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„Popiežius Leonas birželio 6–12 d. su apaštaliniu vizitu lankysis Ispanijoje. Tenykštės Bažnyčios vadovai teigia, kad susitikimas su katalikų bendruomene vyksta lemiamu momentu: nors pastaraisiais dešimtmečiais katalikais save laikančių ispanų skaičius sumažėjo, atkreipiamas dėmesys į atgimstantį jaunimo susidomėjimą katalikybe.“ Plačiau - vedamojo skiltyje.Vilniuje prasideda Pasaulinis Apaštalinis Gailestingumo kongresas. Gailestingumo temai skirtas ir žurnalo „Artuma“ birželio numeris, kurį pristatys vyriausiasis redaktorius Darius Chmieliauskas.Augmino Petronio komentaras: eitynės už lygybę.„Krikščioniškos minties puslapis“: William Willimon „Kaip pamilti gailestingumą?“Kun. Mozė Mitkevičius apie gailestingumo terminus ir turinį Senajame bei Naujajame Testamente.Eleonoros Terleckienės radijo apybraiža „Apie poilsį“.Redaktoriai Rūta Tumėnaitė ir Julius Sasnauskas.

Šiandien didžiąją laidos dalį skirsime gegužės 25 d. paskelbtai pirmajai popiežiaus Leono XIV enciklikai „Magnifica humanitas“. „Ką reiškia būti žmogumi, kai pačią mąstymo, darbo ir tikėjimo struktūrą perrašo protingos mašinos? Tai pagrindinis klausimas, kurį kelia „Magnifica humanitas“ – pirmoji popiežiaus Leono XIV enciklika. Šis dokumentas yra traktatas, bet ne apie dirbtinį intelektą, o apie žmogaus asmenį, parašytas iš technologinės revoliucijos, jau pakeitusios patirties koordinates, vidinės perspektyvos" Plačiau - vedamojo skiltyje ir pokalbyje su filosofu bei kultūros istoriku Vytautu Ališausku.Artėjant Pasauliniam gailestingumo kongresui - VU TSPMI dėstytojos ir tyrėjos Rositos Garškaitės-Antonowicz komentaras apie sociopolitines tikėjimo gailestingu Dievu pasekmes.„Ex cathedra“. Leono XIV enciklika „Magnifica humanitas“: meilės civilizacija skaitmeniniame amžiuje.Kun. Mozė Mitkevičius: „Apaštalas Paulius ir Švč. Trejybė“.Filosofo Povilo Aleksandravičiaus radijo apybraiža „Seksualumas ir teisingumas Bažnyčioje“.Redaktoriai Rūta Tumėnaitė ir Julius Sasnauskas.

In exploring differences between the laws of Shabbat and of Tum'ah, we highlight the differences between a focus on activity and a focus on results.Source Sheet  

Dabartinis Norvegijos, Trondheimo vyskupas, trapistų ordino vienuolis Erikas Vardenas yra vienas originaliausių ir patraukliausių nūdienos mąstytojų. Savo knygose, išverstose į daugybę pasaulio kalbų, Vardenas, pasižymintis puikiu akademiniu ir kultūriniu išprusimu, žvelgia į didžiuosius žmonijos klausimus iš perspektyvos, tvirtai suaustos su žmogiškosios istorijos ir dvasios žmogaus saitais. „Mažoji studija“, savo laidose jau keletą metų pažindinanti klausytojus su šio ganytojo įžvalgomis, šiandien džiaugiasi galėdama jiems pristatyti patį jų autorių jau kaip pašnekovą. Pokalbis su vyskupu Vardenu įvyko jam lankantis Lietuvoje šių metų balandį.Redaktorė Rūta Tumėnaitė

„Filmo „Ir velnias dėvi Prada 2“ pasaulinėje premjeroje aktorė Meryl Streep įsijautė į savo herojės velnišką įvaizdį: ji dėvėjo tamsius akinius, ilgas juodas pirštines ir plazdančią raudoną odinę peleriną iš šių metų „Givenchy“ žiemos kolekcijos. Tačiau aktorės garderobas tėra trumputė daug ilgesnės istorijos akimirka – istorijos, kurioje krikščionybė ir mada nuo seno yra persipynusios, kartais kaip priešai, kartais kaip bendradarbiai." Plačiau - vedamojo skiltyje.Trondheimo vyskupas Erikas Vardenas apie intelektualizmo stoką šiuolaikinėje Bažnyčioje: „Dauguma žmonių nori mylėti Viešpatį visu savo protu, ir tas protas turi būti maitinamas“.Užsienio katalikiškos spaudos apžvalga: ko tikimasi iš netrukus pasirodysiančios pirmosios popiežiaus Leono XIV enciklikos? (parengė Giedrius Tamaševičius).„Krikščioniškos minties skiltis“: Peggy Rosenthal „Jėzus Esantysis“.Kun. Mozė Mitkevičius apie pirmąsias apaštalo Pauliaus Sekmines.Poetės Giedrės Kazlauskaitės radijo apybraiža „Sumaištis“.Redaktoriai Rūta Tumėnaitė ir Julius Sasnauskas.

In dieser Folge spreche ich mit Prof. Dr. Marion Kiechle, Direktorin der Frauenklinik am Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU München, und mit Daniela Maria Grob, einer mutigen Patientin, die mit Eierstockkrebs im vierten Stadium lebt und eine BRCA1-Mutation in sich trägt. Eierstockkrebs ist einer der wenigen Krebsarten, gegen die es bis heute keine Früherkennung gibt. Selbst wer regelmäßig zur gynäkologischen Vorsorge geht, kann ihn nicht rechtzeitig entdecken. Etwa 70 Prozent aller Fälle werden erst in einem späten Stadium diagnostiziert. Bis zu 25 Prozent dieser Fälle sind erblich bedingt, oft durch eine Mutation in den BRCA1- oder BRCA2-Genen, jenen Genen, die durch Angelina Jolie weltweit bekannt geworden sind. Wir sprechen darüber, wann ein Gentest sinnvoll ist, wer ihn bezahlt, warum auch die väterliche Familienseite zählt, und welche Möglichkeiten der Prävention es gibt. Eine bewegende Folge, ein Weckruf für jede Frau mit Krebsfällen in der Familie.  In dieser Folge sprechen wir u.a. über folgende Themen: Warum etwa 70 Prozent aller Eierstockkrebsfälle erst in einem späten Stadium entdeckt werden. Warum die regelmäßige gynäkologische Vorsorge bei Eierstockkrebs nicht ausreicht. Was die BRCA1- und BRCA2-Mutation für das Krebsrisiko bedeutet. Warum auch die väterliche Familienseite für das Vererbungsrisiko zählt. Warum 30 bis 50 Prozent der Frauen mit familiärer Belastung nie einen Gentest erhalten. Wann die Krankenkasse den Gentest bezahlt und welche Kriterien gelten. Wie Tumor-Risiko-Sprechstunden und Zentren für familiären Brust- und Eierstockkrebs helfen können. Wie Danielas Weg von ersten Symptomen über mehrere Fehldiagnosen bis zur Diagnose verlief. Warum BRCA1-Trägerinnen häufig gut auf eine Chemotherapie ansprechen. Was die neue Immuntherapie mit Immuncheckpoint-Inhibitor bei Eierstockkrebs leistet. Wie die vorbeugende Entfernung der Eierstöcke das Risiko fast auf null senken kann. Warum Angelina Jolie zur Symbolfigur für Frauen mit BRCA-Mutation wurde.  Weitere Informationen zu Prof. Dr. Marion Kiechle findest du hier: https://www.professoren.tum.de/kiechle-marion  Du interessierst dich für Gesunde Langlebigkeit (Longevity) und möchtest ein Leben lang gesund und fit bleiben, dann folge mir auch auf den sozialen Kanälen bei Instagram, TikTok, Facebook oder YouTube.  https://www.instagram.com/nina.ruge.official https://www.tiktok.com/@nina.ruge.official https://www.facebook.com/NinaRugeOffiziell https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOe2d1hLARB60z2hg039l9g  Disclaimer: Ich bin keine Ärztin und meine Inhalte ersetzen keine medizinische Beratung. Bei gesundheitlichen Fragen wende dich bitte an deinen Arzt/deine Ärztin.  STY-290 

Fast alles ist bei Lebensmitteln in Vorschriften geregelt – fast. Wo Spielräume und Unklarheiten bestehen, landen Streitfälle vor Gericht, und die Urteile prägen anschließend die Auslegung der Vorschriften für die gesamte Branche. In dieser Folge spricht Arno Langbehn am Rande der 10. Hamburger Kosmetiktage mit Dr. Andreas Reinhart (Rechtsanwalt, REINHART Rechtsanwälte München und Lehrbeauftragter für Lebensmittelrecht an der TU München) über aktuelle Entscheidungen rund um Kundenrezensionen, Hinweispflichten bei Health Claims, High-Protein-Aussagen, die Lebensmittelsicherheit aus Sicht eines österreichischen Vorlageverfahrens sowie die Bio-Einstufung von Nahrungsergänzungsmitteln. Für Fachleute aus Lebensmittelrecht, Qualitätsmanagement und Produktentwicklung ein kompakter Überblick darüber, welche Verfahren derzeit beim EuGH und BGH anhängig sind – und wo schon heute Vorsicht geboten ist. Die wichtigsten Themen dieser Folge: Kosmetik vs. Lebensmittel: Parallelen und Unterschiede zwischen den beiden Rechtsbereichen, vom LFGB über das Irreführungsverbot bis hin zu Mogelpackungs-Regelungen und der „Ein-Drittel-Regelung". Kundenrezensionen und Testimonials: BGH-Entscheidung zu Amazon-Bewertungen (keine Zurechnung) gegenüber der aktuelleren OLG-München-Entscheidung – sobald ein Unternehmen auf seiner Webseite auf solche Rezensionen verlinkt, werden sie wie eigene Werbeaussagen behandelt. Hinweispflichten bei Health Claims: Zwei beim EuGH anhängige Vorlageverfahren zu Art. 10 Abs. 2 HCV (BGH-Vorlage aus Deutschland) und Art. 14 HCV (Vorlage aus Belgien) – die Schlussanträge der Generalanwälte deuten auf eine eng ausgelegte, für die Werbepraxis günstige Linie hin. Sicherheit von Lebensmitteln (Art. 14 LMBVO): Österreichisches Vorlageverfahren zur Frage, wann ein Lebensmittel für den menschlichen Verzehr „ungeeignet" ist – mit unmittelbarer Relevanz auch für die deutsche Auslegung von § 12 LFGB. High-Protein-Claims: Negative Entscheidungen der OLG Stuttgart, Hamburg und München; der BGH hat das Verfahren dem EuGH vorgelegt. Wichtig: Die häufig zitierte Nestlé-Schweden-Entscheidung betraf Lebensmittel für besondere medizinische Zwecke (LBmZ), nicht herkömmliche Lebensmittel – und ist daher kein Maßstab. Bio-Nahrungsergänzungsmittel und „organic": Aktuelle Entscheidung des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts – Bio-Lebensmittel dürfen grundsätzlich nicht mit isolierten Vitaminen oder Mineralstoffen angereichert werden, was Nahrungsergänzungsmittel praktisch vom Bio-Status ausschließt. Mannose-Urteil des EuGH: Häufig falsch dargestellt – die Entscheidung betraf die Abgrenzung Arzneimittel/Medizinprodukt im konkreten Fall einer medizinischen Zweckbestimmung und macht D-Mannose als Lebensmittel nicht automatisch zum Funktionsarzneimittel. Timestamps für Schnellhörer: 02:04 – Parallelen Kosmetik- vs. Lebensmittelrecht: LFGB, Irreführungsverbot, Mogelpackung. 03:55 – Kundenrezensionen und Testimonials: Wann sind sie dem Unternehmen zuzurechnen? 04:39 – BGH zu Amazon-Bewertungen und OLG München zu verlinkten Rezensionen. 06:19 – Hinweispflichten bei Health Claims: EuGH-Vorlagen zu Art. 10 Abs. 2 und Art. 14 HCV. 07:52 – Sicherheit von Lebensmitteln: Vorlageverfahren aus Österreich zu Art. 14 LMBVO. 10:22 – High-Protein-Claims: OLG-Rechtsprechung, BGH-Vorlage und der Nestlé-Schweden-Irrtum. 12:40 – Bio-Nahrungsergänzungsmittel: BVG-Entscheidung zu „organic" und zum Anreicherungsverbot. 15:04 – Mannose-Urteil des EuGH: Funktionsarzneimittel oder klassisches Lebensmittel? Unser Experte: Dr. Andreas Reinhart Rechtsanwalt & Partner der REINHART Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB, München Lehrbeauftragter für Lebensmittelrecht an der TU München Schwerpunkte: Beratung und anwaltliche Vertretung von Unternehmen der Kosmetik- und Lebensmittelbranche – sowohl bei der Entwicklung neuer Produkte als auch bei der Erarbeitung neuer Marketingkonzepte. REINHART Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB  Ehrengutstraße 1b 80469 München Tel.: +49 89 41 11 282 00 Fax: +49 89 41 11 282 22 E-Mail: info@reinhart.legal

