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Last time we spoke about the battle of Shanggao. From late March to early April 1940, Japanese forces attacked Shanggao in Jiangxi with a multi‑pronged offensive. Chinese commanders used elastic defense and coordinated counter-moves, trading space for time through layered positions until the Japanese advanced into prepared strongpoints. As the 34th Division moved toward the town, assaults repeatedly hit ridges and bridge lines held by the 74th Corps. Heavy air strikes caused chaos, but timely flank redeployments prevented a decisive breakthrough. During the crisis around March 21–24, Chinese units maneuvered an encirclement and executed a controlled breakout at the critical moment. After intense fighting and bombing, the Japanese were routed and fell back to their original positions. The wider war did not change, yet Shanggao proved that disciplined Chinese planning could reverse Japanese offensives against superior initiative and numbers.   #207 Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. By the spring of 1941, the War of Resistance against Japan had been grinding for nearly four years, and the map of China looked increasingly like a wound. Japan controlled the coastal cities, the major river valleys, and most of the productive lowland plains of the north and east. The Nationalist government had retreated far inland to Chongqing, governing a rump state of mountainous hinterland, foreign sympathies, and diminishing resources. The war had long since ceased to look like a conventional conflict between organized fronts and had settled into something grimmer and more ambiguous — a slow war of attrition fought in the mud and rocks of the Chinese interior, punctuated by Japanese offensives designed not to end the war but to compress it, to squeeze the Nationalists tighter with each season until surrender became a rational calculation rather than a humiliation. Japan had tried other methods first. In the late 1930s, Tokyo made serious overtures to Chiang Kai-shek's government, proposing a negotiated settlement that would see China aligned with Japan and the puppet Wang Jingwei government elevated as the vehicle for that arrangement. Chiang refused. He had gambled, and would continue to gamble, that the war in Europe would eventually draw in the Western powers, that American patience with Japanese aggression would run out, and that time was ultimately on China's side. The strategy required suffering in the present to buy survival in the future. Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939 and the subsequent expansion of war across Europe only reinforced Japan's desire to accelerate its operations in China before the international situation made them impossible. By 1940, Japan signaled it intended to resolve the "China Incident" — the bureaucratic euphemism it used to avoid officially acknowledging that it was fighting a full-scale war — once and for all. The question was where. The front was hundreds of miles long. The Japanese army in China was stretched thin despite its nominal strength. Spectacular victories in the lowlands had failed to produce the political capitulation Tokyo expected. And in the mountains of Shanxi Province, a particular irritant had been festering for three years — one that the Japanese could neither ignore nor seem to dislodge. The Zhongtiao Mountains rise along the southern edge of Shanxi Province, running roughly east to west for some two hundred miles, forming a natural wall between the loess plateaus of Shanxi and the plains of northern Henan below. The range is not dramatic by Chinese standards — it is not the soaring, cloud-piercing landscape of Sichuan or Yunnan — but it is rugged, deeply ridged, and extraordinarily difficult to move through quickly. For a defending army with knowledge of the terrain, the Zhongtiao range was close to ideal. For an attacker, especially one dependent on mechanized firepower and coordinated logistics, it was a nightmare. Chinese forces had occupied the Zhongtiao Mountains since 1938, following the fall of Taiyuan and the retreat of Nationalist forces from the broader Shanxi campaign. At a moment when much of northern China was collapsing around them, the garrison there dug in and refused to move. Over the following three years, the Japanese Army mounted thirteen separate offensives against the Zhongtiao position. All thirteen failed. The mountains held. Chinese soldiers would later call it the "Eastern Maginot Line," a nickname that was simultaneously a boast and, in retrospect, a warning — the original Maginot Line, after all, had also been considered impregnable until the enemy simply went around it. But the strategic importance of Zhongtiao went beyond prestige. The mountains commanded the northern approach to the Yellow River crossings — the great geographic boundary that separated Japanese-controlled northern China from the Nationalist-held central and western regions. From their positions in the mountains, Chinese troops could threaten Japanese supply lines, protect their own river logistics, and maintain at least a symbolic presence north of the Yellow River. As long as the Zhongtiao garrison held, Japan could not claim complete control of northern China. It was also a potential launching point for a Chinese counteroffensive, should one ever become possible. The Japanese understood this perfectly. By 1940, eliminating the Zhongtiao position had become not merely desirable but strategically necessary. The First War Zone command responsible for the Zhongtiao garrison was, at least on paper, an imposing force. Between 170,000 and 180,000 men were deployed across the mountain range and its approaches, drawn from multiple armies and organized into several large groupings. The 5th Army Group under Zeng Wanzhong held the central area. The 14th Army Group under Liu Maoen operated in the eastern sector. The 4th Army Group, known as the "Iron Pillar of Zhongtiao" for its tenacious defense of the position over three years, was stationed as the backbone of the force. Individual armies were spread across specific nodes: Pei Changhui's 9th Army at Jiyuan in northern Henan; Zhao Shiling's 43rd Army at Yuanqu at the southernmost tip of Shanxi; Tang Huaiyuan's 3rd Army and Kong Lingxun's 80th Army in the Wenxi and Xiaxian areas; Wu Shimin's 98th Army at Dongfeng Town; Wu Tinglin's 15th Army near Gaoping. The man responsible for holding all of this together was Wei Lihuang, a gifted commander and one of Chiang Kai-shek's most capable generals. Wei had organized the Zhongtiao defense from the beginning, and his strategic instincts were widely respected. He was, by most accounts, the indispensable figure in the garrison's survival. The problem was that Wei had made powerful enemies. His refusal to participate in anti-Communist friction operations — at a time when the Nationalist government was increasingly focused on neutralizing the Communists even at the cost of Japanese resistance — had alienated him from a circle of powerful rivals, including the influential Hu Zongnan. Outmaneuvered at court, Wei was summoned to Chongqing in early 1941 and, under the pretext of strategic consultations, was effectively detained at Mount Emei. He never returned to his command in the Zhongtiao Mountains. The army he had built was left without its architect. The garrison that remained was compromised far beyond its missing commander, however. Three years of static defense had created conditions that corroded military discipline in predictable and insidious ways. Supply lines were unreliable, rations were short, and the soldiers garrisoning remote mountain positions had turned, by necessity and then by habit, to the local economy to sustain themselves. A bustling illicit trade in grain and opium had sprung up across the mountain zone, with Chinese troops selling what they could and buying what they needed from merchants who operated equally comfortably on both sides of the Japanese-Chinese frontier. This was not merely a logistical failure. It meant that Japanese intelligence had abundant commercial cover to infiltrate the garrison area, that security was a fiction, and that the defensive posture of the entire force had quietly shifted from warlike readiness to something closer to bureaucratic occupation. The Japanese had not missed any of this. For months before the offensive, Japanese intelligence agents had worked their way into the garrison's supply networks, trading relationships, and eventually its command structure itself. Japanese special forces had identified key headquarters positions. Informants had mapped the positions of individual units, traced the routes between them, and assessed the readiness of the men holding them. By the spring of 1941, Japanese planners believed, with considerable justification, that they could paralyze the entire Chinese command system within an hour of opening fire. This was not boasting. It was reconnaissance. Back in Chongqing, the intelligence picture was worse than unclear — it was actively distorted. The Nationalist intelligence apparatus issued warnings about Japanese troop movements near the Zhongtiao perimeter in April 1941, but the warnings were partial, their significance disputed, and the political will to act on them absent. A series of conferences were convened at Luoyang, the regional headquarters. Fortification orders were issued. Additional supplies were promised. Almost none of the follow-through actually materialized. The garrison's most powerful formation, the 4th Army Group, had already been transferred away from the area. Its absence left a hole in the defensive line that no amount of paper orders could fill. On the Japanese side, the operation that would eliminate the Zhongtiao garrison was carefully and systematically prepared. It was codenamed the "Central Plains Campaign" — a name that reflected its true ambition, which was not merely to take a mountain range but to reshape the strategic geography of the entire region. The operation was assigned to the North China Area Army under Lieutenant General Tada Shun, an experienced commander who had studied the Zhongtiao problem for years and had a clear understanding of why previous offensives had failed. The core of the attacking force was seven divisions: the 33rd, 35th, 36th, 37th, 41st, and 21st Divisions, along with several independent mixed brigades, puppet Chinese formations, cavalry, and a substantial artillery and air component. The 3rd Air Group, operating from airfields at Yuncheng and Xinxiang, would provide tactical air support throughout the operation. In total, the frontline assault force numbered approximately 100,000 men. This was not a repeat of the previous thirteen offensives, in which the Japanese had probed and pressed at the mountains frontally. This was a comprehensive annihilation plan. Tada's design exploited the geographic shape of the Zhongtiao position itself. The Chinese garrison occupied a roughly crescent-shaped area, with its back to the Yellow River and its front facing north and east into Japanese-held territory. The obvious previous approach — attacking from the north — had failed repeatedly because the terrain favored the defenders. Tada's solution was to attack from three directions simultaneously, with the town of Yuanqu on the Yellow River as the primary objective. Yuanqu was the hinge of the entire Chinese position: it controlled the main river crossings, served as the central supply point for the garrison, and sat at the narrowest point between the mountains and the water. If Yuanqu fell, the Chinese would be cut off from their supply line and divided into two separate pockets. Then each pocket could be destroyed at leisure. To execute this, Tada organized his forces into three attack groups. The eastern group, built around Lieutenant General Harada Yukichi's 35th Division with elements of the 21st Division and the 4th Independent Cavalry Brigade — totaling roughly 25,000 men with armor, artillery, and supporting puppet forces — would drive westward along the Daoqing Road, pushing through Jiyuan and Mengxian toward the eastern flank of the Chinese position. The northeastern group, under Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai commanding the 33rd Division and an Independent Mixed Brigade, would descend from Yangcheng southward, striking at the middle of the Chinese line. The western and northwestern group, the largest, comprising the 36th, 37th, and 41st Divisions along with the 9th and 16th Independent Mixed Brigades, would push southward from multiple points between Sangchi and Zhangdian, driving straight for Yuanqu. The final element of the plan was the most audacious. Japanese special forces and paratroopers were to land behind Chinese lines on the opening night of the offensive, targeting the Chinese headquarters and communications nodes. If the Chinese command could be blinded and paralyzed in the first hours of the battle, resistance would collapse before it could organize. Given the penetration of the garrison by Japanese intelligence, the paratroopers knew precisely where to go. From late April, Japanese forces quietly moved into their assault positions. Supply dumps were stocked. Artillery was registered on Chinese positions. The attack was set for the morning of May 7, 1941. Everything was ready. The battle opened before dawn on May 7, and it opened everywhere at once. On the eastern front, Harada's 35th Division and its attached formations crossed the start line and drove westward in three parallel columns along the Daoqing Road. More than 5,000 infantrymen, 1,000 cavalry, dozens of artillery pieces, over 100 tanks and armored vehicles, and the supporting puppet troops of Zhang Lanfeng and Liu Yanfeng poured into the Chinese-held area around Jiyuan and Mengxian. The assault had an almost mechanical quality — it moved at the pace of its armor and artillery, methodically grinding through whatever lay in its path. On the northeastern front, Sakurai's 33rd Division descended from Yangcheng with more than 10,000 men, striking at Wu Shimin's 98th Army at Dongfeng Town. Wu was one of the more aggressive Chinese commanders in the garrison, and he did not wait to be overwhelmed. He threw his forces into active resistance on multiple axes, contesting each Japanese advance rather than simply absorbing it. In the fighting around Wangcun, his troops achieved one of the campaign's rare Chinese tactical successes, routing approximately 2,000 Japanese attackers and killing more than 700, including Colonel Hamada, a Japanese regimental commander. It was a genuine local victory, but it could not change the larger picture. On the western and northwestern front, the main Japanese force pushed south with its eyes fixed on Yuanqu. The coordinated weight of three divisions and two independent brigades, all moving along converging axes, was designed to be overwhelming. Individually, a Chinese unit might hold a ridge or a pass for a day. Collectively, there was no way to stop what was coming. And that same night, as the Chinese scrambled to respond to attacks on every side, Japanese paratroopers landed near Chinese headquarters positions. They found what intelligence had promised: a command system already in disarray, staffed by officers who had received no coherent orders and had lost communications with most of their subordinate units. The Japanese were not wrong when they predicted they could paralyze the Chinese command within hours. By the morning of May 8, the Chinese First War Zone headquarters had effectively ceased to function as a coordinating body. Individual armies would fight on, but they would fight alone. The second day of the battle brought the decisive blow. On the afternoon of May 8, the 9th Army under Pei Changhui — already reeling from the pressure of the eastern Japanese columns — abandoned the cities of Ji and Meng and fell back westward. The withdrawal opened a path through the Chinese line, and the Japanese exploited it immediately. That evening, with the assistance of paratroopers who had secured key access routes overnight, Japanese forces reached Yuanqu on the Yellow River's northern bank and took it. The fall of Yuanqu changed everything. At a single stroke, the Chinese garrison's supply line from the south bank of the Yellow River was severed. The main crossing points were in Japanese hands. The two halves of the Chinese position — those