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Starting the New Year with Jesus reshapes our priorities, renews our focus, and grounds our lives in lasting hope rather than fleeting resolutions. Rooted in Matthew 22:37, this devotional invites believers to begin the year by loving God fully—heart, soul, and mind—choosing spiritual devotion over worldly pursuits and discovering the abundant life Jesus promises. Highlights The most meaningful New Year’s resolution is deepening your relationship with Jesus. Centering your life on Christ brings greater joy, clarity, and spiritual stability. Material success and worldly goals cannot satisfy the soul like Christ can. Starting the year with Jesus means trusting Him with struggles, grief, and uncertainty. Following Jesus leads to protection, comfort, and a fuller life rooted in His love. Loving God above all else realigns our hearts and reveals where our true allegiance lies. Do you want to listen ad-free? When you join Crosswalk Plus, you gain access to exclusive, in-depth Bible study guides, devotionals, sound biblical advice, and daily encouragement from trusted pastors and authors—resources designed to strengthen your faith and equip you to live it out boldly. PLUS ad free podcasts! Sign Up Today! Full Transcript Below: Starting the New Year with Jesus By Vivian Bricker Bible Reading:“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind’” (Matthew 22:37). As the New Year approaches, many of us consider the New Year's resolutions we want to make. Various resolutions can draw our attention, such as weight loss, getting organized, or switching careers. While all of these are common New Year's resolutions, the greatest resolution we can make is to start the year with Jesus, cultivate our relationship with Him, and faithfully follow Him. Developing a stronger relationship with Jesus throughout the year will prove beneficial not only for the present year but also for all years to come. While we will not be completely immune from problems, our lives will become better and more focused on the Lord. The more our lives are centered around Jesus, the more joyful we will be. Soon, we will see that materialism and the things of the world do not fulfill us. They are but empty promises that lead us away from the Lord. We don’t need to chase after these things or follow them. Since we know Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we should strive to nurture our relationship with Him. This New Year could be the perfect start. Consider what you are struggling with and the help that Jesus can offer. Maybe you are battling a chronic illness or facing the death of a loved one. Give these matters over to Him and trust Him with the New Year. It can be easy to think that this year will be just as terrible as the year prior, but we need to remember that we are making a change. The change from living in accordance with Jesus rather than with the world will prove to be glorious. Protection, safety, and comfort will always surround us. Jesus does not want us to start another year without Him. He wants us to walk with Him and to trust Him. By making this decision, we can truly start living the most whole life that Jesus died for us to have (John 10:10). Intersecting Faith & Life: When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment is, He replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” (Matthew 22:37). By doing this, we will be able to live this New Year with our hearts focused on the Lord. Rather than loving the things of this world, we need to change the narrative and choose to love Him. Challenge yourself and see if the Lord is truly your top priority. Is He the one you want to please, or is it yourself? As we enter the upcoming year, we need to examine our hearts and ask ourselves these challenging questions. By answering these questions honestly, we will be able to see where our allegiance lies. If a person has discovered they have not truly placed faith in the Lord yet, they can choose to trust in Him today. This can be done by believing that Jesus died for your sins, was buried, and rose again (1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Romans 10:9-11). If you believe this, you will have eternal life, forgiveness, and salvation. With this upcoming year, take the opportunity to start the year with Jesus. Choose to faithfully follow Him and love Him throughout every storm of life. Some days will be harder than others, yet the love the Lord has for us knows no bounds (Romans 8:37-39). Since the Lord loves us in this way, we need to love Him too and focus on serving Him. What are your New Year's resolutions? Are any of them centered around Jesus? What would it look like to follow Jesus rather than the world this upcoming year? Dear Lord, please forgive me for focusing on the world rather than You in previous years. I’m choosing to start this year with You and to keep my eyes focused on You. During this upcoming year, help me to fully love You with all my heart, soul, and mind. You are completely worthy of all my love, and I’m sorry I have been far from You for so long. In Your Name, I pray, Amen. Further Reading: Luke 9:23-24 John 8:12 John 14:15-31 Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

A 46-year-old Alaska cardiologist charged with possessing child sex abuse material was found dead inside his burned Wasilla home just one day after his release on bond, as investigators continue to determine how the fire and his death occurred. A Christmas Day drive through the Sierra nearly ends in disaster when an SUV spins out on icy Highway 50 and hangs over a steep drop, until an Air Force staff sergeant rushes in and helps save the trapped couple. A quick-thinking Long Island seventh grader escaped through a window and called 911 after realizing a burglar had broken into his home, leading police to arrest the suspect within minutes. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jawad Mian is the founder and managing editor of Stray Reflections, serving elite hedge funds and family offices worldwide, while uniquely integrating deep spiritual wisdom with global macro investing through his acclaimed book and podcast.3:00 - Jawad shares how seeking his entrepreneur father's approval shaped his drive for success, revealing the subconscious motivation behind his ambitious twenties working in finance.5:30 - The evolution of motivation: 20s spent seeking dad's approval, 30s deepening spiritual life, 40s focused on marriage—how Jawad's purpose transformed across life decades while pulling more from himself by showing up for others.7:00 - Why Jawad walked away from launching his hedge fund at 30 despite Market Wizards aspirations: "I realized I'm not the same guy who had that dream when he was 20."11:00 - The pivotal Quranic verse that reframed everything: "Competition in worldly increase diverts you until you visit the graveyards"—realizing material pursuits alone weren't enough after witnessing his father's success without contentment.21:00 - Inside Stray Reflections' boutique model: serving 30-40 elite clients at $30K+ annually, rejecting scale for depth, quality, and protecting creative freedom from institutional pressures.28:00 - Big Idea: "There's a certain magic in the mundane" - Jawad's discovery that extraordinary insights emerge from ordinary moments through journaling, not just dramatic events.38:00 - The contrarian case for indexing: Why Jawad holds 80% in passive index funds despite being a macro analyst, acknowledging his cognitive biases and preserving mental bandwidth.46:00 - Writing as meditation: How daily writing became spiritual practice, processing experiences and ideas without agenda, leading to unexpected business opportunities.55:00 - Information diet philosophy: "I'm only reading to write...I trust that what is important will come to me" - shifting from consuming everything to intentional, curated knowledge.59:00 - Redefining success through faith: "Wealth in excess of daily provision isn't a blessing, it's a test" - the Islamic framework of stewardship over ownership that transforms how Jawad approaches money and achievement.Podcast Program – Disclosure StatementBlue Infinitas Capital, LLC is a registered investment adviser and the opinions expressed by the Firm's employees and podcast guests on this show are their own and do not reflect the opinions of Blue Infinitas Capital, LLC. All statements and opinions expressed are based upon information considered reliable although it should not be relied upon as such. Any statements or opinions are subject to change without notice.Information presented is for educational purposes only and does not intend to make an offer or solicitation for the sale or purchase of any specific securities, investments, or investment strategies. Investments involve risk and unless otherwise stated, are not guaranteed.

NOTAS DE ELENAMaterial complementario de la escuela Sabática para adultosNarrado por: Patty CuyanDesde: California, USAUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchJUEVES, 1° DE ENEROLAS IGLESIAS DE FILIPOS Y COLOSASEn su carta a los colosenses, San Pablo enumera las abundantes bendiciones concedidas a los hijos de Dios. "No cesamos —dice— de orar por vosotros, y de pedir que seáis llenos del conocimiento de su voluntad en toda sabiduría e inteligencia espiritual, para que andéis como es digno del Señor, agradándole en todo, llevando fruto en toda buena obra, y creciendo en el conocimiento de Dios; fortalecidos con todo poder, conforme a la potencia de su gloria, para toda paciencia y longanimidad". Colosenses 1:9-11.Escribe además respecto a su deseo de que los hermanos de Efeso logren comprender la grandeza de los privilegios del cristiano. Les expone en el lenguaje más claro el maravilloso conocimiento y poder que pueden poseer como hijos e hijas del Altísimo. De ellos dependía que fueran "fortalecidos con poder en el hombre interior por su Espíritu", y "arraigados y cimentados en amor", para poder "comprender con todos los santos cuál sea la anchura, la longitud, la profundidad y la altura, y de conocer el amor de Cristo, que excede a todo conocimiento". Pero la oración del apóstol alcanza al apogeo del privilegio cuando ruega que sean "llenos de toda la plenitud de Dios". Efesios 3:16-19. Así se ponen de manifiesto las alturas de la perfección que podemos alcanzar por la fe en las promesas de nuestro Padre celestial, cuando cumplimos con lo que él requiere de nosotros. Por los méritos de Cristo tenemos acceso al trono del Poder Infinito. "El que no escatimó ni a su propio Hijo, sino que lo entregó por todos nosotros, ¿cómo no nos dará también con él todas las cosas?" Romanos 8:32. El Padre dio a su Hijo su Espíritu sin medida, y nosotros podemos participar también de su plenitud... Por medio de Jesús, los hijos caídos de Adán son hechos "hijos de Dios". "Porque el que santifica y los que son santificados, de uno son todos; por lo cual no se avergüenza de llamarlos hermanos". Hebreos 2:11. La vida del cristiano debe ser una vida de fe, de victoria y de gozo en Dios... Con razón declaró Nehemías, el siervo de Dios: "El gozo de Jehová es vuestra fuerza". Nehemías 8:10. Y San Pablo dijo: "Regocijaos en el Señor siempre. Otra vez digo: ¡Regocijaos!" "Estad siempre gozosos. Orad sin cesar. Dad gracias en todo, porque esta es la voluntad de Dios para con vosotros en Cristo Jesús" Filipenses 4:4; 1 Tesalonicenses 5:16-18. Solo en la medida en que la ley de Dios sea repuesta en el lugar que le corresponde habrá un avivamiento de la piedad y fe primitivas entre los que profesan ser su pueblo (Reflejemos a Jesús, 20 de julio, p. 207). VIERNES, 02 DE ENERO: PARA ESTUDIAR Y MEDITAREn los lugares celestiales, "Bendiciones ilimitadas", 31 de mayo, p. 160.El discurso maestro de Jesucristo, "Bienaventurados sois cuando por mi causa os vituperen y os persigan", pp. 30-33. 

Well, well, well, if it isn't our annual All Team Holiday Episode. The real ones know that these episodes are typically out of control. This year is no different (except we were all sober at the time of recording). Tune in for a timed check-in, followed by end-of-year trivia, 2025 Oops All Oops and some light chatter about Heated Rivalry. If you'd rather not jump right into the deep end, might we recommend a mini playlist of all our holiday-themed episodes? You can work your way up to this one, by first listening to:A Holiday Special from the Archives featuring Neale Barnholden! (there is original music in this one!!)Merry-terial Girls: An Incomprehensible Holiday BonusMaterial Concerns: An All-Team Holiday Bonanza & Wicked Pt. IHappy New Year and thank you for your support! Join our Patreon at Patreon.com/ohwitchplease!!Subscribe to our newsletter at ghost.io or Substack to get our 2026 update, BTS pics, and all the insider info you could possibly want. We'll be back next Wednesday with Pitt-y Party — a mini-season all about The Pitt!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Material riches are not the key to happiness. This is a lesson repeated through both Scripture and popular culture, yet most struggle to accept it. Our Lord came to us in poverty. Although our respective stations in life may call upon us to have material resources, we must not abandon the call to have poverty of spirit, that is, detachment from material goods.

