isaac Liu, and Eleanor Adams. For this episode of The LIUniverse, Chuck and co-host Alice Liu welcome back fan favorite guest and expert on ancient civilizations, author and educator Hannah Liu, M.Ed. (a.k.a. our “Classicist of Awesomeness”), and the show's “Intern Extraordinaire” and TikTok channel manager, physics student Eleanor Adams. We've also got another guest, and it's none other than “the hidden Liu sibling,” Isaac Liu, “Master of Science and Bricks,”who is pursuing his PhD in Biomedical Engineering starting this fall at Rochester Polytechnic Institute. Normally in these descriptions we tell you what you'll find in the episode. For the conclusion of this bonus episode, where Alice is gamemastering a live, tabletop role playing game called “Swords & Sorcery,” which is a little like “Dungeons & Dragons” but much simpler, we're going to skip the sizzle and let you get straight to the steak. The party of stalwart adventurers braving the perils of “The Secret Fortress of Ag-Karrah” is made up of: Charles Liu as Larry the Lion-Livered, a Druid. Isaac Liu as a Dwarven fighter named Brickothy Brickton Hannah Liu as a Tortle magic user named Felix Frankfurter Eleanor Adams as a Palladin of Athena named Annabeth Now, as GM Alice Liu says by way of preamble, “You walk past the dead jellyfish you've defeated and enter the Great Room…” Enjoy Part Two, the conclusion of The Secret Fortress of Ag-Karrah. We hope you like this bonus episode of The LIUniverse, and, if you do, please support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/theliuniverse.   Credits for this Episode: – “Swords & Sorcery” – Designed by James Lennox-Gordon / UnknownDungeon.itch.io / v1.1 2020 - CC BY SA 4.0. “Swords & Sorcery” is a hack of John Harper's “Lasers & Feelings.” Find out more here: https://unknowndungeon.itch.io/swords-and-sorcery 

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: Artful Discoveries: A Journey Through Forbidden Galleries Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/zh/episode/2026-08-29-22-34-02-zh Story Transcript:Zh: 台北的夏天，又热又湿。En: The summer in Taipei is hot and humid.Zh: 国立故宫博物院的大厅里充满了人，游客们在导览图上寻找历史的踪迹。En: The hall of the National Palace Museum is filled with people, as visitors search for traces of history on the guide map.Zh: 博物馆外，鬼节的庆祝活动正在进行，空气中弥漫着香烛的味道。En: Outside the museum, Ghost Festival celebrations are in full swing, with the air filled with the scent of incense and candles.Zh: 今天，梅和她的朋友刘来到了博物馆。En: Today, Mei and her friend Liu have come to the museum.Zh: 梅是一名勤奋的艺术学生，她想为即将到来的课题寻找灵感，期望给教授留下深刻的印象。En: Mei is a diligent art student looking for inspiration for her upcoming project, hoping to impress her professor.Zh: 而刘则是一个充满好奇心的朋友，跟随梅踏上这次艺术之旅。En: Liu, on the other hand, is a curious friend, joining Mei on this artistic journey.Zh: 然而，梅一进博物馆就感到不安。En: However, as soon as Mei enters the museum, she feels uneasy.Zh: 博物馆被熙来攘往的人群包围着，许多展品因为特别活动而暂时关闭。En: The museum is surrounded by bustling crowds, and many exhibits are temporarily closed due to special events.Zh: 她的焦急被刘的安慰打断：“没关系，我们可以先去其他地方看看。En: Her anxiety is interrupted by Liu's reassurance: "It's okay, we can check out other places first."Zh: ”在大厅的一角，梅注意到一个小小的禁止进入标志。En: In a corner of the hall, Mei notices a small "No Entry" sign.Zh: 她犹豫了一下，很快便做了决定：“我们进去看看吧，或许会有惊喜。En: She hesitates for a moment, then quickly makes a decision: "Let's go in and take a look; there might be a surprise."Zh: ”她拉着刘的手，悄悄地进入了限制区域。En: She takes Liu's hand and quietly enters the restricted area.Zh: 两人不知不觉中进入了一个几乎无人问津的展厅，里面摆满了古代的精美艺术品。En: Unknowingly, the two find themselves in a nearly deserted gallery filled with exquisite ancient artworks.Zh: 在寂静的房间中，他们被这些历史珍宝所震撼。En: In the silent room, they are awed by these historical treasures.Zh: 突然，一声轻轻的咳嗽声打破了安静。En: Suddenly, a gentle cough breaks the silence.Zh: 是陈，博物馆的保安，但同时也是一个对艺术充满热情的人。En: It's Chen, a security guard at the museum, but also a person with a passion for art.Zh: 他本可以对梅和刘进行教育，但他没有。En: He could have reprimanded Mei and Liu, but he didn't.Zh: 他走到他们身边，低声说：“你们喜欢这些作品吗？En: He approaches them and softly says, "Do you like these works?Zh: 我可以告诉你们一些它们的故事。En: I can tell you some of their stories."Zh: ”于是，陈侃侃而谈，分享了每一件艺术品背后的历史和意义。En: And so, Chen enthusiastically shares the history and meaning behind each piece of art.Zh: 梅听得入神，她感受到了艺术的深邃和陈的热诚。En: Mei listens intently, feeling the profoundness of the art and the passion of Chen.Zh: 在这个小小的展厅里，他们度过了一个特别的下午。En: In this small gallery, they spend a special afternoon together.Zh: 等到梅和刘终于离开时，她的笔记本上已经满满是新的想法。En: When Mei and Liu finally leave, Mei's notebook is filled with new ideas.Zh: 她满怀感激地对陈说：“谢谢你，陈先生。En: She gratefully says to Chen, "Thank you, Mr. Chen.Zh: 我会在我的项目中提到你的故事。En: I will mention your stories in my project."Zh: ”后来，梅意识到，艺术不仅仅是自我提升，也是分享和理解不同的视角。En: Later, Mei realizes that art is not just about self-improvement, but also about sharing and understanding different perspectives.Zh: 这次经历让她找到了新的方向，同时也结识了一位志同道合的新朋友。En: This experience gave her new direction and allowed her to make a like-minded new friend.Zh: 博物馆外，阳光洒在展览之后的台北街道上。En: Outside the museum, the sun shines on the streets of Taipei after the exhibit.Zh: 暑气消退，梅心中却充满了温暖和动力。En: The heat dissipates, but Mei's heart is filled with warmth and motivation.Zh: 在她看来，今天的参观已不仅仅是一次学习之旅，更是一场关于理解与分享的深刻思考。En: To her, today's visit was not just a learning journey, but a deep reflection on understanding and sharing. Vocabulary Words:humid: 湿exquisite: 精美uneasy: 不安bustling: 熙来攘往restricted: 限制gallery: 展厅profoundness: 深邃reprimanded: 教育reassurance: 安慰enthusiastically: 侃侃而谈inspiration: 灵感perspectives: 视角splendid: 壮丽motivation: 动力reflection: 思考treasures: 珍宝scent: 味道artistic: 艺术的traces: 踪迹hesitates: 犹豫deserted: 无人问津candle: 香烛curious: 好奇心awkward: 尴尬encounter: 遭遇delve: 深入intently: 入神revere: 敬畏scenic: 风景如画professor: 教授

Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, founder and president of the Ruth Institute, joins Trending with Timmerie Episode Guide The study that was buried on gay parenting that no one wants you to hear (1:42) What children of same sex parents are missing & what kids need (22:35) Megan & Harry moving back to England – when going no contact comes to an end – Saint Monica (36:22) Resources mentioned: https://ruthinstitute.org/ The study they Buried - video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l6QIMbxEDw Developing the nervous system https://relevantradio.com/2026/04/developing-the-nervous-system/ Book: Love & Economics https://www.amazon.com/Love-Economics-Takes-Family-Village/dp/0981605915 Fr. Paul Sullins, “Sample Errors Call Into Question Conclusions Regarding Same-Sex Married Parents” https://link.springer.com/article/10.... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28971... Reczek, Spiker, Liu, and Crosnoe, “Family Structure and Child Health: Does the Sex Composition of Parents Matter?” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27553... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... Reczek, Spiker, Liu, and Crosnoe, “The Promise and Perils of Population Research on Same-Sex Families” https://link.springer.com/article/10.... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... NCHS / CDC, “Changes to Data Editing Procedures and the Impact on Identifying Same-Sex Married Couples” https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/n... Fr. Paul Sullins, “Emotional Problems among Children with Same-Sex Parents: Difference by Definition” https://journaljesbs.com/index.php/JE... https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...

Send us Fan MailSales are soft for Friday's game and someone says the word every ticket office reaches for: discount. Jeremy Neisser makes the case that a price cut and a value add are two completely different promotions — one lowers what fans expect to pay from here on out, the other raises what they believe they're getting. He walks through the research on reference pricing, a study of MLB bobblehead promotions from 2012 to 2023 that moved attendance without touching ticket price, and real packages from the Blue Jackets, Bulls, Dynamo, and Rocket City Trash Pandas. Then he gives you the five places to look for value before you ever subtract from the price.KEY TOPICS COVERED- Why running discounts often enough quietly retrains what your fans believe a ticket is worth- What a reference price is, and how a repeated $5 off resets the number in your fan's head- The difference between changing your price and changing your offer — and why only one of them costs you revenue- Research showing fans value promotions for being fun, different, and worth talking about, not just for the savings- Why "we got hats with our tickets" travels further than "I saved $4"- What an MLB bobblehead study from 2012 to 2023 found about gate giveaways versus special ticket packages — and what both had in common- Real value-add packages you can copy from the Columbus Blue Jackets, Chicago Bulls, Houston Dynamo, and Rocket City Trash Pandas- The five buckets every add-on comes from: food, merchandise, access, recognition, and experience- How to find high-perceived-value add-ons that cost your team close to nothing- Why the word "free" can make a fan value your giveaway less — and the one-line fix- How to build exclusivity and scarcity into a value add so it drives a specific game- The filter to bring into your next promo meeting before anyone reaches for a promo codeTIMESTAMPS[00:00] – The Monday problem: soft sales, a Friday game, and the instinct to discount[01:39] – Why discounting feels obvious — we're all trained to hunt for deals[03:04] – The hidden cost of discounting too often[03:58] – What a $20 ticket sold for $15 actually communicates to a fan[04:54] – Reference price explained: the number every fan already carries[06:15] – The Michael's picture frame problem, and how price sensitivity compounds[07:10] – Value adds change the offer instead of the price[08:10] – Why fans value a promotion for more than the savings[08:39] – The Chandon, Wansink, and Laurent research on what people get out of a promotion[09:31] – The psychology of getting "a little something extra"[10:53] – The Savannah Bananas story: what surprise and delight actually looks like[11:23] – The MLB bobblehead study: giveaways moved attendance up to 13%, ticket packages about 8%[12:51] – Two approaches, two attendance increases, zero dollars off the ticket[13:19] – Blue Jackets family value pack, Bulls family packs, and the Houston Dynamo four pack[14:18] – The five buckets: food, merchandise, access, recognition, experience[15:46] – Concrete add-on ideas inside each of the five buckets[17:13] – Low actual cost, high perceived value — and why your building is already full of it[18:12] – What this means for a GM, external relations director, or ticket sales director[18:40] – Why "free" can backfire, and how to name the value instead[20:06] – The question to bring back to your team[20:35] – Running all five buckets in the meeting before you approve a discount[21:32] – Final takeaway: our job isn't cheaper tickets, it's a more valuable gameCALL TO ACTIONIf this sparked an idea, share the episode with someone in your office — then leave a rating or review on Spotify or Apple. It puts the show in front of more people trying to do exactly what you're doing: grow a fan base and sell more tickets.QUOTE PULLS"Discount often enough and you start teaching your fans to wait for the cheaper ticket." — Jeremy Neisser"I didn't change the price. I changed what you get for it." — Jeremy Neisser"Two approaches, two real attendance increases, zero dollars off the ticket. They didn't make baseball cheaper — they made going to that baseball game more valuable." — Jeremy Neisser"Low actual cost, high perceived value. That's the whole game. And your building is full of this stuff — you're just not selling it." — Jeremy Neisser"Our job isn't to make tickets cheaper. Our job is to make going to the game feel more valuable." — Jeremy NeisserLinks mentioned: 1. Non-monetary promotions provide benefits beyond saving money Pierre Chandon, Brian Wansink & Gilles Laurent, Journal of Marketing, “A Benefit Congruency Framework of Sales Promotion Effectiveness.”Read the Journal of Marketing study2. Free-gift framing can create a “feeling lucky” effect Liu, Wei, Yang & Keh, International Journal of Research in Marketing, “Feeling Lucky: How Framing the Target Product as a Free Gift Enhances Purchase Intention.”This is particularly strong because the researchers ran four studies, including a field experiment involving actual purchases, and found that certain free-gift framing increased feelings of luck, which increased purchase intention. Read the Feeling Lucky study3. Calling something “free” can reduce its perceived value Priya Raghubir, Journal of Consumer Psychology, “Free Gift with Purchase: Promoting or Discounting the Brand?”The experiments found evidence that consumers can value a product less when it's offered as a free gift. Providing alternate price/value information helped inhibit that effect — which supports the idea of “Limited-edition hat — a $25 value” rather than simply “FREE HAT!” Read Raghubir's free-gift research4. Sports-specific evidence: special-ticket packages and giveaways increase attendance International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 2026, “Special ticket packages and stadium giveaway promotions and the effect on demand for live sporting events.”Researchers analyzed MLB bobblehead promotions from 2012–2023 and found special-ticket packages increased paid attendance by 8%, while traditional stadium giveaways increased it by as much as 13%. Read the sports marketing study at Emerald PublishingReal-world sports examples mentionedColumbus Blue Jackets — Family Value Pack Starts at $35/person and includes a game ticket, value meal and OhioHealth Chiller skate pass. Blue Jackets Family Value PackChicago Bulls — Family Ticket Packs Includes a ticket, hot dog, chips and fountain drink. This is a great example because it's so simple: ticket + dinner. Chicago Bulls Family Ticket PacksHouston Dynamo FC — Family 4-Pack For 2026, the Dynamo announced a $99 package for Saturday matches that includes four tickets plus $40 in concession credit.  Houston Dynamo 2026 Family 4-PackRocket City Trash Pandas — 2026 promotional calendar Their official MiLB announcement details their premium giveaways and special-appearance strategy.  Rocket City Trash Pandas 2026 promotionsRevelocity Sports Sports Marketing Machine on LinkedInSports Marketing Machine on InstagramBook a call with Jeremy from Sports Marketing Machine

