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Mijn gast heeft alle ups & downs van het runnen van een cryptobedrijf meegemaakt. Hij verkocht het voor miljarden. Hoe overleef je in de cowboy crypto wereld? Te gast is Marius Jansen, ondernemer en mede-oprichter van Deribit. Te gast is BNR's Big Five van Crypto: de hype voorbij? -Bert Slagter, wiskundige, economisch analist, schrijver en spreker voor onder meer Bitcoin Alpha. -Marius Jansen, ondernemer en mede-oprichter van Deribit -Mauro Halve, voorzitter van de Verenigde Bitcoinbedrijven Nederland (VBNL) -Daniël Mol, journalist en presentator van de Cryptocast -Lucas Wensing, CEO en oprichter van Amdax, een bewaar- en vermogensbeheerplatform voor cryptocurrencySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hevige krampen, extreme vermoeidheid of nauwelijks kunnen lopen: wie een baarmoeder heeft, krijgt al vroeg de boodschap dat pijn ‘erbij hoort'. Mede daardoor blijven baarmoeder- en hormoongerelateerde aandoeningen lang onopgemerkt. Waarom worden deze klachten zo vaak gebagatelliseerd? Het duurt gemiddeld zeven jaar voordat de diagnose endometriose wordt gesteld, terwijl naar schatting één op de tien vrouwen en andere mensen met een baarmoeder met deze aandoening leeft. Ook voormalig Europarlementariër Samira Rafaela liep jarenlang rond met klachten die steeds erger werden. Pas toen er bij toeval vleesbomen werden ontdekt, bleek dat de hevige pijn die ze ervaarde niet ‘normaal' was. Ze schreef daarover het boek Lets talk about our bodies, waarin ze pleit voor het doorbreken van het taboe rondom hormoon- en baarmoedergerelateerde aandoeningen. In gesprek over misplaatste schaamte, vooroordelen en medische uitdagingen.SprekersJudith Huirne is hoogleraar gynaecologie bij Amsterdam UMC. Hier behandelt zij vrouwen met menstruatiestoornissen, myomen, adenomyose en anatomische afwijkingen van de baarmoeder. In 2016 is in het AmsterdamUMC het Uterine repair center opgericht. Hier worden veel vrouwen gezien met problemen van de baarmoeder of menstruatieproblemen.Monique Steegers is anesthesioloog, pijnspecialist en hoogleraar pijn- en palliatieve geneeskunde in het Amsterdam UMC. In De pijnparadox (2026) onderzoekt ze waarom pijn bij vrouwen zo vaak onbegrepen blijft. Ze ontrafelt hoe pijn in het vrouwenlichaam ontstaat en werkt: hoe hormonen, het zenuwstelsel, de genen en het immuunsysteem een rol spelen, waarom pijn anders kan worden ervaren dan bij mannen, en waarom standaard medische kennis tekortschiet.Lisa Viktorsson is vakbondsbestuurder en projectleider bij FNV Vrouwen. Ze strijdt voor meer gendergelijkheid op de werkvloer, met bijzondere aandacht voor vrouwengezondheid, gelijke beloning en sociale veiligheid. Door thema's als menstruatie, overgang, zwangerschap en zwangerschapsdiscriminatie zichtbaar te maken, agendeert zij gezondheid als arbeidsvoorwaarde.Samira Rafaela maakt zich als voormalig Europarlementariër, internationaal spreker en adviseur hard voor betere vrouwen-gezondheid. Daarnaast deed ze als gastonderzoeker aan Cornell University in de VS onderzoek naar de genderloonkloof.Evelien van Diemen spreekt namens Hoofdpijn Alliantie, een samenwerkingsverband van organisaties die zich bezighouden met ernstige hoofdpijn. Het doel is om de hoofdpijnzorg te verbeteren en de kennis over ernstige hoofdpijn te vergroten.Programmamaker: Rokhaya SeckMede mogelijk gemaakt door: AbbVieZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Vrijdag 25 september presenteert het Artvark Saxophone Quartet hun nieuwste album ‘Four Fathers’ in Jazzpodium de Tor in Enschede. Mooie aanleiding om in deze TORcast de geschiedenis van de jazz in te duiken aan de hand van een aantal belangrijke en invloedrijke saxofonisten. Als je de ontwikkeling van de jazz wilt begrijpen, kun je die bijna volgen aan de hand van een aantal invloedrijke saxofonisten. Iedere generatie bracht nieuwe ideeën in: van swing naar bebop, van hardbop naar modal jazz, free jazz en fusion. Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969): Body and Soul Wordt vaak beschouwd als de eerste grote tenor-saxofonist van de jazz. Maakte van de saxofoon een volwaardig solo-instrument. Zijn harmonische benadering vormde een belangrijke brug naar bebop. Lester Young (1909-1959): Lester Leaps In Tegenpool van Hawkins. Introduceerde een lichtere, melodische en meer ontspannen stijl. Grote invloed op cool jazz en latere saxofonisten zoals Stan Getz. Charlie Parker (1920-1955): Ornithology De grondlegger van de bebop. Veranderde voorgoed hoe jazzmusici improviseren. Introduceerde complexe harmonieën, snelle lijnen en nieuwe ritmische ideeën. Razendsnelle improvisaties. Harmonieën die destijds revolutionair waren. Sonny Rollins (1930-2026): St; Thomas Een van de belangrijkste hardbop-tenoristen. Bekend om zijn “thematische improvisatie”: een idee ontwikkelen gedurende een solo. Vormde een brug tussen bebop en moderne jazz. John Coltrane (1926-1967): Giant Steps Misschien wel de meest invloedrijke jazzsaxofonist ooit. Ontwikkelde modal jazz verder. Breidde de technische en spirituele mogelijkheden van jazz enorm uit. Invloedrijk in hardbop, modal jazz én free jazz. Intensiteit en spirituele diepgang. Cannonball Adderley (1928-1975): Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Bracht blues, gospel en soul terug in de moderne jazz. Belangrijke vertegenwoordiger van hardbop. Bekend van Miles Davis’ historische album Kind of Blue. Soulvolle klank, directe emotionele expressie. Ornette Coleman (1930-2015): Lonely Woman De grote pionier van free jazz. Liet traditionele akkoordstructuren grotendeels los. Opende de weg naar de avant-garde jazz. Vrijheid van melodie. Minder nadruk op traditionele harmonie. Stan Getz (1927-1991): Desafinado Het gezicht van de bossa nova. Introduceerde miljoenen luisteraars aan de combinatie van jazz en Braziliaanse muziek. Warme, zachte toon. Subtiele swing. Wayne Shorter (1933-2023): Footprints Belangrijk componist van Miles Davis’ tweede grote kwintet. Mede-oprichter van Weather Report. Verbindt hardbop, modal jazz en fusion. Sterke composities. Avontuurlijke harmonieën. Michael Brecker (1949-2007): Midnight Mood Dominante saxofonist van de fusion- en postbopperiode. Combineerde jazz, rock en moderne techniek. Grote invloed op vrijwel alle moderne tenorsaxofonisten. Fenomenale techniek. Modern harmonisch vocabulaire.

A fábrica do futuro não espera ordens. Mede, aprende, corrige e antecipa. Em Shanghai, a indústria já pensa e executa em tempo real.Participe na 3ª Learning Expedition organizada pela Instinct a Shanghai.Uma viagem pelos bastidores dos maiores players chineses na utilização de Inteligência Artificial, com visitas, encontros e projeção de cenários. Mais informação em⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instinct.pt/lx-shanghai⁠⁠⁠

Você sabe por que está vendendo mais ou menos ou só sabe quanto faturou no final do mês?Neste episódio, Diego Maia coloca uma questão simples, mas que muita gente evita encarar: é possível construir resultados consistentes em vendas sem acompanhar os próprios números?A resposta passa pelos indicadores. Taxa de conversão, volume de leads, abordagens, propostas, ticket médio, ciclo de vendas e follow-ups não são apenas números em uma planilha. Eles mostram onde o processo comercial está funcionando e, principalmente, onde está travando.O faturamento é consequência. Os indicadores mostram o caminho até ele.Quando um vendedor acompanha seus números, consegue identificar padrões, descobrir gargalos e ajustar sua estratégia antes que o problema apareça no resultado final. Quando não acompanha, sobra espaço para o improviso, para o “achismo” e para desculpas que os dados poderiam esclarecer.Diego Maia mostra por que medir não significa transformar vendas em uma operação fria ou burocrática. Significa entender o próprio processo comercial para tomar decisões melhores, corrigir a rota mais rápido e construir previsibilidade.Porque quem não mede não sabe exatamente o que precisa melhorar.Menos achismo. Mais dados, análise e ajuste.Quem é Diego Maia? Diego Maia é palestrante de vendas e uma das principais referências em vendas do Brasil. Autor de oito livros sobre vendas, entre eles 7 Princípios da Venda, é fundador da CDPV Companhia de Palestras, agência de palestrantes especializada em eventos corporativos, e do Grupo CDPV. Desde 2003, é presença constante em convenções de vendas com foco no desenvolvimento de equipes, treinamento de vendas e alta performance comercial — somando mais de 1.800 palestras realizadas e 500 mil profissionais treinados no Brasil e no exterior. Apresenta o Podcast de Vendas do Diego Maia, publicado diariamente desde 2009, sempre às 7h, com mais de 2.000 episódios. É editor do portal Vendedor Profissional e, desde 2011, lidera o movimento #SouDeVendasComOrgulho, pela valorização e profissionalização de quem vive de vendas no Brasil. Seu lema resume sua filosofia: “Onde tem venda, tem vida”.Siga Diego Maia no Instagram clicando aqui.Siga Diego Maia no Instagram clicando aqui.

Het is vandaag woensdag 16 september. Ben Saunders, de eerste winnaar van The Voice of Holland is overleden. Mede door hem is The Voice zo'n succes geworden en is het format aan tientallen anderen landen verkocht. Prinsjesdag was gisteren en Tina vertelt je wat dit betekent voor de NPO. En nog wat updates over De Televizier-ring! Natuurlijk ontbreken ook de kijkcijfers, kijkersvragen en de kijktip niet in een gloednieuwe aflevering van Tina’s TV Update! Wil je adverteren in deze podcast? Neem dan contact op via sales@audiohuis.com.

From “In the Beginning” to Amen // Remaining Faithful Regardless of Who Is in Charge  1.     Daniel was HumbleYou Can Stand for What Is Right Without Being Disrespectful to The Person in Authority…  There Is a Difference Between Conviction and Pride 2.     Daniel Was Honest 3.     Daniel Remained TrueDaniel 6:1-5 (NLT)“Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to rule over each province. The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king's interests. Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because of Daniel's great ability, the king made plans to place him over the entire empire. Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was handling government affairs, but they couldn't find anything to criticize or condemn. He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy. So, they concluded, ‘Our only chance of finding grounds for accusing Daniel will be in connection with the laws of his God.'"  Daniel Was Serving God First… Even In a Pagan Land… Under Ungodly Leadership…  Daniel Was True  Daniel's Character Was Not Determined by His Circumstances. 4.    Daniel remained Faithful You Don't Suddenly Become Faithful in the Crisis. Your Response Reveals What You've Been Building into Your Life All Along. The result is that Daniel walked in favor and influenceDaniel 6:3 (ESV)"Daniel became distinguished above all the other high officials and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him..." Philippians 2:15 (NLT)“Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.”  5.     Daniel Didn't Do It in Isolation…

Uma área de dados gera resultados quando é capaz de estabelecer uma conexão entre plataformas, métricas e inteligência artificial a problemas de negócio mensuráveis. Neste episódio do DoTheMATH, gravado no FEBRABAN TECH 2026, Eduardo Apolo, Director of Data Platform, Analytics and AI da Stone, explica como a centralização da plataforma e a unificação dos indicadores aproximaram dados das prioridades da empresa. “A discussão tem que partir de qual é a dor de negócio que você tá resolvendo.” A conversa aborda temas como fonte única de dados, camada semântica para IA, capacitação contínua, critérios para escolher entre IA generativa e modelos simples e redesenho dos times de dados. Referências: Livro Competing on Analytics, de Thomas H. Davenport e Jeanne G. Harris DoTheMATH #164 - Decisões melhores não vêm da IA. Vêm de dados organizados | Ford South America: https://open.spotify.com/episode/74hkQAiqn0piy8H1xbUlgQ?si=49VESEpTRL6XLeKEwvTZVQ Siga o DoTheMATH no Spotify para acompanhar conversas sobre IA, dados, tecnologia, liderança e negócios. Novos episódios toda quarta e sexta.Apresentação Marcel Ghiraldini, CSO, MATH Vinicius Forcinito, Director of Solutions Architecture, MATH Convidado Eduardo Apolo, Director of Data Platform, Analytics and AI, Stone Capítulos 00:00 – Trajetória e construção da plataforma de dados 05:52 – Confiança nos dados e unificação de indicadores 11:10 – Camada semântica e capacitação para IA 15:33 – Investimento, margem e retorno da plataforma 24:10 – Critérios para aplicar IA e controlar custos 27:18 – Governança e redesenho dos times de dados 39:19 – Indicadores ligados a problemas de negócio Para ouvir e seguir: 

Het baarde nogal wat opzien, twee jaar geleden. Christophe Vekeman is een Vlaamse schrijver die lange tijd bekendstond als fervent atheïst, tot hij in zijn boek Tot God openlijk vertelde dat hij christen was geworden, katholiek. Mede door een bijzondere ervaring in Oxford. Hij werd zelfs al de ‘Vlaamse C.S. Lewis' genoemd, naar de beroemde Britse christelijke schrijver en denker. Maar nu is zijn nieuwe boek uit, met de cryptische titel Het gebeurt, het gebeurt elke dag. Daarin schrijft Vekeman openhartig over wat er ná zijn bekering gebeurde. Want terwijl hij zaal na zaal afging om het christelijk geloof te verdedigen, begon bij hemzelf juist de twijfel toe te slaan. Was zijn geloof misschien toch een bevlieging geweest? Had hij zijn bijzondere ervaring in Oxford door het steeds opnieuw vertellen groter en mooier gemaakt dan die werkelijk was? We spreken hem verder over de bedreigingen die hij na zijn bekering kreeg, over een wonder dat hij meemaakte en over zijn held C.S. Lewis. Een opvallend eerlijk boek en gesprek: soms duister, maar gelukkig ook doordrenkt van humor. David Boogerd spreekt Christophe Vekeman uiteraard samen met vaste gast, theoloog Stefan Paas, hoogleraar aan de VU in Amsterdam en de Theologische Universiteit Utrecht. We gaan weer live (https://meer.eo.nl/de-ongelooflijke-podcast) met De Ongelooflijke! Een voortslepend conflict met Iran, de Epstein-files die Trump blijven achtervolgen en dan: de spannendste midterms in jaren. Wordt dit het begin van het einde van Trump? Op 15 november spreken we journalist en Amerikakenner Geert Mak tijdens De Ongelooflijke Live in Theater de Kom in Nieuwegein (https://meer.eo.nl/de-ongelooflijke-podcast). We analyseren de uitslagen van de midterms en trekken parallellen met het verleden. Wat kan de geschiedenis ons vertellen over waar Amerika nu staat?

