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Previously on Saga of the Jewels…The life of seventeen-year-old RYN, bookish son of a wealthy landowner, changes forever when his hometown is destroyed by the EMPIRE and everyone he has ever known is killed. He discovers that the Empire are seeking TWELVE PRIMEVAL JEWELS which grant the power to manipulate different elements, and that his father had been hiding the FIRE RUBY. Ryn sets out to take revenge on the Imperial General who killed his family and retrieve the Fire Ruby, and along the way meets NUTHEA the lightning-slinging princess, SAGAR the swaggering skypirate, ELRANN the tomboy engineer, CID the wizened old healer, and VISH the poppy-seed-addicted bounty hunter. Together the companions decide to find all of the Jewels in order to stop the EMPEROR from finding them first and taking over the world. They have thus far succeeded in retrieving the Fire Ruby, borne by Ryn, and the Lightning Crystal, borne by Nuthea. They have now come to the land of FARR where they intend to compete in a hand-to-hand fighting tournament in order to attempt to win its grand prize, the EARTH EMERALD…EPISODE THIRTY-SEVEN: STRANGE TALES OF TWO STRANGERSOne night before the Tournament.Cid eased himself back into the comfy cushioned chair in the corner of the manse's dining area and sighed in relaxation.“Ahhhh…”He lifted the mug of tea that he had made for himself and inhaled deeply through his nose. Sweet and minty, with a hint of citrus. The Farrians were good at tea.It was too hot to drink quite yet, so he just sat like that for a while with both his hands around the mug, letting it warm them, enjoying its fragrance.Bliss.He had certainly earned a day off. They had all been training hard at the direction of young man Vish–even Cid. Although he was not planning to fight in the tournament–nothing could appeal to him less–he had joined in with the others' training for the sake of the exercise, and because he wanted to show willing and that he was one of the group. Although due to his age he had not been able to keep up to anything like the pace of the whippersnappers, the Shadowfinger had still put him through his own paces, and Cid had ached all over when he had woken up this morning. He had needed the break.He stretched his legs out and drew in another deep breath of steaming tea.It had been a good day off, too. He had spent it wandering the city with his Granddaughter and young man Ryn, looking in the different shops and visiting the different ornamental gardens, chatting about everything and nothing–the Jewels, their prospects in the upcoming tournament which would start tomorrow, where they would go next if they managed to secure the Earth Emerald. It had all been very pleasant.And now, to have an evening to himself, just to sit and rest while everyone else was out, free for a while of their bickering and squabbling and the different attractions that simmered between them…it was as though all the children were out for the night and so he could enjoy himself in peace. No, he corrected himself, it was as though all the grandchildren were out for the night and so he could enjoy himself in peace.“Heh,” he chuckled to himself. “Don't forget just quite how old you are, old man Cid.”He took a sip of the tea, now just about drinkable, and let it slide deliciously down his throat.He tipped his head back in the chair and shut his eyes, allowing himself to be lost in the sweet taste and the comfort of relaxing in this chair, without having to think for a few moments about the quest, or the danger they were all in, or how the fate of Mid rested on their shoulders, or how to keep this band of younglings alive for another day, or the terrible things he knew they would have to do that he didn't want to think about. He might even take a nap in this chair, or fall asleep early for the night...Bliss, he thought again.From across the manse, the sound of the front door bursting open. Commotion. Shouts. The voices of the two boys, arguing.Oh no.Cid opened his eyes and sat up straight.Ryn and Sagar exploded into the dining room.“Cid!” Ryn began at once, running up to him and launching into a manic report. “Nuthea and I went to see a play and there was a Jewel-wielder there possibly two and she told us not to make a scene but then Sagar was really really drunk and came to find us because he and Elrann found some other jewel-related person in a pub but then he went up on the stage and got in a fight so I had to go up too but then we had to give away that we had elemental powers and the lead actor got angry and attacked us and–!”“Woah, woah!” Cid interrupted him, like he was soothing a spooked chocobo that he had lost control of. “Slow down, lad! One thing at a time! Tell me what's happened, slowly.”“Don' lissshen to him!” said Sagar, almost falling over himself as he stumbled over to one of the chairs at the dining table and sat clumsily astride it, putting his arms out to steady himself and then draping himself over the table. “He'sh telling it wrong! There wash a man singing about the Jewelesh, like he knew where they all were, so we went to find the prinshesh and the pup an' tell ‘em, but then there wash thish dragon, an'…”The pirate ran out of steam, and now he did go over, his head lolling forward onto the table and hitting it with a smack, then stopping there.A short pause, and he began to snore loudly.Cid turned back to Ryn.“You try again,” he said. “Slowly.”“Um. Hello,” said a young female voice.Standing in the doorway was a short girl in a pale green ballroom-dress, with deep green hair cut short into a fringe and a bob, and huge, glittering green eyes. Her skin was very pale indeed, and she was wringing her hands. She looked as though she had just been through some sort of trauma.“Oh!” said Cid. “I didn't notice you there. Hello, young lady. Please, come in, have some tea, take a chair!”Cid poured the girl a drink from the stove while Ryn got her a chair to sit on. The girl took the tea gratefully and perched on the edge of the chair. She was trembling, Cid noticed, little ripples forming in the mug of tea, which she clutched tight like she was holding onto the hand of a protecting parent.Definitely trauma, he thought with his Healer's mind.When she was settled, Cid sat down at the table too and bade Ryn do the same.“Now,” he said to the boy over the sound of Sagar's snoring. “Tell me slowly and carefully what has been happening and why you have brought back this poor young lady to the manse.”“Well–” began Ryn.The front door banged open again.“Grandfather!” came Nuthea's voice from the entry hall. “Grandfather, are you up? There's some things I've got to tell you!”She ran into the dining room, followed quickly by Elrann, followed by another newcomer: a man in a hooded grey traveller's cloak with a lute-case slung over one shoulder, and the unusual contrast of dark skin and deep blue hair, which hung in thick locks down either side of his face.An Umbarian, Cid thought. The Sapphire-keepers. This one is far from home…“Hi, pops!” said Elrann cheerfully, taking her own seat at the table. “Some stuff's been going down. Oh,” she said when she saw the green-haired girl, “spirit-girl! You made it! Welcome to the party.” She smiled with her eyes shut.When Nuthea also saw the green-haired girl seated at the table, she said, “Ah, you managed to bring her back, Ryn. Well done! Are you okay?” she asked the girl.“I'm f-fine,” stammered the girl. “Um…who are you?”“I am Princess Nuthea Kaleutheanna of the Matriarchy of Manolia,” Nuthea announced proudly. “I identified that you were employing spirit projection in that play and asked my friend here if he could set up a conversation with you.”“You mean the guy asleep over there who jumped onstage and attacked my dragon projection?”Nuthea deflated a bit. “Um, no. That part wasn't planned. I meant my friend Ryn here. The one who, er, attacked your colleague's lion projection.”Cid thought it best to interject here. “Excuse me, young ones, but could one of you please explain to me slowly and plainly what is going on, and why you have invited these two strangers back to our residence?”“Right,” said both Ryn and Nuthea at the same time. They looked at each other. “I'll explain,” they each said again simultaneously.“You go,” said Ryn, ceding the floor at last to Nuthea.“Alright,” she said, accepting without another word, “what's happened is that–”The front door banged again, cutting her off.Who's left? Cid thought. Oh yes. Young man Vish. At least he should have managed to keep himself out of trouble, without poppy seed.There were no shouts or cries this time, just the slow thud of Vish's footfall across the entry hall towards them.But the footsteps were irregular, and heavier than usual. It sounded like he was staggering, like he might be injured.Maybe that was why everyone stayed silent, listening to the erratic noise of the footsteps.Vish appeared in the doorway, a framed black figure.He just stood there for a moment, looking at all of them. He was breathing heavily, his loud, ragged breaths practically matching the volume of Sagar's snoring, as he slumped against the doorjamb.Vish fell forwards onto his front onto the floor, hitting it with a light thwap.That was when Cid noticed the spotted trail of blood behind him, and the blood that was soaking out from him now onto the floor.“He's hurt!” Cid cried, leaping up immediately and rushing over to the fallen Shadowfinger. “Quick, boys, help me get him onto his back!”Ryn and the newcomer Umbarian, whose name Cid didn't even know yet, carefully pulled Vish over onto his back.The Shadowfinger groaned as he went over, not with pain, but what sounded like…pleasure.Oh no, thought Cid, not for the first time that evening, as he knelt next to Vish.“What's happened?” asked Nuthea from somewhere behind him. “Is he going to be alright?”“Quiet,” Cid commanded irritably. “I'll know in a moment.” He didn't like snapping but he needed to concentrate.The first thing he did was take off the Shadowfinger's black gloves, which were slick with blood. There were no cuts or marks on the tan skin at all–it was smooth, delicate even. Just black discolouration at his fingertips—but that came from the poppy addiction. He examined the folds of Vish's tunic. There was no sign of a wound or of blood leaking through it anywhere. He put a hand over Vish's heart. It was beating regularly. Fast, granted. But regularly.Cid looked at the Shadowfinger's face. The man's eyes were closed and the tautness of his cheeks indicated he was smiling underneath his head scarf. The Healer pulled back one of the man's eyelids with a thumb, and his growing suspicions were confirmed. The pupil underneath was huge, dilated so big that it practically filled the whole of his eye with blackness. Vish giggled quietly in whatever state of consciousness he was in.“He's fine,” Cid pronounced, getting to his feet and shaking his head with disappointment. “This is not his blood; it's someone else's. Maybe several people's. He's not hurt. He's just had a poppy hit, that's all. An absolutely massive one, from the looks of things. Possibly several seeds at once.”Shocked silence.He sighed. And I thought that he had been making process.“Um, who is that guy?” said the green-haired girl.Cid turned. She had gotten up from the table and was standing as far away as possible from them all against the wall at the other end of the room, practically cowering.“Oh, please don't be alarmed, young lady,” Cid said. “This man is just an ex-Imperial bountyhunter who we enlisted to help us on our travels.”“He's a what?!” exclaimed the girl, standing up stick-straight and pushing herself even harder back against the wall. She looked as if she was about to run out of the room at any moment.“Don't worry,” Nuthea said, holding out her hands in a calming gesture, “it's quite alright. He's safe. He's on our side. He's saved our lives many times.”The girl stared down at Vish, mouth curling in horror, then looked up at Nuthea. “Who are all of you?” she said. “I only came with him–” she pointed to Ryn–“because he rescued me from Zigfrid's lion and because I can't go back to the troupe now! Unless you explain who you all are and what you're doing I'm getting out of here!”“Yes,” spoke up the Umbarian with the lute. “I would very much like to know who all of you are and why you have invited me here as well.”“Alright,” said Nuthea, “I'll explain to the two of you, then we can explain to grandfather why we've invited you each here. But do come and sit down, please.”Nuthea offered the girl her chair again and with some reluctance she crept back over and took it, reclaiming her tea, but her gaze kept darting back to Vish.“Don't worry about him,” Cid said in an effort to reassure her. “He will be out for a while. And he won't harm any of us. He's clearly used up his energy from the hit to walk back here. He is on our side.”The girl's lopsided grimace indicated she was not reassured in the least, but she stayed where she was for the moment.Cid, Nuthea, Ryn, Elrann and the Umbarian all took seats at the rectangular wooden table too, joining the girl and the snoring Sagar. They left Vish on his back on the floor to sleep off his poppy hit.“So who are you all?” asked the Umbarian. “And what are you doing staying in a government residence in the second-but-topmost level of Shun Pei?”Nuthea began her explanation for the newcomers. “We're a group of friends who are searching for some objects called the Twelve Primeval Jewels. We have two already, and four of us have elemental projection powers from touching different jewels.” Cid wouldn't have led with that, though it sounded as though his travelling companions had practically revealed as much to these two newcomers already. But why?Nuthea proceeded to work her way through the whole party and explain how she had met them and how they had ended up coming along on the search for the Jewels, beginning with her and Ryn meeting in the brig of an Imperial Airship, and ending with VIsh agreeing to work together with them in exchange for being kept in supply of poppy seed. She told them the story of how they had thus far managed to retrieve two Jewels and what they were doing in Farr in pursuit of a third.When she had finished, she looked at the two newcomers as if expecting some sort of response. The Umbarian tapped his lips, looking thoughtful, but the green-haired girl just continued to stare blankly.“Okaaay then…” the girl said eventually. “But what does any of this have to do with me?”“Well, young lady,” said Nuthea, “—what is your name, by the way?”“Riss,” said the green-haired girl.“Well, young Riss, when I saw that dragon appear in the play you were in, so lifelike, I suspected Jewel-magic must be involved.”The girl looked at the floor. “Ah. So you know.”“Yes,” said Nuthea. “You have touched the Spirit Carnelian.”Cid took in a sharp breath, but he tried to mask it.The girl looked up at Nuthea, and she did look very much to Cid like a little girl then–a confused, lost, alone and afraid little girl–despite being a bit older than a child. “Is that what it's called?”“That is what my people call it,” said Nuthea, “and what I believe most peoples who possess knowledge of Jewel-lore call it. How did you come by it?”The girl glanced around at all the members of the party in turn–those of them who were awake at least. She still sat tight-lipped, wide-eyed and pale. “You wouldn't believe me even if I told you…” she said quietly.“Try us,” Cid encouraged her gently. “You have heard some of our stories, and how unbelievable and outlandish those are. I think you will find it hard to surprise us.”Riss drew in a quivering breath. “Well… okay then…” Her green eyes took on a far-away look as she began her story. “I am originally from Suria. My father died of an illness when I was small. My mother raised me by herself, but she struggled. Ever since I was little, I never really fitted in. Rather than joining in with everyone else's games, I liked to go off by myself and play my own games in my imagination. I would go exploring in the woods and hills and valleys and make up my own stories. One day when I was twelve, I was out in the woods, and it was like I heard this voice whispering to me…”Riss paused and came back to the room for a moment, biting her lip and glancing around at her audience. She looked as if she was afraid of saying something foolish.“Go on,” Cid prompted her kindly. He had begun to suspect where this was going.“This voice began whispering to me, just my name at first, and then it started to tell me to follow certain directions. So I followed it. It was like one of my imaginations, one of my stories had come to life. I followed it, and it led me to a particular tree. It was a really big one, an oak I think, with a huge thick trunk and lots of branches that spread into the branches of the other trees. A little way up in the trunk was a small hollowed-out hole, the kind that a squirrel or a bird might nest in. The voice told me to look inside it, so I did, and inside I found a small, smooth, orangey-brown jewel. I took it, and when I touched it I felt a surge of…energy go through me, and from that moment I was able to summon spirits.”Quiet descended, punctuated only by a sleep-snort from Sagar.Cid could see the tension in every line of Nuthea's body, how she held her jaw tight, how she sat rigid on her chair. She must be exerting a huge amount of self-control not to burst out and ask the question that was surely also burning on her lips straight away.“Riss…” his granddaughter addressed the girl slowly. “Do you still have the jewel?”“No.”Cid felt the disappointment settle on him like a cloak. He saw it settle on Nuthea too.“Where is it?” Nuthea asked the girl.“He has it.”“Who?”“Zigfrid.”“That pompous lead actor from the play?” asked Ryn.The girl nodded.Nuthea didn't quite prevent all of her frustration from leaking into her voice. “How did he come by it?” she asked.The girl pulled her head back and pushed her chair away from the table a little, looking again as if she might run off at any moment. She must have sensed the trio's frustration.“Why does it matter?” she asked suspiciously. “What's it to you?”Cid stepped in again, speaking in as soothing tones as he could manage. “Do not worry, young lady; you are not in trouble–least of all with us. We are not angry with you, only at the situation. As my Granddaughter here has told you, we are searching for the Jewels, but not for our own gain. We are seeking to find them to protect the world from those who might use them for harm. That's why we're interested.”The girl relaxed a little at that, but only a little. “Alright then…” She resumed her story. “Once I started summoning the spirits because of the stone, my village kicked me out. Even… even my own family didn't want anything to do with me. They called me a witch, and a sorceress, and said that if I didn't leave they would have to…” She paused, and bit her lip, not able to say whatever had been going to follow. “That was quite a few years ago,” she went on. “So I left. I set out on my own, and got by by myself living in the woods, calling the spirits to help me. But then one day I came upon a traveling troupe of Manyiro performers that were passing through. I followed them, and hid to watch one of their play rehearsals, and I was spellbound. I suddenly realised: this is what I want to do. These people got to make up stories and pretend to be in them, but they weren't hated or kicked out for it–other people even loved them for it. They were even respected for it. I knew I had to join them. So I found the leader of the troupe and I showed him what I could do–summoning and commanding spirits…” She faltered again.“And how did he respond?” prompted Cid again, though he had an inkling.“He was impressed,” said Riss. “So impressed that he let me join the troupe straight away, seeing how spirit-summoning could make him and his performances even more famous. But he only let me join on one condition.”“You had to tell him how you learned to summon the spirits and show him how to do it too,” guessed Ryn, just as Cid had.The girl nodded. “Exactly. And after he found out about the jewel, he forced me to give it to him. I taught him how to summon spirits with it, and he got very good at it.”“And that's why he still has it,” said Nuthea.“Yes…” said Riss, “but that's not quite the whole of the story. After a while, some of the other actors in the troupe got jealous of my abilities, and wanted to know how I got them. Until tonight Zigfrid had never revealed to anybody else that he could do it too, you see. And he had sworn me to secrecy about the jewel, but when I told the others that I couldn't tell them how I got my powers or show them how they worked, they got angry with me. They ganged up on me–it was like what happened in my village all over again. So I went to Zigfrid and told him that I wanted the jewel back, and to leave the troupe, but he wouldn't give it to me, or let me. He told me that the jewel was his now, and that I had to stay in the troupe and summon the spirits for him so that we could keep up our reputation. I tried to call a spirit to fight him off and get back the jewel, but by that time he had grown too powerful at summoning himself. He summoned his lion and he…he pinned me down, and made me promise that I wouldn't leave the troupe.”The girl stopped her story again. Or maybe it had finished. Her bottom lip started to tremble.Cid couldn't help himself from wincing. What a horrible ordeal the girl had been through.“It's alright,” Nuthea said to her. “You're safe now. Truly, you are among friends here. You can trust us. We won't hurt you, and we won't force you to stay with us like Zigfrid did. But you can stay with us if you like, for as long as you like, if you have nowhere else to go. You'll be safe with us.”“Thank you…” said Riss as she looked at the floor. A tear escaped down her pale cheek.Cid looked away out of respect for the girl.Uncomfortable silence.“Fascinating,” said an unfamiliar, low, slightly musical voice.Cid started. The Umbarian. He had almost forgotten there was a second stranger here with them as well–for a time all of his attention had been focused on Riss.“What is?” asked Ryn.“Your story, young lady,” the Umbarian said to Riss. He had a gentle, deep yet singsong voice. “It is extremely difficult to track down information about the Spirit Carnelian. There are not very many songs or tales about it, and the ones that do exist are very vague. But your story confirms that it is indeed real. I should very much like to see you summon a spirit sometime, if you will permit me a demonstration.”The girl stiffened at that, and did not reply.Cid's hackles rose too.“And who are you?” he asked the man. “Can someone please explain why this gentleman has been invited up here, too?”“I think that's my cue,” said Elrann from her place at the table, “seeing as pirate-man is out for the count.”Sagar grunted in his sleep at Elrann's mention of her nickname for him, murmured irritably for a bit, then went back to snoring peacefully.“Yes,” said Cid, “do please explain, young lady Elrann.”Elrann folded her arms. “Welp, pirate-man and I were out in a tavern having a few drinks when we heard music-man here singing a song while he played his lute. (That's why I'm calling him music-man, you see–it's sort of his defining characteristic and I can't actually remember his name.) He sang a song that mentioned all of the Jewel-thingamies that we're searching for, so when he finished pirate-man and I went up to him to talk to him. It turns out he knows loads about the Jewels. Like loads. So pirate-man thought we better introduce him to the rest of you, in case he can help us. Pirate-man was very drunk at this point, so he just sort of took off to go and find farmboy and princess-girl at their play, and music-man and I just sought of tagged along.”Cid ran his tongue along the back of his teeth. He was instantly wary. Hadn't Elrann and Sagar considered that this man might have purposes contrary to their own, that he might be working for the Empire, or someone else?On the other hand, the Umbarians weren't exactly known for their fealty to the Empire–far from it. In fact they had fought many wars to keep their northern borders secure against Morekemia, and the two nations were always fighting over the little strip of land that fell between them. Cid decided he would give this Umbarian a chance–for now. He could reprimand Elrann and Sagar for their lack of caution later.Nuthea addressed the man. “And how did you come by all your knowledge of the Jewels, um…sorry, I don't know your name either?”The man flashed a toothy grin from underneath the hood of his cloak, which he still hadn't taken off even though they were indoors. “I am called Quel,” he said.“Pleased to meet you, Quel,” said Nuthea.“A pleasure.” The lutisit began his own tale. In contrast to Riss, he seemed extremely comfortable telling it, as if he was used to regaling assembled audiences with stories, which if he was a traveling musician and bard Cid supposed he was. “As you may know, my people possess one of the Primeval Jewels–the Water Sapphire. I myself have the good fortune of being Sapphire-touched.”Everyone sat up straighter at that.Alright then, thought Cid, so he's laying all his cards on the table straight away. That's good.“Woah, cool,” said Elrann. “I didn't even know that!”“May you show us?” said Nuthea.“Of course,” said Quel. He looked around for a moment, then his gaze settled on Cid's mug of tea. He flicked his fingers up in a subtle motion, and the tea rose up out of the mug, staying suspended in the air like a pale-green translucent snake. A few flourishes of his wrist, and the snake danced through a few twisting circular motions, before Quel flicked his fingers back down again and Cid's tea re-deposited itself in the mug.Cid looked down at his drink and frowned. He wasn't sure that he wanted to drink it any more. Although it had probably gone cold long ago anyway.Well, at least we know he's not lying about being Sapphire-touched… Cid thought.“That,” said Elrann. “Was. Awesome! It was like you had an invisible spoon! You're a true spoony bard!” she added, referencing some joke Cid wasn't in on.The boy Ryn fidgeted in his chair, shifting his weight.“Very impressive indeed!” said Nuthea. “So what brings you to Farr, Troubadour Quel?”“My people possess the Water Sapphire, and we use it to hold our own against the Morekemians, who now have, from what I have heard, the Fire Ruby.”Cid deliberately made sure he did not look at Ryn, but he saw Nuthea shoot the boy a glance. Silly girl.“We have long known that the Maker created other Jewels, but since we were safe with the Sapphire and the world was in balance, we had no interest in them.”“Hang on,” said Ryn, “what do you mean ‘the Maker'? Who is the Maker?”“That's what they call the One,” Nuthea informed him.Ryn's youthful face wrinkled up with perplexity. “Are they the same God?”“Some say so,” said Nuthea. “Others disagree. We believe some different things about the One, and the Jewels, but we agree on lots too.”“That is correct.” Quel nodded. “What we agree on is that the Maker created the Jewels, although we disagree on what will happen if they are all gathered together. I believe that Manolians think that tremendous power will be bestowed upon the gatherer, do you not?”“That's right,” said Nuthea.“Whereas we believe that when they are all gathered together by someone with good and pure intentions they will provide the key to rescuing Mid from a great danger and evil.”And you're likely both right, thought Cid, though he didn't say it. But there's more to it than that…“So what do you think will happen if someone with dangerous and evil intentions gathers them all together?” asked Ryn. A pertinent question.“Yeah,” chipped in Elrann, “like, say, the Emperor of Morekemia?”A highly pertinent question.Quel rubbed his upper lip, then patted it. “I am not sure,” he said at length. “Though I would rather we did not have to find out.”“Well, we're definitely in agreement about that,” said Nuthea. “Lady Elrann said that you sang of many things regarding the Jewels.”“Yup,” confirmed Elrann. “He sang a song about all of them, even saying where some of them are.”“Tell us,” said Nuthea eagerly. “How did you come to have such knowledge?”The newcomer did not answer straight away, but merely looked at Nuthea, then around at Ryn, Elrann, and Cid himself, passing his fingers back and forth over his lips again, as if he was sizing them up, pondering how much to reveal.Tell us everything, Cid silently implored him.The stranger's gaze came to rest on Riss, the summoner girl, who now sat still, her feet drawn up onto her chair so she could clutch her knees. She had told all, eventually. Or so we hope.The stranger patted his lips, and appeared to reach a decision.“Some years ago,” said Quel, “we began to hear rumours that Morekemia were sending out agents into the world to try to collect information on the whereabouts of the Jewels. It appeared that the Emperor had realised that they were not just an obscure legend, but that they were real. Some such agents came to Umbar, though fortunately we were able to identify them and root them out before they discovered too much. They managed to confirm that we were in possession of the Water Sapphire, which some people knew anyway, but they didn't find out anything about where it was kept. Soon after this begun to happen, the Chief of my tribe sent me out into the world to gather knowledge of the Jewels myself. It had been my ambition to become a wandering bard anyway, and I was soon to embark upon my travels, but this mission gave me an extra purpose to travel for. Over the last ten years I have wandered all over Mid, paying my way by learning and singing songs, and spoken to people, getting to know the local cultures and slowly gathering information about the Jewels. I've been to Morekemia itself. I've been all round Dokan. I've been to the Velt. I've been to Frikia. I've been to Rakali. I even travelled the Waste, for a brief time. And I am nearly due to return to report back to the chief of my people what I have learned.”“So why did you come to Farr?” Nuthea asked him. “Many people know that the Earth Emerald is here already.”Quel dipped his head, flashing his smile again for the clever question. “Yes, princess–or should I call you my ‘cousin' in the faith? That is true. But the Crossroads of the East is a fantastic place to meet travellers from all over Mid. In any case, I have been to many other places, but few are so fruitful for learning rumours and gossip, and for encountering people from other lands, as Shun Pei. I have managed to fill in a few gaps in my knowledge of the Jewels since I came here. It's also a very good place to hitch a ride home. Sooner or later there will be a ship flying for Umbar, or somewhere near it, and I will make my way onto it to return and report back. In fact, I need to get back there as soon as possible.”“Why?” pushed Ryn.“After my stay in Farr I had originally planned to return from here to Dokan. The one Jewel of which knowledge had eluded me throughout my journey for a long time was the Fire Jewel.”Well done, Orvis, thought Cid. You did your job well.“But then a few months ago I heard word that the Empire had found the Fire Jewel and were putting it to use. My mission became more urgent. Now that I have completed my search for as much knowledge of the Jewels as I have been able to gather, with the missing piece filled in, I seek passage home.”“Why are you telling us all this?” said Ryn, the bearer of the Fire Ruby, unbeknownst to the newcomer. Or does he know?“Well,” said Quel, “you say you have two of the Jewels. If you are seeking to protect them from the Empire, we share a goal.” The lutist held out his hands in sincere imploration. “Will you come with me to Umbar, to lend us the use of the Jewels you have, and keep them safe?”The party were quiet.Cid knew what he thought, but he did not want to take charge. He watched his granddaughter and the boy to see how they would respond.“Maybe…” Ryn said after a moment. “I think we had better pay this Umbar a place visit in any case, and speak with your people's rulers, but maybe only after we've got the Earth Emerald and the…Spirit Carnelian. What d'you think, Nuthea?”The princess, who had been staring off at nothing for a moment, came back to herself.“What? Oh. Yes. Completely. We must pay a visit to Umbar as soon as we can. We will be needing to obtain the Water Sapphire, after all.”Quel bristled a little at that, but apparently it did not irk him enough to draw a protest.Unexpectedly, Riss, the new girl, spoke up. “Why do you sing about the Jewels?” she said to Quel. “Isn't that dangerous? Doesn't it attract attention to you, and to them?”The lutist shrugged in his cloak. “Perhaps a little,” he said. “But it's not as though my song gives very much detail away. It's quite cryptic, really. People don't pay too much attention to the words of songs sung in taverns, anyhow. And actually I've found my song has just enough about the Jewels to be a very good way of flushing out other people who know about them, or who are seeking them… as it did tonight.”Quel smiled, and his blue eyes glittered.“Yeah,” said Elrann, “'s'pretty crazy how Sagar and I ended up in the same pub as you, and you chose to play that song, and we heard it and all. This sort of thing keeps on happening…”“It is the Will of the One,” Nuthea said confidently. “The One must have brought us together.”“It is the Will of the One,” Cid agreed, confident of this too.“As the Maker plans it,” said Quel, the Umbarian version of the phrase.Pregnant silence.The party all waited expectantly for the voice of scepticism.It did not come.“Oh yeah,” Ryn said, “that's right, Sagar's asleep. Well, basically, I think you guys can join up with us.” He nodded to Riss and Quel briefly in turn. “Welcome to our team.”“Your…team?” said Quel.“Our team?” said Elrann.“Well, yeah,' said Ryn, rubbing his arm. “We are basically a kind of team, aren't we? We team up in finding the Jewels. That's not so difficult to get your head around, is it?”“We need some kind of team name, then,” said Elrann. “What's our name?”“I'm not sure. I'll work on it.”“So what is your plan of action?” asked Quel. “Our plan of action…” he corrected himself, trying out the alternative pronoun with some hesitation. “I need to return to Umbar as quickly as possible in order to tell my people what I have found out about the Jewels, and you can discuss keeping them safe along with the Water Sapphire with my Chieftain there.”“You need to get the Carnelian first before you do that,” said Riss.“Actually,” said Nuthea, “our first priority is the Earth Emerald, and the tournament.”“The tournament?” asked Quel. “The one that's being held in Tenkachi from tomorrow? The one that everyone's talking about?”“Yes,” said Nuthea. “The Governor of Farr hasn't made this public yet, but the grand prize for the winner of the tournament is going to be the Earth Emerald. We are entering in order to win it. Winning it is our first priority. Then we will worry about finding a way to claim back the Spirit Carnelian from Zigfrid, and visiting Umbar to discuss how best to keep the Water Sapphire safe.”“Alrighty then,” said Elrann. “So all we have to do is beat a load of people who fight as part of their religion in a hand to hand combat tournament, steal a rock from a crazy actor who can make giant lions appear with his mind, and persuade Quel's people who have guarded the Water Sapphire for centuries as their most precious treasure that actually they're better off handing it over to us. Oh, and then find the remaining seven Jewels-thingamies.”“Exactly,” said Nuthea.“This is gonna be a piece of cake,” said Elrann. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sagaofthejewels.substack.com

OPEN HEAVENSMATALA LE LAGI MO LE ASO TOFI 31 IULAI 2025(tusia e Pastor EA Adeboye)Manatu Autu: O le paolo o le Atua Malosi (The Shadow of the Almighty)Tauloto -Tusi Paia–Salamo 84:11  “Auā o le ALI‘I le Atua o le lā lava ia ma le talitā; e foa‘iina mai e le ALI‘I le alofa tunoa ma le manuia e le tāofia e ia se mea lelei i ē ‘ua sao lo latou sāvavali.”‭‭Faitauga – Tusi Paia –Salamo 91:1-16E iai le tulaga ese o le paolo poo le ataata, e leai se paolo pe a iai le malamalama. A pouliuli foi, e leai se paolo. I le Malaki 4:2, na ia faaigoaina Iesu o le Lā o le amiotonu. A e faitau i le Ioane 5:2-9, e te vaai ai i le tala o le tamaloa na ma'i mo le 38 tausaga ma ua tuulafoaia e tagata. A'o taoto i le palapala e leai sona fesoasoani, na faafuaseia ona lafoia o ia e le ataata. Ina ua siitia ane ona fofoga, na ia iloa atu le Lā o le amiotonu. E lei leva, ae tu i luga ma ua iai i le malumalu (Ioane 5:14). O le tamaloa na ulutinoina e temoni ua faasaolotoina mai le faapologaina e temoni ina ua ia feiloai ma le Lā o le amiotonu (Mareko 5:1-15). E lei iai se faamoemoe o le fafine ma'i punatoto e faamalolōina o ia ma le atoatoa seia oo ina sau i lalo o le paolo o le Atua malosi. O le 12 tausaga na ui ai I tigā, lē fiafia ma faanoanoaga, na faamutaina i le taimi na feiloai ai ma le Lā o le amiotonu (Mareko 5:25-34). I le tauloto mai le Tusi Paia o le asō, na faamatalaina e Tavita le Atua o le Lā ma le talitā. O le La e aveesea le pogisa mai lou olaga ma avatu ia te oe le manumalo ma le atoatoaga, ae o le talitā, e na te puipui ia te oe  mai amioleaga uma ma faasao I lou agaga. Na ui ai Tavita i le avea o le Atua ma ona Lā ma le talitā ao ia sola ese ma Saulo. Leitioa fai mai i le Salamo 37:40, e fesoasoani le Atua ma faasaoina ona tagata mai le amioleaga aua latou te faatuatua ia te ia. Na o i latou e nonofo i le mea lilo o iai le Silisili Ese e mafai ona mau i lalo o le  paolo o Lē e ona le malosi uma lava ma talai atu lea ituaiga  faasaolotoga (Salamo 91:1). O le mealilo o le Silisili Ese o se nofoaga o talanoaga vavalalata ma le Atua, o se nofoaga e te fausia ai se mafutaga vavalalata ma ia. E le gata i lea, o le nofoaga lilo, e na te faailoa atu ai ia te oe mea lilo e te manumalo ai i le fili. Na iloa e Elisaia talanoaga faalilolilo a le Tupu o Suria aua sa iai sana mafutaga vavalalata ma le Atua (2Tupu 6:8-12). Afai e te fia mau i lalo o le paolo o Keriso, e tatau ona e nofo i le mea lilo. Le au pele e, o e nofo ea i le mealilo o iai le Silisili Ese? Na o i latou e ola faapaiaina ma ave le faamuamua e mafuta ma le Atua e mafai ona nofo ai iina. E le mafai e tagata agasala ona mau i le mea lilo, ma o le mafuaaga lea, afai e te lei fanaufouina, pe o ē taaalo pea i le agasala, salamo nei ma e sau i lalo o le paolo o le Atua Malosi. TataloTama, faamolemole fesoasoani mai ia te au ina ia ou nofo i le mea lilo o e iai, ina ia ou mau i lalo o lou paolo, i le suafa o Iesu, Amene. 

OPEN HEAVENSMATALA LE LAGI MO LE ASO LULU 16 IULAI 2025(tusia e Pastor EA Adeboye) Manatu Autu: Usitai i faatonuga a le Atua (Obey God's instructions) Tauloto –  Faataoto 8:10 “Ia ‘outou talia la‘u a‘oa‘o atu, ‘ae ‘aua i le ario; ma ia talia le poto e sili i le auro e aupito lelei.”Faitauga o le Tusi Paia: 2 Kings 5:1-14I le 2 Tupu 5:1-14 o le fafine ua oti lana tane ua tele ana aitalafu, ma na fai iai i latou na nofo aitalafu ai o le a latou aveina lana fanau tama e fai ma pologa pe a lē totogiina lana aitalafu. Na tamoe ia Elisaia mo se fesoasoani ma na fai iai ni faatonuga e le tagata o le Atua e pei e valea. Na ia faatonuina e alu e faanoi mai ni fagu se tele mai I ona tuaoi ona sasaa mai lea o le fagu suauu I totonu o nei fagu. O se vavega aua ua faatumuina nei fagu i le suauu. O le tele o taimi, o faatonuga a le Atua e faia e te lē malamalama ai, peitai a e usitai iai, e te maua se vavega. I le tele o tausaga talu ai, o le taitai o le Ekalesia, lo'u tamā faaleagaga, na ia logo tagata faigaluega uma e iai se manaoga o le Ekalesia e tatau ona maua se tali mautu i le vaiaso na sosoo ai. Na ia  faatonuina le aufaigaluega i totonu o le Ekalesia e tapunia uma a latou teugatupe i faletupe ae aumai tupe i le lotu i le aso Sa e sosoo ai. Na ma usitai  ma lo'u toalua, tapunia ma teugatupe ma aumai Tupe i le aso Sa na sosoo ai. I le aso Sa na sosoo ai, fai mai le faifeau ua maua le tali o le manaoga o le lotu, ona fesili mai lea poo ai na tapunia latou teugatupe. Na sii ma lima ma lo'u toalua ae ina ua ou autilo solo, e leai ma nisi lima na sii. Ua amata ona ou manatu ia te a'u, ‘fefe ua ou valea ea i le mapo lotu', ona ou faalogoina lea o le Atua o faapea mai, ‘atalii e te lē valea, o loo ou saunia oe aua a oo i le taimi e Siitia ai oe i le maualuga ua ou fuafuaina, e leai seisi e mafai ona faapea mai sa ou faapito ia te oe'. E tele ina lē talafeagai ma oe le taimi e te usitai ai i faatonuga a le Atua. Peitai, a e usitai, e te fiafia i taui e uiga ese. I le faitauga o le Tusi Paia o le asō, o Naamanu le Suria, na alu e vaai Elisaia ma le manatu i se vavega. Na ia manatu e sau i fafo Elisaia ma faaee ona lima i ona luga, peitai na auina mai se feau mai ia Elisaia ma se faatonuga faigofie: alu i le vai i Ioritana ma tofu faafitu. O le umi lava o le finau ma lea faatonuga, na tumau pea lona lepela.  Peitai o le taimi lava na usitaia ai le faatonuga, ua faamaloloina o ia, ma na pei lona pa'u e pei o se pepe. Le au pele e, e finagalo le Atua e na te foai ia te oe se vavega, peitai e tatau ona e usitai i ana faatonuga tusa pe foliga mai e valea. O le usitai i faatonuga a le Atua e fanau mai vavega tetele i le suafa o Iesu, Amene. 

