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In 1802, Napoleon courted Antonio Canova to go to Paris to make a bust of him. Four years later, Canova instead completed an 11ft. (3.5m) free-standing idealized nude statue depicting Napoleon as the Roman god of war, Mars. Surprisingly, Napoleon was not pleased with the sculpture, describing it as “too athletic.” 

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Buckle up for a wild ride as the family faces off in an "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" quiz that quickly turns into a humbling experience for the adults. Young Brayden emerges as the unexpected intellectual champion, confidently answering questions about geography, mathematics, and history while Amanda and Jams struggle to keep up. The competitive spirit runs high as Brayden ultimately triumphs with an impressive 26 points, correctly identifying March as the month named for the Roman god of war.The laughter continues during "Dating Profiles with Denny Broens," where three bachelor profiles reveal the strange world of online dating. From Jamie's poetic sensibilities and claims of surviving "two gunpoint robberies," to Mark's proud declaration that he can "cook, clean, do laundry and support himself," each profile offers a window into the often bizarre landscape of modern romance. The hosts analyze and debate which potential match would be least catastrophic, with Jams ultimately crowned the best "man picker" of the season.Things get deeply personal during the relationship advice segment, where the family tackles thorny issues including alcoholic verbal abuse, sexual incompatibility in marriage, and a woman devastated that her husband touched a stripper's breasts during a Vegas bachelor party. Their unfiltered responses—ranging from compassionate to brutally honest—reflect their unique perspectives on loyalty, communication, and relationship boundaries.The episode reaches its comedic peak when Amanda shares a story about their daughter Isabel choosing to defecate outside near Denny's newly hung hammock rather than using one of their "three goddamn bathrooms," then attempting to hide the evidence by smashing it with her Crocs. This moment of parental exasperation and disbelief perfectly captures the unscripted, authentic family dynamic that keeps listeners coming back.Whether you're looking for trivia challenges, relationship insights, or simply a good laugh at the chaotic realities of family life, this episode delivers it all with the raw honesty and humor this podcast is known for. Follow us on social media at TGCSOD or visit https://thankgodcancersavedourdivorce.com for more content that celebrates the messiness of modern families.

As we embrace resolutions and light up the skies with fireworks, it's time to mark the arrival of the New Year! All of us on the Do You Really Know team, hoping you soaked in the holiday vibes and send you our warm wishes for a splendid 2024. Today, planet Earth has set off on another full orbit around the sun, a journey which will span 365 days until we hit the reset button again next year. And that's why we now refer to January 1st as New Year's Day. But bear in mind, that wasn't always the case. We can trace back our calendar roots to the Romans and their initial 355-day calendar. That's right: 355, and not the 365 we're used to these days. That lunar-based system was credited to Numa Pompilius, the legendary second King of Rome, who succeeded Romulus. And it saw the New Year kick off in March, a nod to Mars, the Roman god of war.  When did January 1st appear then? What about elsewhere in the world? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here: What is body neutrality? What are the most popular and unusual baby names in the UK? How can I return unwanted gifts? A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. First Broadcast: 1/1/2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I won't lie, this is an uncomfortable week.  The energy for Monday's Mars and Uranus conjunction has been building and we'll continue to feel it all week. Mars is associated with taking action. It's named after the Roman god of war. When Uranus, the planet of chaos, revolution, and change, is combined with this energy, it's like throwing gasoline on a fire. These two are meeting up in Taurus. Neither one of them likes being there. They feel uncomfortable there. Taurus is a slow steady energy and Mars and Uranus are definitely not slow and steady. Imagine Uranus bringing chaos and disruption and feeling uncomfortable meeting up with Mars, the planet of war and energy, which is also uncomfortable. Something is going to happen! This energy is especially helpful in moving us forward. It shakes things up. Wherever you've been stuck, this week you get unstuck. And it is not comfortable. We often resist change because it is too uncomfortable. Although change disrupts our lives and disturbs our peace, it's necessary. It's time to change and move forward. We're in this energy until Mars moves into Gemini on Saturday. This week is the grand finale of Mars' journey through Taurus. We know how big and explosive grand finales are, especially when you add the chaotic energy of Uranus to the mix. Get ready for change. If you've been bored, stuck, or ready for what's next, get ready to move forward in unexpected ways. Things are shifting and ending so we can move on to the next great chapter! Learn more and register for Spiritual Summer School at https://www.abundology.com/spiritual-summer-school

As we embrace resolutions and light up the skies with fireworks, it's time to mark the arrival of the New Year! All of us on the Do You Really Know team, hoping you soaked in the holiday vibes and send you our warm wishes for a splendid 2024. Today, planet Earth has set off on another full orbit around the sun, a journey which will span 365 days until we hit the reset button again next year. And that's why we now refer to January 1st as New Year's Day. But bear in mind, that wasn't always the case. We can trace back our calendar roots to the Romans and their initial 355-day calendar. That's right: 355, and not the 365 we're used to these days. That lunar-based system was credited to Numa Pompilius, the legendary second King of Rome, who succeeded Romulus. And it saw the New Year kick off in March, a nod to Mars, the Roman god of war.  When did January 1st appear then? What about elsewhere in the world? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here: What is body neutrality? What are the most popular and unusual baby names in the UK? How can I return unwanted gifts? A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drs. Diwakar Davar and Ben Boursi discuss the role of the gut microbiome in the outcome of cancer immunotherapy and the prevention of immunotherapy-related adverse events, as well as compelling research on nutritional interventions to improve response to immune checkpoint inhibitors. TRANSCRIPT   Dr. Diwakar Davar: Hello, and welcome to the ASCO Daily News Podcast. I'm your guest host, Dr. Diwakar Davar. I'm an associate professor of medicine and the clinical director of the Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program at the University of Pittsburgh's Hillman Cancer Center.   Researchers have shown that microorganisms in the gut can impact the effectiveness of immunogenic chemotherapy for patients with cancer. Although microbial therapies for cancer are still at a very early stage of clinical development, compelling research in recent years has shown that changing the gut microbiome can help improve outcomes in patients receiving treatments for cancer enduring immune checkpoint inhibition.  My guest today is Dr. Ben Boursi, a GI medical oncologist at the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Aviv University in Israel. Dr. Boursi is also an adjunct professor at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania. He joins me today to discuss his pivotal research on the role of the gut microbiome in mediating its effects on immunotherapy. And again, I want to highlight that we're recording this on October 9th, and as you may well know, many recent events over the last couple of days have happened in Israel, and so Dr. Boursi has joined us at a very difficult time. So, we're very grateful for him taking time out of his suddenly very busy schedule to join us at a time that is fraught for all. You'll find our disclosures in the transcript of this episode. You'll also find the disclosures of all guests on the podcast at asco.org/DNpod. Ben, it's great to have you on the podcast today. Thank you for being here at such a difficult time, sharing what will, I think, be a great episode.  Dr. Ben Boursi: Thanks for having me, Diwakar. Dr. Diwakar Davar: Ben, the gut microbiome and its role in terms of mediating effects and side effects of cancer immunotherapy has gotten a lot of interest recently. You've done some fundamental work in this space. Why don't you briefly summarize for the audience, firstly, what is the gut microbiome and what are the major themes in relation to cancer immunotherapy?  Dr. Ben Boursi: Well, the microbiome is the ecosystem of microorganisms, bacteria, phages, fungi, that are crucial for immunologic, metabolic and hormonal homeostasis of the host. In the last decade, we began to understand the central role of the gut and tumor microbiome in tumorigenesis, metastasis, treatment efficacy and toxicities, and in 2022, polymorphic microbiomes became one of the hallmarks of cancer, in addition to previous hallmarks that focused mainly at the cellular/genetic levels. The initial studies in mice models showed that therapeutic efficacy of immunotherapy depends on both the presence and composition of the microbiota (In germ-free or antibiotic treated mice, immunotherapy is ineffective), and following these studies, three observational studies in human patients showed that the gut microbiome can predict response to immunotherapy and that response to immunotherapy could be transferred to germ-free mice by fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) from responding patients.  These studies helped us to define three main research questions regarding the possible role of microbial modulation in cancer treatment. First, can microbial modulation overcome resistance to immunotherapy, both primary and secondary resistance? And this question was the focus of the initial proof of concept studies. Second, can microbial modulation improve response to immunotherapy in treatment-naive patients? And third, can microbial modulation prevent or treat immune related adverse events? The initial positive results of clinical trials also led to additional questions. For example, can microbial modulation induce anti-tumor immune response even in non-immunogenic tumors? And it is important to note that there are many ways to modulate the microbiota, but so far, the only reliable way that showed positive results is fecal microbiota transplantation that allows the transfer of the entire microbiota both in terms of composition and relative abundance. Dr. Diwakar Davar: That's great. Essentially with the trials that I think the data sets that you're referencing of course, are papers by Jennifer Wargo, Thomas Gajewski, and Lawrence Zitvogel, looking at the role of gut microbiota in several different cancers, primarily immune checkpoint sensitive tumors such as melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer and kidney cancer. And then the work from several different groups showing that essentially proof of concept experiments can be done to try to change this, certainly preclinically, and now we know that that can be done clinically.   So, I guess the failure rates of immunotherapy in some patients are quite high. And we know that the microbial composition can change the likelihood to respond to immunotherapy based on all these trials. And actually, even going back to 2015, we had two seminal papers that looked at the role of CTLA-4 blockade as well. But subsequently, many years after that, 7 years after 2015, and certainly 3 years after 2018, when the three observational PD-1 papers were published, there were 2 pivotal trials in PD-1 advanced or refractory melanoma. They demonstrated that changing the gut microbiome can reprogram the immune system to attack tumors. So, there were 2 separate trials, both published the same issue of Science. One trial was led by your group at Sheba, and another one's led by us, the University of Pittsburgh. Why don't you summarize both studies for our audience. Dr. Ben Boursi: So, both studies were Phase I clinical trials of FMT in metastatic melanoma patients who failed immunotherapy. Recipients were metastatic melanoma patients that progressed on at least one line of anti PD-1 and in BRAF mutated patients, BRAF inhibitors as well. Donors in the Sheba study were metastatic melanoma patients with durable complete responses to immunotherapy for at least one year, and in the Pittsburgh study, you also included patients with durable partial responses of more than two years as donors. It is important to note that each fecal transplant in both studies was composed of a single donor. Prior to transplantation, we performed a microbiome depletion phase using a combination of two antibiotics, vancomycin and neomycin. The goal of this phase was to assist in engraftment (by avoiding colonization-resistance by recipient bacteria) and to “reset” the immune system, which may remind some people of the logic behind bone marrow transplantation. In the Pittsburgh study, there was no bacterial eradication with antibiotics, mainly because of studies showing that response to immunotherapy is lower following antibiotic treatment.  Both studies performed FMT through colonoscopy. At Sheba, we also performed maintenance FMT using capsules in order to keep the donor's microbial composition. After the initial FMT, both studies reintroduced the same immunotherapy in which the patient progressed in the past. Clinically, we have seen a 30% response rate with durable, complete and partial responses, and in the Pittsburgh study, there was a 20% response rate and 40% disease control rate. Both studies showed following FMT, immune response in the gut and in the tumor, and tumors that were immune deserts prior to FMT became infiltrated with lymphocytes. Interestingly, in our study, there were no moderate to severe immune related adverse events following FMT and reintroduction of immunotherapy. And this is despite the fact that five of the patients had significant side effects during previous rounds of the same immunotherapy.  Dr. Diwakar Davar: So essentially, in these very early proof of concept studies, what I think is pretty remarkable is that obviously the sample sizes were very small, but remarkably, patients that appeared to respond, responded in a setting in which they were not expected to respond. So, the probability of a patient responding to attempt at giving PD-1 in patients who were PD-1 relapse refractory is on the order of about 7%, based on an FDA analysis by Viva et al. And here, two separate studies, two independent studies, investigators had not known that each paper was being published, remarkably similar results clearly demonstrating that this is perhaps one of the best pieces of evidence to suggest that microbiome modulation may actually truly be effective in reversing PD-1 refractoriness.  More recently, our colleague Dr. Bertrand Routy at University of Montreal has done a proof of concept trial in evaluating the use of healthy donor fecal microbiota transplant in addition to anti PD-1 monotherapy in PD-1 naive metastatic melanoma. In this study, published in Nature Medicine a few weeks ago, his group reported an objective response rate of 65%. What are your thoughts about this study? And specifically, what are your thoughts about some of the pharmacodynamic and translational results that were demonstrated?  Dr. Ben Boursi: This is a very interesting question, because in both the Sheba and the University of Pittsburgh studies we chose responding patients as donors. We thought that by using these patients, we provide beneficial bacteria that enhance responses to immunotherapy through several mechanisms (molecular mimicry, immunomodulatory bacterial metabolites, modulation of immune checkpoint expression, and much more), and here in the Routy paper, the researchers used FMT from healthy donors without any selection for specific beneficial bacteria, and they demonstrated a similar effect on overall response rate. So maybe FMT works actually through reducing colonization by deleterious bacteria? Another question that we should ask is whether we need to choose donors differently when we use microbial modulation in treatment resistant patients compared to treatment-naive patients? Moreover, a previous meta-analysis of FMT studies across indications that was conducted by the group of Dr. Nicola Segata, demonstrated that recipients with better engraftment were more likely to experience clinical benefit, and that increased engraftment was mainly observed in individuals receiving FMTs through multiple routes, colonoscopy and capsules, as well as recipients that received antibiotics prior to FMT. But in Routy's trial, they not only used healthy donors, they performed bacterial cleansing only prior to FMT instead of bacterial eradication with antibiotics, and used FMTs through colonoscopy only, and they didn't give maintenance FMT. Of course, such an approach is much more feasible in the clinical setting and is relevant for designing future clinical trials.  Dr. Diwakar Davar: So, many differences, relatively few similarities, but I guess one interesting point is that of engraftment, which is that in your paper, our paper, and certainly in Bertrand's paper, it is very interesting that engraftment appears to be a key pharmacodynamic biomarker of microbiome modulation. And certainly, the analogy that you used earlier, which is that it's very similar to what happens in a stem cell transplant, which is that if there's no take, there's probably not going to be any effect. So that's very interesting that engraftment is emerging as a key PD biomarker of essentially the success of any kind of microbiome modulation across multiple different settings.  Now, we've heard of certainly defined microbial consortia, of cultivated species, as an alternative gut microbiome modulation strategy that balances the benefits of the ecological complexity of FMT with the scalability and practicality of probiotics. Do you think we are ready to design consortia?  Dr. Ben Boursi: So to date there are several probiotics that use a single bacteria and several microbial consortia that were evaluated in clinical trials, and as you mentioned, they may offer more tractable solutions for widespread clinical use. If we begin with the single bacteria probiotics, two phase 2 clinical trials found that administration of the butyrate producing probiotic clostridium butyricum 588 (CBM588) to immunotherapy naive patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma led to markedly better immunotherapy responses, although the probiotic had a minimal effect on the composition of the microbiota, and the control arm of the trial responded worse than expected. In addition, in preclinical studies, probiotic strains of lactobacillus and bifidobacterium have been shown to enhance immune control of transplanted tumors and to augment anti PD-1 activity. However, a clinical trial in patients with metastatic melanoma found that the use of lactobacillus or bifidobacterium probiotics was associated with reduced microbiota diversity and worse responses to anti PD-1.  So here the conclusion is that when we try to design probiotics, we should not focus only on the composition since other factors, such as the relative abundance also matter. Too much of a beneficial bacterial species may potentially be worse than having a balanced and diverse microbiota. For example, a recent study of patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving immunotherapy found that patients with a detectable Akkermansia muciniphila in their gut microbiota (this is a beneficial bacteria) responded well to treatment, but those with relative abundance of Akkermansia muciniphila greater than 5% responded worse than patients lacking Akkermansia, and this is due to the mucolytic effect of the bacteria. So, the use of rationally designed consortia may be better than a single probiotic strain.  And there are currently 3 main microbial consortia that are being evaluated: the SER-401, a bacterial consortium enriched with clostridium, led in a randomized controlled trial to reduced response to immunotherapy compared to placebo control in first line metastatic melanoma patients, potentially due to a confounding effect of a vancomycin pretreatment; MET4 is a 30 bacteria consortium that was shown to be safe and to alter the gut microbiota and serum metabolome of immunotherapy naive patients. Here, the initial study was underpowered to determine the effect on treatment efficacy; And finally, VE800 is an immunotherapy enhancing 11-bacterial consortium that is currently being evaluated in phase 1 and 2 clinical trials, and we are looking forward to see the results with this agent. Dr. Diwakar Davar: So I guess where we are right now is that social design is clearly difficult because of all the reasons you've mentioned. The SER-401 data and the MET4-IO trials certainly give us pause for thought. Certainly, no pharmacodynamic changes that were seen with SER-401, MET4-IO did result in pharmacodynamic shifts metagenomically, but neither trial was positive. And certainly, the VE800 trial, which has been ongoing now for several years, and the lack of publicly reported data certainly doesn't suggest that there's a huge efficacy signal. So consortias, at least at this point, certainly do not appear to be having a significant effect, though we don't know what might happen in the future. Data from multiple groups has shown that gut microbial composition influences the development of immune related adverse events (irAEs) in both PD-1 and combination PD-1 and CTLA-4 treated patients. Unsurprisingly, as a result, there have been attempts made at evaluating the role of fecal microbiota transplants to treat refractory immune related adverse events and very specifically immune checkpoint associated colitis or IMC. So, Dr. Yinghong Wang, who is the chair of the Immunotherapy Toxicity Working Group at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has been very prominent in this space, and in a recent paper published in Science Translational Medicine, which is a follow up paper to her early work in Nature Medicine, she reported that HDFMT, healthy donor fecal transplantation, was very efficacious in feeding early refractory immune checkpoint colitis. So, what are your thoughts on this approach and how important is this space and where else might it be efficacious?  Dr. Ben Boursi: When I talked about the Sheba clinical study, I mentioned the possible role for microbiota modulation in the prevention of immunotherapy related adverse events in general, not only colitis. But the study by Dr. Yinghong showed that FMT can actually treat immune-related colitis refractory to steroids and anti-TNF. Now, this approach is probably relevant not only for immune related colitis, but also to other immune related adverse events. We can define certain bacterial species that may be associated with different immune related events. For example, streptococci can be associated with immune related arthritis. And maybe in the future we won't need to use FMT, but we will rather be able to target these specific immunogenic strains by narrow spectrum antibiotics or phages. The main challenge would be to develop microbiotic targeting interventions that reduce immune related adverse events without compromising therapeutic efficacy.   Now, is microbial modulation relevant only for toxicity from immune checkpoint inhibitors? So, the answer is ‘no'. We know mainly from animal models of hematopoietic cell transplantation, CAR T, and immune agonist antibodies that antibiotic-treated or germ-free mice have markedly reduced immunotoxicity, such as graft versus host disease, cytokine release syndromes, and more. It is also worth mentioning that microbial modulation is relevant not only for reducing toxicity from immunotherapy, but also from chemotherapy and other anticancer modalities. And the best example is the gastrointestinal toxicity of irinotecan that is mediated by the bacterial beta-glucuronidase. And here the targeting may even be a bit less complex. Dr. Diwakar Davar: So, what we take away from that is that starting with actually your paper originally, and papers to be produced, immune-related adverse events can be prevented using microbiome modulation with FMT, and Dr. Wang's data suggesting that eventually FMT can be used to eradicate highly refractive colitis, again, this is important to keep in mind that this approach is not yet FDA-approved. It's being done under IND. It's not currently something that is a certain standard of care. One interesting area of drug development is that there's a French microbiome company named MaaT Pharma where they have an agent that is a very interestingly a pooled microbiome product from multiple different donors. Again, the trials in both Israel and Pittsburgh used individual donors. This is a pooled donor construct. The lead candidate is actually graft versus host disease. The trial is the ARES trial, A-R-E-S, as in the Roman god of war. This trial is actually ongoing in Europe, and I believe there's some effort to try to see whether or not it's going to be a trial that can be done in the United States as well. So, at this point in time, again, we don't know whether or not there are any developmental approaches from a pharmaceutical company in the United States, but certainly this is definitely an area of interest.  So microbial therapies are still relatively early. It's going to be interesting to see how the advanced field of nutritional interventions provide an appealing method for modulating the gut microbiome due to the excellent safety profile, cost effectiveness and noninvasiveness. And certainly, if you are what you eat and your bacteria are what they eat, which goes down to our diet, there's enough rationale to believe that certain nutritional interventions can have an effect via the intermedial gut microbiota modulation. Holistic dietary changes and or supplementation specific nutrients such as prebiotics could therefore be utilized to specifically shape the population of beneficial microbes and shift the immune microbiota landscape. Now, we have seen in data published by several of our colleagues that in patients with cancer, high fiber intake is associated with greater microbial diversity, greater abundance in fiber fermenting microbes such as members of the Ruminococcaceae family, and these are all associated with the response to checkpoint inhibitor therapy. So, what do you think about nutritional interventions? Do you want us to briefly summarize data regarding nutritional data and where it stands in cancer at his time? And can you speculate as to how effective this might be in the context of patients with cancer? Dr. Ben Boursi: So, let's begin with diet. A growing number of clinical and preclinical studies suggest that specific dietary interventions such as a high fiber diet can not only improve response to immune checkpoint blockers, but also reduce immunotoxicity such as graft versus host disease. And there are many other diets that are being tested such as ketogenic diets and intermittent fasting. And the effects of diet may be mediated by both microbiota-dependent and microbiota-independent mechanisms. The limitation of this approach is that changes to the microbiota induced by diet are generally quite variable between patients and can depend on an individual's microbiota prior to intervention. And patient compliance is also a concern, particularly in the very strict diets.  Now, regarding high fiber diets, several large cohorts of melanoma patients from the US, Australia, and the Netherlands demonstrated how a high fiber diet modulates the microbiome and results in a better response to immunotherapy, better progression-free survival. Additional studies that were presented at AACR in 2023 showed that high fiber dietary interventions, in which patients received a fiber-enriched diet for six weeks, was feasible and that the high fiber diet resulted in a rapid shift in the gut microbiota toward fiber-responsive short chain fatty acid-producing taxa and a shift of the metabolome, with increase in the short chain fatty acid acetate, Omega-3, Omega-6, polyunsaturated fatty acid, and tryptophan metabolites. Prebiotics can also promote the growth of beneficial microbial species in the gut by providing targeted nutrition. And one example of a prebiotic that was shown to enhance immunotherapy efficacy in mouse models is castalagin, which is isolated from the camu-camu berry. Castalagin directly binds the outer membrane of ruminococci and promotes their growth, which has been shown to increase the CD8-positive T-cell activity and anti-PD-1 efficacy. Now, since prebiotics rely on the presence of beneficial taxa already in the host microbiota, symbiotics, which refers to the administration of the appropriate prebiotic and probiotic together, may prove in the future to be more effective than using either separately. Dr. Diwakar Davar: Certainly, these dietary interventions can be very exciting and certainly we do know of several colleagues who are doing these diet interventions, though compliance with any kind of dietary intervention may be a challenge that decides how effective such an approach is going to be. So microbial therapies in general are still at a relatively early stage of development. And it'll be exciting to see how they advance. What approaches are you excited about? What is on your radar?  Dr. Ben Boursi: There are many exciting works that are currently ongoing, and to emphasize just a few: there are many clinical trials in immunogenic tumors, in addition to melanoma, for example, renal cell carcinoma, and non-small cell lung cancer, that also evaluate different modulation protocols. We should remember that one size does not fit all, and different tumors have different microbiomes. We have a project in collaboration with MD Anderson in MSI-high patients with exciting initial results. Another study that was initiated at Sheba is using microbial modulation in order to improve TIL therapy (to overcome resistance to TIL and T-cell exhaustion). There are also studies that try to change the pharmaco-microbiome, for example, to eradicate bacteria that inactivates the chemotherapy agent, gemcitabine, in pancreatic cancer patients. And there are groups that try to identify recipients that will respond to microbial modulation and to generate better donor-recipient matching algorithms. There are already signatures like TOPOSCORE that was presented at ASCO 2023 that try to predict response to immunotherapies through the ratio between harmful and beneficial bacteria. Now, there's also more basic science work, for example, bacterial engineering. There was a wonderful study from the Fischbach group in Stanford that demonstrated how Staphylococcus epidermidis engineered to express melanoma tumor antigens was able to generate a systemic tumor-specific response in mice models when applied topically; functional imaging of the microbiome, for example, FDG uptake in the colon can reflect microbial diversity and response to immunotherapy; works that characterizes other microbiomes such as the urinary and skin microbiomes, and their interaction with the gut microbiome; and studies of the nonbacterial component of the microbiome, mainly phages and fungi. But for me, the most important word should probably be collaboration, because without joining forces internationally, we won't be able to understand the human metaorganism, the variations according to geography, ethnicity, lifestyle, diets, and much more in the microbiome. And this is crucial in order to really understand the complex tumor ecological niche within the human host. Dr. Diwakar Davar: I think one of the key points that you just mentioned is collaboration. That's going to be very, very critical as we move this forward for many reasons, including the unexpected impact of geography upon the composition of the gut microbiome in work that has been published by many groups, but also including ours in a paper that we published about a year ago now.  So, Dr. Boursi, thank you for your great work in this area. Thank you for sharing your insights with us today on the ASCO Daily News Podcast. This is a very difficult time for all of you and your colleagues in Israel, and we thank you so much for taking such a great deal of time out of your busy workday to spend some time with us.  Dr. Ben Boursi: Thank you very much. Dr. Diwakar Davar: Thank you to all our listeners today. This is a very exciting area. This is an area where we are discovering more every day than we knew just up until the day prior. You will find the links to the studies that were discussed today in the transcript of this episode. Finally, if you value the insights that you hear on the ASCO Daily News Podcast, please take the time to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcast.  Disclaimer:  The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests on this podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. Guests' statements on the podcast do not express the opinions of ASCO. 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Mars is named for the Roman god of war. That's because the planet's red color reminded Roman skywatchers of blood. But ancient Rome isn't the only culture that named the planet for its vivid color. In ancient Egypt, it was “the Red One.” In China, it was “the fire star.” And in Arabia, it was simply “fire.” Mars looks redder from afar than from up close. Pictures from orbiters and landers show that most of the surface has a more subtle hue: butterscotch. But big patches of it show other colors: gold, brown, tan, and even green. The color varies depending on the minerals at the surface. And even in the red areas — make that butterscotch — the color is only skin deep. The color comes from a layer of powdery dust that coats much of the surface. Across most of the planet, it's only a few millimeters thick. And even at its deepest, it's only a few feet thick. The dust consists of iron oxides — rust. On Earth, rust usually forms in the presence of water. On Mars, though, it may form from reactions with the atmosphere, or even from erosion by the winds. The winds blow the dust around, and suspend a lot of it in the atmosphere — making it look yellow or red as well. Beneath that veneer, the rock tends to be darker — chasing away the “red” in the Red Planet. Look for Mars quite close to the Moon this evening. It looks like a fairly bright star. The glare of the Moon washes out its color — whatever it is.  Script by Damond Benningfield Support McDonald Observatory