Escaping the Beast's Trap (1) (audio) David Eells - 8/30/26 B. A. - 03/14/2012 (David's notes in red) (The foundation for this dream is that the D.S. is poisoning the food and water supply.) I dreamed I was walking down my lane, as the morning was dawning, to go up to the main road to the mailbox and get the newspaper. Just as I got to the road, I saw one of my neighbors getting into his truck. He drove up to me and said, “You'd better get to Walmart quickly; they are giving away free food, water, medicine, and gas”. (Trusting in the arm of the flesh. Psa.146:3 Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. Pro.3:5 Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding. Heb.12:16 lest there be any fornication, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright. I said, “My husband is asleep, so I will have to wait until he wakes up”. My neighbor said, “Well, I wouldn't wait too long or you might miss out”. Then he left. I went on over to the mailbox and got the newspaper. I got halfway back down the lane when I heard a voice say to me, “It's a trap; it's a trap. Don't go”. Jer.17:5 Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. I asked, “What's a trap?” The next thing I knew, I was standing in a Walmart parking lot. The lot was packed like it always is, so I asked what was wrong. I heard that same voice say, “Look at the people”. So I looked at the people. They were coming out of the store with grocery carts full of items and getting into their cars and leaving. I asked again, “What's wrong?” The voice said, “Look closer at the people”. So I zeroed in on the people, and all of a sudden I noticed they were all wearing dog tags. (Symbolizing trading needed free stuff for freedom.) Then I found myself inside the store. There was a long line on the left side of the store against the wall. They had it set up like at the airport with the roped lines, so the flow of people would be orderly. The store was full of products and people were shopping, so everything looked normal to the people in line. However, I noticed that the people shopping were wearing dog tags like the people in the parking lot. My oldest brother had been in the military years ago, so I knew what these dog tags were. I said to myself, “These are soldiers dressed up as civilians”. (Government giveaways are designed by the beast system to trap you into trusting in them until you are addicted in your mind. The flesh pots of Egypt were a government giveaway to the slaves to control them. The people who own the megastores are owned by the same people who own the government and military. Bondage to them is the spiritual mark of the beast. Pharaoh will rule the slaves.)  All of a sudden, I was standing at the back of the store. The store manager was standing in front of a set of doors marked Personnel Only. I noticed he was wearing dog tags as well. (Government and big business are one in socialism.) He was telling the people that only four people at a time could go with him to be processed to get their vouchers for the free stuff. He had them line up two on the left and two on the right behind him. As they went through the first set of doors, there was a breezeway area, then another set of metal doors. He told them that when they went through the next set of doors, two women would be sitting at a desk, and they should go up to the desk and wait. As soon as these people got up to the desk and the second set of doors closed, four very large men (they looked like sumo wrestlers) came up behind these people, put their hands over their mouths and gave them some kind of a shot. (The giants of their own flesh will bring into bondage those who do not believe the promises but trust in men. Flee into the wilderness where God provides out of heaven through faith and the old man is dead at the Red Sea. Php.4:19 And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.) Then these soldiers took their driver's license and car keys from them. (I believe the driver's license represents taking away their identity or place in Christ, and the car keys represent taking away their freedom; they NOW belong to the beast -- lock, stock and barrel!) (At first they will want your Social Security number and income to receive food; now it will be the Digital ID; then the Mark will make it easy for you. This gradualism is the way to harden one's conscience. Remember when they mandated the vaccinations, and you could not travel, go back into work, shop in stores, dine out, etc., unless you were vaccinated and everyone was forced to wear a face mask? This was a type of their ways to institute the Mark.) The two women sitting at the desk stamped these people on their right hands. (Representing the beastly works of flesh.) (Rev.13:16) And he causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead. I got closer so I could see what the stamp read; it read, Bus #1, Section A. Then these people were led out the back door onto a waiting bus. These people couldn't put up a fight, as the shot they were given made them like zombies and they could barely walk. (They stumbled out of the way, put to sleep by demons using the lusts of the flesh.) These people's, or victims', driver's licenses were placed in a box that read, Bus #1, Section A, as well. I'm sure this was so they could keep track of who they were and where they were taking them. Their car keys were given to some soldiers standing close by. (They are no longer individuals using cars but members of the collective riding buses; they are one in the beast body.) I decided to follow these soldiers with the keys to see what they were going to do. They found these people's cars and drove them off the parking lot. I then went back to the bus to see what was happening there. I noticed they started taking people to the back of the bus and working their way forward. When they would get two people in a seat, there was a large harness that came over these people's shoulders. Then the soldiers reached down and grabbed another harness that went through their legs, and it all joined together at their waist and locked. There was no way these people could get up. (They will be spiritually brought into bondage and few will escape. They will either deny the Lordship of Jesus over them and serve the collective or confess Jesus before men and lose their beastly life for their heavenly life.) Then, again, the next thing I knew, I was standing in a large field off a dirt road. This field was full of empty car carriers. I watched as the soldiers drove the people's cars onto the field and up onto the car carriers. When the car carriers were full, they drove away. I lost count of how many there were, as there were so many. I just stood there trying to digest everything I had just witnessed. I closed my eyes and when I opened them again, I was back home on my lane. (Many will lose their individuality and freedom as the economy crumbles through mismanagement, war, natural catastrophes, and plots of the DS globalists. The so-called “Golden Age” does not fit with the Rev.13 mark of the beast.) I stood there thinking how clever that whole process was; they didn't have to go to the people. They devised such a clever way to have the people come to them without putting up a fight, like lambs to the slaughter. (It is natural for those who have no faith to gravitate to the beast for salvation in all forms, for they worship him.) Also, I thought to myself, they have been planning this for a long time. Walmart would be a very logical staging area, as they provide food, clothing, supplies, water, medicine and gas. They are always advertising it as a one-stop shop; now we know why! I took another look at Walmart. For some reason, I looked at it in reverse from the dash out, and it reads “Mart law”, or martial law! Then I woke up. (They will be the number one store under martial law. Mom-and-Pop stores will continue to die. Cheap Chinese labor and materials will win. An executive order was signed on March 16, 2012, giving the Executive Branch the power to control and allocate all energy, production, transportation, food and even water resources by decree. They have control over all food, farms, livestock, farm equipment, fertilizer and food production across America.) A secret behind Walmart's rapid expansion in the United States has been its extensive use of public money. This includes more than $1.2 billion in tax breaks, free land, infrastructure assistance, low-cost financing and outright grants from state and local governments around the country.   “It's a Trap” Henry Jansen - 03/29/2012 (David's notes in red) I recently had a few interesting experiences, one of which involved David in a dream. Because of the common theme of “a trap or being trapped”, I thought I would share it. Here is some background:  My work requires me to travel to our company's project sites once or twice a month. The trips can be a few hours long, so I normally listen to UBM teachings. One of the ladies who works for me (a Christian lady I will call “S”) sometimes travels with me to the site when she is required to discuss some things with the site staff to complete her work. As we are both Christians, I play UBM teachings during our trips, and “S” has listened to these with interest. Until recently, “S” was a smoker (with a bad cough and high blood pressure) and no amount of prodding from other staff to quit could convince her to do so. She has a twin sister who is also a Christian and her exhortations to “S” to quit smoking also bore no fruit. “S” tried to quit a few times in the two years that I have known her but always fell back into the habit again. I noticed this going on but didn't feel led to say or do anything about her smoking habit. About a month ago, I was planning to visit a site again, and “S” was going to travel with me. The night before the travel date, the Lord put it upon my heart to dig up an old UBM teaching from March 2008 on smoking and play it during our trip to the site, which is what I did. The Spirit brought a strong conviction upon her during the teaching, and about halfway through it, she took her cigarettes and lighter out of her handbag and handed them to me. She said she never knew the things about smoking that you taught and realized that she was in bondage to demons. She suddenly had a strong urge to be free from this bondage. We stopped at a town halfway to the site. I gave her the cigarettes and lighter, and she threw them both into a trash can. That was the last time she touched the stuff. When we returned to the office later that day, the Lord put it upon my heart to pray with her, commanding the spirits of bondage to leave her and not return. We also asked the Lord to deliver her from any withdrawals, and she didn't have any. The next day, she came to work with a bright, sunny face, saying she felt as if a weight had lifted from her. Through your teaching, the Lord has made her free from the bondage of smoking forever. Since then, she also started to listen to UBM Bible study teachings regularly. The Lord has also led her through various events recently to remind her of her deliverance and she is now ministering to bring others out of this bondage. One event she had was driving to a site in a car that was owned by a heavy smoker. Driving in the smoke-smelling car made her violently ill, and she had to stop to be sick along the way. The Lord has a sense of irony, doesn't He? Now for the next bit: About a week ago, “S” asked if we could have a meeting. She told me that she was awakened at around 3:00 am by a voice saying the words, “It's a Trap. It's a Trap”, repeated a few times. Because of the urgency of the voice and her anxiousness over it, she couldn't sleep and got up and listened to the latest UBM Bible study, which happened to include an interpretation of a dream received about being Trapped by the Beast. (The above revelation was an amazing confirmation that the same words were used in this dream as in “S”'s revelation: “It's a trap. It's a trap. Don't go”.) I thanked her for telling me and left it at that, thinking that I would listen to the UBM teaching she mentioned to hear what it was about. I have not listened to this teaching yet. Then, a few days ago, I had this dream: I was working for David Eells. David asked me to go to a meeting that he was scheduled to go to in town. He could no longer attend, as he had other commitments. (It appears as though I will not fall into a government sting operation.) I knew that the meeting was with government officials and that the meeting was about the government wanting to sell weapons to David. The meeting time was set for 8:30 am. (Praise the Lord that I don't want any of the world's weapons.) On the day of the meeting, I was at an office in a town, and I got there on my bicycle. While attending to my activities in town, I forgot about the meeting I was meant to attend on David's behalf that day. When my activities in town were completed, I got on my bicycle to ride back to the center of town. While riding on my bike, I suddenly remembered that I was supposed to attend that meeting for David. I looked anxiously at my watch and noticed that it was 8:10 am, so, fortunately, it was not too late yet. I then suddenly remembered (the following events actually happened ...) a meeting I had with one of my work colleagues, during which she told me that a voice woke her early one morning (about 3:00 am), saying the words, “It's a trap. It's a trap”, repeated a few times. Because of the urgency of the voice, she couldn't go back to sleep and instead decided to listen to the latest UBM Bible study teaching. It just happened to be the teaching Trapped by the Beast. She was so startled by the whole experience that she told me about it the next morning at work. As of the writing of this dream, I have not yet listened to that Bible study. In the dream, I remembered the meeting with my colleague and what she had said, and then it suddenly dawned on me that the meeting with the government was a “trap”. The government was trying to set a trap for David and this meeting was part of that trap. I suspected that the government was planning to set up a meeting with real arms dealers and then planned to arrest everyone who attended the meeting. (I have no need or desire for physical arms. It appears that the government will seek to try to trap church leaders into giving them proof that they were guilty of taking up arms against the government in order to imprison them.) No amount of explaining that the meeting was to be with government officials will matter. I then realized I had to let David know as soon as possible and cycled to what I thought was the center of town. I looked for a place to park my bicycle and noticed two separate sets of stairs (made from concrete or masonry) leading down from the level I was standing on to some other level of town far below me. I tried to take my bike down the first set of stairs but quickly realized it was very steep, with narrow steps and dangerous; if you stumbled, you could be severely hurt. I then took the second set, which had a gentler slope, to the bottom. When I got to the bottom, I tried to park my bicycle, but all the bicycle parking spots were full, and I couldn't leave my bike safely anywhere. No matter where I looked, I couldn't find a parking spot for my bicycle. They were all taken. This made me very frustrated. (A sign of there being many people in the underground Church.) I then cycled to David's place. When I got to where I thought David lived, I didn't see a house but noticed a shed, which I understood was a workshop. I also “knew” that David drove a car and his parking garage was underground. I remembered seeing the garage door open at some previous time. I knew the garage door hinged up out of the ground when it opened, and one had to drive into a hole in the ground to park the car. I couldn't see the garage door when I arrived and realized it must be closed because when the garage door was closed I couldn't see the garage at all, as it was covered with vegetation and level with the ground (camouflaged). I pushed my bike into the workshop to look for David and to find a place to park my bike. I noticed an old bike rack inside the workshop with some kids' bikes and an adult bike (similar to mine) taking up all the slots in the old bike rack. The bikes were covered with dust and looked like they hadn't been used for a long time. (Could it be that my spiritual children have outgrown their “kids' bikes”?) I couldn't find any room to park my bike. I saw a man whom I knew as “Newman” (“new man” in Christ) and asked him if he had seen David. He said he had seen him twice that day.    Tribulation, Government, the Mark & Evangelism Sultana - 09/17/2007 (David's notes in red)  The year before 9/11, I dreamed of four explosions. I told my husband that the World Trade Center was blown up and I saw an explosion on the ground, then I saw the Pentagon explode. (fulfilled) In 1998, God sat Kevin down and said, “The government will be altered in a way that it is not overthrown, but our freedoms will change. All the people who hated God's people will now have the ability to persecute them and even kill them like they could not in the past. (Update: Kevin did hate and kill God's people and died for it.) This was very similar to martial law; military police will evolve on a global scale. People will have to choose whether they will cooperate with this government or suffer without its benefit (the mark). Many professing Christians will give their allegiance to the new system of government in order to keep their freedoms and benefits in this world. In spite of the persecution of the body of Christ, personal evangelism and missions will thrive during this time. Finances will flow for missionaries and relief of suffering churches like never before (which does not make sense to me). (Father has already planned for this time and we will have every need met.) However, the compromising believers will receive a demonic guilt because they denied the Lord and their brothers in order to keep their comforts. They will not be able to repent of what they have done, nor will they escape the torment they will feel for denying Christ (reprobation from the mark). The pressure will be so great that you will not be able to prepare for it then. Now is the time to sell out for Christ and give your very all to Him. Preparing now is the grace to be ready for that time”.   Escape from Walmart Cassandra – 8/17/2021 Dear brothers and sisters in Yahushua, I had a brief dream last night of escaping a Walmart. Others have mentioned that many of the Walmart stores have been [or will be] converted to FEMA camps, and I remember reading about that, Jade Helm, and even railroad tracks leading out of the Walmarts. Also, people being sprayed with something when entering, and the hand scanners for MOTB payment. Walmart/Martial Law. (That's what B.A saw too.) My dream was brief; my daughter and I were in a Walmart (which, in real life, I would never do; I stopped going to those places years ago; stay out of the Walmarts!) and as we went to leave, I noticed HEAVY MILITARY-TYPE SECURITY near the entrance and the checkout areas. It looked sort of like the riot police, except it was even more advanced. Black colored armor; maybe some were even robots or hybrids. Scary-looking, and there were 5-7 around each checkout area. Somehow we drove out the front door in a car, bypassing the checkout areas to escape. I took some different route as we left, in case I was being followed or tracked. Now that I think about it, I have had another dream of escaping a Walmart, but this one, I was just in the parking lot area and knew not to go in, but that I needed to escape the area. End of dream.  Note: I had a strong feeling others were unable to get out or escape from Walmart.  It could be that the military/security presence was there due to inflation and scarcity of items. I am not sure. It felt more ominous than that, but I have also read that as grocery prices inflate and food becomes more scarce, food trucks and grocery stores will need extra security. See related article:   FEMA Rounding Up “Radical Christians” into Closed Walmarts 8/4/2017, Jennifer Schultz (link) Had another dream last night. It dealt with FEMA, Walmart, and Trump and Obama. It started out with FEMA buses coming into every town, rounding up the “radical Christians,” as the director told an agent who was rounding up the people. They were taken to Walmart. More stores started closing due to false “plumbing issues,” like the ones down south did.  The UN and FEMA were working together. Pastors were ratting out people in their church who didn't vaccinate, who believed in the 2nd Amendment, and who were truly on fire for God. Then I saw Obama talking to “ISIS.” He threw down a picture of Trump and told the sniper/shooter, “I want him to be next.” There was a bullseye in the middle of his forehead. Before I woke up, I saw dark clouds coming across America along with bugs that were huge, and they had on armor with razor-sharp teeth. (The shots were found to cause cancer from bugs in the bloodstream.) When I woke up, I asked God if it was from Him. The verse about ‘what is hidden in darkness will come to light' came into my head. Luke 8:17 KJV For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.   Almost Trapped In a 15-Minute City  Cassandra -12/12/2013 The time this was received, 1:30 a.m., 130 in Strong's Greek, is shedding of blood. I had a dream I was riding a bicycle on a freeway leading into Minneapolis. Normally there are no bicycles on a freeway. All of a sudden, the road was closed. Those of us on bikes (I think bicycles may represent homelessness, or poor people) (or lack of gas or EMP) had to get off of them and leave them and go into a certain area while the road was being fixed, or so I thought at first.  I tried calling my friends to drive and come and get me, but then realized they would be stuck there too.  The area behind the construction reminded me of a bad area in Minneapolis. I soon realized that all of the apartment buildings looked vacant.  Those of us who had been taken off the road were moved into a building. Others and I were forced off the freeway. There seemed to be a “nice woman” there showing us buckets of supplies. The buckets were from Trader Joe's, a local grocery chain, and I have seen these buildings going up with Trader Joe's and also a Lunds on the ground floor of these apartments. The buckets had a roll of toilet paper in them and not much else. I think at that point, it dawned on me that this was a 15-Minute City and they were trapping us. I lied in my dream, which I try not to do (forgive me, Father, for this), and told the “nice lady” my ride was there. She let me leave. I saw a few others escaping and quickly followed them. I saw our bikes and grabbed one, but the front wheel had been bent (intentionally, so we couldn't escape?). I grabbed another bike, and it worked. End of dream. These 15-Minute Cities are real, folks. I have seen several of these apartment buildings in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. They are easy to spot because they have grocery stores underneath. You do not want to move to or get trapped in these places. This ties in with a dream someone else had where, when you see the cities getting ready to be bombed, you have about half an hour to flee and get out. Those that get stuck there will be rounded up and moved somewhere. Those stuck in these cities will be forced to be a part of the beast system, or likely be sent to a FEMA camp for martyrdom.  I just had an awful flashback; a real memory. Several years ago, I saw a huge truck carrying what looked like human-sized portable incinerators. I am also reminded of a recent story in the news of all the homeless in San Francisco disappearing the night before world leaders were coming in for a meeting. 11/11/23.  This is coming to the US. Look at what they have allowed in Israel. B.N. is a war criminal. They know the areas of land they want and what their plans are. They will remove anyone standing in their way and have no regard for human life. These plans have been in place for a long time. Everything is in place. The good news is that Jesus is with us. He is with the poor. He will be with us in captivity and even in martyrdom. Are you ready if this is your fate? Are you ready to flee your home? There will be Goshen's or safe havens for some. Are you ready spiritually for all that is coming? Betrayal from your nearest and dearest? There have been so many messages warning to brace yourself and be ready. Pray for help on this; I do as well. Pre-trib rapture is a lie; repent if you have allowed yourself to be deceived by false prophets, teachers, and preachers. Wake up to the truth.  Please heed the warnings given on this site, brethren…. Cassandra. So, how do we prepare to escape these traps and captivity?   Escaping the Tribulation Mark Sandy Shaw - 11/08/2011 (David's notes in red) When I had this dream on November 8, 2011, I knew that we were already in the middle part of tribulation. They were already making it mandatory that everyone get the mark. We were still where we live now, but we were getting ready to move up on “the hill”. Michael (Meaning “who is like God”) had come through the side or sunroom door and I saw him. Then he said, “The last one is gone”. I'm not exactly sure what that meant, but at the time I felt that there was no one left at the school. (The first 3 1/2 years of the tribulation are for training, just as it was in Jesus' ministry before Acts. Then the disciples or Two Witnesses went forth two-by-two into every place Jesus was about to come.) I knew that we were preparing to go to “the hill” (representing escaping the mark in Zion).  Then the Lord took me from this house to a room. In the room, there were a bunch of men in suits (stuffed shirts is what I used to call them) and you could tell that they had much money and were up to no good. They couldn't see me, though. (Invisibility, or the secret place of the Most High, will protect many from the Beast's plots.) They were talking about the barcodes that are on everything we buy. While listening to them talk about the barcodes, the mark that people took was linking them up to all kinds of things electronically, including the barcodes. They showed an instrument that couldn't have been more than 4” wide and 7” long. This machine had buttons to push and a little screen. They could tell, by pointing this machine at a house, who bought what and who lived there because of the codes and marks they had accepted. They also knew who did not buy items in your house; these items were either given or traded. This was how they found out who didn't have the mark. When they pointed this machine at a house and saw a bunch of store-bought stuff there, and no one in the house had accepted the mark, then the soldiers would go in there and take the people to the FEMA camps. The FEMA camps were changed from an earlier use to now house these prisoners who refuse the mark. It reminded me of the Nazi concentration camps of Hitler, where the Jews were sent to be slaughtered. After hearing these men talk about all this, I was at “the Hill”. I knew that we were already living at “the Hill”. There were many from the local UBM at “the Hill” and some other faces I hadn't seen yet. While we were up there, I was very upset. I kept hearing a man, as if he was standing next to me, crying out to God for help. I was standing in a room with David Eells, Michael Hare, another brother, and my husband. I was crying and telling them that I kept hearing this man crying out to God, and we needed to go back down and get him. I told them that I knew where the house was. I was pleading with them to go back down because it was dangerous times to do that. David, Michael, and I got into a small car that I had not seen before. We then drove to the house. The house and neighborhood around it were empty. Michael asked, “Are you sure this is the house? Because all of these look empty.” (The underground railroad will once again be in use to rescue others from the mark and beast. “Righteousness delivereth from death.”) I said, “No, this is the house. As we go in there will be a stairway. Behind this stairway is another hidden door leading down to another stairway. They are in the basement. I had only heard a man crying out, but I had a feeling that his family would be with him.” But there were even more people than I thought in the dream. It was him (the only male), his wife, and children. Then, there were two more women and their children (whose husbands had been killed). So, we all packed into this small car. Almost all the children were in the trunk, and we were all sitting in laps on top of laps. This was so we could all fit into the small car. I was driving the car. As we pulled out, we looked, and the soldiers were entering the house. But we kept going.  