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FREE ACCESS to Introduction to Group and Team Coaching: https://www.igcompany.co.uk/gtcnow Why is team coaching often messier, harder and more rewarding than we expect? In this episode, we dive into one of the most nuanced areas of our work: team coaching. If you've ever been asked to work with a team after coaching an individual, perhaps a senior leader, you may have felt that wave of uncertainty: Can I do this? What do I need to know? Am I ready? We've been there too. Team coaching is richly rewarding, but it's also layered, unpredictable, and deeply human. Through this conversation, we unpack many of the real-world complexities you'll encounter when stepping into this space to show you just how powerful and transformative this work can be. We talk about: Team coaching starts early: success depends on pre-contracting, stakeholder conversations, and clear groundwork before any workshops begin. The team leader's presence is complex: they may influence or disrupt dynamics; sometimes they lead, other times they step back too far. Nested systems within teams matter: old rivalries, power imbalances, and “ghosts of past managers” can quietly shape the group dynamic. Emotional realities are unavoidable: burnout, reluctance, and anxiety about visibility are common and need sensitive handling. The coach must stay present and neutral: it's easy to be pulled into the team's dynamics, but observation without judgement is key. Beware the pull of belonging: coaches can be tempted to become “one of the team,” especially if they miss team environments from past roles, but boundaries are crucial. We wrap up by reminding ourselves (and you) that team coaching is perfectly messy. There's no tidy formula, but with curiosity, courage, and structure, it becomes one of the most impactful forms of coaching there is. If you're curious about stepping into this work, we invite you to access our free introduction to group and team coaching course. Whether you're a coach, a team leader, or someone wanting to navigate team dynamics with more skill and confidence, this is a great place to begin. Key Lessons Learnt: Team coaching starts before the coaching begins. Pre-contracting and alignment conversations are critical. Nested systems matter. Power dynamics, past relationships, and unspoken tensions affect everything. Psychological safety isn't guaranteed. It must be created, respected, and nurtured. You are not a team member. As a coach, your role is to observe the system without being absorbed into it. It's okay to feel uncertain. Team coaching is messy by nature, embrace the ambiguity. Timestamps: 00:30 – The reality of being asked to coach a team 01:56 – When the team leader is part of the coaching 03:22 – Nested relationships and power dynamics 05:16 – Creating psychological safety and trust 06:40 – Contracting with the whole team vs. individuals 08:09 – When team members aren't fully invested 10:19 – Blurred team boundaries and who should be in the room 11:45 – The “ghosts” of past leaders and emotional baggage 13:37 – What to do when someone questions your method 14:35 – Anxiety, exposure, and resistance in team coaching 16:29 – Managing your own bias as the coach 17:53 – The danger of “falling in love” with the team 19:28 – Supervision and support in navigating complexity 20:54 – There's no one way: team coaching is perfectly messy 21:24 – Free access to the introductory module Keywords: team coaching, complexities of team coaching, coaching team dynamics, psychological safety in teams, coaching resistant teams, coaching team leaders, nested systems in teams, coaching in matrix organisations, team coaching training, group coaching for leaders, how to coach a team, free team coaching course, Links: Free Intro Course: https://www.igcompany.co.uk/gtcnow Main Website: https://www.igcompany.co.uk
In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss using interfaces as a dictionary of constants, working with and testing inputs passed down multiple layers of the application, and refactoring legacy code with PHP's ArrayAccess interface.
This week, I'm talking about nested groups in Windows Active Directory and the security risks they pose. Active Directory allows administrators to attach one group to another—often called nesting. While nesting can simplify account administration and permission management, it can also create real opportunities for attackers if...
INT. SUBCONSCIOUS MIND – NIGHT.A man stares into a spiral.A voice enters the room.The loop begins.What starts as a podcast quickly becomes a paradox:Are you listening… or are you being rewritten?In this psychological-thriller-meets-transformational-masterclass, Greg invites Adam Cox—Harley Street hypnotherapist and host of The Hypnotist podcast—into the Open Loops mind-lab to detonate the outdated constructs of traditional therapy.Together, they explore:
Chelsea Barbine, a Postpartum Health Coach, challenges the way we think about motherhood saying we are forever postpartum.After witnessing the stark contrast between the abundant resources available for newborns and the limited support for new mothers, Chelsea founded Core Care Cultivate. Her mission is to ensure that mothers receive the care and attention they deserve throughout their entire motherhood journey. If you're interested in joining Chelsea's community, you can find her podcast "Postpartum Better" on all major platforms, join The Cultivate Crew online, or explore her pre-birth course "Nested and Nourish" and follow her on social media @chelsea.barbine. Her Story is hosted by Kathy Romano and airs Sunday mornings at 7am on 93.3 WMMR-FM in Philadelphia. Follow Her Story on Instagram for a first look at each week’s guest.
Text us your sleep questions.Welcome to Season 2 of Creating Well-Rested Families! In this kickoff episode, I'm catching you up on what's been happening behind the scenes, sharing some heartfelt reminders for moms in the thick of it, and, of course, giving you some helpful baby and toddler sleep tips. Plus, I'm unveiling some exciting changes coming to Nested to Rested Sleep!✨ Here's what you'll hear in this episode:✅ Life and business updates (hello, new season!)✅ Encouragement for moms navigating sleepless nights✅ Practical sleep tips to help your little one rest better✅ A sneak peek at what's new with Nested to Rested SleepSponsor Spotlight: This episode is brought to you by Hungryroot! If meal planning, prepping, and grocery shopping feel overwhelming, Hungryroot makes it easy. Get delicious, healthy meals customized to your needs and spend more time with your family. Grab 40% off your first order at https://www.nestedtorestedsleep.com/hungryrootOther links mentioned: FREE WEBINAR: 6 Steps to End Your Baby's Night Wakings: https://www.nestedtorestedsleep.com/night-wakings-webinarBLOGS: Toddler Bedtime Routine to Help Your Child Sleep Through the NightHow To Keep Things Spicy And Strong With Your Partner After Having A Baby
In the latest podcast,Kyriakos is joined by Matt Robinsonwho's a partner at Accel, and the cofounder of GoCardless and Nested, in their discussion at Imperial College London.00:00 Intro2:12 Launching GoCardless7:10 Leaning into real relationships8:48 'If you take everything you need to do in a successful business, we did the opposite.'12:08 There's no idea that two smart people can't tear apart in a day13:35 Finding the best idea is an irrational endeavor18:13 Paul Graham and Sam Altman as advisors in @ycombinator 22:15 Be a King or Rich24:35 Ensure you understand how a VC functions29:10 Customers knew before we did 31:27 Overcorrecting as a second-time founder35:50 Everything you do creates culture39:00 'Being the angel investor I wanted as a founder'40:39 Founder archetypes43:30 Angel vs VC46:10 Life is really easy48:25 If you change one thing you change everything49:45 Life is not a 0 sum game52:10 Q&A
In this episode, we are joined by my colleague, Dr. Robin Neuhaus, to discuss recent research of ours on Perinatal Mood Disorders (PMADs) and parenting supports. We highlight the stigma associated with PMADs, leading to underreporting and inadequate support. We emphasize the need for improved screening methods, increased awareness among healthcare providers, and accessible resources for parents. The conversation also touches on the impact of parental leave policies and the importance of support networks. We conclude by advocating for greater inclusivity in research and resources, recognizing the diverse experiences of caregivers. For information on the study featured and this episode please visit Nested and @nested.institute on instagram.
UK PROPERTY MARKET WEEKLY UPDATE Welcome to the third UK Property Market Stats Show of 2025, your go to weekly one hour documentary of the UK Property Market on YouTube This week, I'm joined by the awesome Alice Bullard, CEO of Nested, to delve into the key property market headlines for Week 3 of 2025. The YouTube Show - https://youtu.be/04SXtSzeZvo . ✴️ UK Property Market Highlights this week . ✅ Listings (New Properties on the Market) 34.9k new listings this week (last week 33.7k) That's 17% higher than Week 3 of 2024 YTD and 14% higher YTD compared to 2017/18/19. ✅ Price Reductions (% of Resi Stock) 19.9k Price Reductions this week - meaning approx. 14.8% of Resi sales stock this month has been reduced. To compare, 7.8% of residential sales stock reduced in December (always a lower % in Dec). For comparison, 11.1% od stoics reduced in November and 11.9% average in 2024, though the long-term 5-year average is 10.6%. December traditionally sees a dip in this metric. ✅ Total Gross Sales (Agreed Sales) 25.7k UK homes sold STC this week, up from 23.8k last week in Week 2 That's 35% higher YTD compared to 2024 and 43% higher than 2017/18/19 YTD levels. ✅ Sale-Through Rate (Monthly in Arrears) Approx. Run rate of 14.2% of Resi stock sold stc in Jan. For comparison, 10.61% of residential sales stock sold in December 2024, compared to 8.79% in December 2023. 2024 monthly average: 15.3%. Long-term 7-year average: 17.9%. ✅ Sale Fall-Throughs 23.3% of gross sales fell through this week – ad top from last week at 25.4%. Slightly below the 7-year average of 24.2%, but well below the 40%+ levels post-Truss Budget (Autumn 2022). On a monthly basis, approximately 5.4% of sales in the UK agents pipelines have fallen thru in Jan 25. For comparison, 3.8% of the December 2024 sales pipeline fell through (Dec is always lower) (2024 average: 5.36%). ✅ Net Sales (Gross sales for the week less Sale Fall Thrus for the week) 19.7k net sales this week, compared to a typical week 3 average of 18.1k. Last week (Week 2 2025) - 17.7k. 2025 YTD is 38% higher than compared to 2024 YTD and 39.7% higher than YTD 2017/18/19. ✅ Residential Sales Stock on the Market 605k properties on the market at the end of December 2024 (down from 677k in November). Historical comparison for end of December: * 2023: 560k * 2022: 481k * 2021: 342k * 2020: 543k * 2019: 545k. ✅ Residential Sales Sold STC Pipeline 441k sales agreed but not yet completed at the end of December 2024. Historical comparison for December : * 2023: 359k * 2022: 373k * 2021: 468k * 2020: 548k * 2019: 310k. ✅ UK House Prices (£/sq.ft) As always, the £/sq.ft metric predicts Land Registry figures 5 months in advance with 92% accuracy (the orange line of the graph). December's final figure: £339/sq.ft. * November: £342/sq.ft * August: £334/sq.ft * December 2023: £322/sq.ft This means house prices have risen 5.28% in the last 12 months. Local Focus this week - Wembley
☕The member version of this episode has an extra TEN MINUTES of pre-show conversation. To hear the whole convo you can back on Kofi for just $5/month!☕Today we're talking about Nested by Ortiel! A game about opening menus and finding God. This game was suggest be Amet! Thank you Amet!Play Nested in your browser! Keep up with Ortiel on their website!---Discussed in the episodeCookie Clicker'Eggman Game' Full Sketch | I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson on YouTubePowers of Ten™ (1977) by Eames Office LLC on YouTube---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - Stray Kids and local holidays (01:55) - To learn more about the mummer's day parade join our Kofi! (or search it up I guess) (03:10) - Yaaaaaay... (03:51) - What is Nested? (05:25) - Shoutout to Amet! (06:30) - Have we all played Cookie Clicker? (08:22) - Nested. (13:07) - Time to get existential (21:13) - Who are WE? (24:36) - Zooming out (26:15) - Time for Controversy (32:05) - You gotta shift focus to see the beauty of the universe. Wow. (33:52) - A shipment of Big Takeaways is arriving (34:30) - AJ's Big Takeaway (35:04) - Chase's Big Takeaway (37:41) - Kim's Big Takeaway (39:47) - Thank you Amet!! (39:56) - Cookie Clicker check-in (41:09) - Thank you for listening!