Central sleep apnea is a complex and often underrecognized sleep-related breathing disorder that differs from obstructive sleep apnea by involving reduced respiratory drive rather than upper airway obstruction. In this episode, Dr. Ran Liu reviews the underlying mechanisms of central sleep apnea, including the role of ventilatory control instability, discusses its association with neurologic conditions such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, ALS, and myasthenic disorders, and highlights key considerations for diagnosis and management. Learn how emerging technologies, personalized treatment strategies, and advances in sleep medicine are improving outcomes for patients with this heterogeneous group of disorders. In this episode, Teshamae Monteith, MD, FAAN, speaks with Ran R. Liu, MD, FRCPC, MSc, author of the article "Central Sleep Apnea" in the Continuum® August 2026 Sleep Neurology issue. Dr. Monteith is the associate editor of Continuum® Audio and an associate professor of clinical neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. Dr. Liu is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada. Additional Resources Read the article: Central Sleep Apnea Subscribe to Continuum®: shop.lww.com/Continuum Earn CME (available only to AAN members): continpub.com/AudioCME Continuum® Aloud (verbatim audio-book style recordings of articles available only to Continuum® subscribers): continpub.com/Aloud More about the American Academy of Neurology: aan.com Social Media facebook.com/continuumcme @ContinuumAAN Host: @headacheMD Guest: @SleepyNeuroDoc  Full episode transcript available here Dr Monteith: You may be familiar with obstructive sleep apnea, but central sleep apnea is often less understood and frequently underdiagnosed. In this podcast, we break down the key clinical pearls to sharpen your diagnostic reasoning, discuss why central sleep apnea matters, and to explore some of the fascinating advances transforming the field. Dr Jones: This is Dr. Lyell Jones, editor-in-chief of Continuum. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio. Be sure to visit the links in the episode notes for information about earning CME, subscribing to the journal, and exclusive access to interviews not featured on the podcast.  Dr Monteith: This is Dr. Teshamae Monteith. Today, I'm interviewing Dr. Richard Liu about his article on central sleep apnea. This article appears in the August 2026 Continuum issue on Neurology of Sleep. Welcome to our podcast. How are you?  Dr Liu: Good. Thank you, Dr. Monteith, for having me today.  Dr Monteith: Please introduce yourself to our audience.  Dr Liu: Hello, everybody. My name is Richard Liu. I am a sleep neurologist. I am working out of Toronto at both Sunnybrook Health Science Center and MedSleep. I did my residency at Queen's for neurology and my sleep medicine fellowship at Harvard University.  Dr Monteith: Great. And what got you interested in sleep?  Dr Liu: Thank you very much for asking. For me, sleep medicine is a field where essentially everything is connected. Certainly, impaired sleep can affect many other conditions, including many neurological conditions. And even within sleep medicine, when somebody has a sleep disorder, often the entire system is connected. So as an example, if you have insomnia and fragmented sleep and periodic limb movements of sleep, certainly these conditions can impact sleep apnea. And certainly, for today's topic of central sleep apnea, this is an extremely complicated disorder where it's a very in-depth integration between neurological and respiratory physiology, among other systems as well.  Dr Monteith: So, I guess you're kind of like the cornerstone, sleep being the cornerstone of neurology. Everyone has to sleep. That's for sure. Great. So why don't we talk about what central sleep apnea is, and how prevalent is it as a collective group of disorders compared to obstructive sleep apnea?  Dr Liu: So, one way to think about central sleep apnea is that this is a heterogeneous group of etiology. But the primary concept here for central sleep apnea is that there's a reduction in respiratory drive. This is in contrast to obstructive sleep apnea, where essentially this is some form of airway obstruction in the presence of relatively intact respiratory drive. And of course, there's mixed apneas where they may contain features of both. But of course, now we know that even obstructive sleep apnea, there's a certain degree of drive dependence somewhat blurring these distinctions. The overall prevalence of central sleep apnea is about five to ten percent of all patients with sleep- disorder breathing. And certainly, it could be higher in some neurological conditions, such as things like stroke, multiple sclerosis, and multisystem atrophy.  Dr Monteith: Great. So certainly, it's out there. Why don't you tell us about the objectives of your article?  Dr Liu: Absolutely. Thank you for asking. I think the main objective of this article is really to highlight that central sleep apnea is a complex syndrome resulting from a large group of heterogeneous etiologies. And of course, again, it could be associated with many neurological conditions. And really here, I want to highlight advancements, both medicine and technology, on both the side of diagnosis of central sleep apnea, as well as the multimodal targeted treatment.  Dr Monteith: And what do you want our listeners to take away from this talk and certainly your article? What are the key essential points?  Dr Liu: Thank you very much for asking. I think that one way of looking at central sleep apnea to etiologically divide this into both hypocapnic and hypercapnic central sleep apnea. And of course, loop gain being a major driver for a hypocapnic central sleep apnea, and that one can actually think about hypocapnic central sleep apnea beyond a phenotypic spectrum with obstructive sleep apnea, with many patients having overlapping features of both obstruction and central component. On the other hand, hypercapnic central sleep apnea, often also known as hyperventilation syndrome, can span etiology from chemoreflex dysfunction to a broad range of neuroanatomical localization, such as central nervous system, peripheral nervous system, neuromuscular junction, and muscle disorders.  Dr Monteith: And what are some of the symptoms of central sleep apnea? Do any of them differ from obstructive sleep apnea?  Dr Liu: Thank you for asking, that's an excellent question. So certainly, central sleep apnea symptoms can overlap with obstructive sleep apnea symptoms. And of course, given the large range of underlying etiology, often the CSA symptoms depend on the underlying etiology. There may be less snoring compared to obstructive sleep apnea patients, especially the hypocapnic CSA patients. Of course, these patients, like OSA, may have frequent awakenings, gasping and choking their sleep, and nocturia, and so on.These patients may have daytime sleepiness, insomnia-like symptoms, or they could be asymptomatic. Interestingly, the hypocarbnic central sleep apnea patients, they're a bit more prone to have the insomnia-like symptoms, whereas the hypercarbnic central sleep apnea patients, they tend to have a bit more of the daytime sleepiness and morning headaches.  Dr Monteith: You spoke about some of the neurological disorders that might be associated with central sleep apnea, like stroke and multiple sclerosis. What about some of the more traditional risk factors associated with obstructive sleep apnea or conditions associated with it, like obesity and hypertension? Or does that just mix the picture?  Dr Liu: There is many overlap between risk factors between obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea, and certainly one of the things that I highlight in this article is really that often it's not just black and white, that this could be a spectrum with overlapping disease between both conditions. So certainly, in our neurological world, stroke is the most common thing that may be associated with central sleep apnea. But overall, cardiovascular issues such as heart failure, atrial fibrillation, these things can also be associated with central sleep apnea. And again, from the neurological perspective, if we were to divide from hypocarbnic versus hypercarbnic central sleep apnea, by thinking about the hypercarbic central sleep apnea, again, this is where we're thinking about hypoventilation syndromes. You know, anything that can cause neuromuscular weakness, this is something that we should have a high alarm for, that potentially there may be a hypoventilation component. So, things like any myasthenic syndromes and ALS.  Dr Monteith: Great. Why don't we also talk about the classification? When was the last time central sleep apnea's classification was updated, and what should we know about the classification?  Dr Liu: The most recent classification for central sleep apnea is written in the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, third edition. In this edition, it's classified with six central sleep apnea syndromes. So, these are the CSA with Cheyne-Stoke breathing, CSA due to high altitude periodic breathing, primary CSA, CSA due to medication or substance, CSA due to medical disorder without Cheyne-Stoke breathing, and treatment-emergent central sleep apnea. These classifications more so describe the circumstance of when CSA occurs. A more etiological classification that we can consider would be classifying them by the underlying pathophysiology, which is dividing this from hypercarbnic central sleep apnea versus a hypocarbnic central sleep apnea. Certainly, both set of classification are discussed in this article.  Dr Monteith: Yeah. You discussed at length, the major physiological factors that our audience is just going to have to read. I don't want them to hear this too much while they're driving or on the treadmill, cause its super high level. But why don't we just start with some very basic factors that we need to know about this circuitry?  Dr Liu: Perhaps I can start with this concept of loop gain, which is the most important concept under hypocarbnic central sleep apnea. For any one of my colleagues who's listening to this, they're probably laughing right now cause they think that loop gain is my favorite word. So, loop gain is an engineering term referring to the sensitivity of a feedback loop. So, in the context of sleep medicine, this is an overly sensitive respiratory control to carbon dioxide and oxygen fluctuation. There are three components. The main one is controller gain. This is a chemosensitivity predominant to CO2. The second is plant gain, which is the lung's effectiveness for carbon dioxide excretion. And the last is what's called the mixing gain. This is circuitry delay from the time the signal travels from the pulmonary artery to the peripheral and central chemoreceptors. So conceptually, one may think, let's say something decreases your ventilation, so for example, apnea or hypopnea. With this, as you can imagine, when you stop breathing, your CO2 builds up, and this builds up according to the curve of the plant gain. And of course, this build of CO2 signal takes time to go from your lung to your chemoreceptor. That's your mixing gain. And of course, here it meets the overly sensitive chemoreceptors. This is your controller gain. As a result, this results in amplification of your ventilation to the initial respiratory disturbance. So, you have a overshoot of ventilation. All of a sudden, you're blowing out too much carbon dioxide, then you become hypocarbnic. At one point, if you blow out way too much carbon dioxide, your CO2 goes below what's called a PCO2 apneic threshold. After this, if your CO2's below, you essentially stop breathing. And of course, after that, you can imagine your CO2s are building up again. So, when this loop goes over and over, you generate what's called a chemoreflex-driven respiratory oscillation, where you create a crescendo, decrescendo-like flow pattern, which is underneath what we see in periodic breathing in central sleep apnea.  Dr Monteith: So, without going into too much detail, what is the key way to target restoration of equilibrium? Are there anatomical targets, physiologic targets that we're trying to manipulate here? Dr Liu: Again, thank you very much for that wonderful question. There's certainly many approaches that we could do to improve the stability of the system. Certainly, there are treatments for ventilation, either CPAP or in the case of hypocarbon central sleep apnea, things like adaptive servo ventilation. There is also medications that we can certainly discuss later that can double down the entire system for loop gain. Positional therapy can help for many of these patients. For the appropriate patient, improving their arousal threshold can actually reduce arousal-induced amplification of loop gain. Many of these patients, again, if appropriate, certainly weight loss may be helpful, and these are among many things that we can potentially do to improve the ventilatory stability of these patients.  Dr Monteith: Okay, great. But let's also talk about the general overall approach to diagnosing, and much of it is by history, as you mentioned. There's also sometimes a need, as you say, to differentiate out how much is obstructive. So, what is the thinking process there when you're approaching a patient?  Dr Liu: So perhaps I can start with in terms of the diagnostic modalities that we could use for this. So, the gold standard for diagnosis of central sleep apnea is still our polysonogram. The home sleep apnea test sometimes may be harder to distinguish between obstructive and central events. In addition, on a PSG, you have EEG. This allows you to assess for sleep quality and arousals, as well as the EMGs, which can help you pick up periodic limb movements of sleep. And of course, all of these things themselves can affect the central sleep apnea and can be a potential treatment factor.  Dr Monteith: Before we get into treatment, can you just give us, like, the top five or six drugs or drug classes we need to look for so that, you know, we can discontinue or try something else for our patients that might be complicating their presentation?  Dr Liu: Certainly medications, in some cases, can help central sleep apnea, but other cases can certainly be a precipitant of central sleep apnea. So, one thing to consider would be opioid medication. They can certainly cause very complicated central sleep apnea, something called ataxic breathing, where you have irregularity to the tidal volume and the rate of breathing. Other medications such as Oxybate, baclofen, valproic acid, gabapentin, all of which can certainly contribute to central sleep apnea. And of course, in the stroke world, something that we should always think about is that Tetagelor can also contribute to central sleep apnea. And outside of this, things like muscle relaxants, anesthetic agents can also be a contributor.  Dr Monteith: Great. Now let's get into some of the treatment.  Dr Liu: I like to divide treatment into targeting a hypercarbnic central sleep apnea and a hypocarbonic central sleep apnea. For hypocarbonic central sleep apnea, the first line is CPAP treatment. But for many patients, CPAP therapy is insufficient. There's also adaptive servo ventilation, which is an advanced device designed for hypocarbonic central sleep apnea. For hypercarbic central sleep apnea, again, first line is CPAP treatment, with more advanced devices being a bilevel therapy as well as volume-assured pressure support ventilation. There are also medications that can reduce loop gain, with the most researched one being acetazolamide. We can also reduce arousal thresholds, which could be appropriate for certain patients. And for certain patients, improving arousal threshold can be helpful as, especially in hypocarbic central sleep apnea, that arousals can amplify loop gain. Weight loss can be helpful for both hyper- and hypocarbonic central sleep apnea, and we have great new medication on the market for this. Other therapy can include supplemental oxygen that can be added to PAP devices, as well as phrenic nerve stimulation, positional therapy, as well as carbon dioxide modulation.  Dr Monteith: Excellent. So, it sounds like there's a lot of opportunity to help patients. Now, what are you most excited about in terms of latest development for detection as well as for intervention?  Dr Liu: Thank you very much. I'm actually excited about many things in sleep medicine. Perhaps the thing that I'm most excited about in detection in sleep medicine would be the wearable technologies. So, these technologies may use photoplethysmography to detect peripheral artertonometry. This is where we're measuring the pulsatile arterial volume signals as a surrogate of cardiac and respiratory function. And when paired, that was often desaturation. With these technologies, we can actually detect the staging, autonomic arousals, and HI. So of course, these technologies do not have flow, and they do not have EEG. But they're very powerful technology that allows us to do multi-night testing from home. And of course, understanding both the potential limitation of these technology in the context of patients can be very useful. In terms of treatment-wise, we're learning so much about the underlying contributing drivers of different forms of central sleep apnea. So again, this is highlighted in my article that many of these patients needs multimodal targeted treatment, both between either a PAP device in addition to other things such as medication, oxygen, positional therapy, and so on.  Dr Monteith: Great. So, I mean, I think there's so much to this field. Your article is very extensive. Thank you very much for writing this. I know it may have taken a bit of time, and I appreciate you being on our podcast.  Dr Liu: Thank you very much.  Dr Monteith: Again today, I've been interviewing Dr. Richard Liu about his article on central sleep apnea. This article appears in the August 2026 Continuum issue on Neurology of Sleep. Be sure to check out Continuum Audio episodes from this and other issues. And thank you to our listeners for joining today.  Dr Monteith: This is Dr. Teshamae Monteith, Associate Editor of Continuum Audio. If you've enjoyed this episode, you'll love the journal, which is full of in-depth and clinically relevant information important for neurology practitioners. Use the link in the episode notes to learn more and subscribe. AAN members, you can get CME for listening to this interview by completing the evaluation at continpub.com/audioCME. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio. 