When we had driven just a few miles, soldiers pulled us over. I told everyone in the car to be quiet and not to say a word, to let me do all the talking. No matter how long it took, to be quiet. I had some kind of papers, and I was showing them to the soldiers. The soldiers knew they needed to accept those papers, but they didn't want to. (So they all escaped to the Hill.)     Who Will Escape to the Hill? Psa.15:1 Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill (Zion)? 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart; 3 He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor; 4 In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honoreth them that fear Jehovah; He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not; 5 He that putteth not out his money to interest, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. Psa.24:1 The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah? And who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive a blessing from Jehovah, And righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, [even] Jacob.  Psa.125:1 They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore. 3 For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity. 4 Do good, O Jehovah, unto those that are good, And to them that are upright in their hearts. 5 But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity (the mark). Peace be upon Israel. Isa.43:1 But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead. 4 Since thou hast been precious in my sight, [and] honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life. (Those who will take the mark.) 5 Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth (to the Holy Hill); 7 every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.   America in Darkness after Judgment David Eells – 8/26/26 In the morning when I was in the midst of waking up, I had a dream that turned into a vision. I believe it was about Christianity in the U.S. I was standing on a line between two visions of the near future. Part 1 was to my right and Part 2 was to my left and a result of Part 1. Part 1 was a large room representing the U.S. Many chandelier lights were hanging from the ceiling and were very bright. (I believe this may be the EBS revelation of all the criminality that has been done in darkness being revealed to the people. Also the Man-child reformers will be anointed to share truth, which will anger criminals of church and state.) While still standing on the line, I looked to the left or Part 2. It was the room, but the lights were gone including the fixtures. Then when I looked straight ahead down the line and just past the two rooms, I saw a tornado. (This is what I believe caused the darkness and represented judgments, probably the ones we have been discussing as coming soon: earthquakes and volcanic activity through the Ring of Fire. These judgments will destroy and plunder the new economy that the right wing is now creating. Of course, the left would blame the right for this and harden and change many minds. A tornado also represents wind turning around abruptly to go in the opposite direction. Winds of doctrine or teaching represent a change of mind, probably of the people in the U.S. For those who will be righteous, this will be a good change of mind, but for those who will be wicked, it will be a bad change of mind. There is a polarization happening in the U.S. and the world between left and right.)  When I saw the tornado, I ducked behind the wall of the second time period and felt safe. Please remember that the people who considered themselves the people of God sided with the Roman Beast to persecute and kill the disciples of Jesus. Ecc.1:9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Mat.24:9 Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.  Now let me share the following revelation:   From: “REVIVAL List” Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 Subject: [revival] THE END of EMPIRE AMERICA - Robert Holmes NOTE from Mario Liu: On 16 October 2008, I was in a prayer meeting with Robert Holmes and Kurt Pfanstiel, who was visiting us from the USA. Robert shared with us a vision he had recently received. Robert had a vision of Alexander the Great standing victorious in the middle of the USA. We discussed Robert's vision in some details. Alexander the Great in the vision was a foreign looking man. He was surrounded by many US citizens, who seemed to welcome Alexander as their leader. I asked Robert whether there were any signs of violence and Robert said, no. I remembered God has given similar visions before about Alexander the Great conquering USA and we did not understand God's meaning then. Now that God repeated this vision, I felt that there is significance in this and asked God for more revelations, such as which country is conquering USA, who is Alexander, etc. But God did not give us any clear revelations apart from saying that “Alexander took Babylon without bloodshed.” After the US election, Robert recognized that the Alexander he saw was Obama. Then God revealed more information. These revelations are enclosed below... We need to pray.   THE END of EMPIRE AMERICA by: Robert I Holmes (David's notes in red) This article will cover a range of issues which have been brewing for six to twelve months in my heart. History will judge America as an empire. That empire is coming to an end. The election of Barak Obama is a significant prophetic event, marking the sunset of that empire, and the rising of other powers in the earth who represent ancient powers and civilizations. (But few know that B.O. still sits at the top of his leftist empire pulling the strings. He recently proudly admitted to being Biden's head.) These ideas have consequences for believers living both in the US and the countries that rely on her (like Australia). … Barack Obama became President of DS ruled Babylonian America. Although he severely weakened America, he did not conquer her during his presidency. Hillary was to be Obama II and would have finished the job … but God used a modern-day Cyrus of the Media-Persian Empire to conquer Babylon America. Clearly, this is President Trump, who, as a Cyrus also discovered the “hidden treasures of Darkness” (in underground tunnels of darkness), spoken of in Isaiah 45. Using this and other reforms as a lure, President Trump has come to lead a mighty Alliance of Nations. Where he also set the people of God free from Babylon to rebuild the Kingdom of God and also bankrolled it with Babylon's stolen loot. No one else has followed in the steps of Cyrus but President Donald Trump. Keep in mind there are not two kingdoms involved here but three. Original Babylon ruled by the DS Obama, then Babylon under Cyrus/Trump, and then comes this Babylon conquered by Alexander the Great, whom Robert saw as Obama in his vision. It was reported by the military that Barack Obama was arrested for his crimes and taken to Gitmo. There he was given a monitoring boot and told to play his part under their direction, but he rebelled and they took him back to Gitmo and shot him. However, it was after this that the military began to discover clone-growing labs that were manufacturing copies of the important DS criminals like Obama. LATER they learned how to tell the difference between a clone and the original. I believe it is likely that the DS had their clone of Obama available when they took clone Obama back in and shot him. Obama is known to still be out there and calling the shots for the DS. Remember, Alexander did not come until AFTER the Media-Persians under Cyrus/Trump conquered Babylon. It was DS Obama Babylon, then Trump Media-Persia, then Alexander of the Grecian Empire. Obama is still in the third Empire as an Alexander to conquer Trump. Remember history must repeat. Ecc.1:9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us. We know the prophecies were manifest through history naturally as these three Kingdoms, but somehow these beast kingdoms must be repeated and we are watching it. Another thing that should not be forgotten: Obama was a figurehead for the DS and their 4th generation AI computer. Trump's steps came from a 5th generation AI computer that was programmed by the people pushing him. I take nothing from him; he is a genius. Alexander had political power back home holding down the fort. Revelation's seven-year Tribulation beasts, both the Dragon and then the Beast, had seven heads, not one. Nowhere in the bible does it describe one “antichrist beast.” See absolute Biblical proof in our book, Hidden Manna For The End Times. Jesus said there would be many antichrists. Only in parables of dreams, visions or types is a man described and sometimes a very big man, which identifies a corporate body head. Also, according to history repeating, Alexander is still coming to conquer the Medo-Persian/Cyrus/Trump/Empire. Back to Robert I Holmes: -   Alexander Cometh! In 1999, as I prepared to travel to the US on ministry, the Lord gave me a very unusual prophetic word. He said that “In the days of Babylon, when her walls stood wide and her leaders stood tall, her defenses were strong and her campaigns victorious, (Babylon under the Trump Alliance of nations) Alexander the Great (Obama) came and defeated her. In the same way, my Alexander will stand in the very midst of the United States of America”. The phrase “in the same way” indicates that America's walls are wide, her leaders stand tall, her defenses are strong, her campaigns until now have been victorious. (This best describes Cyrus/Trumps Alliance campaigns) But a man like Alexander - someone God refers to as “my Alexander” will stand in her midst, victorious and defeat her. Alexander the Great, a Mediterranean Greek, defeated Darius the Mede in 331BC at the Battle of Gaugamela (Darius ruled Babylon due to Cyrus' victory), and the gates of Babylon swung open to him (Alexander/Obama) (when he was just 25 years old). He stood in the midst of the courtyard declaring himself king. He then spent considerable time and effort trying to restore Babylon to its former glory. (Which neither Alexander nor Obama are capable of, for God decreed its fall.) As I prayed in preparation for going to the US two weeks ago on ministry again, I had a vision of a map of America from high above. There, almost in the centre of it was a marketplace. I zoomed down toward the marketplace and saw a man standing there. I recognized by the Spirit that it was Alexander the Great, standing in a dusty, sandstone area, sword lifted high, victorious. I believe that God's “Alexander” is Barak Obama. (If so, and I don't doubt it, he would come after the Trump Alliance to conquer it. Trump has prepared everything for the beast. The one world order, the world economic system, complete control and knowledge of everyone's business through satellite and Artificial Intelligence. Cyrus/Trump will be good to give time for the reformers to mature the saints for when the beast makes war on them in the second half of the tribulation.) He has now stood in the middle of America and declared his victory speech in Grant Park in Chicago. There, he prophetically declared, “Change has come to America,” (6). Yes indeed, it has. Barak, apart from having the appearance of a Middle Eastern or African man, is also very young and inexperienced. Barak Obama has not even had a full year in his Senate position. I do not question the right of a 47-year-old to rule a nation, but his inexperience is not reduced by his amazing oratory skill. “Your sons will take the place of your fathers; you will make them princes throughout [in all] the earth,” (Psalm 45:16 NIV). He represents the end of empire America as we know it, and the opening of a new regime, one which, like Alexander, represents a conflagration of old powers (But Alexander/Obama? conquers Cyrus/Trump's America. The Alexander Grecian Empire came after the Cyrus/Trump Media-Persian Empire): European, Middle Eastern and Asian. He will try to restore America's glory, but in doing so relegate her to second position on the global scene. (Obama's job was to conquer America but failed to finish the job. He is still working as Alexander to conquer Trump's America.) The prophet Daniel, who wrote his book from 605 to 530 B.C., predicted Alexander would head a world power around 200 years before it happened (see Daniel 2, 7, 8 and 11). In Daniel 2, his empire is described as a belly and thighs of bronze (brass) in King Nebuchadnezzar's dream (Daniel 2:31-32, 39). In Daniel 7, it is described as looking like …The leopard with wings.   The Four Generals Will Conquer Alexander/Obama Eve Brast - 1/29/10 (David's notes in red) (I asked God to confirm my role in this dream as a watchman on the tower. Twice, I opened my Bible and put my finger down. The first was Eze.3:21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul. And Isa.21:6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he seeth.) (Eve represents those watchmen who are watching for the enemy attacks on the tower of Zion.) I dreamed I was a watchman standing on the roof of a tower made of logs crossed at the corners like a log cabin. The tower was coming up out of the Gulf waters off the northwest coast of Florida (where UBM began). (When I had this dream, I didn't connect it with UBM, but when I was told to send it to David, I realized that he had a dream or vision from the Lord that UBM was represented by a log tower like this [in the same area but on land].) (The tower is Zion or Jerusalem, “the tower of the flock”. Mic.4:8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. Micah 4 is indicative of how God will use the Bride/tower in the “latter days”. Also typed as the Bride in Rev.21:9-10 And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb. 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.) This tower also simultaneously existed in the Mediterranean waters farther east off the shores of Israel. (Israel is a type of the Church. An elect Bride will be taken out of the Israel/Church. Esther was the Bride taken out of Israel as a type of the Church.) I was dressed in an Old Testament Israeli soldier's outfit and standing at the northeast corner of the tower. (The Israeli soldiers' outfit represents the true New Testament church, circumcised in heart, in its Ephesians 6 armor.) It was dark and the wind was gusting. I could feel rain or sea spray on my face, forearms and lower legs. I was keeping the night watch facing northeast. Suddenly, out of the darkness, Alexander the Great came down and stood to my left. (Obama rules from the northeast of the tower and has been likened to Alexander the Great in other dreams and revelations, indicating his ambition and ability to conquer and take what God is giving into his hands for chastening.) He said, “I want to show you something”. He then swung over the north side of the tower and went feet first inside of it through a 24x24 inch window where a golden light shone out. I followed him in the same way. (The golden light in the heart of the Bride/tower is Christ and the Word. Alexander/Obama on the left will conquer the flesh of Christianity in America. However, as the Assyrian Beast leader, Sennacherib, conquered all of Israel but lost 185,000 men and was assassinated when he tried and failed to conquer Jerusalem, the Bride/tower, and so it will be in some form in these coming days [2 Kings 19:30-37]. I saw a vision of America as Nineveh, the head of the Assyrian world Beast. As Assyria was conquering other parts of Israel, some of these fled to the safety of the tower. As this happens, the people will seek God and their capital city, the Bride Zion/tower.) Inside, there was a very bright, white light. When my eyes adjusted, I saw it was a laboratory of some sort with countertops and lab equipment all around. In front of the north window that we had entered, there was a double stainless-steel sink with a high faucet. Next to it on the countertop was a black microscope. Alexander pointed to the microscope and exclaimed, “Look!” I looked into it and was sucked through it into a spiritual realm that was dark, with black, choppy water everywhere. I was aware in my spirit that it wasn't black just because it was dark. When I got my bearings, I looked around and realized I was on one of four Greek vessels sailing east at a quick and steady pace. (Could these represent the four generals that divided up Alexander's kingdom after they poisoned him?) The white sails were missing (not powered by the Spirit; i.e., wind) and the masts were bare and there were no oars. (not powered by man). (These vessels of judgment have no power against the Bride, who is guiltless by God's grace.) I was standing on the deck of the third vessel to the right. (Pestilence and blood? Corexit brought blood disorders and destroys the immune system like the vax does now.) There was one more vessel to my right, making it the fourth. Alexander was standing next to me on the deck. (I asked the Lord what the four vessels represented and he gave me Ezekiel 5:16-17: four judgments of famine, evil beasts, pestilence and blood (third vessel), and the sword.) (Today these have all been judgments through the DS. i.e the Ohio, East Palestine Chemical Dioxin fiasco, and other environmental disasters and blood contamination through MRNA vaccines. Microscopes are used many times to look at harmful microorganisms, representing unseen biohazards in food, water, and air that cannot be otherwise detected.) I looked ahead to the east and saw a large, bright star bigger and brighter than any I've ever seen. I knew instantly that it was Christ. Suddenly, two giant branches of lightning struck out sideways to the north and south of the star through dark gray clouds, and a voice came out of the star that resonated through my whole being on a cellular level. It said, “Proceed no further, for truly these are the very end of days!” Then, only the vessel we were on began to break apart into many broken pieces of splintered wood planks. Immediately, I was caught up away from Alexander, who was still on the deck of the vessel, back through the microscope and into the tower. (In his war against the Church at that time of the Tribulation, he will “proceed no further” against the Bride in these “end of days” by the edict of the King. This was just as it was when Ahasuerus stopped Haman, who, like Sennacherib of Assyria, died for his attempt on Esther, the Bride. Alexander the Great is said by some historians to have been assassinated by poison as he drank a bowl of unmixed wine to Hercules in the palace of Babylon, the great eagle. There seems to be a common thread of death or assassination to those rulers who attack the Bride/tower. I would like to remind any who read this that a Christian could never do this, for the Word says, “If any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed,” and “love your enemies,” and “Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath [of God]: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord”.) I looked to my left where the sink was and noticed a reddish dyed tablet to the right of the drain in the right side of the sink, and there was a small stream of water running down onto the tablet, causing a red swirl that ran around the bottom of the sink clockwise before going down the drain. Then I woke up. (Because Jesus, the Word [water] poured out His blood [reddish tablet] unto death, the Bride will have life. If we take the tablet, or cure, we will have life. He said unless we ate His body, the bread and Word, and drank His blood, we would not have life.)   The Eagle and the Serpents Michael Boldea (David's notes in red) (The Angel said, “This has been revealed to you, that you may know, the first bite (on the eagle of the U.S.) has been, the second is yet to come, and the third will be its destruction”.) Psalm 34:7-8, “The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him”. Upon my return to the United States in late August, I had a very vivid and troubling dream. I dreamt I was walking through a sparsely wooded forest, and suddenly my attention was drawn to an eagle (the U.S.) flying high above the tree line. It was a beautiful sight to behold as the eagle rode the thermals, flying in slow, lazy arcs across the blue sky. I began to quicken my pace and keep up with the eagle's flight, all the while keeping an eye on it, noticing that it was slowly descending toward the earth. (Becoming more corrupt) I followed it for a long time, its descent not being sudden but very gradual. Finally I came upon a small clearing, where there were no trees, just some bushes on the edges of the green grass. The eagle landed in the clearing and began to look around, not seeming to notice me. As I began to wonder what the relevance of this was, a man dressed in white, hands clasped in front of him, appeared beside me and said, “Be patient, in due time you will see the purpose”. I was silent as I watched the eagle, and was beginning to grow somewhat impatient, when suddenly (9/11 happened suddenly), it seemed out of nowhere a brown snake (the Muslims are a brown people and the Nazis wore brown shirts) lunged at the eagle, and bit down on its left wing. (In effect, 9/11 devastated the left wing and brought about a short-lived swing to the right as this nation's Christians prayed to their God to save their country.) The snake's strike was very quick and very precise. The eagle reacted without delay, clawing and pecking at the snake, cutting deep wounds in its underbelly, trying to defend itself and ward off the serpent. (USA, the great eagle is still pecking away at these enemies.) Just as it seemed the eagle was winning the battle, and the serpent was retreating, another serpent appeared, red and black diagonal stripes covering its body. (Red and white were the Obama's colors of choice for the election victory speech. Why red and black? Obama's associate for 20 years and mentor was Bill Ayers, who is an unrepentant terrorist, anarchist and Marxist who bombed his own country to bring about “change”, which is Obama's chief motto. Red and black are the colors of anarchists, socialists, left-wingers, communists, etc. Ayers told the New York Times on 9/11/01, “I don't regret setting bombs... I feel we didn't do enough.”) This serpent without hesitation struck out at the eagle's right wing, biting down, and refusing to release. (Many strikes have come from the left, false flags, plagues, assassinations, etc. These Satanists have never slowed down.) After a momentary tug of war, the serpent tore off flesh and feathers, leaving a large wound on the eagle's right wing. (Obama is purely a left-wing socialist who will use anything to tear a huge wound in the religious right of this land. Cheri Watson saw a vision of the Statue of Liberty sliced in two by a huge knife from right to left and the top half, or government, began to slide to the left and fall into the water. A line of leftist governments did much damage that President Trump has worked to reverse.) The second bite was much worse than the first, and for an instant the eagle was stunned. Then a serpent much larger than the previous two, made up of many colors came. (Leftist revolutionaries internally join with many enemy nations. Obama formed ISIS and gave billions to Iran to build underground cities to hide their missile and nuke program. Obama and Hillery sold our weapons to Saudi Arabia.), It slithered toward the eagle, opened its jaws and lunged, taking the whole of the eagle's head in its mouth before biting down. (The enemies take down the government and devastate the U.S., which brings revival.) The serpents retreated and the man (Jesus) who had been standing beside me walked to the eagle, knelt down, picked it up, and held it in his cupped hands. The look of grief on his face was beyond any I have seen in my life. Just seeing the look on the man's face broke your heart. The man continued to look down at the eagle, and with a pained voice said, “The true tragedy, is that at any moment it could have sought the safety of the above, it could have soared toward the heavens and would have found its protection. This has been revealed to you, that you may know, the first bite has been (9/11), the second is yet to come (leftist governments), and the third will be its destruction”. (In dreams we were shown the leftists have engineered many faults to magnify the destruction of coming earthquakes. This will cause the fall of the U.S. into wilderness tribulation.)   A Gigantic Wave Coming Samuel Fire - 2/22/23 (David's notes in red) I saw Tianna, myself, and many other UBM brethren standing together on the beach as a group. (The Lord told Abraham that his seed would be as the sands of the seashore.) Behind us, spread all around, was a large crowd of different people that I didn't know. The place was completely full. From afar, I saw a gigantic wave coming. The wave was about 42 stories high. (The beast will persecute the saints for 42 months. Rev.13:4-5 and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority unto the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? And who is able to war with him? 5 and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.) All the people that I didn't know began freaking out. Some were screaming and crying and others were trying to run away. All those people were so scared and shocked. All the UBM Brethren were so joyful and excited for this wave to come. It was as if we all had been waiting for this wave. (For us, this wave will bring victory for the Kingdom of God in that it will separate the tares from the wheat, which will shine forth in the kingdom as a great revival. Mat.13:40-43 As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity, 42 (notice the number) and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. (Notice what comes at the end of verse 42 as in 42 months.) 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear. For those who are dead to self, there is no fear of the Beast. The end of this 42 months is the end of the crucifixion of the saints and the coming of the Lord for His saints.) Some of the crowd kept trying to run away to save themselves. A few others fell on their knees in repentance, crying to God because they knew they couldn't save themselves or do anything. (God will bring repentance through judgment to His elect.) As the wave came, the brethren had special equipment for the water. They had experience and had been trained to ride the wave, so they were prepared and knew exactly what to do. When the wave came, we were gently lifted up, and we just surfed the wave, riding the wave, and some were just walking on the water. (1Th.4:13 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.) Everyone else was wiped out from the wave, but all the brethren were calm, having fun and a great time. (Psa.37:18-20) Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; And their inheritance shall be for ever. 19 They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 20 But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; In smoke shall they consume away.)   Two Visions of a Wave of Destruction Marie Kelton – 2/17/23 (David's notes in red) Vision #1: During our evening meeting, I had a vision of a city with a few tall buildings. I saw white cars that were parked in the city. (Representing the righteous who are in the rest.) I then saw a huge wave come in from the right and flood the city. (Judgment begins in the house of God to cleanse it and then the wicked are judged, as we will see. 1Pe.4:17 For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God?) Vision #2: Later on in the meeting, I had another vision of people in a city. The people were trying to run away from a huge wave of water that was coming towards them. (God is going to give His people a 3-year grace period during these times to work in Revival for His People and Kingdom. All provision will be given by Him.)