to the east of Yuanqu and those to the west — were now separated, unable to reinforce one another. The double encirclement that Tada had designed on paper became a physical reality on the ground. The trap had closed. May 9 brought further disaster. Japanese forces captured Wufujian, another significant point in the Chinese rear. And on this day the battle's human cost began to register in the most stark terms possible. Wang Jun, commander of the newly formed 27th Division of Kong Lingxun's 80th Army, was killed in action fighting in the southern Shanxi mountains. Major General Chen Wenqi, deputy commander of the 24th Division, died in fierce combat near Taizhai Village. And Major General Liang Xixian, having retreated with the remnants of his force to Taizhai and found every route blocked — his options reduced to surrender or death — walked into the Yellow River and drowned himself. He was not the last Chinese officer to choose death over capture. The loss of three generals in a single day was not merely tragic. It reflected something about the nature of the battle that the casualty statistics alone could not capture: the Chinese officers who fought most fiercely and refused to abandon their positions were precisely the men dying, while the broader institutional structure that should have supported them had already failed. The garrison was being consumed from its fighting edge inward. Over the following two days, the Japanese methodically tightened the ring. The eastern column, having taken Yuanqu, split into two prongs: one drove eastward, capturing Shaoyuan by the morning of May 12 and linking up with the forces that had been pressing westward from Jiyuan; the other drove westward to Wufujian, joining with the troops already there. The inner encirclement was now complete and continuous. The Yellow River crossings along the entire Chinese front were blocked. There was no route south that wasn't already under fire or in Japanese hands. The fighting in the mountain passes was, by all accounts, ferocious. At Fengmenkou — a critical pass that both sides recognized as a key chokepoint — the Chinese 9th Army committed the main force of its newly formed 24th Division along with elements of the 54th Division, fighting for every ridge and ravine. The Japanese sent reinforcements and simply absorbed the punishment, pressing forward until numbers and artillery told. By May 12, the position at Jianshan had been surrounded as well, and the outer ring of encirclement had sealed. The Chinese armies in the Zhongtiao Mountains were now divided into isolated pockets, each fighting separately, each trying to find a gap in the Japanese lines that simply wasn't there. Beyond the mountains, the Chinese high command in Luoyang was issuing desperate orders. Units that had already been overrun were instructed to hold positions they no longer occupied. Army commanders who had lost contact with their corps were told to coordinate with formations they couldn't reach. The gap between the orders flowing from headquarters and the reality on the ground had become absolute. The First War Zone command was, in practical terms, a spectator to the destruction of its own army. Of all the days in the three-week battle, May 13 was perhaps the most devastating for Chinese morale. At Cunbu, in the western sector, the 3rd Army under Lieutenant General Tang Huaiyuan had been surrounded and cut off. Tang was among the finest officers in the Nationalist army — a career soldier of exceptional ability, admired by subordinates and superiors alike, the kind of commander who by his personal presence could steady troops on the edge of breaking. He had led the 3rd Army in continuous fighting since May 7, conducting a fighting retreat that had preserved more of his force than most. But there was nowhere left to retreat to. Cunbu was surrounded on all sides. The Yellow River was behind him. The Japanese were in front. Tang Huaiyuan sat with his surviving officers and told them that he would not surrender. Then he shot himself. He was fifty-seven years old. On the same day, Cun Xingqi, commander of the 12th Division, was hit eight times during close combat and died on the field. The tally of dead general officers had now reached five in the space of a week. Tang Huaiyuan's death, unlike the others, resonated as something more than a military loss. He was a symbol of what the Zhongtiao defense had once represented: the possibility that courage and skill could compensate for disadvantages in firepower and logistics. His death seemed to say, loudly, that that possibility was exhausted. Chiang Kai-shek, when news reached him in Chongqing, personally ordered that Tang Huaiyuan be posthumously promoted and honored. The gesture was well-intentioned and entirely beside the point. Tang was dead. His army was destroyed. The gesture could not undo either fact. With the double encirclement complete and the primary Chinese resistance broken, the Japanese Army entered the second and less dramatic but equally brutal phase of its operation: the systematic clearance of what remained. Beginning around May 15, Japanese units shifted from the headlong offensive drives of the first week to methodical sweep operations, moving through the mountain terrain in organized formations, pressing into each remaining pocket and eliminating whatever resistance they found. The Yellow River's northern bank was secured by Japanese forces who established posts at the crossing points, blocking retreat and interdicting any resupply attempt. From the western front, sweep operations continued in a series of movements that lasted until well into June, each one driving Chinese remnants further into smaller and more untenable positions. Japanese after-action reports from this period read with the clinical detachment of men doing carpentry rather than fighting: so many positions cleared, so many prisoners taken, so many bodies counted. For the surviving Chinese forces, this period was one of desperate improvisation. With coordinated resistance impossible and every organized position either taken or surrounded, the remnant armies broke up into smaller columns and attempted to find their own routes out of the encirclement. Their experiences varied enormously depending on their starting position, the initiative of their commanders, and fortune. The remnants of the 3rd Army and 15th Army, under Zeng Wanzhong of the 5th Army Group, managed to push through to Yellow River crossings in the west and get their men across to the south bank, eventually reorganizing at Luoyang and Xin'an. The 93rd Army, which had occupied positions in the northeast, shook off the Japanese pursuit with sufficient speed and organization to cross at Yumenkou and escape into Hancheng County in Shaanxi Province, preserving more of its fighting strength than most. Wu Shimin's 98th Army — whose fighting at Wangcun had been one of the campaign's genuine bright spots — was pushed northward into the Taiyue Mountains, conducting guerrilla operations as it went. Wu himself was wounded during the withdrawal and would spend months recovering; he never fully recovered his health, and would die by suicide the following year. The 43rd Army under Zhao Shiling, which had held Yuanqu before its fall, managed a fighting withdrawal toward Fushan and Yicheng in the north. Pei Changhui's 9th Army conducted several days of guerrilla operations along the Daoqing Road before finding crossings at Xiaodukou and Guanyangdukou and getting across the Yellow River to safety. By May 27, the great majority of the Zhongtiao Mountain garrison had either been destroyed, captured, or withdrawn. The mountains that had held for three years were in Japanese hands. The battle, for all practical purposes, was over. The two sides emerged from the battle with starkly different accounts of what had happened, and the gap between those accounts is itself revealing. Japanese operational records claimed that their forces had killed approximately 42,000 Chinese soldiers on the battlefield, taken around 35,000 prisoners, captured enormous quantities of weapons and supplies, and inflicted total Chinese casualties exceeding 100,000. Against this, Japanese headquarters reported their own losses as 673 killed and 2,292 wounded — a ratio so lopsided that it seemed to describe a completely different kind of warfare. Whether or not the precise numbers are accurate, Japanese sources were consistent in portraying the battle as a catastrophic one-sided rout. The Chinese government's official figures, presented to the public and to allied nations, told a very different story. Nationalist records acknowledged approximately 13,751 officers and soldiers killed, wounded, gassed, or missing, while claiming Japanese casualties of around 9,900. These numbers, by the standards of the actual fighting and the geographic scale of the defeat, strained credulity. They were the numbers of a government that needed, for political and morale reasons, to minimize a disaster it could not afford to fully acknowledge. What is beyond dispute is the strategic result. The Zhongtiao garrison, which had held for three years against thirteen prior offensives, had been destroyed in twenty days. The last significant Nationalist Chinese presence north of the Yellow River in the region had been eliminated. Japan now controlled the northern bank of the river for a substantial stretch, had secured its supply lines through southern Shanxi, and had opened the door for future pressure on Luoyang and ultimately Xi'an. The mountain barrier that had allowed Chinese forces to threaten Japanese logistics was gone. It would not be rebuilt. Six senior Chinese generals had died in the battle: Wang Jun, Chen Wenqi, Liang Xixian, Tang Huaiyuan, Cun Xingqi, and others in the fighting. Their deaths were individually remarkable — men choosing death over surrender at rate that reflected both the desperate conditions of the battle and a code of honor that many of them explicitly invoked in their final moments. They were also, in aggregate, a measure of how completely the officer corps had been consumed. In the decades since the battle, historians have returned repeatedly to the question of why a position held for three years collapsed so completely in three weeks. The answers are neither simple nor flattering to the Nationalist government, and they were debated with bitter intensity in Chongqing even while the battle was still being fought. The most immediate cause was the removal of Wei Lihuang. This was not merely the loss of a capable general — it was the destruction of the institutional knowledge and personal relationships that had made the defense function. The Zhongtiao garrison was not simply a collection of soldiers in mountain positions; it was a system, carefully constructed over three years, that depended on specific command relationships, established logistics arrangements, and particular allocation of resources. Wei had built that system. Without him, and without any adequate replacement, it became something far more brittle than it appeared. Below the level of high command, the garrison's gradual corruption was an equally powerful factor. The trading networks, the opium commerce, the penetration by Japanese intelligence — these were not incidental problems but symptoms of a deeper institutional failure. An army that has spent three years in static defensive positions, chronically undersupplied and without a meaningful offensive mission, tends toward exactly this kind of decay. The Nationalist government's decision to prioritize anti-Communist friction operations over Zhongtiao's fighting readiness had removed the 4th Army Group — the backbone of the defense — and had consumed Wei Lihuang's attention and political capital at the worst possible moment. The Japanese plan, too, deserves credit it rarely receives in Chinese accounts of the battle. The three-pronged converging attack on Yuanqu was not simply overwhelming force applied to an obvious target. It was an elegant solution to the genuine tactical puzzle that the Zhongtiao mountains presented, exploiting the garrison's geographic vulnerability with a precision that turned the defenders' mountain terrain from an asset into a trap. The use of paratroopers to decapitate the Chinese command in the opening hours was a sophisticated operational concept that worked almost exactly as designed. Tada Shun was not lucky. He was thorough. Finally, there is the question of Chiang Kai-shek's own priorities. His reported weeping upon receiving news of the defeat was genuine, in the sense that the loss clearly shocked and grieved him. But the decisions that led to the defeat — Wei Lihuang's removal, the transfer of the 4th Army Group, the neglect of fortification and resupply in the months preceding the battle — had been made in Chongqing, not in the mountains. The Zhongtiao garrison had been strategically sacrificed, piece by piece, for political calculations in the internal factional struggle between Nationalists and Communists. Whether Chiang understood the cost of those choices before May 7, 1941, is debatable. After that date, it was difficult to pretend otherwise. The fall of the Zhongtiao Mountains did not end the War of Resistance, but it substantially worsened China's strategic position in the north. Over the following months, Japan used its consolidated control of southern Shanxi to increase pressure on the Yellow River line and probe toward Luoyang. The surviving Chinese armies, reorganized south of the river, were in no position to counterattack. The mountains themselves, stripped of their garrison and secured by Japanese occupation troops, became part of the extended Japanese occupation zone — a territory to be administered and exploited rather than contested. For the men who had fought there, the battle left wounds that went beyond the physical. Entire armies had to be rebuilt from remnants. Officers who had retreated, whether under orders or on their own initiative, faced boards of inquiry in an atmosphere of recrimination and blame-seeking. Some were cashiered. Some faced criminal proceedings. The search for culpability — which was genuine enough, since the failure was genuine — tended to fall on those least able to defend themselves rather than on the senior commanders and political figures whose decisions had created the conditions for defeat. The posthumous honors awarded to Tang Huaiyuan, Liang Xixian, Wang Jun, and the other officers who died in battle were heartfelt, and they were also convenient. The heroic dead could be elevated without requiring the living to answer uncomfortable questions. Their sacrifice was real. The system that wasted it was also real. In the broader history of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain tends to be overshadowed by more famous engagements — Shanghai, Nanjing, Taierzhuang, the later battles along the Salween. This is partly because the Chinese side lost comprehensively and had little interest in memorializing the loss, and partly because the battle's significance was more strategic than dramatic. There was no great last stand, no single moment of heroism sufficient to redeem the catastrophe. There were only men dying in mountain passes, generals walking into rivers, and an entire defensive system disintegrating under the weight of its own contradictions. What the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain represents, in the end, is a case study in how military positions are really lost. They are rarely lost on the battlefield alone. They are lost in the staff meetings where capable commanders are removed for political reasons. They are lost in the supply depots that never get restocked. They are lost in the informal economies that grow up when institutions stop functioning. They are lost in the intelligence assessments that are written and ignored. They are lost, finally and irreversibly, in the early morning hours when the guns open simultaneously on three sides and the men at the radios discover that no one is answering.     I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. On May 7, 1941, Japan opened a three-front assault on Zhongtiao Mountains; paratroopers disrupted command night. With the 9th Army withdrawing, Yuanqu fell on May 8, severing supply and trapping the garrison. Fighting raged through May 13, costing generals, until Japanese sweeps cleared pockets; survivors escaped south of Yellow River.