Chairs are the number one thing clients ask about and one of the hardest things to recommend well. Not because chairs are complicated, but because of how almost everyone evaluates them: a 30-second sit test that tells the body nothing about what eight hours of use will actually feel like.This episode covers the three things every ergonomics professional needs in their toolkit when it comes to chair selection: the research-backed 18-minute rule, the chair features that actually matter, and the ergo showroom strategy for helping clients try before they buy.What's covered:Why a 2-minute sit test is almost meaningless and what the research says insteadThe 18-minute rule and why fidgeting is an objective measure of discomfort, not restlessnessThe chair features that actually matter: lumbar (height and depth), synchro-tilt, multi-tilt, tension control, seat depth, and armrestsThe note-to-self on synchro-tilt and the tension adjustment that could send your client flying out of the chairThree levels of the ergo showroom strategy: external showroom visits, lending equipment during assessments, and in-house showrooms for larger clientsThe accommodations and return-to-work angle that makes in-house showrooms a financial no-brainer for larger employersThis episode is sponsored by the Ergonomics Blueprint and Accelerate: The Business of Ergonomics.New to office ergonomics assessments? Start with the free live training: ergonomicshelp.com/ergo-webinarAlready trained and ready to scale your practice? Join Accelerate: ergonomicshelp.com/accelerateReferenced Literature: Cascioli, V., Liu, Z., Heusch, A., & McCarthy, P. (2016). A methodology using in-chair movements as an objective measure of discomfort for the purpose of statistically distinguishing between similar seat surfaces. Applied Ergonomics, 54, 100-109.On September 23rd join this free live training and learn the exact system ergonomists are using to build their list, get referred more, and stop undercharging for work that deserves more.  https://ergonomicshelp.com/infographic/

Chinese lawmakers started reviewing on Tuesday a draft law aimed at combating cross-border corruption as part of a broader initiative to strengthen legal tools for repatriating fugitives, recovering assets and addressing corruption cases with international cooperation.中国立法机关8月25日开始审议一份旨在打击跨境腐败的法律草案，这是加强法治工具以遣返逃犯、追缴资产及通过国际合作处理腐败案件的一项更广泛举措的一部分。The draft was submitted for its first reading to the ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.该法律草案已提交正在举行的全国人大常委会会议进行首次审议。全国人大是中国的最高立法机关。With six chapters and 47 articles, the draft outlines the principles, scope and key positions underpinning China's efforts to tackle cross-border corruption. It defines the operational mechanisms and responsibilities of relevant departments, calling for stronger case handling and international cooperation.草案共六章四十七条，明确了中国打击跨境腐败的基本原则、适用范围和关键定位，界定了相关部门的运行机制和职责，要求加强案件办理和国际合作。The draft also clarifies the obligations of enterprises regarding integrity and compliance, and specifies legal liabilities for violations. Specific provisions included in the draft are currently under review and have not been made public.草案还明确了企业在廉洁合规方面的义务，并规定了违法违规的法律责任。草案的具体条款目前正在审议中，尚未对外公布。Liu Jinguo, head of the National Commission of Supervision, who introduced the draft to lawmakers on Tuesday, said the legislation involves strategic implementation of the central leadership's plans to fight cross-border corruption.国家监察委员会主任刘金国8月25日向立法机关介绍草案时表示，该立法涉及中央领导层打击跨境腐败规划的战略实施。It serves as a vital step toward establishing a comprehensive legal framework for addressing foreign-related corruption issues, he said.他表示，这是朝着建立处理涉外腐败问题全面法律框架迈出的重要一步。Liu emphasized that making such a law is of great importance in filling the legislative gap in China's cross-border anti-corruption framework, improving the foreign-related anti-corruption legal system, and advancing legislative efforts against cross-border corruption through the rule of law.刘金国强调，制定这样一部法律对于填补中国跨境反腐败框架的立法空白、完善涉外反腐败法律体系、以法治方式推进跨境反腐败立法工作具有重要意义。The legislation also highlights China's firm stance against corruption, and is crucial for safeguarding national security and development interests, he added.他补充说，该立法还彰显了中国坚决反腐败的立场，对维护国家安全和发展利益至关重要。Liu noted that the draft law is a practical measure to regulate the healthy development of enterprises operating internationally and to foster a world-class business environment that is market-oriented, law-based and internationalized.刘金国指出，该法律草案是规范国际化经营企业健康发展、营造市场化、法治化、国际化一流营商环境的重要举措。China is a major trading partner for more than 160 countries and regions, and it has signed Belt and Road cooperation documents with more than 150 countries and over 30 international organizations.中国是160多个国家和地区的主要贸易伙伴，已与150多个国家和30多个国际组织签署了共建“一带一路”合作文件。With more than 50,000 Chinese enterprises operating overseas, the scale of overseas assets is rapidly expanding, according to a statement released on Tuesday by the National Commission of Supervision. In this context, building a clean, integrity-based business environment is critical for expanding China's trade footprint, supporting Chinese companies amid global competition and advancing the Belt and Road Initiative, the statement said.据国家监察委员会8月25日发布的一份声明，目前有5万多家中国企业在海外运营，海外资产规模正在迅速扩大。声明称，在此背景下，营造廉洁、诚信的营商环境，对于扩大中国贸易版图、支持中国企业在全球竞争中立足以及推进“一带一路”倡议至关重要。Liu said that by clarifying the compliance obligations of cross-border enterprises and enhancing regulatory oversight, the legislation helps to guide overseas Chinese businesses to operate legally, compliantly, and with integrity.刘金国表示，该法律通过明确跨境企业的合规义务并加强监管，有助于引导中国海外企业合法、合规、诚信经营。He acknowledged the complexity and challenges of the anti-corruption battle, noting that corrupt actors are employing increasingly sophisticated and concealed methods, and that the cross-border nature of corruption is intensifying, with domestic and offshore corruption becoming more interconnected.他承认反腐败斗争的复杂性和挑战性，指出腐败分子手段日益复杂隐蔽，腐败的跨境特征日益突出，境内腐败与境外腐败相互交织的趋势更加明显。Liu said it is necessary to codify experiences and practices developed in the cross-border corruption battle since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, considering that the current rules in this regard are dispersed across various laws, with no systematic procedures for critical issues such as sharing case leads, reporting corruption, collaborating with foreign authorities on investigations and prosecutions, or tracking fugitives and recovering assets.刘金国表示，有必要将2012年中共十八大以来在跨境反腐败斗争中积累的经验和做法加以制度化，因为目前这方面的规定分散于多部法律之中，在案件线索共享、腐败举报、与外国执法机构开展调查和起诉合作、追逃追赃等关键问题上缺乏系统性的程序安排。Zhang Lei, a professor of law at Beijing Normal University, underscored the importance of this legislative effort. “It clearly shows that China's commitment to combating corruption is steadfast and unwavering,” Zhang said.北京师范大学法学院教授张磊（音译）强调了这一立法努力的重要性。“这清楚地表明，中国打击腐败的决心坚定不移、毫不动摇，”张磊说。The drafting of the law will enrich legal tools available for addressing foreign-related corruption cases and further fostering international cooperation, he added.他补充说，该法律的制定将丰富处理涉外腐败案件的法律工具，并进一步促进国际合作。underpinning /ˌʌndəˈpɪnɪŋ/支撑，巩固integrity and compliance /ɪnˈteɡrəti ənd kəmˈplaɪəns/廉洁合规National Commission of Supervision /ˈnæʃənəl kəˈmɪʃən əv ˌsuːpəˈvɪʒən/国家监察委员会strategic implementation /strəˈtiːdʒɪk ˌɪmplɪmenˈteɪʃən/战略实施comprehensive legal framework /ˌkɒmprɪˈhensɪv ˈliːɡəl ˈfreɪmwɜːk/全面法律框架foreign-related corruption /ˈfɒrɪn rɪˈleɪtɪd kəˈrʌpʃən/涉外腐败market-oriented /ˈmɑːkɪt ˈɔːrientɪd/市场化的law-based /lɔː beɪst/法治化的

MMA Lock of the Night is back to give you breakdowns and predictions for UFC Shanghai: Nurmagomedov vs Song. Also on the main card card, Yan vs Gomes, Aoriqileng vs Asakura, Perez vs Sumudaerji, Rodrigues vs Liu, and Hasan vs Rojas.

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke sits down with Brianne Wolf to explore Adam Smith's enduring relevance for liberalism, political economy, and contemporary debates about markets and democracy. Wolf discusses her forthcoming book, Beyond Rights and Price: Liberalism with Taste, and explains how thinkers including Smith, Hume, Rousseau, and Tocqueville illuminate the role of taste, judgment, sympathy, and persuasion in sustaining a liberal society. Their conversation ranges from changing student attitudes toward inequality, expertise, and democracy to Smith's concern for the least advantaged, the relationship between the Scottish Enlightenment and the American founding, and the challenge classical liberals face in responding to critiques of capitalism. Boettke and Wolf also consider cosmopolitanism, the importance of local ties and civil society, and what the renewed attention surrounding the 250th anniversary of The Wealth of Nations can teach us about the liberal tradition.Dr. Brianne Wolf is Associate Professor of Political Theory and Director of the Political Economy minor at James Madison College at Michigan State University. Her current project, Beyond Rights and Price: Liberalism with Taste, explores the role of taste as a supplement to market relations and the legal framework of rights, fostering the moral possibilities of commercial society and the emotional connections between citizens that are necessary for a robust liberal politics.**This episode was recorded on July 28, 2026**Show Notes:Peter Boettke, The Struggle for a Better World (Mercatus Center, 2021)Carl Menger, “The Social Theories of Classical Political Economy and Modern Economic Policy”Bernard Yack, The Longing for Total Revolution: Philosophic Sources of Social Discontent from Rousseau to Marx and Nietzsche (University of California Press, 2022)Garry Wills, Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2018)Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Abridged Edition (Penguin Classics, 2001)Martha C. Nussbaum, The Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Noble but Flawed Ideal (Harvard University Press, 2021)Glory M. Liu, Adam Smith's America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism (Princeton University Press, 2022)James R. Otteson, Adam Smith's Marketplace of Life (Cambridge University Press, 2002)If you like the show, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and tell others about the show! We're available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever you get your podcasts.Check out our other podcast from the Hayek Program! Virtual Sentiments is a podcast in which political theorist Kristen Collins interviews scholars and practitioners grappling with pressing problems in political economy with an eye to the past. Subscribe today!Follow the Hayek Program on Twitter: @HayekProgramFollow the Mercatus Center on Twitter: @mercatusCC Music: Twisterium