Tommy Tomato, een bedrijf dat gezonde lunches verzorgt voor basisschoolkinderen, heeft vanaf de oprichting in 2020 de gunfactor. Misschien ook wel logisch, want Tommy Tomato bedient ook kinderen van ouders uit minderbedeelde gezinnen én biedt werk aan mensen met een afstand tot de arbeidsmarkt. Mede-oprichter Bas Turk weet bovendien precies hoe hij Tommy Tomato in de markt moet zetten als sociale onderneming, waarbij de gezondheid van kinderen voorop staat. Het bedrijf krijgt veel goede pers, maar financieel liggen de zaken lastig. Uiteindelijk blijkt grootaandeelhouder stichting Life Tree Fund begin 2026 niet langer bereid om geld bij te storten, tot verbazing van Tommy Tomato. Op 31 maart volgt het faillissement. Maar Tommy Tomato heeft ondertussen zo'n sociaal imago opgebouwd dat er vanuit allerlei hoeken hulp komt om de schoollunches te blijven bezorgen. Kun je als curator zo maar al die goedbedoelde hulp accepteren, ook als die financieel is? Te gast is Brian van Veen, partner en curator bij Pot Jonker. Onder curatoren Niet elk ondernemersavontuur eindigt met een notering in de Quote 500, niet elk bedrijf overleeft een flinke crisis, niet elke onderneming weet het financiële spel goed te spelen. En als alles misgaat, als de chaos regeert en schuldeisers aan de poort rammelen, dan breekt het tijdperk van de curator aan. In deze serie praten financieel journalisten Elisa Hermanides en Thomas van Zijl over onvergetelijke faillissementen met curatoren, de puinruimers van het bedrijfsleven. Abonneer je om elke twee weken op vrijdag een nieuwe aflevering te krijgen. Of luister vrijdag om 13.00 naar BNR. Redactie: Jochem Visser en Mick Fruytier / Vormgeving: Gijs Friesen en Connor Clerx / Eindredactie: Elisa Hermanides / Audiobewerking: Jeanne Heeremans / Artwork: FDMG | Milja Oortwijn / Met dank aan: Wendy Beenakker en Sharine de Rooij See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are joined by Sariel and Umberto from So You Think You Can Rule Persia to discuss Cyrus the Great. At about the time that Servius Tullius is ruling as the sixth (or perhaps seventh) king of Rome, Cyrus is busy unifying the Persians, Medians, Babylonians, Lydians and Ionians into the Achaemenid Persian empire.Our thanks to Umberto and Sariel for joining us! You can find So You Think You Can Rule Persia wherever you find your podcasts.Time period: 559-530 BCERelevant individuals:Cyrus the Great, Persian King of KingsAstyages, King of MediaCroesus, King of LydiaNabonidus, King of BabylonHarpagus, Median and Persian commanderMandane, daughter of Astyages and mother of CyrusCambyses I, King of PersiaSources for this episode:Cook, J. M. (1999), The Persians. London: The Folio Society.Flavius Josephus (2006), Jewish Antiquities. Translated by W. Whiston. Ware: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.Fried, L. S. (2002), Cyrus the Messiah? The Historical Background to Isaiah 45:1. Harvard Theological Review 95(4): 373-393.Grainger, J. D. (2019), Ancient Dynasties: The Families that Ruled the Classical World, Circa 1000 BC to AD 750. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books Ltd.Herodotus (1971), The Histories. Translated by A. de Sélincourt. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd.Plato (2008, reprinted 2013), Alcibaides I. Translated by B. Jowett. Online, available at Gutenberg (Accessed 23/05/2026).Weech, W. N. (ed.) (1944), History of the World. Watford: Odhams Press Ltd.Wells, H. G. (1965), A Short History of the World. London: Collins Clear-Type Press.Author unknown, (2010), International Children's Bible. New Century Version. Milton Keynes: Authentic Media Ltd.Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Croesus (online) (Accessed 23/05/2026).Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Cyaxares II (online) (Accessed 23/05/2026).Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Darius the Mede (online) (Accessed 24/05/2026).Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Perses (son of Perseus) (online) (Accessed 24/05/2026).Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Xerxes I (online) (Accessed 24/06/2026).