„Praėjus metams po popiežiaus Leono išrinkimo tapo aišku, kad, kitaip nei jo pirmtako Pranciškaus atveju, santykiai tarp globalios katalikybės ir Vakarų yra raktas, norint suprasti šį pontifikatą ir jo santykius su JAV. Pastarųjų savaičių įtampa tarp Vatikano ir Vašingtono yra kur kas daugiau nei dviejų pasaulio lyderių – popiežiaus Leono ir prezidento Trumpo – nesuderinamumas. Čia susiduria du visiškai skirtingi požiūriai į krikščionybės vaidmenį pasaulinėje arenoje, o šią įtampą apibendrina viena frazė - „Vakarų pusrutulis“." Plačiau - vedamojo skiltyje.Ar lietuviai tikrai žino visus savo šventuosius ir palaimintuosius? Svečiuose naujos knygos „Pasiekę dangų“ sudarytoja Vilija Vareikienė.Užsienio spaudos apžvalga: apie naują klebonų skyrimo tvarką Lenkijoje (parengė Giedrius Tamaševičius).„Ex cathedra“: Popiežiaus Leono XIV Žinia 60-osios Pasaulinės socialinio komunikavimo dienos proga „Saugoti žmonių balsus ir veidus“.Kun. Mozė Mitkevičius apie Šeštines.Poeto Antano Šimkaus radijo apybraiža „Apie kelionmaišį“.Redaktoriai Rūta Tumėnaitė ir Julius Sasnauskas.

Nosso especial no mês de aniversário!!!! Anote seus pontos, sem roubar, e venha torcer para Fabi, Caio ou Felipe Xavier e diga nos comentários quantos pontos você faria? TEXTOS: No início, sou só água. Água que espera. Então vêm as mãos. Uma pesa demais. Outra mede demais. A terceira hesita,  e essa hesitação muda tudo. Sou golpeado. Sovado. Esticado até quase romper. As primeiras tentativas são desiguais. Alguns fios nascem grossos, outros frágeis. Há pressa demais em uma palma. Orgulho demais em outra. O fogo observa. O ar fica pesado com sal, gordura, memória. Alguém quase perde o ritmo quando o aroma sobe rápido demais. Alguém quase se afoga na própria ansiedade. Mas então eles lembram do que aprenderam. Três movimentos. Não separados, simultâneos. Eu giro. Sou lançado contra calor que não recua. Uma força antiga tenta me dispersar, espalhar meus ingredientes, provar que ainda manda na chama. Quase me perco. Quase transbordo. Mas três tempos se alinham. Um impacto que atordoa. Um alongamento que desequilibra. Uma dobra que concentra. E eu encontro forma. O cenário é improvável. O cheiro de menta e produtos químicos tenta, sem sucesso, mascarar o odor de sangue que impregna o tecido azul escuro. O chão vibra com o rugido lá de fora e as paredes de metal rangem. Ao olhar para o lado, a visão de sua mulher segurando um cutelo com naturalidade é a única coisa que lhe dá confiança para tentar decifrar aquelas linhas técnicas em francês. Você precisa estabilizar a aeronave e ignorar, por um instante, o que aguarda por trás da porta: sete figuras que deveriam estar imóveis e ensacadas, mas que podem ser bem mais perigosos do que uma queda livre. O prédio tem três andares, mas nunca esteve completo. Uma ala inteira permanece vazia há mais de uma década. Prometeram móveis. Prometeram verba. Prometeram futuro. O cheiro ali é curioso: mofo recente, como se algo tivesse sido inaugurado ontem, e abandonado no mesmo dia. Lá dentro, poucas pessoas. Ou assim dizem os registros. Mas há sempre alguém na recepção. Lá dentro, poucas pessoas. Ou assim dizem os registros. Mas há sempre alguém na recepção. Alguém que sorri demais. A cidade é redonda. Não por acaso, por orgulho. Torres ovais, bandeiras amarelas, brasões com formas simples demais para serem inocentes. Dentro dos muros, tudo brilha. Fora deles, a lama é espessa. O ser mais protegido do reino vive numa torre alta. Oficialmente, é de companhia. Extraoficialmente, sustenta o tesouro. Na manhã da fuga, a janela estava estilhaçada de fora para dentro. No alto da colina próxima, marcas no solo indicavam algo pesado apoiado ali por horas. Não houve invasão. Houve lançamento. Dias depois, criadores começaram a notar ausências sincronizadas. Portões intactos. Cercas inteiras. E ainda assim, vazios. O soberano fala em sabotagem. Mas os relatórios usam outra palavra: organização. O tempo dos carros voadores ficou para trás e a Biblioteca não guarda apenas livros raros, mas a sobrevivência humana. Após passarem por um teste de sangue e álcool, eles são levados à cidade subterrânea, onde lâmpadas brilham como estrelas e o silêncio dos moradores esconde um medo profundo. O corredor estreito engole o som. Lá dentro, o silêncio ecoa estranho, em contraste com a animação esperada. Então a luz reaparece na outra extremidade. Mas não vem calor com ela. Vem pausa. Um a um, os passos diminuem. Não por ordem. Por contágio. Um último som ainda insiste em ser ouvido. Tum. Tum. Tum. O tambor falha no meio do gesto. Havia algo esperando do lado de fora. O ar muda antes do primeiro som metálico. Um estalo seco rasga o céu, não como trovão, que avisa. Como ruptura. A vibração chega antes da compreensão. Depois, o silêncio fica mais pesado do que antes. Ninguém corre. Ninguém canta. Até que alguém respira fundo demais. E o mundo decide se encolher, ou responder. O corredor estreito engole o som. Lá dentro, o silêncio ecoa estranho, em contraste com a animação esperada. Então a luz reaparece na outra extremidade. Mas não vem calor com ela. Vem pausa. Um a um, os passos diminuem. Não por ordem. Por contágio. Um último som ainda insiste em ser ouvido. Tum. Tum. Tum. O tambor falha no meio do gesto. Havia algo esperando do lado de fora. O ar muda antes do primeiro som metálico. Um estalo seco rasga o céu, não como trovão, que avisa. Como ruptura. A vibração chega antes da compreensão. Depois, o silêncio fica mais pesado do que antes. Ninguém corre. Ninguém canta. Até que alguém respira fundo demais. E o mundo decide se encolher, ou responder. O carro sobe por uma estrada estreita ladeada por muros de pedra antiga. Não é apenas uma propriedade, é um monumento. O cheiro não é só de terra: é de tradição. À esquerda, fileiras disciplinadas descem o terreno em declive. À direita, uma mansão que parece ter aprendido a envelhecer com elegância. Um anexo mais recente destoa, concreto mais claro, linhas mais retas. Mas eu não estou ali pela arquitetura. Estou ali porque algo apodreceu. Ajude esse projeto Apoiase: https://apoia.se/rpguaxa PIX: rpguaxa@gmail.com Contatos: Instagram: https://instagram.com/RPGuaxa Instagram do Guaxa: https://instagram.com/marceloguaxinim Assine o Feed! http://deviante.com.br/podcasts/rpguaxa/feed/ Se não esta achando no seu agregador cole esse link lá que ele acha! Assine o Feed! Edição: Marcelo Guaxinim. Idealizador e Host: André Trapani. Jogadores: Caio, Fabi e Felipe Xavier. “Happy Happy Game Show” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Ancient Winds” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In dieser Folge ist Dr. Dominic Henze bei uns zu Gast. Dominic hat an der TUM promoviert, dort jahrelang Software Engineering gelehrt und baut heute unter anderem als Berater bei Serapion KI-gestützte universitäre Lernassistenten wie Syntea, einen AI StudyBuddy, mit dem mittlerweile fast sechsstellige Mengen an Studierenden arbeiten. Was uns an Dominic sofort aufgefallen ist, er kennt beide Seiten. Die Forschung und die Praxis. Die Lehre und die Wirtschaft. Und er hat eine sehr differenzierte Haltung zu der Frage, was KI in der Bildung leisten kann und wo sie an ihre Grenzen stößt. Dominic erzählt, wie sein Team personalisierte Lernwege mit KI ermöglicht. Manche Studierende brauchen Austausch, andere wollen nur ein Skript lesen und an einzelnen Stellen nachfragen. Genau das macht ein guter AI Tutor möglich. Besonders spannend ist das Beispiel von Psychologiestudierenden die Patientengespräche mit einem KI-Modell üben konnten und teilweise lieber mit der KI als mit einem Menschen arbeiteten. Gleichzeitig stellt Dominic eine der stärksten Fragen dieser Folge: Haben wir aus Social Media und Internet eigentlich genug gelernt, um mit KI reflektiert umzugehen? Sein Gefühl: noch nicht. Ein großer Teil des Gesprächs dreht sich um das, was Dominic das „Problem des Juniors" nennt. Wenn KI in drei Minuten liefert, was ein Berufseinsteiger in Tagen erarbeitet hätte, wie rechtfertigen Unternehmen dann noch, Juniors einzustellen? Und wenn wir das nicht lösen, wer baut dann in zehn Jahren die kritische Infrastruktur? Auch Vibe Coding besprechen wir intensiv. Michael bringt fünf Risiken mit, Dominics Einordnung dazu ist nüchtern und ehrlich. Es funktioniert für kleine Projekte. Für ein Produkt, das Millionen Nutzende begleiten soll, sicher skaliert und rechtskonform ist, reicht es bei weitem nicht. Unsere Take-aways aus dieser spannenden Folge: 1. Gute Lehre lebt von Menschen. Ein KI-Tutor kann personalisieren und skalieren, aber er ersetzt keine Vorbilder und keinen zwischenmenschlichen Motivationsfaktor. 2. KI macht das Lernen von Fakten einfacher. Das kritische Prüfen von Informationen wird dadurch umso wichtiger. Und genau daran fehlt es noch. 3. Das Problem des Juniors ist real. Wenn Einstiegsaufgaben wegfallen, müssen wir neu denken, wie Berufseinsteiger Erfahrung sammeln. 4. Vibe Coding hat Grenzen. Was funktioniert und was skaliert sind zwei sehr verschiedene Dinge. 5. Die Frage: Wo müssen wir in der Bildung und in Unternehmen neu ansetzen, damit die nächste Generation nicht auf der Strecke bleibt? Danke fürs Zuhören und bis zur nächsten Folge! Eure Oskar & Michael #Leadership #GenZ #Führung #Stärkenorientierung #ReverseMentoring #NewWork #KI #ZoomerMeetsBoomer