Lisa Liu, Corporate Marketing and Communications Manager at Stellar Cyber, connects with ITSPmagazine on the floor at Black Hat USA 2026 in Las Vegas. What are buyers asking for now that the RSAC Conference noise has settled? Data. Liu says people have had time to run their own research, look at what vendors offer, and come back using specific keywords and asking for something behind the marketing. Does a more skeptical audience make the conversation harder? Liu describes the opposite. She says people are pushing back on claims they hear, which presses vendors to prove at a higher standard that a technology does what it says it does. Feedback arrives more specific, and the exchange moves from explaining to planning as people ask how a capability could work in their environment. The reply she calls validating is the customer who reports the product did what it was said it would do, giving analysts their time back and helping teams work more efficiently. What makes Black Hat different for a company that works the major events? Ask people what they are looking for and they will tell you. Liu says pain points here are felt daily and described plainly, and that candor is feedback the company works to internalize and make productive. Looking ahead, she says new product releases are coming, with new features and expansions of what customers have responded to, and that Stellar Cyber will share them on its website and on LinkedIn. This is a Brand Briefing. A Brand Briefing is an on-location conversation recorded on site at Black Hat USA 2026, putting a spotlight on the guest and their company and pairing it with the editorial reach of ITSPmagazine. Learn more: https://www.studioc60.com/performance/#briefing GUEST Lisa Liu, Corporate Marketing and Communications Manager at Stellar Cyber LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaaliu/ RESOURCES Black Hat USA 2026 event coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa-2026-cybersecurity-event-coverage-in-las-vegas Stellar Cyber: https://stellarcyber.ai/ Stellar Cyber on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stellarcyber Are you interested in telling your story? ▶︎ Full Length Brand Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#full ▶︎ Brand Spotlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#spotlight ▶︎ Brand Highlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#highlight ▶︎ Get your own Brand Briefing at an upcoming event: https://www.studioc60.com/buy-brand-briefings KEYWORDS lisa liu, stellar cyber, marco ciappelli, brand briefing, brand story, brand marketing, marketing podcast, black hat usa 2026, security operations, agentic ai, ai in cybersecurity, vendor claims, proof and data, soc analysts, rsac conference, event coverage, las vegas Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: Serendipity in Luoyang: How Peonies Sparked Creative Revival Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/zh/episode/2026-08-17-22-34-01-zh Story Transcript:Zh: 在洛阳的夏天，茶馆中充满了温暖的氛围。En: In the summer of Luoyang, the teahouse was filled with a warm atmosphere.Zh: 门外，绚丽多彩的牡丹花田在阳光下闪闪发光，吸引了来自四方的游客。En: Outside, the brilliantly colorful peony fields glistened in the sunlight, attracting visitors from all around.Zh: 梅，一个正在寻找灵感的自由摄影师，坐在茶馆的角落，捧着一杯清香的茉莉花茶，轻轻观察着周围的人群。En: Mei, a freelance photographer searching for inspiration, sat in the corner of the teahouse, holding a cup of fragrant jasmine tea, gently observing the crowd around her.Zh: 刘，一个来自北京的建筑师，此时也在茶馆中。En: Liu, an architect from Beijing, was also in the teahouse at this time.Zh: 他翻阅着一本本地的导览手册，寻找着新的创作灵感。En: He was flipping through a local guidebook, searching for new creative inspiration.Zh: 他是个喜欢与周围环境建立联系的人，对每一个地方的文化细节充满好奇。En: He liked to connect with his surroundings and was curious about the cultural details of every place he visited.Zh: 梅低头看着相机的屏幕，心里感到些许迷茫。En: Mei looked down at her camera's screen, feeling somewhat confused.Zh: 她一直想拍出让人眼前一亮的照片，但总觉得缺乏那种独特的感动。En: She had always wanted to take photos that would captivate people but felt she lacked that unique touch.Zh: 就在此时，她注意到了刘。En: At that moment, she noticed Liu.Zh: 他正在认真研究牡丹的历史，她的好奇心驱使她搭话。En: He was intently studying the history of peonies, and her curiosity drove her to start a conversation.Zh: “你好，我是梅。你对牡丹文化很感兴趣吗？”梅微笑着问。En: "Hello, I'm Mei. Are you interested in peony culture?" Mei asked with a smile.Zh: 刘抬头微笑回应：“你好，我是刘。我觉得牡丹不仅漂亮，还很有文化意义。你也是来参加牡丹花会的吗？”En: Liu looked up and smiled back, "Hello, I'm Liu. I think peonies are not only beautiful but also culturally significant. Are you here to participate in the peony festival too?"Zh: 梅点点头，随后两人开始讨论起他们对这片美丽花田的感受。En: Mei nodded, and the two began to discuss their feelings about the beautiful flower fields.Zh: 随着交谈，梅和刘发现他们都有一种创作困惑。En: As they talked, Mei and Liu discovered they both had creative dilemmas.Zh: 梅对自己的摄影能力产生了怀疑，而刘则感到即将到来的建筑项目施加的压力。En: Mei was doubting her photography skills, while Liu felt the pressure of an upcoming architectural project.Zh: “也许我们可以相互帮助？”刘提议道，“我可以给你讲我的建筑理念，也许你能从中获得不同的视角。”En: "Perhaps we can help each other?" Liu suggested, "I can share my architectural ideas with you, maybe you can gain a different perspective from them."Zh: “好啊，我也希望能通过与你的交流找到新的灵感。”梅答道。En: "Sure, I also hope to find new inspiration through our exchange," Mei replied.Zh: 那天傍晚，梅和刘决定趁着日落时分，爬上茶馆后的小山。En: That evening, Mei and Liu decided to climb the small hill behind the teahouse at sunset.Zh: 他们想在高处俯瞰整个牡丹花田。En: They wanted to overlook the entire peony field from above.Zh: 夕阳透过烟霞，把天空染成金色。En: The setting sun dyed the sky golden through the haze.Zh: 梅端起相机，捕捉到了眼前的绝美景象：广袤的花田中，刘的身影映在落日的余晖中，他的脸上写满了沉思。En: Mei raised her camera and captured the breathtaking scene before her: Liu's silhouette was framed in the glow of the sunset, his face full of contemplation.Zh: 这一瞬间，让梅找回了对摄影的信心。En: At that moment, Mei regained her confidence in photography.Zh: 她意识到独特的视角来自于她对生活的体验和观察。En: She realized that unique perspectives came from her life experiences and observations.Zh: 而刘也在梅的眼中找到了建筑设计的新灵感。En: Meanwhile, Liu found new inspiration for architectural design through Mei's eyes.Zh: 天色渐渐暗了下来，梅和刘整理心情，互道再见。En: As the sky gradually darkened, Mei and Liu gathered their thoughts and said goodbye.Zh: 他们交换了联系方式，承诺将来分享更多的创意作品。En: They exchanged contact information, promising to share more creative works in the future.Zh: 走出洛阳的茶馆后，梅感受到一种久违的信心和满足。En: Leaving the Luoyang teahouse, Mei felt a long-lost confidence and satisfaction.Zh: 刘也带着一种全新的视角回到了北京。En: Liu also returned to Beijing with a brand new perspective.Zh: 两人都因为这次偶然相遇而受益匪浅，明白了每一段旅程都有其特别的意义。En: Both benefited greatly from this chance encounter, understanding that every journey has its special meaning. Vocabulary Words:brilliantly: 绚丽glisten: 闪闪发光inspiration: 灵感fragrant: 清香architect: 建筑师guidebook: 导览手册captivate: 让人眼前一亮unique: 独特curiosity: 好奇心participate: 参加dilemma: 困惑perspective: 视角overlook: 俯瞰silhouette: 身影contemplation: 沉思confidence: 信心exchange: 交流regain: 找回breathtaking: 绝美entire: 整个gathered: 整理contact information: 联系方式satisfaction: 满足encounter: 偶然相遇attract: 吸引freelance: 自由festival: 花会haze: 烟霞promise: 承诺gradually: 渐渐

Amid record numbers of new university graduates and a persistent labor mismatch across China, a fast-growing number of degree holders are turning to vocational training to acquire practical workplace skills, plugging long-standing gaps between theoretical university learning and on-the-job requirements.全国高校毕业生规模创历史新高，劳动力供需错配问题长期存在。越来越多拥有本科学历的毕业生选择参加职业培训，习得职场实用技能，弥补高校理论学习与岗位实操要求之间长期存在的鸿沟。The shift is epitomized by 26-year-old Liu Wenhao, who holds an environmental design degree. His first jobs in interior design in Qingdao, Shandong province, paid under 3,000 yuan ($445) a month, and despite cycling through five employers in a single year, he saw virtually no pay growth. He repeatedly confronted real-world work demands unaddressed by his university education, including being tasked single-handedly with designing a 300-square-meter apartment.26岁的刘文浩便是这一转变的典型代表，他本科专业为环境设计。他早年在山东青岛从事室内设计，首份工作月薪不足3000元（折合445美元）；一年内接连换了五家公司，薪资却几乎毫无涨幅。工作中屡屡遇到大学课程未曾覆盖的实操难题，比如独立完成一套300平米住宅的全套设计。To break his career stagnation, Liu enrolled at Qingdao Technicians College in 2024 in a multimedia training program, a sector booming as social media reshapes corporate communications and brand outreach. His newly acquired practical skills were in such strong demand that he left the two-year program early last year to take a corporate communications role at a local manufacturing plant, with his monthly income increasing to 5,000 yuan.为打破职业发展瓶颈，刘文浩2024年进入青岛市技师学院，报读多媒体专业培训。随着社交媒体重塑企业宣传与品牌推广模式，多媒体行业迎来快速发展。他习得的实操技能市场紧俏，于是去年提前结业，入职当地一家制造企业负责品牌宣传，月薪涨到5000元。"A degree only gets you through the door. What matters afterward is your actual ability," Liu said.刘文浩表示：“学历只是入职敲门砖，真正决定发展上限的是实操能力。”With the number of college graduates nationwide reaching a historic high of 12.7 million this year, vocational "retraining" has evolved from individual career adjustment into a notable social trend, fueled in part by national policy priorities aimed at resolving China's stubborn labor supply-demand imbalance.今年全国高校毕业生规模达到1270万的历史峰值。职业技能回炉培训已从个人职业调整手段，演变为显著社会风潮，国家出台多项重点政策，着力破解长期难以化解的劳动力供需失衡问题，进一步助推这一趋势。During a 2024 study session of the Political Bureau of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, identified the mismatch between graduate talent supply and industrial skills demand as the country's foremost employment challenge. He called for adjustments to academic programs and resource allocation in higher education, enhancements to vocational education and improvements in lifelong vocational skills training.2024年，中共二十届中央政治局开展集体学习，习近平总书记指出，高校人才供给与产业技能需求错配是我国就业领域首要难题。总书记提出，要优化高等教育专业设置与资源配置，做强职业教育，完善终身职业技能培训体系。Authorities have moved swiftly to implement these directives, restructuring university course offerings and resource distribution, modernizing vocational training infrastructure and expanding subsidized skill-upgrading programs.各地各部门迅速落实相关部署：调整高校专业布局与资源分配，升级职业培训实训硬件，扩大政府补贴式技能提升培训覆盖面。Official figures show the government delivered 11.53 million subsidized vocational training sessions in 2025 alone, part of a broader push to align graduate capabilities with industrial needs.官方数据显示，仅2025年，政府补贴开展的职业培训累计达1153万人次，这也是全国统筹推进毕业生能力适配产业发展的重要举措。Findings from a 2025 survey covering 105 technician schools show that between 2023 and 2025, the number of schools running courses targeted at college graduates rose from 26 to 45, with total enrollment increasing from 1,821 to 2462.2025年一项覆盖105所技师学院的调研显示：2023至2025年间，开设高校毕业生专项技能班的院校数量从26所增至45所，参训总人数从1821人提升至2462人。Growth is particularly robust among learners with higher academic credentials. Institutions offering retraining for holders of bachelor's degrees and higher jumped 75 percent, from 16 to 28, and enrollment in these programs climbed from 401 to 570 participants.高学历参训群体增长势头尤为迅猛。面向本科及以上学历人群开设回炉课程的院校数量大涨75%，从16所增至28所；对应参训人数从401人升至570人。While highly educated retrainees still account for a modest share of overall vocational students, their rapid growth rate signals fast-rising demand for practical skill upgrades among China's university-educated workforce, experts say.专家表示，尽管高学历回炉学员在全部职校学生中占比仍不高，但其增速迅猛，说明国内本科就业群体对实操技能提升的需求正在快速攀升。National and local policymakers have rolled out targeted initiatives to accelerate the trend.中央及各地政府陆续推出专项扶持举措，持续推动这一发展趋势。In April last year, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security launched a nationwide campaign encouraging vocational colleges to open specialized training tracks for university graduates.去年4月，人社部启动全国专项行动，引导各类职业院校开设面向高校毕业生的专属技能培训赛道。The push comes amid acute industry-wide talent shortages. The ministry estimated that China was facing a skilled-labor shortage of 4.5 million in smart manufacturing alone by the end of last year.该行动出台的背景是全行业技能人才缺口突出。人社部测算，截至去年年底，仅智能制造领域，我国技能人才缺口就达450万。To address this, Beijing plans a two-year program this year at six technician colleges in smart manufacturing, multimedia and auto repair.为补齐人才短板，北京今年启动为期两年的专项培养计划，依托六所技师学院开设智能制造、多媒体、汽车维修三大方向培训班。Jiangsu province, a manufacturing powerhouse on China's eastern coast, plans to launch 20 such classes this year in artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing and modern services.东部制造业大省江苏，计划今年开设20个同类专项培训班，覆盖人工智能、先进制造、现代服务业领域。Vocational educators witness this academic-practical skill divide firsthand. Lu Weiyang, an instructor at a Guangzhou technician college that began offering one-year skills programs to graduates last year, sees the gap daily. Undergraduates arrive with theoretical knowledge but weak hands-on skills — a gap he considers bridgeable. They learn faster, he said, thanks to stronger self-learning and comprehension.职教一线教师直观感受到理论知识与实操能力之间的断层。广州一所技师学院自去年开设一年制毕业生技能专班，教师卢伟阳每天都能见到这类差距：本科生理论基础扎实，但动手实操薄弱，而这一短板完全可以通过培训补齐。他表示，本科生自学与理解能力更强，技能学习速度更快。"Students with an undergraduate background have the ability to extrapolate — they can deduce the next steps after a bit of guidance," he said.他说：“本科毕业生具备知识推演能力，稍加点拨就能举一反三，推导出后续操作流程。”Teaching such mixed cohorts — some with relevant degrees, others from unrelated fields — has required new approaches.培训班学员背景混杂，有人专业对口，有人跨专业转行，这倒逼院校创新教学模式。To accommodate these academically advanced learners, vocational institutions are revamping their teaching frameworks. Li Yang, vice-dean of the college's electromechanical equipment department, said the school has adopted custom modular courses tailored specifically for graduate retrainees.为适配高学历学员的学习特点，各职校重构教学体系。该院机电设备系副主任李阳介绍，学校专门为本科学历回炉学员定制模块化课程。"Modular training is like targeted driving test instruction — each module builds a specific practical skill," he said. Students work through separate skill blocks — electrical systems, pneumatics, installation, programming — at their own pace, focusing only on what they lack rather than repeating what they already know.他解释：“模块化培训类似驾照专项分项教学，每个模块对应一项独立实操技能。”学员分模块学习电气、气动、设备安装、编程等内容，可自主把控学习进度，只补自身短板，无需重复学习已掌握的知识。ntegrated model产教融合一体化培养模式In his speech at the 2024 study session of the Political Bureau, Xi emphasized the need for better integration of vocational and general education, industry and education, and science and education. He also highlighted the importance of allowing the market to play a decisive role in human resource allocation while ensuring that the government fulfills its supportive role.总书记在二十届中央政治局2024年集体学习讲话中强调，要推动职普融通、产教融合、科教融汇。同时要充分发挥市场在人力资源配置中的决定性作用，更好发挥政府扶持保障作用。Guangdong province, an industrial powerhouse, has emerged as a front-runner in implementing this integrated model.制造业大省广东是落地一体化培养模式的先行地区。By the end of last year, the province had built 171 industry-education-evaluation skill chains, partnering with leading companies, including Huawei, Tencent and BYD, to tailor vocational training curricula to real supply chain and industrial needs.截至去年年底，广东建成171条产教评技能产业链，联合华为、腾讯、比亚迪等龙头企业，依据产业链真实需求定制职业培训课程。For Li Shaochang, 29, a graduate of Guangzhou Electromechanical Technician College, the decision to enroll in a technician college was driven by market demand. Despite holding a degree in mold design and manufacturing from Tianjin University, one of China's most prestigious institutions, he spent five years outside his field. Observing the shift toward smart manufacturing and AI, he recognized the need for practical skills.29岁的李少昌毕业于广州机电技师学院，他选择入校学习完全出于市场需求考量。他本科就读顶尖学府天津大学模具设计与制造专业，却有五年时间从事无关行业。目睹智能制造、人工智能产业快速兴起后，他意识到实操技能不可或缺。"The technician college gives me extensive hands-on experience," he said. "That, combined with university training, is exactly what companies want."他表示：“技师学院能提供充足实操练习，再搭配大学打下的理论基础，正是企业最看重的复合能力。”The college's partnership with Guangzhou Jiafan Computer Co, an automation enterprise focused on smart manufacturing, gives students access to the same production line hardware used in the factory, with engineers teaching on campus. Li Shaochang's strong academic background earned him an early placement at Jiafan, where he joined an automated guided vehicle robotics team — a platform that combines a mobile chassis with a robotic arm for tasks like material handling and loading. His team leader was an engineer who had taught him at the college.学院与专注智能制造的自动化企业广州佳帆计算机公司深度合作，校内配备和工厂生产线同款设备，企业工程师驻校授课。李少昌凭借扎实理论基础提前入职佳帆，加入自动导引车机器人研发小组，该设备结合移动底盘与机械臂，可完成物料转运、装卸等作业，小组主管正是在校教过他的工程师。Zhang Kai, 37, holds a business administration degree from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and now oversees Jiafan's advanced skills training base. Speaking from both sides of the desk — as a manager and a student in the same program — he said the company screens for a willingness to learn and a desire for skills, not credentials.37岁的张凯拥有广东外语外贸大学工商管理学位，现任佳帆高级技能实训基地负责人。他既当过参训学员，如今又是企业管理者，他表示企业招人更看重学习意愿与实操能力，而非一纸文凭。"A bachelor's diploma shows you can handle exam pressure," he said. "But a degree plus real skills — that's where the real competitive edge lies."他说：“本科学历只能证明你具备应试学习能力，学历搭配过硬实操，才是真正的核心竞争力。”At the annual Central Economic Work Conference in December, Xi called for combining investment in physical assets with investment in human capital — a call that has since crystallized into the political catchphrase "investing in people", shorthand for upgrading the workforce through education, skills training, health and social adaptability.去年12月中央经济工作会议上，总书记提出统筹推进物质资本投入与人力资本投入，这一部署凝练为“投资于人”的重要提法，即通过教育、技能培训、健康保障、社会适应能力培育全面提升劳动者综合素养。Embodying that principle is Liu, the environmental design degree holder who enrolled at Qingdao Technicians College. He now earns more than double his previous salary, so his choice to build on his degree with vocational training has already paid off.前文提到的环境设计专业毕业生刘文浩正是这一理念的鲜活案例。如今他薪资较从前翻了一倍有余，依托学历补充职业技能的选择已经收获实实在在的回报。mismatch /ˌmɪsˈmætʃ/错配，供需失衡stagnation /stæɡˈneɪʃn/停滞，发展瓶颈modular /ˈmɒdjələ(r)/模块化的extrapolate /ɪkˈstræpəleɪt/推断，举一反三pneumatics /njuːˈmætɪks/气动技术curriculum /kəˈrɪkjələm/课程体系，教学大纲