Happened In the 90's hosted by Steve and Matt picks a day, any day, and then goes back in time to that magical decade we all know and love the 90's, to revisit episodes of tv, movies that premiered, or cultural events that occurred on that day in the 90's.This week Steve & Matt discuss their favorite Ric Flair moments, weight loss, & the embarrassment that is '95 WCW.SEGMENT 1Show: Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistEpisode: “Cholesterol” (Season 1| Episode 4)Premiere Date: 6/18/1995Story: Dr. Katz is informed by his doctor that his chances are good for having a massive heart attack. He strives to get in shape, with Julie's help: In exchange for fitness sessions, Julie wants Katz to teach her the guitar. Katz tries to convince Ben to take a health oath, but he's reluctant.SEGMENT 2Show:  The Great American Bash '95  Premiere Date: 6/18/95Story: Alex Wright vs Brian Pillman, Dave Sullivan vs Diamond Dallas Page arm wrestling match, Jim Duggan vs Sgt. Craig Pittman, Booker T & Stevie Ray vs Bunkhouse Buck & Dick Slater, Renegade vs Arn Anderson, Nasty Boys vs Blue Bloods, Sting vs Meng, Ric Flair vs Randy Savage.

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Hulk Hogan throws a fit when The Macho Man randy Savage cuts a deal without Hogan's knowledge. Ric Flair battles an old foe when he defends his WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Sting. But that's not the Main Event as Hogan closes the show against the almighty Meng. The Four Horsemen conduct business as they strike a deal with the Dungeon of Doom. Sting continues to be the most clueless man in professional wrestling.  Follow us on Instagram @GetItAgainPodcast Got 2 (or more) words for us? Email us at GetItAgainPodcast@gmail.com

At the SOAP meeting in Montreal, Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen interview Dr. Marie Louise Meng, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Duke University Department of Anesthesiology and her former cardio-obstetric fellow Liliane Ernst, assistant professor in the Obstetric and Gynecologic Anesthesia section Wake Forest University. The conversation focuses on cardio-obstetric anesthesia, hemodynamics, monitoring, and patient-centered care. Meng describes building multidisciplinary "pregnancy heart teams" to plan management for complex cardiac disease in pregnancy and reduce birth trauma. Ernst discusses research using the Premier database on preexisting atrial fibrillation in pregnancy (about 25 per 100,000 deliveries) and associated management and outcomes. They review cases including mechanical circulatory support with an Impella to prolong pregnancy and highlight knowledge gaps about placental perfusion and pulsatility, including Fontan physiology. Meng outlines individualized hemodynamic monitoring for labor and C-sections, emphasizes recognizing hypertensive instability, and details preeclampsia with severe features, its end-organ criteria, incidence, disparities, postpartum follow-up challenges, and potential use of remote monitoring and noninvasive cardiac output/SVR monitoring to guide therapy. Monty Mythen, founding editor-in-chief of TopMedTalk, is now Senior Vice President, Scientific Liaison, BD Advanced Patient Monitoring. He is also Emeritus Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University College London, UK. Desirée Chappell, former co-editor-in-chief of TopMedTalk, is now Director of Medical Affairs and Medical Science Liaison, BD Advanced Patient Monitoring. She is also a CRNA at NorthStar Anesthesia, USA. -- Join us at Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) World Congress 2026 in London. Be part of a global conversation as clinicians from around the world gather between 7-9th July at the British Library in London. Three days of evidence-based perioperative medicine, global insights, and expert debate—featuring speakers including Michael Marmot and Ken Rockwood. Register here - EBPOM World Congress 2026

It's a poetry-pilled installment of Rereading the Stone! We compare Zhang Ruoxu's 張若虛 (660 – ca. 720) “Spring River in the Flower Moon Night《春江花月夜》,” featuring a new draft translation, with Lin Daiyu's 《秋窗風雨夕》, “Autumn Window: A Night of Wind and Rain” in David Hawke's translation of Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 (Story of the Stone.)Support the show

309. bölümde Hanover Messe Türkiye WIN Eurasia Proje Yöneticisi Sena Mengül ile üçüncü kez bir araya geldik. 32 yıllık geçmişe sahip fuarın 2026 edisyonunu, endüstriyel otomasyonun Türkiye'deki dönüşümünü, entegre üretim teknolojilerini ve bu yılın yeni projelerini konuştuk. 10–13 Haziran 2026, İstanbul Fuar Merkezi. Bu bölüm WIN EURASIA hakkında tanıtım içerir. WIN EURASIA, 10-13 Haziran 2026 tarihleri arasında İstanbul Fuar Merkezi'nde 32. kez düzenlenecek. Hannover Fairs Turkey organizasyonunda "Otomasyonla Daha İleriye" mottosuyla gerçekleşecek fuar, altı salonda 55 bin m²'lik alanda ziyaretçilerini ağırlayacak. WIN EURASIA'ya ücretsiz buradan kayıt olabilirsiniz. (00:44) Türkiye'de otomasyonu en çok şaşırtan gelişme (02:37) WIN Eurasia nedir? 10–13 Haziran 2026 (03:47) "Otomasyonla Daha İleriye" mottosunun arkasındaki vizyon (06:14) Entegre sistemler: teknolojiler neden birlikte sergileniyor? (09:01) Salon 7: IoT, endüstriyel yapay zeka ve 5G bir arada (10:49) Nereden başlayacağını bilmeyen üretim müdürüne ne sunuyor? (13:19) İlk kez: Bakım-Onarım Atölyesi neden bu yıl açıldı? (16:42) Urban Steel Rockstars: endüstriyel influencer dünyası (21:13) eleman.net iş birliği: fuar bir istihdam platformuna dönüşüyor (22:50) Uluslararası alım heyetleri ve B2B program (25:17) Almanya, Japonya, İtalya pavilyonları Türk firmalar için ne anlama geliyor? (27:36) Türk üretim sektörü dönüşümde nerede? İyimser miyiz? (29:37) Kayıt ve ziyaret bilgisi https://www.win-eurasia.com/tr (31:32) Kitap önerisi: Asla Yalnız Yeme – Keith Ferrazzi Sosyal Medya takibi yaptın mı? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Goodreads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bülten⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-Posta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Bu çalışmaları ve emeklerimi desteklemek için ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ve ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Me A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ hesabımız⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China and the United States should implement the important consensus reached by the two countries' leaders and work toward a stable and sustainable military-to-military relationship, Chinese scholars said at a high-level security forum in Singapore, as global security faces rising risks from hegemonism, disorder of global governance and emerging technologies.当前，霸权主义、全球治理失序以及新兴技术等因素令全球安全风险不断攀升。中国学者在新加坡一场高级别安全论坛上表示，中美两国应落实两国元首达成的重要共识，推动两军关系朝着稳定、可持续的方向发展。Major General Meng Xiangqing, a professor at China's National Defense University, made the remarks on Saturday during a parallel session of the three-day Shangri-La Dialogue, which concluded on Sunday.为期三天的香格里拉对话会于周日落幕。中国国防大学教授孟祥青少将在周六的专题分论坛上发表了上述观点。His remarks came after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth referred to the recent China-US top leaders' meeting in Beijing and their consensus, during a plenary speech earlier on Saturday.周六早些时候，美国国防部长皮特・赫格塞思在全体大会发言中提及近期中美两国元首在北京举行的会晤及双方达成的共识，随后孟祥青作出相关表态。Meng said the level of attention the two leaders' meeting received at the forum showed that stability in China-US relations serves not only the interests of the two peoples, but also regional stability and world peace.孟祥青表示，此次元首会晤在论坛上受到高度关注，这说明中美关系稳定不仅符合两国人民的利益，也有益于地区稳定与世界和平。The most important political consensus reached by the two sides is to build a constructive relationship of strategic stability between China and the US, Meng said.他指出，双方达成的最重要政治共识，是构建中美建设性战略稳定关系。"We expect China and the US to meet each other halfway, translate the consensus into concrete actions, and push military-to-military relations toward healthy, stable and sustainable development," he said.他说：“我们期待中美双方相向而行，将共识转化为实际行动，推动两军关系实现健康、稳定、可持续发展。”Responding to a question from a member of the Chinese delegation after his speech, Hegseth said the new vision of building a constructive US-China relationship of strategic stability is "real, substantive and meaningful for the history of peace in the region and the world".赫格塞思发言结束后，回答了中方代表团成员的提问。他表示，构建中美建设性战略稳定关系这一新愿景是切实、务实的，对地区乃至世界和平发展历程都具有重要意义。Hegseth said he was present when the leaders discussed constructive strategic stability. "I think that was a great framing from both leaders about what they want from that relationship," he said, adding that there is "a mutual respect, a recognition of capabilities and power and how that could be most usefully leveraged in the world today".赫格塞思称，两国元首探讨建设性战略稳定相关内容时他在场。他表示：“两国元首为双边关系发展指明了良好方向。” 他还提到，双方相互尊重，正视彼此的实力与影响力，并思考如何在当今世界合理发挥这些力量的作用。Wang Dong, a professor at Peking University's School of International Studies, said that Hegseth's speech this year contained far fewer negative references to China compared with speeches by US defense chiefs in previous years, and did not mention Taiwan or the South China Sea, two hot topics that had often been cited in the past.北京大学国际关系学院教授王栋表示，相较于往年美国国防部长的发言，赫格塞思今年的讲话针对中国的负面表述大幅减少，也没有提及以往频频出现的台湾、南海两大热点议题。Wang, who participated in the security summit, said the change in Hegseth's tone reflected a more cautious approach by the US in handling relations with China after the two countries agreed to build a constructive relationship of strategic stability.出席本次安全峰会的王栋认为，美方态度出现转变，反映出在双方就构建建设性战略稳定关系达成共识后，美国处理对华关系时变得更为谨慎。"Over the past year or so, China, through engagement and struggle, has made the US realize that it cannot gain an advantage in a trade war with China, and may even face countermeasures from China," he said. "The US is working with China to build a new paradigm, which is very important for the two countries to find the right way to get along."他说：“过去一年多来，中国通过沟通与斗争，让美方认识到在对华贸易博弈中无法占到便宜，甚至会遭到反制。如今美方愿意同中国探索构建新型相处模式，这对两国找到正确相处之道至关重要。”In his speech, Meng, the PLA professor, also warned that global strategic stability faces unprecedented challenges, including the impact of hegemonism on regional security, rising risks of global nuclear conflict, serious erosion of international arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation systems, and disorder in global governance.孟祥青在发言中还警示，全球战略稳定正面临前所未有的挑战：霸权主义冲击地区安全，全球核冲突风险上升，国际军控、裁军与防扩散体系遭到严重破坏，全球治理陷入失序状态。Some countries are engaging in power politics, seeking absolute strategic superiority and provoking bloc confrontation, he said, adding that such moves have intensified arms races and regional conflicts.他指出，部分国家大搞强权政治，谋求绝对战略优势，煽动阵营对抗，此类行径加剧了军备竞赛与地区冲突。"These risks are intertwined and mutually reinforcing, making current strategic stability highly fragile," Meng said, noting that countries, especially major powers, should shoulder their due responsibilities in safeguarding strategic stability.孟祥青表示，各类风险交织叠加、相互激化，令当下的全球战略稳定变得十分脆弱。各国尤其是大国，应当承担起维护战略稳定的应有责任。He called for firmly defending the postwar international order, saying that it is essential to building the political foundation for strategic stability.他呼吁坚决维护战后国际秩序，这是筑牢战略稳定政治根基的关键。"As the world again stands at a crossroads, countries must stay alert to any revival of militarist thinking and firmly safeguard the outcomes of World War II and the postwar international order," Meng said, criticizing recent actions by the Japanese side in the security and military fields.孟祥青批评了日方近期在安全和军事领域的相关举动，并表示，当今世界再次来到历史十字路口，各国必须警惕军国主义思想回潮，坚定捍卫二战胜利成果和战后国际秩序。On emerging technologies, the scholar warned against a "rules vacuum" in their military use.谈及新兴技术，这位学者提醒，要警惕其在军事应用领域出现 “规则真空”。"Allowing algorithms to control matters of life and death could very likely lead to technological loss of control," he said. "At all times, control over war and related weapon systems must be firmly kept in human hands."他表示：“若任由算法掌控生杀大权，极易引发技术失控。战争以及各类武器系统的控制权，必须始终牢牢掌握在人类手中。”consensus /kənˈsensəs/n. 共识，一致意见hegemonism /hɪˈɡemənɪzəm/n. 霸权主义strategic /strəˈtiːdʒɪk/adj. 战略的；战略性的fragile /ˈfrædʒaɪl/adj. 脆弱的；易受损的