Nosso especial no mês de aniversário!!!! Anote seus pontos, sem roubar, e venha torcer para Fabi, Caio ou Felipe Xavier e diga nos comentários quantos pontos você faria? TEXTOS: No início, sou só água.Água que espera.Então vêm as mãos. Uma pesa demais. Outra mede demais. A terceira hesita, e essa hesitação muda tudo.Sou golpeado.Sovado.Esticado até quase romper.As primeiras tentativas são desiguais. Alguns fios nascem grossos, outros frágeis. Há pressa demais em uma palma. Orgulho demais em outra.O fogo observa.O ar fica pesado com sal, gordura, memória. Alguém quase perde o ritmo quando o aroma sobe rápido demais. Alguém quase se afoga na própria ansiedade.Mas então eles lembram do que aprenderam.Três movimentos. Não separados, simultâneos.Eu giro. Sou lançado contra calor que não recua. Uma força antiga tenta me dispersar, espalhar meus ingredientes, provar que ainda manda na chama.Quase me perco.Quase transbordo.Mas três tempos se alinham.Um impacto que atordoa.Um alongamento que desequilibra.Uma dobra que concentra.E eu encontro forma. O cenário é improvável. O cheiro de menta e produtos químicos tenta, sem sucesso, mascarar o odor de sangue que impregna o tecido azul escuro. O chão vibra com o rugido lá de fora e as paredes de metal rangem. Ao olhar para o lado, a visão de sua mulher segurando um cutelo com naturalidade é a única coisa que lhe dá confiança para tentar decifrar aquelas linhas técnicas em francês. Você precisa estabilizar a aeronave e ignorar, por um instante, o que aguarda por trás da porta: sete figuras que deveriam estar imóveis e ensacadas, mas que podem ser bem mais perigosos do que uma queda livre. O prédio tem três andares, mas nunca esteve completo. Uma ala inteira permanece vazia há mais de uma década. Prometeram móveis. Prometeram verba. Prometeram futuro. O cheiro ali é curioso: mofo recente, como se algo tivesse sido inaugurado ontem — e abandonado no mesmo dia. Lá dentro, poucas pessoas. Ou assim dizem os registros. Mas há sempre alguém na recepção.Lá dentro, poucas pessoas. Ou assim dizem os registros. Mas há sempre alguém na recepção. Alguém que sorri demais. A cidade é redonda. Não por acaso — por orgulho. Torres ovais, bandeiras amarelas, brasões com formas simples demais para serem inocentes. Dentro dos muros, tudo brilha. Fora deles, a lama é espessa. O ser mais protegido do reino vive numa torre alta. Oficialmente, é de companhia. Extraoficialmente, sustenta o tesouro. Na manhã da fuga, a janela estava estilhaçada de fora para dentro. No alto da colina próxima, marcas no solo indicavam algo pesado apoiado ali por horas. Não houve invasão. Houve lançamento. Dias depois, criadores começaram a notar ausências sincronizadas. Portões intactos. Cercas inteiras. E ainda assim, vazios. O soberano fala em sabotagem. Mas os relatórios usam outra palavra: organização. O tempo dos carros voadores ficou para trás e a Biblioteca não guarda apenas livros raros, mas a sobrevivência humana. Após passarem por um teste de sangue e álcool, eles são levados à cidade subterrânea, onde lâmpadas brilham como estrelas e o silêncio dos moradores esconde um medo profundo. O corredor estreito engole o som.Lá dentro, o silêncio ecoa estranho, em contraste com a animação esperada.Então a luz reaparece na outra extremidade.Mas não vem calor com ela.Vem pausa.Um a um, os passos diminuem. Não por ordem. Por contágio.Um último som ainda insiste em ser ouvido.Tum.Tum.Tum.O tambor falha no meio do gesto. Havia algo esperando do lado de fora.O ar muda antes do primeiro som metálico.Um estalo seco rasga o céu, não como trovão, que avisa. Como ruptura. A vibração chega antes da compreensão. Depois, o silêncio fica mais pesado do que antes.Ninguém corre.Ninguém canta.Até que alguém respira fundo demais.E o mundo decide se encolher, ou responder. O corredor estreito engole o som. Lá dentro, o silêncio ecoa estranho, em contraste com a animação esperada. Então a luz reaparece na outra extremidade. Mas não vem calor com ela. Vem pausa. Um a um, os passos diminuem. Não por ordem. Por contágio. Um último som ainda insiste em ser ouvido. Tum. Tum. Tum.O tambor falha no meio do gesto. Havia algo esperando do lado de fora. O ar muda antes do primeiro som metálico. Um estalo seco rasga o céu, não como trovão, que avisa. Como ruptura. A vibração chega antes da compreensão. Depois, o silêncio fica mais pesado do que antes. Ninguém corre. Ninguém canta. Até que alguém respira fundo demais. E o mundo decide se encolher, ou responder. O carro sobe por uma estrada estreita ladeada por muros de pedra antiga. Não é apenas uma propriedade, é um monumento. O cheiro não é só de terra: é de tradição. À esquerda, fileiras disciplinadas descem o terreno em declive. À direita, uma mansão que parece ter aprendido a envelhecer com elegância. Um anexo mais recente destoa, concreto mais claro, linhas mais retas. Mas eu não estou ali pela arquitetura. Estou ali porque algo apodreceu. Ajude esse projeto Apoiase: https://apoia.se/rpguaxa PIX: rpguaxa@gmail.com Contatos: Instagram: https://instagram.com/RPGuaxa Instagram do Guaxa: https://instagram.com/marceloguaxinim Assine o Feed! http://deviante.com.br/podcasts/rpguaxa/feed/ Se não esta achando no seu agregador cole esse link lá que ele acha! Assine o Feed! Edição: Marcelo Guaxinim. Idealizador e Host: André Trapani. Jogadores: Caio, Fabi e Felipe Xavier. 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Wir alle können jederzeit betroffen sein. Wir alle können früher oder später, schleichend oder von jetzt auf gleich, pflegebedürftig werden. Oder die Verantwortung für pflegebedürftige ältere oder auch jüngere Angehörige haben. Und jedes Mal, wenn es so weit ist, sind Menschen gefordert und belastet: Als Pflegebedürftige und als Angehörige, als Pflegekräfte und als Verantwortliche in Heimen, Kliniken und ärztlichen Praxen. Wie können wir alle miteinander diese Herausforderung stemmen? Welche politischen Prioritäten und Weichenstellungen sind unerlässlich? Was brauchen Pflegeheime, um so gut wie möglich aufgestellt zu sein? Welche technischen Hilfsmittel kann die moderne Forschung besteuern? Und noch wichtiger: Wie lassen sich genügend motivierte Pflegekräfte gewinnen, die den Pflegebedürftigen gerecht werden, ohne selbst damit ans Ende ihrer Kräfte zu geraten? Darüber spricht Oliver Glaap mit der Kinderkrankenpflegerin Yuna Schäfer und dem Pfleger Philipp Bidinger von der Uniklinik Frankfurt, mit Christine Vogler, Präsidentin des Deutschen Pflegerats, mit Frédéric Lauscher, Vorstandsvorsitzender des Frankfurter Verbands für Alten- und Behindertenhilfe e.V. und mit Alexander König, Experte für Robotik und Systemintelligenz an der TU München. Podcast-Tipp: Wissenswerte: Robotik-Forschung in Deutschland Roboter faszinieren uns: Etwa jene, die Kampfkunst-Choreographien vorführen. Dann gibt es die viel beschworenen Pflegeroboter, die auf Gesundheitsmessen vorgeführt werden. Aber sind die wirklich eine Hilfe? Darüber spricht Anna Corves mit dem Robotikforscher Oliver Brock. https://www.ardsounds.de/episode/urn:ard:episode:993e934319dde334/

„Hildegardą iš Bingeno ir Patti Smith, kurias skiria aštuoni šimtmečiai, vienija tas pats audringas misticizmas“. Plačiau apie Šv. Sosto paviljoną 61-ojoje Venecijos bienalėje - vedamojo skiltyje.„Išsaugoti žmonių balsus ir veidus šiais laikais“: „Artumos“ gegužės numerį pristato žurnalo vyriausiasis redaktorius Darius Chmieliauskas.Pirmųjų Leono XIV-ojo metinių atgarsius pasaulio žiniasklaidoje apžvelgia Giedrius Tamaševičius.„Krikščioniškos minties puslapis“: Thomas O'Loughlin „Skaidrumas“.Kun. Mozė Mitkevičius apie apaštalo Pauliaus pamokslus.Gabrielės Gailiūtės-Bernotienės radjo apybraiža „Apie laimę netinginiauti“.Redaktoriai Rūta Tumėnaitė ir Julius Sasnauskas.

Nachhaltig Bauen, ohne Beton! Nach dieser Vorgabe haben 40 Studierende der TUM einen Pavillon entworfen und gebaut, vorwiegend aus Holz- und Lehm, ein Roboter war auch beteiligt. Von Cornelia Benne

Study Guide: Surgical Management of Female Neonatal Anorectal AnomaliesGeneral Principles and Initial EvaluationPerform a meticulous perineal exam on every newborn to identify the exact position of openings and meconium 11.Systematic evaluation is required for any neonate failing to pass meconium within 24 hours 12.Associated VACTERL anomalies are the rule rather than the exception 12.Mandatory screening includes renal ultrasound, spinal imaging, and an echocardiogram 12, 18, 55.Delay radiographic imaging for 16 to 24 hours to allow gas or meconium to descend 12, 61.Triage is dictated by counting the visible perineal orifices: 1, 2, or 3 54, 61.Subtype 1: Anterior Ectopic Anus / Perineal Fistula (Functional Low Lesion)Clinical Presentation: The perineum looks grossly normal but the anus is positioned significantly anterior near the vaginal fourchette 1, 15, 51.Physical Findings: There are 3 distinct orifices present (urethra, vagina, and displaced anus) 54, 62.Symptoms: Often presents later in infancy with persistent crying, straining, and passing ribbon-like stools 1, 15, 50.Management: Initiate aggressive medical therapy with stool softeners and laxatives first 4, 15, 51.Surgical Intervention: Posterior anoplasty is strictly reserved for cases refractory to medical management after 3 to 6 months 4, 15, 56.Subtype 2: Rectovestibular Fistula (Classic Mid-Lesion)Clinical Presentation: This is the most common form of anorectal malformation in females 5, 16.Physical Findings: A flat perineum with no anal opening but meconium is seen oozing from the vaginal vestibule 5, 16, 50.Differentiation: Two orifices are visible (urethra and fistula); a separate, normal urethral opening above the fistula rules out a cloaca 6, 16, 52.Surgical Strategy: This is a favorable lesion typically managed with a primary Posterior Sagittal Anorectoplasty (PSARP) without a neonatal colostomy 6, 7, 56.Timing: Definitive repair is performed electively between 1 and 3 months of age 7, 16, 61.Subtype 3: Cloacal Anomaly (Complex Multi-Organ Emergency)Clinical Presentation: The rectum, vagina, and urethra fail to separate and join into a single common channel 8, 53.Physical Findings: A single perineal orifice passes both urine and meconium; a featureless perineum is common 8, 16, 50.Critical Risks: High risk for obstructive uropathy, renal dysplasia, and hydrocolpos (distended, fluid-filled vagina) 9, 30, 53.Emergency Management: Immediate damage control includes a diverting colostomy and vaginostomy tube placement to decompress the system 10, 11, 17, 61.Diagnostic Standard: A cloacagram is essential to assess common channel length and vaginal anatomy 10, 18, 55.Definitive Reconstruction: Total urogenital mobilization (TUM) is a major operation typically delayed until 3 to 12 months of age 10, 17, 53.The 3cm Rule: A common channel less than 3 cm is approachable via a standard sagittal route, while greater than 3 cm requires complex abdominal or laparotomy approaches 17, 59, 61.Post-Operative ImperativesA structured anal dilation program is mandatory for at least two months post-surgery to prevent anal stenosis 38.Long-term functional outcomes depend on the ARM type; vestibular fistulas have an 80 percent normal bowel function rate while cloacas average 50 percent 46.Saved responses are view only

„Velykų laikotarpis atnešė gerų žinių katalikybei: duomenis, rodančius staigų atsivertimų skaičiaus augimą, tad ši naujiena patraukė pasaulietinių žiniasklaidos priemonių dėmesį visame pasaulyje. Bet kaip vertinti šį reiškinį? Juk neginčytina, kad dabar į Bažnyčią įstojančių suaugusiųjų skaičius negali kompensuoti dešimtmečius kone visur vykusio narių mažėjimo. Gali būti, jog tai reiškia visai ką kita: kad baigėsi masinės katalikybės „sociologija“, o susiskaidžiusiame, ritualus praradusiame pasaulyje vadinamasis katalikiškas „pavidalas“ vėl tapo patrauklus." Plačiau - vedamojo skiltyje.Pirmą gegužės sekmadienį minime Motinos dieną, o visas gegužės mėnuo Katalikų Bažnyčioje yra pašvęstas Mergelės Marijos garbei. Šio mėnesio "Magnificat" maldyną pristatys leidyklos atstovė Inga Čiuberkytė, o dar vieną svarbią šio mėnesio pradžios datą – Gegužės 3-ąją – savo komentare aptars politologas, VU TSPMI dėstytojas Mariuszas Antonowiczius.„Krikščioniškos minties puslapis": Charlene Spretnak „Mergelė Marija ir modernybė".Kun Mozė Mitkevičius apie apaštalo Pauliaus Velykų teologiją.Poetės Giedrės Kazlauskaitės radijo apybraiža „Teatras teatre".Redaktoriai Rūta Tumėnaitė ir Julius Sasnauskas.

Röhrende Autos, wummernde Musik und Geschrei... die Welt um uns herum kann sehr laut sein. Wann schadet das dem Gehör und was schützt? Ihre Fragen beantwortet Dr. Nora Weiss vom Hörzentrum der TUM im Krankenhaus rechts der Isar.

„Kas nori prisipildyti asmeninės paguodos ir naujo užsidegimo pažadinti Švč. Vardui, tegul skaito Saldžiausiojo Marijos vardo brolijos knygą Vilniaus katedroje, ten priskaičiuojama daug vyskupų ir prelatų, senatorių, ministrų, dignitorių, vaivadijų ir pavietų pareigūnų, žymių pasauliečių, taip pat ir skirtingų vienuolijų atstovų, kunigų, vienuolių [vyrų ir moterų], didžių ponių ir rimtų kilmingų moterų (matronų), kurie užsirašė nevertais, niekingiausiais ir amžinais Švč. Vardo belaisviais“ - taip XVIII a. viduryje rašė nežinomas vienuolis apie 1671 m. pradėtą pildyti Vilniaus katedros Saldžiausiojo Marijos vardo arkibrolijos albumą, kurio istorija mus šiandien paskatino susitikti prie „Mažosios studijos“ mikrofonų. Naujausiame žurnalo „Naujasis Židinys-Aidai“ numeryje publikuojamas istorikės dr. Gitos Drungilienės, LMA Vrublevskių bibliotekos Rankraščių skyriaus mokslo darbuotojos, straipsnis, supažindinantis ne tik su šiuo unikaliu eksponatu, įtraukti į UNESCO Lietuvos nacionalinį registrą, bet ir atskleidžiantis to meto visuomenės socialinį paveikslą bei gyvavusias maldingumo praktikas. Laidoje dalyvauja straipsnio autorė Gita Drungilienė ir taip pat šį albumą tyrinėjantis Lietuvos istorijos instituto vyresnysis mokslo darbuotojas dr. Jonas Drungilas.Redaktorė Rūta Tumėnaitė.

„Galima sakyti, kad popiežius Leonas XIV - atsargus, santūrus vienuolis augustinas, istorinės kelionės po Afriką metu atrado savo balsą, griežtai pasmerkdamas „saujelę tironų“ ir „korupcijos grandines“, kurios šimtmečiais laikė sukausčiusios dalį žemyno. Tačiau tiesa ta, kad Leonas tokią žinią skelbia jau kurį laiką. Tiesiog reikėjo JAV prezidento Donaldo Trumpo beprecedentės kritikos ir viceprezidento JD Vance'o pasisakymų apie teologijos išmanymą, kad daugelis žmonių, ypač amerikiečių katalikai, atkreiptų dėmesį." Plačiau - vedamojo skiltyje.Kokie istorijos ženklai slypi Vilniaus katedros Tremtinių koplyčioje – pasakoja laidos viešnia istorikė dr. Gita Drungilienė.Užsienio spaudos apžvalga: vokiečių katalikiškos žiniasklaidos publikacijos, skirtos maldos už pašaukimus dienai (parengė Giedrius Tamaševičius).„Ex cathedra": popiežiaus Leono XIV-ojo Žinia 63-osios Pasaulinės maldos už pašaukimus dienos proga.Kun. Mozė Mitkevičius: kaip apaštalas Paulius kūrė Velykų teologiją, remdamasis ankstyvosios Bažnyčios gyvenimo praktika.Filosof Povilo Aleksandravičiaus radijo apybraiža „Trumpas - iššūkis krikščionio sąžinei".Redaktoriai Rūta Tumėnaitė ir Julius Sasnauskas.

World Models könnten künftig zu einer Art „Gehirn“ für Roboter werden. Im Podcast spricht der Mitgründer des Start-ups SpAItial AI über Europas KI-Branche und warum er glaubt, dass der Hype um Weltmodelle gerechtfertigt ist.

We are deeply affected by what and with whom we associate. Tum'ah is transferred through proximity. Kedusha is transmitted through support.Source Sheet

„Pirmadienį, pakeliui į Alžyrą pradėdamas savo istorinę kelionę po Afriką, popiežius Leonas turėjo pasirinkti: arba ignoruoti naktį Donaldo Trumpo socialiniuose tinkluose paskelbtą tiradą savo adresu, arba tiesiogiai reaguoti į ją. Galiausiai Leonas pasirinko antrąjį variantą ir žengė labai neįprastą žingsnį – tiesiogiai sukritikavo Trumpo administraciją. Dėl to Leonas tapo labiausiai matoma atsvara Trumpui globalioje arenoje ir sukėlė precedento neturintį susidūrimą tarp pirmojo amerikiečio popiežiaus ir Jungtinių Valstijų prezidento“. Plačiau - vedamojo skiltyje.Liaudies išmintis byloja, kad gyvenime nevalia išsižadėti trijų dalykų, kurie iš tiesų simbolizuoja ribines situacijas. Ištirti Lietuvos gyventojų požiūrį į jas Carito užsakymu buvo paprašyta „Baltijos tyrimų“ agentūra, o pirmadienį Vilniaus arkivyskupijos Carito Motinos ir vaiko globos namuose pristatyti tyrimo duomenys, atskleidžiantys, kurios iš pažeidžiamiausių visuomenės grupių vietoje lietuviai labiausiai nenorėtų atsidurti. Tyrimo duomenis komentuoja Lietuvos Carito generalinė sekretorė Milita Žičkutė-Lindžienė ir Socialinių mokslų centro vyriausiasis mokslo darbuotojas, VU profesorius Boguslavas Gruževskis.Leono XIV-ojo ir Donaldo Trumpo priešpriešos atgarsiai ir tebesitęsiančios popiežiaus kelionės po Afriką komentarai – Giedriaus Tamaševičiaus parengtoje užsienio spaudos apžvalgoje.„Krikščioniškos minties puslapis“: Alain Woodrow „Ar Kristus juokėsi?“Iš „Mažosios studijos“ archyvo: tėvas Antanas Saulaitis SJ „Kova už laisvę“.Poeto Antano Šimkaus radijo apybraiža "Balandžio sapnai".Redaktoriai Rūta Tumėnaitė ir Julius Sasnauskas.