What happens when an astronomer, a mathematician, an educator, a physics student and a biomedical engineer set off to explore the Secret Fortress of Ag-Karrah? You get Part One of this summer's bonus Actual Play episode of The LIUniverse starring Dr. Charles Liu and company. You read that right! For this actual play podcast episode of The LIUniverse, Chuck and co-host Alice Liu welcome back fan favorite guest and expert on ancient civilizations, author and educator Hannah Liu, M.Ed., and the show's intern and TikTok channel manager, physics student Eleanor Adams. But for this special occasion – drumroll, please – we've also got another guest, and it's none other than “the hidden Liu sibling,” Isaac Liu, who is pursuing his PhD in Biomedical Engineering starting this fall at Rochester Polytechnic Institute. Normally in these descriptions we tell you what you'll find in the episode. For this bonus episode, where Alice is gamemastering a live, tabletop role playing game called “Swords & Sorcery,” which is a little like “Dungeons & Dragons” but much simpler, we're going to skip the sizzle and let you get straight to the steak. We will, however, describe the party that is venturing into “The Secret Fortress of Ag-Karrah.” Charles Liu is Larry the Lion-Livered, a Druid. Isaac Liu is a Dwarven fighter named Brickothy Brickton Hannah Liu is a Tortle magic user named Felix Frankfurter Eleanor Adams is a Palladin of Athena named Annabeth Now, as GM Alice Liu says by way of preamble, “There might be combat. There might be treasure. There might be secrets inside of this hidden fortress…” Enjoy Part One of The Secret Fortress of Ag-Karrah – and be sure to come back for Part 2 in a couple of weeks. (And yes, of course there's a Joyfully Cool Cosmic Thing this episode, but we don't want to ruin the surprise.) We hope you like this bonus episode of The LIUniverse, and, if you do, please support us on Patreon. Credits for this Episode: – “Swords & Sorcery” – Designed by James Lennox-Gordon / UnknownDungeon.itch.io / v1.1 2020 - CC BY SA 4.0. “Swords & Sorcery” is a hack of John Harper's “Lasers & Feelings.” Find out more here.   #LIUniverse #CharlesLiu  #SwordsandSorcery #ActualPlayPodcast

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Lisa Liu, Corporate Marketing and Communications Manager at Stellar Cyber, says the AI noise has been running since RSAC Conference, and that what separates vendors now is whether they can back their claims with data their customers gave them. She came to Black Hat USA 2026 with figures on Agentic Auto Triage. The numbers she cites: up to 19 minutes saved per hour per analyst, up to 1.5 full-time analysts per year, and 99.7 percent agreement with the human analyst. Liu treats the accuracy figure as the one carrying the weight. Reacting at machine speed matters only if the verdicts hold, and she describes security as a low trust industry where the burden of proof sits with the vendor. Stellar Cyber is a security operations platform purpose built for MSPs and lean enterprise teams, offering full cycle, full visibility, unified security operations. Liu says the company builds its business logic around the customer pain point, maximizing the efficiency of the resources a team already has. With alerts climbing as attackers pick up the same AI tools as everyone else, she argues that hiring through the volume is out of reach for most teams. So where does reclaimed time go? Liu says that call belongs to the customer. Reported answers include customer relations, other facets of the job, and expanded roles that analysts never had time for. There is a learning effect too. Analysts can see every step of the decision making behind an AI conclusion and draw lessons from it. For managed service providers, Liu says partner analysts deliver more customized services and take in feedback more productively once their schedules loosen up. Where partners serve very different market segments, platform flexibility carries the load, along with full visibility and automation at machine speed. She also hears a shift on the floor: running many separate vendors creates expensive overlap and leaves gaps, and a single platform approach is becoming industry standard. What comes next? Liu places the industry in a proof stage. More validation is necessary, claims about the Agentic SOC keep arriving, and backing those up with more numbers is a large part of moving forward. AI has been part of the Stellar Cyber logic since the company was founded over 10 years ago, and she says that has not changed. This is a Brand Briefing. A Brand Briefing is an on-location conversation recorded on site at Black Hat USA 2026, putting a spotlight on the guest and their company and pairing it with the editorial reach of ITSPmagazine. Learn more: https://www.studioc60.com/performance/#briefing GUEST Lisa Liu, Corporate Marketing and Communications Manager at Stellar Cyber LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaaliu/ RESOURCES Black Hat USA 2026 event coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa-2026-cybersecurity-event-coverage-in-las-vegas Stellar Cyber: https://stellarcyber.ai/ Stellar Cyber and M-Theory at Black Hat USA 2026: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260728715036/en/Stellar-Cyber-and-M-Theory-to-Demo-Proof-Based-AI-SOC-at-Black-Hat-USA-2026 Stellar Cyber on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stellarcyber Are you interested in telling your story? ▶︎ Full Length Brand Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#full ▶︎ Brand Spotlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#spotlight ▶︎ Brand Highlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#highlight ▶︎ Get your own Brand Briefing at an upcoming event: https://www.studioc60.com/buy-brand-briefings KEYWORDS lisa liu, stellar cyber, sean martin, brand briefing, brand story, brand marketing, marketing podcast, black hat usa 2026, agentic auto triage, agentic soc, alert fatigue, security operations platform, mssp, managed security service provider, soc analyst productivity, ai in security operations, autonomous soc, siem replacement, analyst burnout, human in the loop ai Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Resistance training can significantly improve cardiovascular health in older adults by lowering both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, as well as offering unique benefits like increased muscle strength and quality. In this “NASM CPT Podcast” episode, host Rick Richey reviews the latest meta-analyses and systematic reviews, sharing practical insights on how resistance training helps manage hypertension and supports healthy aging. Listeners will learn why resistance training is valuable for older populations, how it compares to aerobic exercise for blood pressure control, and the importance of starting with progressive resistance to minimize soreness and build confidence. Rick also addresses specific concerns such as training postmenopausal women and individuals with sarcopenia, providing evidence that regular, structured resistance training leads to greater health benefits, especially in those over 60. After listening, fitness professionals will be equipped with research-backed strategies for designing effective, safe training programs for older adults and addressing their concerns about resistance exercises. Chapters: [00:00:00] What are the cardiovascular benefits of resistance training for older adults? [00:05:43] How does resistance training affect blood pressure in people with hypertension? [00:10:53] How does resistance training benefit postmenopausal women? [00:14:14] What is sarcopenia and how can resistance training help elderly adults? [00:15:01] How should trainers safely begin resistance training with older or inexperienced clients? [00:18:48] How can trainers help older clients build strength and confidence progressively? Show References:Wang, X., Wang, Q., Zhao, W., Wang, J., Chen, L., & Wang, L. (2025). The efficacy of resistance training for the management of hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Postepy w kardiologii interwencyjnej = Advances in interventional cardiology, 21(2), 163–170. https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.151598  Henkin, J. S., Pinto, R. S., Machado, C. L. F., & Wilhelm, E. N. (2023). Chronic effect of resistance training on blood pressure in older adults with prehypertension and hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Experimental gerontology, 177, 112193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2023.112193   Rivera-Mejía, S. L., Rúa-Alonso, M. A., Rial-Vázquez, J., Nine, I., Camacho-Villa, M. A., Enríquez-González, M. A. G., Varela-Sanz, A., Fariñas, J., Revuelta-Lera, B., Fraga-Germade, E., Giráldez-Garcí A, M. A., & Iglesias-Soler, E. (2026). Resistance Training Improves Cardiovascular Health in Postmenopausal Women: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 10.1152/japplphysiol.01180.2025. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.01180.2025   Zhao, H., Cheng, R., Song, G., Teng, J., Shen, S., Fu, X., Yan, Y., & Liu, C. (2022). The Effect of Resistance Training on the Rehabilitation of Elderly Patients with Sarcopenia: A Meta-Analysis. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(23), 15491. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315491 If you like what you just consumed, leave us a 5-star review, and share this episode with a friend to help grow our NASM health and wellness community! The content shared in this podcast is solely for educational and entertainment purposes. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek out the guidance of your healthcare provider or other qualified professional. Any opinions expressed by guests and hosts are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of NASM. Introducing NASM One, the membership for trainers and coaches. For just $35/mo., get unlimited access to over 300 continuing education courses, 50% off additional certifications and specializations, EDGE Trainer Pro all-in-one coaching app to grow your business, unlimited exam attempts and select waived fees. Stay on top of your game and ahead of the curve as a fitness professional with NASM One. Click here to learn more. https://bit.ly/4ddsgrm

They said the kids would be fine. But what if the research tells a very different story? In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse examines the gay parenting research that was buried — including a peer-reviewed study reporting that children with same-sex married parents had over four times the rate of serious emotional problems compared with children raised by a married mother and father. Dr. Morse walks through how an earlier "no differences" study was later reanalyzed, why the biological parenthood variable matters, and how corrections to the data changed the results.  She also explains the important uncovering research by Fr. Paul Sullins and why families deserve honest answers about same-sex parenting, children's emotional well-being, and the long-term consequences of redefining marriage. The science about same-sex parenting is not nearly as settled as you've been led to believe.

With the Trump administration's newest political persecution of Anthony Fauci and three years after our first lab-leak special, now seemed like a useful time to return to the topic. Fortunately, you do not have to rely on our knowledge of viruses, as we have somehow managed to convince the same three esteemed virologists, Eddie Holmes, Kristian Andersen and Michael Worobey, to come back for an update.Mike, Kristian and Eddie return and offer us their read on where the scientific evidence on COVID's origins stands in 2026. They take us through the main lines of evidence and the often overlooked role of the wildlife trade, explaining why the lab-leak story remains so appealing, and how their own assessments have shifted as more evidence has emerged. We also discuss the standard claim that the media suppressed the lab-leak narrative while noting that coverage across both alternative and mainstream outlets remains heavily skewed towards it (and almost entirely detached from the research literature).Finally, we end on a characteristically positive note by discussing the Trump administration's attacks on science and the ongoing campaigns against high-profile scientists and public health figures. Our guests describe their experience of committing the heinous offence of following the scientific evidence and arriving at conclusions that contradict the preferred views of polemical politicians and prominent media pundits.In short, this episode is our modest attempt to drag the topic back towards the science, while also focusing on the price paid by the people who actually conduct the research and care about the evidence. We are not neutral when it comes to the ongoing attacks on science and scientists and do not pretend to be. LinksOur guests: Michael Worobey, Kristian Andersen, and Eddie HolmesOur previous interview with Worobey, Andersen and HolmesLab Leak Fever with Philipp MarkolinOur earlier interview with Stuart Neil on SARS-CoV-2Sam Harris, Alina Chan and Matt Ridley: Did SARS-CoV-2 Escape from a Lab?Bad Boy of Science: Is the COVID Lab Leak Hypothesis Dead?Kristian Andersen on his early emails, released messages and changing assessmentKristian Andersen's congressional testimony and document collectionKristian's thread responding to the use of his Slack messagesMichael Worobey on why his assessment changedWHO SAGO's 2025 assessment of the origins evidenceThe July 2026 Senate release of the Slack messagesKevin Drum's reading of the earlier Slack archiveThe current White House lab-leak pageThe July 2026 Fauci hearingNaomi Oreskes on scientific integrity and “ethical pessimism”Nature: Climate scientists report online attacksAlwine et al. on the harms to scientists, research and pandemic preparednessRelevant research papers and reviewsAndersen, K. G., Rambaut, A., Lipkin, W. I., Holmes, E. C., & Garry, R. F. (2020). The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2. Nature Medicine, 26(4), 450–452.Crits-Christoph, A., Levy, J. I., Pekar, J. E., et al. (2024). Genetic tracing of market wildlife and viruses at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cell, 187(19), 5468–5482.Holmes, E. C. (2024). The emergence and evolution of SARS-CoV-2. Annual Review of Virology, 11(1), 21–42.Liu, W. J., Liu, P., Lei, W., et al. (2023). Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 at the Huanan Seafood Market. Nature, 631(8020), 402–408.Pekar, J. E., Magee, A., Parker, E., et al. (2022). The molecular epidemiology of multiple zoonotic origins of SARS-CoV-2. Science, 377(6609), 960–966.Pekar, J. E., Moshiri, N., Lemey, P., et al. (2025). Recently reported SARS-CoV-2 genomes suggested to be intermediate between the two early main lineages are instead likely derived. Virus Evolution, 11(1).Pekar, J. E., Lytras, S., Ghafari, M., et al. (2025). The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. Cell, 188(12), 3167–3183.Temmam, S., Vongphayloth, K., Baquero, E., et al. (2022). Bat coronaviruses related to SARS-CoV-2 and infectious for human cells. Nature, 604

What is artificial intelligence? How does it work? Who is behind it? What can we expect from it in the future? Good questions, and we have the answers!Artificial intelligence is popping up everywhere: in Google searches, calls to customer service, and in healthcare, education, and personal assistants—to name just five. It's rapidly changing businesses and our lives. Covering the basics, its history, and the science behind it, The Handy Artificial Intelligence Answer Book is the perfect starting point to understanding the emerging AI revolution, what is currently possible, what might be possible in the future—and what's just hype. Tackling what has been, what is, and what will be—and the “what ifs”—of AI, this informative book answers more than 1,400 questions, such as …What does the term "artificial intelligence" actually mean?What real-world AI tools do people use daily, like Alexa, Netflix, and facial recognition?How do AI algorithms adapt to changes in search trends and user behavior?What is AI-based image stabilization in smartphones and cameras?How does AI assist in surgical procedures and robotic surgery?How does the use of AI in surveillance affect human rights?What industries are most vulnerable to automation and AI-driven job loss?How can AI recognize human emotions and adapt its responses accordingly?What can we learn from other technologies as we consider how AI will shape our world?And hundreds more!Informative, provocative, and intriguing, The Handy Artificial Intelligence Answer Book looks at this emerging technology and what the past might tell us about the future. Ponder the potentials—and the perils—with this enlightening examination of AI!A.G.G. Liu is a writer and online educator based in New Jersey. Liu has reached millions of online learners on YouTube—both as the lead script writer for the AI and futurism channel Rational Animations, and through their own educational channel, Signore Galilei, which was started during college at Harvard. Liu co-authored the book 30-Second Space Travel with Dr. Charles Liu and Dr. Karen Masters and co-hosts the podcast The LIUniverse with Dr. Charles Liu. Residing in Bloomfield, New Jersey, Liu also enjoys singing, amateur radio, and strategy games.https://visibleinkpress.com/bookauthor/liu-a-g-g/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/earth-ancients--2790919/support.