Asif Suria, Author of "The Event-Driven Edge in Investing: Six Special Situation Strategies to Outperform the Market" and Founder and CEO at Inside Arbitrage, joins the podcast for the second time to discuss his thesis on Pebblebrook Hotel Trust $PEB, as well as his thoughts on insider activity post-election. You can buy your copy of Asif's new book, "The Event-Driven Edge in Investing: Six Special Situation Strategies to Outperform the Market" here: https://www.amazon.com/Event-Driven-Edge-Investing-Strategies-Outperform-ebook/dp/B0CN3PF1SW?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1zuikMLb5MN1aQVWodj1ww.Nui4P_rilsWES5p1FNmoTnd5v0myqxSeQautyazGgno&qid=1715709920&sr=8-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=andrew613880e-20&linkId=376c305fd243b22988ebba35edf5ecee&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl Chapters: [0:00] Introduction + Episode sponsor: Fintool [2:13] What is Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and why are they interesting to Asif [6:18] Insider purchases at Pebblebrook Hotel Trust [9:44] What Asif is seeing with Pebblebrook Hotel Trust that the market is missing [13:56] $PEB portfolio [18:56] Management claim on 11-14% ROI growth investment / NAV numbers from their November 2024 investor presentation [23:20] Competitive landscape - why $PEB over other hotel companies / Share buybacks [28:07] What keeps Asif up at night about his $PEB thesis and investment [29:50] Management incentives [36:12] AirBnB risk? [37:59] Special Situations in general: What have insiders been looking at post-election / sectors Asif is seeing a lot of insider buying currently and elevated insider selling [44:28] Spin-offs Today's sponsor: Fintool Fintool is ChatGPT for SEC Filings and earnings calls. Are you still doing keyword searches and going to the individual filing and using control F? That's the old way of doing things before AI. With Fintool, you can ask any question and it's going to automatically generate the best answer. So they may pull from a portion of an earnings call, or a 10k, whatever it may be and then answer your question. The best part- every portion of the answer is cited with the source document. Now- if you've tried to do any of this in ChatGPT you may know that the answers are often wrong or hallucinations. The way Fintool is able to outperform ChatGPT is their focus on the SEC filings. If you're an analyst or a portfolio manager at a hedge fund, check them out at https://fintool.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=yavb&utm_content=podcast280

Ua muta le pule saua a Bahasr al-Assad ma lona aiga i le atunu'u o Suria.

Asif Suria is an entrepreneur and investor in the US who focuses on a specific investing strategy that we haven't talked about much in the podcast: event-driven investing or special situations. The title for this conversation is Asif's book The Event-Driven Edge in Investing, in which he explains six different event-driven strategies, such as merger arbitrage and stock buybacks.For more info about the podcast, go to the episode page and make sure to follow us on X/Twitter. We love to hear your thoughts on what you like and what we can improve, so please give us your rating and a review. You're also very welcome to tell us about great authors, books, and investors you want to hear on the show. Thank you! /Eddie & Niklas with teamThis episode was recorded on November 6, 2024.—————————————Episode Chapters(00:00) Introduction by Eddie & Niklas(01:26) Welcoming Asif(02:50) The Event-Driven Edge in Investing (07:28) How to know when a specific strategy is “in-season”(08:59) The six event-driven strategies in the book(09:41) How to interpret insider buying(16:19) Asif's work on the weekends(18:27) General talk about the strategies(22:04) Coping with the risks(24:32) Spin-offs(29:23) Management changes(33:29) Interesting combinations of events(34:29) InsideArbitrage.com and Asif's work(39:50) Book discussions—————————————Books MentionedThe Event-Driven Edge in Investing - Asif SuriaYou Can Be a Stock Market Genius - Joel GreenblattSpecial Situations Investing - Brian Stark—————————————Companies MentionedVertex PharmaceuticalsPebblebrook Retail TrustSilicon Valley BankPfizer/BiohavenActivision BlizzardMicrosoftTwitterJetblueWestern DigitalChipotleFerrariDanaherNikeGEDisney—————————————More on AsifTwitter/XLinkedInInsideArbitrage.com—————————————About the PodcastIntro episode: https://www.redeye.se/podcast/investing-by-the-books/817383/0-intro-to-investing-by-the-books—————————————What is Investing by the Books?Investing by the Books was founded by Henrik Andersson, Bo Börtemark, Mats Larsson and Michael Persson. It has published hundreds of book reviews in the past 10 years and operates on a non-profit basis. Visit the website: http://www.investingbythebooks.com/Follow on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Investbythebook—————————————What is Redeye?Redeye is a research-centered boutique investment bank from Stockholm. Founded in 1999, Redeye cultivates investors through timeless knowledge, a humble attitude, and a strong focus on quality. Visit the website: https://www.redeye.se/Follow on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Redeye_—————————————DisclaimerNotice that the content in this podcast is not, and shall not be construed as investment advice. This information is meant to be informative and for general purposes only. For full disclaimer, visit Redeye.se

Bashir Al-Assad, el dictador, acaba de abandonar Suria con destino Rusia expulsado del país al que tanto daño hizo. ¿Quien pierde en Siria? ¿Quien gana? ¿Que va a pasar ahora? Este podcast está asociado a la red de Sospechosos Habituales donde podréis encontrar otros muchos podcast de diferentes temáticas.

Bashir Al-Assad, el dictador, acaba de abandonar Suria con destino Rusia expulsado del país al que tanto daño hizo. ¿Quien pierde en Siria? ¿Quien gana? ¿Que va a pasar ahora? Este podcast está asociado a la red de Sospechosos Habituales donde podréis encontrar otros muchos podcast de diferentes temáticas.

Joining us today is Naim Omar, an experienced Estate Planner with 15 years of expertise, having assisted over 500 families. Passionate about educating and empowering the community on Islamic Estate Planning, Naim is also a sought-after guest speaker featured on platforms like SURIA, NJU, M3, and more. Welcome to our Podcast Bro Naim. https://naimomar.com/

Noticias Univision habló en exclusiva con Flor de María Suria, quien fuera la trabajadora doméstica de la familia Menéndez y quien atestiguó en el caso contra los hermanos. En otras noticias: Donald Trump calificó de 'festival de amor' el mitin de New York en el que se propinaron insultos contra la comunidad inmigrante y contra Puerto Rico.Los comentarios ofensivos del comediante Tony Hinchcliffe siguen dando mucho de qué hablar entre la comunidad hispana.Kamala Harris dará un discurso en Washington donde se espera presente los argumentos finales de su campaña.A una semana de las elecciones se están extremando las medidas de seguridad para evitar disturbios o hechos violentos.Steve Bannon, uno de los principales asesores de Donald Trump, salió de prisión luego de cumplir 120 días por desacato. Dos hombres presentaron demandas civiles en contra de Sean Diddy Combs por acoso sexual, al parecer ocurrió cuando aún eran menores de edad.

E to'a 9 tagata ua faamaonia le maliliu ma le lata i le 3,000 tagata na manunu'a ina ua pa faatasi masini pagers i Lepanona ma nisi o vaega o Suria.

Value: After Hours is a podcast about value investing, Fintwit, and all things finance and investment by investors Tobias Carlisle, and Jake Taylor. See our latest episodes at https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast We are live every Tuesday at 1.30pm E / 10.30am P. About Jake Jake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/farnamjake1 Jake's book: The Rebel Allocator https://amzn.to/2sgip3l ABOUT THE PODCAST Hi, I'm Tobias Carlisle. I launched The Acquirers Podcast to discuss the process of finding undervalued stocks, deep value investing, hedge funds, activism, buyouts, and special situations. We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success. SEE LATEST EPISODES https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/ SEE OUR FREE DEEP VALUE STOCK SCREENER https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/ FOLLOW TOBIAS Website: https://acquirersmultiple.com/ Firm: https://acquirersfunds.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Greenbackd LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisle Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisle ABOUT TOBIAS CARLISLE Tobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer's Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®. He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon's Business and Finance The Acquirer's Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market, the Amazon best-sellers Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014) (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), Quantitative Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012) (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016) (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, business valuation, public company corporate governance, and corporate law. Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer. As a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions he has advised on transactions across a variety of industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Singapore, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Guam. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland in Australia with degrees in Law (2001) and Business (Management) (1999).

In this inspirational episode, host Umayal Eswaran engages with Dr Suria Selasih Angit, a proud member of Malaysia's Indigenous Orang Asli Temiar community and an educationalist at the University of Nottingham Malaysia. Together, they explore how to make education more inclusive and culturally responsive for indigenous and marginalised students. Tune in to this engaging dialogue as Dr Suria shares her innovative approaches to dismantling educational barriers and inspiring the next generation. Learn more about: Dr Suria on LinkedIn Dr Suria at the University of Nottingham _____________________________________ 0:00:04 - 0:00:55 – Introduction Introducing Dr Suria and welcoming her to RYTHM Connect 0:00:56 - 0:02:07 – A Proud Orang Asli's Mission Dr Suria's background, advocacy, and mission The concept of co-creation in indigenous education 00:02:08 - 00:06:32 – Foresight and Talent Factors leading to Dr Suria's accomplishments Dr Suria's exposure to mainstream education The early identification of her talents 00:06:33 - 00:08:00 – Indigenous Community Learning Basic education in Orang Asli communities Community learning centres in Orang Asli villages 00:08:01 - 00:10:37 – Dismantling Educational Barriers Underlying issues affecting school performance Economic, geographical, and personal barriers Employment challenges of Orang Asli graduates 00:14:57-00:21:00 – Engaging the Community The active role of parents Partnering with Orang Asli communities 00:21:01 - 00:25:09 – World Bank Project Dr Suria's Bangladesh education project How this influenced her work in Malaysia Understanding context, needs analysis, and capacity-building 00:25:10 - 00:28:17 – Partnering Policymakers Integrating indigenous perspectives in mainstream education Coordination and knowledge sharing The RRCC model  00:28:18 - 00:29:43 – Closing Thoughts Borrowing Dr Suria's insights “We are looking from the outside; you are an insider.” 00:29:45-00:31:02 – Outro Outgoing message to Dr Suria Directing listeners to Dr Suria's work Reminders to subscribe and review the podcast END

Peter Lynch stated, “Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise.” Therefore, it is my absolute pleasure to introduce our global Investing Matters audience to Asif Suria, the former technology analyst, serial entrepreneur, software services creator, quantitative fund founder, owner of the InsideArbitrage website and newletters, investor with a focus on event driven strategies including merger arbitrage, spinoffs, (legal) insider trading, buybacks and SPACs and also the author of the recently released Harriman House book, The Event-Driven Edge in Investing: Six special situation strategies to outperform the market. Asif was one of the earliest contributors to Seeking Alpha in 2005 and his work has been mentioned in Barron's, Dow Jones, BNN Bloomberg and other publications. He has been an active investor for more than two decades and his background in technology has helped him build machine learning tools that inform his investing process, especially as it relates to event-driven strategies that require updated data and processes. He previously ran a quantitative investment firm focused on insider transactions. Operating experience as an executive at venture funded San Francisco Bay Area based companies gave him a front-row seat to understanding how to build and grow companies. In this insightful and fascinating Investing Matters interview, discover Asif Suria's fascination with the Beatles, his journey from being a technology analyst, Seeking Alpha contributor, running a quant fund, managing his own website InsideArbitrage, newletters and analysing vast databases of transactions, learn about his personal investing strategies and about his brilliant new book, The Event-Driven Edge in Investing: Six special situation strategies to outperform the market, and also …. -Y2K bug / Dotcom bubble & bust -Learning from mistakes -Investing Influenced by Benjamin Graham, Philip Fisher, Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Charlie Munger -Value investing / Value trap -Growth at a reasonable price (GARP) -Connections with Portfolio Manager, CEO, CIO, Investment Manager & authors Vitaliy Katsenelson & Tobias Carlisle -Event driven strategies -Merger arbitrage/ Risk arbitrage strategies (Microsoft / Activision Blizzard) Legal insider transactions (buying/ selling)/ insider transactions (Amazon/Jeff Bezos) -Bruce Sachs / Vertex Pharmaceuticals -Stock buybacks / Cannibals (Apple NVR Inc) Double dippers -Special purpose acquisitions companies / SPACs / WeWork -Spinoffs (McDonalds / Chipotle Mexican Grill.. Fiat Chrysler / Ferrari) -Management changes -Personal investing strategies -The too hard bucket -Psychology -Hedge Fund -Venture capital fund -The importance of the law of averages -The InsideArbitrage database -Why seasonal / cyclical strategies matter -Idea generation -Key lessons & learnings from investing -Importance of being a learning machine & much more We hope you enjoy this podcast, and we look forward to hearing your feedback. Please subscribe to this podcast on your platform of choice and follow the @InvMattPodcast on Twitter.

Chanda Suria era uma garota nascida em uma abastada família indiana, educada e criada para ter um bom casamento. O casamento arranjado parecia perfeito, até que a jovem começa a ter sonhos estranhos e seu primeiro contato com o Mundo das Trevas acontece. Esse conto serviu de background para uma caçadora de vampiros utilizada narrações de “Vampiro A Máscara” e se conecta com um conto de seu parceiro, Yamato, O Guerreiro. Indicado para 16 anos ou mais.   Contos Narrados. Aqui você encontra mais um conto sonorizado produzido pelo do RPG Next. Coloque seu fone de ouvido e curta! ▬ Autor: Luis Couzenn - Orik. ▬ Narração e Edição: Wevison Guimarães. ▬ Pós-Produção: Rafael 47. Contos Narrados apresenta, “Chanda Suria, A dançarina”, um conto de “Horror”. Chanda Suria, menina obediente, menina saudável, criada para ser uma boa esposa. Seu marido herdaria a grande fortuna de sua família, por isso foi criada e educada para ser simplesmente a melhor de todas e, assim, conseguir um bom herdeiro para tudo. Dançava como uma deusa, mas nunca sentia que seu lugar era na dança, sempre houve aquele sentimento de que não havia nascido para isso. Mas, mesmo com toda estranheza que seu preparo para ser uma boa esposa lhe causasse, não queria magoar sua família, pois eles eram os únicos amigos verdadeiros que tinha, jamais poderia decepcioná-los. Entre a alta sociedade, ganhou o apelido de Nartakee (dançarina em Hindi). Em todos os eventos, comandava uma apresentação de dança que encantava a todos, sua beleza, sua graça e sua, tardiamente descoberta, voz eram hipnotizantes para todos. Seu casamento se aproximava e quanto mais perto chegava do grande dia, mais sua inquietação aumentava. Iria casar tarde, seu pai quis ter certeza de que tinha escolhido o melhor marido de todos. E depois de saber que o marido havia sido escolhido, os sonhos começaram. Todas as noites, se deitava cedo para preservar sua beleza, e, então, via lugares que nunca havia visitado antes. Prostitutas por todos os lados, tantos perfumes fortes misturados que suas narinas mal aguentavam. Nartakee demorou para entender que olhava através dos olhos de alguém em seu suposto sonho, até que ouviu um nome, um homem alto, muito pálido, se dirigiu diretamente a pessoa cujos sentidos ela utilizava. O homem convocou a pessoa para um aposento privativo, serviu de seu próprio sangue e Nartakee sentiu tudo através do corpo daquela pessoa, seus sentidos aumentaram, seu corpo parecia mais forte, a sensação era de êxtase e, com algumas ordens sendo balbuciadas, a moça despertou ofegante. Nartakee com sua voz encantadora conseguiu convencer sua mãe de dizer o nome de seu marido e tudo que ela temia se concretizou. Ela sabia que seus sonhos eram reais, que de alguma forma ela podia ver e sentir o que outra pessoa muito longe estava vendo e sentindo, e ao ouvir de sua mãe aquele nome, tudo fez sentido. Seu futuro marido era a pessoa cujo corpo ela visitava todas as noites e frequentava aqueles lugares imundos e bebia do sangue gélido de outro homem que parecia um fantasma. E foi então que ela decidiu que teria que decepcionar sua família para salvar tudo aquilo que seu avô e seu pai construíram ao longo de anos, não poderia deixar que tudo caísse nas mãos de um depravado, que ainda por cima seria seu marido. Chanda contratou um grande detetive, que, em poucos dias, obteve provas suficientes para desfazer seu casamento. Mas, mesmo que o preço pelos serviços do detetive não fosse nada para sua fortuna, o preço que seria cobrado por sua iniciativa de salvar o patrimônio de sua família seria muito mais alto do que ela poderia imaginar. Os sonhos se foram. Durante três noites Nartakee dormiu em paz, mas na quarta noite voltou a ver pelos olhos de alguém. Esse alguém estava irado e corria pela rua a uma velocidade desumana, até que ela viu suas mãos e estava novamente no corpo de seu ex-futuro marido, mas ele estava diferente,

Asif Suria talks focusing more on risk than reward with event-driven strategies (0:55). Market liquidity, commodity prices and portfolio ideas (5:40). Scaling back on tech; pre-mergers and rumored situations (10:55). Tracking SPACs on long and short side (14:00). Pfizer's acquisition disconnect (20:05) Why bonds are really interesting right now (29:10).Show Notes:Capri Holdings earningsFed Trader Talks TLT, Nvidia Bullishness, Tesla Bearishness And Bitcoin NeutralityInside Arbitrage investing groupSix Special Situation Strategies to Outperform the MarketEpisode transcriptsFor full access to analyst ratings, stock quant scores as well as dividend grades, subscribe to Seeking Alpha Premium at seekingalpha.com/subscriptionsRegister for Seeking Alpha's Investing Summit (with your podcast discount code!)

Asif Suria, Author of "The Event-Driven Edge in Investing: Six Special Situation Strategies to Outperform the Market", joins the podcast to discuss the six special situation strategies he outlines in his book to outperform the market. You can buy your copy of Asif's new book, "The Event-Driven Edge in Investing: Six Special Situation Strategies to Outperform the Market" here: https://www.amazon.com/Event-Driven-Edge-Investing-Strategies-Outperform-ebook/dp/B0CN3PF1SW?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1zuikMLb5MN1aQVWodj1ww.Nui4P_rilsWES5p1FNmoTnd5v0myqxSeQautyazGgno&qid=1715709920&sr=8-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=andrew613880e-20&linkId=376c305fd243b22988ebba35edf5ecee&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl Chapters: [0:00] Introduction + Episode sponsor: YCharts [1:42] Overview of Asif's book, "The Event-Driven Edge in Investing: Six Special Situation Strategies to Outperform the Market" [3:33] Merger Arbitrages + examples [16:44] Insider Buying + examples [29:23] Buybacks + examples [36:45] Spinoffs + examples [46:18] Management changes + examples [55:32] SPACs + final thoughts This episode is sponsored by our friends at YCharts This episode is sponsored by our friends at YCharts. Every four years, the uncertainty surrounding the next president and their policies sparks concern among investors. And with 2024 shaping up to be a rematch of the last two presidents, this uncertainty is at an all-time high. So what's your plan to ensure your clients stay informed—and equally important, invested? Enter YCharts' latest Election Guide—an essential resource designed to arm you with the insights needed to successfully guide clients through election season and tackle commonly asked questions head-on, speaking to themes about: Market performance across various presidencies, The viability of investments based on political affiliations, Market reactions to Trump's election vs. Biden's election. Grab your copy with the link in the show notes to unlock exclusive access to downloadable charts and visuals that will elevate your client communication and boost your clients' confidence in you as their advisor. Promotional Link: https://go.ycharts.com/how-do-presidential-elections-impact-the-market-guide?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=election_guide&utm_id=yet+another+value

Dal Vangelo secondo GiovanniChi viene dall'alto è al di sopra di tutti; ma chi viene dalla terra, appartiene alla terra e parla secondo la terra. Chi viene dal cielo è al di sopra di tutti. Egli attesta ciò che ha visto e udito, eppure nessuno accetta la sua testimonianza. Chi ne accetta la testimonianza, conferma che Dio è veritiero. Colui infatti che Dio ha mandato dice le parole di Dio: senza misura egli dà lo Spirito.Il Padre ama il Figlio e gli ha dato in mano ogni cosa. Chi crede nel Figlio ha la vita eterna; chi non obbedisce al Figlio non vedrà la vita, ma l'ira di Dio rimane su di lui.Commento al Vangelo di don Federico (Pucci) - diocesi di Mondovì

Blood is on the hands of the Biden administration as three American service members are killed in a drone attack by an Iranian proxy. The attack occurred at a base located in the allied territory of Jordan. U.S. officials obfuscate the details of what took place as young and likely inexperienced soldiers are killed and possibly three dozen of their fellow soldiers are seriously injured in the attack. EP predicts that the administration will retaliate by hitting inconsequential targets in Suria and Iraq as a meaningless show of force. Clearly, Iran is making progress drawing the U.S. into a wider conflict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Diskusi 8.30 pagi Rabu  bersama Prof Madya Dr. Nurul Shazana Abdul Hamid, Pensyarah Jabatan Fizik Gunaan, Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi & Felo Kanan Bersekutu, Pusat Sains Angkasa, Institut Perubahan Iklim, UKM mengenai fenomena ribut suria global yang turut sama diramal berlaku di negara ini.

OPEN HEAVENSMATALA LE LAGI MO LE ASO TOONAI 23 TESEMA 2023 Manatu Autu: O Lē na te faailoa mea ua natia (The Revealer of Concealed Things) Tauloto – Isaia 45:3 “Ou te foa‘i atu fo‘i ‘iā te oe ‘oloa o lo‘o i le pogisā, ma ‘oloa lilo o lo‘o i mea nanā; ‘ina ‘ia e iloa o a‘u lava o le ALI‘I, o lē vala‘au i lou lava igoa, o le Atua o Isaraelu...” Faitauga - Tusi Paia: Tanielu 2:1-19 Upu FolafolaUa faamatala mai e le tatou Tusi Paia faitau o le asō le tala i se tupu na fai sana miti ae ala a'e ua ia lē manatua lana miti. Na poloa'iina e le tupu tagata popoto o lona mālō ia latou faailoa lana miti ma lona uiga, peita'i latou te le'i mafaia. O lea na to'atāma'i ai le tupu, ma ia faatonu ai ana auauna ia fa'aumatia uma le au popoto o i totonu o lona mālō. O lenei poloaiga e a'afia ai fo'i Tanielu ma ana uo, o lea na faavave ai ona talosaga Tanielu i le tupu e tu'u mai sina taimi, aua ua ia mautinoa e fa'ailoa mai e le Atua le miti ma lona uiga ia te ia. Na tatalo Tanielu ma ana uo, ona fa'aali mai lea e le Atua iā te ia le miti a le tupu ma lona fa'auigaina. O le ala lea ua faapea mai ai Tanielu i le Tusi o Tanielu 2:21; O ia fo‘i na te liua tausaga ma tau; e ‘ave‘eseina e ia o tupu, e tofia fo‘i e ia o tupu; Pe foa‘iina mai e ia le poto i ē o popoto, ma le malamalama i ē o iloa mafaufau. O le talalelei lenei mo so'o se tama po'o teine aoga o faitau i lenei faamalosi'au: o le mataupu lenā e fa'afaigatā iā te oe i le taimi nei, o le a avea ma mataupu e tulaga ese ai ou togi mai isi uma tamaiti i le suafa o Iesu. So'o se Kerisiano o galue i soose vaega o le olaga, e mana'omia le Atua e faailoa atu ia te ia mea lilo, o loo nātia. I le 2 Tupu 6:9-20, o Elisaia sa fai ma lavea'i i le tupu o Isaraelu. A na leai Elisaia semanū e maua le tupu e le osofaiga a le ‘autau a le tupu o Suria. Afai o oe o se tasi o ta'ita'i, poo se tasi e mau tulaga i upu fai o le mālō, e mana'omia lou tatalo I le Atua e fa'aali ia te oe mea ua ia nātia, ia lē aunoa. O tagata fai pisinisi fo'i e manaomia le faaaliga mai le Atua e uiga ia latou pisinisi. O le mea moni, na folafola e le Atua i le tusi o Isaia 45:3; “Ou te foai atu fo'i iā te oe oloa o loo i le pogisa, ma oloa lilo o loo i mea manā; ina ia e iloa o a'u lava o le Alii, o le valaau i lou lava igoa, o le Atua o Isaraelu.” E i ai tamāoaiga o nātia i le mea lilo, e te mana'omia lou Atua na te faaali ia te oe ia mea. E mafai ona ia faailoa ia te oe e ala i se manatu, poo se auala fou, peita'i faatoa e maua ma vaai i nei oa ma tamāoaiga, ina ua e galue ma saili. O se tamā na faigata na maua se tupe e ola ai, ona tatalo lea I le Atua mo se fesoasoani, ona faasino lea e le Atua iā te ia, e tago e fai pinati e cover i le honey. Na usita'i le tamā lenei i le Atua, ma o le taimi nei ua fealua'i i lana ia lava vaalele. TataloTamā faamolemole faailoa mai mea lilo tetele iā te a'u, ia suia ai lo'u olaga e o'o i le iuga, I le suafa o Iesu. Amene.

Hello, Suria here! To celebrate pride Month, myself and my dear friend and colleague Charlotte have teamed up to record a special episode for the Mayvin Podcast listeners on how to ACTUALLY make workplaces LGBTQ+ friendly. As proud members of this amazing community, it's a topic that's naturally close to both of our hearts, so being given the platform to share our thoughts and feelings on how you can make your workplace a more LGBTQ+ friendly environment is both an honour and a nod to Mayvin on how right they get it! On behalf of myself and Charlotte, thank you from us both for listening! And if you would feel comfortable in taking the time to share your experiences of what helps you feel understood in the workplace, or if you feel this podcast has enlightened you with some ways in which you can make your workplace more LGBTQ+ friendly - please do reach out and let us know, contact details bellow! Thanks so much for listening! Keep in touch: Email us on mail@mayvin.co.uk Subscribe to our mailing list Visit our website Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter

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OPEN HEAVENSMATALA LE LAGI MO LE ASO TOONAI 6 ME 2023 Manatu Autu:  OPEN HEAVENSMATALA LE LAGI MO LE ASO TOONAI 6 ME 2023 Manatu Autu:  Pe a i ai ni au fesili (When you have questions). Tauloto – Tusi Paia: Salamo 73:17 ‘ua o‘o i le aso na ‘ou alu atu ai i le malumalu o le Atua; ‘ona ‘ou iloa ai lea o lo latou i‘uga. Faitauga - Tusi Paia: Salamo 73:1-17 Upu FolafolaIna o fa'ato'ā avea a'u ma kerisiano sa tele ni fesili faigatā sa ou fesili ai i o'u faifeau. Fa'ata'ita'iga ona o lo'o faapea mai lē Kenese 1:1 “Na faia e le Atua le lagi ma le lalolagi I le amataga.” Sa o'u fesili poo fea sa i ai le Atua a'o le'i ia faia le lagi, peita'i e leai ma se isi o i latou na mafai ona tali mai. Talu ai la lo'u lē maua o se tali mai i o'u faifeau poo auauna a le Atua sa o'u fesili sa'o loa I le Atua ma sa fa'apenā ona ia tali mai iā te a'u. O le mafuaaga o lo tatou lē malamalama I nisi o fuaitau I le Afioga Paia a le Atua o lo'o i le Isaia 55:8-9 ‘8Auā o o‘u manatu e lē o ‘outou manatu, o o‘u ala e lē o ‘outou ala, ‘ua fetalai mai ai le ALI‘I. 9Auā e pei ‘ona sili ‘ona maualuga o le lagi i le lalolagi, ‘ua fa‘apea ‘ona sili ‘ona maualuga o o‘u ala i o ‘outou ala, ma o‘u manatu e sili i o ‘outou manatu. O nisi o mea o lo'o e taumafai e faamatala I ni ona mafuaaga, e maualuga mamao ma loloto na i loo manatu o le tagata. I le faa Saienisi tatou te faapea “ Faamaonia mai e sa'o ona o'u talitonu ai lea iā te oe.” Peitai ua fetalai le Atua, “Talitonu mai iā te a'u ona o'u faailoa atu lea e moni.” Afai e te le'i sauni e talitonu i le Upu a le Atua ona e te lē malamalama ai, e le mafai fo'i la ona e iloa le mana I lana Upu, ma e avea fo'i oe ma tagata faiaina. Sa i ai sa'u fesili na maua mai i le tala iā Elisaia ma le autau a Suria na o atu e pu'e iā te ia (2Tupu 6:8-23.) Na fai atu Elisaia ia i latou e sesē le ala ma le aai o lo'o latou i ai ona ia ta'ita'iina lea o i latou i Samaria, ua maua fo'i i latou e le tupu o Isaraelu ma toe tuuina atu e o mulimuli ane. Sa umi se taimi o o'u manatunatu pe fa'afefea ona lagolagoina e le Atua le fa'avalea e Elisaia o fitafita Suria, seia o'o I le isi aso na ia faamanino mai ai faapea, “Lo'u atali'i e, afai e tupu se mea e ono o'o mai ai le oti ia te oe, e te sapasapaia ea ma fa'a ulufale i lou fale? A tū lalata mai ma'i iā te oe, e te fa'auouo ea ma ia? A saili mai le mativa ma le lē tagolima e mana'o i lou tuatusi ma fia iloa poo fea e te nofo ai, e te avatu ea I ai lou tuatusi ma faapea atu o a'u lenei?” A i ai ni au fesili, fesili I le Atua mo se tali. Ua na o ia na te faapupula I ou fofoga e te vaai ai i mea ofoofogia o i lana Upu. (Salamo 119:18) I le suafa o Iesu. Amene. Tauloto – Tusi Paia: Salamo 73:17 ‘ua o‘o i le aso na ‘ou alu atu ai i le malumalu o le Atua; ‘ona ‘ou iloa ai lea o lo latou i‘uga. Faitauga - Tusi Paia: Salamo 73:1-17 Upu FolafolaIna o fa'ato'ā avea a'u ma kerisiano sa tele ni fesili faigatā sa ou fesili ai i o'u faifeau. Fa'ata'ita'iga ona o lo'o faapea mai lē Kenese 1:1 “Na faia e le Atua le lagi ma le lalolagi I le amataga.” Sa o'u fesili poo fea sa i ai le Atua a'o le'i ia faia le lagi, peita'i e leai ma se isi o i latou na mafai ona tali mai. Talu ai la lo'u lē maua o se tali mai i o'u faifeau poo auauna a le Atua sa o'u fesili sa'o loa I le Atua ma sa fa'apenā ona ia tali mai iā te a'u. O le mafuaaga o lo tatou lē malamalama I nisi o fuaitau I le Afioga Paia a le Atua o lo'o i le Isaia 55:8-9 ‘8Auā o o‘u manatu e lē o ‘outou manatu, o o‘u ala e lē o ‘outou ala, ‘ua fetalai mai ai le ALI‘I. 9Auā e pei ‘ona sili ‘ona

La Ley de Vivienda aumenta la brecha en la coalición del Gobierno, mueren tres trabajadores en un accidente en la mina de potasa de Suria, y el PP planea garantizar el 25% de castellano en Cataluña multando a los docentes infractores. Todo esto te lo contamos en una nueva edición de Sumario de tarde, el podcast diario de THE OBJECTIVE.

Gempa bumi besar berkekuatan magnitude 7, 8 melanda Turki tengah dan barat laut Suriah pada Senin 6 Februari 2023 pukul 4 lewat 17 pagi waktu setempat. Hingga 9 februari 2023 data yang dikutip dari Badan Penanggulangan Bencana dan Darurat Turki (AFAD) korban meninggal mencapai 12.873 jiwa. Sementara di Suria korban meninggal mencapai 2.950jiwa berdasar informasi dari White Helmets dan data pemerintah. Kita coba analisa dari langkah-langkah dan kebijakan yang diambil Presiden Erdogan dari sisi siklus managemen bencana, dalam fase atau masa respond atau tanggap darurat.

Gempa bumi dengan kekuatan magnitudo sebesar 7.8 baru aja terjadi di Turkiye, bahkan sampai berdampak di Suria dan getarannya juga terasa sampai Israel. Akibatnya, dilaporkan sebanyak 4.300 orang tewas dan belasan ribu lainnya luka-luka termasuk tiga orang WNI. Gagal Ginjal Akut yahng heboh akhir tahun lalu sekarang kembali teridentifikasi dengan penambahan sebanyak 2 kasus. Satu pasien masih probable, dan satu pasien lagi berusia 1 tahun dinyatakan meninggal dunia. Konsumsi obat masih diduga kuat jadi penyebab gagal ginjal akut ini, maka BPOM pun langsung mengambil tindakan. Beyonce barui aja mencetak re4kor sebagai penyanyi dengan raihan Grammy terbanyak sepanjang sejarah, yaitu sebanyak 32 piala. Di 65th Annual Grammy Awards yang digelar beberapa waktu lalu, penyanyi kesukaan kamu kayak Adele, Harry Styles sampai Taylor Swift juga pulang bawa piala loh.

OPEN HEAVENSMATALA LE LAGI MO LE ASO LULU 7 TESEMA 2022 Manatu Autu: O Galuega Talai a Agelu 2 (The Ministry of Angels 2). Tauloto – Tusi Paia: Galuega 12:5 ‘O lenei, ‘ua leoleoina Peteru i le fale puipui; a ‘ua faia le tatalo fa‘atauānau i le Atua e le ekalesia mo ia Faitauga - Tusi Paia: Galuega 12:1-11 Upu FolafolaO so'o se tagata e lei faaolaina, e matautia lona afaina I le lotoifale o agelu. I le Galuega 12:20-24, na taia e le agelu a le Ali‘I ia Herota, ‘ona ‘ati olaina lea o ia i anufe ‘ua oti ai aua ua faamaualuga. I le 2 Tupu 19:35, ina ua manatu se tupu e mafai ona ia fetaui ma se atalii o le Atua, na afio mai le Alii ma lana autaua ma se agelu e toatasi, ‘ua fasi i le togālauapi o Asuria o fitafita e 185,000 I le po e tasi. O soo se tagata e le o I le itu a le Atua, e matautia lona afaina pe afai o loo feuia'i I tafatafa o agelu. O le faafitauli mo nei tagata, o lo'o iai agelu I le tele o nofoaga.  A'o lenei, o so'o se tagata ua faaolaina, e saogalemu pea aua e mautinoa o lo'o iai se agelu, a laitiiti o le toatasi o lo iai faatasi ma ia. O lea tagata e sili atu lona puipuiga nai lo leoleo ma fitafita o lo'o leoleoina peresitene o malo tetele o le lalolagi. O le faanoanoaga, e toatele fanau faaolaina a le Atua ua latou le toe faaaogaina a latou agelu.  I le tatou faitauga o le Tusi Paia o le aso, na ave e Herota Iakopo ma fasioti ia te ia, ae ina ua ia ave ia Peteru, na auina mai se agelu ma ua laveaiina o ia. A e vaai I le eseesega o vaega ia e lua, ina ua ave e Herota Iakopo, sa le'i nofo tatalo le Ekalesia. E latou te le o faaolaolaina le misiona ma galuega a agelu a le Atua, ae ina ua ia ave ia Peteru, na latou tatalo ma ua faaolaolaina le galuega talai a agelu a le Atua.  E tele mea o loo tatou afaina ai, e ui e toatele agelu o loo siomia I tatou. O le mafuaaga ona tatou te le o tatalo. Afai ua maluluina ma leai se ola I lou olaga tatalo, ua e le o faaaogaina au agelu. Ae afai e avatu ou manaoga I le Atua I le tatalo I gagana masani poo tatalo I le agaga, e faatonuina e le Atua ana agelu aua le tali o au tatalo.  Ia e tatalo ina ia faaolaolaina le galuega a agelu I lou olaga. I le 2 Tupu 19:20, na auina atu e le Atua se feau I le tupu o Esekia e faapea atu: “O lo‘o fa‘apea ‘ona fetalai mai o le ALI‘I le Atua o Isaraelu: ‘Ua ‘ou fa‘alogo lava i lau tatalo ‘iā te a‘u ‘iā Sanerivi le tupu o Asuria. O le tatalo a le tupu o Esekia lea na faaolaina galuega a agelu e fasiotia fitafita a Suria e 185,000 I le 2 Tupu 19:35. Ana le tatalo, semanu e avea o ia ma meaai a ona fili ma e ita ia te ia. Afai e te tatalo, e te faaolaina le galuega a agelu mo lou manuia, I le suafa o Iesu Keriso, Amene.   