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Deze week hoor je het verhaal van onze correspondent in Italië Marc Leijendekker. Hij ging op bezoek bij de 500 jarige wapenfabrikant Beretta. In de familie villa in de noordelijke valei Gardone Val Trompia sprak hij de vijftiende generatie, en huidige ceo, Pietro Gussalli Beretta (64). Mede dankzij zijn strategie is het bedrijf vandaag de dag een mondiaal wapenimperium. En hij heeft nog veel meer plannen. Voorgelezen en gemonteerd door Sophia Wouda.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dit keer horen we het verhaal van Loïs. Opgegroeid in een christelijk gezin was ze toch op zoek naar meer van God. De Lifeschool heeft haar geholpen Gods stem te leren verstaan. Mede hierdoor ervoer ze dat God haar hielp haar worsteling met porno te overwinnen. Maar het geleerde op de Lifeschool kan ze ook in de praktijk brengen op de school waar ze werkt. Dat en meer hoor je in deze aflevering.

The Namibian Journal of Social Justice se vyfde uitgawe oor onderwys en bevryding is pas bekendgestel. Die uitgawe fokus op die dekonstruksie van hoe onderwys terugskakel na ware maatskaplike bevryding, insluiting en bemagtiging in 'n post-koloniale samelewing. Mede-redakteur van die tydskrif professor Lucy Edwards-Jauch, sê dit is tyd dat Namibië se hoër onderwys wegskuif van wat sy beskryf as 'n koloniale kurrikulum.

De Democratische Partij verkeert in zwaar weer. De partij kampt met miljoenen dollars schuld, moet zelfs een hypotheek afsluiten op het eigen hoofdkantoor. Hoe konden de Democraten financieel zo diep wegzakken, terwijl de Republikeinen juist over een goedgevulde oorlogskas beschikken? Mede daardoor ligt partijvoorzitter Ken Martin onder vuur. De problemen stapelen zich op, want naar Martin loopt een onderzoek omdat hij in een driftaanval een telefoon zou hebben gegooid naar een medewerker. Verder bespreken Bernard en Jan het bezoek van de Oekraïense president Volodymyr Zelensky aan het Witte Huis. Leverde het gesprek met Donald Trump nieuwe steun op, of moet Oekraïne voorlopig geduld hebben? En hoe ontwikkelt de oorlog met Iran zich? Er wordt weer gevochten, maar ook voorzichtig onderhandeld. Over de Amerika Podcast In de Amerika Podcast nemen Bernard Hammelburg en Jan Postma je mee naar het Amerika van nu: een land dat onder Donald Trump opnieuw in rap tempo verandert. Wat betekent zijn beleid voor Amerikanen in rode én blauwe staten, voor de democratie? Wat is er nog over van the American Dream? Wat verandert Trumps koers voor ons in Europa? Hier hoor je de verhalen van de Amerikanen zelf. We nemen je mee naar het land van adembenemende landschappen, countrymuziek uit de autoradio en diners langs de highway. Maar natuurlijk ook juist naar de mavericks die deze clichés doorbreken. De Amerika Podcast zoekt naar de ziel van Amerika. Buitenlandcommentator Bernard Hammelburg vanuit New York en Amsterdam, correspondent Jan Postma vanuit Washington DC of ergens in een van de vijftig staten. Die zoektocht doen we samen met jou, want de Amerika Podcast is niet compleet zonder de vragen van onze luisteraars. Elke donderdag in je podcastfeed! Heb je een vraag, opmerking, kritiek of een compliment. Mail dan naar dewereld@bnr.nl of spreek je vraag in op de Amerika Podcast Whatsapp: 06-28135020. En wie weet win je de Amerika Podcast koffiebeker. Over de makers Bernard Hammelburg is buitenlandcommentator en columnist voor BNR Nieuwsradio en het FD, en presentator van BNR De Wereld. Als oorlogsverslaggever was hij o.a. ooggetuige van de Culturele Revolutie in China, de revolutie in Iran en de oorlogen in Vietnam, het Midden-Oosten en Afghanistan. Hij was twintig jaar correspondent in de VS. Hij verdeelt zijn tijd tussen zijn woonplaatsen Amsterdam en New York. Jan Postma is Amerika-correspondent voor BNR Nieuwsradio. Vanuit zijn standplaats Washington DC doet hij verslag van de politieke strijd in de hoofdstad en gaat het land in om te zien wat de gevolgen zijn voor Amerikanen. Eerder schreef hij De Trump-fluisteraars, over de mensen die Trump beïnvloeden. Voordat hij in 2018 correspondent werd, presenteerde hij onder meer Boekestijn en De Wijk. Jan studeerde Amerikanistiek en Journalistiek aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Naast de BNR Amerika Podcast is hij regelmatig te horen in BNR’s nieuwsprogramma’s en in BNR De Wereld. Ook is hij Amerika-correspondent voor het Algemeen Dagblad. Redactie Luc de Klerk Montage Jeanne Heeremans See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dat je dit nu leest of luistert naar de podcast, laat zien dat je blijkbaar ergens bewust van bent. Dat je bewustzijn hebt. Maar wat is er eigenlijk nog meer allemaal bewust? Zijn alle dieren bewust? Zijn planten en bomen bewust? Wat is bewustzijn nou eigenlijk en waar komt het vandaan? Lange tijd geloofden we (en we geloven nog steeds soms) dat bewustzijn door het brein wordt gegenereerd. Maar veel wetenschappers van verschillende disciplines, zijn daar niet meer zo zeker van. In deze ontzettend verwarrende aflevering duiken psychologen Lennard Toma en Thijs Launspach in de bewustzijn materie. Mede op basis van het nieuwe boek van bestseller auteur Michael Pollan. Als je aan het eind van deze aflevering nog minder snapt van wat bewustzijn is, dan hebben we ons werk goed gedaan. Zoals bewustzijn wetenschapper Christoff Koch tegen Michael Pollan ook zei, nadat Pollan toegaf dat hij er nu minder van begrijpt: ‘Dat is goed. Dat is vooruitgang.'Bronnen:- Michael Pollan (2026). A world appears - A journey into consciousness.- Over integrative information theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_information_theory- Check ook Essentia Foundation Youtube over alles rondom Idealisme en Bernardo Kastrup: https://www.youtube.com/@essentiafoundation- Wat het is om een vleermuis te zijn van Thomas Nagel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_It_Like_to_Be_a_Bat%3F- Een discussie tussen Christoff Koch, Anil Seth en Bernardo Kastrup, drie bewustzijn wetenschappers / filosofen over bewustzijn en de werkelijkheid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTqFZwbX3Zc

Vanoggend bied die stil dorpie Uis die uitmergelende vyfde jaarlikse RMB Brandberg Backyard Ultra aan, 'n brutale toets van uithouvermoë waar deelnemers elke uur 'n 6,7-kilometer-lus moet voltooi totdat net een persoon oorbly. Die heeltemal oop wedloop dien as 'n hoë-inset kwalifisering vir die Wêreldkampioenskappe. Mede-stigter van die wedloop, Riana Scholtz, gesels oor die vroue-afdeling met Kosmos 94.1:

Het is volgens sommigen hét maatschappelijke probleem van dit moment: het woningtekort. Mede door personeelskrapte in de bouw lijkt het onwaarschijnlijk dat er op korte termijn een oplossing komt. Kan een Nederlandse fabrikant van metselrobots uitkomst bieden? Gisteren maakte Monumental bekend tientallen miljoenen extra groeigeld te hebben opgehaald. We praten erover met techredacteur Jasper Houtman. Lees: Investeerders steken $32 mln in Nederlandse metselrobot. De Veldhovense chipmachinemaker ASML presenteerde gisteren klinkende kwartaalcijfers. In eerste instantie opende het aandeel fors hoger (7%) waarna de groei later op de dag verdampte. Met techredacteur Rutger Overstegen bespreken we de omzetgroei en de toekomstplannen. Lees: ASML rekent op aanhoudende AI-hausse en schroeft productie fors op. Redactie & Montage: Jort Siemes en Floyd Bonder Presentatie: Floyd BonderSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Edge desenvolve soluções de gás que impulsionam a competitividade da indústria e do transporte, com foco em eficiência, segurança e inovação. Suas tecnologias apoiam a transição energética e contribuem para uma economia mais sustentável e de baixo carbono. Saiba mais clicando aqui. [Patrocinado]O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ampliou sua vantagem na corrida para a eleição de outubro no Brasil, à medida que o adversário Flávio Bolsonaro enfrenta dificuldades para superar tensões dentro de sua família, segundo uma nova pesquisa.

Seu sonho vai colocar você à prova. Esteja preparado.Porque um sonho verdadeiro nunca aceita viver apenas no discurso.Ele pergunta, todos os dias, quanto você está disposto a renunciar para merecê-lo. Testa sua disciplina quando o entusiasmo desaparece. Mede sua coragem quando o medo parece maior que a esperança.O sonho não negocia com desculpas. Também não se acomoda diante de atalhos. Ele exige presença, constância e responsabilidade.Há dias em que ele será o primeiro pensamento ao amanhecer. Em outros, será a última inquietação antes de você dormir. Não para tirar sua paz, mas para lembrar que existe um lugar onde você ainda não chegou.O sonho conhece você melhor do que muitos ao seu redor. Conhece seus talentos, suas fragilidades, os medos que você revela e aqueles que esconde até de si mesmo.E, curiosamente, quanto maior o sonho, maior será a exigência que ele fará da pessoa que você precisa se tornar.Talvez seja por isso que os grandes sonhos nunca transformam apenas o destino. Eles transformam quem caminha até ele.No fim das contas, um sonho verdadeiro não existe apenas para ser realizado. Existe para formar caráter, lapidar disciplina e ensinar perseverança.Porque o maior prêmio de um sonho, muitas vezes, não é alcançá-lo.É descobrir quem você precisou se tornar para merecê-lo.