ScheduleSunday, August 2nd 24 hours Bicycle Lounge, St. Charles 10:00 a.m. Registration, Bienville G (10:00p)10:00 a.m. Photo Badges, Dauphine F (10:00p) Live Tonight!7:30 – 11:00 p.m. - The Zombie Ball, Esplanade 7:30 – 11:00 p.m. - The MAGIC Shop, Mardi Gras 11:00 – 11:30 p.m. - Grand Prize Giveaway & Costume Awards, Esplanade Monday, August 3rd24 hours Bicycle Lounge, St. Charles9:00 a.m. Information Booth, Kiosk (9:00p)10:00 a.m. General Sessions, Showroom, (Noon)10:00 a.m. Focus Sessions (11:00a)11:00 a.m. The MAGIC Shop, Mardi Gras, (6:00p)11:15 a.m. Focus Sessions (12:15p)11:30 a.m. Cafe Live!, Esplanade K/L (2:00p)12:15 p.m. Lunch Break (2:15p)2:15 p.m. General Session, Showroom (4:15p)2:15 p.m. Focus Sessions (3:15p)3:30 p.m. Focus Sessions (4:30p) Live Tonight!6:00, 8:00, 10:15 p.m. - Comedy Live!, Showroom12:30, 5:45, 7:10, 9:00, 10:20 p.m. - The Close-up Experience, Bienville G6:15, 8:00, 10:00 p.m. - In Concert: Dani Daortiz, French Quarter7:00 p.m. – Midnight Bicycle Lounge Cash Bar, St. Charles View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize I will give you the time stamps of who spoke when after I get some sleep. MAGIC Live Days 1 and 2 Report Scott Wells with Altieri, Perry, Dardant, Greenbaum, McLaughlin, Averbook, Randall, Flanagan, Scanlan, Johnson, Sobell, Chaut, Grice, Liu, Gertner, and Kenner Download Download this podcast in an MP3 file by Clicking Here and then right click to save the file. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed by Clicking Here. You can download or listen to the podcast through Pandora and SiriusXM (formerly Stitcher) by Clicking Here or through FeedPress by Clicking Here or through Tunein.com by Clicking Here or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here. If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here. Enter for a Chance to Win One of Two Copies of Side-FX Sign up for the Magic Word Podletter then complete this form with your name and email address. First Name Last Name Email Address Sign Up Two copies are available in this contest and open to U.S. residents only. Postage paid by Scott Tokar. If you enter this contest and your mailing address is outside the U.S., then you will be asked to reimburse for foreign shipping. If your name is selected, then you will receive a congratulatory email along with instructions on how you can claim your prize. Enter for a Chance to Win a Copy of "How to Make 6 Figures in Magic" Online Course Sign up for the Magic Word Podletter then complete this form with your name and email address. Only one copy of this course is available. This is a $435.95 value! First Name Last Name Email Address enter now This is open to everyone everywhere since it is an online, streaming, digital course. If your name is selected, then you will receive a congratulatory email along with instructions on how you can claim your prize.

In this episode of Oncology Unplugged, host Chandler Park, MD, a medical oncologist at Norton Cancer Institute in Louisville, Kentucky, was joined by Stephen V. Liu, MD, the division chief of Hematology Oncology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, part of the MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute, in Washington, DC.Their discussion centered on the continued evolution of precision medicine in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), highlighting advances in molecular testing, targeted therapies, immunotherapy, and emerging treatment strategies presented at the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting. Drs Park and Liu explored how lung cancer has become a model for precision oncology and emphasized that therapeutic advances across multiple tumor types have collectively shaped the current treatment landscape. They discussed the importance of understanding oncogenic drivers, overcoming resistance mechanisms, and moving effective therapies into earlier-stage disease to improve long-term patient outcomes.

If you ever studied modern Chinese history, you likely met the “century of humiliation” in your first class. In 1840, British gunboats shattered the pride and legitimacy of the Qing empire, and the decades of semi-colonization that followed inaugurated a century of reform and revolution — all aimed at restoring an ancient, creaky civilization to unity and to the top of the world. The Kuomintang and the Communist Party told the same story and drew the same conclusion: the mandate belongs to whoever ends the humiliation.In China, history has never been merely academic. Where elections do not exist, leaders seek legitimacy in historical title deeds — which is why the Party still teaches the story in every classroom and invokes it in every speech on national rejuvenation. The battle crossed the Pacific, too. John King Fairbank absorbed the nationalist framework in wartime China and canonized it at Harvard, organizing American understanding of modern China around two dates: 1840 and 1949. He built the field of China studies as we know it, and generations of his students inherited the framework with it, until American scholarship was teaching China's nationalist mythology back to itself — and to Washington, where it still underwrites op-eds casting Xi Jinping as the new emperor. How America tells China's story shapes how America makes China policy.Dr. Alice Miller thinks we have the story wrong. From 1974 to 1990, she was a senior CIA analyst of Chinese foreign policy and domestic politics, and later a division chief supervising analysis of China, North Korea, Indochina, and Soviet policy in East Asia. She is now a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where she edited and contributed to the China Leadership Monitor from 2001 to 2018. She published as H. Lyman Miller before her gender transition.In part two of our conversation — edited for clarity and brevity — we trace her formation at Princeton under Fritz Mote, the ferocious “Who lost China?” debates of the 1950s, the eternal feud between historians and political scientists, and her heterodox verdict on engagement: it didn't fail — it worked so well that Xi Jinping had to stomp on it. We close with a story of a different kind: her transition in 2006, and the unexpected grace with which the CIA, Hoover, and the Naval Postgraduate School received it. Part one, on her years decoding Beijing for the CIA, is here.Enjoy!LeoMusic: Carnaval Op. 9 No. 18 - “Aveu”, Bishara Haroni, Artlist Classics, Robert SchumannFor quick navigation to the specific sections:* Early sinologist debates about “who lost China?”* The fallacy of “The Century of Humiliation”* The battle between historians and political scientists over contemporary China studies* “How Did We Get China So Wrong?”* An identity transition from Harold to AlicePeking Hotel is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.About usThe Peking Hotel podcast and newsletter are digital publications in which Liu He interviews China specialists about their first-hand experiences and observations from decades past. The project grew out of Liu's research at Hoover Institution collecting oral history of China experts living in the U.S. Their stories are a reminder of what China used to be and what it is capable of becoming.We also have a Chinese-language Substack. We hope to publish more conversations like this one, so stay tuned! Get full access to Peking Hotel at pekinghotel.substack.com/subscribe

Advertisement Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! Musikfest Preview Night arrives Thursday, July 30, followed by 10 days of music, food, art and nearly unavoidable reunions throughout Bethlehem from Friday, July 31 through Sunday, August 9. For the fifth annual Mayor's Musikfest Preview Podcast, we set up at StadtPlatz outside Bethlehem City Hall with Mayor J. William Reynolds and eight guests who plan the festival, perform on its stages, volunteer behind the scenes and help create the community around it. The 43rd Musikfest features more than 400 performers and 500 performances across 16 stages, 15 of which are free. Mayor Reynolds described Musikfest as a shared experience that cannot be recreated through a screen. “You can't one-up somebody else's experience. What happens there is that it brings people together, and it shows us what's possible when we're focused on people.” Building a temporary city ArtsQuest President and CEO Kassie Hilgert started with the people responsible for turning more than 50 acres of Bethlehem into the country's largest free music festival. “It takes 5,000 people to put this festival up and to tear it down. You've got volunteers that are taking 10 days from their vacation time at work to support this festival.” Hilgert also made a direct appeal for people to support the vendors, restaurants, hotels, artists and cultural organizations that keep events like Musikfest alive. Patrick Brogan, ArtsQuest's Chief Programming Officer, said more than 2,000 artists applied to perform this year. The final program includes 417 artists presenting 512 sets, with roughly one-third of the festival changing each year. His advice is simple: “Follow your ears through the festival.” Turn a corner, stop at an unfamiliar stage and stay long enough to find the artist who could become your next favorite. “The soundtrack of Bethlehem” Miguel Perez-Soto has experienced Musikfest as an ArtsQuest board member, a musician, a B. Braun Medical employee and a supporter who has been attending for 25 years. He has also watched Musikfest and ArtsQuest's year-round programming grow to represent more of the cultures found throughout Bethlehem. “Musikfest is the soundtrack of Bethlehem. We're going to have a great time doing this for the next 10 days, but throughout the year, Bethlehem always has the initiative to reinvent itself and put events together for the entire family, for the entire community.” A place where everyone can Fest Richard Liu helped lead the creation of SoberPlatz, the inclusive alcohol-free space that returns to the SouthSide for its second year. Located near Americaplatz and the Flywheel, SoberPlatz offers room to relax, activities, recovery resources and a community that does not revolve around drinking. Everyone is welcome. The only request is that visitors not bring alcohol into the space. Liu shared the response that showed exactly why SoberPlatz was needed. “I've had people tell me they didn't feel like they could Fest until SoberPlatz was there.” For Liu, Musikfest ultimately comes back to people. “It's the volunteers that I see year after year and become friends with. It's the friendships with performers who come back year after year. It's the community members who I see and become friends with. It's the people.” Learn more about SoberPlatz and its 2026 activities. Community voices and volunteers WDIY Executive Director Margaret McConnell described the station as another community organization powered largely by volunteers. WDIY was built by community members who wanted their own radio station. Its programming still reflects that original mission. “Picking hand-curated music, no algorithms involved. Very little automation. This is really led by this community, for this community.” ArtsQuest ambassador-level volunteer Robin Sherrerd has poured beer, sold tickets, worked with the Eco Squad and served as a site supervisor. “I worked my way up to site supervisor and enjoyed every bit of it because of the camaraderie that we have with all of the other volunteers.” Those relationships continue after the tents come down. Sherrerd said many volunteers have become friends who see one another and spend time together throughout the year. Two Bethlehem artists step onto the stage Bethlehem country artist Lilly Moss opens for Russell Dickerson at the Wind Creek Steel Stage on Friday, July 31. She returns Sunday, August 2 for a free Main Street performance. Two years ago, Moss opened a fortune cookie while attending the Maren Morris concert at Musikfest. “I opened a fortune cookie and it said, ‘You will make a name for yourself.'” She kept and framed the fortune. Now she plans to carry it onto the largest stage she has ever played. Moss said she no longer becomes more nervous as the crowds grow. “As the crowds get bigger, I get more excited. I feed off the energy and the adrenaline.” Jenny Founds performs with Ruby Dear at Zinzenplatz from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday, August 2. The Bethlehem alternative-rock trio is expanding for a special Ruby Dear Big Band performance featuring additional musicians from Start Making Sense. Founds performs original music with Ruby Dear and Talking Heads music with Start Making Sense. She sees value in both. “I've had people come up to me and say, ‘I've never heard you before, but I can relate to your lyrics, and I've never felt seen like that.' So both are valid, and both give opportunities to musicians.” A free Musikfest stage gives original artists something particularly valuable: people who were walking past, heard something interesting and decided to enter the tent. The Musikfest must-do list Mayor Reynolds and George also shared a few rules for getting the most out of Musikfest: Put the phone away. Spend time with someone you unexpectedly run into. Buy at least one thing. Watch an artist perform original music. Show someone your favorite Musikfest spot. Try a food you are not completely sure about. Leave one night open and see where Musikfest takes you. Musikfest Preview Night is Thursday, July 30. The full festival runs Friday, July 31 through Sunday, August 9. Get the complete schedule and download the official app at Musikfest.org. Advertisement Sign up for our Newsletter!  Thank you to our Partners! 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Authoritarian Markets explores the political foundations of China's banking boom and its far-reaching impact on the Chinese economy. In 1978 China had no commercial banks. Today it commands the world's largest banking system, with assets equal to 40 percent of global GDP. In Authoritarian Markets: The Politics of China's Banking Explosion (Cornell University Press, 2026), Dr. Adam Y. Liu argues that this rise was not the product of market reforms but of political bargains and bureaucratic mobilization. In the 1990s, Beijing issued bank licenses as bargaining chips—securing cooperation from local governments as it pushed through painful reforms. The result was a sprawling, competitive banking market built not in spite of authoritarian rule but because of it. Drawing on interviews, spatial data, census records, surveys, and experiments, Dr. Liu reveals how local state banks became both engines of China's growth and incubators of its current economic risks. Eye-opening and persuasive, Authoritarian Markets offers fresh insight into the political logic of market development in China and authoritarian states worldwide. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Authoritarian Markets explores the political foundations of China's banking boom and its far-reaching impact on the Chinese economy. In 1978 China had no commercial banks. Today it commands the world's largest banking system, with assets equal to 40 percent of global GDP. In Authoritarian Markets: The Politics of China's Banking Explosion (Cornell University Press, 2026), Dr. Adam Y. Liu argues that this rise was not the product of market reforms but of political bargains and bureaucratic mobilization. In the 1990s, Beijing issued bank licenses as bargaining chips—securing cooperation from local governments as it pushed through painful reforms. The result was a sprawling, competitive banking market built not in spite of authoritarian rule but because of it. Drawing on interviews, spatial data, census records, surveys, and experiments, Dr. Liu reveals how local state banks became both engines of China's growth and incubators of its current economic risks. Eye-opening and persuasive, Authoritarian Markets offers fresh insight into the political logic of market development in China and authoritarian states worldwide. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Long Island University Admissions: Finding the Right Fit for College SuccessGuest: Michael Berthel, Vice President for Student Affairs and Admissions, Long Island UniversityEpisode SummaryWhat happens after a student is admitted to college? How can families identify a university that will help students thrive—not only academically, but personally and professionally?In this episode of The College Admissions Process Podcast, Dr. John Durante sits down with Michael Berthel, Vice President for Student Affairs and Admissions at Long Island University (LIU), for an insightful conversation about the evolving college experience and what students should look for when selecting a college.As Long Island University celebrates its 100th anniversary, Michael shares how the institution has grown into a nationally recognized research university while remaining committed to personalized student support, experiential learning, and affordability. From innovative advising through LIU's Success Coach model to hands-on learning opportunities and a student-centered approach to admissions, this episode provides valuable insights for students, parents, and school counselors navigating today's college admissions landscape.Whether you're building your college list or making your final college decision, this conversation will help you better understand what truly contributes to student success.In This Episode, You'll LearnWhat distinguishes Long Island University from other colleges and universities.How LIU's Success Coach model supports students from enrollment through graduation.Why finding the right college fit is more important than chasing prestige or rankings.What admissions officers look for beyond grades and standardized test scores.How leadership, resilience, authenticity, and character strengthen a college application.Why experiential learning gives students a competitive advantage after graduation.How LIU helps make college more affordable through merit scholarships and tuition stability.Practical advice for students and families navigating the college admissions process.Key TakeawaysCollege Is More Than an Acceptance LetterSelecting a college is about finding an environment where students will be challenged academically, supported personally, and prepared professionally. The right college is one where students can see themselves growing, contributing, and belonging.Admissions Is About the Whole StudentWhile academic performance is important, LIU also values applicants who demonstrate leadership, resilience, intellectual curiosity, compassion, and a commitment to making a positive impact in their communities.Student Success Begins with Personalized SupportLIU's Success Coach model provides every student with a dedicated professional who serves as a consistent resource for academic advising, financial aid, career planning, and personal development throughout the college journey.Real-World Learning MattersLIU emphasizes experiential learning through internships, undergraduate research, business consulting projects, investment management opportunities, and other hands-on experiences that prepare students for successful careers.Finding the Right Fit Should Be the GoalRather than focusing solely on rankings or comparing themselves to peers, students should choose a college where they feel supported, connected, and excited to spend the next four years.Michael Berthel's Advice for FamiliesPrioritize finding the college that best matches your goals, interests, and values—not simply the most recognizable name.Have honest conversations about academic interests, finances, expectations, and long-term goals before beginning the college search.View college as an opportunity for growth, exploration, and personal transformation, while remaining open to new experiences and possibilities.About Our GuestMichael Berthel serves as Vice President for Student Affairs and Admissions at Long Island University, where he oversees both the admissions process and the student experience. By integrating enrollment management with student affairs, he helps ensure that students receive personalized support from their first interaction with the university through graduation, fostering a campus culture centered on belonging, achievement, and lifelong success.Stay ConnectedIf you enjoyed this episode of The College Admissions Process Podcast, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with students, parents, school counselors, and educators.For more expert conversations with college admissions leaders from colleges and universities across the country, explore our growing library of episodes designed to help families navigate every stage of the college admissions process with confidence.LIU Admissions: https://liu.edu/admissionsLIU Virtual Tour: https://www.massinteract.com/long-island-university/LIU College Tour Video: https://liu.edu/tct-------------------------------------