The Shulhan Aruch, the authoritative code of Halacha, begins with the following instruction: "Yitgaber Ka'ari La'amod Ba'boker La'abodat Bor'o" – "One shall strengthen himself like a lion to arise in the morning for the service of his Creator." The fact that this Halacha opens the Shulhan Aruch shows us that waking early in the morning is a fundamental part of our religious responsibilities. In fact, this quality is what impressed Bilam when he attempted to place a curse upon Beneh Yisrael, compelling him to bless them, instead, as he exclaimed, "Hen Am Ke'labi Yakum" – "Behold, a nation that rises like a lion" (Bamidbar 23:24). Rashi explains this as a reference to the way Beneh Yisrael rise in the morning and immediately "pounce" to perform Misvot, putting on Tallit and Tefillin, and praying. Indeed, Rashi (Shemot 19:3) brings from the Midrash that each time Moshe Rabbenu climbed to the top of Mount Sinai, he did so early in the morning – "Kol Aliyotav Be'hashkama Hayu." Some explain this to mean that every spiritual "ascent" requires "Hashkama" – rising early. The path to spiritual greatness begins with waking up early in the morning. Abraham Abinu is likewise described on several occasions as rising early in the morning, because this is how he became great – by beginning his day early. Rav Eliyahu Lopian (1876-1970) was known for rising early every morning. When he was asked about this practice, he said that when he leaves this world, and will stand before the Heavenly Tribunal, he will be judged regarding his compliance with the Shulhan Aruch. He wanted to at least "pass" the first question – whether he complied with the Shulhan Aruch's very first ruling, that one should make an effort to get up early in the morning. If a businessman scheduled an early morning meeting with a prospective customer, and the potential deal was worth a million dollars, there is no question that he would be up at the crack of dawn and arrive early so he could be fully prepared with his sales pitch. The money at stake motivates the businessman to arise early. If we knew that the Misvot we perform each morning are worth many times more than any amount of money, bringing us eternal rewards, we would never think to sleep late. We would eagerly get out of bed and rush to perform the Misvot energetically and enthusiastically, as early as we could. People want to stay in bed and sleep late only if they don't have anything to wake up for. Once we acknowledge the inestimable value and worth of each and every Misva, we realize how much we have to do, and we then excitedly get out of bed early in the morning to get started. Rising early is also a crucial component of our ongoing struggle against the Yeser Ha'ra (evil inclination). The Sha'reh Tefila comments that just as when an army goes out to war, the first battle is the most important one because it sets the tempo and momentum for the rest of the war, our first battle with the Yeser Ha'ra each day similarly sets the tone for the rest of the daily "war" against it. The Yeser Ha'ra tries to convince us to remain in bed, and if we win this struggle and get up early, then we are in a better position to emerge victorious in our subsequent struggles with the Yeser Ha'ra throughout the day. Waking up early, then, helps us overcome all spiritual challenges that we encounter. The Hida (Rav Haim Yosef David Azulai, 1724-1806) cites his grandfather, the Hesed Le'Abraham (Rav Abraham Azulai, Hebron, d. 1643), as finding an allusion to this concept in the Gemara's famous teaching, "Ha'ba Le'horgecha, Hashkem Le'horgo" – "He who comes to kill you, arise to kill him." On the simple level, this means that one is allowed to kill a person who seeks to kill him. On a deeper level, however, "He who comes to kill you" refers to the Yeser Ha'ra, which seeks to spiritually kill us by leading us to sin. The Gemara teaches us, "Hashkem Le'horgo" – that we should arise early in the morning in order to defeat the Yeser Ha'ra. The way we eliminate our evil inclination is by waking early. This is alluded to also in G-d's pronouncement to the snake after it lured Adam and Hava to sin in Gan Eden: "Hu Yeshufcha Rosh, Ve'ata Teshufenu Akeb" (Bereshit 3:15). Literally, this means that human beings will kill the snake by stomping on its head, whereas the snake can strike the human being only by biting its foot. Additionally, however, "Hu Yeshufcha Rosh" means that the way we defeat the Yeser Ha'ra – which is symbolized by the snake – is through "Rosh," by waking up at the "head," or beginning, of the day. Conversely, the snake can defeat a person through "Akeb," the "heel," by convincing him to oversleep and get a late start to the day. The Torah says that when Abraham Abinu set out to fulfill the command of Akedat Yishak, he arose early in the morning and saddled his donkey ("Va'yashkem Abraham Ba'boker Va'yahavosh Et Hamoro" – Bereshit 22:3). The word "Hamor" ("donkey") is often interpreted as an allusion to "Homriyut," physicality, the animalistic tendencies within every person. Abraham succeeded in "saddling" and restraining his physical qualities by rising early in the morning. The Midrash comments that this donkey was the same donkey on which Moshe Rabbenu rode when he journeyed from Midyan to Egypt, and Mashiah will ride this same donkey when it arrives to redeem the Jewish People. The deeper meaning of the Midrash is that all great Sadikim – like Moshe Rabbenu and Mashiah – succeed in overcoming their physical tendencies by rising early in the morning, like Abraham Abinu did. The Ben Ish Hai (Rav Yosef Haim of Baghdad, 1833-1909), in Parashat Vayishlah, writes that the first half of the night – from nightfall to midnight – is called "Layil," whereas the period from midnight until sunrise is called "Layla" – the word "Layil" with the letter Heh added. This letter Heh signifies a higher level, indicating that this is a time of great spiritual potential. Accordingly, the Ben Ish Hai writes, the great Sadikim would go to sleep right at nightfall and then rise at Hasot to learn Torah until the early morning. The Ben Ish Hai notes that the letters of the word "Layla" (Lamed, Yod, Lamed, Heh) are the first letters of the words "Ha'ba Le'horgecha Yashkim Le'horgo" – alluding to the aforementioned teaching that the way we defeat and eliminate the Yeser Ha'ra is by rising early, and being awake during the "Layla," the second part of the night. Although nowadays we are not able to keep to this schedule, nevertheless, this demonstrates for us the importance of rising early in the morning. The Sages teach, "Kol Hat'halot Kashot" – "All beginnings are difficult," which means simply that any new undertaking is difficult at the outset, when a person gets started. However, Rav Haim Palachi (Turkey, 1788-1868) explained that this refers to the morning, the beginning of the day. Getting out of bed in the morning is difficult, but this is a challenge we must all work to overcome. Another reason to start the day early is that whenever we begin something new, it is critically important to start strong, as this builds a sturdy foundation for the rest of the undertaking. If the foundation of a structure is done improperly, the rest of the building will not be safe. Likewise, the beginning of any new project must be strong and sturdy for it to succeed. The Jewish Nation has succeeded because we are built on the strong foundation of our Abot (patriarchs) and Imahot (matriarchs), righteous men and women who laid the spiritual groundwork for Am Yisrael. This is true also of a new day – the stronger we start our day, the more likely we are to have an accomplished and successful day. We find numerous examples of this concept in our sources. Elisha Ben Abuya was an outstanding scholar, a Tanna, and the mentor of the great Rabbi Meir, but he ultimately lost his way and became a heretic, committing grievous sins such as desecrating Shabbat and even Yom Kippur. Different stories are told to explain how and why Elisha Ben Abuya abandoned the path of Torah observance. One story, told in the Talmud Yerushalmi, is that when he was a young child, his father showed him the great Sages of Israel, how their Torah study brought the fire of the Shechina into the home, and he said, "If you learn Torah, you can do amazing things like these Rabbis!" Since as a youngster Elisha was taught the message that he should learn Torah for self-serving motives, and not out of a sincere desire to serve Hashem, his educational foundations were shaky, and this allowed him to be led astray as an adult. Likewise, the Midrash comments that Noah was sharply reprimanded for planting a vineyard right after exiting the ark following the flood. As he set out to rebuild the earth, he should have begun with something more significant and meaningful than producing wine. The process was started on the wrong foot, as it were, on faulty foundations, and so Noah was criticized. This idea has also been developed in the context of the Hanukah story. As we know, the Gemara tells that the Hashmonaim, after driving the Greeks from Jerusalem, found only a small jug of pure oil with which to kindle the Menorah in the Bet Ha'mikdash, and this small quantity of oil miraculously sufficed for eight nights. The Peneh Yehoshua (Rav Yaakob Yehoshua Falk, Germany, 1680-1756) raises the question of why the Hashmonaim did not rely on the Halacha which permits performing the service in the Mikdash in a state of impurity if the entire nation is in such a state ("Tum'a Hutra Be'sibur"). After the Greeks had defiled the Bet Ha'mikdash, this leniency was certainly relevant and applicable, seemingly obviating the need to use specifically pure oil. The Peneh Yehoshua answered that the Hashmonaim did not wish to rely on Halachic leniencies as they inaugurated the Bet Ha'mikdash anew. They were now beginning a new chapter, restoring the service in the Bet Ha'mikdash after many years during which it could not be performed, and so they found it necessary to perform the service at the very highest standards, in order to set the tone for the years to come. They therefore refused to rely on the leniency of kindling the Menorah with impure oil. King Shlomo teaches in Kohelet (2:14), "He'hacham Enav Be'rosho" – "The wise man, his eyes are upon his head." The plain meaning of this verse is that a wise person looks at the potential outcome of his actions, and assesses potential risks before acting. Additionally, however, this verse has been understood to mean that a wise person focuses on the "head," on the beginning of his day, to ensure to start the day the right way, as this impacts the rest of the day. It is told that when Rav Shmuel Salant (1816-1909), the renowned Rabbi of Jerusalem, grew old, he decided to bring a Rabbi from Europe to assume his position, and the Rabbi chosen was the Aderet (Rav Eliyahu David Rabinowitz-Teomim, 1843-1905). Immediately upon the Aderet's arrival, Rav Salant brought him to officiate at a wedding to show the community their new leader. The Aderet was weary from the long, grueling trip, and so when the time came to recite the Beracha over the wine under the Huppa, he mistakenly recited "She'ha'kol" instead of "Ha'gefen." He immediately corrected himself, and recited "Ha'gefen." Afterward, people spoke about the Aderet with disdain, charging that he was ignorant of Halacha. It is well-known that although the proper blessing over wine is, of course, "Ha'gefen," one who mistakenly recited "She'ha'kol" over wine has fulfilled his obligation and does not then recite "Ha'gefen." There were those who claimed that the Aderet was unfit to serve as a Rabbinic leader, as he was unfamiliar with this simple Halacha. The Aderet explained that he certainly knew this Halacha, but he nevertheless recited "Ha'gefen" because he was reciting the blessing over the wine not only for himself, but also on behalf of the Hatan (groom), who was standing under the Huppa with his bride, prepared to begin their new life together. This new beginning, the Aderet explained, could not be built on a shaky foundation, using Halachic leniencies. It was important for the proper Beracha to be recited, even if the wrong Beracha would normally suffice after the fact, so that the marriage would begin on a strong foundation. While as a practical matter, one could question this line of reasoning, the basic concept is an important one – whenever we start something new, we must strive to begin as strongly as possible. We must therefore try hard to begin each day the right way, by waking early in the morning with energy and enthusiasm, ready to serve our Creator.

Vieni stebėtojai teigia, kad Vengrijos Bažnyčia „visiškai neturi viešosios kultūros“, todėl nėra galimybių diskutuoti apie konkuruojančias idėjas ir nesutarimus, kitų nuomone, skirtingai nei ankstesnių rinkimų metu, oficialus Bažnyčios tylėjimas per šią rinkimų kampaniją galėtų būti interpretuojamas kaip „kritika Orbáno politiniam stiliui“. Plačiau - vedamojo skiltyje.Velykiniame „Artumos“ numeryje – gyvybės temos ir pastangos išsaugoti krikščioniškus gimdymo namus. Dalyvauja vyriausiasis redaktorius Darius Chmieliauskas.Spaudos apžvalga: popiežiaus Leono XIV-ojo kritikos JAV administracijai analizė vokiečių katalikų žiniasklaidoje (parengė Giedrius Tamaševičius).„Krikščioniškos minties puslapis“: Tim Shriver „Thomas Mertonas ir religijos ateitis“.Kun. Mozės Mitkevičiaus pasakojimas apie tai, kokie prisikėlimo simboliai ir personažai iš Senojo Testamento buvo pasitelkiami ankstyvosios Bažnyčios, kol dar nebuvo žinoma nė viena Evangelija.Lauros Sintijos Černiauskaitės radijo apybraiža „Pinčiuko prisilietimas“.Redaktoriai Rūta Tumėnaitė ir Julius Sasnauskas.

Unser heutiger Gast ist Unternehmer, Hochschuldozent, Investor und jemand, der sich seit vielen Jahren mit der Frage beschäftigt, wie aus Ideen funktionierende Geschäftsmodelle werden. Er hat Volkswirtschaftslehre studiert, einen MBA an der Stellenbosch University gemacht und war später für ein High Impact Leadership Programm in Berkeley. Früh hat er begonnen, an der Schnittstelle von Strategie, Innovation und Unternehmertum zu arbeiten. Über viele Jahre war er in internationalen Beratungs- und Entwicklungsrollen tätig, unter anderem bei Tata Interactive Systems, wo er globale Projekte verantwortete und mit Führungsteams und Organisationen an neuen Geschäftsmodellen arbeitete. In dieser Zeit hat er mit über 100 Unternehmen gearbeitet und tausende Führungskräfte weltweit begleitet. Parallel dazu ist er seit vielen Jahren als Dozent und Adjunct Professor an verschiedenen Hochschulen aktiv, von der TUM über Reutlingen bis hin zu internationalen Programmen in Finnland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Sein Fokus liegt dabei auf Innovation, Entrepreneurship und der Frage, wie Organisationen sich in einer sich ständig verändernden Welt neu aufstellen können. Heute ist er Co-Founder und Managing Director von nunc, einem Unternehmen, das sich einer scheinbar einfachen, aber ziemlich anspruchsvollen Frage widmet: Wie bekommt man besseren Kaffee dorthin, wo die meisten ihn trinken – nach Hause? Außerdem ist er als Investor aktiv und begleitet weiterhin Unternehmen beim Aufbau neuer Geschäftsfelder. Seit über acht Jahren beschäftigen wir uns in diesem Podcast mit der Frage, wie Arbeit den Menschen stärkt, statt ihn zu schwächen. Wir haben in mehr als 500 Episoden mit fast 700 Persönlichkeiten darüber gesprochen, was sich für sie verändert hat und was sich noch verändern muss. Warum ist es so schwierig, ein Produkt neu zu denken, das es vermeintlich schon hundertfach gibt und worauf kommt es dabei wirklich an? Was macht aus einer gute Idee ein nachhaltig erfolgreiches Geschäftsmodell? Und was können wir von einem Produkt wie Kaffee darüber lernen, wie Innovation im Kleinen beginnt – und im Großen wirkt? Fest steht: Für die Lösung unserer aktuellen Herausforderungen brauchen wir neue Impulse. Daher suchen wir weiter nach Methoden, Vorbildern, Erfahrungen, Tools und Ideen, die uns dem Kern von New Work näherbringen. Darüber hinaus beschäftigt uns von Anfang an die Frage, ob wirklich alle Menschen das finden und leben können, was sie im Innersten wirklich, wirklich wollen. Ihr seid bei On the Way to New Work, heute mit Dominik Maier. [Hier](https://linktr.ee/onthewaytonewwork) findet ihr alle Links zum Podcast und unseren aktuellen Werbepartnern

Velykinė savaitgalio programa: pokalbis telefonu iš Zaporižios su apaštaliniu nuncijumi Ukrainoje, arkivyskupu Visvaldu Kulboku apie penktą kartą sutinkamas Velykas karo daužomoje šalyje; LVK pirmininko, Vilniaus arkivyskupo metropolito Gintaro Grušo velykiniai linkėjimai.Augmino Petronio komentaras: kaip šių dienų jauni žmonės rengiasi sutikti Kristaus Prisikėlimo šventę.„Krikščioniškos minties puslapis“: Trondheimo vyskupo Eriko Vardeno velykinė meditacija apie meilę, sprogdinančią mirtį.Iš „Mažosios studijos“ archyvų: pokalbis su tėvu Antanu Saulaičiu apie Velykas.Poetės Giedrės Kazlauskaitės radijo apybraiža „Filmai ir tikrovė“.Redaktoriai Rūta Tumėnaitė ir Julius Sasnauskas.