MIÉRCOLES, 31 DE DICIEMBREPABLO Y COLOSASRodeados por las costumbres y la influencia del paganismo, los creyentes de Colosas corrían peligro de ser inducidos a abandonar la sencillez del evangelio, y Pablo, al amonestarlos contra esa posibilidad, les presentó a Cristo como el único que los podía guiar seguramente... "Por tanto, de la manera que habéis recibido al Señor Jesucristo, andad en él; arraigados y sobreedificados en él, y confirmados en la fe, así como habéis sido enseñados, abundando en acciones de gracias". Colosenses 2:6, 7. Cristo había anticipado que se levantarían engañadores, por cuya influencia la "maldad" se multiplicaría y "el amor de muchos" se enfriaría. Mateo 24:12. Advirtió a sus discípulos que la iglesia correría más peligro por causa de este mal que por las persecuciones de sus enemigos. Una y otra vez Pablo previno a los creyentes contra esos falsos maestros. Deberían precaverse de ese peligro más que de cualquier otro, pues al recibir a los falsos maestros, estarían abriendo la puerta a errores por medio de los cuales el enemigo podría embotar las percepciones espirituales y sacudir la confianza de los nuevos conversos al evangelio. Cristo era la norma por medio de la cual debían probar las doctrinas que se presentaran. Debían rechazar todo lo que no estuviera en armonía con sus enseñanzas. Cristo crucificado por el pecado. Cristo resucitado de entre los muertos, Cristo ascendido a lo alto, esta era la ciencia de la salvación que ellos debían aprender y enseñar. Las amonestaciones de la Palabra de Dios respecto a los peligros que rodean a la iglesia cristiana, son para nosotros hoy. Así como en los días de los apóstoles los hombres intentaron destruir la fe en las Escrituras por medio de tradiciones y filosofías, hoy en día, por medio de los agradables conceptos de la "alta crítica", la evolución, el espiritismo, la teosofía y el panteísmo, el enemigo de la justicia está tratando de conducir a las almas por caminos prohibidos. Para muchos, la Biblia es una lámpara sin aceite, porque han convertido sus mentes en canales por medio de los cuales fluyen creencias especulativas que producen falsos conceptos y confusión. La obra de la "alta crítica", que consiste en disecar la Palabra de Dios, en tejer conjeturas acerca de ella, y en pretender reconstruirla, está destruyendo en realidad la fe en la Biblia como revelación divina. Está privando a la Palabra de Dios de la facultad de guiar, elevar e inspirar las vidas humanas. Mediante el espiritismo, multitudes son inducidas a pensar que el deseo es la ley más importante, que el libertinaje es libertad y que el hombre es responsable solo ante sí mismo... El poder de una vida más elevada, más pura y más noble, es nuestra gran necesidad (Reflejemos a Jesús, 26 de noviembre, p. 336). La carta a los colosenses está llena de lecciones de gran valor para todos los que están ocupados en el servicio de Cristo, lecciones que muestran la sinceridad de propósito y la altura del blanco que será visto en la vida de aquel que representa correctamente a su Salvador. Renunciando a todo lo que pueda impedirle realizar progresos en el camino ascendente, o quiera hacer volver los pies de otros del camino angosto, el creyente revelará en su vida diaria, misericordia, bondad, humildad, mansedumbre, tolerancia y el amor de Cristo... En sus esfuerzos por alcanzar el ideal de Dios, el cristiano no debería desesperarse por nada. A todos es prometida la perfección moral y espiritual por la gracia y el poder de Cristo. Él es el origen del poder, la fuente de la vida. Nos lleva a su Palabra, y del árbol de la vida nos presenta hojas para la sanidad de las almas enfermas de pecado. Nos guía hacia el trono de Dios, y pone en nuestra boca una oración por la cual somos traídos en estrecha relación con él.

NOTAS DE ELENAMaterial complementario de la escuela Sabática para adultosNarrado por: Patty CuyanDesde: California, USAUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchMARTES, 30 DE DICIEMBREPABLO EN FILIPOSPablo, el más grande maestro humano, aceptaba tanto los deberes más humildes como los más elevados. Reconocía la necesidad del trabajo, tanto para las manos como para la mente, y desempeñaba un oficio para mantenerse. Se dedicaba a la fabricación de tiendas mientras predicaba diariamente el evangelio en los grandes centros civilizados. "Antes vosotros sabéis que para lo que me ha sido necesario a mí y a los que están conmigo —dijo cuando se despedía de los ancianos de Efeso—, estas manos me han servido". Hechos 20:34. Al par que poseía altas dotes intelectuales, Pablo revelaba en su vida el poder de una sabiduría aún más rara. Sus enseñanzas, ejemplificadas por su vida, revelan principios de la más profunda significación, que eran ignorados por los grandes espíritus de su tiempo. Poseía la más elevada de todas las sabidurías que da una pronta perspicacia y simpatía, que pone al hombre en contacto con los hombres, y lo capacita para despertar la naturaleza mejor de sus semejantes e inspirarlos a vivir una vida más elevada... Vedle en la cárcel de Filipos donde, a pesar del dolor que abruma su cuerpo, su canto de alabanza rasga el silencio de la noche. Después que el terremoto ha abierto las puertas de la cárcel, se vuelve a oír su voz en palabras de aliento para el carcelero pagano: "No te hagas ningún mal, pues todos estamos aquí". Hechos 16:28. Todos habían permanecido en su sitio, contenidos por la presencia de un compañero de prisión. Y el carcelero, convencido de la realidad de aquella fe que sostenía a Pablo, se interesó por el camino de la salvación, y con toda su casa se unió al perseguido grupo de discípulos de Cristo. Así transcurrió su vida, según él mismo dice, "en caminos muchas veces; en peligros de ríos, peligros de ladrones, peligros de los de mi nación, peligros de los gentiles, peligros en la ciudad, peligros en el desierto, peligros en el mar, peligros entre falsos hermanos; en trabajo y fatiga, en muchos desvelos, en hambre y sed, en muchos ayunos, en frío y en desnudez". 2 Corintios 11:26, 27. "Nos maldicen —dijo--, y bendecimos; padecemos persecución, y la soportamos. Nos difaman, y rogamos", "como entristecidos, mas siempre gozosos; como pobres, mas enriqueciendo a muchos; como no teniendo nada, mas poseyéndolo todo". 1 Corintios 4:12, 13; 2 Corintios 6:10. Hallaba gozo en el servicio; y al fin de su vida de trabajo, al echar una mirada retrospectiva a sus luchas y triunfos, pudo decir: "He peleado la buena batalla". 2 Timoteo 4:7 (La educación, pp. 66-68). 

¡Hola fotógrafo! ¿Listo para afrontar el fin de año? No me digas que eres de los de gorro, matasuegras y trompeta… A mí ya se me pasó el arroz pero oye, que mi copita de sidra con la familia me tomo eh.. ;-) Hoy traigo a Edu de Fotografiarte para que nos cuente qué hemos consumido los fotógrafos principalmente este año, qué es lo que más se ha vendido en las tiendas y qué podemos esperar en cuanto a novedades para 2026. Si estás pensando en renovar algo de equipo, ojo a Fotografiarte que nos va a desvelar cosas interesantes para este año que entra….¡Dentro podcast y muy feliz año nuevo! 

Learn more about Mike Smith and The Gutter Gospel: https://theguttergospel.com/homeDonate: https://theguttergospel.com/donateConnect: Mike@theguttergospel.com Recovery literature (quit-lit) recommendations:The Life Recovery Bible - https://a.co/d/2PwrngmThe Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren - https://a.co/d/fb44JC6 Best piece of Recovery advice: Be vulnerable Song that symbolizes Recovery to Mike: Love Walks In by Van Halen - https://youtu.be/jP4OUoze664?si=-MxEC6BfGFpeNrQo SummaryIn this conversation, Mike Smith shares his journey ofself-discovery, emphasizing the importance of understanding one's true desiresin life. He recounts a pivotal moment when he realized that what he trulywanted was acceptance, rather than material wealth or superficial achievements. TakeawaysThe importance of self-reflection in understanding desires.Acceptance is a fundamental human need.Material wealth does not equate to true happiness.Listening to one's inner voice can lead to clarity.Life's true desires often differ from societal expectations.Moments of clarity can come unexpectedly.Self-discovery is a continuous journey.Traffic can serve as a metaphor for life's distractions.Finding acceptance can be liberating.True fulfillment comes from within.Don't forget to check out “The Way Out Playlist” available onlyon Spotify. Curated by all our wonderful guests on the podcast! https://open.spotify.com?episode/07lvzwUq1L6VQGnZuH6OLz?si=3eyd3PxVRWCKz4pTurLcmA (c) 2015 - 2025 The Way Out Podcast | All Rights Reserved. ThemeMusic: “all clear” (⁠⁠⁠https://ketsa.uk/browse-music/)byKetsa (https://ketsa.uk⁠⁠⁠) licensed underCCBY-NC-ND4.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd)