What if some of the most powerful ways to improve your health didn't require expensive gadgets, complicated routines, or the latest supplement trend? In this rapid-fire solo episode, Darin shares 15 unusual, science-backed habits that can dramatically improve longevity, mobility, brain function, nervous system regulation, digestion, and overall vitality. From dead hangs and deep squats to humming, sunlight, boredom, and chewing your food more thoroughly, each practice is grounded in published research, not internet biohacking hype. These are simple, practical habits you can start today that may have an outsized impact on your health over time. If you're looking for evidence-based ways to optimize your body without spending a fortune, this episode is packed with actionable takeaways. What You'll Learn Why grip strength may be one of the strongest predictors of longevity How deep squats improve mobility and joint health The surprising connection between balance and lifespan Why humming boosts nitric oxide production The science behind mouth taping and nasal breathing How cold water can instantly calm your nervous system Why boredom fuels creativity and brain function The health benefits of intentional silence How awe can reduce inflammation Why soil microbes strengthen your immune system The importance of chewing for nutrient absorption Why sunlight is one of the most powerful daily health tools Chapters 00:00:00 – Welcome to SuperLife 00:00:32 – Sponsor: Tru Niagen 00:02:35 – 15 science-backed health habits you probably aren't doing 00:04:18 – #1 Grip strength and longevity 00:06:40 – #2 The deep squat rest 00:08:16 – #3 Single-leg balance 00:09:36 – #4 Why humming boosts nitric oxide 00:11:01 – #5 Mouth taping and nasal breathing 00:12:41 – #6 Cold water face immersion 00:14:05 – #7 Ice on the back of your neck 00:14:59 – Sponsor: Manna Vitality 00:16:55 – #8 Getting bored on purpose 00:18:34 – #9 Scheduling daily silence 00:20:01 – #10 Chasing awe instead of scrolling 00:21:20 – #11 Why getting your hands dirty boosts immunity 00:23:00 – #12 Chewing your food more thoroughly 00:24:20 – #13 Squatting while using the bathroom 00:25:41 – #14 Get sunlight before your phone 00:26:59 – #15 Sunlight on your skin 00:28:28 – The complete 15-step daily protocol 00:29:05 – Start with one habit today 00:29:26 – Final thoughts and closing message Thank You to Our Sponsors Tru Niagen: Boost NAD+ levels for cellular health and longevity. Get 20% off with code DARINOLIEN20 at truniagen.com. Manna Vitality: Go to mannavitality.com/ and use code DARIN for 20% off your order. Join the SuperLife Community Get Darin's deeper wellness breakdowns — beyond social media restrictions: Weekly voice notes Ingredient deep dives Wellness challenges Energy + consciousness tools Community accountability Extended episodes Join for $7.49/month → https://patreon.com/darinolien Connect with Darin Olien: Website: darinolien.com Instagram: @darinolien Book: Fatal Conveniences Platform & Products: superlife.com New Show: Roadmap to Happiness Key Takeaway "Better health doesn't always come from doing more—it often comes from returning to the simple things humans have done for thousands of years. Move your body naturally. Breathe through your nose. Spend time in silence. Get into the sun. Touch the earth. Challenge your balance. Strengthen your grip. 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Undrafted quarterback Luke Altmyer is the only Detroit Lions rookie free agent with a realistic path to the 53, and he profiles as a practice-squad lock while the staff decides on carrying two or three quarterbacks. Roster spots are scarce, so most UDFAs are competing for developmental roles on the practice squad. Is Luke Altmyer a lock for the Detroit Lions roster? Luke Altmyer, quarterback, Detroit Lions, locks down the practice squad and stays in the QB pipeline, while the 53 hinges on whether Detroit carries a QB3. As Jeff Risdon noted on the Detroit Lions Podcast Daily DLP, there are only three quarterbacks in camp and Altmyer ‘wins from the pocket,' mirroring the style of quarterback Jared Goff stylistically, and has enough arm and toughness to run the offense. Altmyer absorbed some hellacious hits at Illinois, so taking fewer hits is a growth point. The staff will decide between keeping two on the 53 with Altmyer as the emergency elevation, or rostering three. Either way, he stays in Detroit. What must defensive end Anthony Lucas show to make the 53? Anthony Lucas must add a Plan B move and finish plays he already wins to crack the 53. Lucas' all-or-nothing first move on college tape and the need to raise his floor will augment his chances. The finishing mandate is explicit: he posted three sacks in four years of college football, and that production must jump to justify a roster spot in a deep edge room. Technique, sequencing rushes, and converting pressures into sacks decide his fate. Practice squad is the baseline, with upward mobility if he stacks finishes in preseason. Which UDFAs look like immediate practice-squad value? Several fit clear developmental lanes. Eric O'Neil, edge rusher, Detroit Lions, is a compact power rusher with outsized production, logging 35 sacks and 110 QB pressures across four-plus college seasons at LIU, James Madison, and Rutgers. He sets a sturdy edge for his size and profiles as a situational rush piece to cultivate. DB Amaris Brown brings ball skills and a my-ball mentality after six years of college, flashing takeaway instincts in camp. He must prove he can play special teams consistently to earn that slot or reserve corner spot. Eric Hunter, linebacker, Detroit Lions, was deployed like a do-everything attacker at Morgan State, blitzing and flowing downhill at 220 pounds. As Risdon detailed, he is an athletic, aggressive fit for a developmental hybrid linebacker role, tracking as a prime practice-squad stash for 2026 with an eye on contributing in 2027. Who are the longest shots and what numbers define their uphill climb? Miller Kitselman, tight end, Detroit Lions, must fix the hands and length concerns to stick. He recorded five drops on 27 targets and has arms under 32 inches despite being 6-foot-5, which shows up in blocking and catch radius. With tight ends Sam LaPorta, Brock Wright, and Tyler Conklin ahead, Kitselman needs a standout camp to seize the practice-squad TE spot. Martin Priestley, offensive lineman, Detroit Lions, is transitioning inside after over a thousand snaps at both left and right tackle at Illinois and sits just under 6-foot-3. The critical stat from Jeff Risdon: 54 assessed penalties in four years, including 24 in one season, a habit he must correct to advance. De'Shawn Rucker, cornerback, is an aggressive tackler whose size was misperceived by fans; he measured 5-foot-9 and a quarter at USF's pro day. He needs to win on special teams and in slot reps to earn a developmental look. Depth at defensive tackle also matters, with defensive tackle J.R. Tufele, Detroit Lions, and defensive tackle Tylik Williams, Detroit Lions, shaping the interior competition. #detroitlions #lions #detroitlionspodcast #lionstrainingcamp #udfa #lukealtmyer #anthonylucas #erico'neil #amarisbrown #erichunter #millerkitselman #martinpriestley #shawrucker #jaredgoff #teddybridgewater #samlaporta #brockwright #tylerconklin #j.r.tufele #tylikwilliams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As competition in the beauty industry heats up, leaders are looking for new ways to stand out.  “I've worked in beauty for 24 years now, and I don't think I've ever seen it more competitive than it is right now,” Amy Liu, CEO and founder of Tower28, told Glossy. “Maybe in five more years, I'll say that again. Who knows, right? But it feels like we are at a real peak right now, and a bubble of sorts.”  In a lot of ways, the industry is moving away from speaking at consumers and leaning into a two-way dialogue — but what does that look like for out-of-home advertising?  In June, Tower28 gave the industry one of its best examples: The company debuted a custom-made NYC billboard with a large button that spritzed passersby with its hero SOS Daily Skin Rescue Spray. The billboard was up for two weeks in June, located on Canal Street in SoHo. Developed with outdoor advertising agency MilkMoney, the billboard was a first-of-its-kind endeavor. “[The billboard] was very bespoke — and, actually, there were a lot of problems that ensued, which is normal anytime you do something that has never been done before,” Liu said.  This included space limitations, technical challenges in the actual mister and storage of the product, and a liability issue that caused a last-minute location change. Luckily, Tower28 got lucky: The weather was hot and sticky – making a refreshing face mist especially alluring — and the city was busy and buzzing from its Knicks Championship win.  The primary ingredient in Tower28's SOS Daily Skin Rescue Spray is hypochlorous acid, an increasingly popular ingredient in the skin-care space because it's safe and gentle, yet helps prevent acne, especially after sweating or working out. It's also great for conditions like eczema because it helps to reduce inflammation.  Tower28's SOS spray is a darling in the category and has been a hero for the brand since it launched in 2020. The brand sells various sizes of the popular mist, including a mini for $12, a 4-ounce bottle for $28 and a refill jug for $68.  Overall, Liu estimates that Tower28 spent around $200,000 on the billboard investment — $150,000 to MilkMoney and another $50,000 on promotion, staffing and ancillary campaign. The billboard garnered industry attention and spritzed more than 188,000 New Yorkers during the two-week run.  Liu sat down with Glossy Beauty Podcast host Lexy Lebsack to unpack the experience and investment, and discuss — knowing what she knows now — if she would do it again. 