Seu sonho vai colocar você à prova. Esteja preparado.Porque um sonho verdadeiro nunca aceita viver apenas no discurso.Ele pergunta, todos os dias, quanto você está disposto a renunciar para merecê-lo. Testa sua disciplina quando o entusiasmo desaparece. Mede sua coragem quando o medo parece maior que a esperança.O sonho não negocia com desculpas. Também não se acomoda diante de atalhos. Ele exige presença, constância e responsabilidade.Há dias em que ele será o primeiro pensamento ao amanhecer. Em outros, será a última inquietação antes de você dormir. Não para tirar sua paz, mas para lembrar que existe um lugar onde você ainda não chegou.O sonho conhece você melhor do que muitos ao seu redor. Conhece seus talentos, suas fragilidades, os medos que você revela e aqueles que esconde até de si mesmo.E, curiosamente, quanto maior o sonho, maior será a exigência que ele fará da pessoa que você precisa se tornar.Talvez seja por isso que os grandes sonhos nunca transformam apenas o destino. Eles transformam quem caminha até ele.No fim das contas, um sonho verdadeiro não existe apenas para ser realizado. Existe para formar caráter, lapidar disciplina e ensinar perseverança.Porque o maior prêmio de um sonho, muitas vezes, não é alcançá-lo.É descobrir quem você precisou se tornar para merecê-lo.

Daniel 11:1-45 11And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him. 2And now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings shall arise in Persia, and a fourth shall be far richer than all of them. And when he has become strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.3Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion and do as he wills.4And as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not to his posterity, nor according to the authority with which he ruled, for his kingdom shall be plucked up and go to others besides these. 5Then the king of the south shall be strong, but one of his princes shall be stronger than he and shall rule, and his authority shall be a great authority.6After some years they shall make an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement. But she shall not retain the strength of her arm, and he and his arm shall not endure, but she shall be given up, and her attendants, he who fathered her, and he who supportedher in those times. 7And from a branch from her roots one shall arise in his place. He shall come against the army and enter the fortress of the king of the north, and he shall deal with them and shall prevail.8He shall also carry off to Egypt their gods with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold, and for some years he shall refrain from attacking the king of the north.9Then the latter shall come into the realm of the king of the south but shall return to his own land. 10His sons shall wage war and assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall keep coming and overflow and pass through, and again shall carry the war as far as his fortress.11Then the king of the south, moved with rage, shall come out and fight against the king of the north. And he shall raise a great multitude, but it shall be given into his hand.12And when the multitude is taken away, his heart shall be exalted, and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.13For the king of the north shall again raise a multitude, greater than the first. And after some years he shall come on with a great army and abundant supplies. 14In those times many shall rise against the king of the south, and the violent among your own people shall lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, but they shall fail.15Then the king of the north shall come and throw up siegeworks and take a well-fortified city. And the forces of the south shall not stand, or even his best troops, for there shall be no strength to stand.16But he who comes against him shall do as he wills, and none shall stand before him. And he shall stand in the glorious land, with destruction in his hand.17He shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and he shall bring terms of an agreement and perform them. He shall give him the daughter of women to destroy the kingdom, but it shall not stand or be to his advantage.18Afterward he shall turn his face to the coastlands and shall capture many of them, but a commander shall put an end to his insolence. Indeed, he shall turn his insolence back upon him.19Then he shall turn his face back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found. 20Then shall arise in his place one who shall send an exactor of tribute for the glory of the kingdom. But within a few days he shall be broken, neither in anger nor in battle.21In his place shall arise a contemptible person to whom royal majesty has not been given. He shall come in without warning and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.22Armies shall be utterly swept away before him and broken, even the prince of the covenant.23And from the time that an alliance is made with him he shall act deceitfully, and he shall become strong with a small people.24Without warning he shall come into the richest parts of the province, and he shall do what neither his fathers nor his fathers' fathers have done, scattering among them plunder, spoil, and goods. He shall devise plans against strongholds, but only for a time.25And he shall stir up his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great army. And the king of the south shall wage war with an exceedingly great and mighty army, but he shall not stand, for plots shall be devised against him.26Even those who eat his food shall break him. His army shall be swept away, and many shall fall down slain.27And as for the two kings, their hearts shall be bent on doing evil. They shall speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for the end is yet to be at the time appointed.28And he shall return to his land with great wealth, but his heart shall be set against the holy covenant. And he shall work his will and return to his own land. 29At the time appointed he shall return and come into the south, but it shall not be this time as it was before.30For ships of Kittim shall come against him, and he shall be afraid and withdraw, and shall turn back and be enraged and take action against the holy covenant. He shall turn back and pay attention to those who forsake the holy covenant.31Forces from him shall appear and profane the temple and fortress, and shall take away the regular burnt offering. And they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.32He shall seduce with flattery those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God shall stand firm and take action.33And the wise among the people shall make many understand, though for some days they shall stumble by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder.34When they stumble, they shall receive a little help. And many shall join themselves to them with flattery,35and some of the wise shall stumble, so that they may be refined, purified, and made white, until the time of the end, for it still awaits the appointed time. 36And the king shall do as he wills. He shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak astonishing things against the God of gods. He shall prosper till the indignation is accomplished; for what is decreed shall be done.37He shall pay no attention to the gods of his fathers, or to the one beloved by women. He shall not pay attention to any other god, for he shall magnify himself above all.38He shall honor the god of fortresses instead of these. A god whom his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts.39He shall deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. Those who acknowledge him he shall load with honor. He shall make them rulers over many and shall divide the land for a price. 40At the time of the end, the king of the south shall attack him, but the king of the north shall rush upon him like a whirlwind, with chariots and horsemen, and with many ships. And he shall come into countries and shall overflow and pass through.41He shall come into the glorious land. And tens of thousands shall fall, but these shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom and Moab and the main part of the Ammonites.42He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.43He shall become ruler of the treasures of gold and of silver, and all the precious things of Egypt, and the Libyans and the Cushites shall follow in his train.44But news from the east and the north shall alarm him, and he shall go out with great fury to destroy and devote many to destruction.45And he shall pitch his palatial tents between the sea and the glorious holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end, with none to help him.

Daniel 11:1-45 11And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him. 2And now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings shall arise in Persia, and a fourth shall be far richer than all of them. And when he has become strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.3Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion and do as he wills.4And as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not to his posterity, nor according to the authority with which he ruled, for his kingdom shall be plucked up and go to others besides these. 5Then the king of the south shall be strong, but one of his princes shall be stronger than he and shall rule, and his authority shall be a great authority.6After some years they shall make an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement. But she shall not retain the strength of her arm, and he and his arm shall not endure, but she shall be given up, and her attendants, he who fathered her, and he who supportedher in those times. 7And from a branch from her roots one shall arise in his place. He shall come against the army and enter the fortress of the king of the north, and he shall deal with them and shall prevail.8He shall also carry off to Egypt their gods with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold, and for some years he shall refrain from attacking the king of the north.9Then the latter shall come into the realm of the king of the south but shall return to his own land. 10His sons shall wage war and assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall keep coming and overflow and pass through, and again shall carry the war as far as his fortress.11Then the king of the south, moved with rage, shall come out and fight against the king of the north. And he shall raise a great multitude, but it shall be given into his hand.12And when the multitude is taken away, his heart shall be exalted, and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.13For the king of the north shall again raise a multitude, greater than the first. And after some years he shall come on with a great army and abundant supplies. 14In those times many shall rise against the king of the south, and the violent among your own people shall lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, but they shall fail.15Then the king of the north shall come and throw up siegeworks and take a well-fortified city. And the forces of the south shall not stand, or even his best troops, for there shall be no strength to stand.16But he who comes against him shall do as he wills, and none shall stand before him. And he shall stand in the glorious land, with destruction in his hand.17He shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and he shall bring terms of an agreement and perform them. He shall give him the daughter of women to destroy the kingdom, but it shall not stand or be to his advantage.18Afterward he shall turn his face to the coastlands and shall capture many of them, but a commander shall put an end to his insolence. Indeed, he shall turn his insolence back upon him.19Then he shall turn his face back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found. 20Then shall arise in his place one who shall send an exactor of tribute for the glory of the kingdom. But within a few days he shall be broken, neither in anger nor in battle.21In his place shall arise a contemptible person to whom royal majesty has not been given. He shall come in without warning and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.22Armies shall be utterly swept away before him and broken, even the prince of the covenant.23And from the time that an alliance is made with him he shall act deceitfully, and he shall become strong with a small people.24Without warning he shall come into the richest parts of the province, and he shall do what neither his fathers nor his fathers' fathers have done, scattering among them plunder, spoil, and goods. He shall devise plans against strongholds, but only for a time.25And he shall stir up his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great army. And the king of the south shall wage war with an exceedingly great and mighty army, but he shall not stand, for plots shall be devised against him.26Even those who eat his food shall break him. His army shall be swept away, and many shall fall down slain.27And as for the two kings, their hearts shall be bent on doing evil. They shall speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for the end is yet to be at the time appointed.28And he shall return to his land with great wealth, but his heart shall be set against the holy covenant. And he shall work his will and return to his own land. 29At the time appointed he shall return and come into the south, but it shall not be this time as it was before.30For ships of Kittim shall come against him, and he shall be afraid and withdraw, and shall turn back and be enraged and take action against the holy covenant. He shall turn back and pay attention to those who forsake the holy covenant.31Forces from him shall appear and profane the temple and fortress, and shall take away the regular burnt offering. And they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.32He shall seduce with flattery those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God shall stand firm and take action.33And the wise among the people shall make many understand, though for some days they shall stumble by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder.34When they stumble, they shall receive a little help. And many shall join themselves to them with flattery,35and some of the wise shall stumble, so that they may be refined, purified, and made white, until the time of the end, for it still awaits the appointed time. 36And the king shall do as he wills. He shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak astonishing things against the God of gods. He shall prosper till the indignation is accomplished; for what is decreed shall be done.37He shall pay no attention to the gods of his fathers, or to the one beloved by women. He shall not pay attention to any other god, for he shall magnify himself above all.38He shall honor the god of fortresses instead of these. A god whom his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts.39He shall deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. Those who acknowledge him he shall load with honor. He shall make them rulers over many and shall divide the land for a price. 40At the time of the end, the king of the south shall attack him, but the king of the north shall rush upon him like a whirlwind, with chariots and horsemen, and with many ships. And he shall come into countries and shall overflow and pass through.41He shall come into the glorious land. And tens of thousands shall fall, but these shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom and Moab and the main part of the Ammonites.42He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.43He shall become ruler of the treasures of gold and of silver, and all the precious things of Egypt, and the Libyans and the Cushites shall follow in his train.44But news from the east and the north shall alarm him, and he shall go out with great fury to destroy and devote many to destruction.45And he shall pitch his palatial tents between the sea and the glorious holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end, with none to help him.

Noorwegen is kwartfinalist na een 2-1 zege op Brazilië. Het voetbalgekke land is volgens analist Merel van Dongen zijn voetbalidentiteit kwijtgeraakt. Mede door Erling Haaland die 'superieur' wordt genoemd door commentator Richard van der Made. Beide tafelgasten hebben het ook over de geseponeerde rode kaart van Falorin Balogun van de VS. 'Corruptie in your face', is het oordeel. Dat en meer, in de nieuwste NOS Voetbalpodcast!

Ik zit in Ibiza, uitgenodigd door Nadav Kander, de portretfotograaf achter beelden voor The New York Times, The Guardian en Time Magazine en achter grote commerciële campagnes. We namen samen een lange podcast op en voor die aflevering verschijnt, deel ik alvast vijf inzichten die me het meest zijn bijgebleven.Wat je leert in deze afleveringWaarom Nadav single images vaak sterker vindt dan een serie, en wat hij bedoelt met "the electricity between images"Waarom schoonheid zonder wrijving voor hem oninteressant is, en wat hij zoekt met "the edge"Waarom het beginnen aan een nieuw project ook na een indrukwekkende carrière onzeker en zoekend blijftHet verschil tussen een foto die je na vijf jaar beu bent en een beeld dat na twintig jaar nog steeds iets nieuws zegtWaarom een werk volgens Nadav pas af is zodra iemand ernaar kijkt, en wat dat betekent voor hoe je je eigen werk loslaatOver Nadav KanderNadav Kander is een internationaal gevestigde portret- en landschapsfotograaf, bekend van zijn werk voor grote redacties en merken en van autonome projecten zoals zijn rivierproject over de Yangtze. Hij werkt momenteel samen met David Campany aan een overzichtstentoonstelling die in september opent in Foam Amsterdam.LinksThe Daily Frame, 21 korte afleveringen vanaf 13 juli (€9,99)Masterclass met Bastiaan Woudt over boeken en tentoonstellingen als duurzame zichtbaarheid: (€25)Wil je de zomer doorkomen met korte, dagelijkse impulsen over ondernemerschap, mindset en creativiteit? Schrijf je in voor The Daily Frame, mijn reeks van 21 korte afleveringen, en start op 13 juli.Wil je liever verdieping over hoe je boeken en tentoonstellingen inzet als duurzame vorm van zichtbaarheid, in plaats van te blijven hangen op social? Sluit dan aan bij de masterclass met Bastiaan Woudt.Mede mogelijk gemaakt doorDeze aflevering van de De Donkere Kamer Podcast wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door Profotonet, gekend voor hoogwaardige prints, handgemaakte fotoboeken en wanddecoratie van topkwaliteit. Als luisteraar van deze podcast krijg je bovendien 10% korting met de code KAMER-10. Meer info op profotonet.com.Deze aflevering van de De Donkere Kamer Podcast is er ook met dank aan Foto Robyns. Al meer dan 70 jaar een vaste waarde voor fotografen, met persoonlijk advies en een sterke expertise in Canon, Nikon, Sony en Fujifilm. Een plek waar ze echt meedenken vanuit hoe jij fotografeert. Meer info op robyns.be.