Jin Tan Meng es el primer legislador asiático en integrar el Parlamento uruguayo. Nació en Guangzhou, China y en su niñez, se fanatizó con el fútbol. A los 17 años viajó a Uruguay para probar suerte en el deporte. Jugó en Huracán Buceo y en Peñarol, entre otros, pero su rodilla lo hizo abandonar rapidamente. Se dedicó a los negocios y la vida en Uruguay lo llevó a vivir en Rivera. En 2025 asumió como diputado suplente por el departamento. Tiene nueva nacionalidad uruguaya, y es más conocido como "Jackie". Conocé su vida en #MalosPensamientosPodcast

-Esta noche tendremos con nosotros al Investigador paranormal, periodista, médium y sensitivo Aldo Linares… Con el hablaremos de sus investigaciones mediumnicas, y de su último libro, “Yo, Medium”. -En Historias, Cuentos y Leyendas, vamos a tener a nuestro compañero, el Investigador, Escritor y Divulgador Paco López Mengüal, que en “Vida de Santos” nos narrará la Historia de “El Gauchito Gil” -Y terminaremos con un nuevo DEBATE, de la mano de nuestros contertulios Gabriel Santana, Paco Torres, y Michael Donnellan, debatiremos sobre un interesante y más que controvertido tema, “Esas Construcciones Imposibles repartidas por el Mundo desde hace milenios” “El camino es largo y está a punto de comenzar… Compinches de la noche, poneos cómodos, agudizad las orejas que empezamos…” Por FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Nemesis-Radio-1550831935166728/ Podcast de NEMESIS RADIO: http://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-nemesis-radio_sq_f1133446_1.html CANAL MISTERIOS DE IVOOX: https://www.ivoox.com/escuchar-canal-misterios-ivoox_nq_2594_1.html Canal misterios de Ivoox: https://www.facebook.com/canalmisteriosdeIvoox/ YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7PD6Knea7eWw88rLp0vR0w E-MAIL: nemesisradiomurcia@gmail.com Por Internet a través de nuestras webs: frecuenciamurcia.es (NEMESIS RADIO NO SE HACE RESPONSABLE DE LOS COMENTARIOS DE LOS CONTERTULIOS E INVITADOS QUE PARTICIPAN EN DICHO PROGRAMA) DIRIGEN Y PRESENTAN ANTONIO PÉREZ Y JOSÉ ANTº MARTÍNEZ

MMA Lock of the Night is back to give you breakdowns and predictions for UFC Macau: Song vs Figueiredo. Also on the main card, Zhang vs Menifield, Pavlovich vs Teixeira, Asakura vs Smotherman, Matthews vs Harris, and Perez vs Sumudaerji.

Programa n º 325 de ‘Bien SER y Bienestar', en este miércoles 20 de mayo, presentado por María Mengíbar, Maestra Titulada en Reiki y Yoga. “… No esperes más y disfruta la vida, inhala los momentos y exhala lo que te preocupa, abraza lo que te sume siempre, siempre. Revienta lo que te rodea de amor y cariño, a pesar de que no te deseen lo mismo. Dicen que cada cual da lo que es, y que cierto es eso. Se diferente, que no pasa nada. Echa de menos y más. Di los te quieros que quieras decir, antes de que se conviertan en los te quieros que querías haber dicho, aunque no los escuches de vuelta. No esperes más, no hay nada más que esperar y disfruta lo que tienes, que, al fin y al cabo, es lo que tendrás. Acepta que lo que vino fue por algo y lo que no llegó es porque no es para ti. ¡¡¡Sí así sin más!!!...” 

Aktör, müzisyen ve futbol sevdalısı Bartu Küçükçağlayan'la müzik snobluğu, başarısız auditionlar ve nasıl şarkı yazılırı konuştuk. Zizek'in fiziğini, Caner'in centilmenliğini sergilediği bu bölümde; Nevşin Mengü esefle kınandı.

The bullish momentum recently seen in the Chinese market is likely to continue thanks to the structural opportunities provided by the country's rapid adoption of emerging technologies and ongoing economic recovery, said experts.专家表示，中国市场近期的看涨势头有望延续，这得益于中国快速采用新兴技术所带来的结构性机遇以及持续性经济复苏。Their comments were made on Monday after the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index climbed to an 11-year high of 4225.02 points. The Shenzhen Component Index jumped 2.16 percent and the tech-heavy ChiNext in Shenzhen surged 3.5 percent. Combined trading value on the Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing bourses topped 3.56 trillion yuan ($520 billion), up nearly 16 percent from the previous trading day.上述评论发表于5月11日。当日，上证综指攀升至4225.02点，创下11年来新高；深证成指上涨2.16%，以科技股为主的创业板指数大涨3.5%。沪、深、京三地交易所合计成交额突破3.56万亿元人民币（约合5200亿美元），较前一交易日放量近16%。A-share listed semiconductor firms fueled the Monday rally, reporting an average daily price gain of 5.01 percent.5月11日的涨势主要由A股半导体上市公司拉动，相关个股当日平均涨幅达5.01%。Fang Jian, manager of the integrated circuit hybrid fund at Yinhua Fund, said the strong performance of Chinese tech companies may have just begun in earnest. The artificial intelligence surge and semiconductor localization will generate enormous investment opportunities in 2026 as chipmakers will see "a big year of orders".银华基金集成电路混合型基金经理方建认为，中国科技股的强势表现或许才刚刚真正启动，人工智能浪潮与半导体国产化将在2026年催生巨大投资机遇，芯片制造商将迎来“订单大年”。On Friday, China's top internet, economic and industry regulators jointly issued a guideline to regulate the application and innovative development of AI agents.5月8日，国家互联网、经济和行业主管部门联合发布指导意见，规范人工智能智能体的应用与创新发展。While foundational models remain the key investment thesis at the current stage, investors are recommended to keep a close eye on power suppliers, companies with deeper and earlier AI adoption, as well as AI enablers that benefit from China's semiconductor localization trend, experts from Morgan Stanley wrote in a report released on Sunday.摩根士丹利专家在周日发布的报告中指出，尽管基础模型仍是当前阶段的核心投资主题，但建议投资者重点关注电力供应商、较早且深入切入AI领域的公司，以及受益于中国半导体国产化趋势的人工智能赋能企业。The development and application of new thematic indices, analysis tools driven by AI innovation and the completion of financial market infrastructure have fueled the Chinese capital market with robust momentum, said David Day, managing director of the London Stock Exchange Group for Asia-Pacific.伦敦证券交易所集团亚太区董事总经理戴介明表示，新型主题指数的开发与应用、AI创新驱动的分析工具以及金融市场基础设施的不断完善，为中国资本市场注入了强劲动力。China's strong economic numbers over the past few months -including exports and industrial production — have provided more confidence to international investors, Thomas Fang, head of China Global Markets at UBS, said during a news briefing on Monday, adding that China is likely to reenter an inflationary cycle in the third quarter.瑞银集团中国全球市场主管房东明5月11日在新闻吹风会上表示，过去几个月中国强劲的经济数据（包括出口和工业增加值）进一步提振了国际投资者的信心。他还预计，中国可能在第三季度重新进入通胀周期。Meng Lei, China equity strategist at UBS Securities, upgraded his forecast for A-share companies' profitability growth rate this year to 11 percent, up from 8 percent at the end of last year. This will serve as one major driver for an A-share bull run throughout 2026, Meng said.瑞银证券中国股票策略师孟磊将其对今年A股公司盈利增长率的预测从去年年底的8%上调至11%。他表示，这将成为2026年A股走牛的主要驱动力之一。Continued capital inflows into the A-share market will be another engine, which will be comprised of household savings directed into wealth management products, recovery in the issuance of mutual fund products, thematic exchange traded funds and high net wealth individuals investing more in private equities or quantitative funds, he added.他补充说，持续的资本流入是A股的另一大引擎。这些资金包括：居民储蓄转向理财产品，公募基金发行回暖，主题ETF（交易型开放式指数基金）扩容，以及高净值个人加大对私募股权或量化基金的投资。Market sentiment was also buoyed on Monday as the Foreign Ministry announced that United States President Donald Trump will pay a three-day state visit to China from Wednesday.5月11日，市场情绪也得到了提振。中国外交部宣布，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普将从5月13日开始对中国进行为期三天的国事访问。The visit, which will take place as scheduled, will directly improve the risk appetite in the A-share market, said Chen Guo, chief strategist of Eastmoney Securities.东方财富证券首席策略师陈果表示，此次访问将如期进行，并将直接改善A股市场的风险偏好。Overall market confidence will be strengthened. Export companies may benefit in anticipation of a marginal easing in tariff tensions. In the event of phased procurement or investment arrangements, a potential sentiment-driven recovery may be seen in companies specializing in cyclical products, power equipment and machinery, Chen said.陈果认为，整体市场信心将进一步增强。出口企业有望受益于关税紧张局势的边际缓和预期。若出现阶段性采购或投资安排，那些主营周期性产品、电力设备和机械的公司或将迎来情绪驱动的反弹。fueled /ˈfjuːəld/推动，助推news briefing /njuːz ˈbriːfɪŋ/新闻吹风会private equities /ˈpraɪvət ˈekwətiz/私募股权mutual fund /ˈmjuːtʃuəl fʌnd/公募基金buoyed /bɔɪd/提振，推高