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This week, we're joined again by Tum Energia! In this episode, we explain the real challenge facing grapplers today: not finding good technique, but filtering through way too much of it. Tum breaks down how concepts and mechanical cues beat memorizing techniques, and why simple games like "dirty feet" build better jiu-jitsu than drilling the latest viral submission.Follow Tum on Instagram:https://instagram.com/tumenergiaSubscribe to Energia Martial Arts on YouTube:https://youtube.com/@EnergiaMartialArtsTrain with Tum at Energia Martial Arts in Nijmegen, Netherlands:https://energia-martialarts.comMental models discussed in this episode:Concepts Over Techniqueshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/concepts-over-techniquesHick's Lawhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/hicks-lawCognitive Loadhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/cognitive-loadEcological Dynamicshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/ecological-dynamicsInside Channel Controlhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/inside-channel-controlKuzushihttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/kuzushiTheory of Alignmenthttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/theory-of-alignmentExternal Cueshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/external-cuesAbundance Paradoxhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/abundance-paradoxRed Queen Effecthttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/red-queen-effect⬆️ LEVEL UP with BJJ Mental Models Premium!The world's LARGEST library of jiu-jitsu audio lessons, our complete podcast network, online coaching, and much more! Your first week is free:https://bjjmentalmodels.comNeed more BJJ Mental Models?Get the legendary BJJMM newsletter:https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletterLearn more mental models in our online database:https://bjjmentalmodels.com/databaseFollow us on social:https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodelshttps://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodelshttps://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.socialhttps://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodelsMusic by Enterprize:https://enterprize.bandcamp.com⚠️ NEW course from BJJ Mental Models!MINDSET FOR BETAS, our new Jiu-Jitsu audio course with Rob Biernacki, is now available on BJJ Mental Models Premium! For a limited time, get your first month FREE at:https://bjjmentalmodels.com/beta

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Episode 89 From An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope  Mark McGuinness reads and discusses an excerpt from Epistle II of An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/89_From_An_Essay_on_Man_by_Alexander_Pope.mp3 Poet Alexander Pope Reading and commentary by Mark McGuinness From An Essay on Man Epistle II By Alexander Pope Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise, and rudely great:With too much knowledge for the sceptic side,With too much weakness for the stoic's pride,He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast;In doubt his mind or body to prefer;Born but to die, and reasoning but to err;Alike in ignorance, his reason such,Whether he thinks too little, or too much:Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;Still by himself abused, or disabused;Created half to rise, and half to fall;Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled:The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides,Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides;Instruct the planets in what orbs to run,Correct old time, and regulate the sun;Go, soar with Plato to th' empyreal sphere,To the first good, first perfect, and first fair;Or tread the mazy round his followers trod,And quitting sense call imitating God;As Eastern priests in giddy circles run,And turn their heads to imitate the sun.Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule –Then drop into thyself, and be a fool!   Podcast Transcript In the early 18th century, Alexander Pope's poetry was known to every cultured person in England. He was a fashionable, successful, wealthy writer and the preeminent poet of his age. He was also a canny businessman who published his translations of Homer via subscription, an early form of crowdfunding, and they sold so well he built himself, an extravagantly large villa in Twickenham – and its famous subterranean grotto still exists today. His political satires were so sharp and topical that he was rumoured to carry a pair of loaded pistols when going for a walk, in case one of his targets took violent exception. Phrases from his poetry are still proverbial: ‘hope springs eternal', ‘Fools rush in where angels fear to tread', ‘a little learning is a dangerous thing', ‘To err is human; to forgive divine', ‘What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed', and also the title of the movie, ‘eternal sunshine of the spotless mind'. But these days, Pope has really fallen out of fashion. He's seen as archaic and artificial. In an age when formal poetry is out of fashion, for many people he represents the worst kind of formal poetry: his very regular metre and full rhymes sound clunky to our ears. His rhyming couplets are undoubtedly clever, but that's part of the problem, because these days we associate poetry with emotions and self-expression, so cleverness is seen as a little suspect and somehow inauthentic. And I'll be honest, for a long time, I had that image of Pope. He represented everything the Romantics rebelled against at the end of the 18th century, and as a young poet I was on the side of the Romantics, so I had no interest in Pope. However, a few years ago, I challenged myself to have another look at his work, and what I discovered was a really sharp and thought-provoking and witty and formidably skilful poet, who in certain moods, is an absolute pleasure to read. And he doesn't fit every mood, but then there aren't many poets who do. So turning to today's poem, An Essay on Man is one of Pope's major works, it's about 1,300 lines long. As the title suggests it's a meditation on the nature of what he called mankind, and we call humankind, we have to make allowance for the historic focus on the male as representative of the species. It's also a didactic poem, he's not just reflecting on the subject, he is telling us what we should think about it. Which again, is a deeply unfashionable stance for poets these days, at least when they are on the side of a conservative or establishment position. And he does this in the form of a series of verse epistles, verse letters, which are addressed to Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke. The epistle form also means that the poem addresses the reader in a very direct manner, as you would expect in a letter. His basic stance, which we find in many of his poems, is of a reasonable man writing for a group of like-minded people, trying to establish some sort of common sense, shared ideas and principles, in a world where these need to be debated and defined and defended. This was the world of the coffee house and the salon, where people came together to debate, sometimes in very robust fashion. It came to be known as the Augustan age in English literature, by comparison with the satirical and political poetry of the age of Augustus Caesar. OK looking more closely at the poem itself, the excerpt I just read is from the second Epistle, and one of the first things we notice is what Milton would have called the ‘jingling' rhymes: Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic’s pride, It's pretty unmistakeable isn't it? One pair of rhymes after another. And in case you're wondering, yes, these rhyming couplets do go on all the way through the poem, and indeed all the way through most of Pope's work. And not just in Pope: for over a century, from about 1650 to 1780, this was a hugely popular verse form. They are known as heroic couplets because they are associated with epic narrative poems, such as John Dryden's translations of Virgil and Pope's translations of Homer. Each line is in iambic pentameter, the familiar ti TUM ti TUM ti TUm ti TUM ti TUM, with two lines next to each other forming couplets, and the poem proceeding with one couplet after another. The form can be traced back to Chaucer, who used rhyming couplets for many of his narrative poems. But by the time of Dryden and Pope it had evolved into a tighter couplet form, described as closed couplets, meaning that they were typically self contained, with a sentence, or a discrete part of a sentence, beginning and ending inside the couplet. For instance: Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. That stands on its own as a single thought, a unit of sense, ending with a full stop. And the full rhyme of ‘scan' and ‘man' means the couplet snaps shut at the end – this is the closed couplet effect we associate with heroic couplets. In the next couplet he introduces the idea of man as a creature of ‘middle state': Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: And then another couplet elaborates on the sense of being pulled in different directions: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, So the poem proceeds one unit of sense at a time. The couplets are like Lego bricks, and Pope used them to build just about anything he wanted: literary and philosophical discourse here in the Essay on Man and in his Essay on Criticism; mock-heroic social comedy in The Rape of the Lock; actual epic in his translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey; and satire in The Dunciad. It's easy to see how this could become monotonous, and in the work of most poets of the time, it did. But Pope's great achievement was to take this established form and perfect it, sticking very strictly to the formal pattern, while varying the syntax, the grammatical patterns, with great subtlety and complexity, to keep the reader on their toes. Let's take another look at the first couplet. Notice the little pause in the middle of the first line, after ‘thyself': Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; This divides the line into two parts, conveying the dramatic tension in Pope's argument: he's saying that humans are ambitious for knowledge, they want to ‘scan' God, to examine him, but they should really focus on self-knowledge. This tension between opposites is known as antithesis, it's a rhetorical pattern we looked at back in episode 58 about one of Sir Philip Sidney's sonnets, and it's very common in Pope. And the tension is resolved in the next line, which is all one phrase, with no pause: The proper study of mankind is man. Have another listen to the couplet, to hear how the tension is established and then released: Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. So when all of this comes together, the tension and release, the regular rhythm of the metre and the full rhymes clinching the couplet, it has the effect of making the words sound truer than true. The following couplet picks up on the antithesis, and extends it into paradox: Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: An isthmus is a narrow strip of land between two bodies of water, so standing on it, you could easily feel precarious and threatened. ‘Darkly wise' means ‘dimly wise', possessing a little knowledge, but not enough for full understanding. And ‘rudely great' means ‘powerful but coarse and unfinished'. And I think we can recognise what Pope is saying from our own experience – that sense of knowing enough to know how little we really know; of having great potential, but struggling to fulfil it. And isn't it delightful how Pope compresses all those feelings into these neat little paradoxes: ‘darkly wise and rudely great'. In another famous line, he describes true eloquence as ‘What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed', which is exactly what he achieves here. We can also note that ‘darkly wise' and ‘rudely great' are not only antitheses expressed as paradoxes, they are also an example of another rhetorical pattern: parallelism, where similar structures are repeated with variation. In this case ‘darkly' and ‘rudely' are both adverbs and ‘wise' and ‘great' are both adjectives, so grammatically they are identical, which suggests both similarity and difference in mankind's relationship to knowledge and power. The next couplet uses a more elaborate parallelism: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, So both lines say ‘With too much something for the something else'. It's hard to miss the pattern, isn't it? And notice how the couplet form is perfect for laying out two ideas that seem to counterbalance each other perfectly. So we're only six lines in and Pope has put his finger on a central conundrum in human existence, and conveyed it with at least three rhetorical patterns nested inside each other – antithesis, paradox and parallelism. Not only that, he's handled the metre and rhyme with great skill, wrapping each thought up in the neat little bow of a rhyming couplet. And if your mind is starting to boggle, welcome to the world of Pope's verse: elegant, authoritative and very, very clever. When we look closely, there's a lot going on inside every single couplet. He's like a watchmaker, working at a tiny scale, making an instrument with great precision and balance, that keeps perfect time, and chimes beautifully. And Pope's contemporaries would have found it easier to follow the sense than we do, because they were used to reading this kind of stuff. But I'm sure the poetry would often have given them pause, even if only for a moment, as they read. And my guess is that they would have enjoyed this slight difficulty, and the pleasure of making out the sense, with the little dopamine hit of understanding. Like unwrapping a sweet before you can pop it in your mouth and taste it. So I hope we're starting to see why Pope is the undisputed master of the heroic couplet. Even T. S. Eliot had to admit defeat, when he wrote a passage in this style for The Waste Land, only for Ezra Pound to point out tactfully that he couldn't compete with Pope, and draw the red pencil through it. But the form is more than simply one couplet after another. When he stacks them together, they create verse paragraphs, longer units of thought, that function very like paragraphs in prose. So having established the idea of man caught between opposing forces, he goes on to elaborate on the theme to dazzling effect: He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much: The couplets are individually brilliant, and cumulatively overwhelming, both in terms of the mental effort required to tease out their meanings, and the tension between action and inaction, divine and bestial impulses, mind and body, birth and death, reason and error. And I think that's why I find this line so funny: Whether he thinks too little, or too much: It feels like he's throwing his arms up and laughing and admitting that he's overthinking it all. The verse paragraph ends with three more couplets, where he sums up the nature of man: Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Although Pope is describing a ‘chaos of thought', his own thinking is always sharp, however convoluted his argument becomes. So he sticks to the themes of power and knowledge, undercutting man's pretension by saying he is ‘Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all', and ‘Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled'. And he ends this paragraph with another rhetorical device, the tricolon, which uses three parallel elements to build to a conclusion: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! We're familiar with this pattern in famous quotes from Julius Caesar, ‘I came, I saw, I conquered', the US Declaration of Independence, ‘Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness', and Shakespeare: ‘Friends, Romans, countrymen!' Here, Pope uses it with typical precision, since if someone is both the ‘glory… of the world' and it's ‘jest', i.e. the butt of its jokes, then that makes that person a ‘riddle': The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! So this sums up the nature of man, and sets up the jesting irony of the next verse paragraph: Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old time, and regulate the sun; If this were the start of the poem, we might be forgiven for taking Pope's words at face value, but in the light of what has gone before, it's pretty clear that ‘wondrous creature' is a mocking criticism. He was writing this in an age where Newtonian physics was in the ascendancy and people were full of enthusiasm about the new discoveries in science and the possibility of understanding and mastering the physical world. And given that we are still living in a so-called age of reason, I think his criticisms of scientific overreach are still relevant, and the joke is still funny, when he talks about instructing the planets in what orbits to follow, correcting time and regulating the sun. As if measuring were full understanding, let alone complete power. But Pope doesn't confine his criticism to scientists. He also has philosophers in his sight: Go, soar with Plato to th' empyreal sphere, To the first good, first perfect, and first fair; Or tread the mazy round his followers trod, And quitting sense call imitating God; He clearly doesn't have a lot of time for Plato's first principles. Neither is he impressed by the contemporary vogue for what we would call Orientalism: As Eastern priests in giddy circles run, And turn their heads to imitate the sun. It's possible that he had in mind the whirling dervishes of Persia, or maybe this is just a caricature of his idea of ‘Eastern priests'. So obviously this is a joke that hasn't aged so well. OK he ends this verse paragraph with a final jab, which restates the idea from the opening couplet in bluntly comic fashion: Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule – Then drop into thyself, and be a fool! It's hard to imagine a more apt image of intellectual presumption than trying to teach Eternal Wisdom a thing or two, but just in case we miss the point, Pope rams it home with relish: Then drop into thyself, and be a fool! And this is another characteristic aspect of Augustan poetry, particularly the satirical kind, that it can be very crude and direct, with a passage of sophisticated argument followed by a line or two where the mask drops and the insult is laid bare. And no, it's not big or clever, but let's face it, sometimes it can be deeply satisfying. One more little detail, which I can't help wondering about: notice how both of these couplets, conveying the same basic idea in very different tones, both hinge on the word ‘thyself': Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule – Then drop into thyself, and be a fool! So that word ‘thyself' could be used to refer to various individuals, and knowing Pope, I wouldn't be surprised if he intended all of them at once. Firstly, the phrasing sounds proverbial, in which case each couplet is an injunction to mankind at large. Secondly, it could refer to the reader, any reader, of the poem, whether Viscount Bolingbroke, an 18th-century wit, or you and me, reading the poem together on this podcast. It could also refer to the specific targets of Pope's criticism, such as the overreaching scientists or philosophers. I think Pope may also have had in mind a target nearer to home: himself. W. B. Yeats wrote in one of his essays, ‘We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry'. And it's entirely possible that Pope is doing both at once: we've seen the brilliance of his rhetoric, in puncturing the pretensions of his fellow men and women. Yet by making poetry as well as rhetoric, he is arguably arguing with himself as well. It was of course be entirely right and proper and expected for a Christian such as Pope to admonish himself as well as others, for the many and various sins he describes in An Essay on Man. So from a moral viewpoint, I think I'm on pretty safe ground in suggesting that ‘thyself' includes Pope. But I would go further, and say that the idea of a brilliant mind that is not quite brilliant enough to fully understand itself may have been a deeply personal subject for Pope. Because what we have here is an extremely clever warning about taking cleverness to extremes. Maybe the irony was not lost on Pope. As he wrote in another poem, An Essay on Criticism, ‘A little learning is a dangerous thing'. So perhaps as we hear this passage again, and enjoy the sparkling wit and scurrilous attacks on others, we can also detect a note of self-reflection, and self-accusation, that makes it a little more poignant than it first appears. From An Essay on Man Epistle II By Alexander Pope Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise, and rudely great:With too much knowledge for the sceptic side,With too much weakness for the stoic's pride,He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast;In doubt his mind or body to prefer;Born but to die, and reasoning but to err;Alike in ignorance, his reason such,Whether he thinks too little, or too much:Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;Still by himself abused, or disabused;Created half to rise, and half to fall;Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled:The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides,Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides;Instruct the planets in what orbs to run,Correct old time, and regulate the sun;Go, soar with Plato to th' empyreal sphere,To the first good, first perfect, and first fair;Or tread the mazy round his followers trod,And quitting sense call imitating God;As Eastern priests in giddy circles run,And turn their heads to imitate the sun.Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule –Then drop into thyself, and be a fool!   Alexander Pope Alexander Pope was an English poet and translator who was born in 1688 and died in 1744. As a Catholic he was barred from university and public office, so he educated himself and forged a brilliant literary career, becoming the leading poet of Augustan England, celebrated for his razor-sharp satire and polished heroic couplets. Early success came with An Essay on Criticism and The Rape of the Lock, followed by monumental translations of Homer that made him financially independent. His later works, including The Dunciad, attacked dullness and corruption. In An Essay on Man, he explored human nature, providence, and moral order with epigrammatic clarity. He lived at Twickenham, where he created a famous garden and grotto.   A Mouthful of Air – the podcast This is a transcript of an episode of A Mouthful of Air – a poetry podcast hosted by Mark McGuinness. New episodes are released every other Tuesday. You can hear every episode of the podcast via Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favourite app. You can have a full transcript of every new episode sent to you via email. The music and soundscapes for the show are created by Javier Weyler. Sound production is by Breaking Waves and visual identity by Irene Hoffman. 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Our chapter describes the nature of various bodily fluids, some natural, others involuntary, and speaks of the Tum'ah that they create and the rites of purification.Today we speak about various perspectives about the nature and effects of "Tum'ah" and whether sometimes God prefers Israel even in an impure state of being.