Health Hats Danny celebrates 50 – years with his honey & pounds lost. With gratitude for privilege, & best health thru family, media, music, travel, & advocacy. Summary Think of 2025 as Danny’s Sofrito year—familiar and unexpected ingredients simmering together. The base: 50 years married, daily saxophone practice, steady MS management. The aromatics: Cuban jazz immersion, co-founding a Personal Health Data Bank, and celebrating with old friends on Bloom Mountain. The heat: losing 50 pounds, earning $150 as a “professional” musician, and learning from his grandsons. What makes sofrito work is the slow sauté, the patient layering of flavors. Danny’s learning the same with music (leave white space), with health (five out of ten is excellent), and with AI (it changes the work but doesn’t replace Mom’s feedback). Between PCORI Board meetings, podcast production, band rehearsals, and startup strategy sessions, he’s discovered that retirement’s spicy complexity comes from knowing when to drop out, when to join the rhythm section, and when to let the energizing endorphins carry you through disturbing times. The recipe? Nap whenever and keep improvising. Click here to view the printable newsletter with images. More readable than a transcript. Contents Table of Contents Toggle EpisodeProemFrom Mom to AI50 Years of Love and Privilege RoastedRolling in CubaToo Many and Too Few HornsBest GovernanceGame-Changing StartupOnwardBest Health NowEndorphins and GratitudeRelated episodes from Health Hats Please comment and ask questions: at the comment section at the bottom of the show notes on LinkedIn  via email YouTube channel  DM on Instagram, TikTok to @healthhats Substack Patreon Production Team Kayla Nelson: Web and Social Media Coach, Dissemination, Help Desk  Leon van Leeuwen: editing and site management Oscar van Leeuwen: video editing Julia Higgins: Digit marketing therapy Steve Heatherington: Help Desk and podcast production counseling Joey van Leeuwen, Drummer, Composer, and Arranger, provided the music for the intro and outro Claude, Auphonic, Descript, Grammarly, DaVinci, Whisper Transcription Podcast episode on YouTube Inspired by and Grateful to: All of you! Photo Credits for Videos 50th Anniversary images by Patti Harris, Rich Rieger, Jodi Buckingham, Ann Boland, Christine Higgins, and me Swiss cheese image by Rahul Pugazhendi on Unsplash Nourish image by Santiago Lacarta on Unsplash Cuba images by Ann Boland, Richard Fish, Gisselle Perez, and me Zoom images by Michael Chaffin and Steve Heatherington Links and references The Curse of an Aching Heart Music by Al Piantadosi, Lyrics by Henry Fink 1913 played by the Summer Street Stompers https://health-hats.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Curse-of-an-Aching-Heart-20251206.mp3  Referenced in episode Dan Fox and Morningside Studios,  the Havana Music School, the Havana Jazz Festival Lechuga Fresca Latin Band and Summer Street Stompers Dixieland Band Research partnerships and participatory governance of AI Personal Health Data Bank https://goodlistening.org Episode Proem I love retirement. I have plenty to do on my own schedule. I can nap almost whenever I want. I‘m no better at saying no. Every day feels rich, although I don't always know what day it is. From Mom to AI My podcast about best health continues to flourish and nourish. Thank you very much. I embrace the tension between creativity and productivity as I test new approaches and media. I published fifteen new episodes in 2025, plus 32 YouTube episodes, and countless social media shorts. What do you think of my new intro and outro? Grandsons Leon and Oscar encouraged me to update them. Leon has been updating my website, as a growing proportion of people access my back catalog. Both Leon and Oscar advise me on direction, content, and strategy, especially using social media. I meet regularly with my virtual, supportive, and challenging podcasting peeps. I enjoy experimenting with AI in production to find and create images and suggest brief descriptions and section headings. My favorite prompt is “Suggest three ironic titles, brief descriptions, and section headings, a tech-savvy teen would appreciate.” I rarely use the suggested responses, but I chuckle and take an unexpected path. AI does not make me more productive; it changes the work a tad. When I first started blogging, I would read draft episodes to my mom. Her feedback was more often helpful than AI's. I miss my mom. 50 Years of Love and Privilege Roasted The highlights of the year included celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary with old friends and my grandsons. Our son, Ruben, served as Master of Ceremonies. Nine people from our 1975 wedding joined us in July on Bloom Mountain in West Virginia to tell stories. We played the Dating Game and Danny and Ann Trivia. We, rather, I, got roasted. Oscar, Bruce Kimmel, and I played Simple Gifts on clarinet, bass, and baritone sax. We sang Simple Gifts at our wedding. Listeners and viewers, you can find full performances of this and other referenced tunes at the end of the podcast. Readers, click the links in the transcript or check the show notes. Rolling in Cuba Another highlight was our week-long trip to Cuba for a music extravaganza. Dan Fox and Morningside Studios arranged it, and the Havana Music School hosted a week of the Havana Jazz Festival, daily lessons and ensemble work, culminating in a gig at a restaurant attended by many Havana musicians in town for the Festival. One of the tunes I recorded from the gig, “Sofrito” by Mongo Santamaria, has had 48,000 views on YouTube as of this writing. Before this, my most-viewed videos had 300 views. I'm grateful to Pachy Silveria for saxophone instruction and to Claudia Fumero and Gisselle Perez for their kindness in hosting. I worried about wheelchair access before we went to Cuba, but I needn't have. My wheelchair was no more of a barrier there than it is anywhere else. Too Many and Too Few Horns Speaking of music, I'm playing in two bands now-Lechuga Fresca Latin Band and Summer Street Stompers Dixieland Band. Lechuga Fresca is reconstituting after several musicians moved on to other projects. I'm often the only horn player at rehearsals, while we have five horn players in the Summer Street Stompers. Too few and too many. Both situations have challenges. I've never had to hold my own in a band completely; usually, I hide behind someone. With a horn section, the music at its best is controlled cacophony. Too many horns are nuts. I'm learning to lay back, not hide, drop out sometimes, join the rhythm section other times, and leave more white space in my solos. I'm grateful to my teacher of 17 years, Jeff Harrington. Oscar and I figure that I must be a professional musician. While I don't make a living playing, I made $150 this year. I average 1 hour a day with my music, and it feeds my soul and creates new pathways in my Swiss-cheese brain. Best Governance I'm in my sixth year on the PCORI (Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute) Board, focused on shifting the balance of power in community-research partnerships and in the participatory governance of AI used in research. If reappointed, I'll enthusiastically re-up for another six years. PCORI has the best Board, leadership, and staff dynamics, as well as the output, of any organization I've participated with during my 50-year career. A nod to Jan Oldenburg for outstanding coaching that kept me focused on two goals at a time. Game-Changing Startup A year ago, I would have said serving on the PCORI Board of Governors was the pinnacle of my career but let me tell you about my new career gig. For twenty-five years, I've worked with many collaboratives to advance patients’ abilities to turn their health data into useful information to make choices about their health and care. “Gimme my damn data” is a great slogan and first step, but success could be drinking dirty water out of a firehose. I virtually met my start-up partners, Tomas Moras and Marianne Hudgins in April and started working together in August. We're seeking seed funding to build a Personal Health Data Bank, an owner-controlled health data bank that promotes individual data ownership, safety, security, and trust by storing personal health data from any source and using AI-assisted synthesis to serve the data owner. Data owners' needs vary. We might need our data for research participation, health data summarization, clinician visit prep, care coordination with family in whatever diaspora, or tracking data over the years, across health systems and locations.  We have a sandbox where we are testing and enhancing existing open-source technology while we figure out participatory governance to address ethical, privacy, and usability issues. We favor a bottom-up rather than a top-down approach as we build community and services for owners and their trusted networks. I'm excited about the challenge of finding the smallest viable community that can use these Data Banks, with everyone making enough money to sustain the banks, service providers, and networks. No data broker would make money on the data. I'm revved up as I learn about a new audience – investors. The diversity of investors rivals that of any culture I'm new to. Onward I traveled to DC, Portland OR, New Orleans, and Colorado. In 2026, we booked a trip to Belize with Linda and Mike DeRosa. We are also planning a trip to Ireland and Wales with my brother-in-law, Paul Boland, I'll be sharing more about my adventures on my podcast and social media. Best Health Now Oh, I almost forgot. My health is excellent, meaning I spend a decent share of time in a state of best health. Talked to a friend, Shel. How do you answer people when they ask how you are doing? On a scale of 1 to 10, with this administration, the best is a seven. Considering the annoyances of MS, that brings it down to a five. So, how are you doing? Five out of ten is best health.  I lost 50 pounds this year after a Type II Diabetes diagnosis. Mobility remains steady, though I was slowing down before the weight loss. I rate symptoms as annoying, seriously annoying, or disabling. Episodes of disabling symptoms are rare and brief. I know how to handle most symptoms most of the time. I'm delighted with a five. Endorphins and Gratitude I'm grateful for my health, my pathological optimism, my privilege, my honey, my grandkids, and my health team. I appreciate all of you – family, friends, and colleagues. You infuse me with energizing endorphins, the best antidote to fatigue. May you celebrate the energizing moments you find in these disturbing times. A https://goodlistening.org poet wrote this poem for me. Related episodes from Health Hats https://health-hats.com/pod233/ https://health-hats.com/pod228/ https://health-hats.com/pod128/ Artificial Intelligence in Podcast Production Health Hats, the Podcast, utilizes AI tools for production tasks such as editing, transcription, and content suggestions. While AI assists with various aspects, including image creation, most AI suggestions are modified. All creative decisions remain my own, with AI sources referenced as usual. Questions are welcome. Creative Commons Licensing CC BY-NC-SA This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms. CC BY-NC-SA includes the following elements:    BY: credit must be given to the creator.   NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.    SA: Adaptations must be shared under the same terms. Please let me know. danny@health-hats.com. Material on this site created by others is theirs, and use follows their guidelines. Disclaimer The views and opinions presented in this podcast and publication are solely my responsibility and do not necessarily represent the views of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute®  (PCORI®), its Board of Governors, or Methodology Committee. Danny van Leeuwen (Health Hats)

NOTAS DE ELENAMaterial complementario de la escuela Sabática para adultosNarrado por: Patty CuyanDesde: California, USAUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchLUNES, 29 DE DICIEMBREPABLO ENCADENADOA pesar de la iniquidad que prevalecía, había un número de hombres santos, ennoblecidos y elevados por la comunión con Dios, que vivían en compañerismo con el cielo. Eran hombres de poderoso intelecto, que habían realizado obras admirables. Tenían una santa y gran misión; a saber, desarrollar un carácter justo y enseñar una lección de piedad, no solo a los hombres de su tiempo, sino también a las generaciones futuras. Solo algunos de los más destacados se mencionan en las Escrituras; pero a través de todos los tiempos, Dios tuvo testigos fieles y adoradores sinceros. ¡Cuán a menudo los que confiaron en la Palabra de Dios, aunque eran en sí mismos completamente impotentes, han resistido el poder del mundo entero! Enoc, de corazón puro y vida santa, puso su fe en el triunfo de la justicia contra una generación corrupta y mofadora; Noé y su casa resistieron a los hombres de su época, hombres de mucha fuerza física y mental y de la más degradada moralidad; los hijos de Israel, que junto al mar Rojo no eran más que una multitud indefensa y aterrorizada de esclavos, resistieron al más poderoso ejército de la más poderosa nación del globo; David, siendo tan solo un pastorcillo que tenía la promesa del trono dada por Dios, resistió a Saúl, el monarca reinante, dispuesto a no ceder su poder. El mismo hecho se destaca en el caso de Sadrac y sus compañeros en el horno de fuego, y Nabucodonosor en el trono; Daniel entre los leones, y sus enemigos en los puestos elevados del reino; Jesús en la cruz, y los sacerdotes y príncipes judíos forzando al gobernador romano para que hiciese su voluntad; Pablo encadenado y llevado a sufrir la muerte de un criminal, y Nerón, déspota de un imperio mundial. No solo en la Biblia se encuentran estos ejemplos. Abundan en los anales del progreso humano. Los valdenses y los hugonotes, Wiclef y Hus, Jerónimo y Lutero, Tyndale y Knox, Zinzendorf y Wesley, y multitudes más, han dado testimonio del poder de la Palabra de Dios contra el poder y el proceder humanos que apoyan el mal. Estos constituyen la verdadera nobleza del mundo. Constituyen su realeza. Los jóvenes de hoy día son llamados a ocupar sus lugares (Conflicto y valor, 3 de enero, p. 9). Consideremos por un momento la experiencia de Pablo. El apóstol fue encarcelado y encadenado en el momento en que parecía que su labor era más necesaria para fortalecer la sufrida y perseguida iglesia. Pero este fue el momento en que el Señor obró y las victorias que ganó fueron preciosas. Cuando en apariencia Pablo podía hacer menos, la verdad encontró entrada en el palacio real. No fueron los sermones magistrales de Pablo delante de estos hombres notables, sino sus cadenas lo que llamó la atención de ellos. Mediante su cautiverio el apóstol se transformó en un conquistador para Cristo. La paciencia y la humildad con las que él se sometió a su prolongado e injusto confinamiento impulsaron a estos hombres a pesar el carácter del apóstol. Al enviar su último mensaje a sus amados en la fe, Pablo une a sus palabras los saludos de los santos de la casa de César dirigidos a los santos de las otras ciudades (Reflejemos a Jesús, 10 de diciembre, p. 350). 

In dieser Folge gehe ich einer Frage nach, die mir beim Lesen eines Artikels in der Süddeutschen Zeitung gekommen ist: Was sollte eine Interne Revision tun, wenn das eigene Unternehmen in einer Pattsituation steckt? Oft stehen zwar enorme Ressourcen oder Investitionsversprechen im Raum, doch mangelnde Planungssicherheit blockiert das Handeln. Ich nutze die aktuelle Situation der Schieneninfrastruktur als Beispiel für eine solche Pattsituation: - Enormes Investitionspotenzial: Der Bund will bis 2029 mehr als 100 Milliarden Euro (allein 107 Milliarden in den nächsten vier Jahren) in die Schienensanierung investieren. - Stillstand trotz Investitionsversprechen: Obwohl Geld für Gleise, IT-Systeme und Material bereitsteht, sind die Hersteller ernüchtert statt jubelnd. - Fehlende Planungssicherheit: Es fehlt ein konkreter Plan bis 2036, welche Summen in welche Projekte fließen. Ein bereits vor elf Monaten vorgelegter "Infraplan" des Verkehrsministeriums verharrt im Stadium einer bloßen "Hülle". Das führt dazu, dass bei den Herstellern notwendige Kapazitäten nicht aufgebaut werden können. Und nun? - Was sollte eine Interne Revision tun, wenn dem eigenen Unternehmen eine Pattsituation droht? - Was sollte eine Interne Revision tun, wenn das eigenen Unternehmen in einer Pattsituation steckt? - Was bedeutet das für das Follow-up? Meine Gedanken dazu hören Sie im Podcast. Ich wünsche Ihnen viel Spaß beim Zuhören und erfolgreiche Prüfungsprozesse!