In this episode, Jake goes through some of the newer features of the View Transition API, along with some vaguer ideas that are planned for the future. Resources General view transitions docs Custom entry and exit transitions hasUAVisualTransition so you know when the UA has done its own transition view-transition-class view-transition-types Cross-document view transitions to wait for a particular element The blocking attribute to wait for a particular resource The pageswap and pagereveal events Nested view transitions The match-element vs auto discussion Scoped view transitions attr() in Chrome Safari just went and released view-transition-name: auto
Today's episode opens with a Planner Peace segment from Sarah's friend and coworker Kathleen who uses a medium-sized At-A-Glance Weekly and Monthly (available here: https://a.co/d/5tnHJZ5). This planner may appear basic but it packs a punch in terms of features (and the paper is nice, too!). Then, Sarah provides a review of the Just Scribble Plans Vertical Weekly A5 Planner (available here for preorder: https://www.shopjustscribble.com/products/plans-vertical). It's a 2-volume set and a LOT of planning real estate. Sarah then shares some ideas of things she wants to do differently with her own planning in 2025, followed by a listener question asking for an example of how "Plan a Neighborhood Party" would make its way through the Nested Goals system. Info on BLP at Home Planning 2025: theshubox.com/courses Episode Sponsors: Jenni Kayne: Check out their amazing gifts, from candles to their iconic sweaters . Visit jennikayne.com; listeners get 15% off your first order when you use code PLANS at checkout. PrepDish: Visit PrepDish.com/plans for your first 2 weeks, FREE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the blistering heat of Western Australia, a small group of weary soldiers faced an unexpected enemy. Armed with 10,000 rounds each and every ounce of determination they could muster, they were tasked with taking down an invasion force of 20,000. But their adversaries weren't elite special forces—they were emus. Yes, emus. In this episode, we dive into the tale of the Great Emu War of 1932, an infamous campaign where Australian troops found themselves outwitted and outmaneuvered by a flock of massive, flightless birds. The operation became a public embarrassment, exposing critical flaws in strategy, communication, and clarity. Using this surreal story as a springboard, we explore how lack of clear goals, vision, and alignment can doom even the most well-equipped efforts. Just like these soldiers found themselves lost and overwhelmed, many entrepreneurs struggle to set meaningful goals and find direction in their work. But it doesn't have to be that way. Tune in to learn how setting clear, purposeful goals can transform your business and life, saving you from your own version of the “Great Emu War.” And don't miss the chance to read more on this at TomFoxley.me/blog, where you'll find practical tips to align your goals, avoid wasted effort, and create the success you're looking for. ---- Blog link: https://www.tomfoxley.me/post/nested-goals
Pox, the quintessential Chiapas spirit, is probably the most mysterious Mexican drink that I've encountered in my life. It was a big part of my early 20's, but I never truly understood its technicalities or cultural relevance. Happily, thanks to Javier Oroz, who I just interviewed a few weeks ago (go check the Bacanora episode), I got to meet Zury Guindi.Zury started bottling bottling Pox back in 2011 under the umbrella of "Siglo Cero". When even mezcal was just starting to happen, he decided to dedicate his life to corn, panela and wheat instead of worshipping agave. In this episode we try to cover as much as we can about this fascinating and delicious drink. Hope you enjoy it!This episode was recorded at Som, Zury's bar in Mexico City. Nested in the heart of Condesa I can't emphasize enough how fun is to go through all their menu. You'll get to try Pox, rum, raicilla, mezcal, tequila and many other bizarre and lovely Mexican spirits.
In this week's ‘UK Property Market Stats Show' on YouTube for week ending Sunday, 22nd September 2024, Chris ‘Stato' Watkin with this week's special guest, Alice Bullard (boss lady of Nested), discuss the property market headlines for Week 38 of 2024. · Listings (New properties coming on to the market) - 37.4k UK listings this week (week 38), 38k the week before. 7.7% higher 2024 YTD than 2017/18/19 YTD average. 14.5% higher than Week 38 of 2023. · Total Gross Sales - 26.4k UK homes sold stc this week (Week 38), which 25.2% higher than the same week (week 38) in 2023. · Net Sales - 19.7k this week (19.3k last week). 32% higher than the same week in 2023 & still 16.2% higher YTD in 2024 compared to YTD 2023. · % of Homes exchanging vs homes unsold - Of the 1,091,884 UK homes that left UK Estate Agents books since the 1st Jan 2024, 582,642 of them (53.36%) exchanged & completed contracts (meaning the homeowner moved and the estate agent got paid). The remaining 509,242 (46.64%) were withdrawn off the market, unsold. In essence you a flip of the coin chance of actually selling, homeowners moving and the estate agent getting paid. · UK House Prices - Mid / Late September figures suggest a slight jump in this important metric to £343/sq.ft. For comparison - August's Figures for the Sale Agreed £/sq.ft was at £338/sq.ft, and July at £341/sq.ft. This means house prices are rising, albeit slowly. · Sale fall-throughs - Sale Fall Thrus (as a % of Gross sales Agreed) dropped to 25.1% this week. The 7 year Long Term Average is 24.2% and it was 40%+ in the two months following the Truss Budget in the Autumn of 2022.
Text us your sleep questions.Bringing you back to when I first kicked off Nested to Rested Sleep Consulting and held group sleep coaching. In this episode, I am sharing a coaching call I had with a mom who was part of the group sleep coaching. We chat about her 4.5-month-old dealing with night wakings, false starts, short naps, and their readiness to drop some night feeds and start sleep training. An important thing to remember is that things suggested to her were part of her sleep plan given their expectations and sleep goals. Keep in mind that these suggestions vary per family and can be personalized. Want a coaching call for yourself? >>>Join the Well-Rested Families Membership to make sleepless nights a thing of the past!Want a free sample baby sleep schedule?
Text us your sleep questions.Welcome to Episode 4 where we chat all about when and how to drop your baby's night feeds. Now keep in mind that this is something your baby does naturally on their own or may need a little help from you when and if you and baby are ready. This may also improve sleep for you and your family to help get you on step closer to becoming a well-rested family. In this episode we will cover: What is night weaningWhen to know if you and your baby are ready to drop some or all night feedsHelpful tips to make dropping night feeds a little easierHacks for both bottle-feeding or breastfeeding familiesCommon concerns that come with night weaningAs your certified pediatric sleep consultant and sleep bestie, I share the best methods for weaning in a responsive, gradual way. Our mission at Nested to Rested Sleep consulting is to empower, support and educate you on how to get your whole family to become well-rested. Please subscribe, review, and share with all your friends who deserve a good night's sleep as well. Relevant Blogs: Soothing LadderWhen and How to Start Night WeaningReferences: SEE SHOW NOTESWant a free sample baby sleep schedule?
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I have a special guest for you!!! Chelsea Barbine!! Her unpopular opinion, we are forever postpartum was inspired by her own journey of becoming a mama! She is the Founder of Core Care Cultivate, Chelsea Barbine, is on a mission to help women embrace motherhood without sacrificing their sleep, sanity, or self-identity. Listen to this fun conversation that we have about post postpartum, and yes of course even MANIFESTING! Contact for Chelsea Barbine Chelsea@corecarecultivate.com Website: corecarecultivate.comPodcast: Cultivate with Chelsea IG: @chelsea.barbine A Note from Chelsea: May is #maternalmentalhealthawarenessmonth and in addition to a special series being released on the Cultivate with Chelsea podcast, I'm showing monetary support by donating a percentage of all Core Care Cultivate sales from the month of May with two charities. As a firm believer in education and preparation to support the transition to life after birth, and as a proud consumer of Perelel Health for almost 3 years now, I'm honored to support their pledge to raising $10million towards closing the research gap on women's health as an official #PerelelAdvocate by supporting their #FundWomensHealthCampaign. In honor of my desire to support the fellow mamas in the trenches with me, I will also be supporting the Postpartum Support International's The Climb fundraiser again this year provide support and resources to women and their families who have been affected by postpartum mood disorders. So yes, whether you purchase the Nested & Nourished: 4-Steps to Approach Postpartum with Ease course or join the June 4th cohort of The Cultivate Crew to receive daily coaching support while navigating life after birth, you will not only be supporting yourself but you'll be joining me in the mission to rewrite the postpartum narrative for the collective.
Jake and Michael discuss some of the gotchas upgrading from a previous version of Laravel to 11.x, integrating a React frontend built in parallel to its backend, nested validation, and the simplicity of using a batteries-included framework like Laravel.Show linksLaravel BootcampLaracastsLaravel Up and RunningOnramp to LaravelLaravel Shift
Both Jonathan Geltner (Absolute Music) and Gregorio Montejo (In a Green Tree) return as guests to discuss the 2019 book, Beneath the Silent Heavens, by Brian Christopher Moore. Nested in the discussion of the book, we also discussed typology vs allegory, Noe's Ark, Medieval Mystery Plays, the Welsh poet David Jones, the French poet Charles Péguy, the American tale tellers R. A. Lafferty, Gene Wolfe and Tim Powers, and what makes good fantasy. What does make good fantasy anyway? Seriously, we covered a lot in this one, so don't miss it! Brian Moore's Links: Beneath the Silent Heavens Angelico Press Christ the Symphonic Adventure Substack ************************************************************************************************************* Follow me on Twitter @AaronIrber Donate to my Patreon - I Might Believe in Faeries https://www.patreon.com/imightbelieveinfaeries Like my Facebook page - I Might Believe in Faeries Battle Of The Creek by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Logo Art by Linnea Kisby *************************************************************************************************************
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In this JCO Precision Oncology Article Insights episode, Mitchell Elliot provides a summary on "Prediction of Benefit From Adjuvant Pertuzumab by 80-Gene Signature in the APHINITY (BIG 4-11) Trial," by Krop, et al published on January 18th, 2024. TRANSCRIPT Mitchell Elliott: Hello and welcome to JCO Precision Oncology Article Insights. I'm your host, Mitchell Elliott, an ASCO Journal Editorial Fellow. Today, I will be providing a summary of the article titled "Prediction of Benefit from Adjuvant Pertuzumab by 80-Gene Signature in the APHINITY (BIG 4-11) Trial" by Dr. Ian Krop on behalf of the APHINITY Steering Committee and Investigators. HER2 epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive, or HER2 positive breast cancer is characterized by overexpression of the HER2 protein. HER2 is an extracellular receptor that binds with itself and other proteins on the cell surface to facilitate rapid growth and division of cancer cells. Historically, HER2 positive breast cancer carried a worse prognosis than other subtypes. Anti-HER2 therapy with the monoclonal antibody trastuzumab in combination with chemotherapy has been shown to significantly improve clinical outcomes. Pertuzumab, another anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody, binds to a different site on the HER2 protein and has been shown to further disrupt HER2 signaling and improve clinical outcomes. Primary results from the APHINITY trial, this trial, served as the basis for dual HER2 blockade, combining trastuzumab and pertuzumab with chemotherapy in the adjuvant setting. This data helped establish dual HER2 blockade as the standard of care in many jurisdictions around the world. Understanding patients who do not derive benefit from the additional anti-HER2 therapy is paramount for delivering personalized and effective care while minimizing treatment-related side effects. Understanding the underlying biology of patients who do not drive a response may provide insight into areas of future drug development and integration of novel therapies into future clinical trials. The clinical definition of HER2 positivity encompasses those that are most likely to have HER2-driven tumors, but previous work has demonstrated that this clinical-pathologic definition does not accurately reflect the molecular heterogeneity of this subtype. These authors completed a translational secondary analysis of the phase III APHINITY trial using nested case-control methods with RNA-seq data derived from primary tumors of patients enrolled in this trial. Both the MammaPrint and Blueprint classifiers are commercially available assays run on microarray data using previously published and validated gene sets. MammaPrint classifies tumors as high or low risk, while Blueprint classifies tumors into luminal, basal-like, or HER2 subtypes. Luminal A tumors are MammaPrint low risk luminal classification, while luminal B tumors are classified as MammaPrint high risk with conventional luminal classification. In order to facilitate these analyses, RNA-seq data was converted into pseudo microarray-based sequencing using a bridge study from an independent cohort of 75 patients. Conventional Blueprint scores for luminal type, HER2 type, or basal type were calculated for each sample. The subtype with the highest score of the three was the conventional subtype reported for the tumor. The Blueprint subtype was further sub-stratified as a single-activated or dual-activated subtype. Single-activated samples represented the dominant enriched pathway in each tumor, while dual-activated subtypes were assigned if there was no statistical difference between the two dominant pathways. The primary endpoint was invasive disease-free survival, IDFS, and was stratified by genomic subtype and treatment arm. IDFS was defined as the time from treatment random assignment until the date of first recurrence of ipsilateral invasive breast tumor, recurrence of ipsilateral local-regional invasive disease, distant disease recurrence, contralateral invasive breast cancer, or death from any cause. Patients without an event at the last follow-up date were censored. The median follow-up time was 45.4 months. 