Programa n º 323 de ‘Bien SER y Bienestar', en este miércoles 6 de mayo, presentado por María Mengíbar, Maestra Titulada en Reiki y Yoga. “… Cuando la vida no te sea fácil que sepa tu alma que hay personas que nunca te olvidan y que tu estás en su corazón, por eso te deseamos que encuentres un arco iris después de la tormenta, que celebres las cosas maravillosas que hay en ti, que veas tu presente como un regalo y tu futuro como otro regalo más. Y que siempre sigas sembrando las semillas de tus sueños, porque si sigues creyendo en ellos, tus sueños seguirán tratando de germinar en ti...”.

Ida Røikjær Gammelmark, arresthuspræst og præst ved Glenstrup, Nr. Og Sdr. Onsild, er blevet inviteret hjem i studerekammeret af Andreas Skovbo Meng, præst ved Hornslet Kirke på Djursland for at tale om prædiketeksten til pinsedag. Det blev en samtale om, hvad det betyder at være faderløse i verden, forbindelsen mellem dom og skabelse, og hvad det glædelige er i at være fattig i sig selv.Prædiken på vej er præster, der taler med andre præster og teologer om den kommende prædikentekst - til faglig inspiration og almindelig opbyggelse, til forberedelse for den, der skal prædike på søndag, og til glæde for alle, der vil lytte til en fri og teologisk kvalificeret samtale om de tekster, der skal prædikes over. Podcastserien blev lanceret i 2020 og er siden blevet produceret i skiftende samarbejde med folkekirkens stifter. Der er over 300 afsnit i serien, og der kommer hver uge et nyt til. Prædiken på vej bliver fra palmesøndag 2026 og det kommende år til i et samarbejde mellem Aarhus Stift og Folkekirkens Uddannelses- og Videnscenter.

260508PC Roadmovie4 Königsetappe Mensch Mahler am 8.5.2026Gestern habe ich es mir gegeben. 206 Kilometer mit dem Rad von Köln nach Osnabrück. Ich kam an meine Grenzen. Ich musste an Nelson Mandela denken der gesagt hat: Ich verliere nie. Entweder ich gewinne, oder ich lerne.Heute habe ich gewonnen – ich bin angekommen. Zur Belohnung gab es eine Rahmen vom Feinsten beim Osaka-Japaner in der Osnabrücker Partymeile. Gelernt habe ich eine ganze Meng.1. Verlass dich nur auf dich selbst und rechne mit den Fehlern der Anderen. Der Müllaster, der rechts abbiegt und mich nicht im Spiegel sieht. Anstatt zu fluchen, habe ich gebremst und gelächelt. Und der Fahrer des Mülltransporters lächelte auch und winkte etwas schuldbewusst-verlegen zurück.2. Finde die Balance zwischen rücksichtsvoll und selbstbewusst. Wenn du in Köln, Leverkusen oder Bochum nur defensiv fährst, kannst Du gleich schieben. Wenn Du aber offesiv und brutal auf deinem Recht beharrst, bist du im besten Fall nur ein Idiot und im Worst Case tot. Also; fahre und denke immer daran, dass der PKW im Ernstfall immer der stärkere ist.3. Meide Städte, auch wenn Komoot meint, Dich durchführen zu müssen. Die Radwege im Grünen, in kleinen Dörfern, durch den Wald, am Feld oder auch mal an einer Bundesstraße entlang steigern das Lustgefühl und animieren zum Pfeifen oder zum Singen.4. Und schließlich: erkundige dich genau nach der Streckenführung und den Höhenmetern. Vor allen Dingen dann, wenn Du Akku.-Management betreiben musst. Mir hat zum Beispiel keiner gesagt, dass es zwischen Münster und Osnabrück so gar nicht flach ist. Ich habe getrickst, bin mit und ohne Motor gefahren, habe zwei Akkus mit 1300 Watt Leistung und trotzdem: Kurz vor dem Ziel waren sie dann doch alle. Und dann kamen die brutalen Anstiege und ich hatte drei schwere Paktaschen auf dem Bike. Ich musste ja unbedingt meinen Rechner und mein halbes Tonstudio mitnehmen, um ihnen meinen Roadtrip brühwarm zu servieren. Ich hoffe, sie haben ein wenig Spaß daran. Morgen geht's nach Ostfriesland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Harris is joined by Meng Yang, a professor who teaches China's first university-level Yiddish course and lectures widely on Jewish civilization, the Holocaust, and contemporary antisemitism.

I sit down with Meng To for his second appearance on the pod to dig into design md, Google's newly open-sourced format for capturing the soul of a design and porting it across every medium and tool. Meng walks me through a live demo of how he uses design md alongside skills, HTML references, and tools like Aura, New Form, Codex, and OpenClaw to ship landing pages, motion design, slides, and mobile mocks that actually feel custom. We get into the design drift problem with one-shot prompts, why taste is the real moat for builders right now, and how he runs four products as effectively a team of one while iterating a thousand-plus prompts deep. If you build with agents and you want your work to stand out from the sea of purple-gradient lookalikes, this one is for you. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 04:00 – What design md actually is 07:17 – Examples: one design DNA across slides, promo videos, motion 09:31 – How to create design system 14:05 – The importance of taste and design 18:28 – Variant, remixing, and skills as ingredients 21:36 – Live demo: creating a landing page with design md and HTML 24:36 – Thoughts on Google Stitch 25:41 – Being fast and at edges is an unfair advantage 29:29 – Midjourney parallels and the queuing flow state 31:44 – Walking through skills (skeuomorphic, 3D, lasers) 34:07 – Now everyone is a designer 36:47 – The full design workflow 38:50 – Iteration versus remix 39:24 – Judgment per minute as the new craft 41:06 – Solo building vs building a team 44:34 – Taste is the moat 48:25 – Building a second brain for design inspiration 50:41 – Closing thoughts Key Points Design md is a portable blueprint for typography, color, spacing, and effects that you attach to any prompt to keep design consistent across web, mobile, slides, and motion. One-shot prompts collapse on page two; a design system carries the soul across every medium and tool you switch into. Skills work like ingredients (lasers, skeuomorphic, 3D, copywriting), and stacking them on top of design md  is what separates custom work from generic vibe-coded output. Taste is the real moat right now, and you build it by surrounding yourself with great design and using every product in your niche. Iteration (90% of the time) keeps a product evolving; remix (10%) takes the same DNA into a new medium or category. The shift in craft is from moving pixels to making judgment calls per minute, with agents handling the mechanical work. The #1 tool to find startup ideas/trends - https://www.ideabrowser.com LCA helps Fortune 500s and fast-growing startups build their future - from Warner Music to Fortnite to Dropbox. We turn 'what if' into reality with AI, apps, and next-gen products https://latecheckout.agency/ The Vibe Marketer - Resources for people into vibe marketing/marketing with AI: https://www.thevibemarketer.com/ FIND ME ON SOCIAL X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregisenberg Instagram: https://instagram.com/gregisenberg/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gisenberg/ FIND MENG ON SOCIAL Aura: https://aura.build X/Twitter: https://x.com/MengTo

On this episode of Path to Zero, recorded at CERAWeek in Houston, host Tucker Perkins sits down with one of the world's leading battery scientists, Shirley Meng. The post 7.4 – The Future of Batteries Might Be Built on Salt with Battery Scientist Shirley Meng appeared first on Propane.

Welcome back to Scaling Theory. In this episode, I speak with Matthew O. Jackson, the William D. Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University and an external faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute. Matthew is one of the founders of the modern economics of networks and the author of The Human Network and Social and Economic Networks.We talk about the friendship paradox, why homophily slows how fast a society learns the truth but helps niche ideas catch fire, and the gossip study where villagers in southern India proved remarkably good at naming the most central spreaders in their community. We then turn to AI agents as a different species: Turing tests on LLMs, the steerability of agent personas through system prompts, and what to make of Moltbook, the social network for AI agents.By the end, you will know why telling students how much their peers actually drink reduces binge drinking more than warning them about the dangers of alcohol, why the same network can spread a virus quickly and a belief slowly, and why AI agents change their behavior when asked to explain it.Papers and works referenced in the conversationBooksThe Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors — Matthew O. Jackson (Pantheon, 2019). https://web.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/books.htmlSocial and Economic Networks — Matthew O. Jackson (Princeton University Press, 2008). https://web.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/books.htmlPart I — The scaling of human networks"Diffusion and Contagion in Networks with Heterogeneous Agents and Homophily" — Matthew O. Jackson and Dunia López-Pintado, Network Science 1(1), 2013. https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.0073"How Homophily Affects the Speed of Learning and Best-Response Dynamics" — Benjamin Golub and Matthew O. Jackson, Quarterly Journal of Economics 127(3), 2012. https://web.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/homophily.pdf"Using Gossips to Spread Information: Theory and Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials" — Abhijit Banerjee, Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Esther Duflo, and Matthew O. Jackson, Review of Economic Studies 86(6), 2019. https://academic.oup.com/restud/article/86/6/2453/5345571"Empathy and Well-Being Correlate with Centrality in Different Social Networks" — Sylvia A. Morelli, Desmond C. Ong, Rucha Makati, Matthew O. Jackson, and Jamil Zaki, PNAS 114(37), 2017. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1702155114Part II — The scaling of AI agents"Inequality's Economic and Social Roots: The Role of Social Networks and Homophily" — Matthew O. Jackson, in Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Twelfth World Congress of the Econometric Society (Cambridge University Press, 2025). https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13016"AI Behavioral Science" — Jackson, Mei, Wang, Xie, Yuan, Benzell, Brynjolfsson, Camerer, Evans, Jabarian, Kleinberg, Meng, Mullainathan, Ozdaglar, Pfeiffer, Tennenholtz, Willer, Yang, and Ye, arXiv 2509.13323, 2025. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13323"A Turing Test of Whether AI Chatbots Are Behaviorally Similar to Humans" — Qiaozhu Mei, Yutong Xie, Walter Yuan, and Matthew O. Jackson, PNAS 121(9), 2024. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2313925121