The Society for Ecological Restoration has released the Third Edition of the International Principles and Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration, and this episode is less of a book review than a reflection on what these new Standards reveal about our profession. I explore how ecological restoration has evolved over the past two decades through the lenses of justice, human health and livelihoods, climate readiness, accountability, and communities of practice. I also share why I think the first four principles form the philosophical heart of the new edition, where I'm still wrestling with the Restorative Continuum, and what I hope future editions might look like. Read more on the Grove & Grit Substack, and here are a few hot takes... Ecological restoration has grown from a conversation among ecologists into a global movement involving Indigenous Nations, communities, governments, planners, policymakers, and funders. The addition of the word "native" isn't just a definition change - it helps clarify ecological restoration's identity within the much broader ecosystem restoration movement. The Third Edition reflects a profession becoming more people-centered, climate-ready, accountable, and connected to public policy. Standards don't just describe good practice - they reveal what a profession values, who is participating in the conversation, and where it may be headed next. The future of restoration won't be shaped only by better science, but by welcoming new voices, new perspectives, and a variety of knowledge systems. Read them critically. Celebrate what resonates. Challenge what doesn't. The best standards aren't static documents sitting on a shelf... idling in the nether regions of our computer networks... or chilling five clicks into the SER website. They're invitations into an ongoing conversation. Society for Ecological Restoration. International Principles and Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration (Third Edition) Gann, G.D., McDonald, T., Walder, B., Aronson, J., Nelson, C.R., Hallett, J.G., Guariguata, M.R., Gonzales, E.K., Hua, F., Echeverría, C., Eisenberg, C., Liu, J., Decleer, K., Barr, Z.E., Bartholomew, D.C., Best, M., Chazdon, R., Cliquet, A., Cortina-Segarra, J., Kalirai, H., MacCallum, K., Mosyaftiani, A., Pedrini, S., Young, R. and Dixon, K.W. (2026), International principles and standards for the practice of ecological restoration. Third edition. Restor Ecol, 34: e70441. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70441 more treehugger podcast episodes A special thank you to Madrone Grove Adaptation & Restoration for supporting this episode and for advancing climate-ready ecological restoration throughout the Pacific Northwest. Opening and closing music by: Jessie Villa and The Parrisian

(0:00) Bestie intros! (1:32) New AI regulatory proposal: DeepMind's Demis Hassabis proposes FINRA-type body (20:01) Stripe, Block, and Advent offer $53B to acquire PayPal (37:51) Apple sues OpenAI, alleging stolen trade secrets (42:49) Grok Build data leak, AI data privacy, Tokenmaxxing update, Mira Murati's new model (59:53) NY bans datacenters, becoming first state to enact a moratorium (1:22:57) Science Corner: New data on reversing aging! Adopt Ronnie the Dog: https://www.instagram.com/reels/Da0pGahBwaW Apply for All-In Summit 2026: https://allin.com/events Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allinpod Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://x.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://x.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://x.com/chamath/status/2077502408528212144 https://x.com/demishassabis/status/2076957440109625718 https://x.com/satyanadella/status/2076323181154230284 https://x.com/Jason/status/2076231055443440105 https://x.com/SquawkCNBC/status/2077741908391031246 https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/15/inside-anthropics-state-by-state-plan-to-ratchet-up-ai-rules-00998415 https://x.com/politico/status/2077315780144996633 https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/1978145266269077891 https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/stripe-advent-offer-buy-paypal-more-than-53-billion-sources-say-2026-07-15 https://www.tipranks.com/news/the-fly/block-contributing-to-equity-for-paypal-takeover-bid-cnbc-says-thefly-news https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/07/Apple-Inc.-v.-Liu-et-al.pdf https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/apple-lawsuit-threatens-openais-hardware-215438163.html https://x.com/markgurman/status/2076306380583997665 https://www.engadget.com/2216186/elon-musk-bought-a-gas-turbine-company https://x.com/Reuters/status/2076957424339050839 https://x.com/teddyschleifer/status/2077596563380072694 https://x.com/teddyschleifer/status/2077606887055306879 https://openai.com/index/prc-linked-influence-operations-ai-debates https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/10/openai-china-ai-data-centers-report-00957612 https://trends.google.com/explore?q=GMO%2C%2Fm%2F0dkz0z&date=2010-01-01%202026-07-15&geo=US https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-75141-2

DOCKET ALERTS:   Todd Blanche will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week as it considers his nomination to be Attorney General. Can he advance without Senator Lindsey Graham, his biggest protector?   Judge Tim Kelly in DC reluctantly dismissed the charges against several Proud Boys gang members convicted for their roles in the January 6 assault on the Capitol after the Justice Department walked away from the appeal.   Twelve states filed an antitrust suit in California to block the merger of Paramount and Warner Brothers.   DOOFUS OF THE DAY: Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of Overstock.com, who managed to lose a defamation suit against Hunter Biden.   MAIN SHOW:   South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham passed away this weekend. We'll discuss his failures as a lawyer and the fight to replace him in Congress.   Open AI is having a rough week in court. Apple sued it in California under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, alleging that the company stole proprietary information to help it design a new phone-type gadget. And in New York, plaintiffs in a lawsuit accusing Open AI of scraping data in violation of copyright moved for sanctions because of systemic discovery violations.   SUBSCRIBER BONUS:    Trump's "settlement" with the IRS establishing the weaponization compensation fund for J6 criminals was ruled illegal by the court. Judge Kathleen Williams also referred Trump's lawyers, Alejandro Brito and Daniel Epstein, for bar discipline and sent records of this case to the courts considering discipline of Todd Blanche and Stanley Woodward.   US v. Nordean [Proud Boys] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59704048/united-states-v-nordean   California v. Paramount-Skydance https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73606877/the-state-of-california-v-paramount-skydance-corporation/   Biden v. Byrne https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67990012/robert-hunter-biden-v-patrick-m-byrne   In re OpenAI  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69879510/in-re-openai-inc-copyright-infringement-litigation   Apple v. Liu  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73602437/apple-inc-v-liu/   Trump v. IRS [docket via CourtListener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/ Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod  

For a few terrifying hours in the summer of 1955, two Kentucky families emptied their guns into small, glowing creatures that swarmed their farmhouse and simply would not die — and to this day, no one agrees on whether they fought off aliens, owls, or something the mind conjured out of the dark.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/kellyhopkinsvilleREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p86wb4mFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: It's considered one of the most bizarre and convincing extraterrestrial events ever reported… we'll look at the alien encounter in 1955's Hopkinsville, Kentucky that was experienced by two terrified families. (The Hopkinsville Encounter) *** In the deep jungles of the Congo, natives tell of a giant creature that, once described, sounds exactly like a long-necked dinosaur. But how could this be? And is it pure legend? Perhaps not, as one noted biologist from the area saw it with his own eyes and reported it. We'll look at the supposed real sighting of Mokele-Mbembe, the living dinosaur of the Congo! (Dinosaur Observed In The Congo) *** Running a club during prohibition was extremely lucrative… and extremely dangerous, as one Theodore Lakoff would've learned… had he been awake when he was murdered. (The Mysterious Death of Theodore Lakoff) *** Benjamin Franklin was known not just as one of the father's of the United States of America, but also as an inventor, a womanizer, and a man with a bit of an ornery streak in him – as is evidenced by a series of letters he wrote to the New England Courant, where he pretended to be a woman. (Who Was Mrs. Silence Dogood?) *** The internet is a vital part of modern life. Without web access, all kinds of businesses and jobs would be unable to function. So, as you can imagine, there are plenty of people who would love to see the internet crumble. And many have tried. (Taking Down The World Wide Web) *** In 1983 sightings poured in from people on the California coast who claim they saw a sea monster. (The California Sea Monster)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:01:10.244 = Show Open00:03:40.994 = The Hopkinsville Encounter00:13:15.837 = Dinosaur Observed in the Congo ***00:27:07.561 = Taking Down The World Wide Web ***00:36:42.752 = The Mysterious Death of Theodor Lakoff00:43:15.319 = Who Was Mrs. Silence Dogood?00:49:11.286 = The California Sea Monster00:55:29.517 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The Hopkinsville Encounter” by Hannah Collins for Ranker.com's Graveyard Shift:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yp8pnfx7“Dinosaur Observed in the Congo” by Richard Greenwell for the ISC Newsletter: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yc3r3mpp“The Mysterious Death of Theodore Lakoff” by Kathi Kresol for HauntedRockford.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ku5x3cat“Who Was Mrs. Silence Dogood?” by Bipin Dimri for HistoricMysteries.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p868eac“Taking Down the World Wide Web” by Benjamin Thomas for ListVerse.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/c85j5cau“The California Sea Monster” by Malcom Smith for Malcom's Cryptids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yc2wts7h(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: December, 2021Weird Darkness pulls together a farmhouse siege by little gray creatures in Kentucky, a biologist's claimed sighting of a living dinosaur in the Congo, decades of attempts to knock the internet offline, an unsolved Prohibition murder in Illinois, a teenage Benjamin Franklin's literary hoax, and a hundred-foot sea serpent sighted off the California coast.It opens on August 21, 1955, when Billy Ray Taylor stepped out to the well at Glennie Lankford's farmhouse in Kelly, outside Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and watched a bright object drop behind the trees. Two families spent the night barricaded indoors, firing a 12-gauge shotgun and a .22 rifle at short gray creatures with spindly legs and glowing eyes that peered through windows and swiped at Taylor from the roof, yet the buckshot rang off them like sheet metal before they floated away unharmed. Skeptics later blamed an aggressive great horned owl or a green glow of bioluminescent foxfire, while the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book dismissed the case as a hoax and filed it under C.P., for crackpot.From there the episode reaches the Likouala swamps of the People's Republic of the Congo, where in 1983 biologist Marcellin Agnagna became the first trained scientist to claim he had seen Mokele-Mbembe, the long-necked animal described as a surviving dinosaur for over two centuries. At remote Lake Télé on May 1, 1983, he watched a creature with a long neck, small head, and broad back rising some fifteen feet above the water, judged it a Mesozoic sauropod, and waded out to film it — only to find he had left the lens cap on, and his last roll of film later developed black.Next comes a survey of attempts to knock the internet offline since Tim Berners-Lee launched the World Wide Web. A man named Liu in Weifang, China tore apart four China Telecom junction boxes in 2016 to bury footage of himself joining a public "granny dance," while the Mirai botnet's 2016 assault on the firm Dyn took down Twitter, Netflix, and CNN, and Cornell student Robert Tappan Morris had loosed the first such attack by accident in 1988. It ends on Seth Aaron Pendley, a Texas man arrested in 2021 for plotting to blow up a Virginia data center with C-4 in hopes of crippling most of the web.The show then drops back to January 1931, when roadhouse owner Theodore Lakoff was shot once through the top of the head as he slept in his own Rockford, Illinois resort, a Prohibition den of liquor, gambling, and women he ran under the alias Tony Evanoff. His wallet lay emptied while far more cash sat untouched, and suspicion fell on twenty-year-old Viola Hunsficker, said to be extorting him, until ballistics cleared the pistol found in her apartment. Investigators then turned up five other women who each believed she was his only sweetheart, and the killing was never solved.Then it reaches back to 1722 Boston, where a witty widow named Silence Dogood published letters in the New England Courant skewering religious hypocrisy, Harvard, and fashion, charming readers so thoroughly that several men wrote in offering to marry her. She was the invention of sixteen-year-old Benjamin Franklin, an apprentice in his brother James's print shop who slipped the letters under the door at night for six months before revealing himself, then carried his taste for hoaxes to Philadelphia and a fabricated 1730 account of a Mount Holly witch trial.The episode closes off the California coast, where on October 31, 1983 a highway crew above Stinson Beach watched a dark, slender animal roughly a hundred feet long swim toward shore, trailed by about a hundred birds and two dozen sea lions. Crew member Matt Ratto described three humps rising straight from the water before a head lifted to look around, and days later, near Costa Mesa, a surfer named Young Hutchinson reported a long black eel-like animal with no dorsal fins surfacing ten feet from his board — though a Caltech spokesman offered that the witnesses might have seen a whale or a line of porpoises.

Darkness Radio Presents: Artificial Intelligence: Our New Best Friend or Hidden Foe? w/ A.G.G. LiuWhat does artificial intelligence mean for work, society, and our lives? What is it capable of now? What might it be capable of in the future? What does the growth of artificial intelligence mean for work, society, and our lives? What is it capable of now? What might it be capable of in the future? It's popping up everywhere.  Google searches, customer service calls, Netflix, YouTube and TikTok algorithms, real-time traffic updates and routing, Siri and Alexa—to name just a few. It seems to pervade more and more parts of society. Covering the basics, its history, and the science behind it, The Handy Artificial  Intelligence Answer Book by A.G.G. Liu and Aishwary Pawar, Ph.D. (Visible Ink Press ) is the perfect starting point to understanding the emerging  AI revolution, what is currently possible, what might be possible in the future—and what's just hype. Covering the past, present, and future of AI, this informative book answers over 1,300 of the most important, intriguing, and urgent questions about AI!On Today's Darkness Radio, Tim and A.G.G. sit down and talk about how AI has become invasive in today's world, and its implementation in everything from industry to Government, private to public sector.  And, we expound on concepts like a conscious and superintelligent version of AI! And, what would happen if this AI were accepted to run our government, or worse yet, decided WE were what was wrong with the world! Get your copy of The Handy Artificial Intelligence Answer Book here:  https://bit.ly/4p458n4A.G.G. Liu is the Lead Script Writer for the futurism and AI YouTube channel, Rational Animations!  Check it out here:  https://www.youtube.com/@RationalAnimationsCheck out AGG and his Father, Dr. Charles on their YouTube channel, The LIUniverse! It is more fun with Science than you will ever imagine! See it here:  https://www.youtube.com/@TheLIUniverseWant a new spot to hang out, have that perfect dinner, and see some great entertainment? Look no further than Jellybean and Julia's in Coon Rapids, MN.! https://jellybeanandjulias.com/Make sure you update your Darkness Radio Apple Apps!and subscribe to the Darkness Radio YouTube page:  https://www.youtube.com/@DRTimDennisThere are new and different (and really cool) items all the time in the Darkness Radio Online store on our website! Check out the Darkness Radio Store!   https://www.darknessradioshow.com/store/#paranormal  #supernatural  #paranormalpodcasts  #darknessradio  #timdennis  #aggliu #aishwarypawarphd #thehandyartificialintelligenceanswerbook #visibleinkpress #artificialintelligence #AI #consciousai #superintelligentai #timetravel  #Aliens #businessautomation #governmentconspiracies #healthinsurancebillingai #UFO #UAP #Extraterrestrials  #luigimangione #conspiracytheory #skynet #farmingai #entertainmentai

Artificial intelligence is not a ghost, a UFO, or a cryptid, but it may be one of the strangest and most unsettling mysteries of our time. On this episode of The Paranormal Podcast, Jim talks with A. G. G. Liu, co-author of The Handy Artificial Intelligence Answer Book, about the rise of AI and the big questions it raises about consciousness, control, creativity, and what it means to be human. Could machines ever become truly aware? Are we building tools we can manage, or something that may eventually outthink us? Jim and A. G. G. dig into the promises and dangers of AI, from medicine and scientific breakthroughs to job disruption, cybersecurity threats, AI-generated art, energy demands, and even artificial companions. It is a fascinating, sometimes unnerving conversation about a technology that is no longer science fiction. Whether you use AI every day, avoid it completely, or still are not sure what to make of it, this episode will give you plenty to think about. You can find The Handy Artificial Intelligence Answer Book at Amazon: The Handy Artificial Intelligence Answer Book - https://amzn.to/3T9uy6y Thanks A.G.G. -- VIRTUAL CAMPFIRE GROUPJoin our FREE online community at ⁠https://virtualcampfiregroup.com⁠ YOUTUBE CHANNELBe sure to subscribe to Jim's YouTube channel at: ⁠https://youtube.com/jimharold⁠ JOIN JIM'S SPOOKY STUDIO PLUS CLUBYou can get access to Jim's entire back catalog of Campfire and a TON of exclusive content with the Spooky Studio Plus Club. Go to https://⁠jimharold.com/plus⁠ and signup to support the show and get access to our MASSIVE library of content! MERCHGo to ⁠https://jimharold.com/merch⁠ to get your Jim Harold T's, sweatshirts, mugs, hats and more!  BOOKSGet all SIX of Jim's Campfire books here: https://jimharold.com/campfirebooks/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices