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This episode is inspired by my old car that just keeps going. With some DIY adjustments, you can get the very best out of even a crappy ukulele. I discuss changing strings, adjusting the saddle height, and adjusting the nut height, along with a couple other little tips.Tie bridge/slot headstock restringing video: https://youtu.be/mUbvUMxhSEA?si=Veid7MXceNJFgHpjThru-bridge/normal peg headstock restringing video: https://youtu.be/x7G74Gyj57Y?si=WFVgAhbNRujcuPc1Support the showJoin my newsletter! It's free and I won't spam you. Get updates on new lessons and access to exclusive resources: https://liveukulele.com/signup/Support the podcast: Become a supporting member: https://liveukulele.com/register/supporting-member/?coupon=SUPPORT5 Buy video lessons or a book: https://liveukulele.com/store/ Use my Sweetwater affiliate link next time you need to buy some gear! https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9WbER0. Gear I use to create this podcast: https://liveukulele.com/about/my-gear/#recordingCREDITS- Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Brad Bordessa - Theme music by Brad Bordessa: "Fallout," "Eat You," and "Sister's Got a Gun" available on https://bradbordessa.bandcamp.com/

1 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger, 2 you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. 4 Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. 5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; 7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, 8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. 9 How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep— 11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man. 12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth, 13 who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers, 14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord. 15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy. 16 There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: 17 arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, 19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers. 20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching. 21 Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck. 22 When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you. 23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life, 24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue. 25 Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids. 26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life. 27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned? 28 Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? 29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished. 30 Men don't despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry, 31 but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house. 32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul. 33 He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance. 35 He won't regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts. Listen Donate Subscribe: Proverbs Daily Podcast Psalms Daily Podcast

Episode 442 | The First 10 Minutes (How Martial Arts Schools Win or Lose New Families) Podcast Description In this episode of School Owner Talk, Duane Brumitt and Shihan Allie Alberigo break down a growth lever that most school owners underestimate: the intro experience. A lot of schools assume they have a marketing problem. However, Duane and Allie argue that in many cases it's not marketing — it's what happens after someone clicks, fills out a form, and schedules their first class. Because you only get one shot to make a first impression, and families are deciding fast whether they trust you. They frame the “first 10 minutes” as a three-phase process: The digital first impression (what families experience online) The pre-visit first impression (texts/emails/calls before they arrive) The in-studio first impression (the first few minutes inside your school) Key Takeaways Simple doesn't mean easy. One small mistake early can create big problems downstream. Your first impression usually happens online. Your website, form, confirmation texts, and follow-ups are part of the intro experience. Congruency matters. Your words, photos, colors, and vibe should match what families will experience in your school. Don't cast a “wide net” with fake promises. Listing styles you don't teach (just to catch traffic) makes people click off fast. Pre-visit communication reduces anxiety. Clear directions, parking info, and “here's what to expect” messaging prevents confusion and no-shows. The in-person greeting is make-or-break. Allie shares how she's walked into schools and sat for 15–20 minutes without being greeted — and how one school owner impressed her by greeting immediately and professionally. The goal isn't to “sell” them on day one. The goal is to help families feel known, safe, and confident they chose the right place. Use names to create connection. Duane shares the “three times rule” — use the parent/child's name multiple times to build familiarity. A tour should be an experience, not a checklist. Tie everything you show to a benefit the family cares about. Guidelines beat rigid scripts. Scripts can make staff robotic; guidelines create consistency while letting people sound natural. Questions at enrollment are feedback. If families still have basic questions at the close, it's a sign you need to address those earlier in the process. Action Steps for School Owners Audit your intro experience in three phases. Digital (website, ads, Google listing, forms) Pre-visit (texts, emails, calls, reminders) In-studio (greeting, tour, first class, next steps) Make your online presence congruent.Ensure your photos, language, colors, and promises match what you actually deliver. Stop trying to be everything to everyone.If you're a Taekwondo school, be a Taekwondo school — don't list Kenpo, Kung Fu, Karate, Jiu Jitsu, etc. if you don't teach them. Build a pre-visit “confidence package.”Reduce friction before they arrive: Where to park Where to enter What to wear What will happen when they arrive Train your team to greet fast and warmly.Don't let families stand at the counter feeling invisible. A quick “Hey, I see you — I'll be right with you” changes everything. Turn your dojo tour into a story.Don't just point at things. Connect each part of the tour to benefits: Safety (mats, layout) Community (lobby culture) Trust (standards, structure, professionalism) Use guidelines, not robotic scripts.Give staff a step-by-step structure, but allow them to speak naturally and adapt to the family. Systematize the process with ownership.Decide who owns each part: Who responds to leads Who greets Who tours Who teaches the first class Who closes Roleplay and pressure-test your process.Practice curveballs (price shock, shy kids, skeptical parents) so staff stays confident. Use enrollment questions as “upstream” feedback.If families keep asking the same questions at the close, add those answers earlier (videos, texts, emails, handouts). Additional Resources Mentioned Three-phase intro experience: digital → pre-visit → in-studio Congruency principle: your online presence should match your real school experience The “three times rule” (use names to build connection) Guidelines vs. scripts for staff consistency Mystery shopper idea to test your intro experience Book reference: Upstream (prevent problems before they happen)

In Japan, "engagement" is a loanword (エンゲージメント), which is a neat metaphor: the sound exists, but the meaning can feel fuzzy at work. Yet global surveys still measure it, and Japan often lands near the bottom — Gallup's recent Japan spotlight reporting puts engaged employees at about 7%.  So how do you lift engagement in a culture that's cautious with self-scoring, allergic to over-promising, and hyper-sensitive to responsibility? You stop chasing a Western definition and start building the three drivers that actually move hearts and behaviour in Japanese teams: manager trust, senior leadership credibility, and organisational pride — with one emotional trigger that lights the fuse: feeling valued by your boss. What does "employee engagement" actually mean in Japan? In Japan, engagement shows up less as loud enthusiasm and more as quiet commitment, discretionary effort, and loyalty to the team. If you use a US-style definition ("I love my company and I'll shout it from the rooftops"), you'll undercount people who are genuinely doing the work and protecting the brand. This is why Japan can look "low engagement" on dashboards while still delivering operational excellence at firms like Toyota, Panasonic, and major banks — effort is often expressed through endurance, quality, and risk reduction rather than overt positivity. Post-pandemic (2020–2025), hybrid work also reduced informal connection, which matters disproportionately in relationship-heavy cultures. Do now: Define engagement behaviours in your context (e.g., proactive problem-solving, collaboration, customer ownership) and measure those, not just imported survey language. Why do Gallup-style engagement surveys often score Japan so low? Japan often scores low because translation and culture collide with how questions are interpreted and how people self-rate. Gallup's Japan-focused reporting highlights that engagement is extremely low by global comparison, and that disengagement is widespread.  Two common traps: Translation nuance: Questions like "Would you recommend this company to friends/family?" carry responsibility risk in Japan. If the friend hates the job (or the company hates the friend), the recommender feels accountable. Perfectionism penalty: Japanese respondents frequently avoid top-box scores. Luxury and service sectors have long observed that Japanese satisfaction ratings can be systematically harsher than other markets (the "Japan factor"). Do now: Audit survey translations with bilingual leaders, add Japan-relevant behavioural questions, and interpret trends (up/down) more than raw global ranking. How do you measure engagement without getting fooled by the numbers? Use a "triangulation" approach: one survey, a few operational signals, and regular manager check-ins. In multinationals, HQ loves a single engagement score — but Japan needs a dashboard that respects context. Practical measurement mix (2024–2026 reality check): Survey pulse: Keep it short; use Gallup Q12-style consistency, but validate Japanese phrasing. Operational indicators: regretted attrition, internal mobility, absenteeism, safety incidents, quality defects, customer complaints, and project cycle time. Manager "meaning" rhythm: monthly 1:1s, quarterly career conversations, and team retrospectives (especially important in hybrid setups). Compare apples-to-apples: Japan vs. Japan (trend), not Japan vs. Denmark (culture). Do now: Pick 5 metrics max, publish them quarterly, and make every manager accountable for one engagement input (e.g., 2 meaningful 1:1s per month). What are the three strongest drivers of engagement in Japanese teams? The biggest levers are (1) satisfaction with the immediate manager, (2) belief in senior leadership, and (3) pride in the organisation. These drivers are universal, but they hit harder in Japan because trust, clarity, and belonging are the social glue. Immediate manager: People don't quit companies, they quit bosses — and in Japan, the boss is also the cultural translator. Gallup research often points to managers as a major factor in team engagement variance.  Senior leadership credibility: If the "why" is vague, Japanese employees assume hidden risk. Clear direction reduces anxiety and boosts execution. Organisational pride: Internal rivalries (Sales vs Marketing vs IT) kill pride. Strong leaders unite teams against external competitors (Rakuten vs Amazon, incumbents vs startups like Mercari, etc.). Do now: Run a 30-day leadership reset: manager 1:1 cadence, CEO "why" messaging, and a pride campaign celebrating customer impact and team wins. What's the emotional trigger that flips people from "showing up" to "leaning in"? Feeling valued by your boss is the fastest emotional accelerator of engagement. People don't guess they're valued — they need to hear it clearly, consistently, and specifically. In Japan, "valued" lands best when it's concrete and modest: "Your analysis prevented a customer escalation." "Because you coached the new hire, the team's cycle time improved." "I trust you with this client because your prep is world-class." Tie value to meaning: how the work helps customers, protects colleagues, or strengthens reputation. This is where confidence, enthusiasm, and ownership start to appear — without forcing extroversion. Do now: Every manager: give 2 pieces of specific recognition per person per month, linked to business impact (customer, quality, speed, risk, revenue). What should leaders in multinationals do when HQ demands Japan "fix engagement"? Push back with data, reframe expectations, and localise the playbook — without looking defensive. Global leaders often see Japan at the bottom and assume leadership failure; the smarter move is to explain the measurement context andshow your improvement plan. A practical HQ message: "Japan's baseline is structurally lower due to survey interpretation and scoring norms." "We'll improve trend lines via manager capability, leadership clarity, and organisational pride." "We'll report both engagement and behavioural indicators quarterly." Gallup's Japan spotlight materials reinforce that Japan's disengagement is economically meaningful — which gives you permission to act decisively.  Do now: Agree with HQ on a 12-month target focused on movement (e.g., +2–4 points) and manager behaviours, not a magical leap to US levels. Final wrap If you want engagement to rise in Japan, stop arguing about the katakana and start building the conditions where people feel safe, valued, and proud. Fix the immediate manager experience, make senior leadership's "why" painfully clear, and create pride by uniting teams against external competitors. The best part: these levers cost zero yen — but they do require leadership discipline. Optional FAQs Is there a Japanese word for "engagement" at work? Not a perfect one — that's why many firms keep エンゲージメント and define it behaviourally. Agree on what engagement looks like day-to-day, then measure those actions. Should Japan use the same engagement questions as the US? Not without localisation. Translate for meaning (not words), test with Japanese employees, and adjust "recommend to friends/family" style items carefully. What's the single fastest engagement improvement tactic? Manager behaviour. Increase high-quality 1:1s and specific recognition; managers are a major lever in engagement differences.  Why do Japanese teams avoid giving 10/10 scores? Perfectionism and modesty norms. Use trend-based targets and multiple indicators rather than chasing top-box scores. Author bio Dr. Greg Story, Ph.D. in Japanese Decision-Making, is President of Dale Carnegie Tokyo Training and Adjunct Professor at Griffith University. He is a two-time winner of the Dale Carnegie "One Carnegie Award" (2018, 2021) and recipient of the Griffith University Business School Outstanding Alumnus Award (2012). As a Dale Carnegie Master Trainer, Greg is certified to deliver globally across all leadership, communication, sales, and presentation programs, including Leadership Training for Results. Greg has written several books, including three best-sellers — Japan Business Mastery, Japan Sales Mastery, and Japan Presentations Mastery — along with Japan Leadership Mastery and How to Stop Wasting Money on Training. His works have been translated into Japanese, including Za Eigyō (ザ営業), Purezen no Tatsujin (プレゼンの達人), and others.

Jauna realitāte - karš Tuvajos Austrumos. ASV un Izraēlas triecieni Irānā turpinās. Makrons paziņo par nepieciešamību palielināt Francijas kodolgalviņu skaitu. Pakistāna veikusu jaunu gaisa triecienu sēriju pa Afganistānas teritoriju, afgāņi atbild ar uzbrukumiem Pakistānas robežposteņiem. Aktualitātes analizē Ģeopolitikas pētījumu centra vadītājs Māris Andžāns un politologs Veiko Spolītis. Irāna rāda zobus pārspēkam Pēc tam, kad Izraēlas raķetes trāpījums 28. februārī bija laupījis dzīvību Irānas augtākajam vadonim Alī Hāmenejī, nomināli viņa funkcijas līdz jauna islāma republikas virsvadītāja iecelšanai uzņēmās Pagaidu vadības padome, kurā ietilpst Irānas prezidents Masuds Pezeškjāns, Irānas tiesu varas augstākais vadītājs Gulāmhuseins Mohsenī-Ežeī un Irānas konstitūcijas sargu padomes loceklis Alirezā Arafi. Tomēr pēdējās dienās izplatījies viedoklis, ka faktiski Irānas režīma priekšgalā jau kopš asiņainās masu protestu apspiešanas janvārī atrodas Augstākās nacionālās drošības padomes sekretārs, atvaļinātais Islāma revolūcijas sargu korpusa ģenerālis Alī Laridžāni. Tieši viņš pirmdienas vakarā, reaģējot uz Savienoto Valstu prezidenta Donalda Trampa izteikumiem par iespējamu sarunu atsākšanu, paziņoja, ka Irāna ar amerikāņiem nekādas sarunas nevedīs. Lai arī amerikāņu un izraēliešu raķetes turpina pārvērst drupu kaudzēs Irānas militāros un administratīvos objektus, un bez augstākā līdera Hāmenejī nogalināto sarakstā ir arī Islāma revolūcijas sargu korpusa komandieris, aizsardzības ministrs, bruņoto spēku ģenerālštāba priekšnieks un vēl kādi desmit augsta ranga militāristi, Teherāna, vismaz savās ārējās izpausmēs, ietur kareivīgu stāju. Irānas raķešu un aviācijas triecienu mērķi ir ne vien Izraēla un Savienoto Valstu militārie un diplomātiskie objekti reģionā, bet arī naftas un gāzes pārstrādes, transporta, arī biznesa un tūrisma infrastruktūra Apvienotajos Arābu emirātos, Saūda Arābijā, Bahreinā, Kuveitā, Katarā un Omānā, tāpat britu militārā bāze Kiprā. Aktivizējušies Irānas sabiedrotie: Libānā bāzētais grupējums „Hezbollah” sācis apšaudīt ar raķetēm Izraēlas ziemeļu rajonus, Irākas šiītu militārie grupējumi ar lidrobotiem uzbrukuši viņu valstī izvietotajām amerikāņu militārajām bāzēm, tiek ziņots, ka Jemenas hutiešu nemiernieki plānojot atsākt uzbrukumus kuģiem Adenas līcī un Sarkanajā jūrā. Pret „Hezbollah” Izraēla jau izvērsusi plaša mēroga karadarbību, kas ietver arī sauszemes operācijas. Irāna vērsusi gaisa triecienus arī pa kurdu autonomijas teritorijām Irākas ziemeļos, jo šeit bāzējas tās režīmam naidīgas kurdu nemiernieku grupas, kas apvienojušās Irānas Kurdistānas Politisko spēku koalīcijā. Kurdu minoritāte Irānas ziemeļos ir tā, kas pirmām kārtām varētu izvērst bruņotu cīņu pret Teherānas varu. Kā jau tika sagaidīts, jūras transporta pārtraukšana Hormuzā likusi pakāpties naftas un sašķidrinātās gāzes cenām globālajā tirgū, tomēr par kādu paniku šai ziņā runāt nenākas. Pirms karadarbības sākuma tirgos valdīja šo resursu pārprodukcija, un lielākie patērētāji kā ASV un Ķīna ir izveidojuši rezerves, kas šobrīd amortizē situāciju. Pakistānai savs „pārmācīšanas karš” Nu jau labu laiku spriedzi Pakistānas valdības un Afganistānā valdošā talibu režīma starpā rada teroristu grupas, kuras rod patvērumu Afganistānā, rīkojot uzbrukumus Pakistānas teritorijā. Lielākā no šīm grupām ir džihāda kaujinieku struktūra Pakistānas Talibans, kas gan nav organizatoriski vienota ar saviem vārdabrāļiem Kabulā, tomēr idejiski un vēsturiski gan. Jau pagājušā gada oktobrī Pakistāna veica gaisa triecienus pa teroristu objektiem Afganistānā, tai skaitā galvaspilsētā Kabulā, kam sekoja vairākas dienas ilgas sadursmes uz robežas. Tad viss beidzās ar trauslu pamieru, taču šī gada februārī Pakistāna piedzīvoja vairākus terora aktus gan Pakistānas Talibana, gan divu citu teroristu struktūru – Islāma valsts un beludžu nacionālistu organizācijas Beludžistānas Atbrīvošanas armija – izpildījumā. Uzbrukumos dzīvību zaudēja vairāk nekā piecdesmit cilvēku, gan militārpersonas, gan civiliedzīvotāji. 21. februārī Pakistāna īstenoja savus jau iepriekš izteiktos brīdinājumus un veica jaunu gaisa triecienu sēriju pa Afganistānas teritoriju. Oficiālā Islamabada apgalvoja, ka mērķēts tikai pa teroristu bāzēm, taču afgāņu puse un arī Apvienoto Nāciju misija vēstīja par upuriem arī starp mierīgajiem iedzīvotājiem, tai skaitā bērniem. Gluži tāpat kā iepriekšējo reizi sekoja afgāņu uzbrukumi Pakistānas robežposteņiem, pēc kam pakistāniešu gaisa un arī sauszemes spēku triecieni tika vērsti nu jau pret Afganistānas bruņoto spēku objektiem – munīcijas noliktavām, komandpunktiem, kazarmām – gan pierobežas provincēs, gan galvaspilsētā Kabulā un otrā lielākajā valsts pilsētā Kandahārā. Talibiem netrūkst kaujas spara un fanātisma, viņu spēki rūdījušies divdesmit gadus ilgā un galu galā panākumiem vaiņagotā cīņā pret amerikāņu un to sabiedroto okupācijas spēkiem. Šī pieredze ietver labas kaujas lidrobotu izmantošanas prasmes, ko jau nācies sajust uz savas ādas pierobežā dislocētajiem pakistāniešu spēkiem. Pakistānas pusē ir nospiedošs militāri tehniskais pārsvars. Marta sākumā pakistāniešu gaisa spēki vairākkārt bombardējuši nozīmīgo Bagramas aviobāzi, kuru Afganistānai savulaik uzbūvēja Padomju Savienība; neliela Afganistānas pierobežas teritorija nonākusi pakistāniešu spēku rokās. Kā tiek atzīmēts, konflikta attīstību veicina arī vispārējais starptautiskais fons, kad pasaules uzmanība koncentrēta Persijas līča rajonā un neviens īsti nav gatavs veltīt uzmanību šim karam Āzijas vidienē. Kodollietussargs „Made in France” Prezidenta Emanuela Makrona uzstāšanās šo pirmdien, 2. martā, Īllongas kodolzemūdeņu bāzē Bretaņā, Francijas rietumu piekrastē, tiek uzlūkota kā lūzuma punkts franču kodolpolitikā. Kopš aukstā kara baigām valsts atomieroču potenciāla palielināšana faktiski bijusi tabu tēma, bet pirmdien šis tabu tika lauzts. Kā paziņoja Makrons, šobrīd, kad Krievija izvērsusi klaju militāro agresiju, nozīmīgi augušas Ķīnas ģeopolitiskās ambīcijas, bet Savienoto Valstu aizsardzības prioritātes strauji mainījušās, Francijas kodolgalviņu skaita palielināšana ir nepieciešamība. Pie tam, kā uzsvēra Francijas vadītājs, franču kodolatturēšanas programma kļūst par visas Eiropas kopēju rūpi. Viņš uzskaitīja sabiedrotos, ar kuriem Francijai šai ziņā jau ir konkrēti sadarbības plāni: Vācija, Polija, Grieķija, Nīderlande, Beļģija, Dānija un Zviedrija. Nav grūti pamanīt, ka ģeogrāfiski šī valstu grupa koncentrējas Baltijas jūras un Ziemeļjūras baseinā. Visciešākā sadarbība plānota ar Vāciju, un tajā pašā 2. martā tika publiskota prezidenta Makrona un kanclera Merca kopīga deklarācija par franču–vācu kodolvadības darba grupas izveidi. Šo franču „kodollietussarga” izplešanu virs pārējo apvienotās Eiropas partneru galvām Francijas prezidents nodēvēja par „izvērsto atturēšanu”. Prezidents gan nepiemirsa norādīt, ka šī iniciatīva nekādi neesot uzlūkojama kā alternatīva NATO kodolatturēšanas spējām, bet gan kā to papildinājums. Kaut ekspertu vērtējuma Makrona uzstāšanās bija veiksmīga, labi līdzsvarojot Francijas nacionālo un Eiropas kopējo interešu motīvus, viņš, protams, saņēma paredzamu kritiku no pašmāju politiķiem, tai skaitā Nacionālās kustības līdera Žordāna Bardellas, kuru uzskata par visai reālu Makrona pēcteci prezidenta krēslā. Tas ir vēl viens faktors, kas liek prezidētam steigties, lai šī iniciatīva būt jau gana tālu attīstīta un nākamais Elizejas pils saimnieks nevarētu to viegli likvidēt. „Nākamais pusgadsimts būs kodolieroču laikmets, un Francija tajā spēlēs savu pilnvērtīgo lomu, turpinot vairot savus spēkus,” pirmdienas runas noslēgumā pauda Emanuels Makrons. Šobrīd Francijai ir apmēram trīssimt kodolgalviņas, ar kurām aprīkotas ballistiskās raķetes uz četrām „Triomphant” tipa atomzemūdenēm, kā arī spārnotās raķetes uz daudzfunkcionālajiem iznīcinātājiem „Rafale”.   Sagatavoja Eduards Liniņš.

