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Last time we spoke about landings at Biak. General Fuller unleashed a amphibious assault against Biak that faced countless hurdles. The Hurricane Task force encountered a lot of terrain issues at Humboldt bay, leading to logistical headaches. Despite the disorganization, they shipped off and landed, forming a beachhead. Colonel Kuzume and his men were caught with their pants down, units were scattered all over the place. The first tank battle of the Southwest Pacific occurred, seeing American Shermans absolutely desolate Japanese Type 95's. General Fuller planned to consolidate his troops at Ibdi and Bosnek while reinforcements arrived, but the Japanese continuously lobbed surprise night attacks to horrible effect. Over in the Burma front, Mutaguchi's operation continued to unravel as his subordinate officers disregarded his orders and performed their own withdrawals. As Mutaguchi relieved men of command and replaced them, General Slim finally reopened the Imphal-Kohima road spelling doom for the Japanese. This episode is the Fall of Mogaung Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.  As General Vinegar Joe unleashed what he believed to be a masterstroke against Myitkyina, it soon turned out to be an absolute gruesome struggle. As we last saw, General Stilwell's men had begun a long and difficult siege of Myitkyina. The 22nd and 38th Chinese Divisions were now pinned down by General Tanaka's battered 18th Division south of Kamaing. To the south Brigadier Calvert's Chindits began a battle for Mogaung, which forced General Takeda's 53rd Division to suspend the relief of Myitkyina and rush back to reinforce the town. Though the Mogaung Garrison and the 1st Battalion, 128th Regiment to the north had been effectively destroyed by the Chindit and Chinese attacks, the Japanese had been able to maintain their hold on Mogaung by mid-June. To the east, General Wei's Y Force had opened a new offensive on Yunnan, gradually pushing Colonel Kurashige's 148th Regiment to Tengchong but failing to seize Longling against the tenacious resistance of General Matsuyama's forces. Along the Kamaing-Mogaung front, by late June, Tanaka had been able to assemble most of his depleted command at Lakatkawng, determined to keep the blockade on the Hukawng Valley. His main aim was to clear the Seton roadblock, which had been recently reinforced with General Sun's 113th Regiment; but once again, his attacks would fail to dislodge the tenacious Chinese defenders. Yet upon receiving orders from the 33rd Army commander to withdraw, General Tanaka reported that the 18th Division could continue to hold in the Kamaing area. This statement, inspired by Colonel Ohgoshi, the chief of staff, proved to be unwarranted optimism. The 18th had staged a desperate resistance in the vicinity of Kamaing for about a month and, for most of the period, had only 80 men for each mile of front. Supplies of ammunition and food were very low with only about 1400 rounds of rifle ammunition per day for the entire Division and 60 rounds per machine gun. The daily ration was about 2.5 ounces of rice per man. On receipt of the Army's message to withdraw, Colonel Ohgoshi had advised the Division commander that further resistance in the area was possible, but had not made it clear that this was his personal belief and did not reflect the opinions of the rest of the Division staff. Within a day or two the commander became aware of the fact that the other staff officers were convinced that further resistance in the Kamaing area was impossible. He therefore forwarded to the 33rd Army a revised report of the Division's actual situation. Upon receipt of the second message, on June 27 the Army directed the Division to retire to the Sahmaw sector. Tanaka believed he needed to stand his ground while the 53rd Division pushed aside the Seton Block and reopened his line of communications. Thus, he elected to continue to resist the attacks from the north while he himself attacked Seton for three more days; but failing to make any progress, he would finally comply with his orders to withdraw to the hills north of Sahmaw in early July.  While the 4th and 146th Regiments performed covering attacks, the remnants of the 55th and 56th Regiments destroyed their artillery and heavy equipment, and withdrew along an escape trail cut through the forest west of the Seton roadblock. On 2 July the 18th Division began its withdrawal, utilizing an obscure trail that ran directly south from Kamaing. Crossing the mountain range west of Seton, the Division completed its concentration near Sahmaw about 7 July. The Hukawng Operation was then considered concluded, ending a campaign that had been a miserable failure and had cost almost 8,000 casualties. By July 15th, the 18th Division would finally assemble in the Indaw area. Though only 3000 men from the elite 18th Division would survive the Hukawng Valley Campaign, Tanaka had effectively managed to keep intact the blockade to China for another year, something that would have profound repercussions later on in Chinese history. Further south, the 114th Regiment finally arrived at Gurkhaywa on June 16th, ready to reinforce the Chindits; yet Takeda had also brought most of his troops back to Mogaung, subsequently starting a deadly shelling of the Chindit positions. By when June 15th arrived, the Chinese still had not appeared, and Calvert pulled his troops back towards the bridge. At that moment, remarkable news arrived: The Japanese were abandoning their positions along the river. Calvert was exuberant. This meant he could move out of his bridgehead perhaps capture the town. Certainly, it meant a reduction of the shelling which was claiming at least 15 of his men a day. Yet, when the shelling did not die down and it quickly became apparent that Takeda was merely redeploying his troops along the railway, to get them out of flooding in low-lying areas. Chindit recce teams reported the area from the train station, in the heart of the town to the Mogaung Railway Bridge, further north, was heavily defended with eight bunkers dominating the landscape. Shelling from the village of Naungkyaiktaw, astride the road to Mogaung, set between fields of paddy, was persistent. Naungkyaiktaw had to be captured. Calvert estimated the village was held by a hundred Japanese. Because of this, on June 18th, Calvert ordered his forces to attack the apparent Japanese artillery encampment at Naungkyaiktaw after a heavy air and mortar bombardment. His troops outnumbered them, but unwilling to suffer needless casualties, Calvert directed the American fighter-bombers against the village, which was bombarded on the night of the 17th. Half an hour before dawn on the 18th, the Chindit mortars pummeled the place with 400 rounds for good measure. Calvert then sent in his assault force. Among the attackers was a company of 70 men from King's Liverpool led by Major Fred Reeman. This was a company that had stayed on with the 77th Brigade after the rest of the battalion had been transferred to the 111th Brigade. They were joined by 12 men of Blaine's Detachment, once evacuated to India but since returned, this time armed with about a dozen flamethrowers.  In the darkness, Blaine's Detachment was told to advance in front of the company of King's, and to “turn the fucking lights on.” As the detachment began to hurl flames far and wide, the Chindits behind them began cheering. The men had been told that the village had many bunkers, but never saw any at first. The scene soon turned fantastic. They went through the entire village “with twenty or thirty yards of flame shooting out in front.” They soon found the bunkers. The Japanese became crazed with fear especially after the British began yelling “put out the fucking lights,” and turning the flamethrowers their way. Many Japanese fled the bunkers, joined by those outside. They fled through the paddy fields, making for the railway station 400 yards away. Calvert's machine gunners had been waiting and blazed away, killing at least forty. Meanwhile, the rest of Fusiliers and the Kings walked up the paddy, picking off Japanese hiding or trying to crawl away in the ditches. Calvert, his mobile brigade-major Brash and his orderly Lance-Corporal Young decided to join the mop-up, shooting at Japanese while standing on chairs, as more Fusiliers began clearing the last of the bunkers, hurling grenades into them and blasting the insides with flamethrowers. As twilight set in that day, the most peculiar thing happened. The Fusiliers were cooking an evening meal in their newly-won positions, when a weary, seven-man patrol walked into their billet and began to take off their kit. The Fusiliers who looked up casually, noticed to their horror, that the new men were Japanese. The Japanese, for their part, had not noticed. The Fusiliers lunged for their weapons and opened fire. The Japanese patrol did not survive. In all, Calvert estimated that his troops had killed about 70 Japanese in the capture and holding of Naungkyaiktaw, while suffering 16 killed and 38 wounded. Major Reeman's King's company had become reduced to a platoon.  Calvert was considerably cheered on the evening of the 18th, when the much promised Chinese reinforcements finally arrived, guided over the river in motorized ranger boats by a towering Chindit officer, Captain Andrew. This was the 1st Battalion of the Chinese 114th Regiment led by Major P'ang, which quickly deployed in the positions pointed out by Calvert but left the Chindits a little flummoxed when they proclaimed that they were in no particular hurry to fight as they had been fighting for years. On the following day, another battalion of Chinese arrived under the personal command of the regimental leader, Colonel Li Hung, as did a battery of 75mm pack howitzers  the “6th Battery” under US Major Wayne Cook. The Chinese quickly assumed the defense of Mahaung, prompting an American liaison officer with the Chinese to send a press release that the Chinese had “captured” the village, which embarrassed Li. Cook's battery was deployed into position at Pinhmi village began operations on the 20th, hurling fire against the Japanese positions as the Chinese infantrymen consolidated their positions. Meantime, elements of the Chinese 113th Infantry, operating five miles north of Mogaung, surrounded a Japanese company, while Cook's guns hammered them. Fifty Japanese died from first blast alone. The Chinese finished off those who survived.The assault, was so ferocious that all the bunkers were overrun The reinforcements heartened Calvert for his own brigade was now a shell of its former self. The Lancashire Fusiliers and the King's Liverpool had only 110 men, the South Staffords had 180 and the Gurkha Rifles had 230. He planned a fresh advance, this time aiming for the hamlet of Natgyigon, on Mogaung's right flank, near the river. This area, Calvert believed, was the “key to Mogaung.” For the time, he chose the early hours of darkness on June 23rd a day which would go down in the annals of the 77th Brigade as the “stuff of legends.” The plan called for a mortar barrage of 1,000 bombs, in addition to shelling from the 75mm guns to cover the advance of the Chindits across the open ground towards Natgyigon. The Gurkhas were to move on the right, with the South Staffords on the left. Blaine's Detachment and the Lancashire Fusiliers were in reserve. The objective was to capture the entire stretch of ground from the Mogaung Bridge to the train station, the latter of which the Chinese were to secure. Once the area was in Allied hands, the troops were to dig in while the reserve troops mopped up. In addition, Allied aircraft were to bombard the area before the start of the assault, which itself was timed to launch at about 3.10 am. In the dark, section commanders could be heard telling their men: “We attack Mogaung tonight and once we've taken it the Brigadier says we are through!” Later, during the attack, Calvert discovered the Chinese infantry had not captured the all-important train station, even as their American liaison officer insisted that they had. Calvert angrily pointed out that no, the Chinese had not, because enemy fire from that direction continued to pick off his men at the railway embankment. The Gurkhas, moving along a wide right flank along the banks of the Mogaung River, headed for the railway bridge. Approaching the bridge, they came under heavy fire. Captain Allmand, by now suffering from trench foot as were most of the troops, moved forward to silence a machine gun firing on his men. He could barely run because of his affliction but advancing through the mud, he hurled grenades at the Japanese position. A burst of gunfire plunged into him. He fell, badly wounded. One of his Gurkhas, Sergeant. Tilbir Gurung pulled Allmand and another wounded NCO to safety. For this, Gurung was to get a Military Medal. Allmand's own valor was to be recognized by a Victoria Cross. The South Staffords swept into Mogaung town. Resistance was heavy. Lt Durant of the South Stafford deployed his machineguns to rake Japanese positions with fire. Meantime, the flamethrowers were brought up. As they moved up past Durant's positions, a shell burst exploded one, setting the man wielding it on fire. The man screamed and somehow shook off the flamethrowing unit from his back. Durant and some of his men rushed forward and rolled him into water in a nearby ditch. The Japanese had dug-in beneath the ruins of a brick house from where they were stubbornly holding the Staffords at bay. The rest of the flamethrowers moved in and sprayed the building. One Japanese, his clothes ablaze, leapt from his positions and tried to make a run for it. A scythe of gunfire cut him down. The rest valiantly held their positions and were burned to cinder. The Staffords, mopping up the, found the Japanese officer. He had shot himself with his revolver. The Japanese had entrenched themselves at a strategically important building known as the Red House, which was well-protected with machine-gun nests. The advancing Gurkhas consequently ran smack into this killing zone, getting caught in a murderous crossfire and suffering heavy casualties. In response, Calvert threw his reserves into the fray and the Chindits also began to pummel the Japanese positions with mortars and machine-guns, which allowed the infantry to reach the all-important train station. Inflicting some 120 casualties and losing 60 dead and over 100 wounded, the Chindits then successfully captured all their objectives by noon. For the rest of the day, heavy fighting would continue as the Chindits dug in on their gained positions; but during the night, the Japanese would finally pull out, leaving the town to the shattered remnants of the 77th Brigade. Mopping up then continued until June 27, when Mogaung was declared void of Japanese. Though this was the first major town to be recaptured in Burma, Calvert lost over 250 killed and 500 wounded at Mogaung, which was more than any Chindit formation was prepared to take. This was also a bittersweet victory for Calvert because Stilwell would claim that the town had been taken by his Chinese troops, even though the Chindits had done most of the fighting. Stilwill wrote in his diary on June 27th “Good news from Mogaung, We have it!” Then came a remarkable broadcast from Stilwell's headquarters via the BBC “The Chinese had captured Mogaung”. There was no mention of the Chindits. Calvert was incensed. Colonel Li was appalled and apologized profusely. “If anyone has taken Mogaung it is your Brigade and we all admire the bravery of your soldiers.” Calvert, his anger against Stilwell unmitigated, sent a message to US headquarters  “Chinese reported taking Mogaung. My Brigade now taking umbrage” this prompted Stilwell's staff to scour the maps for the location of Umbrage. Meantime, congratulations poured in from Lentaigne, from “Scottie” Scott, from John Masters, and the other brigade commanders. Among the lot, there was one, from Derek Tulloch, which struck Calvert's heart the most: “Wingate would have been proud of you.” After this defeat, and learning of the concurrent withdrawal of the 18th Division, Takeda's 53rd Division would withdraw to the Sahmaw River line in early July, where it was also reinforced with the recently-arrived 119th Regiment.  Meanwhile over at Myitkyina, General Boatner had to order a stop to the attacks after June 18th because of the heavy casualties. For the time being, tunneling would be used to close with the enemy. On June 25th, however, Boatner would have a severe recurrence of malaria that would force him to abandon the frontlines. This led General Stilwell to appoint Brigadier-General Theodore Wessels in command of the Myitkyina Task Force on June 26th. Luckily for Wessels the situation started to improve after the fall of Mogaung, as Chinese troops there could now move up the railroad to connect with Wessels' forces. This removed the recurrent menace of a Japanese drive from Mogaung, guaranteed reinforcements and the opening of a ground line of communications, and further eliminated one of General Minakami's two bases from which supplies had trickled into the Japanese perimeter. Despite this, the only gains in the week of June 25th were a few hundred yards taken by the 150th Regiment and the 236th Engineers. Alongside this, Stilwell ordered the 1st Battalion, 42nd Regiment to penetrate through the Japanese positions towards Sitapur on June 28. They would drive deep into the Japanese defense system, leading Stilwell to hope this was the turning point; on receiving Japanese fire, it halted and dug in. Air supply was necessary.In response, Wessels dispatched some Marauder reinforcements. F Company, unaware it had lost its way and under an inexperienced commander, proceeded with a small point almost directly ahead of the marching column. The company commander at the head of the point met a small group of Orientals whom he took to be Chinese and who greeted him affably. The strangers then suggested he and his party lay aside their guns. At this point the commander realized that he had been ambushed and gave the alarm. The Japanese machine guns opened on his trapped column, inflicting heavy casualties. Some of his men made their way back to the Allied lines, but the company was never reconstituted and was broken up and distributed among the rest of Galahad. For his constant gallantry during a stubborn eight-hour rear-guard action, which permitted the survivors to extricate themselves from ambush, Private first class. Anthony Firenze of New Galahad received the Distinguished Service Cross. Wessels then planning to launch a set-piece attack to capture a stretch of the Sumprabum Road.  Over in the Yunnan front, Colonel Matsui's 113th Regiment had successfully relieved the pressure from Longling by mid-June. General Matsuyama further ordered him to maintain the offensive while he continued to reorganize his forces. Though Matsui managed to seize the Tiechanghe pass on June 21st, most of his attacks would end up in nothing. In the north, the 20th Army Group launched simultaneous attacks against Qianshuang and Gudong on June 18th. This finally forcing the Japanese to retreat in disorder towards Tengchong by June 22nd. With the fall of Qianshuang, the Japanese had been forced to abandon the upper Shweli valley, and were now moving in some disorder toward Tengchong over three excellent trails. In Qianshuang, they left behind large quantities of ammunition and a few pieces of artillery, suggesting a disorganized withdrawal. 