-Esta noche comenzaremos con nuestra sección de Crímenes, nuestro compañero Antonio García Sancho, nos hablará del expediente: "El monstruo en casa" -Después tendremos con nosotros a Jorge Ríos, conocido y reconocido investigador, escritor y divulgador, especializado en temas Históricos y de Misterios… Con el hablaremos de sus investigaciones, que ha dejado plasmadas en “Cataluña Misteriosa” -En Historias, Cuentos y Leyendas, vamos a tener a nuestro compañero, el Investigador, Escritor y Divulgador Paco López Mengüal, que en “Vida de Santos” nos narrará la Historia de “Santa Lucía” -Y para terminar, con nuestra compañera, Ana Theysser, nos adentraremos en “La Puerta Oculta”, para que nos hable de “Maldición, ¿Verdad o Superstición?” “El camino es largo y está a punto de comenzar… Compinches de la noche, poneos cómodos, agudizad las orejas que empezamos…” Por FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Nemesis-Radio-1550831935166728/ Podcast de NEMESIS RADIO: http://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-nemesis-radio_sq_f1133446_1.html CANAL MISTERIOS DE IVOOX: https://www.ivoox.com/escuchar-canal-misterios-ivoox_nq_2594_1.html Canal misterios de Ivoox: https://www.facebook.com/canalmisteriosdeIvoox/ YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7PD6Knea7eWw88rLp0vR0w E-MAIL: nemesisradiomurcia@gmail.com Por Internet a través de nuestras webs: frecuenciamurcia.es (NEMESIS RADIO NO SE HACE RESPONSABLE DE LOS COMENTARIOS DE LOS CONTERTULIOS E INVITADOS QUE PARTICIPAN EN DICHO PROGRAMA) DIRIGEN Y PRESENTAN ANTONIO PÉREZ Y JOSÉ ANTº MARTÍNEZ

Xifeng (and her purse) is invited into the Crabflower Club. Meanwhile we review the family relations of lesser characters like Lai Da's wife and discuss her “don't spare the rod” 不打不成才 philosophy.Support the show

Show Notes Inflammation is one of the body's most important defense mechanisms—but when it doesn't shut off, it can quietly contribute to serious health problems. In this episode of Health Matters, host Courtney Allison speaks with Dr. Charis Meng, a rheumatologist at NewYork‑Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, about how inflammation works and why chronic inflammation can put the body at risk. Dr. Meng explains the difference between short‑term, helpful inflammation and long‑term inflammation that lingers for months or years, affecting everything from joints to the heart, brain, and immune system. The conversation explores autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, what causes inflammation, and how lifestyle factors such as diet, sleep, stress, and physical activity can impact inflammation. Dr. Meng also discusses treatment options ranging from targeted immune therapies to lifestyle changes, acupuncture, and emerging research on GLP‑1 medications. This episode offers clear, science‑based guidance to help listeners understand inflammation—and what they can do to help keep it in check. Chapters 00:00 – What Is Inflammation, and When Is It Helpful? How inflammation works as the body's natural defense system 03:45 – Acute vs. Chronic Inflammation Why inflammation sometimes doesn't shut off—and how it can cause harm 07:30 – Inflammation and Disease Risk Autoimmune conditions, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer 09:45 – How to Reduce Chronic Inflammation Medical treatments, diet, exercise, sleep, and emerging research   Key Topics Covered Inflammation and the immune system Acute vs. chronic inflammation Autoimmune diseases and rheumatoid arthritis Heart disease, diabetes, and cancer risk Anti‑inflammatory lifestyle habits Mediterranean diet and inflammation Exercise, sleep, and immune balance Acupuncture and integrative care GLP‑1 medications and inflammation research   Takeaway Message Inflammation is the body's natural healing response, but when it becomes chronic and doesn't turn off, it can contribute to serious conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. While some chronic inflammation is driven by autoimmune disease or factors beyond our control, healthy habits like diet, exercise, and sleep can still help support the body and reduce long-term health risks.   Doctor Bio Dr. Charis Meng is an assistant attending rheumatologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, who is also certified in acupuncture. Her practice is in general rheumatology, and her special interests are in treating older patients with chronic pain, low back pain and inflammatory arthritis.

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a vital protective mechanism that shields the brain from harmful substances, but it also poses a significant challenge in treating neurological diseases. For patients with aggressive brain tumors or neurodegenerative conditions, the BBB can prevent life-saving therapies and chemotherapeutic agents from reaching their targets, leaving limited treatment options. In this episode of Curing with Sound, we speak with Ying Meng, MD, PhD, a neurosurgeon and scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto. Dr. Meng is at the forefront of advancing noninvasive brain therapies, leading efforts to translate preclinical focused ultrasound research into clinical application. She shares insights from groundbreaking clinical trials using focused ultrasound to enable targeted drug delivery across the BBB for conditions such as pediatric gliomas and breast cancer metastases, as well as insights on liquid biopsy biomarkers. Discussion highlights: The Future of Accessible Treatment: Dr. Meng's perspective on the next decade of innovation, including the potential shift of focused ultrasound procedures from specialized MRI environments to more accessible, bedside settings within standard infusion centers—broadening patient access and improving treatment tolerability. Center of Excellence (COE): Established as a COE in 2016, the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is conducting research for focused ultrasound in neurology, neurosurgery, urology, orthopedics, gynecology, radiation oncology, and biomedical engineering. The COE program recognizes luminary sites for their excellence in translational and clinical research, training, and patient care. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT ---------------------------- QUESTIONS? Email podcast@fusfoundation.org if you have a question or comment about the show, or if you would you like to connect about future guest appearances.  Email info@fusfoundation.org if you have questions about focused ultrasound or the Foundation.  FUSF SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn X Facebook Instagram TikTok YouTube FUSF WEBSITE https://www.fusfoundation.org FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TREATMENT SITES https://www.fusfoundation.org/the-technology/treatment-sites/ SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE NEWSLETTER https://www.fusfoundation.org/newsletter-signup/ READ THE LATEST NEWSLETTER https://www.fusfoundation.org/the-foundation/news-media/newsletter/ DOWNLOAD "THE TUMOR" BY JOHN GRISHAM (FREE E-BOOK) https://www.fusfoundation.org/read-the-tumor-by-john-grisham/    

-Esta noche tendremos con nosotros a Paco López Mengüal, conocido y reconocido investigador, escritor y divulgador, especializado en temas de historia, leyendas y misterios. Con él hablaremos de un personaje con una historia muy interesante “Antonio Gálvez Arce, más conocido como Antonete Gálvez” -En Historias Cuentos y Leyendas, esta noche será nuestro compañero ANTONIO PÉREZ, quien nos relatará la historia de terror, “Yo trabajo sólo”. autor José Manuel Duran “RAÍN” -En Pequeños Relatos que Dejaron Huella en el Mundo del Misterio, el maestro Salvador Freixedo, nos habla de, “Eso que la humanidad llama DIOS y los Extraterrestres llaman FUENTE” -Y terminaremos con nuestro DEBATE, con nuestros contertulios José Muñoz, Carlos Lorenzo, Fernando Falces, alias MacVoltio y David Gracia, debatiremos sobre un interesante y más que controvertido tema, “Coches Eléctricos, ¿Son Microondas andantes?” “El camino es largo y está a punto de comenzar… Compinches de la noche, poneos cómodos, agudizad las orejas que empezamos…” Por FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Nemesis-Radio-1550831935166728/ Podcast de NEMESIS RADIO: http://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-nemesis-radio_sq_f1133446_1.html CANAL MISTERIOS DE IVOOX: https://www.ivoox.com/escuchar-canal-misterios-ivoox_nq_2594_1.html Canal misterios de Ivoox: https://www.facebook.com/canalmisteriosdeIvoox/ YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7PD6Knea7eWw88rLp0vR0w E-MAIL: nemesisradiomurcia@gmail.com Por Internet a través de nuestras webs: frecuenciamurcia.es (NEMESIS RADIO NO SE HACE RESPONSABLE DE LOS COMENTARIOS DE LOS CONTERTULIOS E INVITADOS QUE PARTICIPAN EN DICHO PROGRAMA) DIRIGEN Y PRESENTAN ANTONIO PÉREZ Y JOSÉ ANTº MARTÍNEZ

If you can afford it and love what we do, please consider supporting our show by becoming a BTT Podcast Patreon Member! Also, purchase a BTT Podcast t-shirt or two from our Pro Wrestling Tees Store!  This week's Time Stamps for our WCW Saturday Night on TBS recap from July 16, 1994 review are as follows (NOTE: This was recorded 4/1/2026): HOW TO GIVE OR GIFT A PATREON MEMBERSHIP: https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory/gift   Opening Shenanigans! Who's saltier about Bollea, Harper or Doc? ( 0:01:41 )  Triggering Crockett with A.I. images! ( 0:06:18 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS July 16, 1994! ( 0:09:02 ) Green Screen with the sound pumped in. ( 0:15:43 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS July 16, 1994 recap continues. ( 0:18:29 ) The unholy alliance of Terry Funk, Bunkhouse Buck, Meng and Colonel Parker! ( 0:22:57 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS July 16, 1994 recap continues. ( 0:26:57 ) Arn Anderson promo after the macth, hair is perfect and he is bone dry? ( 0:30:08 ) Jean Paul, Crockett went to high school widem, Heenan gets political and Honky Tonk Man talk? ( 0:32:27 ) Hogan and Mr. T with their go home promo before Bash at the Beach!. ( 0:42:30 ) WCW Saturday Night on TBS July 16, 1994 recap continues. ( 0:50:22 ) Talking about Crockett's Chaotic Wrestling Hall of Fame induction speech! ( 0:57:47 ) Vader cuts another solid promo! ( 1:02:04 ) Main Event time with Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan vs Bad Attitude and who needs Rogaine. ( 1:04:50 ) What does she drive and what does Harper think about this lovely lady in the crowd? ( 1:13:11 )  Flair and Sherri close out the show! ( 1:19:49 ) Who gets the Rolex and/or Toot Toot award? And become a BTT Patreon member! Don't forget to become a BTT Patreon member at https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory ( 1:23:42 )  Dman shares his thoughts about Bash at the Beach. ( 1:29:01 ) A.I. Bill Watts has some thoughts for Crockett and his Me Time? Don't forget to become a BTT Patreon member at https://www.patreon.com/BookingTheTerritory ( 1:31:41 )  This year's BTT Listener Meet Up is June 27th at Wildkat X-Rated in New Orleans!  5-Star Review Shoutouts! Submit a 5-Star Review on Podcast Addict and Apple Podcasts and you'll get a shoutout on air. Harper lays out what it will take to do Ask Harper segments on the main show! Paypal him $5 per question. Harper's PayPal is, get your pen and paper out, cc30388cc@yahoo.com . Then email Harper ( ChrisHarper16Wildkat@gmail.com ) and Mike ( BookingTheTerritory@gmail.com ) letting them know you submitted $5 to Harper's paypal and he will answer your question on an upcoming show.  Information on Harper's Video Shoutout, Life and Relationship.  1. First things first, email Harper with the details of what you want in your video shoutout or who the shoutout is too. His email address is ChrisHarper16Wildkat@gmail.com . Also in that email tell him what your paypal address is. 2. Paypal him $20. Harper's PayPal is, get your pen and paper out, cc30388cc@yahoo.com .  3. Harper will then send you the video to the email address that you emailed him from requesting your video shoutout. That's it! Don't email the show email address. Email Harper. If you missed any of those directions, hit rewind and listen again.