In this in-depth interview, Tony from GenRight Off-Road opens up about the real challenges of running an American-made Jeep parts company in today's world. From high-stakes business risks and unpredictable external factors (COVID, inflation, policy changes) to his passion for keeping manufacturing in the USA, Tony shares why GenRight prioritizes quality, complete kits, and honest pricing over cutting corners. He dives into: - The struggles of domestic manufacturing vs. overseas sourcing - How government policies (tariffs, R&D credits, California regulations) directly impact small businesses - Why he refuses to compromise on American jobs and premium materials - His frustration with career politicians and misallocated funds - Building complete, no-surprise kits based on his own garage-days experience - Material choices: when to use steel vs. aluminum (and why weight matters) - Favorite Jeep platforms (JKU, TJ/LJ conversions, Tracer builds) - The future of off-roading in California and fighting to keep trails open - Behind-the-scenes stories from racing, product development, and even visiting Jeep engineers in Michigan If you're a Jeep enthusiast who values American-made quality, innovation, and straight talk from someone who lives and breathes off-roading, this one's for you.

NOTAS DE ELENAMaterial complementario de la escuela Sabática para adultosNarrado por: Patty CuyanDesde: California, USAUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchDOMINGO, 28 DE DICIEMBREPABLO, EL PRISIONERO DE JESUCRISTONo es por causa de restricción alguna por parte de Dios por lo que las riquezas de su gracia no fluyen hacia la tierra, a los hombres. Si todos tuvieran la voluntad de recibir, todos serían llenados de su Espíritu. Es el privilegio de toda alma ser un canal vivo por medio del cual Dios pueda comunicar al mundo los tesoros de su gracia, las inescrutables riquezas de Cristo. No hay nada que Cristo desee tanto como agentes que representen al mundo su Espíritu y carácter. No hay nada que el mundo necesite tanto como la manifestación del amor del Salvador mediante la humanidad. Todo el cielo está esperando que haya canales por medio de los cuales pueda derramarse el aceite santo para que sea un gozo y una bendición para los corazones humanos. "Dios, que es rico en misericordia, por su mucho amor con que nos amó, aun estando nosotros muertos en pecados, nos dio vida juntamente con Cristo... y juntamente nos resucitó, y asimismo nos hizo sentar en los cielos con Cristo Jesús, para mostrar en los siglos venideros las abundantes riquezas de su gracia en su bondad para con nosotros en Cristo Jesús". Efesios 2:4-7. Tales son las palabras que "Pablo el anciano", "prisionero de Cristo Jesús", escribiendo desde su cárcel de Roma, se esforzó por presentar a sus hermanos, aquello para cuya presentación plena el lenguaje le resultaba inadecuado: "Las inescrutables riquezas de Cristo", el tesoro de la gracia que se ofrecía sin costo a los caídos hijos de los hombres.Mientras vuestra alma suspire por Dios, encontraréis más y más de las inescrutables riquezas de su gracia. Mientras las contempléis, llegaréis a poseerlas y se os revelarán los méritos del sacrificio del Salvador, la protección de su justicia, la perfección de su sabiduría y su poder para presentarnos ante el Padre "sin mácula, y sin reprensión". 2 Pedro 3:14 (La maravillosa gracia de Dios, 28 de junio, p. 187). Así, aunque aparentemente ajeno a la labor activa, Pablo ejerció más amplia y duradera influencia que si hubiese podido viajar libremente de iglesia en iglesia como en años anteriores. Como preso del Señor, era objeto del más profundo afecto de parte de sus hermanos; y sus palabras, escritas por quien estaba en cautiverio por la causa de Cristo, imponían mayor atención y respeto que cuando él estaba personalmente con ellos. Hasta que Pablo les fue quitado, los creyentes no se dieron cuenta de cuán pesadas eran las cargas que había soportado por ellos. En otros tiempos se habían excusado en gran parte de las responsabilidades porque les faltaba su sabiduría, tacto e indomable energía; pero ahora, abandonados a su inexperiencia para aprender las lecciones que habían rehuido, apreciaron sus amonestaciones, consejos e instrucciones como no los habían estimado durante su obra personal. Al informarse de su valentía y fe durante su largo encarcelamiento, fueron estimulados a una mayor fidelidad y celo en la causa de Cristo (Los hechos de los apóstoles, pp. 362, 363). 

En la lluviosa y ventosa salida de hoy, sábado 27 de diciembre he podido probar algunas de las prendas que llevaré en mi próxima carrera; Terra de Gigantes 303kms. a medidados de enero, en Portugal.Estas son las prendas de las que te hablo en el programa de hoy:-Chaqueta Ronhill Tech Storm 2'5 layer. 215 g en talla M. 25k/30k. PVP 230€-Camiseta Tech Winter 1/2 zip. Forro polar, 200 g en talla S. PVP 85€-Malla Core Tight. Cremalleras en bajos, reflectantes y bolsillo externo izquierdo e interior. PVP 55€Contacto:juan@ellaboratoriodejuan.com

NOTAS DE ELENAMaterial complementario de la escuela Sabática para adultosNarrado por: Patty CuyanDesde: California, USAUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchSÁBADO DE TARDE, 27 DE DICIEMBREPERSEGUIDOS, PERO NO OLVIDADOSEl apóstol Pablo sentía una profunda responsabilidad por los que se convertían por sus labores. Por encima de todas las cosas, anhelaba que fueran fieles, "para que yo pueda gloriarme en el día de Cristo —decía—, que no he corrido en vano, ni trabajado en vano". Filipenses 2:6. Temblaba por el resultado de su ministerio. Sentía que hasta su propia salvación podría estar en peligro si no cumpliera su deber y la iglesia no cooperase con él en la obra de salvar almas. Sabía que la sola predicación no bastaba para enseñar a los creyentes a proclamar la palabra de vida. Sabía que línea sobre línea, precepto sobre precepto, un poquito aquí y otro poquito allí, debían ser enseñados a progresar en la obra de Cristo. Es un principio universal que cuando quiera que uno se niegue a usar las facultades que Dios le da, estas decaen y mueren. La verdad que no se vive, que no se imparte, pierde su poder vivificante, su virtud sanadora. De aquí el temor del apóstol Pablo de que no pre-sentase a todo hombre perfecto en Cristo. La esperanza de Pablo de entrar en el cielo se obscurecía cuando contemplaba cualquier fracaso suyo que diera a la iglesia el molde humano en lugar del divino. Su conocimiento, su elocuencia, sus milagros, su visión de las escenas eternas obtenidas en el tercer cielo, todo sería inútil si por la infidelidad en su obra aquellos por quienes trabajaba cayeran de la gracia de Dios. Y así, de viva voz y por carta, rogaba a aquellos que habían aceptado a Cristo que siguiesen una conducta que los habilitara para ser "irreprensibles y sencillos, hijos de Dios sin culpa en medio de la nación maligna y perversa... como luminares en el mundo; reteniendo la palabra de vida". Filipenses 2:15, 16. Todo verdadero ministro siente una pesada responsabilidad por el progreso espiritual de los creyentes confiados a su cuidado, un anhelante deseo de que sean colaboradores de Dios. Comprende que del fiel cumplimiento del trabajo que Dios le da depende en gran medida el bienestar de la iglesia. Trata ardiente e incansablemente de inspirar en los creyentes el deseo de ganar almas para Cristo, recordando que todo el que se añade a la iglesia debería ser un agente más para el cumplimiento del plan de la redención (Los hechos de los apóstoles, pp. 168, 169). 

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga, Chapter 4, Desire — Food — Sex, pg. 64This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/dealing-with-material-possessions-in-the-spiritual-practice/Video presentations, interviews and podcast episodes are allavailable on the YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@santoshkrinsky871More information about Sri Aurobindo can be found at www.aurobindo.net  The US editions and links to e-book editions of SriAurobindo's writings can be found at Lotus Press www.lotuspress.com#Sri Aurobindo #yoga #integral yoga #spirituality #sadhana #asceticism #materialism

Papst Leo XIV. richtet in Weihnachtsbotschaft Friedensappell an die Welt, Weihnachtspredigten in Deutschland, Kanzleramtsminister Frei stimmt Bundesbürger auf Leistungsstreichungen im Gesundheitssystem ein, Russland greift vor allem Energieinfrastruktur in der Ukraine an, FBI und US-Staatsanwaltschaft entdecken neues Material im Zusammenhang mit den Epstein-Akten, Starke Regenfälle und Überflutungen im US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien, Das Wetter

Papst Leo XIV. richtet in Weihnachtsbotschaft Friedensappell an die Welt, Weihnachtspredigten in Deutschland, Kanzleramtsminister Frei stimmt Bundesbürger auf Leistungsstreichungen im Gesundheitssystem ein, Russland greift vor allem Energieinfrastruktur in der Ukraine an, FBI und US-Staatsanwaltschaft entdecken neues Material im Zusammenhang mit den Epstein-Akten, Starke Regenfälle und Überflutungen im US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien, Das Wetter

Within the last three months, we already discussed: a Chinese woman, from Wuhan of all places, who was smuggling in roundworms through the mail—while studying at a lab in Michigan; a couple, boyfriend and girlfriend (both Chinese nationals, also working at that Michigan lab) who were smuggling in a dangerous fungus—a type of deadly fungus that can target crops; and now, the FBI just arrested another Chinese national—this one studying for his doctorate at Indiana University—and he was allegedly smuggling plasmid DNA derived from E. coli bacteria from China hidden inside women's underwear. Let's go through the details of this new case together.