The Beast's Great Deception (6) (Audio) David Eells - 3/26/23 Apostasy & Tornado Engulfing a City Isaac Payne - 3/9/23 (David's notes in red) I had a dream that I was walking into what seemed to be an abandoned shopping mall. However, this shopping center was designed like a castle. I don't remember exactly what the mall looked like on the outside in the dream, but it was like a castle. (This abandoned shopping mall represents the current DS Babylonish financial system that is crumbling with many bank failures.) (I know many times a mall can represent the merchants of the world as in Rev. 18:11 And the Merchants of of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise anymore.) As I walked inside this mall it was very gaudy, having large marble floors and blue & green checkered painting design on the walls. There wasn't a lot of bright colors in the mall, most of the colors were dull. Also, I noticed there wasn't much natural light shining in this mall. (The light of the true sun/Son that our forefathers established this nation upon has all but extinguished as America under the D.S. has become the prophesied Babylon of the latter days in the Bible.) This shopping mall was also arrayed in large crown molding along the ceilings as well as being decorated in white trim along the doors and windows. There were large marble staircases within the main entry leading to the second floor. As I continued walking in the castle mall, I realized there were no shops and the mall seemed to be completely abandoned. I also noticed that it seemed this castle mall was winterized. (Winterization represents God's preparation for the 7-year tribulation. Mat. 24:20-21 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath: 21 for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.) In some of the rooms even the walls were winterized having a plastic dust barrier covering the walls. (When homes are winterized, the water is turned off so pipes do not burst. I am not certain, but I was thinking this castle mall could be a waterless place that swept and garnished especially since it was completely empty.  Mat. 12:43-45 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. The goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of the man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.)  (Rev. 18:2 And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.) All through this castle mall something was not quite right. As I continued walking into the mall, I noticed that there was a family living here. There was a husband and a wife that were middle aged with about four kids. The husband was kneeling down and playing with the kids and seemed genuinely happy. I knew the family was occupying this mall to try to escape the judgements that were occurring in the world. (As we will see, taking refuge in Apostate Christianity inside the Babylonish system will not protect in the judgements to come.) I did not have a conversation at this point with the family and wasn't sure where they went. I continued walking through this empty mall and walked down a long hallway. I came to a door that was on the left side of the hallway and opened it to find the wife lying between some church pews facing the ground and she seemed to be dead. The room looked like a church sanctuary with an altar up front. At this moment in the dream, I was given a supernatural power from Father to begin to interpret the dream while I was in it. I remember thinking "Oh No! She is facing the ground which means not looking toward the heavens and she is facing the world. Her eyes are on the world." (This represents the apostate Church who is earthly because they keep their eyes on earthly things and not on things above where Christ is. (Col. 3:2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.) They are spiritually dead through their false doctrines. (John 3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.) Suddenly, she flipped over and startled me and said, "I'm not dead I was just lying down." (They are dead but alive; “she is dead while she liveth.”) I noticed that her kids were in the room as well. (Their fruit is apostate too. It is a false Jesus.) I stepped over the woman and noticed there were two massive, hairy spiders in this room. There was a spider on the right and another on the left just ahead of me on the pews. (There is evil both on the right and on the left of the apostate Church.) The spiders had their front legs lifted up in attack mode and looked like they would jump at any moment. (I believe the spiders represent sin and can jump from host to host if we have willful sin or are negligent in our walk.) (It's commonly known that demons are passed on through association with those who have them. 1Co. 15:33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.) I turned around and looked at the women and said, "Are these dangerous?" The woman said, "Yes, if they bite you, they can cause death." Again, Father was having me to interpret the dream while I was in it. I said to myself, "These spiders represent sin and are looking to attach themselves to others.” (These are religious spirits who suck the life of Christ, and the freedom He brings, out of those who get trapped in dead religion.)  Suddenly, I slipped and fell next to the spider on the right. I had tripped over someone else in the room. I don't remember if it was the kids or the woman lying between the pews. I instantly jumped back up on my feet and away from the spider. (Pro. 24:16 For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.)  At this point, as I jumped, I hopped on top of the backs of the pews and ran on the backs of the pews from one section to another without even a slight misstep or falling in between into the cushions. (I believe this represents coming out from amongst the apostate church. The pews represent complacency and not walking into the maturity of salvation 100-fold. Eph. 4:11-13 And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets, and some evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a full grown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:)   As I ran toward the exit of the church like room, the woman shouted to me, "My oldest child died while I was here." (I was again given the interpretation of the dream from Father and said to myself again, "Her oldest is her fruit, and it has died.")  (“Twice dead; plucked up by the roots.”) I was still running on top of the back of the pews racing for the exit. (Rev. 18:4-5 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues: 5 for her sins have reached even unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.) I ran completely out of the room and out of the castle mall. (Concerning the castle mall, the seemingly happy family, and the church room, this scripture comes to my mind. 2Ti. 3:5-7 Holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power, therefore. From these also turn away. For of these are they that creep into houses, (Castle mall) and take captive silly women (women lying face down on the ground) laden with sins, (Spiders) led away by divers lusts, (The fruit of the child that died) ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. (Complacency of spectator religion.) I made it out of the castle mall, and I continued to run. Outside was very bright, however, a dark mass was now taking over the entire sky. I could see the brightness diminishing and at this point there was only a small light at the end of the horizon. To best describe this darkness engulfing the light it was exactly like a small light at the end of the tunnel. I was still running in an all-out sprint toward the light. At this point I knew this darkness was a massive tornado. (Representing the judgment that is coming upon the entire Babylonish system; Church and Government.) This tornado was so massive that it totally encapsulated the city I was in. The wind was ferocious and increasing dramatically. At this point, the storm was upon the city and there was nothing I could do to save myself.  I stopped running and found myself in the eye of this massive dark tornado and looked up and pointed with my finger at the eye of the tornado and then shouted as loud as I possible could, "STOP!!!!!!!!" As I finished shouting again in my dream, I thought to myself, "Its not the word Stop that has power, but the name of Jesus." (Mark 16:17-18 And these signs shall accompany them that believe in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.) Again, I pointed up with my finger in the eye of this Tornado and shouted with every ounce of strength that I had, "In the name of JESUS! STOP!" I could see my hand shaking violently as I pointed at the tornado. (Mat. 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the men of violence take it by force.) At that moment the tornado winds just instantly began to vanish, and the shape of tornado began to totally dissipate in front of my eyes into nothingness. The Tornado had fled because it had not the authority to proceed beyond the command, “in the name of Jesus.” (Psa 91:14-16 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.) The sky was once again sunny and weather perfect. Then I woke up. (I believe the reason the word Stop did not work is because it had to be activated by faith in the name of Jesus. This is because the word, “name” or “Onoma” means: nature, character, and authority. I don't believe naturally there is any special sequence of words in a command to have authority. That is legalism.  I believe this points to the fact that if we walk in faith IN Jesus' nature, character, and authority then we have power through Christ with a command such as "Stop." 1Jo. 4:17 Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world." And Col. 2:6-7 As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.) (Quickly come out from among them for the wrath will fall on their whole system as God's presence shook the earth.)   Fall of Egyptian Babylon Tianna Fire - 3/17/23 (David's notes in red) I saw a giant pyramid like the ones in Egypt and it had this giant gold star on top of it, like you would see on top of a Christmas tree. (Jer 10:3-4 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. ). (This represents the idolatry of Egypt or Babylon.) (Pyramid represents Egypt/Babylon, the Beast nation and corporate body. The star is the principality that rules over the idolators.)  Then I saw the pyramid start falling far down and it was spinning 360 degrees, round and round. The star fell off and smashed to the ground and not long after, the pyramid smashed and broke into pieces. (Acts 7:43 And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god Rephan, The figures which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.)   Leaving the God of War Behind  Claire Pienaar - 2/4/23 (David's notes in red) (Claire represents the Bride because her name means “brilliant” and the Bride's garments are bright and pure as is spoken of in Rev. 19:8 And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.) I had a dream about Martyn Isles and the Tower of Babel. (Martyn means, “dedicated to Mars”, the Roman god of war and fertility. We're fighting this principality as much as Jezebel in these days.) I asked the Lord who Martyn Isles represents in this dream and my finger landed on “sop” from John 13:26: Jesus therefore answereth, He it is, for whom I shall dip the sop, and give it him. So when he had dipped the sop, he taketh and giveth it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.  (The Lord gave me a revelation that sop stood for S.O.P. “son of perdition.” 2Th 2:1-4 Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him; 2 to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand; 3 let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, 4 he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.) (Martyn Isles was the CEO of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL). He has a very popular video series on YouTube called “The Truth Of It”, where he helps people to think about political things from a biblical perspective. In 2022 he did a series called “Babylon” at churches around Australia. He does not know that Babylon is the apostate church.) … I dreamed I was in a high tower with my daughter who was merged with my little sister. (Riaan: Children represent our fruit of faith in Christ. The younger sister represents the immature that need to grow up in the faith and the mature have faith for them. The high tower represents works of the flesh, rebellion, and pride, like the tower of Babel.) (The elect of God, represented by the “little sister”, will escape the “Tower of Babel” with the help of the Bride. Song 8:8-9 We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for? 9 If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.) We were moving out of the tower. (Representing the command to God's people concerning Babylon the Great. Rev. 18:4 Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.)  We had blue suitcases, and all that remained in our room was two beds, which were covered with blue bed covers. (Riaan: The blue suitcases are heavenly provision and the beds represent a heavenly rest from our own works.)  We were on the 9th level. (Riaan: The number 9 represents divine completeness as in the fruits of the Spirit). We went down two levels and saw Martyn Isles on the 7th level. (Representing Judas or the son of perdition.)  He seemed to be in charge of the tower but there had recently been a power change. His level was very beautifully decorated. It looked like he had diamond tree roots growing out of the ceiling that illuminated the entire level with all the aspects of light like a diamond's refraction or like a prism. (Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. But his roots are really pride and rebellion.) Still, my daughter/little sister were going somewhere better in the dream. I heard the words, “Hegai” and “Keeper of the virgins” a few times and then I woke up. (Riaan: The bride, like Esther, is moving out of the house of the women to live in the king's house.) (Hegai represented the Holy Spirit who guided Esther to her brideship.) I asked the Lord for a word by faith at random and received Lam 2:14 Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions; And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity, But have seen for thee false oracles and causes of banishment. (I think it is a warning for Martyn. He has “Babylon” all wrong….)  I asked the Lord why I (as the bride) and my daughter/little sister were leaving the tower. I received Mat 3:16  And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him; (The verses that follow on explain that this meant Jesus was well-pleasing to Father God, and then he went into the wilderness Tribulation to be tempted [as we will]).     Falling Away Into Spiritual Fornication  Claire Pienaar 11/11/22 (David's notes in red)   The enemy tried to keep me from remembering this dream but, the Lord will have His way… I dreamed my uncle (My dad's brother) and his wife were telling me that my brother had finally come out of the closet. I did a double-take and asked him to clarify that. He said that he'd come out and introduced his boyfriend to the family. (It is perversion to receive the seed of man. Christians are always to fill themselves with the seed of God which is His Word as in the parable of the sower. But there, 3 out of 4 fell to the seed of the world and didn't bear the fruit of the Word. This is a NOW problem.) Ruth, my stepmom, was ecstatic and so happy her son was finally “happy”. I could not understand this at all. She once had morals and standards and I thought she raised her children for God.  (She is a stepmom and is not the real mother of the bride, typed by Claire, meaning brilliant. She fell away and is the mother of the immature people who fall away. Here is a text used to warn the falling away through the law but also fits the falling away by other means. We are warned of the false mother bringing forth the false son. Gal 4:22-31 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman. 23 Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise. 24 Which things contain an allegory: for these women are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar.  25 Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is (I.e., born of the natural woman): for she is in bondage with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother. 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For more are the children of the desolate (3 out of 4) than of her that hath the husband (The seed of the Lord that we must receive.).  28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, so also it is now. 30 Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freewoman. 31 Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman. I was then in front of her, and asked her “Why are you supporting this?” And she answered, “God loves everyone”. I could not agree. Her reasoning was similar to a petulant child's reasoning. It was so sad. (This mother represents the apostate church which is very liberal and so is her fruit.  Church means "the called-out ones". The real Church of the “come outers” is our real mother.) It became apparent that no-one wanted to tell me because they did not want to hear my opinion on the matter; they'd all known for a while. I then heard so many whispers come into my head that everything was a lie, all of them were falling away and that many abortions, divorces, and evil had a stronghold over what I thought was the “better” part of my family. (Their hidden things of darkness will come to light.)  I woke up and forgot about this dream for a bit. Then I remembered and asked the Lord for a word by faith at random and received, Eph 6:13 finger on “whole armor” “Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.”    This is not about the physical at all. This is to pray down an attack targeted at the immature or younger brothers in Christ (My brother is a decade younger than I am).(This is more perfectly stated as the immature brothers in “Christianity” who are falling away to the demons of liberalism, perversion, and lasciviousness, faction, witchcraft, love of the world, etc. What makes one younger in the Lord, is that they do not walk in much of the Word, who is Jesus, and so they fall away. Some of these will be saved but others are sons of perdition.)   This came to my spirit: "Get on your knees and pray!! A brother is falling." This is a type that brothers plural are falling away.   When I asked if I should send this on to David, my finger was on a picture of the temple ruins of Laodicea, that he spewed out because they were neither hot nor cold.  Oh Lord, save our brothers!  Rev 3:14-21: And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God: 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth. (I.e., rejected from the body of Christ)  17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing (Representing, serving the idols of the worldly); and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked (Because of not serving the Word.): 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich (In the ways of Christ); and white garments (Representing His works), that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see. (The Word gives discernment to the simple.)  19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come into him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.  The falling away of those who receive the seed of man, or the world is shown by Jesus below. Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower  Mat 13:18 Hear then ye the parable of the sower. 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart.  (We have seen the factious lose everything they learned at UBM. They have complained that it was all being erased from their mind.) This is he that was sown by the wayside. Mat 13:20 And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it; 21 yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth. (They refused to break up the fallow ground of their flesh to give root to the Word.) Mat 13:22 And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. (They give all their time, money, and affection to the world instead of Jesus and they spiritually die. If the Love of the world is in you the Love of the Father is not.) 23 And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. (Those who desire to be like Jesus rather than the world will overcome.) The Parable of the Tares Mat 13:24 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field (The Word of God in the heart of the righteous): 25 but while men slept (With their eyes closed to the light), his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away. (We have seen them come and be taken out by faction as the Word is shown to them for their fruit was small and useless like the tares naturally have.) Mat 13:26 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares? Mat 13:28 And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29  But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them. Mat 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest (The first-fruits harvest is happening): and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn. (This is happening before our eyes, so the first fruits harvest is happening now. And the Angels are gathering the tares and bundling them by permitting faction spirits, which are separation spirits to take them out to purify the body.) Mat 13:36 Then he left the multitudes and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field. 37 And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; (Jesus sowed the Word in our hearts as the parable of the sower just showed.) Mat 13:38 and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom (In whom the Word lives); and the tares are the sons of the evil one (In whom satan's seeds of lust live.); 39 and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. Mat 13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so, shall it be in the end of the world. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all [things- not Numeric] that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity, (Jesus is doing this to the first-fruits harvest and in the tribulation. He will do it for the Ingathering Harvest.) Mat 13:42 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear. (So, this process is to sanctify a body for the Lord.) The Falling away must come to purify the Body. Jesus is coming for the first fruits in the Man-child and Bride to use them to bring in the Ingathering Harvest in the tribulation. He is also coming for the Ingathering Harvest at the end of the Tribulation. One thing preceeds both of these comings - The Falling Away. 2Th 2:1  Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him; 2  to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand; (Notice: Jesus will not come until the Falling Away sanctifies the Body) 2Th 2:3 let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be (The coming of the Lord), except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, (Perdition means destruction. Like Judas they destroy and are destroyed. Jesus cannot come for the first fruits or ingathering harvests until the son of destruction comes out from among the people of God.) 2Th 2:4 he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God. (The son of perdition is his own god; he does as he wishes. The Greek word for temple here is “Naos” which Paul used 9 times as the body of Christ but never as the building. He sits among the people of God which is the temple of God.) 2Th 2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. (The Falling Away restrains the son of perdition being revealed. The Falling Away reveals the son of destruction as is happening now and in the tribulation.) 2Th 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now (The SOP restrains the coming of the Lord for His purified body), until he be - taken out of the way (The Numeric Greek proves this as “be come out of the midst.” When the SOP which identified Judas, came out of the midst he was revealed. The disciples didnt know who he was until he denied the Lord.) 8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming; (So the Lord comes for his bodies after the falling way separates the SOP tares from the wheat. Then He destroys those Edomites as He did Judas.) 2Th 2:9 even he (the SOP), whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10  and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. (The SOP has been given power from satan to deceive those who do not hold to the truth. Should we even try to save them? Yes, because they are held guilty by rejecting the truth and those who receive the truth will be saved. ) 2Th 2:11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2Co 4:1-4 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not: 2 but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; (Like the SOP) but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish: 4 in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.   Father Commands Evil Out of the House Claire Pienaar - 3/19/23 (David's notes in red) I dreamed it was nighttime and I was in my parents' home. I was looking out of my bedroom window at night. (In the natural, when I did this as a child, I saw a demon in female form lurking out there and I always told her to stay out there. I did not engage with her, but I was weary of her.) In my dream, I felt the same trepidation of knowing that I'd see her when I looked out into the garden, but when I did, she wasn't there!! Praise God! The demon was gone, and I could see a perfectly peaceful night far into the distance, beyond the boundary of my parents' home.  In the dream, I had pink curtains with fluffy white clouds on them and many, many colorful rainbows. (These curtains represent being covered in love and the promises in the Word, specifically the promise of overcoming evil).  I heard my dad next door in my sister's room, which was the same as my room, but this room had blue curtains like mine instead of pink ones. (The curtains represent the same promises, and the blue represents being seated in the heavenlies; the predestination, calling and election of those Father loves).   My dad (Representing our Heavenly Father) had my sister in his lap and wanted to read her a story. My sister looked like my daughter Tabitha, and this shook me in the dream. (In the natural, I try to keep my children from as much evil outside influence as possible; they have enough of their own sin nature to overcome).  My dad was freaking out because someone had given her a Mickey Mouse book, (Disney perversion.) as well as an evil book with a weird looking teddy bear on the front cover. (I realized the cover looked the same as the pedophile organization run by George Soros with the teddy bear logo. It's the ugliest teddy bear I've ever seen. They are sickos.). (Our Father is not happy with all the corruption in the Churches that is polluting His children.) I was shocked and wondered how these books came into our house, but then I thought “My mother probably brought them in”. (Here again we see a connection between the apostate Church system and the Babylon DS child trafficking.)  I told my dad not to worry, and that all people have grown up with some sort of sick stuff like this. (We are exposed to much “sick” doctrine growing up in the apostate Churches. Psa. 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.) I was not fearful and knew I could dispose of these books quickly. I was sad that it had been placed near my sister/daughter and I was unsure how much she'd seen of it. He then took the teddy bear book and said, “This one must be burned!”. He was angry now and said, “I have NEVER been exposed to this, and none of my children should. Get it out of the house!!” (Riaan: The Father will not allow these things in believers' lives anymore. It's a serious reaction to not expose any of his children as immature believers to any lasciviousness brought in by the apostate “mother” Church).  Then, I took it and went to burn it or throw it away. Then I woke up.    I asked the Lord for a word for this dream and received Psalm 69: 7-8: Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.    Bearing Fruit to Be in the Bride Alenna Timoshchuk - 3/21/23 (David's notes in red) I dreamt that I was pregnant, walking down a road with another girl who was also pregnant, but not as far along as I was. (Representing bearing the fruit of Christ.) She was asking me if I was worried about pregnancy headaches and what they might do to my eyesight. (This represents attacks on our mind by the enemy that can cloud our spiritual sight as we are working to bear the fruit of Christ in the womb of our hearts.) I told her, “No, I wasn't worried about it because I believed that Jesus delivered me from the curse and that I was trusting in the Lord that I was already healed.” (Representing that we are healed through faith in the promises, and we can't walk by sight.)  