HEALTH NEWS   Probiotics emerge as a potent tool against depression and anxiety Altered microbiome: Oral bacteria play a role in chronic liver disease, study reveals Health issues linked to cosmetic jab complications From yoga to awe walks: Many paths lead to better mental health, largest analysis of well-being interventions finds Weight loss drugs may cause nutritional deficiencies without proper guidanc       Probiotics emerge as a potent tool against depression and anxiety University of Calgary (Canada), January 14 2026 (Natural News) For decades, the standard pharmaceutical approach to treating depression and anxiety has dominated treatment options, despite significant drawbacks including delayed effects, debilitating side effects and high relapse rates. Now, compelling new research is challenging this paradigm by pointing to a surprising source of relief: the gut. A comprehensive scientific analysis, synthesizing data from over 1,400 clinically diagnosed patients, reveals that probiotics—beneficial bacteria readily available as supplements—can produce substantial reductions in both depressive and anxious symptoms.   The analysis major findings include:     A major analysis of 23 clinical trials finds probiotics can significantly reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in clinically diagnosed patients.   The benefits, appearing within 4-8 weeks, were comparable to some conventional antidepressants but without the same side-effect profile.   The gut-brain axis, a communication network largely ignored by conventional psychiatry, is central to understanding this connection.   Single-strain probiotic supplements, particularly certain Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species, showed the strongest mental health effects.   This research supports a holistic view of mental wellness, where gut health is a foundational component of treatment.     Altered microbiome: Oral bacteria play a role in chronic liver disease, study reveals Technical University Munich (Germany), January 15 2026 (Medical Xpress) Each year, more than two million people die from advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD). 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By focusing on general adult samples rather than clinical groups, it provides evidence that will be relevant to developing public health, education, workplace well-being, and community programs. The researchers' key findings were: Most interventions improved well-being compared with inactive control groups; Strongest effects were found for combined exercise plus psychological interventions (for example, awe walks or meditation combined with walking); Mind–body interventions showed consistently moderate, reliable effects; Exercise alone produced similar benefits to many psychological interventions; and, Positive psychology interventions—both single-component and multicomponent—were also effective. The analysis shows that there is no single route to improving well-being. 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Given the widespread – and increasing – use of these medications and the urgency of providing advice to individuals using the drugs, there was insufficient evidence from the studies to recommend strict low-fat diets to complement the weight loss drugs. Some observational studies found that people on the treatments often consumed excessive levels of total and saturated fat. These medications are transforming obesity care, but we know very little about how they shape people's daily lives, including changes in appetite, eating patterns, wellbeing, and quality of life.

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Jono Aisčio atsiminimų ir apybraižų knyga „Apie laiką ir žmones“. Išleido leidykla „Terra“.Šioje knygoje autorius pasakoja apie savo jaunystę ir apie savo kūrybą, apie laiką ir žmones - Binkį, Miškinį, Tumą, Savickį, Giras ir daug kitų. Knygos ištraukas skaito aktorius Valerijus Jevsejevas.

Jono Aisčio atsiminimų ir apybraižų knyga „Apie laiką ir žmones“. Išleido leidykla „Terra“.Šioje knygoje autorius pasakoja apie savo jaunystę ir apie savo kūrybą, apie laiką ir žmones - Binkį, Miškinį, Tumą, Savickį, Giras ir daug kitų. Knygos ištraukas skaito aktorius Valerijus Jevsejevas.

Jono Aisčio atsiminimų ir apybraižų knyga „Apie laiką ir žmones“. Išleido leidykla „Terra“.Šioje knygoje autorius pasakoja apie savo jaunystę ir apie savo kūrybą, apie laiką ir žmones - Binkį, Miškinį, Tumą, Savickį, Giras ir daug kitų. Knygos ištraukas skaito aktorius Valerijus Jevsejevas.