Many women wonder what actually makes a man see someone as wife material instead of a short-term option. Apply for Your Complimentary Love Strategy Session: https://go.lovestrategies.com/beginIn this episode, we unpack how men subconsciously categorize women while dating, the traits that shift that perception, and why looks, chemistry, or where you meet him matter far less than you think. If dating keeps stalling at the same frustrating point, this conversation will give you a clearer lens on what's really happening.NEXT STEP: Book a complimentary Love Strategy Session and let us help you attract love this year: https://go.lovestrategies.com/session

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMT http://relay.fm/material/548 http://relay.fm/material/548 Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion How did Waymo do during the San Francisco blackout? Also, a late addition to the Google Graveyard, canceled after 25 years of service. How did Waymo do during the San Francisco blackout? Also, a late addition to the Google Graveyard, canceled after 25 years of service. clean 3241 How did Waymo do during the San Francisco blackout? Also, a late addition to the Google Graveyard, canceled after 25 years of service. Links and Show Notes: Waymo suspends service during San Francisco power outage Google killed the 25-year-old Sega Dreamcast PlanetWeb 3.0 web browser this week — big G's services no longer respond to this quarter-century-old software Su

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NOTAS DE ELENAMaterial complementario de la escuela Sabática para adultosNarrado por: Patty CuyanDesde: California, USAUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchJUEVES, 25 DE DICIEMBREUN BUEN FINALEl carácter santo de Josué no ostentaba mancha alguna. Era un sabio dirigente. Su vida estaba totalmente dedicada a Dios. Antes de morir reunió a las huestes hebreas y siguiendo el ejemplo de Moisés recapituló sus peregrinaciones por el desierto y también la obra misericordiosa llevada a cabo por el Señor en favor de ellos. Acto seguido les habló con elocuencia. Les contó que el rey de Moab estaba en guerra con ellos y había llamado a Balaam para que los maldijera; pero Dios no quiso "escuchar a Balaam, por lo cual os bendijo repetidamente". Después les dijo: "Y si mal os parece servir a Jehová, escogeos hoy a quien sirváis; si a los dioses a quienes sirvieron vuestros padres cuando estuvieron al otro lado del río, o a los dioses de los amorreos en cuya tierra habitáis; pero yo y mi casa serviremos a Jehová". "Entonces el pueblo respondió y dijo: Nunca tal acontezca, que dejemos a Jehová para servir a otros dioses; porque Jehová nuestro Dios es el que nos sacó a nosotros y a nuestros padres de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de servidumbre; el que ha hecho estas grandes señales y nos ha guardado por todo el camino por donde hemos andado, y en todos los pueblos por entre los cuales pasamos". El pueblo renovó su pacto con Josué. Le dijeron: "A Jehová nuestro Dios serviremos, y su voz obedeceremos". Josué escribió las palabras de este pacto en el libro que contenía las leyes y los estatutos dados a Moisés. Recibió el amor y el respeto de todo Israel, y su muerte fue sumamente lamentada (La historia de la redención, pp. 185, 186). El alma que mantiene encendido el amor de Cristo está llena de libertad, de luz y gozo en Cristo. En un alma tal no hay pensamientos divididos. El hombre entero desea ardientemente a Dios. No acude a los hombres en busca de consejo, para conocer su deber, sino al Señor Jesús, la fuente de toda sabiduría. Investiga la Palabra de Dios para encontrar en ella cuanta norma haya sido establecida... Cuanto más aprendemos de Cristo por su Palabra, tanto más sentimos nuestra necesidad de él en nuestra experiencia. No deberíamos descansar hasta que podamos descansar al llevar el yugo de Cristo y sus cargas. Cuanto más fieles seamos en su servicio, tanto más lo amaremos, tanto más lo ensalzaremos. Todo deber, grande o pequeño, que realicemos, será hecho con fidelidad, y al seguir conociendo a nuestro Señor, tanto mayor será nuestro deseo de glorificarlo (En los lugares celestiales, p. 144). VIERNES, 26 DE DICIEMBRE: PARA ESTUDIAR Y MEDITAREn los lugares celestiales, "La demanda del Padre celestial", 1° de mayo, p. 130. A fin de conocerle, “Un mensaje para los muchachos y las niñas”, 4 de febrero, p. 42.

As I write this, it's Christmas Eve. While many of us are moving through a season of comfort and predictability, I keep returning to what I saw walking through the streets of Cuba. Not in headlines or statistics, but at street level. Neighbourhoods without running water. Electricity that fails often enough to be expected. Roads and sidewalks eroded into improvisation rather than repair. Infrastructure that no longer supports daily life, but merely endures alongside it. What struck me most were the small, improvised economies operating inside people's homes. Corner shops carved out of living rooms and front windows. Shelves mostly empty. A few scattered items; soap, canned goods, a bottle or two; offered more as possibility than supply. These were not businesses in the conventional sense, but acts of persistence. People selling what little they could source, not to grow, but to survive. In contrast, government stores stood rigid and bare. Long lines formed early, people waiting patiently for whatever might arrive. No certainty, no choice; just endurance. Elderly men and women stood apart, looking through windows rather than lining up, watching quietly, as if calculating whether the effort was worth the return. There was no anger in their posture. Just fatigue. A lifetime lived long enough to recognize scarcity as permanent rather than temporary. And yet, the streets were not chaotic. Homes were occupied. Communities functioned. People greeted one another. Children played. There was dignity in how life continued despite the absence of systems meant to sustain it. Pride, not in conditions, but in endurance. A refusal to surrender daily routines, even when the state no longer reliably provides the basics those routines depend on. That contrast stayed with me. Material failure on one side; social cohesion on the other. Institutions visibly broken, yet communities holding themselves together through habit, restraint, and mutual recognition. As we sit surrounded by abundance and choice, Cuba offers a sobering reminder; collapse does not always look like disorder. Sometimes it looks like people quietly adapting, carrying on, and preserving dignity in circumstances that leave very little room for it. Cuba's Economic Landscape The Cuban economy rests on three pillars, each one cracked. State control dictates production and distribution, yet delivers neither predictably. Tourism brings foreign currency when it comes; when it doesn't, entire sectors go dormant. Remittances from family abroad keep individual households afloat but cannot repair what the state has allowed to deteriorate. I watched this play out in Holguín. Hotels near the beaches sat half-empty, their lobbies staffed but waiting. Tour buses passed through neighborhoods where residents had no meaningful contact with the tourist economy happening beside them. The money flows in narrow channels, reaching some while bypassing most, and when global disruptions close those channels entirely, there is no backup system. The pandemic proved this. When travel stopped, so did the pretense of economic diversification. Jobs vanished. Services contracted. The state stepped in where it could, but its capacity had already been stretched thin by decades of deferred maintenance and misallocated resources. Families with relatives in Miami or Madrid survived on wire transfers; families without them made do with less. The government has acknowledged the brittleness, at least partially. Small private businesses now operate legally in food service and retail; spaces that would have been unthinkable a generation ago. Joint ventures with foreign companies receive official encouragement. On paper, these reforms signal openness. On the ground, they operate within boundaries so narrow that growth remains theoretical rather than realized. Because the fundamental problem persists: there is not enough of anything. Goods arrive sporadically. Industrial output continues its decline. Foreign investors cal...

Iată concluzia unei anchete a ziarului francez Le Monde.  De la invadarea Ucrainei, se pare că sute de cetățeni ruși au obținut cetățenia română în mod fraudulos. Tendința pare inexorabilă: în România, satele se golesc de locuitori. Totuși, mica localitate Vârfu Câmpului, din nordul țării, aproape de granița cu Ucraina, și-a văzut în mod curios populația dublându-se în decurs de un deceniu, crescând de la 3.420 de locuitori în 2011 la peste 7.000 în 2021, scrie Le Monde. În noiembrie 2024, zeci de raiduri au scos la iveală escrocheria: nu economie înfloritoare, nu baby boom, ci aproape 10.000 de cetățeni din Moldova, Ucraina și Rusia obținuseră în mod fraudulos acte de identitate românești, stabilindu-și adrese fictive în Vârfu Câmpului. Aceste documente false, despre care se presupune că ar fi fost emise în schimbul mitei, au fost produse ani de zile de către funcționari de la două oficii de stare civilă, cu complicitatea locuitorilor din zonă. Un fenomen extins Vârfu Câmpului nu este singura localitate afectată. În 2025, au avut loc alte raiduri în județele de graniță Botoșani și Suceava, precum și în București. În toamnă, Primăria sectorului 6 București a anulat eliberarea a 68 de acte de identitate românești. Potrivit unui comunicat al primăriei, multe dintre certificatele de cetățenie s-au dovedit false, deoarece nu fuseseră emise oficial de Autoritatea Națională pentru Cetățenie (ANC), singura instituție competentă. În total, autoritățile estimează că peste 18.700 de cetățeni ai fostei URSS au reședințe fictive în România, dintre care unii au obținut pașapoarte românești În investigația sa, Le Monde îl intervievează pe avocatul Denis Buruian, al cărui cabinet se află în București. Vorbitor de limba rusă, el se ocupă de 34 de cazuri de cetățeni ruși cărora le-au fost revocate actele de identitate românești de către primăria sectorului 6 București. El spune că ”majoritatea își doreau un pașaport românesc pentru a evita sancțiunile și a-și putea continua activitatea în afara Rusiei”, adăugând că tinerii tind să se stabilească „în Dubai”, în timp ce persoanele în vârstă „preferă Franța”. ”O viață prosperă în UE cu acte românești” Deținerea unui pașaport românesc a devenit de interes pentru ruși, odată ce Uniunea Europeană a înăsprit controalele privind cererile de vize de la începutul invaziei la scară largă asupra Ucrainei în 2022. Rețele criminale nici măcar nu se ascund: pe rețelele de socializare, reclamele care vizează vorbitorii de limbă rusă pentru obținerea „cetățeniei europene” sunt înfloritoare. Agențiile promit o viață prosperă în UE datorită pașaportului românesc, contra unor sume cuprinse între 4.000 și 7.000 de euro, cu reduceri speciale pentru perioada Crăciunului. Aceste agenții susțin că activitățile lor sunt perfect legale, dar, în realitate, folosesc rețele ucrainene și moldovenești, cu ajutorul unor oficiali români, dintre care unii au făcut obiectul unor anchete penale în trecut. Rețelele profită de legea care le permite cetățenilor din Ucraina și republica Moldova, care au avut un strămoș cetățean al României să obțină pașaportul românesc. Aceste rețele criminale pot „inventa” genealogii false și pot susține, de exemplu, că bunica cuiva s-a născut în Cernăuți, Ucraina, sau Chișinău, Moldova - teritorii care au făcut anterior parte din România. Aceste documente falsificate sunt apoi certificate de autoritățile române. În cazuri mai recente, escrocii au ocolit obstacolele creând direct un certificat de cetățenie fals. Operațiunea  durează doar câteva săptămâni, contra unui cost de zeci de mii de euro. Potrivit parchetului, ar fi suficient un funcționar neatent sau care închide ochii, o „lacună”, pentru ca escrocii să exploateze „slăbiciunile umane, legislative și organizaționale”.   Material adaptat după articolul din Le Monde  Intertitlurile aparțin redacției Ascultați rubrica ”Eurocronica”, cu Ovidiu Nahoi, în fiecare zi, de luni până vineri, de la 8.45 și în reluare duminica, de la 15.00, numai la RFI România

The Tao Te Ching with San Qing San Qing is a Taoist Master of Qigong and Neigong. He is an ordained priest and a lineage holder of Taoism. He is also a spirit channeler and healer. He is author of Tao Te Ching, Magical Register, Immortality: Crystallized in the Material, The Ancient Practice of Synchronicity: How to Manifest and Realize You are the Universe, and Primordial Mother Crystallized. His websites are immortaltaoistrites.com and theway126.com. San delves into the profound teachings of the Tao Te Ching, exploring its significance, the essence of Lao Tzu, and the magical aspects of Taoism. He describes how the text serves as a manual for self-discovery and spiritual growth, emphasizing the importance of intuition, the paradoxes within the teachings, and the transformative power of reading and embodying the verses. He highlights the Tao Te Ching’s ability to enhance everyday life and foster a deeper connection with oneself and the universe. New Thinking Allowed CoHost, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, is a licensed occupational therapist, intuitive healer and coach, and spiritual guide based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Emmy is the founder of the Intuitive Connections and Holistic OT communities. She is the author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance With Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. Her website is https://emmyvadnais.com (Recorded on September 25, 2025) For a short video on How to Get the Most From New Thinking Allowed, go to https://youtu.be/aVbfPFGxv9o Check out our new website for the New Thinking Allowed Foundation at http://www.newthinkingallowed.org. There you will find our incredible, searchable database as well as our new, FREE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. Also, opportunities to shop and to support our video productions. There, you can also subscribe to our FREE, WEEKLY NEWSLETTER! For a complete, updated list with links to all of our videos, see https://newthinkingallowed.com/Listings.html. Check out New Thinking Allowed’s AI chatbot. You can create a free account at https://ai.servicespace.org When you enter the space, you will see that our chatbot is one of several you can interact with. While it is still a work in progress, it has been trained on 1,600 NTA transcripts. It can provide intelligent answers about the contents of our interviews. It’s almost like having a conversation with Jeffrey Mishlove. To buy a high-quality, printed version of the New Thinking Allowed Magazine, go to nta-magazine.magcloud.com. To join the NTA Psi Experience Community on Facebook, see https://www.facebook.com/groups/1953031791426543/. To download and listen to audio versions of the New Thinking Allowed videos, visit our podcast at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/new-thinking-allowed-audio-podcast/id1435178031. Download and read Jeffrey Mishlove’s Grand Prize essay in the Bigelow Institute competition, Beyond the Brain: The Survival of Human Consciousness After Permanent Bodily Death. https://www.bigelowinstitute.org/docs/1st.pdf If you would like to join our team of volunteers, helping to promote the New Thinking Allowed YouTube channel on social media, editing and translating videos, creating short video trailers based on our interviews, helping to upgrade our website, or contributing in other ways (we may not even have thought of), please send an email to friends@newthinkingallowed.com. To order Intuitive Development by Emmy Vadnais, click here: https://amzn.to/35sbLIA. To order the book, Tao Te Ching, Magical Register, go to: https://immortaltaoistrites.com/ To order New Thinking Allowed Dialogues: Is There Life After Death? click on https://amzn.to/3LzLA7Y To order Russell Targ: Ninety Years of ESP, Remote Viewing, and Timeless Awareness, go to https://amzn.to/4aw2iyr To order UFOs and UAP – Are We Really Alone?, go to https://amzn.to/3Y0VOVh