She proceeded to tell me about her sister who knows all about what these headaches can do and that they're ruining her sister's eyesight. (The sister represents those under apostate religious doctrines that don't see that they have been healed by the Lord.) I told her, “It's because her sister was researching a bunch of misinformation and believing it and that it's going to be hard for her to believe what the Lord had done for her if that is what she is filling her mind with.” (We must fill our mind with the Word and keep our sight on God's promises, not what the world says, or we will lose our spiritual eyesight.) We kept walking, and though my pace never changed, the girl I was walking beside was falling behind, and I was going way ahead of her, and it seemed as if I started walking faster. (Not believing the full gospel will hinder you from progressing in your walk in Christ. My pace never changed because it's not my works, but Christ doing the work in me.)  As I was walking, two dogs ran up beside me trying to intimidate me. They had special collars on their throats allowing them to speak to me like a human (like in the movie “UP”) and they were also growling and trying to bite me, mainly aiming for my hands. I don't remember what they were saying but it sounded creepy. I just kept my same pace and kept my eyes ahead of me on the road, making sure not to look at the dogs. I knew that if I kept my eyes forward, they wouldn't be able to harm me. (Satan and his demons don't have power unless we give it to them.)   Then an old man, who was the owner of the dogs, came out to the road and he was wearing two very thick pairs of gloves. (The old man represents the “old man” of the flesh who cooperates with demons to sidetrack our spiritual man.) The dogs instantly ran over to him, and each jumped up and bit his hands and were hanging off of them. I told him that he needed to put his dogs away so that people could walk on the road and not get hurt by them, but the man laughed and told me they were harmless. I knew then that he wanted the dogs to hurt me, so I faced the road ahead again, and kept walking. (Pro. 4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.) The scene changed and I was meeting up with my husband and children and we were in a room with my old job manager. He also seemed to be the same owner of the two dogs. I was looking at a model ship that he had and said I was sad about something he wouldn't change.  I remember he got really angry with me and opened a can of some kind of gas that would put my family and I to sleep so that he could kill us. My husband instantly put his arms around our daughters and covered them with his body, and I ran out before the door could close. (I believe my husband here represents Jesus who gave his body for us, and I may represent the bride who is also a warrior for Christ.)     As I ran out of the room, I realized the gas was in the whole building but I knew that if I fought, I wouldn't fall asleep. I found a sword (Representing the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God.) I picked the sword up and across the room I saw a pale Chinese lady with jet black hair cut at chin length. (Our flesh nature is a foreigner, and the short hair represents lack of submission to God and the black hair represents submission to darkness. This woman represents her flesh.) She was watching me and had a sword in her hand. I knew I had to fight her, but first I ran the other way out of the building. I was running so fast that I ran across a lake without getting wet. (Going across the water without getting wet is putting the curse of the Word under our feet. Without this we cannot conquer the flesh.) I rested in some bushes for a little while. (Entering the rest represents ceasing from our own works through faith in the promises. This strengthens us for the battle with the flesh.) Then I ran back to the building to fight her. As soon as I got into the building, I saw another blade and I used it to sharpen my sword before the fight. (Representing iron sharpening iron. Pro. 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; So, a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. As discuss scriptures with others we sharpen our sword of the Spirit.) Then I saw her charging at me, and we started fighting. The fight lasted a while as we swung our swords at each other back and forth. Then she left me for a moment and went into another room. (Resist the devil [and his temptations] and he will flee from you.) I saw one of my biological sisters in that same room casually talking to her and I motioned with my hand and mouthed to her that this lady was trying to kill me. So, my sister stepped away from her and I charged at the Chinese lady full force, and this time I didn't stop hitting her with my sword. I came at her so quickly that she didn't have a chance to defend herself. (This time I was on the offensive side, making it easier to bind the enemy.) I kept hitting her until I saw David Eells had stepped into the room with another man dressed in white. I told them to chain her up so that she can't move and to throw her in jail. David walked up behind her and held both of her hands together with one hand and her feet with his other. She instantly turned into the size of a baby, but she was screaming terribly and had a surprising amount of strength trying to resist him. But there was a yellow glow coming from David's hands as he held her, and he was stronger than her. Then the other man came and put the chains on her so that she couldn't move, and I woke up. (This represents the power of spiritual warfare and agreement between brethren. Mat. 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.) Right before I woke up from that dream, I had this little blip of a dream where someone was reading off a paper that had a list of names on it. It was a list of people who were replacing others in the bride. The others had factioned out and the Lord was replacing those people with the ones on this list. I don't remember any of the names except for my own. But I knew I needed to prove myself to actually be in the bride. I asked the Lord who the Chinese lady was that I was fighting and my finger landed on the word “iniquities” of my youth in Job 13:26 (In context 26-27) For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth: (The foreigner who is the old man) 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet.) (I bound the feet of her flesh representing her walk.) Then I asked who David Eells represents (already assuming he represented the Father or Jesus) and my finger landed on the face of a man in a picture of King Ahasuerus being angry at Queen Vashti for refusing to obey his command. … (Ahasuerus was the husband of the Bride. Vashti was replaced as his Bride.)    A Sanctified Walk Claire Pienaar - 3/17/23 (David's notes in red) (I represent the Bride in this dream, as my name means “brilliance”, which denotes the “lampros garment” of righteous acts of the saints as mentioned in Rev 19:8 And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.)   I dreamed that Riaan and I were moving into a new white house two doors down from our current white house that was on the right side when you're looking “up the street”. It was the largest home on the street. (A bigger house denotes more freedom of movement or to act which comes with maturity.)  We were unpacking all the things the previous Catholic family had left behind on the curb, for people to take or for rubbish. (All the things of universal christianity must be thrown out [because they are apostate]). We didn't keep anything of theirs. …   Then I saw myself in a mirror as I was cleaning the new house with my children. My top half looked normal, like how I look in the natural. … My legs were tan in color and looked very thin. (Representing our walk being exposed to the sun/Son or the Word.) You could see every bone, and the skin stretched over the bones and tendons. My legs looked like they belonged to a marathon runner instead of belonging to me. (This represents having the walk of an overcomer and enduring our race until the end.) (Long distance runners also tend to have leaner legs as they burn much fat reserves on those long runs. They put to death the flesh to take hold of the promise of the prize for enduring the race.)  Despite what they looked like, my legs were moving so fast it was like they belonged to someone else. (They do belong to someone else because we are the hands and feet of Christ. And we are doing His supernatural works.) They were easily going triple the speed of the pace at which the rest of my body was moving. Then I woke up.  (As the Bride comes in to her anointing, she will be getting things done much faster for the kingdom because much will be done more supernaturally, as the angels have told us.) I asked the Lord for a couple of words by faith at random, and received Rev 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna (Receiving the Hidden manna represents receiving in depth discernment and understanding of the Word of God.), and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it. (A new name means a new nature, character, and authority; that of Christ. This all represents coming into the Brides anointing to walk as Jesus walked.) And Matt 15:28: Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it done unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour. (We are all sons and daughters of the King if we continue to abide in great faith and overcome in Him with His nature, character, and authority).   God's Investment in Us Samuel Fire - 3/10/23 (David's notes in red) I saw how our Father has heavily invested in us all. He has invested more into us than we can fully comprehend. He sent His only begotten Son to die for us [and give us His life].   An investment is an expectation on a good and greater return.    Parable of Talents: Mat. 25:14-30 For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his several ability; and he went on his journey. 16 Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them and made other five talents. 17 In like manner he also that received the two gained other two. 18 But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth and hid his lord's money. (Some people waste their God-given talents on worldly endeavors instead of God's kingdom, so He doesn't get a return on His investment.) 19 Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them. 20 And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: lo, I have gained other five talents. 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (So, some faithful servants bear fruit with the talents invested in them.) 22 And he also that received the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents. 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24 And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter; 25 and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own. (Obviously, this man did not know how to cooperate with God because He considered His talent should be used as his flesh desired.) 26 But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter; 27 thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. 28 Take ye away therefore the talent from him and give it unto him that hath the ten talents. 29 For unto everyone that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away. (If we don't bear fruit with the talent we are given it will be taken away and given to someone more worthy. This is what happens to those who fall away into faction and lose even the understanding of bearing fruit.) 30 And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ‘Definition of Investment:  1. The action or process of investing money for profit.  2. A thing that is worth buying because it may be profitable or useful in the future.   3. An act of devoting time, effort, or energy to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result.  4. The surrounding of a place by a hostile force in order to besiege or blockade it.'  ‘Almighty Father's Hands are surrounding us, capturing us from the miry clay. We are molded and shaped into His Image. He had paid a price nothing could compare. Every knee will bow and obey and praise Him and our lives are for His good-will, pleasure, and glory.'  The Lord Jesus' life was laid down for ours, that we can then have Him in us. We are a corporate body of Christ, and desire to manifest Him 100-fold; He, in us and through us, will do greater works for the glory of our Father.  1Jn 4:4 YE are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is the one in you than the one in the world.   Joh 15:13 Greater love hath no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.   Joh 14:12 Amen, Amen, I say unto you, Who believeth unto me, the works that I do shall HE do also; and greater than these shall he do, because I go unto the Father.   Eph 1:4 even as he chose us in him before the world's foundation, that we be holy and without blemish before him in love.   Will He get more than He invested back from you? Will He even get His investment back?   He didn't just make the whole physical existence to only get what He started with; He wants more. (He sowed the seed of Christ in this dirt we call our natural life. Here's where He gets His investment back. This seed of the Word will birth Christ in us and He can do so much more than we can.)  A refining purification process isn't just throwing out everything, it is extracting the best out of the worst. (“As the outer man is decaying the inner man is being renewed day by day.”) We have had many teachings, revelations, understandings, wisdom, and knowledge invested in us through many people from the very beginning until now.  (This is again how His investment will bear fruit for His Glory.)  He's made available His Word in a physical Bible in our language, that withstood the enemy trying to destroy it, to aid us to manifest and follow the Lord Jesus.     SERVICES Ubbs Outreach Friday Night Worship CONTACT Share Your Testimony Request Prayer Technical Support Questions   SUPPORT US We are a non-profit organisation based in United States. Our goal is to empower and equip people to discover more about Christianity and point them to a life of happiness, peace and purpose. Donate