Gianni and Jeanie interview Tony Orlando, who recounts knowing Russo since around 1980 and praises Russo's legendary storytelling and Las Vegas speakeasy era. Russo shares stories from his youth, including selling ballpoint pens after polio and meeting Frank Costello, plus his real-estate connection to O.J. Simpson's Rockingham house. Orlando and Russo discuss shared connections to John Catsimatidis and the Copacabana, where Orlando says his uncle Carmine Fava was maitre d' and where Orlando witnessed performers while underage. Orlando tells personal stories involving Crazy Joe Gallo (including being invited to Gallo's home and seeing a pet lion), his early hit at 16 (“Halfway to Paradise” written by Carole King), and friendships with major entertainers. Orlando describes working at CBS with Clive Davis as a vice president, signing artists like Barry Manilow, and later achieving major success with Tony Orlando and Dawn, including “Tie a Yellow Ribbon,” a TV show watched by 36 million weekly, and a Phyllis Diller on-air moment where her wig came off. He shares multiple Frank Sinatra anecdotes, including Sinatra correcting his diction, recording “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” for John Wayne, arranging a star-studded Friars Club event honoring Gene Kelly, and a Caesars Palace night when Sinatra learned his mother's plane had crashed. Orlando explains he retired from touring concerts due to travel and overhead but is launching a storytelling show and considering a book or audio format; he also notes work for eight presidents and other career highlights. The conversation ends with Russo promoting upcoming New Jersey appearances and book signings, and Orlando describing his WABC radio show and longtime veterans charity work through his Tribute to Valor Foundation, which brings Medal of Honor recipients to schools and has reached about 100,000 students.

Mūsdienās arvien vairāk runā par to, ka kognitīvi traucējumi skar aizvien jaunākus cilvēkus. Vai tas nozīmē, ka nākotnē piedzīvosim demences epidēmiju? Kurā brīdī aizmāršība ir slimības pazīme un kurā brīdī - ikdienas steigas normāla parādība? Demence visā pasaulē skar aptuveni 50 miljonus cilvēku un prognozes liecina, ka līdz 2050. gadam skaits varētu pat trīskāršoties. Teju trešdaļa aprūpes iestādēs dzīvojošo senioru cieš no demences simptomiem. Statistika rāda, ka nākotnē ar demenci sirgs aizvien vairāk cilvēku. Kāpēc šādas izmaiņas veidojas cilvēka smadzenēs, kas pēc būtības ir plastiskas un spēj mācīties visas dzīves garumā? Kāpēc krustvārdu mīkla ne vienmēr būs galvenā profilakse un vai aizvien nav skaidrs cēlonis Alcheimera un citu slimību izraisītai demencei? Raidījumā Zināmais nezināmajā skaidro un analizē P. Stradiņa klīniskās universitātes slimnīcas neiroloģe, Latvijas universitātes Neiromedicīnas un neirozinātnes nodaļas lektore Ramona Valante, un P. Stradiņa klīniskās universitātes slimnīcas neiroloģe, Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes doktorante, pētniece Krista Lazdovska. "Kognīcijas un demences kontekstā nozīmīga ir sociālā izolācija. Vecāka gadagājuma cilvēki dzīvo vieni, viņi ir izolēti no sabiedrības. Šādā vidē var lietot, kādus medikamentus vēlies, kognīcija turpinās pasliktināties. Tāpēc arī pie mums ir tendence veidot dienas centrus, kurā cilvēki, kam ir parādījušās problēmas, sanāk kopā un socializējās. Mēs esam sociālas būtnes un, lai kognitīvā kapacitāte nemazinātos, ir vajadzīga saskarsme," skaidro Ramona Valante. Cilvēkam nepietiek tikai ar iespēju uzņemt informāciju - skatīties televizoru vai šķirstīt sociālos medijus, kas ļauj atcerēties faktus. Būtiska ir valoda, iespēja sarunāties ar citiem. Tās ir arī ir emocijas, ko neiegūst no elektroniskiem medijiem. Tie savukārt var radīt negatīvas emocijas, kas negatīvi ietekmē smadzenes. Pētnieces norāda, ka mūsu smadzenēm patīk izaicinājumi. Mēs varbūt gribētu neko nedarīt, bet smadzenēm patīk izaicinājumi, kas ļauj veidot jaunus savienojumus un uzkrāj kognitīvās rezerves. Viena iespēja būtu valodu mācīšanās, bet nepalīdz vārdiņu mācīšanās kādā lietotnē, svarīga ir saruna ar otru cilvēku. Arī mūzikas instrumentu spēlēšana ir labs veids, kā veidot kognitīvās rezerves. Ja krustvārdu mīklas risina, vienkārši atmiņā atsaucot zināmus faktus, tas netrenē smadzenes. Ja šajā laikā meklē jaunu informāciju, lasa, tā ir smadzeņu trenēšanā. Smadzenēm nepieciešams apgūt ko jaunu.  Ja cilvēks visu mūžu ir vairāk strādājis intelektuālu darbu, izaicinājums būtu - mācīties dejot. Savukārt ar fizisku darbu vai sportu saistīts cilvēks varētu pievērsties intelektuāliem izaicinājumiem. Raidījumā Kā labāk dzīvot kolēģi stāstīja par dažādām demences pacientiem paredzētām sociālām programmām un arī par vides pieejamības problēmām, ko cilvēki ar demenci piedzīvo Latvijā. Pētnieki Latvijā strādā pie vakcīnas pret Alcheimera slimību Klasiska zāļu ripiņa, asins testi, kas savlaicīgi ļautu ieraudzīt slimībai raksturīgos kaitīgos proteīnus asinīs, visbeidzot vakcīnas - šie ir dažādi mēģinājumi paredzēt vai ārstēt Alcheimera slimību. Alcheimers ir viena no demencēm, proti, smadzeņu darbības traucējumiem, kas rada neatgriezeniskus kognitīvos jeb prāta funkciju zaudējumus. Likumsakarīgi, ka tāpēc aizvien turpinās labāko medikamentu izstrāde cīņā ar slimību. Šoreiz plašāk tieši par vakcīnām, un par to saruna ar Latvijas Universitātes Medicīnas un dzīvības zinātņu fakultātes dekānu Kristapu Jaudzemu. Visticamāk gan, ka vakcīna pret Alcheimera slimību būtu piemērojama tikai kādai konkrētai populācijai, kas atbilstu striktiem kritērijiem, piemēram, ģenētiskiem faktoriem, ņemot vērā attēlus ar beta amiloīdu izgulsnējumiem smadzenēm un citus parametrus. Tātad vakcīna tiktu, tā teikt, personalizēta. Vakcinēšanās biežums, brīdis, kad to sākt darīt, cik tas maksātu, cik efektīvi tas būtu - protams, šie jautājumi ir svarīgi farmācijas uzņēmumiem, bet pētnieku uzdevums pašlaik ir radīt veiksmīgāko vakcīnas darbības mehānismu. -- Latvijas Ornitoloģijas biedrības pārstāvis Madars Bergmanis stāsta par lielāko dzeni Eiropā – melno dzilnu.  

Melnā dzilna ir lielākais no Eiropas dzeņiem. Arī Latvijā tā ir lielāka dzeņu suga. "Šim putnam ir raksturīgi divi saucieni – vienu var dzirdēt lidojumā, otru – kad dzilna sēž kokā. Tas ir vairāk melanholisks sauciens, ko var dzirdēt tālu. Vēl tālāk var dziedāt bungošanu," stāsta Latvijas Ornitoloģijas biedrības pārstāvis Madars Bergmanis. 'Dzeņiem atšķirībā no dziedātājputniem ir raksturīga bungošana. Tie ir ļoti ātri sitieni pa sausu substrātu, vai nu tas būtu nolūzis koka zars vai koka galotne. Vidēji tie ir kādi 20 sitieni sekundē ļoti lielā tempā. Un funkcionāli tā bumbošana atbilst dziedātājputnu dziesmām. Bet dzilnām atšķirībā no pārējiem dzeņiem vēl ir raksturīgi, ka viņām ir arī saucienu sērija, ko parasti mēdz saukt par dziesmu," skaidro Madars Bergmanis. Gan melnās dzilnas dziesma, gan bungošana ir dzirdama pat 2-3 kilometrus tālu. Putns ir arī iespaidīga izmēra, gandrīz vārnas izmērā, tikai mazliet slaidāks un tievāku kaklu. "Melnās dzilnas nosaukums ļoti labi raksturo to, kā viņa izskatās. Viņa ir pilnīgi melna. Dzimumi atšķiras tikai ar ar galvas krāsojumu – tēviņiem visa galvas virs sarkana un mātītei tikai pakauša daļa ir sarkana. Bet citādi dzimumi nav atšķirami, un cilvēki nespēj atšķirt pēc balsīm, vai tā ir mātīte vai tēviņš," norāda Madars Bergmanis. "Dzilnas, kas sāk ligzdot diezgan agri, ir dzirdamas visvairāk martā. Ligzdo, tāpat kā visi dzeņi, dzilnas koku dobumos, ko paši arī izkaļ. Lielos, resnos kokos, jo dzilnas izmēri ir iespaidīgi un kokam jābūt vismaz 35-40 centimetru diametrā pie pamata, lai tur varētu dzilna mēģināt ligzdot. Tas rada zināmas grūtības ligzdu vietu atrašanā, jo vajadzīgs tiešām vecs mežs, nevis vidēja vecuma," turpina Madars Bergmanis. Melnajai dzilnai ir garš un spēcīgs knābis. Viņa var izkalt pamatīgus caurumus kokos. "Bungošana un vokālā aktivitāte vairāk notiek koku galotnēs, kalšana bieži vien notiek uz zemes, uz kritalām vai koku stumbros zemu. Melnās dzilnas kalumus var viegli atpazīt pēc izmēriem, jo skaidu garums un biezums ir tik liels, ka citiem dzeņiem tas nav pa spēkam," atzīst Madars Bergmanis.

Stāsta dizaina pētniece Jeļena Solovjova; pārraides producente — Inga Saksone Šo pieeju sauc par kraftivismu — no angļu valodas "craft" jeb amats un "activism" — aktīvisms. Kraftivisms ir mūsdienu aktīvisma forma. Kustība, kas aicina savu politisko un sociālo nostāju paust ar adīšanas, izšūšanas, tamborēšanas un cita veida rokdarbu starpniecību, šādi piedāvājot alternatīvu tradicionālām protestu akcijām. Maigāku un klusāku nekā iespējams esam esam raduši, taču tāpēc ne mazāk iedarbīgu un provokatīvu.  Kā kraftivisma manifestā norāda kustības domubiedri, roku darba rezultātam jākalpo par draudzīgu atgādinājumu, kas mudina cilvēkus aizdomāties. Aktīviste un iniciatīvas "Craftivist Collective" dibinātāja Sāra Korbeta uzsver — ja mēs vēlamies taisnīgāku un iejūtīgāku pasauli, arī mūsu aktīvismam jāatbilst šīm vērtībām. Tam nevajadzētu būt uzbrūkošam vai pamācošam. Tam ir jābūt cieņpilnam. Turklāt ne mazāk svarīgs ir pats radīšanas process. Tam ir terapeitiska nozīme. Lēnas un meditatīvas roku kustības palīdz autoram atbrīvoties no bezspēcības sajūtas un transformēt negatīvās emocijas radošā rezultātā.  Jēdziens "craftivism" pirmo reizi izskanēja 2003. gadā ASV. Tā autore ir aktīviste, amatniece un rakstniece Betsy Greer. Viņa kraftivismu definē kā aktivitāti, kas sabiedrībai svarīgus jautājumus adresē ar rokdarbu un mākslas palīdzību. Taču ideja par politiski pielādētiem rokdarbiem nav jauna. Sufrāžistes, sieviešu tiesību aktīvistes, jau 20. gadsimta sākumā ar lielu entuziasmu izšuva karogus un citus protestu atribūtus. Nesa tos ielās un ar to starpniecību iestājās par sieviešu tiesībām. Rokdarbiem šajos protestos bija simboliska nozīme. Tie akcentēja, ka gadsimtiem ilgi nenovērtētais sieviešu roku darbs ir svarīgs. Gan tas, kas nodrošina mājinieku ērtību, gan tas, kas radīts radošai izpausmei. Tā, piemēram, 1910. gadā māksliniece Anna Makbeta kopā ar savām studentēm izšuva karogu ar 80 sufrāžistu parakstiem — sievietēm, kuras izcieta cietumsodu un badastreiku. Karogs atsaucās uz senu tradīciju, kurā sievietes izšuva savus parakstus uz salvetēm kā pateicību namamātei par uzņemšanu. Arī mūsdienās kraftivisms tiek izmantots, lai iestātos par dzimumu līdztiesību. Viens no atpazīstamākajiem simboliem ir rozā adītās cepures ar kaķa ausīm. 2017. gadā tūkstošiem sieviešu ar šīm pašu adītām cepurēm devās Sieviešu solidaritātes gājienā Vašingtonā. Vienlaikus kraftivisms šodien nav tikai sieviešu nodarbe. Piemēram, Čīles vīriešu aktīvistu grupa "Hombres Tejedores" (Ombres Tehedores) rīko publiskas tamborēšanas un adīšanas akcijas, izaicinot priekšstatus par vīrišķību.  Savukārt Lielbritānijā programmā "Fine Cell Work" ieslodzītie vīrieši mācās izšūšanu un sadarbībā ar māksliniekiem rada kvalitatīvus tekstila darbus, šādi arī rodot meditatīvu telpu pašrefleksijai. Amatu aktīvisti dažādās pasaules malās kļūst arvien redzamāki. Viņi kritizē kapitālismu, vedina domāt par klimata pārmaiņām, iestājas par dzimumu līdztiesību un citām sev būtiskām vērtībām. Protams, kāds varētu vaicāt — vai ar izšuvumu tiešām var mainīt pasauli? Kraftivisma atbalstītāji šī saistībā prātīgi norāda, ka pārmaiņas nereti sākas mazās, konsekventās darbībās. Turklāt, līdzās jau minētajiem pozitīvajiem aspektiem, kraftivisms paplašina pašu aktīvisma telpu un ļauj tajā iesaistīties arī tiem, kuri citādi, iespējams, paliktu malā.   Un labi, ka tā. Varbūt pasaule patiešām būs tikai ieguvēja, ja mēs visi paņemsim rokās adāmadatas un būsim viens pret otru vismaz nedaudz laipnāki.

Kur glabājas visi mūsu saražotie dati un, vai tiesa, ka nākotnē šie datu centri varētu atrasties vairākus simtus kilometru virs mūsu galvām? Jautājums par datu uzglabāšanu laikmetā, kad mākslīgais intelekts jau ik minūti saražo ap 20 tūkstošiem attēlu, kļuvis akūts. Viens ambiciozs risinājums, ko piedāvā industrija, ir datus uzglabāt Visumā. Vai tas nozīmē, ka virs mūsu galvām Zemes orbītā atradīsies milzīgi datu dzelži? Cik tālu esam līdz šādas idejas realizēšanai? Raidījumā Zināmais nezināmajā skaidro Meteorītu muzeja vadītājs Kārlis Bērziņš un Rīgas Tehniskās universitātes Augstas veiktspējas skaitļošanas centra vadītāja Līna Marta Sarma. „Microsoft” jaunā tehnoloģija ļauj ar jaudīga lāzera palīdzību ierakstīt informāciju stiklā un uzglabāt datus Cilvēki rada un uzglabā arvien vairāk digitālo datu. Fotogrāfijas, video, teksti – ik dienu šādi ieraksti tiek ievietoti mūsdienu viedierīcēs, un strauji attīstoties tehnoloģijām, redzam, ka datu nesēju mūžs nav ilgs, vai nu tās ir magnetofona lentes vai kompaktdiski, vai datora diski. Tie ātri noveco un to ietilpība ir visai ierobežota. Tāpēc lūkojot, kā efektīvāk saglabāt datus, kompānija „Microsoft” ir izstrādājusi jaunu datu uzglabāšanas tehnoloģiju „Project Silica”, kas ļauj ar jaudīga lāzera palīdzību ierakstīt informāciju stiklā. Tehnoloģiju jaunumu portālā „kursors.lv” rakstīts: „Nelielā aptuveni plaukstas lieluma stikla plāksnītē „Microsoft” pētnieki ir iespieduši aptuveni 4,8 terabaitus datu jeb divus miljonus grāmatu. Un kas svarīgākais, šie dati tur var mierīgi glabāties 10 000 gadu bez jebkādas īpašas dzesēšanas vai uzturēšanas.” Ko eksperti saka par jauno datu glabāšanas veidu? To vaicājam Elektronikas un datorzinātņu institūta direktoram un vadošajam pētniekam Modrim Greitānam, bet vispirms kopā ar datorzinātnieku īsumā pārskatīsim datu nesēju evolūciju, sākot no aizvēstures līdz mūsdienām.

Vai Jānis Endzelīns ir parakstījies viņa ieskaišu grāmatiņā? Vai Iecavas kapos ir kapakmens viņa vectēvam? Tie gan ir tikai tādi konkrēti jautājumi par ukraiņu modernistu Maiku Johansenu (1895-1937). Savukārt jautājumi par literatūras ietekmēm, spēlēm ar žanriem, tēliem un lasītājiem nodarbina vēl ilgi pēc plānās, bet ļoti blīvās Johansena grāmatas aizvēršanas. Nosaukums vien ir tik sarežģīts, ka tā atcerēšanās prasa zināmu piepūli – "Mācītā doktora Leonardo un viņa nākamās mīļākās, daiļās Alčestes, ceļojums uz Slobodu Šveici"(1930). Tulkotājai no ukraiņu valodas Mārai Poļakovai nācies eleganti žonglēt ar romāna varoņiem, vietām un literārām atsaucē, pat atdzejot, ko varēsit dzirdēt arī Radio mazajā lasītavā. Māra Poļakova lasīs ukrainiski, Gundars Āboliņš – latviski. Lai jūs nemulsina dīvainas zīmes tekstā, kuru autors ir dizainers Aleksejs Muraško, lai nemulsina ģeogrāfisko karšu trūkums, lai palīdz tulkotājas piezīmes un Jarinas Cimbalas eseja "Romāns ar ainavu". Izdevis "Aminori". Vēl tikai piebildes par autora Maika Johansena biogrāfiju – viņš savu autobiogrāfiju mēdzis ironiski mistificēt; viņš studējis filoloģiju, pārzinājis sengrieķu un latīņu valodas, runājis angliski, vāciski, itāliski, spāniski un franciski, viņam bija zināšanas arī skandināvu un slāvu valodās; rakstīja viņs vāciski un krieviski, bet kopš 1919. gada – tikai ukrainiski. 1937.gadā apsūdzēts ukraiņu nacionālismā un teroristiskās aktivitātēs, nošauts. Viņa kapa vieta nav zināma, bet Kijivas kapsētā – tā ir tikai simboliska. Raidījumu atbalsta:  

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SDSU Destroys Utah State to Tie for 1st Place Again. The women's team also wrapped up the conference outright by beating Boise State. Join us as we dive into all things SDSU Basketball as the season's come to the final stretch run.

Prokurátor Ondrej Repa pred vyše týždňom ustál obžalobu v kauze Mýtnik, v ktorej súd neprávoplatne odsúdil oligarchu Jozefa Brhela. Bol to najnáročnejší prípad, aký doposiaľ prokurátor dozoroval. Stál totiž proti obhajobe, ktorá neustále útočila a bola mimoriadne agresívna. “Tie vyjadrenia boli až na hranici etiky,” hovorí v rozhovore, v ktorom rozoberá s reportérkou Veronikou Prušovou verdikt, ale aj aktuálnu atmosféru na prokuratúre. Od kolegov dostal mnohé podporné správy, od vedenia prokuratúry žiadnu.

SDSU Destroys Utah State to Tie for 1st Place Again. The women's team also wrapped up the conference outright by beating Boise State. Join us as we dive into all things SDSU Basketball as the season's come to the final stretch run.

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We are officially in the phase of a campaign where decency gets tossed aside and the opposition research file is emptied directly into a 30-second spot.One local ad targeting Cook County Commissioner Samantha Steele opens with footage from her DUI arrest and the now-infamous line, “I'm an elected official.” The ad's structure is ruthlessly efficient. Lead with the footage. Transition from self-importance to alleged abuse of power. Tie it together with a tagline about rules not applying to her. On the nasty scale, it earns high marks. It is disciplined, rhythmic, and unforgiving.Then there is the Texas Senate Republican primary, where the National Republican Senatorial Committee and Sen. John Cornyn are going directly at Attorney General Ken Paxton. Divorce. Allegations of infidelity. Wealth accumulation during scandal. Even insinuations about cultural issues designed to rile the base. It is the kind of ad that signals panic or confidence. Sometimes both.Politics Politics Politics is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Contrast that with Paxton's softer spot featuring his daughter speaking about him as a grandfather. It is the standard counterpunch to a scandal narrative: humanize, slow down, soften the edges. When campaigns spend that kind of money on family-centered messaging, it usually means they are trying to cover something sharp underneath.The larger point is simple. As we approach primary day, the gloves are off.Tariffs, Courts, and the $133 Billion QuestionBeyond campaign warfare, the Trump administration is wrestling with the fallout from the Supreme Court striking down its sweeping tariff regime. Roughly $133 billion in collected duties now sit in limbo.Officials are reportedly exploring ways to discourage refund claims, stretch out litigation, or even reimpose tariffs under new legal authorities. Trade lawyers argue the government previously committed to repayment with interest and that courts will scrutinize any attempt to sidestep that obligation.This is less about ideology and more about arithmetic. If companies want their money back, they are likely to get it. The administration may find voluntary compliance from firms seeking goodwill, but legally, the leverage is limited. This is the bargaining phase after a judicial loss.The Epstein Depositions BeginHillary Clinton was deposed behind closed doors in Washington as part of the House Oversight Committee's work on the Epstein files. She maintained that she had no knowledge of wrongdoing involving Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell.Democrats are pushing for a full, unedited transcript release to prevent selective leaks from shaping the narrative. Tensions flared when Rep. Lauren Boebert leaked an image of Clinton during the deposition, briefly halting proceedings.Next comes Bill Clinton. For those with long political memories, that sense of history repeating itself is unavoidable. Whether anything explosive emerges remains to be seen, but the optics alone ensure sustained attention.Transactional Politics in Real TimePerhaps the most revealing political maneuver of the week came from New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. In an unscheduled trip to Washington, he reportedly presented President Trump with specific names of detained individuals and requested their release. One Columbia-affiliated detainee was subsequently freed.The broader lesson is something I have observed for years. With Trump, flattery and direct engagement can yield tangible results. Politics is transactional. If you give him a headline he likes or a symbolic win, you may get policy movement in return. Mamdani appears to understand that dynamic.Chapters00:00:00 - Intro00:03:27 - Nasty Political Ads00:10:52 - Interview with Kevin Ryan00:51:33 - Update00:51:47 - Tariffs00:53:13 - Clintons00:54:57 - Mamdani and Trump00:59:13 - Interview with Kevin Ryan, con't01:38:33 - Wrap-up This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.politicspoliticspolitics.com/subscribe

Generálny prokurátor sa opäť ozval. Zdanlivo by sa mohli tešiť práve čurillovci, Maroš Žilinka sa totiž vložil do konaní o správnych žalobách. Tie sú dôsledkom ministrovej ignorácie Úradu na ochranu oznamovateľov. Generálny prokurátor sa ozýva aj v prípade personálnych rozkazov, ktoré čurillovcov nechávajú sedieť doma. Koniec príbehu je ale ešte ďaleko. O čo ide a ako ďaleku sú čurillovci od návratu do práce sa s Janou Krescanko Dibákovou v podcaste Dobré ráno rozprával redaktor domácej redakcie PETER KOVÁČ. Zdroje zvukov: 360tka, TASR, YouTube/SMER-SD Odporúčanie Dnes mám pre vás odporúčanie, ktoré sa týka našej produkcie. SME má pre vás spomínaný rozhovor s prokurátorom Repom, ale aj zaujímavý článok kolegu Vašutu o Brhelových majetkoch. A skromne dávam do pozornosti aj moju Arénu s exministrom Wlachovským, ktorý hovorí o pomeroch na Ukrajine, v Rusku, ktoré sa dostalo do 50tych rokov, dozviete sa veľa zaujímavého. – Všetky podcasty denníka SME nájdete na⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sme.sk/podcasty⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Odoberajte aj audio verziu denného newslettra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SME.sk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ s najdôležitejšími správami na⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sme.sk/brifingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Grécko začalo upadať a strácať svoju politickú samostatnosť. Táto skutočnosť sa odrážala na filozofii, ktorá sa začala zaujímať o človeka, a hlavne o to, ako môžu byť jednotlivci šťastní. Ako o prvom sme hovorili o Diogenesovi a jeho sude, ktorý bol asi najradikálnejším predstaviteľom kynizmu, filozofie, ktorá pohŕda spoločenskými normami a potrebami. Potom sme hovorili o stoikoch, ktorí sa stretávali pod maľovaným stĺporadím, podľa ktorého dostali svoje meno, snažili sa žiť tak, aby ich nič nerozhádzalo, a ich najslávnejším predstaviteľom je cisár Marcus Aurelius. Tiež sme spomínali epikurovcov či skeptikov. Viac sa dozvieš v našom novom podcaste. Kľúčové slová: Filozofia, Schooltag, maturita, Občianska náuka Tento podcast ti prináša 4ka. Jediná štvorka, ktorá ťa nebude v škole mrzieť.

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In this episode Andrea Samadi interviews Thoryn Stevens, CEO and founder of Brain.One, about using AI, wearables, biomarkers and evidence-based micro-habits to create personalized brain-health protocols. Watch our full interview on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9UN9kev2CE or listen and follow the show notes here https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/can-ai-personalize-your-brain-health-inside-brainones-protocols/  What We Covered on EP 386 with Thoryn Stephens The Problem with Generic Wellness Advice Why most health advice fails to translate into sustained behavior change The gap between research findings and real-world application Why optimization must be systematic, not inspirational From Data to Daily Micro-Habits How Brain.One analyzes peer-reviewed research using AI Turning biometrics (HRV, sleep data, metabolic markers) into actionable protocols Why small, consistent micro-habits compound into long-term neuroplastic change Wearables & What Actually Matters The most misunderstood wearable metrics HRV, sleep architecture, and recovery as early indicators of cognitive health How to avoid becoming obsessive with numbers while still using data intelligently Dementia Prevention & Cognitive Longevity Evidence-based strategies inspired by the Lancet dementia prevention framework Why metabolic health and inflammation play a critical role in brain aging Prevention vs. reversal: when to start optimizing brain health Biological Bottlenecks to Human Potential Stress dysregulation as a performance limiter Sleep architecture and glymphatic clearance Metabolic flexibility and mitochondrial function Why emotional regulation remains foundational to cognitive performance AI in Health: Hype vs. Evidence What makes Brain.One's system evidence-constrained How AI can scale personalized health protocols The future of data-driven behavioral optimization

Nick Jeffery read Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book, a Victorian epic poem about a murder mystery in 17th Century Italy, to test a theory. John Granger's best guess after surveying the chapter headings of Hallmarked Man last September was that, of all 77 sources for the 139 epigraphs in Strike8, Browning's poem was the most likely to hold a secret message or special meaning inside it. John had said something similar about another Browning poem and Ink Black Heart, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh, and Nick had confirmed that through his own reading and confirmation by Rowling herself. He thought John's track record of spotting important epigraph sources merited a test reading.He published his findings on Friday in a post titled ‘The Ring and The Book – A Rowling Reading.' In brief, the murder in Browning's poem is a point-to-point model for the Ironbridge murder mystery in Hallmarked Man with characters in Rowling-Galbraith's book — most notably, Chloe Griffiths, Tyler Powell, and Ian Griffiths — having their astonishing equivalents in Ring. The less obvious but more important links between the two are in their implicit feminism and other messages: Both works critique abusive relationships and patriarchal power: Guido's control of Pompilia and Dino Longcaster's control of Decima Mullins. The legal system (Books 8–9 especially) is satirized as formalistic, pedantic, and often blind to moral reality. True justice requires personal moral intuition beyond mere evidence or procedure. The Pope's monologue (Book 10) weighs this tension most profoundly. In The Hallmarked Man the police are slow to act on new information gained by Strike and Robin and Farah Navabi manages to hoodwink the courts into escaping punishment for her part in Patterson's crimes.The Ring and The Book dramatizes the eternal struggle between good and evil. Pompilia embodies instinctive purity, sacrificial love, and spiritual insight despite her suffering. Guido represents sophisticated, calculating evil that twists morality to justify cruelty. Browning affirms that evil exists but that good can somehow arise from or shine through evil's consequences. In The Hallmarked Man evil is real, monstrous, and often cloaked in normalcy or power structures, but it can be exposed and defeated through persistence, intuition, and moral courage.Nick also discusses in this article the chiastic structure of Ring (!) and the ‘conversation' he heard between Robert Browning in this poem with Aurora Leigh, the masterpiece by his late wife. His ‘Rowling Reading' of Ring and the Book, consequently, will soon be a touchstone piece not only in Rowling Studies but Browning Studies as well (#ArmstrongBrowningLibraryAndMuseum @ Baylor). As they have done before with Nick's ‘Rowling Reading' articles. the Hogwarts Professor team recorded their conversation about the piece (listen to their discussions of I Capture the Castle and Aurora Leigh). Seven High Points of that Ring and the Book epigraph conversation include:* Nick's review of why Serious Strikers and Rowling Readers should read The Ring and the Book along with the story of his immersion in it;* John's explanation of why he was so confident that Browning's poem was a template of some kind for Hallmarked Man even though only six of Strike8's 139 epigraphs were taken from it;* Their survey of Rowling's previous work with epigraphs — Deathly Hallows and Casual Vacancy all the way to Running Grave and Hallmarked Man — for works with similar embedded-in-the-epigraph texts and those without one (or in which it hasn't yet been discovered);* Nick's discussion of Rowling's previous comments about epigraphs and her answer to the question, ‘Which Came First, the Epigraph or the Story?';* John's best guess pre-publication about the text that will be the epigraph source in Sleep Tight, Evangeline and which Strike text it will most resemble with its Whiskey Shambles title;* Nick's commitment to exploring Blue Oyster Cult epigraphs in Career of Evil to see if one of that band's albums, all of which supposedly had sci-fi themes and story continuity, served as a text-within-the-text for Strike3; and* John's suggestion that the relationship of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning, a great love with a shared vocation, might be a point of reflection for Serious Strikers as a template for understanding the Strike-Ellacott partnership.Nick and John will be recording their group charting of Hallmarked Man's Part Eight this week with Sandy Hope and Ed Shardlow (and Presvytera Lois?), a survey of readers is in the works, and the long-awaited close look at the Strike series in light of the Cupid and Psyche myth draws ever nearer. Stay tuned!The Ten Questions, Epigraph Charting, and Links to Previous Epigraph Discussions Here and Elsewhere:The Ring and The Book – A Rowling Reading, Nick Jeffery, February 2026Intro to Epigraphs 101, John Granger, September 2022The Heart is Not About Emotions and Affection but the Human Spiritual Center, John Granger, October 2022A Rowling Reading of Aurora Leigh, Nick Jeffery, November 2025Beatrice Grove's Pillar Post Page at HogwartsProfessor.com* Scroll down for Prof Groves' posts about epigraphs and literary allusion in Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Troubled Blood, and Ink Black HeartLethal White: Ibsen's ‘Rosmersholm', John Granger, December 2018Rowling, Dylan Thomas, and the I Ching: Three Thoughts on Strike7's Epigraphs, John Granger, April 2023‘Deathly Hallows' and Penn's ‘Fruits of Solitude,' John Granger, October 2008The Aeschylus Epigraph in ‘Deathly Hallows,' John Granger, October 2008Maid of the Silver Sea Epigraphs: Louise Freeman Davis' Collected Posts, 2025The Faerie Queene Epigraphs in Troubled Blood* Scroll down the Troubled Blood Pillar Post for the Faerie Queene commentary by Beatrice Groves, Elizabeth Baird-Hardy and John GrangerRobert-Galbraith.com Posts about the Epigraphs in Each Book* Hallmarked Man's Epigraphs: The Poetry* Hallmarked Man's Epigraphs: The Prose* Scroll Down the site's ‘Features' Page for all the other Epigraph PostsAgents of Fortune: The Blue Oyster Cult Story, Martin Popoff, May 2016Pompilia: A Feminist Reading Of Robert Browning'S The Ring And The Book, Anne Brady, May 1988Roman Murder Mystery: The True Story of Pompilia, Derek Parker, January 2001Sleep Tight, Evangeline: Nick Jeffery and John Granger talk with Dimitra FimiHallmarked Man Epigraphs: The Tally SheetMatthew Arnold: 17 poems, 25 epigraphs, 6 from Merope: A Tragedy* 3, 17, 52, 103, 108, 110 (Merope), 21, 33, 68, 38, 97, 41, 45, 59, 58, 69, 73, 76, 80, 86, 96, 106, 119, 122, 124Robert Browning: 26 poems, 38 epigraphs including frontispiece, 6 from The Ring and the Book* 44, 75, 62, 64, 102, 118 (Ring and Book), frontispiece, 2, 9, 11, 107, 13, 16, 20, 26, 28, 32, 35, 37, 114, 39, 42, 93, 44, 75, 47, 51, 62, 64, 67, 116, 71, 77, 79, 84, 87, 120, 90, 91, 100, 102, 109, 118, 126A. E. Housman: 5 works, 25 poems, 28 epigraphs, 10 from Last Poems* 1, 5, 7, 53, 19, 92, 56, 65, 74, 105 (Last Poems), 23, 30, 34, 36, 40, 43, 46, 49, 57, 63, 78, 82, 89, 94, 98, 112, 115, 125John Oxenham: 1 work, 26 epigraphs* Parts 1-10, Epilogue, 15, 18, 22, 25, 27, 55, 60, 66, 83, 85, 88, 95, 111, 113, 127 (Maid of the Silver Sea)Albert Pike: 3 works (?), 22 epigraphs, 16 from Morals and Dogma* 4, 16, 12, 121 (Liturgy), 8, 10, 14, 29, 31, 48, 50, 54, 61, 70, 81, 99, 101 (Morals and Dogma), 24, 72 (Ancient and Accepted Rite?)Most epigraphs: Robert BrowningFrontispiece: Robert BrowningMost from one poem: Tie, Robert Browning 6 Ring and Book, Matthew Arnold 6 Merope: A TragedyMost from one novel: John Oxenham 26 Maid of the Silver SeaMost from one didactic or discursive argument: Albert Pike 22 (24?) Morals and DogmaConclusions: Ring and Book your best bet as template, Re-read Maid of the Silver Sea, read Merope: A TragedyTally Sheet of Epigraphs for Ink Black Heart:Poet: epigraph numbers, (total)* Christina Rossetti: 8, 14, 22, 24, 25, 35, 38, 50, 52, 54, 56, 84, 86, 90, 98, 103, 105, 107 (18)* Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 12, 21, 33, 39, 42, 45, 47, 58, 67, 71, 72, 82, 96, 101, 102, 104 (16; all but #s 21 and 58 from ‘Aurora Leigh')* Mary Elizabeth Coleridge: Book, 1, 18, 20, 49, 79, 81, 91, 93, 94, 106 (11)* Emily Dickinson: 11, 31, 53, 58, 59, 65, 70, 76, 99 (8)* Charlotte Mew: 16, 17, 40, 55, 66, 92, 95 (7)* Felicia Hemans: 6, 10, 15, 63, 100 (5)* Amy Levy: 7, 23, 32, 80, 85 (5)* Jean Ingelow: 9, 27, 29, 37, 64 (5)* LEL!: 62, 68, 69, 83 (4); see also Rossetti 52 ‘LEL')* Mary Tighe: 36 (Psyche), 43, 60, 88 (4)* Helen Hunt Jackson: 4, 87, 89 (3)* Joanna Baillie: 13, 21, 34 (3)* Augusta Webster: 44, 48, 51 (3)* Emily Pfeiffer: 3, 75 (2)* Charlotte Bronte: 19, 74 (2)* Adah Isaacs Menken: 30, 57 (2)* Constance Naden: 41, 46 (2)* Mathilda Blind: 61, 97 (2)* Mary Kendall: 73, 77 (2)* Martha Jane Jewsbury: 2 (‘To My Own Heart')* Anne Evans: 28* ‘Michael Field' (Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper): 78The Heart and Vision epigraphs in Ink Black Heart by chapter number:* Heart: 20, 106 (MEC); 21, 67; 52, 107; 68, 85; 2; 63, 80, 85; 17, 40, 55, 95 (Mew); 19, 74; 27; 30; 36, 60; 87 (23)* Vision: Frontispiece, 1, 49, 81 (MEC); 22, 25, 38, 90, 98 (CR); 59; 3; 34; 95; 57; 88; 48; 46 (17)Tally Sheet of Epigraphs for Cuckoo's Calling:* Frontispiece: Rossetti -- A Dirge* Prologue: Lucius Accius, Telephus* Part One: Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy* Part Two: Virgil, Aeneid* Part Three: Virgil, Aeneid* Part Four: Pliny the Elder, Historia Naturalis* Part Five: Virgil, Georgics* Epilogue: Horace, Odes* [Closing Poem: Tennyson, Ulysses]Brackets/Latch: 19th Century English poets (see Groves)Most epigraphs: Virgil (3); no other author has more than oneMost frequently referenced work: Aeneid (2), shades in UlyssesCenter of Chiasmus: Aeneid (true if ring has 5, 8, or 9 parts)Turtleback lines: Not evident in authors list, perhaps in meanings of specific epigraphsConclusions:* Read Aeneid to look for Cuckoo's parallels;* Study epigraphs to look for parallelsOnline Literature Review for ‘Epigraphs of Cuckoo's Calling:‘https://robert-galbraith.com/epigraphs-of-the-cuckoos-calling/* 2025 connecting the dots between epigraphs and chapter set to follow (generic)* No mention of Strike as Aeneashttps://strikefans.com/the-cuckoos-calling-epigraphs/* Reprinting of epigraphs without commentary* No mention of Strike as Aeneashttps://thesefilespod.com/blog/the-cuckoos-calling-epigraphs/* Includes a very helpful link to The Rowling Library and an article there about the ‘real world' crime serving as a template for the Landry murder* No mention of Strike as Aeneashttps://mugglenet.wpenginepowered.com/2017/09/literary-allusion-cuckoos-calling-part-1-christina-rossettis-dirge/* Brilliant discussion of the Rossetti poem but curiously without reference to resurrection meaning* No mention of Strike as Aeneashttps://mugglenet.wpenginepowered.com/2017/09/literary-allusion-cuckoos-calling-part-2-tennysons-ulysses/* Brilliant discussion of Strike as Ulysses* No mention of Strike as Aeneas, curious becauseh Virgil models Aeneas on UlyssesThe Ten Questions of This Conversation (Sort Of!)1, (Nick) So, John, I finally wrote up my findings about The Ring and the Book as the story template for Hallmarked Man's murder mystery and, as we did with my posts about Aurora Leigh and I Capture the Castle, let's talk about it, expanding on the correspondences between the Browning poem and Strike 8. The natural place to begin is with your guess about Ring and the Book being a template based on your tally of the Hallmarked Man epigraphs, a theory you shared on our first show post-publication. Can you explain your process and what made you so confident about Ring and the Book?2. (John) Looking at that tally, then, Arnold's Merope and Oxenham's Maid of the Silver Sea are quantitatively more likely equivalents to Aurora Leigh in Ink Black Heart, but the Browning frontispiece, number of his epigraphs, the hidden quality of the Ring and Book poem titles, and the relationship with Barrett Browning made it seem the most likely. That the poem is considered one of the great feminist tracts written by a man didn't hurt. I still want to go back to the Arnold poem, though, because of the centrality of his epigraphs in the center Parts and Oxenham deserves a re-read, too, or just a trip to Louise Freeman Davis site, the home of Oxenham Studies online. What struck me while reading your post, Nick, was in the correspondences you found between Ring and the Book and Hallmarked Man. Can you give us the highlights of that?3. (Nick) The Ironbridge murder mystery, then, is largely lifted from the death of Pompilia. Which is unusual isn't it? Has Rowling-Galbraith ever used her epigraphs to point to the template of her story?4. (John) I think, then, that at least four of the previous Strike novels give us the embedded template, per Beatrice Groves The White Divel and The Revenger's Tragedy (and even Hamlet) gives us important clues about The Silkworm crime, Rosmersholm and its incestuous backdrop inform the murder of Lethal White, the Janus deceiver in Faerie Queene should have been a give-away about the poisoner in Troubled Blood, and, as Rowling confirmed and you demonstrated Nick, Aurora Leigh is the working model for Ink Black Heart. I think the closest Rowling epigraph suggestions to story template was in the Rossetti poem that opens Cuckoo's Calling and the Aeschylus epigraph in Deathly Hallows. What has Rowling said, though, about her epigraph sources? Do they precede the novels or follow the writing?5. (Nick) So it's not one or the other, I think, that is, she has a template in mind and if the source doesn't have sufficient quotable pieces to serve a epigraphs for the whole book, she uses other sources from the genre in play or that highlight her central theme (cf., the Gray's Anatomy heart epigraphs in tandem with the hearty women Victorian poets in Ink Black). What I'm struck by here, though, is the shift in importance of epigraphs to Rowling-Galbraith. The numbers are startling, no, between Cuckoo and Hallmarked?6. (John) Not only do we see a jump from eight or nine epigraphs in Strike1 to 139 in Stike8, but Team Rowling is pushing readers to think more seriously about them by posting reviews of the epigraphs in each book, drawing the dot-to-dot correspondences. I confess the Strike novel whose epigraphs are not like the others, Nick, is Career of Evil and its Blue Oyster Cult lyrics. You've been reading a book about Blue Oyster Cult so I'll defer to you in this despite my great fondness for heavy metal groups with sci-fi themed lyrics...7. (Nick) What about the book we haven't got in hand, John: Sleep Tight, Evangeline? We have been told -- sort of! -- the title is from a 2014 song from an American blues band called ‘The Whiskey Shambles.' Which of the previous epigraph models Rowling has used, from Deathly Hallows to Hallmarked Man, do you think we'll be seeing in Strike9? What are your thoughts on that, especially as the best link we have for Sleep Tight, Evangeline is from a rock and blues band?8. (John) So I hope that we're going to see another Running Grave type epigraph experience in Evangeline, though Grave was unique among Rowling novels and their epigraphs in not having a story-book, poem, or play as its primary source. The I Ching, cannot be a story-template per se because it is a divination tool or means to reflection. Unless you think Pike's Morals and Dogmas Freemasonry encyclopedia qualifies as an equivalent of sorts to the I Ching? That's another outlier, isn't it?9. (Nick) To put a Fourth Generation focus on this, John, we should be looking for a technique that Serious Readers can use for Sleep Tight, Evangeline to hunt for the embedded source if its hidden as were Aurora Leigh and The Ring and the Book. You've found the ones no one else noticed in Ink Black Heart and Hallmarked Man, how did you do that and do you think the same method will work for Cuckoo and Career as well as Evangeline?10. (John) So, yes, I found them but you had the first confirmed by Mrs Murray and then connected the dots between the Browning poems and Rowling's work. If this method is going to work on Cuckoo, Career, and Evangeline it will have to involve a spotter and a shooter, though they can be the same person. The spotter technique is nothing but grunt work; chart the epigraphs used and spot the author most frequently referenced and the work of theirs most frequently cited. The shooter work is actually a lot more involved and interesting; tell us about your experiences with the two Browning's' epic poems, that thrill of discovering correspondences. Do you think that excitement is something Rowling is offering her readers a a treasure hunt or as a point of reflection in terms of meaning? 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Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link!Struggling with what fasting is really for? We open Isaiah 58 and Matthew 5–6 and discover a sharper vision: fasting that loosens chains, almsgiving that hides from applause, and love that dares to bless enemies. It's not about spiritual theatrics; it's about training the heart to choose God over self—and letting that choice spill into justice for our neighbors.We walk through the day's readings, then sit with Divine Intimacy on the Cross as the ultimate proof of love. From there, we explore how small, intentional sacrifices—skipping meat on Friday, turning down a treat, biting back a sharp word—become daily “I love yous” to God when offered with charity. The saints show the way: Teresa Margaret's steady mortification and Thérèse's “scattering flowers” reveal that sincerity beats severity. A tiny sacrifice done with burning love can outweigh a grand penance done for show.Along the way, we tackle a common question from non-Catholic friends: Why give up chocolate? We frame it in the language of everyday love—we already surrender comforts for the people we cherish. Lent simply extends that logic toward God. Tie abstinence to mercy by redirecting saved time and resources to the poor. Keep your giving quiet, your heart honest, and your gaze on the Crucified, who transforms hidden acts into deep change.If this reflection helps your Lent, share it with someone who needs encouragement, subscribe for daily readings, and leave a review so others can find us. What small sacrifice will you offer today—and for whom?Support the showCheck out our new sponsor, Nic Nac, at www.nicnac.com and use code "AB25%" for 25% off!********************************************************Please subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsxnv80ByFV4OGvt_kImjQ?sub_confirmation=1https://www.avoidingbabylon.comMerchandise: https://avoiding-babylon-shop.fourthwall.comLocals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.comFull Premium/Locals Shows on Audio Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1987412/subscribeRSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rssRumble: https://rumble.com/c/AvoidingBabylon

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Demence ir problēma, kura sastopama arvien biežāk, un gan pašas diagnozes noteikšana, gan medicīniskā un sociālā atbalsta sniegšana ir izaicinošs uzdevums, tomēr jācenšas to risināt. Kā tieši to darīt, pētām raidījumā Kā labāk dzīvot. Skaidro neiroloģe Zane Anna Litauniece, Latvijas Alcheimera asociācija valdes priekšsēdētāja Zita Jēkabsone-Saulīte, pirmā multisensorā dienas centra cilvēkiem ar demenci “Sāras dārzs” projekta vadītāja Inese Motte un sociālā darbiniece un rehabilitētāja centrā “Sāras dārzs” Liene Lizdika. Zane Anna Litauniece skaidro, ka demence bieži sākas ļoti nemanāmi, piemēram, cilvēks sāk aizmirst ikdienišķas lietas - kā sauc kaimiņu vai kā pagatavot omleti. Attīstoties demencei, cilvēkam var mainīties arī raksturs - mierīgs cilvēks kļūst agresīvāks. Demence ir tad, kad cilvēks ne tik labi doma un nevar pilnvērtīgi veikt ikdienas lietas. Demence ir slimība ne normāla novecošanās pazīme. To ir laicīgi jādiagnosticē un jāsāk ārstēt. Tieši agrīna stadijā vislabāk var palīdzēt noturēt dzīves līmeni kvalitatīvu. Demences sākumu tuvākie var arī uzreiz nepamanīt kādam ģimenē. Aptauja liecina, ka vārdu demence zina visi, daudzi nesaprot, ko tas izsaka, bet lielākā daļa tic, ka ir iespējas kaut ko darīt, lai to attālinātu, tomēr nezina, kas būtu jādara, lai to attālinātu. Demence ir aktuāla visā pasaulē. Katras trīs sekundes pasaulē nāk klāt viens demences pacients. Vidēji 1,8% no iedzīvotāju skaita ir cilvēki ar demenci. Raidījuma viešņas arī norāda, ka vēl nav zināms, kā cilvēka smadzeņu darbību ietekmēs mākslīgā intelekta atttīstība, jo jau pētījumi par tehnoloģiju lietojumu rāda, ka cilvēki izmantoto mazāk vairākas smadzeņu daļas, kas bija nepieciešamās kādreiz, kad paturēt prātā vajadzēja daudz vairāk.

Prokurátorka Lucia Bizoňová z generálnej prokuratúry je zdesená z toho, ako sa uvoľňujú pravidlá, aby sa to niekomu hodilo. V rozhovore s Máriou Benedikovičovou hovorí, aké to bolo, keď obvinila Ficovu pravú ruku Juraja Gedru, ako vníma Maroša Žilinku, odsúdenie Jozefa Brhela či si myslí, že sa ešte budú vyšetrovať najvyššie poschodia. Tiež spomína, ako to s paragrafom 363 skúšajú už aj drobní zlodeji.

Minhenes Drošības konferences akcenti. Amerikas Savienoto Valstu valsts sekretāra Marko Rubio vizīte Eiropā. Divu ātrumu Eiropa. Aktualitātes analizē Latvijas ārpolitikas institūta asociētais pētnieks un Eiropas Savienības programmas vadītājs Marts Eduards Ivaskis un Latvijas Radio ārzemju ziņu žurnālists Rihards Plūme.   Minhene. Drusku rāmāk Pagājušā gada Minhenes Drošības konference paliks vēsturē ar Savienoto Valstu viceprezidenta Vensa uzstāšanos, kas ar šokējoši spalgu blīkšķi atvēra durvis uz jaunu laikmetu transatlantiskajās attiecībās un ne tikai. 2025. gads apliecinājis, ka Vašingtona tagad mazāk vērtē ne vien līdz šim kopīgi ar Eiropu būvēto drošības arhitektūru, bet arī līdzšinējo iedibināto starptautisko attiecību praksi. Šogad prezidenta Trampa administrāciju konferencē pārstāvēja valsts sekretārs Marko Rubio, kurš tiek uztverts kā mērenāks pretsvars radikālim Vensam un arī bieži neaprēķināmajam prezidentam Trampam. Viņa uzstāšanās konferencē patiešām bija ieturēta diplomātiskā piedienīguma rāmjos, izpelnoties pat stāvovācijas, tomēr raksturot to kā „nomierinošu” nozīmētu aiz citādā iepakojuma nesaskatīt tās pašas saturiskās aprises. Bija jauki vārdi par kopīgo kultūras mantojumu un Savienotajām Valstīm kā „Eiropas bērnu”, par Vašingtonas vēlmi pēc Rietumu civilizācijas atjaunotnes. Kā laikrakstā „The Guardian” raksta itāļu politoloģe un starptautisko attiecību eksperte Natālija Toči: „Ja Rietumu civilizācija ir kopjama, kamēr [starptautisko attiecību] noteikumi nav jāievēro, tad Rubio ieskicētais redzējums būtībā ir impērijas redzējums. Šajā vīzijā Ameriku un Eiropu saista kopīgā izcelsme un reliģija; tās ir „garīgi saistītas”, [..] taču „Rietumu gadsimtu” iezīmēs rupja vara, ko pirmām un galvenām kārtām pašas impērijas ietvaros īstenos stiprie – Savienotās Valstis – pret vājajiem: mazajām un vidējā lieluma Eiropas valstīm, Kanādu un Dienvidamerikas valstīm. Impērijas ietvaros var un vajag būt institūcijām, sākot jau ar NATO. Taču ASV nodoms ir kristālskaidrs: jūs maksājat [..], bet noteikumus joprojām diktējam mēs [..]. Pasaulē būs arī citas impērijas, tostarp Krievija un Ķīna, un Amerikas impērija ar tām konkurēs. Tomēr tā ir gatava arī sadarboties, varbūt pat slepeni vienoties, īpaši, ja slepenās vienošanās cena būs jāmaksā tās koloniālajiem vasaļiem.” Ar doktores Toči pausto rezonē Dānijas premjerministres Metes Frederiksenas konferences laikā teiktais, ka Donalda Trampa vēlme atņemt Dānijai Grenlandi nekur nav zudusi. Kā galvenā antitēze Marka Rubio izpausmēm tiek uztverta Vācijas kanclera Frīdriha Merca uzstāšanās. Atzīstot, ka uz noteikumiem balstītā starptautiskā kārtība, kas izveidojās pēc Otrā pasaules kara, kad Rietumi runāja vienā balsī Savienoto Valstu vadībā, ir beigusies, un nu ir atgriezusies „lielvaru politika” ar tās „skarbajiem un bieži vien neparedzamajiem noteikumiem”, kanclers pauda, ka šajā jaunajā laikmetā Eiropas „brīvība vairs nav pašsaprotama” un tai „būs jāparāda stingrība un apņēmība, lai aizstāvētu šo brīvību”. Viens no konkrētajiem aizstāvēšanās aspektiem parādījās Francijas prezidenta Emanuela Makrona teiktajā, kur galvenais akcents bija Francijas un Vācijas sadarbība, veidojot savu kodolatturēšanas kapacitāti. Ukrainas prezidents Volodimirs Zelenskis atgādināja, ka tieši Ukraina šobrīd ir tā, kas pūlas, lai Eiropas balss izskanētu arī Savienoto Valstu uzsāktajā sarunu procesā par kara izbeigšanu, un arī to, ka Ukraina sagaida savu pūliņu novērtējumu pasteidzināta iestāšanās procesa veidā. Marko brauc paglaudīt Eiropas „sarainos” Pēc uzstāšanās Minhenes drošības konferencē Savienoto Valstu valsts sekretāra Marko Rubio tālākais maršruts veda uz Bratislavu un Budapeštu, tā uzskatāmi demonstrējot, kas tagad ir Baltā nama īstenie draugi Eiropā. Īsās vizītes laikā Slovākijā, tiekoties ar premjerministru Robertu Fico un prezidentu Peteru Pelegrini, Baltā nama pārstāvis esot spriedis par aizsardzību un enerģētiku. Slovākija līdz ar tās kaimiņvalsti Ungāriju ir divas Eiropas Savienības dalībvalstis, kuras spītīgi nevēlas atsacīties no Krievijas fosilo energoresursu piegādēm, un Trampa administrācija, kā šķiet, gatava uz šo „cauruļvadu mīlu” skatīties caur pirkstiem. Pirmdien, 16. februārī, ieradies Ungārijas galvaspilsētā, Baltā nama augstais pārstāvis pauda, ka abu valstu attiecībās iestājies „zelta laikmets”, kas ilgšot tik ilgi, kamēr Viktors Orbans būšot Budapeštas varas virsotnē. Tā viņš pievienoja savu balsi tam Eiropas un pasaules labējo līderu korim, kas ņēmies „iedziedāt” odiozo „Fidesz” līderi nākamajā varas ciklā. Vēlēšanas, kā zināms, gaidāmas jau 12. aprīlī, un nu jau apmēram gadu premjera partija reitingos sīvi cīkstās ar jaunu politisku spēku – Cieņas un Brīvības partiju jeb TISZA. Tās līderis, jaunākās paaudzes ungāru konservatīvais, atšķirībā no Orbana, fokusējas uz pašmāju problēmu risināšanu un sola izlabot pašreizējā līdera pamatīgi iebojātās attiecības ar Briseli. Priekšvēlēšanu karsonis kāpinājis arī spriedzes temperatūru Budapeštas un Kijivas attiecībās, Orbanam nesen pasludinot Ukrainu par Ungārijas ienaidnieci, ciktāl tā prasot Eiropai atteikties no Krievijas energoresursu importa. „Ja jūs saskaraties ar finansiālām grūtībām, ja jūs saskaraties ar lietām, kas kavē izaugsmi, ja jūs saskaraties ar lietām, kas apdraud jūsu valsts stabilitāti, es zinu, ka prezidents Tramps būs ļoti ieinteresēts […] atrast veidus, kā sniegt palīdzību,” paziņoja Rubio. Saprotams, ka Eiropas Savienības līderu uztverē tas viss ir vēl viens apliecinājums Vašingtonas pieejai – dalīt Eiropu „labajā konservatīvajā” un „sliktajā kreisi liberālajā”, kas nozīmē tikai to, ka Marka Rubio Minhenes Drošības konferencē paustais atšķiras no valsts sekretāra Vensa pērnā gada „benefices” pēc formas, bet ne pēc satura. Jaudīgie ieņem kreiso joslu? Par divu ātrumu Eiropu runā jau sen un dažādos kontekstos. Runa nav tikai par joprojām ļoti pamanāmajām sociālekonomiskajām atšķirībām dažādu Eiropas valstu starpā, bet arī par dažādu integrācijas līmeni, kas izpaužas piederībā vai nepiederībā Šengenas zonai un eiro areālam. Taču nesen šis motīvs ieguvis jaunu saturu, savienībai skaudri izjūtot savu iepalikšanu globālās konkurētspējas biatlona distancē. Paātrinājuma meklējumu zīmē pagāja pagājušonedēļ notikušais Eiropas līderu neformālais samits Aldenbīzenas pilī Beļģijā. „Mūsu mērķim vienmēr jābūt panākt vienošanos starp visām 27 dalībvalstīm,” vēstulē samita dalībniekiem pirms tā sākuma pauda Eiropas Komisijas prezidente   Urzula fon der Leiena. „Tomēr, ja progresa vai ambīciju trūkums apdraud Eiropas konkurētspēju vai spēju rīkoties, mums nevajadzētu kautrēties izmantot līgumos paredzētās iespējas attiecībā uz ciešāku sadarbību.” Viens šādas sadarbības variants iezīmējās pāris nedēļas iepriekš, kad videokonferencē saslēdzās sešu jaudīgu Eiropas Savienības ekonomiku – Vācijas, Francijas, Itālijas, Spānijas, Nīderlandes un Polijas – finanšu ministri. Šī iniciatīva, jau nodēvēta par E6, orientēta uz sadarbību vairākās jomās, ieskaitot drošību un piegādes ķēžu nodrošināšanu. Tūdaļ gan jāsaka, ka šis netiek definēts kā kāds slēgts klubiņš, kurā aicināti tikai tie, kam attiecīgs ekonomiskais vēriens. Kā deklarējis Vācijas vicekanclers un finanšu ministrs Larss Klingbeils: „Mēs dodam impulsu, un citas valstis ir laipni aicinātas mums pievienoties.” Tātad, izšķirošais ir nevis iespējas vien, bet, pirmām kārtām, vēlēšanās. Šāda pieeja ir loģisks pretarguments politikai, kādu vispamanāmāk piekopis Ungārijas līderis Viktors Orbans, manipulējot un šantažējot ar savienības kopīgo lēmumu bloķēšanas iespēju. Tie, kuri negrib, paliek ārpus, neuzņemoties sev netīkamus pienākumus, bet netraucē darīt citiem, – kā gadījumā ar pagājušajā gadā īstenoto 90 miljardu aizņēmumu Ukrainas atbalstam, kurā nepiedalās Ungārija, Slovākija un Čehija. Tiesa, šajā pieejā slēpjas arī zināmi riski savienības integritātei. Kā problēmu definē Vācijas Starptautisko un drošības jautājumu institūta vecākais pētnieks Nikolajs fon Ondarca: „No vienas puses, pašreizējās ES procedūras augsta spiediena ģeopolitiskajā un ekonomiskajā vidē virzās pārāk lēni, tāpēc mazākas koalīciju grupas, kas vēlas rīkoties, spēj to darīt ātrāk. No otras puses, Eiropas Savienības institūcijās pastāv bažas, ka dalībvalstis varētu vienkārši izvēlēties elastīgas koalīcijas ārpus savienības ietvara.” Var piebilst, ka vēl viena vispārēja tendence, kas iezīmējusies pašreizējo globālo izaicinājumu situācijā, ir jaunu dzīvību guvusī Eiropas federalizācijas doma. Ar vienu tās versiju nesen nācis klajā Itālijas ekspremjers un bijušais Eiropas Bankas prezidents Mario Dragi. Viņa ieskatā pragmatiska federācija ir vienīgā Eiropas Savienības iespēja turēties pretim ārējiem spēkiem, kuru mērķis ir mūsu pasaules daļas sašķelšana, pakļaušana un deindustrializācija. Sagatavoja Eduards Liniņš.

Gissele: [00:00:00] Hello and welcome to The Loving Compassion Podcast with Gissele. We believe that love and compassion have the power to heal our lives and our world. Don’t forget to like and subscribe for more amazing content. Today Gissele: we’re talking about coming back together after estrangement, and I have my good friend, Iona Sky, who is a globally recognized social worker, consultant, and educator whose work is rooted in compassion and systemic change. For over two decades, they’ve helped organizations transform policies and cultures through equity, inclusion and accessibility strategies. Gissele: Iona inspires leaders and students alike to see compassion, not just as a value, but as a powerful tool for justice. Please join me in welcoming my good friend. Hi Iona. Iona: Hi Gissele. Thank you for having me here. Gissele: Oh, you to be a part Iona: of this. Gissele: Thank you for being on the show and I’m so grateful to be able to chat with you. Gissele: I mean, you and I have worked together for many years in the field of child welfare and [00:01:00] we did as we were talking off camera, we did some transformative work around the voices of children and the voices of families and how to work in more empathetic and compassionate ways. You were talking a little bit in your story about estrangement that happened between yourself and your parents, ’cause you’re part of the LBTQ community . Gissele: I was wondering if you could share a little bit about Helped you make the decision to come back together Iona: Mm-hmm. Thank you for that question. When people see me and my my mother now, my dad passed nine years ago you know, I think they would, they would be very surprised to hear perhaps that, we did not have any contact for seven years and that that was purely based on, who I am as a person, my sexual orientation, and what my parents’ journey in understanding and what their story was. Iona: So seven [00:02:00] years of no contact and I got married, my partner had a son, all of these things. And it was actually at my brother’s engagement party. When I was invited, I went by myself and I saw my parents and from across the room after seven years and I looked at them and I, wow. Iona: And I. I remember looking at them and seeing how they had aged in seven years. And in my heart, I was sad that I didn’t get to be a part of that experience. And I thought to myself, I miss them and I don’t wanna continue in this way. And so I went and gave them a hug and said Hi. And then I went and sat with my sister, and, we didn’t really talk, I don’t [00:03:00] think much that day. Iona: And then it was a series of really slow steps my brother’s wedding. Slowly starting to communicate via email. And then because my parents they weren’t living in Canada at that time for for periods of time. And so I decided to go and see them and spend some time back home after I separated from my ex-wife because I needed to go back home and just get rooted again. Iona: Mm. And, and I remember being very nervous. ’cause I’m like, whew, okay, how’s this gonna go? Right? Yeah. ’cause not only have I not seen them, you know, I haven’t been home for a long time. And I saw them at the airport and it was like old times. you know, my family, Iona: We don’t talk about emotions, [00:04:00] we don’t talk about this kind of stuff, right? Mm-hmm. And, but we show, so for me it’s been learning especially with my son, talk about emotions, those kinds of things. We show us reactions, right? And so, you know, through cooking, through care, through those kinds of things. Iona: And so that’s how I knew we were slowly rebuilding that relationship. And it takes time, right? And it also takes navigation of of your own boundaries also. And what’s healthy and what’s not, right? How much time, how much space will help you maintain that healthiness, you know? Iona: Mm-hmm. Because I had to have boundaries as well with how much time do I go and spend, because in the beginning it was just me. And so I had to still, you know, dichotomize my life and not talk about my life. And it was only, in the past few years you know where my mom has gotten to know my [00:05:00] partner, my son, where I can live my full life with my family. Iona: I can say this, that Iona: the one thing we cannot stop in our life is time. We can’t stop time, we can’t get it back, you know, and if I would have time with my father on this earth, I would’ve perhaps had some more conversations with him. But it’s okay, because I have it with him on the other side. Gissele: Hmm. Iona: And that’s, sometimes no matter what you believe in, however, what, whoever, whatever, if you believe in anything, trying to find your peace, right. Iona: Your peace through a compassionate way. And, it’s an ongoing journey, so, right. Like, I’m not arrived, you know, I would love to see I’ve arrived but it continues to be small steps. Right. Gissele: Yeah. Thank you for sharing that. So in order for you to get to the point where you could invite even just the [00:06:00] reconciliation, was there a level of forgiveness that needed to happen for yourself and for your parents? Iona: Mm-hmm. I think for both. You know, I think for both. Because once again, we both have our stories, right? Mm-hmm. And I’m sure that my parents were hurt profoundly, and that’s their journey. I don’t own their hurt, right? Iona: Mm-hmm. Yeah. ’cause that’s their journey of their lost hopes, their lost dreams, their whatever it is, right? And for me, I’ve reframed it. I tried to reframe it for them. It’s not lost, it’s just different. Just looks different. Just looks different than what you imagine. I live a full life with a loving partner, a beautiful son, a beautiful home with my two dogs. Iona: when you think about those things, right, like what parents dream about a success, right? To have a good family, a good life. I have those things. Iona: I just wanna say that forgiveness is an ongoing journey [00:07:00] because also. what I’ve realized about my brain is that my brain has been traumatized by significant events in my life, right? And the disowning was a significant event in my life. And so there are things that I don’t remember or that come to me as I get older. Iona: And so in the sense that forgiveness is an ongoing journey, and I’m sure that it is from my parents as well. Gissele: Hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. in order for you to be able to have some sort of reconciliation, you had to deal with your internalized homophobia. Gissele: Can you talk a little bit about that and that journey? Iona: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Absolutely. So my parents are from India. I identified as a outgoing, I’m from Gowa. Iona: I give that context, right, because India was colonized. I grew up, in a family but strong Catholic [00:08:00] faith. I grew up not seeing any images. Iona: Or any representation of L-G-B-T-Q identities. Mm-hmm. we didn’t really talk about, you know, being gay, being queer, being lesbian, and the only times that we did it was in a way that was derogatory and, if there were people who we thought might be part of the community, it was always like people spoke negatively about them. Iona: Right. Yeah. and also back home, it’s illegal. And so mm-hmm. To me, you know, like it’s against the law. And so I grew up with a strong sense that it’s not okay to be gay, and also there’s no, no words in our language, in Conquer for the word gay, lesbian, like, you know? Gissele: Hmm. Iona: And so I had no exposure and so, it’s that whole, cliche, I always knew I was different kind of thing. Yeah. But not recognizing, what that might be. And so when I came to Canada and started in [00:09:00] university to be exposed to different communities and identities and, you know, it can be such a formative time for folks and for me it was also being exposed to different people and that I had never been exposed to and starting to understand myself in different ways. Iona: And I had huge internalized struggles learning that growing up, thinking, oh my God, being gay was bad. To now going, oh my God, I think I’m gay. And then going, oh my God, what is that going to mean? Like, am I gonna lose people? Like, am I gonna be in trouble? what’s wrong with me? Iona: And I also saw people in the queer community and university, but they were all white. Mm-hmm. so as I was working through my internalized homophobia, you know, I tried to find space in the queer community, which was predominantly white. Iona: So then I [00:10:00] had to experience racism. Gissele: Yeah. Iona: And it was that living in liminal spaces, right. Not really belonging in either space and so I had really had to process through, you know, and for me, I’m the kind of person who I have to feed my brain before I feed my heart Gissele: Mm-hmm. Iona: And so for, for me, it helped me to learn about, the history of sexual orientations and gender identity in my culture’s pre colonization. And how we were welcomed, you know, we’ve existed from time immemorial. Gissele: Mm-hmm. Iona: And it’s only colonization that’s come and hap and said, okay, no, it has to be male and female, this and that and that, and all of that. Iona: Right. And so it was the finding some roots. Mm-hmm. Finding community, but you know, you take the best. With All right. Yeah, Gissele: yeah, yeah. Iona: [00:11:00] And but have I arrived, Gissele, once again, it’s my own ideal. I, I question my own internalized racism, homophobia internalized ableism every day, right? Iona: It’s an ongoing process. Gissele: It’s interesting how in, in colonization, all the fundamental things that make us caring human beings sort of got eliminated. living in communities generosity, equality, empathy you know, and compassion acceptance, inclusion, all of those things. Gissele: Sort of like, it’s almost like we divorced from ourselves, right? We became so separate from who we really are in ourselvesthat led to the propagation of colonization, which is. Really, really interesting. And I think now we’re in the process as humanity to come back to ourselves and to each other. Gissele: Because when I think about, we don’t live in community anymore. our communities are like our nuclear family, if you may. But when you think about caregiving, in [00:12:00] the olden times when we lived in sort of like villages, there was the grandparents and the kids and the grandparents usually took care of the kids, which makes them younger. Gissele: And then the older people would do lots of different things. And so, and we sort of lost that connection. We’ve sort of created all this space between us Iona: Yeah. Gissele: our communities were so small, I don’t think that, that kinda separation would’ve been possible. Iona: Exactly. Exactly. And that is just it Gissele, we have become so separate because that is part of colonization with. Tied to capitalism, right. And it is about, mm-hmm. Yeah. Iona: it’s about creating classes of income. It’s about who can achieve I grew up in a collectivist culture, you know, my humanity is tied in yours to self, you know, and that is what drives everything that I do. And I will offer a reframe that it was olden times in here, but in other parts in the world, it still exists. Iona: Right? And so how do we bring [00:13:00] this community of compassionate care together in a new way, right? Because you’re right, like. I just returned from Nunavut, you know, and from Ranking Inlet and Cambridge Bay. And, you know, you can see the sense of community there, the sense of caring there, the sense of connection. Iona: And then it is, it is rooted in their values. it is not only. Because of who they are, but it was the necessity. Yeah. Necessity that they had to care, led to be together. Right. Because of the land. Mm-hmm. And the landscape. And, and so what I would love to see is for Iona: for us to find that urgency of necessity to be together and to care, care for one another. Gissele: Mm-hmm. ‘ Iona: cause until we find that necessity where your humanity is tied up [00:14:00] into mine, we’ll just continue on with this dominance. Right. Iona: With the same, the same tyranny of time that I talked about a little bit earlier on in a different meeting. Gissele: Yeah. Iona: Which pulls that compassion away from us. Gissele: Mm-hmm. Yeah, and we can’t be in survival mode and be in compassion. We can’t be in fear being in love. It makes it really, really difficult. And so, you know, I always think of the colonizer. Gissele: I’m like, what must their life have been like that they needed that, that they felt like they didn’t have enough? So it’s always more and more and more and more like, having to fill that empty hole, right? With more money, with more things and more materials and more land. it just, it’s never enough. Gissele: But I find when you’re trying to fill it with stuff that doesn’t fit there, it’s just, it’s a pit, it’s a never ending filling. Iona: Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. I know. I’ve often wondered that too, right? I would love to go back in time and listen to their stories. Gissele: Right. And try to understand. Gissele: Yeah. And you [00:15:00] mentioned listening to stories, and I think for me, curiosity is the stepping stone to compassion, right? I’m trying to understand your story and so the more I listen to you, the more I understand. and, you know, I’m a big lover of Louise Hay, which is like, everybody’s doing the best they can with the understanding, knowledge and awareness that they have at the time they have. Gissele: Yeah. Right. For some people, their story makes sense to them, even if it’s just a justification, right? Iona: Yeah, absolutely. And, you know, what you have just said on is the essence of where I am at this point in my life, I truly believe that people do the best that they can at the point in their life with the resources that they have, just as my parents did, you know, just as I did. Iona: Just as I do. Yeah. As I say to my son, I’m an imperfect person, you know, and please have patience with me as I have patience with you. Right. Gissele: Yeah. and it’s amazing Like, I wasn’t taught that parents could be [00:16:00] questioned. Right? And so for me to be able to be honest with my children and say, I’m not always gonna get it right. Gissele: I don’t always know what I’m doing. Please forgive me. I’m sorry that I hurt you. It’s such a like, departure from my parents, right? Because there’s a lot of denial and there’s a lot of oh, this isn’t true, it hasn’t happened. And so to be able to actually do that for our children I can’t remember where I heard it, but this is sort of like these generations are the ones that are re-parenting themselves and at the same time trying to parent the next generation. Gissele: And that’s how I feel. I relate to that to have to address all my fears, my limitations, my thinking, my trauma, my biases, so that it stops with me and it doesn’t get transferred to my children and their children’s children and so on. And so. The willingness to be able to do that even so it’s difficult, it’s necessary. Iona: Yeah, absolutely. That I felt that in my heart, Gissele because Gissele: mm-hmm. Iona: Yeah. I really feel like I’m trying to reparent [00:17:00] myself and do things differently so that certain things end with me and don’t get passed to my boy. You know? I want lots of good things to get passed to my boy. Gissele: Yeah, yeah, for sure. Iona: But not the difficult trauma, the impacts of those, Things. And also the intergenerational stuff. Right. And that’s the compassion I think we can have for our ancestors as well. Because, I stand before you and sit before you as a representation of those who came before me, just as you do with you. Iona: Right. And so how can we carry on that? That torch and those values that, you know, that we’re sharing today and moving it forward. Because I think, you know, I think the world needs a little bit more compassion and love and light and Gissele: empathy. Iona: Empathy. Gissele: Yeah, definitely. I was thinking about, as you were talking about how I’ve had to really shift my perspective on my [00:18:00] ancestors. Gissele: I was very mad at my ancestors. ’cause there was a lot of trauma passed down. There was a lot of like neglect, there was a lot of abuse, there was a lot of poverty. There was so many different things. And so I think when I was younger there was an aspect of me of like, why couldn’t you get their, your HIT together? Gissele: Yeah. So that my parents weren’t so traumatized when they raised me. Now I have a different perspective it’s interesting once I sat down with my dad and he was telling me the history of all the things that they went through and they managed to survive. They managed to survive the war. Gissele: They managed to survive poverty. They managed to survive deep, deep trauma. And so it gave me a new perspective around how can I have appreciation for their strengths? How can I acknowledge the strength they gave me? How can I acknowledge the resiliency they gave me? How can I acknowledge all of the history in a way that comes from a place of gratitude rather than from a place of judgment? Iona: Yeah. Gissele: Yeah. And so, and I, and as I go through my own journey of healing my own trauma and doing all of that, I see how difficult. It is, I [00:19:00] see how, how dynamic it can be and feel and how much courage it, it even took I mean, when you’re in the middle of the war, you’re not thinking, I really gotta deal with my trauma. Gissele: You’re just, you’re just coping. You gotta live right. I you gotta live. so I’m so proud of my ancestors for having survived so much and for everything that got me here. Right? Yeah. But I, I didn’t always feel that way. Iona: Yeah. and that’s humble of you to say Gissele, right? Iona: and I think that that’s part of also our development and our growth is people, right? Is how do we come to understand it. Because yeah, like there were times I was angry too and you know, I come to see that they. They have all done their own healing work in their own ways. Right. Iona: Whatever that is, which has cumulatively helped me reach this point where I can sit in this room in Canada, have this conversation with you. Yeah. It was unimaginable to me as [00:20:00] a child in Bahrain. So, you know, I thank you for this opportunity. So, yeah. Iona: You know Gissele: for sure. And I’m, I’m so grateful that you were here. Gissele: I wanted to go back to you had said that, you had to go through your own process of dealing with your internalized homophobia. What things really helped you to be able to do that for yourself? Iona: Well, the first thing is finding a community was huge. So finding resources, finding support, because once again, there’s nothing like being with people who are, in the same situation, you know? And finding somebody to help you process things through. Iona: So of whether it’s a counselor, whether it’s your I mom, or whether it’s your, whoever it is, you know somebody who is knowledgeable in dealing and helping people to process through, their [00:21:00] internalized homophobia. I’ve had people who did it well and people who did not. Mm-hmm. So I’ve learned from both. Iona: And also now we are in the time and the space, Gissele, we have so much access to information. Right. Like, I was out in the nineties, like in the nineties, we didn’t have Google, we didn’t have podcasts, we didn’t have, or Gissele: TikTok Yeah. Iona: Or TikTok or those things connects millions and millions of Gissele: people. Iona: Yeah. Or those kinds of things. Right. So there are lots of resources out there. Find ones though that feed your soul. And now, there is also representation from folks in the L-G-B-T-Q-Q community from different identities, you know, who are racialized, who are, when you think about intersectionality of, of identities. Iona: And I think that that is, was also a really huge thing for me, which I did not. Experiences people with a good understanding of intersectionality and how all the different parts of [00:22:00] me impact my experience of homophobia and internalized homophobia. And so, you know, finding resources that speak to you as a person. Gissele: Can you just tell my audience what intersectionality is for some of them that we’re not gonna know what that means? Iona: Yeah. Great. So intersectionality is a term that was coined by Dr. Kimberly Crenshaw, and it is used to describe how intersecting forms of oppression impact on people. Iona: So when I say intersecting forms of oppression, so if you look at me, I experience on an average day, when I go out in the world, I can experience racism because of the color of my skin. I can experience homophobia because of my sexual orientation. I can experience transphobia because of how I dress and present in the world and my gender identity. Iona: I can also experience ableism because I live [00:23:00] with different forms of invisible disabilities. So when you take all of those things together. They, they don’t work in silos because I say when I enter the room, I’m not just Brown Iona or, you know queer Iona. I’m Iona in all of the pieces that I am. So intersectionality is how all of those forms of isms work together and impact on people. Iona: And so when I think about, supports for people who, might be coming out, might be experiencing their own internalized homophobia the first thing I want to say to you, to the people who are out there who might be listening is that you are beautiful and perfect just the way you are. Gissele: Yes. Iona: And that you know, you belong in this world, in society exactly how you are and [00:24:00] that you are worthy of love, of safety, of joy, and to live a life where you not just survive, but where you thrive. And there’s a resurgence of a lot of homophobia, a lot of transphobia. Iona: I was just saying to my partner the other day, you know, I can’t believe I’m still fighting over the same fight and protests like 25 years later about people who are protesting the existence of our lives. You know? And so so to be mindful of what you also expose yourself to with social media mm-hmm. Iona: Because it does impact on your brain and your wellbeing. And to find your places and your pockets of safety and hope find your communities because they’re out there. Gissele: Hmm. Oh, thank you. That was wonderful. You know, it’s interesting [00:25:00] that. The world is so vast and people’s perspectives are so different, right? Gissele: That there’s still people who think it’s a choice. And I remember our mutual friend that, you know, he would tell me like, why would I choose this? Why would I choose to not belong? it would be just so easy for me to make this choice versus this other choice. And so it’s not anything that I would be choosing because I don’t wanna choose to be different. Gissele: Everybody wants to belong, right? That’s just our RN innate nature . But you know, from my perspective, God source universe never makes a mistake. And so we are all perfect, we’re all beautiful. We may make choices that are maybe not so loving sometimes, but we always have the ability to come back to our true selves, which is from my perspective, our original most compassionate selves. Gissele: But yeah, it’s interesting. and I don’t know if I’ve shared this with you, I’ve heard the best reasoning behind. Homophobia and all, actually all isms. Iona: Oh, okay. Tell me, tell me. Gissele: So it’s from have you heard of the comedian? Iona: Oh yeah. [00:26:00] Gissele: Yes. they then had said in an interview and I loved it. Gissele: they were talking about the acceptance of trans people. And they mentioned the fact that the reason why some people struggle with that is because they, them are being the most authentically themselves. Gissele: And in a world where we don’t like authenticity, where we’re so terrified of it, when we’re not allowed to be our authentic self, Iona: it’s Gissele: threatening. It’s threatening to see people being authentically themselves. ’cause then do we have them to be authentic ourselves and it shines a light on us when we are not being authentically ourselves. Gissele: It took a while for me to figure out where I was being authentic and where I wasn’t Like how many things did I think I had to have, like the marriage and the specific job and the specific income and the specific car and the type of house and all of that stuff. Gissele: How much was it something that I was conditioned to accept as something I should want versus how much is [00:27:00] it that my soul really wants? the worst part is I wasn’t aware that that. There was a different me, a little me that was screaming to come out and say, you know, those things don’t really resonate with us. Gissele: I wanna do this, I wanna do that. I wanna play, I wanna be joyful. I don’t wanna care about how much money I make. I don’t wanna care about the things that people told me that I should care about. Iona: Yeah. Gissele: And so that is sort of the journey and coming home to ourselves and doing things that s authentically align with your higher self, your joyful self. Gissele: Right. I never thought I’d be doing a podcast. this brings me extraordinary joy. This is me, this is who I am. You know, and all the things that I’m doing right now are things that bring me incredible joy. I don’t know if it’s on the recording, but you were talking about how you never thought you were gonna stay in child welfare two years and then I’m out. Yeah. For me it was the reverse. I had wanted to work in child welfare since I was 15. I appreciate that. Iona: Yeah. Gissele: I thought I was gonna live and die in child welfare. Gissele: I [00:28:00] thought if this is my dream, this is me rescuing myself and my mother, and my family, my ancestors, you know, I’m gonna revolutionize child welfare and then it’s all gonna be good. And then to think that I’m doing something totally different. It was not in my bingo card. Gissele: Yeah. Right. But that’s when you start to connect with more of your authentic self and say, okay, who am I really? And what do I really love? What do I really want to do? And in a world where you are punished for not conforming, it feels very difficult. Mm-hmm. And it, and I don’t think it’s purposeful, but as I’m co-writing a, a book with my daughter I did my first book re-Imagining Work. Gissele: Yeah. And now we are doing re-imagining education. We don’t realize how in the education system system we are reinforcing consciously or subconsciously the belief that difference is bad because there has to be one right answer. Mm-hmm. There’s only one way to do things. And so diversity is not welcome. Iona: That’s Iona: in Iona: systems. Gissele: Yeah. Right? Yeah. Yeah. But it [00:29:00] starts when they’re very little. Yeah. Iona: Yeah, yeah, Gissele: yeah. Iona: Oh, absolutely. Gissele: And so how do we educate our children to be open to diversity and to differences and to sit in the gray and to be more critical thinkers? Gissele: I wanted to, to ask you a question about your work, because this is something that I’ve observed and so I wanted you to comment on it. Gissele: there’s many organizations that wanna do the DEI work that wanna bring, you know, the representation, inclusivity, but they don’t do the work to cultivate the ground. And so when they bring in the people, you’re setting them up to fail. Yep. Can you talk a little bit about that and how do we help these organizations Gissele: Establish the ground? Iona: Yep. Great question because I have worked with many folks who want to do the right thing, increase diversity, increase representation, all of those good things, right? But it has to be done in a thoughtful way, in a thoughtful and strategic way because I always say that it’s very easy to hire to get diversity, but it’s the retention. It’s [00:30:00] whether people stay. And so this is where it requires leadership to create the climate where people can join and where people feel a sense of belonging, contribution, and inclusion. So not just, we have a racialized person. Iona: Oh, we have a whatever person, right? How do they feel? A sense of belonging? How do they feel that, their voice is being heard? So what leaders can do is create the groundwork right from the beginning, right on. And the fact that this is work that the organization is going to be doing to hire folks from different communities, different identities. Iona: Talk about why that’s important. Tie it in to your organizational goals and outcomes and and prepare your organization and staff in the sense of not making it about the [00:31:00] person, oh, Iona is coming, but about the organization and the growth and the direction we want to go in. Gissele: Mm-hmm. Iona: Because I have been in organizations where people have hired me and that’s great. They want me, but then. When I get in there, I’m like, okay, so you want me, but you don’t necessarily want my ideas. And like, like what work has been done here to get ready to create spaces and places where people can have different conversations, are open to, various perspectives. Iona: Right. Yeah. And you said something really important around children and education And where, where do these conversations start? They start at the kitchen table. They start when you tuck your kid in at bedtime. And if they don’t start there, then they start at university. Iona: They start When I’m sitting with somebody who is 70 years old and we’re having a conversation, it can start. You know? Mm-hmm. That’s the beauty of humanity and of growth. [00:32:00] We can grow and learn anytime. but if you’re looking at it for, from an organizational perspective, there are certain tangible things that leaders can do to get spaces ready. Iona: So that people can not only exist and join your organization, but they can thrive there. Because when you look at your data and if you see people coming in and leaving shortly after that tells me that y’all have work to do in creating places that demonstrate true inclusion. Gissele: Yeah. I love that. I appreciate that. Yeah. I wanted to go back to your journey of reconciliation after estrangement and talk a little bit, about your partner’s journey it must have been really challenging and, and so I’m just, I’m curious you must have had to kind of balance the relationship with your partner and also the relationship with your parents in a way that led to the reconciliation. Gissele: how [00:33:00] difficult was it to manage and were there things you found that helped? Iona: What helped the most, I think is that my partner is the pillar of patience. Gissele: Hmm. Iona: Because that could have broken our relationship. Quite honestly. Yeah. And, you know, I appreciated that she allowed me to walk that journey in the way that I needed to walk it with her by my side when I needed her to be and alone when I needed to do it alone. Iona: Was it easy? No. Was it painful? Yeah. Did we cry? Yeah. Were there times where, you know, we had to have serious conversations about, my relationship with you is, is primary and they are my parents. and she never made me choose, and I always appreciated that. Iona: And she never made me feel guilty for any choices that I made, But it, did it come at a cost? I’m sure it has. Well, I know it has profoundly impacted [00:34:00] her and that’s her journey. And I I can’t speak to that, but for me, you know it was, it was definitely something we had to navigate for many years. Iona: And you know, and it was hard. It was hard for me. It was hard for all of us, but I think it was hard for me because, you know, I mean, and you know, my partner, she’s amazing and and I feel sad that, you know, my dad gets to know her from the other side, but didn’t get to know her in this, in this dimension. Iona: Yeah. and I like your perspective in terms of the being able to still connect. ’cause even if you don’t believe that there is more to this life than this, write a letter to someone and Gissele: burn it, it’s just a way to get your voice out, right? Iona: two more questions. Gissele: The first one is, I’m asking everyone this season what their definition of self-love is. Iona: Oh, that’s a profound question that gave me chills. I think it’s so profound for me at this point in time because I’m still figuring that out. What does that mean for [00:35:00] myself? Iona: You know? Because I’ve lived with so many voices in my head telling me things about my worthiness or unworthiness or whatever, right? That have impacted how I see myself and my ability to love myself. And so now I’m actively working on, who do I allow in my space, in my body? Iona: Who do I allow to occupy space in my brain, you know? And being very conscious also of how do I feel on a very IM visceral, so really paying attention. So for me, because I’ve spent from the age of six to now, like being like disconnected from disjointed from my body due to traumatic events, now my self love is how to bring myself back together in a new way. Iona: And thinking about also, you know, who do I expose myself to? What do I expose myself to because that [00:36:00] releases different chemicals in my body and I want to release chemicals of joy. And positivity and not to be naive, because there’s pain and heartache in the world. Yeah, I know that. Iona: But I think for me, my self-love is how to, experience those moments honor them and walk through them and continue to find joy and beauty every day. Really. Every day, even in the smallest things. Even if it is justlaying on the ground with my penny, who’s my puppy, and just staring at her eyes for 10 minutes. Iona: Mm. You know, we do that sometimes, you know? Yes. And that’s what my self-love is, it is finding my way to, to myself and. I think my biggest thing, Gissele, is learning how to talk to myself, like somebody who I [00:37:00] love. Because I think this is the first time in my life as an adult that I’m learning how to do that Iona: that’s what my self-love is. Gissele: it’s been interesting for me in my journey learning to understand that my body is not my enemy. Gissele: your body is what? That my body is not my enemy. Yes. Yeah. That my body is not separate from me. It’s actually my house. right. So, so feeling like it’s not separate from me that it can’t, it, it can’t hurt me. It’s actually my very best friend and it’s my home for this lifetime. Gissele: Right? last question is where can people find you? Where can people work with you? What’s your website? What do you wanna share with the audience ? Iona: Awesome. People can find me. Check out my website at iskyconsulting.com. You can email me. I sky@iskyconsulting.com. I’m on LinkedIn. Iona: drop me a line. You know, I always say that I work, who is anybody who really [00:38:00] wants. to do this work in a meaningful way and make real change and take the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and put it into action. And I’m also a social worker, right? And I love supporting folks with their clinical work and social work skills and leadership. Iona: Because to me, this work is about how do we show up every day, whether we’re a leader, whether we’re a fundraiser, whether we are a parent, whether whoever we are, right? You know, Gissele you came into my life like a gift when we worked together. Oh. And I’m grateful for you and for this opportunity because I count you as one of the people who have impacted me and continue to. Iona: And so thank you for having me on your show. Gissele: Oh, thank you. Thank you Iona for coming to the show. I feel the same way. You’re such a gift to me in the times when we worked together were just some of the best [00:39:00] times I’ve had, honestly . And thank you to everyone who joined us for another episode of Love and Compassion, which Gissele and we will see you soon.

Európska únia nám minulý týždeň pozastavila platbu z Plánu obnovy za 590 miliónov eur pre pokus o zrušenie Úradu na ochranu oznamovateľov. Minister Tomáš Drucker sa chce pokúsiť diskutovať s EÚ o tom, aby nám poslali peniaze, ktoré sa úradu netýkajú. Čas na čerpanie sa totiž kráti. Opozícia aj vedenie úradu už pred schválením spornej novely tvrdili, že to ohrozí čerpanie miliárd z Plánu obnovy. Čakajú nás totiž aj ďalšie platby, a keď Slovensko nebude plniť podmienky, môžu byť v ohrození peniaze na množstvo projektov, vrátane stavby nových nemocníc. Nezávislosť Úradu na ochranu oznamovateľov je podmienka čerpania peňazí z Plánu obnovy. Keď Slovensko prestáva plniť podmienky, peniaze sú v ohrození. Novelu zákona, ktorá má politicky odstrániť nezávislú šéfku úradu, pozastavil Ústavný súd SR. Ak však bude Európska únia čakať na rozhodnutie súdu, a potom ešte aj na opravu zákona, Slovensko môže mať veľký problém s čerpaním európskych peňazí. Posledný podobný problém sa vláde síce podarilo vyriešiť, ale trvalo to 10 mesiacov. Tie teraz nemáme, keďže Plán obnovy sa končí v júni 2026. Viac nám v podcaste Aktuality Nahlas vysvetlil Vladimír Amrich, ekonomický reportér aktualít, ktorý sleduje tému Plán obnovy. Moderuje Peter Hanák.

Hah hah! Stand back, musketeers! They shall sample MY blade! En garde! Touché! Café au lait! Yes, we have a swashbuckling classic this week in our “Cuz I Wanna (and You're Gonna Like It)” series, “The Scarlet Pimpernel”! And what a swashbuckler this is! Sword fights! Daring midnight chases! Desperate fist-fights . . . pardon? Oh. There's NONE of that here? No musketeers? No “my blade”? Just disguises, cunning plans and . . . fashion tips? Really? . . . . huh. Well . . . this IS a famous swashbuckler movie, right? With Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon? Well . . . sink me! What sort of action movie is this? Hah? One of the antecedents for Batman? Seriously? Well, let's talk about it then! Tie your cravats properly and give a listen! Poll question: who is your favorite swashbuckler? Leave a comment or swing on a chandelier over to our hotline at 617-398-7266.

Európska únia nám minulý týždeň pozastavila platbu z Plánu obnovy za 590 miliónov eur pre pokus o zrušenie Úradu na ochranu oznamovateľov. Minister Tomáš Drucker sa chce pokúsiť diskutovať s EÚ o tom, aby nám poslali peniaze, ktoré sa úradu netýkajú. Čas na čerpanie sa totiž kráti. Opozícia aj vedenie úradu už pred schválením spornej novely tvrdili, že to ohrozí čerpanie miliárd z Plánu obnovy. Čakajú nás totiž aj ďalšie platby, a keď Slovensko nebude plniť podmienky, môžu byť v ohrození peniaze na množstvo projektov, vrátane stavby nových nemocníc. Nezávislosť Úradu na ochranu oznamovateľov je podmienka čerpania peňazí z Plánu obnovy. Keď Slovensko prestáva plniť podmienky, peniaze sú v ohrození. Novelu zákona, ktorá má politicky odstrániť nezávislú šéfku úradu, pozastavil Ústavný súd SR. Ak však bude Európska únia čakať na rozhodnutie súdu, a potom ešte aj na opravu zákona, Slovensko môže mať veľký problém s čerpaním európskych peňazí. Posledný podobný problém sa vláde síce podarilo vyriešiť, ale trvalo to 10 mesiacov. Tie teraz nemáme, keďže Plán obnovy sa končí v júni 2026. Viac nám v podcaste Aktuality Nahlas vysvetlil Vladimír Amrich, ekonomický reportér aktualít, ktorý sleduje tému Plán obnovy. Moderuje Peter Hanák.

Pavārgrāmatas, ko  mēdz dēvēt par virtuves Bībeli, goda vietā celtas izstādē “Nospeķotas lapiņas un gardas vakariņas. Latviešu pavārgrāmatas ārpus Latvijas”. Šoreiz raidījumā Globālais latvietis. 21. gadsimts pārlapojam pavārgrāmatas un skaidrojam, cik nozīmīgas ir latviskās garšas izjūtas svešā vidē. Šoreiz raidījumā Globālais latvietis 21. gadsimts sveicienus sūtām no muzeja un pētniecības centra "Latvieši pasaulē", un pirms šo sarunu sākām, visi viens otram pajautājām - vai jūs esat paēduši? Jo saruna būs diezgan garšīga. Šobrīd muzejā goda vietā ir celtas "Nospeķotas lapiņas un gardas vakariņas Latviešu pavārgrāmatas ārpus Latvijas". Tieši ar šādu nosaukumu ir atklāta izstāde, kas ieskicē laiku pēc Otrā pasaules kara, kad, nonākot trimdā, daudzas latviešu saimnieces saskārās ar izaicinājumu, kā pagatavot pazīstamus un iemīļotus ēdienus, esot svešā vidē, turklāt arī trūcīgos apstākļos. Tādēļ jau bēgļu nometnēs pārpublicēja Latvijā pirms kara izdotās pavārgrāmatas. Kā arī sākot no pagājušā gadsimta 50. gadiem, iznākušas pirmās diasporā tapušās pavārgrāmatas, un tas ir turpinājies līdz pagājušā gadsimta 80.-90. gadiem. Šobrīd izstādē var aplūkot 20 pavārgrāmatas, kas ir izdotas dažādos laika posmos ārpus Latvijas. Vienlaikus ar šo izstādi arī rīt Latvijas Universitātes pētniecības projekts "Latviešu diasporas identitātes transformācijas: teksts, valoda, digitālā vide" un šī pētījuma viens no fokusiem ir arī aplūkot ēdienu klātbūtni diasporas tekstos - pētīt latviskās garšas izjūtas svešā vidē. Pie sarunu galda diasporas gastropoētikas pētnieki: projekta vadītājs Latvijas Universitātes profesors Ojārs Lāms, projekta pētniece Latvijas Universitātes lektore Ilze Šķestere, izstādes "Nospeķotas lapiņas un gardas vakariņas Latviešu pavārgrāmatas ārpus Latvijas" kuratores Marianna Auliciema un Jūlija Apse, kā arī muzeja "Latvieši pasaulē" pedagoģe un komunikācijas speciāliste Danute Grīnfelde.

Hey guys,Today's episode is one that I didn't even fully plan — it was born out of a walk around a track, watching people, thinking about life, thinking about attitude, thinking about purpose.And I want to ask you something right out of the gate:Who's waiting for you on the other side of your obedience?Because here's what I know — one of the biggest predictors of life expectancy isn't diet.It's not exercise.It's not even genetics.It's purpose.It's having a why.It's having something that pulls you out of bed in the morning because someone needs you to show up.In this episode, I share the powerful story of Viktor Frankl — a Holocaust survivor who lost everything. His manuscript. His freedom. His family. His name. And yet, he discovered something that can't be taken from any human being:The freedom to choose your attitude in any given circumstance.You can't control what happens to you.But you can always control how you respond.And I contrast that with real-life moments I've witnessed — people who've walked through immense pain yet carry light… and others who seemingly “have it all” but live in constant complaint.The difference?Attitude.Purpose.Gratitude.We talk about:Why complaining is a public declaration of defeatHow gratitude literally rewires your perspectiveThe danger of “give-up-itis”Why storms are seasonal, not permanentHow your purpose acts as drag power to pull you forwardAnd how an unexamined life leads to frustrationAnd I'll tell you this…If you're walking through hell right now — this episode is for you.Because storms always end.But bitterness can last a lifetime if you let it.You are needed.Your perspective matters.And someone is waiting on the other side of your obedience.Tie your kite string to your why — and let it pull you forward.Connect With Us:Website: https://www.youaremore.comFree Download: 5 Steps to Win Through AdversitySocial Media: Follow us on Facebook and InstagramEmail: amy@amywienands.comEpisode Minute By Minute:00:00 – The real predictor of longevity: purpose01:30 – Attitude makes the difference in how people endure pain02:20 – “Quit complaining” and what it really reveals03:10 – A life lived on purpose until the very end04:15 – Viktor Frankl and the decision that changed everything05:30 – Honor your father and mother: the visa decision06:20 – “Give-up-itis” inside concentration camps07:10 – He who has a why can endure almost any how08:00 – Rewriting a future inside a nightmare09:00 – “What's waiting for you on the outside?”10:15 – Why the world is waiting for your unique DNA11:10 – 12 million lives changed by one man's pain12:10 – The last human freedom: choosing your attitude13:20 – Gratitude as a daily discipline14:00 – Foster's attitude shift moment in the car15:30 – You can't control events — only your response16:15 – If you're walking through hell, shift your lens17:15 – Everything that shows up is here to evolve you18:00 – An unexamined life is a frustrated life19:00 – Tie your kite string to your why20:00 – Who's waiting on the other side of your obedience?Be intentional, stay focused, and remember you are more!

Atoms is a longtime graffiti writer who started painting in San Francisco while in high school and eventually built an art career in New York City. He's a member of the legendary BA crew along with writers like Neon, Jase, Giant, and Apex. Atoms has painted around the world and linked up with legends like Tie and Mike Dream. He is currently the host of his own podcast, "My Life In Letters" and continues to create art for a living.For promo opportunities on the podcast, e-mail info@historyofthebay.com--History of the Bay Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZUM4rCv6xfNbvB4r8TVWU?si=9218659b5f4b43aaOnline Store: https://dregsone.myshopify.com Follow Dregs One:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1UNuCcJlRb8ImMc5haZHXF?si=poJT0BYUS-qCfpEzAX7mlAInstagram: https://instagram.com/dregs_oneTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@dregs_oneTwitter: https://twitter.com/dregs_oneFacebook: https://facebook.com/dregsone41500:00 Intro02:58 My Life In Letters podcast12:21 Early graffiti influences19:00 School of the Arts High School27:15 Early 90s graffiti37:11 SF's Golden Era40:29 BA crew44:03 Tie53:33 Mike Dream59:16 Mentorship in graffiti1:09:49 Bombing in SF1:12:22 Moving to NYC

There were some truly awesome clues in today's crossword. We definitely hit the highlights in the podcast, but we'd be remiss if we didn't mention 44D, Stage name of South Korean rapper Park Jae-sang, PSY (Mike's favorite artist!); 47D, Tie one on at dinner, BIB (ha!); and an oldie but goodie, 21D, Parliament constituent, OWL. What a hoot! Show note imagery: One of Disney's greatest creations, ITSASMALLWORLDWe love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

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Milióny nových strán zo spisov, ktoré súvisia s prípadom Jeffreyho Epsteina a ktoré pred týždňom zverejnilo americké ministerstvo spravodlivosti, prinášajú bez prestávky nové a nové odhalenia. V súvislosti so Slovenskom sa už dlhšie skloňuje najmä meno bývalého ministra zahraničných vecí Miroslava Lajčáka. Pri ňom sa však tunajšia Epsteinova vetva, ktorá je oveľa staršia, ani náhodou nekončí a zrejme súvisí s aktivitami, za ktoré bol odsúdený. Dozvedáme sa, že sa v jeho blízkosti ocitali aj viaceré Slovenky. Viac si už povie Nikola Šuliková Bajánová so šéfkou domáceho oddelenia denníka SME Michaelou Terenzani a reportérom denníka SME Martinom Vančom. Zdroj zvukov: STVR Odporúčanie: Ak sa chcete na chvíľu odpojiť a pozerať niečo jednoduché, nezaťažujúce, pohodlné, bez hanby vám hovorím, pozrite si seriál Sullivan's Crossing. Tiež je na Netflixe, má blízko k ďalšiemu takémuto počinu Virgin River a obsahuje všetko, čo obsahovať má – utrápenú hlavnú postavu z lekárskeho prostredia, ktorá sa vráti do svojho malebného rodného mesta, kde stretne príťažlivého muža s tajomstvom a do toho tam sú vrúcne vzťahy, napätie a krásna príroda. Nič ako guilty pleasure neexistuje. – Všetky podcasty denníka SME nájdete na⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sme.sk/podcasty⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Odoberajte aj audio verziu denného newslettra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SME.sk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ s najdôležitejšími správami na⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sme.sk/brifingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger, 2 you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. 4 Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. 5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; 7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, 8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. 9 How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep— 11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man. 12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth, 13 who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers, 14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord. 15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy. 16 There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: 17 arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, 19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers. 20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching. 21 Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck. 22 When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you. 23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life, 24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue. 25 Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids. 26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life. 27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned? 28 Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? 29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished. 30 Men don't despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry, 31 but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house. 32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul. 33 He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance. 35 He won't regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts. Listen Donate Subscribe: Proverbs Daily Podcast Psalms Daily Podcast

Lions Flavor in a Point-Flooded Pro Bowl Episode 562 of the Detroit Lions Podcast opened with Detroit Lions talk pointed straight at Super Bowl week, but the NFL Pro Bowl stole the first segment. Jeff Risdon flipped over after basketball and landed on a perfect scene: Jared Goff dropping a pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown. The scoreboard was already wild. More than 100 points lit up the broadcast. It felt like 56 to 50 at one point. The pace never slowed. This was not football as we know it. It was flag football. No tackling. No contact. No one even allowed to touch. Yet the hosts liked the energy. Jeff caught the last 35 to 40 minutes and agreed it beat the old 11-on-11 walk-through. Goff wore his hat and looked relaxed. He was clearly having fun. St. Brown moved like it mattered. For Lions fans, seeing that connection on a national stage was the hook that kept the channel right there. What the Hosts Teed Up Next After the quick Pro Bowl review, the rundown hit Detroit-centered questions. Levi Onwuzurike and Paschal came up under the banner of paying the toll. Is the player paying it, or are the Lions paying it? The conversation promised to sort through that. Salary cap talk is coming, and it sounds crazy. The Vikings got a mention as a punchline. Super Bowl choices were on deck, teased as a segment still to come. The aim is clear. Keep the focus on how Detroit Lions decisions intersect with an NFL offseason that is already moving. Tie the Pro Bowl flashes from Goff and St. Brown back into what matters next. Keep the Detroit Lions Podcast locked on the things fans actually need to think about this week. Behind the Mics The show remains the official Detroit Lions podcast for Reddit. Studio upgrades are on the way. Better lights. A new space. A former Cleveland Browns scout is lined up for Monday to talk prospects. The cadence of content is increasing, and the boys are clearly having fun building it. Detroit is front and center this week. The Lions have stars who just showed out in the NFL's showcase, even with flags at their hips. The next steps on cap, depth, and health are the real story. Episode 562 keeps those steps in focus. #detroitlions #lions #detroitlionspodcast #jaredgoff #amon-rast.brown #probowl #flagfootball #nfl #episode562 #jeffrisdon #levionwuzurike #paschal #salarycap #vikings #superbowl #reddit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Telesná dokonalosť, česť a harmónia tela a ducha – ideál, ktorý sa z gréckej Olympie šíri od roku 776 pred Kristom. Práve tam majú svoj rodný list olympijské hry. Tie antické. Vydržali do 4. storočia nového letopočtu, lebo sa znepáčili rímskemu cisárovi Theodosiovi.Tie moderné si museli počkať až do roku 1896, kedy ich obnovil Pierre de Coubertin v Aténach. A špeciálne zimné do roku 1924, kedy sa konali prvé vo francúzskom ŠAMONÍ (Chamonix). Odvtedy bolo tých moderných 54, z toho zimných doteraz 24, naposledy v Pekingu.Už v horizonte hodín sa otvoria 25. zimné v talianskom Miláne. Metropola severu je už nejaký čas v zovretí bezpečnostných opatrení. Na takmer tritisíc športovcov tam bude dohliadať šesťtisíc príslušníkov bezpečnostných služieb. V slovenských farbách bude reprezentovať päťdesiatka športovcov.Ich výkony tam bude pre nás sledovať aj dvojica našich kolegov Ján Jasenka a Martin Tóth Vaňo z nášho sesterského portálu Šport.sk, s ktorými sa na tie 25. Zimné olympijské hry pozrieme bližšie.Podcast pripravil Jaroslav Barborák.