NOTAS DE ELENAMaterial complementario de la escuela Sabática para adultosNarrado por: Patty CuyanDesde: California, USAUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchMIÉRCOLES, 24 DE DICIEMBRELOS PELIGROS DE LA IDOLATRÍAPor indicación de Josué, se había traído el arca de Silo. Era una ocasión muy solemne, y este símbolo de la presencia de Dios iba a profundizar la impresión que él deseaba hacer sobre el pueblo. Después de exponer la bondad de Dios hacia Israel, los invitó en el nombre de Jehová a que decidieran a quien querían servir. El culto de los ídolos seguía practicándose hasta cierto punto, en secreto, y Josué trató ahora de inducirlos a hacer una decisión que desterrara este pecado de Israel. "Y si mal os parece servir a Jehová —dijo él—, escogeos hoy a quien sirváis". Josué deseaba lograr que sirvieran a Dios, no a la fuerza, sino voluntariamente. El amor a Dios es el fundamento mismo de la religión. De nada valdría dedicarse a su servicio meramente por la esperanza del galardón o por el temor al castigo. Una franca apostasía no ofendería más a Dios que la hipocresía y un culto de mero formalismo. El anciano jefe exhortó a los israelitas a que consideraran en todos sus aspectos lo que les había expuesto y a que decidieran si realmente querían vivir como vivían las naciones idólatras y degradadas que habitaban alrededor de ellos. Si les parecía mal servir a Jehová, fuente de todo poder y de toda bendición, podían en ese día escoger a quien querían servir, "a los dioses a quienes sirvieron vuestros padres", de los que Abraham fue llamado a apartarse, o "a los dioses de los Amorreos en cuya tierra habitáis". Estas últimas palabras eran una severa reprensión para Israel. Los dioses de los amorreos no habían podido proteger a sus adoradores. A causa de sus pecados abominables y degradantes, aquella nación impía había sido destruida, y la buena tierra que una vez poseyera había sido dada al pueblo de Dios. ¡Qué insensatez sería la de Israel si escogiera las divinidades por cuyo culto habían sido destruidos los amorreos! "Que yo y mi casa —dijo Josué— serviremos a Jehová". El mismo santo celo que inspiraba el corazón del jefe se comunicó al pueblo. Sus exhortaciones le arrancaron esta respuesta espontánea: "Nunca tal acontezca, que dejemos a Jehová por servir a otros dioses". "No podréis servir a Jehová —dijo Josué—, porque él es Dios santo; ... no sufrirá vuestras rebeliones y vuestros pecados". Antes de que pudiera haber una reforma permanente, era necesario hacerle sentir al pueblo cuán incapaz de obedecer a Dios era de por sí. Habían quebrantado su ley; esta los condenaba como transgresores, y no les proporcionaba ningún medio de escape. Mientras confiaran en su propia fuerza y justicia, les era imposible lograr perdón de sus pecados; no podían satisfacer las exigencias de la perfecta ley de Dios, y en vano se comprometían a servir a Dios. Solo por la fe en Cristo podían alcanzar el perdón de sus pecados, y recibir fuerza para obedecer la ley de Dios. Debían dejar de depender de sus propios esfuerzos para salvarse; debían confiar por completo en el poder de los méritos del Salvador prometido, si querían ser aceptados por Dios (Historia de los patriarcas y profetas, pp. 561-563). 

The funny JR De Guzman joins the pod to discuss singing about everything from cumming too fast to topping vs bottoming! We dive into dirty humor, musical parodies, going viral on unemployment, and bond over being born in other countries. JR gets candid about living in a storage unit after moving to the United States, his wild relationship experiences, dating fans, and using painful experiences for comedic content. We trauma dump, reveal secrets, talk dating & relationships, and basically show why we are #BoyfriendMaterial. Catch JR on tour now!

These profound demographic changes are significantly influencing white identity and societal dynamics. The prospect of becoming a numerical minority challenges the long-held perception of white Americans as the "prototypical ethnic group" or what it means to be "All-American."  This shift is seen by some as eroding material advantages historically associated with being white, prompting a deep re-evaluation of white identity itself.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/racism-white-privilege-in-america--4473713/support.

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We increasingly encounter medieval books as digital facsimiles—zooming in on high-resolution images, clicking through virtual pages, or engaging with interactive displays. But what actually happens when a parchment manuscript is translated into a digital object? How does this change affect our understanding of cultural heritage? In The Digital Medieval Manuscript: Material Approaches to Digital Codicology (Brill, 2025), Suzette van Haaren explores the digital medieval manuscript as a unique cultural artifact, not just a copy of its physical counterpart. Through three case studies, van Haaren reveals how digital manuscripts function in libraries, museums, and scholarship today. Blending manuscript studies with digital humanities, this book offers a fresh materialist approach to the discourse surrounding the digitisation of cultural heritage and provides a nuanced view of how it shapes the way we perceive, handle, and preserve medieval manuscripts in an increasingly digital world. This episode makes reference to other scholars in the field of digital codicology, several of whom have spoken about this work on New Books Network. Listen to Bridget Whearty speak about Digital Codicology: Medieval Books and Modern Labor; Michelle R. Warren speak about Holy Digital Grail: A Medieval Book on the Internet; and Astrid J. Smith speak about Transmediation and the Archive: Decoding Objects in the Digital Age. Van Haaren also mentions the work of composer Mark Dyer, specifically the Scribe project. Digitised manuscripts discussed in this interview include the Bury Bible, Der naturen bloeme, and the prayer book of Mary of Guelders. Images from Der naturen bloeme are also available on Wikimedia Commons. Suzette van Haaren is a postdoc in the CRC Virtuelle Lebenswelten at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Her research reflects on the impact of the increasing digitisation (and virtualisation) of historical heritage. She is interested in the Middle Ages in contemporary media contexts. 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

In this episode of the Smart Wealth & Retirement Podcast, financial advisors and retirement planners Jim Martin & Casey Bibb of Martin Wealth Solutions break down one of the most confusing — yet essential — components of retirement planning: bonds. Jim and Casey explain what bonds are, how they generate income, and why they behave differently from stocks. They dig into interest rates, bond ladders, risk vs. reward, and why bonds can either stabilize a retirement portfolio or hold it back depending on how they're used. Whether you're already retired or planning ahead, this episode clarifies the role bonds should play in your long-term income plan — especially in today's evolving interest-rate environment. http://retirewithmartin.com/ ← Learn about working with us www.planwellretirehappy.com Episode Breakdown 00:00 – Introduction: Why bonds matter in retirement 01:36 – What exactly is a bond? 02:58 – How bonds generate income 04:26 – Why bonds behave differently from stocks 05:58 – Interest rates and how they affect bond values 07:46 – The role bonds play in stabilizing a retirement portfolio 09:30 – When bonds can actually hurt your retirement plan 11:12 – Understanding bond duration and risk 12:58 – The pros and cons of bond ladders 14:40 – How to know if you have the right amount of bonds 16:12 – Bonds vs. CDs vs. annuities — what's the difference? 17:48 – Practical tips for building a bond strategy Disclaimer Opinions expressed herein are solely those of Martin Wealth Solutions, unless otherwise specifically cited. Material presented is believed to be from reliable sources, but no representations are made by our firm as to another parties' informational accuracy or completeness. Content provided herein is for informational purposes only and should not be used or construed as investment advice or a recommendation regarding the purchase or sale of any security. There is no guarantee that any statements, opinions or forecasts provided herein will prove to be correct. All information or ideas provided should be discussed in detail with an advisor, accountant or legal counsel prior to implementation. Past performance may not be indicative of future results. Indices are not available for direct investment. Any investor who attempts to mimic the performance of an index would incur fees and expenses which would reduce returns. Securities investing involves risk, including the potential for loss of principal. There is no assurance that any investment plan or strategy will be successful.

NOTAS DE ELENAMaterial complementario de la escuela Sabática para adultosNarrado por: Patty CuyanDesde: California, USAUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchMARTES, 23 DE DICIEMBRELIBRES PARA SERVIRLa fortaleza de un ejército se mide mayormente por la eficiencia de los hombres que se encuentran en sus filas. Un general sabio instruye a sus oficiales a fin de que entrenen a cada soldado para el servicio activo. Trata de desarrollar la mayor eficiencia posible de parte de todos. Si tuviera que depender solo de sus oficiales no podría esperar dirigir una campaña de buen éxito. Cuenta con el servicio leal e infatigable de cada hombre de su ejército. La responsabilidad descansa mayormente sobre los hombres que están en las filas. Lo mismo ocurre en el ejército del Príncipe Emanuel. Nuestro General, que jamás ha perdido batalla, espera un servicio voluntario y fiel de todos los que se han alistado bajo su bandera. Espera que todos, tanto laicos como ministros, tomen parte en el conflicto final que se está librando ahora entre las fuerzas del bien y las huestes del mal. Todos los que se han alistado como soldados suyos deben rendir como milicianos un servicio fiel, con un agudo sentido de la responsabilidad que reposa sobre ellos como individuos.  No todos los que entran en el ejército van a ser generales, capitanes, sargentos, ni siquiera cabos. No todos han de tener ni los cuidados ni las responsabilidades de los dirigentes. Pero hay que cumplir muchas otras arduas tareas de otra clase. Algunos tendrán que cavar trincheras o construir fortificaciones; otros permanecerán como centinelas; algunos otros llevarán mensajes. Si bien es cierto que se necesitan pocos oficiales, se requieren muchos soldados para formar las filas del ejército; no obstante, el buen éxito depende de la fidelidad de cada soldado. La cobardía o la traición de un solo hombre puede acarrear desastre al ejército entero. Hay una obra ferviente que debe ser hecha por nosotros individualmente si queremos librar la buena batalla de la fe. Están en juego intereses eternos. Debemos revestimos de toda la armadura de justicia, debemos resistir al diablo, y tenemos la segura promesa de que se batirá en retirada. La iglesia debe llevar a cabo un combate agresivo, hacer conquistas para Cristo, y rescatar almas del poder del enemigo. Dios y sus santos ángeles toman parte en este conflicto. Agrademos al que nos ha llamado a ser sus soldados (God's Amazing Grace, p. 29; parcialmente en La maravillosa gracia de Dios, 21 de enero, p. 29). La verdadera santificación es consecuencia del desarrollo del principio del amor. "Dios es amor; y el que vive en amor, vive en Dios, y Dios en él". 1 Juan 4:16. La vida de aquel en cuyo corazón habita Cristo revelará una piedad práctica. El carácter será purificado, elevado, ennoblecido y glorificado. Una doctrina pura acompañará a las obras de justicia; y los preceptos celestiales a las costumbres santas. Los que quieren alcanzar la bendición de la santidad deben aprender primero el significado de la abnegación... Es la fragancia del amor para con nuestros semejantes lo que revela nuestro amor para con Dios. Es la paciencia en el servicio lo que otorga descanso al alma. Es mediante el trabajo humilde, diligente y fiel cómo se promueve el bienestar de Israel. Dios sostiene y fortalece al que desea seguir en la senda de Cristo (Los hechos de los apóstoles, p. 447). 