Daniel 9:1-23 9In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of theLordto Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. 3Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.4I prayed to theLordmy God and made confession, saying, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,5we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules.6We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.7To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you.8To us, OLord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you.9To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him10and have not obeyed the voice of theLordour God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.11All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, refusing to obey your voice. And the curse and oath that are written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against him.12He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem.13As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of theLordour God, turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth.14Therefore theLordhas kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for theLordour God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.15And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have made a name for yourself, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16O Lord, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy hill, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a byword among all who are around us.17Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate.18O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name. Gabriel Brings an Answer 20While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before theLordmy God for the holy hill of my God,21while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.22He made me understand, speaking with me and saying, O Daniel, I have now come out to give you insight and understanding.23At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision.

Daniel 9:1-23 9In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of theLordto Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. 3Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.4I prayed to theLordmy God and made confession, saying, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,5we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules.6We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.7To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you.8To us, OLord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you.9To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him10and have not obeyed the voice of theLordour God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.11All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, refusing to obey your voice. And the curse and oath that are written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against him.12He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem.13As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of theLordour God, turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth.14Therefore theLordhas kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for theLordour God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.15And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have made a name for yourself, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16O Lord, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy hill, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a byword among all who are around us.17Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate.18O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name. Gabriel Brings an Answer 20While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before theLordmy God for the holy hill of my God,21while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.22He made me understand, speaking with me and saying, O Daniel, I have now come out to give you insight and understanding.23At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision.

Meer omzet halen uit je fotografiepraktijk. De meeste fotografen denken daarbij meteen aan: meer Instagram, meer LinkedIn, meer advertenties, meer nieuwe leads. Maar er is een kortere weg, en die begint bij de mensen die je al kennen.In deze aflevering vertel ik over de klantreis: wat het is, waarom de meeste fotografen het overslaan, en hoe het er concreet uitziet wanneer je er wél aandacht aan geeft.Ik deel ook het verhaal van een van mijn één-op-één klanten die de voorbije maanden zijn orderwaarde per klant zag stijgen, zonder extra marketing aan de voorkant. Enkel door slimmer om te gaan met wie al klant was.Wat je in deze aflevering meekrijgt:Waarom bestaande klanten makkelijker converteren dan nieuwe leadsHoe je een klantreis uittekent die bij jouw fotografiepraktijk pastWat "upsell" écht betekent, los van het marketingjargonHoe je referenties en affiliate marketing eerlijk en ethisch inzetEn waarom meten weten is, ook in een creatieve praktijkOf je nu portretfotograaf bent, trouwfotograaf, persfotograaf of autonoom werk maakt: een klantreis is een klantreis. Het gaat erom of je er bewust mee aan de slag gaat.Vermeld in deze aflevering:Één-op-één mentorship (oude prijs geldig tot 30 juni, instroom mogelijk tot 31 december 2025)The Daily Frame — podcastreeks van 21 episodes voor €9,99, ideaal voor tijdens de zomerVragen? DM me of boek een gratis kennismakingsgesprek hier.Mede mogelijk gemaakt door:Deze aflevering van de De Donkere Kamer Podcast wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door Profotonet, gekend voor hoogwaardige prints, handgemaakte fotoboeken en wanddecoratie van topkwaliteit. Als luisteraar van deze podcast krijg je bovendien 10% korting met de code KAMER-10.Deze aflevering van de De Donkere Kamer Podcast is er ook met dank aan Foto Robyns. Al meer dan 70 jaar een vaste waarde voor fotografen, met persoonlijk advies en een sterke expertise in Canon, Nikon, Sony en Fujifilm. Een plek waar ze echt meedenken vanuit hoe jij fotografeert.

Die Rundu-gebaseerde Julinho Athletic Football Club het vastelandwye erkenning verwerf nadat hy as een van slegs twee wenklubs in Fifa se finale Essential Courses in Club Management – African Edition aangewys is. Mede-eienaar Norton Luis het in 'n onderhoud met Kosmos 94.1 Nuus gesê die klub se projek, 'Die bou van 'n volhoubare sokkerontwikkelingsmodel in Namibië', is vereer vir sy strategiese visie, praktiese bruikbaarheid en potensiaal om klubbestuur in die land te versterk.

Geef gas in de zomer, terwijl iedereen op de rem staatIedereen lijkt ervan uit te gaan dat de zomer een dode periode is voor ondernemers en fotografen. Klanten zijn weg en alles staat op pauze. In deze solo-aflevering geeft Kaat tegengas. Ze laat zien hoe je de zomer net gebruikt om te versnellen in je bedrijf, terwijl je tegelijk vakantie neemt en je hoofd leegmaakt. Van een slimme out of office tot pitchen bij uitgevers en fotoredacteurs, en van marketing die op de automaat doorloopt tot een systeem om al je zomerideeën vast te houden.Mede mogelijk gemaakt door:Deze aflevering van de De Donkere Kamer Podcast wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door Profotonet, gekend voor hoogwaardige prints, handgemaakte fotoboeken en wanddecoratie van topkwaliteit. Als luisteraar van deze podcast krijg je bovendien 10% korting met de code KAMER-10.Deze aflevering van de De Donkere Kamer Podcast is er ook met dank aan Foto Robyns. Al meer dan 70 jaar een vaste waarde voor fotografen, met persoonlijk advies en een sterke expertise in Canon, Nikon, Sony en Fujifilm. Een plek waar ze echt meedenken vanuit hoe jij fotografeert.In deze afleveringWaarom "alles valt stil in de zomer" vooral perceptie is, zeker omdat vakanties nooit collectief samenvallen en in Nederland korter zijn dan in BelgiëHoe Kaat zelf haar zomer indeelt: buiten werken, supervroeg of 's avonds laat, en meer op het creatieve gaan zitten in plaats van puur in productiemodusEen intelligente out of office opzetten met een Calendly-link, een weggever en eventueel een pre-sale, zodat je geen leads verliest terwijl je weg bentWanneer het slim is om je mailbox tijdelijk door een VA te laten opvolgenLong form content en funnels op voorhand klaarzetten zodat je marketing blijft doorlopen tijdens je vakantieHoe je verslavingsgevoelige apps blokkeert om echt te ontschakelen (Kaat werkt met de Opal-app)Waarom de zomer hét moment is om te pitchen bij fotoredacteurs en uitgevers, juist omdat het rustiger is op redactiesMeten is weten: data verzamelen per maand en per jaar om te zien wat voor jou werktJe zomerideeën opvolgen met een vast systeem (Kaat gebruikt Trello)Nadenken over je zwakke schakel in de zomer en hoe je dat gat dicht, ook met behulp van AIGenoemd in deze afleveringMini training "Pitchen als een pro" Daily Frame, de dagelijkse zomerreeks vol inzichten Gratis Trello-training Opal, de app om je schermtijd te reguleren (te vinden in de App Store)Doe meeStuur Kaat een DM met je eigen zomerplannen. Wat ga jij als ondernemer of fotograaf deze zomer doen? De podcast neemt een maand zomerbreak en is daarna terug met nieuwe afleveringen.

De forten van de Hollandse Waterlinies blijken een ideaal leefgebied te zijn voor bijzondere bijen. Maar liefst een derde van alle Nederlandse bijensoorten zijn hier terug te vinden. In Middelburg leeft de grootste kolonie kwakken van Nederland. Mede doordat ze worden bijgevoerd is het aantal broedparen opgelopen tot zo'n vijfentwintig. Ondanks de stikstofcrisis groeien landbouw en natuur steeds dichter naar elkaar toe. Volgende week dinsdag viert Boerennatuur, de koepel van agrarische collectieven, zijn tienjarig bestaan. En verder: een proefzeildag voor herstel van de Doggersbank, de klimaatimpact van het WK voetbal, moerasandijvie, bodemgeluiden, ijstijdherten en mieren. De column is van Dichtwater. Presentatie: Menno Bentveld 

Dans cet épisode, je reçois Dimitri Fotopoulos, partenaire chez Weinberg Capital Partners, pour une discussion autour des fonds de continuation en private equity : comment fonctionnent-ils, pourquoi sont-ils mal compris, et dans quels cas permettent-ils de prolonger la création de valeur d'un actif Leveraged Buy-Out (LBO) au-delà de la durée classique d'un fonds?Nous avons parlé :Du dilemme central du gestionnaire LBO : devoir céder un actif performant à contre-coeur uniquement parce que le fonds arrive à maturité, même quand la relation avec le management est excellente et que le potentiel de création de valeur n'est pas encore pleinement capturéDu principal préjugé sur les fonds de continuation, perçus comme un outil pour recycler des actifs qui peinent à trouver acheteur, alors que dans les faits, seuls les meilleurs actifs LBO peuvent se prêter à cet exercice sur le marché secondaireDu processus concret de mise en place d'un fonds de continuation : mandat d'une banque conseil spécialisée comme Lazard, due diligence complète avec book de valorisation, trois phases successives avec les lead investors du secondaire, les LPs existants et la syndicationDu double due diligence spécifique au marché secondaire : les investisseurs analysent autant le track record de l'équipe de gestion sur 10 à 20 ans que la qualité intrinsèque de l'actif lui-mêmeDe la structure de frais adaptée au format fonds de continuation, proche du co-investissement : environ 1% de management fees et 10% de carried interest, contre les 2% et 20% d'un fonds LBO classique diversifiéDes chiffres du marché secondaire en France : 12 milliards d'euros de transactions secondaires au total, dont 7 milliards attribués aux seuls fonds de continuation en 2025, selon le premier rapport France Invest publié sur le sujetDe la démocratisation du private equity auprès du wealth management, que Weinberg Capital Partners adresse via une équipe dédiée, avec la conviction que rendre cette classe d'actifs accessible est vertueux à condition de maintenir des garde-fous réglementaires rigoureux conformes aux exigences de l'AMFUn épisode technique mais très accessible, qui démystifie un outil encore mal compris et souvent mal jugé - et qui montre comment la contrainte structurelle d'un fonds peut devenir un levier de création de valeur supplémentaire.Recommandation de Dimitri : “Pour les succès des armes de la France" de Pierre de VilliersLiens utilesDimitri Fotopoulos: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitri-fotopoulos-9033583/ Weinberg Capital Partners: http://www.weinbergcapital.comFinscale est aussi disponible sur YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@finscale.***************************Finscale est bien plus qu'un podcast. Cet épisode est produit et animé par Solenne Niedercorn, fondatrice de Finscale.

Er is een interessante doorbraak bereikt in de Europese chip-sector, door de Delftse chip-ontwikkelaar Qualinx, die daarvoor samenwerkt met chip-producent GlobalFoundries. Mede dankzij Europese chipsubsidies kan zowel de ontwikkeling als productie van hun chips (bij Qualinx zijn dat ontvangers van draadloze signalen, zoals GPS, via een energiezuiniger digitaal systeem) volledig in ons werelddeel plaatsvinden, zonder afhankelijkheid van de VS of Azië. Joe van Burik vertelt erover in deze Tech Update, waarin je ook Tim Allemeersch, Senior Director Customer Success bij Qualinx, aan het woord hoort.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Türkiye'de otoriterleşme yeni bir aşamaya mı geçti? Toplum ve Siyaset programında Gülener Kırnalı'nın konuğu Siyaset bilimci Prof. Dr. Murat Somer, CHP kurultayı tartışmaları, mutlak butlan kararı, Ekrem İmamoğlu davaları, Özgür Özel liderliğindeki CHP'nin geleceği ve muhalefetin önündeki seçenekleri değerlendirdi. Türkiye'nin demokrasi, hukuk devleti ve seçim sistemi açısından kritik bir döneme girdiğini belirten Somer, muhalefetin nasıl bir strateji izlemesi gerektiğini anlattı. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“A Prayer for Mercy” Daniel 9:1-19                     May 31, 2026 Pastor John Choi    ----more---- Daniel 9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. 3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6 We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you. 8 To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. 11 All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, refusing to obey your voice. And the curse and oath that are written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against him. 12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13 As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. 14 Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have made a name for yourself, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16 “O Lord, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy hill, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a byword among all who are around us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.”   We confess our sin honestly and seek God's mercy confidently, because our hope is in His name alone.      •  Adoration: The Greatness of God (1-4)          •  Confession: The Guilt of God's People (5-15)        •  Supplication: The Glory of God's Name (16-19)