150 dead Japanese were found in Qianshuang itself; more than 300 Chinese gave their lives for the village. South of Qianshuang, the Japanese hastily destroyed their pontoon bridge to slow the Chinese pursuit. On reaching the Qianshuang-Baifen-Gudong line, the 20th Army Group had wrested 4000 square miles from Japanese control in forty days of fighting. The advance had been made over the precipitous ranges of the Kaolikung Mountains in an almost constant rain, a downpour sometimes heavy, sometimes light, rarely abating, and always turning to fog and sleet in the higher altitudes. More than 150 coolie supply porters fell to their deaths from the narrow, slippery trails that snaked precariously over the mountains. On June 25th General Wei received a personal order from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek to take Teng-chung. A few days later, th 20th Group Army, though delayed by the need to rebuild bridges over each of the swift mountain streams that crossed its advance, had pressed the Japanese rear guards back to the hills that surrounded Teng-chung at a distance of two to three miles from the formidable walled town itself. Meanwhile, the Fourteenth Air Force was trying to soften Teng-chung by daily attacks with bombs and machine-gun fire. The outer defenses of Teng-chung were pillboxes covering every avenue of approach, supported and covered by the 6,500-foot-high, fortified mountain peak of Lai-feng Shan, "The Place Where the Birds Come." Here were 600 or more Japanese with most of the garrison's artillery. Teng-chung itself was girdled by a massive wall of earth that in some places was forty feet high and sixty feet thick at the base, faced throughout with great slabs of stone. Chinese necromancers had carefully laid out the wall in a great square to cut the cardinal points of the compass. Each side had a gate, and each gate now had a Japanese command post, while Japanese machine guns and rifles swept the approaches to the wall, its face, and its parapets. Within the city were about 2,000 Japanese. In all, Colonel Kurashige, who had defended the Kaoli-kung mountains, had about 1,850 Japanese, a heavily reinforced battalion combat team built around the 2nd, 148th regiment. Kurashige's orders were to hold Teng-chung until the Chinese threat to Lung-ling passed Over at Longling, Matsui saw the arrival of some reinforcements on June 22nd that would allow him to continue his counteroffensive. Making repeated night and day attacks, the Japanese would be able to penetrate the enemy positions on June 24. Matsuyama then directed him to exploit towards Bengmiao and Huangcaobacum; yet a heavy raid by 24 B-25s and the arrival of the 1st Division would manage to halt the Japanese attempt to exploit their success, with Mitsui only securing the area northwest of Bengmiao by July 1st. The next day, Matsuyama then suspended the counteroffensive because of heavy casualties and he could see the enemy were strengthening their positions. In the meantime, Major Kanemitsu's Lameng Garrison was successfully holding off against a siege by three divisions since June 4th, though the Chinese would only launch unsuccessful attacks in regimental strength during this period; and to the southeast, the Pingda Garrison was also successfully repelling the small enemy attacks against them in spite of being cut off and disease-ridden. That is all for the Burma front today as we now need to head over to the Biak front. After the arrival of two battalions of the163rd Regiment for reinforcements, General Fuller planed a two-pronged attack against Mokmer Drome, with the 186th Regiment advancing west over the inland plateau while the 162nd Regiment resumed its attack west along the coast. On the morning of June 1, in preparation for the offensive, Colonel Newman's 3rd Battalion therefore left Bosnek and marched north over the coastal ridge, with the 2nd Battalion also moving from Opiaref to join them. By 11:00, both battalions successfully set up defensive perimeters; yet their preparations would be interrupted abruptly in the afternoon as Colonel Kuzume directed his 1st Battalion to attack the positions held by Company K. These Japanese, who were supported by machine guns and mortars emplaced northwest of the trail crossing, continued attacks until 5:00, when a platoon of Company K, by a flanking movement, forced their withdrawal northward. Company K and two platoons of the Antitank Company remained at the trail crossing for the night. Company I was moved forward to K's left and left rear, and Company L extended K's perimeter east along the main road toward the surveyed drome. Battalion headquarters and Company M stayed near the strip's western end. The 121st Field Artillery Battalion, the Cannon Company, the 2nd Battalion, regimental headquarters, the attached engineers, and the tanks remained near the center of the airfield.   Thankfully, the Americans would manage to repel the assaults and would ultimately force a Japanese withdrawal via a bold enveloping maneuver. But the Japanese would return after midnight. The first part of the night passed without incident, but at 3:30 the entire area held by the 3rd Battalion, 186th Infantry, flamed into action. About a company and a half of the 1st Battalion, 222nd Infantry, moved from the south against the semicircular perimeter held by Companies I, K, and L, having outflanked the 3rd Battalion on the west. Simultaneously, other elements of the 1st Battalion attacked from the northwest, attempting to drive a wedge between Companies L and K. Under the support of mortar and machine gun fire from both the northwest and southwest, the encircled Japanese desperately tried to fight their way north. Four hours of confused hand-to-hand fighting, marked by the use of bayonets, machetes, and grenades, ensued. At daylight a count revealed that 86 dead Japanese were within and around the 3rd Battalion's perimeter. The dead included the commander of the 1st Battalion, 222nd Infantry. Losses to the American unit were 3 men killed and 8 wounded.  After dealing with the threat, Newman resumed the westward advance at 9:00 on June 2nd. The 1st and 3rd Battalions, supported by five tanks and an antitank platoon, were to advance abreast, while the 2nd protected the right flank by patrolling north of the main road. The 121st Field Artillery Battalion was to provide continuous close support and was to displace forward with the infantry. Neither artillery nor air bombardment seems to have been provided for or delivered prior to the attack. However, both the 121st and 146th Field Artillery Battalions were registered on targets north and west of the 186th Infantry. Air support was available from Wakde Island upon call. The 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry broke camp at its beach defense area at 8:00 on June 2nd and moved north over the ridge to join the rest of the regiment. The 1st Battalion, 222nd Infantry, had made no serious attempt to stop the 186th Infantry's progress westward because the inland plateau was nearly indefensible and because the battalion would have been decimated in battle with the superior strength of the reinforced American regiment. The 1st Battalion was withdrawn from the surveyed drome area, initially in preparation for counterattack against the Bosnek beachhead. While no such counteroffensive was mounted, the withdrawal of the 1st Battalion at least had the advantage of keeping the unit intact. The American advance would thus be opposed by the 10th Company, 222nd Regiment; the 3rd Company, 36th Division Sea Transportation Unit and some other naval and engineer units.  The 1st and 3rd Battalions then advanced with two companies abreast against scattered but determined opposition from elements of the 1st Battalion, 222nd Infantry. Small enemy patrols aimed machine gun and rifle fire at the advancing American units and held their positions until killed or dispersed by tank or artillery fire. Most of the enemy parties were located on the north flank and apparently many of them had been driven westward out of the cave and garden area north of the surveyed drome by fire from the 121st Field Artillery Battalion, which destroyed Biak Detachment headquarters installations in that area. By nightfall the 186th Infantry had killed 96 Japanese and had itself lost 6 men killed and 10 wounded. The unit halted shortly after 1600 and began digging in at a point about 600 yards northeast of the day's objective. The advance had carried the regiment west until it was almost abreast and north of the 162nd Infantry, at the Ibdi Pocket. The latter had attempted to move west along the coast during the day, but it would be unable to dislodge the Japanese from the Ibdi Pocket, ultimately having to attach its 2nd Battalion to the 186th.  The addition of the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Regiment to the 186th Regiment helped to complicate the supply problems of the troops on the plateau. No water had yet been found inland. Heat and humidity were intense, and thick scrub growth, about 12 feet high, stopped any breezes. Despite the best efforts of Company B, 116th Engineers, the supply road could not be repaired fast enough to keep pace with the advancing infantrymen. Water had to be brought around from Bosnek via Opiaref to the forward units, and there were not enough water trailers nor 5-gallon cans available to supply all the water needed. At night each man received only one canteen of water for the next day, an inadequate amount under the conditions which prevailed inland. The water situation and the necessity for hauling all other supplies north through Opiaref did more to delay the 186th Regiment's progress westward than did the opposition of the 1st Battalion, 222nd Regiment. Meanwhile Kuzume's only support so far had been some air raids carried out by the depleted 23rd Air Flotilla and 7th Air Division. By late May, the 23rd Air Flotilla had only twelve fighters and six medium bombers at Sorong and the 7th Air Division had four large bombers, 20 medium bombers and three fighters. Both units threw what strength they could muster into attacks on the enemy landing force. On May 27th four Army heavy bombers and nine Navy fighters carried out a daylight attack against fierce air opposition, all but four fighters failing to return. Kuzume would need more than that to launch a determined attack that would succeed in pushing the enemy back into the sea. Consequently, on May 29th, General Numata and Admiral Senda had requested the immediate commitment of fleet and air strength into the Biak battle. They both relayed this message “The enemy apparently found the difficulty of rapid occupation of the airfield sector. The enemy will change, in all probability, its policy to occupy the whole island of Biak after the arrival of reinforcements, securing its present positions with landed units for a while. The officers and men on Biak Island are firm in their resolution to crush the enemy. However, our operations are severely restricted by the uncontested superiority of the enemy's feet and air units. The Biak Detachment, which is making every effort in destroying the confronting enemy, request for further support by the army and navy units concerned. We believe that the immediate commitment of our air forces and, if possible, some fleet units would give us a splendid opportunity to turn the tide of battle in the whole Pacific area in our favor.“ This finally convinced Admiral Toyoda to send reinforcements to the island.  To counter the Allied advance to Biak, the IJN dispatched from one third of its available naval land-based air strength from the Central Pacific to reinforce the 23rd Air Flotilla in western New Guinea. On May 28th 70 carrier-type fighters, 4 reconnaissance bombers, and 16 medium bombers were dispatched to western New Guinea. Another group of planes, comprising 48 fighters, 8 reconnaissance aircraft, and 20 bombers, were sent to western New Guinea and Halmahera from the Carolines on or about May 31st. On 29-30th May the flotilla carried out fresh attacks on the Biak landing force. On May 29th, sixteen medium bombers attacked the enemy fleet in the sea near BIAK Island before daybreak of that day, yet none of them returned. Furthermore, in a daylight attack on the same day, four Zero fighters strafed BIAK Island. None of them returned to the base either. On May 30th, the unit of the Zero fighters of the Navy again fired upon enemy ships in the sea off Mokmer. The damage on the enemy ships was not confirmed. However, the unit reported that they fought four P-38s and four B-25s of the enemy and shot down two B-25s above BIAK Island. Also as part of Operation KON, a huge task force under Admiral Sakonju, which included the battleship Fuso, four cruisers and eight destroyers, was to transport Major-General Tamada Yoshio's 2nd Amphibious Brigade towards Biak. Additionally, it was decided to move three infantry companies of the 35th Division from Sorong to Biak by barge. Sakonju's convoy finally left Davao on the night of June 2nd. In connection with KON Force's advance, the Japanese had planned heavy air strikes against Biak which were to be carried out by the recently reinforced 23rd Air Flotilla and the few army aircraft which remained at bases within range of Biak. Between 1645 and 1700 on 2 June, from eleven to fifteen Japanese planes bombed Allied positions on Biak, causing a few casualties and some light damage. Seven of these planes were shot down by shore-based anti-aircraft weapons, while guns aboard Seventh Fleet ships lying off Bosnek accounted for at least one more. Later during the same night, a few more enemy planes dropped some bombs harmlessly on and near Owi Island. Still more approached Biak during the night, causing many red alerts but not dropping any bombs. The next night, that of 3-4 June, no Japanese planes attacked Biak, although an unknown number bombed Owi Island without causing any damage or casualties. Again, however, enemy aircraft flew many reconnaissance flights around Biak, causing an almost continuous red alert until the early morning hours of 4 June. Early on the morning of June 3rd, at a point just east of the Talaud Islands, between Mindanao and Morotai, a 7th Fleet submarine sighted the Transport and 1st Screening Units and was in turn sighted by ships of the latter organization. Alongside this 7th Fleet PB4Y's, operating from Wakde Island, kept the Japanese vessels under surveillance the rest of the day, reporting that the course and speed of the enemy ships could bring them into range of Biak during the evening of June 4th. Their discovery by Allied aircraft so far from Biak apparently had not been anticipated by the Japanese, who later reported that they had not known Allied aircraft were capable of such long-range reconnaissance. Nevertheless, the three KON Force elements steamed on toward Biak, probably hoping that friendly aircraft might drive off the Allied reconnaissance planes and also protect the sea approaches to Biak. To further muddy the situation, Sakonju received false reports that a strong American carrier group was approaching the waters east of Biak. Admiral Kinkaid had indeed dispatched a special task force to deal with this threat, yet the warships could only arrive off Biak on the night of June 4th and didn't include any aircraft carrier. Nonetheless, knowing that he had been discovered and unwilling to risk so many ships under these circumstances, Sakonju would have to suspend the reinforcement run and turn back to Davao and Sorong.   When the Japanese called off KON on June 3rd, the Transport and the 1st and 2nd Screening Units were a little over 500 miles northwest of Biak and about 250 miles east-southeast of the Talaud Islands. At this point, the three forces were reorganized. The Transport Unit, accompanied by the three destroyers of the 1st Screening Unit, changed course for Sorong, while the 2nd Screening Unit and the two heavy cruisers of the 1st turned back toward Davao, which they probably reached late on June 5th. Of the ships moving to Sorong, the Fifth Air Force claimed to have sunk one destroyer and damaged at least two others. The Transport Unit and the 1st Screening Unit's three destroyers arrived safely at Sorong during the evening of June 4th. The Detached Unit, which had been moving toward Biak from Zamboanga on an independent course far to the west of the other three sections of KON Force, had also changed its direction during the night of 3-4 June, and reached Sorong sometime on the 4th. At Sorong the Transport Unit unloaded the 1,700 men of the 2nd Amphibious Brigade. The six destroyers of the Transport and 1st Screening Units then proceeded southwest to Ambon where they refueled. The Transport Unit's one heavy cruiser and one light cruiser sought shelter in Kaboei Bay, Waigeo Island, about 60 miles northwest of Sorong. On 6 June the heavy cruiser Aoba was attacked there by fifteen B-24's of the Fifth Air Force. First reports were that at least two hits were scored on the cruiser, but it was later learned that the ship suffered no damage. Instead, it was able to take part in a second KON Operation. Back over at Biak, Newman resumed the advance westward on the morning of June 3rd, making painfully slow progress because of the difficult terrain and lack of adequate supply lines. Meeting no opposition, they would finally dig in half a mile from the point at which the main ridge left the coast and turned inland near Mokmer. That day, however, Fuller learnt about the possible enemy naval attack, so he decided to halt any offensive actions for the moment. On June 4th, upon learning that no enemy carriers were in the Biak area, Sakonju was again ordered to prepare to run the American blockade, this time bringing the bulk of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 219th Regiment. There would be two naval groups, the first was the Transport Unit, containing three destroyers which had been part of the first KON Operation Transport Unit. The second section was the Screening Unit, also comprising three destroyers. For the second KON Operation there were two detached units, the 1st had one heavy and one light cruiser while the 2nd Detached Unit included the small craft and patrol boats which had put into Sorong at the end of the first KON. The three destroyers of the Transport Unit were each to embark 200 infantrymen at Sorong. In addition, the destroyers of either or both the Transport and Screening Units were each to tow to Biak one landing barge crammed with troops, probably 30 to 50 men to a barge. After two quiet nights, meanwhile, Newman decided to send three battalions forward toward the north-south section of the main ridge northwest of Mokmer on June 5th. Warned by the regimental commander that it was important to secure a foothold on the ridge before the Japanese could deny it to the 186th Infantry, the three assault battalions started westward about 8:00 on June 5th. Lack of water again slowed the advance. No water had been received in the forward area since the morning of the 4th, and Colonel Newman had ordered the troops westward against the advice of his staff and battalion commanders. About noon, however, a heavy rain fell. The regimental commander ordered all troops to halt, catch the rain in ponchos, and fill their canteens. "Had it not been for this lucky break, we would undoubtedly have had to halt in midafternoon." As events turned out, no Japanese opposition was encountered, and by 1500 the 3rd Battalion, 186th Infantry, was within 500 yards of the main ridge. Although Newman and General Doe then wanted to secure the dominating terrain north and northwest of the airfield, they would receive direct orders from Fuller to immediately seize Mokmer Drome and a beachhead on the coast directly south of that strip. Throughout the morning of June 6th the 186th Infantry directed most of its efforts to bringing supplies up to the forward units. Almost the entire 2nd Battalion was engaged in hand-carrying supplies to the 3rd Battalion atop the ridge, while the latter unit sent patrols toward Mokmer Drome seeking good routes of approach to that objective. About noon Colonel Newman reported to task force headquarters that no good route had been found and that supplies, especially the ever-needed water, had not been brought forward in sufficient quantities to allow a regimental attack to be launched that day, and he therefore recommended that the attack be postponed until June 7th. General Fuller approved this suggestion. The lack of supplies and water would delay the attack, however, though the 3rd Battalion would be able to move down the west side of the main ridge to take up positions along a line of departure for the next morning's attack. To support the infantry attack, on June 7th, a thirty-minute artillery concentration began at 7:00 that morning. The 146th, 205th, and 947th Field Artillery Battalions, from positions along the coast to the east, were registered on targets in the airfield area ready to support the advance, but most of the firing was undertaken by the 121st Field Artillery from its location behind the 186th Infantry. While the artillery fired on Mokmer Drome and along the low ridge between that field and the 186th Infantry, Fifth Air Force bombers attacked the Borokoe Drome area and also struck some targets along the low ridge. The airfield was only occupied by the 108th Airfield Construction Unit, which immediately fled the area because of the heavy bombardment. Newman's 1st and 3rd Battalions advanced south encountering no resistance as they crossed Mokmer Drome and reached the beach.  