NOTAS DE ELENAMaterial complementario de la escuela Sabática para adultosNarrado por: Patty CuyanDesde: California, USAUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchLUNES, 22 DE DICIEMBRECON INTEGRIDAD Y EN VERDADJesús es la escalera hacia el cielo ... y Dios nos invita a subir por ella. Pero no podemos hacerlo mientras estemos cargados de los tesoros terrenales. Nos engañamos a nosotros mismos cuando ante-ponemos las conveniencias y ventajas personales a las cosas de Dios. No hay salvación en las posesiones o comodidades terrenales. Un hombre no es exaltado a la vista de Dios ni considerado bueno por él, porque posee riquezas terrenales. Si nos hacemos expertos en el arte de subir... debemos abandonar todo estorbo. Los que suben deben afirmar bien los pies en cada peldaño de la escalera. Somos salvos mientras escalamos peldaño tras peldaño de la escalera, mirando a Cristo, asiéndonos de Cristo, subiendo paso a paso hasta las alturas de Cristo, de modo que él nos sea sabiduría y justificación y santificación y redención. La fe, la virtud, el conocimiento, la temperancia, la paciencia, la piedad, el amor hermanable y la caridad son los peldaños de esa escalera. Se necesitan la fortaleza de ánimo, el valor, la fe y una confianza implícita en el poder de Dios para salvar. Estas gracias celestiales no se adquieren en un momento; se obtienen a través de la experiencia de los años. Pero cada sincero y ferviente servidor de Cristo llegará a ser participante de la naturaleza divina. Su alma rebosará de un intenso anhelo de conocer la plenitud de aquel amor que sobrepuja todo conocimiento. A medida que avance en la vida divina estará más capacitado para apropiarse de las elevadas y ennoblecedoras verdades de la Palabra de Dios hasta que, por medio de la contemplación, sea transformado y pueda reflejar la semejanza de su Redentor. Hijo, hija de Dios, los ángeles observan el carácter que desarrolla, sopesan sus palabras y acciones; por tanto, preste atención a sus caminos... compruebe si está en el amor de Dios. Amar a Dios por encima de todo y al prójimo como a uno mismo es la auténtica santificación (The Faith I Live By, p. 120; parcialmente en La fe por la cual vivo, 24 de abril, p. 122). Día tras día y hora tras hora debe haber en el interior un vigoroso proceso de renunciamiento propio y de santificación; y entonces las obras exteriores testificarán que Jesús mora en el corazón por la fe. La santificación no le cierra al conocimiento las avenidas del alma, sino que expande la mente y la inspira en la búsqueda de la verdad como si fuera un tesoro escondido; y el conocimiento de la voluntad de Dios promueve la obra de santificación. Hay un cielo y ¡cuán fervientemente debiéramos luchar por llegar a él! ... Creed que él está dispuesto a ayudaros con su gracia cuando acudís a él con sinceridad. Debéis pelear la buena batalla de la fe. Debéis ser atletas esforzados por obtener la corona de la vida. Luchad, porque las garras de Satanás están sobre vosotros; y si no os esquiváis quedaréis paralizados y perdidos. El enemigo está a la mano derecha, y a la izquierda y delante de vosotros y detrás; y debéis hollarlo debajo de vuestros pies. Luchad porque hay una corona que ganar. Pronto presenciaremos la coronación de nuestro Rey. Los creyentes cuya vida quedó escondida con Cristo, los que en esta tierra pelearon la buena batalla de la fe, resplandecerán con la gloria del Redentor en el reino de Dios (The Faith I Live By, p. 124; parcialmente en La fe por la cual vivo, 28 de abril, p. 126). 

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En el capítulo del hoy, Juanita y Héctor discutieron sus pronósticos para el próximo año: ¿habrá segunda vuelta?, ¿será entre Cepeda y Abelardo? ¿el Pacto Histórico tendrá la bancada más grande del Senado? ¿Trump invadirá Venezuela? Conozca sus respuestas a la polla de 2026 en el último episodio del año de La Siguiente Movida.Producción: María José Sánchez Nieto, Juan David Pérez y Juan Sebastián Correa.Entrevista: Juanita León y Héctor Riveros. Material de archivo: Juan David Pérez.Suscríbase y active la campanita:    / @lasillavaciavideo   Síganos en nuestras redes sociales:Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/lasillavaciaoficial/Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/lasillavaciaoficial/ X: https://x.com/lasillavacia TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lasillavacia?... Más de La Silla Vacía:Elija ser SúperAmigo. Puede ser parte de nuestra comunidad acá: https://www.lasillavacia.com/superami... En el Detectbot de La Silla Vacía puede chequear cadenas falsas. Escriba un chat a este link: https://wa.link/yiiei0 ‎Siga el canal de La Silla Vacía

NOTAS DE ELENAMaterial complementario de la escuela Sabática para adultosNarrado por: Patty CuyanDesde: California, USAUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchDOMINGO, 21 DE DICIEMBRE¡ESTUVISTE ALLÍ!El pueblo en general tardaba mucho en completar la obra de expulsar a los paganos. Las tribus se habían dispersado para ocupar sus posesiones, el ejército había sido disuelto, y se miraba como empresa difícil y dudosa el reanudar la guerra. Pero Josué declaró: "Jehová vuestro Dios las echará de delante de vosotros, y las lanzará de vuestra presencia: y vosotros poseeréis sus tierras, como Jehová vuestro Dios os ha dicho. Esforzaos pues mucho a guardar y hacer todo lo que está escrito en el libro de la ley de Moisés, sin apartaros de ello ni a la diestra ni a la siniestra". Josué puso al mismo pueblo como testigo de que, siempre que ellos habían cumplido con las condiciones, Dios había cumplido fielmente las promesas que les hiciera. "Reconoced, pues, con todo vuestro corazón, y con toda vuestra alma, que no se ha perdido una sola palabra de las buenas palabras que Jehová vuestro Dios había dicho de vosotros", les dijo. Les declaró, además, que así como el Señor había cumplido sus promesas, así cumpliría sus amenazas. "Mas será, que como ha venido sobre vosotros toda palabra buena que Jehová vuestro Dios os había dicho, así también traerá Jehová sobre vosotros toda palabra mala... Cuando traspasareis el pacto de Jehová, ... el furor de Jehová se inflamará contra vosotros, y luego pereceréis de aquesta buena tierra que él os ha dado" (Historia de los patriarcas y profetas, pp. 559, 560). Abraham no tuvo posesión en la tierra, "ni aun para asentar un pie". Hechos 7:5. Poseía grandes riquezas y las empleaba en honor de Dios y para el bien de sus prójimos; pero no consideraba este mundo como su hogar. El Señor le había ordenado que abandonara a sus compatriotas idólatras, con la promesa de darle la tierra de Canaán como posesión eterna; y sin embargo, ni él, ni su hijo, ni su nieto la recibieron. Cuando Abraham deseó un lugar donde sepultar sus muertos, tuvo que comprarlo a los cananeos. Su única posesión en la tierra prometida fue aquella tumba cavada en la peña en la cueva de Macpela. Pero Dios no faltó a su palabra; ni tuvo esta su cumplimiento final en la ocupación de la tierra de Canaán por el pueblo judío... Abraham mismo debía participar de la herencia... Y la Sagrada Escritura enseña expresamente que las promesas hechas a Abraham han de ser cumplidas mediante Cristo... Dios dio a Abraham una vislumbre de esta herencia inmortal, y con esta esperanza, él se conformó. "Por fe habitó en la tierra prometida como en tierra ajena, morando en cabañas con Isaac y Jacob, herederos juntamente de la misma promesa: porque esperaba ciudad con fundamentos, el artífice y hacedor de la cual es Dios". Hebreos 11:9, 10. De la descendencia de Abraham dice la Escritura: "Conforme a la fe murieron todos estos sin haber recibido las promesas, sino mirándolas de lejos, y creyéndolas, y saludándolas, y confesando que eran peregrinos y advenedizos sobre la tierra". Tenemos que vivir aquí como "peregrinos y advenedizos", si deseamos la patria "mejor, es a saber, la celestial" (Historia de los patriarcas y profetas, pp. 166, 167). 

Prince Harry issues a firm denial after Tina Brown's comments about Jane Goodall and baby Archie spark backlash, with Brown later offering a clarification.We also cover the Sussexes' charity rebrand as Archewell Foundation becomes Archewell Philanthropies, and what PR experts say the name change signals.Plus, fresh Epstein-related material released by Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee renews scrutiny around Jeffrey Epstein's network, as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor again denies all allegations and commentators warn of potential financial vulnerability.After the break, King Charles opens a new Guinness brewery in London and pours what onlookers call the perfect pint, Claudia Winkleman's investiture prompts a reported royal groan, spending on Lord Lieutenants comes under fire, and the Earl of Snowdon arrives at the Palace the most London way possible — by bicycle.Hear our new show "Crown and Controversy: Prince Andrew" here.Check out "Palace Intrigue Presents: King WIlliam" here.