Know your month! Fun facts you didn't know you wanted to know about the month of March, named after the Roman god of war. See? You're already learning!

The Planet Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is known as the Red Planet. Mars is a rocky, barren world with a thin atmosphere. It has long been a source of speculation and mystery for humans. Mars is named after the Roman god of war. It is often described as the "Red Planet" because of its reddish appearance. Mars is a small planet with a diameter of only about 4,200 miles (6,800 kilometers). It has a very thin atmosphere that is mostly carbon dioxide. Mars has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos. Mars is the home of the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons. For more information, listen to the Podcast...

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is the second smallest planet in the Solar System. Named after the Roman god of war, Mars is often referred to as the "Red Planet" due to its reddish appearance. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the valleys, deserts, and polar caps of Earth. The planet Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, which are small and irregular in shape. Mars is also home to the largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons. The average temperature on Mars is about minus 60 degrees Celsius, but can range from minus 143 degrees Celsius at the poles to 20 degrees Celsius at the equator. For more information, listen to the Podcast...

When a character from Roman history appears in Luke, the worst thing any of us could ever do is go back to accounts of Roman history to try to piece together a timeline or historical framework against which we read the gospel text. On the contrary, when a familiar character appears, you can be sure Luke is using the character's backstory to turn Roman history on its head. Was the character well known to the original addresses? In what region or territory did the character live? What did he do, and how does it connect with the agenda of the author? Does his name have a functional value? Here, it's worth mentioning that Quirinus was the name of an ancient Roman god of war associated with Romulus. When Luke picks a fight with Roman history, he does not hold back. Richard and Fr. Marc discuss Luke 2:2Episode 457; Luke 2:2The following music was used for this media project:Music: Hard Metal Intro by WinnieTheMoogFree download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6598-hard-metal-introLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseArtist website: https://linktr.ee/taigasoundprod ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 499, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lesser-Known Ancient Romans 1: This little-known Roman was exactly half as wide as his Greek friend Diameter. Radius. 2: This ancient Roman had trouble understanding others because of the ringing in his ears. Tinnitus. 3: Everything this Roman did was counterfeit or fake. Bogus. 4: He was difficult to understand because his jaw muscles were always locking up. Tetanus. 5: This Roman was always interrupting his projects for an extended break, especially over the summer. Hiatus. Round 2. Category: Pc Magazine 1: In 1984 this company's laser printer won raves and , at $3,495, also cost a third less than the competitors'. HP (Hewlett-Packard). 2: The cover of the first PC Magazine featured this company's new desktop computer, which helped launch an industry. IBM. 3: For 16 years this computer maker put an ad on the back page of PC Mag to promote and pioneer its direct PC sales. Dell. 4: In 1999, when it wasn't even a year old, this website won a PC Mag award for its PageRank technology. Google. 5: id Software got kudos for letting gamers construct worlds in this 4-letter shooter, set on Mars and featuring demons. Doom. Round 3. Category: Astrology 1: The two signs of the Zodiac symbolized by arthropods. Scorpio and Cancer. 2: Some astrologers call people born under this sign Arians. Aries. 3: Aries is ruled by this warlike planet named for the Roman god of war. Mars. 4: This water sign is symbolized by 2 fish swimming in opposite directions. Pisces. 5: Sometimes Sagittarius is considered a human sign, but usually they're Virgo, Aquarius, Libra and this. Gemini. Round 4. Category: From "A" To "E" 1: Slang for a guy from Sydney. an Aussie. 2: A fighter pilot has to shoot down 5 or more enemy aircraft to earn this nickname. ace. 3: A proverb. an adage. 4: Usually built on a cliff or other high place, it's an eagle's home. aerie. 5: The special mood or atmosphere created by a particular environment. ambience. Round 5. Category: City Flags 1: Its flag features a pioneer family, a covered wagon and 2 sea gulls. Salt Lake City. 2: This Spanish mission and a star are depicted on San Antonio's flag. The Alamo. 3: The 4 stars appearing on this city's flag stand for Fort Dearborn, a fire and 2 World's Fairs. Chicago. 4: The Y-shaped design on this city's flag represents the convergence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. St. Louis. 5: A steamboat and a cotton plant appear on this Tennessee's city flag. Memphis. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

On Today's Trivia Podcast Episode Time for 20 new questions on this trivia podcast! Which month is named for the Roman god of war? How many triangles are on the Backgammon board? This German rye bread tastes like how you remind me of being a rockstar in a photograph. What is the most spoken uralic language? The rig veda is the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit text of which relgion? How many heroic labors did Hercules have to perform? Damascus is the capital of what country? On the TV show Friends, Rachel made a big deal about which type of flowers being her favorite? Which golfer has won the most US Master Tournaments? What was the first film in color to win Best Picture at the Oscars? If you liked this episode, check out our last trivia episode! Music Hot Swing, Fast Talkin, Bass Walker, Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Don't forget to follow us on social media for more trivia: Patreon - patreon.com/quizbang - Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Check out our fun extras for patrons and help us keep this podcast going. We appreciate any level of support! Website - quizbangpod.com Check out our website, it will have all the links for social media that you need and while you're there, why not go to the contact us page and submit a question! Facebook - @quizbangpodcast - we post episode links and silly lego pictures to go with our trivia questions. Enjoy the silly picture and give your best guess, we will respond to your answer the next day to give everyone a chance to guess. Instagram - Quiz Quiz Bang Bang (quizquizbangbang), we post silly lego pictures to go with our trivia questions. Enjoy the silly picture and give your best guess, we will respond to your answer the next day to give everyone a chance to guess. Twitter - @quizbangpod We want to start a fun community for our fellow trivia lovers. If you hear/think of a fun or challenging trivia question, post it to our twitter feed and we will repost it so everyone can take a stab it. Come for the trivia - stay for the trivia. Ko-Fi - ko-fi.com/quizbangpod - Keep that sweet caffeine running through our body with a Ko-Fi, power us through a late night of fact checking and editing!

This is Renegade Files Episode 25, Mars Anomalies.Since the days of antiquity, Mars has captured the attention and imagination of all who have looked toward the heavens. We, as Earthlings, are inexplicably drawn to the surface of Mars. The red Planet has occupied a pole position in science and science fiction since 1894 when Percival Lowell saw what he believed to be intricate systems of canals on Mars.As soon as we developed the ability to see Mars, first with telescopes, then with orbiters, and currently with unmanned rovers, the images that have come back to us have caused controversy and curiosity.On this episode of Renegade files we travel across our Solar System to the planet named for the Roman God of War. We will explore what has come to be known as the Mars Anomalies: Images, Artifacts, Statues, Carvings, and even life forms that should not be there, but nevertheless, appear to be. Are there Pyramids on Mars? Is there plant life and liquid water on Mars? And why are the most recent orbiter photographs of objects on the surface more blurry than the ones from 1976?Are there things on Mars that NASA, for whatever reason, has an interest in hiding?Board the RFA Starship Cydonia, strap yourself in, and come with me as we travel 140 million miles through space to explore the red planet in search of the Mars Anomalies.Patreon https://www.patreon.com/renegadefilesHats (and more merch) https://www.bonfire.com/store/renegade-files/Website http://therenegadefiles.comThank you for helping the show grow by sharing it with other people like us, who are into crazy covert culture. They're our tribe so keep bringing them in. Just copy this link: http://therenegadefiles.com and post in on your social media pages or text it to those in your crew who would like the show. Cheers!--------------------------Photo of Percival Lowell at his telescope in 1914Photo devolution of Face Pics: Cydonia, Mars Wikipedia PageTCG: http://thoseconspiracyguys.com/--------------------------Music: Theme Song: “Steve's Djembe” by Vani, FMA, licensed: Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 License.“Pyramids Under Glass” by Stone Calculus, DV8NOW Records, licensed: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License.

Being that we are in the month of March, and March is named after the Roman God of War, and the Planet Mars is named after the same God, Greg has picked the 1953 film "Invaders From Mars" for our viewing pleasure. Join Greg and Karen as they discuss the film while they enjoy a "Life on Mars" cocktail.

Welcome to the first Wednesday of a brand new month. March is the third month of the year and brings the start of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. March's birthstones are aquamarine and bloodstone symbolizing courage. March's birth flower is the daffodil which represents Spring and new beginnings. Although March was named after Mars the Roman god of war, and in ancient times was called the month of war, we engage in spiritual warfare to defeat the enemy of our souls. " 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not [a]carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,"  2 Corinthians 10:3-5, NKJV  

As March begins, we live in a world that reminds us with brutal clarity that the month is named for the Roman god of war. 

Recent events in Ukraine have again put war at the forefront of collective consciousness. War's destruction belongs to the mythic realm. Mars, the Roman god of war, was a primordial force whose altars were placed outside city gates. Although acknowledged, he was not accepted. His paramour, Venus, is warfare's seductress, offering spectacle, pageantry, and glory. Like all the gods of Mt. Olympus, Mars and Venus live in us as opposing forces of aggression and eros. We are charged with holding the tension of these impassioned opposites and making them conscious, lest we project shadow onto designated enemies or wage war internally as neurosis. We can stand in the complexity of conflict, suspend action, and allow the gods a place inside our psychic city gates.  Here's the dream we analyze: “I had a dream me and my boyfriend adopted a child and were living in a rundown apartment full of darkness that resembled a studio we rehearsed in. Then we went to the balcony to watch missiles falling and exploding in the sky; my boyfriend was aloof to the situation. My first thought was, “this must be very exciting for the child because it's like fireworks,” Then I realized that it's actually really dangerous and life-threatening, so I grabbed the child and ran inside, leaving my boyfriend outside gazing at the sky. The room was pitch dark, and I could hear the voices of my mother and my brother talking about me; they were saying, “how is the baby going to survive without a shell”? Then I realized the kid has turned into a round egg in the palm of my hand, and the shell was dissolving like wet paper, leaving a bubble of fragile liquid with a fetus inside. I knew that any sudden movement could burst the bubble and kill the baby, so I tried to be as gentle and careful as I could.”  REFERENCES: A Terrible Love of War by James Hillman. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143034928/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_46A683TF2489P8WNSC8Y Depth Psychology and a New Ethic by Erich Neumann. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0877735719/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_7W8QHPPGHMJ6SJ6RYS9R The Moral Equivalent of War by William James. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1445529866/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_JF75M92ZS5N96ST1M49G A Story Waiting to Pierce You by Peter Kingsley. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1890350214/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_BHEFTMVSZCJ6JF0X86N7 A Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M2YED0C/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_KGW7PQX1J4DH4WB2HQCF RESOURCES: Learn to Analyze your own Dreams:  https://thisjungianlife.com/enroll/

The last half of Acts 17 features the famous account of Paul at Mars Hill, which was an ancient center of idolatry and philosophy. The people of Athens had grown tired of religion. The gods took and demanded all the more, but never gave. Philosophy grew out of this desire to carve a path for people to live peacefully, and hopefully skirt the attention of the gods. However, tradition reminded them that there was no avoiding the gods. Their own consciences felt tethered to idols and idolatry, knowing the only hope beyond this life rested in the gods' hands. Enter the Apostle Paul, who steps into this place of unrest and yearning. Mars Hill was named after the Roman god of war, but the name was also appropriate seeing the battle the people of Athens were in at heart. They wanted to break free from their bondage to idols and emptiness. Acts 17 is a marvelous portrayal of effective and intentional evangelism. Paul swallows his pride and seeks a connection with the people. His words from 17:24-28 are especially powerful. Paul's words offer us freedom from the idols of this world that we have settled for and set our hopes on. We feel obligated to chase after this world for power, peace, and purpose. We're often convinced there's no other route to satisfaction and fulfillment. Paul calls us to lift our eyes to the heavens and see that there is a God detached from the material and circumstantial. Paul reminds us that the idols we serve don't bear God's image, however we do. We are made by Him and for Him, and we live through Him. There is freedom for all of us if we realize this innate connection we have with God and how Jesus is proof that we belong to Him. Acts 17 can bless all of us and give us liberty as it did many in Paul's audience that day, pointing the way to the completion found in our Creator.