When, on 5 June, the 186th Infantry had reached the crest of the main coastal ridge, it had been on the left rear of the Japanese defenses on the low ridge and terraces above Mokmer Drome. Thus, the regiment had been in a favorable position to take these defenses from the rear. But in its move to the airfield, the 186th Infantry had bypassed the Biak Detachment's principal defensive positions. The bypassing had not been intentional. Colonel Newman had instructed both leading battalions to halt on the low ridge, reconnoiter along it in both directions, and report on Japanese defenses before moving on. According to Colonel Newman: "I received a negative report from both battalions, and ordered the movement to the airdrome. Evidently, the right battalion had failed in this patrolling effort." Instead, the 186th had captured its main objective, but now found itself surrounded by Kuzume's strongest defenses. The Japanese immediately began to pound the new American perimeter, with an artillery duel soon erupting. By nightfall, it had become impracticable to supply the 186th Regiment over the inland plateau road, which ended on the east side of the main ridge. From that point, all supplies would have to be hand-carried to Mokmer Drome and supply parties would be endangered by Japanese patrols, a few of which moved in behind the 186th as the regiment reached the beach, so the 3rd Battalion, 163rd Regiment would be dispatched to push over the inland plateau and protect the parties. Overwater supply was also attempted, yet as the first boats approached the shore they were greeted by machine gun and rifle fire from Japanese whom the 186th Infantry had not yet cleaned out of caves along the water line in front of Mokmer Drome. The small craft returned the fire, but were finally forced to withdraw. The 186th Infantry, according to Colonel Newman, was "glad to see them withdraw since they had our troops running for cover." At 2:00 another attempt was made to land supplies at Sboeria. The three LCM's managed to put their tanks ashore in the face of continuing Japanese fire, but accompanying LCT's were driven off by Japanese artillery. Two of the LCM's were so damaged by enemy fire that they could not fully retract their ramps and had to proceed the nine and a half miles back to Bosnek in reverse. Plans were made to effect all delivery of supplies and evacuation of casualties at night until the enemy fire on the Sboeria beachhead could be neutralized. The tanks which had been landed lumbered along the shore road fronting Mokmer Drome, destroying several small bunkers along the beach. Then they wheeled toward the low ridge north of the airfield, taking under fire a Japanese 75-mm. mountain gun and a 20-mm. piece which had opposed their landing. These two weapons were silenced. Moving cautiously northwestward from the field along a road which crossed the low ridge, the tanks destroyed two large pillboxes. Alongside this, Fuller sent two companies of Haney's 3rd Battalion to land on the Parai Jetty in order to outflank the Ibdi Pocket, which the 162nd had been unsuccessfully attempting to dislodge since the start of the month. But June 7th would also see the start of Operation KON's second attempt.  After rendezvousing off Misoöl Island that morning, Sakonju instructed his 8 destroyers to proceed to Biak. Air cover was to have been provided by planes of the 23rd Air Flotilla. But the cape area was being patrolled by Allied aircraft on June 8th and, about 1:30, the 23rd Air Flotilla cover of six planes was shot down or driven away by 5th Air Force P-38's.  Finding the air now free of enemy planes, American B-25's dived to the attack th convoy, reporting the convoy as 2 light cruisers and 4 destroyers. Initially, it was claimed that 1 destroyer was sunk, 2 were left sinking, and the fourth was damaged. A few days later, destruction was reassessed as 4 destroyers sunk and 2 light cruisers chased to the northwest. These claims were exaggerated. One destroyer, the Harusame, was holed by a near miss and sank rapidly, the bulk of its crew being saved. Another destroyer was damaged by a bomb and took some water; two others were slightly damaged by strafing. Neither speed nor navigation was impeded for any of the three. The two light cruisers reported by the Allied planes were, of course, the other two destroyers. These two might have taken some evasive action by heading northwest for a short time, but as soon as the Harusame crew had been rescued and the Allied planes had disappeared, the convoy reformed and continued on toward Biak. The convoy reformed and continued on toward Biak, undeterred by reports of strong enemy elements in the area. By nightfall, however, it was on a collision course with the cruisers of Admirals Crutchley and Berkey.  At about 6:00 on the 8th, the Transport and Screening Units received a report from a Japanese aircraft that an Allied naval force comprising 1 battleship, 4 cruisers, and 8 destroyers was moving west at high speed from an undesignated point east of Biak. This report was at least partially correct. The Allied task force which had been formed on June 3rd had again assembled on the 8th, having been alerted by reports of the air-sea battle off the Kaap de Goede Hoop. But the Japanese convoy commander apparently took this air reconnaissance report with at least one grain of salt--had not similar information received on June 3rd proved inaccurate? The Transport and Screening Units steamed on, despite the fact that the Kaap de Goede Hoop action had put the force behind schedule. At 11:30 the two enemy groups were approximately forty miles off the north coast of Soepiori Island, ready to turn southeast toward Korim Bay, on the northeast side of Biak. Minutes later a destroyer in the van sighted the Allied task force heading northwest around Biak. The convoy commander quickly realized that he was badly outnumbered and decided that discretion was called for. The Japanese convoy slipping towards the Mapia islands, seeing the allied destroyers failing to pursue them. Yet that is it for Biak for now as we now need to head over to the Wakde-Sarmi front.   General Sibert was preparing to resume the westward offensive. By June 14th, the 20th Regiment had relieved the 158th at the Tirfoam River; and although Sibert wanted to complete unloading of his remaining units before sending the 20th to push westward, General Krueger ordered him to start an immediate offensive on June 18th. Now, however, they were up against almost the full strength of General Tagami's 36th Division. Company B pushed on toward the village at the entrance to the defile between Lone Tree Hill and the eastern nose of Mt. Saksin. This advance was greeted by a hail of fire from Japanese automatic weapons emplaced in the defile--fire reminiscent of the opposition encountered by Company B, 158th Infantry, at the same place more than three weeks earlier. The 20th Infantry's Company B tried to outflank the enemy position to the south but was halted by intense Japanese machine gun fire. Tanks sent forward to aid the infantry were unable to reach the enemy guns because the terrain was impassable to tracked or wheeled vehicles, which could scarcely negotiate the rough road, let alone the thick jungle and rising ground to the south. Late in the afternoon Company A was sent forward to Company B's position, but both units encountered heavy fire and soon lost contact with the rest of the 1st Battalion. The two companies remained for the night in an isolated perimeter near the village and about 400 yards west of the main body. The 3rd Battalion had moved north off the coastal road during the morning, and late in the afternoon it had established a perimeter extending south 200 yards from the beach along the east bank of the Snaky River. The battalion had encountered little opposition during the day, but patrols which had crossed the Snaky before dark reported finding many Japanese defensive positions on the eastern slopes of Lone Tree Hill. A gap which existed between the 1st and 3rd Battalions was partially filled just before nightfall by elements of the 2nd Battalion, which were sent forward late in the afternoon. Casualties during the day were four killed and twenty-eight wounded. The 1st and 3rd Battalions, 1st Infantry, moved across the Tor River in the morning of June 20th and took over the positions in the vicinity of Maffin No. 1 vacated by the 20th Infantry. The 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry, assumed responsibility for the protection of the bridgehead across the Tor.  The following morning, Sibert then directed his units to patrol extensively in order to locate enemy strong points on and around the hill. Thanks to the information gathered, the 3rd Battalion would attack towards Rocky Point in the afternoon. At the top of Lone Tree Hill was a stretch of rough but generally level ground lying mostly along the western part of the hill. This flat ground, about 700 yards long north to south, was shaped like a crude dumbbell. At its northern end, the level area was about 300 yards wide. It narrowed at the center of the hill to less than 100 yards but broadened again on the south to a width of about 250 yards. There were many coral outcroppings, potholes, and small crevices, while on the north the hill terminated in a very rugged prominence called Rocky Point. This terrain feature, which extended into Maffin Bay from the central mass of Lone Tree Hill, was about 300 yards wide east to west. Its northern face was not as heavily overgrown as the rest of Lone Tree Hill. Although Rocky Point's northeast slope was steep, foot troops could climb that face with more ease than they could approach the top of Lone Tree Hill from most other points. A deep ravine ran southwest into the central mass of Lone Tree Hill from a sandy beach on the east side of Rocky Point. The floor of the ravine varied from 20 to 30 yards in width and its nearly vertical western wall was 40 to 50 feet high. Both sides were honeycombed with natural or man-made tunnels, caverns, and small caves, most of which were connected with each other by underground or deeply defiladed passages. Some caves reached a width of 40 feet, a depth into the hillside of 50 feet, and a height of 20 feet. The ravine terminated on the eastern slope of Lone Tree Hill in a steep grade at the narrow central portion of the hilltop. At 1:45pm, after a fifteen-minute artillery and 4.2-inch mortar preparation, one company moved across the Snaky River, immediately finding the twenty-foot cliff along the eastern side of the shelf which lay between the Snaky River and the central mass of Lone Tree Hill. The morning patrols had not, apparently, reported the existence of this cliff, and naturally it was not known that Japanese defenses were established along it. Machine gun and rifle fire from the 1st Battalion, 224th Infantry, soon pinned down the 3rd Battalion's leading platoon. The company commander quickly sent part of his unit northward to find the Japanese left flank. Moving around the northeast end of the shelf, this group discovered the beach entrance to the deep ravine between the western side of the shelf and Rocky Point. Progress into or across the ravine was impossible in the face of the intense Japanese small arms fire which greeted the advancing American unit. Company B, 6th Engineers, then in the forward area to cut a road from the mouth of the Snaky River to Rocky Point, was brought up to the ravine to help clean out caves and crevices with flame throwers and demolitions, but could not reach the enemy positions through the continued machine gun, mortar, and rifle fire. Infantry bazooka squads also tried to blast the Japanese out of their caves but failed when their ammunition ran out. Since there was no time to bring additional rockets forward before dark, all elements of the 3rd Battalion and the engineer company were withdrawn to the east bank of the Snaky River for the night. The 20th Infantry was to continue the assault on the morrow with the 3rd Battalion moving against Lone Tree Hill from the northeast, the 2nd Battalion in reserve, and the 1st Battalion remaining in its holding position. On the morning of June 22, after a heavy air and artillery concentration on Rocky Point, the 3rd Battalion once again attacked northwest with Companies K and I, successfully driving the Japanese back into their caves to reach the top of Lone Tree Hill just south of Rocky Point. Meanwhile, another two companies had attacked southwest to force their way up the southeast slope of the hill; but subjected to heavy machine-gun fire, they would have to withdraw and march north to join Companies K and I. The 2nd Battalion also moved forward and took positions to the south of the 3rd Battalion. Worried about the American gains, Colonel Matsuyama personally led two companies in the afternoon to fall on the 3rd Battalion's perimeter with suicidal fury. Confused fighting, sometimes hand-to-hand, continued well into the night, with Matsuyama himself getting shot on the thigh. Yet this attack would successfully position the Japanese companies on the rear of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, thus cutting them off from regimental headquarters. Matsuyama also recalled his 2nd Battalion from the Maffin area, so he would employ these reinforcements to attack Sibert's 2nd Battalion on June 23. At dawn on the 23rd Japanese troops, some of whom were using American weapons and wearing parts of American uniforms, attacked the 2nd Battalion, 20th Infantry, from the deep ravine. The battalion initially held its fire, thinking that the enemy force might be a friendly patrol, and the Japanese were able to advance to within fifteen yards of the battalion lines before being recognized. It was an hour before the results of this error could be corrected--an hour during which both the 2nd Battalion and the Japanese suffered heavy losses. The hour ended with an enemy retreat. Isolated, the 2nd Battalion then decided to withdraw and march north towards the 3rd Battalion's perimeter at the top of the hill, getting harassed all the way by Matsuyama's forces. During the night, the Japanese launched a banzai charge against the perimeter, getting very close to retaking Lone Tree Hill but suffering heavy casualties in the end. Upon learning that his battalions were cut off, meanwhile, Sibert decided to outflank the hill by a shore-to-shore maneuver and then continue the attack from both west and east. Accordingly, Companies K and I of the 1st Regiment boarded ten LVTs on the morning of June 24th and moved to the beach just west of Rocky Point, under the protection of the 6th Reconnaissance Troop. Both companies would land successfully by midday against strong Japanese fire, though they would be rapidly pinned down on the narrow beach. Thankfully, Sibert also landed four tanks two hours later to secure the beachhead. This diversion would allow the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 20th Regiment to begin clearing the Japanese from the many caves and crevices on Rocky Point, the deep ravine east of the point, and the hilltop plateau, further securing the supply route up the hill.  By nightfall, no enemy counterattack developed, as Tagami had instead decided to withdraw the 224th Regiment to the Hill 255-Mount Saksin line while the 223rd Regiment retreated behind the Woske River. Thus Matsuyama's resistance in the area weakened and the Americans were finally able to clear Rocky Point. The next day the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 20th Infantry, continued clearing Rocky Point, the deep ravine, the northern part of the hilltop plateau, and the eastern shelf, where a few scattered Japanese still held positions along the twenty-foot-high cliff. Flame throwers, demolition charges, bazookas, and hand grenades all proved successful in eliminating Japanese resistance and sealing or clearing caves and crevices. The task was easier on the 25th, for the Japanese slowly gave up the fight and were killed or sealed off in their caves. Casualties continued to mount, the 2nd Battalion, 20th Infantry, had only about two hundred effectives by the end of the day but many of the losses were not due to Japanese action. Many men were evacuated over the now secured supply route to the top of the hill as they fell from exhaustion or became sick. On the beach west of Rocky Point Companies I and K, 1st Infantry, had little success in expanding their beachhead. The tanks proved useless in the area and were therefore withdrawn to Maffin No. 1. The two infantry companies, pinned down during the morning, kept up a continuous mortar barrage against Japanese positions in the swamp to the south, against the western cliff of Lone Tree Hill, and, when certain such fire would not endanger troops atop the hill, against the northwest corner of Rocky Point. This mortar fire, coupled with the operations on the plateau, began to have the desired effect during the afternoon, and Companies I and K were able to push their defenses beyond the narrow beachhead slightly southward and westward and toward the shore beneath Rocky Point. Once or twice during the afternoon, patrols were able to reach the top of Lone Tree Hill from the northwest corner of the point and established contact with 20th Infantry units. Late in the afternoon Company M, 1st Infantry, operating from the east side of the point, managed to push a patrol around the shore to establish contact with Company K. Though Companies I and K could find little tangible evidence of the results of their operations, they had actually wiped out the 223rd Infantry's defense force in the area just west of Lone Tree Hill. By dusk on the 25th, it had become obvious that the combined efforts of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry, and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 20th Infantry, had either cleared out the northern half of Lone Tree Hill or had forced the Japanese to withdraw. The latter conclusion was the more nearly correct. The 36th Division decided on 25 June to withdraw the bulk of the Center and Right Sector Forces west of the Woske River and establish new defensive positions, thereby keeping the 223rd Infantry, the bulk of which had not been committed to action in the Lone Tree Hill area, more or less intact. Only the remnants of the 224th Infantry were to remain east of the Woske, and they were to withdraw into rough terrain southwest of Mt. Saksin. At nightfall on the 25th, General Sibert estimated that his three forward battalions had lost approximately 140 men killed and 850 wounded and evacuated, including those who had to be sent back to the rear because of wounds, sickness, heat exhaustion, or psychoneurotic disorders. Known Japanese dead in the northern part of the hill numbered 344, but it could not be estimated how many more had been thrown over the west cliff, sealed in caves, or carried off by withdrawing remnants of the Japanese defense force. According to Japanese sources, the Japanese had lost about 500 men killed and another 300 wounded in the Lone Tree Hill-Hill 225-Mt. Saksin area.   I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The Chinese were accredited with the fall of Moguang despite the Chindits taking the lionshare of the fighting. Things were advancing very well for the allies in the new Biak front. As for the battle for Lone Tree Hill, it was a costly one, and not one the Americans or Japanese would soon forget.   

In Te Pūao: The Place Where the River Meets the Sea, we explore the realms of traditional Mātauraka Māori and Pūrakau. Join Witi Ihimaera, Linda Tuhiwai Smith and Monty Soutar in conversation with mana whenua narrative expert and Ahi Kā storykeeper Megan Pōtiki. This Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival podcast was brought to you with support from Otago Access Radio, Copyright Licensing New Zealand and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature. You'll find further podcasts from the 2023 festival at http://dunedinwritersfestival.co.nz and from Otago Access Radio's website http://oar.org.nz

In Te Pūao: The Place Where the River Meets the Sea, we explore the realms of traditional Mātauraka Māori and Pūrakau. Join Witi Ihimaera, Linda Tuhiwai Smith and Monty Soutar in conversation with mana whenua narrative expert and Ahi Kā storykeeper Megan Pōtiki. This Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival podcast was brought to you with support from Otago Access Radio, Copyright Licensing New Zealand and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature. You'll find further podcasts from the 2023 festival at http://dunedinwritersfestival.co.nz and from Otago Access Radio's website http://oar.org.nz

Here are the show notes for Episode 42, the first part of a Language & Gender double episode special, in which we talk to Deborah Cameron, Professor in Language and Communication at Worcester College, Oxford about: Robin Lakoff 50 years on from Language and Woman's Place Where language & gender research has headed post-Lakoff Deborah Cameron's forthcoming book, Language, Sexism and Misogyny  What kinds of more recent research we could be looking at for the A Level Online misogyny and Disney princesses The other Deborah (Tannen) We'll be back soon with a follow-up episode in which we look at how we can approach the teaching of language and gender in a world that's changed since the earliest days of research into this field.  Deborah Cameron's blog, Language: a feminist guide: https://debuk.wordpress.com/  Deborah Cameron's Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Cameron_(linguist)  Robin Lakoff's 1973 article for Language in Society can be found here: https://web.stanford.edu/class/linguist156/Lakoff_1973.pdf  Somer articles about Deborah Cameron's Myth of Mars and venus from around the time it was published: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/01/gender.books  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/03/gender.politicsphilosophyandsociety1  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/oct/02/gender.familyandrelationships  https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/language-common  Deborah wrote this Research Update for Teachers for the EMC back in 2015: https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/language-gender-a-research-update-for-teachers  Carmen Fought and Karen Eisenhauer, ‘The Princess Problem': https://www.kareneisenhauer.org/projects-and-publications/  A Q&A with Karen Eisenhauer about her work: https://english.news.chass.ncsu.edu/2017/04/20/language-gender-and-disney-princesses/  The Washington Post on the Disney Princess research: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/25/researchers-have-discovered-a-major-problem-with-the-little-mermaid-and-other-disney-movies/  Alessia Tranchese's paper on sexualised violence against women: https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publications/covering-rape-how-the-media-determine-how-we-understand-sexualise  Alessia Tranchese's paper on the language of incels on Reddit: https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/projects/online-misogyny-new-media-old-attitudes  Contributors Lisa Casey  blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates) Dan Clayton  blog: EngLangBlog & Twitter: EngLangBlog (@EngLangBlog) BlueSky: @danc.bsky.social  Jacky Glancey  Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey Matthew Butler  Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewbutlerCA  Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys  Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys 

Welcome to the Great Fresan Relisten of 2023! Over the next four weeks, we'll be reissuing an episode a day from the The Invented Part and The Dreamed Part seasons of TMR so that you can catch-up, refresh your memory, have a few laughs, etc., before the May 10th launch of Season 19 on The Remembered Part. Here are the show notes from the original airing: This week, Speculative Fiction in Translation founder and Best Translated Book Award judge Rachel Cordasco joins Chad and Brian to talk about the nature of time, deals with the devil, conflagrations, and writerly desires, or, in other words, the third part of "The Place Where the Sea Ends So the Forest Can Begin" in Rodrigo Fresán's The Invented Part. A very elegant section of the book following the wild, giant green cow bit that came before, the three hosts enthusiastically break down some of the plot clues included in this section, and what makes this book so damn good. (Stay till the very end to hear Rachel's enthusiasm take her over!) You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (Invented, Dreamed, Remembered, OR, if you don't have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then get The Part Trilogy for $40—approximately 30% off.   You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel aaand you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!  Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests. 

As a business owner, you know that marketing is one of the most important parts of your business. But how do you get started? What's the first thing you should do? How do you make sure your marketing efforts are effective? The 7 Ps of Digital Marketing is a framework that can help you build a strategy for marketing your business online. It's an essential part of your business plan, and it should be taken into consideration before you do anything else. In this episode, we'll walk through each of these 7 Ps so you can start building your own digital marketing strategy for your business! Key Takeaways: Product - What products or services are you offering? Price - What is the best price to offer your customers? Place - Where are you selling your product/service? Promotion – How do you promote your product/service? People - Who are your customers and how can you give them a great experience? Process - What process can you offer your potential customers that is different from your competitors? Physical Evidence - What can you show potential customers to make them feel confident that they will be happy with their purchase. Info and Links New Way Growth – Your Success Is Our Business

Paul Fahey, co-founder of Where Peter Is, has recently written a necessary and helpful article on recognizing and preventing spiritual abuse in the Catholic Church called "The Place Where you Stand is Holy Ground."  This type of abuse is not often talked about, but leaves lasting scars, and is a major contributor to the "rise of the nones." 

Susan Cain — Bittersweet, the Happiness of the Melancholy, How Sorrow Creates the Union Between Souls | Brought to you by Grammarly and Raycon. Susan Cain is one of my favorite authors and completely changed the way I viewed myself and my own strengths. Susan is the author of the Quiet Journal, Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts, and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, which spent eight years on The New York Times bestseller list, and has been translated into 40 languages. Her new masterpiece, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole, is available now. Susan's first record-smashing TED Talk has been viewed more than 40 million times and was named by Bill Gates as one of his all-time favorite talks (and if you like that one, you should check out her most recent TED Talk with violinist Min Kym). LinkedIn named her the top sixth influencer in the world, just behind Richard Branson and Melinda Gates. Susan partners with Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, and Dan Pink to curate the Next Big Idea Club. They donate all of their proceeds to children's literacy programs. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make us Whole In her new book, Susan discusses why sadness and the happiness of melancholy are key to achieving self-transcendence and the union between souls. As with the majority of people, you've probably been taught your entire life to look at the positive side and be happy no matter what. While there is a place for optimism and looking at the bright side, by burying your melancholy and sadness, you may actually be doing yourself a terrible disservice. Please enjoy Susan Cain's episode and leave us a 5-Star rating if you love the episode. I know Susan and I would appreciate seeing listener comments. If you would like to watch this episode in addition to listening to it, you can view it here on our YouTube Channel. Please subscribe. 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Follow Susan Cain on the Socials *Website: https://susancain.net/newsletter/ *Twitter: https://twitter.com/susancain/ *Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susancainauthor/ *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorsusancain/ *LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susancain/ *Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Makes us Whole by Susan Cain Links from the Show: Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Susan's Bittersweet Playlist | Spotify The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell Transcend by Scott Barry Kauffman The Compassionate Instinct by Dacher Keltner Father and Son by Cat Stevens The Whole of the Moon by the Waterboys Anthem (Live in London) | Leonard Cohen What is Kabbalah? | Reform Judaism 5 Teachings from the Japanese Wabi-Sabi Philosophy That Can Drastically Improve Your Life | Omar Itani Rumi: The Wound is the Place Where the Light Enters You | The Search For Wisdom Love Dogs by Rumi | The MERI Center at UCSF The Science of Music: Why Do Songs in a Minor Key Sound Sad? | NME Why Sad Songs Say So Much by Susan Cain | Quiet Revolution Our Longing Back to the Garden of Eden | NIV The Long Arm of Etymology, Or, Longing for Word Origins | OUPblog Survival of the Fittest: Groups versus Individuals | Farnam Street Dacher Keltner on the Vagus Nerve | Greater Good Science Center Battle of Wits Scene | The Princess Bride What Is Sufism? | Institute for Global Change Somewhere Over the Rainbow | The Wizard of Oz “…Our Hearts Are Restless…” An Analysis of One of the Greatest Sentences Ever Written | TGC Beauty in Sorrow by Balaji Ravichandran | The Guardian How to Turn Your Grief into Creativity | Baha'i Teachings Follow John on the Socials: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/Milesjohnr * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnrmiles.c0m * Medium: https://medium.com/@JohnRMiles ​* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_r_miles * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milesjohn/ * Blog: https://passionstruck.com/blog/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/passion_struck_podcast/ * Gear: https://www.zazzle.com/store/passion_struck/ -- John R Miles is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of Passion Struck. This full-service media company helps people live intentionally by creating best-in-class educational and entertainment content. John is also a prolific public speaker, venture capitalist, and author named to the ComputerWorld Top 100 IT Leaders. John is the host of the Passion Struck Podcast;  a show focused on exploring the mindset and philosophy world's most insightful people to learn their lessons to living intentionally and becoming the masters of their own life and destiny. Passion Struck aspires to speak to the humanity of people in a way that makes them want to live better, be better and impact. Stay tunJohn's John's latest project, his upcoming book, which will be published in summer 2022. Learn more about me: https://johnrmiles.com. New to this channel and the passion-struck podcast? Check out our starter packs which are our favorite episodes grouped by topic, to allow you to get a sense of all the podcast has to offer. 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Putin vs. globalists hyping Ukraine invasion. AFPAC III was fun: JLP praised Nick Fuentes. MTG catching heat for appearing!  The Hake Report returns Monday, February 28, 2022 AD – Hake was out Thursday-Friday, Feb 24-25, for AFPAC 3 in Florida with JLP. // Russia! Flashback: Trump says U.S. has a lot of "killers" too, like Putin, who's "invading" Ukraine. Worldwide "solidarity" with Ukraine, by women! // JUST A FEW CALLERS: Messy black callers, based black callers, AFPAC feedback, MTG, Russia mess… // RINOs and other phony politicians attack Marjorie Greene for speaking at AFPAC III. // OTHER HEADLINES: Ketanji Brown Jackson for SCOTUS? J6 persecution; HHS targets kids for vaxx //  MUSIC: "This Is the Place Where the Dead Help the Living" - Anaphylaxis - Noise for Lovers (2005) // "Easy Seas" - Chris Haugen - YouTube Audio Library (Chris selection) //  CALLERS William from Kansas City, MO asks a dumb question about out-of-wedlock birth, then cusses.  Joe from Phoenix, AZ smears the Great White Hope, Donald J. Trump, with an old reference!  J from Georgia loved AFPAC III, but not Stew Peters's bashing of MTG, who's not perfect!  Art from Ohio says we'll be hurting if Russia cuts the power on America!  Erick from Selma, AL, aka King Drop, expresses love for all, because everyone's a hater!  Also check out Hake News from today.  TIME STAMPS 0:00:00 Mon, Feb 28, 2022 0:01:10 Hey, guys! 0:02:13 Putin! 0:14:10 WILLIAM: OUT-OF-WEDLOCK 0:22:57 JOE: GREAT WHITE HOPE 0:24:40 Supers: Haters, Florida, Beard, Groyper 0:32:36 J: STEW PETERS VS MTG 0:44:40 AFPAC III 1:00:17 "This Is the Place Where the Dead Help the Living" - Anaphylaxis 1:03:35 Reading chat during noise 1:04:43 Supers: Joel Friday, Russia 1:07:16 ART, OH: RUSSIA-UKRAINE 1:15:03 Marjorie Greene 1:24:52 DANA: UKRAINE LABS 1:31:01 ERICK, AL: LOVE ALL 1:36:37 Volodymyr Zelensky 1:40:08 Ketanji Jackson 1:49:12 J6 persecution 1:55:08 HHS targets kids for vaxx 1:59:12 "Easy Seas" - Chris Haugen HAKE LINKS VIDEO ARCHIVE: YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | Rumble | COMING? Odysee  AUDIO PODCAST: Apple | Spotify | Podcast Addict | Castbox | TuneIn | Stitcher | Google | iHeart | Amazon | PodBean  LIVE VIDEO: Odysee | Facebook | Twitter | DLive | YouTube* | Twitch* | NOT Trovo*  SUPER CHAT: Streamlabs | Odysee | SUPPORT: SubscribeStar | Patreon | Teespring  Call in! 888-775-3773, live Monday through Friday 9 AM - 11 AM PT (Los Angeles) https://thehakereport.com/show  Also see Hake News from JLP's show today.  *NOTE: YouTube, Twitch, and Trovo have all censored James's content on their platforms over fake "Community Guidelines" violations. (Trovo permanently blocked The Hake Report.)  BLOG POST: https://www.thehakereport.com/blog/2022/2/23/022822-mon-no-hake-till-monday 

“What's dying is your attachment to an old self and feeling confused is the signature”.  Today's guest is a living LEGEND. Kelly Brogan, MD is a holistic psychiatrist and best selling author with degrees from the top medical institutions. Her real life experience treating patients revealed the secret to ultimate wellbeing, and it was VASTLY different than what she had been taught. This MASSIVE revelation led Kelly to adopt an integrative approach that prioritizes our inherent ability to heal ourselves. We also discuss why illusory disempowerment is so commonplace, how to embrace personal responsibility over our health, and why it's not our responsibility to save others from themselves.   Highlights: [4:40] How being diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis changed Dr. Brogan's perception of conventional medical wisdom. [10:28] What makes someone ready to depart from the familiar and overcome tribalistic thinking? [14:50] How did traditional medicine training fail Dr. Brogan? [19:50] When did Dr. Brogan realize the global implications of the pharmaceutical industry? [26:20] How to step into a healing field and radically transform your life. [29:30] How Dr. Brogan helped women shift out of dependency and into regenerative neurobiology.  [33:25] Why using the words “worried” and “concerned” is not conducive to healing. [39:44] ‘The Wound is the Place Where the Light Enters' - Rumi [42:10] How was humanity's understanding perverted to convince us that our light is our greatest vulnerability?  [47:20] Why it's not our responsibility to save anyone from themselves. [54:15] “There are consequences to your caution” - Dr. Kelly Brogan [58:09] Why are there so many professional patients? [1:03:02] What are the advantages and downsides to the mentorship model? Connect with The Oto Gomes Crypto Show! Instagram || https://www.instagram.com/otogomes/ (@otogomes) YouTube || https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZgYwCRh5BnYwf318pIi_gQ (The Oto Gomes Crypto Show) FREE TRAINING || https://otogomes.live/free-training (Get your wealth journey started in this 90 minute training!) Website || https://otogomes.live/ (OtoGomes.Live - Sign up for the Crypto Made Easy Course and Crypto Wealth Coaching!) Connect with Kelly Brogan, MD: Instagram || https://www.instagram.com/kellybroganmd/ (@kellybroganmd) Website ||https://www.kellybroganmd.com/ ( kellybroganmd.com - books, online programs, and much more!!!)

In this episode, James and Matt do a deep dive into the recent Shenmue the Animation Panel and Trailer. We break down the trailer frame by frame and also discuss everything that we learnt from the panel with Yu Suzuki, Chikara Sakurai, Yu Kiyozono and Joseph Chou. Please give us your thoughts and feedback on this episode wherever you please, be it on Twitter, the Forums, or any of our contact options - we'd love to know what you thought! Visit the Shenmue Dojo Forums to discuss Shenmue and the upcoming Anime: https://www.shenmuedojo.com/forum/index.php Watch the visual show version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aXZHll7vtUs Listen to the audio Podcast version via all good Podcast providers and Spotify. Anchor: https://anchor.fm/shenmue-dojo Shenmue the Animation Trailer: https://youtu.be/QRD8jU_6sEg Shenmue the Animation Full Panel: https://youtu.be/Q1ij3jG-uW4 Original Panel Link: https://www.findthemetaverse.com/anime/nycc-2021-shenmue-continuing-the-legacy-virtual-screening News: + Kitchen Bros Interview - https://youtu.be/fv8-Kdu2tjI + Godhead Fortuneteller's Theme Video - https://youtu.be/euuT8CKu464 + Radio SEGA - https://www.radiosega.net + 110 Industries TGS Video - https://youtu.be/10MmWa3LGn4 + Shenmue 3 Vinyl Bigwax - https://bigwax.io/collections/brave-wave-productions/products/shenmue-iii-original-soundtrack-music-selection?_pos=3&_sid=2ac38d5f9&_ss=r + Shenmue 3 Vinyl Glow in the Dark Just4Games - https://www.shop-justforgames.com/shenmue-iii-ost-vinyle-glow-in-the-dark-limited-ed-2lp-shenmue-iii-ps4-offert-c2x34446521 + Limited Run Games - https://limitedrungames.com/search?type=product,page&q=shenmue*+ Unboxing Series - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVhOk4jvqG_6ORi8ZGCo1wwqmmBC0DccF + Wayo Records Shenmue Music Box - https://www.wayorecords.com/en/wayo-music-box/737-shenmue-music-box.html Music Used: Dawn (Intro) Shenmue 2: Rooftop Confrontation Shenmue 3: A Place Where the Sun Sets (Version 2) Osamu Murata Joe Kitchen Shenmue Anime Theme.- https://youtu.be/WAdp4Ush10Q Timestamps: Intro: 00:00:00 Anime Trailer Deep Dive: 00:10:12 Prophecy Comparison: 00:47:28 Shenmue the Animation Website: 00:55:28 Rooftop Music: 00:58 Anime Panel Discussion: 01:01:38 Fan Feedback: 01:32:55 Media Feedback: 01:48:06 A Place Where the Sun Sets (Version 2) Music: 01:52:15 News: 01:56:25 Outro: 02:12:20 Joe Kitchen Anime Theme Music: 02:15:17 Footage Used: BlueMue - Shenmue 3 Backer Trial A day in Bailu Timelapse: https://youtu.be/lE30PHQipcU Various Shenmue Dojo Content (https://www.youtube.com/c/ShenmueDojoVOD/videos) Joseph Kitchen - Godhand Fortuneteller (https://youtu.be/euuT8CKu464) Joseph Kitchen - I Had to write a Shenmue-esque Theme to the Shenmue Anime Trailer! (https://youtu.be/WAdp4Ush10Q) Personal Recordings Various other Shenmue & Dojo Youtube videos, thank you for all the great Shenmue content over the years everyone! Please SUBSCRIBE for more great shows and interviews, and check out our forums: https://www.shenmuedojo.com/forum/index.php Episode recorded by Matt Oliver, with James Brown. Audio & Video Edited by James Brown.

The Lord promised “I will not leave you comfortless” (John 14:18) Sometimes we are just so focused on our pain that we don't see how much we are being carried. It's so hard to contain my emotion when I see this picture - "Healing in His wings" Art - by Mark Mabry in the Reflections of Christ Collection. Joseph Smith's Sacred Grove Account - Joseph Smith History 1:16 “The Wound is the Place Where the Light Enters You” - Rumi

On Becoming All That You Can Be I vividly remember my school Term Report from my Art teacher: “John shows no potential whatsoever for Art.” I knew that I wasn’t any good at Art, not in any conventional sense anyway, but this hurt. I was 11 years old. I put my aspirations of being the next Andy Warhol on hold and only dared take up cartooning at the tender age of 55 when I found a great teacher. Huh! Seems that I did have some potential after all… or was it the teacher who lacked potential? Potential as a noun means “latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness.” As an adjective potential is: “having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future.” It’s important to be clear because potential often gets confused with “Talent” and, mixed up with drive, ambition and confidence, and possibly worse, gets confused with high academic grades. Potential is much more than just knowledge or the ability to score well in exams. > ### Purpose > In this guide we’ll consider what are the components of potential so that we can distinguish between them and choose to develop those that will provide you the greatest chance of succeeding in your endeavours. > ### Process > I’ll introduce you to the components of potential so that you can #UnStuck those areas that are holding you back. > ### Payoff This will provide you a roadmap to UnStuck and develop your true potential to achieve your success in life and work. When I was growing up, like you, parents, teachers and other adults perpetuated a myth that if I did well in school that this would enable me to go to a good college or university and thus get a good job. “Doing well” in school meant getting ‘A’ Grades. Anything less, was not so good and would, inevitably, mean I was doomed for some sub-par career and less success. Personally, I wasn’t that bothered. I looked at all these adults with their ‘”successful” careers and saw how miserable they were - that wasn’t the type of “success” that I was after. I’d rather do something I enjoyed, found meaningful and was good enough to earn a decent living. These decades later and I see the myth perpetuates that good grades equals high potential. And competence and competency are often confused with confidence, drive and ambition and other qualities or capacities like confidence, connections and money are often deemed more important than abilities in determining if you are “High Potential”. The Components of Potential Your True Potential is much more than how much knowledge you have. Through our extensive research over the past 4 decades, we’ve identified six significant components of Potential that individually, and together, make a difference in your future success: KnowledgeWhat you know and ho much you know Skills and AbilitiesWhat you can do both technically (competence) and behaviourally (competency) Relationships (and connections)To whom you are connected, who you know, and who knows you. ResourcesWhat resources you have access to including money. Time, andHow well you manage your time and prioritise > #### Place Where you are in the world and what access you have to other places The importance other people place on each component determines how they perceive your true potential! There are other elements of who you are that do matter to some people that can play a critical role in their perception of your potential including your race, ethnicity, and nationality. Your gender, and your Religious affiliation. These may be prejudicial biases, however, they remain a real factor of how some people perceive others and their potential to perform and be successful. It’s not “What You Know or What You Do, its Who You Know!” I heard this first from my Godfather - who had been a Captain in the British Army. I’ve heard it many times since, and I’m sure that you’ve heard it many times. We hear it a lot because it rings true to our experience in life. It is a sad reality that there are a lot of leaders in all sectors of society who appear to lack the skills and abilities to lead or manage well. You’ve almost certainly had the pleasure of working for such an organisation. These individuals are often held out as examples of people with “high potential”, often because they managed to score very well in some school or university exams. More often because they are wealthy or connected to someone higher up in the organisation or related to someone important in society. For some, it’s because they are adept at the skill of “politicking” and choosing to build the relationships that will (and do) further their career. For others, they were simply at the right place at the right time. Is this fair? Not for anyone who hasn’t been blessed with being born into the right family in the right place with the access to those relationships, wealth and the best schools etc. But you can develop your potential in all of these areas. But the phrase isn’t quite correct: It’s not “What You Know or What You Do, OR Who You Know!” - it’s “Who Knows You!” Back in the day, it was the “Old Boys” network - if you were in, fantastic. If you were not, tough. And you might think that this is dead and buried (or should be) - not so fast young Padawan. It’s alive and well. I’ve sat in on many senior management meetings where an open position is being discussed and the question raised is rarely: “Who has the right knowledge and skills to be the best candidate for this position?” The question presented is along the lines: “Who do we know who…” If you want that position you need to be known (by the right people). If you want to be successful in that position - you will also need the knowledge, skills, abilities, resources, relationships, time and be at the right place. Before you embark on your Great Networking Goldrush It’s easier today than ever to become known - even instafamous. Though perhaps being known for being known isn't quite what we’re after - known in professional circles should be the ticket… In the early Noughties began the great networking rush. BNI had been founded by Ivan Misner back in the mid 80’s. Freemasonry began way back in 1717 but it was the launch of LinkedIn in 2003 that made networking accessible across the globe. 2004 saw the launch of FaceBook, 2006 heard the first tweet. Connections, followers or friends became king. However, having thousands of connections to virtual strangers is only useful if the right connections know you and, critically, remember you when that opportunity is presented. And more often than not, you’ve previously done something for those individuals. I call such people my “butlers” - as in the butler or cup-bearer in the story about Joseph in Genesis 40—41. I continue to be shocked when I hear from an old connection who's been out of contact for a long time busy with their successful career, ‘suddenly’ reaches out - asking for work or an introduction because they've lost their job. So here's a great tip, if you want others to help you when you may be in need, help them now while you can and keep in touch regularly. Walter Winchell: scandal master, on a life philosophy: “It pays to be nice to the people you meet on the way up, for they are the same people you meet on the way down.” Getting a job at HQ Many of my coaching clients over the years embarked on their coaching, in part, to prepare them for getting and keeping a prized role in their company headquarters. They already posses the technical knowledge, skills and abilities to get to here to their current level (they have a high TQ or Technical Quotient) - this is what got them to their current position. They often have some key MQ and LQ that helped to get them here. But to get there, they need something more. And in particular, they need to be known for what they are capable of doing now and in the future by the very people who will be determining that future. That is, they need the right people at HQ to know them and respect what they are capable of being, and to trust that they will look even better for backing this person, and that the organisation will benefit. In short, you need to be purposefully strategic in building and maintaining your relationships. The Paradox of Potential I've seen this in many organisations and governments. The “brightest and best” are identified by school or university grade score as part of the “High Potential” pool - there's some fanfare, a suite of training programs, perhaps MBAs are taken and the “HiPos” are promoted. Meanwhile, the non-high-potential morale has sunk, many have quit or actively seeking new positions, commitment has dropped and performance suffered. The HiPos, being (initially) highly driven (and very well paid), take this upon themselves and make up for the loss, working extra hard and many burning out. There follows a new initiative to regain the work-life balance and a big drive to retain High Potentials. The non-high-potentials (C grade average) meantime have found new roles in more forward thinking and egalitarian organisations - or founded a possible unicorn and look to hire good workers: People who can read well, memorise well and test well and follow process… that would be the “A” Students. The “B” Students end up in the government because the government don’t want free-thinking creative visionaries in what is essentially, an admin job. And they can’t afford the “A” students… Why “A” Students work for “C” Students and Why “B” Students work for the government wrote Robert T. Kiyosaki in his rich man's guide to education for parents. Potential is not (just) good grades! Nor is it (just) your skills and abilities. Now is it (just) relationships, nor (just) how well you manage your priorities and time, nor (just) what resources and money you have at your disposal. And nowadays, with virtual and hybrid working becoming normal’, your location matters a lot less. Your true potential are the latent qualities and abilities you have that can be developed for your future success. Your true potential is a simple case of knowing and aligning what you have now that can be developed, and what you want to be doing in your future success. Developing Your Potential Being purposefully strategic in building and maintaining your relationships is not the only area you need to focus attention. It is critical in this world, but all of it is moot if you lack the skills you need to be successful in your chosen future role. The first step is to know where you are now and where you want to be. We have some tools, assessments and techniques we use to help our clients and I’ll be sharing some of these with you in How to UnStuck Your True Potential #joyatwork #tales

This week's show is a bit special! It's one of our #bestofthebest compilations - Mark and I have each chosen our favourite track from each of the last 12 shows (so 24 tracks in all). Wall to wall gorgeousness - the very best innovative, creative, melodic new music!New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else!On 16 radio stations in 5 countries all week!Playlist:Incantation – Whitney TaiScars – Ambient Jazz EnsembleFor All You Give – The Paper Kites, Lucy RoseWant It Kept – Many Voices SpeakRobber – The Weather StationGive It Back to the Feelings – KonradsenThe Spell – NIGHTSONGLiquidity – Gyða Valtýsdóttir, Kjartan SveinssonDifficult – Ruby WatersThe Wound is the Place Where the Light Enters You – Shadi G3017 – LexxyHiatus – Yellow Belly, Gus RingLaissons Cela Entre Nous – Project BlackbirdLove Me World – Soda BlondeMissing – Anúna, Terry RadiganThese Silvery Days – PaaliaqWhere the Time Went – Ex:Re, Josephine Stephenson, 12 EnsembleStories – Sarah NeufeldINFINITE – PAVILIONHysteria – AeriaMoonlight – Neon GruDream My Life Away – Tash Sultana, Josh CashmanOleander – KinlawAs A Child – Madeline the Person

This week's show is a bit special! It's one of our #bestofthebest compilations - Mark and I have each chosen our favourite track from each of the last 12 shows (so 24 tracks in all). Wall to wall gorgeousness - the very best innovative, creative, melodic new music! New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! On 16 radio stations in 5 countries all week! Playlist: Incantation – Whitney Tai Scars – Ambient Jazz Ensemble For All You Give – The Paper Kites, Lucy Rose Want It Kept – Many Voices Speak Robber – The Weather Station Give It Back to the Feelings – Konradsen The Spell – NIGHTSONG Liquidity – Gyða Valtýsdóttir, Kjartan Sveinsson Difficult – Ruby Waters The Wound is the Place Where the Light Enters You – Shadi G 3017 – Lexxy Hiatus – Yellow Belly, Gus Ring Laissons Cela Entre Nous – Project Blackbird Love Me World – Soda Blonde Missing – Anúna, Terry Radigan These Silvery Days – Paaliaq Where the Time Went – Ex:Re, Josephine Stephenson, 12 Ensemble Stories – Sarah Neufeld INFINITE – PAVILION Hysteria – Aeria Moonlight – Neon Gru Dream My Life Away – Tash Sultana, Josh Cashman Oleander – Kinlaw As A Child – Madeline the Person

The After Eight Show goes out on 15 different radio stations in 5 countries. This week, as always, we had masses of #NewMusic in our playlist! An eclectic mix of original, intelligent, melodic, grown-up songs - #electronic, #rnb, #jazz, #blues and #acoustic. And mostly from artists who you have not heard of - yet! Think 'next series of Jools' - that's the kind of artists that we play. In December, it was the 40th anniversary of the shooting of John Lennon. He was 40 at the time of his death. GEMS have done a rework of his best known solo album, Imagine, and we are playing one of the tracks from that. It's a fascinating treatment of a love song to Yoko - give it a listen and see for yourself! New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! Playlist: No Room (Johannes Klingbiel remix) – Nana Adjoa, Johannes Klingbiel I Give You Power – Arcade Fire, Mavis Staples It’s Me, Robin – Bernice Want Me – Baby Queen The Wound is the Place Where the Light Enters You – Shadi G Heavy Weather - Sølv Difficult – Ruby Waters Everyone With Someone – Harrison Scarecrow Come Home – Zora Jones Horrible Person – Caitlin Pasko Oh Yoko! – John Lennon Oh Yoko! – Gems (Luvva Cover feature) Thirty Tulips – Mary Lattimore Planet Ping Pong – Le Volume Courbe Streets of Olympia – Healthy Junkies There Must’ve Been A Reason – All Night Dining Fruit Flies – Diving Station Autumn Phase – Yppah, Ali Coyle Lost – Ganga Please – Odina Flutterbye – Amy Papiransky Tin King - Ultraísta

On this episode, we have Lauren and Julia from the wonderful Miss Information Podcast! We talk about museums, their history, and the beauty of Rochester! In this Round Robin game we play,: Let's Rock! (Rocks and Minerals) Treaties and Agreements Art History "-Stan" in the Place Where you Live Regrets in Innovation Check out and subscribe to Miss Information on Apple Podcast or Spotify! ## Picks Julia: Magic Mike XXL - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2268016/ Lauren: Ocean's Eight - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5164214/ Rachel: Spy - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3079380/ ## Social and Email Follow Us on Social Media [@thingsigotwrong](https://instagram.com/thingsigotwrong) and at [thingsigotwrong.com](https://thingsigotwrong.com). If you have a recommendation pick or topic ideas for future shows, you can send them to thingsigotwrong@gmail.com along with your name and a link to your favorite social profile or something cool you're working on we'll be happy to shout it out in the show! ## Hosts This episode features Rachel Miller, Stuart Hopkins and Ryan Bott --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thingsigotwrong/support

On this episode, we have Lauren and Julia from the wonderful Miss Information Podcast! We talk about Museums, their history, and the beauty of Rochester! In this Round Robin game we play,: Let's Rock! (Rocks and Minerals) Treaties and Agreements Art History "-Stan" in the Place Where you Live Regrets in Innovation Check out and subscribe to Miss Information on Apple Podcast or Spotify! ## Picks Julia: Magic Mike XXL - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2268016/ Lauren: Ocean's Eight - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5164214/ Rachel: Spy - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3079380/ ## Social and Email Follow Us on Social Media [@thingsigotwrong](https://instagram.com/thingsigotwrong) and at [thingsigotwrong.com](https://thingsigotwrong.com). If you have a recommendation pick or topic ideas for future shows, you can send them to thingsigotwrong@gmail.com along with your name and a link to your favorite social profile or something cool you're working on we'll be happy to shout it out in the show! ## Hosts This episode features Rachel Miller, Stuart Hopkins and Ryan Bott

On this episode, we have Lauren and Julia from the wonderful Miss Information Podcast! We talk about museums, their history, and the beauty of Rochester! In this Round Robin game we play,: Let's Rock! (Rocks and Minerals) Treaties and Agreements Art History "-Stan" in the Place Where you Live Regrets in Innovation Check out and subscribe to Miss Information on Apple Podcast or Spotify! ## Picks Julia: Magic Mike XXL - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2268016/ Lauren: Ocean's Eight - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5164214/ Rachel: Spy - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3079380/ ## Social and Email Follow Us on Social Media [@thingsigotwrong](https://instagram.com/thingsigotwrong) and at [thingsigotwrong.com](https://thingsigotwrong.com). If you have a recommendation pick or topic ideas for future shows, you can send them to thingsigotwrong@gmail.com along with your name and a link to your favorite social profile or something cool you're working on we'll be happy to shout it out in the show! ## Hosts This episode features Rachel Miller, Stuart Hopkins and Ryan Bott --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thingsigotwrong/support

In this episode, we talk with SARA WESTBROOK who is a professional speaker, author and creator of her brand, 3E Emotional Development.THOUGHT #1You are Perfectly Imperfect and That’s What’s Perfect About You THOUGHT #2The Wound is the Place Where the Light Enters You - RumiCONNECT:Website: 3EEmotionalDevelpment.comWebsite: SaraWestbrook.comEmail: sara@sarawestbrook.comFacebook: @SaraWestbrookFanPageInstagram: @IamSaraWestbrookLinkedin: Sara WestbrookTwitter: @SaraWestbrookYouTube: Sara WestbrookBRAND & RESOURCE MENTIONS:"Thunderstruck" (AC/DC) - YoutubeHamburger Helper - BettyCrocker.comCabbage Patch Kids - CabbagePatchKids.comEbay - Ebay.com"Beautiful Imperfection" (Fort Pastor) - YoutubeGreenbelt Music Festival - Greenbelt.org.ukPip Wilson - PipWilson.comYMCA - YMCA.net"This Is Me...Then" (Jennifer Lopez) - Youtube"Beautiful" (Christina Aguilera) - YoutubeSongland (NBC) - NBC.comRumi - Poets.orgNHL - NHL.comMLB - MLB.comCanadian Idol - WikipediaCeline Dion - CelineDion.comLady A - wikipedia.orgHard Rock International – HardRock.comThoughts That Rock – ThoughtsThatRock.comCertified Rock Star - CertifiedRockStar.comCulture That Rocks: How to Revolutionize Your Company’s Culture (Jim Knight) – CultureThatRocks.comBlack Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You (Brant Menswar) - FindYourBlackSheep.comRock ‘n Roll With It: Overcoming the Challenge of Change (Brant Menswar) – RocknRollWithIt.comCannonball Kids’ cancer – CannonballKidscancer.orgBig Kettle Drum - BigKettleDrum.comSpectacle Photography (Show/Website Photos) – SpectaclePhoto.comJeffrey Todd “JT” Keel (Show Music) - JT KeelSARA WESTBROOK'S BIO:Specializing in Emotional Development Skills:  Hi, I'm Sara Westbrook, professional speaker, author and creator of 3E Emotional Development presentations, workshops and consulting. I have spent the last 15 years researching emotions and the impact they have on choices & well-being.In today’s changing work environment, being able to rebound from challenging circumstances and the emotions they trigger is pivotal to both professional and personal success.I have had the pleasure of presenting my energetic, interactive and meaningful presentations to over 500,000 people, and have been on many media outlets including Global, CTV and Sirius XM. Here’s some behind the scenes about me…Before I was a full time speaker I was an award winning singer/songwriter. When I’m not writing or presenting, I can be found in my kitchen whipping up yummy, healthy treats for my husband George and son Kai. At the end of a long day, I love relaxing with George, talking about our day over a glass of red juice

In this episode, I talk about the 4 Ps of customer experience and how they can help your business win:  People, Place Product, and Process People - The "who" of your organization Place - "Where" you meet your customers Product - "What" product of service you offer Process - "How" you get things done and make things easy   It's time for the great service comeback!   Tony Johnson is a Customer Experience Expert, Keynote Speaker, and Author with a wide background including decades in retail and restaurants.  He regularly speaks and coaches organizations to IGNITE THEIR SERVICE using his common sense approach to Customer engagement.  Tony has spoken to government agencies and Fortune 500 companies to unlock their amazing capacity for excellence.   Tony Johnson Customer Service Expert | Author | Trainer | Speaker   Check out my FREE Resources and Training Tools: Web: https://www.igniteyourservice.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RecipeforserviceNet Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ServiceRecipe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/recipeforservice/ Tik Tok:  https://vm.tiktok.com/owrTbL/ Snap Chat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/thetonyjohnson   Music: http://www.bensound.com

Dr. Shante Cofield a.k.a The Movement Maestro holds a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from NYU and is the creator of The Movement Maestro, a social-media based company that provides both online and in-person education for movement professionals.A former Division I athlete, she is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, board-certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, and RockTape Lead Instructor. As a Selective Functional Movement Assessment provider, Shanté utilizes a movement-based approach that incorporates manual therapy, NeuroKinetic Therapy, corrective exercises, and techniques such as kinesiology taping and IASTM (instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization). Additionally, Shanté is a Functional Range Conditioning mobility specialist and holds a CrossFit Level I trainer certificate.Since starting The Movement Maestro, Shante has amassed an Instagram following of 55,000+ which has led to international speaking opportunities including Dubai, New Zealand, and Australia. In April of 2018, she launched what would become an equally successful podcast, Maestro on the Mic, which has been downloaded over 250,000 times to date. Shante also provides both one-on-one and group coaching for movement professionals, with a focus on brand strategy and development and the ever-growing digital marketplace.In This Episode We Discuss:Who is Shante The Movement MaestroThe Future of PT?  Paradigm Shifts in Physical Therapy …@12:33Shante’s #1 Recommendation for those considering college to study Physical Therapy … @18:18Business Mobility - Surviving and Thriving in the current climate: @25:39The biggest hindrances to achieving social media goals for new online businesses (and how to overcome them)… @34:05Should You Outsource Social Media at the beginning?… @42:01- The 4 Pillars of Social Media- Filtering messages and DM’sPhysical Therapy in the Digital Space… @47:20Intellectual Property: Thoughts on Posting Free Content on Social Media. …@49:09Is Social Media a Place Where a Company or Brand Should Engage Social Issues? …@55:28As a New Brand — How Much Should You Utilize Paid Promotions (Ads) on Social Media Outlets?… @1:01:44Podcasting: Is the Market Over Saturated?  Is the Ceiling Still High?… @1:08What is Financial Freedom?… @1:16:27More from Dr. Shante at:https://themovementmaestro.comhttps://www.instagram.com/themovementmaestro/

This week: my latest thoughts on the latest news, Chapter 4 of THE PLACE WHERE.OLD SCHOOL BUSES GO TO DIE, and a story about one of my greatest bits of public humiliation as a student musician. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/4-cents-a-podcast/support

Project Tenth Cloud The album "Far North" Tracklist: 01 Song from Distant North 02 Air Lines to Sabetta 03 Beyond the Arctic Circle 04 People of the Pole 05 Cold Krista Bay Winds 06 Seen the Northern Lights 07 Architecture of Perfection 08 Frozen Words 09 Salt Seas of Whalen 10 Place Where the Time Stood Still 11 White Horizon 12 On Danger Ices 13 Farewell to Ice Land 14 Polar Expedition RMX Bonus-tracks: 01 Beyond the Arctic Circle (RadioVersion) 02 Place Where the Time Stood Still (Radio Version) 03 Song from Distant North (Video Cut) Release date : 2018 Alexey Markov - composer, arranger, performer, concept author Page composer Alexey Markov https://vk.com/id115071494 http://neane.ru/rus/3/member/markov.htm#discography --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-cd8c8e8/message

Enjoy the episode - Happy Marketing! www.marketingstudylab.co.uk https://www.linkedin.com/in/petersumpton/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/marketingstudylab/ https://twitter.com/cousinp81(@cousinp81) Intro Where is the place to be? Why is location (physical or digital important). This will become apparent a little bit later on. Diana can basically turn your video, audio and graphics into something that people want to learn from.  But first we’re chatting to Diana Wilson, a freelance video editor who’s niche is within the online course creation market. Taking your audio and video and making into something people want to learn from. Not only that but Diana also helps her clients with the sales and marketing elements of their business. Certain circumstance (as we’ll find out later) is what drove Diana to enter this market, but in doing so it became apparent that this was not only her passion, but she was pretty darn good and what she offered.   Takeaways - If you’re struggling to understand where you fit in life or where your passions is that you can make a living around, Diana has the perfect antidote: Write everything down, find the middle, how you can combine these elements and focus on this and solely this – your sweet spot!  - When creating an online course, audio, visual, content and the value you bring are all important aspects. If you know your audience, you can tailor what you are providing to what they actually want rather than what you ‘think’ they need. Two very different propositions indeed. - Preparation, preparation, preparation. Start with the basics and then develop from there. If you can create a roadmap for the entire development process then this will keep you on course, reduce procrastination and make you more efficient. Which is very similar to writing a Marketing Assignment. Do your prep, start off with the main points you want to get across and then develop your answer from there.   Top Tip – 7 P’s - Place Where do you by your stuff? Online, retail store… 'round the back'? Regardless of where you purchase, when you are thinking of ‘Place’ within a marketing mix there are a few elements that are critical to consider when thinking of your route to market.  The first element is how much control do you need within the whole supply chain? If you need to keep a tight control of what your product and service looks like, the packaging, protection and the delivery as this is what make you unique then its worth considering going direct to consumer. If you are happy to relinquish control or it’s more cost effective, it may be worth handing this over to a Distributor or a Wholesale who will take this task away from you. Other elements that may determine your channel selection could be: - Geographical location. If local the  you may be able to facilitate delivery, international, is it better to hand this over to an expert that already has the infrastructure to deal with this shipping - Product characteristics such as fragility and the trust put in your supply chain to handle delivery with no repercussions. This is similar for high ticketed items and the security required to delivery them. - Don’t forget the dreaded legal issues, legislation, tax implications, trade descriptions and the crossing of international borders, as well as the variations of these within different countries. Make sure the places you intend to use suite both your company, the product or service you are delivering and, most importantly it matches your target markets expectations, no, exceeds your target markets expectations.   Links Diana Wilson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-wilson/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ueXwEVf8Qek95FLmyjoaQ https://sites.google.com/view/texastasker/home Books:Building a StoryBrand – Miller Donald: https://amzn.to/2Rz8XRq  App:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com Extras: Course Marketplaces:Udemy: https://www.udemy.comSkillShare: https://www.skillshare.com Hosting Platforms:Teachable: https://teachable.comThinkific: https://www.thinkific.comKajabi: https://kajabi.com   Music Featured on this Podcast: Sleepy in the Garden Lobo Loco www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License  

A marriage license saga, communal living, an improv game reveals chimney sweeps and troglodytes, understanding lifestyle commentary and noting changing trends changing society, humor in a larger story, and breaking news interrupts the show. Plus---the origins of the poop emoji? Lifestyle commentator Robert di Mauro brings his energy, humor, and experience as he joins Marc Raco, Danielle Beckmann, and producer Elsie in the MouthMedia Network studio. Elsie educates us on the origins of the "poop emoji" Marc asks Danielle about the sponges, which are apparently used to clean NYC, especially the subway, and Danielle has an 85 year-old intern Quick Nerd Tip : Adult education school “Brooklyn Brainery” in Park Slope The Saga of Getting Marc’s Marriage License Community/communal living - is it merely an extension of “Dorm Living?” Improv Game - What If? A Chimney Sweep with Marc and Danielle, followed by The Place Where the Troglodytes Live with Robert and Danielle Getting to know Robert - Understanding what a lifestyle commentator is Robert talks about changing trends that have shaped the fabric of society What are the different pieces of Robert’s journey that have allowed him to look at things through the lenses he does? Robert’s theater background, and his experience with MouthMedia How does Robert see humor as part of a larger story that an industry has to tell? Robert bringing the humor in his own life Why does Robert call so many people friends that we would recognize by name, as celebrities? He gives a lot of credit to his father, always a man of the community Elsie introduces the snack, which is a very fancy chocolate bar. Many chickens are given Danielle shares a feature in Chapman magazine which praises Danielle and FPT itself! A very Italian sign-off

1. Every Little Thing i do - Soul for Real 2. Don´t Walk Away - Jade 3. Need your Love - Big Bub fet-Queen Latifah 4. Stello (Diggin you) - Saturday 5. The Place (Where you belong) - Dj Bo 6. U Know Whats up - Donell Jones 7. Where my Girls At - 702 8. Top of the World - Brandy ft.Mase 9. Sweetheart - Mariah Carey ft. JD 10. Only You - 112 ft Notorious BIG 11. Too Close - Next 12. Get it on Tonight - Montell Jordan 13. Geogry Porgy - Eric Bennet ft. Faith Evans 14. Thats the Way Love goes - Janet Jackson

We are available at worshipweekly.buzzsprout.com, Sticher, iTunes, Google Play Music and on Facebook at WorshipWeekly@firstfaithibc.Feel free to reach out to Rev Jackson directly at FirstFaithIBC@gmail.com and he will respond as soon as possible.This week’s sermon is “24 Reasons To Be Saved” and we will start reading from Luke Chapter 16 and verse 19 through verse 31. This week’s music is “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” sung by Mrs. Gloria Estes. 24 Reasons You Need to Be Saved: 1. Revelation 20:15 – Hell is a lake of fire2. Rev 20:1 – Hell is a bottomless pit3. Psalms 11:6 – Hell is a horrible tempest4. Isaiah 33:14 – Hell is a place of everlasting burning 5. Matthew 13: 41-42 – Hell is a Furnace of Fire6. Isaiah 33:14 – Hell is a place of devouring fire7. Luke 16:23 – Hell is a Place of Torment8. Luke 16:24 – Hell is a Place where People Cry For Mercy9. Matthew 25:46 – Hell is a Place of Everlasting Punishment10. Matthew 13:42 – Hell is a Place where they Wail11. Revelation 16:11 – Hell is a Place Where They Curse God12. Matthew 12:32 – Hell is a Place Where They Never Repent13. Revelation 22:10-11 – Hell is a Place of Filthiness14. Matthew 8:12 – Hell is a Place of Weeping15. Psalms 18:5 – Hell is a Place of Sorrows16. Matthew 8:12 – Hell is a Place of Outer Darkness17. Revelation 14:11 – Hell is a Place Where They Have No Rest18. Revelation 16:10 – Hell is a Place Where They Gnaw Their Tongues19. Jude 1:13 – Hell is a Place of Blackness and Darkness Forever20. Mark 9:48 – Hell is a Place Where the Worm Dieth Not 21. Mark 9:48 – Hell is a Place Where the Fire Is Not Quenched22. Revelation 14:10 – Hell is a Place Where They Are Tormented With Brimstone23. Revelation 14:11 – Hell is a Place Where They Are Tormented Forever24. Luke 16:28 – Hell is a Place Where They Don’t Want Their Loved Ones To ComeHebrews 2:3 – You Cannot Escape Without Salvation

1. Every Little Thing i do - Soul for Real 2. Don´t Walk Away - Jade 3. Need your Love - Big Bub fet-Queen Latifah 4. Stello (Diggin you) - Saturday 5. The Place (Where you belong) - Dj Bo 6. U Know Whats up - Donell Jones 7. Where my Girls At - 702 8. Top of the World - Brandy ft.Mase 9. Sweetheart - Mariah Carey ft. JD 10. Only You - 112 ft Notorious BIG 11. Too Close - Next 12. Get it on Tonight - Montell Jordan 13. Geogry Porgy - Eric Bennet ft. Faith Evans 14. Thats the Way Love goes - Janet Jackson

Listen to what snow pros do in the summer! Rocky Mountain member, Stacey Gerrish, shares her summer story about her grandparents’ 180+ acre property in Vermont. Learn how she’s turning this special place into a retreat, “A Place Where the Journey Enriches the Soul,” and how this land is also connected to Stacey’s personal connections to skiing.