De Europese bankwereld roert zich. Qivalis, het in Amsterdam gevestigde consortium dat werkt aan een eurostablecoin, heeft er 25 nieuwe leden bijgekregen. Daarmee telt het netwerk nu 37 financiële instellingen uit 15 landen, waaronder ABN AMRO en Rabobank. ING was al eerder lid. Een stablecoin is een cryptomunt waarvan de waarde gekoppeld is aan een vaste referentiewaarde. In dit geval de euro. De Qivalis munt wordt op een 1 op 1 verhouding gedekt door euro's en andere liquide activa bij gereguleerde bewaarders. Het doel is niet om bestaande betaalsystemen te vervangen, maar om blockchaingebaseerde afwikkeling sneller en goedkoper te maken, met name voor grensoverschrijdende betalingen en de handel in tokenized financiële producten. De timing is niet toevallig. Het overgrote deel van alle stablecoins in omloop is dollargebonden. Tether en Circle vertegenwoordigen samen honderden miljarden dollars. Qivalis positioneert zich nadrukkelijk als Europees alternatief. De ECB staat daar met gemengde gevoelens tegenover. Christine Lagarde heeft meerdere malen gewaarschuwd voor de risico's van private stablecoins, een positie die haaks staat op die van het bankenconsortium. Toch dringen de Europese grootbanken door. Qivalis hoopt in de tweede helft van 2026 te lanceren, mits de Nederlandsche Bank als toezichthouder groen licht geeft. Dan Hyperliquid, de gedecentraliseerde cryptobeurs die de ene na de andere mijlpaal haalt. Het platform staat bekend om perpetual futures, derivaten waarmee je kunt speculeren op koersen zonder de onderliggende activa te hoeven bezitten. Via partner trade.xyz voegde het een nieuw product toe: synthetische pre-IPO contracten. Wie wil speculeren op de koers van SpaceX vóór de beursgang, kan dat nu op Hyperliquid doen. Voor grondstoffen als olie en goud biedt het platform al langer de mogelijkheid om dag en nacht te handelen. Het eigen HYPE token steeg deze week met bijna 40 procent. Beleggers trokken meer dan een miljard dollar terug uit Bitcoin ETFs en 215 miljoen uit Ethereum ETFs, terwijl HYPE ETFs juist 72 miljoen dollar aan instroom zagen. Goldman Sachs heeft inmiddels ook een positie in het token. Er zijn wel vraagtekens bij de mate van decentralisatie van het platform, de validatoren zijn in beperkte handen. Tot slot Tether, de grootste stablecoinuitgever ter wereld, dat een akkoord sloot met de Georgische overheid voor een stablecoin gekoppeld aan de Georgische lari. De GELT moet grensoverschrijdende handel en digitale betalingen goedkoper en sneller maken. Het is geen CBDC, maar een privaat product met overheidssteun. Tether doet dit vaker: het lanceerde eerder al de MXNT voor de Mexicaanse peso. De eurovariant EURT trok het bedrijf eind 2025 juist in vanwege nieuwe Europese regelgeving. Co-host is Raoul Esseboom. Over de podcast Cryptocurrency are here to stay. In deze wekelijkse podcast gidst Daniel Mol je door het belangrijkste cryptonieuws, langs hypes en trends, voor- en tegenstanders en winst en verlies. In het A-deel bespreken we het laatste nieuws en in het B-deel gaan we in gesprek met een gast. Van cypherpunkpioneers tot grootbanken die aan de haal gaan met stablecoins, van Bitcoin tot Ethereum tot CBDC's. Alles passeert de revue. Reageren? Stuur dan een mail naar cryptocast@bnr.nl Gasten Raoul Esseboom is oprichter van Cryptotakkies en contentspecialist bij BLOX. Links Qivalis groeit naar 37 Europese banken na toetreding van 25 nieuwe leden Beleggers trekken zich terug uit Bitcoin en Ethereum ETFs en stappen in HYPE en XRP Hyperliquid lanceert synthetisch SpaceX pre-IPO contract via trade.xyz Tether en de Georgische overheid kondigen lari-stablecoin GELT aan Host Daniel Mol is presentator en redacteur van de Cryptocast. Hij is sinds 2017 met Bitcoin bezig en kwam in 2021 bij het team van de Cryptocast. Redactie Daniel Mol Matthijs Damsteeg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daniel 5:1-31 5King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand. 2Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.3Then they brought in the golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.4They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. 5Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote.6Then the king's color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.7The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king declared to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.8Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation.9Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, and his color changed, and his lords were perplexed. 10The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you or your color change.11There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your fatheryour father the kingmade him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,12because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation. 13Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, You are that Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah.14I have heard of you that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.15Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but they could not show the interpretation of the matter.16But I have heard that you can give interpretations and solve problems. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. 17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation.18O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.19And because of the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled.20But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.21He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, until he knew that the Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will.22And you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,23but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored. 24Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.25And this is the writing that was inscribed:Mene,Mene,Tekel, andParsin.26This is the interpretation of the matter:Mene, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;27Tekel, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;28Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians. 29Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed.31And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

Die Iranse minister van Buitelandse Sake, Abbas Aragchi, het mede-Brics-lidlande versoek om die VSA en Israel te veroordeel oor wat hy hul "onwettige aggressie" teen Teheran genoem het. Hy het by die vergadering van ministers van Buitelandse Sake in Nieu-Delhi, Indië, gepraat. Die oorlog in Iran het sy 77ste dag betree. Aragchi sê die oorlog in sy land, is nie bloot 'n konflik teen Iran nie, maar 'n stryd om die nuwe wêreld:

Do you find it difficult to be honest when you have to deliver bad news? It can feel risky especially when the outcome might affect your job or your relationships. The Prophet Daniel's life gives us a picture of what it means to be an authentic follower of Christ in tough moments. In Daniel chapter 5, Daniel serves under a different leader, yet he continues faithfully in his role. By this point, he has years of experience and a strong reputation, but his ultimate allegiance remains with God. The king hosts a lavish feast, openly displaying his power and wealth. In his arrogance, he orders the sacred vessels taken from God's temple in Jerusalem to be used at the party. Not only are they misused, but the king and his guests praise false gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone instead of honoring the living God. Suddenly, the mood shifts. A hand appears and writes a message on the wall. The once-confident king is filled with fear. After exhausting all other options to determine what the message says, someone suggests calling Daniel to interpret the message. It's interesting that Daniel wasn't the king's first choice. Perhaps, deep down, the king already knew he had crossed a line and didn't want to face the truth. When Daniel arrives, he speaks with respect but also with courage and clarity. He refuses the king's rewards, making it clear his message is not influenced by personal gain. As an authentic follower of God, Daniel is not driven by approval or advancement but by obedience to God. He reminds the king of how God dealt with Nebuchadnezzar and then confronts Belshazzar directly. He tells him plainly he has not humbled himself, he has dishonored God, and his kingdom will be taken from him. It is a hard message and a dangerous one to deliver. Yet, Daniel speaks the truth and leaves the outcome in God's hands. The outcome was King Belshazzar was slain that same evening and his kingdom was conquered by Darius the Mede. Daniel's example challenges us. Where are you being called to speak truth right now? Maybe it's in your workplace or in a relationship, and you're afraid of the consequences. Being an authentic follower of Christ doesn't mean being harsh or defensive. It means speaking truth with humility and respect, without compromising. It means trusting God enough to obey him, even when the outcome feels uncertain. Like Daniel, we can choose faithfulness over fear and trust God with whatever comes next.

Dans cet épisode, je reçois Fanny Picard, associée fondatrice d'Alter Equity, pour une discussion autour de la finance à impact, de ce que ça signifie concrètement d'investir avec une thèse sociale et environnementale — et de la ténacité que ça demande.Nous avons parlé :De la création d'Alter Equity avant l'existence même du terme "finance à impact" : en 2007, ni les institutionnels, ni le grand public ne connaissaient ce vocabulaire Des 9 années nécessaires pour lever le premier fonds de seulement 41,5 millions d'euros, et des raisons pour lesquelles les institutionnels refusaient d'y croire — dont l'idée, alors dominante, que la seule responsabilité de l'entreprise est de maximiser son profit Du "business plan extra-financier" : un outil propriétaire qu'Alter Equity impose à ses participations, avec 12 critères RSE obligatoires, un référentiel sur-mesure, et une pondération des résultats qui conditionne la rémunération variable des dirigeants — et de l'équipe d'Alter Equity elle-mêmeDe deux investissements emblématiques : Murphy, qui a changé le comportement des consommateurs face à la réparation de l'électroménager, et Open Airlines, revendue plus de dix fois la mise, qui a permis d'éviter l'émission de 6,9 millions de tonnes de CO2 — soit environ 2% des émissions annuelles de la FranceDu paradoxe du marché actuel de la levée de fonds : plus de fonds cherchent à lever, mais les investisseurs reçoivent en moyenne moitié moins de retours qu'historiquement — et pourtant Alter Equity lève son troisième fonds au-dessus du niveau du précédentDe la double philosophie qui structure l'équipe : rigueur héritée du monde des fusions-acquisitions chez Rothschild, et bienveillance ancrée dans une conception du respect inspirée de Lévinas — "face au visage de l'autre, ma responsabilité est infinie"Du regard de Fanny sur l'écosystème européen de la finance durable face au backlash américain : 78% des Français attachés à la transition énergétique, 95% souhaitant que les marques s'engagent en RSE — et la Chine, discrètement, en train de devenir pionnière sur le photovoltaïque et le véhicule électriqueUn épisode dense, exigeant et humain, porté par une conviction que Fanny a mise deux décennies à voir reconnue.Recommandation de notre invité : "Effondrement" de Jared Diamond https://share.google/0ejkHLaBiAdfPHJIdLiens utiles:Fanny Picard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fanny-picard-6507a35/Alter Equity: http://alter-equity.com***************************Finscale, c'est bien plus qu'un podcast. C'est un écosystème qui connecte les acteurs clés du secteur financier à travers du Networking, du coaching et des partenariats.

Nanoah Struik is de eerste non-binaire persoon met een X in het paspoort en kreeg daarop veel kritiek: „Mensen voelden dat er iets van hen werd afgenomen, terwijl ik er juist alleen iets bij kreeg, zonder dat iemand iets kwijtraakte.” Diens Nigeriaanse vader wees Struik de deur: „Er werd mij verteld dat ik zijn kind niet meer was. Want in Afrika bestaat dat niet.” Ook zei hij dat God Struik niet zo gemaakt zou hebben. Door diens autisme kan Struik zich voorstellen dat mensen schrikken van nieuwe dingen: „Maar we moeten wat meer zijn als honden die aan elkaar snuffelen, in plaats van wat de boer niet kent dat vreet die niet.” Waar Struik zich altijd al queer voelde, voelde die zich niet zwart. De moord op George Floyd was een kantelpunt: „De black community ging trots staan voor wie ze zijn en ik dacht: daar ben ik nog niet.” In Nigeria kon Struijk de aanvankelijk tegengestelde identiteiten onverwachts meer en meer samenbrengen. Mede door de nieuwe, Nigeriaanse naam, die die daar kreeg: „Iwinossa: handgemaakt door God.”Heeft u vragen, suggesties of ideeën over onze journalistiek? Mail dan naar podcast@nrc.nl.Presentatie: Pieter van der WielenRedactie en productie: Merel van Waalwijk van DoornMixage: AudiochefMuziek: Rufus van BaardwijkFoto: NRCZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Het was een wervelende voetbalavond in de Champions League. Bayern München won met 1-2 bij Real Madrid, dat ook nog altijd kans heeft op de halve finales. Mede doordat Bayern verzuimde de kansen op een ruimere zege in Spanje af te maken. In de AD Voetbalpodcast blikken Etienne Verhoeff en Maarten Wijffels terug op de wedstrijden in de Champions League. Verder ook aandacht voor het kampioensfeest van PSV in Eindhoven, de woorden van voormalig Manchester United-verdediger Rio Ferdinand over Kees Smit en het verhaal van een 14-jarige Bosnische held. Beluister de hele AD Voetbalpodcast nu via AD.nl, de AD App of jouw favoriete podcastplatform. Bestel het boek De vraag van Vandaag hier: https://webwinkel.ad.nl/product/de-vraag-van-vandaagSupport the show: https://krant.nl/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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¶ “Also I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I (Gabriel) arose to be an encouragement and a protection for him. 2 “And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, fnthree more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a fnfourth will become far richer than all of them. When he becomes strong through his riches he will stir up the whole empire against the realm of Greece. 3 “Then a fnmighty [warlike, threatening] king will arise who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases. 4 “But as soon as he (Alexander) has risen, his kingdom will be broken [by his death] and divided toward the four winds of heaven [the north, south, east, and west], but not to his descendants, nor according to the [Grecian] authority with which he ruled, for his kingdom will be torn out and uprooted and given to fnothers (his four generals) to the exclusion of these. 5 ¶ “Then the king of the South (Egypt) will be strong, along with one of his princes who will be stronger than he and have dominance over him; his domain will be a great dominion. 6 “After some years fnthe Syrian king of the North and the Egyptian king of the South will make an alliance; the fndaughter (Berenice) of the king of the South will come to the fnking of the North to make an equitable and peaceful agreement (marriage); fnbut she will not retain the power of her position, nor will he retain his power. She will be handed over with her attendants and her father as well as he who supported her in those times. 7 “But out of a branch of her [familial] roots will one (her brother, Ptolemy III Euergetes I) arise in his place, and he will come against the [Syrian] army and enter the fortress of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and will prevail. 8 “Also he will carry off to Egypt their [Syrian] gods with their cast images and their precious and costly treasure of silver and of gold, and he will refrain from waging war against the king of the North for some years. 9 “And the fnking of the North will come into the realm of the king of the South, but he will retreat to his own country [badly defeated].

In Melbourne hebben we eindelijk kunnen ervaren hoe de nieuwe regels van de Formule 1 zijn. Mede door ‘superclipping‘, de gekke start en de grote verschillen zijn wij allesbehalve blij met de weg die de Formule 1 in is geslagen. In deze terugblik op de Grand Prix van Australië hoor je de ongezouten mening van coureur Ho-Pin Tung en NU.nl-verslaggevers Patrick Moeke, Joost Nederpelt en Bas Scharwachter. Vragen? Voor vragen of opmerkingen over De Boordradio kan je ons altijd mailen op podcast@nu.nl of je kan reageren via NUjij of X. Je kunt je ook gratis abonneren op de De Boordradio-podcast. Dat kan via Apple Podcasts, Spotify of jouw favoriete podcast-app. Video's Wil je de gezichten achter de stemmen van De Boordradio zien? Dat kan op TikTok, Instagram en YouTube. De podcast wordt gefilmd en elke aflevering komen er korte clipjes op sociale media. Volg ons ook daar!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Veja também em youtube.com/@45_graus Pedro Conceição é diretor do Gabinete do Relatório de Desenvolvimento Humano na ONU, a publicação anual onde é publicado o Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano, juntamente com outros indicadores de desenvolvimento. O convidado é licenciado em Física pelo Instituto Superior Técnico e em Economia pelo Iseg e doutorado em Políticas Públicas pela Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs da Universidade do Texas em Austin, onde estudou com uma Bolsa Fulbright. _______________ Índice: De que falamos quando falamos de desenvolvimento humano? | Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano da ONU (IDH) Que países surpreendem no ranking de IDH face ao PIB? Governos levam o ranking muito a sério; às vezes demasiado. Que outros indicadores de desenvolvimento poderíamos acrescentar ao o índice? Desigualdade | Ambiente | Democracia e direitos humanos | Indicadores de saúde e educação mais precisos Paper Luís Bettencourt: Community Human Development Index Paper que usa IA e imagens de satélite para estimar IDH. Novo indicador do Banco Mundial, com métrica única de qualidade da educação Quais foram os países com melhor e pior evolução nas últimas décadas? Porque abrandou o crescimento do IDH no Mundo nos últimos anos? Os países começaram a divergir É possível aos governos “game” os indicadores de IDH, ou seja, passarem a gerir para o IDH sem gerar as melhorias de desenvolvimento subjacente?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Слово о великой войне – 1 / The Word About the Great War – 1Война во дни Мидо-Персии / The War in the Days of Medo-PersiaДаниил 10:12-11:2Даниил 22I. Предводитель Божьего войска / The Commander of God's ArmyII. Князья Божьего войска / The Princes of God's ArmyIII. Задачи Божьего войска / The Mission of God's ArmyIV. Победы Божьего войска / The Victories of God's Army       A. Во дни Дария Мидянина / In the Days of Darius the Mede       В. Во дни Кира Великого / In the Days of Cyrus the Great       C. Во дни Дария Великого / In the Days of Darius the Great       D. Во дни Ахашвероша / In the Days of Ahasuerus