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Ua faia se faai'uga a le malo tele e mafai ai ona toe fo'i mai i Ausetalia nei fafine ma fanau, o tagatanu'u Ausetalia o loo tausia i se nofoaga e tausi ai tagata sulufa'i i Suria. O i latou nei o ta'ito'alua ma fanau a fitafita na tau mo le vaega'au a le Islamic State, ma o le to'atele na feoti i le taua. O loo iai popolega i nisi i le tulaga i le puipuiga o le saogalemu, ae na faaalia e se sui o le Kapeneta, o le a va'ava'aia i latou mo se vaitaimi e faalapotopotoga o loo gafa ma le puipuiga pe a toe taliu mai.

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This month as we continue to reflect and celebrate the early days of the Freedom Challenge! For this episode we have the honor of inviting Suria Scholtz, who has played a pivotal and influential role in the formation and creation of the Freedom Challenge. Listen to this episode and learn more about the history of the Freedom Challenge while hearing some amazing testimonies and "Look What the Lord has Done" moments!  Want to learn more? Visit our websites:The Freedom Challenge US: thefreedomchallenge.comOperation Mobilization USA: omusa.orgInstagram: @thefcusaSupport the show

Suria Baudet est une aventurière dans l'âme! Nous avons déjà partagé un moment avec elle il y a deux ans, depuis elle a sorti un livre qui nous fait voyager dans son univers, profondément dans le nôtre également..  Passagère du Vent, Chemins initiatiques à travers l'Asie.

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The Torah commands in Parashat Mishpatim (Shemot 23:19), “Reshit Bikkureh Admatecha Tabi Bet Hashem Elokecha” – requiring one to bring to the Bet Ha'mikdash his first fruits that ripen, which are called “Bikkurim.” Tradition teaches that this Misva applies only to the “Shibat Ha'minim” – the seven species for which the Land of Israel is praised (in Debarim 8:8). These are wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates. The Sefer Ha'hinuch writes that the Sages arrived at this conclusion based on the simple fact that the Torah never makes mention of any other fruits that grow in the Land of Israel. If the Torah here states simply that one must bring the first “fruit of the land” to the Bet Ha'mikdash, it stands to reason that this refers to the fruits mentioned elsewhere, namely, the seven species. The Seforno (Rav Ovadia Seforno, Italy, d. 1550), commenting on this verse, suggests a different explanation. He writes that this verse, at first glance, seems redundant. The words “Bikkureh Admatecha” mean “the first fruits of your land,” such that the word “Reshit” (“first”), seemingly, is superfluous. Necessarily, Seforno writes, the word “Reshit” in this verse means not “first,” but rather “choicest.” The Torah requires bringing to the Bet Ha'mikdash the first of the best species of fruits in Eretz Yisrael – referring to the seven special species. The reason underlying this Misva, the Sefer Ha'hinuch writes, is that it helps remind us that Hashem is the source of all blessings in the world. When a farmer receives his produce, he takes a portion and gives it to G-d, as it were, acknowledging that it is G-d who blessed him with his fruit. This recognition will then help ensure his continued blessing and prosperity. The fruits brought as Bikkurim would be distributed among the Kohanim serving that week in the Bet Ha'mikdash. The fruits needed to be presented in a utensil; one could not simply bring the fruits by themselves. And, the Bikkurim needed to be presented “Derech Noi” – in an aesthetically pleasing manner. The farmer would thus decorate the baskets. The farmers bringing their Bikkurim would march in a procession through the streets of Jerusalem on their way to the Bet Ha'mikdash, and the shopkeepers would leave their stores to greet the farmers and sing for them. The Misva applies only in the times of the Bet Ha'mikdash, and is binding only upon males. The Torah obligation of Bikkurim is limited to the Land of Israel. However, the Sages enacted that Bikkurim must be brought also from the fruits of “Suria” – certain regions in Syria captured by King David – as well as the fruits of Eber Ha'yarden (Transjordan, the region inhabited by the tribes of Reuben and Gad). As mentioned, the Misva of Bikkurim applies to the seven special species, which include wheat and barley. There is a debate among the Aharonim as to whether it applies also to the other three principal grains – rye, oats and spelt. These species are generally grouped together with wheat and barley, such as with regard to the laws of Berachot: products made from any of these grains require “Ha'mosi” and Birkat Ha'mazon. Accordingly, the Maharsha (Rav Shmuel Eidels, 1555-1631), in Masechet Pesahim (36), writes that with regard to Bikkurim, too, these grains are treated like wheat and barley, and are included in the Bikkurim obligation. By contrast, the Minhat Hinuch cites the Peneh Yehoshua (Rav Yaakob Yehoshua Falk, Germany, 1680-1756) as contending that these three grains do not fall under the category of “Reshit” – the choice species of the Land of Israel, and therefore are not included in the Misva of Bikkurim. Nowadays, of course, in the absence of the Bet Ha'mikdash, we cannot fulfill the Misva of Bikkurim. Nevertheless, the idea behind this Misva is no less relevant today, and it is thus appropriate whenever we receive money or assets to allocate a portion to G-d through a donation to charity or for the support of Torah scholars to show that we recognize the source of our blessings.

Bacaan dibawakan oleh Rosmarie Defi Christina Natalia dan renungan dibawakan oleh Hari Wibowo Oktavianto, dari Gereja Kalvari, Paroki Lubang Buaya, Keuskupan Agung Jakarta. Nehemia 8: 1-4a.5-6.7b-12; Mazmur tg 19: 8-11; Lukas 10: 1-12 SEBAGAI PEKERJA DAN SEBAGAI TUAIAN Renungan kita pada hari ini bertema: Sebagai Pekerja Dan Sebagai Tuaian. Santo Hironimus belajar hukum di Roma dan ketika belajar juga teologi, ia kemudian bertobat, dibaptis, kemudian memilih hidup bertapa. Ia memilih hidup menyepi untuk belajar kitab suci di padang gurun Suria. Paus Damasus I menugaskan dia menerjemahkan kitab suci ke dalam bahasa Latin, yang dikenal dengan sebutan vulgata. Ia dikenal sebagai ahli kitab suci luar biasa. Perkataannya yang terkenal ialah: mengetahui kitab suci berarti mengetahui Yesus Kristus. Karya besar Santo Hironimus dalam menerjemahkan kitab suci dari bahasa aslinya, membuka kesempatan amat besar bagi semua orang untuk mengenal dan mempelajari kitab suci. Dari proses ini, kita dapat mengenal dan mencintai Yesus Kristus sampai sekarang, yang pada hari ini secara khusus Ia mengajarkan kita tentang panggilan dan tugas untuk bekerja di ladang-Nya yang mempunyai banyak tuaian. Santo Hironimus telah membuktikan diri sebagai seorang pekerja yang melayani banyak sekali tuaian, yaitu kita semua yang memiliki dan menggunakan kitab suci. Kita masing-masing sebagai pengikut Kristus memiliki panggilan dan tugas yang kita jalankan ialah melayani tuaian yang banyak di sekitar kita. Kita sesungguhnya adalah para pekerja, yang siap sedia mendengar atau membaca firman seperti yang dilakukan imam Esra dan bangsa Yahudi dalam bacaan pertama. Pekerjaan tersebut tidak cukup untuk membuat kita mantap sebagai pengikut Kristus. Yang juga sangat diperlukan ialah mengerti, merenungkan dan membatinkan firman yang sudah dibaca atau didengar. Di sini bisa saja kita merasa gembira dan beruntung dengan pengalaman rohani ini. Bisa juga ada rasa ingin tahu, penasaran, gelisah dan pencarian akan makna firman Tuhan yang sering membuat seseorang tidak tenang dan damai. Ketika orang sudah memahami dan meyakininya, barulah ada ketenangan dan suka cita. Mau tidak mau, ketika hidup rohani kita kosong atau lemah, kita harus mengisinya dengan firman dan perintah Tuhan yang tersedia tanpa pernah habis. Sampai pada tahap ini, pekerjaan mendengar dan memahami sebenarnya membenarkan juga bahwa diri kita ialah panenan atau tuaian. Sungguh indah dan bermakna pengalaman mendengar dan memahami itu. Rasa suka, patuh, hormat dan berdevosi untuk mendengar, kemudian suka cita, penghiburan, kekuatan dan syukur karena pemahaman dan keyakinan, semua ini adalah buah-buah rohani yang kita dapatkan. Tuaian menjadi semakin bertambah ketika banyak orang lain di sekitar kita dapat dipengaruhi secara baik dan benar untuk hidup dalam rahmat Tuhan. Kita sebenarnya adalah pekerja dan tuaian dalam kebun anggur Tuhan. Marilah kita berdoa. Dalam nama Bapa... Semoga sabda-Mu yang keluar dari pengajaran Tuhan Yesus Kristus tumbuh menggelora di dalam hati kami pada hari ini. Salam Maria... Dalam nama Bapa... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/media-la-porta/message

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An eye for an eye, bone for a bone, tooth for a tooth. Yvon and Emily are joined with Jaleigha and Suria from the youth magazine The Forerunner, to talk about the history behind our legal system and the consequences we see today. Listen in to gain important insight into the topic! Episode 2 releases this Saturday at 5 PM EST. Tune in to find out more about Hammurabi, and how his legal system was not a form of order, and how issues today have stemmed from his system.