964 patients were evaluated for MammaPrint and Blueprint subtypes. One patient was excluded as they were low risk by MammaPrint. The final cohort included 963 patients in this nested case-control study with IHC/FISH-defined HER2 positive tumors. Two-thirds of the patients were hormone receptor positive. Most patients were over the age of 35, 83% had lymph node involvement, and 83% of patients received anthracycline-containing chemotherapy. Blueprint classified 50% of patients as luminal B type, 28% as HER2 positive, and 22% as basal type. Most of the luminal B tumors were single-pathway activated, while only around 50% of HER2 type and basal type tumors had single-activated pathways. Similar clinical and treatment characteristics were observed between the conventional Blueprint subtypes as well as the single and dual-activated subtypes. Nested case-control inverse probability-weighted corrected multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed no significant difference in IDFS among the different conventional Blueprint subtypes. Conventional Blueprint subtypes were also not prognostic of benefit from the addition of pertuzumab. The authors then investigated whether there was a significant difference in IDFS in patients with only single gene pathway activation. Interestingly, patients classified as Blueprint basal single-activated subtypes were more likely to have an IDFS event, with a hazard ratio of 1.69 and a 95% confidence interval of 1.12 to 2.54. This captures the worst prognosis of molecularly defined basal-like tumors, remembering that all of the patients included in this cohort were, by ASCO-CAP guidelines, HER2 positive. In comparing the benefit from the addition of pertuzumab amongst the patients with single-activated subtype, there was no significant improvement in IDFS events with the addition of pertuzumab. There was a non-significant numerical benefit with the addition of pertuzumab in HER2 single subtype, suggesting that patients with dominant HER2-related signaling may derive more benefit from this combination therapy. To help account for confounding variables, multivariate analyses were pursued to correct for routine clinical factors such as age, nodal status, hormone receptor status, as well as the use of anthracycline in addition to the conventional and single-activated pathway subtypes. Of all the clinical factors included in these analyses, only nodal status was significantly associated with IDFS in all of the conventional and single-activated subtypes. This reflects the important consideration of both clinical and genomic risk in patient assessment, as both have strong implications on treatment outcomes. In summary, Blueprint HER2 tumors, which consist of both single and dual pathway-activated tumors, did not clearly distinguish those who derived pertuzumab benefit. There was a further non-significant benefit noted in HER2 single pathway-activated tumors. This suggests that tumors with multiple mitogenic pathways may have an inferior response to HER2 targeted therapy compared to single-activated tumors. Overall, this article presents further insight into the molecular heterogeneity within the clinical-pathologic defined HER2 positive breast cancer subtype. The use of a commercially available gene signature assay was able to distinguish a subset of patients with a worse overall clinical outcome regardless of treatment received. Further analyses are required to validate and assess the utility in deploying this strategy in the treatment of patients with early HER2 positive breast cancer, but there is a suggestion that the 80-gene signature may refine patient selection, optimize treatment planning, and improve long-term outcomes for this patient population. Thank you for listening to JCO Precision Oncology Article Insights, and please tune in for the next topic. Don't forget to give us a rating and review and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode. You can find all ASCO shows at asco.org/podcasts. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. 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In this episode, we unravel nested tag structures. Chad and Dax break down lists, TOC, footnotes, and tables. Learn what the most basic way to create a list structure is and how Dax had to hit the books once again to make sure he wasn't telling tales. Chad talks about footnotes and references and why you might hear "Link Link" in your TOC elements. If you struggle to understand which tags get nested inside others, then you definitely want to listen to this episode!
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CSS :has() is out in all browsers and Wes and Scott have got the top 10 reasons you should start using :has() now. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 02:28 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 03:02 Overview of :has 07:09 The anywhere selector 09:41 Previous element 12:59 Layout targetting 15:45 Form validation styling 17:51 All siblings 21:07 Quantity queries 24:19 Empty children 24:56 Nested dropdown navs 26:36 Attribute matching Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
Welcome to The SaaS CFO Podcast! In this episode, we dive into the world of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) with Taimur Abdaal, the founder and CEO of Causal. Taimur shares his background in mathematics and programming, and how that led him to start Causal, a number crunching tool that simplifies financial modeling and planning. He talks about the journey of building Causal, from its early days to raising funding and scaling the business. Taimur also discusses the company's approach to go-to-market strategy, product development, and the key metrics they focus on. If you're interested in the intersection of tech, finance, and entrepreneurship, this episode is a must-listen. Stay tuned to gain valuable insights into the world of SaaS and FPA! Show Notes: 00:00 Data scientist at Nested worked on automating financial models, prompted the idea for a better number-crunching tool. Spreadsheets have not evolved much in 40 years. 04:38 Felt right to quit job, started project, gained interest. 07:11 Product focuses on easy initial use, scalable complexity, self-serve flow, and product-led growth strategy. 25% revenue from self-serve, majority from higher touch motion. 10:43 Early investors were found through connections, securing $1 million. 14:32 Access to networks and warm introductions important for fundraising. Pre-seed and seed stages focus on market size, team strength, and initial traction. Series A requires high growth rate. 17:29 Next focus is out-of-the-box reporting, easily linked with CRM. Links: SaaS Fundraising Stories: https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/casual-secures-15-million-in-series-a Taimur Abdaal's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taimurabdaal/ Causal's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/causalhq/ To know more about Ben check out the links below: Subscribe to Ben's daily metrics newsletter: https://saasmetricsschool.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to Ben's SaaS newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/df1db6bf8bca/the-saas-cfo-sign-up-landing-page SaaS Metrics courses here: https://www.thesaasacademy.com/ Join Ben's SaaS community here: https://www.thesaasacademy.com/offers/ivNjwYDx/checkout Follow Ben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benrmurray
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Subscribe at web3galaxybrain.com Today's episode is a roundtable discussion about EIP-3074: AUTH and AUTHCALL and EIP-4337: Account Abstraction Using Alt Mempool, two very different approaches to enabling smart contract accounts. To discuss the past, present, and future of 3074 and 4337, I'm joined by Matt Garnett, aka lightclients, developer contributor working on Go Ethereum, Gregory Markou, aka @gregthegreek, CTO at ChainSafe, and Joseph Delong, CTO at Astaria and former CTO at Sushi. It was fantastic getting these three talented and opinionated developers to the table to discuss the social and technical processes it takes to improve the EVM. My thanks to Pedro Gomes for helping bring this episode together. I hope you enjoy the show. Links Hosted by @nnnnicholas gregthegreek, ChainSafe @lightclients, Go Ethereum @josephdelong, Astaria EIP-2938 EIP-3074 EIP-4337 and Eth Magicians On Abstractions - Vitalik Buterin Getting rid of WETH using 3074 by axic EIP-1153 EIP-2535 Diamonds EIP-5492 EIP-7212 Shadow owners of Gnosis Safes lightclient's history of AA Link Tree Is the secp256r1 curve compromised? Podcast Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:42) Interview start: Matt Garnett, Joseph Delong, and Greg Markou introduce themselves (00:06:57) How EIP-2938 led to EIP-3074 (00:10:05) What EIP-3074 proposes: AUTH and AUTHCALL (00:13:50) How 3074 improves ERC-20 approvals (00:18:20) Why has 3074 not been adopted? (00:20:04) What ERC-4337 proposes (00:22:30) 3074 and 4337 are not comparable (00:23:50) Design philosophies: 3074 vs 4337 (00:28:30) 3074 makes every account a smart contract account (00:31:45) 3074 + 4337 (00:35:50) Enshrinement (00:41:40) NEAR's native Account Abstraction (00:43:50) 4337: Enables centralized operators(00:45:45) Is secp256r1 compromised? (00:51:23) Are Optimistic rollups legit? (01:01:00) 3074 can get rid of WETH (01:02:30) Recovery with 3074 (01:04:00) 3074 does not solve key rotation (01:05:00) 3074 vs 4337: State bloat (01:10:30) 3074 vs 4337: Nonces (01:13:05) Nested execution (01:14:45) Can 3074 and 4337 be compatible (01:16:00) Diamond Pattern vs Safe style (01:18:40) 3074 rallying cry (01:20:45) Outro
Primary reading (Slide 1 Reading for the Day): 8And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Gen 2:8,9 ESV) (Slide 2 Reading for the Day): 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever. (Rev 22:1-4 ESV) Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Meadowbrooke. I am so happy you have joined us today. For those who dont know me, my name is Ben McKay, and I am filling in today for our lead pastor, Keith. He and the staff were at a conference this week, so I am stepping in to help amidst their travel and activities. I am one of the elders here at Meadowbrooke and have served in that capacity for a couple of years. As I shared last time I gave a sermon, I count it as one of the most distinct privileges God has blessed me with to join these men who are completely sold out for Christ. My wife, Michaela, works as the office administrator here, and we have two boys, Brayden and Grayson. Michaela and I also host a life group and serve in other ministries here. All that being said, I am not a pastor by occupation. So please remember that and be kind as we work through todays message. After all, we are in church and told to be charitable toward one another. Professionally, I work in software development and AI applications. Part of what drew me to this line of work is my love of data and how software makes it easier to show us how things relate to each other and how those relationships behave. Now, you may be asking, what does this have to do with Genesis and Revelation? Well, that is a fantastic question. One of the key takeaways that I hope to leave you with today is that the Bible, a compilation of 66 books, is, in fact, a complete and cohesive narrative of Gods plan of salvation. This fact is astonishing because the Bible was written over approximately 1,500 years. This started with Moses somewhere around 1,400 BC[1][2][3] when the first five books of the Bible were written and ended with John writing Revelation somewhere around 95 AD[4]. During this time, over 40 individuals contributed to writing the various books of the Bible. Some wrote just one, like Isaiah the prophet; some wrote many, like Moses and Paul; and some books had multiple people contribute, like the books of Psalms[5] and Proverbs[6]. Let that sink in for a minute. At least 40 people, who were separated by centuries, came from very different backgrounds (some were kings and others were fishermen) and whose cultures had undergone drastic change (consider how different life looked for people living under King David when compared with those living in exile in Babylon) wrote accounts of God and his plan for salvation that were not only internally consistent individually but also consistent with each other. Thats incredible! Ive been to movies that cant stay internally consistent for an hour and a half! Many social media posts cant even stay internally consistent across two sentences. I want to move our hearts from being merely impressed by this fact to seeing the intricacies and internal consistency of the Word of God in awe and wonder. This is one of my favorite data visualizations of all time[7]. It shows the biblical cross-references that the creator of this image had identified. Each arc shows a verse referencing another verse. The Bible is quite literally in conversation with itself. We can see concepts come up repeatedly, prophecies being made and then fulfilled. God tells us something about Himself and then elaborates on it further. Throughout it all, we see the fulfillment of Gods eternal plan to redeem His creation back to Himself. This has led people like Jordan Petersen, the renowned psychologist, who is not an avowed Christian by the way, to say, This is the first hyperlinked book[8]. He means you can navigate through the Bible like web pages on the Internet. Instead of following hyperlinks, though, we follow cross-references. This is one of the reasons that lifetimes wouldnt be enough to get everything out of this book that it has to offer; another is that these are the words of God, and well, hes a lot smarter than us. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isa 55:8,9) What were going to do today is to pull on one of those threads, click through the hyperlinks if you will, and we will get to stand in awe at how the gospel, the good news of God, radiates from the pages of scripture. You probably have seen the thread Im alluding to from our readings, the Tree of Life. This tree makes its first appearance in the second chapter of the Bible and appears again in the very last chapter. I bet thats just a coincidence. We will go back to Genesis, the story's beginning. In Chapter 2, we read, 7 Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Gen 2:7-9 ESV) Here, we see Adam being placed into an idyllic garden (Adam was created outside of the garden and then brought into it), filled with life, sustenance, and beauty. Trees seem to abound. But the author immediately draws our attention to two. The first, we are told, is in the midst of the garden. This phrase has significance throughout the Bible, especially in the first five books. Moses would have written these books during the 40 years of Israels wandering in the desert. This was when God had the nation of Israel, his earthly representatives to the nations, build the Tabernacle. This was where Gods presence was most vividly and intensely seen. Check this out. 45 I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God. (Ex 29:45,46) Its not easy to see in the English translation, but where we see dwell among them, the Hebrew word that gets translated among is the same word that gets translated in the midst of. Throughout the Tabernacle's description, we see that Gods plan is to be literally in the middle of his people; the word Tabernacle even means dwelling place. God goes so far as to have the Tabernacle placed in the very center of the camp. He didnt just want to be the God of the people. He wanted to be God dwelling with His people. The people of this time and this place would have literally seen Gods glory settle over the Tabernacle in the middle of their camp. Therefore, they would have seen the deep imagery intended within this passage. The garden was where God intended to dwell with His people; we see Him literally walking in the garden in Chapter 3. And as the Tabernacle was placed in the middle of their camp, so too was something in the middle of the garden, the Tree of Life. Now, we dont know much about this tree except that it could have permitted the man and the woman to live forever. God intends that his image bearers will have life. He is, after all, the living God. So, God placed life, which only He can give, in the middle of the garden where it could be seen and easily accessed. Jesus reinforced this idea that God wants his image bearers to have life when he said, I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. (Jn 10:10b). But more on that in a moment. The only other tree mentioned by name is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. I want to pause here because this name has been misunderstood and misused. This is not the tree of knowledge. Knowledge is not the thing that hurts humanity. Read Proverbs. Knowledge is a good thing when it begins with the fear of the Lord, Proverbs 1:7. It is the knowledge of something very specific here that causes a problem, namely good and evil. This tree represents our choice to have moral experience, put ourselves in the place of God not through fear but through disobedience, and define good and evil for ourselves. Lets look at the narrative. 