-Esta noche tendremos con nosotros a Enrique Echazarra, conocido y reconocido investigador, escritor y divulgador especializado en temas de misterio, historia y fenómenos anómalos. Con él hablaremos de su trayectoria y de esas; “4 décadas de escepticismo sano” -Con nuestra compañera, Ana Theysser, nos adentraremos en “La Puerta Oculta”, para que nos hable de “Lo que hay que saber de los muertos” -En Historias, Cuentos y Leyendas, vamos a tener a nuestro compañero, el Investigador, Escritor y Divulgador Paco López Mengüal, que en “Vida de Santos” nos narrará la Historia de “San Vitores” -Y terminaremos con nuestro DEBATE, con nuestros contertulios Francisco agudo, Alfonso Sánchez Hermosilla y Salvador Sandoval, debatiremos sobre un interesante y más que controvertido tema, “Cátaros, ¿Buenos cristianos o Herejes?” “El camino es largo y está a punto de comenzar… Compinches de la noche, poneos cómodos, agudizad las orejas que empezamos…” Por FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Nemesis-Radio-1550831935166728/ Podcast de NEMESIS RADIO: http://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-nemesis-radio_sq_f1133446_1.html CANAL MISTERIOS DE IVOOX: https://www.ivoox.com/escuchar-canal-misterios-ivoox_nq_2594_1.html Canal misterios de Ivoox: https://www.facebook.com/canalmisteriosdeIvoox/ YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7PD6Knea7eWw88rLp0vR0w E-MAIL: nemesisradiomurcia@gmail.com Por Internet a través de nuestras webs: frecuenciamurcia.es (NEMESIS RADIO NO SE HACE RESPONSABLE DE LOS COMENTARIOS DE LOS CONTERTULIOS E INVITADOS QUE PARTICIPAN EN DICHO PROGRAMA) DIRIGEN Y PRESENTAN ANTONIO PÉREZ Y JOSÉ ANTº MARTÍNEZ

-Esta noche comenzaremos con nuestra sección de Crímenes, nuestro compañero Antonio García Sancho, nos hablará del expediente: "El monstruo en casa" -Después tendremos con nosotros a Jorge Ríos, conocido y reconocido investigador, escritor y divulgador, especializado en temas Históricos y de Misterios… Con el hablaremos de sus investigaciones, que ha dejado plasmadas en “Cataluña Misteriosa” -En Historias, Cuentos y Leyendas, vamos a tener a nuestro compañero, el Investigador, Escritor y Divulgador Paco López Mengüal, que en “Vida de Santos” nos narrará la Historia de “Santa Lucía” -Y para terminar, con nuestra compañera, Ana Theysser, nos adentraremos en “La Puerta Oculta”, para que nos hable de “Maldición, ¿Verdad o Superstición?” “El camino es largo y está a punto de comenzar… Compinches de la noche, poneos cómodos, agudizad las orejas que empezamos…” Por FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Nemesis-Radio-1550831935166728/ Podcast de NEMESIS RADIO: http://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-nemesis-radio_sq_f1133446_1.html CANAL MISTERIOS DE IVOOX: https://www.ivoox.com/escuchar-canal-misterios-ivoox_nq_2594_1.html Canal misterios de Ivoox: https://www.facebook.com/canalmisteriosdeIvoox/ YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7PD6Knea7eWw88rLp0vR0w E-MAIL: nemesisradiomurcia@gmail.com Por Internet a través de nuestras webs: frecuenciamurcia.es (NEMESIS RADIO NO SE HACE RESPONSABLE DE LOS COMENTARIOS DE LOS CONTERTULIOS E INVITADOS QUE PARTICIPAN EN DICHO PROGRAMA) DIRIGEN Y PRESENTAN ANTONIO PÉREZ Y JOSÉ ANTº MARTÍNEZ

Summer Meng is the CEO of Bitmars: the largest distributor of Bitmain ASIC miners in Europe and North America. Often described as the ”ASIC Queen”, she is the person to contact if you need to supply a mining farm with the latest and best-performing hardware. In this episode, she talks about the challenges involved in ASIC miner distribution and her journey from simple employee to company CEO. Time stamps: 00:01:12 Summer Meng's Background & Entry into Bitcoin Mining 00:03:41 Early Experiences & Learning in the Industry 00:05:23 Bitcoin Mining in China & the 2021 Ban 00:07:01 Impact of the Ban & Shift to Overseas Markets 00:09:40 Bitcoin Custody & Company Practices in China 00:11:05 Self-Education & Client Interactions 00:12:17 Client Base & Global Mining Trends 00:12:41 Summer's Rise to CEO & Company Structure 00:13:14 Bit Mars as ASIC Miner Distributor 00:14:57 Market Centralization & Access to Miners 00:15:59 Largest Orders & Sales Volume 00:17:04 Order Types & Client Diversity 00:18:38 AI Pivot & Second-Hand ASIC Market 00:19:10 Quality Control & Testing of Miners 00:20:25 Relationship with Brains Mining Pool 00:21:39 Mining Market Shift from China to US 00:22:48 Current Market Challenges & AI Impact 00:23:41 Hashrate Trends & Mining Efficiency 00:24:47 Mining Use Cases Beyond Profit 00:25:42 Environmental Narratives & Heat Reuse 00:27:30 Home Mining & Heat Applications 00:28:18 Setting Up Home Mining Heat Systems 00:29:47 Home Mining Devices & Recommendations 00:32:08 Noise & Practicality of Home Mining 00:36:41 Podcast Sponsors & Cake Wallet Giveaway 00:37:41 Cloud Mining & Brains Hash Power 00:39:30 Bitmain's Market Dominance & Competition 00:41:44 Intel, Samsung, & ASIC Manufacturing 00:43:30 Mining Pools & Market Share 00:44:48 Scams & Safe Purchasing Practices 00:46:12 Educational Materials & Book Translation 00:48:14 Mining Ban Resurgence in China 00:52:02 Legal Status of Mining & Sales in China 00:54:54 Industrial vs. Home Mining Future 00:55:58 Types & Popularity of ASIC Miners 00:56:50 Demand for Non-Bitcoin Miners 00:58:27 ASIC Manufacturers Using Miners Before Sale 00:59:37 Water Cooling & Hydro Miners 01:00:31 Current ASIC Miner Prices 01:01:40 Final Thoughts & Contact Information 01:02:15 Scam Orders & Business Anecdotes

Halloween Havoc produced one of the most bizarre moments in wrestling as The Yeti helps The Giant destroy Hulk Hogan by furiously humping The Immortal One. With Hogan out indefinitely, the Dungeon of Doom are free to run rampant in Nitro as Lex Luger and Meng team up to take on the American Males and The Shark battles Scott Norton. The Four Horsemen have found a third man as Ric Flair returns to the stable. Sabu takes disco to the extreme as Disco Inferno hopes to just stay alive.  Follow us on Instagram @GetItAgainPodcast Got 2 (or more) words for us? Email us at GetItAgainPodcast@gmail.com

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What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Kathy Meng wrote and directed the short film “Willow and Wu,” a fantastic drama that had its Los Angeles Premiere at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2025. “Willow and Wu” earned Kathy and her co-writer Harry Bacon the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Screenplay -Drama, as well as the Grand Jury Award for Best Cinematography – Short Film. Kathy lives in Berlin and was not able to attend SOFF 2025, so I extra excited to chat with her and find out what types of films inspire her with the 4 Questions. Follow the film on Instagram at @willowandwu_film Follow Kathy on Instagram at @kathy_meng _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Discover Indie Film Links DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Website Sherman Oaks Film Festival Film Invasion Los Angeles

WCW Uncensored 1995 might be the most chaotic PPV WCW ever produced.This week on The It Doesn't Matter Podcast, the crew dives into one of the strangest pay-per-views in wrestling history — WCW Uncensored 1995.Truck fights. Martial arts matches. Boxer vs wrestler. Strap matches.This show had some of the most bizarre gimmicks WCW ever put on a card.The panel breaks down every match including:

-Esta noche tendremos con nosotros a Paco López Mengüal, conocido y reconocido investigador, escritor y divulgador, especializado en temas de historia, leyendas y misterios. Con él hablaremos de un personaje con una historia muy interesante “Antonio Gálvez Arce, más conocido como Antonete Gálvez” -En Historias Cuentos y Leyendas, esta noche será nuestro compañero ANTONIO PÉREZ, quien nos relatará la historia de terror, “Yo trabajo sólo”. autor José Manuel Duran “RAÍN” -En Pequeños Relatos que Dejaron Huella en el Mundo del Misterio, el maestro Salvador Freixedo, nos habla de, “Eso que la humanidad llama DIOS y los Extraterrestres llaman FUENTE” -Y terminaremos con nuestro DEBATE, con nuestros contertulios José Muñoz, Carlos Lorenzo, Fernando Falces, alias MacVoltio y David Gracia, debatiremos sobre un interesante y más que controvertido tema, “Coches Eléctricos, ¿Son Microondas andantes?” “El camino es largo y está a punto de comenzar… Compinches de la noche, poneos cómodos, agudizad las orejas que empezamos…” Por FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Nemesis-Radio-1550831935166728/ Podcast de NEMESIS RADIO: http://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-nemesis-radio_sq_f1133446_1.html CANAL MISTERIOS DE IVOOX: https://www.ivoox.com/escuchar-canal-misterios-ivoox_nq_2594_1.html Canal misterios de Ivoox: https://www.facebook.com/canalmisteriosdeIvoox/ YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7PD6Knea7eWw88rLp0vR0w E-MAIL: nemesisradiomurcia@gmail.com Por Internet a través de nuestras webs: frecuenciamurcia.es (NEMESIS RADIO NO SE HACE RESPONSABLE DE LOS COMENTARIOS DE LOS CONTERTULIOS E INVITADOS QUE PARTICIPAN EN DICHO PROGRAMA) DIRIGEN Y PRESENTAN ANTONIO PÉREZ Y JOSÉ ANTº MARTÍNEZ

Happy Friday (and Oscars weekend to all who celebrate!) Kathy Meng wrote and directed the short film “Willow and Wu,” a fantastic drama that had its Los Angeles Premiere at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2025. “Willow and Wu” earned Kathy and her co-writer Harry Bacon the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Screenplay -Drama, as well as the Grand Jury Award for Best Cinematography – Short Film. Kathy lives in Berlin and was not able to attend SOFF 2025, which made getting to know her through this interview very welcome. Follow the film on Instagram at @willowandwu_film Follow Kathy on Instagram at @kathy_meng And now for a fun tidbit! Guess what? Part of my job is pulling names out of the credits of a film when an individual who worked on it wins an award. When I looked up the cinematographer for “Willow and Wu” I was delighted to discover that SOFF alumni Sancheev Ravichandran was Kathy's cinematographer! Sancheev's comedic short film “Well-Rounded” took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Creativity in Comedy at SOFF 2024! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Discover Indie Film Links DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Website Sherman Oaks Film Festival Film Invasion Los Angeles

Xifeng is shaking with anger. Is there meaning in the madness? What are the real and imagined consequences of Jia Lian's transgressions? We try to conceive a contemporary framework for interpreting a tumultuous series of events in Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢.Support the show

O Bate-Pronto de hoje projetará as finais dos Estaduais. No domingo, o Palmeiras visita o Novorizontino e joga por um empate para se sagrar campeão paulista. Já Flamengo e Fluminense fazem jogo único para definir o campeão carioca. Com a crise e a chocante troca de Filipe Luís por Leonardo Jardim nesta semana, o Mengão entrará em campo como azarão? O programa também atualizará as principais informações do futebol nacional.