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Episode 87 Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘Dover Beach' by Matthew Arnold. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/87_Dover_Beach_by_Matthew_Arnold.mp3 Poet Matthew Arnold Reading and commentary by Mark McGuinness Dover Beach By Matthew Arnold The sea is calm tonight.The tide is full, the moon lies fairUpon the straits; on the French coast the lightGleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.Come to the window, sweet is the night-air!Only, from the long line of sprayWhere the sea meets the moon-blanched land,Listen! you hear the grating roarOf pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,At their return, up the high strand,Begin, and cease, and then again begin,With tremulous cadence slow, and bringThe eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long agoHeard it on the Aegean, and it broughtInto his mind the turbid ebb and flowOf human misery; weFind also in the sound a thought,Hearing it by this distant northern sea. The Sea of FaithWas once, too, at the full, and round earth's shoreLay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.But now I only hearIts melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,Retreating, to the breathOf the night-wind, down the vast edges drearAnd naked shingles of the world. Ah, love, let us be trueTo one another! for the world, which seemsTo lie before us like a land of dreams,So various, so beautiful, so new,Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;And we are here as on a darkling plainSwept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,Where ignorant armies clash by night. Podcast Transcript This is a magnificent and haunting poem by Matthew Arnold, an eminent Victorian poet. Written and published at the mid-point of the nineteenth century – it was probably written around 1851 and published in 1867 – it is not only a shining example of Victorian poetry at its best, but it also, and not coincidentally, embodies some of the central preoccupations of the Victorian age. The basic scenario is very simple: a man is looking out at the sea at night and thinking deep thoughts. It's something that we've all done, isn't it? The two tend to go hand-in-hand. When you're looking out into the darkness, listening to the sound of the sea, it's hard not to be thinking deep thoughts. If you've been a long time listener to this podcast, it may remind you of another poet who wrote about standing on the shore thinking deep thoughts, looking at the sea, Shakespeare, in his Sonnet 60: Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,So do our minutes hasten to their end; Arnold's poem is not a sonnet but a poem in four verse paragraphs. They're not stanzas, because they're not regular, but if you look at the text on the website, you can clearly see it's divided into four sections. The first part is a description of the sea, as seen from Dover Beach, which is on the shore of the narrowest part of the English channel, making it the closest part of England to France: The sea is calm tonight.The tide is full, the moon lies fairUpon the straits; – on the French coast the lightGleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. And as you can hear, the poem has a pretty regular and conventional rhythm, based on iambic metre, ti TUM, with the second syllable taking the stress in every metrical unit. But what's slightly unusual is that the lines have varying lengths. By the time we get to the third line: Upon the straits; – on the French coast the light There are five beats. There's a bit of variation in the middle of the line, but it's very recognisable as classic iambic pentameter, which has a baseline pattern going ti TUM, ti TUM, ti TUM, ti TUM, ti TUM. But before we get to the pentameter, we get two short lines: The sea is calm tonight.Only three beats; andThe tide is full, the moon lies fair – four beats. We also start to notice the rhymes: ‘tonight' and ‘light'. And we have an absolutely delightful enjambment, where a phrase spills over the end of one line into the next one: On the French coast the light,Gleams and is gone. Isn't that just fantastic? The light flashes out like a little surprise at the start of the line, just as it's a little surprise for the speaker looking out to sea. OK, once he's set the scene, he makes an invitation: Come to the window, sweet is the night-air! So if there's a window, he must be in a room. There's somebody in the room with him, and given that it's night it could well be a bedroom. So this person could be a lover. It's quite likely that this poem was written on Arnold's honeymoon, which would obviously fit this scenario. But anyway, he's inviting this person to come to the window and listen. And what does this person hear? Well, helpfully, the speaker tells us: Listen! you hear the grating roarOf pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,At their return, up the high strand,Begin, and cease, and then again begin,With tremulous cadence slow, and bringThe eternal note of sadness in. Isn't that just great? The iambic metre is continuing with some more variations, which we needn't go into. And the rhyme is coming more and more to the fore. Just about every line in this section rhymes with another line, but it doesn't have a regular pattern. Some of the rhymes are close together, some are further apart. There's only one line in this paragraph that doesn't rhyme, and that's ‘Listen! You hear the grating roar'. If this kind of shifting rhyme pattern reminds you of something you've heard before, you may be thinking all the way back to Episode 34 where we looked at Coleridge's use of floating rhymes in his magical poem ‘Kubla Khan'. And it's pretty evident that Arnold is also casting a spell, in this case to mimic the rhythm of the waves coming in and going out, as they ‘Begin, and cease, and then again begin,'. And then the wonderful last line of the paragraph, as the waves ‘bring / The eternal note of sadness in'. You know, in the heart of the Victorian Age, when the Romantics were still within living memory, poets were still allowed to do that kind of thing. Try it nowadays of course, and the Poetry Police will be round to kick your front door in at 5am and arrest you. Anyway. The next paragraph is a bit of a jump cut: Sophocles long agoHeard it on the Aegean, and it broughtInto his mind the turbid ebb and flowOf human misery; So Arnold, a classical scholar, is letting us know he knows who Sophocles, the ancient Greek playwright was. And he's establishing a continuity across time of people looking out at the sea and thinking these deep thoughts. At this point, Arnold explicitly links the sea and the thinking:                                     weFind also in the sound a thought,Hearing it by this distant northern sea. And the thought that we hear when we listen to the waves is what Arnold announces in the next verse paragraph, and he announces it with capital letters: The Sea of FaithWas once, too, at the full, and round earth's shoreLay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. And for a modern reader, I think this is the point of greatest peril for Arnold, where he's most at risk of losing us. We may be okay with ‘the eternal note of sadness', but as soon as he starts giving us the Sea of Faith, we start to brace ourselves. Is this going to turn into a horrible religious allegory, like The Pilgrim's Progress? I mean, it's a short step from the Sea of Faith to the Slough of Despond and the City of Destruction. And it doesn't help that Arnold uses the awkwardly rhyming phrase ‘a bright girdle furled' – that's not going to get past the Poetry Police, is it? But fear not; Arnold doesn't go there. What comes next is, I think, the best bit of the poem. So he says the Sea of Faith ‘was once, too, at the full', and then: But now I only hearIts melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,Retreating, to the breathOf the night-wind, down the vast edges drearAnd naked shingles of the world. Well, if you thought the eternal note of sadness was great, this tops it! It's absolutely fantastic. That line, ‘Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,' where the ‘it' is faith, the Sea of Faith. And the significance of the line is underlined by the fact that the word ‘roar' is a repetition – remember, that one line in the first section that didn't rhyme? Listen! you hear the grating roar See what Arnold did there? He left that sound hovering at the back of the mind, without a rhyme, until it came back in this section, a subtle but unmistakeable link between the ‘grating roar' of the actual sea at Dover Beach, and the ‘withdrawing roar' of the Sea of Faith: Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Isn't that the most Victorian line ever? It encapsulates the despair that accompanied the crisis of faith in 19th century England. This crisis was triggered by the advance of modern science – including the discoveries of fossils, evidence of mass extinction of previous species, and the theory of evolution, with Darwin's Origin of Species published in 1859, in between the writing and publication of ‘Dover Beach'. Richard Holmes, in his wonderful new biography of the young Tennyson, compares this growing awareness of the nature of life on Earth to the modern anxiety over climate change. For the Victorians, he writes, it created a ‘deep and existential terror'. One thing that makes this passage so effective is that Arnold has already cast the spell in the first verse paragraph, hypnotising us with the rhythm and rhyme, and linking it to the movement of the waves. In the second paragraph, he says, ‘we find also in the sound a thought'. And then in the third paragraph, he tells us the thought. And the thought that he attaches to this movement, which we are by now emotionally invested in, is a thought of such horror and profundity – certainly for his Victorian readers – that the retreat of the sea of faith really does feel devastating. It leaves us gazing down at the naked shingles of the world. The speaker is now imaginatively out of the bedroom and down on the beach. This is very relatable; we've all stood on the beach and watched the waves withdrawing beneath our feet and the shingle being left there. It's an incredibly vivid evocation of a pretty abstract concept. Then, in the fourth and final verse paragraph, comes a bit of a surprise: Ah, love, let us be trueTo one another! Well, I for one was not expecting that! From existential despair to an appeal to his beloved. What a delightful, romantic (with a small ‘r') response to the big-picture, existential catastrophe. And for me, it's another little echo of Shakespeare's Sonnet 60, which opens with a poet contemplating the sea and the passing of time and feeling the temptation to despair, yet also ends with an appeal to the consolation of love: And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand,blockquotePraising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. Turning back to Arnold. He says ‘let us be true / To one another'. And then he links their situation to the existential catastrophe, and says this is precisely why they should be true to each other: for the world, which seemsTo lie before us like a land of dreams,So various, so beautiful, so new,Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; It sounds, on the face of it, a pretty unlikely justification for being true to one another in a romantic sense. But actually, this is a very modern stance towards romantic love. It's like the gleam of light that just flashed across the Channel from France – the idea of you and me against an unfeeling world, of love as redemption, or at least consolation, in a meaningless universe. In a world with ‘neither joy, nor love, nor light,' our love becomes all the more poignant and important. Of course, we could easily object that, regardless of religious faith, the world does have joy and love and light. His very declaration of love is evidence of this. But let's face it, we don't always come to poets for logical consistency, do we? And we don't have to agree with Matthew Arnold to find this passage moving; most of us have felt like this at some time when we've looked at the world in what feels like the cold light of reality. He evokes it so vividly and dramatically that I, for one, am quite prepared to go with him on this. Then we get the final three lines of the poem:We are here as on a darkling plainSwept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,Where ignorant armies clash by night. I don't know about you, but I find this a little jarring in the light of what we've just heard. We've had the magnificent description of the sea and its effect on human thought, extending that into the idea of faith receding into illusion, and settling on human love as some kind of consolation for the loss of faith. So why do we need to be transported to a windswept plain where armies are clashing and struggling? It turns out to be another classical reference, to the Greek historian Thucydides' account of the night battle of Epipolae, where the two armies were running around in the dark and some of them ended up fighting their own side in the confusion. I mean, fine, he's a classical scholar. And obviously, it's deeply meaningful to him. But to me, this feels a little bit bolted on. A lot of people love that ending, but to me, it's is not as good as some of the earlier bits, or at least it doesn't quite feel all of a piece with the imagery of the sea. But overall, it is a magnificent poem, and this is a small quibble. Stepping back, I want to have another look at the poem's form, specifically the meter, and even more specifically, the irregularity of the meter, which is quite unusual and actually quite innovative for its time. As I've said, it's in iambic meter, but it's not strictly iambic pentameter. You may recall I did a mini series on the podcast a while ago looking at the evolution of blank verse, unrhymed iambic pentameter, from Christopher Marlowe and Shakespeare's dramatic verse, then Milton's Paradise Lost and finally Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey. ‘Dover Beach' is rhymed, so it's not blank verse, but most of the techniques Arnold uses here are familiar from those other poets, with variations on the basic rhythm, sometimes switching the beats around, and using enjambment and caesura (a break or pause in the middle of the line). But, and – this is quite a big but – not every line has five beats. The lines get longer and shorter in an irregular pattern, apparently according to Arnold's instinct. And this is pretty unusual, certainly for 1851. It's not unique, we could point to bits of Tennyson or Arthur Hugh Clough for metrical experiments in a similar vein, but it's certainly not common practice. And I looked into this, to see what the critics have said about it. And it turns out the scholars are divided. In one camp, the critics say that what Arnold is doing is firmly in the iambic pentameter tradition – it's just one more variation on the pattern. But in the other camp are people who say, ‘No, this is something new; this is freer verse,' and it is anticipating free verse, the non-metrical poetry with no set line lengths that came to be the dominant verse form of the 20th century. Personally, I think you can look back to Wordsworth and see a continuity with his poetic practice. But you could equally look forward, to a link with T. S. Eliot's innovations in ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' and The Waste Land. Eliot is often described as an innovator in free verse, which is true up to a point, but a lot of his writing in that early period isn't strictly free verse; it's a kind of broken up metrical verse, where he often uses an iambic metre with long and short lines, which he varies with great intuitive skill – in a similar manner to Arnold's ‘Dover Beach'. Interestingly, when ‘Dover Beach' was first published, the reviews didn't really talk about the metre, which is ammunition for the people who say, ‘Well, this is just a kind of iambic pentameter'. Personally, I think what we have here is something like the well-known Duck-Rabbit illusion, where you can look at the same drawing and either see a duck or a rabbit, depending how you look at it. So from one angle, ‘Dover Beach' is clearly continuing the iambic pentameter tradition; from another angle, it anticipates the innovations of free verse. We can draw a line from the regular iambic pentameter of Wordsworth (writing at the turn of the 18th and 19th century) to the fractured iambic verse of Eliot at the start of the 20th century. ‘Dover Beach' is pretty well halfway between them, historically and poetically. And I don't think this is just a dry technical development. There is something going on here in terms of the poet's sense of order and disorder, faith and doubt. Wordsworth, in the regular unfolding of his blank verse, conveys his basic trust in an ordered and meaningful universe. Matthew Arnold is writing very explicitly about the breakup of faith, and we can start to see it in the breakup of the ordered iambic pentameter. By the time we get to the existential despair of Eliot's Waste Land, the meter is really falling apart, like the Waste Land Eliot describes. So overall, I think we can appreciate what a finely balanced poem Arnold has written. It's hard to categorise. You read it the first time and think, ‘Oh, right, another conventional Victorian melancholy lament'. But just when we think he's about to go overboard with the Sea of Faith, he surprises us and with that magnificent central passage. And just as he's about to give in to despair, we get that glimmering spark of love lighting up, and we think, ‘Well, maybe this is a romantic poem after all'. And maybe Arnold might look at me over his spectacles and patiently explain that actually, this is why that final metaphor of the clashing armies is exactly right. Friend and foe are running in first one direction, then another, inadvertently killing the people on the wrong side. So the simile gives us that sense of being caught in the cross-currents of a larger sweep of history. With all of that hovering in our mind, let's go over to the window once more and heed his call to listen to the sound of the Victorian sea at Dover Beach. Dover Beach By Matthew Arnold The sea is calm tonight.The tide is full, the moon lies fairUpon the straits; on the French coast the lightGleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.Come to the window, sweet is the night-air!Only, from the long line of sprayWhere the sea meets the moon-blanched land,Listen! you hear the grating roarOf pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,At their return, up the high strand,Begin, and cease, and then again begin,With tremulous cadence slow, and bringThe eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long agoHeard it on the Aegean, and it broughtInto his mind the turbid ebb and flowOf human misery; weFind also in the sound a thought,Hearing it by this distant northern sea. The Sea of FaithWas once, too, at the full, and round earth's shoreLay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.But now I only hearIts melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,Retreating, to the breathOf the night-wind, down the vast edges drearAnd naked shingles of the world. Ah, love, let us be trueTo one another! for the world, which seemsTo lie before us like a land of dreams,So various, so beautiful, so new,Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;And we are here as on a darkling plainSwept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,Where ignorant armies clash by night. Matthew Arnold Matthew Arnold was a British poet, critic, and public intellectual who was born in 1822 and died in 1888. His father was Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School. Arnold studied Classics at Oxford and first became known for lyrical, melancholic poems such as ‘Dover Beach', ‘The Scholar-Gipsy', and ‘Thyrsis', that explore the loss of faith in the modern world. Appointed an inspector of schools, he travelled widely and developed strong views on culture, education, and society. His critical essays, especially Culture and Anarchy, shaped debates about the role of culture in public life. Arnold remains a central figure bridging Romanticism and early modern thought. A Mouthful of Air – the podcast This is a transcript of an episode of A Mouthful of Air – a poetry podcast hosted by Mark McGuinness. New episodes are released every other Tuesday. You can hear every episode of the podcast via Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favourite app. You can have a full transcript of every new episode sent to you via email. The music and soundscapes for the show are created by Javier Weyler. 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