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, Did God actually say, You shall not eat of any tree in the garden? 2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.4 But the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. (Gen 3:1-6) There it is, right there. The temptation was, You will be like God. Open a newspaper, and you will see the consequences of believing this lie. This is the underlying heart condition that has plagued humanity since this moment. Want to know how people like Putin come to be? Want to know how people can commit genocide and call it justified? Want to know how people can murder children and call it righteous? Want to know how people can enslave each other? Its all right there in that one fragment of a sentence. You will be like God. God doesnt get to tell me right from wrong; I get to. He is not the center of and reason for all creation; I am. Eve reached out to grasp the forbidden fruit. We also reach out to grab what only God can define: good and evil. They ate the fruit because they believed the lie that God was holding something back from them. Their belief led them to eat from a false tree of life. This should be seen as a representation of what was to come. We reach out to things that cannot offer life, yet we pretend they do. We do this, brothers and sisters; I do this. We believe we know better. We buy into the lie that Gods law is meant to enslave us rather than free us from bondage. Moreover, they were image-bearers of God and believed the lie that they werent. Look at this. 26 Then God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Gen 1:26,27) They were already image bearers of the God whose power was awesome enough to speak the universe into existence. They had access to the Tree of Life. Notice that God did not issue a prohibition against eating from the Tree of Life. He wants us to have life and have it abundantly. However, humanity chose rebellion, and death came into the world with rebellion. Now, the question may arise: Why couldnt Adam and Eve then eat of the tree of life? Why did God take that away from them? They still could have lived forever. Embedded in this question is, I think, a profound misunderstanding about God in the modern age. He is both perfectly holy and the exact definition of perfect love. He is both things at the same time. Because of our separation that was caused by sin, this would have resulted in eternal separation from God. Sin and Gods holiness cannot exist together. And, as we saw from Exodus, God is not content to leave us as we are and, therefore, remain separated from Him for eternity. So, we were banished from the garden, and we became subjected to death. Here, we see a split in the underlying symbology of trees in the biblical texts. To the ancient Hebrew mind, trees represent something inherently linked to life and vitality. Look with me at the first Psalm. 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. 4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. (Ps 1:1-4) The tree, in this case, is said not to wither. In opposition, we see chaff, which is fleeting and blown to and fro. The tree is planted. This is in opposition to the chaff, which is driven away. Now, turn to Psalm 92. 12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, 15 to declare that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. (Ps 92:12-15) Notice here that the same attributes we see in Psalm 1 are also found in Psalm 92. Trees are used as a representation, an image, of flourishing, strength, yielding fruit, and maintaining that vitality for a long time. This makes sense since trees can live for hundreds or even thousands of years. They make excellent metaphors for abundant life. But, notice something important here. It is not just anybody that is like a tree. It is the person who is what? Psalm 1 says they delight in the law of the Lord. Psalm 92 says they are planted in the house of the Lord and declare that the Lord is upright. Their roots are solidly well rooted in the only source of eternal life. Now, lets look at the opposite imagery of trees. Trees are used to represent darkness and evil. It ties back to the trees in the garden, where we exchanged the truth for a lie, life for death. There was a warning that Moses left the Israelites with as they were about to enter the land of Canaan. Nested within commandments about how Gods people were to act is this. 21 You shall not plant any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God that you shall make. 22 And you shall not set up a pillar, which the Lord your God hates. (De 16:21-22) This command was given because the surrounding cultures built idols to worship pagan gods. One of the most prominent among these was the fertility goddess Asherah. One of the ways to worship Asherah was to plant a tree or make a pole on a hill; the Bible often calls these high places. Now, if you read your whole Bible, which I strongly encourage you to do, you will notice this tendency. People will take a piece of Gods creation and then worship the created thing instead of the Creator. We exchange a true thing for a false thing. Doesnt that sound reminiscent of what we are told happened in Genesis? Paul put it like this in Romans after describing how we can understand some of Gods attributes, namely his power and divine nature, because of the grandeur of creation. However, he then talks about people who disregard God and worship created things instead. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. (Rom 1:22-25) But it gets worse. A lot worse. Instead of heeding the warning of Moses, Israel participated in and went beyond the worship they were prohibited from. In 2 Chronicles, we see what Gods people chose instead of worshipping the one true, living God. 1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done, 2 but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made metal images for the Baals, 3 and he made offerings in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom and burned his sons as an offering, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel. 4 And he sacrificed and made offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree. (2 Ch 28:1-4) A lot is packed into these four verses, and I could spend an entire sermon unpacking just this. But I want you to see a couple of things. First, just like we saw from Pauls letter to the Romans, who we worship has real consequences beyond just the worship itself. Paul talks about God handing people over to the lusts of their hearts, resulting in them dishonoring their bodies because of their worship. Similarly, Ahaz murdered his own sons because of whom he worshiped. Second, we see a direct tie between Moses's warning and the sins the nation of Israel committed. Some are very quick to talk about Gods judgment of the Canaanites when the people of Israel drove them out. What is missed is that God judged them because of practices like these. People also leave out that God judged his promised people the same way. He held them accountable in the same way. If you read on to the end of 2 Chronicles, you will see that God used the nations to judge Judah in the same way. Their rejection of God and subsequent sin led directly to exile in Babylon. I know this probably seems like a bleak story so far. But this is a foundational truth that we have to understand to grasp the gospel. We are fallen. It is not just Adam, Eve, Ahaz, Israel, or the Pharisees. It is all of us. This is my story. This is your story. But, it is not the end of the story. We see the promise of this story even as God puts a curse on the earth and removes humans from the garden. There will be one who comes who the snake, the evil one, will wound. But it will be the snake who is crushed. God promises Abraham that all of the world's nations will be blessed through his family. He then reiterates that promise to his son and grandson. King David was told that one of his descendants would be the promised Messiah, whose throne would be established forever. We can read the promises from the prophets in detail. I want to focus on one of these, but there are hundreds more examples. 1 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turnedevery oneto his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people? 9 And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. (Is 53:1-10) Sound like anybody you know? The miraculous thing is that this was written over 700 years before Jesus lived[9]. It accurately renders the same scripture Jesus read while undertaking his ministry. We know that this is true because we have the archeological evidence. This is the Great Isaiah Scroll. It was found in the caves of Qumran in a collection commonly known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. It contains the entire text of the same book we read today. And youll never guess what. When the archaeologists carbon-dated it, they found that it predated the birth of Jesus by 100 years. Let that sink in. We have archaeological proof that this prophecy and the entire book of Isaiah predated the events. And this is not unique to Isaiah. Modern translations use this and other ancient manuscripts. You are reading the exact words that Jesus read about himself. And what we see in prophecy is precisely the suffering servant that we encounter in the person of Jesus. He was pierced by the nails that held him to the cross. He was ridiculed and mocked, deemed smitten by God. Like a sheep, he was led to slaughter. He was buried in the tomb of a rich man. And in so doing, he took on the iniquity of us all. As Luke, the author of Acts, put it, 30 The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. 31 God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him. (Acts 5:30-32) And there it is again, the tree. We were allowed to eat from the tree of life. Instead, we chose a false tree, where we attempted to put ourselves in the place of God. We were told to be rooted in the word and knowledge of God and thus be like trees planted by a stream. Instead, we chose idols and rejected the Creator, the giver of life. We were given the Son, the second person of the Trinity, who said, I am the way and the truth and the life. Instead of accepting him, we rejected him and killed him on a tree. Do you see the pattern? There is a choice here. And we dont seem to choose very well. Why does Luke mention a tree? Wouldnt it have been enough just to say you killed him? And this is where the biblical narrative, imagery, and deep interconnectedness get so incredibly good. Please turn with me to Deuteronomy chapter 21. 22 And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance. (De 21:22,23) This section of scripture is Moses giving his final commands to the nation of Israel as they are about to enter the promised land. Notice here the language. A hanged man is cursed by God. This is in reference specifically to a man hanged on a what? A man hanged on a tree. If you happen to be using a study Bible right now, you almost certainly have this cross-reference. Please turn with me to Galatians 3:13. 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for usfor it is written, Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith. (Gal 3:13,14) If this doesnt stop you dead in your mental tracks, I dont know what will. When I say that the Bible is in conversation with itself, this is precisely what I mean. Trees are used repeatedly in the Bible to represent images of life. But humans used them not only to replace the worship of the one, true creator God for the worship of created idols but also as a means of torture and death. Exodus was written 1,400 years before Jesus lived and well before crucifixion was invented as a method of execution, yet it perfectly fits within the biblical narrative. Jesus knew he was to die at the cross well before the events and that this verse was pointing not just to how he would be killed but to the underlying reason why. He was to take on the curse even though he didnt sin to take away the consequences from us who did sin. This is grace, unmerited favor. Ive covered a lot of ground just now, so I want to recap just a bit before moving on. Humanity was given the Tree of Life in the garden. Instead, we chose disobedience, ate from the forbidden tree, and through sin, we received death. We were to worship the one true God, the creator of the universe. Instead, we chose to worship what was created, including trees. We were told to be like trees, rooted in Gods word. Instead, we chopped trees down and made them idols and tools of death. We were given the Son of God, who was and is the way, the truth, and the life. Instead, we nailed him to a tree. Looks pretty bleak, right? Thank God it doesnt end here. As Paul Harvey would have said, And now its time for the rest of the story. God uses the imagery of trees to take us to the good news, the gospel of God. We see it foretold in the Old Testament. 1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. (Isa 11:1,2) This will sound like a ridiculous question, but what is a stump? What is left over after a tree has been cut down, right? Isaiah prophesied that the kings of Israel would cease. That happened, and it was because of Israels sin. There was no royal family when Jesus was alive, and there is no royal family in Israel now. But Isaiah promised something else. A branch will come from that stump, which was supposed to be dead. And it will bear fruit. We see this also in Jeremiah. 14 Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. (Jer 33:14,15) Out of the spiritual death that was a consequence of sin and disobedience, God brought life. That branch, Jesus, was righteous and bore fruit. He would execute not only justice but also righteousness in the land. That branch would come out of a stump, which was supposed to be dead. But, like the stump, Jesus didnt stay dead, did he? And if you are still on the fence about all of this, if Jesus is not your savior yet, this is the most important point I will make today. The cross is empty. As was commanded in Deuteronomy, Jesus was taken down from the tree that day and, as prophesied by Isaiah, was buried in a rich mans tomb. The cross could not hold him. And guess what? The grave couldnt either. The empty cross and the empty grave are some of the best-attested facts of the ancient world. This is so much the case that critics and skeptics have resorted to developing all sorts of implausible theories. An example is that Jesus just fainted on the cross, and the cool air of the tomb brought him to. Another is that Jesus had a twin, and nobody noticed the difference. These hypotheses are put forward without any evidence or historical justification. Instead, the truth is that Jesus lived the life that you and I cannot, died the death that we deserve, and then rose from the grave to new life, something you and I cannot do ourselves. And because of the work of Gods divine grace, our debt has been paid in full by the Son of God. Paul puts it extremely succinctly in Romans. 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. (Rom 6:3,4) You may have guessed this already, but the Bible also has a tree metaphor for this. In this same letter to Rome, Paul wrote the following as he compared Gods chosen people, Israel, to the Gentiles. 17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. 19 Then you will say, Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in. 20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. 22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. 23 And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree. (Rom 11:17-24) In this metaphor that Paul uses to describe how we achieve new life, Jesus is the root that we are grafted into and receive life through Him. I was shocked to learn that this is a thing. You can take a branch from a tree, cut it completely off, and then graft it into another tree, and it will grow. Im really curious how humans first learned to do this. But to be honest, Im not sure I want to meet the person who first figured it out. I cant help but picture that they looked something like Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein[10]. All joking aside, this is a crucial and pivotal point that I dont want us to miss. We receive life because we have been supernaturally grafted to Jesus. As Paul said in Galatians, I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Gal 2:20) There is now no distinction between Jew and Greek (thats you and me). We are all able to receive life through Jesus. It is not our life but His that we live by. If you have been saved by faith through Jesus, you will experience this by the Spirit of God dwelling inside you. And the life you experience will be ever more witnessed by the fruit from that life. Lets return to the chart that I showed before. The bad news we discussed was all driven by our decisions to disobey the one true God and instead live by our own standards and desires. If not for the grace and love of God, that is where we would have been left. But, praise God, that is not where He left us. Well look at this in reverse order. We were given the Son of God, who was and is the way, the truth, and the life. Instead, we nailed him to a tree. But he rose again to new life, conquering the grave. We were told to be like trees, rooted in Gods word. Instead, we chopped trees down and made them idols and tools of death. We, as believers, are now grafted into Jesus, the root, and receive His life. We were to worship the one true God, the creator of the universe. Instead, we chose to worship what was created, including trees. We now worship the one true God in spirit and truth because the Holy Spirit dwells within us. That leaves us with one obvious stepthe Tree of Life. And we saw its return in our opening readings this morning. Please turn with me again to Revelation 22. 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever. (Rev 22:1-4 ESV) Chapter 22 of Revelation is the very end of the biblical narrative. The apostle John was being shown a glimpse into eternity. This is after death has been destroyed, the enemy has been defeated, and the servants of God are eternally with Him. We will get to see His face. There will be no more night. Life flows directly from the Lamb and the throne of God. And on either side of the river, we see the Tree of Life, healing the nations. Because of Jesuss sacrifice, the host of heaven sings. We get a picture of it when John writes the following in Revelation. 11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing! 13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever! (Rev 5:11-13) We will ultimately see restoration. As sure as I am that Jesus lived, died, and rose again, I am sure that believers will see this. If you have placed your trust and hope in Jesus, you will have eternal life; you will experience complete healing, and you will see the face of God. This brings us to the last theological point that I want to make. Humanity was given the Tree of Life in the garden. Instead, we chose disobedience, and through sin, we received death. Because of the work of Jesus, we will again gain access to the tree of life and will be in the presence of God for eternity. Despite the incredible theological implications of what we have covered today, there is a considerable risk. And that is that we all walk out the doors of this building and live like the rest of the world. If we are genuinely grafted into the life of Jesus, we should bear fruit. Now, that does not mean that we are perfect, not by any means. But we should all seek the sanctification that the Bible promises we will see in increased measure. And I think this scriptural journey weve been on today can guide us. Tree of Life: We should start with a reverent fear of God. As Proverbs tells us, the fear of the LORD is the beginning of both knowledge and wisdom. Unlike Adam and Eve, we need to rest in the trust and faith that God is not holding anything back from us. His laws are good, His intentions are kind, and He wants us to have abundant life. Get rid of idols in our lives: We all can have idols in our lives. They are as real as the Asherah poles that the Israelites and the nations surrounding them stood up. It can be sports, it can be wealth, it can be our spouse or kids, it can even be our very selves. Remember, who we worship has implications beyond just the worship itself. You will become like what you worship, and only the worship of God will result in a life that bears fruit and eternal salvation. We should root ourselves in the Word of God: If we turn back to Psalm 1, we see what it means to be rooted. We are to meditate on the law of God day and night. We are to delight in His law. We should get rid of whatever we need to get rid of to make this possible. If you have to get up before kids, do it. If youre not in a LIFE group, join one. If you need to listen to Bible readings instead of the radio on your way to work, do it. Get into scripture, memorize it, meditate on it, and your life will bear fruit as the Holy Spirit works on your heart. Have confidence in the truth of the Gospel: Jesus really did come and live the life you and I could never live. He really did die the death that you and I deserve. And he really did rise from the dead, walk out of the tomb, and conquer death. He then offered that same life to anybody who would believe in and follow him. Root yourself in this, the rock of our salvation. It doesnt matter what happens to you if you are rooted in this; you will not be moved because of who you are rooted in. Benediction I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family[c] in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faiththat you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. (Eph 3:17-21) [1] Introduction to Genesis, ESV Study Bible, pp 39 [2] Introduction to Deuteronomy, ESV Study Bible, pp 325 [3] Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Moses, pp 973 [4] Introduction to Revelation, ESV Study Bible, pp 2453 [5] Introduction to the Psalms, ESV Study Bible, pp 936 [6] Introduction to Proverbs, ESV Study Bible, pp 1129 [7] https://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/visualizations/BibleViz [8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-wWBGo6a2wt=4280s [9] Introduction to Isaiah, ESV Study Bible, pp 1233 [10] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7d0e87853917613964998c/1586365377311-5U14I8VN4HY3NVLWV2FM/f2e1ab082e83ac27c667ae2d6102a3fe.jpg
Primary reading (Slide 1 Reading for the Day): 8And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Gen 2:8,9 ESV) (Slide 2 Reading for the Day): 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever. (Rev 22:1-4 ESV) Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Meadowbrooke. I am so happy you have joined us today. For those who dont know me, my name is Ben McKay, and I am filling in today for our lead pastor, Keith. He and the staff were at a conference this week, so I am stepping in to help amidst their travel and activities. I am one of the elders here at Meadowbrooke and have served in that capacity for a couple of years. As I shared last time I gave a sermon, I count it as one of the most distinct privileges God has blessed me with to join these men who are completely sold out for Christ. My wife, Michaela, works as the office administrator here, and we have two boys, Brayden and Grayson. Michaela and I also host a life group and serve in other ministries here. All that being said, I am not a pastor by occupation. So please remember that and be kind as we work through todays message. After all, we are in church and told to be charitable toward one another. Professionally, I work in software development and AI applications. Part of what drew me to this line of work is my love of data and how software makes it easier to show us how things relate to each other and how those relationships behave. Now, you may be asking, what does this have to do with Genesis and Revelation? Well, that is a fantastic question. One of the key takeaways that I hope to leave you with today is that the Bible, a compilation of 66 books, is, in fact, a complete and cohesive narrative of Gods plan of salvation. This fact is astonishing because the Bible was written over approximately 1,500 years. This started with Moses somewhere around 1,400 BC[1][2][3] when the first five books of the Bible were written and ended with John writing Revelation somewhere around 95 AD[4]. During this time, over 40 individuals contributed to writing the various books of the Bible. Some wrote just one, like Isaiah the prophet; some wrote many, like Moses and Paul; and some books had multiple people contribute, like the books of Psalms[5] and Proverbs[6]. Let that sink in for a minute. At least 40 people, who were separated by centuries, came from very different backgrounds (some were kings and others were fishermen) and whose cultures had undergone drastic change (consider how different life looked for people living under King David when compared with those living in exile in Babylon) wrote accounts of God and his plan for salvation that were not only internally consistent individually but also consistent with each other. Thats incredible! Ive been to movies that cant stay internally consistent for an hour and a half! Many social media posts cant even stay internally consistent across two sentences. I want to move our hearts from being merely impressed by this fact to seeing the intricacies and internal consistency of the Word of God in awe and wonder. This is one of my favorite data visualizations of all time[7]. It shows the biblical cross-references that the creator of this image had identified. Each arc shows a verse referencing another verse. The Bible is quite literally in conversation with itself. We can see concepts come up repeatedly, prophecies being made and then fulfilled. God tells us something about Himself and then elaborates on it further. Throughout it all, we see the fulfillment of Gods eternal plan to redeem His creation back to Himself. This has led people like Jordan Petersen, the renowned psychologist, who is not an avowed Christian by the way, to say, This is the first hyperlinked book[8]. He means you can navigate through the Bible like web pages on the Internet. Instead of following hyperlinks, though, we follow cross-references. This is one of the reasons that lifetimes wouldnt be enough to get everything out of this book that it has to offer; another is that these are the words of God, and well, hes a lot smarter than us. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isa 55:8,9) What were going to do today is to pull on one of those threads, click through the hyperlinks if you will, and we will get to stand in awe at how the gospel, the good news of God, radiates from the pages of scripture. You probably have seen the thread Im alluding to from our readings, the Tree of Life. This tree makes its first appearance in the second chapter of the Bible and appears again in the very last chapter. I bet thats just a coincidence. We will go back to Genesis, the story's beginning. In Chapter 2, we read, 7 Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Gen 2:7-9 ESV) Here, we see Adam being placed into an idyllic garden (Adam was created outside of the garden and then brought into it), filled with life, sustenance, and beauty. Trees seem to abound. But the author immediately draws our attention to two. The first, we are told, is in the midst of the garden. This phrase has significance throughout the Bible, especially in the first five books. Moses would have written these books during the 40 years of Israels wandering in the desert. This was when God had the nation of Israel, his earthly representatives to the nations, build the Tabernacle. This was where Gods presence was most vividly and intensely seen. Check this out. 45 I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God. (Ex 29:45,46) Its not easy to see in the English translation, but where we see dwell among them, the Hebrew word that gets translated among is the same word that gets translated in the midst of. Throughout the Tabernacle's description, we see that Gods plan is to be literally in the middle of his people; the word Tabernacle even means dwelling place. God goes so far as to have the Tabernacle placed in the very center of the camp. He didnt just want to be the God of the people. He wanted to be God dwelling with His people. The people of this time and this place would have literally seen Gods glory settle over the Tabernacle in the middle of their camp. Therefore, they would have seen the deep imagery intended within this passage. The garden was where God intended to dwell with His people; we see Him literally walking in the garden in Chapter 3. And as the Tabernacle was placed in the middle of their camp, so too was something in the middle of the garden, the Tree of Life. Now, we dont know much about this tree except that it could have permitted the man and the woman to live forever. God intends that his image bearers will have life. He is, after all, the living God. So, God placed life, which only He can give, in the middle of the garden where it could be seen and easily accessed. Jesus reinforced this idea that God wants his image bearers to have life when he said, I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. (Jn 10:10b). But more on that in a moment. The only other tree mentioned by name is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. I want to pause here because this name has been misunderstood and misused. This is not the tree of knowledge. Knowledge is not the thing that hurts humanity. Read Proverbs. Knowledge is a good thing when it begins with the fear of the Lord, Proverbs 1:7. It is the knowledge of something very specific here that causes a problem, namely good and evil. This tree represents our choice to have moral experience, put ourselves in the place of God not through fear but through disobedience, and define good and evil for ourselves. Lets look at the narrative. 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, Did God actually say, You shall not eat of any tree in the garden? 2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.4 But the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. (Gen 3:1-6) There it is, right there. The temptation was, You will be like God. Open a newspaper, and you will see the consequences of believing this lie. This is the underlying heart condition that has plagued humanity since this moment. Want to know how people like Putin come to be? Want to know how people can commit genocide and call it justified? Want to know how people can murder children and call it righteous? Want to know how people can enslave each other? Its all right there in that one fragment of a sentence. You will be like God. God doesnt get to tell me right from wrong; I get to. He is not the center of and reason for all creation; I am. Eve reached out to grasp the forbidden fruit. We also reach out to grab what only God can define: good and evil. They ate the fruit because they believed the lie that God was holding something back from them. Their belief led them to eat from a false tree of life. This should be seen as a representation of what was to come. We reach out to things that cannot offer life, yet we pretend they do. We do this, brothers and sisters; I do this. We believe we know better. We buy into the lie that Gods law is meant to enslave us rather than free us from bondage. Moreover, they were image-bearers of God and believed the lie that they werent. Look at this. 26 Then God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Gen 1:26,27) They were already image bearers of the God whose power was awesome enough to speak the universe into existence. They had access to the Tree of Life. Notice that God did not issue a prohibition against eating from the Tree of Life. He wants us to have life and have it abundantly. However, humanity chose rebellion, and death came into the world with rebellion. Now, the question may arise: Why couldnt Adam and Eve then eat of the tree of life? Why did God take that away from them? They still could have lived forever. Embedded in this question is, I think, a profound misunderstanding about God in the modern age. He is both perfectly holy and the exact definition of perfect love. He is both things at the same time. Because of our separation that was caused by sin, this would have resulted in eternal separation from God. Sin and Gods holiness cannot exist together. And, as we saw from Exodus, God is not content to leave us as we are and, therefore, remain separated from Him for eternity. So, we were banished from the garden, and we became subjected to death. Here, we see a split in the underlying symbology of trees in the biblical texts. To the ancient Hebrew mind, trees represent something inherently linked to life and vitality. Look with me at the first Psalm. 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. 4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. (Ps 1:1-4) The tree, in this case, is said not to wither. In opposition, we see chaff, which is fleeting and blown to and fro. The tree is planted. This is in opposition to the chaff, which is driven away. Now, turn to Psalm 92. 12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, 15 to declare that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. (Ps 92:12-15) Notice here that the same attributes we see in Psalm 1 are also found in Psalm 92. Trees are used as a representation, an image, of flourishing, strength, yielding fruit, and maintaining that vitality for a long time. This makes sense since trees can live for hundreds or even thousands of years. They make excellent metaphors for abundant life. But, notice something important here. It is not just anybody that is like a tree. It is the person who is what? Psalm 1 says they delight in the law of the Lord. Psalm 92 says they are planted in the house of the Lord and declare that the Lord is upright. Their roots are solidly well rooted in the only source of eternal life. Now, lets look at the opposite imagery of trees. Trees are used to represent darkness and evil. It ties back to the trees in the garden, where we exchanged the truth for a lie, life for death. There was a warning that Moses left the Israelites with as they were about to enter the land of Canaan. Nested within commandments about how Gods people were to act is this. 21 You shall not plant any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God that you shall make. 22 And you shall not set up a pillar, which the Lord your God hates. (De 16:21-22) This command was given because the surrounding cultures built idols to worship pagan gods. One of the most prominent among these was the fertility goddess Asherah. One of the ways to worship Asherah was to plant a tree or make a pole on a hill; the Bible often calls these high places. Now, if you read your whole Bible, which I strongly encourage you to do, you will notice this tendency. People will take a piece of Gods creation and then worship the created thing instead of the Creator. We exchange a true thing for a false thing. Doesnt that sound reminiscent of what we are told happened in Genesis? Paul put it like this in Romans after describing how we can understand some of Gods attributes, namely his power and divine nature, because of the grandeur of creation. However, he then talks about people who disregard God and worship created things instead. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. (Rom 1:22-25) But it gets worse. A lot worse. Instead of heeding the warning of Moses, Israel participated in and went beyond the worship they were prohibited from. In 2 Chronicles, we see what Gods people chose instead of worshipping the one true, living God. 1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done, 2 but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made metal images for the Baals, 3 and he made offerings in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom and burned his sons as an offering, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel. 4 And he sacrificed and made offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree. (2 Ch 28:1-4) A lot is packed into these four verses, and I could spend an entire sermon unpacking just this. But I want you to see a couple of things. First, just like we saw from Pauls letter to the Romans, who we worship has real consequences beyond just the worship itself. Paul talks about God handing people over to the lusts of their hearts, resulting in them dishonoring their bodies because of their worship. Similarly, Ahaz murdered his own sons because of whom he worshiped. Second, we see a direct tie between Moses's warning and the sins the nation of Israel committed. Some are very quick to talk about Gods judgment of the Canaanites when the people of Israel drove them out. What is missed is that God judged them because of practices like these. People also leave out that God judged his promised people the same way. He held them accountable in the same way. If you read on to the end of 2 Chronicles, you will see that God used the nations to judge Judah in the same way. Their rejection of God and subsequent sin led directly to exile in Babylon. I know this probably seems like a bleak story so far. But this is a foundational truth that we have to understand to grasp the gospel. We are fallen. It is not just Adam, Eve, Ahaz, Israel, or the Pharisees. It is all of us. This is my story. This is your story. But, it is not the end of the story. We see the promise of this story even as God puts a curse on the earth and removes humans from the garden. There will be one who comes who the snake, the evil one, will wound. But it will be the snake who is crushed. God promises Abraham that all of the world's nations will be blessed through his family. He then reiterates that promise to his son and grandson. King David was told that one of his descendants would be the promised Messiah, whose throne would be established forever. We can read the promises from the prophets in detail. I want to focus on one of these, but there are hundreds more examples. 1 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turnedevery oneto his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people? 9 And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. (Is 53:1-10) Sound like anybody you know? The miraculous thing is that this was written over 700 years before Jesus lived[9]. It accurately renders the same scripture Jesus read while undertaking his ministry. We know that this is true because we have the archeological evidence. This is the Great Isaiah Scroll. It was found in the caves of Qumran in a collection commonly known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. It contains the entire text of the same book we read today. And youll never guess what. When the archaeologists carbon-dated it, they found that it predated the birth of Jesus by 100 years. Let that sink in. We have archaeological proof that this prophecy and the entire book of Isaiah predated the events. And this is not unique to Isaiah. Modern translations use this and other ancient manuscripts. You are reading the exact words that Jesus read about himself. And what we see in prophecy is precisely the suffering servant that we encounter in the person of Jesus. He was pierced by the nails that held him to the cross. He was ridiculed and mocked, deemed smitten by God. Like a sheep, he was led to slaughter. He was buried in the tomb of a rich man. And in so doing, he took on the iniquity of us all. As Luke, the author of Acts, put it, 30 The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. 31 God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him. (Acts 5:30-32) And there it is again, the tree. We were allowed to eat from the tree of life. Instead, we chose a false tree, where we attempted to put ourselves in the place of God. We were told to be rooted in the word and knowledge of God and thus be like trees planted by a stream. Instead, we chose idols and rejected the Creator, the giver of life. We were given the Son, the second person of the Trinity, who said, I am the way and the truth and the life. Instead of accepting him, we rejected him and killed him on a tree. Do you see the pattern? There is a choice here. And we dont seem to choose very well. Why does Luke mention a tree? Wouldnt it have been enough just to say you killed him? And this is where the biblical narrative, imagery, and deep interconnectedness get so incredibly good. Please turn with me to Deuteronomy chapter 21. 22 And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance. (De 21:22,23) This section of scripture is Moses giving his final commands to the nation of Israel as they are about to enter the promised land. Notice here the language. A hanged man is cursed by God. This is in reference specifically to a man hanged on a what? A man hanged on a tree. If you happen to be using a study Bible right now, you almost certainly have this cross-reference. Please turn with me to Galatians 3:13. 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for usfor it is written, Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith. (Gal 3:13,14) If this doesnt stop you dead in your mental tracks, I dont know what will. When I say that the Bible is in conversation with itself, this is precisely what I mean. Trees are used repeatedly in the Bible to represent images of life. But humans used them not only to replace the worship of the one, true creator God for the worship of created idols but also as a means of torture and death. Exodus was written 1,400 years before Jesus lived and well before crucifixion was invented as a method of execution, yet it perfectly fits within the biblical narrative. Jesus knew he was to die at the cross well before the events and that this verse was pointing not just to how he would be killed but to the underlying reason why. He was to take on the curse even though he didnt sin to take away the consequences from us who did sin. This is grace, unmerited favor. Ive covered a lot of ground just now, so I want to recap just a bit before moving on. Humanity was given the Tree of Life in the garden. Instead, we chose disobedience, ate from the forbidden tree, and through sin, we received death. We were to worship the one true God, the creator of the universe. Instead, we chose to worship what was created, including trees. We were told to be like trees, rooted in Gods word. Instead, we chopped trees down and made them idols and tools of death. We were given the Son of God, who was and is the way, the truth, and the life. Instead, we nailed him to a tree. Looks pretty bleak, right? Thank God it doesnt end here. As Paul Harvey would have said, And now its time for the rest of the story. God uses the imagery of trees to take us to the good news, the gospel of God. We see it foretold in the Old Testament. 1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. (Isa 11:1,2) This will sound like a ridiculous question, but what is a stump? What is left over after a tree has been cut down, right? Isaiah prophesied that the kings of Israel would cease. That happened, and it was because of Israels sin. There was no royal family when Jesus was alive, and there is no royal family in Israel now. But Isaiah promised something else. A branch will come from that stump, which was supposed to be dead. And it will bear fruit. We see this also in Jeremiah. 14 Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. (Jer 33:14,15) Out of the spiritual death that was a consequence of sin and disobedience, God brought life. That branch, Jesus, was righteous and bore fruit. He would execute not only justice but also righteousness in the land. That branch would come out of a stump, which was supposed to be dead. But, like the stump, Jesus didnt stay dead, did he? And if you are still on the fence about all of this, if Jesus is not your savior yet, this is the most important point I will make today. The cross is empty. As was commanded in Deuteronomy, Jesus was taken down from the tree that day and, as prophesied by Isaiah, was buried in a rich mans tomb. The cross could not hold him. And guess what? The grave couldnt either. The empty cross and the empty grave are some of the best-attested facts of the ancient world. This is so much the case that critics and skeptics have resorted to developing all sorts of implausible theories. An example is that Jesus just fainted on the cross, and the cool air of the tomb brought him to. Another is that Jesus had a twin, and nobody noticed the difference. These hypotheses are put forward without any evidence or historical justification. Instead, the truth is that Jesus lived the life that you and I cannot, died the death that we deserve, and then rose from the grave to new life, something you and I cannot do ourselves. And because of the work of Gods divine grace, our debt has been paid in full by the Son of God. Paul puts it extremely succinctly in Romans. 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. (Rom 6:3,4) You may have guessed this already, but the Bible also has a tree metaphor for this. In this same letter to Rome, Paul wrote the following as he compared Gods chosen people, Israel, to the Gentiles. 17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. 19 Then you will say, Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in. 20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. 22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. 23 And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree. (Rom 11:17-24) In this metaphor that Paul uses to describe how we achieve new life, Jesus is the root that we are grafted into and receive life through Him. I was shocked to learn that this is a thing. You can take a branch from a tree, cut it completely off, and then graft it into another tree, and it will grow. Im really curious how humans first learned to do this. But to be honest, Im not sure I want to meet the person who first figured it out. I cant help but picture that they looked something like Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein[10]. All joking aside, this is a crucial and pivotal point that I dont want us to miss. We receive life because we have been supernaturally grafted to Jesus. As Paul said in Galatians, I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Gal 2:20) There is now no distinction between Jew and Greek (thats you and me). We are all able to receive life through Jesus. It is not our life but His that we live by. If you have been saved by faith through Jesus, you will experience this by the Spirit of God dwelling inside you. And the life you experience will be ever more witnessed by the fruit from that life. Lets return to the chart that I showed before. The bad news we discussed was all driven by our decisions to disobey the one true God and instead live by our own standards and desires. If not for the grace and love of God, that is where we would have been left. But, praise God, that is not where He left us. Well look at this in reverse order. We were given the Son of God, who was and is the way, the truth, and the life. Instead, we nailed him to a tree. But he rose again to new life, conquering the grave. We were told to be like trees, rooted in Gods word. Instead, we chopped trees down and made them idols and tools of death. We, as believers, are now grafted into Jesus, the root, and receive His life. We were to worship the one true God, the creator of the universe. Instead, we chose to worship what was created, including trees. We now worship the one true God in spirit and truth because the Holy Spirit dwells within us. That leaves us with one obvious stepthe Tree of Life. And we saw its return in our opening readings this morning. Please turn with me again to Revelation 22. 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever. (Rev 22:1-4 ESV) Chapter 22 of Revelation is the very end of the biblical narrative. The apostle John was being shown a glimpse into eternity. This is after death has been destroyed, the enemy has been defeated, and the servants of God are eternally with Him. We will get to see His face. There will be no more night. Life flows directly from the Lamb and the throne of God. And on either side of the river, we see the Tree of Life, healing the nations. Because of Jesuss sacrifice, the host of heaven sings. We get a picture of it when John writes the following in Revelation. 11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing! 13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever! (Rev 5:11-13) We will ultimately see restoration. As sure as I am that Jesus lived, died, and rose again, I am sure that believers will see this. If you have placed your trust and hope in Jesus, you will have eternal life; you will experience complete healing, and you will see the face of God. This brings us to the last theological point that I want to make. Humanity was given the Tree of Life in the garden. Instead, we chose disobedience, and through sin, we received death. Because of the work of Jesus, we will again gain access to the tree of life and will be in the presence of God for eternity. Despite the incredible theological implications of what we have covered today, there is a considerable risk. And that is that we all walk out the doors of this building and live like the rest of the world. If we are genuinely grafted into the life of Jesus, we should bear fruit. Now, that does not mean that we are perfect, not by any means. But we should all seek the sanctification that the Bible promises we will see in increased measure. And I think this scriptural journey weve been on today can guide us. Tree of Life: We should start with a reverent fear of God. As Proverbs tells us, the fear of the LORD is the beginning of both knowledge and wisdom. Unlike Adam and Eve, we need to rest in the trust and faith that God is not holding anything back from us. His laws are good, His intentions are kind, and He wants us to have abundant life. Get rid of idols in our lives: We all can have idols in our lives. They are as real as the Asherah poles that the Israelites and the nations surrounding them stood up. It can be sports, it can be wealth, it can be our spouse or kids, it can even be our very selves. Remember, who we worship has implications beyond just the worship itself. You will become like what you worship, and only the worship of God will result in a life that bears fruit and eternal salvation. We should root ourselves in the Word of God: If we turn back to Psalm 1, we see what it means to be rooted. We are to meditate on the law of God day and night. We are to delight in His law. We should get rid of whatever we need to get rid of to make this possible. If you have to get up before kids, do it. If youre not in a LIFE group, join one. If you need to listen to Bible readings instead of the radio on your way to work, do it. Get into scripture, memorize it, meditate on it, and your life will bear fruit as the Holy Spirit works on your heart. Have confidence in the truth of the Gospel: Jesus really did come and live the life you and I could never live. He really did die the death that you and I deserve. And he really did rise from the dead, walk out of the tomb, and conquer death. He then offered that same life to anybody who would believe in and follow him. Root yourself in this, the rock of our salvation. It doesnt matter what happens to you if you are rooted in this; you will not be moved because of who you are rooted in. Benediction I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family[c] in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faiththat you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. (Eph 3:17-21) [1] Introduction to Genesis, ESV Study Bible, pp 39 [2] Introduction to Deuteronomy, ESV Study Bible, pp 325 [3] Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Moses, pp 973 [4] Introduction to Revelation, ESV Study Bible, pp 2453 [5] Introduction to the Psalms, ESV Study Bible, pp 936 [6] Introduction to Proverbs, ESV Study Bible, pp 1129 [7] https://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/visualizations/BibleViz [8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-wWBGo6a2wt=4280s [9] Introduction to Isaiah, ESV Study Bible, pp 1233 [10] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7d0e87853917613964998c/1586365377311-5U14I8VN4HY3NVLWV2FM/f2e1ab082e83ac27c667ae2d6102a3fe.jpg
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In this episode, John interviews Taune Lyons, a licensed marriage family therapist, about attachment styles and how they impact our relationships of all kinds - not just romantic. They also start processing what was happening in real time during the interview, unintentionally demonstrating what happens in therapy rooms. And finally, John hears the term "big dick energy" for the first time. You can find Taune on Instagram @taunelyons or her website: www.Taunelyons.com Roughly ten minutes of self help in a shot glass. If you're looking for a wine glass, you've come to the wrong place. Marriage family therapist and best-selling author, John Kim, shares his life and love revelations as well as insights from his sessions. He pulls the curtain back and documents his journey as a therapist but more importantly, as a human being. Meet him at -> https://www.theangrytherapist.com Join his private communities -> https://theangrytherapist.circle.so/home Get his daily texts here -> https://www.theangrytherapist.com/text
I'm joined by Jonas Nick, Tim Ruffing, Lloyd Fournier, Jesse Posner & Rijndael to discuss libsecp. Discussion Topics 00:01:13 Guest intros 00:04:18 Importance of libsecp 00:11:21 Why libsecp was invented 00:15:44 The process of adding Schnoor 00:17:14 Tools and testing 00:25:43 Most interesting thing writing the library 00:34:05 Wrappers and vendors integrating libsecp 00:41:31 Side channel attacks 00:44:35 Testing 00:48:38 Hacspec 00:51:31 Signature types in research 00:52:51 Cross input aggregation 00:55:08 Deciding on what is included in the libsecp release 01:06:10 Are there enough contributors? 01:09:12 Musig2 01:10:28 Governance 01:13:32 Funding 01:14:09 Contributing 01:19:50 Security proofs for FROST 01:20:37 Nested musig FROST proofs 01:26:58 Nonce sharing 01:31:14 Demystifying libsecp Links & Contacts Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod Email: producer@coinkite.com Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!) Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-50
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Array Cast - September 1, 2023 Show NotesThanks to Bob Therriault, Lynn Sutherland and Adám Brudzewsky for gathering these links:[01] 00:01:34 2023 APL Problem Solving Results https://www.dyalog.com/news/156/420/2023-APL-Problem-Solving-Competition-Winners.htm Dyalog System Admin/Enterprise Architect opening https://www.dyalog.com/careers.htm#sysadmin[02] 00:02:18 BQN Licensing change to MPL https://github.com/dzaima/CBQN/tree/master#licensing[03] 00:03:11 Contact Stephen about q tutorials sjt AT 5jt DOT com[04] 00:04:51 Nial Programming Language https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Nial APL Farm discord https://aplwiki.com/wiki/APL_Farm Alberta Research Council/Alberta Innovates https://albertainnovates.ca/ National Resource Council https://nrc.canada.ca/en/corporate/about-nrc MaRS Institute https://www.marsdd.com/[05] 00:11:12 Queens University https://www.queensu.ca/ Mike Jenkins https://www.cs.queensu.ca/people/Mike/Jenkins https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-jenkins-1ba84915/ Trenchard More https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenchard_More[06] 00:14:10 Procedural Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedural_programming VAX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX IBM PC XT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_XT[07] 00:17:20 Nested Array Theory https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Array_model#Nested_array_theory[08] 00:18:43 Jim Brown https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Jim_Brown[09] 00:25:14 Computer Language Magazine https://archive.org/details/computerlanguage Carl McCrosky https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-mccrosky-b936051/ Intel AVX512 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVX-512[10] 00:27:21 OpenAI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI Triton OpenAI https://openai.com/research/triton[11] 00:29:31 APL 84 Helsinki https://aplwiki.com/wiki/APL_conference#1984[12] 00:31:15 Dyalog https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Dyalog_APL KX https://kx.com/ Julia Programming Language https://julialang.org/ Clojure Programming Language https://clojure.org/ Unix Operating System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix Red Hat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat Sun Microsystems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_microsystems[13] 00:34:15 Matlab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matlab[14] 00:38:09 Java Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_programming BQN Programming Language Modifiers https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/doc/ops.html#modifiers J Programming Language Gerunds https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/GerundsAndAtomicRepresentation[15] 00:40:39 Nial tutorial https://www.nial-array-language.org/ndocs/intro/[16] 00:42:25 Strand Notation https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Strand_notation Combinators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatory_logic Nial Atlas https://www.nial-array-language.org/ndocs/NialDict2.html#atlas Point free programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacit_programming[17] 00:44:43 eachboth https://www.nial-array-language.org/ndocs/dict/#eachboth[18] 00:46:56 q Programming Language https://code.kx.com/q/learn/startingkdb/language/ peach https://code.kx.com/q/basics/peach/ J threads https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/tcapdot#dyadic[19] 00:51:25 Nial website https://www.nial-array-language.org/[20] 00:52:37 Order of Operations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations[21] 00:55:00 Javascript Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript Unary Functions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unary_functions Smalltalk Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk[22] 01:02:50 TIO Nial Examples https://tio.run/##y8tMzPn/P7EstSgxPVUhs1hBP7q4NFdHoSQxJ6cy1pqrvCizJFUBJm@oYKRgrGDy/z8A https://tio.run/##y8tMzPn/v7wosyRVQVtBS0HD0EDByEATSCsYaf7/DwA https://tio.run/##y8tMzPn/v7wosyRVQVvB0EDByEBBS8FQwej/fwA https://tio.run/##y8tMzPn/v7wosyRVQUNbwdBAwchAQUvBUMFI8/9/AA https://tio.run/##y8tMzPn/v7wosyRVQVtBw9BAwchAU0ELyFIw0vz/HwA https://tio.run/##y8tMzPn/v7wosyRVQcPQQEFDK1pXRztWU8FI8/9/AAOnline Nial Interpreter https://niallang.github.io/NIAL_WASM/[23] 01:17:48 Contact AT ArrayCast DOT Com
Array Cast - August 18, 2023 Show NotesThanks to Bob Therriault, Conor Hoekstra, Marshall Lochbaum and Adám Brudzewsky for gathering these links:[01] 00:01:15 Adám's Leet code playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUNPk6_ro4o&list=PLYKQVqyrAEj_6ZSDwha9PeftgKKHeDJ7- Jot Dot Times - APL News Aggregator https://apl.news/[02] 00:03:08 Rob Pike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Pike Talks 2007-20016 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3NQHgGj2vtsJkK6ZyTzogNUTqe4nFSWd Go Time podcast #100 - Creating Go https://changelog.com/gotime/100 Ken Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thompson Robert Griesemer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Griesemer Go Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(programming_language) The Go Programming Language and environment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXV7sa4oM4I Ivy Programming Language https://pkg.go.dev/robpike.io/ivy https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Ivy[03] 00:05:50 UTF-8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8[04] 00:07:27 2741 terminal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_2741 TryAPL https://tryapl.org/[05] 00:08:40 Stephen Wolfram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Wolfram Mathematica Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_Mathematica Lisp Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_programming_language[06] 00:11:09 Plan 9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs Bell Labs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_labs[07] 00:12:10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google[08] 00:17:20 Russ Cox Advent of Code videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrwpzH1_9ufMLOB6BAdzO08Qx-9jHGfGg[09] 00:18:45 J programming Language https://www.jsoftware.com/#/ Raul Miller episode on the ArrayCast https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode59-raul-miller Transcendental functions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_function[10] 00:28:35 q Programming Language https://code.kx.com/q/learn/ https://apl.wiki/q Joel Kaplan episode on ArrayCast https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode27-joel-kaplan[11] 00:31:21 Ken Iverson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_E._Iverson Stop Writing Dead Programs Jack Rusher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ab3ArE8W3s[12] 00:35:00 Leading axis agreement https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Leading_axis_theory[13] 00:38:15 Arthur Whitney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Whitney_(computer_scientist)[14] 00:45:15 Nested Array Theory https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Nested_array[15] 00:50:00 APL wiki https://aplwiki.com/wiki/ Dyalog documentation https://www.dyalog.com/documentation_182.htm#CORE APLwiki documentation for Take https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Take[16] 00:52:09 BQN Programming Language specification https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/spec/index.html IBM specification APL2 https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/ZOKMYKOY Go Programming Language specification https://go.dev/ref/spec[17] 00:53:25 Rank operator https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Rank_(operator)[18] 00:58:23 Right tack function https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Identity Combinators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatory_logic[19] 01:02:25 John Scholes Game of Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9xAKttWgP4 Simplicity is Complicated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFejpH_tAHM[20] 01:10:40 Contact AT ArrayCast DOT Com
As the tech giant approaches its 25-year anniversary, there are questions of just how much more it can possibly grow. Investors are used to stratospheric returns. Is it time to manage expectations? Nested behind the appearance of social discontent in France is an economy that is actually thriving (10:51). And, a tribute to a true man of the woods (19:02). For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, try a free 30-day digital subscription by going to www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As the tech giant approaches its 25-year anniversary, there are questions of just how much more it can possibly grow. Investors are used to stratospheric returns. Is it time to manage expectations? Nested behind the appearance of social discontent in France is an economy that is actually thriving (10:51). And, a tribute to a true man of the woods (19:02). For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, try a free 30-day digital subscription by going to www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lenny Levi Video https://youtu.be/XZldBiVZLFw @BrendanGrahamDempsey Metamodernism 101: What Does 'Metamodern' Mean? https://youtu.be/9BzD3wUEMaQ @crcna Synod 2022 Zachary King Interview https://youtu.be/w_AHK3v42P0 @VideoAdvice The 4th Turning https://youtu.be/JB9Up1eeHgE July Washington DC Event with Michael Martin and Spencer Klavan https://www.eventbrite.com/e/christ-and-community-in-the-modern-age-tickets-608591853617 Breakwater Festival Mannheim Germany October 27-29 2023 Event Details and Tickets: https://buytickets.at/breakwater/935800 T-shirts: https://buytickets.at/breakwater/store Discord: tinyurl.com/BreakwaterDiscord Festival Email: contact.breakwater@gmail.com Flyer https://bit.ly/breakwaterfestival2023 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGsDIP_K6J6VSTqlq-9IPlg/join Paul Vander Klay clips channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0jIcadtoxELSwehCh5QTg Bridges of Meaning Discord https://discord.gg/EcW3VmqP https://www.meetup.com/sacramento-estuary/ My Substack https://paulvanderklay.substack.com/ Estuary Hub Link https://www.estuaryhub.com/ If you want to schedule a one-on-one conversation check here. https://paulvanderklay.me/2019/08/06/converzations-with-pvk/ There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333 If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/ All Amazon links here are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program. Amazon pays me a small commission at no additional cost to you if you buy through one of the product links here. This is is one (free to you) way to support my videos. https://paypal.me/paulvanderklay Blockchain backup on Lbry https://odysee.com/@paulvanderklay https://www.patreon.com/paulvanderklay Paul's Church Content at Living Stones Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh7bdktIALZ9Nq41oVCvW-A To support Paul's work by supporting his church give here. https://tithe.ly/give?c=2160640
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20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 5 features Matt Robinson, Co-Founder of Fintech Unicorn, GoCardless, and Co-Founder of Nested. He is also one of Europe's most prolific angel investors with over 200 investments. Some of the companies he's backed include Permutive, Cleo, Codat, Hopin, Incident.io, Lokalise, Pento, SoRare, Yapily, and many more. The format for 20Angel is consistent across show, with questions including: What are some of the non-obvious things they look for when investing in a company? How they work with their Founders? How Founders should approach them? What they think makes a great angel investor? Learnings from their Anti-Portfolio? The show is sponsored by Edda.co, a design-led software that allows you to see, in real time, the true dimension of your investments, and the value and impact they create. Edda Dealflow and Edda Portfolio streamlines the operations of funds, from managing due diligence and deal flow through to supporting portfolio companies. It brings the entire investment process together in one place, supercharging communications with portfolio companies, making investments much easier. To find out more, visit edda.co and request a demo using "Edda20VC".
Hear David Schraub, Senior Practice Research Actuary at the SOA Research Institute, talk about how artificial intelligence and machine learning (AIML) can help accelerate the speed of analysis for life and annuity actuarial modeling. Report: https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023/predictive-analytics-and-machine-learning/
As the digital world looms, this discussion is an exploration of built and natural worlds and how they impact us as a species. Daniel Vitalis, host of WildFed on the Outdoor Channel and formerly host of the podcasts Rewild Yourself and Wild Fed, joins Kate in a conversation that finds humanity at different points in time and with different viewpoints of time itself. It's an exploration of the environments that shaped our species, from our hunter-gatherer roots, to agriculture, and into our dreams of launching ourselves into space. At this precipice that we find ourselves on, it's more important than ever to consider how modern thinking has been shaped by our environments - the natural world, the built world, the socio-political world, and beyond. Nested in the conversation is an exploration of death's role in connecting us to reality and to our food. Towards the end, there is a question around what skills we want future generations to know that we must keep alive today, as it's not just multiple species that are on the brink of extinction. We also talk about:Living in captivity and the degeneration of humansHow our thoughts and viewpoints might impact something like how we run or swimCyclical time Find Daniel:Instagram: @wild.fed @danielvitalis @surthrival Website: WildFed, Surthrival Podcasts: WildFed, Rewild Yourself Timestamps:00:00:00: Kate introduces Daniel in her intro00:09:16: Built vs Natural world 00:22:48: A Space Race00:32:50: Are we zoo animals?00:43:22: Feeding hunter-gatherers00:50:49: Cataclysmic events change humans01:00:31: How we think influences how we do anything01:07:50: Getting back to cycles: men, women, time, days of the week01:24:20: Death is part of the cycle01:39:52: Saving skills for the next generationOther Great Interviews with Daniel: on the Align PodcastOn Luke Storey(A Few) Favorite Episodes of Wild Fed:Doug Bock ClarkPhilippe Grenade-WillisDan FloresBooks Mentioned:Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Calling all pregnant mamas and moms with newborns! We've teamed up with certified pediatric sleep consultant Unnati Patel to do a series on sleep tips and hacks for newborns to toddlers!This episode is packed with so many things a new mama needs to know to help her newborn baby sleep, so SHE can sleep. Listen to Unnati describe the wake window as well as research-backed evidence that helps babies fall asleep. Then, keep an eye out for future episodes where Unnati shares similar suggestions for different age groups. This is a must-have tool for every parent!Learn more about Unnati and her business, Nested to Rested.https://www.nestedtorestedsleep.com/free-baby-sleep-resourceshttps://www.nestedtorestedsleep.com/serviceshttps://www.nestedtorestedsleep.com/newborn-baby-sleep-courseUse PAP10 for 10% off your next purchase at https://www.nestedtorestedsleep.com/.About Unnati Patel:I am a certified pediatric sleep consultant and I educate, empower, and support exhausted families to get the sleep they need and deserve. By using a customized holistic and evidence-based sleep approach to help establish healthy sleep habits in children 0-5 years of age, I help families get well-rested and able to thrive.My background is in research and public health. I worked in clinical research for over 8 years for government agencies such as the VA and CDC, and used my education to help me prepare for motherhood. Reality soon hit after I became a mom and experienced first-hand how sleep deprivation feels. So I did all the research on pediatric sleep to help sleep train my daughter around 4-5 months. From the lessons learned from her, I was able to sleep train my son at 2 months. I want to use what I have learned and been trained in to help as many families as possible go from overtired to well-rested and thriving!Follow Previa Alliance!Previa Alliance (@previa.alliance) • Instagram photos and videosPrevia Alliance Podcast (@previapodcast) • Instagram photos and videosKeep the questions coming by sending them to info@previaalliance.com or DM us on Instagram!
Do you want to get better at hiring, or being hired? Sam Franklin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Otta, a job search platform that wants to make the experience of job seekers in the tech industry way, way better. Recruitment and jobs boards might not seem the most exciting areas to disrupt but the subject of hiring is so important and can be very nuanced. All businesses succeed because of their people. At Otta, they're really leaning into the power of the job seeker. And in the fast-growing tech industry, where demand for the best talent is very high, that has turned out to be a strong strategy. Sam got a taste of what it takes to build a fast growing startup when working at the prop-tech Nested. It was at Nested, as Head of People, and doing over 30 hours of interviews a week, that he realised how soul-destroying the recruitment process can be for many people. That was the start of Otta. If you want to get better at recruitment, either as an employer or job hunter, then there are some gems in this episode. Sam shares his tips for hiring, including stuff we've never thought of before. Why does he say that companies should avoid trying to be the best? What are the biggest mistakes companies make? And, what is his advice to founders trying to disrupt a stuffy industry? Listen to find out. We'd love your feedback hello@secretleaders.com Sponsor links: evelyn.com/secretleaders/ vorboss.com/secretleaders personio.com/secretleaders vanta.com/secretleaders
Each body is a system within a system—an ecology within the larger context of social, political, economic, cultural, and environmental factors. This is one of the lessons of epigenetics, whereby structural inequalities are literally encoded in our genes. But our ecological embeddedness extends beyond DNA, for each body also teems with trillions of bacteria, yeast, and fungi, all of them imprints of our individual milieus. Nested Ecologies: A Multilayered Ethnography of Functional Medicine (U Texas Press, 2023) asks what it would mean to take seriously our microbial being, given that our internal ecologies are shaped by inequalities embedded in our physical and social environments. Further, Rosalynn Vega argues that health practices focused on patients' unique biology inadvertently reiterate systemic inequities. In particular, functional medicine—which attempts to heal chronic disease by leveraging epigenetic science and treating individual microbiomes—reduces illness to problems of “lifestyle,” principally diet, while neglecting the inability of poor people to access nutrition. Functional medicine thus undermines its own critique of the economics of health care. Drawing on novel digital ethnographies and reflecting on her own experience of chronic illness, Vega challenges us to rethink not only the determinants of well-being but also what it is to be human. Joan Francisco Matamoros Sanin is an anthropologist dedicated to Medical Anthropology and Anthropology of Masculinities as well as public education and dissemination of anthropological knowledge. He has a MsC and a PhD in Sociomedical Sciences from Mexico's National Autonomous University. Matamoros has ample ethnographic experience in urban and rural areas in Mexico and Ecuador. You can find him on his Spotify and YouTube Platform (AnthropoMX) and in New Books Network. Currently he is a tutor in the Center for Regional Cooperation for Adult Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as a postdoctoral fellow in CIESAS-Unidad Pacífico Sur (acronym in spanish for the South Pacific Center of Research in Advance Studies in Social Anthropology). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Adam creates a hypnosis session as part of a training session to hypnotherapists on the topic of nested loops - or stories within stories. Adam asks 5 hypnotherapists to tell him a place from their childhood with positive associations and then creates an impromptu hypnosis session based on these locations, linked together in the form of a nested loop. FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOADS: To thank you for being a listener to the show Adam is giving you 100% FREE hypnosis downloads worth up to £200/$250 using the coupon code FREE here: https://www.adamcox.co.uk/store/c15/FREE-Hypnosis There is a 50% Discount on up to 10 other downloads using the coupon code hypnotist here: https://www.adamcox.co.uk/downloads.html WORKING WITH ADAM DIRECTLY: To book a free 30-minute consultation call to consider working with Adam go to: https://go.oncehub.com/AdamCox If you want to work with Adam on a one-to-one basis on hypnosis sessions, wealth coaching, or mentorship you can book sessions here: https://www.adamcox.co.uk/hypnotherapist.html ABOUT ADAM Adam Cox is one of the world's most innovative hypnotists and is known for being the hypnotherapist of choice for Celebrities, CEO's and even Royalty. Adam's rates for hypnotherapy in pounds and US dollars are here: https://www.adamcox.co.uk/hypnotherapist.html You can contact Adam at adam@adamcox.co.uk Further information on Adam is here: https://linktr.ee/AdamCoxOfficial Tags: Adam Cox, the hypnotist, NLP, asmr, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, hypnotist, stress, sleep, worry, meditation, guided meditation, hypnotism, anxiety, parts therapy, motivation, focus, confidence, identity, manifestation, timeline, nested loops, resources,
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