Recent events in Afghanistan have again put war at the forefront of collective consciousness. War's destruction belongs to the mythic realm. Mars, the Roman god of war, was a primordial force whose altars were placed outside city gates. Although acknowledged, he was not accepted. His paramour, Venus, is warfare's seductress, offering spectacle, pageantry, and glory. Like all the gods of Mt. Olympus, Mars and Venus live in us as opposing forces of aggression and eros. We are charged with holding the tension of these impassioned opposites and making them conscious, lest we project shadow onto designated enemies or wage war internally as neurosis. We can stand in the complexity of conflict, suspend action, and allow the gods a place inside our psychic city gates.  Here's the dream we analyze: “I had a dream me and my boyfriend adopted a child and were living in a rundown apartment full of darkness that resembled a studio we rehearsed in. Then we went to the balcony to watch missiles falling and exploding in the sky; my boyfriend was aloof to the situation. My first thought was, “this must be very exciting for the child because it's like fireworks,” Then I realized that it's actually really dangerous and life-threatening, so I grabbed the child and ran inside, leaving my boyfriend outside gazing at the sky. The room was pitch dark, and I could hear the voices of my mother and my brother talking about me; they were saying, “how is the baby going to survive without a shell”? Then I realized the kid has turned into a round egg in the palm of my hand, and the shell was dissolving like wet paper, leaving a bubble of fragile liquid with a fetus inside. I knew that any sudden movement could burst the bubble and kill the baby, so I tried to be as gentle and careful as I could.”  REFERENCES: A Terrible Love of War by James Hillman. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143034928/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_46A683TF2489P8WNSC8Y Depth Psychology and a New Ethic by Erich Neumann. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0877735719/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_7W8QHPPGHMJ6SJ6RYS9R The Moral Equivalent of War by William James. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1445529866/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_JF75M92ZS5N96ST1M49G A Story Waiting to Pierce You by Peter Kingsley. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1890350214/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_BHEFTMVSZCJ6JF0X86N7 A Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M2YED0C/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_KGW7PQX1J4DH4WB2HQCF RESOURCES: Learn to Analyze your own Dreams:  https://thisjungianlife.com/enroll/

Mars is the Roman god of war. But it turns out there's more to him than swinging a sword around! Learn about this versatile god in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore! Find the images, videos and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/mars-god-of-war/ Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/ Grab your tickets for Rural Gothic: Suburban Wyrd at https://bit.ly/SuburbanWyrd Become a Patron for bonus exclusive episodes at https://patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595 Enjoyed this episode and want to show your appreciation? Support Fabulous Folklore at https://paypal.me/FabulousFolklore  Or buy Icy a coffee to say 'thanks' at: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick Tweet Icy at https://twitter.com/IcySedgwick Get extra snippets of folklore on Instagram at https://instagram.com/icysedgwick 'Like' Fabulous Folklore on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fabulousfolklore/

Episode 132. Mars is the Red Planet and is named after the Roman god of war. Where Mars is placed in your natal chart shows the areas of your life where you must take action. This is where you express your desires, passion, and leadership. If Mars is afflicted, it can indicate where conflict or anger shows up. 1st: Mars in the first house indicates an aggressive, outgoing, and courageous personality. If you’ve got Mars here, you want to be where the action is. You’re bold and not afraid to take risks. If Mars is afflicted, you may be headstrong and prone to temper tantrums. You’ll need to learn how to think before acting if you want to avoid drama. 2nd: Mars in the second house means you’re not afraid to hustle for your cash. You’ll work hard to achieve your financial goals and you may possess business acumen. You’re also competitive when it comes to money matters, which means you’ll do what you can to protect your own interests. If afflicted, you might be ruthless in your pursuit of material goods and not above using dishonest means. 3rd: Mars in the third house creates a fiery, passionate mind. You’re direct in your speech and can be aggressive when debating a point. Daily life is active as you’re not one to sit still for too long. When afflicted it produces a sarcastic, cruel tongue, and reckless driving. 4th: Mars in the fourth means you put a lot of energy into your home life. You may want to be the “boss” in the domestic sphere and could dominate family members. You’ll also want to improve your surroundings so may become handy around the home. If afflicted, you may have problems with your parents or other family members. 5th: Mars in the fifth house indicates you’ll be assertive in romantic matters. You’ve got a strong flirt game and will aggressively pursue the objects of your affection. You’ll probably possess a strong libido as well. If afflicted, Mars in the fifth could indicate sexual jealousy or unplanned pregnancy. 6th: Mars in the sixth house means you’ll be a hard worker and may bring a lot of energy to your working environment. You may be well suited for physical labor or a leadership role. You may not like to follow orders so you could be an entrepreneur too. If afflicted, you may experience burnout from too much work - or conflicts with coworkers. 7th: Mars in the seventh house indicates an aggressive role in relationships. You like to take control - and can get a lot done with partners if they don’t mind you taking the lead. This placement can also indicate an aggressive salesperson or PR agent - the kind who will push past boundaries to get what they want! If afflicted, it brings arguments with partners and acrimonious splits. 8th: Mars in the eighth house indicates a powerful intuition, strong desires, and sexual intensity. People with this placement are aggressive with other people’s money - which could be good or bad depending on the condition of Mars. For example, if afflicted it could mean criminal tendencies such as embezzlement. There could also be arguments over inheritances or taxes. 9th: Mars in the ninth house creates an adventurous spirit, one who wants to see the world and what it has to offer. If you have this placement, you’ll want to broaden your mind as much as possible through travel and education - but if afflicted, Mars in the 9th could produce a religious zealot or worse yet, a religious hypocrite who wants to force their fanatical views on others while not practicing what they’re preaching. 10th: Mars in the 10th house folks want to be recognized. They clamor for the limelight and will seek fame. If you’ve got this placement, you’ll be competitive, and willing to take initiative to get to the top. You could have political leanings and might make a fine politician. If afflicted, you’ll use whatever tactics you can to get ahead, even if they are unfair or ruthless. This could lead to a rapid climb followed by a downfall. 11th: Mars in the 11th mean you’ll put a lot of energy into friendships and group activities. You may be a leader in your community or involved in humanitarian causes. If afflicted, you’re a rebel without a cause or a rabble-rouser who wants to overthrow the status quo. Arguments with friends could find you alienated too. 12th: Mars in the 12th house indicates someone who prefers to operate in secret. Many actions are happening behind the scenes - and are perhaps influenced by the unconscious mind. This is a secretive Mars, which also means you could be a treacherous enemy because no one will see what you’re up to. By that same token, if afflicted, you may have plenty of secret enemies too. Those are some mini thoughts about Mars in the natal chart houses. If you want to learn more, be sure to grab a copy of Astrology for Real Life - a No BS Guide for the Astro-Curious. I also recommend Planets in Houses: Experiencing Your Environment Planets by Robert Pelletier.

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Mars, named after the Roman God of War, has been a continual source of fascination. Humans have dreamed of going there since it was virtually discovered. Mars may not just be a dream anymore but soon a reality. A panel of experts think it is possible to send humans on a mission to Mars by 2030, putting the first humans on the red planet. However, Mars is not the typical holiday destination of choice, with no breathable air, minus 5 degrees Celsius and high radiation. First we need to tackle the biggest problem. We currently lack the technology to get people to Mars. There are serious gaps in our abilities, including the fact that we can't properly store the necessary fuel long enough for a Mars trip. George and Christina discuss the Mars One trip and why it's essential for humans to colonize the red planet.

Mars, named after the Roman God of War, has been a continual source of fascination. Humans have dreamed of going there since it was virtually discovered. Mars may not just be a dream anymore but soon a reality. A panel of experts think it is possible to send humans on a mission to Mars by 2030, putting the first humans on the red planet. However, Mars is not the typical holiday destination of choice, with no breathable air, minus 5 degrees Celsius and high radiation. First we need to tackle the biggest problem. We currently lack the technology to get people to Mars. There are serious gaps in our abilities, including the fact that we can't properly store the necessary fuel long enough for a Mars trip. George and Christina discuss the Mars One trip and why it's essential for humans to colonize the red planet.

March is a strange month. Aside from playing host to the Vernal Equinox, it is also named after Mars – the Roman God of War. With that in mind we kick off our month long campaign, so join us as we dive into the world of combat. Outro donated by Disasterpiece www.thegeekshow.co.uk

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet Mars. Named after the Roman god of war, Mars has been a source of continual fascination. It is one of our nearest neighbours in space, though it takes about a year to get there. It is very inhospitable with high winds racing across extremely cold deserts. But it is spectacular, with the highest volcano in the solar system and a giant chasm that dwarfs the Grand Canyon.For centuries there has been fierce debate about whether there is life on Mars and from the 19th century it was even thought there might be a system of canals on the planet. This insatiable curiosity has been fuelled by writers like HG Wells and CS Lewis and countless sci-fi films about little green men.So what do we know about Mars – its conditions, now and in the past? What is the evidence that there might be water and thus life on Mars? And when might we expect man to walk on its surface?With John Zarnecki, Professor of Space Science at the Open University and a team leader on the ExoMars mission; Colin Pillinger, Professor of Planetary Sciences at the Open University and leader of the Beagle 2 expedition to Mars; Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University and an expert on Martian meteorites.