Send a textChade-Meng Tan when a Google engineer was the company's Jolly Good Fellow (Which nobody can deny)  . Meng decided one day on the then-small Google campus to promote world peace, which led to his successfully working with a team to bring mindfulness to Google's engineers and beyond, through the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (yes, Silly). His book Search Inside Yourself addresses that program and mindfulness itself. Following up on mindfulness is Meng's great Joy on Demand book about mindfulness, peace, joy and compassion. Rounding out his book authoriship is Buddhism for All: The Joyful Path to Enlightenment, with co-author Soryu Forall. . Meng's projects also involve his work with Buddhism.net and Billion Acts of Peace Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz sought out Meng as an interviewee not only for Meng's infectious optimism, but also for his engaged action in making this world a better and happier place, his at-once fun and beneficial approach and roadmap with mindfulness, and Meng's frankness about his deep depression that preceded his grabbing a lifetime of mindfulness practice by the horns. All of this -- together with Meng's focus on good-natured and often silly humor -- ties in well with Jon Katz's incorporation of mindfulness and his taijiquan marital art into his criminal defense work and helping clients emerge out of the dark places that many of them experience at times while pursuing their best possible court outcome. Mindfulness is not a spectator sport. Some additional great and quick instructions to get started include Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness for Beginners and his 2007 talk at Google that introduced me to Meng, who blames Jon for his jollyness. This episode is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVYy64AK9RwThis podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at info@KatzJustice.com, 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text). If you like what you hear on our Beat the Prosecution podcast, please take a moment to post a review at our Apple podcasts page (with stars only, or else also with a comment) at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beat-the-prosecution/id1721413675

-Esta noche tendremos con nosotros a Enrique Echazarra, conocido y reconocido investigador, escritor y divulgador especializado en temas de misterio, historia y fenómenos anómalos. Con él hablaremos de su trayectoria y de esas; “4 décadas de escepticismo sano” -Con nuestra compañera, Ana Theysser, nos adentraremos en “La Puerta Oculta”, para que nos hable de “Lo que hay que saber de los muertos” -En Historias, Cuentos y Leyendas, vamos a tener a nuestro compañero, el Investigador, Escritor y Divulgador Paco López Mengüal, que en “Vida de Santos” nos narrará la Historia de “San Vitores” -Y terminaremos con nuestro DEBATE, con nuestros contertulios Francisco agudo, Alfonso Sánchez Hermosilla y Salvador Sandoval, debatiremos sobre un interesante y más que controvertido tema, “Cátaros, ¿Buenos cristianos o Herejes?” “El camino es largo y está a punto de comenzar… Compinches de la noche, poneos cómodos, agudizad las orejas que empezamos…” Por FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Nemesis-Radio-1550831935166728/ Podcast de NEMESIS RADIO: http://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-nemesis-radio_sq_f1133446_1.html CANAL MISTERIOS DE IVOOX: https://www.ivoox.com/escuchar-canal-misterios-ivoox_nq_2594_1.html Canal misterios de Ivoox: https://www.facebook.com/canalmisteriosdeIvoox/ YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7PD6Knea7eWw88rLp0vR0w E-MAIL: nemesisradiomurcia@gmail.com Por Internet a través de nuestras webs: frecuenciamurcia.es (NEMESIS RADIO NO SE HACE RESPONSABLE DE LOS COMENTARIOS DE LOS CONTERTULIOS E INVITADOS QUE PARTICIPAN EN DICHO PROGRAMA) DIRIGEN Y PRESENTAN ANTONIO PÉREZ Y JOSÉ ANTº MARTÍNEZ

-En HISTORIAS, CUENTOS Y LEYENDAS, vamos a tener a nuestro compañero, el Investigador, Escritor y Divulgador Paco López Mengüal, que en “Vida de Santos” nos narrará la Historia de “San Genarín…” -Esta noche en la sección de Pequeños Relatos que Dejaron Huella en el Mundo del Misterio, será el maestro Fernando Jiménez del oso, el que nos hablen de, “La Muerte” -Y terminaremos con nuestro DEBATE, con nuestros contertulios Karmen Soriano, Ryoko Ruíz & Ana Theysser, debatiremos sobre un interesante y más que controvertido tema, ¿Cómo nos enfrentamos hoy día a la Muerte? “El camino es largo y está a punto de comenzar… Compinches de la noche, poneos cómodos, agudizad las orejas que empezamos…” Por FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Nemesis-Radio-1550831935166728/ Podcast de NEMESIS RADIO: http://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-nemesis-radio_sq_f1133446_1.html CANAL MISTERIOS DE IVOOX: https://www.ivoox.com/escuchar-canal-misterios-ivoox_nq_2594_1.html Canal misterios de Ivoox: https://www.facebook.com/canalmisteriosdeIvoox/ YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7PD6Knea7eWw88rLp0vR0w E-MAIL: nemesisradiomurcia@gmail.com Por Internet a través de nuestras webs: frecuenciamurcia.es (NEMESIS RADIO NO SE HACE RESPONSABLE DE LOS COMENTARIOS DE LOS CONTERTULIOS E INVITADOS QUE PARTICIPAN EN DICHO PROGRAMA) DIRIGEN Y PRESENTAN ANTONIO PÉREZ Y JOSÉ ANTº MARTÍNEZ

The strongest, scariest, coolest, most handsome, most entertaining, best dressed, most likely to succeed, most likely to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated, funniest, smartest, most technical, best high flyer, best babyface, best heel, most OTN deserving wrestler to ever grace this humble podcast makes his Nitro debut this episode... IT'S MENGGGGGGGG! Also, Disco Inferno makes his Nitro debut to much less enthusiasm from The Panel. Sgt. Craig "The Pittbull" Pittman has a moveset that legit has Matt shook.   Follow us on Instagram @GetItAgainPodcast Got 2 (or more) words for us? Email us at GetItAgainPodcast@gmail.com

Ep 358 – WCW Monday Night Nitro 4/26/1999 Flair running the show from a mental hospital 0:28 - Welcome 10:19 - Nitro Opening 15:43 - Brian Adams vs Konnan 19:45 - The Armstrongs (Scott/Steve) vs Raven in a Raven's Rules handicap match 26:34 - Sting vs Diamond Dallas Page for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship 31:57 - Rey Mysterio Jr vs Psychosis for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship 36:55 - Erik Watts vs Bam Bam Bigelow 38:43 - Meng vs Booker T for the WCW World Television Championship 43:28 - Brian Knobbs vs Hak (w/ Chastity) vs Horace Hogan vs Mikey Whipwreck in a 4-Way Hardcore match 50:02 - Scott Steiner vs Macho Man Randy Savage (w/ Gorgeous George and Miss Madness) for the WCW United States Championship 54:23 - Diamond Dallas Page vs Kevin Nash vs Goldberg vs Sting in a Four Corners No DQ match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship 57:26 - Overall Thoughts 1:02:18 - Smarking It Up 1:10:21 - Ready to Rumble 1:15:16 - Goodbyes Music from this week's show is “Adrenaline” by Purity and “Self High Five” by Jimmy Hart/JJ Maguire Rate and review us on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – WrestlingHistoryX@gmail.com X – WrestlingHistoX

On the radio show this week we dive into the importance of bodily autonomy and access to contraception and the full suite of reproductive healthcare, at home and abroad, with U.S. Representative Grace Meng. Then, we hear about Ultraviolet's campaign against Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, which generates sexualized images without consent, and how to protect women and children online. After that, we cover the impact of the Dobbs decision and the ensuing abortion restrictions, bans, and preventable deaths. Finally, we discuss the Trump Administration's coordinated attack on child care, using many unfounded claims of fraud to justify cuts and restrictions.   SPECIAL GUESTS:  U.S. Representative Grace Meng, @RepGraceMeng, @meng.house.gov; Jenna Sherman, Ultraviolet, @ultraviolet.bsky.social; Tina Sherman & Nina Perez, MomsRising / MamásConPoder, @MomsRising, @MamasConPoder, @momsrising.org, @mamasconpoder.org.

At the end of 2024 I sat down with Dr. Meng Chiang, the Executive Director of the 2024 Taiwanese American Conference- East Coast. We had a really wonderful heart-centered conversation about the conference theme Collective Memory and that led to collective trauma as it relates to the Taiwanese and Taiwanese American communities. We talked about the 4 types of trauma responses, the 4 Fs- flight, fight, freeze and fawn and post-traumatic growth. Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/collective-memory-collective-trauma-a-conversation-with-meng-chiang-ep-339/ This episode is dedicated to the memory of Sharon Huang, who passed away in December of 2025. She was a dear friend, mother, wife, sister, auntie, a community organizer and a cornerstone of the Taiwanese American community, especially in New York where she resided. Most notably she and her husband Patrick Huang ran the Brooklyn Artists Studio (BAS) and have supported the Taiwanese American Arts Council (TAAC) and Talking Taiwan. Together they have advocated for Taiwan democracy, human rights, and culture. The loss of Sharon is felt by so many who knew and loved her, she leaves behind family in the U.S. and Taiwan.   Mengchun "Meng" Chiang, PhD (she/her/hers), is a member of the Taiwanese American community. She has served in various community leadership roles, most recently as Executive Director of the Taiwanese American Conference East Coast (TACEC) in 2024.   Professionally, Meng is the founder of CHI Executive Consulting, LLC, where she provides leadership coaching and consulting services, specializing in workplace inclusion and organizational wellness. She is passionate about empowering leaders from diverse backgrounds, helping them enhance their communication, negotiation, and inclusive leadership skills. Meng regularly facilitates workshops to help leaders integrate their identities into effective leadership practices that drive business success and personal growth.   Meng is a licensed clinical psychologist with affiliations to Harvard Medical School, Carnegie Mellon University, the Tepper School of Business, and National Taiwan University. Her experience spans education, training, and leadership roles. She pioneered the Leadership and Connection for Asian Women+ Leaders program and served as Assistant Director of Training at Carnegie Mellon University. In her free time, Meng enjoys traveling, practicing loving-kindness meditation, listening to music, taking walks, and grocery shopping.   Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/collective-memory-collective-trauma-a-conversation-with-meng-chiang-ep-339/

(Jan 19, 2026) We break down reactions from the right and left following Gov. Hochul's State of the State address; Micron has broken ground in Onondaga County on what's billed as the largest private investment in New York history; and we remember NCPR's longtime theater critic, Connie Meng, who died last week at 86 years old.

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#302 In this episode, I sit down with my friend and fellow gym owner Daniel Meng for a real, grounded conversation about business growth, leadership, and what actually changes as a business matures. We unpack a common idea you hear from gurus, that if your business is profitable enough to sell, you should just keep it and why that advice often falls apart in real life. We also talk honestly about what "working on the business" really looks like, why it's so hard for owners to shift out of day-to-day operations, and the internal changes required to lead at the next level. This isn't theory. It's two owners comparing notes, challenging assumptions, and talking about what actually works when real money, real people, and real life are involved. What we cover: Why "just keep the business if it's profitable" isn't always realistic The misunderstood difference between working in vs. on the business What actually has to change for an owner to step back operationally Why the shift feels uncomfortable even when things are going well How to think about leadership, leverage, and long-term optionality If you're a gym owner who feels stuck between growth and burnout, this conversation will hit home. Billy and Daniel will both be teaching at a small, in-person gym owner workshop in January focused on financial clarity, operations, and leadership. Learn more here.