Download MP3 今月も第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、東広島での学生生活や、身近な話題について、英語で話してもらいます。 ベトナム出身のアンと、フィンランド出身のミロをお迎えしての最終回をお届けします。今回の話題は「ベトナムとフィンランドのおすすめ観光スポット」。 聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―） （中級〜上級向け） ＊毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。 ＊エントリーの「スクリプトを見る」をクリックすると、番組内で使われている表現を見ることができます（スクリプトは表示されません）。Tourist Spots in Finland and Vietnam a spot = a place Saijo = the town next to Hiroshima University, 30 min east of Hiroshima City Helsinki = the capital and largest city of Finland, located in the south. The population of Helsinki and its suburbs is about the same as the population of Hiroshima City. Helsinki is just 80 km north of Estonia, and 240 km west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. a sauna = サウナ in a way = to some extent, ある程度 Ha Long Bay = a 120-km coastline with thousands of islands. Translated into English, the name would be "The Place Where the Dragon Lies" or "The Bay of Descending Dragons." mystic = 神秘的 Hoi An = a historic fishing village with lots of winding streets and Chinese-style shops. It also has a lot of canals, so has been called "The Venice of Vietnam." in my eyes = in my opinion Mt. Koli = about 500 kms to the north and east of Helsinki, it is in a national park. The mountain is only about 250 m above a nearby lake, so it is small. There are beautiful forests and hiking trails, and it is famous for the changing of the autumn leaves in September. Jyvaskyla = located in the central part of Finland, it is on a nice lake. The town has cute wooden buildings next to modern stone ones. It's also known for its university and art. Da Nang = a city right next to Hoi An, on the east-central coast. "China Beach", with modern hotels, attracts a lot of tourists recently. Ho Chi Minh City = a big city in the south, formally known as Saigon Sa Pa = a town in the far north, especially known for its unique rice terraces （棚田）and ethnic minority groups (少数民族) a boundary = a border, 国境 Lapland = the region in the far north. It has a lot of pine trees, so it has been connected with a lot of Christmas images the Nordic Circle = also known as the Arctic Circle, near the North Pole. It is especially associated with northern Europe. the aurora borealis = also known as the Northern Lights, or just the aurora. It occurs when the Earth's magnetic sphere interacts with solar winds. In Finnish it is called "revontulet." versatile = なんでもできる、多才な to get out into = to go out of the cities, entering rural areas the countryside = rural areas to get off the beaten track = to go where tourists do not usually go spontaneous = doing something without planning, 自発的 kind a = kind of, in a way "couch surfing" = A couch is also called "a sofa." Couchsurfing is a cheap way of staying in someone's home, and is usually done by young people. Usually the homes are found through "Internet surfing."

Download MP3 今月も第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、東広島での学生生活や、身近な話題について、英語で話してもらいます。 ベトナム出身のアンと、フィンランド出身のミロをお迎えしての最終回をお届けします。今回の話題は「ベトナムとフィンランドのおすすめ観光スポット」。 聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―） （中級〜上級向け） ＊毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。 ＊エントリーの「スクリプトを見る」をクリックすると、番組内で使われている表現を見ることができます（スクリプトは表示されません）。Tourist Spots in Finland and Vietnam a spot = a place Saijo = the town next to Hiroshima University, 30 min east of Hiroshima City Helsinki = the capital and largest city of Finland, located in the south. The population of Helsinki and its suburbs is about the same as the population of Hiroshima City. Helsinki is just 80 km north of Estonia, and 240 km west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. a sauna = サウナ in a way = to some extent, ある程度 Ha Long Bay = a 120-km coastline with thousands of islands. Translated into English, the name would be "The Place Where the Dragon Lies" or "The Bay of Descending Dragons." mystic = 神秘的 Hoi An = a historic fishing village with lots of winding streets and Chinese-style shops. It also has a lot of canals, so has been called "The Venice of Vietnam." in my eyes = in my opinion Mt. Koli = about 500 kms to the north and east of Helsinki, it is in a national park. The mountain is only about 250 m above a nearby lake, so it is small. There are beautiful forests and hiking trails, and it is famous for the changing of the autumn leaves in September. Jyvaskyla = located in the central part of Finland, it is on a nice lake. The town has cute wooden buildings next to modern stone ones. It's also known for its university and art. Da Nang = a city right next to Hoi An, on the east-central coast. "China Beach", with modern hotels, attracts a lot of tourists recently. Ho Chi Minh City = a big city in the south, formally known as Saigon Sa Pa = a town in the far north, especially known for its unique rice terraces （棚田）and ethnic minority groups (少数民族) a boundary = a border, 国境 Lapland = the region in the far north. It has a lot of pine trees, so it has been connected with a lot of Christmas images the Nordic Circle = also known as the Arctic Circle, near the North Pole. It is especially associated with northern Europe. the aurora borealis = also known as the Northern Lights, or just the aurora. It occurs when the Earth's magnetic sphere interacts with solar winds. In Finnish it is called "revontulet." versatile = なんでもできる、多才な to get out into = to go out of the cities, entering rural areas the countryside = rural areas to get off the beaten track = to go where tourists do not usually go spontaneous = doing something without planning, 自発的 kind a = kind of, in a way "couch surfing" = A couch is also called "a sofa." Couchsurfing is a cheap way of staying in someone's home, and is usually done by young people. Usually the homes are found through "Internet surfing."

This week, Speculative Fiction in Translation founder and Best Translated Book Award judge Rachel Cordasco joins Chad and Brian to talk about the nature of time, deals with the devil, conflagrations, and writerly desires, or, in other words, the third part of "The Place Where the Sea Ends So the Forest Can Begin" in Rodrigo Fresán's The Invented Part. A very elegant section of the book following the wild, giant green cow bit that came before, the three hosts enthusiastically break down some of the plot clues included in this section, and what makes this book so damn good. (Stay till the very end to hear Rachel's enthusiasm take her over!)   Feel free to comment on this episode--or on the book in general--either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group.   The Invented Part is avaialble at better bookstores everywhere, including Volumes Bookcafe. You can also order it directly from Open Letter, where you can get 20% off by entering 2MONTH in the discount field at checkout.   Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, and Rachel Cordasco on Twitter for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests.    And you can find all Two Month Review posts by clicking here.   Next week we will be back to discuss "A Few Things You Happen to Think About When All You Want Is to Think About Nothing" (pages 231-300).   The music for the first season of Two Month Review is "Big Sky" by The Kinks.

This week, Speculative Fiction in Translation founder and Best Translated Book Award judge Rachel Cordasco joins Chad and Brian to talk about the nature of time, deals with the devil, conflagrations, and writerly desires, or, in other words, the third part of "The Place Where the Sea Ends So the Forest Can Begin" in Rodrigo Fresán's The Invented Part. A very elegant section of the book following the wild, giant green cow bit that came before, the three hosts enthusiastically break down some of the plot clues included in this section, and what makes this book so damn good. (Stay till the very end to hear Rachel's enthusiasm take her over!)   Feel free to comment on this episode--or on the book in general--either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group.   The Invented Part is avaialble at better bookstores everywhere, including Volumes Bookcafe. You can also order it directly from Open Letter, where you can get 20% off by entering 2MONTH in the discount field at checkout.   Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, Brian Wood, and Rachel Cordasco on Twitter for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests.    And you can find all Two Month Review posts by clicking here.   Next week we will be back to discuss "A Few Things You Happen to Think About When All You Want Is to Think About Nothing" (pages 231-300).   The music for the first season of Two Month Review is "Big Sky" by The Kinks.

This week, Jeremy Garber from Powells Books joins Chad and Brian to discuss the first section of Rodrigo Fresán's The Invented Part. This section, entitled "The Real Character," introduces us to the main character of the book--known here as The Boy, and later as The Writer--as well as some of the major themes of the novel. Wide-ranging and very fun, the discussion touches on The Boy's epic list of thoughts and ideas (such as "It Jell-O animal, vegetal, mineral, or interplanetary?"), on the two versions of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night, Gerald and Sara Murphy, the idea of "the invented part," turning off our cell phones, and much more.   Next week's guest will be Mark Binelli (Sacco and Vanzetti Must Die!, Screamin' Jay Hawkins' All-Time Greatest Hits, Detroit City Is the Place to Be), and will cover the first section of the second part of the novel, pages 46-98 of "Place Where the Sea Ends So the Forest Can Begin."   Feel free to comment on this episode--or on the book in general--either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group.   The Invented Part is avaialble at better bookstores everywhere, including Powells. You can also get it from Open Letter directly for 20% off. Just enter 2MONTH in the discount field at checkout.   Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, and Brian Wood on Twitter for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests. (Jeremy is smart and stays off social media entirely.)   And you can find all Two Month Review posts by clicking here.   The music for the first season of Two Month Review is "Big Sky" by The Kinks.  

This week, Jeremy Garber from Powells Books joins Chad and Brian to discuss the first section of Rodrigo Fresán's The Invented Part. This section, entitled "The Real Character," introduces us to the main character of the book--known here as The Boy, and later as The Writer--as well as some of the major themes of the novel. Wide-ranging and very fun, the discussion touches on The Boy's epic list of thoughts and ideas (such as "It Jell-O animal, vegetal, mineral, or interplanetary?"), on the two versions of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night, Gerald and Sara Murphy, the idea of "the invented part," turning off our cell phones, and much more.   Next week's guest will be Mark Binelli (Sacco and Vanzetti Must Die!, Screamin' Jay Hawkins' All-Time Greatest Hits, Detroit City Is the Place to Be), and will cover the first section of the second part of the novel, pages 46-98 of "Place Where the Sea Ends So the Forest Can Begin."   Feel free to comment on this episode--or on the book in general--either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group.   The Invented Part is avaialble at better bookstores everywhere, including Powells. You can also get it from Open Letter directly for 20% off. Just enter 2MONTH in the discount field at checkout.   Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, and Brian Wood on Twitter for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests. (Jeremy is smart and stays off social media entirely.)   And you can find all Two Month Review posts by clicking here.   The music for the first season of Two Month Review is "Big Sky" by The Kinks.  

Translator Will Vanderhyden joins Chad and Brian to provide an overview of Rodrigo Fresán's work--especially The Invented Part. They discuss some of his earlier works (including Kensington Gardens, which is available in an English translation), different pop culture touchstones running throughout his oeuvre, related authors, and ways to approach The Invented Part.   They also talk a bit about the schedule and the future Two Month Review podcasts. The entire reading schedule is listed below, but for the next episode (June 1st), Chad and Brian will be joined by bookseller and Best Translated Book Award just Jeremy Garber to talk about "The Real Character," pages 1-45.   Here's the complete rundown of Two Month Review podcasts for The Invented Part: June 1: "The Real Character" (1-45) June 8: "Place Where the Sea Ends" (Part 1) (46-98) June 15: "Place Where the Sea Ends" (Parts 2) (99-207) June 22: "Place Where the Sea Ends" (Parts 3) (208-229) June 29: "A Few Things You Happen to Think About" (230-300) July 6: "Many Fetes" (301-360) July 13: "Life After People" (361-403) July 20: "Meanwhile, Once Again" (404-439) July 27: "The Imaginary Person" (440-547)   In addition to these weekly podcasts, there will be some bonus posts here on Three Percent, and you can share your opinions and questions at the official GoodReads Group.    Additionally, we are offering a 20% discount on orders of The Invented Part from the Open Letter website. Just enter 2MONTH in the discount field at checkout. Copies are on hand and will ship out immediately. They're also available at better bookstores everywhere.   Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, and Brian Wood on Twitter for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests.   And you can find all Two Month Review posts by clicking here.   The music for the first season of Two Month Review is "Big Sky" by The Kinks.    And if you like the podcast, tell a friend and rate us or leave a review on iTunes!

Translator Will Vanderhyden joins Chad and Brian to provide an overview of Rodrigo Fresán's work--especially The Invented Part. They discuss some of his earlier works (including Kensington Gardens, which is available in an English translation), different pop culture touchstones running throughout his oeuvre, related authors, and ways to approach The Invented Part.   They also talk a bit about the schedule and the future Two Month Review podcasts. The entire reading schedule is listed below, but for the next episode (June 1st), Chad and Brian will be joined by bookseller and Best Translated Book Award just Jeremy Garber to talk about "The Real Character," pages 1-45.   Here's the complete rundown of Two Month Review podcasts for The Invented Part: June 1: "The Real Character" (1-45) June 8: "Place Where the Sea Ends" (Part 1) (46-98) June 15: "Place Where the Sea Ends" (Parts 2) (99-207) June 22: "Place Where the Sea Ends" (Parts 3) (208-229) June 29: "A Few Things You Happen to Think About" (230-300) July 6: "Many Fetes" (301-360) July 13: "Life After People" (361-403) July 20: "Meanwhile, Once Again" (404-439) July 27: "The Imaginary Person" (440-547)   In addition to these weekly podcasts, there will be some bonus posts here on Three Percent, and you can share your opinions and questions at the official GoodReads Group.    Additionally, we are offering a 20% discount on orders of The Invented Part from the Open Letter website. Just enter 2MONTH in the discount field at checkout. Copies are on hand and will ship out immediately. They're also available at better bookstores everywhere.   Follow Open Letter, Chad Post, and Brian Wood on Twitter for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests.   And you can find all Two Month Review posts by clicking here.   The music for the first season of Two Month Review is "Big Sky" by The Kinks.   As always, feel free to send any and all comments or questions to: threepercentpodcast@gmail.com. Also, if there are articles you'd like us to read and analyze, send those along as well.   And if you like the podcast, tell a friend and rate us or leave a review on iTunes!

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