Epstīna failu publiskošana: rezonanse ASV un pasaulē. Eiropas Savienības (ES) un Indijas brīvās tirdzniecības līgums - perspektīvas un problēmas. Politiskā krīze Čehijā - konflikts starp prezidentu un valdību. Aktualitātes komentē politologs Veiko Spolītis un Nacionālās Aizsardzības akadēmijas pasniedzējs Jānis Kapustāns. Sāpīgā failu lavīna Piektdien, 30. janvārī, Savienoto Valstu Ģenerālprokurora birojs darīja pieejamu tīmeklī pēdējo porciju no t.s. „Epstīna failiem”, respektīvi, dzimumnoziegumos apsūdzētā un 2019. gadā cietumā pašnāvību izdarījušā finansista Džefrija Epstīna un viņa līdzzinātājas Gisleinas Maksvelas lietas materiāliem. Tie ir apmēram trīs ar pusi miljonu lappušu teksta, vairāk nekā divi tūkstoši video failu un apmēram 180 tūkstoši attēlu. Šo publiskošanu Ģenerālprokurora birojam par pienākumu uzlika Savienoto Valstu Kongresa pagājušā gada novembrī pieņemtais Epstīna failu caurskatāmības akts. Tiesa, pilnīga publiskošana aizkavējusies par vairāk nekā mēnesi pēc Kongresa noteiktā termiņa. Iemesls, kā apgalvo birojs, esot nepieciešamība veikt failu rediģēšanu, pirmām kārtām padarot nepieejamu noziegumos cietušo identitāti. Tomēr, kā atklājuši publiskoto pārlūkojušie žurnālisti, ne visos gadījumos tas ticis konsekventi veikts. Tāpat norādīts, ka publiskotais materiālu masīvs ir absolūti neorganizēts, daudzas elektroniskās sarakstes vienības un izmeklēšanas dokumentu kopijas tajā atrodamas vairakkārt dažādās vietās, pie tam konstatējams, ka dažādās viena un tā paša materiāla kopijās izrediģēta atšķirīga informācija. Šodien, 4. februārī, Ņujorkas federālā tiesa pēc noziegumos cietušo pārstāvju prasības lems par attiecīgā resursa slēgšanu līdz brīdim, kad visa ar cietušajām saistītā informācija būs padarīta nepieejama. Tikām pasaule ar pārsteigumu konstatē, cik plaši un personiski bijuši Džefrija Epstīna sakari dažādu valstu elites, tai skaitā politiskās elites aprindās. Acīmredzami tieši šajos sakaros, tos mērķtiecīgi būvējot un uzturot, viņš balstījis savu biznesa modeli. Viņa paziņu un sarakstes lokā ir atrodami multimiljardieri Īlons Masks un Bils Geitss, britu karaļnama atvase Endrjū Vindzors-Mauntbatens, publicists, netradicionālās medicīnas apoloģēts Dīpaks Čopra, eksprezidents Bils Klintons, Norvēģijas kroņprincese Mete Mārita un citi. ASV Kongresa Uzraudzības komiteja izsaukusi eksprezidentu Klintonu un viņa dzīvesbiedri, kādreizējo valsts sekretāri Hilariju Klintoni uz iztaujāšanu, un vakar kļuva zināms, ka Klintonu pāris piekritis ierasties. Apmēram trīstūkstoš reizes publiskotajos materiālos parādās pašreizējais Baltā nama saimnieks Donalds Tramps, kurš jau paziņojis, ka publiskotais apliecinot viņa pilnīgu nevainīgumu jebkādu Epstīna likumpārkāpumu sakarā. Apmēram tūkstoš reizes šeit uzpeld arī Krievijas diktatora Vladimira Putina vārds, ar kuru gan, pēc visas spriežot, tiešu kontaktu Džefrijam Epstīnam nav bijis. Toties viņa tiešo kontaktu sarakstā ir kādreizējais Krievijas vēstnieks ANO, 2017. gadā mirušais Vitālijs Čurkins un Sanktpēterburgas Ekonomikas foruma fonda vadītājs, Krievijas Federālā drošības dienesta akadēmijas absolvents Sergejs Beļakovs. Prāga iziet ielās Sadursme starp Čehijas prezidentu Petru Pavelu un labēji populistisko premjera Andreja Babiša valdību, kas uzsāka darbu decembra vidū, notikusi ātrāk un ir ar plašāku rezonansi, nekā daudzi prognozējuši. Babišs trešo reizi kļuva par Čehijas premjerministru 2025. gada decembrī, viņa partijai „ANO 2011” izveidojot koalīciju ar partijām „Brīvība un tiešā demokrātija” un „Automobilisti paši sev”. Viens no pirmajiem jaunās varas simboliskajiem žestiem bija Ukrainas karoga aizvākšana no parlamenta ēkas. Par konkrēto ieganstu pašreizējam konfliktam kļuva prezidenta atteikšanās apstiprināt vides ministra amatā partijas „Automobilisti paši sev” pārstāvi Filipu Tureku, kura partija pauž izteikti antiekoloģiskus uzskatus. Tas ir pirmais šāds kategoriska ministra noraidījuma gadījums no Čehijas prezidenta puses kopš 1993. gada, kad stājās spēkā pašreizējā konstitūcija. Kā iemeslu prezidents min Filipa Tureka attieksmi pret valsts likumiem un konstitucionālajām vērtībām – viņš izcēlies ar homofobiskiem, seksistiskiem, rasistiskiem un nacismam simpatizējošiem izteikumiem. Šīs „daiļrades” apkopojumu publicēja izdevums „Denìk N”.  Tāpat nesen, pavadot ārlietu ministru Petru Macinku vizītē Kijivā, Tureks netieši attaisnoja Krievijas agresiju pret Ukrainu. Ārlietu ministrs Macinka, kurš ir arī „Automobilistu” partijas līderis, nosūtīja vairākas īsziņas prezidenta palīgam, solot Tureka neapstiprināšanas gadījumā, citējot, „sadedzināt tiltus tā, ka tas paliks politoloģijas mācību grāmatās”. Viņš nācis klajā ar iniciatīvu, ka Čehiju nākamajā NATO samitā, kas jūlijā notiks Turcijas galvaspilsētā Ankarā, jāpārstāv nevis, kā ierasts, prezidentam, bet gan premjerministram Babišam. Svētdien, 1. februārī, Prāgas Svētā Vāclava laukumā pēc organizācijas „Miljons mirkļu demokrātijai” aicinājuma pulcējās 80 līdz 90 tūkstošus liels protesta mītiņš prezidenta pozīcijas atbalstam. Opozīcijas partijas vakar sarīkoja parlamenta apakšpalātas neuzticības balsojumu Babiša valdībai, kuru kabinets, pateicoties vairākumam likumdevējā, izturēja. Šodien, 4. februārī, paredzēta prezidenta Pavela un premjerministra Babiša tikšanās, lai apspriestu radušos situāciju. Indijas un Eiropas Savienības dižlīgums Tirdzniecības vienošanos, kuru 27. janvārī Indijas galvaspilsētā Ņūdeli parakstīja šīs valsts premjerministrs Narendra Modi un Eiropas Savienības pārstāvji – Eiropas Komisijas prezidente Urzula fon der Leiena un Eiropadomes prezidents Antoniu Košta – abas puses savos paziņojumos krāšņi dēvē par „visu darījumu māti”. Tas patiešām ir apjomos bezprecedenta nolīgums, kas aptver tirgu ar apmēram diviem miljardiem cilvēku un 25% planētas kopprodukta. Vienošanās paredz pakāpenisku ievedmuitas tarifu samazināšanu gandrīz 97% Eiropas Savienības eksporta uz Indiju un gandrīz 100% Indijas eksporta uz savienību – ļoti vērtīgs papildinājums līdzīgu vienošanos komplektam, kas jau saista savienību ar Japānu, Indonēziju, Meksiku, Dienvidamerikas Brīvā tirgus valstu grupu „Mercosur” un virkni citu valstu. Sarunas par šo līgumu tika uzsāktas 2007. gadā, tad 2013. gadā pārtrauktas nepārvaramu nesaskaņu dēļ, līdz atsāktas 2022. gadā. Var tikai lēst, cik lielā mērā par šo sarunu sekmīga iznākuma katalizatoru kalpoja Savienoto Valstu līdera pēdējā gada mētāšanās ar saviem superaugsto tarifu piedraudējumiem kā Ņūdeli, tā Briseles virzienā, taču vairums analītiķu ir vienisprātis, ka tā ir divu globālās ekonomikas smagsvaru reakcija uz pamanāmo līdzšinējās pasaules kārtības ļodzīšanos. Kā par noslēgto vienošanos raksta Austrālijā bāzētās starptautiskās politikas domnīcas Louvija institūts resurss „The Interpreter”: „Tā vietā, lai signalizētu par atgriešanos pie vecā stila tirdzniecības liberalizācijas, Indijas un ES brīvās tirdzniecības nolīgums atspoguļo pragmatiskāku modeli, kas vērsts uz diversifikāciju, noturību un politikas elastību. Tas mazāk darbojas kā tarifu samazināšanas pasākums un vairāk kā piegādes ķēžu stabilizēšanas plāns ģeopolitisku satricinājumu laikmetā.” Domnīca lēš, ka standartu salāgošana pozitīvi ietekmēs digitālās tirdzniecības, intelektuālā īpašuma aizsardzības un atbildīgas ražošanas normu situāciju visā Indijas okeāna reģionā. Kas attiecas uz ražošanas nozarēm, kuras ir paredzamas kā galvenās ieguvējas no šīs vienošanās, tad Indijā tā ir mašīnbūve, ķīmiskā un farmaceitiskā rūpniecība, savukārt Eiropas Savienībā – automobiļu būve un elektronikas ražošana. Savstarpējo loģistikas ceļu stiprināšana paredz sadarbību kuģošanas drošības un vispārējās aizsardzības jomā Indijas okeānā, kur pēdējā desmitgadē manāmi pieaugusi Ķīnas klātbūtne. Šai ziņā svarīgs moments ir arī drošības un aizsardzības partnerības nolīgums, kuru 27. janvārī parakstīja Eiropas Savienības augstā pārstāve ārpolitikas un drošības politikas jautājumos Kaja Kallasa un Indijas ārlietu ministrs Subramanjams Džaišankars. Der piebilst, ka vakar, 3. februārī, Savienoto Valstu prezidents Donalds Tramps paziņoja, ka panākta vienošanās par tarifu samazināšanu importam no Indijas no 25% uz 18%. Sagatavoja Eduards Liniņš.  

In this episode, we explore a problem that refuses to go away: the near-impossible task many immigrants in Spain face when trying to secure appointments for their NIE (foreign identity number) or TIE (foreign identity card). Cybersecurity expert René Serral from UPC breaks down what is happening behind the scenes of the 'cita previa' appointment system – and what could be done to fix it. Law professor Natalia Caicedo examines whether the Spanish government is meeting its legal obligations toward newcomers. Honduran-born activist Carmen Juares describes how migrants are "treated as second-class citizens," calling the process of regularising legal status "a continuous obstacle course." We also hear directly from Catalan News readers, many of whom got in touch to share their own experiences navigating the system. With Lorcan Doherty and Oriol Escudé.

Everybody talks about creativity, but very few are willing to measure it. The real advantage comes from combining imagination with obsession.That's the lesson of MrBeast, the YouTube creator who turned data-driven storytelling into one of the most powerful media brands in the world. In this episode, we explore his marketing playbook with the help of our special guest Rodrigo Fontes, VP of Marketing at QuillBot.Together, we break down what B2B marketers can learn from engineering audience retention, building repeatable content formats, and investing just a little more effort to create work people can't look away from.About our guest, Rodrigo FontesRodrigo Fonte is the VP of Marketing at Quillbot. He is a strategic marketing leader with over 15 years of experience building and scaling brands across both B2C and B2B markets. Rodrigo is currently driving growth in Generative AI and consumer tech at QuillBot (Learneo). He's also leading the global marketing organization behind one of the world's most widely used AI writing assistants, overseeing Brand, Media, Influencers, Social, SEO, ASO, Content, Product Marketing, and International Expansion.What B2B Companies Can Learn From MrBeast:Obsess over audience retention, not just reach. MrBeast doesn't just aim for views, he studies exactly where attention drops and rebuilds content accordingly. Rodrigo says, “His data-driven customer obsession on every detail to make things work, I think that's such an amazing thing for us marketers today to think [about].” B2B teams should move beyond impressions and focus on where prospects lose interest and why. Analyze content the same way you analyze funnels. Retention is the real signal of relevance.Show people something they've never seen before. Originality is MrBeast's core advantage. He doesn't just execute well, he starts with ideas audiences haven't encountered. Rodrigo reminds us, “The fight for attention is brutal today.” If your content looks like your competitors', it's already invisible. Massive budgets aren't required to execute original ideas, as MrBeast proved in his early viral videos. Novelty is a priceless strategic asset.Use culture as a creative multiplier. MrBeast often revamps formats by tapping into existing cultural moments (e.g., Squid Game, Willy Wonka). Rodrigo points out, “He can really revamp a format if he adds culture to [it].” B2B strategy doesn't have to reinvent the wheel. Tie your ideas to what your audience already cares about instead of forcing attention from scratch.Quote“ Go deeper on what really, already has the attention of your target audience, instead of starting from scratch. What are they paying attention to already?”Time Stamps[01:03] Meet Rodrigo Fontes, VP of Marketing at QuillBot[02:13] Why MrBeast?[09:07] Why His Content Works[16:58] The Power of Effort and Originality[22:05] Repeatable Formats and Serialized Content[29:20] Lessons from Branded Content and Influencers[42:45] QuillBot's Content Strategy[47:56] Advice for Marketing Leaders[51:12] Final Thoughts and TakeawaysLinksConnect with Rodrigo on LinkedInLearn more about QuillBotAbout Remarkable!Remarkable! is created by the team at Caspian Studios, the premier B2B Podcast-as-a-Service company. Caspian creates both nonfiction and fiction series for B2B companies. If you want a fiction series check out our new offering - The Business Thriller - Hollywood style storytelling for B2B. Learn more at CaspianStudios.com. In today's episode, you heard from Ian Faison (CEO of Caspian Studios) and Meredith Gooderham (Head of Production). Remarkable was produced this week by Jess Avellino, mixed by Scott Goodrich, and our theme song is “Solomon” by FALAK. Create something remarkable. Rise above the noise. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Topics Covered Influencer marketing as a modern demand lever in a “feeds are flooded” environment (credibility + distribution vs polish)Building an influencer program as a repeatable system (not one-off posts)Aligning influencer strategy to GTM motion: PLG + sales-led dual motion, fast sales cycle, and audience behavior on LinkedInTalent sourcing: internal creators, power users, frontline thought leaders, executive narrative voices, and “entertainer/evangelism” creatorsUsing influencer content as paid social creative (thought leadership ads) and deciding what to amplifyProgram mechanics: 3-month trials, post cadence, onboarding, briefs, review cycles, and relationship managementIncentives tied to outcomes (PLG signup bonus, ARR percentage via UTM)Measurement options: cost per signup, CPM/efficient reach, ABM-style reach goals, qualitative signals, and attribution constraintsQuality control: “smell test” for AI slop, engagement pods, and meaningful comment engagementActivation workflow: first-hour engagement, “let it cook” windows, reporting, UTM updates for paid vs organic, and distribution trade-offsQuestions This Video Helps AnswerHow do you structure B2B influencer marketing so it drives demand (not just awareness) without becoming random acts of promotion?How should a B2B team align influencer strategy to GTM motion (PLG vs sales-led) and measurement constraints?What's the best place to start: internal creators, power users, or external influencers?How do you choose influencer “types” (executive narrative, frontline education, entertainment/evangelism) based on goals?What contract length and cadence reduces the risk of declaring influencer “doesn't work” too early?How do you turn influencer posts into paid social assets using thought leadership ads?What's a practical incentive structure for creators tied to signups and revenue (UTM-based)?How do you spot inflated performance from AI-generated engagement or engagement pods?When should you promote a post, and when should you leave it organic?How can you evaluate influencer impact using CPM, reach, signups, and qualitative sales signals?Key TakeawaysIf you want results, avoid one-off influencer posts; start with at least a 3-month trial so performance can compound and audience association can form.In crowded feeds, influencer works because it combines trust with distribution; paid amplification (thought leadership ads) can make “small” creators valuable when the story is strong.Start sourcing from internal creators and product power users first; they're cheaper, more credible on use cases, and their content can be promoted to the right audience.Make onboarding and relationships non-negotiable: demo the product, ideate together, and set a clear review cycle so feedback doesn't show up only as late-stage Google Doc edits.Tie incentives to business outcomes and effort: bonus for PLG signups over the contract window, percentage of ARR from UTM-driven revenue, and paid boosts for high-performing posts (which also benefits the creator's audience growth).Don't boost everything: let posts run organically first, then selectively promote what's likely to work in paid (not every organic winner is a paid winner).Quality control requires human judgment: scan comments and engagement patterns for meaningful conversation vs AI slop, pods, or gamed metrics.

Think a “low salt” alert means grab another bag? That assumption can wreck a salt system, corrode equipment, and leave you with a pool that won't chlorinate. We break down the most costly mistakes we see on routes and at home—oversalting, starving circulation, and ignoring water levels—and share practical steps to keep water safe without wasting money.We start with salinity. False low readings happen when cells are dirty, dying, or the water is cold. If the builder, startup tech, and homeowner all add salt without talking, levels can spike past 3400 ppm, shutting systems down and chewing through heaters and metal parts. Our fix: stop trusting panels and test with a digital salinity meter, document additions, and communicate clearly so no one double doses. Aim for 3000 to 3400 ppm and you'll protect both water and gear.Next, we tackle runtime myths. Cutting a pump to two or three summer hours invites cloudy water, algae, and higher chemical bills. We explain how variable speed pumps save power at low RPM, why longer runs can be cheaper than short bursts, and how to reset the conversation around safety and clarity. If a client insists on a shorter schedule, set expectations up front: more risk, more maintenance, and potential extra charges for treatments.Then we confront the quiet killer—low water. Pros shouldn't fill pools due to liability and lost time. Instead, shut equipment down when levels drop and coach clients to keep water mid-skimmer or tile midpoint. Skipping top-ups can cook pumps, melt plumbing, and turn a simple visit into an emergency repair. Tie behavior to costs so homeowners see the real stakes and act before damage occurs.Finally, dirt is not just dust—it stains. Soil carries metals and organics that etch plaster when left all week. A suction side cleaner protects surfaces by vacuuming daily, cuts manual labor, and keeps pools brighter between visits. We share a simple demo strategy that lets results sell the upgrade.• Why panels show false low salt and how to verify with a digital meter• Safe salinity Send us a textSupport the Pool Guy Podcast Show Sponsors! HASA https://bit.ly/HASAThe Bottom Feeder. Save $100 with Code: DVB100https://store.thebottomfeeder.com/Try Skimmer FREE for 30 days:https://getskimmer.com/poolguy Get UPA Liability Insurance $64 a month! https://forms.gle/F9YoTWNQ8WnvT4QBAPool Guy Coaching: https://bit.ly/40wFE6y

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Putting the B in BDSM! Whether you're a bunny or a rigger, you'll learn about Japanese rope art, the comfort of being held, and the different avenues that help folks find their way to being bound. Today's videos get extra credit with elements of edging, public disgrace, bukkake, and even a sybian appearance. Tie one on and listen!April Olson Dominated in Merciless BondageBe sure to rate Girls on Porn 5-Stars on Apple Podcast and Spotify! And leave your favorite search term OR your porn star name in the review for a chance to have it read on-air. Follow Us on Social Media:Show: @girlsonprnLaura: @ramadeiRachel: @_rrratchelShow Credits:Producer: Amanda CMixed and Edited by Grace HarperResearcher: Matt WoodwardTheme by Eli JanneyAdvertise on Girls On Porn via Gumball.fmSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.