NOTAS DE ELENAMaterial complementario de la escuela Sabática para adultosNarrado por: Patty CuyanDesde: California, USAUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchSÁBADO DE TARDE, 20 DE DICIEMBRE¡ELIJAN HOY!Al percatarse Josué de que los achaques de la vejez le invadían sigilosamente y que pronto su obra terminaría, se llenó de ansiedad por el futuro de su pueblo. Con interés más que paternal se dirigió a ellos cuando estuvieron reunidos una vez más alrededor de su anciano jefe... Por indicación de Josué se había traído el arca de Silo. Era una ocasión muy solemne, y este símbolo de la presencia de Dios iba a profundizar la impresión que él deseaba hacer sobre el pueblo. Después de exponer la bondad de Dios hacia Israel, los invitó en el nombre de Jehová a que decidieran a quién querían servir. El culto de los ídolos seguía practicándose hasta cierto punto, en secreto, y Josué trató ahora de inducirlos a hacer una decisión que desterrara este pecado de Israel... Josué deseaba lograr que sirvieran a Dios, no a la fuerza, sino voluntariamente... "Que yo y mi casa —dijo Josué— serviremos a Jehová". El mismo santo celo que inspiraba el corazón del jefe se comunicó al pueblo. Sus exhortaciones le arrancaron esta respuesta espontánea: "Nunca tal acontezca, que dejemos a Jehová por servir a otros dioses"... Josué trató de hacer que sus oyentes pesaran muy bien sus palabras, y que desistieran de hacer votos para cuyo cumplimiento no estaban preparados. Con profundo fervor repitieron esta declaración: "No, antes a Jehová serviremos". Consintiendo solemnemente en atestiguar contra sí mismos que habían escogido a Jehová, una vez más reiteraron su promesa de lealtad: "A Jehová nuestro Dios serviremos, y a su voz obedeceremos"... La obra de Josué en favor de Israel había terminado. Había cumplido "siguiendo a Jehová", y en el libro de Dios se lo llamó "el siervo de Jehová". El testimonio más noble que se da acerca de su carácter como caudillo del pueblo es la historia de la generación que disfrutó de sus labores. "Y sirvió Israel a Jehová todo el tiempo de Josué, y todo el tiempo de los ancianos que vinieron después de Josué" (Conflicto y valor, 29 de abril, p. 125). Se librará un conflicto agudo entre los que son leales a Dios y los que han desdeñado su ley. La veneración por la ley de Dios se ha tras-tornado. Por doctrina, los dirigentes religiosos enseñan mandamientos de hombres. Como fue en los días del antiguo Israel, así es en esta era del mundo. Pero aunque ahora prevalezcan la deslealtad y la transgresión, ¿tendrán menos respeto por la ley de Dios aquellos que la han venerado'? ¿Se unirán con los poderes de la tierra para anularla? Los que son leales no se dejarán arrastrar por la corriente del mal. No des-preciarán lo que Dios ha apartado como santo. No seguirán el ejemplo de olvido de Israel. Recordarán las intervenciones de Dios en favor de su pueblo en todas las edades, y andarán en sus mandamientos. La prueba les llega a todos. Hay solo dos partidos. ¿De qué lado estáis vosotros? (Testimonios para la Iglesia, t. 8, pp. 130, 131). 

In this tragic episode, we pay tribute to a fallen comrade and honour his memory with a Supplementary Material 4100:00 Introduction and Swimming Update02:34 The Tragic Tale of Old Squeaky09:01 Sam Harris interpersonal bias & Megyn Kelly26:05 Gary Stevenson vs Rory Stewart36:26 Master Certificates and Jaffa Cakes41:59 Dasha's Nick Fuentes Problem50:08 Nick Fuentes' Racist Remarks54:29 Piers Morgan vs. Nick Fuentes59:08 The Two Nick Fuentes Personas01:02:39 Father Issues01:20:51 Nick Fuentes the Racist01:30:36 Piers Lab Leak Ad Break01:32:52 Antisemitism and Holocaust Denialism01:45:25 IDW Style Credulity and Holocaust Denialism01:48:12 Hitler was really f**king cool?01:58:20 Blustering Boomer Outrage vs. Online Groyperism02:02:09 Debating Misogyny and Extremism02:12:54 Piers Take on Fuentes02:17:11 Overall thoughts on Piers Morgan vs Nick Fuentes02:20:15 Infighting on the Conspiratorial Right02:25:13 Bret Weinstein's Powers of Prediction: Trump on Rob Reiner02:30:29 OutroLinksSam Harris AMAMegyn Kelly Talking About the Drug SmugglersThe Rest Is Politics – Zack Polanski: “I Am a Populist, Farage Is Not”Gary Stevenson's Public Statement on Rory's CommentsGary Stevenson's Master's Thesis & Chocolate BiscuitsRed Scare – “Nuzzi Salute”“What a Crock of S***!” – Piers Morgan vs Nick Fuentes (Full Interview)Jason Calacanis Reacts to Trump's MessageBret Weinstein Displays His ForesightTrump's Follow-Up Comments on Rob Reiner

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:00:00 GMT http://relay.fm/material/547 http://relay.fm/material/547 Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion YouTube finally has the rights to the Academy Awards. What does this mean for the rest of the broadcast TV landscape? Another Google service was laid to rest in the graveyard. YouTube finally has the rights to the Academy Awards. What does this mean for the rest of the broadcast TV landscape? Another Google service was laid to rest in the graveyard. clean 3474 YouTube finally has the rights to the Academy Awards. What does this mean for the rest of the broadcast TV landscape? Another Google service was laid to rest in the graveyard. Links and Show Notes: Oscars Bolts from ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029 Hollywood's biggest night is coming to YouTube UK to “encourage” Apple and Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones Google will end dark web reports that alerted users to leaked data Bringing state-of-the-art Gemini translation capabilities to Google Translate Support

Episode 222: Tunisian Peinture Sous Verre – A History in Reverse This lecture provides an introduction to reverse glass painting in Tunisia, a predominantly figurative form of Islamic art that is often referred to as a “popular” tradition. As very little archival material and original documentation exists, most of what we know about this painting practice comes from collections, scholarship, and stories told about it from the 1960s and on, over one hundred years after it had already been well established in Tunisia. To highlight this belated epistemology, the presentation follows a reverse chronology of the medium. After briefly introducing the technique and artistic process, it starts from the contemporary moment and moves backwards in time to the post-independence era, the Protectorate period, and earlier. It ends with some speculations about the connections between Tunisian under-glass painting and other historical or regional visual-material practices. Ava Katarina Tabatabai Hess is a PhD candidate in Art History at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Her dissertation focuses on vernacular Islamic art from Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, examining the proliferation of reverse glass painting and chromolithography in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as well as their post-independence recuperations. She conducted fieldwork in Tunisia in 2022 with support from an AIMS grant, and from October 2023 to April 2025 as a FLAS research fellow and a Fulbright-Hays fellow, with additional research undertaken in Algeria, Morocco, and France. She earned her BA from Columbia University in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, and a master's in Visual, Material, and Museum Anthropology from the University of Oxford. Ava is also a curator, a contributing researcher with the Arabic Design Archive, and currently serves as Arts Editor of Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies. This podcast was recorded at the Centre d'Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMA) on the 4th of November, 2025. We thank Mohammed Boukhoudmi for his interpretation of “Elli Mektoub Mektoub” for the introduction and conclusion of this podcast. Production and editing: Lena Krause, AIMS Development and Digital Resources Liaison.

We begin this week's Material Concerns with stressing out Marcelle through vulgarity — and then swiftly turn the conversation over to a nice and long check in. of course, it wouldn't be a Material Concerns episode if we didn't do at least one other segment! We wrap up Part I with a Fixation Station that is maybe more of a Ok, Hear Me Out. Happy listening and join us for Part II on Patreon!Part II features Consumer Retorts, Creature Report and a quick voice memo dispatch from Coach to Hannah. To listen, join our Patreon for as little as $54/year! You'll get ad-free episodes, bloopers, a backlog of content and part two of all Material Concerns episodes! Go to patreon.com/ohwitchplease now to join a tier that works for your budget!***Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, The Nice Guys)  Jim Herzfeld (Meet The Parents/Fockers), Fred Dekker (Preditor), & David Silverman (The Simpsons) reminisce about their college hangout that became the social group that supported their life and art for the rest of their lives.  They describe a house full of UCLA film nerds with a 24 hour open house policy.  It was young guys finding themselves and their drive and their fun by making a scene in the early 1980's. Movie watching, game playing, movie making, and joking around led to a group of people that has made some of the biggest films of the last 30 years.  Bio: JIM HERZFELD is an American film and television screenwriter who has also done work as a television producer. Herzfeld graduated from UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) and his earliest TV credit – on the ground breaking “It's Garry Shandling's Show” -- was followed by almost 10 years of writing and producing episodes on dozens of sitcom staffs, including the Fox TV classic "Married... With Children." Herzfeld's earliest feature film work was a writing credit on the cult comedy “Tapeheads“ in 1988. His most successful work was writing the screenplay for the 2000 film” Meet the Parents” as well as writing the story and screenplay for its 2004 sequel “Meet the Fockers.” To date, both those films remain on the list of the 20 Highest Grossest Comedies. More recently, in 2015 his screenplay for “Meet the Parents” was selected by the Writer's Guild of America's as one of the “101 Funniest Screenplays” of all time. Herzfeld was also the writer of the canceled Circle 7 Animation version of Toy Story 3 and has done countless punch-up and rewrites on dozens of big budget comedies and animated films for virtually every major studio.  Herzfeld has also guest lectured about screenwriting at several major universities, including NYU, UCLA and AFI along with appearing on writer panels at various film festivals, most notably the Austin Film Festival where Jim was a judge for their Comedy Screenplay Competition. Currently, Herzfeld continues to write and develop comedy screenplays and recently became an advisor for Scripthop, a software startup focused on revolutionizing how screenplays are both presented and circulated throughout the entertainment industry. FRED DEKKER - Pursuing a movie career, he moved to Los Angeles where his fledgling screenwriting efforts led to a Hollywood agent and a job writing Godzilla: King of the Monsters for director Steve Miner. Although the film went unproduced, Dekker provided the story for Miner's 1985 horror-comedy House, starring William Katt (screenplay by Ethan Wiley). The film was recognized by the Fantasporto and the Avoriaz Film Festivals, and spawned several sequels. Dekker made his directorial debut with Night of the Creeps, an homage to B-movies that eventually developed a devoted cult following. He went on to direct another cult favorite, The Monster Squad, co-written with his UCLA friend Shane Black. He subsequently wrote five episodes of Tales From The Crypt, including the first episode, directed by Robert Zemeckis. In 1991, Dekker conceived the Denzel Washington starrer Ricochet and the spy spoof If Looks Could Kill, both for Warner Bros. He then returned to the director's chair for the third RoboCop film, co-written with comic book legend Frank Miller. As a script doctor, Dekker made uncredited contributions to films including Titan A.E. and Lethal Weapon 4. He then served as Consulting Producer and wrote three episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise. In 2015, he reteamed with Shane Black on a western TV pilot for Amazon Studios, entitled Edge. The two went on to co-write the 2018 release The Predator, which Black also directed. Dekker's international awards include the Silver Raven from the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film; the Estrella de Fantastico Award from the 2019 Bilbao Fantasy Film Festival; and the 2024 Honorary Time Machine Award (Premi Màquina del Temps) at the Sitges Film Festival for his contributions to horror and fantasy cinema. He is currently developing a true crime limited series for Amazon based on a murder which occurred in his hometown.SHANE BLACK is a writer/director whose writing credits include such films as Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, The Long Kiss Goodnight and The Monster Squad.  He began as a director in 2005 with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and receives increasingly strident sequel requests for 2016's The Nice Guys.  He is currently writing a spec original and trying to lose some weight by New Years'.  Not that he's fat -- he's just old, and being careful.DAVID SILVERMAN After graduating from UCLA in 1983, David Silverman worked as a freelance illustrator and animator until, in 1987, he landed a job animating on The Tracey Ullman Show — where The Simpsons began. Animating on all 48 shorts led to David directing the first shows of The Simpsons. Starting with the Christmas Special in December 1989, and then the premiere episode the following month, David soon became Supervising Animation Director and a producer on The Simpsons. All told, he has directed 24 episodes and has won 4 Emmys along the way.  When no one was looking, David snuck away from The Simpsons to work at DreamWorks (The Road to El Dorado – co-director), Pixar (Monsters, Inc. – co-director), and Blue Sky (Ice Age, Robots – writing and boarding). But, he came back to the show full-time at the end of 2003 and directed The Simpsons Movie. In 2012, David directed and co-wrote the short film The Longest Daycare about Maggie Simpson, which earned him an Academy Award nomination.And since the Disney acquisition of The Simpsons (via the purchase of Fox), David has directed 10 Simpsons shorts especially for Disney+, as well as several promotional pieces.Editing Notes: There are many verbal cuts on the show we directed to Dan. Also after the show, Shane Black emailed and ask we cut out this.  I say “It's nice your place was a rape free environment” and Shane says something like: “But not rape free for guys,”. He wants his comment cut.

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